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Good morning and happy Wednesday! Carter Bahns here as we make our way into the second half of the week. We have a lot of good baseball and some UEFA Champions League soccer to help us get through the day, and the WNBA playoffs continue tonight to put a bow on what is a pleasantly busy midweek slate across the sports world.

Here's the rundown.

🏆 Five things to know Wednesday

Congratulations to Paige Bueckers, the WNBA Rookie of the Year. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 draft lived up to the hype. Bueckers received 70 of the 72 possible first-place votes with Sonia Citron taking the other two. It was a

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