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Embiid dunk, Jokic pass, Messi and Ronaldo pay, MLB cap talk

The Philadelphia 76ers center's preseason slam spread fast online, and his reaction to the clip has fans quoting him almost as much as watching it; dunk replays continue.

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  1. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorHere is the latest.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPhiladelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has a quote for the viral video of his huge preseason dunk, and the video has made the rounds all day.

  3. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIn Denver, Nikola Jokic threw a behind-the-back pass from midcourt to rookie Trevon Brazile, who dunked it against the Lakers on Friday.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe internet is calling it the pass of the preseason.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorFrom the midcourt line. I have watched peace talks with fewer moving parts.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentForbes has ranked the highest-paid soccer players of twenty twenty-six, and Lionel Messi hit a new high, but he still cannot touch Cristiano Ronaldo.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers swept the Dodgers out of the National League Championship Series. Stephen A. Smith says a salary cap is coming anyway.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA sweep, and the big spenders are the ones going home. Even the argument for the cap got a little louder.

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