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Sports, Entertainment & Culture — June 5, 2026

The Morning Brief · June 5, 2026

Yankees lose Judge to rib injury. Aaron Judge has a stress fracture in his first rib and will miss significant time, though the team expects him back this season.

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Clark leads Fever bounce-back win. Caitlin Clark called it one of her best floor games in the WNBA as Indiana beat Atlanta to silence recent critics.

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Texas wins back-to-back softball titles. The Longhorns defeated Texas Tech to capture their second consecutive Women's College World Series championship in Oklahoma City.

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Top Gun actor James Handy killed. The actor who appeared in Top Gun: Maverick and Jumanji was fatally stabbed by his girlfriend's son in Los Angeles.

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Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi dies. The Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker, known for her graphic memoir about the 1979 Iranian revolution, was 56.

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