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🏀 Klay to Dallas: Klay Thompson is leaving the Warriors to join the Mavericks on a three-year, $50 million contract. The end of an era.
🎾 Murray withdraws: Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, who plans to retire this summer, will not play singles due to back surgery. He will play doubles with his brother Jamie later in the tournament.
🏀 Celtics for sale: Majority shareholder Wyc Grousbeck is exploring the possibility of selling his stake in the $4.7 billion franchise.
💵 Richest contract: Speaking of the Celtics, they have agreed to a five-year, $315 million extension with Jayson Tatum. It is the richest contract in NBA history, surpassing teammate Jaylen Brown’s five-year, $304 million deal.
🇺🇸 Teenage phenomenon: Sixteen-year-old Quincy Wilson will compete in Team USA’s 4x400m relay in Paris, becoming the youngest American male athlete ever to compete at the Olympics.
⚽️ US crashes, Berhalter on the hot seat
The USMNT collapsed of the Copa América on Monday with a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay.
Brief summary: The US was the better team for the first 30 minutes, but as is often the case under head coach Gregg Berhalter, they couldn’t score.
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Uruguayan Mathías Olivera found the net in the 66th minute. He appeared to be offside, but video footage confirmed he was offside by a few centimetres.
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Panama, playing at the same time, defeated Bolivia 3-1, sending the Americans into a distant third place and into elimination.
From Henry Bushnell of Yahoo Sports:
In the weeks before, many questions had been asked about the expectations and standards for the Copa. From the outside, it was assumed that a place in the quarter-finals would be acceptable and a semi-final successful, but some players went a step further: why not just try to win it?
Few seemed to even consider failing in the group stage. It was so far beneath the USMNT’s seemingly inflated sense of self-worth. And it would so clearly be a colossal disappointment.
But it happened, and now all eyes will be on what happens next. They will be on US Soccer’s sporting director Matt Crocker, and on Berhalter. A majority of fans and pundits now seem to agree that he should be fired. Will that happen? And if so, who will replace him? And if not, how will he and the USMNT respond?
A team made up mostly of under-23s will head to the Olympics in Paris later this month. But for the entire USMNT, the next 18 months will be relatively barren. There will be monotonous, low-profile friendlies. There will be exhausting regional competitions.
This Copa América affair will play a major role for everyone, because this tournament was supposed to take the program to a higher level; it was the stepping stone to the 2026 World Cup in North America.
Instead, the US will enter 2026 with virtually no evidence that it can compete and compete with the elite of international soccer.
More coverage: Will Copa flop cost Berhalter his job?
🎓 The Beginning of a New Era of College Sports
The NCAA’s Latest Wave of Redistricting became official on Monday when the calendar turned to July.
The big picture: The Pac-12 is officially down to two teams, while the ACC, Big Ten and Big 12 have expanded.
Who’s going where in 2024:
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Arizona: Pac-12 to Big 12
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State of Arizona: Pac-12 to Big 12
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Army: Independent of AAC (football only)
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Cal: Pac-12 to ACC
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Colorado: Pac-12 to Big 12
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State of Kennesaw: FCS to C-USA
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Oklahoma: Big 12 to SEC
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Oregon: Pac-12 to Big Ten
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SMU: AAC to ACC
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Stanford: Pac-12 to ACC
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Texas: Big 12 to SEC
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UCLA: Pac-12 to Big Ten
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University of Twente: Pac-12 to Big Ten
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Utah: Pac-12 to Big 12
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Washington: Pac-12 to Big Ten
Worth seeing: Texas celebrated its move to the SEC with a drone show over Austin.
🥇 Noah Lyles aims for unprecedented four gold medals
Only four men* have ever completed the sprint treble in one Olympics, winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. If Noah Lyles has his way, he will have a chance to complete an unprecedented quad.
In search of history: Lyles has already secured a shot at the treble by winning the 100m and 200m at the US Trials last week, and he will likely lead the 4x100m relay. The question is whether USA Track & Field will select him for the 4×400 relay pool, as he has requested.
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“I haven’t started negotiations yet,” Lyles said of the talks with the national sports governing body.
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“Let’s just say it’s going to be tough. But I’m going to let them know that I’m available and I’m ready to go.”
What are his chances? Well, he only completed the triple victory at the World Championships a year ago and he’s in excellent form at the moment: his winning time in the 200 meters was 19.53 seconds – the fastest time in the world this year and a new American record for the Trials – and his 9.83 in the 100 meters was a personal best.
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And while he doesn’t run the 400 meters that often, he was part of the relay team that won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships this spring, where he ran the fastest third of all competitors.
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“I support him 100% [getting picked]”, said former NCAA indoor 400m champion Noah Williams.
*The four winners of the triple prize: Usain Bolt (London 2012, Rio 2016), Carl Lewis (Los Angeles 1984), Bobby Morrow (Melbourne 1956) and Jesse Owens (Munich 1936).
🌎 The world in pictures
Frankfurt — Portugal effortlessly beat Slovenia in a penalty shootout on Monday to reach the quarter-finals of the European Championship. However, the match could have ended earlier if Ronaldo had not missed his penalty in extra time.
London — World No. 1 Jannik Sinner opened Wimbledon with a hard-fought four-set victory to secure a second-round match against 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini.
Turin, Italy — Biniam Girmay of Eritrea made history on Monday by becoming the first black African to win a stage in the Tour de France.
Polignano a Mare, Italy — The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series has traveled to southern Italy for its latest event, where divers will take a dip in the Adriatic Sea.
📆 July 2, 1921: The first million dollar gate
Today 103 years ago, Jack Dempsey successfully defended his heavyweight title against Georges Carpentier in the first million-dollar boxing match.
How it happened: Promoter Tex Rickard borrowed $250,000 (about $4.4 million today) to build a 91,000-seat stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey, for the game. His gamble paid off: The sold-out game grossed $1.7 million, nearly four times the previous record.
More about this day:
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⚾️ 1930: White Sox outfielder Carl Reynolds became the first of four* major league players to hit a home run in three consecutive innings.
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⚾️ 1941: Joe DiMaggio had a hit in his 45th consecutive game, breaking Willie Keeler’s record for the longest hitting streak in MLB history. His record streak would eventually reach 56 games.
*The other three: Mike Cameron, Mariners (2002); Manny Machado, Orioles (2016); Jose Altuve, Astros (2023).
📺 Watchlist: Road to the Quarterfinals
The quarter finals of the European Championship and the Copa América will both be set by the end of the night*.
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Euros: Romania vs. Netherlands (12:00 p.m. ET, FS1); Austria vs. Turkey (3:00 p.m., Fox)
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Cup: Brazil vs. Colombia (9:00 p.m., FS1); Costa Rica vs Paraguay (9:00 PM, FS2)
More to see:
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🎾 Wimbledon: Round 1 (6:00 a.m., ESPN/ESPN+)
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⚾️ MLB competition: Phillies at Cubs (8:05 p.m., TBS)
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🏀 WNBA competition: Heaven at Dream (7:00 p.m., CBSSN); Fever in Aces (9:30 p.m., ESPN)
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🚴♂️ Tour de France: Phase 4 (7am, Pauw)
*Who’s already participating: Spain, England, Germany, France, Portugal, Switzerland (EC); Argentina, Ecuador, Venezuela, Canada, Colombia, Panama, Uruguay (Copa)
⚾️ MLB Facts
The Orioles (53-31) and Yankees (54-32) are currently tied for first place in the AL East.
Ask: Can you name the other five division leaders?
Answer below.
🇯🇵 Rough ride
Japanese DDT Pro Wrestling held an event in a car of the Tokyo Sakura Tram, the main line in the city’s once extensive tram system.
Trivia Answer: Guardians (52-30), Mariners (47-39), Phillies (55-29), Brewers (50-35), Dodgers (52-33)
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