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🚨 Newspaper headlines
⚽️ Venezuela continues: Venezuela secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Copa América by beating favorite Mexico 1-0.
🏀 OG gets paid: Knicks star OG Anunoby, who declined his player option to become an unrestricted free agent, remains in New York on a five-year deal worth $212.5 million.
⚾️ Mets sweep Yankees: The Mets defeated the Yankees 12-2 to win the two-game Subway Series. With this they climbed to .500 for the first time since May 7. These guys are good.
🏒 Mighty Ducks are back: The Ducks are bringing back their old Mighty Ducks logo and revamping it for the 2024-2025 NHL season.
🏈 Prescott lawsuit dismissed: A Texas judge has dismissed a sexual abuse lawsuit against Dak Prescott, ending a months-long legal battle over an alleged 2017 incident.
🏀 NBA Draft: French Prospects Go 1-2
French prospects Zaccharie Risacher (Hawks) and Alex Sarr (Wizards) went 1-2 in the NBA draft on Wednesday, marking the first time in history that international players have been selected with the top two picks.
Pick-by-pick analysis: Yahoo Sports draft expert Krysten Peek graded each pick, with the Lakers getting the lone A+ (Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht) and the Grizzlies the lone D (Purdue’s Zach Edey).
What’s next: For the first time, the NBA Draft will be spread over two days, with the second round scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern Time today.
Behind the scenes: This new format has prompted some NBA teams to consult with NFL personnel to gain insight into how to handle a night and early morning period between rounds, according to Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer and Jori Epstein.
The hours that Wednesday morning turns into Thursday morning can be filled with clandestine conversations that determine which players teams select before the second round even begins.
How smoothly and effectively that process unfolds could be a key determining factor for team personnel as to whether they support the continued two-night format for the NBA draft in the future.
⚽️ Georgia advances in a stunning match
Georgia surprised Portugal2-0, on Wednesday, achieving their first ever European Championship victory and narrowly qualifying for the knockout rounds.
Historical surprise: Georgia (No. 74 in the world) are the lowest-ranked team in the field, while Portugal (No. 6) enter with the fourth-best odds to win it all. The ranking difference makes it the biggest upset in tournament history.
16 teams remain: The single-elimination knockout round starts on Saturday.
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Spain vs. Georgia
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Germany vs Denmark
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Portugal vs Slovenia
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France vs. Belgium
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Romania vs. Netherlands
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Austria vs Turkey
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England vs. Slovakia
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Switzerland vs. Italy
It’s coming home? Tournament favourites England, placed in the far The easier half of the group have no excuses for not reaching their second successive Euro finals, where they would have the chance to win their first major trophy since the 1966 World Cup.
⚾️ The busy playoff race in the NL
The NL playoff race is so busy — How busy is it? — that there is apparently only one condition: no expansion teams from 1993 may be admitted.
Where it says: At the halfway point of the season, the Marlins and Rockies are the only teams in the NL more than five games out of a wild-card spot.
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The division races aren’t as close, with the Phillies (8 games ahead in the East), Brewers (6 games ahead in the middle) and Dodgers (8.5 games ahead in the West) having a significant lead over the runner-up .
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But 10 other teams are separated by just 8.5 matches in a Battle Royale for three wildcard spots.
The AL is a different story: The Orioles have a big lead for the first wild card, with only five teams (Twins, Red Sox, Royals, Astros, Rays) within four games of the other two spots.
MLB Rankings: Phillies and Guardians lead the way
📆 June 27, 2006: Fed’s Record Run on Grass
18 years ago today, Roger Federer defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets in his Wimbledon opener for his 42nd consecutive win on grass, breaking a tie with Björn Borg for the longest streak ever.
What a run: Fed would eventually extend his streak to 65 consecutive victories on grass, winning 10 tournaments in a row between 2003 and 2008, before ultimately losing to Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final.
More about this day:
*Bad luck: This was the only time in Thomson’s 1,304-game career that he was caught stealing more than once, thanks in large part to teammate Jeffrey Leonard, who failed to touch the ball three times during the game.
📺 Watchlist: US vs. Panama
The USMNTAfter a 2-0 win over Bolivia, they will face Panama tonight in Atlanta (6 p.m. ET, Fox) for their second group stage match in the Copa América.
Revenge game: The Americans hold a significant 18-4-4 lead in the all-time series, but Panama eliminated the US in the Gold Cup last year in their most recent meeting – a thrilling semi-final that ended in a 5-4 shootout.
More to watch:
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🏀 NBA draft: Second round (4:00 p.m., ESPN)
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⚽️ Copa America: Bolivia vs Uruguay (9:00 PM, FS2)
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⚾️ MLB League: Guards at Royals (8:10 p.m., FS1)
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🏀 WNBA competition: Aces at Sky (7:00 p.m., Prime); Fever in Storm (10:00 p.m., Prime Minister)
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🇺🇸 Athletics: American trials (7:15 p.m., Peacock/NBC/USA)
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🇺🇸 Gymnastics: American trials (6:00 p.m., Peacock/USA)
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⛳️ PGA: Rocket Mortgage Classic* (6:45 p.m., ESPN+; 3:00 p.m., Golf) …At the Detroit Golf Club.
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⛳️ PGA Champions: U.S. Senior Open (12:00, Golf; 15:00, Pauw) …At Newport Country Club in Rhode Island.
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🏏 T20 World Cup: India vs. England (10:30 am, WillowTV) …The winner will face South Africa in the championship on Saturday.
*Teen Phenomenon: 15 year old Mile Russellthe junior world number 1 and the youngest player ever to make the cut on the Korn Ferry Tour will make his PGA Tour debut in Detroit.
⚾️ MLB Trivia
Aaron Judge hit his 30th home run of the season on Wednesday, becoming the third player in MLB history to hit 30 at least three times before the All-Star break.
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Ask: Who are the other two?
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Tip: They mainly did it in the 90s. One from the right, one from the left.
Answer below.
⚽️ The end of an era
The USWNT Olympic roster was released on Wednesday and for the first time in nearly two decades, one of the sport’s biggest names was missing: Alex Morgan.
Barely: It was a “tough decision”, coach Emma Hayes said, but ultimately there was no room on the 18-player roster for Morgan, who turns 35 next week and has struggled to score of late.
Trivia answer: Mark McGwire (1987, 1997, 1998, 2000) and Ken Griffey Jr. (1994, 1997, 1998)
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