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Ja to Portland: The Ja Morant era in Memphis is over after the Grizzlies traded their onetime star to the Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray. The former All-Star has played just 79 of a possible 246 games in the past three seasons due to injuries and off-court issues.
CJ2K diagnosed with ALS: Former Titans star Chris Johnson revealed on "Good Morning America" that he was diagnosed with ALS last year. "If sharing my story helps even one person get diagnosed sooner, inspires more research or gives another family hope, it's worth it," he said with the aid of a speech-generating device that his rapidly deteriorating condition requires.
Beasley indicted: NBA veteran Malik Beasley, who didn't play last season amid a gambling investigation, was indicted Monday on federal charges related to a sports-betting scheme. He and former teammate Ed Davis, also indicted, are accused of working together to manipulate Beasley's performance in four games during the 2023-24 season.
A British nightmare: British players had arguably their worst day ever at Wimbledon on Monday, losing all 10 men's and women's singles matches that were completed, and trailing in the 11th that was suspended due to darkness. This after two of their most popular players (Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper) withdrew with injuries.
️ Golden Spikes winner: Georgia's Daniel Jackson won the 2026 Golden Spikes Award, given to the nation's best amateur baseball player. The junior earned the honor after becoming the first catcher in NCAA Division I history with 25 HR and 25 stolen bases in the same season.
See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.
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The first full day of knockout-round action delivered the goods, with Brazil winning in stoppage time and Paraguay and Morocco both winning penalty shootouts. How much fun is the World Cup?
Houston, Texas — Japan tested Brazil's will for the duration of Monday's contest, but Gabriel Martinelli's winner at the death extinguished the upset threat in Brazil's hard-fought 2-1 victory. Despite the loss, Zion Suzuki's sensational fingertip save — and the hope it gave Samurai Blue in a match few expected to be so close — will not soon be forgotten.
Cracks shown: Brazil has reached at least the quarterfinal of every World Cup since 1990, and that streak retains a pulse. But Japan demonstrated why this edition of the Seleção is not among the tournament's favorites (No. 7 in our pre-match Round of 32 power rankings).
The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Foxborough, Massachusetts — After a stout Paraguayan defense and a controversial VAR decision prevented Germany from finding a winner through 120 minutes, the tournament's first penalty shootout — a 4-3 Paraguay win — delivered the gut-wrenching goods. No German had failed to convert a World Cup penalty since 1982; on Monday, three of them did.
Historic upset: Paraguay, ranked 31 spots behind Germany, notched the fourth-largest upset in knockout round history. Meanwhile, Germany has not won a knockout round game since winning the 2014 World Cup, and the same surprisingly applies for the winners of the 2006 (Italy) and 2010 (Spain) editions. Can La Roja end that drought Thursday against Austria?
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Monterrey, Mexico — Morocco forced extra time against the Netherlands on Issa Diop's last-gasp header, neutralizing an emotional Cody Gakpo opener for the Dutch. And the Atlas Lions didn't waste their opportunity, dominating in extra time before winning the night's second shootout, 3-2.
Unlucky losers: The Dutch have not lost a match in regular or extra time since the 2010 World Cup, exiting on penalties for the third consecutive tournament. Having yielded most of the possession (70%) and attacking chances to Morocco through 120 minutes, though, they can have few gripes with their elimination.
Hovland celebrates his win with a Viking Row alongside his Norwegian supporters. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
️ 8th victory
Viktor Hovland defeated Scottie Scheffler on the first playoff hole Monday at the Travelers Championship, capturing his eighth PGA Tour victory when Scheffler's two-foot birdie putt to extend the playoff rolled past the cup — a rather shocking miss that keeps the world No. 1 out of the winner's circle for his 13th consecutive tournament.
By the numbers: Though Scheffler hasn't won since his season-opening victory at The American Express, his results have otherwise been exactly what you'd expect from the world's best golfer: He has four runner-up finishes, another four in the top five and nothing outside the top 25. Put another way, he's finished in the top five in nine of his 14 starts. There's a reason he leads this season's money list by nearly $2 million.
️ 4-game sweep
The Red Sox breathed new life into what was looking like a lost season over the weekend, completing their first four-game sweep of the Yankees since 2018 on Sunday thanks to Jarren Duran's walk-off single. The sweep was particularly surprising considering Boston (37-46) entered the series with the AL's worst record and New York (48-36) entered with its best.
Dominant pitching: Boston's starters completely shut down the Bombers, allowing just 10 hits and 3 ER while all four recorded a quality start, capped off by Sonny Gray's near no-hitter in the finale. The Yankees' offensive woes continued on Monday, as they've now been held to three hits or fewer in four consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.
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5 sets
Jannik Sinner escaped with a narrow victory on Monday at Wimbledon, overcoming a bloody foot and an early deficit against Serbia's Miomir Kecmanović for his first five-set win since 2024, snapping a streak of five straight losses in such matches. Next up for the world No. 1 is tomorrow's second-round match against Portugal's Nuno Borges.
Wild stat: Combined with his stunning upset loss last month at Roland Garros, Sinner has now dropped more sets in his last two Grand Slam matches (4) than he has in his last 34 Masters 1000 matches (3).
️ 37 of 170
Monday's pair of shootouts were the 36th and 37th in 170 World Cup knockout-round matches since penalty shootouts were introduced before the 1978 tournament — a rate of nearly 22%. With nine in the last two editions, and two on Monday alone, chances are we'll get at least a couple more in the next few weeks. But have you ever wondered how goalies prepare for and defend against the most pressure-packed play in soccer?
What they're saying: "It's not like you're going, 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,'" longtime goalkeeper coach Todd Hoffard told Yahoo Sports. "Are you going to get fooled sometimes? Absolutely, because you've got to make that split-second decision. But you're never really just aimlessly guessing. There's a lot of preparation involved." Dive in.
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At the heart of the forces driving sports' emergence as an asset class is their unique and unparalleled value to an evolving media landscape.
No substitutes: The rise of streaming and the demise of the monoculture has left a void in live programming filled only by sports. While we used to gather around our TVs for primetime viewing of network television shows, those days have long since passed.
(Lev Akabas/Sportico)
Play the shift: Sports have a unique ability to transcend trends new and old that have made other programming less valuable.
What they're saying: "10 years from now, we will have a steady dopamine drip of all that other content to make us laugh, to make us cry," Seven Seven Six founder and prominent sports investor Alexis Ohanian explains:
"You will never want to watch robots play soccer or play golf. You need to see that human experience. If you're wondering why I'm investing so much money in sports, particularly women's sports, it's because of this: 10 years from now, live sports will be even more important to us, because it will be the one thing to connect us to our own humanity."
Rising tide, not for all boats: Analysis from Boston Consulting Group highlights a striking dichotomy between the haves and have-nots of the sports media landscape. The higher absolute rights fees for the top properties restrict both the pool of available bidders and the budget they can offer to the broader sporting ecosystem.
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While the NBA offseason technically kicked off last week with various major trades and extensions, it officially kicks off tonight at 6pm ET with the start of free agency. There's a lot to follow, so we've got you covered with an in-depth look at where things stand across the league.
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports:
Which teams will look to take big swings aimed at entering the championship conversation? Which players are mere days away from grabbing a generational bag? And who might be on the verge of a big decision they'll come to view with deep, penetrating regret?
The answers to those questions, and many more, will come in the days and weeks ahead. While we're waiting, please accept this offseason primer as a means of setting the table and trying to get our arms around the biggest-ticket issues around the NBA as the annual feeding frenzy of acquisitions commences.
Dive in.
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Wimbledon, Day 2
Serena Williams takes the court today (~12pm ET, ESPN) in a professional singles match for the first time in four years, facing unseeded Australian Maya Joint on Center Court at the All England Club.
Plus: The action is streaming all day on ESPN+, including first-round matches for top-ranked American men No. 4 Ben Shelton (7:10am) and No. 6 Taylor Fritz (9:40am), defending women's champion No. 3 Iga Świątek (8:30am), and more.
️ World Cup, Round of 32
Three more teams will punch their ticket to the Round of 16 today, with Ivory Coast vs. Norway in Dallas (1pm, Fox), France vs. Sweden in East Rutherford (5pm, Fox) and Mexico vs. Ecuador in Mexico City (9pm, Fox).
Home cooking: Mexico will look to continue its dominant form after finishing the group stage as one of just three teams to go a perfect 3-0-0 (Argentina, France), and one of just two that allowed zero goals (Spain).
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New York isn't done celebrating the Knicks just yet, with the city's Department of Transportation announcing on Monday that it was putting up temporary street signs across Manhattan to honor the 2026 NBA Champions.
See for yourself: For the next four weeks, all 18 players on the roster will have a personalized street sign that corresponds to their jersey number along 6th and 7th Avenues from Houston Street up to 55th Street.
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HEADLINES
Ja to Portland: The Ja Morant era in Memphis is over after the Grizzlies traded their onetime star to the Trail Blazers for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray. The former All-Star has played just 79 of a possible 246 games in the past three seasons due to injuries and off-court issues.
CJ2K diagnosed with ALS: Former Titans star Chris Johnson revealed on "Good Morning America" that he was diagnosed with ALS last year. "If sharing my story helps even one person get diagnosed sooner, inspires more research or gives another family hope, it's worth it," he said with the aid of a speech-generating device that his rapidly deteriorating condition requires.
Beasley indicted: NBA veteran Malik Beasley, who didn't play last season amid a gambling investigation, was indicted Monday on federal charges related to a sports-betting scheme. He and former teammate Ed Davis, also indicted, are accused of working together to manipulate Beasley's performance in four games during the 2023-24 season.
A British nightmare: British players had arguably their worst day ever at Wimbledon on Monday, losing all 10 men's and women's singles matches that were completed, and trailing in the 11th that was suspended due to darkness. This after two of their most popular players (Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper) withdrew with injuries.
️ Golden Spikes winner: Georgia's Daniel Jackson won the 2026 Golden Spikes Award, given to the nation's best amateur baseball player. The junior earned the honor after becoming the first catcher in NCAA Division I history with 25 HR and 25 stolen bases in the same season.See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.
️ A TRIO OF THRILLERS
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The first full day of knockout-round action delivered the goods, with Brazil winning in stoppage time and Paraguay and Morocco both winning penalty shootouts. How much fun is the World Cup?
Houston, Texas — Japan tested Brazil's will for the duration of Monday's contest, but Gabriel Martinelli's winner at the death extinguished the upset threat in Brazil's hard-fought 2-1 victory. Despite the loss, Zion Suzuki's sensational fingertip save — and the hope it gave Samurai Blue in a match few expected to be so close — will not soon be forgotten.
Cracks shown: Brazil has reached at least the quarterfinal of every World Cup since 1990, and that streak retains a pulse. But Japan demonstrated why this edition of the Seleção is not among the tournament's favorites (No. 7 in our pre-match Round of 32 power rankings).
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The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Foxborough, Massachusetts — After a stout Paraguayan defense and a controversial VAR decision prevented Germany from finding a winner through 120 minutes, the tournament's first penalty shootout — a 4-3 Paraguay win — delivered the gut-wrenching goods. No German had failed to convert a World Cup penalty since 1982; on Monday, three of them did.
Historic upset: Paraguay, ranked 31 spots behind Germany, notched the fourth-largest upset in knockout round history. Meanwhile, Germany has not won a knockout round game since winning the 2014 World Cup, and the same surprisingly applies for the winners of the 2006 (Italy) and 2010 (Spain) editions. Can La Roja end that drought Thursday against Austria?
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Monterrey, Mexico — Morocco forced extra time against the Netherlands on Issa Diop's last-gasp header, neutralizing an emotional Cody Gakpo opener for the Dutch. And the Atlas Lions didn't waste their opportunity, dominating in extra time before winning the night's second shootout, 3-2.
Unlucky losers: The Dutch have not lost a match in regular or extra time since the 2010 World Cup, exiting on penalties for the third consecutive tournament. Having yielded most of the possession (70%) and attacking chances to Morocco through 120 minutes, though, they can have few gripes with their elimination.
BIG NUMBERS
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Hovland celebrates his win with a Viking Row alongside his Norwegian supporters. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
️ 8th victoryViktor Hovland defeated Scottie Scheffler on the first playoff hole Monday at the Travelers Championship, capturing his eighth PGA Tour victory when Scheffler's two-foot birdie putt to extend the playoff rolled past the cup — a rather shocking miss that keeps the world No. 1 out of the winner's circle for his 13th consecutive tournament.
By the numbers: Though Scheffler hasn't won since his season-opening victory at The American Express, his results have otherwise been exactly what you'd expect from the world's best golfer: He has four runner-up finishes, another four in the top five and nothing outside the top 25. Put another way, he's finished in the top five in nine of his 14 starts. There's a reason he leads this season's money list by nearly $2 million.
️ 4-game sweepThe Red Sox breathed new life into what was looking like a lost season over the weekend, completing their first four-game sweep of the Yankees since 2018 on Sunday thanks to Jarren Duran's walk-off single. The sweep was particularly surprising considering Boston (37-46) entered the series with the AL's worst record and New York (48-36) entered with its best.
Dominant pitching: Boston's starters completely shut down the Bombers, allowing just 10 hits and 3 ER while all four recorded a quality start, capped off by Sonny Gray's near no-hitter in the finale. The Yankees' offensive woes continued on Monday, as they've now been held to three hits or fewer in four consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.
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5 sets
Jannik Sinner escaped with a narrow victory on Monday at Wimbledon, overcoming a bloody foot and an early deficit against Serbia's Miomir Kecmanović for his first five-set win since 2024, snapping a streak of five straight losses in such matches. Next up for the world No. 1 is tomorrow's second-round match against Portugal's Nuno Borges.
Wild stat: Combined with his stunning upset loss last month at Roland Garros, Sinner has now dropped more sets in his last two Grand Slam matches (4) than he has in his last 34 Masters 1000 matches (3).
️ 37 of 170Monday's pair of shootouts were the 36th and 37th in 170 World Cup knockout-round matches since penalty shootouts were introduced before the 1978 tournament — a rate of nearly 22%. With nine in the last two editions, and two on Monday alone, chances are we'll get at least a couple more in the next few weeks. But have you ever wondered how goalies prepare for and defend against the most pressure-packed play in soccer?
What they're saying: "It's not like you're going, 'Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,'" longtime goalkeeper coach Todd Hoffard told Yahoo Sports. "Are you going to get fooled sometimes? Absolutely, because you've got to make that split-second decision. But you're never really just aimlessly guessing. There's a lot of preparation involved." Dive in.
LIVE SPORTS: TV'S GOLDEN GOOSE
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At the heart of the forces driving sports' emergence as an asset class is their unique and unparalleled value to an evolving media landscape.
No substitutes: The rise of streaming and the demise of the monoculture has left a void in live programming filled only by sports. While we used to gather around our TVs for primetime viewing of network television shows, those days have long since passed.
- In 2005, sports accounted for just 14 of Nielsen's top 100 most-viewed live programs.
- In 2025, 95 of the top 100 were sports, with football alone taking 90 spots.
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Play the shift: Sports have a unique ability to transcend trends new and old that have made other programming less valuable.
- For example, over the last two decades viewers have steadily adopted the practice of "time-shifting" dramas, sitcoms, and reality TV, watching them at a later date that better suits them. But sports don't allow for such behavior.
- Looking ahead, as AI floods the world with generative content, sports offer one of the few remaining authentic human experiences, where results are organically decided in real time.
- Shifts in ratings methodology have also proved beneficial to sports, with Big Data and Out-of-Home adjustments from Nielsen providing a tailwind to measured audience sizes.
What they're saying: "10 years from now, we will have a steady dopamine drip of all that other content to make us laugh, to make us cry," Seven Seven Six founder and prominent sports investor Alexis Ohanian explains:
"You will never want to watch robots play soccer or play golf. You need to see that human experience. If you're wondering why I'm investing so much money in sports, particularly women's sports, it's because of this: 10 years from now, live sports will be even more important to us, because it will be the one thing to connect us to our own humanity."
Rising tide, not for all boats: Analysis from Boston Consulting Group highlights a striking dichotomy between the haves and have-nots of the sports media landscape. The higher absolute rights fees for the top properties restrict both the pool of available bidders and the budget they can offer to the broader sporting ecosystem.
- The top 10 media properties in sports grew their global media rights from $15 billion to $32 billion (113%) over the decade spanning 2014 to 2024.
- The next 20 properties grew from $5 billion to $7 billion, an increase of only 40%.
FREE AGENCY PRIMER
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While the NBA offseason technically kicked off last week with various major trades and extensions, it officially kicks off tonight at 6pm ET with the start of free agency. There's a lot to follow, so we've got you covered with an in-depth look at where things stand across the league.
Dan Devine, Yahoo Sports:
Which teams will look to take big swings aimed at entering the championship conversation? Which players are mere days away from grabbing a generational bag? And who might be on the verge of a big decision they'll come to view with deep, penetrating regret?
The answers to those questions, and many more, will come in the days and weeks ahead. While we're waiting, please accept this offseason primer as a means of setting the table and trying to get our arms around the biggest-ticket issues around the NBA as the annual feeding frenzy of acquisitions commences.
Dive in.
WATCHLIST: TUESDAY, JUNE 30
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Wimbledon, Day 2
Serena Williams takes the court today (~12pm ET, ESPN) in a professional singles match for the first time in four years, facing unseeded Australian Maya Joint on Center Court at the All England Club.
Plus: The action is streaming all day on ESPN+, including first-round matches for top-ranked American men No. 4 Ben Shelton (7:10am) and No. 6 Taylor Fritz (9:40am), defending women's champion No. 3 Iga Świątek (8:30am), and more.
️ World Cup, Round of 32Three more teams will punch their ticket to the Round of 16 today, with Ivory Coast vs. Norway in Dallas (1pm, Fox), France vs. Sweden in East Rutherford (5pm, Fox) and Mexico vs. Ecuador in Mexico City (9pm, Fox).
Home cooking: Mexico will look to continue its dominant form after finishing the group stage as one of just three teams to go a perfect 3-0-0 (Argentina, France), and one of just two that allowed zero goals (Spain).
More to watch:
- ️ MLB: Tigers at Yankees (7:05pm, TBS/Prime) … Two-time reigning AL Cy Young Tarik Skubal (3-4, 3.32 ERA) vs. AL Cy Young favorite Cam Schlittler (8-4, 1.62 ERA).
- WNBA: Aces at Liberty (7pm, Prime) … The only game on tonight's schedule is a real doozy, pitting the last two champions — who are both currently among the league's top five teams — against each other.
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WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NEW NAMES
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New York isn't done celebrating the Knicks just yet, with the city's Department of Transportation announcing on Monday that it was putting up temporary street signs across Manhattan to honor the 2026 NBA Champions.
See for yourself: For the next four weeks, all 18 players on the roster will have a personalized street sign that corresponds to their jersey number along 6th and 7th Avenues from Houston Street up to 55th Street.
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