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️ MLB firings: The Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza in the midst of New York's last-place campaign, replacing him with senior VP of player development Andy Green on an interim basis. The Angels fired GM Perry Minasian amid a six-year tenure of perennially sub-.500 play; former Cardinals president John Mozeliak will take over on an interim basis.
️ Poch offered extension: The U.S. Soccer Federation has reportedly offered Mauricio Pochettino an extension that would keep him on as the USMNT's head coach for another World Cup cycle, through 2030. As it stands, his deal will expire at the end of this year's tournament.
Charlotte's fire sale continues: Just a few days after trading away franchise cornerstone LaMelo Ball, the Hornets dealt Miles Bridges (and a second-round pick) to the Suns for Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and a future first-rounder. That's now two of Charlotte's top four scorers from last season gone, months after completing a promising 44-win campaign.
Mystics win marathon: The Mystics beat the Fire on Sunday, 124-123 (4OT), in the second quadruple overtime game in WNBA history. Six players scored at least 20 points (three per team), led by Washington's Sonia Citron and Portland's Carla Leite, each with a game-high 32.
Boots bests Zayas: Jaron "Boots" Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs) defeated Xander Zayas (23-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at Barclays Center via seventh-round stoppage, capturing the WBA and WBO super welterweight titles to become a two-division unified champion.
See what else is trending on Yahoo Sports.
(Hassan Ahmad/Yahoo Sports)
The World Cup knockouts began on Sunday with a dramatic Canadian victory over South Africa, leaving 30 teams fighting for their spot in the Round of 16.
No more math: The mental gymnastics of determining permutations and third-place cut lines ended on Saturday night, when Iran watched its dream get destroyed, revived, and then destroyed again during Algeria and Austria's thrilling 3-3 draw that resulted in Iran's elimination.
Do or die: From here on out, it's win or go home, starting with three matches each of the next five days to narrow the field to 16.
To be the best… It certainly looks like the USMNT will have to beat the best, after the Americans landed a less-than-optimal road to the final. In the most difficult case, they'll have to face Belgium (Round of 16), Spain (Quarterfinal), France (Semifinal) and Argentina (Final). But first up is a date with Bosnia and Herzegovina — an opponent they can't afford to overlook.
You'll never believe it, but Messi scored again. (Ryan Pierse/FIFA via Getty Images)
Group stage notes:
Go deeper:Takeaways from the Round of 32
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Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next month's Open Championship in the wake of a detailed report by Skratch's Alan Shipnuck, which unearths numerous accusations of sexual misconduct and otherwise inappropriate behavior against the six-time major champion.
Catch up quick: Earlier this month, Golf Digest reported that Mickelson was no longer a member of The Farms Golf Club outside San Diego following accusations of unwanted physical contact with a female employee. "In fact," writes Shipnuck, "Mickelson's unceremonious ending at The Farms seems to be part of a larger pattern."
What they're saying: Ashley Perez, the ex-wife of Mickelson's friend and fellow LIV Golf player Pat Perez, shared her story — which included being propositioned by Phil with a nude photo of himself — to help fight the "culture of silence that keeps women from coming forward."
"With Phil, I feel like the pattern has been there for many years but people have been afraid to go public because it's Phil Mickelson. We give these golfers so much adulation and money, they think they're gods. They think they're untouchable."
A pattern of behavior: Mickelson allegedly paid golf club employees to drive his phone around the course to hide his location from his wife, Amy, so he could sneak away for secret rendezvous, according to the report. He also drunkenly propositioned a friend at a group dinner in graphic detail. "It was horrible," she said. "It felt like verbal rape."
The last word, courtesy of one of Mickelson's former golf buddies…
"It's a very sad story. He should have been Arnold Palmer. Phil had the same charisma, the same star power. People loved him everywhere he went. My take is that he came to believe his own bull****."
"He thought he was bulletproof, because his whole life he had always skated on everything. But, in the end, he had too many demons. He got consumed by his own darkness."
Read the full story.
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Chaska, Minnesota — South Korea's Haeran Ryu (-13) emerged from a crowded leaderboard on Sunday at Hazeltine to win the Women's PGA Championship by two strokes, capturing her fourth LPGA victory and first major title.
Historic comeback: Ryu shot a 1-over 73 on Thursday, leaving her 10 shots off the lead. Then she changed her putter and made history, shooting 64-68-70 the rest of the way to become the first LPGA major champion since 1964 who trailed by 10+ shots after Round 1.
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Spielberg, Austria — Mercedes' George Russell won Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix for his second victory of the season, continuing the Silver Arrows' dominant campaign as their duo of Russell and Kimi Antonelli have finished first in seven of eight F1 races so far.
Leaderboard: Mercedes (302 points) holds a sizable lead over Ferrari (204) in the team standings, while Antonelli (171) — who came in third on Sunday — Russell (131) and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton (125) are the only drivers with more than 80 points.
The top three picks in the 2026 NHL Draft pose together. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
Buffalo, New York — Penn State's Gavin McKenna (Maple Leafs), Sweden's Ivar Stenberg (Sharks) and the OHL's Caleb Malhotra (Canucks) were the top three picks in this weekend's NHL Draft, which was defined by a flurry of trades that saw 18 first-round picks ultimately used by teams other than their original owners.
San Jose's historic selection: The Sharks' seventh-round pick was defenseman Alexander Karmanov out of Moldova, who at 7-foot-1 is the tallest drafted player in NHL history. If he plays a single game, he'll surpass the 6-foot-9 trio of Zdeno Chára, Matt Rempe and Viktor Svedberg as the tallest to actually appear in an NHL game.
(Kirk Irwin/NWSL via Getty Images)
Columbus, Ohio — Gotham FC defeated the Kansas City Current, 2-0, to win the NWSL Challenge Cup, coming out on top of Friday's rain-soaked contest that marked the first professional women's soccer match ever played in the state of Ohio.
Where it stands: All 16 teams have played between 11 and 13 of their 30-game schedules as the league prepares to return from its monthlong pause during the World Cup's group stage. San Diego (25 points), Utah (24) and Portland (24) lead the way, followed by last year's champion (Gotham), runner-up (Washington) and Shield winner (KC), with 21 points each.
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️ 105.5 mph
Well folks, he did it again. Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski threw a 105.5 mph fastball on Friday, yet again breaking his own record for the fastest pitch ever recorded by an MLB starting pitcher. He's also now just a few ticks away from the fastest pitch thrown by any pitcher, a record currently held by closer Aroldis Chapman, who hit 105.8 in 2010 and 105.7 in 2016.
Could the Miz reach 106 and beyond? "I definitely think it's possible,” he said after the game, adding that he actually slipped while throwing the historic heater. "Science says you can hit 108. Someone eventually is going to hit it. ... Speed is cool, but if it doesn't win a ballgame it doesn't matter." Worth noting: He did, indeed, win the ballgame (9-3), and his ERA is an MLB-best 1.45 for first-place Milwaukee (50-31).
23.55 seconds
Four-time Olympic medalist Gretchen Walsh broke the 50m freestyle world record on Sunday in Rome, clocking a time of 23.55 seconds to narrowly edge the mark (23.59) set just nine days earlier by Kate Douglass, her training partner and former University of Virginia teammate.
Another record falls: While Walsh broke a nine-day old world record, Dutch Olympian Marrit Steenbergen broke a nine-year old world record, swimming a 51.68 in the 100m free on Saturday to eclipse Sarah Sjöström's mark of 51.71 from 2017.
Handshakes at the last, with more to come today. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
️ 72 holes (and counting)
Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland (-21) fought an incredible duel on Sunday at the Travelers Championship, but 72 holes ultimately wasn't enough to determine a winner, and neither was four days after a lengthy weather delay forced a Monday finish. They'll return this morning (9am ET, Golf) for a sudden-death playoff on the 18th hole at TPC River Highlands.
How they got here: Hovland — fueled in part by a horde of Norwegian soccer fans who came to cheer on their native son after watching Norway's World Cup game in nearby Foxborough — entered the final round with a one-stroke lead over the world No. 1. They remained neck-and-neck all day and reached the 18th hole all tied up, with both missing long birdie putts. Hovland left himself a tap-in, while Scottie sank an 8-footer to save par and force the playoff.
13-for-13
The Sky rewrote the record books in Friday's blowout win over the Sparks, led by center Kamila Cardoso's perfect 13-for-13 shooting performance, the most field goals taken in a single game without a miss in WNBA history. Chicago also dished out a WNBA-record 38 assists and scored a franchise-record 124 points.
Elsewhere: The first-place Lynx (15-4) continued their winning ways on Sunday with an 85-77 victory over the Wings (11-8), as No. 2 pick and ROY frontrunner Olivia Miles (21 points, 8 assists) improved to 3-0 this season against No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd (21 points, 4 steals).
Can Sinner beat the heat and repeat at Wimbledon? (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Wimbledon, Day 1
Play begins today (6am ET, ESPN/ESPN+) at the All England Club, where some key storylines in the season's third Grand Slam include Serena Williams' return to singles (she plays tomorrow), Novak Djokovic's pursuit of a record-breaking 25th major (he plays today at 11:20am) and Jannik Sinner's cramping history vs. the heat of a London summer (he plays today at 8:30am).
Pre-tournament reading:Tennis players want more money ... they're just not willing to fight for it(Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports)
️ World Cup, Round of 32
The knockouts continue today with Brazil vs. Japan in Houston (1pm, Fox), Germany vs. Paraguay in Foxborough (4:30pm, Fox) and Netherlands vs. Morocco in Guadalupe (9pm, Fox).
Scorers galore: Five of the 15 players who have scored 3+ goals this tournament are in action today: Brazil's Vinícius Júnior (4 goals) and Matheus Cunha (3), Germany's Deniz Undav (3), Morocco's Ismael Saibari (3) and Netherlands' Brian Brobbey (3).
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Man of the Match Lautaro Martínez celebrates his goal in Saturday's win. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Argentina notched its 50th World Cup victory on Saturday, becoming just the third nation ever to reach that milestone.
Question: Can you name the other two countries with at least 50 World Cup wins?
Hint: South America, Europe
Answer at the bottom.
The 2004 NFL Europe World Bowl in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
19 years ago today, NFL Europe officially folded, bringing an end to a failed marketing strategy that struggled to establish a foothold of attendance and media interest.
Yes, but: That overaggressive idea was born of the same global ambition that has since led to the NFL's booming international slate, which this fall will feature a record nine games across four continents. The league wasn't wrong; it was just early.
Trivia answer: Brazil (78 wins) and Germany (70)
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HEADLINES
️ MLB firings: The Mets fired manager Carlos Mendoza in the midst of New York's last-place campaign, replacing him with senior VP of player development Andy Green on an interim basis. The Angels fired GM Perry Minasian amid a six-year tenure of perennially sub-.500 play; former Cardinals president John Mozeliak will take over on an interim basis.️ Poch offered extension: The U.S. Soccer Federation has reportedly offered Mauricio Pochettino an extension that would keep him on as the USMNT's head coach for another World Cup cycle, through 2030. As it stands, his deal will expire at the end of this year's tournament.Charlotte's fire sale continues: Just a few days after trading away franchise cornerstone LaMelo Ball, the Hornets dealt Miles Bridges (and a second-round pick) to the Suns for Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and a future first-rounder. That's now two of Charlotte's top four scorers from last season gone, months after completing a promising 44-win campaign.
Mystics win marathon: The Mystics beat the Fire on Sunday, 124-123 (4OT), in the second quadruple overtime game in WNBA history. Six players scored at least 20 points (three per team), led by Washington's Sonia Citron and Portland's Carla Leite, each with a game-high 32.
Boots bests Zayas: Jaron "Boots" Ennis (36-0, 32 KOs) defeated Xander Zayas (23-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday night at Barclays Center via seventh-round stoppage, capturing the WBA and WBO super welterweight titles to become a two-division unified champion.
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️ BRING ON THE KNOCKOUTS
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The World Cup knockouts began on Sunday with a dramatic Canadian victory over South Africa, leaving 30 teams fighting for their spot in the Round of 16.
No more math: The mental gymnastics of determining permutations and third-place cut lines ended on Saturday night, when Iran watched its dream get destroyed, revived, and then destroyed again during Algeria and Austria's thrilling 3-3 draw that resulted in Iran's elimination.
Do or die: From here on out, it's win or go home, starting with three matches each of the next five days to narrow the field to 16.
- Today: Brazil vs. Japan, Germany vs. Paraguay, Netherlands vs. Morocco
- Tuesday: Ivory Coast vs. Norway, France vs. Sweden, Mexico vs. Ecuador
- Wednesday: England vs. DR Congo, Belgium vs. Senegal, USA vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Thursday: Spain vs. Austria, Portugal vs. Croatia, Switzerland vs. Algeria
- Friday: Australia vs. Egypt, Argentina vs. Cape Verde, Colombia vs. Ghana
To be the best… It certainly looks like the USMNT will have to beat the best, after the Americans landed a less-than-optimal road to the final. In the most difficult case, they'll have to face Belgium (Round of 16), Spain (Quarterfinal), France (Semifinal) and Argentina (Final). But first up is a date with Bosnia and Herzegovina — an opponent they can't afford to overlook.
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You'll never believe it, but Messi scored again. (Ryan Pierse/FIFA via Getty Images)
Group stage notes:
- Individual scoring acclaim continues: Lionel Messi extended his World Cup scoring streak to a record seven games on Saturday, and extended his lead in the Golden Boot race with six goals so far. Harry Kane, meanwhile, scored his 70th goal of the season for club and country (a tally only bested by Messi's 82 in 2011-2012), in turn becoming England's all-time leading scorer at the World Cup with 11 goals.
- Straight chalk: 11 out of 12 pre-tournament favorites won their groups, with only Portugal falling short in that endeavor (they finished second to Colombia). In fact, the only team ranked in the world's top 20 who qualified for the World Cup but didn't reach the knockouts was No. 19 Uruguay, a stunning result whose consequences went beyond the field.
- Not midnight yet: Tournament darling Cape Verde secured a spot in the Round of 32 with three draws, becoming the smallest nation ever to emerge from the World Cup group stage. They're also one of seven teams making their knockout-round debut, alongside DR Congo, South Africa, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ivory Coast and Egypt.
- Africa on top: Nine out of the 10 African teams in the field advanced to the knockouts, the highest percentage of any confederation. South America (5 of 6) and Europe (13 of 16) weren't far behind, while Asia (2 of 9) struggled mightily.
Go deeper:Takeaways from the Round of 32
️ REPORT: MICKELSON'S HISTORY OF MISCONDUCT
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Phil Mickelson has withdrawn from next month's Open Championship in the wake of a detailed report by Skratch's Alan Shipnuck, which unearths numerous accusations of sexual misconduct and otherwise inappropriate behavior against the six-time major champion.
Catch up quick: Earlier this month, Golf Digest reported that Mickelson was no longer a member of The Farms Golf Club outside San Diego following accusations of unwanted physical contact with a female employee. "In fact," writes Shipnuck, "Mickelson's unceremonious ending at The Farms seems to be part of a larger pattern."
- "In recent years, he has had abrupt departures from two other high-end golf clubs, the Madison Club and The Bridges in Rancho Santa Fe. Sources at both clubs say his personal conduct was a primary factor."
- "Seventeen years after Tiger Woods's serial infidelities exploded into a tabloid-fueled scandal, his onetime rival may now be facing his own reckoning."
What they're saying: Ashley Perez, the ex-wife of Mickelson's friend and fellow LIV Golf player Pat Perez, shared her story — which included being propositioned by Phil with a nude photo of himself — to help fight the "culture of silence that keeps women from coming forward."
"With Phil, I feel like the pattern has been there for many years but people have been afraid to go public because it's Phil Mickelson. We give these golfers so much adulation and money, they think they're gods. They think they're untouchable."
A pattern of behavior: Mickelson allegedly paid golf club employees to drive his phone around the course to hide his location from his wife, Amy, so he could sneak away for secret rendezvous, according to the report. He also drunkenly propositioned a friend at a group dinner in graphic detail. "It was horrible," she said. "It felt like verbal rape."
The last word, courtesy of one of Mickelson's former golf buddies…
"It's a very sad story. He should have been Arnold Palmer. Phil had the same charisma, the same star power. People loved him everywhere he went. My take is that he came to believe his own bull****."
"He thought he was bulletproof, because his whole life he had always skated on everything. But, in the end, he had too many demons. He got consumed by his own darkness."
Read the full story.
THROUGH THE LENS
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Chaska, Minnesota — South Korea's Haeran Ryu (-13) emerged from a crowded leaderboard on Sunday at Hazeltine to win the Women's PGA Championship by two strokes, capturing her fourth LPGA victory and first major title.
Historic comeback: Ryu shot a 1-over 73 on Thursday, leaving her 10 shots off the lead. Then she changed her putter and made history, shooting 64-68-70 the rest of the way to become the first LPGA major champion since 1964 who trailed by 10+ shots after Round 1.
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Spielberg, Austria — Mercedes' George Russell won Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix for his second victory of the season, continuing the Silver Arrows' dominant campaign as their duo of Russell and Kimi Antonelli have finished first in seven of eight F1 races so far.
Leaderboard: Mercedes (302 points) holds a sizable lead over Ferrari (204) in the team standings, while Antonelli (171) — who came in third on Sunday — Russell (131) and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton (125) are the only drivers with more than 80 points.
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The top three picks in the 2026 NHL Draft pose together. (Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
Buffalo, New York — Penn State's Gavin McKenna (Maple Leafs), Sweden's Ivar Stenberg (Sharks) and the OHL's Caleb Malhotra (Canucks) were the top three picks in this weekend's NHL Draft, which was defined by a flurry of trades that saw 18 first-round picks ultimately used by teams other than their original owners.
San Jose's historic selection: The Sharks' seventh-round pick was defenseman Alexander Karmanov out of Moldova, who at 7-foot-1 is the tallest drafted player in NHL history. If he plays a single game, he'll surpass the 6-foot-9 trio of Zdeno Chára, Matt Rempe and Viktor Svedberg as the tallest to actually appear in an NHL game.
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Columbus, Ohio — Gotham FC defeated the Kansas City Current, 2-0, to win the NWSL Challenge Cup, coming out on top of Friday's rain-soaked contest that marked the first professional women's soccer match ever played in the state of Ohio.
Where it stands: All 16 teams have played between 11 and 13 of their 30-game schedules as the league prepares to return from its monthlong pause during the World Cup's group stage. San Diego (25 points), Utah (24) and Portland (24) lead the way, followed by last year's champion (Gotham), runner-up (Washington) and Shield winner (KC), with 21 points each.
BIG NUMBERS
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️ 105.5 mphWell folks, he did it again. Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski threw a 105.5 mph fastball on Friday, yet again breaking his own record for the fastest pitch ever recorded by an MLB starting pitcher. He's also now just a few ticks away from the fastest pitch thrown by any pitcher, a record currently held by closer Aroldis Chapman, who hit 105.8 in 2010 and 105.7 in 2016.
Could the Miz reach 106 and beyond? "I definitely think it's possible,” he said after the game, adding that he actually slipped while throwing the historic heater. "Science says you can hit 108. Someone eventually is going to hit it. ... Speed is cool, but if it doesn't win a ballgame it doesn't matter." Worth noting: He did, indeed, win the ballgame (9-3), and his ERA is an MLB-best 1.45 for first-place Milwaukee (50-31).
23.55 secondsFour-time Olympic medalist Gretchen Walsh broke the 50m freestyle world record on Sunday in Rome, clocking a time of 23.55 seconds to narrowly edge the mark (23.59) set just nine days earlier by Kate Douglass, her training partner and former University of Virginia teammate.
Another record falls: While Walsh broke a nine-day old world record, Dutch Olympian Marrit Steenbergen broke a nine-year old world record, swimming a 51.68 in the 100m free on Saturday to eclipse Sarah Sjöström's mark of 51.71 from 2017.
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Handshakes at the last, with more to come today. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
️ 72 holes (and counting)Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland (-21) fought an incredible duel on Sunday at the Travelers Championship, but 72 holes ultimately wasn't enough to determine a winner, and neither was four days after a lengthy weather delay forced a Monday finish. They'll return this morning (9am ET, Golf) for a sudden-death playoff on the 18th hole at TPC River Highlands.
How they got here: Hovland — fueled in part by a horde of Norwegian soccer fans who came to cheer on their native son after watching Norway's World Cup game in nearby Foxborough — entered the final round with a one-stroke lead over the world No. 1. They remained neck-and-neck all day and reached the 18th hole all tied up, with both missing long birdie putts. Hovland left himself a tap-in, while Scottie sank an 8-footer to save par and force the playoff.
13-for-13
The Sky rewrote the record books in Friday's blowout win over the Sparks, led by center Kamila Cardoso's perfect 13-for-13 shooting performance, the most field goals taken in a single game without a miss in WNBA history. Chicago also dished out a WNBA-record 38 assists and scored a franchise-record 124 points.
Elsewhere: The first-place Lynx (15-4) continued their winning ways on Sunday with an 85-77 victory over the Wings (11-8), as No. 2 pick and ROY frontrunner Olivia Miles (21 points, 8 assists) improved to 3-0 this season against No. 1 pick Azzi Fudd (21 points, 4 steals).
WATCHLIST: MONDAY, JUNE 29
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Can Sinner beat the heat and repeat at Wimbledon? (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
Wimbledon, Day 1
Play begins today (6am ET, ESPN/ESPN+) at the All England Club, where some key storylines in the season's third Grand Slam include Serena Williams' return to singles (she plays tomorrow), Novak Djokovic's pursuit of a record-breaking 25th major (he plays today at 11:20am) and Jannik Sinner's cramping history vs. the heat of a London summer (he plays today at 8:30am).
Pre-tournament reading:Tennis players want more money ... they're just not willing to fight for it(Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports)
️ World Cup, Round of 32The knockouts continue today with Brazil vs. Japan in Houston (1pm, Fox), Germany vs. Paraguay in Foxborough (4:30pm, Fox) and Netherlands vs. Morocco in Guadalupe (9pm, Fox).
Scorers galore: Five of the 15 players who have scored 3+ goals this tournament are in action today: Brazil's Vinícius Júnior (4 goals) and Matheus Cunha (3), Germany's Deniz Undav (3), Morocco's Ismael Saibari (3) and Netherlands' Brian Brobbey (3).
More to watch:
- ️ PGA: Travelers Championship (9am, Golf) … Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland (-21) will compete in a sudden-death playoff at TPC River Highlands.
- ️ MLB: Rangers at Guardians (7pm, ESPN) … Jacob deGrom (6-5, 3.55 ERA) vs. ROY contender Parker Messick (7-4, 2.67 ERA).
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️ WORLD CUP TRIVIA
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Man of the Match Lautaro Martínez celebrates his goal in Saturday's win. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
Argentina notched its 50th World Cup victory on Saturday, becoming just the third nation ever to reach that milestone.
Question: Can you name the other two countries with at least 50 World Cup wins?
Hint: South America, Europe
Answer at the bottom.
JUNE 29, 2007: NFL EUROPE FOLDS
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The 2004 NFL Europe World Bowl in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Lars Baron/Bongarts/Getty Images)
19 years ago today, NFL Europe officially folded, bringing an end to a failed marketing strategy that struggled to establish a foothold of attendance and media interest.
Yes, but: That overaggressive idea was born of the same global ambition that has since led to the NFL's booming international slate, which this fall will feature a record nine games across four continents. The league wasn't wrong; it was just early.
Trivia answer: Brazil (78 wins) and Germany (70)
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