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Draft recap: The 2026 NBA Draft is in the books, and the biggest story of the second round — aside from the fact that 29 of the 30 pickswere involved in trades — was North Carolina big man Henri Veesaar, who rejected an NIL deal worth more than $5 million in hopes of being a first-round pick but ultimately slid all the way to the Hawks at No. 52. Whoops!
️ No. 300: Mookie Betts hit his 300th career home run in the Dodgers' win on Wednesday, becoming the 17th active player to reach that milestone. And it came in a win for Shohei Ohtani, who's now 8-2 with a 1.58 ERA and sits just three HRs shy of 300 himself.
WNBA All-Star update: Indiana's Aliyah Boston (683,996 votes) and Caitlin Clark (670,510) lead all players in the second voting update for next month's WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago. A'ja Wilson (LV), Paige Bueckers (DAL) and Breanna Stewart (NY) round out the top five.
Arnold faces life in prison: Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold was arrested on Wednesday and faces four charges of armed robbery and four charges of kidnapping, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The 23-year-old former first-round pick continues to deny all involvement in the incident that first surfaced back in February.
Reaves signs the max: The Lakers are signing star guard Austin Reaves to a four-year, $185 million max contract, the richest for an undrafted player in NBA history. Reaves, 28, has averaged 21.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists across his last two seasons in L.A.
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As the USMNT prepares for tonight's group stage finale (10pm ET, Fox) having already clinched first place after a pair of expectation-altering performances, it's fair for fans to ask the same question that adorns the wall behind head coach Mauricio Pochettino's desk: Why not U.S.?
Steven Goff, Yahoo Sports:
Mauricio Pochettino is sitting in his makeshift office at the U.S. World Cup team's hotel, the French doors opened to a patio overlooking the sun stubbornly dipping over the Pacific.
Four lemons sit in a bowl, a practice the 54-year-old Argentine believes absorbs negative energy. An unused surfboard leans in the corner, decorated in ocean-themed designs by the hotel's executive sous chef, who is also an artist.
Down the bluff and in the blue water, surfers are catching the day's last waves before darkness descends. Even the seagulls seem happy.
This isn't heaven, but it's just around the corner from it.
Pochettino's 20-month coaching project is also in a state of bliss. His U.S. squad began the World Cup with two impressive victories and clinched first place in Group D with one match to spare. The Americans will play winless Türkiye on Thursday at SoFi Stadium before facing a third-place team in the round of 32 on July 1 in Santa Clara, California.
While getting to the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years would be celebrated, Pochettino has gotten his team to believe in more.
Behind his desk, the team motto is plastered on the wall: Why Not U.S.
Pochettino celebrates last week's win over Australia. (Al Sermeno/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
In marker, Pochettino has written quotes and aspirational messages on the wall cover. "Every single quote represents our journey from Day 1 to today," he told a small gathering of reporters Tuesday evening. They include:
'The talent has brought us here, but it is heart, effort and unity that will make us unforgettable.'
'Heart turns effort into belief and when everything hurts, heart keeps us fighting together.'
'Now is our time!' with the date, time and score of the three-goal victory over Paraguay in the June 12 opener.
'Believe, work, compete' is strung together in a circle.
"Without one," Pochettino says, shaking his head, "disaster." There are more.
'Thank you for being more than a team – for being a family.' On a whiteboard, in both English and Spanish, a message reads: 'Don't fear the void; it's where the soul learns to fly.'
A cynic would dismiss them as corny and contrived, but to Pochettino, these quotes epitomize the mindset and attitude that his soaring squad has embraced leading to, and at, the World Cup.
Defying the public's — if not the team's — expectations, the Americans have performed with a pirate's swashbuckling and an artist's grace. They are playing — gasp! — quality soccer.
Thoughts of a deep run in the tournament are no longer fantasy. Few if anyone is calling them a trophy contender, but after decades mostly in the wilderness, the U.S. is finding its way.
Keep reading.
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Monterrey, Mexico — South Africa stunned South Korea with a 1-0 victory to finish second in Group A and secure their first-ever trip to the knockout round. What a moment for Bafana Bafana. The loss leaves South Korea fourth among third-place teams, which should be enough to advance.
Clean sweep: In Group A's other game, Mexico beat Czechia 3-0 to finish with a perfect nine points (3-0-0) in the group stage for the first time ever. Plus: Mexico's legendary goalkeeper Memo Ochoa entered as a second-half substitute, appearing in his fourth World Cup and taking a final curtain call at the Azteca.
(Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Miami, Florida — Brazil clinched Group C with a 3-1 win over Scotland, who still need some help to secure their first-ever passage to the knockouts, while Morocco claimed second with a win over Haiti. But even in defeat, it was the long-suffering Caribbean nation that won the night.
Jay Busbee, Yahoo Sports: Haiti fell to Morocco 4-2 on Wednesday night in Atlanta, eliminated in the group stage. But that's not the real story for Les Grenadiers, who exit the World Cup with a record of zero wins, zero draws and three losses. The real story is the miracle that Haiti — at No. 87, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament — even reached this World Cup at all, and still closed off its run with 45 of the finest minutes of soccer in the nation's history.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ermin Mahmić celebrates the victory. (Alex Livesey/FIFA via Getty Images)
Seattle, Washington — Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Qatar, 3-1, to clinch third place in Group B and set up what will almost certainly be a Round of 32 clash against the United States. Goal of the day: Bosnia's Kerim Alajbegović, just 18 years old, opened the scoring with an absolute missile from outside the box.
Group winners: Switzerland took down Canada, 2-1, to claim Group B. Despite the loss, Canada finished second and will join fellow host countries Mexico and the U.S. in the knockouts.
Acuff and Coach Cal during a game last fall. (Adam Ruff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
30 lottery picks
When the Kings selected Arkansas freshman Darius Acuff Jr. with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft on Tuesday, he became the 30th lottery pick to have played for John Calipari, breaking Mike Krzyzewski's record for the most lottery picks ever coached.
$6 billion and counting: The 41 Calipari-coached players who've been picked in the first round since 2000 (Acuff was the 42nd) have gone on to make more than $3.6 billion in on-court earnings. In all, Cal has boasted, his players have earned more than $6 billion in professional contracts, writes Yahoo Sports' Shlomo Sprung.
15 minutes
Some top tennis players will limit their post-match media appearances next week at Wimbledon to just 15 minutes in continued protest over prize money at Grand Slams. They did the same thing at the French Open, with 15 representing the roughly 15% of tournament revenues offered as prize money, which falls short of what they've asked for.
Worth noting: Wimbledon did significantly increase its prize money to a record $86 million (20% more than last year) in response to the earlier protests, a gesture the players welcomed as a "genuine and significant step forward." But that still represents only 14.4% of revenues; players requested 16% from Grand Slams and get 22% from ATP and WTA 1000-level events.
Scheffler speaks with the press on Wednesday ahead of the Travelers Championship. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
️ 22 golfers
That's how many players have made the cut at all three majors so far this year, a group led by — who else — Scottie Scheffler. His aggregate score of -13 across the Masters (-11, 2nd place), PGA Championship (-2, T14) and U.S. Open (E, T4) is the best of the bunch.
The rest: Sam Burns (-12), Justin Rose (-11), Rory McIlroy (-10), Xander Schauffele (-10), Ludvig Åberg (-5), Collin Morikawa (-3), Cameron Young (-2), Matt Fitzpatrick (-2), Aaron Rai (-2), Justin Thomas (E), Maverick McNealy (+1), Ben Griffin (+1), Chris Gotterup (+3), Jordan Spieth (+4), Sam Stevens (+5), Dustin Johnson (+8), Hideki Matsuyama (+9), Brian Harman (+10), Kurt Kitayama (+13), Corey Conners (+14), Michael Brennan (+17).
28,221 Jello shots
Oklahoma may have won the College World Series, but they finished a distant second to mighty West Virginia in the all-important Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge. Mountaineers fans purchased 28,221 Jello shots in the annual contest hosted by Rocco's Pizza and Cantina, situated right across the street from the site of the CWS in Omaha.
Charitable endeavor: Rocco's has hosted the challenge since 2019, when the winning tally was a mere 864 Jello shots (well done, Arkansas). And each year, $1.50 of every $5 shot is donated to a local food bank (one in Omaha and one associated with each of the eight schools in the CWS). That means this year they collectively raised $122,273 for charity. Drink up!
Serena trains at the All England Club's practice courts on Wednesday. (Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images)
Nearly four years and another pregnancy after playing what was supposed to be her final match, Serena Williams is taking the court again as a singles player next week at Wimbledon at age 44. It's audacious, it's absurd… it's totally Serena. And perhaps it was inevitable.
Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports:
Tennis players are notoriously terrible at retirement. They burn out, get old, become less competitive with age, but the grind is such a part of them that many find it hard to live without it. And there's always that little kernel of what-if doubt colliding with championship ego: How good is this new generation really?
Most of the high-profile comebacks have been short-lived and not particularly successful. The game moves on, the competition gets better and the impact of age becomes apparent.
Logically, "But it's Serena" shouldn't apply. But it's Serena, and it's Wimbledon. If she can do it at all, she'll do it there — on a surface that doesn't require the physicality of a hard court and where the greatest serve in the history of the women's game can still win her points without having to do anything else.
Catch the right draw and an opponent freaked out by playing Serena Williams on Center Court and who knows. For someone who has done what she's done, with even a little competitive drive left in the tank, that's enough to convince her of what's possible.
But there's risk, too. Not legacy-altering risk because nobody will remember or care if all this amounts to is losing a few matches and reversing course. The risk is that it goes badly, she looks old and overwhelmed and leaves with a worse taste in her mouth than she's had since retiring the first time.
After all, she's 44, hasn't played an official singles match in four years. Her preparation has consisted of a couple doubles matches that showed she still has her racket skills (no surprise there) but didn't tell us anything about her movement or competitive stamina.
At the pro level doubles is a vastly different game from playing singles against women in their physical prime. And Wimbledon is a heck of a place to jump back into the pool.
Keep reading.
(Yahoo Sports)
️ World Cup, Day 15
The Americans wrap up their group stage tonight in Los Angeles against Turkey (10pm ET, Fox). Plus: Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia (4pm, FS1), Ecuador vs. Germany in East Rutherford (4pm, Fox), Japan vs. Sweden in Dallas (7pm, Fox), Tunisia vs. Netherlands in Kansas City (7pm, FS1) and Paraguay vs. Australia in Santa Clara (10pm, FS1).
Where it stands: In Group D, the U.S. already clinched first place and Australia will clinch second with a win or draw against Paraguay; in Group E, Germany already clinched first and Ivory Coast will clinch second with a win (and likely a draw) against Curaçao; Group F is wide open as Netherlands, Japan and Sweden could all still finish on top.
️ Women's PGA Championship
The third LPGA major of the season tees off today (8am, Peacock; 11am, Golf) at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, where 156 golfers will compete for a $13 million purse, the largest in women's golf history.
The Year of Nelly: World No. 1 Nelly Korda has hit yet another gear this season with four wins (including both majors) and three runner-up finishes. If she wins again this week, she'll not only join Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1950) and Inbee Park (2013) as the only women to win the first three majors of a season, but she'll also officially earn her spot in the Hall of Fame.
More to watch:
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All three hosts have advanced to the Round of 32, with Mexico and the U.S. finishing first in their groups and Canada finishing second.
Question: Can you name the only two World Cup hosts this century who failed to reach the knockouts?
Hint: 2010, 2022
Answer at the bottom.
(Topps)
Topps transformed the lasting image of OG Anunoby's Game 4 tip-in into a Topps NOW trading card and sold 105,842 copies.
Quick math: While individual cards sold for $11.99, collectors can buy in bulk at lower prices. If you assumed a $10.00 average price, that would mean Fanatics-owned Topps printed (literally) nearly $1.1 million in revenue on one card in mere days.
Just wait… The card's sales volume was impressive, but the basketball that Anunoby tipped into the basket will make it look modest by comparison when it sells at Sotheby's next month. Darren Rovell has set his estimate at $3 million.
Trivia answer: South Africa and Qatar
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HEADLINES
Draft recap: The 2026 NBA Draft is in the books, and the biggest story of the second round — aside from the fact that 29 of the 30 pickswere involved in trades — was North Carolina big man Henri Veesaar, who rejected an NIL deal worth more than $5 million in hopes of being a first-round pick but ultimately slid all the way to the Hawks at No. 52. Whoops!
️ No. 300: Mookie Betts hit his 300th career home run in the Dodgers' win on Wednesday, becoming the 17th active player to reach that milestone. And it came in a win for Shohei Ohtani, who's now 8-2 with a 1.58 ERA and sits just three HRs shy of 300 himself.WNBA All-Star update: Indiana's Aliyah Boston (683,996 votes) and Caitlin Clark (670,510) lead all players in the second voting update for next month's WNBA All-Star Game in Chicago. A'ja Wilson (LV), Paige Bueckers (DAL) and Breanna Stewart (NY) round out the top five.
Arnold faces life in prison: Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold was arrested on Wednesday and faces four charges of armed robbery and four charges of kidnapping, which carry a maximum sentence of life in prison. The 23-year-old former first-round pick continues to deny all involvement in the incident that first surfaced back in February.
Reaves signs the max: The Lakers are signing star guard Austin Reaves to a four-year, $185 million max contract, the richest for an undrafted player in NBA history. Reaves, 28, has averaged 21.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.7 assists across his last two seasons in L.A.
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WHY NOT U.S.?
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As the USMNT prepares for tonight's group stage finale (10pm ET, Fox) having already clinched first place after a pair of expectation-altering performances, it's fair for fans to ask the same question that adorns the wall behind head coach Mauricio Pochettino's desk: Why not U.S.?
Steven Goff, Yahoo Sports:
Mauricio Pochettino is sitting in his makeshift office at the U.S. World Cup team's hotel, the French doors opened to a patio overlooking the sun stubbornly dipping over the Pacific.
Four lemons sit in a bowl, a practice the 54-year-old Argentine believes absorbs negative energy. An unused surfboard leans in the corner, decorated in ocean-themed designs by the hotel's executive sous chef, who is also an artist.
Down the bluff and in the blue water, surfers are catching the day's last waves before darkness descends. Even the seagulls seem happy.
This isn't heaven, but it's just around the corner from it.
Pochettino's 20-month coaching project is also in a state of bliss. His U.S. squad began the World Cup with two impressive victories and clinched first place in Group D with one match to spare. The Americans will play winless Türkiye on Thursday at SoFi Stadium before facing a third-place team in the round of 32 on July 1 in Santa Clara, California.
While getting to the quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years would be celebrated, Pochettino has gotten his team to believe in more.
Behind his desk, the team motto is plastered on the wall: Why Not U.S.
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Pochettino celebrates last week's win over Australia. (Al Sermeno/ISI Photos via Getty Images)
In marker, Pochettino has written quotes and aspirational messages on the wall cover. "Every single quote represents our journey from Day 1 to today," he told a small gathering of reporters Tuesday evening. They include:
'The talent has brought us here, but it is heart, effort and unity that will make us unforgettable.'
'Heart turns effort into belief and when everything hurts, heart keeps us fighting together.'
'Now is our time!' with the date, time and score of the three-goal victory over Paraguay in the June 12 opener.
'Believe, work, compete' is strung together in a circle.
"Without one," Pochettino says, shaking his head, "disaster." There are more.
'Thank you for being more than a team – for being a family.' On a whiteboard, in both English and Spanish, a message reads: 'Don't fear the void; it's where the soul learns to fly.'
A cynic would dismiss them as corny and contrived, but to Pochettino, these quotes epitomize the mindset and attitude that his soaring squad has embraced leading to, and at, the World Cup.
Defying the public's — if not the team's — expectations, the Americans have performed with a pirate's swashbuckling and an artist's grace. They are playing — gasp! — quality soccer.
Thoughts of a deep run in the tournament are no longer fantasy. Few if anyone is calling them a trophy contender, but after decades mostly in the wilderness, the U.S. is finding its way.
Keep reading.
️ IN PHOTOS: WORLD CUP, DAY 14
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Monterrey, Mexico — South Africa stunned South Korea with a 1-0 victory to finish second in Group A and secure their first-ever trip to the knockout round. What a moment for Bafana Bafana. The loss leaves South Korea fourth among third-place teams, which should be enough to advance.
Clean sweep: In Group A's other game, Mexico beat Czechia 3-0 to finish with a perfect nine points (3-0-0) in the group stage for the first time ever. Plus: Mexico's legendary goalkeeper Memo Ochoa entered as a second-half substitute, appearing in his fourth World Cup and taking a final curtain call at the Azteca.
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Miami, Florida — Brazil clinched Group C with a 3-1 win over Scotland, who still need some help to secure their first-ever passage to the knockouts, while Morocco claimed second with a win over Haiti. But even in defeat, it was the long-suffering Caribbean nation that won the night.
Jay Busbee, Yahoo Sports: Haiti fell to Morocco 4-2 on Wednesday night in Atlanta, eliminated in the group stage. But that's not the real story for Les Grenadiers, who exit the World Cup with a record of zero wins, zero draws and three losses. The real story is the miracle that Haiti — at No. 87, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament — even reached this World Cup at all, and still closed off its run with 45 of the finest minutes of soccer in the nation's history.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Ermin Mahmić celebrates the victory. (Alex Livesey/FIFA via Getty Images)
Seattle, Washington — Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Qatar, 3-1, to clinch third place in Group B and set up what will almost certainly be a Round of 32 clash against the United States. Goal of the day: Bosnia's Kerim Alajbegović, just 18 years old, opened the scoring with an absolute missile from outside the box.
Group winners: Switzerland took down Canada, 2-1, to claim Group B. Despite the loss, Canada finished second and will join fellow host countries Mexico and the U.S. in the knockouts.
BIG NUMBERS
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Acuff and Coach Cal during a game last fall. (Adam Ruff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
30 lottery picks
When the Kings selected Arkansas freshman Darius Acuff Jr. with the seventh pick of the NBA Draft on Tuesday, he became the 30th lottery pick to have played for John Calipari, breaking Mike Krzyzewski's record for the most lottery picks ever coached.
$6 billion and counting: The 41 Calipari-coached players who've been picked in the first round since 2000 (Acuff was the 42nd) have gone on to make more than $3.6 billion in on-court earnings. In all, Cal has boasted, his players have earned more than $6 billion in professional contracts, writes Yahoo Sports' Shlomo Sprung.
15 minutes
Some top tennis players will limit their post-match media appearances next week at Wimbledon to just 15 minutes in continued protest over prize money at Grand Slams. They did the same thing at the French Open, with 15 representing the roughly 15% of tournament revenues offered as prize money, which falls short of what they've asked for.
Worth noting: Wimbledon did significantly increase its prize money to a record $86 million (20% more than last year) in response to the earlier protests, a gesture the players welcomed as a "genuine and significant step forward." But that still represents only 14.4% of revenues; players requested 16% from Grand Slams and get 22% from ATP and WTA 1000-level events.
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Scheffler speaks with the press on Wednesday ahead of the Travelers Championship. (Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images)
️ 22 golfersThat's how many players have made the cut at all three majors so far this year, a group led by — who else — Scottie Scheffler. His aggregate score of -13 across the Masters (-11, 2nd place), PGA Championship (-2, T14) and U.S. Open (E, T4) is the best of the bunch.
The rest: Sam Burns (-12), Justin Rose (-11), Rory McIlroy (-10), Xander Schauffele (-10), Ludvig Åberg (-5), Collin Morikawa (-3), Cameron Young (-2), Matt Fitzpatrick (-2), Aaron Rai (-2), Justin Thomas (E), Maverick McNealy (+1), Ben Griffin (+1), Chris Gotterup (+3), Jordan Spieth (+4), Sam Stevens (+5), Dustin Johnson (+8), Hideki Matsuyama (+9), Brian Harman (+10), Kurt Kitayama (+13), Corey Conners (+14), Michael Brennan (+17).
28,221 Jello shots
Oklahoma may have won the College World Series, but they finished a distant second to mighty West Virginia in the all-important Rocco's Jello Shot Challenge. Mountaineers fans purchased 28,221 Jello shots in the annual contest hosted by Rocco's Pizza and Cantina, situated right across the street from the site of the CWS in Omaha.
Charitable endeavor: Rocco's has hosted the challenge since 2019, when the winning tally was a mere 864 Jello shots (well done, Arkansas). And each year, $1.50 of every $5 shot is donated to a local food bank (one in Omaha and one associated with each of the eight schools in the CWS). That means this year they collectively raised $122,273 for charity. Drink up!
SERENA'S AUDACIOUS, INEVITABLE COMEBACK
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Serena trains at the All England Club's practice courts on Wednesday. (Glyn Kirk/AFP via Getty Images)
Nearly four years and another pregnancy after playing what was supposed to be her final match, Serena Williams is taking the court again as a singles player next week at Wimbledon at age 44. It's audacious, it's absurd… it's totally Serena. And perhaps it was inevitable.
Dan Wolken, Yahoo Sports:
Tennis players are notoriously terrible at retirement. They burn out, get old, become less competitive with age, but the grind is such a part of them that many find it hard to live without it. And there's always that little kernel of what-if doubt colliding with championship ego: How good is this new generation really?
Most of the high-profile comebacks have been short-lived and not particularly successful. The game moves on, the competition gets better and the impact of age becomes apparent.
Logically, "But it's Serena" shouldn't apply. But it's Serena, and it's Wimbledon. If she can do it at all, she'll do it there — on a surface that doesn't require the physicality of a hard court and where the greatest serve in the history of the women's game can still win her points without having to do anything else.
Catch the right draw and an opponent freaked out by playing Serena Williams on Center Court and who knows. For someone who has done what she's done, with even a little competitive drive left in the tank, that's enough to convince her of what's possible.
But there's risk, too. Not legacy-altering risk because nobody will remember or care if all this amounts to is losing a few matches and reversing course. The risk is that it goes badly, she looks old and overwhelmed and leaves with a worse taste in her mouth than she's had since retiring the first time.
After all, she's 44, hasn't played an official singles match in four years. Her preparation has consisted of a couple doubles matches that showed she still has her racket skills (no surprise there) but didn't tell us anything about her movement or competitive stamina.
At the pro level doubles is a vastly different game from playing singles against women in their physical prime. And Wimbledon is a heck of a place to jump back into the pool.
Keep reading.
WATCHLIST: THURSDAY, JUNE 25
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️ World Cup, Day 15The Americans wrap up their group stage tonight in Los Angeles against Turkey (10pm ET, Fox). Plus: Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast in Philadelphia (4pm, FS1), Ecuador vs. Germany in East Rutherford (4pm, Fox), Japan vs. Sweden in Dallas (7pm, Fox), Tunisia vs. Netherlands in Kansas City (7pm, FS1) and Paraguay vs. Australia in Santa Clara (10pm, FS1).
Where it stands: In Group D, the U.S. already clinched first place and Australia will clinch second with a win or draw against Paraguay; in Group E, Germany already clinched first and Ivory Coast will clinch second with a win (and likely a draw) against Curaçao; Group F is wide open as Netherlands, Japan and Sweden could all still finish on top.
️ Women's PGA ChampionshipThe third LPGA major of the season tees off today (8am, Peacock; 11am, Golf) at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, where 156 golfers will compete for a $13 million purse, the largest in women's golf history.
The Year of Nelly: World No. 1 Nelly Korda has hit yet another gear this season with four wins (including both majors) and three runner-up finishes. If she wins again this week, she'll not only join Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1950) and Inbee Park (2013) as the only women to win the first three majors of a season, but she'll also officially earn her spot in the Hall of Fame.
More to watch:
- ️ MLB: Yankees at Red Sox (7:10pm, MLB) … AL Cy Young favorite Cam Schlittler (8-3, 1.71 ERA) takes on the team he grew up rooting for. In his three previous starts against the Sox, he's allowed just two runs with 22 strikeouts and two walks. Decent.
- WNBA: Sparks at Tempo (7pm, Prime); Wings at Aces (10pm, NBA) … Dallas (11-6) has already won more games than it did all of last season (10-34).
- ️ PGA: Travelers Championship (7:45am, ESPN+; 3pm, Golf) … Scottie Scheffler headlines the field in the $20 million event at Connecticut's TPC River Highlands.
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️ WORLD CUP TRIVIA
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All three hosts have advanced to the Round of 32, with Mexico and the U.S. finishing first in their groups and Canada finishing second.
Question: Can you name the only two World Cup hosts this century who failed to reach the knockouts?
Hint: 2010, 2022
Answer at the bottom.
TURNING MOMENTS INTO MONEY
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Topps transformed the lasting image of OG Anunoby's Game 4 tip-in into a Topps NOW trading card and sold 105,842 copies.
Quick math: While individual cards sold for $11.99, collectors can buy in bulk at lower prices. If you assumed a $10.00 average price, that would mean Fanatics-owned Topps printed (literally) nearly $1.1 million in revenue on one card in mere days.
Just wait… The card's sales volume was impressive, but the basketball that Anunoby tipped into the basket will make it look modest by comparison when it sells at Sotheby's next month. Darren Rovell has set his estimate at $3 million.
Trivia answer: South Africa and Qatar
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