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🚨 Headlines
⚾️ Monster Blast: Giants designated hitter Jorge Soler hit the longest home run of the season (478 feet) in San Francisco on Sunday, and a few hours later, Shohei Ohtani smashed the second-longest home run in Dodger Stadium history (473 feet).
🏈 Savannah Field: The Alabama Board of Regents voted Friday to name the playing field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after Nick Saban. The official name will be Saban Field at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
🐎 Back to Derby: Churchill Downs on Friday lifted a three-year suspension against Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert after the trainer issued a statement taking responsibility for Medina Spirit’s positive drug test in 2021.
🏈 Shopping Mall Champions: The Billings Outlaws defeated the Albany Firebirds 46-41 in the Arena League finals at a massive shopping mall in New Jersey.
⛳️ Double Major: Xander wins again
Xander Schauffele He shot a final-round 65 at Royal Troon on Sunday to win the 152nd British Open and claim his second major title after winning the PGA Championship in May.
Elite Companies: Schauffele is the first player to win two majors in the same year since Brooks Koepka in 2018 and is also just the seventh player in history to finish in the top 10 in all four majors and win at least two in the same season.
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Arnold Palmer (1960)
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Gary Player (1974)
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Jack Nicklaus (1975)
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Tom Watson (1977, 1982)
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Tiger Woods (2000, 2005)
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Jordan Spieth (2015)
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Schauffele (2024)
America’s overwhelming victory: It’s been 42 years since Americans won all four major tournaments. In 1982, it was Craig Stadler (Masters), Tom Watson (U.S. Open, Open) and Raymond Floyd (PGA). This year, it was Scheffler (Masters), Schauffele (U.S. Open) and Bryson DeChambeau (U.S. Open).
Via Jay Busby of Yahoo Sports…
Sometimes you win majors by solving the course, as Schauffele did at the Masters this year. Sometimes you win majors by standing up to your opponents, as Schauffele did at the PGA and DeChambeau did at the U.S. Open. And sometimes you win majors by just waiting, waiting for the right moment and getting on track.
In a week when Scotland threw everything it could at Royal Troon Golf Club – winds from three directions, driving rain, smoky haze and cold – Schauffele survived the elements and 158 other challengers to win the British Open.
Twelve players were within four strokes of the lead on Sunday and four of them held at least the sole lead at some point, but only Schauffele was able to finish last as Royal Troon beat them one after the other.
He recorded six birdies in 11 holes midway through the round, turning a three-shot deficit into a three-shot lead and etched his name in the Claret Jug long before the leaders approached the clubhouse on Saturday.
A memorable season: Schauffele, who is No. 2 in the Official World Golf Rankings, has 12 top 10 finishes this year and has never missed the cut. If it weren’t for Scheffler’s historic performance, Schauffele would have been the overwhelming favorite to win Player of the Year.
What’s next: Schauffele, an Olympic gold medalist, will be heading to Paris as part of the U.S. team.
🇫🇷 Pogacar dominates with third Tour win
Tadej Pogacar On Sunday, after three dominant weeks of cycling, he won the 111th Tour de France, becoming just the ninth rider in history to win the event three times.
Race summary: The 25-year-old Slovenian, who also won in 2020 and 2021, finished 6 minutes 17 seconds ahead of two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to take the yellow jersey for the first time in the fourth stage (of 21 stages) and hold it ever since. Tour debutant Remco Evenepoel completed the podium.
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Pogacar won the final three stages and six stages overall, becoming the most victorious Tour de France champion since Bernard Hinault won seven stages in 1979.
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He was particularly dominant in the mountains, becoming the only rider, along with Gino Bartali in 1948, to win five mountain stages in a single Tour.
Unusual double: Pogacar is just the eighth cyclist to win the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same year, and the first since 1998.
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Marco Pantani (1998)
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Miguel Indurain (1992-93)
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Stephen Roche (1987)
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Hinault (1982, 1985)
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Eddy Merckx (1970, 1972)
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Jacques Anquetil (1964)
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Fausto Coppi (1949, 1952)
Tour Details:
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Finished outside Paris: The race ended with a time trial for the first time since 1989 and for the first time outside Paris to avoid the Olympics.
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Other winners: Eritrea’s Biniyam Ghirmay won the Green Jersey (points), Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz won the Polka Dot Jersey (mountains) and 24-year-old Belgian rider Evenepoel won the White Jersey (young riders).
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Go out in style: Sprint specialist Mark Cavendish (39) won his record-breaking 35th stage in what was likely his final Tour de France race.
What to see: Pogacar will represent Slovenia at the Olympics but is “99% sure” he won’t take part in next month’s Vuelta a Espana – and if he changes his mind he has a chance to become the first rider to win all three stages of a Grand Tour in the same year.
🇺🇸 Photos from across America
COOPERSTOWN, New York — The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted four new members on Sunday, with Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and Jim Leyland officially being inducted.
Phoenix — The WNBA team defeated Team USA 117-109 in a thrilling all-star game on Saturday. The format, which only happens once every four years, pits national teams against players who players believe should have been selected. wonderful.
Indianapolis – Two months ago, rain marred Kyle Larson’s attempt to win the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 “double.” On Sunday, he returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway and won the Brickyard 400.
🌎 Photos from around the world
London – Noah Lyles won the Diamond League 100m final on Saturday, clocking a personal best of 9.81 seconds in his final race before the Olympics.
Budapest — Oscar Piastri took his first Formula One victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix*. Teammate Lando Norris, who reluctantly pulled over to let Piastri pass, finished second, giving McLaren their first 1-2 finish since 2021.
Dublin, Ireland – Clare beat Cork in a historic All-Ireland hurling final on Sunday. In case you missed it: check out these highlights. What a great sport!
*Max’s slump: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who finished fifth, has now gone three races without a win in 58 consecutive races for the first time since 2021.
📆 July 22, 1997: Maddux’s 76-pitch masterpiece
27 years ago today, Greg Maddux pitched the most Maddux-like game of his career, throwing just 76 pitches to defeat the Cubs in a 4-1 complete game victory.
Efficient people: Of Maddux’s 76 pitches that day, only 13 were balls, which perfectly encapsulates his ultra-efficient season: He faced 893 batters that year, walked just 20 and was down 3-0 just five times (!!).
Details for this day:
*“MadduxA “shutout” is a game in which fewer than 100 pitches are thrown, and Gregg recorded 13 shutouts. Although a Cubs run prevented him from achieving this feat, it was the fewest pitches he had ever thrown in a shutout game.
📺 Watch List: Team USA’s Final Preparations
USA team plays against Germany London this afternoon (3 p.m. ET, Fox) This is my fifth and final exhibition before heading to Paris.
Close calls: The United States* overcame a 43-point deficit to beat South Sudan 101-100 on Saturday thanks to a late-game layup by LeBron James, and they’re hoping to do better today.
See also:
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⚾️ MLB: Rays vs Yankees (1 p.m., MLB)
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⚽️ CONCACAF U20 Championship: America vs Cuba (10 p.m., FS2) …Group stage.
*Reinforcements on the way? Kevin Durant, who missed the U.S. team’s first four exhibition matches with a calf injury, is expected to return tonight.
🇫🇷 Olympic Trivia
Paris It is one of only two cities to have hosted the Olympic Games three times (1900, 1924 and 2024).
question: Can you tell me the name of another city?
The answer is at the bottom.
🍿 Baker’s Dozen: Top 13 plays of the weekend
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⚾️ Josh Smith!
Trivia answer: London (1908, 1948, 2012)
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