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Oilers’ Tommy Lafreniere Takes Big Step With Summer Showcase Invite

After a breakout season, one of the most promising Edmonton Oilers prospects has just taken the next step in his exciting progression. Forward Tommy Lafreniere is among 32 players invited…

Carlos Carrasco returns, JR Ritchie optioned

The Atlanta Braves have selected pitcher Carlos Carrasco to the active roster and optioned pitcher JR Ritchie to Triple-A. Ritchie pitched three innings an notched his first career save – of the three inning variety – last night. Carrasco has pitched in seven games with the Braves this season and has been through the “designated […]

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2026 World Cup, Round of 16 Matchday 2: Match thread and discussion

The Round of 16 is underway, kicked off today by Morocco’s 3-0 win over Canada and France’s 1-0 defeat of Paraguay. Today’s games feature Erling Haaland and Norway against Brazil in New Jersey, and Harry Kane and England against Mexico in Mexico City. Brazil started off their tournament with a 1-1 draw against Morocco (where […]

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Jonas Vingegaard Made It Out Alive, Then Made Barcelona Smile

BARCELONA — "Every swarm needs a face," declares the post announcing Visma-Lease a Bike's new bee mascot , "and every face needs a name." Confusing proclamations aside—the defining characteristic of a swarm is its facelessness—the opening stage of the 2026 Tour de France was one for the insects. As if to bless Visma for their honeycomb jerseys out of an oblique entomic solidarity, the swarm of cicadas nestled in the scrubby pines atop Montjuïc thrummed Jonas Vingegaard to victory on Saturday's...

Phillies on the Pharm: 7/5/2026

There were some fireworks on the farm, so let’s check how they did. Rochester 2, Lehigh Valley 1 Andrew Painter had the start on the night and did quite well for the IronPigs. In his six innings, he allowed on a lone run and struck out six. The velocity on his fastball was good, averaging […]

Pete Crow-Armstrong is the Cubs’ only All-Star

Major League Baseball chose Saturday evening to announce this year’s All-Star teams — an odd time, in my view, the evening of a holiday — and Pete Crow-Armstrong made the NL All-Star team for the second straight season. Last year he was an elected starter; this year he’ll be a reserve outfielder. Here’s what PCA […]

Mariners News: Randy Arozarena, Brendan Donovan, and Nick Kurtz

Good morning and happy hangover Sunday to everyone! I hope everyone still has all their fingers and ate and drank responsibly. Who ate the most hot dogs? I had none, because I was at my day job all day so that’s a nice low bar for everyone to clear. The Mariners celebrated 4th of July […]

Month in a Box: The White Sox in June 2026

The danger in taking a few days to gather up everything that happened in a recently completed month is that even though the box is closed, it might not be airtight, and the performance over the first fresh week that follows can color it, if not contaminate it. Case in point: The White Sox posting an over-.500 record in June is a triumph. Not only is it a second consecutive winning month for a team that had gone 17 months without one , but they kept their heads above water during the toughest...

Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers fell to the Detroit Tigers last night by a score of 3-0. Jacob Latz was named to the American League All Star team. Latz is the lone player from the Rangers to be named to the All Star team. The DMN shows the video of Latz learning he has […]