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This season, the SEC will start a 9-game conference schedule 🗓️
A likely result of the additional conference game is that every SEC team has a strength of schedule in the Top-20, according to ESPN Analytics.
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Spain's defense was unstoppable in the 2026 FIFA World Cup ❌
⚽️1 goal allowed, fewest in a tournament by a champion in FIFA World Cup history
⚽️7 shutouts, most in a single tournament in FIFA World Cup history
⚽️ 0.3 expected goals against, best by a champion in the last 60 years
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Olivia Miles has reached 400 points in her rookie season 👏
Miles is now the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 400 points, 100 rebounds and 100 assists, hitting those marks in just 22 games 🔥
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After defeating Belgium, No. 2 Spain will face off with No. 3 France in the semifinals.
This is the fifth time since 1994 two of the top four FIFA ranked teams have advanced to the semifinals.
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Charles De Ketelaere scores the first goal on Spain of the World Cup 😱
Spain had not conceded for 649 minutes—the longest consecutive minutes without conceding streak in World Cup history.
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Late night fireworks from Yordan Alvarez 🎆
His 2nd HR of the game gives him 29 on the year, tying Lance Berkman in 2002 for the most before the All-Star Break in Astros history!
Alvarez is also the 1st player in MLB history to hit a walk-off HR on the 4th of July MULTIPLE times in his career (2022).
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Hey now... you're an All-Star ⭐️
The Blue Jays' Ernie Clement is making his Midsummer Classic debut in style as the AL leading vote-getter! Clement is 3rd in hits and tied for the lowest strikeout% (9.9) in the AL 👏
The most votes cast in MLB were for the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, who gets his 6th nod on the strength of his 1.79 ERA and team-leading 18 HR 💪
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Junior Caminero is on a HEATER with 11 HR in his last 11 games 🤯
Most by a player age 22-or-younger in an 11-game span since at least 1900
Most in an 11-game span in Rays franchise history1⃣
Most in an 11-game span in MLB since Kyle Schwarber in June 2021 (12 HR) 💣
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Darryn Peterson's Summer League debut did not disappoint 🔥
His 28 points were the third most by a Top-2 pick over the last 10 seasons, and the most in their SL debut over that span.
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Kylian Mbappé cannot be stopped!
He now has 19 goals in 19 FIFA World Cup games and joins Lionel Messi as the only players to score 7+ goals in two different World Cups 😮
Taylor Fritz will be the lone American man to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon 🎾
His 3rd straight Round of 16 appearance is the longest streak by an American man since Andy Roddick from 2003-05.
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Do you remember where you were when these fireworks went off 10 years ago? 🎆
On this date in 2016, Kevin Durant announced he would be leaving Oklahoma City in free agency and sign with the Golden State Warriors ✍️
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“Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”
On this day in 1939, the Yankees held Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day after his sudden retirement just weeks earlier, which included Gehrig's now-famous sentiment after his ALS diagnosis.
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The Atlas Lions Roar Again! 🇲🇦
Morocco eliminates Canada to become the first African country to advance to the World Cup Quarterfinals twice!
Morocco has now advanced in 4 World Cup KO Stage matches, as many as all other African countries combined!
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Joey Chestnut has won 17 of his last 18 appearances at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. 🌭
Chestnut has eaten 1,284.5 hot dogs in 206 minutes of competition. That’s an AVERAGE of 6.2 hot dogs per minute! 🤯
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Celebrating 250 with The Captain Aaron Judge 🌟
28 titles combined 👀
Joey Chestnut holds a world record for 76 hot dogs and buns eaten and Miki Sudo has eaten a world record 51 hot dogs and buns 🌭
Let's celebrate 250! 🌟
The Knicks had 0.4% OR a 1 in 250 chance to win before their historic comeback to win Game 4 of the NBA finals this year!
WHAT. A. MATCH. 🔥
Cape Verde were the first team to score two goals in a game vs. Argentina since Paraguay did it in World Cup Qualifiers in 2024 😳
With his goal vs. Cabo Verde, Lionel Messi now has a 5-game scoring streak in World Cup KO stage matches 🔥
He's only the third player to achieve this feat and the first since 1962‼️
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