In today's edition: Scottie wins another major, Trump threatens Commanders, "Pay Us What You Owe Us," Tour de France update, Baker's Dozen, and more.
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🚨 Headlines
🏈 Trump demands name changes: President Donald Trump is threatening to hold up a new stadium deal for the Commanders if they don't restore their "Redskins" name. He also called for the Guardians to change back to "Indians."
⚾️ Milwaukee stays hot: The Brewers won their 10th straight game on Sunday (and swept the Dodgers for the second time in the span of two weeks) to tie the Cubs atop the NL Central at 59-40.
🏀 Charlotte wins title: No. 4 pick Kon Knueppel led the Hornets to their first Summer League championship, scoring 21 points against the Kings in Sunday's title game en route to earning MVP honors.
⚽️ Final Four: Italy (over Norway), Spain (over Switzerland), England (over Sweden) and Germany (over France) advanced to the Women's Euros semifinals, with the latter two winning on penalties.
🏀 Lakers add Smart: Former Celtics standout Marcus Smart is set to join the Lakers on a two-year deal after agreeing to a buyout with the Wizards.
⛳️ Scheffler cruises to fourth major title
Golf is not the most important thing in Scottie Scheffler's life, as he explained so well last week. But boy, is he good at it.
A league of his own: The world's top-ranked golfer cruised to a four-shot victory on Sunday at Royal Portrush to win his first Open and his fourth major title.
Nobody even came close to catching Scheffler (-17), who finished the week 59-of-63 (93.7%) on putts inside 10 feet.
The 29-year-old is now just a U.S. Open victory away from becoming the seventh golfer to complete the career grand slam.
Elite company: Scheffler joins Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Gary Player as the only golfers to win the Open, Masters and PGA Championship before age 30.
"He is the bar that we're all trying to get to. In a historical context, you could argue that there's only maybe two or three players in the history of the game that have been on a run [like] the one that Scottie's been on here for the last 24 to 36 months. Incredibly impressive."
— Rory McIlroy, who finished T7 (-10) in front of an adoring home crowd.
Wild stat: Scheffler and Woods each took exactly 1,197 days from their first major win to their fourth.
What's Scottie’s ceiling? With four majors in hand, Scheffler has firmly entered the conversation of all-time greats, writes Yahoo Sports' Jay Busbee:
No, he's nowhere near Tiger and Jack. He's not in the class of Arnold Palmer or Gary Player just yet.
Golf's pantheon rewards not just numerical excellence, but sustained greatness, and for all of Scheffler's achievements, he only won his first tournament barely three years ago.
Still, there are only 21 men in golf history who have won more majors than Scheffler's four. He's 29 years old and playing golf not just at an elite level, but a sustainable one.
Given the depth and breadth of talent in the world today, it's unlikely Scheffler will be able to get to Woods' 15 and Nicklaus' 18 majors, but could he pass Palmer's seven, Watson's eight, Player's nine? It's always treacherous to speak in absolutes when it comes to golf, but in this case … absolutely.
The last word: "I don't think we thought the golfing world would see someone as dominant as Tiger come through so soon, and here's Scottie sort of taking that throne," Xander Schauffele said Sunday. "When you see his name up on the leaderboard, it sucks for us."
🇺🇸 Photos across America
Indianapolis — WNBA players made a statement amid pivotal CBA negotiations, wearing shirts that read "Pay us what you owe us" ahead of Saturday's All-Star Game.
All-Star Game recap: Napheesa Collier scored a record 36 points in a 151-131 win over Caitlin Clark's squad.
Las Vegas — Manny Pacquiao appeared to have made history on Saturday in his comeback bout against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios. But then the judges took it away, denying the 46-year-old a legendary victory.
Controversial result: Despite winning on the majority of scorecards from both his fellow fighters and boxing analysts online, Pacquiao's return ended in a majority draw. Two judges scored it 114-114, while one had it 115-113 for Barrios.
New York — The Mets retired former captain David Wright's No. 5 jersey and inducted him into the team's Hall of Fame during a pregame ceremony on Saturday.
No. 5 forever: Wright is the 10th Met to have his number retired by the organization, joining legends like Tom Seaver, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Keith Hernandez and Mike Piazza.
🌎 Photos around the world
London — Oleksandr Usyk knocked out Daniel Dubois in Round 5 on Saturday at Wembley Stadium to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion.
One of the greats: Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs) is the first men's boxer to become an undisputed champion for a third time, following previous reigns at cruiserweight (2018) and heavyweight (2024).
Basel, Switzerland — Germany stunned France on Saturday thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Ann-Katrin Berger, who made clutch save after clutch save to send her team to the Women's Euro semifinals.
F*ck cancer: Berger, 34, is a two-time thyroid cancer survivor. The only visible sign of what she's been through is on her neck, where a tattoo reading "All we have is now" covers up scars from her treatment.
Luchon Superbagnères, France — I have absolutely no idea what is happening in this photo.
🇫🇷 Charted: Tour de France stages
Riders have reached the mountains at the Tour de France, where two-time champion Tadej Pogačar holds the overall lead through 15 of 21 stages entering today's off day.
Stage winners:
🇧🇪 Jasper Philipsen (Belgium)
🇳🇱 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)
🇧🇪 Tim Merlier (Belgium)
🇸🇮 Pogačar (Slovenia)
🇧🇪 Remco Evenepoel (Belgium)
🇮🇪 Ben Healy (Ireland)
🇸🇮 Pogačar
🇮🇹 Jonathan Milan (Italy)
🇧🇪 Merlier
🏴 Simon Yates (England)
🇳🇴 Jonas Abrahamsen (Norway)
🇸🇮 Pogačar
🇸🇮 Pogačar
🇳🇱 Thymen Arensman (Netherlands)
🇧🇪 Tim Wellens (Belgium)
Looking ahead: The action resumes tomorrow with Stage 16, where the peloton will take on the steepest summit finish of the whole race — the legendary Mont Ventoux.
Worth a follow: SportsBall is one of my favorite Instagram accounts. A brilliant combination of data and art.
⚽️ Europe trivia
England, Spain, Germany and Italy have reached the semifinals of the Women's Euros.
Question: Can you rank those four semifinalists by population?
Answer at the bottom.
🍿 Baker's Dozen: Top plays of the weekend
Two of the best plays you'll ever see headline this weekend's Baker's Dozen.
⚾️ Alek Thomas!
Trivia answer: Germany (84 million), Italy (59 million), England (57 million), Spain (48 million)
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