In today's edition: Trade deadline check-in, Ledecky's reign continues, Big Dumper eyes rare MVP, T-Mac is back, 18-inch putter gets it done, and more.
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🚨 Headlines
🏈 Gunman targeted NFL: The gunman who killed four people in Manhattan on Monday was targeting the NFL's headquarters, which the league has now temporarily closed. Police reportedly found a note on the gunman's body that claimed he had CTE and wanted his brain studied.
⚾️ Injuries galore: All-Stars Byron Buxton, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Jacob Wilson all landed on the injured list yesterday. Star outfielders Juan Soto and Jackson Chourio both got pulled from their games with injuries, too.
⚽️ Müller to Vancouver: German legend Thomas Müller is joining the Vancouver Whitecaps after spending the last 25 years with Bayern Munich, where the 35-year-old won a Bundesliga-record 13 titles and scored 227 goals.
🍿 Sequel scores big: "Happy Gilmore 2" generated 46.7 million views in three days, making it the biggest U.S. opening weekend ever for a Netflix film.
🏈 Hendrickson ends holdout: Four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Trey Hendrickson will report to Bengals camp today despite still seeking a long-term deal. And with that, the NFL's final holdout has come to an end.
⚾️ Trading places: Reliever swaps teams mid-matchup
Seranthony Domínguez woke up on Tuesday as an Oriole and suited up for their day game against the Blue Jays. He went to bed as a Blue Jay, having just pitched against… the Orioles. Talk about a whirlwind.
Trading places: Domínguez was in the bullpen for Baltimore's 16-4 win in the opener … swapped clubhouses after getting traded … then pitched an inning of relief for the Blue Jays in the nightcap, striking out two players he'd called teammates hours earlier in a 3-2 Toronto loss.
"After the first game, I was sitting there hanging out with the guys when they told me, 'Hey [you got] traded, go to the next dugout,'" said the veteran reliever.
Domínguez had an upside down "8" on his uniform because of how quickly they had to get him his Blue Jays gear. I'm willing to cut the equipment manager some slack.
What are the odds? Juaron Watts-Brown, the returning prospect in the trade, also switched clubhouses on Tuesday. Coincidentally, his former team, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays Double-A), were playing his new team, the Chesapeake Baysox (Orioles Double-A).
Trade deadline tracker:Latest news and updates(Yahoo Sports)
Related baseball history: On May 30, 1922, the Cardinals and Cubs swapped outfielders in the middle of a doubleheader
🥇 Ledecky's reign continues
Katie Ledecky continued her reign as the queen of the 1500m freestyle on Tuesday in Singapore, winning gold with the fifth-fastest time ever (15:26.44) for a historic 28th world championship medal.
Chasing Phelps: Those 28 medals (22 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze) broke a tie with fellow American Ryan Lochte for the second-most by any swimmer. Only Michael Phelps, with 33, has more.
Queen of the 1500: Six of those medals have come in the 1500, a race Ledecky hasn't lost since she was in junior high school 15 years ago. She's held the world record since 2013 and owns the 11 fastest times ever — though that number was much higher before Tuesday.
Italy's Simona Quadarella swam the race of her life to earn silver, finishing "just" five seconds behind Ledecky at 15:31.79, the 12th-fastest time ever.
Before Tuesday's final, Ledecky owned the 24 fastest times ever. Now, she'll have to settle for 25 of the 26 fastest.
Coming up: Ledecky, 28, has two more events this week, beginning with tomorrow's 4x200 free relay. Then it's the main event — perhaps of the entire world championships — when she squares off against 18-year-old Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh in the 800m free.
⚾️ Raleigh eyes rare catcher MVP
Cal Raleigh's dream season has leveled up yet again, as the Mariners' catcher moved ahead of an injured Aaron Judge this week as the AL MVP favorite.
Head-to-head: Seattle's catcher and New York's captain are head-and-shoulders above the rest of the league, leading or ranking second in just about every major statistical category.
Raleigh: 41 HR (leads MLB), 87 RBI (leads MLB), 71 R (2nd in AL), 64 BB (3rd in AL), 12 SB (leads catchers), .260/.368/.613 (.981 OPS is 2nd in AL) and 5.2 WAR (3rd in AL).
Judge: 37 HR (2nd in AL), 85 RBI (2nd in AL), 90 R (leads AL), 73 BB (leads AL), .342/.449/.711 (1.160 OPS leads MLB) and 6.7 WAR (leads MLB).
Wild stat: "Big Dumper" is on pace for 62 long balls, which wouldn't merely shatter the record for a catcher (48 by Salvador Perez) — it would also tie Judge's AL record set back in 2022.
Exclusive club: If Raleigh's sensational season does indeed end with an MVP, it will be an exceedingly rare victory: 12 catchers have combined to win just 18 of the 210 MVP awards ever handed out,* per MLB.com:
Yogi Berra (1951, 1954, 1955)
Roy Campanella (1951, 1953, 1955)
Johnny Bench (1970, 1972)
Mickey Cochrane (1928, 1934)
Bob O'Farrell, Cardinals (1926)
Gabby Hartnett, Cubs (1935)
Ernie Lombardi, Reds (1938)
Elston Howard, Yankees (1963)
Thurman Munson (1976)
Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez (1999)
Joe Mauer (2009)
Buster Posey (2012)
*The first modern MVP was awarded by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 1931, but MLB.com's tally also includes earlier versions of the award.
📊 By the numbers
🎾 16 teams
The USTA confirmed 14 of the 16 teams that will compete in the U.S. Open's new-look mixed doubles tournament, which will take place during qualifying week (Aug. 19-20) and feature a $1 million prize. The teams include 14 players ranked in the top 10 (eight men, six women), as well as seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams.
⛳️ 5 golfers
Two-time Open Championship winner Pádraig Harrington won the Senior Open on Sunday in England, making him the fifth golfer to win both editions of the Open. The other four: Gary Player, Tom Watson, Darren Clarke and Bob Charles.
⚾️ 17 straight seasons
Andrew McCutchen is the 11th player in MLB history to start a career with at least 17 consecutive 10-HR seasons, joining Hank Aaron (23 straight), Eddie Murray (20), Carl Yastrzemski (20), Barry Bonds (19), Albert Pujols (19), Frank Robinson (19), Harold Baines (18), Mickey Mantle (18), Jeff Kent (17) and Willie McCovey (17).
📺 Watchlist: Wednesday, July 30
🏀 Liberty at Lynx | 8pm ET, ESPN
Two of the top three teams in our latest power rankings meet in a rematch of last year's WNBA Finals, where New York prevailed. The defending champs, who've dropped two straight and just lost Breanna Stewart to a leg injury, could really use a win.
More to watch:
⚾️ MLB: Rays at Yankees (7pm, Prime) … Zack Littell (8-8, 3.72 ERA) vs. Will Warren (6-5, 4.82 ERA).
⚽️ Leagues Cup: Inter Miami vs. Atlas (7:30pm, Apple) … Opening game for Lionel Messi's squad.
🏀 NBA trivia
Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady is joining NBC as a studio analyst for the upcoming NBA season.
Question: Can you name the seven teams McGrady played for during his NBA career?
Hint: Five East, two West.
Answer at the bottom.
⛳️ Unique, but effective!
Philippe Gariépy shot a 1-under 71 on Monday at the PGA Championship of Canada while using an 18-inch putter, the shortest legal length allowed in golf.
My man looks absolutely ridiculous and my back hurts just watching him. That said, my putting game is in shambles at the moment so I may have to try this.
Trivia answer: Rockets (6 seasons), Magic (4), Raptors (3), Knicks (1), Pistons (1), Hawks (1), Spurs (1)
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