Author: Michael

I really can’t believe this, but we’ve got another driver change at Arrow McLaren ahead of this weekend’s IndyCar race in Toronto. 
This wasn’t the team giving a driver a young leash, it was a matter of necessity after the regular driver of the No. 7 Alexander Rossi sustained a broken thumb in a crash during practice.
His replacement? A guy who recently lost his drive at McLaren, 2023 Formula 2 champ Theo Pourchaire.

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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is set to start third in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but the driver admits he faces an uphill fight
Immediately after crossing the start/finish line following his final run in Q3 Saturday at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen punched his steering wheel in frustration.
The Red Bull driver knew at the moment that his best effort was not enough.
McLaren locked out the front row Saturday at the Hungaroring, as Lando Norris captured his second pole position of the 2024 Formula 1 season.

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Dustin Johnson walks with an umbrella on Day Three at The 152nd Open. | Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images
After his third round at The Open, Dustin Johnson talked about the difficulty of Royal Troon’s back nine.
Dustin Johnson played alongside fellow LIV Golf star Brooks Koepka on Saturday at The Open, and they combined to make one birdie during the third round.
That’s how difficult Royal Troon became. A steady rain and a strong breeze blew across the Ayrshire course in the afternoon, a complete departure from the benign conditions that players saw earlier in the day.

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It’s an oft-repeated cliché that the Major League Baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. But the 2024 Houston Astros might be proof that some clichés exist for a reason.
Entering play on June 19, the Astros were 10 games behind the first-place Seattle Mariners. Seattle was 44-31, with the Astros sitting in a second-place tie at 33-40. Seven games under .500, 10 games back, injuries ravaging their starting rotation…it was reasonable to believe then that Houston’s chances of winning the American League West were virtually nonexistent.

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Saturday was solid for VCARB at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but Daniel Ricciardo thinks Sunday could be even better
Saturday was a strong day for Visa Cash App RB F1 Team at the Hungarian Grand Prix, as both Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda advanced into the third segment of qualifying. While the two VCARB drivers will start ninth and tenth in the Grand Prix, and Tsunoda suffered a big crash late in Q3, Ricciardo expects even bigger things on Sunday.

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Fans flocked to the gates to fight their way inside ahead of last Saturday’s Copa America final. It was a lowlight in an otherwise exciting tournament. | Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Messi? The GOAT of the tournament. Colombian fans? Not so much.
It’s been a week since Copa América concluded with Argentina winning the title with Lionel Messi’s tears in the background, realizing he is on the descent of a once in a generation soccer career.
But he is now a winner — a back-to-back winner, in fact — of two Copa titles that sandwich a FIFA World Cup victory in Qatar.

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