To the casual soccer fan, Savannah DeMelo’s rise to U.S. women’s national team stardom seemed to happen overnight, but to those who have been following closely, the 25-year-old’s inclusion on the World Cup roster comes as no surprise—although far from a foregone conclusion.
DeMelo’s place on coach Vlatko Andonovski’s squad is nearly unprecedented, with the midfielder the first uncapped player to receive a World Cup call-up since Hall of Famer Shannon Boxx in 2003.
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Does your favorite team have a package that could land Shohei Ohtani? Our experts make their best offers — and we decide which deals are worth the Angels’ time.
Death, taxes, and golf fans yelling about whether it’s The Open or the British Open. Like clockwork, each time Open Championship week rolls around the age-old debate of what the tournament is actually called, or whether or not it’s appropriate to even call it the British Open, ensues. Collin Morikawa, a former Champion Golfer of the Year, has made his mind up on the matter.
Speaking ahead of this week’s Open at Royal Liverpool, Morikawa was asked about the two names and gave both a rather savage, and accurate response.
To say the Yankees are struggling would be putting things very lightly. They limped into the All-Star break by losing four of five games and they have failed to impress out of the All-Star break by losing four of five games.
The latest loss came Tuesday night against the Angels, where the Yankees got just two hits in a 5-1 loss. They’re now 50-46 and find themselves in last place in the AL East.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone is seemingly on the hottest seat in all of baseball and if it were up to many of the team’s fans, he’d be out of the job as of five minutes ago.
Patrick Mahomes had an outrageous amount of confidence in the Kansas City Chiefs making the Super Bowl this past season.
The Chiefs beat the Eagles 38-35 in a Super Bowl matchup for the ages, and there was apparently never a doubt in Mahomes‘ mind that Kansas City would be playing for the Lombardi Trophy.
In a clip from Netflix’s hit “Quarterback” series, which follows Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota, the Chiefs starting QB told Hurts ahead of the Super Bowl he booked his accommodations for his family three months ahead of time.
Alabama’s brand is so strong, sometimes people forget when it drops a tad.
The Crimson Tide actually lost to LSU in 2022 for only the second time since 2011, and it did not win the Southeastern Conference West for just the third time since 2014. Alabama recovered to still finish No. 6 in the final College Football Playoff rankings at 11-2 (6-2 SEC). That was nine spots ahead of LSU at No. 15 at 10-4 (6-2 SEC).
The Tigers finished with the worst record of an SEC West champion since Arkansas went 9-5 in 2002.
Welcome to Bad Takes Week, where MMQB staffers have been asked to expand upon some of their worst football takes. Keep an eye out for more of these throughout the week, and every story is posted here.
Sometimes I wonder what the NFL would look like if everybody were not in such a perpetual rush. Line up here, place the ball there, watch two clocks at the same time, run on and off the field ASAP … sometimes football seems like a game between two groups of people who can’t find their keys.
Welcome to Bad Takes Week, where MMQB staffers have been asked to expand upon some of their worst football takes. Keep an eye out for more of these throughout the week, and every story is posted here.
Every year, when an NFL team wins the Super Bowl—regardless of the team, its makeup, its franchise location or the locations of all other franchises—it is crowned WORLD CHAMPION. Cue the laugh track. Expect the eye rolls. Then prepare for the debates.
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The AlphaTauri drivers are hoping upgrades can deliver results at the Hungaroring
The time for talking is almost over.
Soon we will finally see Daniel Ricciardo back on the track, in his first race of the season with AlphaTauri.
The grid heads to Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix, and before things get underway the AlphaTauri duo of Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda previewed the race for the media. For Ricciardo, the excitement begins with the mere fact that he is back on the grid for a team he knows well.
“I’m stoked to be back.
For Wednesday’s MLB bet, we are taking the home dogs at Camden Yards.
The Dodgers are in town, and they are favored over the Orioles with Julio Urias getting the start, but there are plenty of reasons to think the O’s can pull off the win at home.
Urias is the superior starting pitcher in this matchup, however the lefty has not been as sharp this season as in the past. More specifically, he has not been as sharp in July. Across three starts this month, Urias has an ERA of 4.20. Most of that is due to one bad showing vs.