Author: Michael

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is finally upon—and there’s a lot of history to be made this summer. 
To start, the U.S. aims for a historic third straight title. Despite ushering in a new era and navigating injuries to several top players, the USWNT—led by some talented young stars—is all-in on a three-peat. The U.S’s roster features a mix of nine mainstays with World Cup experience, like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, and 14 newcomers, which include a few surprise additions.

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Soccer superstar Lionel Messi is still about a week away from his first match with the MLS’ Inter Miami CF, however, his transformation into a bonafide Florida man is well underway.
The highly-prized footballer (“footballer” in the non-American sense), was spotted doing one of the most Floridian things you can do: perusing the wide, clean aisles of his local Publix.
For those of you who have not had the pleasure of shopping at a Publix — which as they will be quick to tell you is “where shopping is a pleasure” — think of your local grocery store chain.

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Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world governing body for cycling, has officially banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s events. Not only that, but the UCI also admitted that biology and science exist.
The UCI made the official announcement that it has updated its policy to ban any trans cyclists from competing in all international women’s events if they “transitioned after (male) puberty.

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Dwyane Wade is expected to join the Sky’s ownership group, ESPN’s Alexa Philippou reports. The transaction still needs to be approved by the WNBA board of governors.
In June, the Chicago franchise sold 10% of the team to a group of eight investors, including Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, for $85 million. Wade’s percentage stake in the team is not yet known.
“We all talk about support, and support looks different for everyone,” Wade told Philippou.

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Novak Djokovic is through to the Wimbledon Final, making history in the process
On Friday at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic made tennis history.
And seemed to have some fun along the way.
The second-seeded Djokovic held off eighth-seeded Jannik Sinner in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(4) to advance to his fifth-straight Final at Wimbledon. The victory over Sinner kept Djokovic’s chances of a 2023 Grand Slam alive, along with his hopes of a fifth-straight title at Wimbledon.

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On April 8 of next year, a total solar eclipse will occur over parts of the United States. Sports Illustrated isn’t usually in the business of covering astronomical phenomena, but there’s a sports connection here!
MLB released its 2024 regular season schedule on Thursday and there will be two games played on the day of the eclipse within the path of totality—the area where the eclipse will be the most spectacular. 
While most of North America will be able to see at least a partial eclipse of the sun, only a relatively narrow band of the continent will experience a total eclipse.

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For a moment in the offseason, Chargers running back Austin Ekeler requested a trade from the team as he negotiated a new contract. Eventually, he and the team agreed to a restructured deal that added incentives to the final year of his four-year, $24.5 million deal this season.
However, Ekeler doesn’t seem thrilled with his deal, or the state of running back contracts as a whole. On The Rich Eisen Show, Ekeler explained his perspective of the running back market.
“It comes down to comparing, let’s see what the real value added to a team is,” Ekeler said.

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