Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I’m still thinking about Brett Baty’s embarrassing error on Saturday night.
In today’s SI:AM:
🎾 Carlos Alcaraz takes down Novak Djokovic
🇦🇺 A different kind of World Cup host
🏈 Tennessee’s slap on the wrist
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Four hours and 42 minutes of drama
For the past two decades, four men have ruled the grass courts at Wimbledon.
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The newly-crowned Wimbledon champion shared on social media a look at just how far he has come
“How it started/how it’s going” is a popular posting format on social media websites, including Twitter. Users use that format to share two images — one old, one new — to highlight a personal journey, a story of a relationship, or even just to poke fun at themselves.
However, that format might need to be retired, thanks to Carlos Alcaraz.
Kenny Pickett appeared in 13 games for the Pittsburgh Steelers as a rookie a season ago. In those 13 games, the former Pitt standout was knocked down 32 times and sacked on 27 occasions. While his 32 knockdowns didn’t come anywhere close to the most in the NFL last season, getting knocked down 32 times in the NFL isn’t exactly an enjoyable experience.
One of those 32 times still lingers in Pickett’s mind, too.
Think you can guide Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT to glory this Women’s World Cup? Let’s find out.
ESPN’s expert panel selected the top 25 players to keep an eye on, from Sophia Smith to Sam Kerr and more.
It might be the most careless selfie in sports history. A fan trying to take a picture during the 15th stage of the Tour de France inadvertently made contact with a competitor and caused a massive crash on Sunday.
A video caught a fan in a white hat trying to take a selfie with an arm extended in the pathway of riders, and the spectator clipped American Sepp Kuss’s handlebars while passing. Kuss crashed, and he brought down myriad other riders with him, leading to a massive pileup of riders, including teammate Nathan van Hooydonck of Belgium.
Davis Webb may have seemed like a bizarre hire as Denver’s new QB coach. Not to those who know him, or the Broncos’ accomplished head coach.
The final match of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be held at Stadium Australia in Sydney and will kick off at 8 p.m. local time Sunday, Aug. 20. This means somewhere between the wee nighttime hours and the bleary-eyed morning ones here in America—and there’s real symbolism kicking around in there. It’s already a new day in Australia, time booted forward. And, likewise, unmistakable themes of progress and evolution will sound throughout this year’s competition.
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After a week of change, what are the biggest questions facing the team, and the sport, right now?
It was quite the week in Formula 1.
After yet another win from Max Vertstappen and Red Bull at the British Grand Prix, the grid woke up Monday to the shocking news that Daniel Ricciardo was not only coming back, but he was back with “immediate effect.” Nyck de Vries was out at AlphaTauri, and the Honey Badger was in.
Sometimes a shocking bit of news like that offers a good time to step back, and take stock.
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.
Here’s an idea so lucrative, and so disadvantageous to player health and safety that I’m shocked the NFL hasn’t come up with it yet on its own: We need to double the NFL preseason, not cut it in half.
Welcome to The MMQB’s Bad Takes Week. I’m your opening act, Conor Orr.
To have a truly bad take, you have to feel it a little bit in your soul.