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This is wild.
A new addition to the Las Vegas skyline is one of the wildest things you’ve ever seen.

The Sphere at the Venetian Resort is a new multi-purpose arena and music venue that’s shaped, you guessed it, like a sphere. Built by the Madison Square Garden Company, it also features an exosphere made out of LED Boards, which allow it to project whatever the arena wants.
This week it’s lit up for the start of the NBA Summer League, and it looks like a giant basketball crashed into earth like a meteor. It’s not at all ominous.

The Tigers welcome backed Tarik Skubal to their starting rotation on Tuesday and the 26-year-old left-hander didn’t disappoint as he threw four scoreless (and hitless) innings against the Athletics. 
Skubal, who had flexor tendon surgery last August, struck out six of the first 10 A’s batters that he faced in his season debut. 
The Tigers ended up losing the game, 1–0, but Skubal’s dominant performance in his return to the mound should have the team and its fans excited about the future.

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Senbere Teferi was in position to defend her Peachtree Road Race title on the 4th of July, but a wrong turn cost her $7,000. It was gut-wrenching to watch.
The Peachtree Road Race, is a 10-kilometer race that takes place each year in Atlanta. It is the world’s largest 10K race and has held that title since 1970.
Peachtree Road Race Course Map
Teferi, a middle and long distance runner from Ethiopia, has run events from the 1,500-meter up to a full 26.2-mile marathon. She has represented Africa and her home country in multiple championship events, including the Olympics.

Top contracts for every other position in football have seen at least a 74% increase since 2011. For running backs, that number is significantly lower.

The stars were out for the Independence Day party hosted by Michael Rubin—CEO of Fanatics and former minority owner of the 76ers and Devils—on Monday. Also, Celtics forward Grant Williams was there.
That was the first observation many made online when the Boston role player was photographed partying alongside the likes of Tom Brady, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Durant, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Joel Embiid and so many other A-Listers.

Making the right choice can be the difference between winning and losing, both in the National Football League and in the world of fantasy football. Case in point. In the 1999 NFL Draft, Edgerrin James and Ricky Williams were the two unquestioned top running backs in the class. The Colts had a tough decision to make with the fourth overall pick, and they chose James. He went on to win Rookie of the Year, became a four-time Pro Bowler and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020.
The Colts chose wisely.

Good morning, I’m Kevin Sweeney. We’re back from the holiday weekend with big news in Major League Baseball.
In today’s SI:AM:
⚾ Trout’s Injury Shakes Up Angels
🌭 Joey Chestnut Owns July 4
🏀 Chet’s Return to the NBA

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Trout’s injury crushes Angels’ hopes
The Angels’ playoff hopes were dealt a massive blow Tuesday when it was announced that star outfielder Mike Trout was headed to the injured list with a left hamate bone fracture. The injury is expected to keep Trout sidelined until September.

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The 2024 F1 season will see a record 24 races, with 3 Saturday grands prix
Formula 1 announced on Wednesday their schedule for the 2024 season, and it is their most ambitious yet.
24 grands prix will take place, starting with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 2, 2024 and culminating in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 8, 2024. Some alterations have been made to the schedule, as F1 looks to “move towards greater calendar regionalisation, reducing logistical burdens and making the season more sustainable,” according to the press release.

Alexander Volkanovski will defend the featherweight championship Saturday in the main event of UFC 290.
He will compete in a title unification bout against interim champ Yair Rodríguez, who seeks to prove he is a genuine threat to Volkanovski’s reign atop the division. Yet there is a pivotal piece of the script that is missing. Volkanovski intended to arrive in Vegas as the champ-champ, ruling over the featherweight and lightweight divisions—and standing tall as the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
That will not be the case at 290.

A reporter at Wimbledon was exposed to not knowing their geography and guilty of trying to bait Victoria Azarenka into talking about Russia on day one of the tournament thanks to an incredibly awkward exchange with the two-time Grand Slam winner.
Azarenka is from Belarus, and while her home country may border Russia and serve as an ally to its neighboring country, that doesn’t make it Russia. With the Belarusian government’s pro-Russian stance during the invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian players were banned from competing in last year’s tournament just as Russian players were as well.