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Mbappé could be on his way out sooner rather than later.

Given the reporting that’s emerged over the past week—that even after deciding to opt into the final year of his contract, James Harden wants out of Philadelphia—it’s more than fair to wonder what exactly the star guard is thinking.
For starters, the Sixers have a contending roster. Sure, it isn’t perfect. But it’s one that’s capable of winning the whole thing if league MVP Joel Embiid is healthy, young star Tyrese Maxey keeps improving, Harden is solid and everything else plays out in their favor.

Their NFL careers lasted a single game. Seven members of a unique professional club discuss their journeys.

If these are the last days of six thrilling but empty years of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani as Angels teammates, the Fourth of July will stand as the most disheartening. Just hours after Trout landed on the injured list with a fracture in his hand that will keep him sidelined for one to two months, Ohtani left his losing start against San Diego with a blister on the middle finger of his throwing hand.
Joey Chestnut’s digestive tract had a better day.

Major League Baseball wanted Cincinnati Reds rookie phenom Elly De La Cruz to participate in the Home Run Derby. That makes sense. Elly De La Cruz didn’t want to participate in the Home Run Derby. That also makes sense.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the league invited De La Cruz to join the Home Run Derby on Monday. However, he turned down the offer.
Through his interpreter, De La Cruz said, “I’d rather focus on this season and make sure I’m able to contribute to this team and help this team win.”
That’s a very mature outlook for a 21-year-old rookie.

Holly Rowe’s postgame interviews with players have been known to provide raw emotion and intriguing sound bites. 
However, when the ESPN reporter conducted an interview with the Thunder’s Jalen Williams in front of teammate Jaylin Williams following Oklahoma City’s 95–85 loss in the Salt Lake City Summer League on Monday, it made for an awkward exchange instead. 
After the game, Rowe spoke with Chet Holmgren, who finished with 15 points in his first competitive action since undergoing surgery for a Lisfranc injury in his right foot in August. Holmgren, the No.

ESPN laid off around 20 on-air employees last week to the tune of $30 million worth of salaries.
The list featured known but not star personalities, such as Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, and Jeff Van Gundy.
Yet Stephen A. Smith warns that further cuts are incoming.
“This ain’t the end. More is coming,” Smith said on his podcast. “And yes ladies and gentlemen, I could be next.”
He then suggested his skin color could play a role his in uncertain future, adding:
“Don’t ever, ever, ever in your life, as a black person, take anything for granted.

With the Angels slumping lately and star outfielder Mike Trout headed to the injured list yet again, Stephen A. Smith believes it’s time for Los Angeles to trade two-way megastar Shohei Ohtani.
Smith, speaking on First Take Wednesday, a day after Trout hit the IL and Ohtani left the game with a blister, said that if Babe Ruth could be traded, the player who regularly receives comparisons to Ruth can, too.
“What have [the Angels] won? They haven’t even had a winning record with Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout together,” Smith said. “You can’t let him walk for nothing.

Cam Smith fired a bogey-free, eight-under 64 to win the 2022 Open at St. Andrews in what was one of the more exciting major finishes in quite some time. While the golf that Sunday was nothing short of incredible, rumors about the Aussie joining LIV Golf were rampant, and they ultimately turned out to be entirely accurate.
Speaking ahead of this week’s LIV event at Centurion, Smith spoke about winning his first major title last year at the home of golf.

James Madison will play college football at the University of Missouri. No, not that James Madison.
James Madison II, who has no direct ties to the fourth president of the United States, will play for the Tigers beginning not this fall, but next. The four-star wide receiver in the Class of 2024 committed on Tuesday, which was no coincidence.
Currently residing Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Madison committed to Mizzou over 30 other offers from the likes of Florida State, Alabama, Auburn, Louisville, LSU, Maryland, Ole Miss, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas A&M.