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A dominant Carlos Alcaraz swept Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) to claim a second straight Wimbledon title.

Ayaka Furue poses with the trophy after winning the 2024 Amundi Evian Championship. | Photo by Olivier Chassignole/Getty Images
Japan’s Ayaka Furue has come close numerous times in 2024, but now she is a major champion after her incredible victory in France.
The shortest player on the LPGA Tour came up big in the most significant moment of her career.
Japan’s Ayaka Furue stood on the tee at the par-5 18th, holding a share of the lead at 17-under-par.

There’s a new alpha dog in tennis and his name is Carlos Alcaraz. The 21-year-old Spaniard steamrolled tennis legend Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final, defeating the Serbian in straight sets. 
The Wimbledon championship match was a repeat of last year’s final, though that contest was much more thrilling. Alcaraz needed five sets to beat Djokovic in 2023. He only needed the minimum of three on Sunday. 
Alcaraz deployed an all-out assault of Djokovic in the 2024 Wimbledon final, winning 12 of the first 16 games, breaking Djokovic 4 times, en route to a 2-0 lead.

Quinn Ewers took to social media to support Donald Trump after the former President survived a Saturday assassination attempt.
Thomas Matthew Crooks fired multiple shots with a rifle at the Republican leader from roughly 130 yards away during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump was hit in the ear area of his head, and was taken to the ground by Secret Service before rising back up and hitting the crowd with a fist pump as blood poured down his face.
No matter your thoughts on Trump or politics, hitting the crowd with a fist pump after being shot is incredible, and Ewers loved it.

Sad news from the NFL world as former wide receiver Jacoby Jones has died at the age of 40, according to multiple reports. 
No cause of death is available at this time. 
Jones spent nine seasons in the NFL from 2007-15. The Houston Texans drafted Jones in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. After five seasons in Houston, Jones joined the Baltimore Ravens and won a Super Bowl in his first season with the team. 
Jones will be remembered for his role in one of the more famous plays in NFL history, the “Mile-High Miracle.

Denver Nuggets rookie DaRon Holmes II is expected to miss the entire season after suffering a torn Achilles during Friday’s Summer League game against the Los Angeles Clippers.
The injury happened with about four minutes remaining in the fourth quarter while Holmes was playing defense against Kobe Brown. As Brown drove to the basket, Holmes jumped up and landed on his right foot. He then fell to the floor and attempted to move away from under the basket while reaching for his right leg.

U.S. men’s basketball team coach Steve Kerr called the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump a “demoralizing day for our country.

For the second year in a row, the titans go head-to-head for Grand Slam title. The young Spaniard won in 2023, will he do the same this year? Follow all the action.

Carlos Alcaraz won an instant classic over Novak Djokovic in 2023. He’s looked strong in his bid for back-to-back Wimbledon titles. Follow all the action.

Carlos Alcaraz goes back-to-back at Wimbledon, taking down Novak Djokovic in the final for the second year in a row, this time in a straight-sets victory.