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THINGS TO CARE ABOUT
Koepka king this season … Shane Lowry may have won the first Open played on Irish soil in 68 years, but Brooks Koepka won the majors. Despite having an underwhelming outing this weekend (by Koepka’s standards), he still managed to finish tied for fourth — his fifth straight top-five finish in a major championship. The 29-year-old becomes the fifth player to accomplish such a feat in the Masters era; joining Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ricky Fowler and Jordan Spieth. Read More
How do you stop guys like Von Miller? More than 40 offensive linemen gathered near the Dallas Cowboys’ training facility to trade secrets and try to improve their games. None of the men huddled around watching film, despite their resumes or accomplishments, were impervious to getting beat by Miller and pass-rushers of the like. That’s why for the second straight year they congregated at the OL Masterminds summit to come up with a plan to stop the Khalil Macks and Aarond Donalds of the world. Now, they just have to execute. Read More
SWEET VICTORY
Lowry gets his answer … “I suppose I didn’t even know this morning if I was good enough to win a major,” Shane Lowry said after his victory on Sunday. The Irishmen had missed four consecutive cuts at The Open in years prior. At 32 years old, Lowry has fought the good fight with the maddening game of golf. In 2016, he learned first-hand the emotional toll blowing a big major-championship lead can wreak upon a man. So when bad weather struck for the final round of The Open, his demise seemed likely — if not to anyone but himself. This time, however, he showed the golf world (and the man in the mirror) something different as he claimed the Claret Jug for his own. Read More
THINGS TO WATCH
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Stars like AB, OBJ and Le’Veon Bell are in new places. Gronk retired. Coaches moved and rules changed. Get caught up on a wild offseason.
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Roy Halladay’s wife, Brandy, thanks many for showing “unconditional and continued support” during Roy’s career as he is inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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E:60 explores what it’s like to walk in the shoes of a Madden ratings adjuster, from the conference room to the field and how the position came to be.
OVERHEARD
“MLS is not the level of Europe, to be honest. … Here, I am like a Ferrari among Fiats.“
— Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the level of play in MLS Read More
REMEMBER WHEN?
On this date in 1992, the Dream Team played in a scrimmage that Michael Jordan described as the greatest game he has ever played. It was their final warmup scrimmage in Monte Carlo before the Olympics, played in a practically empty gym — but when the White Team (Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Karl Malone, Patrick Ewing) took on the Blue Team (Magic Johnson, Chris Mullen, Christian Laettner, Charles Barkley, and David Robinson), it was basketball played at its absolute highest level. Read More
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT?
Red Sox at Rays (7 p.m. ET, ESPN): It’s an AL East clash at Tropicana Field. Eduardo Rodriguez will take the mound for Boston as he seeks his fourth consecutive win. Meanwhile, left-hander Jalen Beeks will try to turn things around for Tampa Bay (which has won one of its past six games) in his first start of the season.
Athletics at Astros (8:10 p.m. ET, ESPN+): The top two teams in the AL West kick off a three-game series in the Lone Star State. Will the A’s gain ground in the divisional race or will the Astros do Astros things?
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