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Big change for Croatia
This was getting a bit out of hand and Modric is exiting the game for Mateo Kovacic.
Can Croatia
Can Croatia
Triple Livakovic save!
Three Three Lions (woah) threaten the Croatia goal off a corner kick but Dominik Livakovic keeps it 3-2 with three saves.
Lots of threes.
Lots of threes.
One of the favorites, Portugal, were held by DR Congo in a thrilling game in Houston.
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126th U.S. Open
Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy are among the challengers to J.J. Spaun’s U.S. Open title.
The 156-player field at Shinnecock is chock full of star power and intriguing storylines.
Scottie Scheffler can become the seventh man to complete a career Grand Slam.
Brooks Koepka can become the second man in the last 35 years to win a third U.S. Open.
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Jay Croucher and Drew Dinsick discuss who is favored to win the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills, with Scottie Scheffler leading the field ahead of Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm.
Here are the players who have won the men’s U.S. Open and where they prevailed.
NFL
The Commanders hired David Blough as their offensive coordinator this offseason.
The Falcons announced the addition of three players to their 90-man roster on Wednesday.
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NBA
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Rumors are ramping up a week out from the trade deadline.
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MLB
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Shohei Ohtani will make his scheduled start on the mound against the Tampa Bay Rays, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.
Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz has his first career victory thanks to a rarely seen official scorer’s decision.
Who is stealing bases, who isn’t, why, and how?
Premier League
Here are all of the latest confirmed transfer deals for all 20 Premier League clubs this summer.
Everything you need to know as the preparations for the 2026-27 Premier League season start to crank up a few notches.
Xabi Alonso is losing one of his new players to his former club, as Real Madrid are purchasing Marc Cucurella from Chelsea.
Plenty of teams have started to release their new kits for the 2026-27 season, and here we rank them.
Motor Sports
The SuperMotocross League has already raised more than $800k during the Supercross season.
With pre-penalty moto averages of 1.83 for Jett Lawrence versus 3.67 for Haiden Deegan, can this be called a rivalry? Yes.
Jett Lawrence is less than 100 percent, but continues to dominate Pro Motocross, which should frighten the competition.
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Rotoworld
Kyle Dvorchak explains why Ladd McConkey missing the rest of Chargers’ minicamp is a non-issue so long as he return for training camp and explores his rebound potential in the Mike McDaniel offense.
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Betting
Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees Betting Preview for June 17
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Golf
The U.S. Open’s return to Pebble Beach Golf Links for 2027 means the event is back at one of golf’s most scenic locations.
In the four previous U.S. Opens in Shinnecock Hills, one quality stands out among the champions. Toughness.
Given the stern test the U.S. Open should be, and considering the standard of the modern golfer, what kind of score should win barring unforeseen or overly harsh conditions?
Now that LIV Golf is flailing and the sport has pulled itself out of what once felt like a day-to-day crisis cycle, Rory McIlroy sees the future — and the past — a little differently.
Defending U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun started thinking he had to become a “perfect golfer” to validate last year’s success. It only made his game worse.
Jackson Koivun was so good at Auburn he already locked up a PGA Tour card after his sophomore season. He just didn’t think he was ready, regardless of results that suggested differently. Now he is.
Latest
After losing a perfect game in the seventh inning, Dustin May won the adulation of the Busch Stadium crowd and his St. Louis Cardinals teammates by closing out the most dominant performance of his injury-plagued career.
Quarterback Brendan Sorsby is applying to enter the NFL’s supplemental draft, which means teams will have to mull whether or not they’ll make a bid for his services if the league approves that application.
Michael Hill, Major League Baseball’s senior vice president for on-field operations, concluded that Ron Marinaccio intentionally hit Gunnar Henderson with the pitch.
Pittsburgh has signed linebacker Jacoby Windmon, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
More players are coming early, not so much to avoid the rush but to avoid the wait.
