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Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry and Aaron Rai tee off in the third morning featured group in the opening round of the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.
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Sir Nick Faldo takes you through the course changes at Royal Birkdale Golf Club as it hosts this year’s Open Championship in Southport, England for the first time since 2017.
2026 FIFA World Cup
Argentina broke English hearts on Wednesday, as the defending world champions stormed back from a goal down to beat England 2-1 in the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup in Atlanta.
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The full schedule with dates, times and stadiums for all 104 games at the 2026 World Cup.
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Dan Burn addresses the media after England’s loss against Argentina in the 2026 World Cup semifinal.
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Two Years Out to LA 2028
Team USA always has been America’s team, and in 2028, there will be no place like home at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Two years from the 2028 Olympics, the track and field crew preview what L.A. might look like, with Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone looking to stay on top, and athletes like Cooper Lutkenhaus hoping to emerge.
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter pick which NFL athletes, past and present, they’d most like to see participate in flag football at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Carolyn Manno, Cheryl Miller, and Sue Bird look ahead to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and explain why having the Olympics on home soil means so much to them.
No LeBron James? Stephen Curry? Team USA is going to look different from what it did in Paris.
Two years out, what might the Olympic roster look like for the 2028 Summer Games?
Four men, two women, one shared goal. Meet six Americans chasing a spot in the LA 2028 Olympic golf field with two years to go until they tee off at Riviera Country Club.
NFL
The Commanders unveiled new uniforms for the 2026 season earlier this year and they’ve now announced the schedule of what duds they’ll be wearing each week of the year.
Two weeks ago, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation of ESPN NFL draft analyst Matt Miller.
On Wednesday, news emerged that running back Alvin Kamara had agreed to a new deal to stick with the Saints.
Veteran linebacker Demario Davis said that he believes the Jets signed him as a free agent to be a model of what “winning culture looks like” and that process appears to be off to a good start.
NBA
This is not a surprise, but a number of NBA teams were interested during free agency.
The Thunder are in the top three, but how high have the 76ers climbed after their offseason?
“It’s certainly not an unintended consequence,” Siver said of things like the Jaylen Brown trade because of the aprons.
Also, don’t expect Bronny James to automatically be traded wherever LeBron goes, the Lakers likely keep him.
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Eric Samulski ranks his top 100 starting pitchers for the second half of the 2026 season
Twenty-three of the 30 teams are within four games of a playoff position heading into the season’s second half.
Jorge Montanez breaks down the last week in saves from around the league with updated closer rankings.
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France and Arsenal defender William Saliba was subbed off with an apparent back injury after 30 minutes of Les Bleus’ 2026 World Cup semifinal against Spain on Tuesday.
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A monster quarterfinal awaits in Boston as favorites France take on a hugely impressive Morocco side.
Tottenham Hotspur’s summer spending spree is set to continue as the club will break its one- or two-day-old transfer record by signing midfielder Sandro Tonali from Newcastle for up to $133 million.
Motor Sports
Tight points battles in both divisions add to the sense of urgency in Minnesota.
Eli Tomac crashed in the first moto of the 2026 Pro Motocross season and has not earned any points toward that championship.
Max Anstie’s deal with ClubMX will run through the 2028 season.
Ricky Carmichael and Ryan Villopoto debate the prospect of Pro Motocross shortening its races in order to appeal to a wider, more casual audience and whether that change outweighs longstanding tradition.
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Zachary Krueger previews the fantasy outlook for the 2026 New York Giants.
With Shough, Olave, and rookie Jordyn Tyson, optimism is growing in New Orleans.
The QB competition between Kyler Murray and. J.J. McCarthy will have major ramifications for Jefferson’s fantasy outlook.
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Previewing the MLB Trade Deadline during an All-Star break edition of the power rankings.
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Betting the 2026 Open Championship.
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Golf
More than 300,000 fans will attend The Open at Royal Birkdale, making it a record crowd for golf’s oldest major championship. They’ll need to bring sunscreen and some manners.
Royal Birkdale is not anywhere Marcus Plunkett expected to be. Not when he turned down golf scholarships to attend West Point. Not when he was rising to the rank of captain in the U.S. Army. Not even when he touched a golf club again for the first time nearly in four years.
As a kid growing up in Southport, Tommy Fleetwood regarded Royal Birkdale virtually as off limits — except for those rare occasions he sneaked on to hit some shots while accompanying his father on evening dog walks.
Rahm, who describes himself as an “intense” player, doesn’t mind the code of conduct. His only question is who it gets applied.
The world’s top two golfers are unmoved about what a second claret jug would mean for their legacies.
Scheffler’s missed cut at the Scottish Open was his first nearly in four years, a streak of 78 consecutive cuts that was the longest since Tiger Woods set the record (142) from 1998 to 2005.
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Bruce Meyer, who took over when Tony Clark was forced out in February, said the sport is thriving.
Herro allegedly said some disparaging things about Adebayo on social media his way out the door after Miami traded him.
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