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Good morning to everybody, however particularly to …
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER
There’s good. There’s nice. After which there’s no matter sort of heater you need to say that Scottie Scheffler has been on recently. With this weekend’s win on the Vacationers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn., Scheffler now has an eye-popping six victories in his final 10 begins.
For context, we’ll take a minute and run the names of the entire golfers who’ve ever amassed six wins in a PGA Tour season previous to July 1 since 1960 — Arnold Palmer (1960, 1962) and now Scheffler in 2024. Two. That is the record.
However that is to not say that Sunday’s triumph was drama-free. On the match’s ultimate gap of regulation, protestors armed with smoke bombs breached the inexperienced whereas play was underway. The disruption was cleared up quickly sufficient, however when play resumed Scheffler wound up lacking the putt that might’ve received him the occasion in 72 holes. Tom Kim, the chief after 18, 36 and 54 holes, capitalized with a birdie, forcing the beginning of a sudden loss of life playoff on the identical gap. Scheffler shot par; Kim bogeyed. And there is your match.
Scheffler pocketed $3.6 million for the win, extending his record-setting PGA Tour 2024 earnings to $28 million. As he does for us each week, our Kyle Porter explains the brilliance that’s Scottie Scheffler.
- Porter: “The craziest realization (and greatest praise) about Scottie is that this has develop into rote. One other week, one other Scheffler win. Yawn. That has develop into a little bit of the disposition of golf followers towards what is going on. The numbers belie the routine nature of what he’s doing although as a result of the numbers inform the next story: This merely by no means occurs.”
😃 Honorable mentions
🏀 And never such morning for …
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THE INDIANA FEVER
Spherical 3 of Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever vs. Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky went to the Sky. It was an excellent recreation, though one would count on the Fever will discover it notably irritating as a result of they’d a 15-point lead with 11:29 left to play. Then the roof caved in, because the Fever have been outscored 31-15 the remainder of the way in which en path to the 88-87 loss.
The Sky performed an incredible recreation — and we’ll have extra to say about that later as a result of Chicago deserves it — however from the Indiana perspective, the Fever could not purchase a basket late and have been destroyed on the boards to the tune of 38-25, together with 7-1 on the offensive glass.
Humorous factor is, the Fever’s loss is the sport’s achieve as these two opponents are shortly changing into among the best rivalries in sports activities. After three conferences over the past three weeks, it virtually appears merciless that we now have to attend one other two months for his or her ultimate assembly of the common season again in Chicago on Aug. 30. Our Jack Maloney was within the constructing, and from his perspective throughout Chicago’s run, Reese simply “flipped a swap and lit up Wintrust Enviornment.”
- Maloney: “First, an unbelievable catch and end in transition for an and-one, then a pair of free throws to key a 7-0 within the ultimate minute of the third lower the deficit to single digits … She carried that vitality into the fourth quarter and was unstoppable within the paint. NaLyssa Smith and the Fever had no reply for Reese’s vitality and physicality, and she or he scored again and again on drop-offs and putbacks. With lower than a minute to play, she posted up Smith and maneuvered round her for the go-ahead bucket. ‘I am a dawg, you possibly can’t train that,’ Reese mentioned throughout her walk-off interview.”
😖 Not so honorable mentions
🥇 Sha’Carri Richardson goes to the Olympics
In a way of talking, it took Sha’Carri Richardson three years to run 100 meters. On Saturday night time, Richardson tore up the Eugene, Ore., straightaway on the U.S. Olympic Monitor & Discipline Trials and completed first in 10.71 seconds, the quickest run by a lady on the planet this 12 months. The win places the 24-year-old Richardson on her first U.S. Olympic crew.
Those that know Richardson’s story will recall her win on the trials for the Tokyo Video games three years in the past was nullified after testing constructive for marijuana, a drug that she mentioned she used to manage following the loss of life of her organic mom.
“The message I might say now’s consider in your self, it doesn’t matter what exterior noise is happening, stay stable in your self,” Richardson mentioned after Saturday’s race. “Not simply your self, your religion. These are two issues that may by no means change, so long as you do not change. Keep grounded in your self and in addition to your laborious work day by day that you simply exit.”
Richardson will joined by Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry, who took second and third within the 100 meters with occasions of 10.8 and 10.89, respectively.
“I really feel honored,” Richardson mentioned. “I really feel each chapter I have been via in my life ready me for this second.”
Within the males’s 100 meters, Noah Lyles ran a private better of 9.83 Sunday night time to punch his ticket to Paris. Kenny Bendarek (9.87) and Fred Kerley (9.88) completed second and third to additionally safe spots.
“[Winning was] a part of the plan. Nothing modified,” the ever-confident Lyles advised NBC Sports activities after the race. “Could be a shock to everyone else, however when you understand the aim, you understand the aim.”
🏀 Sky rookies do one thing not seen since 1998
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When the Chicago Sky drafted two bigs in Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso in April’s WNBA Draft there have been some questions on how the 2 would play alongside each other. With a document of 6-9, and in eighth place, that half remains to be a piece in progress, however the Sky’s rookies did mix to do one thing on Sunday the league hasn’t seen since 1998.
Reese and Cardoso every scored a minimum of 15 factors and picked up a minimum of 10 rebounds in Chicago’s thrilling 88-87 win, a feat not logged because the WNBA’s second 12 months of existence. Reese (25 factors, 16 rebounds) led the Sky’s comeback, which started late within the third quarter. Cardoso (16 factors, 10 rebounds) gave this draft’s third total decide her first profession double-double.
However double-doubles are simply changing into one other day on the workplace for Reese, who — it is price reminding everybody — wasn’t drafted till seventh. She now has eight straight, extending her personal WNBA rookie document. Moreover, Reese turned the primary rookie to tally a minimum of 25 factors and 15 rebounds in a recreation since Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson in 2018.
⚾ Phillies overtake Yankees in newest MLB Energy Rankings
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While you’re king of the hill one week, high of the heap the subsequent, after which and also you lose six of eight there’s just one conclusion for any accountable baseball author to make — you are not a no 1. So with that in thoughts, let’s have our Matt Snyder begin spreadin’ the information along with his newest MLB Energy Rankings.
- Snyder: The Yankees have held down the highest spot for a number of weeks and simply received Gerrit Cole again within the rotation, however they’ve now misplaced three straight collection. Certain, the collection got here in opposition to robust competitors, however the High Canine should not be bothered by that. They’ve misplaced six of their final eight, so a drop is so as.
As for the Phillies, the argument to have them at No. 1 is simple at the same time as they take care of numerous accidents.
- Snyder: They’ve the most effective document in baseball each by video games (the Yankees are 0.5 video games again) and profitable proportion. Their +114 run differential is the most effective in baseball. They’d a little bit of a tough patch not too long ago, however are coming off a 4-2 week with two collection wins. In wanting on the personnel, they definitely look the half. There is not a evident weak spot. They’ve the most effective ERA in baseball and are fourth in runs scored. They’ve handled some key accidents, too.
Here is Matt’s high 5:
- Phillies (earlier: 3)
- Orioles (earlier: 2)
- Yankees (earlier: 1)
- Guardians (earlier: 5)
- Dodgers (earlier: 4)
📺 What we’re watching Monday
⚽ Euro 2024: Albania vs. Spain, 12 p.m. on FS1
⚽ Euro 2024: Croatia vs. Italy, 12 p.m. on Fox
⚽ Copa America: Colombia vs. Paraguay, 3 p.m. on FS1
⚽ Copa America: Brazil vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m. on FS1
⚾ Faculty World Sequence — Recreation 3: Tennessee vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m. on ESPN
🏒 Stanley Cup Last — Recreation 7: Oilers at Panthers, 8 p.m. on ABC
🏃 U.S. Monitor & Discipline Trials, 8 p.m. on NBC
