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LIV Golf makes its lone 2026 stop in England this week for LIV Golf United Kingdom, the 10th event of the season. Here’s the schedule, TV info and how to watch every round on FOX One.

When Is LIV Golf United Kingdom? What Time Does It Start?

Play runs four days, Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26, with each round teeing off at 8 a.m. ET behind LIV’s signature shotgun start, meaning every group begins at the same time on different holes.

Where Is LIV Golf United Kingdom?

The tournament is at JCB Golf and Country Club in Rocester, England, near Uttoxeter. The course was built by construction giant JCB under chairman Lord Bamford and designed by architect Robin Hiseman. Saturday night brings a concert from drum and bass act Chase & Status on-site at the club.

LIV Golf United Kingdom Schedule

• Round 1: Thursday, July 23, 8 a.m. ET (FS2, FOX One)
• Round 2: Friday, July 24, 8 a.m. ET (FS2, FOX One)
• Round 3: Saturday, July 25, 8 a.m. ET (FOX, FOX One)
• Round 4: Sunday, July 26, 8 a.m. ET (FS1, FOX One)

How Can I Watch LIV Golf United Kingdom? What Channel Will It Be On?

Thurday and Friday will air on FS2, Saturday’s round airs on FOX and Sunday will air on FS1.

How Can I Stream LIV Golf United Kingdom?

All round stream live on FOX One and FOXSports.com, with the FOX Sports App also carrying coverage. 

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The field is headlined by Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Tyrrell Hatton, Cameron Smith and Anthony Kim, four of whom have already won an event this season. Rahm has two wins in 2026, in Hong Kong and Mexico City. DeChambeau also has two, in Singapore and South Africa. Hatton won last time out at Valderrama in his native Spain, and Kim opened his season with a win in Adelaide.

LIV Golf United Kingdom is the 10th event held this season after Louisiana was canceled. Three stops remain after this week, in New York, Indianapolis and the season-ending Team Championship in Michigan.

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France’s new coach will be announced next Tuesday, when Zinedine Zidane is widely expected to replace Didier Deschamps.

The French Football Federation said in a statement on Thursday that its president, Philippe Diallo, will name the coach at a news conference at the headquarters in Paris.

The 54-year-old Zidane has not coached since leaving Real Madrid in 2021. The midfield great coached Madrid to three straight Champions League titles from 2016-18.

Deschamps was in charge of France for 14 years and stepped down after the World Cup, where Les Bleus lost in the semifinals to Spain.

France won the World Cup under Deschamps in 2018 and lost the final on penalties in 2022. Les Bleus also lost the European Championship final on home soil in 2016.

Zinedine was France’s playmaker when they won the 1998 World Cup, scoring twice in the final in a 3-0 win against Brazil, and starred two years later when France won the European Championship. He won the men’s Ballon d’Or in 1998.

Zidane played 108 games for France, scoring 31 goals, including a deft Panenka-style penalty in the 2006 World Cup final, which Les Bleus lost after he was sent off in extra time for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.

France’s next games are away to Turkey in the Nations League on Sept. 25, followed by a match in Belgium three days later. France then faces Italy at the Stade de France on Oct. 2.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Spanish champions Barcelona signed forward Karim Adeyemi from Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract on Thursday, as it rebuilds its attack following the departure of veteran striker Robert Lewandowski.

Barcelona announced the signing on its website and said Adeyemi was being “reunited” with coach Hansi Flick, who handed him his Germany debut.

The speedy Adeyemi can operate as a striker or winger. He played four seasons in the Bundesliga with Dortmund and has made 11 appearances for Germany.

He had an inconsistent past season with Dortmund, and was visibly unhappy after being substituted during a match.

The 37-year-old Lewandowski joined Major League Soccer team Chicago Fire after scoring 120 goals in four seasons with Barça, which previously signed England winger Anthony Gordon from Newcastle.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero was targeted by Major League Baseball for some pest control, sparking yet another squabble.

Weary of Caballero’s routine of waiting to acknowledge the pitcher just before the pitch clock reaches eight seconds, MLB told umpires Wednesday his regimen amounted to deception.

Plate umpire Quinn Wolcott charged Caballero with a pitch-clock violation in the sixth inning that led to a strikeout and the ejection of hitting coach James Rowson as New York lost a doubleheader opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 in 10 innings.

“I’ve seen other guys do some other things, and they don’t call anything on them,” Caballero said. “They’re just picking on me.”

Caballero was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays last July 31 and Yankees manager Aaron Boone acknowledged his thoughts on the utilityman spun 180 degrees with the swap.

“He’s one of those guys I would yell at from the dugout,” Boone said Wednesday morning. “He was a pest, and I didn’t like it. Now I like him because he’s a good player and he’s on our side. But, yeah, we’ve had a laugh about that.”

During a June 14 game at the Toronto Blue Jays, Caballero twice was deliberate in raising his head until eight seconds remained on the pitch clock, leading to a warning by plate umpire Steven Jaschinsk. That prompted a delay of more than two minutes while Caballero, Jaschinski, Boone and crew chief John Tumpane discussed the situation.

Benches and bullpens cleared at the end of the eighth inning during Monday night’s series opener when Pirates reliever Dennis Santana yelled at Caballero for taking too long to get ready in the batter’s box. Then on Wednesday, Wolcott charged Caballero with a violation in the sixth inning while the batter faced Carmen Mlodzinski with the Yankees trailing 2-0. After a delay of 2 1/2 minutes, Cabellero took a called third strike that stranded a runner.

“He’s not allowed to do an inordinate amount of time looking down, trying to get the pitcher to cause a violation,” Wolcott told a pool reporter. “There’s no other hitter that gets in the box, takes the amount of the time that Caballero does while looking down, not making eye contact with the pitcher. Obviously, it’s caused a lot of problems in the past. It’s not going to be allowed anymore.”

MLB adopted the pitch clock for the 2023 season in an effort to cut game times. It has been 15 seconds with no runners and 18 seconds with runners since 2024.

In cracking down on Caballero, MLB cited a provision in its Pace of Game Procedures that states: “Conduct by batters designed to deceive a pitcher into beginning their windup or coming to the set position in violation of these regulations shall be considered circumvention.”

Crew chief Adrian Johnson said the series-opener skirmish caused MLB to take action.

“It’s not allowed anymore. It was the cause of a bench-clearing situation on Monday night. Major League Baseball stepped in, and they wanted enforced,” crew chief Adrian Johnson said. “We were instructed not to warn him. We were instructed to violate him.”

Boone said MLB didn’t inform the Yankees before the game of the change in stance.

“It’s embarrassing,” he said.

Based on previous conversations with MLB, Boone instructed Caballero to “make sure you’re looking up at nine so that you are alert by eight.”

“He actually said that they were making new rules today, and it’s on me because I was deceiving or something like that to the pitcher, which doesn’t make sense,” Caballero said. “I don’t know, maybe my English is so bad that I don’t understand, but deceiving kind of means that you’re trying to trick someone, and I’m not trying to trick someone because I do the same thing over and over. You can check my last 50 at-bats and see if I do it the same or not, or check maybe 100 at-bats or 150.”

MLB issued a memo in 2023 warning batters not to keep a foot out of the batter’s box, which Willson Contreras called “the Willson rule.”

Caballero claims he is being singled out.

“For everyone, it is eight seconds. For me, [it] was nine,” he said. “But now they just don’t want me to do my routine, so it’s kind of like tricky for me because it’s the way that I get settled, the way that I try to approach my at-bats.”

Caballero is concerned about giving pitchers control of the timing of pitches.

“If I get in the box, and they have 16, 17 seconds left, they can hold the ball on me all that time, and I’d be tied up,” he said.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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It takes solid role players and contributors to chase a Super Bowl, but championship teams are usually led by core foundational players who make big plays in the critical moments of the game to bring home the Lombardi Trophy.

Just look at last season’s Super Bowl run for the Seattle Seahawks. They had big-time playmakers like wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, cornerback Devon Witherspoon, quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Kenneth Walker III make critical plays that led to a dominant victory over the New England Patriots.

With that in mind and the start of training camp looming, here’s a look at the top 10 core foundations for NFL teams with less than two months before the beginning of the regular season. 

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Drake Maye and A.J. Brown could form one of the league’s top QB-WR duos in 2026 (Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Drake Maye, WR A.J. Brown, CB Christian Gonzalez, DT Milton Williams, DB Kevin Byard 

New England struggled to compete with Seattle in Super Bowl LX this past season. While the offensive line must play better to protect MVP candidate Maye, the addition of Brown should lead to more explosive plays on offense. Byard, who led the NFL in interceptions last season, brings experience and playmaking ability to the back end defensively, but the Patriots could still use pass rush help on the perimeter to partner with productive defensive tackles Christian Barmore and Williams.

Maye is just 23 years old, and Byard (32) is the only core player that’s over 30, so that bodes well for the Patriots keeping their Super Bowl window open. Overall, New England’s harder schedule will likely mean fewer wins in 2026, and we’ll find out early how Mike Vrabel’s roster sits when the Patriots face the Seahawks in a Super Bowl rematch in Seattle to start the year. New England must also get Gonzalez signed to a new deal that will make him one of the highest-paid corners in the league. 

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Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson had historically great 2024 season before Jackson missed several games in 2025. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Lamar Jackson, S Kyle Hamilton, RB Derrick Henry, DE Trey Hendrickson, LB Roquan Smith 

Seeking a new contract that will make him the highest-paid player in the league, Jackson is under pressure to finally deliver another Super Bowl for the Ravens with the franchise moving on from head coach John Harbaugh. And Jackson has one of the most talented rosters to work with in Baltimore. 

The dynamic signal-caller finally has a No. 1 receiver in Zay Flowers, who emerged as a consistent playmaker on the perimeter. And even at 32 years old, Henry is still one of the top running backs in the game. New defensive-minded head coach Jesse Minter can build his defense around one of the best safeties in the game in Hamilton, like what he achieved by using Derwin James Jr. during his time leading the defense for the Los Angeles Chargers. And Hendrickson gives the Ravens a double-digit sack guy on the perimeter to pair with DT Nnamdi Madubuike. Baltimore should be the favorite to win the AFC North. 

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Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb have arguably been one of the league’s top QB-WR duos since the turn of the decade. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Dak Prescott, WR George Pickens, WR CeeDee Lamb, DL Quinnen Williams, OL Tyler Smith

Don’t look now, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has finally built Dallas into a playoff contender. The Cowboys have one of the most explosive offenses in the league, led by Prescott and two big-play receivers in Lamb and Pickens. Smith gives Dallas an anchor up front along the interior of the offensive line.

But the key for the Cowboys will be how improved the defense is under new defensive coordinator Christian Parker. He has talented pieces to work with in defensive lineman Kenny Clark, linebackers DeMarvion Overshown and Rashan Gary at the second level and Jalen Thompson and rookie Caleb Downs in the defensive secondary. If the Cowboys play to their potential defensively, they have a shot to reach the postseason for the first time since the 2023 season.  

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Is this Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes’ last season together? (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Patrick Mahomes, OL Creed Humphrey, TE Travis Kelce, RB Kenneth Walker III, DL Chris Jones 

Yes, the Chiefs are old, with three of their core players – including Mahomes – in their thirties. Still, Kansas City should be properly motivated after missing the playoffs last season for the first time in nearly a decade. Mahomes is coming off season-ending knee surgery but is expected to be ready at the start of the regular season.

Recently married, Kelce was surprisingly productive in 2025, and the 36-year-old future Hall of Famer could be playing in his final season. But the keys for Kansas City will be how defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo rebuilds a defense that lost key players in the secondary and whether Walker can be a bell-cow running back in the offense, led by the return of offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy.

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Zach Allen (99) and linebacker Nik Bonitto (15) combined for 21 sacks last season. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Top five: CB Patrick Surtain II, DT Zach Allen, DL Nik Bonitto, OL Garrett Bolles, QB Bo Nix

The Broncos had one of the top defenses in the league last season, keyed by a formidable pass rush led by Allen and Bonitto. Along with that, Denver has a shutdown corner in Surtain. A focus for head coach Sean Payton will be improving a ‘meh’ offense. 

Denver made a move to improve on that side of the ball by promoting Davis Webb to offensive coordinator. And the addition of receiver Jaylen Waddle via trade should help create more explosive plays and provide a good pairing with Courtland Sutton. But Nix returning healthy after a season-ending ankle fracture will be critical for the Broncos. Nix is developing into one of the better young quarterbacks in the league and needs to take another step in that development under the tutelage of Webb.  

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Amon-Ra St. Brown has caught 44 touchdown passes over the last five seasons. (Photo by Kara Durrette/Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Jared Goff, DE Aidan Hutchinson, WR Amon-Ra St. Brown, RB Jahmyr Gibbs, OT Penei Sewell

The Lions have one of the most talented rosters in the league. Pro Bowl linebacker Jack Campbell, tight end Sam LaPorta and safety Brian Branch could have also been included on this list. Detroit has one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, led by an efficient passer and expert executioner of the offense in Goff.

However, the question for the Lions is how enthusiastic head coach Dan Campbell will direct his coordinators to get the best out of the talent on both sides of the ball. I’m a believer in new offensive coordinator Drew Petzing, but it will be interesting to see how the offense changes with him at the controls. And defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard needs his defense to take another step in development. Finally, the Lions must stay healthy after experiencing a rash of injuries last season. 

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Danielle Hunter and Will Anderson Jr. combined for 27 sacks in 2025. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

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Top five: DE Will Anderson Jr., DE Danielle Hunter, CB Darrell Stingley Jr., LB Azeez Al-Shaair, WR Nico Collins 

Led by defensive-minded head coach DeMeco Ryans, the Texans have arguably the best defense in the league heading into the season. They have playmakers at all three levels defensively in pass rushers Anderson and Hunter, an athletic traffic cop in the middle of the field in linebacker Al-Shaair and lock-down cornerbacks Stingley and Kamari Lassiter.

The issue for Houston is whether it can get more consistent performances from quarterback C.J. Stroud and whether he can get back to the level he played at in his first two years in the league. And can the offensive line do a better job of keeping Stroud upright? The playmakers are there, with talented receivers in Nico Collins and Jayden Higgins, tight end Dalton Schultz and productive running backs in David Montgomery and Woody Marks. 

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Leonard Williams (far left), Jaxon Smith-Njigba (second from left) and Devon Witherspoon (second from right) were the nucleus of Seattle’s Super Bowl-winning team. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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Top five: WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, DL Leonard Williams, QB Sam Darnold, CB Devon Witherspoon, LB Ernest Jones IV

The defending Super Bowl champs lost four key players in free agency in cornerback Riq Woolen, edge rusher Boye Mafe, safety Coby Bryant and Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III. However, the Seahawks still have plenty of juice on the roster, headlined by Smith-Njigba, who won Offensive Player of the Year last season. 

The Ohio State receiver is joined on offense by quarterback Sam Darnold, who’s looking to build on an impressive first year in Seattle. Left tackle Charles Cross and left guard Grey Zabel serve as the anchors of the offensive line, helping to keep Darnold upright. The Seahawks return the best defense in the league, led by Williams, Jones and Witherspoon, along with versatile safety Nick Emmanwori, interior pass rusher Byron Murphy II and edge rushers DeMarcus Lawrence, Uchenna Nwosu and Derick Hall. 

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Saquon Barkley and Jalen Hurts have helped the Eagles win the NFC East in their first two seasons together.. (Photo by Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Jalen Hurts, RB Saquon Barkley, OL Jordan Mailata, DT Jalen Carter, CB Quinyon Mitchell

The Eagles are hopeful for addition by subtraction with the trade of the mercurial Brown to New England. Look for DeVonta Smith to fill the void as Philadelphia’s No. 1 receiver. However, the strength for the Eagles is the offensive and defensive lines, led by bookend tackles Lane Johnson and Mailata on offense, and massive defensive tackles Jordan Davis and Carter on defense.

While he has yet another offensive coordinator, Hurts is expected to take another step in his development with Sean Mannion leading the offense. Zack Baun is one of the best off-ball linebackers in the league, and Cooper DeJean brings versatility to one of the best defenses in the league, led by longtime defensive guru Vic Fangio. 

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Myles Garrett’s arrival in Los Angeles gives the Rams the reigning Defenive Player of the Year and MVP. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

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Top five: QB Matthew Stafford, DE Myles Garrett, WR Puka Nacua, CB Trent McDuffie, WR Davante Adams.

Byron Young, Kyron Williams, Kobie Turner, Braden Fiske and offensive guards Steven Avila and Kevin Dotson also could be on this list. But from top to bottom, Sean McVay’s squad has the most talented roster in the league and perhaps one of the best rosters in NFL history, which is why they are heavy favorites to win the Super Bowl despite losing to last year’s Super Bowl champ Seattle in the NFC Championship game. And this does not include Aaron Donald, who is flirting with the idea of unretiring to play another season. 

But one of the few question marks for the Rams remains backup quarterback, where first-round selection Ty Simpson will presumably beat out Stetson Bennett. It’s no surprise McVay desperately wanted a veteran like Jimmy Garoppolo or Kirk Cousins to serve as his backup quarterback as insurance in case Stafford once again catches the injury bug.

Honorable mention: Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers, Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Chargers.

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There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves.

Don’t worry, we’re here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball:

Astros Sweep, Send Marlins To 9th-Straight L

The Marlins had the best June of anyone in MLB, and it launched them into contention. Miami’s July has been… worse. On Wednesday, the Marlins attempted to avoid being swept by the Astros and put a halt to an extended losing streak, but instead, lost their ninth game in a row.

It didn’t help that shortstop Jeremy Peña homered for the third game in a row, putting Houston up 2-0 after three innings.

And DH Yordan Alvarez going yard yet again helped just as little.

That shot — a 394-foot deep fly to left-center — was the 34th homer of the year for Alvarez, and gave him the major-league lead. It was also followed immediately by another homer, this one from third baseman Isaac Paredes, to put the Astros up 5-2 through eight innings.

Just brutal for the Marlins — they were a season-high 10 games over .500 less than two weeks ago, and now sit at 52-51 after dropping nine in a row. The Astros, meanwhile, are still digging their way out of an early season hole, and are 50-54 even after grabbing three in a row from Miami. The thing about the American League so far this year, though, is that the sub-.500 Astros are just two games out of the AL West lead and 3.5 out of a wild-card spot. The Marlins are 1.5 behind in the NL wild-card race, but that has Miami tied with the Nationals and trailing five other teams.

Dodgers Take The Series From Phillies

This series started out so promising for the Phillies, but between Tuesday’s baserunning blunder and the Dodgers dropping nine runs on Philadelphia on Wednesday, it certainly didn’t end that way. Aaron Nola got through five innings while allowing three runs to Los Angeles, which feels like even more than you could possibly ask him for at this stage of his career against that lineup, and then for some reason Philly sent him out there for the sixth inning, too — and this despite Nola allowing two of those runs in the fifth.

The result was pretty predictable. First baseman Freddie Freeman doubled to start the inning, then third baseman Max Muncy hit a two-run homer to put the Dodgers ahead. And just like that, Nola went from solid start to giving up five earned runs in 5 ⅓ innings of work.

That home run, by the way, snapped a tie with Ron Cey for the second-most homers by a Dodgers player since the move from Brooklyn: it was Muncy’s 239th in a Los Angeles Dodgers’ uniform, leaving him behind only Eric Karros there. Overall in Dodgers’ history, Muncy ranks fifth, behind not just Karros but also Roy Campanella, Gil Hodges and Duke Snider.

That wasn’t going to be enough to win. The Dodgers got more, though, as they always seem to do with second baseman Tommy Edman hitting a bases-clearing triple in the bottom of the eighth, after right fielder Kyle Tucker knocked in what would be the game-winning run with a sac fly earlier in the inning.

Edman is batting .360/.439/.535 in 28 games and 100 plate appearances since returning from the IL in mid-June — say what you want about the Dodgers bringing in star after star and the money they spend, but when guys like Edman and Andy Pages are driving in runs left and right, you can’t just say it’s the cash getting things done for Los Angeles.

Red Sox Tie A Record, But Fail To Break It

In a makeup of Tuesday’s rained out contest against the Orioles, the Red Sox won, 6-3, matching the longest-ever winning streak in franchise history. The original version happened a long time ago, too — real long ago. Like, Ted Williams was in the starting lineup long ago.

Third baseman Caleb Durbin drove in a pair with a single in the first inning, then left fielder Jarren Duran tripled in two more to make it 4-0 for the Red Sox out of the gate. And that was enough to win, which ended up being a little odd since Baltimore returned the favor in the second game.

The Orioles scored four runs in the first in the second game of the doubleheader, the first coming on a wild pitch by Eduardo Rivera, and then a two-run single by outfielder Dylan Beavers. DH Johnathan Rodríguez added one more with an RBI double, and it was 4-0 Orioles in what ended up being a 5-1 win.

The Red Sox tied their all-time winning streak, but ended up losing before they could set a new one. Still! Boston took the series, and consider where it was before this streak began. The Sox lost a series to the Nationals to drop to 37-48, 11 games under .500, 14 behind the AL East leader, six back of a wild-card spot and sporting a -7 run differential. Fast-forward to now, and the Red Sox are 52-49, holding a wild-card and seven behind the AL East-leading Rays, with a +45 run differential even after yesterday’s defeat. They are also that much closer to all of those injured players whose absence helped them to struggle in the first half returning.

Reds Keep Mariners Out Of 1st

The Rangers lost to the White Sox, but the Mariners failed to take advantage against the Reds. A 5-3 loss — brought on by a three-run seventh that gave Cincinnati the lead for good — has Seattle still half-a-game out in the AL West, and two games back in the wild-card race instead of picking up a little ground on Boston.

The Mariners went up 1-0 in the bottom of the second when catcher Cal Raleigh singled in a run, but left fielder JJ Bleday would erase that lead and tie the game with a solo homer in the fourth.

The big knock, though, came off the bat of first baseman Sal Stewart. All three of those runs in the seventh inning were from one swing by Stewart, who drilled a three-run jack to right-center off reliever Eduardo Bazardo.

The Reds aren’t exactly out of the NL postseason mix just yet, either, not with over two months of season left and just a 5.5-game deficit, but Cincinnati is also looking up at eight teams ahead of it in the wild-card standings: wins like this one are huge in that they could convince the Reds to buy instead of sell before the trade deadline. As for the Mariners, the AL is too much of a mess to be giving up, but a defeat like this — and a series loss against a team struggling to stay afloat — is disheartening this time of year as deadline questions look to be figured out.

Yankees, Pirates Split A Doubleheader

The good news: Ben Rice hit his team-leading 30th homer of the year in the seventh inning, tying the game 3-3 after the Yankees somehow let Mitch Keller off the hook with five scoreless innings and just three hits off him — Keller’s ERA after those shutout frames is 4.90.

The bad news: the Yankees did not score again. The first game of this doubleheader went into extras, and there, New York’s bullpen took a turn blowing the game with Fernando Cruz charged with two runs thanks to a pair of run-scoring singles in the 10th that gave the Pirates the dub.

But wait, there’s more! And good news again, too. Max Fried returned to the Yankees’ rotation to pitch the second game, and while Gerrit Cole’s seven-inning, 11-strikeout affair still resulted in an L, Fried’s five shutout innings were part of an overall 2-0 shutout of Pittsburgh. And while the Yankees’ lineup still did very little — just two runs there, for five total across two games on the day — at least the bullpen kept it together this time.

And good thing, too, because the Rays won their third in a row against the Blue Jays (and can go for the four-game sweep on Thursday). A disappointing day for the Yankees in a lot of ways, but Fried is back and paired with Cole, Carlos Rodón is getting closer to a return, Aaron Judge still believes he’ll play again in 2026… there’s lots of be feeling good about when it comes to New York’s overall chances.

Perez Ties Royals HR Record

Salvador Perez went yard on Wednesday, hitting career homer No. 317. That tied the catcher and DH with Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett for the most in Royals’ history, and Perez got there in over 900 fewer games, too.

The two are different kinds of hitters — Brett more of an average guy, Perez with more pop — but the two ended up in the same place. Well, not “ended,” as Perez is 36 years old, but he’s also not under contract beyond this season and has a ton of miles on him from 15 years of time behind the plate in the majors. So who knows when he’ll decide to hang it up, but he’s got some time to get ahead of Brett and have first to himself.

The Royals ended up beating the Giants, 5-4, despite a ninth-inning homer from third baseman Casey Schmitt.

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Braves-Padres Got Wild Late

The Braves and Padres played a fairly uneventful game, as far as offense goes. Until they did not. Atlanta scored in the bottom of the first, and then neither team scored again until the top of the seventh, when San Diego tied it on center fielder Jackson Merrill’s 14th homer of the year.

The Braves then scored six runs in the bottom of the inning, to go ahead 7-1. Shortstop Jim Jarvis doubled in a run, then right fielder Brewer Hicklen drove in Jarvis with another two-bagger. Second baseman Ozzie Albies added another run with a single, and first baseman Matt Olson made it 5-1 with a single to right. Third baseman Austin Riley and pinch-hitter Dominic Smith added their own RBI singles, and Atlanta had as many runs as it needed to win.

Except, it didn’t quite feel like that in the top of the ninth. San Diego scored five runs in response to Atlanta’s six, a stretch that included a triple from Fernando Tatis Jr. and the first homer of the season from DH Luis Rengifo. 

Raisel Iglesias was able to get things under control after the long ball, though, retiring third baseman Manny Machado and first baseman Ty France to end the threat and the game. The Braves are now one win away from becoming the third NL team to 60 wins, and all before any AL teams manage the feat.

D-Backs Go Big

Five homers, 15 runs. That’s what the Diamondbacks unleashed on the Athletics on Wednesday. Arizona was somehow just 5-for-13 with runners in scoring position and stranded eight, but you wouldn’t have known it from the final score.

Corbin Carroll hit a triple, because of course he did — that’s what he does. Arizona’s right fielder also hit one of the five homers. Third baseman Nolan Arenado added one, as did DH Gabriel Moreno and catcher James McCann, whose shot was the 100th of his career.

That’s one milestone dinger, but here’s another: outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt hit his first big-league homer, shortly after McCann’s own, as part of a seven-run fifth inning that had actually kicked off with Moreno’s blast after a wild pitch that scored a run.

The Diamondbacks might be 11 games back of the Dodgers in the NL West, but Arizona is sitting on that third wild-card spot in the NL, half-a-game up on the Cardinals and Pirates, and 1.5 ahead of the Nationals and Marlins. Next up for the D-backs is St. Louis, which is going to be a huge four-game series for both teams.

Just Made It, Twice

There have been sexier defensive plays, sure. Maybe even ones with a higher skill level on display. But you have to hand it to Brewers’ second baseman Brice Turang here for just getting to the ball, and then just getting it to first.

Lots of drama, and truly, a great play. Just also kind of a funny one, considering. The Brewers ended up beating the Mets to take the series, and are just .004 winning percentage points behind the Dodgers for the best record in MLB because of it.

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For the fourth consecutive year, eighth time in nine years and 10th time in 12 years, a quarterback went No. 1 in the NFL Draft — Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders.

Will a team make it five years in a row next season? Let’s check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of July 23. 

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No. 1 pick odds

Arch Manning: +250 (bet $10 to win $35 total)
Dante Moore: +380 (bet $10 to win $48 total)
CJ Carr: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)
Jeremiah Smith: +1000 (bet $10 to win $110 total)
LaNorris Sellers: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Darian Mensah: +1400 (bet $10 to win $150 total)
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Man(ning) of the Hour

Arch Manning could be next year’s No. 1 NFL Draft pick.

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Archie Manning went second in the 1971 NFL Draft. His son, Peyton, went first in the 1998 NFL Draft. Then his other son, Eli, went first in the 2004 NFL Draft. Will his grandson, Arch, be the next Manning to hear his name called at the top of the draft? The early odds say yes. Arch served as a collegiate starter for the first time last season, leading the charge at Texas. It was an up-and-down season for him, as he completed just 61.4% of his passes, for 3,163 yards, 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions. However, as the season went on, Arch began to find his rhythm. He threw five interceptions in the Longhorns’ first five games, but threw just two in their final eight contests. He also threw 15 TDs in those final eight games, in which Texas went 7-1, with that single loss coming on the road against Georgia. In Texas’ bowl game win over Michigan, he threw for 221 yards and two touchdowns. 

Second Options 

Oregon’s Dante Moore is a close second to Manning on the oddsboard.

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Second and third on the board are also QBs. Moore starred for Oregon last season, throwing for 3,565 yards, 30 TDs and 10 INTs, while completing 71.8% of his passes. The Ducks suffered just two losses last season, both to eventual CFP champion Indiana. As for Carr, he completed 66.6% of his passes for Notre Dame last season, throwing for 2,741 yards, 24 touchdowns and six picks. 

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The Vancouver Whitecaps have agreed to transfer United States men’s national team midfielder Sebastian Berhalter to English club Middlesbrough F.C. for a $2 million fee, according to a report from The Athletic on Thursday.

Berhalter, 25, was in the midst of a career season in Major League Soccer with the Whitecaps before he was called up by United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. In 18 appearances across all competitions, he had seven goals and four assists.

At the World Cup, Berhalter played in every match, most notably recording a goal and assist in the United States’ group-stage finale against Türkiye at Los Angeles Stadium. He was one of eight MLS players that were called up for the World Cup.

Sebastian Berhalter capitalizes on rebound to pull United States level against Türkiye | 2026 FIFA World Cup™

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Berhalter now joins Middlesbrough F.C. in the EFL Championship, the second-division of English soccer. Middlesbrough finished fifth in the standings last season with fellow American Aidan Morris starring for the club.

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If anything can demonstrate how rough a season Mick Schumacher has had, it’s that he finished eighth Monday at Nashville Superspeedway … and remained 24th in the standings.

Considering there are only 25 drivers in the series, it shows that Schumacher’s season has been a struggle. And it begs the question: Will there be another?

It was announced Wednesday that Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is going to sell one of its charters and scale back from three full-time cars to two. RLL didn’t announce its 2027 lineup, but both Graham Rahal and Louis Foster are under contract for 2027. That doesn’t mean one of those contracts can’t be broken, but the feeling in the INDYCAR paddock is that Schumacher is out of RLL after this season.

Does Schumacher want to stay in INDYCAR? Is there a place for Schumacher in the paddock? He potentially could secure the funding if needed. What is definitely needed is more seat time and seeing the small “wins” in a drivers’ growth.

Might Mick Schumacher be one and done in INDYCAR?

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Racing at the top level of INDYCAR should be hard no matter the discipline a driver comes from. Schumacher has Formula 1 experience and no doubt can wheel a race car.

But racing in any series against drivers who are more familiar with the cars and the tracks is going to be a challenge, especially when some of the tracks are ovals — a discipline that Schumacher has had no experience prior to this season.

Schumacher has had a crashes in practice, which limited his much-needed track time. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan team has struggled on ovals, although that is where Schumacher has had his best results.

While he earned his first top-10 in his 12th race, Schumacher was quick to point out to me and others Monday that he felt the pace was always there.

“The pace overall this year has been showing that anyways,” Schumacher said.

Schumacher had a day when everything went well as far as execution. He felt if the car was a tick better, he might have finished even higher — although Nashville often is a track position game.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan isn’t considered one of the top elite teams — that would go to Ganassi, Penske, Andretti and McLaren — those organizations have won 11 of the 12 races this year and have eight of the top-10 spots in points.

RLL veteran Graham Rahal is 12th in the standings, Louis Foster (in his second season) is 18th and then Schumacher is 24th.

It would be a bit of a shame if Schumacher doesn’t do another year in INDYCAR. There will always be the “what if” when looking at his career because 18 races isn’t enough to evaluate a driver. Plus, going back to tracks a second time truly shows the potential of a driver if the driver can build on the previous performance, with the starting point of knowledge so much better.

Schumacher seemed positive Monday that he would find a ride. If he has funding, Meyer Shank Racing and A.J. Foyt Racing would seem to potentially be the best opportunities.

“People know what they get, and obviously this hopefully will put it into the books that we are able to do this consistently,” he said. “I think there’s a high chance that I’ll be here next year.”

Let’s hope so. If INDYCAR wants more drivers to consider coming to the series, having “Schumacher spent only a year there and he then left, what a waste” storyline isn’t a great one. And for Schumacher himself, a second season would prove whether or not he has the potential to actually win races in this series.

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Manchester City officially completed the signing of England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest on Thursday for a reported 116 million pounds ($155 million).

The club record fee for City eclipses the 100 million pounds ($139 million) it paid for Jack Grealish in 2021 and is among the biggest ever in the Premier League.

The 23-year-old Anderson has signed a five-year contract.

“City are one of the biggest clubs in the world and the squad they have is amazing — so strong in every position. As soon as I knew they wanted me, I was absolutely determined to make this move happen,” Anderson said. “As a footballer, you want to test yourself at the highest level. Being at City means I have that opportunity.”

Anderson is the first major signing by City since iconic manager Pep Guardiola stepped down at the end of last season. A new era is beginning under former Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca.

“Elliot is one of the outstanding young midfield talents in world football right now. He offers energy, outstanding work rate and an exceptional range of passing,” said City director of football Hugo Viana. “His improvement in recent years has been really impressive and underlines his desire to be the best player he can be.

“At just 23, there is plenty of opportunity for development over the coming years and we feel he can become a complete midfielder. Manchester City is the best place for him to develop his game and keep improving, we are glad that he sees things the same way as we do.”

Anderson began his career at Newcastle and joined Forest in 2024, where he went on to break into the England squad.

He was a key member of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad that won bronze at the World Cup.

“As soon as I arrive in Manchester after a break, I will be doing everything I can to establish myself in the City team,” he said. “It’s a club built to win trophies and compete at the very top of the game. That is exciting for any footballer.”

England forward Morgan Rogers completed a move to Chelsea earlier this week for a reported British transfer record of 117 million pounds.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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