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Free agent center Mitchell Robinson has agreed to a three-year, $47.4 million deal to sign with the Boston Celtics, with a player option in third season, sources tell ESPN. Robinson departs the Knicks after serving a key role on the historic championship team.
With their wins over Sweden and Senegal, the French national team has as many wins at MetLife Stadium in the World Cup as the New York Jets did in the 2025 NFL season
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Germany got the ball into the net as many times against Paraguay in 120 minutes and 6 rounds of penalty kicks (four) as the United States did in 90 normal minutes
taking out a defender by slamming the ball off their nuts, getting the rebound while they double over in pain, and then scoring a goal is one of the most diabolical moves I've ever seen in any sport
This week the newsletter has a guide to which of the two World Cup games that are on at the same time you should watch. I guess I probably shouldโve told you about this back when they started doing the 2 World Cup games at the same time but hey we got 3 more today
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soccer obsessives watching the World Cup: "I'm not sure the manager has them in the right formation to maximize the inventiveness of their wingers based on what we've seen in the Eredivisie"
me: "I think Messi & the big Norwegian lad are gonna score"
and we're both right!
cool update here:
my twice-a-week free newsletter is becoming a 3-times-a-week free newsletter for the World Cup
that brings the cost of each newsletter for readers from free/2 to free/3
today's Sports! newsletter:
FIFA was motivated by pure greed when they expanded the World Cup ...
unfortunately after a couple of weeks I have to report that the 48-team World Cup kicks ass