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NBA moves: The Celtics are trading Kristaps Porziņģis to the Hawks in a three-team deal with the Internet; the Pelicans are sending CJ McCollum to the Wizards; Kyrie Irving is signing a brand-new three-year, $119 million deal to remain in Dallas.Advertisement 8 groups left:
Canada, Guatemala,
Panama and Honduras clinched spots in the Gold Cup knockouts on the final day of the group stage, joining the U.S., Costa Rica, Mexico and Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals. Class of 2025: Seven-time All-Star Zdeno
Chára, Russian pioneer Alexander Mogilny and 2006 MVP Joe Thornton headline the Hockey Hall of Fame’s eight-member class of 2025. WNBA assessments: Business is expanding in the WNBA, where the typical franchise is now worth$269 million– a 180%boost from in 2015, per Sportico. The Golden State Valkyries lead the way with a $500 million evaluation. Rodgers ‘last dance? Aaron Rodgers suggested the upcoming season in Pittsburgh, his 21st in
the NFL, will be his last.”I’m quite sure this is it,”he stated. The summertime sports schedule The 2024 Wimbledon women’s singles last.(Ben Stansall/AFP through Getty Images)After 8 months of nonstop action, the NBA and NHL seasons have actually come to a close. However worry not, dear sports fans: There’s a lot to eagerly anticipate this summer.Advertisement Stacked summertime slate: Beginning with tonight’s NBA draft, there are more than two lots major sporting occasions worthwhile of your attention between now and Labor Day . June 25-26: NBA Draft(Brooklyn )June 27-28: NHL Draft(Los Angeles)June 28: UFC 317(Las Vegas )June 30-July 13: The 138th Wimbledon Championships(London )July 2-27: UEFA Women’s Euro 2025(Final in Basel, Switzerland) July 4: Nathan’s Famous Hotdog Eating Contest(
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Coney Island )July 5-27: The 112th Trip de France(Lille → Paris)July 6: Gold Cup Final(Houston)July 10-13: The Evian Champion(Évian-les-Bains, France)July 11-Aug. 3: World Aquatics Championships (Singapore)July 13
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: Club World Cup Final (New Jersey)
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July 13-14: MLB Draft(Atlanta )July 15: MLB All-Star Game(Atlanta)
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July 17-20: The 153rd Open Champion(Royal Portrush,
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Northern Ireland )July 19: WNBA All-Star Game(Indianapolis) July 19: UFC 318(New Orleans)July 23: MLS All-Star Video Game (Austin
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)July 31: NFL Hall of Fame Video Game (Canton, OH)
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July 31-Aug. 3: The Women’s Open (Royal Porthcawl,
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Wales)July 31-Aug. 3: USATF Outdoor Championships(Eugene, OR)Aug. 16: UFC 319 (Chicago)
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Aug. 17: MLB Little League Classic: Mets vs. Mariners(Williamsport, PA)
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Aug. 21-24: PGA Tour Champion at East Lake(Atlanta)Aug. 22-Sept. 27: Women’s Rugby World Cup
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(England )Aug. 23-Sept. 14: The 80th Vuelta
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a España (Turin, Italy → Madrid, Spain)Aug. 24-Sept. 7: The 145th U.S. Open (New York City)
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Aug. 31: NASCAR playoffs opener (Darlington,
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South Carolina)
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Looking ahead: As soon as the end-of-summer blues begin kicking in, football makes its
victorious return.”Week 0″ of the college football season in fact
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begins on Aug. 23, and Week 1 kicks off on Labor Day Weekend(Aug. 29-Sept. 1). Then it’s the NFL’s turn, with the defending champion
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Eagles hosting the Cowboys on Sept. 4 in the season-opener
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. Santi Cazorla: Oviedo’s prodigal son Santi in a sea of Oviedo fans, exactly where he belongs.
(TNT Sports )Real Oviedo is back in La Liga for the first time in 24 years thanks to the heroics of 40-year-old Santi Cazorla, quickly the most crucial figure in the club’s 100-year history.Advertisement What they’re stating:”It’s been many years in the mud,”said Cazorla of his club’s long journey back to the leading flight, which they never ever would have reached without his equalizer stimulating their resurgence in Saturday’s playoff last, or his objective earlier this month that kept their season alive.He belted Oviedo’s informal anthem throughout the postgame celebration, singing the bittersweet song of discomfort and yearning. “We can’t live like this, seeing our group suffer.””Volveremos, volveremos, volveremos,”goes the tune’s chorus.
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beginning a successful vacation across European football.While his career flourished– a decade with Villarreal, five years with Arsenal, back-to-back European champions with Spain– Oviedo went to pieces,
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relegated all the way to the 4th department while a financial crisis nearly spelled their demise.But he and the club’s thousands of other fans never ever let it die.
“We will return
.”And now they have, just as he went back to the club he called home so long ago.The prodigal son: In another life, this might have taken place years back. Cazorla grew up playing for Oviedo’s youth academy, predestined for the senior group. However he was forced to leave in 2003 due to the club’s financial troubles,
For many years, fans was available in droves and pitched in with manual labor to keep the lights on; and in 2012, he assisted drive the fundraising project that stopped his beloved group from slipping into administration.The latest chapter: In 2023– over a years after saving his boyhood club and a full twenty years after he ‘d last
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used their uniform– Cazorla returned on a league minimum agreement and with a specification that 10%of his jersey sales go to the youth academy.”I ‘d play for free, however the policies should be appreciated.”Oviedo directly missed promo in 2015, Cazorla’s first season back with the club, losing in the playoff final. This year, they finished the job; he finished the job.Santi forever: Oviedo and its fans have long celebrated significant success in Plaza América, but after Saturday’s memorable event, the town’s mayor decided it was time for a change: From now
on, it will be called Plaza Santi Cazorla. MLB power rankings
(Mallory Bielecki/Yahoo Sports)With the All-Star Video game simply a couple of weeks away, Yahoo Sports’Jordan Shusterman goes into which players from each team need to be heading to Atlanta in his newest power rankings.Advertisement Top 5: Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith and Yoshinobu Yamamoto appear like locks. Will Mookie Betts or Teoscar Hernández sign up with them?Phillies: Kyle Schwarber and Trea Turner are the most deserving hitters, while Zack Wheeler and Christopher Sanchez must make it on the mound.Tigers: Tarik Skubal is a good bet to be the AL’s starting pitcher, and could be joined by a trio of hitters in Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene and Javier Báez.Yankees: Aaron Judge might make it. Max Fried and Carlos Rodón should, too. Will Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger or any other Bombers join them?Mets: Francisco Lindor, Pete Alonso, Kodai Senga and Edwin Díaz look
like shoo-ins. When it comes to$765 million male Juan Soto, his current hot streak should get him in.Full rankings. America in pictures(Morgan Givens/NBAE by means of Getty
Images)Oklahoma City–“Don’t ever forget this,”Shai Gilgeous-Alexander told Thunder fans during the group’s champion parade.”Minutes in life like this, they don’t come extremely typically. … We love you guys.” (Abdoul Sow/MLB Photos via Getty
Images )Cincinnati– Former No. 2 overall pick Chase Burns started out the very first 5 batters he dealt with in his highly-anticipated MLB launching versus the Yankees, the team he matured rooting for.( Alex Grimm/Getty Images )Nashville– Auckland City FC, the amateur New Zealand club whose whole lineup has separate day jobs and who lost their very first 2 Club World Cup games by a combined 16-0, played Boca Juniors(Argentina)to a 1-1 attract their group stage finale in spite of being outshot 41-3. You like to see it. Watchlist: Wednesday, June 25(Grant Thomas/Yahoo Sports) NBA Draft|8pm ET, ESPN/ABC The preliminary of the 2025 NBA Draft is tonight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, where the only certainty is that Cooper Flagg is heading to Dallas with the very first choice. Here’s our last ranking of the top 70 prospects.Advertisement Pirates at Brewers
| 2:10 pm, MLB.TV(
Totally Free Game) Today’s game in Milwaukee is everything about the starting pitchers. Cy Young frontrunner Paul Skenes(4-6, 1.85 ERA )handles novice fireballer Jacob Misiorowski(2-0, 1.65 AGE), who’s allowed simply one hit through his first 11 MLB innings while making players look silly.More to enjoy: Club World Cup: Inter Milan vs. River Plate
(9pm, TNT)… Six of the eight groups in Groups E and F are still alive entering their group stage finale. MLB: Yankees at Reds(7:10 pm, Prime)… Max Fried(9-2, 2.05 PERIOD)vs. Brady Vocalist(7-5, 4.13 AGE). Today’s full slate → NBA Draft trivia(Giphy )Duke has produced a record 5 No. 1 NBA draft picks, which number is anticipated to increase to six tonight.Question: Can you name all five?Hint: 1963, 1999, 2011, 2019, 2022 Answer at the bottom.
What to get out of your choice (Todd Whitehead/Sportradar)What need to you get out of
the player your preferred NBA group drafts tonight?Advertisement By the numbers: The chart above shows the percentage of players from each draft slot (1980-2020 classes) that went on to become stars, beginners, bench players or worse in their very first four NBA
seasons.Trivia answer: Art Heyman, Elton Brand, Kyrie Irving, Zion Williamson, Paolo Banchero We hope you enjoyed this edition of
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