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The Midsummer Classic is headed back to Philadelphia! The Phillies will host the All-Star Game for the fourth time in their history — but it will be the first time at Citizens Bank Park.The 2026 festivities will kick off on July 10 with the HBCU Swingman Classic and culminate in the 96th edition of the Midsummer Classic on July 14. The National League will look for a second consecutive victory over the American League after winning last year in a first-ever, Home Run Derby-style swing-off — the tiebreaker, as the game was tied 6-6 after nine innings.The top overall vote-getters…
What’s been going on in the news this week? Our weekly quiz is here to keep you on top of what’s happening in Mexico. Get informed, stay smart. Are you ready? Let’s see where you rank vs. our expert community! Mexico has unveiled a new weapon in the fight against screwworm. What is it? A factory producing sterile flies which prey upon the worms Nanobots that target the worms Digital scanning technoloy to detect infection before it spreads Nuclear weapons None With Mexico’s Last-16 tie against England looming, how much were some tickets fetching on the secondary market? US $10,000…
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Boxing fans are celebrating Independence Day with a big made-for-TV event tonight, as WBO champion Abdullah Mason defends his lightweight title against Albert Bell live from Cleveland. The title fight is part of TNT Sports‘ inaugural “The Fight” broadcast, which will feature a monthly series of boxing matches slated to air on TNT and truTV and stream on DAZN. The 22-year-old Mason is currently boxing’s youngest world champion and he’ll defend his WBO belt against Albert Bell, who came in as…
The White House is weighing in on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce‘s wedding with a social media post that mocked the superstar couple’s celebration at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Given the well-documented feud between President Donald Trump and the pop superstar, it came as little surprise when the White House shared an edited image on social media after Swift and Kelce tied the knot on Friday (July 3). In the altered photo, the venue’s digital marquee was changed to read, “Trump Is Your President.” “IT’S HAPPENED!!!” the White House captioned the meme on X. The post referenced the real…
Zelensky said on Saturday morning that the targets hit in St Petersburg and the surrounding region were about 850km (528 miles) from Ukraine’s border.The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, but a video posted by the Ukrainian president showed a drone flying towards a target and a huge column of black smoke billowing from the area after the strike.The BBC later verified that St Petersburg’s oil terminal was hit.Ukraine’s military described the terminal as “one of the largest” in Russia, capable of producing 12.5 million tonnes of petroleum products per year.The military also said a key naval base…
Bradford DoolittleJul 3, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseMLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013Multiple AuthorsWhat if the MVP award were just for position players?The Cy Young Award has always been strictly for pitchers, so that would mean two distinct groups of big league players competing for two distinct awards, with no overlap.Pitchers have won MVP awards several times, even though those winners didn’t have Shohei Ohtani’s built-in advantage of being a premier hitter and premier pitcher. Pitchers have always been eligible to win MVP, and there is no reason they…
Mexico spent the week of June 29 to July 3 living through one of its most emotional moments in decades. El Tri’s win over Ecuador didn’t just end a 40-year World Cup curse — the celebration inside Mexico City Stadium was so intense that it triggered seismographs normally used to monitor earthquakes. Out in the streets, crowd sizes swelled with every match, and the optimism — branded with the coy slogan “¿Y si sí? (What if, yes?) — is contagious. But the week wasn’t only about soccer. Washington delivered an unwelcome message on the USMCA, two new political parties won…
President Trump’s talk of boosting U.S. munitions stockpiles is facing the harsh reality of America’s production capacity. Even if Congress passes his enormous $1.5 trillion request for defense spending, which is looking less likely with each passing week, defense contractors are simply unable to rapidly refill caches that have been badly depleted during the wars…
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