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Back from the Brink: The amazing renaissance of American soccerHow soccer’s popularity is booming as the USA co-hosts the men’s World CupWashington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli and Boston Red Sox slugger Willson Contreras were each suspended seven games by Major League Baseball Thursday, July 2 for their actions that precipitated a bases-clearing incident in the teams’ June 30 game.Cavalli struck out Contreras in the bottom of the fourth inning, and as the Boston slugger returned to his dugout, Cavalli shouted, “Sit down, boy!” at Contreras. Contreras, already an emotional player who admittedly was even moreso after an earthquake devastated his…

Scottie Scheffler has the chance to make major history this week at the US Open, with extended coverage from Shinnecock Hills exclusively live on Sky Sports. The world No 1 completed the third leg of the career Grand Slam at The Open last summer, meaning Scheffler now needs US Open victory to become only the seventh player in the men’s game to have won all four major titles. Scheffler is already a winner on the PGA Tour this season and is the pre-tournament favourite to claim a fifth major victory in as many years, with the final round in New…

The first observation is that it is rare for adversaries to compete in the same tournament. Across 23 World Cups, the percent of potential team pairings that involve adversaries in an active conflict has never topped 1.1 percent. The proportion of potential adversarial matchups was highest in the 1982 World Cup, which took place during the Falklands War.The luck of the draw has brought protagonists into direct competition only four times in World Cup history, and the results are memorably infused with political symbols even if diplomatic breakthroughs go unachieved. The match between East and West Germany at the 1974…

As the legal landscape shifts around them and a national fight increasingly spills into the states, Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping that business groups, banks, credit card companies, and payment processors will help them cut a path through the thicket of credit card swipe fees.In a 2024 economic development law, Massachusetts created a special legislative commission to study the future of payments and sales transactions by credit card and the impacts for small businesses. The group was supposed to issue a report of its findings and recommended legislation by Dec. 31, 2025, but that deadline has since been extended until Dec.…

EUGENE, Ore. – Sydney Segalla earned a spot in Saturday’s 400m final, as Imogen Gardiner and she competed at the 2026 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, hosted by Oregon at Hayward Stadium.NCAA Outdoor Championships Gardiner competed in the second heat of the 1500m semifinal, where she finished in 10th place with a time of 4:13.08 and 20th overall. She finishes her outdoor season as an All-ACC Second Team honoree in the 1500m, as well as the record holder in the 1500m. In the 400m semifinal, Segalla pushed in the final 100m to cross the line in first place…

WATERFORD — The hole was too deep for New Boston Huron girls soccer to escape.Bloomfield Hills Marian, ranked No. 3 in the state, built a 3-0 halftime lead and cruised past Huron 4-1 in the Division 2 state soccer semifinals on Wednesday, June 10.Marian scored nine minutes into the game, then made it 2-0 eight minutes later. The killer was a third goal with 5:16 left in the half.”We were finally starting to play our game down 2-0,” Huron coach Matt Lividini said. “It looked like we might possibly pull back into it, but they scored off a corner kick.”It…

Boston Celtics Hopefully, the Joe Mazz Players Check-In World Tour includes a stop in St. Louis, or wherever Jayson Tatum is putting in the work this offseason. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla needs to have a tough conversation with his star player, forward Jayson Tatum, to get him to attack differently next season. Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff By Chad Finn June 15, 2026 | 8:35 AM 5 minutes to read Joe Mazzulla has been spending the early days of June making the rounds to catch up with some of his players at their home courts, so to speak. The Celtics coach traveled…

FIFA’s Gianni Infantino defends World Cup pricing, says average ticket price is comparable to US pro sports playoffs …

On Saturday afternoon, thousands of Brazil fans, clad in highlighter yellow jerseys, made the trek to MetLife Stadium to watch their team play Morocco in its first game of this World Cup. They sang on the train in from Manhattan and waved flags and chanted throughout the day.But after 90 minutes of tense, back-and-forth play that ended in a 1-1 tie, those fans were less than thrilled. “That was a terrible performance,” one said as he left the stadium. “Terrible!”Soon, Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti was sitting on a stage, taking questions from another tough crowd: the Brazilian media. They peppered…

The governor’s executive order is a strong launch pad. Now it’s time for the Department of Public Utilities to put some meat on the bone and follow through with decisive action. Utilities across the nation are experimenting with time-of-use pricing, but too often programs have been poorly understood by consumers or off-peak discount rates have been set too low to spur significant changes in behavior. Massachusetts has the opportunity to get things right and become a model for the nation. Get The GavelA weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr.The state’s major utilities are in the process of…