Sports

Sophie Cunningham's 22-Second Pointing Standoff With DeWanna Bonner Draws Five Technicals

Sophie Cunningham's 22-second finger-pointing standoff with DeWanna Bonner — sparked by a technical called on Caitlin Clark — went viral during the Fever's 86-77 win over the Mercury and led to five technical fouls.

Sports

Canada Beats South Africa 1-0 to Reach the World Cup Round of 16

Canada beat South Africa 1-0 in the World Cup Round of 32 on a 92nd-minute Stephen Eustáquio goal, with Alphonso Davies returning from injury, to reach the Round of 16.

Sports

Trayvon Bromell Edges Noah Lyles in Paris Diamond League 100m

Trayvon Bromell beat Olympic champion Noah Lyles in the Paris Diamond League 100m, 9.91 to 9.92, while Audrey Werro ran 1:53.80 for the third-fastest women's 800m ever.

Sports

Yan Diomande Chooses PSG as His Next Club if He Leaves RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande, 19, has decided he would join Paris Saint-Germain if he leaves this summer, turning down Liverpool and Real Madrid, with Leipzig holding out for around €130M (~$140M).

Sports

Robert Lewandowski Agrees Two-Year Chicago Fire Deal to Join MLS

Robert Lewandowski, 37 and a free agent after leaving Barcelona, has agreed a two-year deal with the Chicago Fire, becoming one of MLS's highest-paid players and lining up a July 16 debut.

Sports

Record Nine African Nations Reach the 2026 World Cup Round of 32

Nine of the ten African teams at the 2026 World Cup reached the Round of 32 — Morocco, Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Egypt, South Africa, Cape Verde, Algeria, and Congo — shattering the continent's previous record of two.

Sports

Games to Watch — Sunday, June 28: Red Sox chase a sweep of the Yankees

The Red Sox go for a four-game sweep of the Yankees on Sunday Night Baseball at Fenway (7:20 ET, Red Sox -114, total 8). Plus the Liberty visit the surprising Valkyries, both 12-7, at Chase Center (7 ET, ESPN).

Sports

Hornets Trade Miles Bridges to Suns for Grayson Allen and Royce O'Neale

The Hornets traded Miles Bridges to the Suns on June 28 for Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale, and a 2033 first-round pick, dealing their second core piece in three days after sending LaMelo Ball to Minnesota.

Culture

Ice Cube's Big3 to Go Public via $290 Million SPAC Merger With Graf Global

Big3, the 3-on-3 basketball league co-founded by Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz in 2017, will go public through a $290 million SPAC merger with Graf Global, trading as TONT and expected to close in the fourth quarter.

Technology

Google Publishes Agentic Resource Discovery Spec Backed by Microsoft, Nvidia, and GitHub

Google published Agentic Resource Discovery, an open specification that lets AI agents locate and verify tools and other agents across the web, with launch backing from Microsoft, Nvidia, GitHub, Hugging Face, and Salesforce.

Sports

World Cup Round of 32 Opens June 28 With First 32-Team Knockout Bracket in History

The 2026 World Cup knockout stage opens June 28 with South Africa vs. Canada at SoFi Stadium, the first time a World Cup has staged a 32-team Round of 32, a product of the expanded 48-team field.

Sneakers

Nike Air Force 1 Low '01 Triple White Returns in July 2026 for $150

Nike revives the Air Force 1 Low '01 Triple White in July 2026 for $150, returning to the narrower, lower early-2000s shape that the modern '07 replaced two decades ago.