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Weekend winners
The World Cup. Wow, this has been fantastic theater, and as a casual (at best) fan of soccer, that’s a terrific goal. (See what I did there Spy?) But kick that can (Spy?) down the road a couple more.
This World Cup has the total power brokers in this week’s semifinals, as all of the top-four seeds are the last sides standing. And the star power — Messi, Mbappé, Kane, et al. — is staggering. And if you doubt the consumption of kickball around this country — even with the Americans planning their trips to Cabo — I’ll ask this: Is this the quietest MLB All-Star break you can recall in decades?
Jannik Sinner. The men’s No. 1 tennis player conquered Wimbledon over the weekend — another event completely shadowed by the World Kickball Challenge — and considering the vacuum of depth among the elite players in the world, has a chance to start stacking majors with an elite serve.