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Time flies when you're sweating your butt off for the summer. Here's something else to start a conversation that doesn't include the weather.
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Wimbledon
The finals were a tale of two finals. Both winners ended up with $2.7 million in prize money, but the way they got there was completely different. The unranked Markéta Vondroušová handed a loss to Ons Jabeur in the women's final. Marketa is the first unranked woman in the Wimbledon Open era to win Wimbledon unranked. Pretty exciting. It was an epic five-set match between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic in the men's final. Alcaraz is 20, Novak is 36. It was a brutal, brutal match. If you look at pictures of the fans' faces in the stadium, they're holding their faces and hiding behind their hands. It was quite an epic match, but Alcaraz blocked Novak from winning his 24th Grand Slam, which would have been a record.
Lionel Messi + MLS (Major League Soccer)
Ahead of his big reveal to a sold-out stadium tonight, Leo Messi went grocery shopping. Last week he was spotted at a Publix with his family doing his grocery shopping. And tonight, in front of a sold-out stadium of inner Miami fans, he debuted his pink jersey. There were fireworks, and it was quite a celebration. Messi's MLS debut is Friday, July 21.
Tour de France
This weekend, there was a crash in the 15th stage of the Tour de France caused by a fan taking a selfie. The crash took out a significant amount of the field. Those left have a few more stages, as the race has 21 stages.
Make sure you check out our blog for all you need to know.
WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association)
And last but certainly not least, it was an epic WNBA All-Star Game this weekend. We saw Sabrina Ionescu set a record in a three-point competition with 37 points. And, of course, we had a star-studded audience with people like new Chicago Sky investor Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, and there were a host of NBA stars sitting courtside. It was pretty exciting to see everyone show up for the WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas.
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