📰🏟️ Comeback for the ages
Plus: World Cup kicks off…
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—Kyle
1) Knicks complete historic Finals comeback
The New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history last night, clawing back from a 29-point deficit to win 107-106.
- Knicks F OG Anunoby scored the winning tip-in with 2.1 seconds left, after a key chase-down block on Spurs G De’Aaron Fox seconds earlier.
- The Knicks now take a 3-1 series lead, and stand just one game away from clinching their first NBA Finals trophy since 1973.
- Game 5 in San Antonio tips off Saturday evening.
Relive the greatest Finals comeback
2) World Cup kicks off today
The record-high 48-team tournament begins today with co-host nation Mexico vs. South Africa in Mexico City.
- The two other World Cup co-hosts, the US and Canada, will begin play tomorrow.
- It marks the first men’s World Cup on US soil since 1994, with Team USA holding the highest odds to advance from their 4-team Group D.
- The tournament runs through the World Cup final on July 19.
World Cup preview and predictions
3) Mahomes signs record NFL contract
The 30-year-old superstar QB signed a contract extension with the KC Chiefs that keeps him with the team through 2033.
- Mahomes’ reworked deal is worth $504.75 million over the next eight years, marking the first NFL deal worth half-a-billion dollars.
- When the new money begins in 2027, Mahomes will be making an NFL-record $64M/year on average.
Mahomes is Chief among QB salaries
4) SF Giants erase historic deficit to win
The Giants entered the 8th inning of yesterday’s game against the Nationals trailing by a score of 9-1.
- But they turned that deficit into a miraculous 11-10 victory thanks to a walk-off grand slam by rookie Bryce Eldridge.
- Prior to yesterday, MLB teams had been on a 4,291-game losing streak when trailing by 8+ runs in the 8th inning or later.
Why let the Knicks have all the fun?
5) Auburn sprinter sets 110m hurdles world record
Auburn’s Ja’Kobe Tharp broke the 110m hurdles world record yesterday with a blistering 12.75 seconds at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships.
- The performance, with a legal tailwind of 1.0 m/s, broke the world record by 0.05 seconds, and shattered the NCAA record by .24 seconds.
- It’s the first world record to be set at an NCAA championships since 1976.
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