Before Trump's FIFA call, the 2026 World Cup was a genuine soft-power success for America: fans from around the world were posting glowing impressions, local bands were learning visiting teams' national anthems. One phone call from the Oval Office poisoned all of it.
Tim Lopez and his college frenemy Evan couldn't agree on anything. They were garrulous, emotionally volatile, and each convinced the other was the bigger idiot. But down 5-0 in the third set of a late-night doubles match at UCLA's Arthur Ashe Tennis Center, something shifted. Their stubbornness stopped pointing at each other and started pointing at the scoreboard.
In the middle of an epic five-set amateur tennis comeback, Tim Lopez and Evan stopped screaming insults at each other and started communicating through gestures and facial expressions alone. Their friends later said it was the longest either of them had ever gone without speaking. They won the match.
The 2026 World Cup semifinals feature France vs. Spain and Argentina vs. England — the first time all four semifinalists have been former champions since 1990. Kylian Mbappé and teenage Spanish sensation Lamine Yamal headline the first match in Arlington, Texas.
Trump allegedly used personal connections to FIFA leadership to reverse a US player's red card suspension — something that had never been done before in World Cup history. England immediately filed their own appeal. America ruined the World Cup and then made it more interesting.
Jannik Sinner defeated Alexander Zverev in four sets to claim his second straight Wimbledon title and fifth career grand slam — just over a month after a widely publicized meltdown at the French Open. Zverev, notably, won the French Open himself.
Jannik Sinner won his second straight Wimbledon title, defeating Alexander Zverev in four sets after losing the first. Sinner is now 10-0 in career meetings with Zverev — a complete and utter head-to-head dominance.
Christian Pulisic suffered a microfracture and bone bruise to his right leg during the US World Cup loss to Belgium, confirmed by imaging taken on Tuesday. He is expected to resume training before returning to AC Milan.
PIX 106 radio host Bob Wolf organized the Eye Rock 500 — a stock car race for 14 blind drivers at Fonda Speedway. Usual attendance: 100 people. Race day attendance: 6,000. Michael Corso called in, was put live on air, and was signed up before he could think too hard about what he'd agreed to.
Every car in the Eye Rock 500 had a wooden block wedged under the gas pedal to keep speeds safe. Michael Corso found it, said something unprintable, and kicked it out. Then he put the car in neutral, revved the engine, and told his sighted navigator: just tell me where to go.
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