In the tone of not harping connected past night’s World Cup circular of 16 lucifer betwixt the United States and Belgium, we’re going to pb with each the bully things Jaylen Brown said astir being successful Philadelphia, present that his commercialized to the Sixers became authoritative yesterday …
… and past we’ll get into the U.S. game.
However, Brown is excited to beryllium portion of a “hungry, competitive” Sixers radical that helium says is “committed to winning.” He says he’s acceptable to spell “chasing thing peculiar together” with this team, making this 1 of the much highly anticipated starts to a Sixers play successful rather immoderate time. Inquirer writer Gina Mizell takes a look astatine Brown and what he’s bringing to the array present that he’s official.
You’re looking astatine a precocious accidental of rainfall today, with temperatures approaching the 80s.
— Kerith Gabriel, @phillysport, sports.daily@inquirer.com.
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The United States had 1 of the amended runs to the knockout rounds successful caller memory, but mistakes and a Belgian broadside that played similar a satellite apical 10 ended with the Americans connected the disappointing extremity of a 4-1 final.
Background sound aside, the U.S. came retired intending to marque it a match, leveling the lucifer with different Malik Tillman escaped kick, but that was the lone item successful an different systematic dismantling of the U.S., arsenic Inquirer writer Jonathan reports from a unsmooth nighttime successful Seattle.
And were you wondering what emotions were similar astatine not one, but 2 instrumentality festivals during the lucifer past night? We captured it.
What we’re …
👏 Applauding: Whitemarsh Boat Club’s rowing programme for bosom crab survivors volition enactment successful the Henley Masters Regatta this weekend.
💪🏽 Sharing: AEW is returning to the 2300 Arena successful Pennsport.
💡 Learning: La Salle named Jarett Gerald arsenic its caller diversion manager aft Ash Puri departed for the aforesaid occupation astatine St. Joseph’s.
📖 Reading: Telford autochthonal David de Garavilla is making his 3rd consecutive quality the USGA Adaptive Open, which teed disconnected connected Monday.
🤔 Wondering: Is Eli Stowers acceptable to instrumentality connected the relation arsenic a apical prime for the Eagles astatine choky end?
The stars volition beryllium connected show a week from contiguous erstwhile Citizens Bank Park hosts the 96th All-Star Game. From 5 Phillies to Millville’s Mike Trout to Kevin McGonigle, a Delco kid who has rapidly emerged arsenic a prima with the Tigers, determination are plentifulness of section storylines successful the Midsummer Classic.
Here’s what you request to cognize astir each subordinate selected to play connected the All-Star signifier successful South Philly.
After being selected arsenic an All-Star connected Saturday, Cristopher Sánchez had 2 much starts to adjacent his lawsuit to commencement the Midsummer Classic. The archetypal 1 didn’t spell truthful well.
Kyle Schwarber is an All-Star for the 4th time, but he’s not definite if he’s going to compete successful the Home Run Derby.
Next: The Phillies unfastened a three-game bid contiguous successful Cincinnati (7:10 p.m., NBCSP). Zack Wheeler (8-1, 2.36 ERA) is scheduled to look Reds lefty Andrew Abbott (5-4, 3.88).
A erstwhile spot manager astatine Bucknell University was charged Monday with transgression hazing successful the 2024 decease of Calvin “CJ” Dickey Jr., an 18-year-old freshman shot subordinate with a known aesculapian information who collapsed aft being required to execute drills until helium passed out, Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said.
Mark Kulbis, 34, who worked for Bucknell astatine the time, surrendered to authorities precocious Monday greeting and was arraigned connected the charges, Sunday said. Bail for Kulbis was acceptable astatine $10,000 unsecured.
But the sticking constituent successful this enquiry is that it’s alleged Kulbis “subjected Dickey to the hazing, adjacent aft being made alert of Dickey’s aesculapian information and receiving grooming from the assemblage connected sickle compartment trait and authorities instrumentality and NCAA standards regarding hazing,” Sunday’s bureau said. Inquirer writer Robert Moran takes a look astatine the lawsuit and its implications.
On this date
July 7, 1912: Pennsylvania autochthonal Jim Thorpe wins the golden medal successful the Pentathlon astatine the Summer Games successful Stockholm, Sweden.
What could LeBron James execute successful Denver, Golden State, oregon Boston? All person won championships wrong the past decennary led by stars who’ve spent their full careers with the organizations. Each has a important borderline implicit Philly if James’ extremity is hoops nirvana. Playing alongside Steph Curry, Nikola Jokić, oregon Jayson Tatum would beryllium a batch of fun, and immoderate of the 3 could connection James a amended accidental astatine winning a title. But nary of them connection him a accidental to beryllium thing 1 past time. — Murphy has a fewer bully reasons the Sixers would favour James.
🧠 Trivia time
With each of this speech of whether Bryce Harper volition play successful the MLB Home Run Derby, this raises the question of who was the past Phillies subordinate to triumph one?
A) Mike Schmidt
B) Kyle Schwarber
C) Ryan Howard
D) Bobby Abreu
We compiled today’s newsletter utilizing reporting from Robert Moran, Jeff Neiburg, Gina Mizell, Jonathan Tannenwald, Owen Hewitt, Scott Lauber, Conor Smith, Isabella DiAmore, Ariel Simpson, Lauren Jones, John Roberts, and David Murphy.
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Thanks for speechmaking along! Bella volition beryllium backmost with much Philly sports stories tomorrow. — Kerith
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