Great move the Heat, who can now pair Giannis and Bam with _______ and ______

“The little man in the white boots” Darren Fletcher does not want you to forget that Messi is a short king

Lionel Messi when he doesn’t have the ball

Even the GOAT isn’t immune to the stupidity of the stutter step

In honor of Egypt’s first World Cup win, please enjoy this logo for a club in Cairo

If I took over as coach five days before a World Cup match I’d be on Wikipedia on the sidelines trying to figure out who the hell these guys are

Hervé Renard looks like the world’s sexiest henchman

They’ve got a wall of Guy Remembering at this minor league park

*avocados from Mexico voice*

Gotta assume there’s an increased risk of chippiness when both teams speak the same language

That half was a real dog’s breakfast for Australia

Australian guy named Jacob Italiano 👍

Me when World Cup teams have players whose names indicate heritage beyond the borders of the country they represent: Ah, a lovely reminder of the beauty of multiculturalism Me when Qatar has guys with names like “Lucas Mendes”: Oh yeah, I forgot a petrostate basically bought a national team

Canada up a field goal and two rouges now

MLB owners are clearly jealous that the NFL and NBA get to use colleges as a free developmental system and are trying to overhaul 100 years of how the sport has worked to save some cash

Adding to the long tradition of NBA players with camcorders

This John Wick reboot sucks

They’re not gonna need the team bus. Dolan and Mitch can just carpool.

I assume in Cape Verde this strategy is known as "dock the boat," rather than park the bus

Before the first World Cup game in Atlanta, here's my SI Digital Cover story from last week on how the stadium went from football to fútbol www.si.com/soccer/stadi...

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manifesting

Oh my god I just remembered they’re gonna hand the trophy to Jim Dolan first

Issue a warrant for Scott Foster’s arrest @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

A+ uniform matchup (or “kit,” as it were)

The U.S. beats Paraguay 4-1 in World Cup opener for their highest scoring World Cup match ever. The US men scored fewer than 4 goals in an entire World Cup in 6 of 11 previous trips: 2022 3 goals in 4 matches 2006 2 in 3 1998 1 in 3 1994 3 in 4 1990 2 in 3 1934 1 in 1

Wait, the U.S. had never scored four goals before in a men’s World Cup game? *Four*?

The “hydration breaks” in every game (even when it’s 75 degrees out, like it is in CDMX, or a game played in doors) are never going away now that FIFA has figured out a way to squeeze an ad break into each half

This would piss me off if I was from Paraguay

Wait, the stadium in Guadalajara has hedges around the perimeter like UGA?

The “hydration breaks” in every game (even when it’s 75 degrees out, like it is in CDMX, or a game played in doors) are never going away now that FIFA has figured out a way to squeeze an ad break into each half

I watched the first half in a barbershop where I was the only one who didn’t speak English, picking up about 40% of everyone’s arguments over who was gonna win the tournament. 10/10

This entire NBA Finals has been unreal. The last three games mark just the fourth time since the introduction of the three-point shot that three straight Finals games have been decided by no more than four points (via @stathead.com) www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...

The Spurs played Victor Wembanyama too much last night. He set a new career high for minutes played in a regulation game. He only spent 58 seconds on the bench in the second half. He was gassed by the end. www.si.com/nba/finals/s...

Mike Brown is such a good coach, man

There wasn’t a Fenerbahçe game he could go to instead?

An update from the SI Union:

“Creepy Billy” and “Cousin Fucker Billy” are apparently two different guys

New Sports Illustrated Digital Cover: Ever wondered what it takes to get an NFL stadium ready to host the World Cup? I went to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to get an inside look the venue’s preparations for eight World Cup matches. www.si.com/soccer/stadi...

Republicans love corruption so much that they’ll do it in the eighth largest city in Connecticut

I went into Manhattan last night to remind myself why being a sports fan is the best, even if your team loses www.si.com/nba/finals/s...

Only Clyde can make eating fries look that cool