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Lionel Messi put on an absolute clinic in Fort Lauderdale, scoring four goals to power Inter Miami to a seven to one demolition of CF Montréal — a club record victory that ended the team's winless skid in the most emphatic way imaginable. When Messi decides a drought is over, he doesn't ease into it.
Shifting to the gridiron, North Dakota State made history on Saturday, picking up their first ever FBS win in commanding fashion — thirty three to seven over Jacksonville State. Nathan Hayes was sharp through the air with two touchdown passes, Myles Mitchell churned out seventy four yards on the ground, and the Bison made it crystal clear that ten FCS national titles were just the warm-up act.
And a moment that had nothing to do with scoreboards — Roger Federer was moved to tears multiple times during his induction speech at the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday. The greatest to ever hold a racket, now forever enshrined, getting the ceremony his career always deserved. Some moments transcend the sport entirely, and this was one of them.
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