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At Lord's, Gus Atkinson has written his name on the honours board again. The England seamer tore through New Zealand's second innings with five wickets for just thirty runs, finishing the job inside a session on day four and sealing a convincing one hundred and fifteen run victory. England needed that one badly after the Ashes, and Atkinson delivered when it mattered most.
Over in American football, the Chicago Bears are playing a very familiar game. The franchise made a non-binding announcement Friday that they're moving forward with a potential stadium site in Hammond, Indiana, but don't let that fool you — this is leverage, plain and simple. The Bears are still in active talks with Illinois, and if Indiana were truly the destination, those conversations would already be over. It's a negotiation wrapped in a press release.
And in college baseball, North Carolina is one win away from Omaha. Colin Hynek went two for four with a home run as the Tar Heels shut out USC four to nothing, forcing a deciding game three in the super regional. Head coach Scott Forbes has his squad on the doorstep of the College World Series, and Sunday's winner takes everything.
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