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Lionel Messi put on a masterclass at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City Tuesday night, scoring three goals in Argentina's three-nil demolition of Algeria. On a day when Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland both turned heads at the World Cup, Messi made sure nobody forgot who sits at the top of that conversation. Three goals, both ends of the stadium on their feet — it was the kind of performance that rewrites what we think is possible at forty-two.
Shifting to the fairways, the one hundred twenty-sixth U.S. Open is set for Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, New York, airing across NBC and USA Network starting this weekend. Father's Day weekend at one of golf's most unforgiving venues — Shinnecock has a way of humbling the very best, and the draw this year gives us no shortage of elite names ready to take on that challenge.
And back on the diamond, Justin Verlander is returning to Comerica Park on Sunday to start against the White Sox — his first appearance there since two thousand seventeen. Detroit fans have waited a long time for this moment, and Verlander still has enough left in the tank to make it worth the wait.
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