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England and Mexico at the Azteca tonight, and the stakes could not be higher. Jordan Henderson says it doesn't get much better or bigger, and he's right — Thomas Tuchel's side faces the co-hosts in front of a feverish home crowd with a World Cup quarterfinal on the line. Massive.
Shifting to the diamond, Paul Skenes is heading to his third All-Star Game, and the man is only in his second full season. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace has been dominant across the board for the National League, ranking top five in multiple pitching categories. At Citizens Bank Park on July fourteenth, he'll remind everyone why the hype is completely real.
And a story that never gets old — Emmitt Smith, the greatest rusher in NFL history, had that record in his sights from day one. The Cowboys legend was a goal setter as a rookie, long before the yards stacked up, and that intentionality is exactly what separated him from everyone else who ever carried a football at that level.
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