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🚨 Headlines
⚾️ Half a billion for Vladdy: The Blue Jays have signed superstar Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to a 14-year, $500 million extension. It's the third-largest contract in MLB history and could effectively keep him in Toronto for the rest of his career (he'll be 40 when the deal expires in 2039).
🏀 Class of 2025: Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Billy Donovan and "The Redeem Team" (2008 USA Olympic Men's Team) headline the Naismith Hall of Fame's Class of 2025, which will be enshrined in September.
⛳️ Spaniard wins Augusta: 21-year-old Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain won the sixth edition of the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The Kansas State senior finished one shot ahead of 16-year-old American Asterisk Talley.
⚽️ USA 2, Brazil 0: Eight months after beating Brazil by one goal in the Olympic final, the USWNT did one better, beating Brazil by two goals in Saturday's friendly in Los Angeles. The two sides will play again tomorrow in San Jose.
⚾️ Ohtani takes the mound: Shohei Ohtani threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on Saturday as he moves closer to his eventual return. The ultimate plan is to have him ready for the postseason, but he could join the Dodgers' starting rotation long before then.
🏒 The GR8 Chase is complete
On April 6, 2004, the Capitals won the NHL draft lottery and the right to select Russian phenom Alex Ovechkin with the first overall pick. Exactly 21 years later, Ovechkin scored his 895th career goal — all with Washington — to break Wayne Gretzky's NHL record.
Ovechkin: 895 goals in 1,487 games
Gretzky: 894 goals in 1,487 games
Historic moment: Ovechkin's record-breaking goal fittingly came on the power play, where the 39-year-old has made a living for the past two decades. It also fittingly came against ...
