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Regardless of “good vibes,” Hopkins and New England reportedly could not conform to a deal.

The Crimson Sox defeated the Cubs 11-5 on Sunday, taking two of three from Chicago to earn a fiftieth win in 2023. The Crimson Sox, now 50-44, are equal with the Yankees within the standings (although each golf equipment are tied for final within the American League East).
The Patriots report back to coaching camp every week from Tuesday (July 25), with the primary apply set to get underway on the twenty sixth.
DeAndre Hopkins and the Patriots: On Sunday, the Titans reportedly agreed to phrases with free agent broad receiver DeAndre Hopkins on a two-year, $26 million contract that could possibly be value as much as $32 million with incentives.
Hopkins, 31, was seen as a goal for the Patriots, who at the moment are left to ponder potential various choices amongst remaining free agent broad receivers.
Explaining why New England got here up brief in its bid so as to add the five-time All-Professional, ESPN NFL reporter Jeremy Fowler offered some element.
“Patriots stayed in constant contact with DeAndre Hopkins’ camp via free company course of, however their base monetary bundle wasn’t in the identical ballpark as what Titans supplied,” Fowler tweeted on Sunday. “The nice vibes between [New England] and Hopkins from his workforce go to by no means translated to a workable deal.”
Hopkins, who Invoice Belichick has been complimentary of over time, visited New England in June.
As a substitute, he now appears set to take the sphere for a former Belichick participant — now the Titans’ head coach — in Mike Vrabel.
Trivia: In response to ESPN Stats & Data, Masataka Yoshida grew to become the third Crimson Sox rookie to compile a number of video games with not less than six runs batted in since 1920 (when RBIs grew to become an official stat). Walt Dropo was the primary Crimson Sox rookie to realize the feat, doing so 3 times within the 1950 season. Are you able to title the newest participant instance earlier than Yoshida?
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Trace: It occurred in 2017 from a participant who was chosen by Boston within the first spherical of the 2015 MLB Draft out of Arkansas, and who technically made his MLB debut in 2016.
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Carlos Alcaraz topped Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon: The 20-year-old Spaniard ended Djokovic’s 45-match successful streak on Centre Courtroom, the longest because the venue opened in 1922.
On at the present time: In 1930, Fall River native Bert Patenaude grew to become the primary participant to attain a hat-trick in World Cup historical past as the USA unexpectedly defeated 1929 Copa America champions Paraguay, 3-0. It might assist the underdog U.S. ultimately advance to the semifinals earlier than falling to Argentina.
Sadly for Patenaude, who at simply 20 years of age was the youngest participant on the U.S. workforce, official FIFA information didn’t mirror his full accomplishments for many years. In response to FIFA, Patenaude had scored twice, and the workforce’s second aim was credited to fellow American Tom Florie.
It wasn’t till the early Nineteen Nineties when North American soccer historian Colin Jose petitioned an official change from FIFA that Patenaude (ultimately) was given his due: Standing first within the illustrious line of gamers — women and men — who’ve tallied three targets in a World Cup recreation.
Each day spotlight: Alex Isola helped the Wichita Wind Surge (a Twins minor league affiliate) win Sunday on a walk-off inside-the-park residence run.
Trivia reply: Andrew Benintendi
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