Day 486

• A good night for at least a couple reasons in Vegas:  Maybe we can finally be rid of Conor McGregor after injuring his leg in the main event...
• And Greg Hardy got KTFO'd in one of the undercard matches.
• Argentina beat Brazil for the Copa America.  England and Italy at Wembley today for the Euro 2021 title.
• More homophobic chants for the Mexican fans at the Gold Cup opener Saturday night in Texas.  Match had to be stopped twice, and the chants just got worse.  Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago drew scoreless in the start of the group stage.  United States opens with Haiti in Kansas City tonight.  It is at least the third consecutive CONCACAF match for Mexico this summer which was stopped under discrimination protocols at least twice.
• USA defeated Haiti 1-0.
• Ronald Acuna Jr. is DONE FOR THE YEAR with an ACL.  Complete tear of the ACL during the game today with the Marlins.
• Yokozuna Hakuho is undefeated at Day 8 of the July tournament -- he's 8-0.
• But his main challenger, Ozeki and Yokozuna Candidate (and winner of the last two tournaments in Hakuho's absence) Terunofuji is also 8-0.
• 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has suffered a bout of the coronavirus and will be unable to play in next week's (British) Open Championship.
• Fan incident at the Euro 2021 Final as fans tried to get in the stadium and into restricted areas hours before kickoff.
• And then racist slurs hurled at English players...
• And the predictable penalties disappointment as Italy wins the European Championship after a 1-1 draw.
• Child Sex Blotter #1:  Barkevious Mingo has been fired by the Atlanta Falcons after being charged with indecent contact with a minor under the age of 17.
• Child Sex Blotter #2:  Travis Fulton, holding the record for most professional MMA fights, after pleading guilty to child porn and enticing at least two underage girls to have sex with him, killed himself today.
• JUST KEEP GIVING THE RIGHTIES IN THIS COUNTRY AMMO, YOU FUCKERS...

It being around the All-Star break, the 2021 ESPYs were held last night -- more traditional format than last year's event:

• Male Athlete:  Tom Brady
  
• Team:  Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Female Athlete:  Naomi Osaka, who was present
• Breakthrough Athlete:  LaMelo Ball Dammit... 
• Best Game:  NCAA Basketball Tournament:  Gonzaga over UCLA
• Best Play:  Murray to Hopkins Hail Mary pass
• Men's College:  DeVonta Smith, Alabama
• Women's College:  Paige Bueckers, Connecticut
• Record-Breaking Performance:  Russell Westbrook Triple-Double record (beating out Phil Mickelson, who did win the Male Golfer Award!!)
• NFL Player:  Brady
• MLB Player:  Shohei Ohtani
• NBA Player:  Soon-To-Be Professional-Minature-Golf Commissioner Steph Curry (none of his teammates like this idea, by the way)
• NHL Player:  Patrick Kane
• WWE Moment:  Sasha Banks-Bianca Belair -- first two Black women to main event WrestleMania
• Arthur Ashe Award for Courage:  Maya Moore, who laid down a lucrative WNBA career to free a wrongfully-convicted Black man and focus on criminal justice reform.  
• Jimmy V Award for Perseverence:  Chris Nikic, who became the first person with Down's Syndrome to complete a full Ironman Triathlon, in Florida last year -- 16 hours, 46 minutes -- 14 minutes to the good of the World Championship qualifying standard.  Nikic also won the Best Athlete With A Disability Award.

And the All-Star Break Standings, starting with the American League:

• East:  Boston (55-36) 1.5 up on Tampa Bay
• Central:  White Sox (54-35) 8 up on Cleveland
• West:  Houston (55-36) 3.5 up on Oakland
• Wild Card:  A's at Rays (Rays up 2 on A's, A's up 3.5 on Seattle)
• Houston is current #1 seed, 5-2 final season record over the Red Sox.
• WC vs. Houston, Houston with the advantage.  White Sox vs. Boston, Boston with the advantage.

National League:

• East:  Mets (47-40) 3.5 up on the Phillies.  Mets the only team in the division over .500.
• Central  Brewers (53-39), 4 up on the Reds after the Reds swept the Brewers to end the 1st half.
• West:  Giants (57-32) 2 up on the Dodgers.
• Wild Card:  Padres at Dodgers (SD 4 back of the Dodgers, 4 ahead of the Reds)
• Giants have the best record in baseball.
• WC vs. Giants, Giants with the advantage.  Mets vs. Brewers, Brewers with the advantage.