Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know before Argentina and Canada take the pitch at 8 p.m. ET in Atlanta.

Fans will be treated to three high-stakes matchups today on ESPN — assuming the weather cooperates.

The world’s best women’s golfers are taking over the Pacific Northwest as the 70th KPMG Women’s PGA Championship — the third of five LPGA majors — tees off from the Sahalee Country Club tomorrow with even more than the $10.4M purse on the line.

Following up last year’s NWSL valuations, Sportico released estimated valuations for all 12 WNBA teams yesterday. Leading the pack? The back-to-back champions Las Vegas Aces at $140M, followed by the Seattle Storm at $135M.

It’s no secret that stars sell, and that’s exactly what the Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese and Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark did in their June 15th matchup, which was the most-watched WNBA game in 23 years. They’re poised to be the WNBA’s next big rivalry, and while all this attention may feel new, superstar clashes have powered the W and NBA in the past.

Today’s Juneteenth — a U.S. holiday celebrating Black history and commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the States. But the landmark day only became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following a summer of protests against racial injustice in 2020.

All they do is win, win, win, no matter what.

ICYMI, the Boston Celtics won their NBA-record 18th championship with Monday’s Game 5 106–88 rout of the Dallas Mavericks. While they fire up the duck boats, here’s a look at Boston’s historic victory, by the numbers.

It wasn’t a fluke — the Edmonton Oilers (now down 3-2) have turned the tides in the Stanley Cup Final, officially forcing a Game 6 against the Florida Panthers back home in Alberta. Oh Canada is right.

This feature is brought to you by the Toronto Raptors and MLSE Foundation’s A League of HER Own, a girls-only basketball league created in partnership with the Toronto Community Housing Corporation to address the gender participation gap in sports.

And just like that, the NBA Finals are no longer destined for the broom closet — the Dallas Mavericks staved off a sweep by the Boston Celtics (now up 3-1), routing the Cs 122–84 in Friday’s Game 4. These balls just keep bouncing.

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