- Senate Commerce Committee will debate the bipartisan "Protect College Sports Act" Thursday — it would limit pay rules, cap athletes to one free transfer, and bar coaches from changing jobs during a season.
- The bill has backing from the NFL, its players' union, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee and several conferences, but the SEC and Big Ten have not endorsed it and some senators oppose it.
- Crafted by Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell (and backed by President Trump), its passage could curb the coaching carousel and reshape transfer rules — a big talking point for college-football fans.
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- Over 200 people have died and about 894 cases have been confirmed so far in an Ebola outbreak centered in eastern Congo that has also spread into Uganda.
- The outbreak is caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatments, making it unusually worrying compared with past Zaire-strain outbreaks.
- Response is struggling — contact tracing is limited by conflict, displacement and mobile mining communities, and only about $90M of the $900M pledged has been released.
- The Trump administration plans to file at least 250 denaturalization cases by the end of fiscal 2026 (Sept. 30), and has already filed several dozen—an unprecedented surge.
- Denaturalization, long rarely used (about 11 cases/year from 1990–2017), is being broadened beyond its historical focus on the most egregious offenders.
- If the government wins, people can lose U.S. citizenship, revert to prior immigration status and face deportation — a move that’s likely to spark debate over immigration enforcement and civil‑rights implications.
- Dodgers completed a sweep of the Rays as Freddie Freeman’s two-run homer lifted L.A. to a 5-4 comeback win after Shohei Ohtani started on the mound.
- Pirates’ Ryan O’Hearn exploded for a career-high six RBIs in a 12-2 rout of the A’s — a huge night for Pittsburgh and his season.
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. made a quirky play head‑first into first to scoop a throw, and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs in Toronto’s 3-0 win — a fun highlight-reel moment.
- K-pop and Korean companies have turned Korea into a cultural staple in Mexico — think BTS cutouts, Korean restaurants, Kia plants and young Mexicans even singing in Korean.
- The two countries share a warm World Cup history (Korea’s 2018 shock win over Germany famously helped Mexico advance), and they meet again in Guadalajara on Thursday.
- Fans mix camaraderie and rivalry — friendly gestures and business ties off the pitch, but everyone expects spirited competition once kickoff comes.
- Big Group A showdown in Guadalajara on June 18 — both Mexico and South Korea won their openers, so the winner could top the group.
- Mexico impressed 2-0 in the tournament opener: Raúl Jiménez scored his first World Cup goal and 17‑year‑old Gilberto Mora became Mexico’s youngest World Cup player.
- South Korea rallied from behind against Czechia with late sub Oh Hyeon‑Gyu scoring the winner — Son Heung‑min is also a popular anytime scorer pick (+340 on FanDuel).
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