HOUSTON (AP) Miami Marlins All-Star right-hander Max Meyer was placed on the 15-day injured list with a neck strain, and All-Star shortstop Otto Lopez is out of the starting lineup for the second straight game.Marlins manager Clayton McCullough said before Monday's game against Miami that Meyer felt a little sensation in the neck area during his start in Seattle on July 7. He felt fine going into his start on Saturday in Milwaukee, but the sensation returned during the third inning.The Marlins say Meyer will be examined by Dr. Robert Watkins IV in Los Angeles this week.Certainly, a level concern that hes gonna go on the IL and have to be down for at least a couple of week, but I think right now (they) just want to get a fuller picture of whats going on and whats leading to this, McCullough said.A first-time All-Star this season, the 27-year-old Meyer is 9-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 20 starts. The Marlins recalled right-hander Zach Brzykcy from Triple-A to take Meyers spot on the 26-man roster.Lopez was feeling better on Monday after missing Sundays game with finger inflammation. McCullough said he doesnt anticipate Lopez being out much longer.The swelling has gone down some, McCullough said. "He had more range of motion. I think he was able to get through some baseball activity today, hitting in the cage some, come out and play, so hes certainly better than he was yesterday.Lopez is batting .335 with nine home runs and 41 RBIs in 97 games this season.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

Spain didn't just win the 2026 FIFA World Cup; it did it in historic fashion. With its 1-0 win over Argentina on Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium, Spain broke the all-time streak for matches unbeaten (38), which was previously held by Italy (37) for matches played between 2018 and 2021. During the streak, Spain has recorded 29 wins and nine draws. Spain's unbeaten streak joins a list of incredible team streaks of the 21st century. Here are some other unbelievable milestones that have been accomplished by professional sports teams in the last 25 years: During the 2003-2004 NFL season, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were a force of nature. Their dominance set the overall record for the most consecutive wins,including regular season and playoffs. Tom Brady played a huge role in the Patriots' success in his third season as the teams starting quarterback. Though they started the season off 2-2, he helped lead the Patriots to a Week 5 win against the Tennessee Titans, kickstarting a streak that would see them win every game for the remainder of the season, through the playoffs, where they beat the Carolina Panthers 32-29 for their second title in three seasons. The streak came to an end seven games into the following season, against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The only team to come close since then is the Green Bay Packers, who won 19 games from 2010-2011. For three weeks, not a single MLB team could stop the Cleveland Guardians (then the Cleveland Indians). During the 2017 MLB season, the Guardians delivered 22 games of absolute mastery to every baseball fan watching. Not a single team came close to topping the Guardians, except for the Yankees, who the Guardians still came out on top against, 2-1. Though Clevelands streak may have ended with a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals in a 10th-inning walk-off, they still finished the season with 102 wins;only the Los Angeles Dodgers recorded more wins that season. They also managed to beat the Houston Astros five out of the six times they matched up, a team that later on went to win that season's World Series. The last team to hold a streak this impressive was the New York Giants in 1916, with a streak of 26 games. But, in the 21st century, the only team that comes close to sniffing the Guardians' record is the Athletics, with 20. Though they didn't earn themselves a ring that year, they still managed to etch their names into baseball history. The Miami Heat showed no mercy throughout the 2012-2013 NBA season, taking home the NBA championship and a record to go with it. The Heat began their historic 27-game winning streak on February 3, 2013, in a 100-85 win over the Toronto Raptors. They went on to face solid teams such as the Rockets, Clippers, Lakers, Thunder, and the Knicks, beating them all. The King, LeBron James, spearheaded this streak, with an impressive 39-point performance in a close game against Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The rest of the season was no different. Besides two losses, one against the Bulls and Knicks, the Heat wiped out any team that stood in front of them and cleared their path to the NBA Playoffs. The Heat went on to win the NBA Finals, beating the San Antonio Spurs in seven games. Thirty-eight matches unbeaten; thats Spain's record since March 2024, and a loss doesnt appear to be anywhere in its near future. Spains dominance is now known worldwide following its 2026 FIFA World Cup triumph, but most fans are unaware of just how long La Roja has been dominating for. Navigating through friendlies, UEFA Nations League games, the European Championship, and a short while ago, the World Cup, Spain has not suffered one loss. During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Spain not only beat each team it went up against, but it only allowed a singular goal against Belgium across the entire tournament. Besides that, it kept a clean sheet against every country it matched up against. Spains win against Argentina not only earned it a World Cup trophy, but it also dethroned Italy's all-time men's international unbeaten record of 37 matches. Now, this streak lives on. Can Spain extend this record, or will another country enter the conversation? From November 23, 2014, to March 31, 2017, the UConn Huskies women's basketball team could not be stopped, going 111 straight games without being beaten. During this streak, they won two national titles, with the latter completing a run of four consecutive championships from 2013 to 2016. They also managedto reach the Final Four for the tenth consecutive time. This 859-day stretch was not out-of-the-ordinary for the Huskies. In fact, UConn owns four out of the five longest winning streaks in D1 womens basketball history. The constant variable every year? Legendary head coach, Geno Auriemma. He began his reign in 1985, and over the course of his 41-year tenure, he has set the records for the most NCAA Division I womens basketball championships (12) and the most wins by an NCAA Division I womens basketball coach. The UConn Huskies women's basketball team and their dominance was no accident;just pure unadulterated talent.

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The Indianapolis Colts hosted veteran safety Jordan Whitehead for a recent workout, according to the NFL Network's Mike Garafolo.Whitehead, 29, has been fully cleared to return to football activities following surgery on his neck by surgeon Alex Vaccaro. He suffered the neck injury during a car crash early in 2025 and missed all of last season.Along with the Colts, Whitehead also worked out with the Houston Texans and is expected to meet with more teams soon, Garafolo added.Veteran S Jordan Whitehead has been fully cleared to resume his football career post-neck surgery by Alex Vaccaro, his surgeon and the #Eagles spine specialist. Whitehead had recent workouts with the #Colts and #Texans and is expected to meet with more teams soon. pic.twitter.com/gqwX8QfNqT Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) July 20, 2026Whitehead has ample experience playing both free safety and down in the box. Throughout his career, he's had strong ball production, which includes totaling 11 interceptions and 38 pass deflections from 2019 through 2023.The safety room this offseason for the Colts has been reshaped this offseason and is currently quite crowded, with playing time up for grabs and the depth chart largely still undetermined.AJ Haulcy appears to be the front-runner for the starting role next to Cam Bynum. Hunter Wohler could see snaps in defensive-back-heavy formations. Jonathan Owens and Juanyeh Thomas add experience to the room and have contributed on special teams.Whitehead was a fourth-round pick by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2018 and played his first four seasons there, which included winning a Super Bowl. He then played with the New York Jets from 2022 to 2023 and returned to Tampa Bay for the 2024 season.This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Colts reportedly worked out veteran safety and former Super Bowl champion

Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that leaders of the powerhouse league some of them frustrated over the changes upending their industry are having "real" conversations about breaking away from the rest of college sports, though that is not the preferred solution. "Theyre real," Greg Sankey said Monday of talks with school presidents involving the SEC separating itself from the rest of the NCAA. "Theyve opined about the frustrations that bring them to the point of saying we should look at something significantly different." Sankey's 45-minute meeting with reporters to kick off SEC football media days detailed the several issues that college sports is trying to find solutions for: Congressional legislation, litigation stemming from the new five-year eligibility rule, the future of the College Football Playoff and an overall lack of transparency regarding name, image and likeness payments to players. Sankey acknowledged the conference's unhappiness with the handling of all those issues, but also touted the league's 13 national championships won last season across a variety of sports as a key reason it's in no rush to move away from the current framework. "There is meaning and value and I do think a national expectation that we participate in a national organization," he said. "But that national organization must function in a healthy manner; otherwise, that simmering will continue". The SEC and Big Ten produced a 10-point paper about changes they would like to see to the Protect College Sports Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation in the Senate. The SEC and Big Ten are negotiating with lawmakers over potential tweaks. Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman, the chair of the SEC presidents, released a statement saying conference leaders "have provided feedback from the perspective of university leaders who are trying to navigate the current state of college athletics." The SEC argues the bill does not go far enough in limiting the possibility of lawsuits against conferences and schools, and also needs better language to preempt state laws in favor of a national one regarding the tens of millions in NIL payments now so common at the top of college sports. Sankey called the rollout of the recent NCAA rule that rewrote eligibility standards and has induced lawsuits players mainly get five years to play five seasons "magnifies frustration" among some in the SEC. Plowman said the SEC "applauded" how transfers and eligibility were addressed in the Senate bill. "That means student-athletes would not be able to transfer every year, putting their educations and team dynamics at risk or toggle back and forth between professional teams and university teams with no intention of getting a degree," she said. The SEC remains the Power Four's only holdout over expanding the 12-team playoff to 24. Sankey said more research is needed, especially regarding "media interest" likely shorthand for media rights interest in adding more games. There is also the underlying issue of what an expanded playoff would do to conference title games. Symbolic of the wide range of opinions on that topic, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said in his own media session that he favored conference play-in games to determine CFP spots and he doesn't think title games should be put on the chopping block. "Throwing those away so you can get a bad matchup between 24 and 18 doesn't make sense to me," Drinkwitz said. Sankey said he also wants more transparency about who pays players and for what. Among the SEC's proposed changes to the Senate bill would be clearer guidelines for paying players, including "NIL, pay-for-play (which is not allowed), revenue sharing and other forms of compensation." The commissioner conceded that the SEC is not bent on getting its way regarding every issue that college sports is trying to solve. But as one of the biggest, richest and most influential leagues in a quickly changing business, it does want to lead the way. "I think we do a better job now than has ever been done in college athletics," Sankey said. "But we haven't achieved that level of stability as we go through change that's needed at this point." Reporting by the Associated Press.

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To call this a Little League play would be an injustice to Little League.The New York Yankees hosted the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for the first of a three-game series. Home fans got their moneys worth in the first inning. With a man on first and one out, Paul Goldschmidt hit a ground ball between second and third base that should have resulted in an inning-ending double play. It did not.Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales attempted to field the ball, but instead let it bounce off his glove and into shallow left field. From there, left fielder Bryan Reynolds fielded the ball and attempted to throw the ball home to prevent Ben Rice from scoring from first. Instead, he planted the ball directly into the ground in front of his feet.I could attempt to describe how the Yankees scored their first run, and I will later ... but for now, just watch this. pic.twitter.com/ZQQIdqQnlt Bryan Hoch (@BryanHoch) July 20, 2026Rice capitalized on the mistake and rounded third to score without a play at the plate.If youre scoring at home, Goldschmidt reached first on a fielding error by Gonzales and second on a fielders choice. Rice reached home for a 1-0 Yankees lead on a throwing error by Reynolds. And remember, a properly executed double play would have ended the inning. Instead, Cody Bellinger put runners on the corners with a single on the next at-bat. And Jazz Chisholm brought everybody home with a blast into the right-field bleachers for a 4-0 Yankees lead in the first inning. Get Jazzy with it 3-Run for @j_chisholm3pic.twitter.com/REghxmZX4x New York Yankees (@Yankees) July 20, 2026Making matters worse for starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft, the scoring of the play with two errors didnt account for the potential double-play that was lost. Three of those four runs were scored as earned.

Hundreds of thousands of fans fill Madrid's streets as Spain celebrated its historic World Cup victory with a massive open-top bus parade.

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