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Today in 1876, George Bradley threw the first no-hitter in Major League Baseball history – the first of 327 officially recognized by MLB!

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Boxing legend Evander Holyfield once said, “It is not the size of a man but the size of his heart that matters.”

The 2026 MLB Home Run Derby will take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. CDT at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as part of the MLB All-Star festivities. Hometown favorite Kyle Schwarber leads the league in home runs and is a favorite to win!

On this day in 1900, Charlotte Cooper became the first individual Olympic champion of any sport when she beat Helen Prevost for the Olympic tennis championship! Cooper also won five single Wimbeldon titles and was one of the few women to serve overhead at the time.

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Get through Hump Day with some MLB action! At 2:45 p.m. CDT, the San Francisco Giants take on the Toronto Blue Jays. Later at 6:40 p.m. CDT, the Boston Red Sox play the Chicago White Sox in a race for foot hosiery supremacy.

Legendary boxing trainer Cus D’Amato once said, “The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”