Mills & Rypien Show

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 👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

It wasn’t even preseason football and man just to see the pigskin being thrown on the screen last night was special! No Caleb Williams or C.J. Stroud, but how about Davis Mills and Brett Rypien coming to play! Football season is on the horizon! What a day to be a Stump!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

The sport of Breaking is set to debut at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When was the last time that a new sport was introduced to the Summer Olympics?

  • A. 2020

  • B. 2008

  • C. 2012

  • D. 2004

  • E. 1996

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 1967 — The first pre-season game ever in the NFL was officially played.

The Los Angeles Rams defeated the New Orleans Saints by a score of 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, California.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

  • 🏈Titans All-Pro WR DeAndre Hopkins out 4-6 weeks with a knee injury suffered during early training camp practices

  • ⚾️MLB star Mike Trout out for season after he tears his meniscus again

  • 🏀Gordon Hawyard, Butler and Utah Jazz LEGEND, retires from NBA after 14 years!

  • 🏀Statue of Kobe and Gigi Bryant to be unveiled outside of the Lakers’ arena today in a private ceremony

  • 🏊‍♀️Katie Ledecky becomes most decorated American woman in Olympic history after winning her 13th gold medal

    • she is now just ONE Gold behind the women’s record of nine held by Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union)

Top Final Scores💯

  • 🏈 Chicago Bears def. Houston Texans in Hall of Fame Game, 21-17

    • 3 TD for Bears QB Brett Rypien!

  • ⚾️Guardians defeat Orioles, 10-3, Royals defeat Tigers, 7-1, Braves defeat Marlins, 4-2!

  • 🤸‍♀️Simone Biles returns to the top of the Gymnastics world by winning the GOLD in the individual all-around competition!

  • 🏀US Women defeat BELGIUM, 87-74

    • STEWIE with 26 points, 7 boards, and 4 assists WOOF

    • A’ja Wilson with 23 points, 13 rebounds

What Caught Our Eye👀

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

Flashback Friday! 3 Sports Moments You Forgot About!

Nothing wrong with a little Flashback Friday! Here’s 3 videos to juice you up!

Dirk Nowitzki TAKEOVER MODE

It’s often forgot how dominant Dirk was during the Dallas Mavericks 2011 playoff run! A team with him, JJ Barea, and Jason Terry did the unthinkable and took on the entire league. The formation of superteams was just starting. And they had to face the Miami Heat with LeBron, Wade, and Bosh in the Finals.

Here are the final 4:00 minutes of a PIVOTAL Game 2! A game that nobody talks about but deserves a rewatch every once in a while.

TIM TEBOW SPEECH!

If you need juice injected straight into your veins! This is the speech for you! The Florida Gators lost. And Tim Tebow wanted perfect season. He wanted it for his team, his coaches, and most importantly, Gator Nation! He went on the give one of the most ELECTRIC post game pressers of all time!

Wimbledon 2019 Finals: Djokovic vs Federer

One of the greatest tennis matches of all time! Between arguably 2 of Wimbledon’s greatest. The entire crowd was on the side of Roger Federer. But if there is one thing that Novak Djokovic has always had it’s mental resolve. Time and time again he shows how he become of the sports all time greats! In this match he defended 2 match points and came back and won the title!

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

“I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering”

Rafael Nadal

One of the GOAT’s of tennis. But also a pretty intense guy.

Song of the Day

Dynamite

Taio Cruz

“Now I told you once! Now I told you twice!”

Well don’t make me ask a third time.

Glue Guy of the Day

Defined: Glue Guy (Noun, Verb, Adj., etc.) - a person, thing, idea, or thought that holds together the larger group. Not the star, not the main character, but a hard hat and lunch pale type who knows its role. The GLUE of the group.

Graham Cracker

The Ultimate Team Player

It doesn’t get the love it deserves, but the graham cracker is the heartbeat of the s’more. It turns it from just a dessert…to a sandwich.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

MLB⚾️: Smaller slate today but some high quality matchups!

  • Rangers vs Red Sox (8:05 PM ET), Blue Jays @ Yankees (7:05 PM ET), Orioles @ Guardians (7:10 PM ET), Rays @ Astros (8:10 PM ET), Mets @ Angles (9:38 PM ET), Phillies @ Mariners (9:40 PM ET)

Olympics🏅: We are ALL over the map today in terms of what’s on, so let’s get some high quality highlights!

  • Men’s Olympic Soccer: Morocco vs USA (9:00 AM ET on USA), Japan vs Spain (11:00 AM ET), Egypt vs Paraguay (1:00 PM ET), France vs Argentina (3:00 PM ET)

  • Day 2 of Golf starting around 3:00 AM ET

  • Track Qualifications, Sailing, Water Polo, Judo, Boxing, Handball and MORE throughout the day

TRIVIA ANSWER

A. 2020! The Japanese Olympic Committee actually introduced several new sports (and iterations of existing sports) to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, including 3×3 basketball, surfing, skateboarding, and sport climbing. All four of these events will return for the 2024 Paris Olympics.