👋Good Morning Stump Nation!

Rolling into Sunday with a lot of sports last night! Gotta start with The Open! It’s absolutely nuts right now check out our Stump Story for the deets! WNBA All-Star Game was also great last night! Arike Ogunbowale was on video game mode with 34 second-half points! And did Team USA almost lose to SOUTH SUDAN?!?! All about it in today’s STUMP!

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LETS. GET. INTO. IT.

THE DAILY STUMPED🔮

In the 2004 Olympics, Team USA basketball lost to WHICH country in the Gold Medal Game?

• A. Argentina

• B. Spain

• C. Germany

• D. China

• E. South Africa

Answer at the bottom of The Stump!

ON THIS DAY🗓️

On this day in 1906, a baseball game was held outside of Pittsburgh, PA in the United States.

Outfielder, BF Hicks, was tracking down a fly ball hit deep, as Hicks kept backtracking, he walked onto the train tracks. He was hit by the train and was dead on impact.

When his body was found, he was still holding the baseball. Commitment.

YESTERDAY IN SPORTS📰

Breaking News…

• 🏀 Cavs sign Even Mobley to an extension worth up to $269 Million

  • Big extension for BELIEVELAND! Cavs always play better with Mobley on the floor!

• ⚾️ Dodgers P Clayton Kershaw to make his 2024 Season debut this upcoming Thursday against San Francisco Giants

• 🥊 Jake Paul TKOs Mike Perry in 6th round of boxing fight

  • Need Tyson ASAP

Top Final Scores💯

• ⛳️ CHAOS at The Open (Check out our Stump Story below)

  • Billy Horschel is your leader at -4, Daniel Brown at -3, Xander at -3, Scottie at -2, many others right in the thick of it!

• ⚾️ Rays def. Yankees, 9-1; Mets def. Marlins, 1-0; Dodgers def. Red Sox in 11, 7-6

• 🏀 WNBA All-STAR Game! Great format with Team USA vs Team WNBA

  • Team WNBA def. Team USA, 117-109; Arike Ogunbowale ERUPTED for 34 second-half points and was ASG MVP!

• 🏀 Team USA def. South Sudan 101-100

  • Major comeback which would’ve been one of the worst losses for Team USA ever. Fellas, we gotta figure it out!

• 🏇 PICKAXE wins Australian Horse Race. Don’t know why this makes the cut today but a name like Pickaxe is so ELECTRIC!

What Caught Our Eye👀

• ⚾️ We’d like to report a ROBBERY!

• ⛳️ Shane’s NOT HAPPY about the length of The Open

• 🏀 ARIKE is NICE NICE! Was on video game mode last night!

STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍️

The Open: CHAOS

If you haven’t been following along because of the time change, you’ve missed a lot, here’s a quick synopsis of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Live from the roaring hills of Scotland the 152nd Open has been absolute chaos! Early in the morning in the United States, many have been sleeping through some of this crazy action. I can’t blame you, 3 in the morning is early for all of us. This morning, the leaders will all tee off around 9:00 AM ET.

I say leaders because the top of the leaderboard is CROWDED! Billy “the kid” Horchel (that’s not really his nickname but it just works) will tee off with Thriston Lawrence from South Africa in the final grouping at 9:25 AM ET. Horschel is the leader after a gritty and rainy day yesterday. He stands alone at -4.

There also happens to be a not one, not two, not three, but a SIX-WAY tie for second at -3. This includes Americans Sam Burns, Russel Henley, Xander Schauffele, as well as English veteran Justin Rose and his young buck statesman Daniel Brown (the day one leader).

Behind these guys are some MASSIVE names… Scottie Scheffler sits at -2, Shane Lowry at -1, and Adam Scott and Justin Thomas are hovering at a flat even! Lowry was the leader going into yesterday but in some really horrible weather conditions posted an ugly +6.

Justin Thomas and Adam Scott have had an INTERESTING route to E, both posting scores above 77 in day two (that’s really bad and not a score that would make you into contention). Sam Burns and Thriston Lawrence both shot 6-under yesterday to get themselves into contention to win a major championship.

To make things even more crazy, Si Woo Kim made a hole in one on the 17th hole today, which you would think happens from time to time. Not at the Open. For the first time in 152 years, there was a hole in one. How bout that? What’s in the water in Scotland this weekend???

If you’re reading this and it’s past 9:00 AM ET, you’re gonna wanna finish the stump, go turn on your TV, and watch the MADNESS UNFOLD!

JUICE STATION🧃

Quote of the Day

Song of the Day

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.

WHAT TO WATCH📺️

MLB⚾️: Baseball back in full swing…

• Rays @ Yankees (1:35 PM ET), Mets @ Marlins (1:40 PM ET), Orioles @ Rangers (2:35 PM ET), Red Sox @ Dodgers (7:00 PM ET on ESPN)

NBA Summer League🏀:

• Clippers vs Grizzlies (2:00 PM ET), Magic @ Wolves (3:00 PM ET), Sixers @ Celtics (5:00 PM ET), Rockets @ Blazers (9:00 PM ET)

GOLF⛳️: The 152nd Open Championship - Day 4! Final Groupings!

• Horschel & Lawrence (9:25 AM ET)

• Burns & Henley (9:15 AM ET)

• Schauffele & Rose (9:05 AM ET)

• Scheffler & Brown (8:55 AM ET)

• Scott & Lowry (8:45 AM ET)