James Thorp

The King welcomes his fourth PM in four years:

Google Search broke all prior usage records and saw its highest usage in history right after Argentina scored their winning goal in yesterday’s match! 🤯 Great to see the global excitement for the World Cup... can't wait for the semis and final!

42 million people watched the US-Belgium game on Fox — 30 million — and Telemundo — 12 million. Staggering number — that’s more people than have ever watched a college football, NBA, MLB or NHL game in history. Only the NFL playoffs can beat it this century.

Brian Windhorst: "It wasn't that the league doesn't think Jaylen Brown is a great player or an excellent player, is that the league doesn't value what he produces at his salary slot ($57M). And that is why he was traded and that is why he was traded for relatively so little"

Open Championship: 1999. Van de Velde. Twenty-two minutes of utter chaos.

The best team in baseball in June, by a decent margin, is the Miami Marlins. They're about to go 20-6, have outscored opponents 129-78 this month and have the lowest CBT payroll in MLB. The Marlins' third-highest-paid player is Giancarlo Stanton, who last played for them in 2017.

Never forget when Kawhi Leonard caused this.

Lady Pamela Hicks died today GtGtGrandDaughter of Queen Victoria. She accompanied her parents, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, when they were the last Viceroy and Vicereine of India. … and was with Elizabeth II in Kenya, when she became Queen. She lived and served through an extraordinary life - another school friend of my late mother’s has been gathered.

June 3, 1984: CBS reports that Jack Nicholson flew from Boston to Los Angeles on the same commercial flight as the Boston Celtics after Game 2 of the NBA Finals. The in-flight movie was Terms of Endearment, starring Nicholson—seen here, courtside, smoking a cigarette at 0:14:

Ben Hogan Some interesting numbers: 300 starts on the PGA Tour 293 cuts made 64 1st 44 2nd 27 3rd 169 Top 5s 229 Top 10s 277 Top 25s 9/10 Majors Career earnings $332,516

Several hours ago, the USGA added 35 players to the US Open field. World No.49 Adam Scott is officially set for his 100th consecutive major start. Joins Jack Nicklaus as the only men to compete in 100–plus consecutive majors. Scott's streak began at the 2001 Open Championship

King Charles III’s closing remarks to a Joint Session of Congress: “The story of the United Kingdom and the United States is at its heart a story of reconciliation, renewal, and remarkable partnership. From the bitter divisions of 250 years ago, we forged a friendship that has grown into one of the most consequential alliances in human history. I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values, with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth and across the world, and — [applause] — and that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward looking. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, America's words carry weight and meaning as they have since independence. The actions of this great nation matter even more. President Lincoln understood this so well with his reflection in the magisterial Gettysburg Address, that the world may little note what we say, but will never forget what we do. And so to the United States of America, on your 250th birthday, let our two countries rededicate ourselves to each other in the selfless service of our peoples and of all the peoples of the world. God bless the United States and God bless the United Kingdom.”

Still one of the all time great finishes in PGA Tour history. Craig Parry holing a 6 iron from 176 yards to win at Doral on the first playoff hole.

The extender has landed in Atlanta