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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On July 15

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Dan McQuade

Fred Kerley leans over the line to win the 100m Final at the World Athletics Championships

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Track And Field

Fred Kerley Moved His Speed Down, And It Worked

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Tom Ley

2022 MLB Draft

Here Come The Baseball Sons

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FC Barcelona's French forward Ousmane Dembele and FC Barcelona's President Joan Laporta pose during Ousmane Dembele's ceremony at the Joan Gamper training ground in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on July 14, 2022. - French international winger Ousmane Dembele, whose contract with Barcelona expired last month, ended six months of speculation about his future by agreeing to 'rejoin' the Catalan side until 2024, the club announced on July 14, 2022.

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Soccer

Barcelona Is Back, For Better And For Worse

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Golf

LIV Incursion Fades Away In Satisfying Open Championship

Juan Soto greets his Nationals teammates with a smile on Opening Day, 2022.

Juan Soto Is For Sale

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Barry Petchesky

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 16: Masyn Winn #1 of the St. Louis Cardinals fields the ball in the third inning during the 2022 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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Masyn Winn Brought The Heat

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Media Meltdowns

Fox Sports Finds Perfect Billboard At Ground Zero

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A $32 Million Home Where We Can Befriend Some Rays

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Jules Kounde of Sevilla crosses the ball during the LaLiga Santander match between Sevilla FC and Club Atletico de Madrid at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on December 18, 2021 in Seville, Spain.

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Window Shopping: Jules Koundé Could Be A Star, In The Right System

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Patrick Redford

Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey (R) and UAE Team Emirates team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the best young rider's white jersey (L) await the start of the 13th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 192,6 km between Le Bourg d'Oisans in the French Alps, and Saint-Etienne in central France, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cycling

Jonas Vingegaard Finally Cracked Tadej Pogacar, And Now The Race Is On

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Rays Week

It’s No Longer Rays Week

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Mets shortstop Rey Ordonez leaps over a sliding Damon Berryhill in a 1997 MLB game.

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There Isn’t Going To Be Another Rey Ordóñez

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The Night Ray Fosse Got Hit By A Train

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I Am Not Ray Ratto’s Son

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The stingray Potamotrygon jabuti, collected from the Tapajós river.

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Where Did All These Freshwater Stingrays Come From?

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ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA - JULY 14: Christian Bethancourt #14 of the Tampa Bay Rays is congratulated after scoring a run in the seventh inning during a game against the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field on July 14, 2022 in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

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Rays Go Undefeated In Rays Week

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Amy Schneider

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Where Are You Jimmy Ray?

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JULY 17: Deandre Ayton #22 of the Phoenix Suns reacts in the first half of game five of the NBA Finals at Footprint Center on July 17, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

2021 NBA Finals – Game Five

The Suns And Deandre Ayton Are Stuck With Each Other A Little While Longer

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Samer Kalaf

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A Review Of Three Eateries Across The Ray’s Spectrum

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In Search Of The Impossible Trade, With Kazeem Famuyide

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Ray Jay Johnson And Other People I Know Only From ‘The Simpsons’

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Lauren Theisen

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In Shock Move, Johnny Gaudreau Signs To Play In Former Home Of Editorial Cartoonist Ray Evans

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The Read Planet: Let’s Discuss ‘The Martian Chronicles’

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And Now, The Raybag

A manta ray perches at a cleaning station, where tiny fish clean its skin. The Ray Week logo is also here in the bottom left corner, featuring easter egg remoras.

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The Ocean’s Hottest Club Is A Manta Ray

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