It was a weekend of literal highs and devastating blows in the first Euro 2024 knockout games. With half the quarter-final (QF) spots already secured and the remaining four to be awarded in the next 48 hours, the summer of soccer never stops.

With both the NBA and NHL Drafts done and dusted, it’s time for the chaos of free agency to take center stage. The wildest stretch of the offseason began yesterday at 6 p.m. ET for the hoopers (and pens are already being put to paper) while the puck drops on NHL free agency today at 12 p.m. ET.

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From a record-setting number of cards to the plastic beer cups raining down on the field, the Euro group stage was positively bananas. And now it’s on to the knockouts, where the Round of 16 kicks off tomorrow and promises even more excitement.

The gender gap in sports viewership and valuations may be closing, but there’s one area of the women’s sports ecosystem where supply is far behind demand: merchandise. On Wednesday, payment network Klarna and fan intelligence company Sports Innovation Lab (SIL) estimated the value of the women’s sports merch market at $4B.

We have a winner, folks. A month after governing body Basketball Australia (BA) announced it was shopping a majority stake in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL), Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL) and the Wollemi Capital Group Syndicate (WCGS) formed a consortium to buy in.

Wimbledon — tennis’ third Grand Slam of the year — kicks off across the pond tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know about London’s most smashing party of the summer.

On Monday, Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports — parent company of the tech-forward TGL golf competition — announced that it’s valued at nearly $500M, impressive considering TGL hasn’t even begun play. Without any product to show yet, the valuation speaks volumes about the league’s owners and investors, as well as the booming golf leisure space.

The No. 1–seed Tennessee Volunteers etched their names into NCAA baseball history this week by defeating No. 3 Texas A&M 6–5 on Monday to clinch their first-ever MCWS championship.

Pro women’s basketball is on the rise, and the sport’s historic growth is fueled in part by the college game’s skyrocketing popularity. The WNBA is the gold standard league in the U.S. — but there are other domestic opportunities for NCAAers to make it big.