Summary: <h2>Would You Rather</h2> <p>Watch 10 hours of the Olympics straight through or 10 1-hour segments of the World Games, but for the 10 straight hours you have to stand with the volume way louder than it should be. </p> <p>Last week part of our would you rather came true with Robinson Cano hitting a game-winning homerun in the top of the 10th to help the American League win the All-Star game. </p> <h2>Toss Up</h2> <p>Over/Under = 13.5<br> Obstacles completed by Couch Dweller #2 in this weekend’s Bonefrog Challenge (20 obstacles)<br> Geoff: Over John: Under</p> <p>Last Week:<br> Who gets further in HR Derby, Cody Bellinger or Aaron Judge? (tiebreaker of total HRs)<br> John – Judge (won the derby)<br> Geoff – Bellinger (beat by judge)</p> <p>On the year:<br> John (14-10-2)<br> Geoff (12-12-2) </p> <h2>This week in sports history</h2> <p><strong>1892</strong> Alexander Cartwright, American sportsman (recognized as inventor of modern baseball), dies at the age of 72<br> <strong>1901</strong> Cy Young wins his 300th game, as the Boston Americans defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3<br> <strong>1921</strong> Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs, off of pitcher Dixie Davis of the St. Louis Browns<br> <strong>1928</strong> 1st televised tennis match<br> <strong>1996</strong> Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million with the Bulls, at the time the richest one-year contract in team sports history.</p> <h2>How were the ESPYs</h2> <p>Peyton Manning did a fine job with his opening monologue but past that the ESPYs were what we expected, a big ol’ ball of meh. </p> <h2>Wimbledon update</h2> <p>Gentlemen’s Bracket:<br> Semi Finals:<br> (24) Sam Querrey (USA) vs. (7) Marin Čilić (Croatia)<br> 8:00am EST Friday<br> (3) Roger Federer (Switzerland) vs. (11) Tomáš Berdych (Czech Republic)<br> 10:30am EST Friday<br> Ladies’ Bracket:<br> Finals:<br> (14) Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) vs. (10) Venus Williams (USA)<br> TBD (Usually Saturday)</p> <p>DraftKings and FanDuel Merger a bust</p> <h2>World Games</h2> <p>The World Games are coming up in Wrocław, Poland, in July 20-30 2017. We’ll start taking a look at some of the more obscure sports that are held.</p> <h2>Sport of the Week: Korfball</h2> <ul> <li>Team of 8: 4 guys, 4 ladies </li> <li>Scoring: average seems to be around 12-18</li> <li>Large field or basketball court</li> <li>Can’t run with the ball</li> <li>Can’t take contested shots</li> <li>Basket is open and 11.5 feet tall</li> </ul>
