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Back issues · July 2026 · 28 July

28th july 2026

20 games played, by sport.

The morning line

MLB The marquee matchup tonight is the Milwaukee Brewers rolling into Oracle Park to face the San Francisco Giants, with the best record in baseball on the line and Milwaukee sitting as the road favorite against a Giants club still trying to find its footing. Keep an eye on the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the Seattle Mariners, where a deep Dodgers order will look to get into a southpaw's stuff early and avoid letting a shaky bullpen turn a laugher into a nail-biter. Elsewhere it's a getaway day slate across the league, so expect a few managers to go to the pen earlier than usual as starters are kept on shorter leashes before travel.

MLS The marquee event is the MLS All-Star Game, with the league's best taking on the Liga MX All-Stars at Bank of America Stadium. It's bragging rights on the line between the two North American leagues, and expect a lively, open game rather than a cagey draw, since these exhibitions tend to produce sitters and plenty of goalmouth action. Keep an eye out for a moment of magic, a slick through ball or a screamer that finds the net, since nobody plays for a clean sheet in a game like this.

WNBA Circle the Indiana Fever at Seattle Storm nightcap on ESPN, with Indiana laying 8.5 as the road favorite despite Seattle's ugly record — a letdown spot that's ripe for the Storm to keep it close. Earlier, keep an eye on Atlanta Dream at Dallas Wings, a virtual pick'em between two teams jockeying for playoff seeding, so expect buckets both ways instead of one squad just eating the other alive. If you want a clinic instead of a nail-biter, Golden State's Valkyries roll into Phoenix as road favorites and have the depth to pull away late for the dagger.

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