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WEDNESDAY

Turner Sports baseball analyst Ron Darling made his choices for mid-season awards and named Brewers in two categories, including catcher Jonathan Lucroy as the MVP in the National League.

Rafael Nadal ran out of comebacks at Wimbledon, losing to a brash, big-serving, between-the-legs-hitting 19-year-old kid who might just be a future star.

One key for a baseball team in a good season is surviving injuries. The Brewers have shown any ability to do this, but not every team has been so fortunate.

The team’s new owners called Kidd ‘a determined leader, a tough-minded competitor and a great teammate.’

The team’s new owners called Kidd ‘a determined leader, a tough-minded competitor and a great teammate.’

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For the first time in more than a century, no American singles players reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon. The last two of 23 U.S. entrants departed Monday.

In what’s becoming something of a modern World Cup tradition, Brazilians are closely following every team the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger supports with an eye at mocking him for apparently casting bad spells on his picks.

The Bucks reached a deal with the Nets on Monday to send a pair of future second-round picks in return for Jason Kidd. The clumsy handling of the deal spurred a wide range of responses from the national press.

U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann is worried about the Algerian referee assigned to the Americans’ second-round World Cup match against Belgium on Tuesday.

Substitute Andre Schuerrle and Mesut Ozil scored in extra time to lead Germany over an aggressive Algeria, 2-1, and into the World Cup quarterfinals Monday in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

TUESDAY

Larry Drew was not informed of the Bucks’ pursuit of Jason Kidd, according to sources, and Bucks general manager John Hammond was bypassed in the process.

Sam and Skylar Schneider, elite cyclists from West Allis, locked down their three goals for the Tour of America’s Dairyland in the series’ final event Sunday, in the party-filled streets of Wauwatosa.

When Kansas teammates Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid were taken in the top three picks of the NBA draft Thursday night it was the fourth time that has happened in 12 years. Here are the other college teammates taken in the top three picks since 2002: