The Sports Page with Mike Bianchi July 7, 2026: Team USA Crushed, Ousted from World Cup

Sports: About that red card being suspended...does not matter as Belgium dominates US Mens Team in World Cup Round of 16 4-1, Spain eliminates Porugal 1-0 in what was probably the last WC for Ronaldo, last Round of 16 Games are today, more in The Sports Page

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Episode Transcript

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Knowing the games. Mike the Bulldog beyond you camp all right,
Bulldog is also on vacation this week. No, not with Taco.
They just happened to be on vacation at the same time.
I'm Pat Lynch, so I kinda man things myself this week.
As we roll into the sports page for this morning,
the big headline, obviously was what went down in Seattle

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last night in the round of sixteen matchup between the
United States men's team and Belgium. If you missed the match,
I've got the condensed less than a minute version highlights
or perhaps low lights here for you did feel the US.

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Has hand tending about to Bob picked up at the
box outs the opening dog for Dogen it was the
cantal on first to be up to dinner with the
cross and now they're in an only hole against Belgium.

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There's a band licked down behind.

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The wall, extrudge tess Tin at the game, puss On
to the bottom gets across and the coun times rousing
up and Belgium Retech delayed moments later his second goal,

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Well don't con see another the paco one of those
kaka the lets him down to Los Angeles fat afternoon
for a showdown with Spain and.

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The world cut. And that's how it ended for the
US men's team. After the build up, all of the
craziness with the red card being suspended, the outrage in
the soccer world globally, and well, it really doesn't matter now,
does it, as Belgium moves on to the United States

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are eliminated. Before that, there was a matchup between Portugal
and Spain. Of course, those two countries right next to
each other geographically, they are pretty level playing as well. Late, late,
late into the game, Spain gets the only goal of
the match and it was enough to seal the deal
one nil, sending Ronaldo and Portugal packing. And that'll be

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it for Ronaldo as far as World Cup play goes.
Two more round of sixteen games today before it's onto
the quarterfinals. First up at noon, it'll be Argentina and Egypt.
That one is from Atlanta, and then Switzerland and Columbia
at four o'clock this afternoon from Vancouver, Canada. So there's

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your World Cup updates for this morning. Some basketball notes
to share with you. Giannis I'm not gonna even attempt
to say his last name, you know, from the Milwaukee Bucks,
now a member of the Miami Heat. Officially that deal
became official yesterday, and I bring this up because Giannis

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is nothing but class. He sat down for an extended
goodbye with a long time Milwaukee Bucks announcer and just
shared his love for the city and the fans there.
He said, I hope bringing a trophy to the city
meant something, because it meant so much to me. I

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want to hear I want you to hear it from
my mouth. The city of Milwaukee will always be in
my heart. This is my home. No matter where I am,
Milwaukee will always be my city, my team, my family,
and yeah, saying goodbye. It's hard sometimes, but you know,
things move on. Meanwhile, in Boston, the Celtics President of

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basketball Operations, Brad Stevens, held a meeting with the press
along with the team owner, Bill Chisholm, to try to
try to, you know, answer the question as to why
the Celtics traded away Jalen Brown, and in a nutshell
he basically said it was an effort, a big picture
effort to keep the team competitive, add more optionality with

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draft assets, and the path moving forward had become a
bit more challenging, so not exactly what the fans there,
the Celtics wanted to here. But I give you know,
Steven's credit for coming out and facing the music and
trying to answer some questions there. Meanwhile, in Denver, three
time MVP Nicola Jokik reaffirmed his desire that he wants

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to extend his contract with Denver and finish his career
there with the only NBA team he's ever played for.
But but he's not gonna do it just yet, not
probably not this season because if he waits until next season,
you guessed it, there's a much bigger financial, you know,
windfall waiting for him. In baseball, let's see, yesterday the

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Yankees thumped the Rays five to one. Was the final
in Tampa or Saint Pete's. The Marlins were off today.
The Yankees and Rays go this evening at six forty.
The Marlins will be hosting the Seattle Mariners, who will
arrive for a series with the Martlins in Miami. There

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