The Sunday, July 19, 2026 Edition
This Week: Iran strikes expand, Trump's China claims, and a World Cup final
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$4.9 million
Price fetched at Sotheby's for the jersey Pelé wore in Brazil's first World Cup triumph, the 1958 final — sold during this year's World Cup fever
Source: Bleacher Report
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Career-high points scored by Caitlin Clark — alongside 10 assists — in the first 40-point, 10-assist game in WNBA history
Source: ESPN
27 years
Age of the world record in the mile before Britain's Josh Kerr broke it in London this week — a feat he announced months in advance
Source: NPR
Sunday (today): Argentina and Spain meet in the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey — Messi vs. Yamal, with the reigning champions against a side that has never trailed in the tournament
Thursday–Sunday: The Tour de France concludes with its traditional finale in Paris after three weeks of racing
Thursday: The Commonwealth Games open in Glasgow, kicking off more than a week of multi-sport competition
Sunday, July 26: San Diego Comic-Con returns, bringing the entertainment industry's biggest franchise reveals and panels to Southern California
- 64The Great Fire of Rome broke out, burning for days and destroying much of the city during the reign of Emperor Nero.
- 1799French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone, the inscribed slab that ultimately unlocked the mystery of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
- 1848The Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights convention in the United States, opened in upstate New York.
- 1969Apollo 11 entered lunar orbit, setting the stage for the first crewed Moon landing the following day.
Polymarket's Corporate Structure Is a Mystery—Even to Some of Its Former Employees
The prediction-market giant's corporate structure is a genuine mystery — including a shadowy Panama entity that puzzles even some of Polymarket's own former employees.
Wired · Kate Knibbs
Hegseth wants a "High-T" military; doctors call it a clinical minefield
The defense secretary wants a testosterone-boosted 'High-T' military; doctors warn the push is a clinical minefield with real medical risks.
Ars Technica · Beth Mole
FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals
A ProPublica investigation finds FCC officials accepted pricey gifts from Paramount while the company had major deals awaiting the agency's approval.
Ars Technica · Corey G. Johnson
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