Volume 16

Vol. 16 June 14, 2025 

Club World Cup 

The Club World Cup is set to kick o tonight. Twelve locations across the USA are set to host matches, with the tournament culminating on July 13th at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. There are 8 groups in the first stage of the Club World Cup. Group A has Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly FC, and Inter Miami CF. Group B has Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico de Madrid, Botafogo, and Seattle Sounders. Group C has FC Bayern Munchen, Auckland City FC, CA Boca Juniors, and SL Benfica. Group D has CR Flamengo, Esperance de Tunisie, Chelsea FC, LAFC. Group E has CA River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, CF Monterrey, FC Internazionale Milano. Group F has Fluminense FC, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan HD, and Mamelodi Sundowns FC. Group G has Manchester City, Wydad AC, Al Ain FC, and Juventus FC. Group H has Real Madrid C.F., Al Hilal, CF Pachuca, and FC Salzburg. 

MLB Standings Chaos 

The 2025 MLB season is full of surprises that form the stories of what is happening in baseball. The underperforming Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves continue to struggle, having records of 30-38 and 28-40 respecively at this point. The Detroit Tigers hold a steady 2.5 game advantage over the New York Yankees. The Tigers and Yankees are pulling away from the rest of the AL, as New York has a 3.5 game lead over the Houston Astros. The Wild Card race is tight as the 12th place Los Angeles Angels are only 2.5 games below the 6th place Minnesota Twins. The New York Mets are crushing their opposition and have a 4.5 game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets and Phillies are running away in the NL East. The 3rd place Braves are 9.5 games behind Philadelphia. The Chicago Cubs are racing away from their division opposition, as they hold a 4.5 point lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers are in a tight race with the St Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds. Milwaukee is up on St Louis by 1.5 games, and Cincinnati by 2.5. The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers are tied for the NL West lead. The San Diego Padres are 2 games behind the Dodgers. This makes the two matchups tonight and tomorrow between the Giants and Dodgers loom very large.

NBA Finals 

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are tied at 2 games each. Tyrese Haliburton hit late shots in Games 1&3 to win them for Indiana. Haliburton hit the game winner in Game 1, and the shot to give Indiana the lead for good in Game 3. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has played great in the games the Thunder have won scoring 34 & 35 points in Games 2&4. The NBA Finals is tied 2-2. 

Stanley Cup Finals 

The Stanley Cup Finals has only produced great games. Game 1 saw a late comeback from the Edmonton Oilers to take a 1-0 lead, on Leon Draisaitl’s OT goal. Brad Marchand tied the series up for the Florida Panthers, on an OT goal of his own in Game 2. The Panthers dominated in Game 3 winning 6-1. In Game 4 Edmonton came back from a 3-0 deficit to win, on another Draisaitl OT goal. 

UFL Playoffs 

The United Football League championship match is tonight. The championships is between the Michigan Panthers and DC Defenders. The Panthers beat the Birmingham Stallions in the Semi-Finals 44-29. The Defenders beat the St Louis Battlehawks 36-18 in their Semi-Finals match. The Defenders win avenged their loss to St Louis in the last week of the regular season. The Panthers also lost the last time they played Birmingham. The Defenders and Panthers both ended the season with 2 straight losses. The Panthers won the only matchup this season vs DC 38-14. The Defenders' only other loss was versus the San Antonio Brahmas who finished the season 1-9.