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          JULY 2025 SPORTS  

 

NBA DRAFT

The NBA Draft took place and the Sixers selected VJ Edgecombe with the third overall pick and Johni Broome with the 35th overall pick. Edgecombe is a guard from Baylor University, and Broome is a forward from Auburn University. Let's hope that this upcoming season is better than the last and the existing players are ready and healthy enough to WIN!

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*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS, THE FLORIDA PANTHERS.  THE PANTHERS DEFEATED THE EDMONTON OILERS 4-2 TO WIN BACK-TO-BACK TITLES. 

 

***THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS SELECTED NINE PLAYERS IN THE NHL 2025 DRAFT: 

 

1). PORTER MARTONE 

2). JACK NESBITT 

3). CARTER AMICO 

4). JACK MURTAGH 

5). SHANE VANSAGHI 

6). MATTHEW GARD 

7). MAX WESTERGARD 

8). LUKE VLOOSWYK 

9). NATHAN QUINN 

 

***CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2025 FRENCH OPEN CHAMPION, COCO GAUFF.  COCO DEFEATED ARYNA SABALENKA IN THE FINAL.  THIS IS COCO’S SECOND GRAND SLAM TITLE. 

 

WIMBLEDON 2025: 

 

Wimbledon will take place in London, England from Monday, June 30th  to Sunday, July 13, 2025. 

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***PHILADELPHIA WELCOMED THE 2025 FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP GAMES!!!!!!!  

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BOXING IN JULY: 

 

July 5: Manchester, England (DAZN) 

 

• Jack Catterall vs. Harlem Eubank, 12 rounds, welterweights 

• Aqib Fiaz vs. Michael Gomez Jr., 10 rounds, junior lightweights 

• William Crolla vs. Fraser Willkinson, 8 rounds, junior middleweights 

• Leo Atang vs. Milen Paunov, 4 rounds, heavyweights 

• Alfie Middlemiss vs. Mohammed Wako, 4 rounds, featherweights 

• Pat Brown vs. Lewis Oakford, 4 rounds, cruiserweights 

July 11: New York (Netflix) 

• Title fight: Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, 10 rounds, for Taylor's undisputed women's junior welterweight championship 

• Title fight: Alycia Baumgardner vs. Jennifer Miranda, 10 rounds, for Baumgardner's undisputed women's junior lightweight championship 

• Title fight: Savannah Marshall vs. Shadasia Green, 10 rounds, for Marshall's IBF women's super-middle weight title and Green's WBO super middleweight title 

• Chantelle Cameron vs. Jessica Camara, 10 rounds, for Cameron's WBC women's interim junior welterweight title 

• Title fight: Ellie Scotney vs. Yamileth Mercado, 10 rounds, for Scotney's IBF and WBO women's junior featherweight titles and Mercado's WBC women's junior featherweight title 

• Title fight: Dina Thorslund vs. Shurretta Metcalf, 10 rounds, for Thorslund's WBC and WBO women's bantamweight titles and Metcalf's IBF women's bantamweight title 

• Ramla Ali vs. Lila Furtado, 8 rounds, women's junior featherweights 

• Tamm Thibeault vs. Mary Casamassa, 8 rounds, middleweights 

July 12: New York (DAZN) 

• Edgar Berlanga vs. Hamzah Sheeraz, 12 rounds, middleweights 

• Title fight: Shakur Stevenson vs. William Zepeda, 12 rounds, for Stevenson's WBC lightweight title 

• Title fight: Alberto Puello vs. Subriel Matias, 12 rounds, for Puello's WBC junior welterweight title 

• David Morrell vs. Imam Khataev, 12 rounds, light heavyweights 

 

July 12: El Paso, Texas (DAZN) 

• Title fight: Stephanie Han vs. Bexcy Mateus, 10 rounds, for Han's WBA women's lightweight title 

• Abraham Perez vs. Angel Geovanny Meza, 8 rounds, flyweights 

• Jorge Tovar vs. George Sosa, 8 rounds, middleweights 

• Andres Rey vs. Alexander Cecena Acuna, 6 rounds, lightweights 

• Ruben Rouke vs. Luis Gerardo Perez, 6 rounds, junior welterweights 

• Alexis Araiza Mones vs. Nancy Franco, 6 rounds, women's junior bantamweights 

• Ivy Enriquez vs. Damiana Andrello, 4 rounds, women's bantamweights 

• Jorge Luis Moracen vs. TBA, 4 rounds, middleweights 

• D'Angelo Sanchez vs. Rondarius Hunter, 4 rounds, flyweights 

• Marcos Duran vs. Mike Liberto, 4 rounds, heavyweights 

• Emmanuel Carrillo vs. TBA, 4 rounds, junior lightweights 

• Nayeli Rodriguez vs. TBA, 4 rounds, women's flyweights 

July 19: Las Vegas 

• Title fight: Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios, 12 rounds, for Barrios' WBC welterweight title 

• Title fight: Sebastian Fundora vs. Tim Tszyu, 12 rounds, for Fundora's WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles 

• Isaac Cruz vs. Angel Fierro, 12 rounds, junior welterweights 

• Brandon Figueroa vs. Joet Gonzalez, 12 rounds, featherweights 

 

July 19: London (DAZN PPV) 

• Title fight: Oleksandr Usyk vs. Daniel Dubois, 12 rounds, for Usyk's WBC, WBO and WBA heavyweight titles and Dubois' IBF heavyweight title 

• Lawrence Okolie vs. Kevin Lerena, 12 rounds, heavyweights 

• Daniel Lapin vs. Lewis Edmondson, 10 rounds, light heavyweights 

• Andrii Novytskyi vs Vladyslav Sirenko, 10 rounds, heavyweights  

July 19: Frisco, Texas (DAZN) 

• Title fight: Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez vs. Phumelele Cafu, 12 rounds, for Rodriguez's WBC junior bantamweight title and Cafu's WBO junior bantamweight title 

• Diego Pacheco vs. Trevor McCumby, 12 rounds, super middleweights 

July 26: New York (ESPN/ESPN+) 

• Title fight: Xander Zayas vs. Jorge Garcia, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title 

• Bruce "Shu Shu" Carrington vs. Mateus Heita, 12 rounds, for the vacant WBC interim featherweight title 

• Emiliano Fernando Vargas vs. Alexander Espinoza, 8 rounds, junior welterweights 

• Rohan Polanco vs. Quinton Randall, 10 rounds, welterweights 

• Yan Carlos Santana-Guerrero vs. Aaron Alameda, 10 rounds, featherweights 

• Bakhodir Jalolov vs. Gianmarco Cardillo, 10 rounds, heavyweights 

• Steven Navarro vs. Cristopher Rios, 8 rounds, junior bantamweights 

• Juanma Lopez De Jesus vs. Jorge Gonzalez-Sanchez, 4 rounds, junior bantamweights 

• Julius Ballo vs. Brandan Ayala, 4 rounds, featherweights 

 

July 26: Detroit (DAZN) 

• Title fight: Claressa Shields vs. Lani Daniels, 10 rounds, for Shields' undisputed heavyweight championship 

• Samantha Worthington vs. Victoire Piteau, 10 rounds, for the vacant WBA women's junior welterweight interim title 

• Caroline Veyre vs. Licia Boudersa, 10 rounds, women's featherweights 

 

NBA SUMMER LEAGUE 2025 JULY 10TH – 20TH 
 

PHILADELPHIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE NBA SUMMER LEAGUE IN UTAH THAT BEGINS JULY 5, 2025. 

7/5 MEMPHIS (VS) OKLAHOMA @7PM  

PHILADELPHIA (VS) UTAH @9PM 

7/7 OKLAHOMA (VS) PHILADELPHIA @7PM 

MEMPHIS (VS) UTAH @9PM 

7/8 MEMPHIS (VS) PHILADELPHIA @7PM 

OKLAHOMA (VS) UTAH @9PM 

 

THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WILL HOST THE 2025 CALIFORNIA CLASSIC AT THE CHASE CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. 

7/5 HEAT (VS) SPURS @ 1:30PM WARRIORS (VS) LAKERS @ 3:30PM 

7/6 HEAT (VS) LAKERS @ 1:30 WARRIORS (VS) SPURS @ 3:30PM 

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THE NBA 2K26 LAS VEGAS SUMMER LEAGUE WILL BEGIN JULY 10TH - 20TH.  GAMES WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE THOMAS MACK CENTER AND PAVILION ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAS VEGAS. 

7/10: NEW ORLEANS (VS) MINNESOTTA @ 3:30PM 

CLEVELAND (VS) INDIANA @ 5PM 

OKLAHOMA (VS) BROOKLYN @ 5:30PM 

ORLANDO (VS) SACRAMENTO @ 7:30PM 

L. A. LAKERS (VS) DALLAS @ 8PM 

DENVER (VS) MILWAUKEE @ 9:30PM 

PHILADELPHIA (VS) SAN ANTONIO @ 10PM 

 

7/11: MEMPHIS (VS) BOSTON @ 4PM 

ATLANTA (VS) MIAMI @ 4:30PM 

NEW YORK (VS) DETROIT @ 6PM 

UTAH (VS) CHARLOTTE @ 7PM 

CHICAGO (VS) TORONTO @ 8PM 

WASHINGTON (VS) PHOENIX @ 9PM 

L. A. CLIPPERS (VS) HOUSTON @ 10PM 

PORTLAND (VS) GOLDEN STATE @ 11PM 

 

7/12: CLEVELAND (VS) MILWAUKEE @ 3:30PM 

DALLAS (VS) SAN ANTONIO @ 4PM 

INDIANA (VS) OKLAHOMA @ 5:30PM 

CHARLOTTE (VS) PHILADELPHIA @ 6:30PM 

SACRAMENTO (VS) CHICAGO @ 8PM 

L.A. LAKERS (VS) NEW ORLEANS @ 8:30PM 

MINNESOTA (VS) DENVER @ 10PM 

MEMPHIS (VS) PORTLAND @ 10:30PM 

7/13: PHOENIX (VS) ATLANTA @ 3:30PM 

DETROIT (VS). HOUSTON @ 4PM 

NEW YORK (VS) BOSTON @ 5:30PM 

TORONTO (VS) ORLANDO @ 6PM 

MIAMI (VS) CLEVELAND @ 7:30PM 

BROOKLYN (VS) WASHINGTON @ 8PM 

MILWAUKEE (VS) L.A. CLIPPERS @ 9:30PM 

GOLDEN STATE (VS) UTAH @ 10PM 

7/14: ATLANTA (VS) HOUSTON @ 4:30PM 

CHICAGO (VS) INDIANA @ 6PM 

CHARLOTTE (VS) DALLAS @ 6:30PM 

BOSTON (VS) MIAMI @ 8PM 

UTAH (VS) SAN ANTONIO @ 8:30PM 

PHOENIX (VS) SACRAMENTO @ 10PM 

L.A. CLIPPERS (VS) L.A. LAKERS @ 10:30PM 

7/15: MINNESOTA (VS) DETROIT @ 4:30PM 

BROOKLYN (VS) NEW YORK @ 6PM 

OKLAHOMA (VS) INDIANA @ 6:30PM 

TORONTO (VS) DENVER @8PM 

PHILADELPHIA (VS) WASHINGTON @ 8:30PM 

PORTLAND (VS) NEW ORLEANS @ 10PM 

GOLDEN STATE (VS) MEMPHIS @ 10:30PM 

7/16: SACRAMENTO (VS) CLEVELAND @ 3:30PM 

PHOENIX (VS) MINNESOTA @ 5PM 

MILWAUKEE (VS) CHICAGO @ 5:30PM 

ORLANDO (VS) BROOKLYN @ 7:30PM 

DALLAS (VS) PHILADELPHIA @ 8PM 

NEW ORLEANS (VS) OKLAHOMA @ 9:30PM 

WASHINGTON (VS) UTAH @ 10PM 

7/17: DETROIT (VS) MIAMI @ 4PM 

INDIANA (VS) NEW YORK @ 4:30PM 

ATLANTA (VS) MEMPHIS @ 6PM 

SAN ANTONIO (VS) CHARLOTTE @ 7PM 

HOUSTON (VS) PORTLAND @ 8PM 

BOSTON (VS) L.A. LAKERS @ 9PM 

GOLDEN STATE (VS) TORONTO @ 10PM 

DENVER (VS) L.A. CLIPPERS @ 11PM 

7/18: GAMES TBD 

7/19: GAMES TBD 

7/20: GAMES TBD 
 

WNBA IN JULY: 

***IN 2030, PHILADELPHIA, CLEVELAND, AND DETROIT WILL JOIN THE WNBA AS NEW EXPANSION TEAMS!!!! STAY TUNED!!!!!!   
 

***THE WNBA 2025 COMMISSIONERS CUP CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS JULY 1, 2025. THE MINNESOTA LYNX WILL PLAY THE INDIANA FEVER AND THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE A $500,000 PRIZE POOL.   

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***THE 2025 WNBA ALL STAR GAME WILL BE HELD ON JULY 19, 2025.   THE ALL- STAR GAME WILL BE PLAYED AT THE GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE IN INDIANAPOLIS.  CAITLIN CLARK AND NAPHEESA COLLIER HAVE BEEN NAMED TEAM CAPTAINS. 

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WNBA JULY SCHEDULE: 

7/1: INDIANA (VS) MINNESOTA @ 8PM 

7/3: L.A. SPARKS (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 7PM 

SEATTLE STORM (VS) ATLANTA DREAM @ 7:30PM 

PHOENIX MERCURY (VS) DALLAS WINGS @ 8PM 

WASHINGTON (VS) MINNESOTA @ 8PM 

7/5: L.A. SPARKS (VS) INDIANA @ 7PM 

GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX # 8PM 

7/6: SEATTLE STORM (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY@ 1PM  

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 4PM 

CHICAGO SKY (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX @ 7PM 

7/7: GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) ATLANTA DREAM @ 7:30PM 

DALLAS WINGS (VS) PHOENIX MERCURY 

 

7/8: CHICAGO SKY (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 11:30AM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 8PM 

7/9: SEATTLE STORM (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 11AM 

GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) INDIANA @ 12PM 

MINNESOTA LYNX (VS) PHOENIX SUN @ 3:30PM 

DALLAS WINGS (VS) CHICAGO SKY @ 8PM 

7/10: MINNESOTA LYNX (VS) L.A. SPARKS AT 3PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 7:30PM 

7/11: INDIANA FEVER (VS) ATLANTA DREAM @ 7:30PM 

CONNNECTICUT SUN (VS) SEATTLE STORM @ 10PM 

7/12: MINNESOTA LYNX (VS) CHICAGO SKY @ 1PM 

GOLDEN STATE VAKYLRIES (VS) LAS VEGAS ACES @ 4PM 

7/13: DALLAS WINGS (VS) INDIANA FEVER @1PM 

ATLANTA DREAM VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 3PM 

CONNECTICUT SUN (VS) L.A. SPARKS @ 6PM 

WASHINGTON MYSTICS (VS) SEATTLE STORM @ 6PM 

7/14: MINNESOTA LYNX (VS) CHICAGO SKY @ 8PM 

PHOENIX MERCURY (VS) GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES @ 10PM 

7/15: INDIANA FEVER (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 8PM 

WASHINGTON MYSTICS (VS) L.A. SPARKS @ 10PM 

 

7/16: ATLANTA DREAM (VS) CHICAGO SKY @ 12PM 

PHOENIX MERCURY (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX @ 1PM 

GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) SEATTLE STORM @ 3PM 

INDIAN FEVER (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 7:30PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) DALLAS WINGS @ 8PM 

7/22: L.A. SPARKS (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 7:30PM 

INDIANA FEVER (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY A@ 8PM 

CHICAGO SKY (VS MINNESOTA LYNX @ 8PM 

ATLANTA DREAM (VS) LAS VEGAS ACES @ 10PM 

DALLAS WINGS (VS) SEATTLE STORM @ 10PM 

7/23: ATLANTA DREAM (VS) PHOENIX MERCURY @ 10PM 

7/24: L.A. SPARKS (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 7PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) INDIANA FEVER @ 7PM 

SEATTLE STORM (VS) CHICAGO @ 7:30PM 

7/25: PHOENIX SUN (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 7:30PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX @ 7:30PM 

DALLAS WINGS (VS) GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES @ 10PM 

7/26: L.A. SPARKS (VS) NEW YORK LIBERTY @ 7PM 

SEATTLE STORM (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 7:30PM 

7/27: GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 1PM 

INDIANA FEVER (VS) CHICAGO SKY @ 3PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) DALLAS WINGS @ 4PM 

PHOENIX MERCURY (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 6PM 

ATLANTA DREAM (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX @ 7PM 

7/28: SEATTLE STORM (VS) CONNECTICUT SUN @ 7PM 

NEW YORK LIBERTY (VS) DALLAS WINGS @ 8PM  

7/29: GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) ATLANTA DREAM @ 7:30PM 

CHICAGO SKY (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 7:30PM 

LAS VEGAS ACES (VS) L.A. SPARKS @ 10PM 

7/30: PHOENIX MERCURY (VS) INDIANA FEVER @ 7PM 

ATLANTA DREAM (VS) DALLAS WINGS @ 8PM 

NEW YORK LIBERTY (VS) MINNESOTA LYNX @ 8PM 

7/31: GOLDEN STATE VALKYRIES (VS) WASHINGTON MYSTICS @ 8PM 

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TBT THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 2025 

THE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL RETURN ON JULY 18, 2025.  64 TEAMS WILL COMPETE FOR $1 MILLION DOLLLARS.  THERE ARE EIGHT REGIONAL HOSTS. INDIANAPOLIS, JAMES MADISON, KANSAS CITY, LEXINGTON, LOUISVILLE, SYRACUSE, WEST VIRGINIA, AND WICHITA.  CARMEN’S CREW ARE THE RETURNING CHAMPIONS FROM 2024.  THE TEAM IS PRIMARILY COMPOSED OF OHIO STATE ALUMNI. 

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BIG 3 BASKETBALL IN JULY 

7/13: GAME #1 MIAMI 305 (vs) DMV TRILOGY 

GAME #2 CHICAGO TRIPLETS (VS) DALLAS POWER 

GAME #3 L.A. RIOT (VS) BOSTON BALL HOGS 

GAME #4 HOUSTON RIG HANDS (VS) DETROIT AMPS 

7/20: GAME #1 L.A. RIOT (VS) CHICAGO TRIPLETS 

GAME #2 DALLAS POWER (VS) MIAMI 305 

GAME #3 DMV TRILOGY (VS) DETROIT AMPS 

GAME #4 HOUSTON RIG HANDS (VS) BOSTON BALL HOGS 

7/26: GAME #1 HOUSTON RIG HANDS (VS) MIAMI 305 

GAME #2 L.A. RIOT (VS) DETROIT AMPS 

GAME #3 DMV TRILOGY (VS) DALLAS POWER 

GAME #4 BOSTON BALL HOGS (VS) CHICAGO TRIPLETS  

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THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 

THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES ARE IN 1ST PLACE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST WITH A RECORD OF 49 WINS, AND 35 LOSSES. 

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JULY SCHEDULE: 

7/1: (VS) BREWERS 7/3, 4, 5: (VS) BLUE JAYS        7/ 6, 7, 8: (VS) PIRATES 

7/9, 10, 11: (VS) CUBS 7/13, 14, 15: (VS) BLUE JAYS  

7/16, 17, 18, 19: (VS) MARLINS 7/20, 21, 22: (VS) METS  

7/24, 25, 26: (VS) ASTROS 7/27, 28, 29: (VS) BRAVES 7/30: (VS) PADRES 

***THE MLB 2025 ALL STAR GAME IS ON JULY 15, 2025 AT TRUIST PARK IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.   SEVERAL PHILLIES PLAYERS ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE 2025 ALL STAR TEAM. KYLE SCHWARBER IS BEING CONSIDERED TO MAKE THE TEAM AS A DESIGNATED HITTER.  BRYCE HARPER, RANGER SUAREZ, AND TREA TURNER ARE ALSO STRONG CANDIDATES. 

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THE PHILADELPHIA UNION 

THE PHILADELPHIA UNION ARE IN FIRST PLACE IN THE MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE WITH A RECORD OF 12 WINS AND 4 LOSSES. 

7/5 @ 8:30PM (VS) NASHVILLE 

7/9 @ 7PM (VS) NEW YORK RED BULLS 

7/12 @ 7:30PM (VS) NEW YORK RED BULLS 

7/16 @ 7;30PM (VS) MONTREAL 

7/19 @ 8:30PM (VS) HOUSTON DYNAMO 

7/26 @ 7:30PM (VS) COLORADO 

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By Danette Clement