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Remco Evenepoel
THE BIG ONE · THIS ACTUAL WEEK

Remco Evenepoel won a fourth straight world time trial title, and Marlen Reusser won hers on her birthday

The sport spent a full afternoon and a very expensive stopwatch confirming a result Belgium has been announcing since 2023.

PHOTO: KAKOULA10 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Mike Yastrzemski
BASEBALL · THIS ACTUAL WEEK

The Red Sox lost, then made the playoffs an hour later

Boston qualified for the playoffs by losing and then waiting an hour, a method the department has been trying for years without result.

PHOTO: JEFF MARQUIS / CC BY 2.0 / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

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