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30 MILLION VIEWERS (AP) — The U.S. game against Belgium in the round of 16 at the World Cup set another record as the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history, Fox said after preliminary ratings came out Tuesday. Fox said 30 million people watched the game, a 4-1 victory for Belgium on Monday night in Seattle to move into the quarterfinals and eliminate the last of the tournament's three co-hosts. Fox said audience peaked at more than 36.8 million people between 9:15 and 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time. That topped the previous mark, the U.S.-Bosnia-Herzegovina game last week that Fox ...

Djokovic wins after five hours

LONDON (AP) — Side to side. Corner to corner. Novak Djokovic kept pushing Felix Auger-Aliassime back and forth along the Centre Court baseline at Wimbledon to retrieve one shot after another. Finally, on the 22nd shot of a grueling rally deep in a fifth-set super tiebreaker, Auger-Aliassime had a forehand in the middle of the court. Under normal circumstances it might have been just the shot he was looking for. Not this time. Not after five hours of battling with the 39-year-old Djokovic. Auger-Aliassime, a 25-year-old Canadian with one of the top-rated forehands on tour, had ...

Social Security Admin to fast-track Trump Account enrollment for eligible kids

The Treasury Department may be doing the heavy lifting when it comes to Trump Accounts, but the Social Security Administration is also working to ensure families can easily enroll their children as soon as possible. On America’s 250th birthday and one year after President Donald Trump signed his signature tax bill into law – the tax-advantaged investment accounts for children established by the Working Families and Tax Cuts Act – went live. Eligible accounts started receiving the $1,000 one-time federal contributions on Saturday. On Monday, President Donald Trump rang the ...

Briscoe gets break he needed

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Chase Briscoe was on an offseason bonding trip to the United Kingdom with crew chief James Small when the NASCAR driver discovered chocolate buttons, a popular British treat. He bought some online after he returned to the U.S., but he said it wasn't the same. Small ...

Start me up for NASCAR youngsters

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — The first Rolling Stones album was released in 1964. NASCAR driver Connor Zilisch was born in 2006. Of course, when it comes to Mick Jagger and company, time seems almost irrelevant. "No matter who you are or where you're from or how old you are, you know who the Rolling Stones are," Zilisch said. Zilisch joined fellow drivers Carson Hocevar and Jesse Love for a music video as part of a collaboration between NASCAR and the Stones ahead of the band's 25th studio album, "Foreign Tongues," which comes out on Friday. A custom NASCAR show car served as a listening ...

Buxton’s having more fun than ever

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Each of the three All-Star selections of Byron Buxton's major league career has naturally brought him a deep sense of appreciation. This one was undoubtedly the most satisfying. Voted in as a starter by fan balloting for the first time, Buxton reveled in the fact that he landed on the American League squad with Minnesota Twins teammate Joe Ryan for the second straight summer. Playing on market-value contracts for a team in transition with a bottom-third payroll that conducted a big selloff before the deadline last year, Buxton and Ryan have been prominently ...