Lydia Ko comes out firing as Michelle Wie shakes off the rust after a neck injury limits her practice and playing time ahead of the U.S. Women’s Open.

Lydia Ko has no wins in 2017 but that could change after the former world No. 1 on Thursday carded her best start to a U.S. Women’s Open.

Ko, who was cruising along with a blemish-free scorecard until she made a bogey on No. 5, her 14th hole of the day, posted a 4-under 68 for her first-ever sub-70 finish in the first round of a Women’s Open. The 20-year-old from New Zealand will head into the second day at Trump National just two shots behind early frontrunner, Shanshan Feng.

Watching Feng make her way around the Bedminster, N.J., track with a bogey-free 66 motivated Ko, who said she attempted to “feed off” her playing partner’s solid play.

“When somebody in your group is playing good,” the former teen phenom told reporters after finding just 10 of 18 greens in regulation and making a bogey-5 on her last hole, “I think it just kind of sets a tone for the day.”

While Ko got off to a stellar start to her sixth Women’s Open, another ex-whiz kid, Michelle Wie, was moving in the opposite direction early. Just being able to make her opening tee time was something of a victory for Wie, who is battling an old neck injury that became inflamed two weeks ago at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

For sure, the rust that has accumulated since she was last able to go full out was on display, as Wie scuffled to a 3-over 39 in her outgoing-9. Unable to play a single practice round on the course since her arrival on Sunday, Wie got off to a rough start, with a bogey on No. 3 and a double on the par-3 seventh.

She came roaring back with two straight birdies after making the turn and was back to 1-over for the tourney as dangerous weather forced a suspension in play.

Throughout it all, Wie’s flashed her trademark smile and appeared to be enjoying playing with Suzann Pettersen (-1 through 12) and Brittany Lincicome (even-par).

Prior to Thursday’s start, Wie was able only to chip, putt, and walk the front nine on Monday and the back nine on Wednesday, according to Randell Mell.

“It’s a shame, because she has been in such good form,” Wie’s swing coach David Leadbetter told Mell. “It’s something she’s been trying to work through.”

Wie has been playing well this season, with four top-four finishes in her last six events.

Williams and Muguruza have both been here before, but never against each other. Here’s how you can watch the action on Saturday.

Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza have beaten some impressive competition and played some incredibly tennis thus far, but only one can lift the trophy at The Championships, Wimbledon on Saturday.

Their first match against one another on grass courts is for the most prestigious title you can earn on the surface, The Venus Rosewater Dish.

Saturday’s match will be broadcast by ESPN in the United States, beginning at 9 a.m. ET. ABC will have encore coverage of the match beginning at 3 p.m. Online streaming of the singles final will be available via WatchESPN and via the ESPN App on smartphones and other devices.

For Williams, playing in the Wimbledon final is nothing new. She has won the title five times, last doing so in 2008. That was also the last time she won a Grand Slam, though she came close earlier this year when she played in the Australian Open finals.

Muguruza has also won a Grand Slam title, but just one — taking home the win on the clay of Roland Garros, the French Open. Clay is her better surface, and she beat Williams on said surface in Rome earlier this year. That win was Muguruza’s only victory over Williams, however.

Prior to that, Williams had beaten Muguruza three consecutive times, all on the hard court surface. They have never played each other in a Grand Slam. Muguruza’s win earlier in 2017 was a three-set win, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. Williams’ 2015 win over Muguruza was cut short when Muguruza had to retire in the second set.

Muguruza took down top seed Angelique Kerber in the fourth round, seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals and the unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova in the semifinals. Williams bested 27th seed Ana Konjuh in the fourth round, 13th seed and French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals and sixth seed Johanna Konta in the semifinals.

The men’s doubles final will be on Centre Court after Muguruza or Williams earns the title. That match sees the fourth-seeded pairing of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo against the 16th-seeded Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic.

The women’s doubles final is after that, featuring the second-seeded pairing of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina taking on the ninth-seeded Hao-Ching Chan and Monica Niculescu.

Below is all you need to know to watch Saturday’s action from The Championships, on television and online.

How to watch Wimbledon

Date: Saturday, July 15

Location: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England

Time: 9 a.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Online Streaming:WatchESPN, ESPN app

Women’s Final

No. 10 Venus Williams vs. No. 14 Garbine Muguruza

The WR prospect could be headed to Austin instead of College Station.

We’ll see if four-star recruit Al’Vonte Woodard would rather hook ‘em than gig ‘em. The WR commit from Houston will make his pledge later today; his main finalists are Texas and Texas A&M. He’s the No. 14 ranked WR in the 247Sports Composite and recently participated in The Opening Finals in Oregon.

He recently spoke to SB Nation about his game, which he says is tracking the deep ball in the air.

The ground shifted in terms of his commitment. At one point, Texas A&M looked like the favorite. Then things swung to Texas. Reading the tea leaves, Woodard set a commitment date of July 15 but set a date to visit Texas on July 21. It would be his fourth visit to Austin since January, and as the adage goes: Follow the visits.

Based on a top-five list released by Woodard in late May and his commitment date announcement, the Lamar product is also considering LSU, Ohio State, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M.

However, the ‘Horns are the overwhelming favorite, currently holding all 13 predictions in the 247Sports Crystal Ball. Last fall, the Aggies were thought to be in a strong position, but that changed this spring, and momentum has entirely favored head coach Tom Herman’s program since then.

While Texas and Texas A&M are definitely not rivals, it’s still notable for the ecosystem of Texas recruiting for the Longhorns to win a battle here for a good prospect. Doubly so when you factor in the fact that Houston is very much Aggie territory.

UT’s transitional 2017 class wasn’t good, and that’s OK. Nobody expects Herman to continue to struggle that mightily on the recruiting trail. It will be a good class by February 2018, and Woodard could be a big part of that.

The X Games continue from Minneapolis on Saturday and here’s how you can watch online and on TV.

The X Games from Minneapolis continues on Saturday and some of the biggest events of the competition will take place. The Men’s BMX Park and Moto X Step Up finals will take place, and they’ll be broadcast live on ABC.

That coverage begins at 1 p.m. ET and runs through about 3 p.m. At that point, ESPN will pick up coverage for the remainder of the Step Up Final as well as the Skateboard Big Air Final, with coverage through about 6 p.m.

ESPN will have coverage again from 7 p.m. through 11 p.m. for the Men’s Skateboard Street Final, Women’s Skateboard Park Final, Moto X Best Whip Final and the Moto X Best Trick Final. In between that, the Amateur Skateboard Street Final will stream live to Samsung Gear Virtual Reality headsets at 6 p.m.

All of the events listed above, except for the Gear VR event, will also be streamed live online via WatchESPN and the ESPN App on various connected devices, including smartphones

Below is all the information you need to watch the action on Saturday, including the full schedule of televised and streamed events.

All Times Eastern

How to watch X Games

Date: Saturday, July 15

Location: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

TV: ABC, ESPN

Online Streaming:WatchESPN, ESPN app (ESPN3)

Schedule

1 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Toyoyta Men’s BMX Park Final; LifeProof Moto X Step Up Final (ABC)

3 p.m. - 6 p.m.: LifeProof Moto X Step Up Final; America’s Navy Skateboard Big Air Final (ESPN)

6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.: Amateur Skateboard Street Final (Samsung VR)

7 p.m. - 11 p.m.: Monster Energy Men’s Skateboard Street Final; Women’s Skateboard Park Final; Moto X Best Whip Final; Monster Energy Moto X Best Trick Final (ESPN)

Venus Williams and Garbine Muguruza will play for the women’s singles title at The Championships.

Venus Williams, often overshadowed by her sister, has found glory at Wimbledon may times. But it’s been a long time since shes hoisted the title at The Championships, the last one being in 2008. On Saturday, the 37-year-old will try to earn Grand Slam No. 8 and Wimbleton title No. 6 when she faces Garbine Muguruza in the finals.

That match will begin bright and early, at 9 a.m. ET, which comes out to 2 p.m. in London. ESPN will carry the match live, and an online stream will be available via WatchESPN in your web browser or via the ESPN App on various connected devices, including smartphones.

Any other streaming services that carry ESPN, such as Playstation Vue and SlingTV, will also have the match at 9 a.m. The men’s and women’s doubles finals will also be taking place on the day, and can be streamed using the methods listed above. ABC will have encore coverage beginning at 3 p.m.

Muguruza, the 14th seed at Wimbledon, made it to the finals in 2015, but couldn’t get the win. She has won just a single Grand Slam title, hoisting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen on the clay of Roland Garros in 2016.

Williams and Mugurza have played each other four times, with Williams owning three wins between them. The last match, though, was on the clay of the Rome Masters earlier this year, and was won by Muguruza in three sets. Williams took the first three matches, all on the hard courts.

This will be their first match against one another on grass courts, and their first at a Grand Slam event.

On the way to the finals, Muguruza unseated top seed Angelique Kerber, seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova, and bested her surprise-unseeded opponent, Magdalena Rybarikova, in the semifinals.

Williams took down No. 27 Ana Konjuh in the fourth round, French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals and sixth seed Johanna Konta in the semifinals.

The men’s doubles final will be on Centre Court after Muguruza or Williams earns the title. That match sees the fourth-seeded pairing of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo against the 16th-seeded Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic.

The women’s doubles final is after that, featuring the second-seeded pairing of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina taking on the ninth-seeded Hao-Ching Chan and Monica Niculescu.

Below is all you need to know to watch Saturday’s action from The Championships, on television and online.

How to watch Wimbledon

Date: Saturday, July 15

Location: The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, England

Time: 9 a.m. ET

TV: ESPN

Online Streaming:WatchESPN, ESPN app

Women’s Final

No. 10 Venus Williams vs. No. 14 Garbine Muguruza

The women’s semifinals and finals will take place on Saturday, and here’s how you can watch the beach volleyball action.

The World Series of Beach Volleyball continues on Saturday from Long Beach, Calif. The action thus far has been great, with some of the best domestic and international players in the world winning (and losing) en route to the women’s semifinals and finals on Saturday. April Ross and Lauren Fendrick are the biggest names, but they are underdogs to the Americans Sara Hughes and Kelly Claes.

Kerri Walsh Jennings and her teammate, Nicole Branagh, were eliminated after losing to both of the teams mentioned above. Walsh Jennings and Ross were one of the best pairings the sport has ever seen but split in May.

Saturday’s action will see two women’s teams from the USA play a semifinal matchup and two international teams play in the other, setting up a USA vs. The World final, as was always the intention.

The women’s semifinals will be televised live on ESPN2 in the United States, beginning at 1 p.m. ET. That coverage will also be available online via WatchESPN in your web browser or the ESPN App on various connected devices.

On Saturday, the men’s quarterfinals will also be played, culminating in their semifinals and finals on Sunday, the final day of the event.

Friday’s action was intense, and set up the semifinals. It saw Walsh Kennings and Branagh get a win, but it wasn’t enough to put them in the quarterfinals. On Saturday, Hughes and Claes will take on the team of Ross and Fendrick for the USA’s spot in the final.

The Brazilian team of Talita Da Rocha Antunes and Larissa França Maestrini will take on the German team of Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst for the international sport in the final. The Brazilian team is heavily favored, and may even be favored over both American teams.

Below is all you need to know to watch the action on Saturday, and below that is a full list of women’s semifinals and men’s quarterfinals for Saturday.

How to watch the World Series of Beach Volleyball

Date: Saturday, July 15

Location: Long Beach, Calif.

Time: 1 p.m.

TV: ESPN2

Online Streaming:WatchESPN, ESPN app

Women’s Semifinals

No. 4 Sara Hughes & Kelly Claes [USA] vs. No. 5 April Ross & Lauren Fendrick [USA]

No. 1 Talita Da Rocha Antunes & Larissa França Maestrini [BRA] vs. No. 8 Laura Ludwig & Kira Walkenhorst [GER]

Men’s Quarterfinals

No. 3 Nicholas Lucena & Philip Daulhausser [USA] vs. No. 5 Taylor Crabb & Jacob Gibb [USA]
No. 4 John Hyden & Ryan Doherty [USA] vs. No. 6 Theodore Brunner & Casey Patterson [USA]

No. 2 Piotr Kantor & Bartosz Losiak [POL] vs. No. 16 Alex Ranghieri & Marco Caminati [ITA]
No. 7 Sam Pedlow & Sam Schachter [CAN] vs. No. 9 Pablo Herrera Allepuz & Adrián Gavira Collado [ESPN]

Stephen Curry, Tony Romo, and Justin Timberlake will play together in a super group on Saturday at Lake Tahoe.

The setup at the Edgewood Tahoe course for the American Century Championship may not be the most challenging in the country, but some of these pro athletes can still really golf their damn ball. Everyone claims to be an expert on the golf swing, especially on Twitter, but there's been a common refrain that top athletes can make an easy transition to golf. There can be commonalities in the swing or there's just some psychotic competitiveness that makes them become good. Whatever it is, a bunch of athletes can work their way to scratch golf and some of them are on top in Tahoe.

The second round of the American Century Championship resets the tee sheet loosely according to the leaderboard. This is a lighter affair, so there are no rigid rules that lock in the pairings according to score and order of finish from the prior day. But there's a general organization to it that has the players on or near the top of the leaderboard playing in the final few groups. Organizers make sure some of the big names play together to draw the crowds and TV cameras, and everyone who shows up to Tahoe is also comfortable — like Sir Charles Barkley, who is in last place again (but not by a ton this year!) and playing with Kevin Nealon late on Saturday.

The leading groups will off the opposite of Barkley, playing in threesomes around 10 a.m. PST. The last group of the day features Derek Lowe, Aaron Rodgers, and Joe Pavelski. Lowe leads with 25 points (this event has the underused but always great stableford system of scoring) and Rodgers, who said he played the round of his life on Friday, is three back of that. The Northern California QB will definitely draw the crowds in that final tee time, but the biggest cluster of people trudging after a threesome may be a hole or two ahead.

The headline trio is definitely Stephen Curry, Justin Timberlake, and Tony Romo. They go off at 9:50 a.m. PT and the crowds will swell around them. They should also be featured throughout the 3 to 6 p.m. ET coverage on NBC. Curry is the top draw given the Tahoe location, but he struggled on Friday. Adding in JT and Romo, two other players who can boast scratch scores, makes this a supercharged tee time.

NBC will have the coverage at 3 p.m. ET and SB Nation will have another live show up on Facebook Live leading into that at 2 p.m. ET. A complete viewing guide with streaming options is here. And here's the full tee sheet for the second round at Edgewood Tahoe (all times Pacific):

It was a night of consolation games but that didn’t stop teams from playing hard.

It was a night of consolation games during NBA Summer League but that didn’t stop us from getting some great performances from Las Vegas. Las Vegas is a fun time for players and fans alike, but it’s also taxing for teams. Especially one like the Warriors who just capped off five games in five nights. They ended their Summer League experience on a high note, beating the Clippers 109-100 behind a standout performance from Dylan Ennis.

After scoring just 21 points in his first five games, Ennis exploded for 20 points in the second quarter alone against the L.A. Clippers in the Golden State Warriors' 109-100 win to finish up their run in the 2017 Las Vegas Summer League.

Ennis finished the game with a game-high 35 points, including a Vegas Summer League record eight threes. In addition to setting the 3-point record, Ennis' 35 points is the second most points scored in a game in Vegas this summer so far.

Ennis went into halftime with 23 points after shooting 6-for-9 from the 3-point line in the first half. As this was the final game for both teams after losses in the second round of the Las Vegas Summer League Tournament, Ennis provided just the type of spark this completely meaningless game needed.

Even more impressive? Dylan Ennis' career high in college was 22 points. In Friday night’s game he scored 23 points in one half. The joys of Summer League.

Chicago Bulls Summer League team has best night yet

The 76ers may have been shorthanded but that doesn’t take away how well the Bulls played on Friday night. They won 99-82, while also knocking down 17 three-pointers durning the game.

This was easily the best offensive game the Bulls have played as a team in all five of their summer league contests, primarily because each member of the starting five all saved their best performances for the final game. Denzel Valentine finished with 21 points on 9-17 shooting to go along with six assists and five rebounds. Ryan Arcidiacono played easily his most active game of the summer with a line of 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists after not doing much further than handling the ball in his previous contests. Brady Heslip exploded from deep to lead the Bulls in scoring with 28 points on 10-18 shooting, which included him hitting eight of his twelve three point attempts after missing his first three shots of the game from distance. Chris Walkernarrowly missed a double-double with nine points and 11 rebounds, and Duje Dukan scored 12 of his own points while dishing four assists.

Friday night’s scores

Hawks 92, Rockets 86

Timberwolves 80, Wizards 73

Jazz 97, Bucks 76

Warriors 109, Clippers 100

Nuggets 96, Pelicans 91

Bulls 99, 76ers 82

Kings 93, Suns 87

Cavaliers, 78 Raptors 75

Saturday’s Say Hey, Baseball includes the two best teams in baseball, the worst contracts around the league, and the fallout from the Jose Quintana deal.

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though. We’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each morning and find the things you need to see from within the SB Nation baseball network, as well as from elsewhere. Please hold your applause until the end, or at least until after you subscribe to the newsletter.

Given the inherent unpredictability that comes from short postseason series that follow a long, grinding season, there is no such thing as an inevitable World Series matchup. We see top regular season teams fall in short series all the time, most notably when the 116-win Mariners fell in the 2001 ALCS. With all of that being said, each league this season has a team that is soaring above the rest. Both the Dodgers and the Astros have been on fire pretty much since the season began, and if other teams around the league were hoping the All-Star break would slow them down, they're going to be sorely disappointed.

The Dodgers were on an absurd tear when they were stopped by the All-Star Game festivities, winning 26 of their last 30 games in the first half. That opened up a huge lead in the competitive National League West, and the only hope for a team like the Diamondbacks was if they struggled out of the gate in the second half. On Friday, they didn't put together a dominant win in Miami, but rather a thrilling one in which Yasiel Puig's second homer of the night gave L.A. the late lead and eventual victory.

The Astros, meanwhile, weren't quite as hot as the Dodgers heading into the break, but they were still nearly unstoppable. Houston won 14 of their last 20 games and have a lineup that can carry them through any stretch of the season. They came right out of the gate by putting ten runs up against the contending Twins. If you are given a choice between an Astros/Dodgers World Series matchup or the field, you have to take the field. That being said, it's been a long time since a matchup seemed more inevitable than this one, and it's becoming clear nothing can slow these teams down.

• On Friday, the Red Sox designated Pablo Sandoval for assignment. It ended one of the worst signings in recent memory, but there are worse contracts out there.
• The Red Sox and Yankees play a big series this weekend, and Boston took the first game with a ninth-inning rally that ended with a walkoff walk.
• Speaking of the Dodgers, there are rumors they are exploring a trade for Zach Britton. What would the Orioles need to get back in that kind of deal?

• It goes without saying that Pablo Sandoval didn't work out in Boston. Would the Giants have actually been better off if they re-signed the third baseman when they had the chance?
• The Jose Quintana deal from earlier in the week helps set the market for other controllable pitchers, a group that includes Gerrit Cole.
• Speaking of Quintana, the lefty always deserved better from his time in Chciago.
• In other trade news, you can expect the Sonny Gray market to start heating up very soon.
• The Brewers are going to be surprising buyers this season, but don't expect them to mortgage their future for a run in 2017.
• What in the world happened to Detroit's outfield?
• The Yankees almost never let prime-aged stars leave for another team. They did so with Robinson Cano, and they're clearly regretting it.

We’ve got all you need to know to watch the UFC’s special Sunday card in Glasgow.

The UFC will return to Glasgow for a special Sunday edition of UFC Fight Night. The card will feature welterweight prospect Gunnar Nelson taking on the surging Santiago Ponzinibbio. The co-main has intriguing hometown favorite Joanne Calderwood taking on Cynthia Calvillo in a women’s strawweight contest.

Sunday’s card will be a daytime event in the US, beginning at 12 p.m. ET with the UFC Fight Pass prelims. More prelims will continue at 1 p.m. on Fox Sports 1, with the main card starting at 3 p.m., also free to watch on Fox Sports 1. Live streaming for the card will be available at Fox Sports GO, UFC.TV and the UFC YouTube channel.

Nelson has won his last two fights, earning performance of the night honors in both of them. He’s lost to the two best fighters he’s faced, however, falling to Rick Story by split decision in October 2014 and losing a unanimous decision to the very tough Demian Maia in 2015.

His last two wins were both via submission, a guillotine choke of Alan Jouban and a rear-naked choke of Albert Tumenov. He last fought in March of this year.

Ponzinibbio boasts a 24-3 record with wins over Court McGree, Zak Cummings and Nordine Taleb in his last three fights. His last loss was to the tough Lorenz Larkin in June 2015.

Below is all you need to know to watch the action as well as the full official fight card for Sunday.

More UFC Fight Night 113 Coverage

All Times Eastern

How to watch UFC Fight Night 133: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio

Time: Prelims 1 at 12 p.m. prelims 2 at 1 p.m.; main card at 3 p.m.

Location: The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland

TV: FOX Sports 1

Online Streaming:UFC Fight Pass, UFC.TV, UFC YouTube

UFC Fight Night 113 Full Fight Card

FS1 Main Card (3 p.m.)

Welterweight: Gunnar Nelson vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
Women’s starwweight: Joanne Calderwood vs. Cynthia Calvillo
Lightweight: Paul Felder vs. Stevie Ray
Middleweight: Ryan Janes vs. Jack Marshman
Light heavyweight: Paul Craig vs. Khalil Rountree
Heavyweight: James Mulheron vs. Justin Willis

FS1 Preliminary Card (1 p.m.)

Welterweight: Bobby Nash vs. Danny Roberts
Flyweight: Alexandre Pantoja vs. Neil Seery
Welterweight: Galore Bafondo vs. Charlie Ward
Lightweight: Danny Henry vs. Daniel Teymur

Fight Pass Preliminary Card (12 p.m.)

Bantamweight: Brett Johns vs. Albert Morales
Women’s bantamweight: Amanda Lemos vs. Leslie Smith

Steph Curry, Justin Timberlake, and Tony Romo will be the headliners again on Sunday in Lake Tahoe. But at the top of the board, we may be in the midst of a dynasty.

The Yankees. The 49ers. UCLA basketball. Alabama football. The Celtics, Lakers, and Bulls. Mark Mulder and celebrity golf.

What constitutes a dynasty never follows a rigid definition, but we may be in the middle of one at the American Century Championship. Mulder heads to Sunday's final round at Edgewood Tahoe in the lead again, looking for his third straight American Century Championship title. In between, he's mixed in a Diamond Resorts celebrity pro-am title too in Orlando. We've not seen sustained dominance like this in a long time — Stephen Curry could maybe take notes if he plans on taking his Warriors superteam to comparable heights.

Mulder is three points ahead of Mardy Fish and Derek Lowe, some of the other aces that populate these celebrity golf events and are scratch or near-scratch players. This annual event in Tahoe, however, is the deepest and most prestigious of them all and winning it three times in a row, no joke, would be an amazing run. A three-point lead is a little different than a three-stroke lead in this stableford scoring system they put in play here. A three-stroke lead would be a much more comfortable position, but with stableford, that margin is much more tenuous and can be closed in a hole.

Mulder, Fish, and Lowe will play in the final group on Sunday, teeing off at 9:50 a.m. PT in Tahoe. They don't necessarily organize them by score at this event, opting often to put the biggest stars together or celebrities they know will be comfortable with one another. But there's a general effort to keep the players clustered according to where they are on the leaderboard, especially when it comes to the very top. They want the contenders all playing alongside one another as it comes down to the wire on NBC Sunday afternoon.

NBC will be live at 3 p.m. ET and plans to be on air until the conclusion of the event right around 6 p.m. ET. There should be no issue finishing on time with the weather perfect and more than five hours allotted for that final threesome. The most power-packed group is once again the trio of Steph Curry, Justin Timberlake, and Tony Romo. They played together on Saturday and the crowds swelled. All three are also able to play scratch golf but aren't really close to the top of the board this week. Still, expect to see lots of this group on NBC in what is not the most serious competition.

Here are your coverage options for this final round:

Sunday, July 16

TV: NBC, 3 to 6 p.m. ET

Streaming:

NBC Sports Live and Live Extra on mobile, 3 to 6 p.m. ET

And here's your Sunday tee sheet for the final round from Edgewood Tahoe:

Rain caused red flags during the Xfinity race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but weather should provide blue skies and green flags Sunday.

After a rain caused a red flag during the Xfinity Overton’s 200 at New Hampshire the forecast for Sunday’s Monster Energy Cup race will be a lot drier.

Expect a mix of sunshine and clouds during the afternoon and a relatively light wind out of the south. Temperatures will be warmer than they have been as they reach the low to middle 80s.

While definitely a much drier day, there is a very small chance, we’re talking less than 5 percent, of an isolated shower in the afternoon.

The odds of racing Sunday’s NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Overton’s 301 are around 95 percent.

Full detailed forecast can be found below.

Please follow me on Twitter @NASCAR_WXMAN and like me on Facebook for the latest NASCAR weather updates.

All times Eastern

SUNDAY:
2 p.m. — Overton’s 301pre-race
Forecast: Partly sunny
Winds: South 3-8 mph
Temperature: 83

3 p.m. — Overton’s 301
Forecast: Partly sunny
Winds: South 3-8 mph
Temperature: 84

4 p.m. — Overton’s 301
Forecast: Partly sunny
Winds: South 3-8 mph
Temperature: 84

5 p.m. — Overton’s 301
Forecast: Partly sunny
Winds: South 3-8 mph
Temperature: 82

6 p.m. — Overton’s 301
Forecast: Partly sunny
Winds: South 3-8 mph
Temperature: 81

The Red Sox and Yankees have had a rivalry that goes way back to the early 20th century. You can always expect their fans to talk trash about the other city’s team, especially when they meet in the postseason. But on Saturday, something really sweet happened between a Red Sox fan and a young Yankees fan. Hanley Ramirez hit a foul ball that Garrett Cooper tried to catch, but a tarp was in the way, letting the ball bounce over to an eager fan who was stoked to get it. The fan would later give that ball away to a young child in a Derek Jeter jersey; the child walked away for a bit, but then walked back to give that fan a hug. It was one of the most precious moments anyone had ever witnessed — a small gesture that meant a lot to the kid. Sports rivalries can be fun, but you know what, forget all that — making a kid’s day like this is way more meaningful.

Sunday’s Say Hey Baseball talks about a dreaded three-letter word, dinosaurs, and cycles.

Listen, we know it’s tough to catch up on everything happening in the baseball world each morning. There are all kinds of stories, rumors, game coverage, and Vines of dudes getting hit in the beans every day. Trying to find all of it while on your way to work or sitting at your desk just isn’t easy. It’s OK, though. We’re going to do the heavy lifting for you each morning and find the things you need to see from within the SB Nation baseball network, as well as from elsewhere. Please hold your applause until the end, or at least until after you subscribe to the newsletter.

A couple of days removed from the All-Star break, the lasers of the Home Run Derby are but a distant memory. No dinger-loving baseball fan would discount the show that Aaron Judge and company put on last week. The event even pulled more viewers than the NFL Pro Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game. However, though the Korean Baseball Organization sometimes has trouble matching MLB in talent, it has never had trouble beating the league in (whispers so former players can’t hear) fun. MLB could always use some more of it, and maybe that means borrowing from some of the competitions that wrapped up on Saturday in Daegu, South Korea.

Fans have often pointed to the NHL’s skills competitions as something MLB could integrate into its own All-Star festivities, and the KBO provides a blueprint. In particular, there’s the Perfect Pitcher competition and the Perfect Hitter competition. (There’s no Perfect Bunting competition yet, but I believe that if we keep insisting upon justice, we will get there as a people.) The Perfect Pitching competition involves pitchers attempting to hit as many bats as possible, which, okay, doesn’t sound optimal, but the bats are batterless, and it would give Aroldis Chapman something to be good at again. This year, LHP Hyun-Seung Lee of the Doosan Bears won it in a ~sudden death~ round. Sudden death! This feels like a no-brainer.

There’s even something for those They-Fan DH Haters Club members out there: RELIEF PITCHER Yoon-Dong Kim of The Kia Tigers cleaned up at the Perfect Hitter competition. The event features hitters trying to hit balls off a tee to hit targets scattered across the field. Tee work is maybe the last thing you want to watch your favorite player do, but throw a countdown clock in there, maybe some teams, and I’m in. Jake Arrieta might have to wait another day to hit pumps in a Pitcher Home Run Derby, but this would probably appease him until then.

The KBO has its own Home Run Derby called the Home Run Race, which is split into two days, effectively combatting the fatigue MLB players experience in later rounds. It’s okay to admit that the final rounds of the home run derby are sometimes the least exciting because with fatigue comes dropped bat heads, and with dropped bat heads come pop flies. Even though pop flies mean watching the tiny people in the outfield attempt to read major league fly balls and, ya know, try not to collide with each other at full speed, they do not make for the most fun here.

If we’re already going to campaign for a longer All-Star break, what’s an extra day or two for the most moonshottiest long balls and inclusion of those less tater-oriented among us? The All-Star Game was one of the most fun in years, or at least the only one that featured a gold-plated catcher taking a posed photo of an ump and the batter. The KBO has the fun thing figured out, and Rob Manfred would benefit from taking a few notes. In the meantime, throw some KBO games into your regularly scheduled mix of MLB.

• With his seventh inning triple, Cody Bellinger became the first Dodger rookie to complete the cycle. The triple was not shy of Bellinger, and I am starting to think that this guy might be what the scouts call "good."
• The Dodgers keep winning and did so for the eighth consecutive time Saturday night. The sun rises, the Dodgers win, the sky is blue, and Yasiel Puig gets thrown at.
• *Spongebob narrator voice* Sixteen innings later. That’s how many innings it took for the Yankees to finally beat the Red Sox.

• The Padres beat the Giants in the ninth inning of Madison Bumgarner’s impressive return. But any day Bumgarner isn’t getting injured doing things that 16-year-olds like watching as sports is a good day for the Giants.
• The only thing better than Very Good Baseball Dogs are Very Good Baseball Dogs Who Also Dabble in Surfing. This link contains the Oakland Athletics enabling exactly those kinds of dogs and maybe one polar bear.
• Let’s talk about juiced baseballs, baby. Let’s talk about Aaron Judge and me. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.
• Khris Davis bowled his helmet into his mobbing teammates at home plate after hitting a homer to walk-off the Indians. It was glorious. He can compare notes with Bryce Harper.
• You should also know that Cardinals reliever Matt Bowman ran with a dinosaur (no word on if it was Carl Edwards Jr. in the costume) and Zack Cozart finally got his donkey. You should know these things because I care about you. You're welcome.

Lewis Hamilton raced a brilliant race for the British Grand Prix and took the win, narrowing the gap in the Drivers Championship.

Lewis Hamilton has won the British Grand Prix from Silverstone on Sunday, going from pole to winning with little issue. By the time his first pit stop came around, the Mercedes driver was able to rejoin the race in first place, and was essentially running on his own all day.

Everything behind him was chaos in the final laps.

Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari started in second and third, and other than some early scrapping, those positions held throughout the race until the final few. Valtteri Bottas started back in the top 10 due to a grid penalty, but by Lap 40 he was behind Vettel and pushing hard for the third podium spot.

Bottas made a brilliant pass on Vettel to take third place with a few laps to go, and he set his sights on Raikkonen. Raikkonen, dramatically, sustained a puncture on his front left tire, elevating Bottas to second and Vettel to third.

Then it was Vettel who suffered a puncture, and Raikkonen and Verstappen, who both pitted in the penultimate lap, made it past Vettel. Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull finally made it past Nico Hulkenberg in the final lap to take fifth, and both of the two finished ahead of Vettel.

After this race, Hamilton narrowed the gap in the Drivers Championship to just a single point.

The start saw Max Verstappen of Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari dueling for third place, but a safety car was quickly deployed when Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat of Toro Rosso came together on the opening lap. That ended Sainz’ race, and after the safety car the action resumed.

On Lap 14, Vettel made a huge move to pass Verstappen, but the young driver didn’t yield an inch. They dueled for a couple turns, with both drivers going off track. In the end, Verstappen kept the place. Vettel and Verstappen kept battling for several laps, but the Ferrari could not get past.

By Lap 19, Vettel elected to pit an try the undercut. He fitted the soft tires, and came out in sixth, behind Nico Hulkenberg of Renault and Bottas. Verstappen came in the next lap and unfortunately, he had a long pit stop, about 3.4 seconds, and that cost him. He came out behind Vettel.

Raikkonen went into the pits on Lap 25, and came out in third, behind both Mercedes drivers, who had yet to pit. Mercedes called Hamilton in on the next lap, and he came out just in front in Bottas, maintaining his lead in the race.

Once again, the Force India cars of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez had issues with one another. Perez, on the fresher tires, wanted past Ocon so he could chase down the Haas of Kevin Magnussen. Unfortunately, Ocon wouldn’t move aside and Perez saw his advantage slowly slip away.

Bottas finally came in on Lap 33 and he came back out onto the track in fourth position, but also right behind a couple back-markers, hurting his chances of chasing down Vettel ahead of him. At about the same time, Fernando Alonso became the third car to retire despite a new spec McLaren Honda engine.

Ricciardo, after pitting, was behind the Force India cars, but he quickly made his way past Perez, who had burned up his tires trying to get past his teammate. Ricciardo then quickly moved up into eighth by passing Ocon, and had his sights on Magnussen. He quickly made it past him too, up into seventh place.

By Lap 43, Bottas was trying to take Vettel’s third place spot. He gets very close, but goes off track as Vettel locks up big time. Bottas eventually takes the spot from Vettel. His engineer came on the radio and said “great job,” and Bottas replied “minimal talking.”

At that point, Bottas was about seven seconds back of Raikkonen on Lap 45, and he wanted to take that spot. That’s when Raikkonen had to stop due to the puncture. Verstappen had a free pit stop and was called in as well, and he kept his position.

Suddenly, Vettel had a puncture as well, and was passed by Raikkonen, Verstappen and many others. A chaotic race came to an end.

Below is the full finishing order for Sunday’s race.

Lewis Hamilton is now one point away from Sebastian Vettel in the F1 Drivers Championship.

Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes is now just one point back of Sebastian Vettel in the Drivers Championship standings after winning the Formula One British Grand Prix on Sunday. Vettel was poised to keep the gap wider, but suffered a puncture on the penultimate lap.

That allowed Mercedes to finish 1-2 and increase their lead in the Constructor’s Championship significantly. They now have 330 points to Ferrari’s 275. Max Verstappen of Red Bull was also able to get past Vettel after the puncture, helping Red Bull in third place.

Kimi Raikkonen also had a puncture, but finished in third due to his positioning on the track when the puncture happened.

Force India only managed a couple points as the two drivers continued to battle each other and not the rest of the pack. Williams managed to pick up just a single point, while Toro Rosso, in sixth in the Constructors Championship, didn’t get a single point.

Renault picked up eight points due to a great drive from Nico Hulkenberg, but they are still third to last in the Constructors Championship.

The bad luck continued for Jolyon Palmer of Renault, who suffered a hydraulic issue in the warm-up lap, prompting the pack to take a second warm-up lap. Palmer was out of the race. With lights out, Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen dueled for third place but the big action came further back in the pack, where the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat crashed into teammate Carlos Sainz at Becketts.

That ended Sainz’s race, and had Kvyat in last place at the back of the grid. Kvyat was handed a drive-through penalty for the incident around Lap 10. After the first round of pit stops, Hamilton was in first, Bottas in second (though he had not stopped yet), Raikkonen in third and Vettel in fourth.

Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull had made his way up to sixth place after starting near the back of the grid. The Force Indias, once again, ran into some trouble with one another. Sergio Perez was faster than Esteban Ocon, and on fresher tires, but his teammate wouldn’t let him by and his tires quickly lost their advantage.

Another retirement from McLaren’s Fernando Alonso occurred on Lap 34. He lost power and had to retire the car, despite it being a new-spec engine. At that point, Stoffel Vandoorne, his teammate, was out of the points positions as well.

Force India lost a couple points when both Perez and Ocon were passed by Ricciardo, made even easier due to their own squabbles. Nico Hulkenberg earned some points for Renault after running a very consistent race. Hulkenberg didn’t try and block the guys he knew he wasn’t going to beat, and stayed out of trouble.

Below are the full Drivers Championship and Constructors Championship standings.

Formula 1 is here for 2017, and the field is looking more competitive than it has in years. We’ve got a full schedule and list of results for the whole season.

The 2017 Formula One season is here, beginning with the Australian Grand Prix from Melbourne on March 26. It will end several months from now, at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 26. A total of 20 races will be held across multiple continents, and seeing what happens with the battle between Ferrari and Mercedes is one of the most intriguing things in the sport in a long while.

In the United States, watching Formula 1 can be an issue given the time differences, but there is television and online streaming coverage of every race if you can keep the hours needed. NBC and its other networks, NBCSN and CNBC, will combine to carry all 20 races in the season.

In addition to that, a simulcast of the television coverage will always be available at NBC Sports Live, though it may require login credentials from a cable or satellite provider. Either way, you’re totally covered trying to watch the races in the United States.

Last season, Mercedes ran the gamut, as expected. But internally, there was a battle between Lewis Hamilton and eventual champion Nico Rosberg. That battle won’t be reignited this season, as Rosberg elected to retire after winning his first title. That left an opening on the team, which then managed to secure Valtteri Bottas from Williams to fill the vacancy.

There were several other driver lineup changes, including the retirement and quick unretirement of Felipe Massa at Williams, and the Manor Racing Team folded in the offseason. On top of that, Formula 1 has a new ownership in Liberty Media, and longtime executive in charge, Bernie Ecclestone, has been ousted after several decades in the role.

You can find a season preview right here and a look at all the big and small changes that occurred this offseason right here. Below, you’ll find information on how to watch races online and on television in the United States, as well as a full schedule for the season and results, updated throughout the year.

How to watch 2017 Formula 1 Grands Prix in the United States

All Times Eastern

TV: NBC, NBCSN, CNBC

Online Streaming:NBC Sports Live

Formula 1 2017 schedule and results

March 26: Australian Grand Prix
Winner:Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari(2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercdes; 3. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes)

April 9: Chinese Grand Prix
Winner:Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes(2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari; 3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull)

April 16: Bahrain Grand Prix
Winner:Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari(2. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes; 3. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes)

April 30: Russian Grand Prix
Winner:Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes(2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari; 3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari)

May 14: Spanish Grand Prix
Winner: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes(2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull)

May 28: Monaco Grand Prix
Winner:Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari(2. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull

June 11: Canadian Grand Prix
Winner:Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes(2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull)

June 25: Azerbaijan Grand Prix:
Winner:Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull(2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes; 3. Lance Stroll, Williams)

July 9: Austrian Grand Prix
Winner:Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes(2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari; 3. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull)

July 16: British Grand Prix
Winner:Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes(2. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes; 3. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari)

July 30: Hungarian Grand Prix
Hungaroring, Budapest
CNBC, 8 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Aug. 27: Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot
NBCSN, 8 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Sept. 3: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
NBCSN, 8 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Sept. 17: Singapore Grand Prix
Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
NBCSN, 8 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Oct. 1: Malaysian Grand Prix
Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
NBCSN, 3 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Oct. 8: Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka
NBCSN, 1 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Oct. 22: United States Grand Prix
Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
NBC, 3 p.m., NBC Sports Live

Nov. 12: Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo
NBCSN, 11 a.m., NBC Sports Live

Nov. 26: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
NBCSN, 8 a.m., NBC Sports Live

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver finished second Sunday despite starting last due to an unapproved part found on his car after qualifying.

In many ways Kyle Larson experienced a microcosm of his 2017 season Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Despite failing to pass technical inspection — the fourth such occurrence -— meant he would have to start the Overton’s 301 at the rear of the 39-car field, Larson quickly made his forward. He was up to 16th within 15 laps, then inside the top 10 by Lap 30.

When the checkered flag waved Larson finished runner-up to winner Denny Hamlin. The seventh time the Chip Ganassi Racing driver has placed second in seven of 19 Monster Energy Cup Series races this season, and the second race in a row he had done so after starting last because of an issue clearing inspection pre- or post-qualifying.

Larson ended up failing inspection Friday after officials found an unapproved rear deck fin lid on the No. 42 Chevrolet. NASCAR consequently disallowed Larson’s speed, which would’ve earned him the pole position, forcing him to start Sunday’s race at the back.

“Finished second, but another hard‑fought race,” said Larson, who’s a two-time winner in 2017. “You know, this is the third time we've had to start last and drove up to second. I wish we could have been a spot better again, but really proud of my team and proud of the cars that they're bringing for me to drive each and every week.

“It’s been a tough couple weeks through the tech line, so if we make it through here and then have a good Tuesday at (NASCAR’s Research and Development Center), we’ll see.”

The strong performance capped a week where the No. 42 team came under scrutiny for its penchant of violating NASCAR’s rules.

On Wednesday, the sanctioning body announced the car Larson raced last Saturday at Kentucky Speedway had a nonconforming rear brake cooling assembly. That earned crew chief Chad Johnston a three-race suspension, a $75,000 fine, and cost Larson 35 driver points.

The points deduction dropped Larson, who has two wins on the season, to second in the Cup Series standings behind Martin Truex. Then on Friday there were the issues in inspection, which elevated Truex, who had qualified second, to the top starting position.

“It seems like we have a target on our back,” Larson said. “But that's a good thing, too. It means everybody is paying attention to us. This is my fourth year, and I've never been in the position to where NASCAR and other teams are paying so much attention to our racecar.

“That's a compliment to everybody at our race shop.”

Quarterback contracts aren’t the burden they once were. Just pay up.

Kirk Cousins is going to be expensive for Washington to keep longer than the 2017 season. After giving him the franchise tag for a second consecutive offseason, Cousins is set to make $23.94 million and become a free agent next spring.

That is unless Washington manages to negotiate a long-term deal with the quarterback before Monday at 4 p.m. ET. After that deadline, Cousins will be locked into a one-year deal and unable to negotiate a new contract until the 2018 offseason.

If he doesn’t agree to a new deal this week, keeping Cousins beyond 2017 is a long shot for Washington. Franchise tagging him for the third time is unrealistic with the number jumping to more than $34 million, and a bidding war in free agency will likely be too hard for the quarterback to pass up.

So what’s it going to take for Washington to keep him? A whole lot of money. A record-breaking amount.

A month ago, the Oakland Raiders made Derek Carr the highest-paid player in football history with a five-year, $125 million contract that comes with $70 million guaranteed.

It will presumably require more to keep Cousins.

But how much is too much?

What should a franchise quarterback get paid?

The value of a franchise quarterback is mostly determined by whoever got paid last. Because Carr got $25 million per year, the next gigantic deal for a quarterback will have to be a little more. And then it’ll be topped by the next contract after that.

Franchise quarterbacks never hit free agency, so there’s really no way for the market to get set any other way.

But if there was no baseline to build around and contract terms were built from scratch, what would a quarterback worth committing to for the long haul actually be worth?

Likely much more than what they’re getting paid now.

The difference between having a Tom Brady at quarterback vs. a Blake Bortles can be the difference between a team that wins a Super Bowl and one that can’t win more than a third of its games.

There’s no easy answer when trying to quantify how much of an offense’s production can be credited to the quarterback position. Maybe the best way to see the value of an elite passer is when a team loses one and has to rely on a backup to fill in.

A statistical study by the University of Missouri found that losing a quarterback for four games due to injury or suspension would drop a team’s win total by an average of 1.3 games. No other position affected a win total by even half that margin.

Not having a great player under center or losing one can crush a team’s chances at the playoffs. The Raiders dealt with 13 straight seasons outside the postseason — cycling through players like JaMarcus Russell, Kerry Collins, and Andrew Walter — before finally finding Carr.

With so much value at quarterback, what percentage of a team’s spending should go toward that position?

Fifteen percent? Twenty?

Few teams even go over 12 percent.

The salary cap is rising faster than contracts

For four consecutive seasons, the NFL’s salary cap has jumped by at least $10 million. It reached a new high again this March when it was set at $167 million.

But teams aren’t spending it as quickly. According to The Ringer, 13 teams had $5 million in cap space during the 2014 season while the other 19 were close to the spending limit. In 2016, 23 teams had at least $5 million in room.

Carr’s $25 million per year is a significant amount but represents less than 15 percent of the $167 million salary cap. It will also only count $15.6 million against the Oakland Raiders’ cap in 2017.

Four years ago, Eli Manning’s $20.85 million cap hit was close to 17 percent of the New York Giants’ $123 million salary cap.

The fear in giving a player like Cousins a blockbuster deal is that committing so much money to one player would inhibit Washington’s ability to build an adequate roster elsewhere. But the fast rise of the salary cap has made burdensome contracts a problem of the past.

Even if the team was on the hook for $26 million per year, that would be 15.6 percent of the salary cap in 2017 and would dip once the cap inevitably rises higher next year.

Just pay the man

Cousins is likely to play out the remainder of his contract, and that probably means he’ll become a free agent in 2018.

Giving him the record-breaking contract almost definitely required to keep him in Washington would be a risk. Letting him walk is also a risk.

There’s plenty of reason not to make Cousins the highest-paid player in the NFL. Yes, he made a Pro Bowl in 2016 with another extremely efficient season and some of the league’s best passing statistics. But he was atrocious in the red zone and completed fewer than a third of his passes inside the 10-yard line.

With all his passing production, Washington finished No. 3 in total offense but couldn’t crack the top 10 in scoring.

But the question shouldn’t be whether Washington wants to pay him like a top-five quarterback. The question is whether he’s worth 12-15 percent of the team’s salary cap — and the answer to that looks like a resounding yes.

Without him, Washington’s next best option looks like 2016 sixth-round pick Nate Sudfeld. If that doesn’t work out, the team has Colt McCoy or it can start digging for another player to be under center. That’s a position no franchise wants to be in.

Pay your quarterbacks, everybody. It’s worth it.

Maybe you don’t want to relive the Penn State scandal.

HBO and director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, The Natural) are making a movie starring Al Pacino as Joe Paterno, centering on the fallout of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Seeing as that fallout continues and the entire story was nothing but horrific the first time around, I'm not sure why the world needs this movie or who the audience is supposed to be.

Other college football movies you could watch, none of which bring back up unimaginably horrible stories that are still unfolding:

• We Are Marshall: A true and inspirational story, most memorable for Matthew McConaughey acting his ass off in every scene. I don't mean that to say he should've been Best Actor or anything, though he did a good job. He just tries really hard, and that's appreciated.
• The Program: The 1990s stereotype of the renegade college football team that mostly only damages itself and its opponents (it's totally Miami), expanded upon. We did an Eastern State roster breakdown one time.
• The Blind Side: Here's a good story about how they got all those coaches to play themselves while wearing the logos of former employers.
• Necessary Roughness: An OK comedy about a team starting over after SMU-like sanctions, not Penn State-like sanctions. Chip Kelly evidently likes it.
• Forrest Gump: Bama.
• Greater; All the Right Moves; Knute Rockne, All American; Johnny Be Good: I've never seen any of these, but some people like them.
• The Waterboy: How many dumb Adam Sandler movies would you say still ... I'm not sure if "hold up" is the best term here, but I don't know of a better one. This is far from his worst, I guess we can agree.
• The Express: A mostly fine sports movie, complicated by its rocky relationship with the truth, including a 1959 Syracuse-West Virginia game that never happened and the recruitment of the title character's successor (who's played by Chadwick Boseman, eventual star of Black Panther).
• Rudy: Oh, you wanna talk about movies that just made stuff up? This movie is such a lie that even the thing people say to make fun of it isn't true; Rudy wasn't offside. Still, one good thing about Rudy is that it doesn't dredge up any intolerable tragedies.

Also:

• Remember the Titans: It includes some future college players, everyone likes it, and Ryan Gosling was non-stop comedy in pass coverage.
• Little Giants: It's about Pop Warner players, but inspired a game-winning Michigan State trick play and a different trick play that's appeared in college and NFL games. The most ground-breakingly schematic pee wee football movie ever.

There are certainly others as well.

Add some in the comments.