🌍 The Sports Calendar Never Really Slows Down

Aside from MLB, this might seem like a quiet time, but that depends where you look. [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: This might seem like a slow spot in the sports calendar (not counting the MLB All-Star Game!), but you really just have to know where to look ... we look at LeBron James’ dazzling appearance in the Drew League ... and more! One of the joys of this job of writing about sports is having had the ability to travel far and wide over the years, meeting fans from all over the world. The more you do it, the more the realization that those of us who love sports are for the most part cut from the same cloth. Sure, the languages and accents and the actual games we follow might be different. Yes, American fans are used to paying concession prices that would make those from overseas faint. Admittedly, most from these shores will never get their heads around cricket, just as your average Belgian or South African is perplexed by the vagaries of the gridiron. But rest assured we beat to the same tunes, carry the same frustrations, wish for the same outcomes and are touched by the same stories of sentimentality, whether we are an American basketball fanatic, a Brazilian soccer fan, a German motor racing enthusiast, a New Zealand rugby diehard, a Japanese baseball connoisseur, and so on. What does happen though, is that we work to a very different calendar, a fact brought home by the current lull in the American sports cycle. For much of the year, the action here is incessant and occasionally overwhelming. There is a lot of overlap, but from September through to the midpoint of each following year, it always feels there is something of great significance going on. Football season is short enough that every week of NFL action brings multiple games that truly matter in the overall scheme of the campaign. From the Super Bowl, sportive attention turns to the Daytona 500 and to the NBA All-Star Game. From there it is a short hop into March and all the college hoops Madness that ensues. And then to Opening Day and the Masters, and then the long postseasons of both the NBA and the NHL. Since the Golden State Warriors (Jun. 16) and Colorado Avalanche (Jun. 26) hoisted their respective pieces of silverware, however, it has been a bit sleepy on the domestic scene. NBA Summer League has some entertainment value, but that’s mostly restricted to analyzing initial glimpses of the most promising rookies. The MLB All-Star fun provides a welcome interlude, with the unique magnificence of Shohei Ohtani the undisputed highlight Tuesday (8 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app), plus outstanding talent such as Aaron Judge and Juan Soto, and feelgood legacy picks Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera. Once Tuesday night is through, though, the start of most NFL training camps will still be days away, with still seven more blank Sundays before the journey toward the latest dose of fantasy football heartbreak begins. To see the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - Amid a tumultuous Lakers offseason, LeBron James took time to compete — and dazzle — in the Drew League. [Melissa Rohlin was there to document the action](. - You might not have kept up on all the top prospects in Sunday’s MLB Draft, but Jake Mintz did. [Here is everything you need to know about each first-round selection](. - Tyler Reddick’s decision to switch teams will have plenty of ripple effects in NASCAR, particularly for his current team, Richard Childress Racing. [Bob Pockrass breaks it down](. For the latest news and updates, [click here](. [VIEWER'S GUIDE] Peru vs. Uruguay (FS1, 8 p.m. ET) The Copa América Femenina continues in Colombia. MLB All-Star Home Run Derby (ESPN, 8 p.m. ET) Mets slugger Pete Alonso will be aiming for a third straight Home Run Derby championship. For all of today's games and scores, [click here](. [BET OF THE DAY] [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( Kyle Schwarber to win Home Run Derby: +300 From FOX Bet associate trader Steven Hemke: Schwarber has the perfect left-handed swing to win this contest. He not only can hit bombs over 450 feet to thrill the crowd, but he has such a powerful, easy swing that should set him up well late into the contest when others may fatigue. 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