A guide to the rest of the World Cup, plus Verlander’s goodbye

The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Enjoy a fairy tale today. Coming up:  ⚽ We’re back 👋 A legend plots his exit 😇 Atlanta’s angel At 4 p.m. yesterday, I felt a sort of withdrawal as I worked. Why wasn’t there a hum of soccer energy on the TV behind me? In the haze of a standard Wednesday, had I forgotten about a World Cup game that should’ve been on my screen? What was I missing?  Nothing, in fact, as we had zero Cup games yesterday. It was an unwelcome...

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