June 2025

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Mets ace Kodai Senga headed to IL with hamstring strain

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga was throwing a gem Thursday against the Washington Nationals before he went down with an injury away from the mound. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after the Mets’ 4-3 victory that Senga will go on the IL and undergo an MRI on Friday.

Senga strained his right hamstring while covering first base for a putout in the top of the sixth inning. The right-hander had to jump to bring down a throw from first baseman Pete Alonso. 

Senga made the catch and reached back with his right toe to touch the bag for the out, but then he grabbed at the back of his right leg.

Senga, now in his third season with the Mets after a lengthy NPB career in Japan, trailed past the infield dirt and into the grass, eventually tumbling to the ground in pain. 

Mendoza informed reporters that Senga told him he felt something on the step before he leapt for Alonso’s throw to first.

The injury interrupted the 5 2/3 scoreless innings Senga had spun. He had conceded only one hit and one walk on the afternoon.

Washington staged a ninth-inning comeback yet fell one run short. New York prevailed, but at a cost.

Senga, 32, entered Thursday with a 1.59 ERA and a 2.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his first 12 starts this season. His record improved to 7-3 despite his midgame exit.

The international standout also spent time on the IL last season. Senga missed most of 2024 due to a shoulder capsule strain and a calf injury.

Senga’s MRI on Friday will determine the severity of his hamstring strain and, likely, his recovery timeline.

The Mets have the best record in baseball. With Thursday’s win over the Nationals, they moved to 45-24.

Mets ace Kodai Senga headed to IL with hamstring strain

New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga was throwing a gem Thursday against the Washington Nationals before he went down with an injury away from the mound. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after the Mets’ 4-3 victory that Senga will go on the IL and undergo an MRI on Friday.

Senga strained his right hamstring while covering first base for a putout in the top of the sixth inning. The right-hander had to jump to bring down a throw from first baseman Pete Alonso. 

Senga made the catch and reached back with his right toe to touch the bag for the out, but then he grabbed at the back of his right leg.

Senga, now in his third season with the Mets after a lengthy NPB career in Japan, trailed past the infield dirt and into the grass, eventually tumbling to the ground in pain. 

Mendoza informed reporters that Senga told him he felt something on the step before he leapt for Alonso’s throw to first.

The injury interrupted the 5 2/3 scoreless innings Senga had spun. He had conceded only one hit and one walk on the afternoon.

Washington staged a ninth-inning comeback yet fell one run short. New York prevailed, but at a cost.

Senga, 32, entered Thursday with a 1.59 ERA and a 2.17 strikeout-to-walk ratio over his first 12 starts this season. His record improved to 7-3 despite his midgame exit.

The international standout also spent time on the IL last season. Senga missed most of 2024 due to a shoulder capsule strain and a calf injury.

Senga’s MRI on Friday will determine the severity of his hamstring strain and, likely, his recovery timeline.

The Mets have the best record in baseball. With Thursday’s win over the Nationals, they moved to 45-24.

How Indy keeps making doubters pay, including Jay-Z’s failed $1M Thunder bet | The Big Number

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Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine are back with this week’s big number: 1 million dollars. That’s how much Jay-Z allegedly wagered and then lost, when he placed a milly on OKC to win the Finals in 5 games. Indy won Game 3, which rendered that bet moot — and Indy added another victim to its pool of people that doubted them. Don’t miss the guys break down the stats that prove Indy may very well be the better team, both offensively and defensively. Plus later in the show, Tom wonders if Kevin Durant could return to Oklahoma City — especially if the Thunder get packed up in 5 games!

LEFT: Tyrese Haliburton #0 of the Indiana Pacers reacts during the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of the 2025 NBA Finals. RIGHT: Rapper Jay-Z looks on before a game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys at Northwest Stadium. (Photos by Maddie Meyer & Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
LEFT: Tyrese Haliburton #0 of the Indiana Pacers reacts during the fourth quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game Three of the 2025 NBA Finals. RIGHT: Rapper Jay-Z looks on before a game between the Washington Commanders and the Dallas Cowboys at Northwest Stadium.
(Photos by Maddie Meyer & Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
(Photos by Maddie Meyer & Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

(1:10) The Big Number: $1,000,000 wager on OKC in 5

(18:14) Little Numbers: Pacers record in first 25 games

(23:50) Little Numbers: Indiana’s MPH

(29:15) Little Numbers: Pacers passes per game

(32:41) Little Numbers: Indiana’s defensive rating

(37:14) Best landing spots for KD in trade

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Apple Is Giving the iPhone Its Own ‘Emoji Kitchen’

Emojis are a fun evolution from the emoticons of old—but there are only so many to choose from. While a handful of new ones are added each year, for the most part, what you see is what you get, which is why Android’s “Emoji Kitchen” is so great.

The feature lets you combine two emojis to create a brand new one, right on your device. If you want to send a winky face, but with the robot emoji, you can. You can make the skull emoji cry with laughter, or turn a piece of pizza into a rocket ship. The feature multiplies a limited yet sizable pool of emoji choices into a staggering number of varieties.

While Emoji Kitchen is now automaticly included on Pixel devices, it doesn’t even exist on iPhone, at least as of the latest official software version, iOS 18.5. With iOS 26, currently in beta testing, however, Apple has built an Emoji Kitchen-like feature that uses Apple Intelligence to mix multiple emoji or Genmoji together to make a new icon.

The feature didn’t get as much attention as some others during the WWDC keynote introducing iOS 26, but it seems like a fun use of Apple’s AI.

How to mix emoji and Genmoji on iOS 26


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In order to try this out, you’ll need to be running iOS 26 on an iPhone compatible with Apple Intelligence (i.e. an iPhone 15 Pro or newer), though as the beta is still in its earliest stages, I don’t recommend you try it out at this time.

Once you’re running iOS 26, open the emoji keyboard, then tap “Genmoji.” Here, you’ll now see a new “Suggestions” section, which offers a row of emojis you can choose from. If you don’t like these suggestions, you can choose “Show More” to see different categories of emojis, including “Themes,” “Expressions,” “Costumes,” “Accessories,” and “Places.” As Emojipedia highlights, these categories feature icons that aren’t standard emojis, like a race car helmet and flower crown.

If you’re looking to mix specific emojis together, however, just tap the gray “smiley +” icon. This button will open the emoji keyboard, so you can choose whatever options you like, in addition to any text-based prompts you’d like to add. You can add up to six “concepts” (emojis and prompts) per generation, so you can really mix things up—though you might find that using fewer prompts returns results closer to your intended design.

From here, Genmoji will start generating new emojis from your selection, and you can scroll through the different options it presents. While the app hides the emojis and prompts here, you can tap the image to see which concepts it was generated from. If you like a generation, tap the checkmark, and Genmoji will automatically enter it into the text field for you to share.