{"id":9483,"date":"2026-05-04T10:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=9483"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:15:43","slug":"an-asburd-amount-of-goals-plus-3-game-7s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/givemesoccer.com\/?p=9483","title":{"rendered":"An asburd amount of goals, plus 3 Game 7s"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Pulse Newsletter \ud83d\udce3 | This is The Athletic\u2019s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Good morning! Make a hard decision today. Coming up:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude2e\u200d\ud83d\udca8 15 goals<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab Three Game 7s<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc94 Time to trade a star?<\/p>\n<p>Normally, we would lead this newsletter with the three Game 7s that happened across both the NBA and NHL yesterday. 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