Fernando Mendoza accepts the best college athlete, mens sports award at the ESPY Awards in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Las Vegas Aces' Chelsea Gray (12) reacts after scoring against the Toronto Tempo during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Toronto, on Monday, July 20, 2026. (Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP)

FILE - WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks prior to Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury, Oct. 3, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

FILE - The U.S. Department of Education building is photographed in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Sister Leticia "Letty" Ugboaja, left, accompanied by Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley Sister Norma Pimentel at a news conference at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church on Thursday, July 23, 2026, in McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/Michael Gonzalez)

Democratic candidate for Texas governor Gina Hinojosa, center, stands on stage with other Democratic candidates after speaking at a rally, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Justin Rex)

FILE - Cars line up at the pumps of a Gulf Oil station on the Massachusetts Turnpike near Boston, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

FILE - Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., heads to a closed-door Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)