Alex Rodriguez hits homer 536 in his career to match Yankee great Mickey Mantle, tying him at 13th place for major-league career home runs, during the final game of the four-game series at Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, July 6, 2008. The Yankees won 5-4 with a bottom-of-the-10th RBI by Yankee freshman Brett Gardner. This is the first of a series of photos from WaPhoJo photographer Joe Tresh’s visit to New York City during the Fourth of July weekend.

The Homeless USA Cup brought street soccer players from across the country to Washington, D.C.’s new Kastles Stadium this weekend. The team from Minneapolis won the championship game, Sunday June 29, 2008. At top right, one player from New York City is overjoyed to learn he has been picked to join the the US team that will travel to the Homeless World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.

Kastles Stadium is the newly created stadium at 11th & H, NW, for the World TeamTennis Pro League Washington Kastles, featuring Serena Williams and Justin Gimelstob, who will have their home opener at the stadium on July 8.