INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-INDIANA ALL-STARS
GIRLS
INDIANA 90 KENTUCKY 79 (Juliann Woodard 23 pts, 6 reb, Jordyn Poole 19 pts, 6 assists)
BOYS
KENTUCKY 103 INDIANA 82 (Jack Benter 16 pts, 6 reb, Flory Bidunga 13 pts, Keenan Garner 15 pts, 10 reb)
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEMI-STATE
NORTH
CLASS 4A AT LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (LOEB STADIUM)
11 AM ET | G1: LAKE CENTRAL (22-9) VS. WESTFIELD (21-10)
2 PM ET | G2: HOMESTEAD (19-10) VS. CONCORD (20-10)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 3A AT KOKOMO (MUNICIPAL STADIUM)
11 AM ET | G1: TWIN LAKES (25-4) VS. DELTA (21-8)
2 PM ET | G2: FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER (24-8) VS. NEW PRAIRIE (24-5)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 2A AT OAK HILL
11 AM ET | G1: MADISON-GRANT (17-10) VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN (19-9)
2 PM ET | G2: WESTVIEW (19-10) VS. ROCHESTER COMMUNITY (20-10)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 1A AT LAPORTE (SCHREIBER FIELD)
10:30 AM CT | G1: MORGAN TOWNSHIP (13-13) VS. FREMONT (13-13)
1:30 PM CT | G2: LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (25-6) VS. UNION CITY (16-6)
7 PM CT | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
SOUTH
CLASS 4A AT MOORESVILLE (PIONEER FIELD)
11 AM ET | G1: NEW PALESTINE (25-5) VS. MOORESVILLE (30-3)
2 PM ET | G2: FLOYD CENTRAL (25-3) VS. AVON (18-15)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 3A AT CASTLE (UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE)
10 AM CT | G1: CRAWFORDSVILLE (19-12) VS. BREBEUF JESUIT (23-9)
1 PM CT | G2: SILVER CREEK (24-8) VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (19-9)
7 PM CT | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 2A AT PLAINFIELD
11 AM ET | G1: GREENCASTLE (16-10) VS. NORTH POSEY (24-5)
2 PM ET | G2: KNIGHTSTOWN (18-8) VS. PROVIDENCE (19-7)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 1A AT JASPER (RUXER FIELD)
11 AM ET | G1: SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH) (14-8) VS. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (17-15)
2 PM ET | G2: BARR-REEVE (25-6) VS. SHAKAMAK (21-7)
8 PM ET | CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STATE FINALS FRIDAY/SATURDAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL | CASCADE 4, LAPEL 2
CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL | HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 2, NEW PALESTINE 1
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
TECUMSEH (24-9) VS. ROSSVILLE (27-3)
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 7 PM ET / 6 PM CT
TRI-WEST HENDRICKS (28-6) VS. WESTERN (28-2)
INDIANA BOYS GOLF REGIONALS
1. LAKE CENTRAL | SANDY PINES GC | THURS, 8 AM CT | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 1-5)
2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | STONEHENGE GC | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 6-10)
3. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | COYOTE CROSSING GC | FRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 11-15)
4. MUNCIE CENTRAL | THE PLAYERS CLUB | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONAL 16-20)
5. WASHINGTON | COUNTRY OAKS GC | THURS, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 21-25)
6. PROVIDENCE | CHAMPIONS POINTE GC | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 26-30)
STATE FINALS: JUNE 12
SITE: PRAIRIE VIEW GOLF CLUB, 7000 LONGEST DRIVE, CARMEL, IN 46033 | WEBSITE
TIME: FIRST TEE TIMES BOTH DAYS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 8 AM ET / 7 AM CT.
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: BOSTON 107 DALLAS 89
GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 9 (8 ET)
GAME 3: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
INDIANA 85 WASHINGTON 83
SEATTLE 78 LAS VEGAS 65
LOS ANGELES 81 DALLAS 72
PHOENIX 81 MINNESOTA 80
NHL PLAYOFFS
2024 STANLEY CUP FINAL
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
GAME 1: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 8, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 2: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 10, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 3: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 13, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 4: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 15, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 5: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 18, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 6: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 21, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PITTSBURGH 3 MINNESOTA 0
MILWAUKEE 10 DETROIT 0
WASHINGTON 2 ATLANTA 1
BALTIMORE 6 TAMPA BAY 3
LA DODGERS 2 NY YANKEES 1 (11)
MIAMI 3 CLEVELAND 2
CINCINNATI 3 CHICAGO CUBS 2
SAN FRANCISCO 5 TEXAS 2
KANSAS CITY 10 SEATTLE 9
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 BOSTON 2
ST. LOUIS 8 COLORADO 5
HOUSTON 7 LA ANGELS 1
SAN DIEGO 10 ARIZONA 3
OAKLAND 2 TORONTO 1
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
COLUMBUS 7 INDIANAPOLIS 3
FORT WAYNE 6 PEORIA 3
SOUTH BEND 4 W. MICHIGAN 2
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT (SUPER REGIONALS)
BEST OF THREE
X-IF NECESSARY
AT LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM
KNOXVILLE, TENN.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
TENNESSEE 11 EVANSVILLE 6
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
TENNESSEE VS. EVANSVILLE, 11 A.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
X-TENNESSEE VS. EVANSVILLE 6 P.M.
AT DICK HOWSER STADIUM
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
FLORIDA STATE 24 UCONN 4
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
FLORIDA ST. VS. UCONN, 11 A.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
X-FLORIDA ST. VS. UCONN, NOON
AT DAVENPORT FIELD AT DISHAROON PARK
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 7
VIRGINIA KANSAS ST. 4
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
VIRGINIA VS. KANSAS ST., 3 P.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
X-VIRGINIA VS. KANSAS ST., 3 P.M.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
VIRGINIA VS. KANSAS ST., 3 P.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
X-VIRGINIA VS. KANSAS ST., 3 P.M.
AT KENTUCKY PROUD PARK
LEXINGTON, KY.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
KENTUCKY (43-14) VS. OREGON ST. (45-14), 6 P.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
KENTUCKY VS. OREGON ST., 9 P.M.
MONDAY, JUNE 10
X-KENTUCKY VS. OREGON ST., TBD
AT FOLEY FIELD
ATHENS, GA.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
GEORGIA (42-15) VS. NC STATE (36-20), NOON
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
GEORGIA VS. NC STATE, NOON
MONDAY, JUNE 10
X-GEORGIA VS. NC STATE, TBD
AT DOUG KINGSMORE STADIUM
CLEMSON, S.C.
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
CLEMSON (44-14) VS. FLORIDA (32-28), 2 P.M.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
CLEMSON VS. FLORIDA, 2:30 P.M.
MONDAY, JUNE 10
X-CLEMSON VS. FLORIDA, TBD
AT OLSEN FIELD
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
TEXAS A&M (47-13) VS. OREGON (40-18), 2 P.M.
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NFL NEWS
WIDE RECEIVERS’ SALARIES ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP PACE WITH RISING NFL SALARY CAP: ANALYSIS
Justin Jefferson reset the market for wide receivers when he became the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback.
That distinction shouldn’t last too long.
CeeDee Lamb is about to get paid. So is Ja’Marr Chase. Tyreek Hill wants a new deal after Jefferson, A.J. Brown and Amon-Ra St. Brown surpassed him in annual average value during an offseason that saw eight receivers sign contracts worth more than $20 million per season.
The skyrocketing salaries will continue increasing as the league’s salary cap escalates. The cap went up $30 million to $255.4 million this season.
NFL agent Henry Organ of Disruptive Sports anticipates the cap will surpass $300 million by 2026.
“Jefferson’s deal is on par with the expectation level,” said Organ, who negotiated a three-year, $19.5 million deal for Patriots wideout Kendrick Bourne early in free agency.
Organ pointed out that top receivers will continue to make a similar percentage of the team’s payroll so their contract numbers will rise commensurate to the cap increases. Jefferson now accounts for 13.3% of Minnesota’s cap number. The five quarterbacks making $50-plus million per season take up about 20% of their team’s cap.
“With the increase in quarterback contracts, it is only natural that receivers would also grow in value,” agent Drew Rosenhaus told The Associated Press.
The Vikings gave Jefferson a four-year, $140 million contract extension that included $110 million in guaranteed money with $88.7 million due at signing.
Brown signed a three-year, $96 million contract with the Eagles that included $84 million guaranteed and a $19.8 million signing bonus.
St. Brown briefly was the highest-paid receiver when the Lions gave him a four-year contract extension worth slightly more than $120 million with $77 million in guarantees.
Hill previously was the top-paid receiver after the Dolphins gave him a $120 million, four-year deal in 2022.
The five-time All-Pro has outperformed high expectations in Miami and he has noticed that he’s dropped to No. 4 on the salary chart.
“I feel like at the end of the day, if you feel like you’re top five at something — that’s like if you worked at Amazon — if you are one of the best Amazon delivery drivers, you’re going to feel some type of way,” said Hill, who is represented by Rosenhaus. “You’re going to go to your boss and say, ‘Hey bro, I’m doing 100 routes, and this person only doing 65 routes. I’m supposed to be the top-paid person.’ You feel me? So if you feel like you deserve something, go get it.”
Hill’s teammate, Jaylen Waddle, recently signed a three-year contract extension worth $84.75 million, including $76 million guaranteed. Brown’s teammate, DeVonta Smith, got a three-year, $75 million deal with $51 million guaranteed in April. Smith doesn’t regret not waiting for the market to burst.
“You can’t be counting the pockets of others. I’m where I want to be,” Smith said. “This is where I wanted to be. At the end of the day, it’s life-changing for me.”
Lamb skipped mandatory minicamp while seeking a new deal from the Cowboys. Dallas, which already has salary cap issues, has QB Dak Prescott entering the final season of a four-year, $160 million contract and star edge rusher Micah Parsons on the verge of a gigantic raise this year or next.
Parsons has a case to become the league’s highest-paid non-QB, an honor held by San Francisco’s Nick Bosa until Jefferson took over.
Chase, like Parsons, is under contract through 2025 but is eligible for a contract extension. Tee Higgins, his teammate on the Bengals, hasn’t yet signed his $21.8 million franchise tag for this season so Cincinnati is going to have two wide receivers making a ton of money if they keep both.
“Quarterback has always been the top paid and that market has exploded. Left tackle, edge rushers, and shutdown defensive backs all had massive bargaining power and exponentially higher compensation,” said agent Leigh Steinberg, who represents the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes. “Wide receiver was not that favored of a position until last year there was an explosion in the wide receiver market. … Once that dam burst, wide receiver became the favored position with big bargaining power. The market for elite wide receivers will continue to expand.”
Players are not only making more money but the guaranteed totals are rising. Jefferson’s new deal set a record for most guaranteed money for a non-QB and agents are going to keep pushing for more. MLB and NBA salaries are mostly fully guaranteed. NFL players, who play the more violent sport, are still catching up.
“I also believe that NFL contracts are on a trajectory to become fully guaranteed for many of the top players in the NFL,” Rosenhaus said. “It’s trending in that direction, which is a great thing. It’s time that NFL contracts are treated the same as the other major sports that have fully guaranteed contracts.”
Steinberg notes that first-round draft picks receive fully or partially guaranteed contracts and “signing bonuses need to be factored into the discussion.”
“It is only in football that large signing bonuses, which are guaranteed, are paid at the inception of contracts,” Steinberg said. “The trend toward guaranteed contracts will continue to grow. But if all the money in an NFL contract is guaranteed, we may see the gradual diminishment of the signing bonus portion.”
However they get it and whenever it’s coming, the best players are going to keep making astronomical amounts of money.
EX-DOLPHIN XAVIEN HOWARD IS ACCUSED OF SENDING A TEEN AN EXPLICIT PHOTO OVER AN ABORTION QUARREL
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former Miami Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard sent a male teenager a sexually explicit photograph of the young man’s mother because she refused to get an abortion, a new court filing alleges.
The allegation was made Thursday in a lawsuit filed last year by a woman who is not the teenager’s mother. That woman accuses Howard, 30, of secretly recording them having sex and then sharing the recordings with others. She says Howard also shared, without consent, sex tapes she had agreed to make.
Attorneys for the woman want the teenager, who is now 18, added as a plaintiff against Howard, who was released this off-season by the Dolphins in a money-saving move and is a free agent. The teenager is the son of another woman who attorneys say also had a relationship with Howard and was recorded having sex with him. That woman has not sued Howard.
“Xavien Howard operates by intimidation and force. Where he goes, destruction follows, and the lives of two individuals have been irrevocably altered because of him,” attorneys Cam Justice and Adriana Alcade wrote in their filing.
“Mr. Howard denies the claims and looks forward to prevailing in a court of law,” Howard’s attorney, Ted Craig, said in a short statement.
In the original lawsuit, filed under the pseudonym Jane Doe, a woman says she dated Howard for several months in 2022. A few months after they broke up, she received an Instagram message from a woman who said Howard had sent her sexually explicit videos of himself having sex with various women, including Doe.
That woman told Doe that Howard had sent her the videos because she spurned his sexual advances. In April 2023, another woman contacted Doe, saying Howard had also sent her videos because she, too, had spurned his advances.
Doe said that she consented once to Howard recording their sexual activity, but that other videos were done secretly without her consent.
In the latest filing seeking to add the teen as a plaintiff, he says that in September 2022, his mother and Howard were fighting over her refusal to have an abortion. The woman says Howard is the child’s father. The attorneys say Howard texted the teenager a photograph of his mother engaging in sex “in his ongoing crusade to debase and humiliate” the woman and caused “severe emotional distress” to the teenager.
“Howard’s conduct was outrageous (and) went beyond all boundaries of decency,” Justice and Alcade wrote in their filing.
Howard played eight seasons with Dolphins, who drafted him out of Baylor in 2016. He intercepted 29 passes in 100 games and has been selected to four Pro Bowls.
Howard’s production declined the past two seasons as he dealt with injuries. He played through groin injuries in 2022 and was limited to 13 games in 2023 because of hip and foot injuries.
AGENT FOR CHIEFS’ BJ THOMPSON SAYS DOCTORS OPTIMISTIC
Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson remains in stable condition at a local hospital after having a seizure and going into cardiac arrest on Thursday, multiple outlets reported.
Chris Turnage, Thompson’s agent, told ESPN that the 25-year-old Thompson remained unconscious but doctors are optimistic about his recovery.
Per reports, the Chiefs’ medical staff attended to Thompson and an ambulance was called. The Chiefs sent players home and rescheduled practice for Friday.
Thompson recorded two tackles in one game as a rookie last season. He was selected by Kansas City in the fifth round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Stephen F. Austin.
HALL OF FAME GAME HIGHLIGHTS NATIONALLY TELEVISED NFL PRESEASON SLATE
The NFL released its 2024 preseason schedule Friday, also revealing the five games that will be televised nationally.
Each of the NFL’s five primary media partners will take a turn to get its crews ready for the season, starting with ESPN/ABC airing the Hall of Fame Game from Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 1 at 8 p.m. ET.
That game features the Houston Texans and Chicago Bears. Andre Johnson of the Texans and three former Bears — Devin Hester, Steve McMichael and Julius Peppers — are among the seven players to be enshrined in Canton in August.
In Week 2, FOX will be on the call when the New Orleans Saints visit the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. ET
And in Week 3, Amazon Prime will return to its Thursday night slot as the Indianapolis Colts meet the Cincinnati Bengals on the road on Aug. 22. Game time is 8 p.m. ET.
Two games on Aug. 25 will conclude the nationally televised preseason schedule: the Arizona Cardinals at Denver Broncos (4:30 p.m. ET, CBS) and New England Patriots at Washington Commanders (8 p.m. ET, NBC).
The regular season begins on Sept. 5, with the Baltimore Ravens visiting the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
BASEBALL NEWS
BASEBALL PLAYERS’ UNION ALLEGES EMPLOYEES AT BAD BUNNY AGENCY OFFERED IMPROPER INDUCEMENTS
SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico (AP) — The Major League Baseball Players Association alleged employees at Bad Bunny’s sports representation firm provided improper inducements to dozens of players, causing the union to decertify an agent and issue a fine.
Rimas Sports, under its corporate name Diamond Sports LLC, sued the union in U.S. District Court in San Juan last month, accusing the Major League Baseball Players Association of violating Puerto Rico’s general tort claim and tortious interference with its contracts to represent players.
The union issued a notice of discipline to Rimas agents William Arroyo, Noah Assad and Jonathan Miranda on April 10 and fined them $400,000 for misconduct. Arroyo was an agent certified by the union to represent players and represented Mets catcher Francosco Alvarez and teammate Ronny Mauricio. Arroyo was decertified and the other two told they could not apply for certification.
The notice of discipline under agent regulations was filed with the court under seal, but union legal papers filed Wednesday quoted portions in asking the court to deny Rimas’ request for a preliminary injunction.
The union said the notice “details a series of grave violations of the regulations, including providing and promising improper inducements to dozens of players, providing and promising loans to players not represented by Rimas, using uncertified individuals to perform work reserved only for player agents and failing to properly ensure Rimas’ employees compliance with the regulations.”
The union went on to claim Rimas agents had been “offering and providing gifts to players they did not represent including, but not limited to, VIP concert tickets to `Bad Bunny’ concerts and suite access to a Phoenix Suns game.” The union also said the agents violated regulations “by providing, causing to be provided, or promising to provide, money and/or other things of value to players for the purpose of inducing or encouraging players to use their services as agents.”
The union alleged Rimas agents either provided, caused to be provided or promised a $200,000 interest free loan to one player and a $19,500 gift to another.
Arbitrator Michael Gottesman has denied the agents’ request to block the players’ association, a decision the union asked a federal court in Manhattan to confirm.
Rimas spokespeople and lawyers did not respond to a request for comment. Rimas was founded in 2021 with the goal of representing Latin players.
MLB ROUNDUP: WHITE SOX TOP RED SOX, END 14-GAME SKID
Luis Robert Jr., Gavin Sheets and Andrew Vaughn homered and Garrett Crochet pitched six strong innings as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-2 on Friday to stop a 14-game losing streak.
Chicago snapped its franchise-worst, single-season skid behind an eight-hit attack, winning for the first time since a road shutout of the Toronto Blue Jays on May 21. Opponents outscored the White Sox 97-45 during the losing streak, with Boston delivering the most lopsided result in Thursday’s series opener, 14-2.
Crochet (6-5) yielded two runs (one earned) on three hits and two walks while striking out 10. Jonathan Cannon pitched three innings of scoreless relief for his first career save.
Boston’s Connor Wong had two hits. Cooper Criswell (3-3) gave up four runs (three earned) in 4 1/3 innings.
Dodgers 2, Yankees 1 (11 innings)
Teoscar Hernandez hit a tiebreaking two-run double with one out in the 11th inning, Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed two hits in seven outstanding innings and visiting Los Angeles defeated New York in the opener of a highly anticipated three-game series.
With Shohei Ohtani placed on second base to start the inning, Freddie Freeman fell behind 0-2 before drawing a walk against Ian Hamilton to lead off the top of the 11th. After Will Smith flied out, Hernandez sliced an 0-2 slider past New York left fielder Alex Verdugo and to the warning track in front of the Dodgers bullpen to score Ohtani and Freeman.
The Yankees saw their season-high eight-game winning streak stopped and lost for only the third time in its past 15 games. New York played without Juan Soto for the first time this season as the star outfielder was held out of the game due to left forearm inflammation.
Royals 10, Mariners 9
Bobby Witt Jr. hit a game-tying triple with one out in the ninth inning and then scored the winning run as Kansas City Royals for a victory against visiting Seattle.
MJ Melendez launched a three-run homer for the Royals, who trailed 8-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning. Seattle’s Ryan Bliss hit his first major league homer, capping a seven-run first inning.
Maikel Garcia grounded out to short to pull the Royals within a run in the ninth before Witt tripled into the left field corner to tie the score. After two intentional walks, Nelson Velazquez’s grounded to short, and the Mariners were unable to turn a double play.
Orioles 6, Rays 3
Ryan Mountcastle and Jordan Westburg each belted a two-run homer to propel Baltimore past Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Anthony Santander launched a leadoff homer in the second inning and Ramon Urias added an RBI double as the Orioles snapped a two-game losing streak. Cole Irvin (6-2) picked up the win after allowing three runs (two earned) on eight hits with six strikeouts and no walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Jose Siri belted a solo homer and scored on a throwing error for the Rays, who saw their three-game winning streak come to a halt in the opener of a four-game series. Aaron Civale (2-5) fell to 0-4 in his past 10 outings.
Brewers 10, Tigers 0
Tobias Myers allowed just one hit in eight innings and visiting Milwaukee pounded Detroit in the opener of a three-game series.
Myers (2-2) walked three and struck out five to record his second career win in his seventh career start. The lone hit was Matt Vierling’s leadoff single in the bottom of the first. In his major league debut, Milwaukee’s James Meeker yielded one hit in the ninth to make it a combined two-hitter.
Detroit starter Reese Olson (1-7) was rocked for eight runs and 12 hits in four innings.
Giants 5, Rangers 2
Michael Conforto hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh inning and Wilmer Flores smacked a pair of solo shots as San Francisco knocked off Texas to open a three-game series in Arlington, Texas.
It was the ninth multi-homer game of Flores’ career. Heliot Ramos went 3-for-5 with an RBI and Matt Chapman extended his on-base streak to 24 games with a single, two walks and a run for San Francisco, which won its second straight game.
Logan Webb (5-5) picked up the victory after surrendering two runs on five hits over seven innings. He didn’t walk a batter and struck out six. Camilo Doval pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his 10th save in 12 opportunities.
Marlins 3, Guardians 2
Jazz Chisholm Jr. delivered a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning, and host Miami snapped a four-game losing streak by defeating visiting Cleveland.
Chisholm followed Jake Burger’s double with his line-drive hit into center off Cleveland reliever Cade Smith (3-1). The Marlins had kept the score tied in the top of the inning when right fielder Dane Myers threw out a runner at the plate.
Bryan De La Cruz and Josh Bell went back-to-back in the third for Miami. Starter Ryan Weathers left after 2 1/3 innings with a finger issue, but five relievers held the AL Central-leading Guardians to two hits, with Tanner Scott (5-4) getting the win. Brayan Rocchio hit his first career homer with a man aboard in the third for Cleveland.
Astros 7, Angels 1
Yordan Alvarez’s three-run double highlighted a five-run seventh inning, lifting Houston Astros to a victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Astros starter Framber Valdez (5-3) threw his first complete game of the season, allowing one run on four hits and one walk while striking out eight. Yainer Diaz led the Astros’ offense with a homer, three hits and three RBIs.
Kevin Pillar homered for the Angels. Griffin Canning (2-6) gave up three runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Pirates 3, Twins 0
Mitch Keller struck out eight in six scoreless innings as Pittsburgh blanked visiting Minnesota.
Keller (8-3) lowered his ERA to 3.16 and won his sixth consecutive start. Oneil Cruz and Connor Joe each hit solo home runs for the Pirates, who won their third game in their past four tries.
Joe Ryan (4-5) threw seven innings of two-run, two-hit ball for Minnesota, but the Twins’ offense failed to score a run for the first time since May 16, and they fell for the fourth straight game. Trevor Larnach, Carlos Correa, Jose Miranda and Byron Buxton each tallied two hits for Minnesota.
Nationals 2, Braves 1
Jake Irvin pitched six scoreless innings to help Washington beat visiting Atlanta.
Jesse Winker had two hits for the Nationals, who snapped a four-game losing streak by leveling the four-game series at one win apiece. Winker has two or more hits in four of his past five games.
Marcell Ozuna had two hits for the Braves, who had won three of four. Atlanta went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.
Reds 3, Cubs 2
Nick Lodolo surrendered one run over six innings and Tyler Stephenson delivered a clutch two-run double as Cincinnati beat visiting Chicago for its sixth straight win.
Reds closer Alexis Diaz retired the first two batters in the ninth before allowing a walk and a line-drive RBI double by Miguel Amaya. Diaz then struck out Patrick Wisdom for his 13th save in 15 chances.
Dansby Swanson belted his sixth homer of the season for the Cubs, who lost for the 11th time in 15 games.
Cardinals 8, Rockies 5
Dylan Carlson drove in his first three runs of the season to lift St. Louis past visiting Colorado.
Paul Goldschmidt drove in two runs for the Cardinals while extending his on-base streak to 24 games.
Michael Toglia hit a three-run triple for the Rockies, who have lost six of their past seven games.
Athletics 2, Blue Jays 1
JJ Bleday hit Chad Green’s first pitch for a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning, delivering Oakland a walk-off victory over visiting Toronto.
After A’s closer Mason Miller struck out two of the three guys he faced in a perfect top of the ninth, Bleday wasted no time ending it, blasting a Green slider into the right field bleachers for his ninth home run of the season and Oakland’s fourth walk-off win.
Chris Bassitt allowed one run and four hits in a season-high eight innings for the Blue Jays, who lost the opener of a three-game series.
Padres 10, Diamondbacks 3
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar slugged back-to-back homers in the first inning as San Diego snapped a five-game losing streak by beating visiting Arizona.
Tatis stretched his hitting streak to 13 games when he slugged a first-pitch sinker from Brandon Pfaadt (2-5) an estimated 415 feet to center field for his 11th homer of the year. Profar followed by lining a sweeper just inside the right field foul pole for his ninth homer of the season for the Padres.
Pfaadt was touched for nine hits and five runs over 5 1/3 innings, walking one and fanning five for the Diamondbacks. It was his second loss of the year against San Diego.
BASKETBALL NEWS
REPORT: UCONN OFFERS HURLEY LUCRATIVE NEW DEAL AS LAKERS LURK
UConn made an offer to retain Dan Hurley that would pay him the third-highest wage for a head coach in college basketball, sources told Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68.
If he accepts, Hurley will rank behind only Arkansas’ John Calipari and Kansas’ Bill Self among college basketball’s best-paid coaches.
The Huskies are suddenly facing stiff competition to keep their bench boss following back-to-back NCAA national titles. Their offer reportedly pales to that of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers, who are attempting to pry Hurley out of Storrs with a massive long-term deal.
Hurley, who first took over in UConn in 2018, is believed to be “50-50” on deciding to stay or take a blockbuster jump to the NBA and one of its most storied franchises. He’ll reportedly meet with top Lakers executives Friday about the position, which has been vacant since Darvin Ham was fired in May. L.A.’s next head coach will be its sixth in the last decade, following Mike D’Antoni, Byron Scott, Luke Walton, Frank Vogel, and Ham.
Hurley inked a contract extension with the Huskies in 2023 worth $32.1 million over six years. If he leaves for another college program, he’ll owe UConn $7.5 million in a buyout, much less than the $1.88 million he’ll owe for terminating his contract to take an NBA gig.
MAVERICKS’ IRVING CREDITS CELTICS, NOT CROWD, FOR GAME 1 LOSS
BOSTON — Getting back at the Celtics — or more specifically, their fans — has been no easy task for Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving.
Dallas’ 107-89 loss to Boston in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night dropped Irving to 0-11 in his past 11 games against the Celtics, who were the victims of a change of heart by the eight-time All-Star nearly five years ago.
Speaking to the Boston faithful at TD Garden in October 2018, Irving expressed his desire to re-sign with the Celtics once the free agency window opened eight months later.
But when the time came for Irving to live up to his promise, he didn’t, choosing the Brooklyn Nets over Boston on June 30, 2019.
Nearly half a decade has gone by since Irving’s decision, but it was clear that anyone wearing green and white at Game 1 hasn’t forgotten about it. Boos were among the kindest things Irving heard whenever he touched the ball, and his 12 points on 6-of-19 shooting certainly weren’t enough to quiet the crowd.
Still, Irving insists the chaotic atmosphere didn’t throw him off his game.
“The energy has to be focused towards the game. I felt like I had a lot of great looks. They hit back rim or were just a little left or right,” Irving said. “Just got to stay confident and stay poised throughout this, man. This is the best time of the year to be playing. There’s only two teams left. Let’s put it in perspective.
“The environment is going to be what it is, but my focus is on our game plan and making sure my guys feel confident and I feel confident and continue to shoot great shots.”
Irving may have even added some more fuel to the fire, noting that he imagined it would have been “a little louder” at TD Garden on Thursday. However, he did praise the Celtics for consistently being the better team when going up against him.
“I don’t want to continue to make it a habit, but they’ve had a few games over me and they have our number — not our number, I don’t want to say our number, but the past few teams I’ve been on, they have had my number a little bit,” Irving said. “You have to give credit to a good team. They have been good the past three or four years.”
Unlike Irving, Boston big man Kristaps Porzingis heard Celtics fans loud and clear.
Porzingis hadn’t played since April 29, missing Boston’s previous 10 games due to a right calf strain that he sustained during Game 4 of the Celtics’ first-round series against the Miami Heat.
Before he even stepped onto the hardwood on Thursday, Porzingis was met with an overwhelming ovation, as Boston fans went into a frenzy when the former Maverick was shown making his way through the tunnel on the video board.
Once Porzingis emerged, the crowd became deafening, and the Celtics’ prized offseason acquisition rode the enthusiastic welcome back to a 20-point night off the bench. He also finished with six rebounds and three blocks, making a significant impact in just 21 minutes of action.
“I think obviously what helped me is just even from the walk out before the game and then getting on the court, getting that kind of support was unreal,” Porzingis said. “The adrenaline was pumping through my veins and that definitely helped.
“Obviously it wasn’t ideal that I was out for such a long time, but I did everything I could to prepare mentally for this moment coming back and it paid off and we got the job done (Thursday).”
Game 2 is set for Sunday in Boston.
WNBA
DEARICA HAMBY GUIDES SPARKS TO VICTORY OVER WINGS
Dearica Hamby recorded her eighth double-double of the season with 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Los Angeles Sparks snapped a three-game losing streak with an 81-72 defeat of the visiting Dallas Wings on Friday.
The contest was part of the Commissioner’s Cup competition. Los Angeles (3-7) has a 1-2 mark in Commissioner’s Cup games, while Dallas (3-6) is 0-3.
The Sparks went on a 10-1 run in the fourth quarter, ignited by a Lexie Brown 3-pointer with 7:42 remaining. The burst opened up a seven-point Los Angeles lead, and the hosts held on the rest of the way, thanks in part to the Sparks holding the Wings without a field goal for more than seven minutes.
Los Angeles limited Dallas to 2-of-17 shooting from beyond the 3-point arc, with Arike Ogunbowale going 0-for-9.
Ogunbowale, the WNBA’s second-leading scorer coming into play Friday, finished with 22 points despite her 3-point shooting woes. She hit 10 of 28 attempts from the floor overall. Maddy Siegrist added 21 points on 9-of-11 shooting.
No other Dallas player reached double figures, however, as they combined to shoot 10-for-34 from the field. Sevgi Uzun scored nine points but also missed all three of her 3-point attempts. Monique Billings finished with eight points and 12 rebounds.
Los Angeles got 16 points off the bench from Brown, eight of which jump-started the Sparks in the first quarter after a slow start. Dallas jumped to a 10-2 lead before Los Angeles rallied, leading to a hotly contested game the rest of the way.
Brown wound up 4-for-8 from 3-point range and matched fellow reserve Aari McDonald for the game high with six assists. McDonald chipped in seven points.
Los Angeles’ Cameron Brink, the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft, posted her first career double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Fellow rookie Rickea Jackson scored eight points.
Dallas saw its losing streak reach four games. The Wings’ last win came on May 26 against the Sparks.
JEWELL LOYD, STORM HAMMER ACES IN LAS VEGAS
Jewell Loyd scored 25 points and Skylar Diggins-Smith made key late-game plays as the visiting Seattle Storm defeated the host Las Vegas Aces 78-65 in a Western Conference showdown.
Diggins-Smith finished with 21 points, Ezi Magbegor added 14 points and 15 rebounds, and Nneka Ogwumike provided 12 points and 11 rebounds as the Storm (7-3) stretched their winning streak to six games.
A’ja Wilson pumped in 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds while Kelsey Plum had 18 points, but it wasn’t enough for the Aces (5-3) as both teams are tied with the Minnesota Lynx for the fewest losses in the conference.
The other two defeats for Las Vegas this year came by a combined 14 points, but with the Aces shooting only 31.3 percent from the field they couldn’t keep up. Seattle managed just 36.1 percent shooting from the floor but made up for it by going 20-for-22 on free throws.
The Storm also had enough down the stretch to fend off the Aces. Seattle made only three field goals during a span of nearly four minutes in the fourth quarter, but those were 3-pointers from Loyd, Ogwumike and Diggins-Smith.
That was followed by Diggins-Smith converting for a three-point play for a 69-59 edge with 3:40 left.
Seattle led by as many as 14 points in the third quarter, but the Aces, like they had in the first half, mounted a charge.
Las Vegas threatened several times to pull even or take the lead across the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, getting as close as 54-53 following a Kate Martin basket with 8:31 left in the game.
After leading 36-28 at the half, Storm clung to a 54-51 lead going to the fourth quarter. Wilson and Plum accounted for 35 of the Aces’ points through three quarters.
Las Vegas scored only seven points in the game’s first eight minutes, then rattled off nine points with three 3-pointers in a 72-second span to pull within 17-16 by the end of the first quarter.
CAITLIN CLARK GOES FOR 30 AS FEVER TOP WINLESS MYSTICS
Star rookie Caitlin Clark tied her career high of 30 points and made a personal-best seven 3-pointers to help the Indiana Fever post an 85-83 victory over the host Washington Mystics on Friday night.
Clark also had eight rebounds, six assists and four steals, the latter matching another career high, while bouncing back from a poor outing against the Liberty. Clark had just three points on 1-of-10 shooting in Sunday’s loss to New York.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 16 points Friday for the Fever (3-9). NaLyssa Smith added 10 points and 10 rebounds and Aliyah Boston also had 10 points.
Stefanie Dolson scored 19 points and made a season-best five 3-pointers for the Mystics (0-11), who continued their worst start in franchise history. Ariel Atkins scored 16 points, Karlie Samuelson had 11, Aaliyah Edwards contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds and Myisha Hines-Allen also scored 10 points for Washington.
The Mystics again played without Brittney Sykes (ankle) and Shikira Austin (hip).
The contest was a Commissioner’s Cup affair. Indiana is 2-1 in such games and Washington is 0-3.
Clark was fouled with 11.9 seconds left and hit both free-throw attempts to give the Fever an 84-80 lead. Samuelson answered with a trey to bring Washington within one with 7.5 seconds left.
Clark split two free throws with 5.4 seconds left to boost Indiana’s lead to two. Atkins didn’t get a 3-point shot out of her hands before time expired, and it bounced off the rim anyway.
Indiana shot 45.2 percent from the field, including 16 of 35 makes from 3-point range.
The Mystics connected on 43.1 percent of their attempts and were 13-of-34 shooting from behind the arc.
Indiana led 28-19 after the first quarter and Clark opened the second period with a 3-pointer to cap a 13-0 burst and give the Fever a 12-point lead.
But Erica Wheeler’s basket with 7:27 left in the half — which gave Indiana a 38-27 lead — was the Fever’s last hoop before the break.
Atkins scored the first seven points of a 10-0 run that saw the Mystics move within one. Washington caught Indiana at 40 on a 3-pointer by Samuelson with 37.3 seconds left in the half.
Clark made two free throws with 23.7 seconds remaining as the Fever led 42-40 at halftime.
Clark drained three 3-pointers in the final 3:55 of the third quarter as Indiana took a 66-64 lead into the final stanza.
NHL NEWS
OILERS’ STARS MEET REDEMPTION-MINDED PANTHERS IN STANLEY CUP GAME 1
This is Leon Draisaitl’s 10th NHL season and Connor McDavid’s ninth. Reaching the Stanley Cup Final has been a long, arduous journey for the Edmonton Oilers’ dynamic duo, but they have finally completed that quest.
McDavid, Draisaitl and company will kick off the best-of-seven championship series against the Florida Panthers on Saturday in Sunrise, Fla.
Considering the length of time McDavid and Draisaitl have been NHL superstars, asking what took so long is a legitimate question.
“Yes, it took us a while to get here, but with that being said, we were young kids coming in and the weight of the world on our shoulders, it felt like, and everybody expecting us to do everything,” Draisaitl said Friday. “We weren’t ready to understand what it really takes to win when you’re 19, 20, 21 years old. That’s just a fact. Sometimes it takes a little longer. I think the last few years, we’ve improved in those scenarios and gotten better and better.”
The Oilers last won the Stanley Cup in 1990 and last reached the final in 2006. The Panthers are in the final for the second consecutive season, having lost to the Vegas Golden Knights one year ago, and are looking for the franchise’s first title.
Edmonton, which beat the Dallas Stars in six games in the Western Conference final, won only two of its first dozen regular-season games and was 31st in the league standings when coach Kris Knoblauch was hired to replace the fired Jay Woodcroft.
“With the way our team played all year, going through what we had to go through, that’s a massive reason why we are where we are,” goaltender Stuart Skinner said. “Going through that, you really create a strong friendship, an incredible bond. We dug ourselves a big hole, dug a big hole in playoffs and crawled out.”
The Panthers eliminated the regular-season champion New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference final in six games. Returning to the final has been a front-and-center goal all season.
“When we started this year, we didn’t say, ‘We’re not talking about last year.’ We’re gonna take everything we possibly can, what we learned from last year and talk about it all year long,” coach Paul Maurice told NHL Network. “Last year, each series, even making the playoffs, was an absolute event on its own. … It was all fun and flat-out as hard as we could go.”
That businesslike mindset was reiterated by several players during their final media availability before the series kicks off.
“It feels a little different,” Florida defenseman Gustav Forsling said when asked to compare his team’s approach from one year ago. “I feel we’re not satisfied at all. We know how hard it is to get here and really want to take care of this opportunity.”
A huge part of their game plan will be to shut down Edmonton’s potent attack, led by McDavid and Draisaitl, who already have netted 31 and 28 points, respectively, during this playoff run.
“We treat this series as any other series,” defenseman Dmitry Kulikov said. “Every other team we played has dangerous players that could score and turn a game. Our mindset doesn’t change.”
In the special teams matchup, Edmonton has the best power play (37.3 percent, 19-for-51) and penalty kill (93.9 percent, having snuffed 28 consecutive situations) of the postseason. Florida’s power play is at 23.3 percent — 14-for-60 — and with a penalty kill at 88.2 percent, which ranks second.
The Panthers won both regular-season meetings by a combined 10-4 score.
RACING NEWS
RYAN BLANEY PUTS ‘FRUSTRATING’ FINISH BEHIND HIM AS NASCAR HITS SONOMA
While Ford driver Austin Cindric scored a much-needed victory with a shocking gift from a Team Penske teammate outside of St. Louis last Sunday, Ryan Blaney and Christopher Bell will be looking for redemption as the schedule twists and turns to Northern California this weekend.
Bell and the winless Blaney, both former winners on the NASCAR Cup Series’ road courses, will seek their fair returns Sunday afternoon in the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at recently repaved Sonoma Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.
Disaster struck for Blaney, the sport’s defending champion, while speeding toward the white flag at Gateway with a comfortable lead over Cindric, who possessed an 85-race winless streak and owned just one previous Cup win.
Blaney ran out of gas as he came down the frontstretch and Cindric roared past him to victory. Blaney sputtered to 24th place.
Sunday’s win put the 25-year-old Cindric into the championship playoff, but losing on the flat track with victory so close kept Blaney out of the title hunt for now. The No. 12 driver sits fifth in points among winless drivers.
Blaney did an exceptional job fighting off Bell, whose No. 20 Toyota was the class of the field.
“That’s frustrating to drive your (butt) off to keep him behind you,” Blaney said on pit road. “I don’t know what happened to him, but you think you do a good job and drive your (butt) off and feel like you weathered the storm of just trying to get it home and you run out. Proud of the day. It’s just one of those deals.”
Blaney, whose lone road-course win came at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s inaugural Roval race in 2018, has been hit-or-miss at Sonoma in seven starts.
Over four top-10 finishes, his best was third in 2019 in a race won by Martin Truex Jr., also winless so far. In the other three starts in the Napa Valley wine region, Blaney has a sour average finish of 29.3.
Bell led a race-high 80 laps at Gateway, but his Joe Gibbs Racing ride succumbed to a broke valve spring after he used all of the 1.25-mile speedway to catch Blaney in the final 25 laps.
“That one sucks, there’s no way around it,” said Bell, who has two wins on NASCAR’s curvy courses, at the Charlotte Roval in 2022 and the Daytona Road Course in 2021. “You don’t get race cars like that very often. And whenever you do, you need to take advantage of it.”
A two-time winner in 2024, Bell has made three starts at the 1.99-mile road Sonoma layout. He came home ninth in the 110-lap event last season, but his average finish is only 20.
Others hopefuls include seven-time road-course winner Chase Elliott, five-time winner Truex (Sonoma’s active leader with four victories) and four-time road victors Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson.
Hendrick Motorsports icon Jeff Gordon owns the track record with five career victories, while one each from Jimmie Johnson and Larson gives the organization seven all-time.
Nine drivers have won thus far in 2024. Larson, a two-time winner so far, was granted a waiver Tuesday after skipping the Coca-Cola 600 in favor of the Indianapolis 500 and will compete for his second title in the fall.
GOLF NEWS
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER SHOOTS 68 TO TAKE CONTROL AT MEMORIAL
Scottie Scheffler eagled the 15th hole and birdied the last to build a three-shot lead at the Memorial Tournament on Friday in Dublin, Ohio.
The World No. 1 is back atop a PGA Tour leaderboard, seeking his fifth win of the season. In his past seven starts dating to March, he’s won four tournaments and tied for second twice.
Scheffler’s 4-under 68 was the second-best round of the day as Muirfield Village Golf Club played tougher in the second round than the first. At 9-under 135 through two days, Scheffler has a healthy advantage over Norway’s Viktor Hovland (69 Friday) and Canada’s Adam Hadwin (72) back at 6 under.
South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout posted the round of the day early on Friday, a 5-under 67, to jump up the leaderboard. He is tied for fourth at 5 under with Keegan Bradley (69).
Scheffler started the day one shot off Hadwin’s pace and made three birdies on the front nine to climb to 8 under, alone in the lead. A few poor shots at the par-5 11th led to a bogey, which he duplicated two holes later after a bad drive and an even worse approach.
But it was all smiles at the par-5 15th, where his second shot rolled up to about 9 feet from the pin to set him up for eagle. Despite missing the fairway at the par-4 18th, Scheffler went from bunker to green and sank a 12-foot, right-to-left birdie putt.
Though the Memorial is a $20 million signature event, its status as a player-hosted invitational means that it retains a 36-hole cut to the top 50 players plus ties. Jack Nicklaus’ event will not see the likes of Jordan Spieth (5 over), Wyndham Clark (5 over), Patrick Cantlay (7 over), Englishman Justin Rose (9 over) or Rickie Fowler (14 over, last place) on the weekend.
BOO WEEKLEY, GLEN DAY TIED FOR FIRST-ROUND LEAD IN MADISON
Boo Weekley birdied the 18th hole at University Ridge Golf Course to tie Glen Day for the first-round lead at the American Family Insurance Championship on Friday in Madison, Wis.
Weekley and Day shot 4-under rounds of 68 on Friday to set the early pace, with a group of six players one shot behind. Defending champion Steve Stricker, David Duval, Jerry Kelly, Lee Janzen, Duffy Waldorf and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn are at 3-under 69.
Weekley, 50, was a popular character on the PGA Tour who won three times before joining the 50-and-older circuit last summer. He ran off three birdies in a row at Nos. 2-4 for an early jumpstart, then added one more birdie and a single bogey on the back nine before draining his birdie look at No. 18.
Day, 58, hasn’t won a professional tournament since 1999 but placed himself in contention Friday. He followed up his only bogey of the day with an eagle 2 at the 13th hole.
“I had a pretty good yardage, I had a sand wedge and it was like a 95-yard sand wedge,” Day said. “I got lucky, obviously, when you make one like that. It hit maybe two inches short of the green and rolled in.”
Stricker, the tournament host, and Kelly are both Madison natives who have won the event before. Kelly’s wins came in 2019 and 2021.
Kelly recently revealed he is fighting rheumatoid arthritis that got bad enough to require a low-level chemo drug to “kind of put that down.”
On Friday, Kelly was 1 over par for his first 10 holes, then ripped off five birdies in a row before closing with a bogey.
“That’s why I had to not try to get fired up because I said I wanted to be stronger for myself, and I was so hard on myself those first bunch of holes,” Kelly said. “I was just like, you know, I’m telling myself I may never play well. Your brain goes to dark places and I was dark again. It’s like, c’mon. We had people out there cheering, having fun. I just got to get stronger mentally and the physical side hopefully will follow. Yeah, I’ve got to get better.”
ARPICHAYA YUBOL FIRES 61, LEADS SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC
Arpichaya Yubol of Thailand fired a 10-under 61 to tie the course record at Seaview Hotel and Golf Club’s Bay Course, establishing a two-shot lead after one round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic on Friday in Galloway, N.J.
Yubol rode a hot stretch in the middle of her round to the low number, but South Korea’s Jenny Shin is on her tail in second place after an 8-under 63. Fellow Korean Narin An is in third after a 64.
Yubol was having a dismal second year on the LPGA Tour with a streak of six straight missed cuts before last week’s U.S. Women’s Open, where she went 68-69 on the weekend for a surprising fifth-place finish.
Now the 22-year-old is in command at this weekend’s 54-hole event.
“I feel like I just start to play golf, like happy golf, like every hole,” Yubol said. “Because I feel like my (confidence) is coming back from last week in the U.S. Women. It was the greatest week in my life and then it’s make me more confident for this week.”
Yubol started her day on the back nine and made four straight pars before a birdie at the par-4 14th opened the floodgates. It was the first of four consecutive birdies, and she chipped in for eagle at the par-5 18th to make it a 6-under stretch.
She added four birdies on her front nine, with a long, downhill putt falling for birdie at the par-3 seventh. That made 59 a possibility before she finished with two pars.
“I (shot) 10 under one time in my life, like in Thailand, but it’s not a big tournament like this,” Yubol said. “And it is my second time in my life. Actually, I tried to go birdie on the last hole because I try to get the new record for me. Like I can do 11. But I missed the putt like a little bit.”
Shin racked up nine birdies with just one bogey on Friday and was relieved to be playing a more scoreable course than last week’s setup at the U.S. Women’s Open.
“Wasn’t as mentally taxing as the last 10 days,” Shin said. “And the fact that I’ve been here so many years, just the familiarity and, you know, familiar crowds as well.”
An was 1 under through her first 10 holes before sinking six birdies from Nos. 2-9 to shoot up the leaderboard.
Brittany Lincicome, 38, is part of a tie for fourth after shooting a bogey-free, 6-under 65. Lincicome won the tournament in 2011 and is glad to be back in a familiar place.
“Both my girls are here. We have a great time,” Lincicome said. “We are staying down in Ocean City. We go to this amusement park on the Boardwalk almost every night and spend so much money just to let them ride rides.”
Also tied at 65 are Megan Khang, Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela, Taiwan’s Wei-Ling Hsu, Japan’s Nasa Hataoka, Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou and South Korea’s Jeongeun Lee5.
Defending champion Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa opened with a 4-under 67. Japan’s Yuka Saso, last week’s winner at the U.S. Women’s Open, shot a 2-under 69.
MEN’S TENNIS
CARLOS ALCARAZ REACHES HIS FIRST FRENCH OPEN FINAL BY BEATING JANNIK SINNER IN 5 SETS OVER 4 HOURS
PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz started poorly and fell behind early in his French Open semifinal against Jannik Sinner. Later, as both dealt with cramps under Friday’s afternoon sun, Alcaraz trailed by two sets to one.
By the end of the latest installment in this burgeoning rivalry between two young, talented players, an engaging five-setter that lasted 4 hours, 9 minutes, Alcaraz actually had accumulated fewer total points, 147-145.
That, of course, is not the score that matters. And Alcaraz, who says he takes pleasure from challenges, ultimately persevered, pulling out a 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sinner to get to his first final in Paris. It made the 21-year-old from Spain the youngest man to reach a Grand Slam title match on three surfaces.
“You have to find the joy (while) suffering. That’s the key — even more on clay, here at Roland Garros. Long rallies. Four-hour matches. Five sets,” Alcaraz said. “You have to fight. You have to suffer. But as I told my team many, many times, you have to enjoy suffering.”
He won championships at the U.S. Open in 2022 on hard courts and at Wimbledon in 2023 on grass.
Now the No. 3-seeded Alcaraz will face No. 4 Alexander Zverev of Germany or No. 7 Casper Ruud of Norway on the red clay Sunday. Zverev’s domestic abuse case in Berlin ended Friday, hours before his semifinal began, because he reached an out-of-court settlement with his accuser, a former girlfriend.
No matter who wins the second semifinal, this will be the first French Open men’s final without Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer since 2004.
Djokovic was the defending champion in Paris, but he withdrew before the quarterfinals after tearing the meniscus in his right knee and had surgery this week. Because he failed to get back to the final, he will drop from atop the ATP rankings, allowing Sinner to rise a spot from No. 2, despite his defeat on Friday.
“Obviously disappointed how it ended, but it’s part of my growing and the process,” said Sinner, who won the Australian Open in January for his first major trophy. “The winner is happy, and then the loser tries to find a way to beat him the next time.”
The 22-year-old Italian showed up in Paris with a lingering hip injury that forced him to sit out the clay-court tournament in Rome last month. Alcaraz missed that event, too, because of a right forearm issue that he said made him afraid to hit his booming forehands at full force.
Both men experienced physical problems in the third set. Alcaraz’s right hand began to cramp. Sinner had his right forearm and left thigh massaged by a trainer during changeovers.
It brought to mind last year’s French Open semifinals, when Alcaraz got off to a terrific start against Djokovic but then dealt with full-body cramps that rendered the remainder of the match anticlimactic.
“I learned from last year’s match against Djokovic, when I was in the same position as today,” Alcaraz said. “I know that, in this moment, you have to be calm, you have to keep going, because the cramp is going to go away. You have to stay there, fighting.”
He and Sinner are seen as the future of men’s tennis. The present isn’t too shabby, either. Even though this was not necessarily the most aesthetically pleasing of their nine head-to-head meetings — Alcaraz leads 5-4 — and they combined for 102 unforced errors, there were moments of brilliance that generated dueling clap-accompanied chants of each man’s first name from the Court Philippe Chatrier crowd.
In the fifth set, with shadows covering more than half the court, Alcaraz moved out front by sliding until he could reach across his body to snap a backhand passing winner for a break point. A forehand winner — one of his 30 in the match — made it 2-0 at the 3½-hour mark, earning a yell of “Vamos!” from his coach, 2003 French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
Soon, it was 3-0, and Alcaraz was on his way.
“It was a great match. For sure, the sets he won, he played better in the important points,” Sinner said. “That was the key.”
Both players walloped the ball with such force that the ball-off-strings thuds elicited gasps from spectators in the middle of points.
Sinner, his rust-colored shirt a few shades darker than the clay, came out ready at the start of the match, barely ever missing, gliding more than grinding along the baseline, stretching his long limbs to get to nearly everything Alcaraz offered. Alcaraz, his right arm covered by a white sleeve, would deliver a powerful shot to a corner, punctuated with a grunt, and Sinner would somehow get to it, flip it back and draw a mistake.
Sinner led 4-0 and it took Alcaraz 20 minutes of striving to simply place a “1” beside his name on the scoreboard.
The second set began inauspiciously for Alcaraz, who fell behind 2-0. But he did not go quietly. He turned things around right when he needed to, using a five-game run to take control of that set.
After Sinner took the third set, Alcaraz pushed the proceedings to a fifth. He closed the fourth with a cross-court backhand winner, then raised his right fist and shook it.
With his strokes, somehow, gaining zest, and the fans, somehow, getting louder, Alcaraz never let his early edge in the final set wane.
“It’s one of the toughest matches that I’ve played, for sure,” Alcaraz said. “The toughest matches that I played in my short career have been against Jannik.”
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INDIANA SOFTBALL
(IHSAA RELEASE)
CASCADE TOPS LAPEL FOR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
WEST LAFAYETTE – Cascade’s Grace Gray knew what she had to do Friday night at Purdue University’s Bittinger Stadium.
Hitting leadoff for the top-ranked Class 2A Cadets (30-2), Gray laced a double to right field, sparking a two-run top of the first before carrying a perfect game through 3.1 innings and a no-hitter for five complete frames.
Gray finished in the circle with two hits allowed, three walks issued, a hit batter and 13 strikeouts to lead the Cadets to their first-ever softball state championship with a 4-2 win over No. 6 Lapel during the 39th Annual Indiana High School Athletic Association State Finals.
“I was pumped. I was feeling myself. I just felt so good overall, and this is the perfect time to do it in the state title game,” Gray said. “I was pretty confident in myself.”
Her self-assurance both at the plate and in the circle set the tone for the Cadets, who like Lapel (24-6) were competing in their first softball state championship game.
Gray retired the 10 batters she faced before a walk drawn by Lapel’s Tatum Harper in the bottom of the fourth ended the junior ace’s bid at a perfect game.
A leadoff bunt executed for a single by Lapel’s lone senior Krystin Davis (1-for-3) in the bottom of the sixth ended the no-hitter, but Gray, a Ball State recruit, closed six of seven innings with a strikeout.
“They couldn’t score five runs on us in two weeks. They barely got the two they got. It’s a good team. Don’t get me wrong. They were on a roll, but it is what it is,” Cascade head coach Brett Tabor said. “That’s what she’s all about, and that’s what the game is all about. An overpowering pitcher is going to dominate the game, and we hit theirs, and they couldn’t hit her for a few innings.”
Gray entered the state finals with 229 strikeouts in 127.0 innings pitched, a 17-2 record and a 1.65 ERA.
Against Lapel, the left-hander was charged with only one earned run, an RBI single by Laylah Gore (1-for-3) in the bottom of the sixth to score Davis, who reached third base following a walk and a sacrifice fly by Paige Stires.
A throwing error to third base during Gore’s hit to pick off Harper, who was advancing from second base, sailed high and provided Lapel with both of its runs.
“For the hit to come from (Davis) to lead it off was bittersweet,” Lapel head coach AJ Balser said. “(Gray) threw a great game. She throws hard. We were struggling to hit the ball, and we got a couple of opportunities there in the sixth and we were able to at least get on the board but hats off to them. They’re a great team. Their pitcher is top-notch.”
Lapel upended rivals No. 10 Frankton, Alexandria-Monroe and Madison-Grant en route to the Warsaw Semistate before defeating No. 4 South Adams in the semifinal and later Hebron to clinch their first-ever state berth.
The Bulldogs were aiming to become the first softball state champion from Madison County since Frankton won the Class 1A title in 2000.
“Our mentality all year was weather the storm, and that’s exactly what we did. We had to take advantage of the opportunities given, and we were able to take advantage of a couple,” Balser said. “At the end of the day, I’m proud of this team. They earned the right to be here. This wasn’t an easy road for us, and we’re going to keep building the program and hopefully we’re back here again someday.”
The first four frames supplied all the Cadets needed.
Gray’s (2-for-4) double in the top of the first inning fueled the Cadets, despite getting thrown out at third base, as she tried to stretch her extra-base hit.
Her first of two doubles dominoed into a walk drawn by Tara Gruca, a double by Ava Allen (2-for-4) and then a two-run single by Lacie Godby (2-for-3).
Cascade led 2-0 before Lapel could record another out.
“It’s easy to get nervous in that situation, but we have so much confidence in your offense that we don’t really get nervous. I got that good hit, and I knew that’s setting the tone,” Gray said. “I don’t care if I got out on the bases. I got that good hit, and I’m setting the tone and trusting everyone behind me to get a hit and keep it rolling.”
Cascade plated a run in the top of the third following Gray’s second leadoff double, which tied an individual 2A state finals record for most in a state championship contest.
The Cadets loaded the bases with one out behind a pair of walks before Gray scored from third base on a passed ball. A pinch-hit RBI single by Caitlin Gryszowka in the top of the fourth, scoring Adie Paschal (1-for-3), increased the Cadets’ advantage 4-0.
The Cadets finished with eight hits, four walks and five strikeouts, while Lapel left four runners on base – one in scoring position.
“As powerful as she is and as good as her defense is, we’ve got out of so many jams. It’s incredible,” Tabor said. “I just sit back, and it is what it is.”
What it is now is the first-ever team state championship trophy at Cascade in any sport.
“It’s like monumental for the program. We’ve always been a small school, and people even call us ‘Trash-cade,’ like they don’t expect us to be this good at things,” Gray said. “We came out here and showed people. It’s just amazing. It’s a great feeling.”
Six starters returned this year from Cascade’s regional championship roster in 2023. In 2025, the Cadets soon-to-be 3A program will return every single player on the roster except one senior reserve.
“It’s really big for the kids, the kids at school and the administration, the teachers that have been there for a long time. I had a lot of people that I knew graduated from Cascade in the stands, and it was cool to see them there,” Tabor said. “It’s going to be tougher, but we think we could have competed in 3A this year.”
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
LAMB, CELESTINO HOMER, BUT CLIPPERS DEFEAT INDIANS IN HEATED BATTLE, 7-3
INDIANAPOLIS – Solo home runs by Jake Lamb and Gilberto Celestino gave the Indians a 2-1 lead through five frames, but the Columbus Clippers used a four-run sixth inning en route to a 7-3 defeat of Indianapolis on Friday night at Victory Field.
After Indianapolis (25-34) grabbed a one-run advantage with home runs by Lamb and Celestino in the fourth and fifth, Columbus (24-36) bounced back to take the lead for good in the sixth. Two-run singles off the bats of José Tena and Juan Brito gave the Clippers a 5-2 cushion, which they extended to 7-2 with run-scoring singles by Christian Cairo and Johnathan Rodriguez in the seventh and eighth inning, respectively.
Lamb doubled home Malcom Nuñez in the bottom of the eighth to get one back for Indianapolis, but the threat ended there.
Defensive web gems by Nuñez at third base in the seventh and a double play catch-and-throw by Celestino in the ninth preceded late antics between both clubs. Reliever Brent Honeywell beaned Bryan Lavastida one pitch after Celestino’s double play, and the benches and bullpens cleared after words were exchanged between the two. The three-man umpire crew met briefly after the scrum and ejected Honeywell, which led to Indians manager Miguel Perez also getting ejected for a second time this season.
Wily Peralta (L, 2-2) threw 1.1 innings in relief of Nick Dombkowski, yielding four runs on three hits. Darren McCaughan (W, 3-2) tossed 5.2 innings for Columbus, allowing two runs on three hits with 10 strikeouts.
The Indians and Clippers will meet for the penultimate game of the series on Saturday at 7:05 PM. Right-hander Xzavion Curry (0-6, 9.27) gets the nod for Columbus while the Indians have yet to name a starter.
INDIANA FEVER
GAME RECAP: FEVER IMPROVE TO 2-1 IN COMMISSIONER’S CUP WITH WIN AT MYSTICS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Indiana’s first game back after last playing on Sunday, the Fever secured its second Commissioner’s Cup victory in an 85-83 win against the Washington Mystics on Friday night at Capital One Arena.
Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark tied a career-high with 30 points, which included seven made 3-point field goals, which was the most made 3-point field goals by a rookie in Fever franchise history. Clark also pulled down eight rebounds, six assists, and tied a career-high four steals. The Fever also set a franchise record for most made 3-point field goals (16) and 3-point field goal attempts (35) on Friday night.
Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell followed with 16 points, four assists and three steals, while center Aliyah Boston and forward NaLyssa Smith both totaled 10 points. Smith also penciled in a double-double with 10 rebounds and Boston added six rebounds, three assists and one steal to end her night.
Fever guard Erica Wheeler surpassed 2,500 career points tonight and added five assists in the win. Fever guard Kristy Wallace recorded nine points, which included a season-high three made shots from beyond the arc, as well as two rebounds, two assists and one block.
For the Mystics, five players scored in double-figures, led by 19 points from center Stefanie Dolson. Guard Ariel Atkins trailed behind with 16 points, six rebounds, five assists and two steals. Washington dropped to 0-11 on the regular season.
UP NEXT
The Fever head to take on the Connecticut Sun on Monday at 7 p.m. ET at Mohegan Sun Arena. Monday’s game will be broadcast on WTHR Channel 13 and NBA TV.
INDY ELEVEN WOMEN
BAHR CONVERTS 91ST-MINUTE PENALTY KICK FOR THE WIN
WESTFIELD, Ind. (Friday, June 7, 2024) – A 91st-minute penalty kick from Grace Bahr proved to be the match winner as Indy Eleven came from behind twice to beat Racing Louisville FC, 3-2, on Friday night at the Grand Park Events Center. The Girls in Blue improved to 5-0-1 with the win to lead the Valley Division, while the loss puts Louisville at 1-2-1.As the match entered the three minutes of stoppage time, Natalie Mitchell was fouled just inside Louisville’s 18 to earn Indy what would be one of the final chances of the game. Veteran Grace Bahr was called on to take the kick and converted for her first goal of the season and the win for the Girls in Blue.Louisville’s go ahead goals came in the 32nd minute from Ellie Coffield and off an own goal from Indy in the 56th minute.The Girls in Blue got one back in the 47th minute as Maddy Williams picked up her third tally of the season off a long ball played in from Jenna Chatterton. The helper was the first of the season for Chatterton.USL W League Team of the Month selection Amelia White answered the second time in the same way she did in the season opener at Louisville. White found herself inside the six and dispossessed the Louisville keeper to even the score in the 71st minute. White now has four goals this season.
With the win, Indy is currently riding a 13-game unbeaten streak dating back to June 18, 2023.The Girls in Blue host Kings Hammer FC Wednesday at 7 p.m. for their final regular season home match of 2024. Single-game tickets are available for $8. Fans who already have season tickets for USL Championship action have W League tickets automatically loaded into their account.
USL W League Regular Season
Indy Eleven 3:2 Racing Louisville FC
Friday, June 7, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET
Grand Park Sports Complex | Westfield, Ind.
2024 USL W League Records
Indy Eleven: 5-0-1, 16 pts (+26)
Racing Louisville FC: 1-2-1, 4 pts (+2)
Scoring Summary
LOU – Ellie Coffield (Anna Grace Gibson) 32’IND – Maddy Williams (Jenna Chatterton) 47’
LOU – Own Goal 55’
IND – Amelia White 71’
IND – Grace Bahr (penalty) 90+1’
Discipline Summary
IND – Hadley Snyder (caution) 25’
IND – Lizzie Sexton (caution) 70’
IND – Bench (caution) 82’
Indy Eleven line-up: Nona Reason, Emma Pelkowski (Amelie Darey 71′), Norah Jacomen (Katie Soderstrom 63’),Maddy Williams (Natalie Mitchell 63’), Jenna Chatterton (Brooke Otto 63’), Lizzie Sexton, Hadley Snyder (Grace Bahr 63’), Ella Rogers (captain), Amelia White, Sam Dewey (Olivia Smith 63’), Karsyn Cherry
Indy subs: Kathleen Phillips
INDY ELEVEN MEN
INDY TAKES ITS SIX-MATCH USL CHAMPIONSHIP UNBEATEN STREAK ON THE ROAD
Birmingham Legion FC vs Indy Eleven
Sunday, June 9, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. ET
Highmark Stadium – Pittsburgh
Follow Live
Stream: ESPN+ (click to subscribe)
Listen: SIRIUSXM FC Channel 157
In-game updates: @IndyElevenLive Twitter feed
Stats: #BHMvIND MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com
2024 USL Championship Records
Birmingham Legion FC: 5-4-3 (-3), 18 pts; 5th in Eastern Conference
Indy Eleven: 7-4-2 (4), 23 pts; 3rd in Eastern Conference
SETTING THE SCENE
The Boys in Blue close out a two-match road trip Sunday night against Birmingham Legion FC. This is the first of two meetings for the sides this season, with the match up in Indy taking place Oct. 19.
Indy is coming off a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC and sits at 7-4-2 in third place in the Eastern Conference. Birmingham defeated El Paso Locomotive FC, 3-1, last time out, and is 5-4-3 in the Eastern Conference.
| BHM | IND | |
| 12 | Games | 13 |
| 12 | Goals | 25 |
| 15 | Goals Conceded | 21 |
| 10 | Assists | 15 |
| 45 | SOT | 59 |
| 54 | Shots Faced | 60 |
| 4 | Clean Sheets | 1 |
SERIES VS. BIRMINGHAM
Sunday marks the 11th meeting between the two teams, with Indy trailing 4-6-0. The Boys in Blue won the last meeting, a 4-0 decision at home on Aug. 9, 2023, but are 1-4 in USL Championship action at Birmingham.
Birmingham Leads 6-4-0 | GF 16, GA 15
Recent Meetings
Aug. 9, 2023 | W, 4-0 | Home
June 17, 2023 | L , 2-1 | Away
Oct. 12, 2022 | L, 3-1 | Away
Sept. 10, 2022 | W, 4-3 | Home
Oct. 10, 2021 | L, 3-1 | Away
GOALS
The Boys in Blue have scored in 13 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 season, bringing their total to 25 goals (3 USL). The streak is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same USLC season for the club, surpassing a 12-game streak in 2022.
In total, Indy has scored in 16 straight USLC regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023, the longest streak since joining the league in 2018. The Boys in Blue have 14 first-half goals this season, the second highest total in league play (Charleston, 16).
THIS IS MAY
Indy Eleven finished off the month of May going 4-0-0 in USL Championship action and 6-0-0 across all competitions. The four wins for the Boys in Blue is the most so far this season for a side in the USL Championship to take maximum points in a month.
STREAKING
The Boys in Blue are currently riding a ten-match unbeaten streak across all competitions, which includes a seven-game (6 wins) streak in USL Championship action, giving the club its longest USLC regular season win streak in history. Indy has outscored its opponents 21-6 in those matches, while posting four clean sheets and never conceding more than one goal.
4.17 | Chicago Fire FC II* | W, 1-0
4.20 | at Colorado Springs Switchbacks SC | D, 1-1
4.27 | North Carolina FC | W, 2-1
5.4 | at Monterey Bay F.C. | W, 1-0
5.8 | San Antonio FC* | W, 2-0
5.12 | at Miami FC | W, 3-1
5.18 | Hartford Athletic | W, 4-1
5.22 | Detroit City FC* | W, 3-0
5.25 | Phoenix Rising FC | W, 2-1
6.1 | at Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | W, 2-1
*denotes U.S. Open Cup match
TOTW REGULARS
Jack Blake has been named to the USL Championship Team of the Week five times in 2024, the most for any player in the league, while Aedan Stanley has three nods and a Player of the Week accolade to his name. Additionally, four players have had at least one selection in Younes Boudadi, Adrian Diz Pe, Benjamin Ofeimu and Augi Williams.
In total, six players have earned team of the week nods, while seven total have received either team or bench honors.
THE [NEW] GAFFER
2024 is Indy’s first season under head coach Sean McAuley, who previously served as interim head coach/assistant at MLS-side Minnesota United FC. McAuley helped Minnesota to playoff appearances in each of his first three seasons, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2020. In 2015, he hoisted the MLS Cup with Portland Timbers. McAuley opened his playing career with Manchester United and played for Portland Timbers and the U-21 Scottish National Team, among others.
McAuley got his first career win in the USL Championship on March 16, 2024, a 2-1 defeat of Memphis 901 FC.
USLC : 7-4-2 | USOC: 3-0-0 | OVERALL: 10-4-2
TOP-10 TEAMMATES
Sebastian Guenzatti (6th, 73) and Augi Williams (9th, 71) serve as the only pair of active teammates in the USL Championship’s top 10 for all-time regular season goals. Williams currently sits at five goals in 2024, while Williams has three. Williams also has a pair in U.S. Open Cup action this season to lead Indy.
ALLOW ME TO ASSIST YOU
Aedan Stanley has a league-best seven assists with three coming in the month of May (2 at MIA, 1 vs HFD). He also has a team-high two in Open Cup games. Stanley has 15 career USL Championship assists, posting no more that three in a season before 2024.
2024: 7 | 2023: 3 | 2022: 3 | 2020: 2
LAST TIME OUT
PITTSBURGH (Saturday, June 1, 2024) – Indy Eleven went on the road to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Saturday and came away with a 2-1 victory.
With the win, the Boys in Blue are now unbeaten in ten straight matches across all competitions, including a club-best six wins in USL Championship matches. The last loss for Indy came on April 13 against Charleston Battery, who sits just five points ahead of third-place Indy in the Eastern Conference standings.
Josh O’Brien opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, getting his first tally as a Boy in Blue. The assist was from USL Championship assist leader Aedan Stanley, giving him his seventh of the season and ninth across all competitions. Stanley’s total not only leads the league, but also moves him up to a tie for fourth on Indy’s all-time USLC regular season list. He joins teammates Cam Lindley (3rd, 8) and Younes Boudadi (4th, 7) on the list.
The lead was doubled by Sebastian Guenzatti in the 46th minute when he scored his third goal of the season off an assist from Augi Williams. The goal is the 73rd career USL Championship regular season goal for Guenzatti, placing him in sole possession of sixth on the all-time list. It is also his 14th in an Indy Eleven jersey, giving him the number three spot for Indy.
Pittsburgh got one back in the match from Danny Griffin in the 57th minute.
Hunter Sulte registered a season-high five saves in the match.
Scoring Summary
IND – Josh O’Brien (Aedan Stanley) 23’
IND – Sebastian Guenzatti (Augi Williams) 46’
PIT – Danny Griffin (Langston Blackstock) 57’
Discipline Summary
IND – Josh O’Brien (caution) 39’
IND – Aedan Stanley (caution) 51’
IND – Ben Mines (caution) 59’
PIT – Bench (caution) 83’
IND – Elliot Collier (caution) 90+2’
PIT – Babacar Diene (caution) 90+3′
INDIANA FOOTBALL
DUNBAR, RANDLE EL ON CFB HALL OF FAME BALLOT
IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced the names for the 2025 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, which includes a pair of Indiana All-Americans in running back Vaughn Dunbar (1990-91) and quarterback Antwaan Randle El (1998-01).
Dunbar was a unanimous first-team All-American in 1991 when he led the nation in rushing (1,805) and finished sixth in Heisman voting. The running back was a first-team All-Big Ten selection that season when he led the conference with 150.4 yards per game. He posted consecutive 1,000-yard seasons and finished his career No. 3 on the career rushing charts at IU with 3,029 yards, a total that currently sits No. 7 all-time in program history.
Dunbar led the Hoosiers to a pair of bowl appearances and rushed for a total of 197 yards in the 1990 Peach Bowl and 1991 Copper Bowl. In a 24-0 victory over Baylor Copper Bowl, Dunbar totaled 106 rushing yards and one touchdown to earn MVP honors at Arizona Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.
One of the most dynamic offensive performers in college football history, Randle El was the first quarterback to ever claim the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten Player of the Year honors in a career, earning the top rookie award in 1998 and player of the year accolades in 2001. A 2001 first-team All-America selection by the Football Writers Association of American, he finished 6th in Heisman Trophy balloting in 2001, after finishing 13th in 2000.
Randle El was the first player in NCAA history to score 40 touchdowns (45) and throw for 40 touchdowns (42) in a career, first to record over 2,500 yards of total offense in four seasons, first to pass for over 6,000 yards and rush for over 3,000 yards in a career. He remains the IU career total offense leader (11,364), more than 3,000 yards ahead of second place, and continues to rank No. 2 on the career passing yardage (7,469), rushing yardage (3,895) and touchdowns (45) charts.
The Thompson-Randle El Award, given to the Big Ten’s best freshman football student-athlete, is named in his honor. A tremendous all-around athlete, while at Indiana Randle El also played on the men’s basketball and baseball teams. He played in the NFL for 10 years with Pittsburgh and Washington and was a member of the winning Super Bowl team in Pittsburgh in 2005.
Indiana already has six members of the program enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, with Anthony Thompson the most recent selection in 2007. Alvin “Bo” McMillin (elected 1951), Pete Pihos (1966), Zora Clevenger (1968), George Taliaferro (1981) and John Tavener (1990) are also among the less than two one-hundredths of a percent (.02%) of those who have played the game during the past 152 years to earn the distinction.
The 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 9, 2025 at the Bellagio Hotel & Resort, and they will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2025 season.
Of the 5.7 million individuals who have played college football since Princeton first battled Rutgers on Nov. 6, 1869, only 1,093 players have earned induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, or less than two one-hundredths of a percent (.02%) of those who have played the game during the past 154 seasons. From the coaching ranks, 233 individuals have achieved Hall of Fame distinction.
There are 11 NFF National Scholar-Athletes on the 2025 Ballot, including FBS players Jeff Bregel (USC), Gregg Carr (Auburn), Brad Culpepper (1991 Campbell Trophy® recipient from Florida), Greg Eslinger (Minnesota), Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), Alex Mack (2008 Campbell Trophy® recipient from California), Darrin Smith (Miami, FL) and Manti Te’o (Notre Dame). The divisional NFF National Scholar-Athlete nominees on the 2025 ballot include Keith Elias (Princeton), Gerald Quinlivan (Buffalo), and Thomas Stenglein (Colgate).
The NFF has recognized 922 NFF National Scholar-Athletes since 1959, and only 44 have earned the distinction as both a Hall of Famer and an NFF National Scholar-Athlete, creating arguably one of the most unique and elite groups in all of sports. And of those 44 dual honorees, only Peyton Manning (Tennessee), Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia), Tim Tebow (Florida) and Danny Wuerffel (Florida) have also claimed The William V. Campbell Trophy®.
The criteria for Hall of Fame consideration include:
· First and foremost, a player must have received First-Team All-America recognition by a selector that is recognized by the NCAA and utilized to comprise its consensus All-America teams.
· A player becomes eligible for consideration by the Foundation’s Honors Courts 10 full seasons after his final year of intercollegiate football played.
· While each nominee’s football achievements in college are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether the candidate earned a college degree.
· Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years.* For example, to be eligible for the 2024 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1974 or thereafter. In addition, players who are playing professionally and coaches who are coaching on the professional level are not eligible until after they retire.
· A coach becomes eligible three full seasons after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age. He must have been a head football coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage.
· Nominations may only be submitted by the current athletics director, head coach or sports information director (SID) of a candidate’s collegiate institution. Nominations may also be submitted by the president/executive director of a dues-paying chapter of the National Football Foundation.
*Players who do not comply with the 50-year rule may still be eligible for consideration by the Football Bowl Subdivision and Divisional Veterans Committees. Veterans Committee candidates must still meet First Team All-America requirement.
Once nominated for consideration, all FBS player candidates are submitted to one of eight District Screening Committees, depending on their school’s geographic location, which conducts a vote to determine who will appear on the ballot and represent their respective districts. Each year, approximately 15 candidates, who are not selected for the Hall of Fame but received significant votes in the final selection, will be named automatic holdovers and will bypass the district screening process and automatically appear on the ballot the following year. Additionally, the Veterans Committee may make recommendations to the Honors Court for exceptions that allow for the induction of players who played more than 50 years ago. The Honors Court annually reviews the Hall of Fame criteria to ensure a fair and streamlined process.
NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL
IRISH LAND TWO MORE GRAD TRANSFERS
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The 2024-25 roster rounded out for Glenn & Stacey Murphy Notre Dame men’s basketball head coach Micah Shrewsberry. On Friday morning Nikita Konstantynovskyi (Con-stan-tee-nov-ski) and Burke Chebuhar (CHEB-uh-harr) officially became Irish. Konstantynovskyi is a grad transfer from Monmouth while Chebuhar is a grad transfer from Lehigh.
Konstantynovskyi is a 6-10, 245-pound forward, hailing from Kyiv, Ukraine. He spent the last season at Monmouth where he averaged 9.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, while guiding the Hawks to an 18-15 record with a 10-8 mark in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA).
Konstantynovskyi’s top highlight of last season was an impressive 22-point, 20-rebound performance against Stony Brook. It marked the fourth 20-20 game in program history and the first since 1997 (also Monmouth’s last 20-rebound game). It marked the sixth such game in Division I last season.
“We are thrilled to be able to add Nikita to our program. In the offseason a major focus for our staff was to identify someone who could help us immediately at the center position, and Nikita can absolutely do that. He is a veteran who can score around the rim, is more than capable when facing the rim, and also is a physical rebounder with good hands. We expect Nikita to be a big part of Notre Dame and our success over the next year,” Coach Shrewsberry said.
Konstantynovskyi notched six double-doubles last season, which ranked ninth in the CAA. He also ranked fourth in the conference in rebounds per game, as well as second in offensive boards (2.9 – ranked 67th nationally).
Prior to Monmouth, Konstantynovskyi spent two years at Tulsa (only competed during the 2021-22 season) where he played in 29 games, starting in nine. He shot 52.8 percent from the field during the 2021-22 campaign.
Prior to Tulsa, Konstantynovskyi started at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M and as a sophomore he averaged 11.1 points and 8.0 rebounds in 21 games. He ranked second in NJCAA in shooting percentage (60.2 percent) and blocked shots (44) as well as fifth in offensive rebounding.
“I chose to play for Notre Dame because of the outstanding coaching staff, the wonderful environment, and much more. Coach Shrewsberry’s support has been incredible, and he has shared his and the coaching staff’s intentions regarding how they see me on the court. It’s a fantastic opportunity to represent an institution with such a great tradition,” Konstantynovskyi said.
Chebuhar is a 6-8, 230-pound forward, hailing from Marietta, Georgia. Chebuhar played three seasons at Lehigh and saved his best for last, working his way into the starting lineup. Chebuhar averaged 7.5 points and 5.0 rebounds during the 2023-24 campaign, where he started in 22 games while appearing in all 32.
The Georgia native led the Mountain Hawks in rebounding 11 times while producing 10 double-digit scoring games, with three of 20+. He produced a team-best four double-doubles. Chebuhar shot 46.2 percent from the floor, 32.1 percent from deep and 76.7 percent from the free-throw line.
“Burke is everything that Notre Dame stands for,” Coach Shrewsberry added. “He is a tremendous student-athlete who excelled on and off the court at Lehigh. I always talk about how I have a chip on my shoulder, and Burke is the same way. Nothing was ever handed to him during his basketball life, and he has made huge strides over the past 12 months. With the help of our player development and strength and conditioning program, we expect him to continue to improve and impact our team in a positive way this upcoming season.”
Notable games include Chebuhar setting a career-high in Lehigh’s 94-90 double overtime win over Lafayette with 28 points. He shot 16-19 from the free throw line in the game and hit the shot to force OT and the free throws in double OT to clinch the victory.
Against Lafayette in the Patriot League quarterfinal, Chebuhar scored a game-high 22 points, dished out a career-high six assists and posted career-highs in field goal attempts/makes (8-11) and three-point attempts/ makes (6-7). At Holy Cross, Chebuhar secured a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double.
“I’m thrilled to join the Notre Dame family and hopefully contribute to its long-standing history and traditions,” Chebuhar said. “This opportunity excites me because of Coach Shrewsberry’s vision for the team’s offense – I’m intrigued by their play style and hope that I can complement the team with my experience and skill set. Additionally, I’m pumped to get to work with the rest of the coaching staff and players. I love that the staff is known for player development. I can’t wait to get on campus to continue improving my game and grow connections with my teammates. Go Irish!”
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
PETER SCHIVARELLI ENDOWS FOOTBALL DEFENSIVE LINE COACH POSITION
Peter Schivarelli of Chicago, Illinois, has made a gift to the University of Notre Dame to endow the football program’s defensive line coach position. Peter is a 1971 Notre Dame graduate and former defensive lineman on the Fighting Irish football team.
The endowment will help underwrite the salary of the defensive line coach, provide stability and resources for the long term and create funds for use within the athletics department. This is the eighth Notre Dame football coaching staff position, including head coach, that has been endowed.
“I am so thankful to Peter and his family for their continued support of Notre Dame football,” said University Vice President and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua. “His generosity impacts our student-athletes nearly everyday not just through his philanthropic support, but also the time and knowledge he provides. Peter’s decision to endow our defensive line coach position is critical to our future success and gifts like these are integral to our athletic programs.”
Al Washington will assume the title of Peter Schivarelli Defensive Line Coach. Washington is entering his third season as Notre Dame’s defensive line coach and defensive run game coordinator. His defensive line played a key role in a Fighting Irish defense that finished the 2023 season as one of the top units in the country. As Notre Dame’s defensive line coach over the last two seasons, Washington has mentored NFL draft picks Isaiah Foskey and Javontae Jean-Baptiste along with key 2024 returnees Howard Cross III and Rylie Mills.
“Peter is one of the most giving people I have ever met,” said Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman. “He goes above and beyond to share his time, his knowledge and in this case, his resources. He has such a deep passion for Notre Dame and wants nothing more than for all programs here, including football, to be successful. We appreciate Peter’s support and are grateful for his willingness to endow the defensive line coach position.”
Schivarelli has a long history of supporting the University of Notre Dame and its athletics department. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Student-Athlete, Jesse Harper Council, Cavanaugh Council, Friends of Ted and Ned and the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund along with being a major supporter of the Notre Dame Marching Band. He also provided the resources to establish the Schivarelli Football Players’ Lounge inside the north tunnel of Notre Dame Stadium. Additionally, Schivarelli spearheaded the efforts to create a statue in honor of his former coach, Ara Parseghian, that resides outside Gate B of Notre Dame Stadium.
“Notre Dame has been very generous in its thanks for anything I have done, but to me I can never do enough to repay them for what they have done for me, and my entire life, since I walked in as a freshman in 1967,” said Schivarelli. “I received some financial help from the athletic department and the football team that came at a time I needed it most. I always felt that after graduation all players should, at the least, give back what their scholarship cost in their days. What that scholarship was worth could never be repaid. It is my honor to endow the defensive line coach position, especially since that is the position I played.”
Schivarelli is President and Chief Executive Officer of Critter Management in addition to being the longtime manager of the rock band Chicago.
Notre Dame Football Endowed Coaching Staff Positions
Dick Corbett Head Football Coach – Marcus Freeman
Bob Hinton Defensive Coordinator – Al Golden
John and Bobbie Arlotta Family Offensive Coordinator – Mike Denbrock
Joe Moore Offensive Line Coach – Joe Rudolph
Peter Schivarelli Defensive Line Coach – Al Washington
Pat and Jana Eilers Defensive Backs Coach – Mike Mickens
Bob and Leslie Mohr Family Quarterbacks Coach – Gino Guidugli
Trematerra Family Director of Football Performance – Loren Landow
NOTRE DAME TENNIS
ANDREACH AND FREEMAN EARN ALL-ACC HONORS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Senior Julia Andreach and graduate student Page Freeman each earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for their performances on the tennis court this season. It’s the third All-ACC honor for Freeman and the first for Andreach. Overall, it’s the 13th and 14th All-ACC honor for Fighting Irish women’s tennis since joining the league in 2012.
Andreach finished the 2024 spring season with an astounding 20-3 record, qualifying for the NCAA Individual Championship Tournament. She finished the combined fall and spring season at 27-5, and her .844 winning percentage for the year ranks tied for 12th all-time in program history. Her 2023-24 season is the best individual season since Kali Krisik’s 2009-10 season when Krisik finished 22-4 with a .846 winning percentage. During her spring season, Andreach earned 10 ranked wins and went 12-1 in the ACC, splitting time at the top two positions of the lineup.
After twice earning All-ACC honors in singles, Freeman earned her first All-ACC doubles accolade as she and partner Andreach earned third team honors. The pair went 7-4 during the season and were 6-2 in ACC play. The pairing also earned a pair of ranked wins, competing at the top spot in the doubles lineup when they took the court.
IU INDY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ADDS JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFER FOR 2024
INDIANAPOLIS – IU Indianapolis head women’s basketball coach Kate Bruce continues to round out her 2024-25 roster as she announcing the signing of junior college transfer Shania Nichols-Vannet. Nichols-Vannet previously spent her freshman season at North Dakota State College of Science.
“We are thrilled to welcome Shania to our Jaguar family,” said head coach Bruce. “Shania has tremendous court vision and has the ability to score the basketball in a variety of ways. She is a proven winner, leading her team to a sweet 16 appearance and first round win at the NJCAA National Tournament this past season. Off the court, she excels in school and is a terrific person.”
The 5’7″ guard played in 35 games for the Wildcats averaging 16.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. In her first game of the season, Nichols-Vannet totaled 15 points and 10 rebounds for her first collegiate double-double. She recorded a total of nine double-doubles and one triple-double on Jan. 15 with 14 points, 15 rebounds and 12 assists. She also collected three 30-point games with double-digit rebounds in two of those games, including 33 points and 20 rebounds on Feb. 15.
Nichols-Vannet played four years of high school basketball at Como Park in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She reached the 1000-point milestone during her senior season.
BALL STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL
MEN’S BASKETBALL ADDS GUARD TJ BURCH TO 2024 SIGNING CLASS
The Ball State men’s basketball team has added guard TJ Burch to the 2024 signing class.
The Dallas native played at the Texas Alliance of Christian Athletes this past season after competing at Mansfield High School in Texas where he averaged 24.6 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game in 32 contests as a junior.
Burch joins fellow incoming freshman Jai Anthoni Beaden (Phoenix, Ariz.) and transfers Juanse Gorosito (Portland), Joey Hart (Kentucky), Jermahri “Fatt” Hill (South Plains JC), Jeremiah Hernandez (USI) and Payton Sparks (Indiana) as additions to Ball State’s 2024-25 roster.
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
BASEBALL ACES DROP SUPER REGIONAL OPENER TO #1 TENNESSEE, 11-6
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The top-ranked Tennessee Volunteers used four home runs on Friday afternoon to hold off the visiting University of Evansville baseball team, 11-6, at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee in the first of the best-of-three Super Regional series in the NCAA Tournament.
Tennessee first baseman Blake Burke opened the scoring on Friday afternoon with a solo home run in the bottom of the first inning to give the Volunteers an early 1-0 lead. Evansville would answer right back though, as graduate first baseman Chase Hug opened the top of the second inning with a double, before junior second baseman Cal McGinnis followed two batters later with a two-run home run to right-center field to give UE a 2-1 lead.
UE would remain in the lead until the third inning, when Tennessee second baseman Christian Moore and third baseman Billy Amick launched a pair of home runs to give the Vols a 4-2 lead. Tennessee would add a run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly on a close play at home plate to take a 5-2 lead, before Evansville would answer back.
In the fifth inning, UE scored three runs to tie the game at 5-5 on a two-run double off the top of the wall in left-center field by senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse and an RBI single by Hug. The Volunteers would scrape across three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to retake a three-run lead though. An RBI double by Burke just beyond the reach of a leaping Ty Rumsey in center field opened the scoring to give UT a 6-5 lead. Then, an infield single and throwing error on a slowly hit ground ball third-base side added another run. Outfielder Hunter Ensley then beat an infield shift with an RBI single through the right side with two strikes and two outs to give Tennessee an 8-5 lead.
The game would remain 8-5 until the seventh inning, when Tennessee used more two-out, two-strike magic to grab three insurance runs. After a two-out double by Amick, Tennessee outfielder Dylan Dreiling got the benefit of the doubt on a border-line pitch to work a full-count walk to extend the frame. Ensley then belted a three-run home run to left field on a 2-2 pitch to give Tennessee an 11-5 lead.
UE would stage one last rally in the ninth inning, as freshman Brodie Peart, senior shortstop Simon Scherry and graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger delivered three-straight singles to score a run and trim the UT lead to 11-6. Evansville would eventually load the bases with no one out, but Tennessee closer Aaron Combs was able to record three-straight strikeouts to end the contest and give the Volunteers the 11-6 victory.
McGinnis, Hug and Scherry all had two hits to lead UE, with Fougerousse and McGinnis driving in a pair of runs. Fougerousse and Shallenberger both tied the UE single-season record for hits with their 91st hit on the season. Ensley and Amick both had three hits, with Ensley driving in four runs to pace the Tennessee attack. The two teams each had nine hits, with Evansville knocking three doubles to take over the national lead for doubles with 157.
With the victory, Tennessee improves to 54-11 overall and takes a 1-0 series edge in the best-of-three Super Regional series. Evansville (38-25 overall) will try to even the series on Saturday behind graduate LHP Donovan Schultz (6-2, 5.84 ERA). He will be opposed by Tennessee RHP Drew Beam (8-2, 4.16 ERA). Saturday’s game begins at 10 a.m. central time and can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS and seen live nationally on ESPN2.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
3 – 27 – 32
June 8, 1920 – Cincinnati Reds’ future Hall of Fame centerfielder Edd Roush, reportedly was ejected from a game in New York City as the Reds visited the Giants for delay of game. Apparently the player fell asleep in center field during long infield argument between Manager Pat Moran and the Umpire. Teammate Heinie Groh tried to wake him, but the Ump, probably still angry from the argument with Moran tossed Roush for his snooze delay preventing play from resuming. So much for the afternoon nap!
June 8, 1933 – When a player is in a groove it is a wonderful thing. Philadelphia Athletics star first baseman Jimmie Foxx, Number 3 certainly was. Foxx hit 3 consecutive home runs as he and the A’s outscored the New York Yankees, 14 – 10. If one digs a bit deeper it was actually 4 straight HRs as Foxx had homered last time up to bat on the previous day’s game too!
June 8, 1955 – Oh the irony of it all! The Los Angeles Dodgers optioned their pitcher, a guy by the name of Tommy Lasorda, Number 27 yeah the future Baseball Hall of Fame manager of LA, to make room on roster for another future Hall of Famer, pitcher Sandy Koufax, Number 32.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
NFL, AFL Announce Plans for Merger Into Giant Loop!
Yes the report was true, this was the merger that did the most to form the behemoth of the National Football League in one swoop.
June 8, 1966- The NFL and AFL announced that they were officially merging into one league. Under the merger agreement the two would operate under the National Football League name as the NFC and the AFC and use the NFL logo. They agreed to play seperate regular season schedules and then play each other in a post season championship which eventually became known as the Super Bowl. In 1970 the schedules and teams reorganized into one league with two conferences. A press release from the meeting stated: “The NFL and AFL today announced plans to join into an expanded major professional football league. It will consist of 26 teams in 25 cities – with the expectation of additional teams in the near future.” The group announcement went on to say, “The Main points of the plan include; Pete Rozelle will be the Commissioner, A world championship game this season (1966 season) , All existing franchises retained, two new franchises no later than 1968.” The World Championship game referred to would become what we now call Super Bowl I. The two new franchises would be the New Orleans Saints in the NFL and the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFL.
June 8 Hall of Fame Birthdays
June 8, 1917 – Fort Collins, Colorado – Byron “Whizzer” White the great University of Colorado halfback from 1935 to 1937 was born. The NFF voters chose Byron Whizzer White to be inducted into their College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Whizzer White played pro football with Pittsburgh in 1938, studied at Oxford University in England in 1939, played professionally with Detroit in 1940- 1941.
June 8, 1928 – Ogilvie, Minnesota – The University of Minnesota’s two-way center/linebacker from 1946 through the 1949 season, Clayton Tonnemaker was welcomed into the world. Clayton earned unanimous All-America honors as a senior in 1949 when he captained Bernie Bierman’s powerhouse Golden Gophers per his bio on the FootballFoundation.org website. Tonnemaker helped the Gophers to a 25-11 record during his four years on the varsity squad. Most famously Clayton was a co-captain of the Chicago College All-Star squad which defeated the NFL Champion Philadelphia Eagles 17-7. The collegiate gridiron legacy of Clayton Tonnemaker was placed with honor into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
June 8, 1939 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Herb Adderley is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member that had played Defensive Back for the Green Bay Packers and ended his career with the Dallas Cowboys.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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June 8
1914 — New York’s Iron Joe McGinnity posted his 14th straight win beating Pittsburgh 2-0. With the win moved the Giants into first place over Chicago.
1933 — Philadelphia’s Jimmie Foxx homered in his first three at bats all off Lefty Gomez as the A’s beat the New York Yankees 14-10. Foxx had homered his last time up the previous day to tie a major league record of hitting four consecutive home runs. Bobby Lowe did it in 1894.
1940 — Harry Craft of Cincinnati connected for a home run, a triple, a double and two singles in seven at-bats to lead a 27-hit attack as the Reds pounded the Dodgers 23-2 at Brooklyn.
1950 — The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 29-4 at Fenway Park and set major league records for runs scored; most long hits, 17 (nine doubles, one triple and seven homers); most total bases, 60; most extra bases on long hits, 32; most runs over two games, 49; most hits in two games, 51, including 28 this game. Bobby Doerr had three homers and 8 RBIs, Walt Dropo hit two homers and drove in seven runs and Ted Williams added two homers and five RBIs.
1968 — Howie Bedell’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning ended Don Drysdale’s record streak of 58 2-3 consecutive scoreless innings. The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3.
1969 — The New York Yankees’ No. 7 was retired on Mickey Mantle Day. A crowd of 60,096 came to Yankee Stadium to honor Mantle and watched the Yankees sweep the Chicago White Sox 3-1 and 11-2.
1975 — Detroit’s Tom Veryzer doubled with two out in the ninth to end Oakland’s Ken Holtzman’s no-hitter. Outfielder Bill North misjudged Veryzer’s hit but was not charged with an error. Holtzman retired the last hitter for a 4-0 victory.
1986 — In the longest 9-inning game by time in AL history Baltimore’s Lee Lacy went 4-for-6 with three home runs and six RBIs as the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 18-9. The game took 4:16 to complete.
1996 — Warren Morris hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Louisiana State a 9-8 victory over Miami in the championship game of the College World Series.
2001 — Damion Easley became the ninth Detroit player to hit for the cycle as the Tigers beat Milwaukee 9-4.
2010 — Stephen Strasburg exceeded expectations in his much-hyped major league debut, striking out 14 in seven innings to lead the Washington Nationals to a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Last year’s No. 1 overall draft pick allowed four hits, two earned runs and didn’t walk a batter, piling up the most strikeouts in a debut since J.R. Richard fanned 15 for Houston in 1971.
2012 — Kevin Millwood and five Seattle relievers combined on a no-hitter, the third in franchise history, and the Mariners beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0. Millwood was cruising through six innings, giving up just one walk. But while warming up for the seventh he felt a twinge in his groin and was pulled from the game. Five relievers combined to finish the no-hitter, capped by Tom Wilhelmsen retiring Andre Ethier on a routine grounder to end it.
2013 — In the longest major league game in more than three years, Adeiny Hechavarria hit an RBI single in the 20th inning and the Miami Marlins outlasted the New York Mets 2-1.
2020 — MLB owners present their counter-proposal to get the season started. They propose playing 76 games, with a postseason involving 16 teams, drop the proposed sliding scale for reducing salaries – although they still seek further cuts -, and also propose dropping all forms of compensation for signing free agents. The ball is now back in the MLBPA’s court.
2021 — Pirates rookie 3B Ke’Bryan Hayes, swinging a red hot bat after coming back from a two-month stay on the injured list, makes a very embarrassing mistake when he has a home run taken away for missing first base. His apparent solo shot off Walker Buehler is nullified when the Dodgers successfully appeal that he did not touch the bag while rounding the bases.
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June 9
1901 — The New York Giants set a major league record with 31 hits in beating Cincinnati 25-13. Al Selbach of the Giants went 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles and scored four runs.
1906 — Boston snapped a 19-game losing streak by beating the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3.
1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates got the 3,000th hit of his career off Philadelphia’s Erskine Mayer in a 3-1 loss to the Phillies at the Baker Bowl. Wagner’s hit, a double, came in the ninth. Wagner joined Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000-hit club.
1935 — The St. Louis Cardinals became the 10th team in major league history to score a run in every inning in a 13-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1946 — Commissioner Happy Chandler imposed five-year suspensions on players who jumped to the Mexican League and three-year suspensions for those who broke the reserve clause.
1946 — The New York Giants’ Mel Ott became the first manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates won both games, 2-1 and 5-1.
1963 — Playing the first Sunday night game in major league history because of excessive heat during the day, the Houston Colt .45s handed the San Francisco Giants their seventh straight loss in Houston, 3-0. Turk Farrell and Skinny Brown pitched the shutout.
1966 — Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew homered in the seventh inning for the Minnesota Twins in a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Athletics.
1979 — California’s Nolan Ryan struck out 16 batters as the Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 9-1. It was the 21st time in his career he struck out 15 or more batters in one game.
1986 — Chicago pitcher Tom Seaver (306) and California Angels hurler Don Sutton (298) had the highest composite win total (604) for opposing pitchers since 1926, when Walter Johnson (406) faced Red Faber (197). Sutton pitched a two-hit shutout to beat the White Sox 3-0.
1990 — Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers tied Mickey Mantle’s record by homering from each side of the plate in the same game for the 10th time in his career. The Dodgers beat the Padres 5-4 in 11 innings.
1998 — Cecil Fielder of the Angels and Yamil Benitez of the Diamondbacks each hit grand slams in the same inning in Anaheim’s 10-8 win over Arizona. It was the first time both teams hit grand slams in the same inning since 1992.
2008 — Ken Griffey Jr. became the sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers with a drive off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.
2014 — Lonnie Chisenhall had nine RBIs and three home runs in a five-hit game, Michael Brantley scored five times and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 17-7.
2015 — Chris Heston pitched the first no-hitter in his 13th career start, leading the San Francisco Giants over the New York Mets 5-0. The rookie allowed three baserunners — all on hit batters. He also had a two-run single for his first big league RBIs and finished with two more hits than the Mets.
2019 — The Nationals accomplish a very rare feat as four consecutive batters hit solo homers in the 8th inning in Petco Park in San Diego to break a 1 – 1 tie. Pinch-hitterHowie Kendrick starts things off against Craig Stammen, and is followed in order by Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon, who all go yard. This is only the ninth time in major league history this has happened, and the Nats were the last to do so, on July 27, 2017.
2019 — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot in the back while visiting in his native Dominican Republic.
2022 — The Twins open the bottom of the 1st against the Yankees with three consecutive homers off Gerrit Cole at Target Field, by Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. This is the first time in franchise history this has happened.
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June 10
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.
1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1959 — Rocky Colavito of Cleveland hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, a tough home run park. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homered in the Indians’ 11-8 victory.
1966 — Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert threw the only no-hitter of the year as the Indians beat the Washington Senators 2-0.
1972 — Hank Aaron’s grand slam pushed the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron’s 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career home run list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges’ NL record.
1997 — Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and kept himself from a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 9-0.
2005 — Baltimore’s 4-3 win over Cincinnati marked the first time that three 500-homer players appeared in the same game — the Orioles’ Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds’ Ken Griffey, who hit a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.
2006 — Reggie Sanders became the fifth player in major league history with 300 homers and 300 stolen bases when he hit a two-run shot in Kansas City’s 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanders homered off Chad Harville in the ninth to reach the milestone joining Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds.
2011 — Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game when the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0. La Russa complied a 2,676-2,324 record with the White Sox, Athletics and Cardinals. Only Connie Mack managed more games with 7,755 over 53 years.
2012 — Frankie Vanderka threw a three-hitter, Travis Jankowski had four hits and Stony Brook completed an improbable run to the College World Series with a 7-2 victory over LSU in the deciding game of the Baton Rouge super regional. Stony Brook became only the second team to open the tournament as a No. 4 seed in the regional round and advance to the World Series. The first was Fresno State during its stunning 2008 run to a national title.
2019 — The Diamondbacks and Phillies play “Home Run Derby” at Citizens Bank Park, in a 13 – 8 win by the D-Backs. Arizona opens the game with three straight homers off Jerad Eickhoff, by Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta, on their way to hitting 8 long balls. The Phillies reply with 5 of their own, including two by Scott Kingery, but it’s not enough on a night when balls are flying out of the park right and left. Eduardo Escobar homers from different sides of the plate in consecutive innings for Arizona, and Ildemaro Vargas also homers twice. The combined 13 homers set a new major league record. The D-Backs had been the last team to open a game with three dingers, back on July 21, 2017.
2020 — Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Amateur draft is held virtually and limited to five rounds.
June 11
1904 — Bob Wicker of the Chicago Cubs pitched 9 1-3 hitless innings before Sam Mertes of the New York Giants singled. Wicker won a 1-0, 12-inning one-hitter.
1938 — Johnny Vander Meer hurled the first of two consecutive no-hitters, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1967 — The Chicago Cubs hit seven homers and the New York Mets four in the second game of a doubleheader, tying the major league record set by the New York Yankees (6) and Detroit Tigers (5) in 1950. Adolfo Phillips hit four home runs in the doubleheader for Chicago.
1981 — Following Seattle’s 8-2 win over Baltimore, major league players went on strike.
1985 — Von Hayes became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in the first inning. Hayes connected twice in a nine-run first, powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a 26-7 victory over the New York Mets.
1988 — Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees became the first pitcher since the inception of the designated hitter (1973) to start a game as the DH. He was seventh in the lineup and grounded to third out in the third inning and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Jose Cruz pinch-hit for him in the fifth of the 8-6 win over Baltimore.
1990 — Nolan Ryan pitched the sixth no-hitter of his career to extend his major league record, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan, 43, was the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1995 — Lee Smith set a major league record with a save in his 16th consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the California Angels’ 5-4 victory over Baltimore. Smith broke the mark of 15 straight set by Doug Jones in 1988.
2002 — Jared Sandberg became the 16th AL player to homer twice in an inning, and the third this season, when Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles 11-2.
2003 — Houston’s Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8-0. The sextet set a record for the highest number of pitchers to throw a no-hitter in major league history — four accomplished the feat twice.
2010 — Andy Pettitte records his 200th win in pinstripes in the Yankees’ 4-3 win over Houston at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) are the only other members of this exclusive New York club.
2012 — The Cubs sign Cuban defector Jorge Soler to a nine-year contract worth $30 million. The 20-year-old outfielder was the subject of a bidding war among several teams.
2013 — The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a game-tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers P Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke’s head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, Los Angeles wins the game, 5 – 3. Major League Baseball will hand out eight suspensions and twelve fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a ten-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches.
2017 — Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark.
2017 — Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent New York romping past Baltimore 14-3. The 6-foot-7 Judge led the majors with 21 homers and topped the AL with 47 RBIs and a .344 average.
2022 — Jared Walsh hits for the cycle and Mike Trout blasts a pair of homers as the Angels defeat the first-place Mets, 11 – 6. Walsh is the 9th player in team history to achieve the feat, almost exactly three years after teammate Shohei Ohtani was the last to do so, while Trout appears to be out of the deep slump that contributed to recent 14-game losing streak, costing manager Joe Maddon his job.
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June 12
1922 — Hub Pruett struck out Babe Ruth three consecutive times, and the St. Louis Browns beat the New York Yankees 7-1.
1928 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees had two triples and two homers in a 15-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
1939 — The Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.
1954 — Milwaukee’s Jim Wilson pitched the year’s only no-hitter, blanking the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.
1957 — Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals broke the National League record for endurance when he played in his 823rd consecutive game. The previous mark was established in 1937 by Pirates first baseman Gus Suhr.
1959 — The San Francisco Giant’s Mike McCormick tossed a 3-0, five-inning no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. Richie Ashburn singled in the top of the sixth for the Phillies, but the hit didn’t count because the game was stopped by rain.
1962 — In Milwaukee’s 15-2 rout of Los Angeles at County Stadium, the Aaron brothers both homer in the same game with Tommie connecting in the bottom of the eighth after his older brother Hank had hit one out in the second.
1970 — Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hurled a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres. Ellis walked eight and hit a batter, and Willie Stargell hit two homers.
1981 — Thirteen games were canceled due to the players’ strike.
1997 — After 126 years, baseball broke its tradition and played interleague games. The San Francisco beat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
1999 — Cal Ripken went 6-for-6, homering twice and driving in six runs as the Baltimore Orioles scored the most runs in franchise history with a 22-1 rout of the Atlanta Braves.
2006 — Jason Grimsley was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball, less than a week after federal agents raided his home during an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
2007 — Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. Verlander struck out a career-high 12, walked four and benefited from several stellar defensive plays.
2009 — Chicago right fielder Milton Bradley had a bad day at Wrigley Field. Bradley lost Jason Kubel’s pop-up in the sun for a single, couldn’t catch Michael Cuddyer’s RBI bloop double, made a baserunning blunder and, most egregiously, flipped the ball into the stands after catching Mauer’s one-out sac fly.
2009 — New York Mets second baseman Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez’s lazy popup with two outs in the ninth inning as two runs scored, helping the Yankees escape with a wild 9-8 victory over the Mets.
2010 — Daniel Nava hit the first pitch he saw as a big leaguer for a grand slam — only the second player to do it — leading the Boston Red Sox to a 10-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Nava connected on a fastball from Joe Blanton in the second inning. Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a slam on the first pitch he saw Sept. 2, 2006, for Cleveland against Texas.
2011 — Realignment is on the table again as Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in discussions to renew the collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 11th. One of the options being discussed would see one team moving from the National League to the American League to create two 15-team leagues, with the Houston Astros the likeliest candidate for a move.
2012 — Alex Rodriguez ties Lou Gehrig’s record by hitting his 23rd career grand slam.
2016 — Sam Cohen put UC Santa Barbara into its first College World Series with a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory over second-seeded Louisville 4-3 in the Super Regionals.
2017 — Royce Lewis, a high school shortstop from California, is selected first overall by the Minnesota Twins in the 2017 amateur draft.
2018 — Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera suffers a season-ending injury when he tears a biceps tendon while swinging at pitch in the 3rd inning of a game against the Twins. He had already missed all but one game of May with a hamstring injury.
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June 13
1905 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win.
1912 — Christy Mathewson recorded his 300th career victory with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees pitched the first five innings and hit two home runs in an 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
1937 — New York’s Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs to give the Yankees an 8-8, 11-inning tie against the St. Louis Browns in the second game of a doubleheader.
1947 — In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3.
1948 — Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium drew 49,641 fans who saw Ruth’s No. 3 retired and the Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.
1957 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and drove in five runs in a 9-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians as Williams became the first AL player to have two three-homer games in a season.
1973 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield.
1980 — Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431.
1998 — For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back homers in consecutive innings. Atlanta’s Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones each homered in the second and third inning of the Braves’ 9-7 win over Montreal at Turner Field.
2003 — Roger Clemens reached 300 wins and became the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the 4,000-strikeout club.
2008 — Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 20-2 rout of St. Louis.
2012 — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain’s 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders. Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career RBI with a two-run home run in the New York Yankee’s 9-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Rodriguez is the fourth player to reach the milestone joining Cap Anson, Babe Ruth and leader Hank Aaron.
2019 — Shohei Otani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball.
2021 — The Blue Jays set a record for a visiting team at Fenway Park by blasting 8 homers in an 18 – 4 win over the Red Sox. Seven different players go deep, with Teoscar Hernandez doing so twice, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits his major league-leading 21st.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
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June 8
1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, becomes the third horse to win the Triple Crown by capturing the Belmont Stakes with a 1½-length victory over Firethron.
1950 — Boston beats the St. Louis Browns 29-4 at Fenway Park, and the Red Sox set six major league records: most runs scored by one team; most long hits in a game with 17 (nine doubles, one triple and seven homers); most total bases with 60; most extra bases on long hits with 32; most runs for two games with 49 (20 a day earlier); and most hits in two games with 51.
1958 — Mickey Wright beats Fay Crocker by six strokes to win the LPGA Championship.
1980 — Sally Little wins the LPGA Championship by three strokes over Jane Blalock.
1982 — 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2.
1985 — Creme Fraiche, ridden by Eddie Maple, becomes the first gelding to win the Belmont Stakes, beating Stephan’s Odyssey by a half-length.
1986 — Larry Bird scores 29 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 114-97 victory over the Houston Rockets and their 16th NBA title.
1990 — The “Indomitable Lions” of Cameroon pull off one of the greatest upsets in soccer history, 1-0 over defending champion Argentina in the first game of the World Cup.
1991 — Warren Schutte, a UNLV sophomore from South Africa, shoots a 5-under 67 to become the first foreign-born player to win the NCAA Division I golf championship.
2000 — Mike Modano deflects Brett Hull’s shot at 6:21 of the third overtime, ending the longest scoreless overtime game in Stanley Cup finals history and helping the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 in Game 5.
2002 — British-Canadian Lennox Lewis retains boxing’s WBC Heavyweight title with eighth-round knockout of American Mike Tyson.
2005 — Freshman Samantha Findlay hits a three-run homer in the 10th inning to lead Michigan to a 4-1 win over UCLA for its first NCAA softball title. Michigan is the first team from east of the Mississippi River to win the national championship.
2008 — Rafael Nadal wins his fourth consecutive French Open title in a rout, again spoiling Roger Federer’s bid to complete a career Grand Slam. Dominating the world’s No. 1 player with astounding ease, Nadal wins in three sets, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
2008 — Yani Tseng of Taiwan becomes the first rookie in 10 years to win a major, beating Maria Hjorth on the fourth hole of a playoff with a 5-foot birdie on the 18th hole to win the LPGA Championship.
2012 — I’ll Have Another’s bid for the first Triple Crown in 34 years ends shockingly in the barn and not on the racetrack when the colt is scratched the day before the Belmont Stakes and retires from racing with a swollen tendon.
2013 — Serena Williams wins her 16th Grand Slam title and her first French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-4.
2014 — Rafael Nadal wins the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fifth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves his record at Roland Garros to 66-1.
2015 — The NCAA approves multiple rule changes to men’s basketball for the 2015-16 season, including a 30-second shot clock and fewer timeouts for each team. The shot clock was last reduced, from 45 to 35 seconds, in 1993-94.
2018 — Golden State romps to its second straight NBA championship, beating Cleveland 108-85 to finish a four-game sweep. Stephen Curry scores 37 points and Kevin Durant, who is named MVP for the second straight finals, has 20 for the Warriors. It’s the first sweep in the NBA Finals since 2007, when James was dismissed by a powerful San Antonio team in his first one.
2019 — Ashleigh Barty, Australia, wins the French Open by defeating Marketa Vondrousoca. The win is Barty’s first Grand Slam singles title.
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June 9
1888 — James McLaughlin sets the record for wins by a jockey in the Belmont Stakes, six, when he rides Sir Dixon to a 12-length victory. McLaughlin’s record is matched by Eddie Arcaro in 1955.
1899 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Bob Fitzsimmons in the 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1914 — Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates becomes the first player in modern baseball to get 3,000 hits.
1930 — Paavo Nurmi runs world record 6 mile (29:36.4).
1934 — Olin Dutra edges Gene Sarazen by one stroke to win the U.S. Open.
1940 — Lawson Little beats Gene Sarazen by three strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open golf title.x
1945 — Hoop Jr. wins the Kentucky Derby, which is run one month after a national wartime government ban on racing is lifted.
1946 — Joe Louis KOs Billy Conn in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, wins the Belmont Stakes in record time to capture the Triple Crown. Secretariat sets a world record on the 1½-mile course with 2:24, and a record for largest margin of victory in the Belmont, 31 lengths.
1978 — Larry Holmes scores a 15-round split decision over Ken Norton for the WBC heavyweight title in New York.
1979 — Coastal, ridden by Ruben Hernandez, spoils Spectacular Bid’s attempt at the Triple Crown with a 3¼-length victory over Golden Act. Spectacular Bid finishes third.
1984 — Swale, ridden by Laffit Pincay, wins the Belmont Stakes by four lengths over Pine Circle. Swale dies eight days later.
1984 — French Open Women’s Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert 6-3, 6-1; 2nd women in Open Era to hold all 4 Grand Slam titles at once.
1985 — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scores 29 points to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 111-100 victory over the Boston Celtics and the NBA title in six games.
1990 — Monica Seles holds off four set points in the first set tiebreaker and goes on to become the youngest winner of the French Open, beating two-time champion Steffi Graf 7-6 (8-6), 6-4. Seles is 16 years, six months.
1991 — In the first all-American men’s final at the French Open since 1954, Jim Courier rallies to beat Andre Agassi 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 for his first Grand Slam title.
1993 — Patrick Roy makes 18 saves and the Montreal Canadiens capture their 24th Stanley Cup, beating the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 in Game 5.
2001 — Stanley Cup Final, Pepsi Center, Denver, CO: Colorado Avalanche beat defending champion New Jersey Devils, 3-1 for 4-3 series win; Avalanche 2nd title.
2001 — Jennifer Capriati beats Kim Clijsters 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 to win the French Open, her second consecutive Grand Slam title.
2003 — The New Jersey Devils end the Anaheim Mighty Ducks’ surreal season, winning the Stanley Cup with a 3-0 victory. Mike Rupp, who had never appeared in a playoff until Game 4, scores the first goal and sets up Jeff Friesen for the other two.
2007 — Rags to Riches, a filly ridden by John Velazquez, outduels Curlin in a breathtaking stretch run and won the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first of her sex to take the final leg of the Triple Crown in more than a century.
2008 — Ken Griffey Jr. becomes the sixth player sixth player in baseball history to reach 600 homers with a drive off Mark Hendrickson in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds’ 9-4 victory over the Florida Marlins.
2010 — Chicago’s Patrick Kane sneaks the puck past Michael Leighton 4:10 into overtime, stunning Philadelphia and lifting the Blackhawks to a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 for their first Stanley Cup championship since 1961.
2013 — Rafael Nadal becomes the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
2015 — Chris Heston, San Francisco Giants throws a no-hitter against the New York Mets, 5-0.
2018 — Justify becomes the 13th Triple Crown winner by winning the Belmont Stakes with Mike Smith aboard.
2019 — Former Boston Red Sox star David Ortiz shot while visiting Dominican Republic.
2019 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; 3rd straight French singles title; 12th overall; first to win 12 singles titles at same Grand Slam; 18th major.
2022 — The controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series gets underway at the Centurion Club, Hertfordshire; PGA suspends 17 participating players.
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June 10
1890 — The Preakness Stakes is run outside Baltimore, at Morris Park in New York. The race is then suspended for three years, and resumes at the Brooklyn Jockey Club’s Gravesend Course from 1894-1908.
1932 — Gene Sarazen leads wire-to-wire to win the British Open by five strokes ahead of Macdonald Smith at Prince’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sarazen finishes with a tournament record of 283.
1933 — Johnny Goodman wins the U.S. Open golf title, making him the last amateur to win this event.
1934 — Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time to win the second FIFA World Cup at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Italy trailing 1-0, ties the game at the 80th minute. Angelo Schiavio scores the winning goal in extra time.
1944 — A rare triple dead heat occurs in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct with Bossuet, Brownie and Wait a Bit crossing the finish line together.
1950 — Sixteen months after near-fatal car accident, Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open. Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio in an 18-hole playoff at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
1968 — UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Italy beats Yugoslavia, 2-0 in a replay (first game, 1-1).
1973 — Mary Mills shoots a 63 in the final round of the LPGA Championship to beat Betty Burfeindt by one stroke.
1977 — Al Geiberger sets a PGA Championship 18-hole record when he shoots a 59 in the Danny Thomas Classic.
1978 — Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, wins the Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown in one of the greatest battles in racing history. Affirmed edges Alydar for the third time.
1981 — Pete Rose ties Stan Musial’s NL record of 3,630 hits.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings is named the NHL’s MVP, winning the Hart Trophy for a record ninth time.
1995 — Trainer D. Wayne Lukas wins a record five straight Triple Crown races as Thunder Gulch takes the Belmont Stakes. Lukas is the first trainer to win the Triple Crown races with two different horses. Lukas’ Timber Country won the Preakness.
1996 — Colorado’s Patrick Roy makes 63 saves before Uwe Krupp scores 4:31 into the third overtime to give the Avalanche a 1-0 victory against the Florida Panthers at Miami Arena and complete a four-game sweep of the Stanley Cup Final.
2000 — Stanley Cup Final, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars, 2-1 in double OT for a 4-2 series victory.
2006 — In Atlantic City, N.J., Bernard Hopkins wins a unanimous decision over light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver, capping an 18-year career with an upset for the ages.
2010 — Southern California is placed on four years probation, receives a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships. The NCAA cites USC for a lack of institutional control. The NCAA found that Reggie Bush, identified as a “former football student-athlete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004. The NCAA also orders USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible. USC loses 30 scholarships over a three-year period, 10 annually from 2011-13.
2012 — Shanshan Feng wins the LPGA Championship to become the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event.
2018 — Rafael Nadal won a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Nadal became the second player in tennis history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court, who claimed 11 Australian Open titles.
2018 — Kristen Gillman led a U.S. singles sweep in the biggest blowout in Curtis Cup history. Gillman, a 20-year-old University of Alabama star, beat 16-year-old Annabell Fuller 5 and 4 to cap a perfect weekend at Quaker Ridge in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Americans won 17-3, breaking the record for margin of victory of 11 set in a 14 1/2-3 1/2 victory at Denver Country Club in 1982.
2023 — UEFA Champions League Final, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul: Manchester City beats Inter Milan, 1-0 to complete historic Champions League, Premier League & FA Cup trifecta.
June 11
1898 — Willie Simms becomes the only African American jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the only one to have won all three Triple Crown races. Simms’ other Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1896, 1898), Belmont Stakes (1893, 1894).
1919 — Walter Hagen wins the U.S. Open with a one-stroke playoff victory over Michael Brady.
1919 — Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, captures the Belmont Stakes to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple Crown winner.
1921 — Grey Lag, ridden by Earl Sande, wins the first Belmont Stakes run counterclockwise. Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.
1938 — Ralph Guldahl wins golf’s U.S. Open for the second straight year by beating Dick Metz.
1949 — Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by beating Sam Snead and Clayton Heafner.
1955 — Nashua wins the Belmont Stakes with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle. It’s the sixth Belmont victory for Arcaro, tying Jimmy McLaughlin’s record.
1977 — Seattle Slew, ridden by Jean Cruguet, runs wire to wire in the Belmont for a four-length victory over Run Dusty Run and the Triple Crown.
1978 — Nancy Lopez shoots a record 13-under par to win the LPGA Championship by six strokes over Amy Alcott.
1982 — Larry Holmes stops Gerry Cooney in the 13th round for the WBC heavyweight title at Las Vegas.
1984 — The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-102 in Game 7 to win their 15th NBA title.
1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, pitches the sixth no-hitter of his career as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan becomes the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1992 — Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1994 — For the first time in 11 years, the United States loses in the women’s world basketball championships. Guards Hortencia and Paula combine for 61 points, and Brazil stuns the defending champions 110-107 in the semifinals.
2006 — Se Ri Pak beats Karrie Webb on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Championship. Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff.
2006 — Rafael Nadal wins his second consecutive French Open, beating Roger Federer in four sets. Nadal spoils Federer’s bid for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship and extends his record clay-court winning streak to 60 matches.
2011 — Texas A&M sweeps the men’s and women’s titles at the NCAA outdoor championships, becoming the first school to post dual three-peat champions. Villanova’s Sheila Reid becomes the first woman to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the same NCAA meet.
2012 — Rafael Nadal wins his record seventh French Open title, returning to Roland Garros to defeat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. It’s Nadal’s 11th Grand Slam title, tying him on the all-time list with Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, who won six French Open titles.
2012 — The Los Angeles Kings win their first NHL championship, defeating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
2017 — Rafael Nadal wins his record 10th French Open title by dominating 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. No other man or woman has won 10 championships at the same major in the Open era, which began in 1968.
2017 — Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions.
2022 — Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory.
2023 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 for his men’s record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
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June 12
1920 — Man o’ War wins the Belmont Stakes, which was run at 1 3/8-miles, in 2:14 1/5. He shatters the world record by 3 1/5 seconds and sets the American dirt-course record for that distance.
1930 — Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a fourth-round foul for the vacant heavyweight title in New York. Schmeling becomes the first German — and European — heavyweight world champion.
1939 — Byron Nelson wins the U.S. Open in a three-way playoff with Craig Wood and Denny Shute.
1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown with an eight-length victory over Better Self. It’s Arcaro’s second Triple Crown. He rode Whirlaway in 1941.
1948 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open with a record 276, five fewer than Ralph Guldahl’s 1937 record.
1954 — Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
1979 — Bobby Orr becomes the youngest player in NHL history to be selected for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The 31-year-old is inducted months after officially ending his NHL career as the Hall waives its usual three-year waiting period.
1981 — Larry Holmes stops Leon Spinks in the third round for the WBC heavyweight title in Detroit.
1983 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by two strokes over Sandra Haynie.
1984 — 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title.
1990 — Egypt, a 500-1 shot, stuns the Netherlands when Magdi Abdel-Ghani makes a penalty kick with eight minutes remaining to tie the World Cup favorites 1-1.
1991 — The Chicago Bulls win the first NBA championship in the team’s 25-year history with a 108-101 victory in Game 5 over the Los Angeles Lakers. MVP Michael Jordan scores 30 points, Scottie Pippen has 32 and John Paxson 20.
2002 — NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets, 113-107 for a 4-0 sweep and 3rd straight title; MVP: Shaquille O’Neal for 3rd consecutive Finals series.
2005 — Annika Sorenstam closes with a 1-over 73 for a three-shot victory over Michelle Wie in the LPGA Championship. The 15-year-old Wie shoots a 69 to finish second. It’s the highest finish by an amateur in a major since 20-year-old Jenny Chuasiriporn lost a playoff to Se Ri Pak in the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open.
2008 — The Boston Celtics overcome a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-91 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA finals. No team has ever overcome more than a 15-point deficit after the first quarter, and the Celtics post the biggest comeback in the finals since 1971.
2009 — Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores two second-period goals as the Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.
2011 — The Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title by winning Game 6 of the finals in Miami, 105-95. Jason Terry scores 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki adds 21 as the Mavericks win four of the series’ last five games.
2013 — Andrew Shaw scores on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The Blackhawks gets third-period goals from Dave Bolland and Oduya to erase a 3-1 deficit.
2016 — Sidney Crosby sets up Kris Letang’s go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins win the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.
2017 — Kevin Durant caps his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship. Durant, who joined Golden State last July, scores 39 points in a finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2019 — Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-3 series victory; first title in franchise history.
2021 — Danish soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match with Finland in Copenhagen. Eriksen is revived with a defibrillator and the game controversially continues with a 1-0 Finland win.
2023 — NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat 94-89 to win the franchise’s first Championship; clinch series 4-1; MVP: Denver C Nikola Jokić.
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June 13
1908 — Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title.
1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-73 as a jockey, sets the record for the most number of Belmont Stakes wins by a trainer, eight, when he sends Prince Eugene to victory.
1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.
1956 — 1st European Cup Final, Paris: Héctor Rial scores twice as Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 4-3 to claim inaugural title.
1959 — Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open golf tournament over Bob Rosburg.
1971 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Kathy Ahern.
1982 — Jan Stephenson wins the LPGA championship with a two-stroke triumph over Joanne Carner.
1989 — 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games.
1991 — The National, the nation’s first all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.
1992 — Sergei Bubka of Ukraine breaks his own world outdoor record in the pole vault by soaring 20 feet, one-half inch. The jump is the 30th time that Bubka has set the record indoors or outdoors, surpassing the 29 world records by distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland in the 1920s.
1993 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA Championship for a third time, with a 2-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Lauri Merten.
1997 — Chicago wins its fifth NBA championship in the last seven years, as Steve Kerr’s last-second shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz.
2002 — Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; Red Wings’ 10th title; coach Scotty Bowman retires with record 9th title.
2010 — Zenyatta wins her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern-day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6-year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, wins the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length over St Trinians at Hollywood Park. With the victory, Zenyatta surpasses the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.
2011 — Boston scores four times in a 4:14 span of the first period and beats the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden, evening the best-of-7 series. Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder give Boston a 4-0 lead before the midway point of the first period.
2012 — Matt Cain pitches the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches by outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.
2014 — The Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in the World Cup’s first shocker, toying with an aging team that dominated global football for the past six years and avenging a loss in the 2010 final.
2014 — The Los Angeles Kings wins the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5.
2016 — LeBron James has 41 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, Kyrie Irving also scores 41 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers capitalize on the Warriors playing without suspended star Draymond Green, staving off NBA Finals elimination with a 112-97 victory in Game 5. James and Irving are the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game as the Cavaliers pulled within 3-2 and sent their best-of-seven series back to Ohio.
2017 — The Golden State Warriors win their second NBA tile in three years with a win over the Cavaliers 129-120.
2019 — The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win the franchise’s first Championship.
2021 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 19th Grand Slam singles title; beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
2023 — Stanley Cup Final, T-Mobile Arena, LV: Vegas Golden Knights rout Florida Panthers 9-3 to clinch 4-1 series win; franchise’s first title in only 6th year in the NHL; MVP: Jonathan Marchessault (VGK forward).
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| PHILADELPHIA AT NY METS | 1:10PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| ATLANTA AT WASHINGTON | 4:05PM | BALLY SPORTS SOUTHEAST MASN MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN FRANCISCO AT TEXAS | 4:05PM | NBC SPORTS BAY AREA BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| MINNESOTA AT PITTSBURGH | 4:05PM | BALLY SPORTS NORTH ATTSN-PITTSBURGH MLB.TV FUBO |
| TORONTO AT OAKLAND | 4:07PM | SPORTSNET NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA MLB.TV FUBO |
| MILWAUKEE AT DETROIT | 4:10PM | BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN BALLY SPORTS DETROIT MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. CUBS AT CINCINNATI | 4:10PM | MLBN MARQ BALLY SPORTS OHIO MLB.TV FUBO |
| SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY | 4:10PM | ROOT SPORTS BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY MLB.TV FUBO |
| BALTIMORE AT TAMPA BAY | 4:10PM | MLBN MASN2 BALLY SPORTS SUN MLB.TV FUBO |
| BOSTON AT CHI. WHITE SOX | 4:10PM | NESN NBC SPORTS CHICAGO MLB.TV FUBO |
| COLORADO AT ST. LOUIS | 4:15PM | ROCKIES.TV BALLY SPORTS MIDWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| LA DODGERS AT NY YANKEES | 7:35PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| CLEVELAND AT MIAMI | 7:35PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| ARIZONA AT SAN DIEGO | 8:40PM | MLBN YURVIEW PADRES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| HOUSTON AT LA ANGELS | 10:07PM | MLBN SCHN BALLY SPORTS WEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 1: EDMONTON AT FLORIDA | 8:00PM | ABC |
| UFL | TIME ET | TV |
| USFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP: MICHIGAN VS BIRMINGHAM | 3:00PM | ABC ESPN+ |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| XFINITY: ZIP BUY NOW, PAY LATER 250 | 8:00PM | FS1 |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP WORLD TOUR: SCANDINAVIAN MIXED | 7:00AM | GOLF |
| PGA TOUR: THE MEMORIAL | 12:30PM | GOLF |
| PGA TOUR: THE MEMORIAL | 2:30PM | CBS |
| LPGA: SHOP RITE CLASSIC | 5:00PM | GOLF |
| HORSE RACING | TIME ET | TV |
| BELMONT STAKES | 6:00PM | FOX |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: SWEDEN VS SERBIA | 12:00PM | FUBO |
| NWSL: NJ/NY GOTHAM FC VS ANGEL CITY | 12:30PM | CBS PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: PORTUGAL VS CROATIA | 12:45PM | FS2FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: BELGIUM VS LUXEMBOURG | 2:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: SPAIN VS NORTHERN IRELAND | 3:30PM | FUBO |
| CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: CAVALRY VS FORGE | 5:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: USA VS COLOMBIA | 5:30PM | NBC PEACOCK TELEMUNDO FUBO |
| COPA LIBERTADORES: GRÊMIO VS ESTUDIANTES | 6:00PM | BEIN SPORTS FUBO |
| MLS: NEW ENGLAND VS NEW YORK RB | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| NWSL: CHICAGO RED STARS VS BAY FC | 7:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| NWSL: UTAH ROYALS VS WASHINGTON SPIRIT | 7:30PM | ION |
| MLS: MINNESOTA UNITED VS DALLAS | 8:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: SPORTING KC VS SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC | 8:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: ST. LOUIS CITY VS PORTLAND TIMBERS | 8:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| FRIENDLY: MEXICO VS BRAZIL | 8:30PM | FOX SPORTS GO FOX DEPORTES FUBO |
| NWSL: PORTLAND THORNS VS NORTH CAROLINA COURAGE | 10:00PM | ION |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| NEW YORK VS CONNECTICUT | 1:00PM | ABC |
| ATLANTA VS CHICAGO | 5:00PM | CW 26 PEACHTREE |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| FRENCH OPEN | 9:00AM | NBC |
| COLLEGE TRACK & FIELD | TIME ET | TV |
| NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS | 5:30PM | ESPN |