THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” THURSDAY MAY 23, 2024

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT

Class 4A

1. Munster (8) | Bracket
East Chicago Central, Gary West Side, Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Hobart, Lake Central, Merrillville, Munster

2. Crown Point (6) | Bracket
Chesterton, Crown Point, Kankakee Valley, Lowell, Portage, Valparaiso

3. Plymouth (5) | Bracket
LaPorte, Michigan City, Mishawaka, Plymouth, South Bend Adams

4. Penn (6) | Bracket
Concord, Elkhart, Goshen, Northridge, Penn, Warsaw Community

5. DeKalb (5) | Bracket
Carroll (Fort Wayne), DeKalb, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider

6. Columbia City (6) | Bracket
Columbia City, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Homestead, Huntington North, New Haven

7. Lafayette Jeff (6) | Bracket
Harrison (West Lafayette), Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, Logansport, Marion, McCutcheon

8. Noblesville (6) | Bracket
Carmel, Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Noblesville, Westfield, Zionsville

9. New Palestine (7) | Bracket
Anderson, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Muncie Central, New Palestine, Pendleton Heights, Richmond

10. Lawrence North (7) | Bracket
Ben Davis, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Pike

11. Roncalli (6) | Bracket
Franklin Central, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Southport, Warren Central

12. Decatur Central (6) | Bracket
Avon, Brownsburg, Decatur Central, Plainfield, Terre Haute North Vigo, Terre Haute South Vigo

13. Bloomington North (6) | Bracket
Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Center Grove, Greenwood Community, Martinsville, Mooresville,

14. Shelbyville (6) | Bracket
Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Franklin Community, Shelbyville, Whiteland Community

15. Seymour (6) | Bracket
Bedford North Lawrence, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Jennings County, New Albany, Seymour

16. Evansville F.J. Reitz (5) | Bracket
Castle, Evansville Central, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Evansville North

Class 3A

17. Highland (8) | Bracket
Andrean,Boone Grove, Calumet, Griffith, Hanover Central, Highland, Rensselaer Central, River Forest

18. Glenn @ Newton Park (5) | Bracket
Culver Academies, Glenn, Knox, New Prairie, Tippecanoe Valley

19. Mishawaka Marian (6) | Bracket
Jimtown,Mishawaka Marian, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph, South Bend Washington

20. Northwestern (6) | Bracket
Frankfort, North Montgomery, Northwestern, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette, Western

21. Angola (7) | Bracket
Angola, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Garrett, Heritage, Leo, Woodlan

22. Fairfield (6) | Bracket
East Noble, Fairfield, Lakeland, NorthWood, Wawasee, West Noble

23. Norwell (6) | Bracket
Bellmont, Maconaquah, Mississinewa, Norwell, Oak Hill, Peru

24. Yorktown (5) | Bracket
Centerville, Delta, Jay County, New Castle, Yorktown

25. Danville (6) | Bracket
Crawfordsville, Danville Community, Lebanon, Monrovia, Tri-West Hendricks, Western Boone

26. Edgewood (6) | Bracket
Edgewood, Indian Creek, Northview, Owen Valley, South Vermillion, West Vigo

27. Brebeuf Jesuit (5) | Bracket
Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Heights, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Shortridge

28. Beech Grove (6) | Bracket
Beech Grove, Christel House, Herron, Indianapolis George Washington, Purdue Polytechnic – Downtown, Speedway

29. Lawrenceburg (7) | Bracket
Batesville, Connersville, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Rushville Consolidated, South Dearborn

30. North Harrison (7) | Bracket
Charlestown, Corydon Central, Madison Consolidated, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, Silver Creek

31. Jasper (6) | Bracket
Heritage Hills, Jasper, Pike Central, Southridge, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington

32. Princeton Community (6) | Bracket
Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Reitz Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mt. Vernon, Princeton Community,

Class 2A

33. Whiting (6) | Bracket
21st Century Charter-Gary, Hammond Bishop Noll, Illiana Christian, Lake Station Edison, North Newton, Whiting

34. North Judson-San Pierre (6) | Bracket
Hebron, North Judson-San Pierre, South Central (Union Mills), South Bend Career Academy, Wheeler, Winamac Community

35. Delphi (6) | Bracket
Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Clinton Prairie, Delphi Community, Lewis Cass, Seeger

36. Wabash (6) | Bracket
Bremen, LaVille, Manchester, Pioneer, Rochester Community, Wabash

37. South Adams (6) | Bracket
Adams Central,Blackford, Bluffton, Eastbrook, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, South Adams

38. Eastside (6) | Bracket
Central Noble, Churubusco, Eastside, Prairie Heights, Westview, Whitko,

39. Eastern (Greentown) (6) | Bracket
Alexandria Monroe, Eastern (Greentown), Elwood Community, Madison-Grant, Taylor, Tipton

40. Frankton (6) | Bracket
Frankton, Lapel, Monroe Central, Muncie Burris, Wapahani, Winchester Community

41. Shenandoah (6) | Bracket
Eastern Hancock, Hagerstown, Knightstown, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Union County

42. Park Tudor (5) | Bracket
Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, Irvington Preparatory Academy, Park Tudor, Triton Central

43. Sheridan (6) | Bracket
Cascade, Covenant Christian (Indpls), Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Riverside, Sheridan, University

44. Greencastle (6) | Bracket
Cloverdale, Greencastle, North Putnam, Parke Heritage, South Putnam, Southmont

45. South Ripley (8) | Bracket
Austin, Brown County, Brownstown Central, Hauser, Milan, South Ripley, Southwestern (Hanover), Switzerland County

46. Clarksville (5) | Bracket
Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern (Pekin), Paoli, Providence

47. Sullivan (6) | Bracket
Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, Mitchell, North Knox, South Knox, Sullivan

48. South Spencer (6) | Bracket
Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, North Posey, Perry Central, South Spencer, Tell City

Class 1A

49. Morgan Township (6) | Bracket
Bowman Leadership Academy, DeMotte Christian, Hammond Academy of Science & Technology, Kouts, Morgan Township, Washington Township

50. Tri-Township (7) | Bracket
Argos, Culver Community, Marquette Catholic, Oregon-Davis, Triton, Tri-Township, Westville

51. Fremont (7) | Bracket
Bethany Christian, Elkhart Christian Academy, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fremont, Hamilton, Lakewood Park Christian

52. North White (6) | Bracket
Caston, North Miami, North White, Northfield, Southwood, West Central

53. Frontier (6) | Bracket
Clinton Central, Faith Christian, Frontier, Rossville, South Newton, Tri-County

54. Lafayette Central Catholic (6) | Bracket
Attica, Covington, Fountain Central, Lafayette Central Catholic, North Vermillion, Riverton Parke

55. Wes-Del (7) | Bracket
Anderson Preparatory Academy, Cowan, Daleville, Liberty Christian, Southern Wells, Tri-Central, Wes-Del

56. Seton Catholic (6) | Bracket
Blue River Valley, Cambridge City Lincoln, Randolph Southern, Seton Catholic, Tri, Union City

57. Shakamak (6) | Bracket
Bloomfield, Clay City, Dugger Union, North Central (Farmersburg), Shakamak, White River Valley

58. Bethesda Christian (5) | Bracket
Bethesda Christian, Indiana School for the Deaf, Purdue Polytechnic – Broad Ripple, Providence Cristo Rey, Tindley

59. Morristown (5) | Bracket
Edinburgh, Greenwood Christian Academy, Indianapolis Lutheran, Indianapolis Metropolitan, Morristown

60. Jac-Cen-Del (6) | Bracket
Jac-Cen-Del, North Decatur, Oldenburg Academy, South Decatur, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Waldron

61. South Central (Elizabeth) (6) | Bracket
Borden, Christian Academy of Indiana, Lanesville, Rock Creek Academy, South Central (Elizabeth), West Washington

62. Shawe Memorial (6) | Bracket
Crothersville, Henryville, New Washington, Rising Sun, Shawe Memorial, Trinity Lutheran

63. Loogootee (6) | Bracket
Barr-Reeve, Loogootee, North Daviess, Orleans, Shoals, Vincennes Rivet

64. Northeast Dubois (6) | Bracket
Cannelton, Evansville Christian, Northeast Dubois, Springs Valley, Tecumseh, Wood Memorial

CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SECTIONAL SCORES

COWAN 4 DALEVILLE 2

FRANKLIN CENTRAL 15 WARREN CENTRAL 1

ALEXANDRIA MONROE 5 TIPTON 4

UNION CITY 11 TRI 1

PARKE HERITAGE 4 N. PUTNAM 3

DECATUR CENTRAL 9 BROWNSBURG 8

WAPAHANI 4 MONROE CENTRAL 1

DANVILLE 17 MONROVIA 5

KNIGHTSTOWN 5 HAGERSTOWN 2

PURDUE POLY 10 HERRON 0

NEW CASTLE 7 CENTERVILLE 3

JASPER 1 SOUTHRIDGE 0

PARK TUDOR 7 SCECINA 1

CARMEL 4 NOBLESVILLE 2

LAWRENCE CENTRAL 3 N. CENTRAL 2

FRANKLIN 5 COLUMBUS NORTH 3

MOORESVILLE 2 GREENWOOD 0

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 20 MORRISTOWN 1

NEW PALESTINE 22 MUNCIE CENTRAL 0

CASCADE 4 RITTER 1

BLUE RIVER 1 SETON CATHOLIC 0

CROWN POINT 2 VALPARAISO 1

WESTFIELD 6 ZIONSVILLE 4

TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 8 TERRE HAUTE NORTH 4

RONCALLI 2 PERRY MERIDIAN 1

BLOOMINGTON NORTH 5 MARTINSVILLE 2

LAPEL 19 MUNCIE BURRIS 1

EAST CENTRAL 9 WHITELAND 7

STATE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/BASEBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/22/2024

INDIANA SOFTBALL SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT

CLASS 4A

1. LAKE CENTRAL (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER.

2. CHESTERSON (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CHESTERTON, CROWN POINT, HOBART, LOWELL, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO.

3. SOUTH BEND ADAMS (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH.

4. NORTHRIDGE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, PENN, WARSAW COMMUNITY.

5. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), DEKALB, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER.

6. COLUMBIA CITY (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
COLUMBIA CITY, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH, NEW HAVEN.

7. KOKOMO (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, LOGANSPORT, MCCUTCHEON.

8. CARMEL (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE.

9. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW PALESTINE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND.

10. LAWRENCE CENTRAL (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BEN DAVIS, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PIKE.

11. FRANKLIN CENTRAL (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
FRANKLIN CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, PERRY MERIDIAN, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT, WARREN CENTRAL.

12. TERRE HAUTE NORTH (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
AVON, BROWNSBURG, DECATUR CENTRAL, PLAINFIELD, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO.

13. CENTER GROVE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, CENTER GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MOORESVILLE.

14. COLUMBUS EAST (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, SHELBYVILLE, WHITELAND COMMUNITY.

15. NEW ALBANY (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY, NEW ALBANY, SEYMOUR.

16. EVANSVILLE NORTH (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CASTLE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH.

CLASS 3A

17. GRIFFITH (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BOONE GROVE, CALUMET, GRIFFITH, HANOVER CENTRAL, HIGHLAND, RIVER FOREST.

18. TWIN LAKES (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
FRANKFORT, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTHWESTERN, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE, WESTERN.

19. MISHAWAKA MARIAN (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
JIMTOWN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, NEW PRAIRIE, SOUTH BEND CLAY, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON.

20. KANKAKEE VALLEY (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CULVER ACADEMIES, GLENN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, KNOX, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, TIPPECANOE VALLEY.

21. FAIRFIELD (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EAST NOBLE, FAIRFIELD, LAKELAND, NORTHWOOD, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE.

22. LEO (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ANGOLA, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, HERITAGE, LEO, WOODLAN.

23. OAK HILL (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BELLMONT, MACONAQUAH, MARION, NORWELL, OAK HILL, PERU.

24. DELTA (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CENTERVILLE, DELTA, JAY COUNTY, MISSISSINEWA, NEW CASTLE, YORKTOWN.

25. LEBANON (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE, LEBANON, MONROVIA, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS, WESTERN BOONE.

26. OWEN VALLEY (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EDGEWOOD, INDIAN CREEK, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, WEST VIGO.

27. INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BREBEUF JESUIT, GUERIN CATHOLIC, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE.

28. BEECH GROVE (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BEECH GROVE, HERRON, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC, SPEEDWAY.

29. RUSHVILLE (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BATESVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, LAWRENCEBURG, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SOUTH DEARBORN.

30. SILVER CREEK (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, SALEM, SCOTTSBURG, SILVER CREEK.

31. SOUTHRIDGE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
HERITAGE HILLS, JASPER, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON.

32. BOONVILLE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, GIBSON SOUTHERN, MT. VERNON, PRINCETON.

CLASS 2A

33. ANDREAN (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ANDREAN, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, LAKE STATION EDISON, NORTH NEWTON, WHITING.

34. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BREMEN, HEBRON, LAVILLE, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), WHEELER.

35. CENTRAL NOBLE (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW.

36. SOUTH ADAMS (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ADAMS CENTRAL, BLUFFTON, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, MANCHESTER, SOUTH ADAMS, WHITKO.

37. ROCHESTER (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
LEWIS CASS, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, PIONEER, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, WABASH, WINAMAC COMMUNITY.

38. DELPHI COMMUNITY (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BENTON CENTRAL, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON PRAIRIE, DELPHI COMMUNITY, SEEGER, TIPTON.

39. MADISON-GRANT (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BLACKFORD, EASTBROOK, EASTERN (GREENTOWN), ELWOOD COMMUNITY, MADISON-GRANT, TAYLOR.

40. LAPEL (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ALEXANDRIA MONROE, FRANKTON, LAPEL, MONROE CENTRAL, WAPAHANI, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY.

41. KNIGHTSTOWN (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EASTERN HANCOCK, HAGERSTOWN, KNIGHTSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY.

42. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CHRISTEL HOUSE, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY, PARK TUDOR, TRITON CENTRAL.

43. CASCADE (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CASCADE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, RIVERSIDE, SHERIDAN.

44. SOUTHMONT (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT.

45. MILAN (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, HAUSER, MILAN, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY.

46. PROVIDENCE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
AUSTIN, CLARKSVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, EASTERN (PEKIN), PAOLI, PROVIDENCE.

47. SOUTH KNOX (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, MITCHELL, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN.

48. FOREST PARK (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, FOREST PARK, NORTH POSEY, PERRY CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TELL CITY.

CLASS 1A

49. TRI-TOWNSHIP (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, HAMMOND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, KOUTS, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

50. WESTVILLE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, OREGON-DAVIS, TRITON, WESTVILLE.

51. FREMONT (4) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ELKHART CHRISTIAN, FREMONT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN.

52. NORTH MIAMI (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CASTON, NORTH MIAMI, NORTH WHITE, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHWOOD, WEST CENTRAL.

53. ROSSVILLE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CLINTON CENTRAL, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FRONTIER, ROSSVILLE, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY.

54. RIVERTON PARKE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ATTICA, COVINGTON, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NORTH VERMILLION, RIVERTON PARKE.

55. SOUTHERN WELLS (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
ANDERSON PREPARATORY, COWAN, DALEVILLE, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, SOUTHERN WELLS, TRI-CENTRAL, WES-DEL.

56. TRI (4) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, TRI, UNION CITY.

57. WHITE RIVER VALLEY (7) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, CLOVERDALE, DUGGER UNION, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY.

58. INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF (4) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, EMINENCE, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY.

59. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (4) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
EDINBURGH, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, MORRISTOWN.

60. NORTH DECATUR (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
JAC-CEN-DEL, NORTH DECATUR, OLDENBURG, SOUTH DECATUR, WALDRON.

61. LANESVILLE (6) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, LANESVILLE, ROCK CREEK, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON.

62. NEW WASHINGTON (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CROTHERSVILLE, HENRYVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, RISING SUN, TRINITY LUTHERAN.

63. NORTH DAVIESS (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
BARR-REEVE, LOOGOOTEE, NORTH DAVIESS, ORLEANS, SHOALS.

64. NORTHEAST DUBOIS (5) | BUY TICKETS |BRACKET
CANNELTON, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, SPRINGS VALLEY, TECUMSEH, WOOD MEMORIAL.

CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SECTIONAL SCORES

LAWRENCE NORTH 15 LAWRENCE CENTRAL 2

BISHOP CHATARD 9 GUERIN CATHOLIC 1

GREENFIELD CENTRAL 7 MOUNT VERNON 5

BEECH GROVE 3 SPEEDWAY 2

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 8 EDINBURGH 3

FRANKLIN COUNTY 4 RUSHVILLE 2

BETHESDA CHRISTIAN 6 EMINENCE 2

EASTERN HANCOCK 5 SHENANDOAH 4

CASCADE 15 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 1

TRI 13 UNION CITY 10

TRITON CENTRAL 9 SCECINA 1

AVON 10 TERRE HAUTE NORTH 1

TRI-WEST 4 WESTERN BOONE 1

RONCALLI 13 SOUTHPORT 3

FREMONT 15 LAKEWOOD PARK 9

NEW PALESTINE 9 PENDLETON HEIGHTS 0

NORTH CENTRAL 10 CLOVERDALE 0

BEN DAVIS 14 N. CENTRAL 7

CONNERSVILLE 5 LAWRENCEBURG 4

STATE SCOREBOARD: HTTPS://WWW.MAXPREPS.COM/IN/SOFTBALL/SCORES/?DATE=5/22/2024

INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET:

https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20GTe%20State%20Championship%20Bracket.pdf

INDIANA TRACK RESULTS: https://in.milesplit.com/results

NBA PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(1) BOSTON VS. (6) INDIANA

• GAME 1: BOSTON 133 INDIANA 128 OT (CELTICS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: PACERS VS. CELTICS, THURSDAY, MAY 23 (8:00 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 3: CELTICS VS. PACERS, SATURDAY, MAY 25 (8:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 4: CELTICS VS. PACERS, MONDAY, MAY 27 (8:00 ET, ESPN)
• GAME 5: PACERS VS. CELTICS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 6: CELTICS VS. PACERS, FRIDAY, MAY 31 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 7: PACERS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 2 (8:00 ET, ESPN)*
BOSTON LEADS SERIES 1-0

* = IF NECESSARY

WESTERN CONFERENCE

3) MINNESOTA VS. (5) DALLAS

• GAME 1: DALLAS 108 MINNESOTA 105 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. TIMBERWOLVES, FRIDAY, MAY 24 (8:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 3: TIMBERWOLVES VS. MAVERICKS, SUNDAY, MAY 26 (8:00 ET, TNT)
• GAME 4: TIMBERWOLVES VS. MAVERICKS, TUESDAY, MAY 28 (8:30 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. TIMBERWOLVES, THURSDAY, MAY 30 (8:30 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 6: TIMBERWOLVES VS. MAVERICKS, SATURDAY, JUNE 1 (8:30 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. TIMBERWOLVES, MONDAY, JUNE 3 (8:30 ET, TNT)*

* = IF NECESSARY

> NBA FINALS SCHEDULE

THE 2024 NBA FINALS PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV WILL BEGIN JUNE 6, WITH ABC AS THE EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTER.

GAME 1: THURSDAY, JUNE 6 (8:30 ET)
GAME 2: SUNDAY, JUNE 9 (8 ET)
GAME 3: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*

* = IF NECESSARY

WNBA SCORES

SEATTLE 85 INDIANA 83

NHL PLAYOFFS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

NEW YORK RANGERS VS. FLORIDA

SCHEDULE:

WESTERN CONFERENCE

DALLAS VS. EDMONTON

SCHEDULE:

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

ST. LOUIS 3 BALTIMORE 1

ST. LOUIS 5 BALTIMORE 4

MINNESOTA 3 WASHINGTON 2

CLEVELAND 6 NY METS 3

KANSAS CITY 8 DETROIT 3

LA ANGELS 2 HOUSTON 1

SAN DIEGO 7 CINCINNATI 3

SAN FRANCISCO 9 PITTSBURGH 5 (10)

PHILADELPHIA 11 TEXAS 4

MIAMI 1 MILWAUKEE 0

BOSTON 8 TAMPA BAY 5

NY YANKEES 7 SEATTLE 3

TORONTO 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

ATLANTA 9 CHICAGO CUBS 2

COLORADO 4 OAKLAND 3 (12)

ARIZONA 6 LA DODGERS 0

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

IOWA 8 INDIANAPOLIS 7 (11)

COLLEGE BASEBALL

BIG 10 BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

TUESDAY, MAY 21
INDIANA 8 PURDUE 6
OHIO STATE 15 NEBRASKA 2
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
GAME 3: PENN STATE 3 ILLINOIS 1

GAME 4: MICHIGAN 3 IOWA 2 (10)
GAME 5: NEBRASKA 5 PURDUE 2
THURSDAY, MAY 23
GAME 6: IOWA VS. ILLINOIS 11 A.M.
GAME 7: INDIANA VS. OHIO STATE 3 P.M.
GAME 8:MICHIGAN VS. PENN STATE 8 P.M.
FRIDAY, MAY 24
GAME 9: WINNER OF GAME 5 VS. LOSER OF GAME 7, 3 P.M.
GAME 10: WINNER OF GAME 6 VS. LOSER OF GAME 8, 8 P.M.
SATURDAY, MAY 25
BRACKET FINALS & IF NECESSARY GAMES, 10 A.M. & 2 P.M. (6 P.M. & 10 P.M.)
SUNDAY, MAY 26
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, 3 P.M. (WINNER TAKE ALL)

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY, MAY 21

ILLINOIS-CHICAGO 9 MISSOURI STATE 8

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 12 BELMONT 2

SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
GAME 3: EVANSVILLE 17 ILLINOIS STATE 6
GAME 4: BELMONT 6 MISSOURI STATE 4
GAME 5: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 10 INDIANA STATE 9 (11)

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY, MAY 23

GAME6: ILLINOIS CHICAGO VS. MURRAY STATE 1:30PM

GAME 7: BELMONT VS. ILLINOIS STATE, 9 AM
GAME 8: INDIANA STATE VS. LOSER OF GAME 6, 12:30 PM
GAME 9: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VS. WINNER OF GAME 7, 4 PM
GAME 10: EVANSVILLE VS. WINNER OF GAME 6, 7:30 PM

SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MAY 24
GAME 11: TBD, 11 AM
GAME 12: TBD, 2:30 PM
GAME 13: TBD, 6 PM

SCHEDULE FOR SATURDAY, MAY 27
GAME 14: MVC CHAMPIONSHIP, 2:30 PM
GAME 15: MVC CHAMPIONSHIP (IF NECESSARY), 6 PM

MAC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND
GAME 1 – BALL STATE 5 TOLEDO 1
GAME 2 – MIAMI OH 5 KENT STATE 2
THURSDAY, MAY 23RD
GAME 3 – G1 LOSER VS. G2 LOSER, 10 AM ET
GAME 4 – G1 WINNER VS. NO. 1 BOWLING GREEN, 2 PM ET*
GAME 5 – G2 WINNER VS. NO. 2 WESTERN MICHIGAN, 6 PM ET*

FRIDAY, MAY 24TH
GAME 6 – KENT STATE VS, TOLEDO, 10 AM ET #
GAME 7 – MIAMI OH VS. BOWLING GREEN, 2 PM ET #
GAME 8 – BALL STATE VS. WESTERN MICHIGAN, 6 PM ET

SATURDAY, MAY 25TH
GAME 9 – G7 WINNER VS. G8 LOSER, 12:30 PM ET
GAME 10 – G8 WINNER VS. G9 WINNER, 6 PM ET

SUNDAY, MAY 26TH
GAME 11 (IF NECESSARY) – REPLAY OF G10, NOON ET

HORIZON LEAGUE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

MAY 22

GAME #1 MILWAUKEE 5 PURDUE FT. WAYNE 4

GAME #2 YOUNGSTOWN STATE 13 OAKLAND 10

GAME #3 PURDUE FT. WAYNE 8 OAKLAND 2

MAY 23

GAME #4 NO. 1 SEED WRIGHT STATE VS. YOUNGSTOWN STATE 11 A.M. ET

GAME #5 NO. 2 SEED NORTHERN KENTUCKY VS. MILWAUKEE 3 P.M. ET

GAME #6 WINNER GAME 3 VS. LOSER GAME 4/5-LOWEST SEED 7 P.M. ET

MAY 24

GAME #7 WINNER GAME 4 VS. WINNER GAME 5 11 A.M. ET

GAME #8 WINNER GAME 6 VS. LOSER GAME 4/5-HIGHEST SEED 3 P.M. ET

GAME #9 WINNER GAME 8 VS. LOSER GAME 7 7 P.M. ET

MAY 25

GAME #10 WINNER GAME 7 VS. WINNER GAME 9 NOON ET

GAME #11 (IF NECESSARY) WINNER GAME 10 VS. LOSER GAME 10 4 P.M. ET

COLLEGE SOFTBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT

SUPER REGIONAL THURSDAY

FLORIDA STATE VS. OKLAHOMA

GEORGIA VS. UCLA

MLS

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

UFL

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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NBA NEWS

DONCIC, KYRIE LIFT MAVS OVER T-WOLVES IN TENSE GAME 1

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Dallas Mavericks to a 108-105 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Wednesday night.

Kyrie Irving scored 24 of his 30 in the first half for the Mavericks, who trailed 102-98 after a 3-pointer by Anthony Edwards with 3:37 left before an 8-0 run the Wolves didn’t stop until a tip-in with 10.5 seconds to go. For the first time in six tries under coach Jason Kidd, the Mavericks won the first game of a series.

Jaden McDaniels had his third straight 20-plus-point game with 24 points for the Wolves, but Edwards — who earned his first All-NBA selection prior to the game, on the second team — was stifled for 19 points in a team effort from the Mavericks. Karl-Anthony Towns needed a late burst to get to 16 points and finished 6 for 20 from the floor.

The star power in this series is strong, and for the first night at least the Mavericks got what they needed from their leading duo while the Wolves largely struggled to run the offense around theirs.

Dallas had a 62-38 advantage in points in the paint to offset a 6-for-25 shooting performance from deep.

“Terrible offense down the stretch: bad shots, turnovers, no composure,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said. “We’ve got to be better in clutch moments.”

Towns came to life with a long jumper, a lob to Rudy Gobert for a slam and a 3-pointer on a 2-minute burst to give the Wolves the lead back with 4:39 to go on the way to a 10-0 run that Doncic ended with a 3-pointer. P.J. Washington, who had 13 points and seven rebounds, hit from deep to put the Mavericks back in front with 1:56 to go.

Towns thought he tied the game with a putback dunk on the next possession, but that was waved off for basket interference.

Edwards, who went scoreless in the third quarter, added 11 rebounds and eight assists.

Neither team led by more than nine. Minnesota hosts Game 2 on Friday night.

Doncic was relatively quiet until he scored seven straight points over 63 seconds early in the fourth quarter, and the Mavericks stretched that to a 13-0 run for a 97-89 lead that Edwards finally ended with a 3-pointer after another helter-skelter possession.

The Wolves had two days off after dethroning defending champion Denver with a Game 7 comeback from a 20-point deficit to win the second-round series, and the transition was sharp from the Nuggets and NBA MVP Nikola Jokic’s deliberate and powerful style to the pick-and-roll-heavy Mavericks.

The Wolves frequently lost their opponents off screens for wide-open dunks, and the Mavericks moved with a purpose that kept the Wolves from consistently setting their half-court defense around the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Gobert at the rim.

Irving’s stunning burst on the break and on the drive presented a unique challenge the Wolves and their league-leading defense didn’t face in the last round, when they held the Nuggets to an average of 85 points over their four wins.

“He got us going. Without him, we would probably be down 20 at halftime,” Doncic said. “I had to help him in the second half a little bit. So we switched roles this time.”

McDaniels, who played his usual relentless defense on the perimeter, was the catalyst on the other end of the court too with five 3-pointers in the first half, but Towns had trouble getting shots to fall and Edwards found his driving lanes constantly clogged.

“He’s an amazing player. We have to put multiple bodies on him,” Doncic said. “If he’s going 1-on-1, it’s kind of tough to stop him.”

The Mavericks have cranked up their defense since adding Daniel Gafford and Washington at the trade deadline, as top-seeded Oklahoma City can attest after losing in six games in the last round.

The Wolves have had the superior depth in each round so far, and Kyle Anderson gave them a vital 11 points in the first half. Naz Reid had 15 points, including a fast-break layup followed by a steal from Doncic to set up a 3-pointer by Edwards at the end of the first quarter that put the Wolves up 33-27 and had the crowd roaring.

The Wolves and these long-frustrated fans have reached unfamiliar territory with this team that has given the franchise just its second Western Conference finals appearance ever. The Mavericks were here just two years ago, but before Irving arrived. He’s the only player of significance in this series with a championship ring, having helped Cleveland win it all in 2016.

“No one panicked. There was just a lot of trust, no matter how bad or how good we’re playing,” Kidd said.

CELTICS AND PACERS WILL TRY TO OVERCOME BAD HABITS HEADING TO GAME 2 OF EAST FINALS

BOSTON (AP) — There was a dominant refrain ringing in Jayson Tatum’s head following the Celtics’ comeback 133-128 overtime win over the Pacers to open the Eastern Conference finals.

“Don’t relax,” he said.

In each of the previous two rounds, Boston opened its series with Miami and Cleveland with lopsided victories, only to then lose Game 2.

The Pacers have experienced the opposite, dropping Game 1 in Rounds 1 and 2 and then having to regroup to overtake Milwaukee and New York.

Tyrese Haliburton’s takeaway from Indiana’s latest Game 1 setback against the East’s top seed? Be disappointed. But don’t fret.

“We know we can play with these guys,” Haliburton said. “There’s a lot of people out there saying we don’t belong here. We don’t really care. We know we belong.”

What’s clear is that how both teams adjust for Game 2 on Thursday night will set the tone for the balance of this series.

Recent history aside, the similarities between the Celtics and Pacers were on display throughout Game 1.

Both teams thrived offensively this season and did so again, combining for 261 points Tuesday night. It was the highest scoring game of this postseason and the most in a conference finals game since Boston and Detroit totaled 264 in Game 4 of the 1987 East finals.

What was also on display were both teams’ vulnerabilities. Indiana exploited Boston’s weakened interior defense throughout, racking up 56 points in the paint. But the Celtics ultimately prevailed, benefiting from a myriad of mistakes by a young Pacers team short on playoff experience.

Haliburton had two key turnovers to help the Celtics rebound from a five-point deficit in the final two minutes of regulation. First, he dribbled off his foot as he was bringing the ball up the floor with less than 30 seconds remaining in a three-point game. He also fumbled the ball out of bounds with just over a minute to play in OT.

The two miscues were part of 22 turnovers on the night for a Pacers team that came in averaging fewer than 12 per game in these playoffs.

It’s part of the growing pains Indiana coach Rick Carlisle expected his youth-heavy team would have to endure during this playoff run.

“You have to go through it to really experience what it’s all about,” Carlisle said. “We try to help prepare them for those experiences. But there’s nothing like going through it.”

Likewise, Boston learned in Game 1 that it can expect to continue to be pushed by an underdog Pacers team that has the depth to keep up with the Celtics.

Indiana got the usual contributions of Haliburton, Pascal Siakam and Myles Turner, who combined for 72 points. But the Pacers also got a huge lift from reserves Obi Toppin (15 points) and T.J. McConnell (13 points), who helped Indiana’s reserve outscore its Boston counterparts 30-13.

It’s yet another wrinkle that makes the Pacers a hard team to prepare for, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said.

“With their ability to play different lineups, the way they sub — they sub two or three different guys at a time. They are willing to go away from sub patterns for certain guys,” Mazzulla said. “You have to be wary of going to any and everything at any particular time. … Anything is on the table versus a team like this because of their versatility.”

Tatum is expecting both teams to play with renewed confidence in Game 2.

“(Game 1) being a close game going into overtime they certainly feel like they probably should have won. And we feel like we can play a lot better,” he said. “So, I’m excited for us to come out and respond. And just do a better job of protecting home court than we have done recently.”

KNICKS’ JALEN BRUNSON, BOJAN BOGDANOVIC UNDERGO SURGERIES

New York Knicks star guard Jalen Brunson and forward Bojan Bogdanovic underwent surgeries to repair their respective injuries and will be re-evaluated in six to eight weeks, the team announced Wednesday.

Brunson fractured his left hand during Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the visiting Indiana Pacers on Sunday. He said he was hurt when his hand hit Tyrese Haliburton as the Pacers’ guard went up for a layup in the third quarter.

The Knicks trailed 92-74 when Brunson departed and eventually lost 130-109 to Indiana, which advanced to the conference finals to play the Boston Celtics.

Brunson recorded 17 points and nine assists in 29 minutes before his departure. He was averaging 31.8 points per game in the series entering Sunday after pouring in 35.5 per contest in the first-round series victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Brunson had an epic postseason and became the fourth player in NBA playoff history to score 40 or more points in four consecutive games. Jerry West reached that mark a record six straight times in 1965. Bernard King (1984) and Michael Jordan (1993) did it in four straight contests.

Brunson, 27, recorded career-high averages in points (28.7) and assists (6.7) in 77 games (all starts) this season.

Bogdanovic, 35, had surgery on his left wrist. He also is due to have surgery on his left foot.

In 29 regular-season games, after joining the Knicks from the Detroit Pistons, Bogdanovic averaged 10.4 points with 2.0 rebounds and was shooting 37 percent from 3-point range.

In 10 NBA seasons, for six different organizations, Bogdanovic has averaged 15.6 points and 3.6 rebounds over 719 games (572 starts).

JAMES EXTENDS HIS ALL-NBA APPEARANCE RECORD, WHILE DONCIC, GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER SET FOR SUPERMAX DEALS

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James is now the youngest — and the oldest — player to make an All-NBA team. And Dallas’ Luka Doncic and Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are in position to make around $1 million per game a few years from now.

Denver’s Nikola Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander were the only unanimous first-team selections on this season’s All-NBA team, which was revealed by the league on Wednesday night. They were joined on the first team by Doncic, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Boston’s Jayson Tatum.

On the second team: New York’s Jalen Brunson, Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Phoenix’s Kevin Durant, the Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard and James’ Los Angeles Lakers teammate, Anthony Davis.

The third team had James, Golden State’s Stephen Curry, Sacramento’s Domantas Sabonis, Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton and Phoenix’s Devin Booker.

The NBA changed the rules starting with this season and All-NBA voting is now positionless — as opposed to having two guards, two forwards and one center on each of the teams, a formula that had been in place since the 1950s. Players also had to appear in a minimum number of games, in most cases, to be eligible for award consideration from the panel of 99 broadcasters and writers who served as the voting panel.

For James, who was the youngest player to make All-NBA when he was voted onto the team for the 2004-05 season, another selection only added to his list of accomplishments.

The 20 All-NBA overall picks extended his record, a total that’s now five more than Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. His 20 consecutive selections is obviously another record, and he’s the first player to be age 39 or older during what became an All-NBA regular season.

Abdul-Jabbar and Duncan were both just a few days from turning 39 when the regular seasons ended in what became their final All-NBA campaigns, Abdul-Jabbar’s being 1985-86 and Duncan’s being 2014-15. James — the NBA’s career scoring leader — played in 71 games this season, the last 42 of those coming after he turned 39.

And for Doncic and Gilgeous-Alexander, the All-NBA nods mean they are poised for supermax extensions that can be signed in 2025, both of which would set records.

Doncic can sign a five-year deal worth about $347 million, starting at nearly $60 million in 2026-27 and ending at about $79 million in 2030-31. Gilgeous-Alexander will be eligible to sign a four-year extension worth about $294 million. His would start in 2027-28 at around $65 million — and the final year, 2030-31, would see him earning just over $81 million, or nearly $1 million per game. It would be the first time an NBA player’s annual salary has topped $80 million.

Also seeing major financial boosts from their All-NBA selections were Edwards and Haliburton, both of whom agreed to extensions last summer that were to be worth about $205 million — and now will be worth about $245 million over the next five seasons.

Durant made All-NBA for the 11th time, tying for the 12th-most in NBA history.

REPORTS: LAMELO BALL, HORNETS SUED BY NORTH CAROLINA MOTHER

A North Carolina woman has filed a lawsuit against Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball and the team, contending Ball struck her then-11-year-old son with his SUV.

USA Today and ESPN, whom reviewed the lawsuit, said Wednesday that Tamaria McRae alleges that her son approached Ball’s vehicle as he was exiting “Purple and Team Day at the Hive,” a fan event that was held Oct. 7 at the Hornets’ arena in downtown Charlotte. The boy, Angell Joseph, was among the fans who headed toward Ball while he was stopped at a red light, per the report.

McRae claims in the suit that when the light turned green, Ball took off “in a grossly negligent and reckless manner in that he accelerated his vehicle forward suddenly and without warning and struck” the boy.

McRae’s attorney, Cameron deBrun, told ESPN that the boy sustained injuries to his back and a foot. An incident report taken by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, which ESPN obtained, said the youngster had “minor” scratches and bruises.

The woman is seeking damages in excess of $25,000 for physical pain and emotional distress.

Neither the team nor Ball have commented.

Ball has seen limited action the past two seasons because of issues with his right ankle. He appeared in 36 games in 2022-23 due to a broken right ankle, then just 22 games last season after a sprain.

Ball, 22, averaged a career-high 23.9 points per game to go with 8.0 assists and 5.1 rebounds in 2023-24, last playing Jan. 26. He was shut down for the year in late March with the Hornets out of playoff contention.

In four seasons with the Hornets, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft has averaged 20.0 points, 7.4 assists and 6.2 rebounds in 184 games (164 starts).

He was limited to 51 games as a rookie due to injuries, but still earned Rookie of the Year honors. He was an All-Star in 2021.

NHL NEWS

PANTHERS BLANK RANGERS TO TAKE GAME 1

NEW YORK (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky had a long stretch without seeing a shot on goal in the middle of the game, and then there was a flurry in the third period.

No matter, he stopped everything that came his way.

Bobrovsky had 23 saves for his first shutout of the postseason, and the Panthers beat the New York Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final.

“I think you have to be a veteran goalie to do what he did tonight,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “Sit for a while, make huge saves, and sense the last 10 minutes of the game that’s where he has to be Sergei.”

Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist, and Carter Verhaeghe and Sam Bennett also scored for Florida.

Bobrovsky, who had six shutouts during the regular season, had five saves in the first period, seven in the second and 11 in the third for his second career shutout in the playoffs.

“They are a good team, we did a really good defense, we executed our system,” the 35-year-old goalie said. “It’s a big win for us. A game we can build on. … It’s one game. There’s still a lot of hockey to play. We have to keep grinding.”

Igor Shesterkin finished with 24 saves for the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Rangers. They lost for the third time in four games after opening the postseason with seven straight victories.

“We can play better, that wasn’t the best version of ourselves,” Rangers coach Peter Laviolette said. “We’ll look to see what they did, see what we can do better in all areas of the game. There’s more for us to give, more for us to do out there.”

Game 2 is Friday night in New York.

With Florida leading 1-0, Bobrovsky slid to his left to deny a one-timer with Kaapo Kakko 6 1/2 minutes into the third period.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson appeared to add to the lead when he beat Shesterkin from the left side several minutes later. However, the goal was overturned after a challenge for goalie interference because the Panthers’ Ryan Lomberg bumped into Shesterkin in the crease.

“I thought it was right because it’s the call I would want to see on Bobrovsky,” Maurice said.

The Rangers had a flurry of chances with about seven minutes remaining. Alexander Wennberg was denied on two attempts in close, Jacob Trouba had a shot blocked and Wennberg missed on another shot seconds later.

Bobrovsky made a kick save on a drive by Adam Fox during a New York power play with 5:25 remaining.

“He was really good,” Tkachuk said about Bobrovsky. “We did a good job of blocking shots, and when we needed him he was huge, especially with a couple of breakaways. So yeah, he gives us a lot of confidence.”

The Panthers made it 2-0 when Verhaeghe’s centering pass for Tkachuk was deflected past Shesterkin by Alexis Lafreniere with 3:48 to go. Verhaeghe got credit for his seventh of the playoffs.

The Rangers pulled Shesterkin for an extra skater with 3 1/2 minutes remaining, but could not beat Bobrovsky.

The goalie stopped a slap shot by Mika Zibanejad to preserve the shutout, and Bennett sealed the victory with an empty-netter with 1:19 left.

Bobrovsky made a right pad save on Will Cuylle’s breakaway attempt in the opening minute of the second period to preserve the lead.

The Rangers had four shots on goal in the first 1:55 of the second period, and then went nearly 14 1/2 minutes without one until Adam Fox’s attempt with 3:42 left.

Tkachuk opened the scoring late in the first period. Forsling brought the puck up the left side, dropped a pass to Tkachuk, who beat Shesterkin from the left circle over the goalie’s glove with 3:34 left. It was his fifth goal and 15th point of the playoffs.

About 1:15 later, Schneider got a breakaway and fired a shot past Bobrovsky that hit off the goalpost.

The Rangers had forward Filip Chytil back for the second time in the postseason. He missed the final 72 games of the regular season because of an injury believed to be a concussion before returning for Game 3 of the second round against Carolina and then was out for the rest of the series.

FORMER MAPLE LEAFS COACH SHELDON KEEFE GETS THE NEW JERSEY DEVILS TOP JOB, SOURCE TELLS AP

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Sheldon Keefe is being hired as the coach of the New Jersey Devils, less than two weeks after he was fired by the Toronto Maple Leafs.

A source close to the franchise confirmed the hiring in a telephone call with The Associated Press, adding the official announcement will be made on Thursday.

Keefe is the Devils’ fifth coach since 2019 and third since March. They fired Lindy Ruff late in the season, replaced him on an interim basis with Travis Green and missed the playoffs anyway. Green left to coach the Ottawa Senators.

This is Keefe’s second head-coaching job in the NHL after spending the past four-plus seasons with Toronto, making the playoffs each time but winning just one series in the process. That led the Leafs to seek a new voice and hire Stanley Cup-winning coach Craig Berube.

Keefe, 43, will now be tasked with trying to get New Jersey back into the postseason. The Devils, with the sixth-worst save percentage in the league, could not outscore their problems to make it this year after reaching the second round in 2023.

The Devils posted a 38-39-5 record this past season, a 31-point drop from the previous season. They had several injuries with the biggest being a torn pectoral muscle that limited defenseman Dougie Hamilton to 20 games. Defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler also missed time with a broken foot and a concussion. Star forward Jack Hughes missed 20 games, while center and captain Nico Hischier was out for 11.

New Jersey also lost key faceoff man Michael McLeod in February after he was indicted in Canada on charges related to a sexual assault case in 2018.

Goaltending was the team’s major problem last year as Vitek Vanecek, Nico Daws and Akira Schmid were inconsistent. New Jersey got help late when it acquired Jake Allen at the trade deadline but the netminding remains an issue heading into next season.

General manager Tom Fitzgerald’s team has youth and speed. Forward Jesper Bratt (27 goals, 56 assists), Timo Meier (28-24), Hischier (27-40) and Hughes (27-47) are outstanding up front, while defenseman Luke Hughes had a franchise record 47 points (9-38) in his rookie season.

Ruff had led the Devils to a franchise-record 112 points in 2022-23, a 49-point improvement from the previous year. They finished second in the Metropolitan Division riding a career-best season by Jack Hughes. New Jersey rallied to beat the Rangers in seven games in the opening round and lost to the Carolina Hurricanes in five in the second round.

VANCOUVER’S RICK TOCCHET NAMED NHL COACH OF THE YEAR

First-time finalist Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL’s 2023-24 coach of the year.

The trophy honors the head coach who has “contributed the most to his team’s success,” voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters’ Association.

Tocchet, in his first full season behind Vancouver’s bench, guided the Canucks to the Pacific Division title — their first division crown since 2013. Their 50-23-9 record and 109 points were improvements of 12 wins and 26 points from the 2022-23 season.

Vancouver’s penalty kill was tied with St. Louis for 17th (79.1 percent) this season after ranking last (71.6 percent) in 2022-23. The Canucks also improved in moving from 13th (3.29) to sixth (3.40) in goals per game, and from 25th (3.61) to tied for fifth (2.70) in fewest goals allowed.

Andrew Brunette of the Nashville Predators and Rick Bowness of the Winnipeg Jets were the other finalists. Tocchet received 483 points — on 82 first-place votes, 23 for second and four for third — to outpace Brunette (145; 8-28-21) and Bowness (75; 5-11-17).

“It’s an organizational award,” Tocchet said on ESPN’s “The Point” after being announced as the winner. “I mean, I had a lot of help. My staff was incredible. Obviously, the Aquilini family. (President of hockey operations) Jim (Rutherford) and (general manager) Patrik (Allvin), (the) management team and their staff. Walking into this, I had a lot of help. A lot of buy-in from the players … right from Day One. They believed in the staff, and we believed in them.”

The Canucks were eliminated in seven games against the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Tocchet is 70-35-13 since becoming coach of Vancouver. Overall, he is 248-235-73 in the regular season while coaching the Tampa Bay Lightning (2008-10), Arizona Coyotes (2017-21) and Canucks.

Tocchet is the third Canucks coach to win the award, joining Alain Vigneault (2006-07) and Pat Quinn (1991-92).

STARS IN WEST FINAL AGAINST OILERS AFTER KNOCKING OUT LAST 2 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

DALLAS (AP) — The top-seeded Dallas Stars are in the Western Conference Final after knocking out the last two Stanley Cup champions, one of those featuring a pair of 100-point scorers.

Edmonton had the NHL’s only other duo of 100-point scorers in the regular season, with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl now among four Oilers who are the top scorers in these playoffs. They also had the league’s best record since late November, going 45-14-5 the rest of the regular season after a 5-12-1 start.

“I think people probably would have predicted Edmonton would be in the conference final,” Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. “Since November, they’ve been an elite team in just about every category.”

Dallas has been pretty good, too, and hosts Game 1 on Thursday night. This is the first playoff matchup between the Stars and Oilers since April 2003, when their sixth postseason meeting in seven years happened the month before the Stars top goal scorer Wyatt Johnston was born.

After taking seven games in the first round to beat reigning champion Vegas, the Stars got a couple of extra days of rest after a double-overtime Game 6 clincher against 2022 champion Colorado, which had league MVP finalist Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantnen.

This is the second year in a row for the Stars to make it to the third round. Edmonton outlasted Vancouver in a seven-game second-round series to get back into the West final for the second time in three years, and like the Stars lost in its last trip against the eventual Cup champion.

Colorado is 1-2 this season against the Stars, with neither McDavid nor Draisaitl scoring a goal in any of those games. McDavid has only four goals in his last 15 games against Dallas.

“You’ve got to know when they’re on the ice at all times … managing the puck a little better, a little sharper, and trying not to give them free offense,” Stars forward Jason Robertson said.

McDavid has only two goals this postseason, one goal each in Edmonton’s series wins over the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver, but has had 19 assists in 12 games after 100 helpers in the regular season. Draisaitl has a league-high 24 playoff points (eight goals), while defenseman Evan Bouchard had 20 points (five goals) and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 16 (four goals).

GOALIES

Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was off the ice early during Wednesday’s practice. DeBoer said Oettinger was “feeling a little under the weather” but expects him to be fine for Game 1.

Oettinger is 8-5 this postseason with a 2.09 goals-against average and .918 save percentage. The All-Star has allowed two goals or fewer nine times, with 29 saves in the finale against the Avs.

Stuart Skinner is 7-3 with a 2.87 GAA and .881 save percentage while starting 10 of the Oilers’ playoff games.

After allowing four goals on 15 shots in Game 4 against Vancouver, Skinner was replaced in the third period by Calvin Pickard, who then won Game 5 and lost Game 6. Skinner was back in net for Game 7.

“Ideally we’ve got Skinner running right through the end of the season,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “Because, really, does a coach change his lineup after a win, especially the starting goalie.”

INJURED GUYS BACK?

Edmonton forward Adam Henrique returned to practice after missing the last five games with an ankle injury. He got hurt in the Game 5 first-round clincher against the Los Angeles Kings. His only action since was 11 1/2 minutes in Game 2 against Vancouver.

“We believe he’s really close and we expect him early in the series, whether that’s Game 1, 2 or 3,” Knoblauch said.

Stars top-line center Roope Hintz left in the first period of Game 4 against Colorado with an upper-body injury, missed the last two games and likely wouldn’t have played in a Game 7.

DeBoer said Hintz “skated pretty extensively” on Wednesday before the Stars’ full practice, and said he was day-to-day.

SPECIAL TEAMS

The Oilers have had the best power play this postseason, converting on 37.5% of their chances (15 of 40). They just may not get too many chances in this series.

After being the NHL’s least-penalized team in the regular season at only 6.8 minutes per game, Dallas is even better in the playoffs at 5.2 per game.

“The best penalty kill is staying out of the box. We don’t take penalties, and I don’t anticipate that changing,” DeBoer said. “They build momentum off that. … Colorado had a great power play, and we had to deal with that. Vegas actually had a really good power play. This one’s probably a little bit of a different level than those.”

Edmonton has also been the best team short-handed in the playoffs, killing off 32 of 35 penalties (91.4%) after ranking in the middle of the league during the regular season.

DROPPING OPENERS

Dallas has lost Game 1 in each of its past six playoff series, including both openers at home this postseason.

All three of the Stars’ Game 1 losses during the 2023 postseason were in overtime, as was the opener against Colorado in the last round. The Avalanche never led that game until scoring the OT goal for a 4-3 win — the same final score for the Stars in two Game 1s against the Golden Knights, in the first round this season and in West final at Vegas last year.

BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: JUAN SOTO HITS 2 MORE HRS, YANKEES WIN AGAIN

Juan Soto hit two home runs and drove in three and Aaron Judge and Alex Verdugo also homered as the host New York Yankees snapped a two-game losing streak with a 7-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday night.

It was the second multi-home run game in five games for Soto and the 19th of his career. He had a chance for his first three-homer game in the seventh inning when he came up with two outs and the bases loaded but Mariners reliever Cody Bolton struck him out.

Anthony Volpe extended his hitting streak to 15 games with two hits and also scored two runs for New York, which stretched its American League East lead to three games over the Baltimore Orioles.

Nestor Cortes (3-4) picked up the win, allowing three hits over five shutout innings. It marked the 10th straight game a Yankees starter went five or more innings while allowing two or fewer runs.

Royals 8, Tigers 3

Cole Ragans struck out a career-high 12 batters, Freddy Fermin drove in three runs, and host Kansas City completed a three-game series sweep by downing Detroit.

Ragans (4-3) gave up just one hit and walked three in six scoreless innings, holding the Tigers hitless through 5 2/3 innings. Bobby Witt Jr. supplied a two-run double and Nelson Velazquez had a solo homer for the Royals. Maikel Garcia had two hits and scored two runs.

Detroit starter Tarik Skubal (6-1) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings with six strikeouts. Andy Ibanez led the offense with a two-run double.

Twins 3, Nationals 2

Max Kepler homered, doubled and scored two runs and Carlos Correa also hit a home run to lead visiting Minnesota to a victory over Washington in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Steven Okert (1-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Simeon Woods Richardson, who was lifted after allowing just three singles over 4 2/3 scoreless innings. Okert retired all four batters he faced, striking out two. Jhoan Duran picked up his fourth save.

Joey Meneses homered as part of a 2-for-4 day for the Nationals. Jake Irvin (2-5), a product of Thomas Jefferson High School in Bloomington, Minn., who grew up attending Twins games, took the loss in his first career start against his hometown team.

Cardinals 5, Orioles 4

Brendan Donovan hit a two-run double as St. Louis rallied past visiting Baltimore to complete a three-game sweep.

That snapped the Orioles’ streak of 106 series of two-plus decisions without being swept. The streak — the third-longest in National League/American League history — started in May 2022.

Masyn Winn had a double, a homer and two runs scored as the Cardinals erased a 3-0 deficit. St. Louis has won eight of its last 10 games.

Gunnar Henderson and Anthony Santander hit RBI singles and Ryan O’Hearn had an RBI groundout for Baltimore. Cole Irvin (4-2) gave up five runs (three earned) in 3 1/3 innings and took the loss for the Orioles, who have dropped four of their last five.

Cardinals 3, Orioles 1 (completion of suspended game)

Nolan Gorman drove in three runs to lift St. Louis to a victory over visiting Baltimore in the conclusion of a suspended game.

Gorman hit an RBI double in the second inning and a two-run homer in the sixth for the Cardinals, who posted their seventh win in nine games. Rain stopped the game in the middle of the sixth inning Tuesday. When the game resumed, Ivan Herrera drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the inning and Gorman followed with his homer.

Lance Lynn (2-2) allowed one unearned run on two hits and struck out five in six innings to pick up the win. Ryan Helsley tossed a scoreless ninth inning to record his 15th save. Jacob Webb (0-3) took the loss after yielding one run in two-thirds of an inning.

Padres 7, Reds 3

Luis Arraez opened the game with his first homer and finished with four hits while Michael King allowed three runs over 6 2/3 innings as San Diego won in Cincinnati.

San Diego wasted no time snapping a 19-inning scoreless streak when Arraez drove a 3-2 fastball from Cincinnati’s Nick Martinez (1-3) over the wall in right for his first homer of the season, coming in his 16th game since being acquired by the Padres from the Miami Marlins.

Jeimer Candelario homered and singled while Tyler Stephenson added a two-run double for the Reds, who lost for the 19th time in 25 games.

Red Sox 8, Rays 5

Wilyer Abreu and Connor Wong each drove in a pair of runs as Boston completed a three-game sweep of host Tampa Bay — the Red Sox’s first road sweep of the Rays since April 2019.

After allowing only one hit through four innings, Tampa Bay starter Ryan Pepiot allowed the first three batters in the fifth to reach before being pulled. The Red Sox scored five runs in the inning to take control of the game.

Brayan Bello (5-2) struck out six across six innings of four-hit, three-run ball to earn the win for the Red Sox. Richard Lovelady (0-2) replaced Pepiot and took the loss after giving up two the final two Boston runs in the fifth.

Guardians 6, Mets 3

Rookie Johnathan Rodriguez delivered his first major league hit, an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh that snapped a tie, as Cleveland rallied to finish off a three-game sweep of visiting New York.

David Fry started the rally with a single off reliever Reed Garrett. Fry advanced to second on a one-out wild pitch before Rodriguez chopped a fastball between first and second for the go-ahead blow as the Guardians extended their winning streak to a season-high six games.

Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and Harrison Bader clubbed homers for the Mets, who have lost 10 of their past 13 games.

Angels 2, Astros 1

Tyler Anderson gave up one run in eight innings, Kyren Paris hit his first career major league home run and Los Angeles beat host Houston.

The Angels took two of three in the series, ending Houston’s streak of eight consecutive series victories against Los Angeles. Anderson (5-4) yielded an RBI double to Mauricio Dubon in the fifth inning for Houston’s only run. In all, Anderson struck out four and walked two while making 95 pitches.

The Angels scored their two runs on Paris’ homer off Astros starter Hunter Brown (1-5) in the top of the fifth. Angels reliever Luis Garcia threw a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save. In six innings, Brown gave up just two hits, walked three and struck out three.

Marlins 1, Brewers 0

Jesus Luzardo pitched eight scoreless innings and Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered as host Miami defeated Milwaukee in the rubber match of a three-game set.

Luzardo (2-3) retired 16 batters in a row at one point and his eight innings were a career high, and he allowed three hits — all singles — while striking out four. Luzardo didn’t issue a walk. Tanner Scott worked around a two-out single in the ninth to earn his sixth save of the season.

Milwaukee got a stellar start from Freddy Peralta (3-3). He went seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits while walking one and fanning seven. But Peralta made one big mistake as Chisholm led off the bottom of the first with his home run. He connected on a 3-1 fastball, sending it 374 feet to right.

Giants 9, Pirates 5 (10 innings)

Matt Chapman homered for the second straight game and LaMonte Wade Jr. reached base six times as visiting San Francisco rallied to beat Pittsburgh.

San Francisco trailed 5-0 after four innings before scoring nine unanswered runs. San Francisco tied the game with two outs in the top of the ninth on Wade’s RBI single against Colin Holderman. The Giants erupted for four runs on four hits in the 10th inning as Patrick Bailey, Jorge Soler, Brett Wisely and Luis Matos delivered RBIs.

Soler drove in three runs and Patrick Bailey had three hits for the Giants, who bounced back from Tuesday’s 7-6, 10-inning loss in the opener of the three-game series. Bryan Reynolds highlighted a five-run fourth inning with his second career grand slam for Pittsburgh, which was held hitless for the final six innings.

Phillies 11, Rangers 4

Edmundo Sosa hit a three-run home run, J.T. Realmuto added a solo shot, a single and three RBIs, and host Philadelphia defeated Texas.

Bryce Harper also hit a solo home run, Alec Bohm contributed a two-run double and Brandon Marsh had two hits for the Phillies, who have won five in a row. Kyle Schwarber walked three times. Philadelphia starter Taijuan Walker tossed 4 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on six hits. Matt Strahm (3-0) earned the win in relief.

Corey Seager had two hits, including a solo home run, Leody Taveras also went deep and Josh Smith added two hits and two RBIs for the Rangers, who have dropped three straight. Texas struggled defensively, committing four errors. Rangers starter Dane Dunning (3-3) lasted only 3 1/3 innings and allowed five runs (three earned).

Braves 9, Cubs 2

Left-hander Max Fried continued his mastery of Chicago by throwing a complete game to lead visiting Atlanta to a win.

Fried retired the first 15 Chicago batters before Ian Happ doubled to start the sixth. Fried (4-2) allowed two runs (one earned) on three hits, no walks and nine strikeouts, and posted his second complete game of the season. He improved his career record against Chicago to 6-0 with a 1.42 ERA in six starts.

The Braves scored six times in the seventh to take an 8-1 lead, highlighted by Marcell Ozuna’s three-run shot. Ozuna’s homer, his National League-leading 15th, extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Chicago’s Justin Steele (0-2) pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Blue Jays 9, White Sox 2

Bo Bichette had a two-run home run and finished with three RBIs, Chris Bassitt pitched seven scoreless innings and Toronto defeated visiting Chicago.

Bassitt (4-6) allowed five hits and two walks and struck out four. Toronto sent 10 batters to the plate in the second to take a 7-0 lead, highlighted by Bichette’s two-run homer and Daulton Varsho’s two-run triple.

Tommy Pham hit a solo home run for the White Sox, who completed a 1-5 road trip. Chicago starter Nick Nastrini (0-3) allowed nine runs (eight earned) and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings.

Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 0

Ketel Marte and Christian Walker hit home runs, Corbin Carroll hit a two-run triple and visiting Arizona finished off a series victory over Los Angeles.

Marte extended his career-best hitting streak to 21 games, while right-hander Ryne Nelson (3-3) followed an opener with five scoreless innings as the Diamondbacks continued their recent success at Los Angeles. Arizona won both games at L.A. on their way to a three-game sweep in last year’s National League Division Series.

Tyler Glasnow (6-3) gave up three runs on four hits over five innings while losing his second consecutive start after opening his Dodgers tenure with a 6-1 record. Los Angeles went 7-6 during a stretch of 13 games in 13 consecutive days.

Rockies 4, Athletics 3 (12 innings)

Ryan McMahon smacked a two-run home run in the top of the 12th inning as Colorado outlasted host Oakland to snap a four-game losing streak.

After Oakland’s Zack Gelof extended the contest with a two-out RBI single in the last of the ninth, neither team scored until McMahon connected off Kyle Muller (0-1) for his ninth homer, scoring automatic runner Jake Cave ahead of him.

Nick Mears (1-3) saw the A’s draw within 4-3 on a double play grounder by Gelof in the last of the 12th, then walked Tyler Nevin with two outs. That brought on reliever Matt Koch, who walked Kyle McCann on four pitches to move the potential tying run into scoring position before retiring Max Schuemann on a fly to right to lock down his first save of the year.

CITY STRIKES DEAL TO SELL ITS HALF OF SOON-TO-BE-FORMER OAKLAND A’S COLISEUM

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The city of Oakland is selling its share of the Coliseum — home to the departing Oakland Athletics — to a local Black development group for at least $105 million, Mayor Sheng Thao announced Wednesday.

The sale is not surprising after the A’s announced last month that the Major League Baseball team will temporarily relocate to West Sacramento until its ballpark is built in its new home of Las Vegas. Fans are trying to enjoy the team’s final year in the city of 400,000.

The property houses the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum and Oakland Arena, once home to the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors, respectively. The NFL’s Raiders moved to Las Vegas and the NBA’s Warriors left for San Francisco in recent years, leaving professional sports fans in the East Bay Area desolate.

The money will help fill shortfalls in the city’s budget, but city officials also say the sale to the African American Sports & Entertainment Group paves the way for a proposed sports and entertainment destination site, thousands of new affordable housing units and community benefits for historically neglected East Oakland.

“This agreement puts us on a path towards a more equitable and resilient Oakland,” Thao said in a news release.

The Oakland A’s purchased the county’s half of the site in 2019 for $85 million and is still paying it off. The sports and entertainment group reached out to the A’s to purchase their share but the team was not interested in selling.

The purchasing group was founded in 2020 with the primary purpose of using sports and entertainment “to create a path for enhanced economic equity for the Black community.”

The Oakland City Council now needs to pass an ordinance authorizing the city administrator to sign a purchase and sale agreement with the group.

INDY 500 NEWS

AFTER ‘EMBARRASSING’ INDY 500, RAHAL LETTERMAN LANIGAN IS STILL SEARCHING FOR SPEED AT THE BRICKYARD

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The was a quiet sort of confidence among the four drivers at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on the eve of Indianapolis 500 qualifying this year.

The team had invested heavily over the previous 12 months, shoring up parts of its program that had fallen behind, and there was a steadfast belief there was speed in their cars.

But by the end of the weekend, Graham Rahal nearly found himself in the exact same spot as last year.

That was when the son of team co-owner Bobby Rahal was bumped from the 33-car field on the final run of qualifying, though he would ultimately race as the replacement for injured Stefan Wilson. And it was then that the elder Rahal told Steve Eriksen, the team’s chief operating officer, “In 30 days, I want a plan for how we’re going to turn this ship around.”

The plan involved investments in technology. Infrastructure. Most importantly, people. The team built out its engineering department so that Rahal and teammates Takuma Sato, Christian Lundgaard and Pietro Fittipaldi wouldn’t sweat qualifying.

“It was a big investment for Mike and I,” Bobby Rahal said of co-owner Mike Lanigan, “but we’re not here just to be here.”

The gains appear to have translated to the track for some of the drivers. Sato, a two-time race winner, put his car in the Fast 12 that raced for the pole, and he will start 10th on Sunday. Lundgaard and Fittipaldi will start in Row 10, deep in the field but in a position that allowed them to avoid the pressure of bump day.

Then there was Graham Rahal, who was among the four drivers left fighting for three spots last Sunday.

As the last-chance qualifying session was drawing to a close, Rahal found himself holding onto the 33rd spot as 19-year-old rookie Nolan Siegel headed out for one last try. The similarity to last year, when then-teammate Jack Harvey was attempting to bump him from the field, was not lost on Rahal, who was left to watch his fate unfold from pit road.

The wait wound up being short. Siegel crashed on his qualifying run and Rahal was in the field.

“I know a lot of you guys are probably sitting in here thinking I’m out of my mind, but we did make gains this year. It’s that simple,” Rahal insisted. “We were five to six miles an hour off. We’re not there anymore.”

They are still well back of Team Penske, though, which nailed down the first row, with Scott McLaughlin setting a pole qualifying record of 234.220 mph. Rahal, by comparison, ran a four-lap average of 229.974 to get himself into the field.

In that respect, Rahal was still left wondering what the issue might be. His team swapped Honda engines, changed everything from gear ratios to aerodynamic bits and yet still couldn’t seem to figure out why the No. 15 car had struggled to find speed.

“There’s a lot of little bits to this that make a difference,” Rahal said, “and then you guys see how close it is. It’s very, very, very close. A mile an hour makes I don’t know how much of a spread, but a ton of cars (on the race track).”

When asked why Sato has been able to run closer to the front, Rahal replied: “I think Takuma is an anomaly. You can see that. Takuma, he’s got a hell of an engine, man. Unfortunately or fortunately. But compared to the rest of us? You see where the other three cars are the same, right? There’s one that’s different. That’s just the way it goes sometimes.”

But it’s not supposed to be the way it goes. Not after all the investments Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has made since last year, when Bobby Rahal called qualifying “embarrassing” and “hell,” and Lanigan admitted, “It was ugly.”

The speed and depth to which the team sank remains head-scratching. Sato gave RLL its second win in the race in 2020, when it was run in August because of the pandemic. The following year, Rahal was leading just past the midway point when his tire came off after a pit stop, sending him careening into the Turn 2 wall and ending such a promising day.

So what happened? What left RLL in such a bind?

“We got caught sleeping, frankly,” Lanigan surmised. “Very depressing winter. Bob and I totally committed to the resources required for this to not happen again, and quite frankly, the sting will not go away until one of these guys are on the podium.”

Maybe that will happen Sunday, even if there seems to be so much ground still to make up.

At least this year, all of Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s cars will have a chance.

AS LARSON GOES FOR RARE RACING DOUBLE, TEAM PENSKE IS THE TEAM TO BEAT AT INDY

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NASCAR CUP SERIES

Coca-Cola 600

Site: Concord, North Carolina.

Schedule: Saturday, practice, 5:05 p.m., and qualifying, 5:50 p.m.; Sunday, race, 6 p.m. (FOX).

Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Race distance: 400 laps, 600 miles.

Last year: Ryan Blaney won after starting eighth.

Last race: Joey Logano started on the pole at North Wilkesboro, led 199 of the 200 laps and won the non-points All-Star race for the second time, earning $1 million.

Fast facts: The second half of the regular season begins with Kyle Larson leading Martin Truex Jr. by 30 points and Denny Hamlin by 39. … Larson has finished in the top five in a series-best six races. Hamlin, Chase Elliott (fourth in points) and Brad Keselowski (11th) have each done it five times. … Larson arrived about an hour before the race began after qualifying fifth for the Indianapolis 500 and finished fourth. … Ricky Stenhouse Jr., bumped out of the race on Lap 2 after contact from behind by Kyle Busch, was fined $75,000 for starting a post-race melee by punching Busch. Stenhouse’s father also joined in and was suspended indefinitely. Two Stenhouse crew members were also suspended. Busch was not penalized.

Next race: June 2, Madison, Illinois.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

BetMGM 300

Site: Concord, North Carolina.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 3:35 p.m., and qualifying, 4:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 1 p.m. (FOX).

Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Race distance: 200 laps, 300 miles.

Last year: Justin Allgaier won from the pole position.

Last race: Allgaier beat Austin Hill to the checkered flag by nearly 3.5 seconds at Darlington for his first victory of the season and his third at the Lady in Black.

Fast facts: The victory also was the 24th of Allgaier’s career, tying him with his car owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr., for 10th in Xfinity Series history. … Hill leads a tight battle for the top spot in the standings. He’s three points ahead of defending series champion Cole Custer and five ahead of Chandler Smith. … All three leaders have six top-five finishes through 11 races. … Four of the races run so far have been won by drivers not competing for the championship.

Next race: June 1, Portland, Oregon.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

NASCAR TRUCK SERIES

North Carolina Education Lottery 200

Site: Concord, North Carolina.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:30 p.m., qualifying, 2:05 p.m., and race, 8:30 p.m. (FS1).

Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Race distance: 134 laps, 201 miles.

Last year: Kyle Larson won after starting eighth.

Last race: Corey Heim took the lead after a restart on Lap 186 of 250 and held it the rest of the way to win for the third time this season and the first time at North Wilkesboro.

Fast facts: Heim’s victory was the eighth of his career and gave him three victories two years in a row. … Heim’s teammate, Brenden “Butterbean” Queen, finished fourth in his truck series debut. … Heim trimmed the series lead of Christian Eckes to four points in a race that was halted on Saturday by extreme weather after 81 laps and resumed Sunday after a red-flag period of 21 hours, 6 minutes, 14 seconds. … Grant Enfinger was second, his first top-five finish in 10 races this season.

Next race: June 1, Madison, Illinois.

Online: http://www.nascar.com

FORMULA ONE

Monaco Grand Prix

Site: Monaco.

Schedule: Friday, practice, 7:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.; Saturday, practice, 6:30 a.m., and qualifying, 10 a.m.; Sunday, race, 9 a.m. (ESPN).

Track: Circuit de Monaco.

Race distance: 78 laps, 161.772 miles.

Last year: Max Verstappen won after starting in the pole position.

Last race: Verstappen held off a challenge from Lando Norris to win in Italy, his fifth victory in seven races this season.

Fast facts: Verstappen has won the pole position in all seven races this season. He’s also won 24 of the last 29 races dating to the start of the 2023 season. … Second-place Charles Leclerc, Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate, Sergio Perez and Norris all have four podium finishes and Carlos Sainz Jr. has three. No one else in the series has finished in the top three this season.

Next race: June 9, Montreal, Canada.

Online: http://www.formula1.com

INDYCAR

Indianapolis 500

Site: Indianapolis, Indiana.

Schedule: Friday, final practice, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; Sunday, race, 12:30 p.m. (NBC).

Track: Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Race distance: 200 laps, 500 miles.

Last year: Josef Newgarden won after starting 17th, the deepest starting spot in the field for any race-winner in the 2023 season.

Last race: Alex Palou won the race off pit row on Lap 62 and beat Will Power into the first turn on the only restart and easily defended last year’s title on Indianapolis’ road course.

Fast facts: Scott McLaughlin of Team Penske will be on the pole after breaking the four-lap qualifying record at 234.220 mph, with teammate Will Power and Newgarden joining him on the front row. It’s the first front-row sweep for Penske since 1988 when Rick Mears, Danny Sullivan and Al Unser Sr. started up front. … NASCAR star Kyle Larson, who is attempting to race the 500 and then fly to Charlotte to race in the Coca-Cola 600, qualified fifth. The only driver to attempt the double and complete all 1,100 miles was Tony Stewart in 2021. … Helio Castroneves will start 20th in his bid for a record fifth win in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

Next race: June 2, Detroit.

Online: http://www.indycar.com

NHRA DRAG RACING

Last event: Antron Brown won in Top Fuel and Matt Hagan won in Funny Car in Illinois.

Next event: June 2, Epping, New Hampshire.

Online: http://www.nhra.com

WORLD OF OUTLAWS

Next events: May 24 & 25, Chillicothe, Ohio; May 27, Fremont, Ohio.

Online: http://worldofoutlaws.com/sprintcars

NASCAR NEWS

STENHOUSE FINED $75,000 BY NASCAR, BUSCH AVOIDS PENALTY FOR POST ALL-STAR RACE FIGHT

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse’s father, who joined the fracas, was suspended indefinitely.

The $75,000 fine was the largest ever handed down by NASCAR for fighting.

Busch was not penalized for his action in the Sunday night race.

The two tangled on the first lap and then Busch seemed to deliberately wreck Stenhouse on the second lap. Stenhouse parked his damaged Chevrolet in Busch’s pit stall and aggressively climbed the spotter’s ladder and exchanged words with members of Busch’s crew.

Stenhouse then stormed to his hauler, leaving his car to be towed to the pits.

He also foreshadowed that he’d be back after the race to confront Busch. The two did exchange brief words before Stenhouse, wearing shorts and t-shirt, landed a right hook on Busch and a melee broke out involving members of both teams. Stenhouse’s father, who has no affiliation with the team, then went after Busch, throwing punches.

NASCAR on Wednesday also suspended Stenhouse mechanic Clint Myrick for eight races and engine tuner Keith Matthews for four races.

Stenhouse in the fight vowed to wreck Busch this Sunday during the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

“Bring it,” Busch replied. “I suck as bad as you,” implying that both drivers are not having great seasons.

Neither driver has won a race this season. Busch is 13th in points standings and Stenhouse, a one-car team, is 26th.

Busch’s car owner isn’t taking that threat from Stenhouse lightly, however. Richard Childress vowed to fight Stenhouse himself if he goes near Busch’s car at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The Coca-Cola 600 is the longest Cup Series race on the schedule, so there will be plenty of time for Busch and Stenhouse to meet up on the 1.5-mile track. NASCAR, no doubt, will be keeping an eye on the feuding drivers.

NFL NEWS

PITTSBURGH AND THE STEELERS WILL BE HOSTING THE 2026 NFL DRAFT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL has awarded the 2026 draft to Pittsburgh with the Steelers ready to tap Pennsylvania’s deep football tradition trying to meet the new standard for host cities.

League officials announced the decision Wednesday as part of the NFL spring meetings. Owners chose Pittsburgh after reviewing the bid along with the advisory committee. The three-day draft will be held at Point State Park and the Steelers’ home at Acrisure Stadium.

The NFL set a record with more than 775,000 fans attending the 2024 draft in April in Detroit, and Green Bay will be hosting the 2025 draft at Lambeau Field on April 24-26.

Pittsburgh owner Art Rooney II said Detroit and Kansas City helped set a very high bar for hosting one of the NFL’s premier events. He said the Steelers look forward to following that tradition tapping into the roots of pro football in a state that sent the likes of Mike Ditka, Dan Marino and Joe Montana to the NFL.

“We think it’ll be the largest visitor event in the history of Pittsburgh hosting hundreds of thousands of people and really football fans from all over the country,” Rooney said. “Certainly, the Steelers nation from all over the country we think will come for a visit. So we just look forward to hosting that.”

The NFL began rotating its annual draft around the country in 2015 starting in Chicago after holding the event in New York between 1965 and 2014. Philadelphia hosted in 2017 followed by Dallas in 2018, Nashville in 2019, Cleveland in 2021, Las Vegas in 2022 and Kansas City in 2023.

NFL MAKING PROGRESS BUT NOT READY TO VOTE ON TOM BRADY’S BID FOR STAKE IN THE RAIDERS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The NFL is making progress on Tom Brady’s bid to become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders with Mark Davis.

How much closer the seven-time Super Bowl champ is to joining the league’s club of owners remains to be seen.

Owners did not vote in March on Brady’s plan to add a stake in the Raiders to his minority ownership in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces. The league concluded its spring meetings Wednesday at a Nashville hotel without a vote on Brady’s offer that has been pending for about a year.

“The finance committee has done their work on this, and we have a little more to do,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said.

NFL owners aren’t scheduled to meet again until October.

One issue is the price Brady agreed to pay to join George Halas and Jerry Richardson as only the third former NFL player to be an owner. Owners want to be sure Brady doesn’t get a discount especially with how the value of NFL franchises keeps rising.

Then there’s Brady’s new job. The retired quarterback joins the media this upcoming season, starting his 10-year, $375 million broadcasting contract with Fox Sports, and his first game is scheduled to be Dallas’ season opener at Cleveland on Sept. 8.

TV broadcasters not only have pregame production meetings with team coaches, they can watch practices as part of their preparation. That’s a lot of access for someone with a potential financial stake in one of the NFL’s 32 teams.

“That was one of the factors about as a member of the media what would access be like every week as he prepares for the broadcast of the game,” Goodell said. “And we’ve addressed that also. So we’re making progress.”

The NFL also wrapped up its fifth accelerator program with 28 coaches getting training on everything from crisis management to dealing with the media while also networking and having a chance to spend some time with team owners.

The league also announced Wednesday that the 2026 draft will be in Pittsburgh.

PRIVATE EQUITY AND THE NFL

With the price of NFL teams climbing ever higher, the league has been talking about allowing private equity firms or other groups to invest in the league’s clubs.

NFL rules currently prohibit such investments, limits on the number of people in an ownership group and require a lead owner to hold a certain stake.

The Washington Commanders sold for a record $6.05 billion in 2023, making it the largest price for a North American professional sports franchise. That topped the $4.55 billion Walmart heir Robert Walton paid for the Denver Broncos in 2022.

A committee has been studying potential changes to those ownership rules. Goodell said they did approve a change in how much debt a group can carry when buying a team and are making real progress.

“We are going to continue to be very deliberate, but I would expect there to be something before the end of the year,” Goodell said.

LASERS AND NOT CHAIN GANGS

Goodell was not asked about reports the NFL will be testing a high-tech tracking system to mark the line to gain across the league this preseason.

The system reportedly was approved by the competition committee in March. If everything works smoothly, the NFL could start using it as soon as this season. If adopted, the people carrying the 10-yard chain and flags to mark down and distance reportedly would remain as a backup.

The NFL has used microchips inside footballs for years.

“They want to be as accurate as they can,” Kansas City coach Andy Reid said of testing the new tracking system. “Whatever technology helps them out, they’re open to as long as it’s done the right way and you can keep the flow of the game going. They’ve been all right with that stuff.”

The best part? An index card might never be needed again.

MUSIC CITY SUPER BOWL?

NFL owners got a chance to check out “Titans House” during these meetings as the Tennessee Titans and Nashville step up their pitch to host a Super Bowl as soon as possible.

That’s a showplace featuring the design elements for the Titans’ enclosed stadium under construction and due to open in 2027 down to a detailed model, bar, luxury suite and one of the porch-style patios that will encircle the building.

Goodell said the stadium will be amazing, and the NFL already saw fans’ passion during the 2019 NFL draft in Nashville.

Everyone wants a chance to host a Super Bowl. Currently, the NFL has New Orleans scheduled for February 2025 followed by Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, in 2026 and Los Angeles in 2027.

“I think a Super Bowl here would be very successful,” Goodell said. “But we’ll get to that once we get a little further down the line with the stadium.”

JONATHAN ALLEN IS ALL SMILES AND ON BOARD WITH THE WASHINGTON COMMANDERS’ NEW REGIME

ASHBURN (AP) — Jonathan Allen as one of Washington’s longest-tenured players has seen a lot of change and experienced a lot of losing.

The team has been known as three different names, he has played in just one playoff game and he’s on his fourth coach.

Going into his eighth NFL season, he could not be happier.

Months after saying he did not want to be part of another rebuild, the respected veteran and longtime defensive captain is thrilled with how things are unfolding under new general manager Adam Peters and coach Dan Quinn. He has a smile on his face each day he gets to the Commanders’ facility for offseason workouts and has fully bought into what the latest regime is selling.

“I love the coaching staff, I love the direction we’re moving in, I love the way we’re working,” Allen said after practice Wednesday. “It has truly been reinvigorating and just so fun to come to work every day. This is literally just a dream job right now.”

A dream following a nightmare 4-13 season that was not good for a whole lot of people around the Commanders. It certainly was not Allen’s best, following Pro Bowl nods in 2021 and 2022.

A change of scenery could certainly have been in the cards, given especially that Allen has no guaranteed money left on his contract, which has two years remaining. Conversations in recent months with Peters and Quinn got them all on the same page.

“We just talked about what we want this thing to look like, and I’m on board with it,” Allen said. “Obviously I’m emotional, and last year was tough. But after time moves on, you learn from the past and get ready for the future and I’m super excited about what we’ve done.”

That included signing veteran free agents such as Bobby Wagner, Zach Ertz and Marcus Mariota and drafting Heisman Trophy-winning LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels with the second pick. The defense could also have a much different look with Quinn and new coordinator Joe Whitt Jr. in charge, and a lot has changed outside of Allen and fellow defensive tackle Daron Payne.

“Everything starts up front,” Whitt said recently. “I’m a believer of that. And that’s where we’re going, and I’m glad we have those guys because that’s where it all starts.”

Allen is not worried yet about how his role will change and acknowledged it’s too early to say if this is the best he has felt about Washington going into a season. After all, the team’s record since he was picked in the first round out of Alabama is 43-62-1, counting a wild-card round defeat.

“Games aren’t won in May,” Allen said. “They’re won in September, so, all I can say is we’re working really hard and I like the direction we’re going in. We still got a long way to go, I have a long way to go, so we’ll see come the season.”

FRONT OFFICE ADDITION

The Commanders on Wednesday announced David Blackburn as the director of player personnel, another change after holdover Eric Stokes left the organization. Blackburn spent the past 17 years with the Baltimore Ravens, most recently as director of college scouting.

“I’ve known David Blackburn for a number of years dating back to our days scouting the West Coast,” Peters said in a statement. “David has always impressed me with his consistent approach, talent in player evaluation and overall professionalism. He is one of the most respected scouts in the NFL and is also a top-notch person.”

SUPER BOWL CHAMPION CHIEFS DIVE INTO VOLUNTARY WORKOUTS AMID AN OFFSEASON FULL OF DISTRACTIONS

Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is hoping for a much quieter rest of the offseason now that the defending Super Bowl champions have reconvened for a series of voluntary workouts, culminating with their mandatory minicamp in the middle of next month.

Whether it’s been the unresolved Dallas car crash involving wide receiver Rashee Rice, the polarizing comments delivered by kicker Harrison Butker or the wild schedule foisted upon Kansas City by the NFL that has it playing every day of the week but Tuesday, there has been no shortage of headlines involving the Chiefs since their title triumph in February.

“Obviously, we don’t want those things obviously to happen,” Reid said, primarily alluding to Rice’s legal trouble, “but things do happen and you learn from it. And you end it. That is what’s important.”

The case involving Rice, one of the breakout stars of last season, has been the biggest headache for Kansas City.

The 24-year-old faces one count of aggravated assault, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and six counts of collision involving injury after he was accused of driving at speeds approaching 120 mph before a crash. The wreck in a speeding Lamborghini, which Rice has admitted to driving, involved six vehicles and resulted in multiple injuries.

One of his friends, Theodore Knox, was driving a Corvette involved in the wreck and faces the same charges. Both are accused of leaving the scene without providing information or determining whether anyone needed medical attention.

Earlier this week, Dallas police said a separate situation apparently involving Rice had been resolved when a man signed an affidavit of non-prosecution over an incident at a downtown nightclub. The wide receiver reportedly had been accused of assaulting the man, though Rice was never identified by Dallas police in a report of the incident provided to The Associated Press.

In the meantime, Rice continues to practice with the Chiefs during their voluntary workout program.

“We’ll just let the situation play its way out,” Reid said.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was asked what advice he could provide Rice going forward, particularly with a legal case — and likely NFL suspension — hanging over his head and the start of the season less than four months away.

“It’s trying to do whatever we can to teach him how to learn from his mistakes,” Mahomes replied. “Obviously, that was a big mistake. Learn from it and make sure it doesn’t happen again, and do the best you can to be the best you can be for society and those around you. … We’re going to do what we can to get him on the right path to be a great football player, obviously, but we want him to be a great person, too.”

Mahomes also said that while he doesn’t necessarily agree with the comments that Butker made in his recent commencement address at Benedictine College, the Chiefs’ star quarterback supports the kicker’s right to make them.

Among other things, Butker said most women receiving degrees were probably more excited about getting married and having kids; argued some Catholic leaders were “pushing dangerous gender ideologies onto the youth of America;” referred to a “deadly sin sort of pride that has a month dedicated to it” in an oblique reference to Pride month; and took aim at President Joe Biden’s policies, including his condemnation of the Supreme Court’s reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

“We’re not always going to agree,” Mahomes said, “and there are certain things he said that I don’t necessarily agree with.”

Mahomes doesn’t believe Butker’s comments will be a problem in the locker room, though. Nor does he think that Rice’s legal trouble will cause any sort of rift as the Chiefs chase their third straight Super Bowl title and fourth in six years.

“When you get in the locker room, it’s a safe space where everyone can be themselves,” Mahomes said. “It’s always good to have people here — people in Kansas City, competing — and then being as smart as we can when we’re not in the building.

“I think guys understand we need to step up as a team and an organization,” Mahomes added, “but we need to go out there to prove it for other people to believe it as well.”

The Chiefs would certainly do well to bond quickly. The NFL has presented them with a brutal schedule.

Along with playing on every day of the week but Tuesday — including Christmas for the second year in a row — the Chiefs will be done with their bye after Week 6 and later have a stretch in which they play three games in an 11-day span.

“Our schedule has gotten crazier and crazier every single year. We know we’re going to have a lot of primetime games. We’ve built up a lot of equity to be in those games,” Mahomes said, before adding with a wry smile: “I know I’m going to try to be better on Christmas, because last Christmas was not great.”

2023 NO. 7 PICK TYREE WILSON GETS 1ST FULL OFFSEASON FOR THE RAIDERS

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Defensive end Tyree Wilson is at Raiders organized team activities this week doing something he couldn’t do a year ago.

Practice.

A foot injury in his final season at Texas Tech forced Wilson, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, to sit out until well into training camp. That forced him to play catch-up last season.

Barring another injury, that shouldn’t be a problem this year, giving Wilson a fresh start this week.

“It’s a big difference,” Wilson said. “You can come in not thinking about the injury you got. You can just focus on ball and your technique so you can get better every time you come on the field.”

The lack of a full offseason regimen was noticeable when Wilson began last season slowly. Wilson had seven sacks in each of his final two seasons with the Red Raiders, but didn’t have one in Las Vegas until Week 7 against the Chicago Bears.

Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham moved Wilson inside during the season, going with Malcolm Koonce to join Maxx Crosby on the edge. Wilson began to show glimpses of why the Raiders made him such a high pick when he had two sacks in his final four games while coming off the bench.

“Me bumping inside really just slowed down the thinking and helped with my eyes and my hands,” Wilson said. “You really don’t have much time to think. It’s on you quick, so all you can do is react. And then when you work on the inside and then move back outside, everything slows back down.”

Graham said he likes to move young pass rushers inside because it helps get them more comfortable competing at the NFL level.

“It teaches them to use their hands because they’re dealing with the more immediate block from the guard or the center,” Graham said. “I thought that was really critical to Tyree’s development that’s going to help him out on the edge.”

How Wilson will be used this upcoming season remains to be seen, and OTAs are a key part of Graham and his staff figuring that out. Wilson might have to again find playing time as a backup.

Crosby and Koonce combined for 22 1/2 sacks last season, so Wilson likely will have a difficult time breaking into the starting lineup at end. Crosby has long been an elite pass rusher, and Koonce answered a zero-sack season the year before with eight in 2023.

The inside is pretty well spoken for as well. The Raiders pulled off one of the offseason’s top free-agent signings by landing defensive tackle Christian Wilkins from Miami, and he could be teamed with John Jenkins — who started all 17 games last season — on the interior.

Wilson said he can benefit wherever he finds playing time, at end or tackle.

“I can pick Maxx’s brain, but I can also pick Christian’s brain because he plays inside and is real dominant on the technique of taking on bigger guys and being stronger and low in the gaps to be able to tackle the running back,” Wilson said.

Wilkins knows what it’s like to enter the league with high expectations and experience the early growing pains common in the NFL.

The Dolphins drafted him 13th overall in 2019 out of Clemson, and though he quickly became one of the league’s most dynamic run-stoppers, Wilkins took time to develop into a top pass rusher. He had 11 1/2 sacks over his first four seasons in Miami before breaking through with nine last season.

Maybe Wilson will follow a similar path, but he and the Raiders hope it doesn’t take until his fifth season for him to become a consistently effective pass rusher. Fully healthy, he could show that kind of promise this season and justify why the Raiders drafted him so high.

He never had much of a chance last season after sitting out OTAs, minicamp and most of training camp.

“At the beginning was frustrating because you’re coming in from college being that guy, and then you’re back at the bottom and you’ve got to work your way back up,” Wilson said. “But as the season went on, you don’t have time to really think because the season keeps moving on and you’ve just got to come to work and get better.”

O’CONNELL ON NUMBER CHANGE

Raiders quarterback Aidan O’Connell said on Crosby’s podcast, “The Rush,” that he changed his jersey number from No. 4 to No. 12 this year because he didn’t want to disrespect New Orleans Saints QB Derek Carr. When Carr was in Las Vegas, he wore No. 4, which was the jersey number O’Connell was given as a rookie last season.

WATSON THROWING AT MINI-CAMP

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson handled all his quarterbacking duties flawlessly on Wednesday except for the most important one.

He didn’t throw.

While following a prescribed recovery plan, Cleveland’s quarterback took a day off from passing as he recovers from right shoulder surgery in November that ended his second season with the Browns after just six starts.

For now, Watson is throwing every other day during organized team activities (OTAs), according to coach Kevin Stefanski. On Tuesday, the team posted a video on social media of Watson throwing a pass at Tuesday’s workout.

But with reporters in attendance on Day 2, Watson wasn’t able to show the progress he’s made since the operation, which stopped his season and altered Cleveland’s. The Browns wound up making the playoffs without him.

Stefanski has been impressed with what Watson has shown on the field so far.

“He looked like himself to me,” Stefanski said after practice. “I’ve been able to watch him the last couple of weeks now that we’ve gotten into Phase 2, so I’ve seen him throw. He’s making great progress and we will continue to just follow the medical team on this, but he looks like himself.”

Watson did not speak to reporters afterward.

This is a big season for the 28-year-old, who signed a fully guaranteed $230 million contract with the Browns following a controversial 2022 trade from Houston. Watson was dealing with accusations of sexual harassment and assault made against him by massage therapists at the time of the deal.

He was suspended 11 games in his first season with Cleveland, and after starting slowly and dealing with a shoulder strain early last year, Watson began playing like the Pro Bowler and franchise-changer the Browns had hoped.

He completed 14 of 14 passes in the second half of a thrilling comeback win at Baltimore on Nov. 12 before imaging tests revealed Watson had a fractured glenoid (socket) bon e and needed surgery.

Watson’s doctors and the Browns’ medical staff have devised the throwing plan that Stefanski said will change for minicamp next month and training camp in July.

And while he only mimicked down-field completions as backup QBs Jameis Winston and Tyler Huntley took turns, Watson stayed engaged from the break of the huddle until the completion of each play.

“It’s something we always talk about — mental reps,” Stefanski said. “When you’re not getting a rep, whether you’re the quarterback, you’re a running back, you’re trying to get a mental rep every single time.

“There’s a progression to how all of us learn, and I think as much as we can learn in the classroom and then we can learn from being out there and taking the rep, I really think you can add another element of watching it while it’s happening live.”

Newly signed Browns running back Nyheim Hines, who has been recovering from a knee injury sustained in a jet ski accident when was with Buffalo, has been doing rehab work with Watson in Los Angeles.

He said Watson is on schedule.

“Honestly, he’s still working through his rehab but sometimes doesn’t feel like it,” Hines said. “I’ve caught some passes from him, they have the zip on it.”

Hines has been around Watson enough to know how he’s supposed to look at full strength.

“He’s probably one of the only people I’ve seen where every time I’ve played him he’s gotten better — him and Lamar Jackson,” Hines said. “So I’m excited to work with him finally after playing against him all these years and I’m excited to see him come back.

“I think he’s going to be really special this year and lead us to where we need to go.”

NOTES: Myles Garrett, the reigning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, is not taking part in the “voluntary” program. Pro Bowl guard Joel Bitonio is working out at the facility but was not on the field. WR Amari Cooper is also absent.

NFL SCHEDULE AND BROADCASTS

All Times Eastern

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sept. 5

Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Friday, Sept. 6

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (PEACOCK)

Sunday, Sept. 8

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Arizona at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tennessee at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Houston at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Jacksonville at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Denver at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Dallas at Cleveland, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Washington at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Rams at Detroit, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 9

N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 2

Thursday, Sept. 12

Buffalo at Miami, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 15

Las Vegas at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)

L.A. Chargers at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)

New Orleans at Dallas, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Indianapolis at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cleveland at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Seattle at New England, 1 p.m. (FOX)

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Rams at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Cincinnati at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Chicago at Houston, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 16

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 3

Thursday, Sept. 19

New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 22

N.Y. Giants at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Chicago at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Houston at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Chargers at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS

Denver at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Green Bay at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Carolina at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS

Miami at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Baltimore at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

San Francisco at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Kansas City at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 23

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Washington at Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. (ABC)

WEEK 4

Thursday, Sept. 26

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 29

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cincinnati at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Rams at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Denver at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Washington at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

New England at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Kansas City at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Cleveland at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Buffalo at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 30

Tennessee at Miami, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Seattle at Detroit, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 5

Thursday, Oct. 3

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 6

N.Y. Jets vs. Minnesota (Tottenham), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)

Carolina at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Buffalo at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Miami at New England, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cleveland at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Arizona at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Green Bay at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 7

New Orleans at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 6

Thursday, Oct. 10

San Francisco at Seattle, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 13

Jacksonville vs. Chicago (Tottenham), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)

Washington at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Arizona at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)Houston at New England , 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cleveland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)

L.A. Chargers at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Pittsburgh at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Atlanta at Carolina, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Detroit at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 14

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 7

Thursday, Oct. 17

Denver at New Orleans, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 20

New England vs. Jacksonville, (Wembley), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)

Seattle at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tennessee at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Houston at Green Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Miami at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas at L.A. Rams, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Carolina at Washington, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Kansas City at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 21

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 9 p.m. (ESPN+)

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct. 24

Minnesota at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 29

Baltimore at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tennessee at Detroit, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Green Bay at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Arizona at Miami, 1 p.m. (FOX)

N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Chicago at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)

New Orleans at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Buffalo at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Carolina at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Kansas City at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Dallas at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 28

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 9

Thursday, Oct. 31

Houston at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 3

Dallas at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)

New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Las Vegas at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Chargers at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Indianapolis at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Washington at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Chicago at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Detroit at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Rams at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 4

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 10

Thursday, Nov. 7

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 10

N.Y. Giants vs. Carolina (Munich), 9:30 a.m. (NFLN)

New England at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Minnesota at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Pittsburgh at Washington, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tennessee at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

N.Y. Jets at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Detroit at Houston, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 11

Miami at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 11

Thursday, Nov. 14

Washington at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 17

Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Jacksonville at Detroit, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Las Vegas at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)

L.A. Rams at New England, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cleveland at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Minnesota at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Atlanta at Denver, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Kansas City at Buffalo, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Cincinnati at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 18

Houston at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 21

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 24

Kansas City at Carolina, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Detroit at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Denver at Las Vegas, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Arizona at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Philadelphia at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 25

Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 13

Thursday, Nov. 28

Chicago at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. (CBS)

N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Miami at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Friday, Nov. 29

Las Vegas at Kansas City, 3 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 1

L.A. Chargers at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Arizona at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Indianapolis at New England, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Seattle at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tennessee at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Rams at New Orleans, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Philadelphia at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 2

Cleveland at Denver, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 14

Thursday, Dec. 5

Green Bay at Detroit, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 8

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Atlanta at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Las Vegas at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Seattle at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. (CBS)

Buffalo at L.A. Rams, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Chicago at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 9

Cincinnati at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 12

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 15

Dallas at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Kansas City at Cleveland, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Miami at Houston, 1 p.m. (CBS)

N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Washington at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Baltimore at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Cincinnati at Tennessee, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England at Arizona, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Indianapolis at Denver, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Buffalo at Detroit, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Tampa Bay at L.A. Chargers, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Green Bay at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 16

Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. (ABC)

Atlanta at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 16

Thursday, Dec. 19

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Saturday, Dec. 21

Houston at Kansas City, 1 p.m. (NBC)

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Sunday, Dec. 22

N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1 p.m. (FOX)

New England at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Arizona at Carolina, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Detroit at Chicago, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. (CBS)

L.A. Rams at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Philadelphia at Washington, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Denver at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Minnesota at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. (FOX)

Jacksonville at Las Vegas, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Miami, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 23

New Orleans at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 17

Wednesday, Dec. 25

Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. (NETFLIX)

Baltimore at Houston, 4:30 p.m. (NETFLIX)

Thursday, Dec. 26

Seattle at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 29

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Las Vegas at New Orleans, 1 p.m. (FOX)

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Miami at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 30

Detroit at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 18

Game Pool

San Francisco at Arizona, TBD

Carolina at Atlanta, TBD

Cleveland at Baltimore, TBD

Washington at Dallas, TBD

Kansas City at Denver, TBD

Minnesota at Detroit, TBD

Chicago at Green Bay, TBD

Jacksonville at Indianapolis, TBD

Seattle at L.A. Rams, TBD

L.A. Chargers at Las Vegas, TBD

Buffalo at New England, TBD

Miami at N.Y. Jets, TBD

N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, TBD

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, TBD

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, TBD

Houston at Tennessee, TBD

All Times Eastern

WEEK 1

Thursday, Sept. 5

Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Friday, Sept. 6

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (PEACOCK)

Sunday, Sept. 8

L.A. Rams at Detroit, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 9

N.Y. Jets at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 2

Thursday, Sept. 12

Buffalo at Miami, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 15

Chicago at Houston, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 16

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 3

Thursday, Sept. 19

New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 22

Kansas City at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 23

Washington at Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. (ABC)

WEEK 4

Thursday, Sept. 26

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Sept. 29

Buffalo at Baltimore, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Sept. 30

Seattle at Detroit, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 5

Thursday, Oct. 3

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 6

Dallas at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 7

New Orleans at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 6

Thursday, Oct. 10

San Francisco at Seattle, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 13

Cincinnati at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 14

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 7

Thursday, Oct. 17

Denver at New Orleans, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 20

N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 21

L.A. Chargers at Arizona, 9 p.m. (ESPN+)

WEEK 8

Thursday, Oct. 24

Minnesota at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Oct. 29

Dallas at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Oct. 28

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 9

Thursday, Oct. 31

Houston at N.Y. Jets, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 3

Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 4

Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 10

Thursday, Nov. 7

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 10

Detroit at Houston, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 11

Miami at L.A. Rams, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 11

Thursday, Nov. 14

Washington at Philadelphia, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 17

Indianapolis at N.Y. Jets, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 18

Houston at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 12

Thursday, Nov. 21

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Nov. 24

Philadelphia at L.A. Rams, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Nov. 25

Baltimore at L.A. Chargers, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 13

Thursday, Nov. 28

Miami at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Friday, Nov. 29

Las Vegas at Kansas City, 3 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 1

San Francisco at Buffalo, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 2

Cleveland at Denver, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 14

Thursday, Dec. 5

Green Bay at Detroit, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 8

L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 9

Cincinnati at Dallas, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 15

Thursday, Dec. 12

L.A. Rams at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 15

Green Bay at Seattle, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 16

Atlanta at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 16

Thursday, Dec. 19

Cleveland at Cincinnati, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Saturday, Dec. 21

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m. (FOX)

Sunday, Dec. 22

Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 23

New Orleans at Green Bay, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)

WEEK 17

Wednesday, Dec. 25

Baltimore at Houston, 4:30 p.m. (NETFLIX)

Thursday, Dec. 26

Seattle at Chicago, 8:15 p.m. (Prime Video)

Sunday, Dec. 29

Miami at Cleveland, 8:20 p.m. (NBC)

Monday, Dec. 30

Detroit at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. (ESPN/ABC)

WEEK 18

Game Pool

COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN FLORIDA SHOOTING THAT INJURED AUBURN RB BRIAN BATTIE AND KILLED HIS BROTHER

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Sarasota man has been charged with murder in a shooting that killed the brother of Auburn running back Brian Battie and injured Battie and three other men.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested Darryl Bernard Brookins on Wednesday as a suspect in the weekend shooting. Tommy Battie IV was pronounced dead at the scene early Saturday.

Brookins has been charged with murder and attempted murder as a felon in possession of a firearm. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.

There has been no official update on Brian Battie’s status. Auburn coach Hugh Freeze posted on social media Monday that Battie was “still on a ventilator” after a setback the previous day.

Battie spent three seasons at South Florida before transferring to Auburn. He ran for 227 yards and a touchdown last season while ranking fourth in the Southeastern Conference in kick return average (23.0 yards).

The 5-foot-7, 168-pounder ran for 1,186 yards in 2022 and finished his South Florida career with 1,842 yards and 10 touchdowns.

A GoFundMe page started by two women who said they were godmothers of the Battie brothers had raised more than $95,000 by Wednesday.

TNT WILL BEGIN AIRING COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF GAMES THROUGH SUBLICENSE WITH ESPN

TNT Sports will begin airing College Football Playoff games this upcoming season through a sublicense with ESPN.

The five-year agreement announced Wednesday gives TNT two first-round games the first two years. Beginning in 2026, it expands to two first-round and two quarterfinals.

ESPN’s $7.8 billion deal with the CFP, which was announced in March, allowed it to sublicense games to other networks. Financial terms of the sublicense were not announced.

“Our strategy has always been to try and round out our portfolio and continue to add the right set of rights whenever there is a possibility,” TNT Sports Chairman and CEO Luis Silberwasser said to The Associated Press. “When we look at the landscape and what can really bring in massive levels of audience that is in the popular culture and must watch, the College Football Playoff is at the top of the list.”

TNT Sports was one of the companies that bid on the CFP rights package before it was retained by ESPN.

Rosalyn Durant, ESPN’s executive vice president for programming and acquisitions, said TNT approached them after the renewal deal was announced and things progressed from there.

As to which quarterfinal games TNT might carry when the deal expands in two years, Durant said that remains to be determined.

Even though TNT does not air regular-season college football and basketball games, it will carry the two biggest tournaments. TNT has been a partner with CBS in airing the NCAA Tournament since 2011 and has a deal through 2032.

This will be the first season of the 12-team playoff. ESPN has carried the College Football Playoff since it started in the 2014 season. It replaced the Bowl Championship Series.

The top four conference champions will receive first-round byes. Four first-round games will take place Dec. 20-21 followed by the quarterfinals (Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl) Dec. 31-Jan. 1. The semifinals are the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 and Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10 before the championship game takes place on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

Kickoff times for the CFP are expected to be announced on June 6, when ESPN releases its bowl schedule.

It is also another instance of ESPN and TNT teaming up together. The two work close together since they have rights to the NBA and NHL.

CFP games on TNT will also be streamed on Max, but it also means the entire playoff will be on Venu Sports — the streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery that was announced in February.

Besides adding the NHL three years ago and NASCAR next year, TNT’s future carrying the NBA remains up in the air as discussions continue with the league on a new rights agreement.

Silberwasser said though that the CFP was something they were looking independent of how NBA discussions are going.

“We continue to be optimistic about it and are working with them on different scenarios,” Silberwasser said about the NBA talks. “We continue to have productive conversations with them, and we hope to make a deal that is good for both.”

ESPN’s rights to the College Football Playoff run through the 2031 season. The title game moves to ABC in 2026.

NEW BIG TEN SCHOOLS WILL MAKE AT LEAST 1 APPEARANCE ON FOX’S FRIDAY NIGHT COLLEGE FOOTBALL PACKAGE

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Each of the Big Ten Conference’s new West Coast schools will make at least one appearance this coming season on Fox Sports’ “College Football Friday” package.

The 12-game schedule includes nine Big Ten matchups. Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington will have at least one Friday night home game. The Bruins, Ducks and Huskies, along with Rutgers, Michigan State and Purdue, will make two appearances.

Washington — which got to the College Football Playoff title game before losing to Michigan — visits Rutgers on Sept. 27 in its first conference road game and hosts UCLA on Nov. 15.

The Bruins are the only team playing on back-to-back Fridays. They host Iowa on Nov. 8 before their trip to Seattle to face the Huskies.

Oregon hosts Michigan State on Oct. 4 before going to Purdue two weeks later.

USC will host Rutgers on Oct. 25 at 11 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Pacific. The kickoff is late because Fox has Game 1 of the World Series.

With the exception of the USC game, the other Big Ten games on the West Coast will start at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Five Big Ten schools — Indiana, Penn State, Ohio State, Minnesota and Wisconsin — are not scheduled for Friday night. Ohio State and Michigan have been among the most vehemently opposed to Friday games since the conference started holding them in 2017, with a limited slate on Big Ten Network and FS1.

“It did take us some time and a lot of collaboration between us, the conference office and all the athletic directors to finally get to where we are,” said Mike Mulvihill, Fox president for insights and analytics. “I think our expansion partners, especially Oregon and Washington, understand that Friday night represents an opportunity for them to be in a window and have a chance to have a prime-time game without that much direct college football competition.”

The other Big 10 matchups are Illinois at Nebraska on Sept. 20, Northwestern at Maryland on Oct. 11 and Purdue at Michigan State on Nov. 22. All three start at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Though the package is predominantly Big Ten, it will kick off with a Big 12 matchup on Sept. 13 when Arizona travels to Kansas State. Except it won’t count as a conference game even though this will be Arizona’s first year in the Big 12 because a home-and-home series between the two schools already was scheduled before the latest wave of conference realignment.

Fox also will carry Utah at UCF on Nov. 29 and the Mountain West championship game on Dec. 6.

The only Friday that Fox does not have a game scheduled is Nov. 1 because of the possibility of a World Series Game 6.

The college football package will fill a void for Fox on Friday nights during the fall when WWE’s “Friday Night SmackDown” moves to USA Network. The final “SmackDown” on Fox airs on Sept. 6.

It will not be the first time Fox has tried to stake a claim to what is considered an underutilized time slot. It launched “Big Noon Saturday” in 2019. Last season’s package averaged 6.74 million viewers on Fox, an 8% increase over 2022.

Networks are expected to announce their complete schedules for the first three weeks of the college football season next week. Fox already announced that “Big Noon Saturday” will open the season with Texas at Michigan on Sept. 6, followed by Wisconsin at Alabama one week later.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE LAX

UNDERDOG STORY: FLORIDA RETURNS TO THE NCAA WOMEN’S LACROSSE FINAL FOUR FOR THE 1ST TIME SINCE 2012

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Amanda O’Leary opened the clothing box, pulled out a few items and got a clear picture of the challenge ahead.

The first batch of “Florida Lacrosse” gear she ordered in 2007 arrived with an error. It was an honest mistake: the printer assumed O’Leary wanted “LaCrosse” spelled like the small town 15 miles north of Gainesville.

Regardless, it showed just how far the coach had to go to get women’s lacrosse on the map in the Sunshine State.

Now, after 15 seasons and 17 years with the Gators, O’Leary has a chance to secure her coaching legacy when Florida plays in the women’s championships for the second time in school history and the first time since 2012.

The unseeded Gators (20-2) are looking to crash a final four party typically reserved for traditional lacrosse powers. They play top-seeded and defending national champion Northwestern in the first semifinal game Friday in Cary, North Carolina. No. 2 seed Boston College and third-seeded Syracuse square off in the other.

Make no mistake, though: O’Leary and Florida aren’t satisfied just being back in the mix for the first time in a dozen years. Winners of 20 in a row, including five straight away from home, the Gators believe they’re contenders to bring home the program’s first national championship.

GOLF NEWS

LIV GOLF TO HOLD TEAM FINAL IN DALLAS AREA

LIV Golf will host its 2024 team championship event Sept. 20-22 at Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas, the organization announced Wednesday.

Crushers GC, captained by Bryson DeChambeau, are the defending champion.

“Our LIV Golf players are looking forward to playing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with its great golf tradition,” said Greg Norman, LIV commissioner and CEO. “Texas is legendary for producing and hosting great golfers who set a high bar while competing for championships.”

The season-ending event will mark the Dallas-area debut for LIV Golf. The private Maridoe Golf Club measures 7,817 yards. Jordan Spieth, Will Zalatoris and golf legend Lee Trevino are among the members there.

All 13 LIV Golf teams will be seeded based on their regular-season team standings following the LIV Golf Chicago event Sept. 13-15 at Bolingbrook Golf Club. The top three seeds will receive a first-round bye.

DeChambeau’s team earned $14 million when it won the championship last October in Miami. So far in the 2024 season, Crushers GC (DeChambeau, Paul Casey, Charles Howell III and Anirban Lahiri) are in first place with 105.50 points, with wins in Jeddah and Hong Kong.

Legion XIII (captain Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Kieran Vincent and Caleb Surratt) also have two victories and are in second place with 94 points.

The all-Australian Ripper GC squad (captain Cam Smith, Marc Leishman, Lucas Herbert and Matt Jones) have won twice and sit in third place with 90 points.

JORDAN SPIETH: LACK OF PATIENCE ‘HAS GOTTEN ME IN TROUBLE’

Three-time major winner Jordan Spieth said Wednesday that patience has not been his strong suit at times during his career, adding that a lack of it “has gotten me in trouble.”

Spieth made the comments at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas, ahead of this week’s Charles Schwab Challenge.

Spieth credited Xander Schauffele for his patience before finally cashing in last week on his first major victory at the PGA Championship. Spieth applauded Schauffele for enduring the dry spell, something the 30-year-old Texan has not always mastered.

“The way he approached that patiently is extremely inspiring. I’m not a very patient person and I think that’s gotten me in trouble a lot of times in my career, as far as the process,” Spieth said. “Like trusting the process and giving it time and not having to have results right away. He didn’t seem bothered by close calls.

“He had to answer a lot of questions regarding Sundays or whatever, and I remember having those for a year or two as well and then, you know, I was more patient back then because I was playing consistently better, so it was easier to be more patient,” Spieth added. “Once it goes your way, then you start thinking they’re all going to go your way, and then they do. So I wouldn’t be surprised if this is just the beginning.”

Spieth is still searching for his first win on the PGA Tour this season. He has three top 10s and sits No. 52 in the FedEx Cup standings.

“Once I know what I’m capable of, I want to obviously stay there. If you fall from that even a little bit, it frustrates you, and then if you fall quite a bit from that you can be wondering what in the world is going on,” Spieth said. “It can overtake you, and it did for me for a little while. I think I have a better perspective now, but at the same time the drive to get to where I know my ceiling is at has never been higher.

“So every day that I’m not there it’s still, I still walk away, if I feel like I progressed towards it, I walk away really, really pleased with my day,” he added. “But some days I feel like I didn’t and instead of being OK with that — back to this patient talk — you know, I lose a little patience because I know what I am capable of and not sustaining that every year is something that I’m not OK with personally.”

2024 CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE: PREVIEW, PROPS, BEST BETS

The PGA Tour makes its fourth and final stop in Texas this season for the Charles Schwab Challenge, which begins Thursday at the historical Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth.

In addition to featuring world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, there is additional intrigue with players attempting to qualify for the next signature event at the Memorial Tournament in two weeks.

Our golf experts preview the event and provide their favorite prop picks along with best bets to win this week.

CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE
Location: Fort Worth, Texas, May 23-26
Course: Colonial Country Club (Par 70, 7,289 Yards)
Purse: $9.1M (Winner: $1.638M)
Defending Champion: Emiliano Grillo
FedEx Cup Leader: Scottie Scheffler

HOW TO FOLLOW
TV: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (CBS)
Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Friday, 8:15 a.m.-7 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
X: @CSChallengeFW

PROP PICKS
–Austin Eckroat to Beat Akshay Bhatia (-110 at DraftKings): Bhatia won earlier this year but is coming off a missed cut at Valhalla following a 42nd at the Wells Fargo Championship. Eckroat was in contention at the PGA Championship before settling for a T18. He’s also a winner already this season, claiming his maiden tour victory at the Cognizant Classic, and is up to a career-best 48th in the world ranking.

–Tom Kim to Finish Top 20 (+188 at BetMGM): Now a Dallas resident, Kim is making his event debut. He hasn’t been in great form much of this season, but did put together four solid rounds en route to a T26 last week. Kim’s most recent top 20 came four starts ago at the RBC Heritage, but he should fare well against a relatively modest field.

–Alejandro Tosti the Top South American (+250 at DraftKings): Grillo of Argentina is the defending champ and has the shortest odds in this prop at +150. However, he has missed a pair of cuts while failing to finish better than T54 in his past five starts. Tosti of Argentina made the weekend at Valhalla, and while his results have been sporadic, he did have a T2 at the Texas Children’s Houston Open. The other two in this prop are Colombians Nico Echavarria (+275) and Camilo Villegas (+600).

2024 Prop Picks Record: 27-30-1

BEST BETS
–Scottie Scheffler (+275 at BetMGM) remained in the field despite last week’s arrest at the PGA Championship. He has won four of his past six starts, and the Texas resident has finished in the top three at Colonial each of the past two years. Scheffler is the heavy pre-tournament favorite and leads the field with 30.0 percent of the money backing him to win, making him the book’s biggest liability this week.
–Collin Morikawa (+1200) is fresh off a T4 at Valhalla, where he shared the 54-hole lead. He opened at +1400 but has seen his odds shorten a bit with 9.9 percent of the money backing him at BetMGM. Morikawa has also been backed by 8 percent of the money at the same odds at DraftKings.
–Jordan Spieth (+2200) makes his 12th event start. He missed the cut last year but has one title and three runners-up among his eight top-10 finishes. Spieth is the book’s third biggest liability, having drawn 6.7 percent of the money.
–Tom Kim (+5000) is another Dallas resident. He makes his event debut coming off a T26 at the PGA Championship.
–Justin Rose (+5500) won the event in 2018 and is coming off a T6 at Valhalla. He opened at +6000.

NOTES
–Colonial is playing host to an event for the 78th time, making it the longest-running venue for a non-major on tour. The course underwent a $25 million renovation since last year’s event, led by Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner. The goal was to return the course to a more natural and classic presentation while upholding the original design and vision. Hole Nos. 3-5 were nicknamed the “Horrible Horseshoe” by former golf writer Dan Jenkins.
–The field includes 23 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Ranking.
–Sixty-six players in the field competed in last week’s PGA Championship.
–The winner will earn a tartan jacket along with invitations to next month’s Memorial Tournament along with next year’s The Sentry and The Players Championship if not otherwise exempt.
–This is the second event for the Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 for players to earn spots into the Wells Fargo, which will also include points earned in the Myrtle Beach Classic and next week’s RBC Canadian Open.
–Ben Hogan won the inaugural event at the Colonial and still holds the event record with five victories. He is also the most recent player to successfully defend at Colonial.

‘REFRESHED’ COURSE AWAITS GOLFERS AT CHARLES SCHWAB CHALLENGE

As the world of men’s golf comes off its second major championship of the season, it will not be the players but rather the course itself that takes center stage at the Charles Schwab Challenge, beginning Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Colonial Country Club is the PGA Tour’s longest-running venue for a non-major, about to host this event for the 78th time. But after last year’s event concluded with Emiliano Grillo of Argentina the victor, the course underwent a renovation spearheaded by Gil Hanse.

Not only did the entire course need re-sodding, but Hanse sought to restore the way the course looked decades ago, which he has described as a more “rugged,” natural look.

“A new golf course this year — refreshed, maybe, is a better word than new,” Australian Adam Scott said. “But a great golf course, a great venue on tour. With the improvement to the course, I was very keen to come back.”

Rather than lengthen the course, Hanse left the par-70, 7,289-yard track on the shorter side of things.

Notably, he removed a concrete spillway that traveled along the 16th through 18th holes, which captured Grillo’s wayward drive at the last hole on Sunday last year. His ball was carried in a small current of water, and he had to wait several minutes for it to come to rest.

Despite a double bogey at No. 18, Grillo beat Adam Schenk in a playoff for his first win in nearly eight years.

Grillo is back to defend his title but approaching the week like it’s all brand-new.

“Obviously, the greens are going to be new, they’re going to be hard,” Grillo said. “If we get some rain like it’s expected it’s going to be playing a little bit longer, and with harder greens, so that’s a tough combination. New reads, new contours, new everything, so I got to go out (beforehand) and do my homework and pretend it’s a place I’ve never played.”

Colonial has seen names like Scott (2014), Jordan Spieth (2016), Englishman Justin Rose (2018) and Sam Burns (2022) win in recent years. Five of the top 20 players in the world rankings, and 23 of the top 50, are in the field this week.

Scottie Scheffler is scheduled to tee off Thursday afternoon as he tries to get his life back to normal. With a newborn at home, Scheffler made his return to competition last week at the PGA Championship, only to be arrested and charged with assault of a police officer over what he called a misunderstanding over traffic signals outside the course pre-dawn on Friday.

Scheffler, the World No. 1, has won four of his past six starts. Collin Morikawa, who was tied for the 54-hole lead at the PGA before fading to a T4 finish, is the next highest-ranked player in the field at No. 9.

Like Scheffler, Spieth is back at home whenever he returns to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In addition to his 2016 victory, he has placed second at Colonial in 2015, 2017 and 2021.

“I feel good. It’s nice that I’m able to be in my own bed,” Spieth said. “This tournament’s always actually felt like kind of an exhale. … I did a lot of good things the last couple weeks and improving on some stuff I wanted to and I still have some parts of the game that need some work and hopefully knock that out today and into the beginning of this weekend it gets better and better.”

TENNIS NEWS

FRENCH OPEN 2024: NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND IGA SWIATEK ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS AT ROLAND GARROS

PARIS (AP) — A glance at the French Open, the second Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2024:

Surface

Red clay

Site

Roland Garros

Schedule

Play begins Sunday and lasts 15 days. There are day and night sessions. The women’s singles final is Saturday, June 8; the men’s singles final is Sunday, June 9.

Seedings

Defending champion Iga Swiatek is expected to be seeded No. 1 in the women’s bracket, with Australian Open winner Aryna Sabalenka next, reigning U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff at No. 3, and 2022 Wimbledon champ Elena Rybakina at No 4. Novak Djokovic, the other 2023 singles champion, should be No. 1 in the men’s draw, with Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner at No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz at No. 3, and Daniil Medvedev at No. 4. Rafael Nadal, the 14-time French Open champion who has missed much of the past two seasons with injuries, might not be seeded because his ranking is outside the top 250.

2023 Women’s Singles Champion

Iga Swiatek, Poland

2023 Men’s Singles Champion

Novak Djokovic, Spain

Last Year

Swiatek got past Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 for a third career championship at the French Open and fourth Grand Slam title overall. Djokovic defeated Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 for his 23rd major trophy. It was Djokovic’s third title at Roland Garros, making him the first man with at least three from each of the four Slam sites.

Raise the Roof

The tournament’s second retractable roof, now atop Court Suzanne Lenglen, will make its debut. The main stadium, Court Philippe Chatrier, got its roof in 2020.

See You Soon!

With Paris hosting the Olympics this year, many of the world’s best tennis players will return to Roland Garros to compete for medals from July 27 to Aug. 4. It is the first time the sport will be played on clay at a Summer Games since Barcelona in 1992.

Key Statistics

2005-07 — The last time a woman won three consecutive French Open titles, when Justine Henin did it. Swiatek will be trying to match that feat.

24 — Grand Slam singles titles for Djokovic, the most by a man in tennis history and the most by anyone in the Open era, which began in 1968.

Prize Money

Total prize money for the 2024 French Open is rising to nearly 53.5 million euros, about $58 million — an increase of nearly 8% from last year. The two singles champions each will receive 2.4 million euros, about $2.6 million.

IF THIS IS RAFAEL NADAL’S LAST FRENCH OPEN, IT SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO SERENA WILLIAMS’ LAST US OPEN

If this is, as expected, Rafael Nadal’s final French Open, it will be one that everyone — the 37-year-old Spaniard included — surely will remember vividly.

No matter how healthy the guy everyone calls “Rafa” might be. No matter how long his stay in the bracket lasts. No matter whether he somehow adds another championship at Roland Garros to the record 14 he owns.

Narrator: Not even Nadal truly believes that is possible. Indeed, as of Wednesday morning, he had not announced definitely whether he would be in the field, although he showed up on-site to practice.

“I am not negative,” he explained. “I am just realistic.”

Think back just a couple of years ago to Serena Williams’ farewell at the U.S. Open. That’s the sort of atmosphere and adoration likely to be on display whenever Nadal swings a racket or simply strolls around the compact-for-a-Grand-Slam-grounds in the southwest section of Paris where the clay-court tournament begins Sunday.

“I cannot predict what kind of emotions I am going to have there,” said Nadal, who has been saying for a while that he thinks 2024 will be his final season before retirement. “I just want to enjoy every day.”

That’s been difficult lately because of hip and abdominal muscle injuries that limited him to 20 matches, and a 9-11 record, over the past 20 months.

Nadal missed nearly all of 2023 after hurting his hip during a loss at the Australian Open that January. He had surgery almost exactly a year ago and sat out the French Open for the first time since making his debut there in 2005, when, naturally, he claimed the trophy at age 19.

A torn hip muscle this January forced Nadal to miss the Australian Open; an ab problem sidelined him later. He returned in April, but in three places he’s won a total of 27 titles — Barcelona, Madrid, Rome — Nadal made it no further than the fourth round anywhere and called himself “unpredictable.”

That stretch was capped by a 6-1, 6-3 loss to Hubert Hurkacz at the Italian Open, a result so dispiriting that Nadal wondered aloud whether he should bother showing up at Roland Garros, although did say he was reluctant to skip “the most important event of my tennis career.”

The 22-time major champion is not able to run at full speed or compete with full force. He does not have the match-readiness required to succeed.

“For him to feel like he’s going in with his ‘C’ game — not ‘B’ game; ‘C’ game — and maybe fearing almost that he could lose first or second round?” said Chris Evert, who won seven of her 18 Grand Slam titles in Paris. “He’s been such a perfectionist on that surface, why would he want to expose himself at that level?”

No man has won even half as many French Opens as Nadal. His winning percentage there is .974. He had streaks of five championships in a row, four in a row and three in a row.

This says it all: There’s already a statue of him near the main stadium.

“It’s really a paramount challenge to play him in Roland Garros,” said Novak Djokovic, whose 24 major trophies make him the only man with more than Nadal. “He’s an incredible athlete. The tenacity and intensity he brings on the court, particularly there, is something that was very rarely seen, I think, in the history of this sport.”

Djokovic — who formed, with Nadal and the now-retired Roger Federer, the so-called Big Three — and Iga Swiatek are the defending champions in France and both are ranked No. 1. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are the emerging stars of men’s tennis; Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff have that status in the women’s game.

But all eyes — of spectators and of other athletes — will be on Nadal for however long he stays in the field.

“He’s probably the only player that when I practice on the court next to him, I would literally zone out of my practice to watch him,” said Gauff, the 20-year-old American who won last year’s U.S. Open. “The way he carries himself is just great. His legacy is going to be something that is almost unmatched when it comes to just the intensity in which he approaches everything. That’s something that the players will miss and the fans will miss.”

So this represents a chance to say “Merci” and “Au revoir.”

No one — maybe not even Nadal himself — knows how many more times he will play, whether at Roland Garros, which also is set to host tennis at the Summer Olympics (he already owns singles and doubles golds), or anywhere else.

So plenty of standing ovations await. Likely a post-match ceremony, too. Might even be the sort of requests seen at a recent tournament: One opponent asked for the shirt off Nadal’s back after facing him; another asked if they could snap a photo together.

Swiatek, an unabashed Nadal supporter, was asked whether she ever did that sort of thing after a match.

“Not really,” she replied, “but if I would play against Rafa, for sure, I would ask for a T-shirt.”

WTA ROUNDUP: TOP SEEDS ADVANCE IN STRASBOURG

Top seed Marketa Vondrousova dropped the first set but recovered to squash qualifier Magdalena Frech 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in France on Wednesday.

Frech, from Poland, was striving for her first win ever over a Top-10 player, but the Czech prevailed in two hours, 13 minutes. Frech fell to 0-14 against competition in the Top 10.

Vondrousova advanced to the quarterfinals, where she will face Anhelina Kalinina, a winner in three sets over wild card Fiona Ferro of France.

Also moving to the quarters were No. 2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, third-seeded Danielle Collins and No. 4 seed Madison Keys, all winners in straight sets.

A pair of seeded players fell in their matches Wednesday. No. 6 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia fell to Poland’s Magda Linette in three sets, and No. 7 Elina Svitolina of Ukraine, the defending champion, was ousted in three sets by France’s Clara Burel.

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Unseeded Peyton Stearns upset the sixth-seeded Xiyu Wang of China 6-3, 6-1 in the second round in Rabat, Morocco.

In the quarterfinals, Stearns will meet the No. 4 seed, Lucia Bronzetti, who defeated fellow Italian Martina Trevisan 6-2, 6-3.

Other winners were Mayar Sherif of Egypt, Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria and Laura Siegemund of Germany. Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia advanced in a walkover.

WORLD NO. 5 JESSICA PEGULA WITHDRAWS FROM FRENCH OPEN

World No. 5 Jessica Pegula said Wednesday night that she is pulling out of the upcoming French Open due to her ongoing neck and back injuries.

Pegula said on Instagram that she was “unfortunately pulling out of @rolandgarros this year.”

Pegula said she has been making progress and hasn’t had any recent setbacks. She hasn’t played in a WTA event since the Charleston Open in early April and also took part in Billie Jean King Cup qualifying the following week.

Among the events she has missed are clay-court tournaments in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome.

“Played it super safe with recovery & return to play,” Pegula said. “If I had another 5-7 days I would have been there 100 %. So I will definitely be back for a full grass season and the rest of the summer and grinding out the rest of the year.”

Pegula, 30, is the second-highest ranked American woman behind Coco Gauff (No. 3). Danielle Collins (No. 12) is just outside the Top 10.

Despite her high ranking, Pegula has never advanced past the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. Her best finish at Roland Garros was reaching the quarters in 2022.

The French Open starts on Sunday.

COLLEGE ATHLETICS NEWS

AS NCAA MOVES TOWARD $2.8 BILLION SETTLEMENT, WHETHER COLORADO CASE IS PART OF DEAL IS UNCERTAIN

As the NCAA moves toward a $2.8 billion settlement that could resolve three antitrust lawsuits — with the Big Ten the latest conference to give its approval — it is uncertain whether a fourth case will also be part of the agreement.

Attorneys in Fontenot v. the NCAA said Wednesday they would like their case to the stay in federal court in Colorado instead of being moved to California and combined with another antitrust lawsuit involving college sports. They said they won’t know whether their claims would be covered by the settlement until they have all the details of the proposal.

“One way or the other, they have to deal with us or I just don’t see how a settlement ultimately gets done,” said George Zelcs, one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys. “They have to either include us or get an order that requires us to be involved in it. All of which we have arguments against as well.”

The NCAA and five major college conferences named in the House v. NCAA lawsuit that is at the center of the settlement talks have asked U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney in Colorado to combine the Fontenot case with Carter v. the NCAA, which is being heard in the Northern District of California.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs in House v. the NCAA have given the defendants a Thursday deadline to agree to a settlement.

The NCAA has already moved through two steps of a three-part approval process, which needs to be completed by its Board of Governors.

The Big 12 and Atlantic Coast Conference presidential boards voted to move forward with the settlement on Tuesday. Big Ten presidents voted to approve the deal Wednesday during spring meetings in Los Angeles, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the conferences were not making their internal discussions public.

Southeastern Conference and Pac-12 presidents are scheduled to meet Thursday and consider the settlement agreement.

Under terms of the proposed agreement, the NCAA will pay $2.77 billion over 10 years to former and current college athletes who were denied by now-defunct rules the ability to earn money from endorsement and sponsorship deals dating to 2016. The NCAA and conferences also would agree to establish a revenue-sharing system, with schools allowed to spend up about $21 million a year on their athletes.

House and Hubbard v. NCAA have already been combined in the Northern District of California and are being overseen by U.S. Judge Claudia Wilken, who has ruled against the NCAA in several high-profile antitrust cases in recent years.

Carter is being overseen by U.S. Judge Richard Seeborg. Fontenot would be added to Seeborg’s cases.

Former Colorado football player Alex Fontenot filed his lawsuit last November, claiming NCAA rules have illegally prevented college athletes from earning their fair share of the millions of dollars in revenue schools bring in. Garrett Broshuis, Zelcs’ colleague at the law firm Korein Tillery, said the Fontenot case should not be combined with the other three because they have fundamental differences.

“House was focused on name, image and likeness issues, which is really just a small segment of the overall revenue that the NCAA and the conferences and their members are bringing in,” Broshuis told AP. “Our case is instead focusing on what would be the true free-market value of the services being provided by these athletes.”

Broshuis said the Carter case focuses on just basketball and football players from Power Five conferences — ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC.

“Whereas the Fontenot proposed class is broader than that. Revenue is revenue no matter what sport,” he said.

The House case is a class-action lawsuit that seeks back pay for college athletes who were denied name, image and likeness compensation dating to 2016. The NCAA lifted its ban on athletes earning NIL money in 2021.

Steve Berman, one of the lead attorneys in House, said in a statement to AP the issues in Fontenot completely overlap with the other cases and the settlement — if approved — “will release all of their claims.”

“And as for their claim they are waiting to see if they want to be part of it, they already laid out objections to the court in Colorado without even seeing the agreement, a completely irresponsible thing to do,” Berman said. “Even more so when they haven’t contributed to the momentum that allowed us to accomplish this as opposed to being Johnny come lately.”

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INDIANA PACERS GAME 2 PREVIEW

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The Pacers were seconds away from winning Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night at TD Garden, but ultimately came up just short. They will have a shot at redemption on Thursday, as they return for Game 2 against the Boston Celtics.

Despite falling behind 12-0 at the start of Tuesday’s game and trailing by double digits midway through the third quarter, the Pacers showed their trademark resilience in Game 1, rallying to take a five-point lead with under two minutes to play.

They led 117-114 and had the ball with 10 seconds to play, but turned it over on an inbounds pass in their own backcourt. On the ensuing possession, Celtics forward Jaylen Brown hit a corner three over Pascal Siakam to tie the game. Tyrese Haliburton missed a potential game-winning shot on the other end and Boston ultimately prevailed in overtime, 133-128.

The Pacers were frustrated with the way they let Game 1 slip away, but also knew that they had done a lot of things right to put themselves in position to steal a game on the road against the East’s top seed.

“We did so many good things in this game that it came down to a couple mistakes at the end,” Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said.

“Today we played great for about 47 minutes,” Haliburton added. “Just didn’t sustain for 48. We’ll go back, watch some film, and there will be good and there will be bad. We’ll learn from it and will be a lot better in Game 2.”

The biggest issue for Indiana on Tuesday was taking care of the basketball. The Pacers had an uncharacteristic 22 turnovers, leading to 32 points for the Celtics on the other end. Two turnovers in the final minute of regulation loomed large, but it was an issue the entire night. Aaron Nesmith had a pass intercepted by Jayson Tatum leading to a fastbreak dunk for Brown on the opening possession of the game and the Blue & Gold had three giveaways in overtime.

While the disappointment from Game 1 stings, the Pacers vowed to not let it linger. They have bounced back well from losses all season. In fact, they dropped Game 1 in both of their two previous playoff series, but came back to win both series.

“We’ve been a tough-minded, resilient team really for almost the entire second half of the year,” Carlisle said. “We have to continue with that and come back in here on Thursday night.”

Projected Starters

Pacers: G – Tyrese Haliburton, G – Andrew Nembhard, F – Aaron Nesmith, F – Pascal Siakam, C – Myles Turner

Celtics: G – Jrue Holiday, G – Derrick White, F – Jaylen Brown, F – Jayson Tatum, C – Al Horford

Injury Report

Pacers: Bennedict Mathurin – out (right shoulder labral tear)

Celtics: Xavier Tillman – questionable (personal reasons), Kristaps Porzingis – out (right soleus strain)

Last Meeting

May 21, 2024: Jaylen Brown’s corner three with 5.7 seconds remaining forced overtime, where the Celtics used an 8-0 run to come away with a 133-128 win in Game 1.

Tyrese Haliburton (25 points, 10 assists, and three steals), Pascal Siakam (24 points, 12 rebounds, and seven assists), and Myles Turner (23 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists) all recorded double-doubles for Indiana in the loss.

Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 36 points to go along with 12 rebounds, four assists, and three steals. Jrue Holiday added 28 points, seven boards, eight assists, and three steals for Boston, while Brown finished with 26 points, seven boards, five assists, and three steals.

Noteworthy

The Pacers and Celtics have met in the postseason six times, but all of their previous meetings occurred in the first round. Indiana won in 2004 and 2005, while Boston took the other four series in 1991, 1992, 2003, and 2019.

This is Indiana’s ninth appearance in the Eastern Conference Finals, with all those appearance coming in the last 30 years. Only four teams have more conference finals appearances over that span: the Spurs with 11 and the Lakers, Heat, and Celtics with 10 each.

Celtics guards Jrue Holiday and Derrick White were named to the NBA’s All-Defensive Second Team on Tuesday.

Celtics forward Oshae Brissett signed with Boston last summer after spending two-and-a-half seasons in Indiana from 2021-23. The 6-7 forward out of Syracuse averaged 8.1 points and 4.5 rebounds in 153 games (43 starts) with the Blue & Gold. He averaged 3.7 points and 2.9 rebounds in 55 games (one start) this season for the Celtics and has appeared in five games in the playoffs.

Broadcast Information (TV and Radio Listings >>)

TV: ESPN – Mike Breen (play-by-play), Doris Burke (analyst), JJ Redick (analyst), Lisa Salters (sideline reporter)

Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Jeremiah Johnson (studio host)

Tickets

The Eastern Conference Finals will shift to Indianapolis when the Pacers host the Celtics for Game 3 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday, May 25 at 8:30 PM ET.

INDIANA FEVER BASKETBALL

JEWELL LOYD NETS 32 AS STORM HAND FEVER 5TH STRAIGHT LOSS

Jewell Loyd scored a game-high 32 points Wednesday night and the Seattle Storm handed Caitlin Clark and the visiting Indiana Fever their fifth straight loss to start the season, edging them 85-83.

Loyd also pulled down 11 rebounds, while Nneka Ogwumike added 22 points after missing the last two games with an ankle injury. Ezi Magbegor contributed 14 points and Sami Whitcomb came off the bench to hit for 10 points as Seattle improved to 2-3.

Clark led Indiana with 21 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in perhaps her best all-around game in her brief WNBA career. But she committed a pair of critical turnovers down the stretch, including one in the final seconds with the Fever trying to take the lead.

Ogwumike made a free throw with 2.4 seconds left after the Storm won a jump ball. Indiana’s final desperate chance was a shot from behind the halfcourt line by Aliyah Boston that was wide right at the horn.

Kelsey Mitchell added 17 points for Indiana and NaLyssa Smith kicked in 16 to go along with 11 rebounds. But the Fever allowed 17 offensive rebounds and the extra possessions helped Seattle win despite making just 34 of 82 attempts from the field.

In the first quarter, Seattle did what every Indiana foe has done so far — feast on sub-par defense. The Storm used a 9-0 run that saw Loyd score seven points and established a 25-16 advantage going to the second quarter.

The Fever displayed some resistance in the second quarter, working their way back into contention behind better defense and Smith’s scoring punch. She had eight points in the period, including a short fadeaway with a second remaining that pulled them within 44-40 at the break.

Seattle opened up an 11-point third-quarter lead before Clark spearheaded a 17-2 Indiana run, accounting for 11 points as she scored nine and fed Katie Lou Samuelson for a layup. That enabled the Fever to lead 60-58 going to the fourth period.

INDY ELEVEN WOMEN’S SOCCER

THE GIRLS IN BLUE HOST ST. CHARLES FC THURSDAY AT 7 P.M.

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Indy Eleven vs. St. Charles FC
Thursday, May 23, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET
Grand Park Sports Complex | Westfield, Indiana

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2024 USL W LEAGUE RECORDS

Indy Eleven: 1-0-1, 4 pts (+2)
St. Charles FC: 0-2-0, 0 pts (-8)

SETTING THE SCENE

Indy Eleven host St. Charles FC in their second home match of the week. Last time out, the Girls in Blue tied with Kings Hammer FC 3-3 at home. St. Charles FC has a 0-2-0 record so far this season, getting shut out by Lexington SC in their first two games.

SERIES VS. ST. CHARLES FC

The Girls in Blue lead St. Charles FC in the all-time series record, going 2-1-0. In their most recent meeting on June 30, 2023, Indy Eleven dominated St. Charles FC, claiming a clean sheet and scoring 16 goals.

RECENT MEETINGS
June 30, 2023 | W, 16-0
June 15, 2023 | L, 2-0
May 10, 2023 | W, 8-0

LAST TIME OUT

WESTFIELD, Ind. (Monday, May 20, 2024) – Indy Eleven came away with a 3-3 draw against Kings Hammer FC in their 2024 home opener at the Grand Park Events Center Monday evening. The Girls in Blue move to 1-0-1 on the season, while Kings Hammer is 0-0-1.

Natalie Mitchell got the scoring started for the Girls in Blue with a play that developed down the right side from Ella Rogers. Rogers found an overlapping Lizzie Sexton, who sent the ball into the center of the 18. Mitchell collected the cross off a Kings Hammer defender and sent home the 23rd-minute tally for her first of the season.

Indy doubled the lead just two minutes into the second half when Addie Chester found herself on the end of an Amelia White cross inside the six.

Kings Hammer stormed back to tie the match with back-to-back goals off an own goal and one from Ellie Mink in the 60th and 64th minutes, respectively.

An 83rd-minute goal from Norah Jacomen, her second of the season, off White’s second assist of the evening put Indy up late, but the visitors were able to snag one back late off a 91st-minute free kick from Lily Yordy.

Indy Eleven outshot Kings Hammer 16-9 in the match with Chester coming away with a team-leading four. Ashton Blair registered four saves in goal.

Scoring Summary
IND – Natalie Mitchell 23’
IND – Addie Chester (Amelia White) 47’
KHR – Own goal 60’
KHR – Ellie Mink 64’
IND – Norah Jacomen (Amelia White) 83’
KHR – Lilly Yordy 90+1’

Discipline Summary
IND – Zoe Cuneio (caution) 90’

Indy Eleven line-up: Ashton Blair, Karsyn Cherry, Zoe Cuneio, Hadley Snyder, Ella Rogers (captain) (Anna Bagley 78’), Abby Unkraut (Amalie Darey 64’), Emma Pelkowski, Natalie Mitchell (Kayla Budish 84’), Lizzie Sexton (Brooke Otto 64’), Amelia White, Addie Chester (Norah Jacomen 64’)

Indy subs: Maryn Weiger, Lauren Adam

INDY ELEVEN MEN’S SOCCER

INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, May 22, 2024) – Indy Eleven is on to the Quarterfinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup for the first time in club history after a 3-0 defeat of USL Championship rival Detroit City FC on Wednesday night at Carroll Stadium.

Indy Eleven opened the scoring by way of a Detroit City own goal off a Benjamin Ofeimu cross from the right side. The Boys in Blue have scored their first goal in the 14th minute or earlier in each of their three U.S. Open Cup matches this season (CHI 4’, SA 2’).

The home team would tack on two more in the first half with Douglas Martinez finding Augi Williams (33’) for the tally and Aedan Stanley connecting on a corner to Ofeimu (36’).

Williams now has a pair of Open Cup goals for Indy this season, while Stanley has a team-best two assists.

Indy Eleven continues the streak and is unbeaten in its last eight matches, dating back to the Third Round win over Chicago Fire FC II on April 17. The Boys in Blue also become the second Indiana club in the history of the tournament to reach the Quarterfinals (Indianapolis Inferno 1992).

The Boys in Blue will play out of the East Division in the Quarterfinals on the road against Atlanta United (MLS) July 9 or 10.

Indy Eleven All-Time U.S. Open Cup Records

Overall Record: 7W-7L-1D (19 GF/15 GA)

Home Record: 6W-2L-0D (16 GF/8 GA)

Away Record: 1W-5L-1D (3 GF/7 GA)

2024

Third Round | April 17, 2024 | Chicago Fire FC II (MLS NEXT Pro) 0:1 Indy Eleven (USLC)

Round of 32 | May 8, 2024 | Indy Eleven 2:0 San Antonio FC (USLC)

Round of 16 | May 22, 2024 | Indy Eleven (USLC) 3:0 Detroit City FC (USLC)

Remaining U.S. Open Cup Schedule

Quarterfinal | Tuesday, July 9 – Wednesday, July 10

Semifinal | Tuesday, Aug. 27 – Wednesday, Aug. 28

Final | Wednesday, Sept. 25

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | Round of 32

Indy Eleven 3:0 Detroit City FC

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET

Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis

Scoring Summary

IND – Own Goal 14’

IND – Augi Williams (Douglas Martinez) 33’

IND – Ben Ofeimu (Aedan Stanley) 36’

Discipline Summary

IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 7’

DET – Devon Amoo-Mensah (caution) 61’

IND – Jack Blake (caution) 65’

IND – Max Schneider (caution) 90+1’

Indy Eleven line-up (3-4-3): Hunter Sulte, Adrian Diz Pe, Josh O’Brien, Ben Ofeimu, Aedan Stanley, Jack Blake (Laurence Wootton 66’), Cam Lindley (captain), Ben Mines, Augi Williams (Max Schneider 75’), Sebastian Guenzatti (Elliot Collier 66’), Douglas Martinez (Tega Ikoba 66’)

Indy Subs: Yannik Oettl, Younes Boudadi, Tyler Gibson

Detroit City FC line-up: Carlos Saldana, Brett Levis (Alex Villanueva 45’), Devon Amoo-Mensah, Stephen Carroll, Michael Bryant (Daniel Espeleta 71’), Abdoulaye Diop, James Murphy (Ryan Williams 71’), Ben Morris, Maxi Rodriguez (Victor Bezerra 45’), Matt Sheldon (Rhys Williams 71’), Yazeed Matthews

Detroit Subs: Nathan Steinwascher, Connor Rutz

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS BASEBALL

DES MOINES, Iowa – Despite Matt Gorski and Matt Fraizer combining for five runs driven in, the Indianapolis Indians fell 8-7 to the Iowa Cubs in 11 innings on Wednesday afternoon in the second game of the series at Principal Park.

After the duo of Ethan Roberts and Brad Wieck (W, 3-0) worked a scoreless top of the eleventh for Iowa (21-26), Miles Mastrubuoni plated the winning run against Indians reliever Geronimo Franzua (L, 1-3) with a ground ball to second base that wasn’t handled cleanly, allowing placed runner Darius Hill to score from third base.

The Indians (21-23) had their fair share of chances on Wednesday, stranding 13 runners on base and going just 4-for-22 with runners in scoring position, including going 0-for-3 in both the ninth and 11th innings.

Fraizer opened scoring in the top of the second with his first Triple-A home run on a changeup from top Cubs prospect Cade Horton. A half-inning later, Iowa’s BJ Murray responded with a solo shot of his own against Indians starter Cam Alldred. After Alexander Canario gave Iowa a 3-1 lead with a two-run single in the third, the Indians got one run back in the fourth and took a 4-3 lead in the sixth thanks to back-to-back RBI extra-base hits from Gorski and Fraizer.

David Bote put Iowa back in front with a three-run home run to left in the bottom of the sixth, but the Indians drew even in the eighth thanks to a bases-loaded walk and a fielder’s choice.

With Gorski’s productive day, the Hoosier State native continues his torrid stretch in Triple-A. In his last 10 games with the Indians, Gorski is hitting .351 (13-for-37) with nine extra-base hits, 19 RBIs and a 1.300 OPS. Fraizer also drove in three on the day, giving him five RBI through the first two games of the series in Des Moines.

The Indians and Cubs continue their series on Thursday evening at 7:38 PM ET. Left-hander Michael Plassmeyer (1-3, 5.96) gets the ball for the Indians on Thursday, opposing veteran right-hander Dan Straily (0-3, 5.89) for the I-Cubs.

INDIANA TRACK

LEXINGTON, Kent. –Sean Mockler (Hammer), Tyler Carrel (Pole Vault) and Skylar Stidam (10,000m) punched their ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Championships on day one of the NCAA East First Round in Lexington on Wednesday.

Mockler earned the qualifying mark on his second attempt with a throw of 66.66m/218-8 for his second appearance at the Outdoor Championships.

Carrel fought hard in the pole vault after there was a four-way tie. He cleared a bar of 5.42m/17-9.25 to earn himself a ticket to Eugene for the second time in his career.

Skylar Stidam showed out on the track in the 10k race. He will make his first appearance of his collegiate career in the big dance after finishing fifth with a time of 29:14.79.

Two Hoosiers advanced to the quarterfinals with solid performances in the First Round. Antonio Laidler (100m) and Camden Marshall (800m) also advanced to Friday’s Quarterfinals after earning automatic qualifying times in their respective events.

Laidler ran a 10.33 for the big Q in the 100-meter dash while Marshall ran the second-fastest time of the day (1:47.32) in the 800 meters.

Up next, Kenisha Phillips will compete in the 400 meters at 4:25 p.m. ET.

NCAA East First Round: Wednesday, May 22

Time: Dates Event: Athletes

Men’s Hammer (M): 7. Sean Mockler: 66.66m/218-8 | Qualified

Men’s Pole Vault: 12. Tyler Carrel: 5.42m/17-9.25 | Qualified

T-13. Nathan Stone: 5.32m/17-5.50

31. Riley Johnston: 5.22m/17-1.50 | Personal Best

Men’s 100m: 3. Antonio Laidler: 10.43Q

Men’s 800m: 2. Camden Marshall: 1:47.32Q

32. Nico Colchico: 1:50.31

Men’s 400mH: 34. Micah Camble: 52.22

Men’s 200m: 32. Antonio Laidler: 20.99

Men’s 10,000m: 5. Skylar Stidam: 29:14.79

INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women’s basketball alum Sara Scalia has signed a professional contract to play with Magnolia Campobasso in Campobasso, Italy for the upcoming 2024-25 season.

A 2023-24 All-Big Ten first team honoree, Scalia finished her five-year career as a five-time All-Big Ten selection. She was also a Top 10 finalist for the Ann Meyers Drysdale award for nation’s top shooting guard while also earning WBCA All-Region honors and was the Big Ten Player of the Week on Nov. 20. She was also crowned the winner of the 2024 Hanes Women’s 3-Point Championship in March.

One of the nation’s best 3-point shooters last season, Scalia knocked down an IU single season record 103 triples in her final season with the Cream and Crimson. She ranks fourth in NCAA Division I in three pointers made, fourth in 3-pointers per game (3.22) and 12th in 3-point percentage with a 43 percent clip. The Stillwater, Minn. native was IU’s second leading scorer this season with 16.3 points per game and had three or more triples in 21 times. Scalia scored in double figures in 28 games with 10 games with 20 points or more and a season-high 32 points against Bowling Green.

In five seasons of collegiate basketball, Scalia scored 1,981 career points and made 370 career 3-pointers. She combined to shoot 39.1 percent from the floor and 38.7 percent from the 3-point line in 144 collegiate games played. She also excelled at the free throw line where she holds a career average of 89.5 percent. At IU. Scalia finished her two seasons as the program’s leader in 3-point percentage (39.5) and free throw percentage (90.5).

INDIANA BASEBALL

OMAHA, Neb. – The Indiana Baseball team (31-22-1, 15-9 B1G), the tournament’s No. 3 seed, will meet No. 7 Ohio State on Thursday (May 23) afternoon in the winner’s bracket at the Big Ten Tournament. (3) IU was a winner over (6) Purdue on Tuesday afternoon while (7) Ohio State took down (2) Nebraska 15-2 in the nightcap at Charles Schwab Field.

The Hoosiers will send RHP Connor Foley to the mound while the Buckeyes counter with RHP Gavin DeVooght in a Thursday afternoon showdown. The winner of this game is an outstanding position and wouldn’t play again until Saturday (May 25) morning at 9:00 AM CT. Below are a couple of key notes before IU’s first matchup of the season with Ohio State.

Hoosiers Beat Purdue in Big Ten Tournament Opener

• Jasen Oliver sparked a run of eight-unanswered runs in the middle innings of Tuesday’s 8-6 win over (6) Purdue in Omaha. His three-run home run, and RBI double the next inning, sparked the bats as the Hoosiers advanced to the winner’s bracket.

• Drew Buhr gave IU four innings in relief after starter Ty Bothwell, who has been extremely sick the last week, only went three innings. Carter Mathison, Nick Mitchell and Brock Tibbitts all had multi-hit days. IU has won three-straight games against Purdue this year.

Jolly’s Career Day

• When Jasen Oliver gets going, it usually turns into an outstanding day at the plate. Tuesday’s three-hit, four RBI-effort was just what the doctor ordered for the Hoosiers. He now has 12 multi-hit games this season including four with three-or-more hits. He’s had four games of four-plus RBIs this year.

• He was the first IU freshman with four RBIs in a Big Ten Tournament since Logan Sowers (2015) hit a grand slam in a contest against Iowa nine years ago.

Better Starts in Omaha

• Indiana won its Big Ten Tournament opener for the second-straight year after an 8-6 win over Purdue. The last time IU won openers at the conference tournament in back-to-back years was in 2013 and 2014 when it won the whole thing each time.

• The Hoosiers last played Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament in 2015. IU hasn’t won its opening two games at the conference tournament since winning the whole thing in 2014.

Pitching Survives Scare

• IU’s pitching staff, despite running into some struggles in the ninth, held its opponent to seven-or-fewer runs for the 14th-straight contest. Drew Buhr has pitched four times in the past 10 games and has conceded just five runs in those 14 complete innings thrown.

• The likes of Connor Foley, Aydan Decker-Petty, Ethan Phillips, Ryan Kraft and Julian Tonghini will be viable options to pitch Thursday as IU looks to keep its winning streak going and put itself in prime position to bring back Buhr and Ty Bothwell later in the tournament.

Double Machine

• Tyler Cerny recorded his 22nd double of the season in the sixth inning Tuesday to score Nick Mitchell. His 22 doubles are tied for third-most in a single season in program history with Sam Travis (2013) and Mickey Morandini (1986). Only Dustin DeMuth (24, 2013) and Dan Winters (31, 1984) have more in one campaign.

Just Keep Winning

• The bubble can be a dangerous place this time of year. IU is up multiple spots to 55 in the RPI as of Wednesday morning and are now a top-48 KPI team as well. If the Hoosiers continue to win here in Omaha, the rest of the at-large spots will play themselves out. A Big Ten Tournament title remains in reach for IU.

Junior Group is the Key in Omaha

• Carter Mathison, Brock Tibbitts and Josh Pyne will play their 9th career Big Ten Tournament game on Thursday afternoon. In their careers, the trio has 583 hits, 79 home runs, 442 RBIs and 145 doubles. Those three can be the key to a long run this week.

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PURDUE BASEBALL

WICHITA, Kansas – For his run production as the Big Ten Conference RBI leader and durability as a mainstay behind the plate, Purdue Baseball’s Connor Caskenette has advanced as one of 16 semifinalists nationally for the Buster Posey Award.

The Greater Wichita Sports Commission announced its updated list of award candidates Wednesday, trimming the watch list down from 69. The three finalists will be announced June 6 and the winner recognized on June 26 at Greater Wichita Sports Banquet.

Caskenette is the first Boilermaker to be a semifinalist for the award since Sean McHugh in 2014. He joined Nebraska’s Josh Caron as Big Ten backstops on the list of 16. Their teams square off Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament.

As a third-team All-Big Ten performer, Caskenette started all of Purdue’s 24 conference games behind the plate and 48 of the first 56 games overall. Dating back to the Boilermakers’ 2023 conference opener, he has been behind the plate for 44 of the 48 Big Ten games.

Offensively, Caskenette’s 13 home runs, 69 RBI and 51 runs scored have helped the Boilermakers set team records in all three categories, taking down benchmarks that had stood since the mid-1990s. He has compiled a .314/.432/.584 slash line, batting .377 with runners in scoring position. His Big Ten-leading RBI total has put him in fourth place in program history, recording the most by a Boilermaker since 2008. Caskenette has also drawn 41 free passes (22 walks, 19 HBP) vs. 23 strikeouts.

Defensively, Caskenette has more base stealers thrown out (8) than passed balls against (4). He’s also worked with a pitching staff that has a 2.05 to 1.43 edge in strikeout-to-walk ratio and 21 fewer wild pitches than Purdue’s opposition.

The Vancouver Island native has batted in the middle of the lineup in all 50 games he has started this spring, including a team-high 26 as the cleanup hitter.

In conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the national catcher of the year award in 2019, it was rebranded in Posey’s honor after previously being called the Johnny Bench Award. Posey won the Johnny Bench Award in 2008, the same year he was drafted fifth overall by the San Francisco Giants.

BOILERMAKERS ON THE BUSTER POSEY/JOHNNY BENCH AWARD WATCH LIST (Since 2011)

• 2011: Kevin Plawecki – Semifinalist

• 2012: Kevin Plawecki – Finalist

• 2014: Sean McHugh – Semifinalist

• 2016: Jack Pichiotti

• 2017: Nick Dalesandro

• 2018: Nick Dalesandro

• 2019: Zac Fascia

• 2020: Zac Fascia

• 2021: Zac Fascia

• 2024: ConnorCaskenette – Semifinalist

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OMAHA Neb. – Luke Gaffney’s 13th home run of the season had three team records attached to it and Davis Pratt impressed on the mound in the his finest outing as a Boilermaker, but both came in a losing effort as Purdue Baseball fell to Nebraska 6-2 Wednesday in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament.

The Boilermakers concluded their season with a 33-24 record, setting half a dozen team records – including benchmarks for runs, home runs, RBI and on-base percentage.

Purdue had the bad fortune of having to face Big Ten Pitcher of the Year Brett Sears in the first elimination game of the tournament after the Huskers (35-20) opted to not start him in their opening-round loss to Ohio State on Tuesday. Gaffney hit an opposite-field homer into the Nebraska bullpen in the first inning and the Boilers loaded the bases twice the following frame. But Sears (9-0) settled in and retired 13 of the final 14 batters he faced, striking out nine over six innings. Purdue had just two bases runners after the second inning, with the Huskers retiring 16 in a row.

Pratt took the mound in the top of the third and pitched into the ninth, keeping the Boilermakers in it with the longest relief outing of the season by a Purdue pitcher. The senior struck out five and did not give up a run until surrendering a solo homer on his 90th pitch of the night. Pratt became the first Boilermaker to limit the opposition to one run or fewer over six innings of relief since March 2019.

Gaffney’s home run gave him sole possession of the Purdue freshman records for hits and home runs. He also tied Mitch Hilligoss’ team record for runs scored (62). Gaffney eclipsed six Purdue freshman records during his Big Ten Freshman of the Year campaign. His 1.095 OPS is also a benchmark for a first-year Boilermaker as well as the best by any Purdue hitter in the BBCOR bat era (2011-present).

Gaffney finished the season sharing the team lead in home runs with Connor Caskenette and Keenan Spence. Gaffney and Spence teamed up for three of the Boilermakers’ four home runs at the Big Ten Tournament. Keenan Taylor hit the other and nearly homered for the third game in a row when he flew out to the wall in left field as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.

Logan Sutter, Couper Cornblum, Camden Gasser and Mike Bolton Jr. all reached base safely in the second inning, but the only run came across on an RBI ground out from Thomas Green. After Nebraska had scored four times on four hits in the top half of the frame, coupled with Sears being on the mound, Purdue needed to cash in on that opportunity with more than just a single run.

The Boilermakers posted 12 scoreless innings in their 17 on the mound in Omaha this week. But the opposition scored 14 runs in the other five frames.

Purdue will bid adieu to a large senior class headlined by Bolton, Caskenette, Cornblum, Pratt and many other key contributors. Gaffney, Gasser, Spence and Sutter are slated to headline the returning starters for the 2025 season.

PURDUE FOOTBALL

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Two Purdue football games have been moved to Friday nights as part of FOX’s College Football Friday schedule, the television network announced Wednesday (May 22). The Boilermakers will host Oregon in primetime under the Ross-Ade Stadium lights (Oct. 18), while traveling to Michigan State for a Friday night matchup (Nov. 22). Both contests will kick off at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.

Purdue is one of six Big Ten schools that will be featured twice on FOX College Football Friday (Michigan State, Oregon, Rutgers, UCLA, Washington) with each team playing once on the road and once at home.

When the Boilermakers host Oregon, it will be just the second Friday night conference home game in program history. Last season, Purdue hosted Wisconsin on Friday night to mark the first occasion. As one of the newest members of the Big Ten, the Ducks make the trip to West Lafayette for just the third time ever (1979, 2008).

Purdue travels to East Lansing for a Friday night battle against Michigan State, the team’s first Friday night road game since 2020 (Nov. 20 at Minnesota). The last time the Boilermakers faced the Spartans, Purdue upset No. 3 Michigan State 40-29 behind big days from Aidan O’Connell and David Bell (Nov. 6, 2021).

The Boilermakers now know kickoff times for four of their 12 games this season. Start times for games versus Notre Dame (Sept. 14, 3:30 p.m. ET, CBS) and at Oregon State (Sept. 21, 8:30 p.m. ET, CW) were announced last week (May 14).

Season tickets for the 2024 season are on sale now.

Updated 2024 Purdue Football Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 31 – INDIANA STATE

Saturday, Sept. 14 – NOTRE DAME (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS)

Saturday, Sept. 21 – at Oregon State (8:30 p.m. ET, CW)

Saturday, Sept. 28 – NEBRASKA

Saturday, Oct. 5 – at Wisconsin

Saturday, Oct. 12 – at Illinois

Friday, Oct. 18 – OREGON (8 p.m. ET, FOX)

Saturday, Nov. 2 – NORTHWESTERN

Saturday, Nov. 9 – at Ohio State

Saturday, Nov. 16 – PENN STATE

Friday, Nov. 22 – at Michigan State (8 p.m. ET, FOX)

Saturday, Nov. 30 – at Indiana

PURDUE VOLLEYBALL

Purdue has now won 15 consecutive sets overseas, dating back to its first match of the European Tour vs. the U22 Italian Federation National Team.

The Boilermakers accounted for 17 team blocks, including five by middle blocker Lourdes Myers. Offensively, the senior registered 11 kills on the day with one error on 20 swings for a .500 clip.

Junior Eva Hudson secured a team-leading double-double behind 21 kills with just two errors on 38 swings for a .500 attack % and 12 digs. Meanwhile, sophomore Taylor Anderson recorded 53 assists.Four Boilermakers reached double-digit kills: Hudson, Chloe Chicoine (14), Raven Colvin (11) and Myers.

The back row was led by Ali Hornung’s 17 digs and Ryan McAleer’s 14. The duo each played at least one set as libero.

The Boilermakers will play its final match of the European Tour tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. ET vs. the PSA Fire Ants once more. The match will be streamed live on the @playsportsabroad Instagram page. After sightseeing Istanbul for two more days, Purdue will fly back to the United States on Saturday.

MATCH SCHEDULE

Subject to change

May 16 | Purdue 3, Italian Federation Team 3 | Milan, Italy

May 19 | Purdue 5, OK Pula 0 | Pula, Croatia

May 20 | Purdue 4, Mladost 0 | Zagreb, Croatia

May 22 | Purdue 5, PSA Fire Ants 0 | Istanbul, Türkiye

May 23 at 7:30 a.m. ET | vs. PSA Fire Ants | Istanbul, Türkiye

PURDUE TRACK

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Graduate student Cameron Miller advanced to the quarterfinals as the Purdue track & field team began competition at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships East First Round in Lexington, Kentucky, on Wednesday.

On a windy day filled with intermittent light rain, sunshine and several lightning delays, the Boilermakers had six competitors in five events to begin the four-day competition. The University of Kentucky is hosting this year’s meet at the Outdoor Track & Field Complex.

Miller moved on to Friday’s quarterfinals in the 200-meter, while all five other Boilermakers placed higher than where they were seeded entering the meet.

With a 10th-place finish, Miller is one of 24 runners in the 200m to advance to race in the quarterfinal on Friday. From there, 12 will move on to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from June 5-8. Forty-eight athletes began the meet in each event.

Miller crossed the finish line in 20.49 seconds. He was second in the sixth and final heat to earn one of the heat’s three automatic-qualifying spots. Miller was 10th overall in the race and earned the top-10 place by 0.05 seconds.

Graduate student Safin Wills was 23rd in the long jump with a mark of 7.33 meters. It came on his first of three attempts, and he added a 7.29m on his third attempt. Wills, at his third career NCAA meet, will see his weekend continue in the triple jump on Friday. He will look to punch his ticket to the NCAA Championships for the third time, along with 2021 and 2022.

The day began with a pair of Boilermakers in the hammer throw, as both junior Cale Ayers and sophomore Leo Maxwell made their NCAA debuts. Maxwell was 23rd in the event with a throw of 62.74m and Ayers was 35th with a mark of 59.24m. The duo see their notable seasons come to a close after Ayers reached his first Big Ten podium, finishing seventh, and Maxwell entered the school record books in the hammer throw at No. 8.

Sophomore Collin Kao cleared 4.92m in the pole vault to finish 41st at his first NCAA meet. Kao, who is the first men’s Boilermaker to make NCAAs in the pole vault since 2012, saw his inaugural season in the Old Gold and Black highlighted by Purdue’s best pole vault clearance since 2015 earlier this year.

Another newcomer was sophomore Nolan Macklin, who raced at his second NCAA Championships and first at Purdue. Macklin ran in the 100m and was 45th in 10.75 seconds.

The four-day meet continues on Thursday, May 23, with the first day for the women. The men are back on Friday, May 24, and the women conclude their competition on Saturday, May 25. Thursday sees the Boilermakers race in the 100m hurdles first round at 3 p.m. to open their day. On Friday, the discus starts at 1 p.m., with the squad’s first running event the 3,000m steeplechase at 5:40 p.m. Saturday’s action gets underway for the Old Gold and Black with the steeplechase at 5:40 p.m. and the triple jump at 6 p.m.

Fans unable to cheer on the Boilermakers in person can follow along with live results and watch all of the action live on ESPN+ (Thursday | Friday | Saturday). Additional NCAA First Round information, including tickets and the complete schedule, is available UKAthletics.com. Updates from Lexington can be found by following and connecting with the Boilermakers on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Direct links to follow along also are available on the schedule page at PurdueSports.com/TrackField.

The Boilermakers have 16 qualifiers this week represented by 18 student-athletes in 14 different events. Purdue has multiple competitors in two events, and one relay also is among the field for the Old Gold and Black.

The NCAA East First Round, along with the West First Round, feature 48 qualifiers in each individual event and 24 teams in each relay. The top 12 finishers in every event from both the east and west will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, from June 5-8.

BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER

Butler Women’s Soccer has once again assembled a challenging slate for the upcoming 2024 season. The schedule features 10 home matches at the Sellick Bowl and includes five opponents who also appeared in last season’s NCAA Tournament field.

Butler will play nine consecutive non-conference matches to start the season, five of which will be in the Sellick Bowl. After a home exhibition contest with Northern Kentucky (Aug. 10), 2023 NCAA tournament qualifier Ohio will travel to Butler for the regular-season opener on Thursday, August 15. Three days later, the Purdue Boilermakers will visit the Bulldogs for a Sunday evening match. Additional home contests include Ball State (Aug. 29) along with another 2023 NCAA tournament qualifier, Notre Dame (Sept. 1). Butler’s non-conference road games include Drake (Aug. 25), Cincinnati (Sept. 5), and Illinois State (Sept. 15). While technically an away match, the Bulldogs will play IUPUI on September 8 at Michael A. Carroll Stadium in downtown Indianapolis.

The final 10 games of Butler’s regular season are comprised of BIG EAST contests. Conference play begins on September 22 when Butler hosts Marquette. Addition home matches are Georgetown (Oct. 3), Xavier (Oct. 6), St. John’s (Oct. 24), and Villanova (Oct. 31).

The Bulldogs’ BIG EAST road games will be at DePaul, Providence, UConn, Seton Hall, and Creighton.

The 2024 BIG EAST Tournament begins a few days after the Villanova match, as the top six teams in the league standings will fill out the bracket in search of the BIG EAST’s automatic entry into the NCAA Tournament.

Under the guidance of Co-Head Coaches Tari St. John and Rob Alman, the 2024 Dawgs will look to continue an incredible run of success and consistency as part of the highly competitive BIG EAST Conference. In six of the previous seven seasons, Butler has finished in one of the top-three spots in the conference standings, a stretch that includes two runner-up finishes along with a Midwest Division crown in 2020. Over that same time span, the Dawgs have produced a stellar .672 winning percentage in BIG EAST play, compiling a conference record of 35-13-16.

Since joining the BIG EAST in 2013, the Dawgs have qualified for postseason play ten times. Butler has made three appearances in the BIG EAST Tournament Championship Match while advancing to the semi-final match in 2021. The program’s historic 2015 Conference Tournament Championship was the first BIG EAST Championship win for any sport at Butler. The Bulldogs have also played in three NCAA Tournaments, after first appearing in 2015.

On the field in 2024, Co-head coaches Tari St. John and Rob Alman will utilize an experienced and talented roster. Returning student-athletes who have previously received All-BIG EAST postseason honors are fifth-year Abigail Isger, juniors Talia Sommer and Amelie Darey, and sophomore Norah Jacomen. An additional cache of returning veterans will be joined by key transfers and a highly-touted freshman class to round out the season’s roster.

BUTLER TRACK

Florian Le Pallec will be part of the 10k field at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships after punching his ticket to Eugene Wednesday night at the NCAA East First Round.

10,000 meters

Le Pallec earned one of the coveted 12 spots in the NCAA field by placing ninth Wednesday in Lexington, Ky. Le Pallec posted a time of 29:20.01, taking his foot off the gas over the final 800 meters as he will turn around and attempt to qualify in the 5,000 meters Friday night.

Alabama’s Victor Kiprop won the race in a time of 29:06.56.

Will Minnette, who entered the race with the 38th-fastest qualifying time among the 48-runner field, improved his position significantly, finishing 21st in a time of 29:48.46.

800 meters

William Cuthbertson was able to qualify out of Wednesday’s first round. He was one of 24 runners who advanced to Friday’s quarterfinal. The top 12 from that group on Friday will advance to Eugene.

Cuthbertson ran a time of 1:48.21. He was in the fifth of sixth heats and those two heats were the fastest on the day as the next six fastest times beyond the top three automatic qualifiers from each heat came from the fifth and sixth heats. Cuthbertson was sixth in his heat but it was good enough to make it through to Friday.

Pole Vault

Luke Walden set a Butler program record in the pole vault as he cleared 17′ 1.5″ (5.22 meters). He was just on the outside looking in for the top 12 spots in the event that will advance to the NCAA Championships.

Walden’s previous personal-best, which was also the previous school record, of 16′ 10″ was set earlier this spring.

1,500 meters

David Slapak ran a time of 3:49.86 in the event, which was 43rd among the 48 participants.

UP NEXT: The Bulldogs are back in action Friday night as Cuthbertson will compete in the 800 meters after his Wednesday performance. Jesse Hamlin and Le Pallec will run in the 5,000 meters, while Martin Kovacech will be part of the 3,000-meter steeplechase field. Wiktoria Klebowska will run Saturday night in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase.

ESPN+ will stream a majority of the action from Lexington with links available on ButlerSports.com.

IUPUI MEN’S BASKETBALL

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s basketball program added another frontcourt player this week as the Jaguars inked 6-foot-11 center Ebenezer Ogoh (Calgary, Alberta / Orangeville Prep / Harcum College) to a National Letter of Intent to join the program. Ogoh will have three seasons of eligibility remaining after having played this past season at Harcum College.

Ogoh started all 30 games as a freshman at Harcum, averaging 7.9 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.1 blocked shots per game.

“He’s a big, strong, athletic kid. He’s extremely active at both ends of the floor and defensively will provide a presence in the middle and rim protection. His size and athleticism will be a huge asset for us,” head coach Paul Corsaro said. “I’m excited that he has three seasons of eligibility remaining, so he’ll have some time to develop and ultimately be a big time player in the Horizon League for years to come.”

Ogoh helped Harcum to a 25-5 record last season while shooting 63 percent from the field. He scored in double-figures 11 different times and just missed a triple double with seven points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocked shots against Cape Fear in mid-December. He scored a season-high 17 points a week prior against Northern Virginia.

Ogoh prepped at Orangeville Prep in Ontario and was ranked as one of the top players in Canada according to North Pole Hoops. His signing brings the current recruiting class to 12 individuals.

BALL STATE BASEBALL

AVON, Ohio – The Ball State baseball team got early and late offense in addition to a dominant pitching performance from Merritt Beeker to beat Toledo 5-1 on Wednesday afternoon at Crushers Stadium.

The No. 3 seed Cardinals (33-21-1) plated two runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Blake Bevis and Houston King to take a 2-0 edge over the No. 6 seed Rockets (25-31).

After Toledo scored its only run of the game in the top of the fifth, Ball State scored three runs in the seventh inning on a home run by Michael Hallquist and RBI singles from Clay Jacobs while King scored on a balk.

The first inning scoring proved to be enough for Mid-American Conference Pitcher of the Year Merritt Beeker (9-3), who threw Ball State’s second complete game of the year, working 9.0 innings and striking out 12 while allowing only one hit and two walks.

Beeker moved to third in Ball State history for most strikeouts in a single season with 128.

Decker Scheffler went 3-for-5 with a run scored, while Hallquist and King had a pair of hits each as part of a Cardinals offense that put up 13 hits with eight different players recording one.

Hallquist’s homer was his 21st of the year to tie Brad Miller (2006) for the second-most home runs in a year in program history.

“Our boys played a solid game,” head coach Rich Maloney said. “Merritt Beeker was outstanding! Excellent team effort!”

Ball State will play No. 2 seed Western Michigan at 6 p.m. on Thursday in its next game of the MAC Tournament.

BALL STATE TRACK

MUNCIE, Ind. — Two Cardinals will represent Ball State at the NCAA Track and Field East First Round in Lexington, Kentucky. Makayla Sumrall is set to compete in the 100m dash and Jenelle Rogers will compete in the long jump. The competition will be streamed live on ESPN+.

Sumrall ran an outstanding race at the Outdoor MAC Championships on May 11 in Dekalb, Illinois. In the qualifying round, Sumrall was the runner to beat, crossing the finish line first with a time of 11.66. She only improved from there, running a 11.25 in the finals to win gold.

Going into prelims, Sumrall will be ranked 48th in her event. The 100-meter first round is scheduled for Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET. The top three from each heat as well as the next six fastest times will advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday, May 25. Following quarterfinals, twelve total runners will advance to the championships including the top three from each heat and the next three fastest times.

Rogers also saw a lot of success at MAC, winning three gold medals, two silver medals, one bronze medal, and a fifth-place podium finish. In the long jump, she hit a season-best mark of 6.21 meters, only .07 meters off her personal best. Her efforts secured her the first-place spot on the podium.

Rogers is currently ranked 28th in the long jump competition. She is scheduled to compete beginning at 6:00 p.m. ET. The top twelve farthest marks will advance to the championships.

Championships will take place June 5-8 in Eugene, Oregon at Hayward Field.

INDIANA STATE BASEBALL

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – No. 1 Indiana State’s comeback attempt in the bottom of the 11th inning fell just short as the Sycamores fell to No. 6 Southern Illinois in the final game of day two of the MVC Championships in extra innings, 10-9.

The loss puts the Sycamores in an elimination game on Thursday afternoon as Indiana State will take on the loser of the 12:30 p.m. CT contest between No. 2 Murray State and No. 5 UIC. First pitch at German American Bank Field is set for 4 p.m. CT with the game to be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.

Southern Illinois (33-25) rallied for five runs in the top of the 11th inning as the Salukis loaded the bases against Indiana State (39-12) reliever Simon Gregersen (1-1) after Jake Allgeyer connected on the go-ahead RBI single scoring Mathieu Vallee to put SIU ahead 6-5. Jordan Bach worked a bases-loaded walk to score Allgeyer, before Nathan Bandy greeted ISU reliever Max McEwen with a three-run triple to left center clearing the bases to give the Salukis the 10-5 lead.

Indiana State nearly brought the game all the way back in the bottom of the inning. Grant Magill started the Sycamore rally with a single to right center and advanced to second as Joe Kido drew a walk against Cole Koonce. Two batters later, Randal Diaz’s single to left field was misplayed by the outfielder allowing both runners to score to cut the deficit down to 10-7. Dominic Listi was hit by a pitch, before Koonce retired Luis Hernandez on strikes to put two on with two out and Parker Stinson at the plate.

The All-Conference right fielder delivered with a deep shot to left center that the night air kept inside the ballpark for a two-run double to cut the SIU lead down to 10-9. However, the rally stalled there as SIU reliever Ben Riffe (S, 1) was able to retire Mike Sears on strikes to end the contest and secure the Southern Illinois win.

The Sycamores had their chances throughout the contest as Indiana State took the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning on Sears’ sacrifice fly to left field scoring Listi to give ISU the 5-4 edge. However, SIU answered with Steven Loden connecting on a solo home run in the top of the ninth, while Salukis’ reliever Anthony Pron (3-2) pitched out a two-on, none-out jam in the bottom of the ninth to send the game into extra innings.

Randal Diaz extended his hitting streak to 24 consecutive games going 3-for-5 from the plate and reached base for the 30th consecutive game after reaching in five of his six plate appearances. Listi, Stinson, Sears, and Kido all connected on doubles in the contest as Indiana State connected on 16 hits overall in the game with 10 different players recording hits in the loss.

Jared Spencer went the first 1.2 innings in a lightning-delay shortened outing that kept both teams off the field for 1:45. Cam Edmonson worked 3.0 innings in relief allowing five hits and two runs, while Jacob Pruitt added a 3.1-inning relief stint on the mound. Gregersen went 2.2 innings striking out five while allowing five runs while McEwen retired the final out on strikes in the contest.

Vallee, Loden, and Allgeyer provided the majority of Southern Illinois’ offense in the game as the trio combined for eight of SIU’s 12 hits and six RBIs. The Salukis drew eight walks overall in the win.

Al Holguin went the first inning before the rain delay, while the bullpen of Jake Combs, Easton Dermody, Pron, Koonce, and Riffe went the remaining 10 innings. Pron went 4.0-innings to take the win allowing six hits and three runs (two earned) while striking out one.

How They Scored

Jake Allgeyer brought home Mathieu Vallee with an RBI groundout in the top of the first inning to give Southern Illinois the early 1-0 lead.

The Sycamores answered in the bottom of the first as Adam Pottinger was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to tie the game up at 1-1.

Vallee put SIU back in the lead in the top of the second inning with an RBI single scoring Nathan Bandy to give the Salukis a 2-1 advantage.

Indiana State responded in the bottom of the frame with Luis Hernandez lining an RBI single to right center scoring Josue Urdaneta to tie it up at 2-2.

The Sycamores took the lead in the bottom of the third inning on Grant Magill’s RBI single scoring Mike Sears putting ISU ahead 3-2.

Vallee and Allgeyer connected on a pair of RBI singles in the top of the fifth inning to put SIU back in the lead to give the Salukis the 4-3 edge.

Luis Hernandez tied it back up in the bottom of the sixth inning with an RBI sacrifice fly scoring Joe Kido to even the score at 4-4.

Mike Sears gave the Sycamores the lead in the bottom of the eighth as the redshirt senior third baseman connected on a sacrifice fly to left field scoring Dominic Listi to give ISU the 5-4 lead.

Steven Loden tied the game on the first pitch in the top of the ninth inning with a solo home run down the left field line to knot the score back up at 5-5.

SIU broke the game open with a five-run top of the 11th inning as Allgeyer singled home Vallee and Jordan Bach drew a bases-loaded walk, before Nathan Bandy cleared the bases with a three-run triple to put the Salukis ahead 10-5.

The Sycamores nearly came all the way back in the bottom of the inning as Randal Diaz brought home two runs with an RBI single through the left side scoring Kido and Magill, while Stinson one-hopped the wall in left center for a two-run double scoring Diaz and Listi, before SIU secured the final out to take the win.

News & Notes

Josue Urdaneta extended his on-base streak to 40 consecutive games after drawing a walk in the bottom of the second inning. He finished the day 1-for-4 with a run scored and two walks drawn.

Adam Pottinger extended his on-base streak to 23 consecutive games on Wednesday following his bases-loaded hit-by-pitch in the top of the first. He finished the day 2-for-5 with and RBI and hit by pitch.

Randal Diaz extended his hitting streak to 24 consecutive games and on-base streak to 30 games following his leadoff single in the bottom of the first. He finished the day 3-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI, two walks, and a stolen base.

The game featured a 1:45 lighting delay forcing both teams to go to their bullpen midway through the top of the second inning.

Indiana State falls to 15-6 all-time in the MVC Tournament against Southern Illinois with the loss.

Up Next

Indiana State continues the Missouri Valley Championships on Thursday afternoon as the top-seeded Sycamores await their opponent in the 5 p.m. ET game time at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium. Indiana State will play the loser of the 12:30 contest between UIC and Murray State in an elimination game. The contest will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.

INDIANA STATE TRACK

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Five Indiana State track and field athletes competed among the best talent in Division I Wednesday in the first day of the 2024 NCAA East First Round at the UK Outdoor Track and Field Complex.

Elias Foor, Ali Ilupeju, Brett Norton, Shomari Rogers-Walton and Will Staggs took to the field for the Trees on the opening day of competition.

Foor opened the day in the hammer throw, placing 36th with a top mark of 59.08m (193-10). His placing marked an improvement on where he was seeded in the event entering the week and gave him positive momentum with one more event still on his schedule for the meet. Norton had all three of his attempts in the shot put go over 17 meters, with his top mark of 17.95m (58-10.75) placing him 26th in the field. Norton’s mark also represented an improvement from where he was seeded.

Ilupeju and Rogers-Walton both took to the long jump pit Wednesday, with Rogers-Walton posting a top mark of 7.40m (24-03.50) to place 18th, his highest finish at an NCAA East First Round. Ilupeju placed 42nd with a top mark of 6.90m (22-07.75) in his NCAA East First Round debut.

Staggs closed out a stellar junior season for the Sycamores with a 16th-place finish in the pole vault, clearing 5.32m (17-05.50) on his third attempt. He cleared marks of 5.20m (17-00.75) or better in every indoor and outdoor meet this season.

Two of Indiana State’s five athletes who competed Wednesday will also compete later in the week, with Foor (discus) and Rogers-Walton (triple jump) still slated to compete once more this week. Indiana State still has entries in multiple events on each of the next three days.

Up Next

Lillian Gibbs, Brooklyn Giertz-Pfaff and Rachel Mehringer compete for Indiana State on the second day of the NCAA East First Round Thursday, with start times for all each of their events moved up due to impending weather. Gibbs is slated to compete in the javelin at 11:30 a.m., Giertz-Pfaff will compete in the pole vault at noon and Mehringer is slated to run in the 100m hurdles at 3 p.m.

PURDUE FT. WAYNE BASEBALL

DAYTON, Ohio – Three Mastodons finished with multiple hits on Wednesday (May 22) morning but the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons fell to Milwaukee 5-4 in the first game of the 2024 Horizon League Championship.

The No. 5 seed Mastodons led 3-2 before No. 4 seed Milwaukee scored two in the sixth to take the lead and then added another in the seventh.

Of the combined 21 hits in the game, both teams only had one extra base hit. A double for both teams.

Grant Thoroman had two hits, a walk and knocked in a run in the third inning. Ben Higgins had two hits and drove in a run in the fifth with a single. Brooks Sailors recorded a double, single and a walk.

The ‘Dons entered the ninth down two. They loaded the bases with two outs after Justin Osterhouse was hit by a pitch. Nick Sutherlin hit a bouncer to short that drove in a run after the Milwaukee shortstop couldn’t set his feet. Sailors came to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. He hit a grounder to third and saw the throw beat him at first by half a step to end the game.

Five different Panthers drove in a run for Milwaukee.

GAME 2:

DAYTON, Ohio – Day one of the 2024 Horizon League Baseball Championship concluded at 2 a.m. when Purdue Fort Wayne earned a 14-8 victory over Oakland in an elimination game.

It is the first victory in program history in the Horizon League Championship. The ‘Dons will now play on Thursday (May 23) at 7 p.m. against the lowest remaining seed from play on Thursday.

The 5th seeded ‘Dons eliminated the 3rd seeded Oakland with the win.

The game was originally scheduled for 7 p.m. but moved to 8 p.m. after the previous game, Youngstown State’s 13-10 upset of Oakland went long. The start was pushed to 9:45 p.m. due to a weather delay. The game was then halted at 10:09 p.m. due to a lightning delay. The contest resumed at 11:05 p.m. with the ‘Dons down 2-1 in the top of the second. Jacob Walker smashed a home run on an 0-2 pitch with two on and two out to put the ‘Dons up 4-1. With the Golden Grizzlies in a shift, Grant Thoroman popped up to short right. Oakland’s third baseman camped under it but failed to make the catch. The error extended the inning allowing Ben Higgins and Cade Fitzpatrick to both add two-RBI hits in the frame.

The ‘Dons finished with seven runs in the inning and never relinquished the lead.

Carson Caudill got the win in relief. He is 3-1. Hunter Pidek took the loss. He falls to 3-8.

Caudill didn’t allow a hit in 2.1 scoreless innings. Carter Sabol got a no decision for the ‘Dons with 4.2 innings of work.

Walker and Nate Simpson both had three hits in the game. Fitzpatrick drove in four while Walker and Camden Karczewski both drove in three. Thoroman scored three times and had two hits including a triple off the top of the wall in the fourth inning.

Oakland concludes the season 31-27. The ‘Dons improve to 19-36.

PURDUE FT. WAYNE TRACK

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s track and field seniors Aaron Martin and Viktor Ertelt were in action on Wednesday (May 22) at the 2024 NCAA East First Round in the javelin.

Ertelt had throws of 55.15 meters and 56.47 meters.

Martin had tosses of 59.27 meters and 54.83 meters before recording 61.22 on his final throw.

Ertelt finished 44th and Martin took 32nd. The top 12 advanced to the NCAA Championships hosted by the University of Oregon.

EVANSVILLE BASEBALL

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – After falling behind early, the University of Evansville baseball team exploded for 15 unanswered runs from the third inning-on to post a 17-6 run-rule victory over the fourth-seeded Illinois State Redbirds in the first round of the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

“What a response today by our team!” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “We fell in a hole early, but then our offense really responded well, and we were able to deliver barrel after barrel after barrel. It was really special to see our seniors have the days that they had today, and it was great to have Chase Hug back in the lineup.

“I know it was a 9 a.m. game, but I thought that our fans really showed up today, and that helped our guys respond the way they did. I want to thank them for coming out today, and hopefully, we’ll see them again all week long!”

Illinois State jumped to an early 3-0 lead in the first inning on a pair of home runs by first baseman Judah Morris and outfielder Noah Rabin. UE would quickly respond, though with two home runs of its own in the bottom of the first inning, as senior shortstop Simon Scherry homered on the first pitch UE saw, and graduate first baseman Chase Hug added a solo home run three batters later to trim the deficit to 3-2.

Illinois State would add two more home runs in the third inning by outfielder Daniel Pacella and Rabin to push the lead to 6-2. But, once again, UE would respond in the bottom half of the inning, and this time, UE’s offense would not stop.

Evansville plated four runs in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at 6-6 on a two-run single by graduate third baseman Brent Widder, a sacrifice fly by junior second baseman Cal McGinnis and an RBI single by junior outfielder Ty Rumsey.

The Purple Aces then exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning to take control of the contest. Senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse began the scoring with a long two-run home run to left-center field to give UE a 8-6 lead. Graduate catcher Brendan Hord then added a three-run home run to move the advantage to 11-6 later in the frame. Evansville would eventually bring 12 men to the plate in the inning, with graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger adding an RBI single and Fougerousse delivering his second RBI hit of the frame with a two-out RBI single.

Evansville would tack on two more runs in the sixth inning, before Hord would end the game with a two-run home run to right field to invoke the mercy rule. Hord would lead UE offensively with his second career multi-home run game, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBI. McGinnis and Shallenberger both had three-hit days as well, while Scherry, Fougerousse, Hug, and Rumsey had two-hit performances. All nine members of the UE starting lineup collected base hits and scored runs in the game, as UE racked up 19 hits.

Senior reliever Shane Harris (7-6) earned the victory by tossing 4.0 scoreless innings of four-hit baseball with two strikeouts.

Evansville improves to 32-23 overall with the victory, while Illinois State falls to 28-26 with the loss. Evansville will now advance on to the second round, where it will face the winner of tonight’s game between No. 2 Murray State and No. 5 UIC on Thursday night. First-pitch for the game is set for 7:30 p.m. and the game can be heard live in the Tri-State area on 107.1 FM-WJPS. Tickets for every game of the MVC Tournament are available by contacting Logan Belz in the UE Athletic Ticket Office by phone at 812-488-2623.

SOUTHERN INDIANA BASEBALL

MARION, Ill. – University of Southern Indiana junior centerfielder Terrick Thompson-Allen (Sioux, Iowa) hit a three-run blast and junior right-hander Gavin Seebold (Jeffersonville, Indiana) threw eight strong innings to lead the Screaming Eagles to an 11-2 win over University of Tennessee at Martin in the second round of the OVC Baseball Championship Wednesday afternoon at Mtn Dew Park. The Eagles, who won their first post-season game as a Division I program, are 26-30 overall, while the Skyhawks finish their year, 21-35.

The Eagles advance to play top-seeded University of Arkansas at Little Rock Thursday at 11 a.m. Little Rock, which is 32-22 overall, 19-8 in the OVC, leads the all-time series with USI, 5-0, after sweeping a series early this month.

Thursday’s action in the OVC Baseball Championship will begin the double-elimination portion of the tournament that runs through Saturday.

USI kicked off the scoring in the opening frame when junior shortstop Caleb Niehaus (Newburgh, Indiana) singled up the middle to score junior third baseman Ricardo Van Grieken (Venezuela) for a 1-0 lead. The Skyhawks bounced back to tie the score, 1-1, with a tally in the top of the fourth.

Thompson-Allen, who was two-for-four with a team-high four RBIs, put the Eagles back into command with a three-run blast to right field for a 4-1 advantage. UT Martin closed the gap in the top of the seventh, 4-2, with a home run of its own.

The Eagles put the game away with a seven-run frame in the bottom of the seventh. USI scored seven times on seven hits and a UT Martin error to lead 11-2. USI junior catcher Logan Mock (Livermore, California) highlighted the frame with a two-double to finish the scoring.

On the mound, Seebold was dominating through a season-high eight innings. The junior right-hander allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk, while striking out three.

Sophomore left-hander Trevor Geddes (Prospect, Kentucky) finished the game for the Eagles, throwing a scoreless ninth, allowing a walk and striking out one.

UINDY SOFTBALL

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The National Fastpitch Coaches Association selected Kenzee Smith and Emily O’Connor of the UIndy softball team to the All-America First Team. Smith is now the second Greyhound in program history to be named a four-time All-America by the coaches, with O’Connor earning her first All-America nod.

Smith is the ace pitcher for the No. 2 Greyhounds. She currently leads the nation in shutouts, wins, and ERA. The senior broke the school record for most shutouts in a season with 24. Smith was named the GLVC and Midwest Pitcher of the Year. The Indianapolis native was named the NFCA Pitcher of the Week twice this season and was named the GLVC Pitcher of the Week seven of the 12 weeks this season.

O’Connor is the three-hole hitter for the Hounds. The fifth year is now a three-time All-Midwest Region First Teamer and a four-time All-GLVC performer. Ranks third in the nation in RBIs, 13th in RBIs per game, and 20th in walks per game. The New Palestine, Ind., native broke a number of school records this season, including career home runs, RBIs, doubles; and single-season home runs and ribbies. Early in the season, O’Connor hit seven bombs during the Spring Break trip, including three homers versus Saint Anselm, ranking up 21 RBIs. This impressive performance cumulated in being named the NFCA DII Player of the Week.

ALSO:

ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 2 UIndy softball team suffered its first defeat at the NCAA Division II Championship Wednesday, falling 2-1 to 13th-ranked Western Washington in a marathon 12-inning affair.

The championship are being held at Boombah-Soldiers Creek Park in Orlando, Fla. The eight-team, double-elimination tournament started Sunday, and only two teams will remain at the end of the day today.

INS & OUTS

Wednesday’s first game lasted three hours and 24 minutes before a winner emerged. Pitching ace Kenzee Smith went the distance for the Hounds. After the Vikings pushed across an unearned run in the top of the first, Smith piled up 10 consecutive scoreless innings before the game winner finally crossed home plate in the top of the 12th.

That final tally marked the first earned run that Smith has allowed in the NCAA Tournament. She had given up just two unearned run in the previous 64 innings of work.

UIndy’s lone run came in the bottom of the third. Down 1-0 for their deficit of the week, the Hounds tied it up with some hustle from Megan Nichols. After a one-out single, the all-region center fielder stole second and then came all the way home on a groundout and subsequent throwing error.

INSIDE THE BOX

– Smith moved to 39-4 on the year and remains one win shy of matching the program’s single-season record. She scattered eight hits today—all singles—while walking zero.

– Fifth-year senior Emily O’Connor reached base four times, compiling two hits and two walks.

– All told, UIndy stranded 14 base runners and went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

MORE NOTES

Both O’Connor and Smith were named All-America First Team earlier in the day … separated by some 2,300 road miles, UIndy and Western Washington had never faced off before today … the Hounds are making their first World Series appearance in nine years and third overall.

ALSO:
ORLANDO, Fla. – The No. 2 UIndy softball team saw its historic season come to a close at the NCAA DII Championship Wednesday night with a 7-0 loss to Western Washington. The Greyhounds finish the season with a stellar 60-7 overall record, while WWU moves on the best-of-three championship final.

The Hounds set a number of program records in perhaps the most successful season in school history. Winning a GLVC regular season crown and a Midwest Region championship along the way, UIndy hit the 60-win mark for the first time ever and also racked up its highest-ever winning percentage in conference play (.962). This squad is also the first UIndy team to host back-to-back Super Regionals and also the first to win two games at the World Series.

INS & OUTS

Playing their second game of the game—the first being a marathon 12-inning contest, the Greyhounds found themselves in an early hole after a three-run homer from the Vikings in the top of the first. They tacked on a couple more runs in the next two frames and kept control the rest of the way.

All-American Kenzee Smith took the loss to finish the season at 39-5. The Greyhound ace tossed 17 innings in all Wednesday, part of a 69-inning body of work in team’s 10 NCAA Tournament contests. She finished the season with a DII-best and program-record ERA of 0.35.

Seven Greyhounds finished with a hit, including Smith’s RBI single in the sixth. Emily O’Connor added a pair of walks. She upped her the season with a lofty .402 batting average as well as UIndy single-season record totals in homers, RBIs and runs.

Pitchers Kaitlyn Brown and Jayden Casebolt tossed a scoreless inning apiece, Sydnee Perry had a single and a walk, while Braxton Downs and Jocelyn Calvin each had a double.

UINDY WOMEN’S GOLF

WINTER GARDENS, Fla. – The UIndy women’s golf team put together a solid second round at the NCAA DII Championships Wednesday. The Greyhounds managed a team score of +1, climbing two spots on the leaderboard into sixth place.

Held at Orange County National just outside Orlando, Fla., the year’s marquee tournament features 54 holes of stroke play, concluding Thursday. The year’s individual national champion will be crowned at that point, while the top eight teams advance to the medal/match play quarterfinals on Friday.

WEDNESDAY

Reigning GLVC Freshman of the Year Jess Haines continued her hot start at Nationals, firing a team-best 69 Wednesday to leap into the top five. She strung together a fabulous front nine, needing just 33 stroke before the turn, then shot even par on the back to move to -4 on the tournament. She currently sits just two back of the lead with 18 holes of stroke play to go.

Ava Ray made the biggest leap on the leaderboard, vaulting 15 spots after a one-under 71. She carded a team-high five birdies in the round, including four on the back nine. The Franklin, Ind., product is now at +1 and T-20 for the tournament.

The remaining three Hounds also moved up, with all three positioned in the 40s. Anci Dy (+5) carded a two-over 74 Wednesday and sits at T-43. Matilda Cederholm (+6) and Caroline Whallon (+6) are tied for 48th.

The third and final round of stroke play starts at 11:40 a.m. ET for the Greyhounds. Live results are available here.

TUESDAY

Making her Nationals debut, Haines opened the round par-birdie and continued to sink putts. The Somerset, England native racked up 13 pars and three birdies to settle at T-11 among the nation’s best golfers.

Ava Ray finished at +2 after carding a birdie on the par-5 18th, while the balance of the UIndy quintet—Anci Dy, Matilda Cederholm and Caroline Whallon—all shot +3 on the day. Dy also birdied 18, Cederholm finished with five straight pars, while Whallon drained a long putt to birdie 17.

Second round action starts Wednesday morning, with UIndy teeing off starting at 10:50 a.m. ET.

UINDY MEN’S TENNIS

CASSELBERRY, Fla. – The No. 8 UIndy men’s tennis team magic ended on Wednesday in the 2024 NCAA DII Championship quarterfinal round, falling to sixth-ranked Columbus State by a score of 4-1.

Tom Zeuch earned the Hounds’ lone singles win in a dominating fashion (6-2, 6-0), evening the score at one apiece before the Cougars snagged the next three to advance to the semifinals.

The second-ranked tandem in NCAA DII, Zeuch and Matthieu Derache, earned a win in the doubles portion of the session, however, Columbus State gained the advantage with the all-important point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3.

Derache was about to begin his third set when the match was halted following Manuel Lanteri’s tiebreaker loss at No. 5 singles.

UIndy finishes the season with a 19-5 record and a seventh straight trip to the NCAA DII Championship. The Greyhounds earned the GLVC’s automatic-qualifying berth to the Midwest Regional with their second consecutive league title, with it securing head coach Malik Tabet’s seventh Coach of the Year honor.

Zeuch ends his storied career with 27 singles wins and 20 doubles victories as a senior, earning ITA Senior Player of the Year.

MARIAN MEN’S GOLF

Dalton, Ga. – For the first time under the two-round cut system, the Marian men’s golf team has advanced and made the cut, as the Knights put together another solid round on Wednesday at the NAIA National Championships to end the day in sixth place. Marian made the cut with a 302 score in the second round, and were led by strong outings from Nolan Potter and Lane Zedrick.

Marian fired a second consecutive round of 302 on the second day of the national championship, giving them a team-total of 604 for the two days. Marian held 15th place overall as they walked off the final hole from the morning rounds, but gained position throughout the day as the remaining 16 teams completed their second rounds.

Texas Wesleyan holds the lead with a +13 score of 589, while Dalton State moved into second place with a 593 total. Keiser holds third place a 597 score, and both Columbia College and British Columbia, who the Knights will play with on Thursday, are in fourth place with a 603 score.

Marian was led on the day by Lane Zedrick, who put together another strong 18 holes of golf. The freshman shot one-under on the first nine before carding a three-over score on the back, ending his day with a 74 to total a 147 for two rounds. Zedrick is tied for 10th on the overall leaderboard after the first two rounds. Both Brandon Heffner and Weston Ogden ended the day in the same position on the board, holding near identical two-round scores of 152. Heffner shot a 76 in the second round and Ogden shot a 77, both ending the round tied for 37th overall.

Potter had a big bounce-back for Marian, as he shot a 75 in the second round, dropping nine shots off his first round Tuesday. Potter ended the day with a total of 159, and enters the final two rounds in 102nd position. Augie Mann rounded out Marian’s efforts as he shot an 81 in the second round, with his score not counting toward the team effort on Wednesday. Mann has a total of 160 for the two rounds, and ends the day in 111th overall.

The Knights will tee off in the third round at 8:50 a.m. on Thursday morning, playing with Columbia and British Columbia. Marian’s lead-man of the day will be Augie Mann, followed by Nolan Potter, Weston Ogden, Brandon Heffner, and Lane Zedrick.

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NUMBERS IN SPORTS

May 23, 1948 – Joe DiMaggio, Number 5 of the New York Yankees hit 3 consecutive Home Runs at Cleveland Stadium as the Yanks played the Indians. The future Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder helped the New York squad edge the Indians, 6-5.

May 23, 1962 – Speaking of the Yankee Clipper, one of Dimaggio’s great Yankees’ records was tied. Joe Pepitone, Number 25 hit two Home Runs in one inning, a feat accomplished by only one other player that wore the NY pinstripes, DiMaggio.

May 23, 1991 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tommy Greene, Number 49 hurled a no-hit shutout over the Montreal Expos, 2-0. Rod Booker the Phils shortstop, helped with the final out, and told reporters after the game that he had no idea that the no-hitter was even on.

FOOTBALL HISTORY

Football History Headlines for May 23

May 23, 1967 – The Cincinnati Bengals franchise forms in the AFL. The team was founded by former Cleveland Browns head coach the legendary Paul Brown. Coach Brown had been the Cleveland franchises only head coach since their inception in the All American Football Conference in 1946. He had led them to all four AAFC titles and then after the league folded his team was one of three merged into the NFL, he guided the Browns to three NFL Championships as well. In 1962 businessman, Art Modell purchased the Cleveland Browns franchise and abruptly fired Paul Brown. Coach Brown started then looking for a way to place a second football franchise in the state of Ohio, and the emergence of the AFL had given him and the rest of his group the vehicle to do so. Paul Brown was the head coach of this new franchise from its inception all the way until 1975, when he was still owner of the team but retired from his coaching duties, when the Bengals were in the NFL. The Bengals franchise has seen some highs and lows. The high points were probably their winning the AFC Championship game twice in the 1980’s but lost to a powerful San Francisco 49ers squad twice in both Super Bowls XVI and XXIII. The Pro Football Hall of Fame declares that there are three former Bengal players in addition to Coach Paul Brown that are enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Tackle Anthony Munoz along with transplanted wide receivers Charlie Joiner and Terrell Owens.

May 23, 2018 – The NFL owners approved a new and somewhat controversial NFL national anthem policy whereby players would now be required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations. Of course that also gave them the option to remain in the locker room during the anthem. This policy did not remain in effect for very long due to negative publicity and changes in public perception.

Hall of Fame Player Born May 23

May 23, 1888 – Andover, Massachusetts – Ted Coy is a College Football Hall of Fame member as a Fullback from Yale University. He was a First-Team All-American in 3 consecutive years in 1907 through 1909 and in 1910 he served as the head coach of Yale. Amazingly as a player for the Eli’s Coy lost only one game according to the National Football Foundation’s biography on the him. That was a close 4-0 loss to rival Harvard in 1908, a crushing defeat that occurred in the season’s final game. Coy was known for leading the Bulldogs in come- from-behind victories. It was a familiar sight when Ted would burst through an enemy defense, his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband. Coy was a pressure player who always seemed to come up with the big play. He ran through the line with hammering, high knee action then unleashed a fast, fluid running motion through the secondary. In 1907, he helped the Elis post a 9-0-1 record which was blemished only by a scoreless tie with Army. The next season, Coy repeated as an All-America as the Bulldogs finished with a 7-1-1 mark. But it was in Ted’s final playing season as a senior that he captained the Yale club through one of the greatest seasons in Yale Football’s rich history. The Bulldogs finished 10-0-0 and ran off 209 points while not letting one opponent score even a single point!

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

May 23

1901 — The Cleveland Blues, later known as the Indians, scored nine runs with two outs in the ninth inning to beat the Washington Senators 14-13.

1910 — In the top of the ninth inning in a game against Boston, Cincinnati’s Dode Paskert stole second base, third base and home plate. The theft gave the Reds a 6-5 win.

1924 — Washington’s Walter Johnson struck out 14 in a 4-0 one-hitter over the Chicago White Sox for his 103rd shutout.

1925 — Cincinnati pitcher Pete Donohue had five hits — four singles and a homer — in beating the Philadelphia Phillies 11-2.

1935 — The first major league night game, scheduled for Cincinnati, was postponed because of rain.

1948 — Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs, the first two off Bob Feller, to lead the New York Yankees to 6-5 win over Cleveland.

1962 — New York’s Joe Pepitone hit two homers in the nine-run eighth inning of the Yankees’ 13-7 triumph over Kansas City.

1970 — The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants battled for 15 innings, with the Padres winning 17-16. Nate Colbert led San Diego with five hits and four RBIs.

1984 — The Detroit Tigers won their 16th consecutive road game, 4-2 at California, tying an AL record.

1991 — Tommy Greene, making the 15th start of his major league career, pitched a no-hitter and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Montreal 2-0.

2000 — The Orioles defeat the Mariners‚ 4-2. Seattle’s Rickey Henderson draws his 2‚000th career walk in the 9th inning‚ making him the third player to reach that level‚ after Babe Ruth and Ted Williams.

2002 — Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shawn Green became the 14th man in major league history to homer four times in a game and set a big league record with 19 total bases. He went 6-for-6, scoring six times with seven RBIs in a 16-3 win at Milwaukee.

2003 — Jeremi Gonzalez earned his first major league victory in nearly five years as Tampa Bay beat Anaheim 3-1. Gonzalez won for the first time since June 28, 1998, while with the Chicago Cubs. He had elbow surgery in 1998 and ’99 before the Cubs released him in 2001.

2005 — Lefthander Mark Mulder of the St. Louis Cardinals becomes just the 12th National League pitcher since 1976 to throw a complete game shutout of 10 innings or more when he blanks the Houston Astros, 1-0, in 10 innings. Greg Maddux posted the last extra-inning shutout in the National League in 1988.

2009 — Jason Giambi hit his 400th homer in the Oakland Athletics’ 8-7 loss against the Arizona Diamondbacks, becoming the 44th player to reach the milestone.

2011 — Corey Hart hit his first three home runs this season and drove in seven to tie both club records, lifting Milwaukee to an 11-3 win over Washington.

2018 — The Seattle Mariners sign a new 25-year lease to continue playing at Safeco Field. The lease will take effect at the expiration of the current 20-year lease at the end of the season, a lease which was signed when the ballpark opened in 1999.

2023 — Gerrit Cole records the 2,000th strikeout of his career when he fans Jorge Mateo of the Orioles in the 2nd inning, becoming the third-fastest pitcher to the mark in terms of both games pitched (278) and innings pitched (1,714 2/3).

TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

May 23

1876 — Joe Borden of Boston pitches the first no-hitter in NL history.

1884 — Knight of Ellersie, ridden by S. Fischer, wins the two-horse Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Welcher.

1901 — The Cleveland Indians score nine runs with two outs in the ninth inning to beat the Washington Senators 14-13.

1922 — Future World Heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney suffers his only professional defeat in 15-round unanimous points decision against Harry Greb at Madison Square Garden, N.Y.

1935 — The first major league night game, scheduled for Cincinnati, is postponed because of rain.

1936 — Rushaway, ridden by John Longden, wins his second derby in as many days, taking the 1 1/4-mile Latonia Derby at Latonia in Covington, Ky. Rushaway had won the 1 1/8-mile Illinois Derby, run at Aurora, Ill., the previous day.

1941 — In his 20th World Heavyweight Boxing title defense Joe Louis knocks out Buddy Baer in round 1 at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

1953 — Native Dancer, ridden by Eric Guerin, avenges the loss in the Kentucky Derby by edging Jamie K. by a neck to win the Preakness Stakes.

1962 — Joe Pepitone 2nd NY Yankee to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning (Joe DiMaggio).

1964 — Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45).

1968 — AC Milan of Italy win 8th European Cup Winner’s Cup against Hamburger SV of West Germany 2-0 in Rotterdam.

1976 — Boston center Dave Cowens dominates the opener of the NBA Finals against Phoenix with a 25-point, 21-rebound performance and the Celtics defeat the Suns, 98-87.

1981 — Puerto Rican boxer Wilfred Benítez (22) becomes the youngest 3-division world champion in history by knocking out WBC World Super Welterweight champion Maurice Hope in 12 rounds in Las Vegas.

1991 — Paul Dougherty scores two goals and adds two assists to help the San Diego Sockers win their fourth consecutive Major Indoor Soccer League championship with an 8-6 victory over the Cleveland Crunch.

1997 — In the first all-freshman singles final in NCAA history, Stanford’s Lilia Osterloh beats Florida’s M.C. White 6-1, 6-1 to win the women’s singles tennis championship.

2001 — 9th UEFA Champions League Final: Bayern Munich beats Valencia (1-1, 5-4 on penalties) at Milan.

2002 — Los Angeles Dodgers’ slugger Shawn Green becomes the 14th man in major league history to homer four times in a game and sets a big league record with 19 total bases. He is 6-for-6, scoring six times with seven RBIs in a 16-3 win at Milwaukee.

2005 — Anastasia Myskina is the first defending champion at the French Open to be eliminated in the opening round, losing to Spain’s Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

2007 — UEFA Champions League Final, Athens: Filippo Inzaghi scores twice as AC Milan beats Liverpool, 2-1 for 7th title.

2009 — Alabama sophomore Kelsi Dunne becomes the first player to throw back-to-back no-hitters in NCAA postseason play. Dunne holds Jacksonville State hitless for the second straight day in a 9-0 softball victory. The two no-hitters tie the NCAA postseason record. It’s Dunne’s fourth of the season and a school-record six for her career.

2013 — Patrick Roy is named head coach of the Colorado Avalanche, his former team where he won two Stanley Cups.

2018 — NFL owners approve new NFL national anthem policy whereby players required to stand if they choose to be on the field for pre-game presentations.

2021 — Phil Mickelson wins the 2021 PGA Championship by two strokes to become the oldest major winner (50) in PGA history.

TV SPORTS THURSDAY

MLB REGULAR SEASON	TIME ET	TV
San Francisco at Pittsburgh	12:35pm	MLBN NBC Sports-Bay Area ATTSN-Pittsburgh MLB.TV Fubo
Seattle at NY Yankees	12:35pm	MLBN Root Sports YES MLB.TV Fubo
Texas at Philadelphia	1:05pm	Bally Sports-Southwest NBC Sports-Philadelphia MLB.TV Fubo
San Diego at Cincinnati	1:10pm	Padres.TV Bally Sports-Ohio MLB.TV Fubo
Atlanta at Chi. Cubs	2:20pm	MLBN Bally Sports-South MARQ MLB.TV Fubo
Colorado at Oakland	3:37pm	MLBN Rockies.TV NBC Sports-California MLB.TV Fubo
Toronto at Detroit	6:40pm	MLBN Sportsnet Bally Sports-Detroit MLB.TV Fubo
Baltimore at Chi. White Sox	7:40pm	MLBN MASN NBC Sports-Chicago MLB.TV Fubo
NBA PLAYOFFS	TIME ET	TV
East Finals Game 2: Indiana at Boston	8:00pm	ESPN Fubo
NHL PLAYOFFS	TIME ET	TV
West Finals Game 1: Edmonton at Dallas	8:30pm	TNT Fubo
GOLF	TIME ET	TV
DP World Tour Golf: Soudal Open	7:00am	GOLF
Senior PGA Championship	1:00pm	GOLF
PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge	4:00pm	GOLF
SOCCER	TIME ET	TV
Saudi Arabia Pro League: Al Riyadh vs Al Nassr	2:00pm	FS2 Fubo
NWSL: Angel City vs San Diego Wave	10:00pm	CBSSN Fubo
WNBA	TIME ET	TV
Minnesota vs Connecticut	7:00pm	NBC Sports Boston Bally Sports North
Chicago vs New York	7:00pm	Prime My9 MARQ
Washington vs Phoenix	10:00pm	Prime AFSNn MNMT Stream
COLLEGE BASEBALL	TIME ET	TV
MVC Baseball Championship	10:00am	ESPN+
Sun Belt Baseball Championship	10:00am	ESPN+
MVC Baseball Championship	10:00am	ESPN+
SEC Baseball Tournament	10:30am	SECN
Big Ten Tournament	11:00am	BTN
ACC Baseball Championship	11:00am	ACCN
Horizon Baseball Championship	11:00am	ESPN+
America East Baseball Championship	11:00am	ESPN+
OVC Baseball Championship	12:00pm	ESPN+
OVC Baseball Championship	12:00pm	ESPN+
WAC Baseball Championship	12:00pm	ESPN+
Pac-12 Tournament	1:00pm	PAC12N
Big South Baseball Championship	1:30pm	ESPN+
C USA Baseball Championship	1:30pm	ESPN+
Sun Belt Baseball Championship	1:30pm	ESPN+
CUSA Baseball Championship	2:00pm	SECN
SEC Baseball Tournament	3:00pm	ESPN+
ACC Baseball Championship	3:00pm	ACCN
Big Ten Tournament	3:00pm	BTN
WAC Baseball Championship	3:30pm	ESPN+
AAC Baseball Championship	4:30pm	ESPN+
Big 12 Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPNU
MVC Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPN+
MVC Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPN+
Sun Belt Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPN+
Big South Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPN+
Big 12 Baseball Championship	5:00pm	ESPN+
Pac-12 Tournament	5:30pm	PAC12N
SEC Baseball Tournament	5:30pm	SECN
WAC Baseball Championship	7:00pm	ESPN+
Horizon Baseball Championship	7:00pm	ESPN+
ACC Baseball Championship	7:00pm	ACCN
America East Baseball Championship	7:00pm	ESPN+
Big Ten Tournament	7:00pm	BTN
UC Riverside – UC Santa Barbara	7:35pm	ESPN+
OVC Baseball Championship	8:00pm	ESPN+
OVC Baseball Championship	8:00pm	ESPN+
Big 12 Baseball Championship	8:30pm	ESPNU
Sun Belt Baseball Championship	8:30pm	ESPN+
Big 12 Baseball Championship	8:30pm	ESPN+
SEC Baseball Tournament	9:00pm	SECN
Pac-12 Tournament	10:00pm	PAC12N
WAC Baseball Championship	10:30pm	ESPN+
TENNIS	TIME ET	TV
Geneva-ATP, Lyon-ATP, Strasbourg-WTA & Rabat-WTA Quarterfinals; Roland Garros Qualifying Round	5:00am	TENNIS
Geneva-ATP, Lyon-ATP, Strasbourg-WTA & Rabat-WTA Quarterfinals; Roland Garros Qualifying Round	1:00pm	TENNIS