INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL REGIONALS
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL REGIONALS
INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET:
GIRLS STATE TRACK FINALS-MAY 31
GIRLS PERFORMANCE LIST: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20GTr%20State%20Performance%20List.pdf
Order of Events
3:00 p.m. – Pole Vault, Long Jump and Discus
3:30 p.m. – High Jump; Shot Put
4:15 p.m. – 3200 M Relay Finals
5:00 p.m. – 100 M Dash Trials
5:15 p.m. – 100 M High Hurdle Trials
5:40 p.m. – 200 M Dash Trials
6:10 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies
6:15 p.m. – 100 M High Hurdles
6:25 p.m. – 100 M Dash
6:35 p.m. – 1600 M Run
6:45 p.m. – 400 M Relay
7:05 p.m. – 400 M Dash
7:20 p.m. – 300 M Low Hurdles
7:45 p.m. – 800 M Run
8:05 p.m. – 200 M Dash
8:15 p.m. – 3200 M Run
8:30 p.m. – 1600 M Relay
Advancement from State Meet Trials to Finals
1. 110 and 100 Hurdles, 100; 200
a. 3 heats with 9
b. 1st, 2nd from each heat plus next 3 best times.
2. 400 Relay, 1600 Relay, 400, 300 Hurdles
a. no trials
b. 3 sections timed; 9 per section
3. 3200 Relay, 800
a. no trials
b. 2 sections; 1 with 13, 1 with 14
4. 1600 and 3200
a. no trials
b. 1 race timed
5. Field Events
a. top 10 qualify plus ties
BOYS STATE TRACK FINALS-JUNE 1
BOYS PERFORMANCE LIST: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20BTr%20State%20Performance%20List.pdf
Order of Events
3:00 p.m. – Pole Vault, Long Jump and Discus
3:30 p.m. – High Jump; Shot Put
4:15 p.m. – 3200 M Relay Finals
5:00 p.m. – 100 M Dash Trials
5:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdle Trials
5:40 p.m. – 200 M Dash Trials
6:10 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies
6:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdles
6:25 p.m. – 100 M Dash
6:35 p.m. – 1600 M Run
6:45 p.m. – 400 M Relay
7:05 p.m. – 400 M Dash
7:20 p.m. – 300 M Int. Hurdles
7:45 p.m. – 800 M Run
8:05 p.m. – 200 M Dash
8:15 p.m. – 3200 M Run
8:30 p.m. – 1600 M Relay
Advancement from State Meet Trials to Finals
1. 110 and 100 Hurdles, 100; 200
a. 3 heats with 9
b. 1st, 2nd from each heat plus next 3 best times.
2. 400 Relay, 1600 Relay, 400, 300 Hurdles
a. no trials
b. 3 sections timed; 9 per section
3. 3200 Relay, 800
a. no trials
b. 2 sections; 1 with 13, 1 with 14
4. 1600 and 3200
a. no trials
b. 1 race timed
5. Field Events
a. top 10 qualify plus ties
INDIANA TRACK RESULTS: HTTPS://IN.MILESPLIT.COM/RESULTS
INDIANA BOYS GOLF SECTIONAL SITES
MAY 31, JUNE 1, JUNE 3
1. Valparaiso (10) | Forest Park Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT | Results
Boone Grove, Chesterton, Hammond Bishop Noll, Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Hobart, Portage, Valparaiso, Wheeler, River Forest, Whiting
2. Lake Central (13) | Palmira Golf & Country Club | Fri, 8 am CT | Results
Andrean, Calumet, Crown Point, DeMotte Christian, Griffith, Hanover Central, Highland, Illiana Christian, Lake Central, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, Kankakee Valley
3. LaPorte (12) | Beechwood Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT | Results
Glenn, Knox, LaPorte, Marquette Catholic, Michigan City, Morgan Township, New Prairie, North Judson-San Pierre, Oregon-Davis, South Central (Union Mills), Tri-Township, Westville
4. South Bend Riley (12) | Erskine Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Elkhart, Jimtown, LaVille, Mishawaka, Mishawaka Marian, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph, South Bend Washington, Trinity School at Greenlawn
5. Logansport (12) | Dykeman Park Golf Course | Fri, 9:30 am ET | Results
Caston, Frontier, Logansport, North Newton, Pioneer, Rochester Community, Rensselaer Central, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes, West Central, Winamac Community
6. Northridge (12) | Meadow Valley Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET | Results
Bremen, Bethany Christian, Concord, Elkhart Christian Academy, Fairfield, Goshen, Lakeland, Northridge, NorthWood, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview
7. East Noble (12) | Noble Hawk Golf Links – Kendallville | Fri, 9 am ET | Results
Angola, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Central Noble, Churubusco, Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Eastside, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fremont, Garrett, Leo
8. Warsaw (11) | Rozella Ford Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET | Results
Culver Academies, Culver Community, Huntington North, Manchester, Northfield, Plymouth, Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Warsaw Community, Wawasee, Whitko
9. Fort Wayne Canterbury (13) | Chestnut Hills Golf Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET | Results
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Heritage, Homestead, New Haven, Woodlan
10. Peru (12) | Rock Hollow Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Eastern (Greentown), Kokomo, Lewis Cass, Maconaquah, North Miami, Northwestern, Peru, Southwood, Taylor, Tri-Central, Wabash, Western
11. Lafayette Jefferson (12) | Battle Ground Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Delphi Community, Faith Christian, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Central Catholic, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Rossville, West Lafayette
12. Westfield (10) | Ulen Golf and Country Club | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Bethesda Christian, Carmel, Frankfort, Guerin Catholic, Lebanon, Sheridan, University, Western Boone, Westfield, Zionsville
13. Attica (11) | Harrison Hills Golf and Country Club | Fri, 9 am ET | Results
Attica, Covington, Crawfordsville, Fountain Central, North Montgomery, North Putnam, Parke Heritage, Seeger, South Vermillion, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks
14. Decatur Central (10) | Winding River Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Ben Davis, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, Covenant Christian (Indpls), Decatur Central, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Pike, Purdue Polytechnic (Broad Ripple), Purdue Polytechnic (Downtown), Riverside, Speedway
15. Martinsville (11) | Foxcliff Golf Course | Mon, 9:30 am ET | Results
Avon, Brownsburg, Cascade, Cloverdale, Danville Community, Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, Plainfield, South Putnam, Greencastle
16. Norwell (12) | Timber Ridge Golf Club | Fri, 9 am ET | Results
Adams Central, Bellmont, Blackford, Bluffton, Eastbrook, Madison-Grant, Marion, Mississinewa, Norwell, Oak Hill, South Adams, Southern Wells
17. Indianapolis Cathedral (11) | Maple Creek Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET | Results
Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, International School of Indiana, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Park Tudor, Warren Central
18. Noblesville (12) | Harbour Trees Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Alexandria Monroe, Anderson, Daleville, Elwood Community, Fishers, Frankton, Hamilton Heights, Hamilton Southeastern, Lapel, Noblesville, Pendleton Heights, Tipton
19. Monroe Central (11) | Hickory Hills Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Cowan, Delta, Jay County, Monroe Central, Muncie Burris, Muncie Central, Randolph Southern, Union City, Wapahani, Wes-Del, Winchester Community, Yorktown
20. Greenfield Central (11) | Hawk’s Tail of Greenfield | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Blue River Valley, Eastern Hancock, Greenfield-Central, Knightstown, Morristown, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, New Palestine, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Tri
21. Terre Haute North (12) | Hulman Links | Mon, 9 am ET | Results
Bloomfield, Clay City, Dugger Union, Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, North Central (Farmersburg), Northview, Shakamak, Sullivan, Terre Haute North Vigo, Terre Haute South Vigo, West Vigo, White River Valley
22. Vincennes Lincoln (13) | Cypress Hills Golf Club of Vincennes | Fri, 9 am ET | Results
Barr-Reeve, Gibson Southern, North Daviess, North Knox, Pike Central, Princeton Community, South Knox, Tecumseh, Vincennes Lincoln, Vincennes Rivet, Washington, Washington Catholic, Wood Memorial
23. Evansville Mater Dei (13) | Helfrich Hills Golf Course | Thurs, 7 am CT | Results
Boonville, Castle, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Christian, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz Memorial, Mt. Vernon, North Posey, Signature School
24. Jasper (14) | Sultan’s Run Golf Club | Thurs, 10 am ET | Results
Crawford County, Forest Park, Heritage Hills, Northeast Dubois, Jasper, Loogootee, Orleans, Paoli, Perry Central, Shoals, South Spencer, Southridge, Springs Valley, Tell City
25. Bloomington North (12) | Cascades Golf Course | Mon, 8 am ET | Results
Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Brown County, Brownstown Central, Edgewood, Mitchell, Salem, Seymour, Trinity Lutheran, West Washington, Owen Valley
26. Franklin Community (13) | The Legends Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET | Results
Beech Grove, Center Grove, Edinburgh, Franklin Central, Franklin Community, Greenwood Christian Academy, Greenwood Community, Indian Creek, Indianapolis Lutheran, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Southport, Whiteland Community
27. Union County (10) | Liberty Country Club | Mon 9 am ET | Results
Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Connersville, Franklin County, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Richmond, Rushville Consolidated, Union County, Oldenburg Academy
28. Greensburg (14) | Greensburg Country Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET | Results
Batesville, Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Greensburg, Hauser, Jac-Cen-Del, Milan, North Decatur, Shelbyville, South Decatur, South Ripley, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Waldron
29. Madison Consolidated (12) | Sunrise Golf Course | Mon, 11 am ET | Results
Austin, Charlestown, Henryville, Jennings County, Lawrenceburg, Madison Consolidated, Rising Sun, Scottsburg, Shawe Memorial, Southwestern (Hanover), South Dearborn, Switzerland County
30. Providence (14) | Covered Bridge Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET | Results
Borden, Christian Academy of Indiana, Clarksville, Corydon Central, Crothersville, Eastern (Pekin), Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Lanesville, New Albany, North Harrison, Providence, Silver Creek, South Central (Elizabeth)
INDIANA GIRLS LACROSSE STATE PLAYOFFS
2A
GUERIN CATHOLIC 18 NOBLESVILLE 7
CARMEL VS. ZIONSVILLE PPD TO THURSDAY AT 6PM
1A
ST. JOSEPH VS. CENTER GROVE 6PM
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL VS. PARK TUDOR 8PM
INDIANA BOYS LACROSSE STATE PLAYOFFS
TONIGHT
CENTER GROVE AT CARMEL 6:30
EVANSVILLE NORTH AT BREBEUF 6:00
NBA PLAYOFFS
WESTERN CONFERENCE
• GAME 1: DALLAS 108 MINNESOTA 105 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: DALLAS 109 MINNESOTA 108 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 2 – 0)
• GAME 3: DALLAS 116 MINNESOTA 107 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 3-0)
• GAME 4: MINNESOTA 105 DALLAS 100 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 3-1)
• 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
CONNECTICUT 70 PHOENIX 47
LOS ANGELES 88 INDIANA 82
SEATTLE 77 CHICAGO 68
NHL PLAYOFFS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
NEW YORK RANGERS VS. FLORIDA
SCHEDULE:
GAME 1: FLORIDA 3 NY RANGERS 0 (FLORIDA LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: NY RANGERS 2 FLORIDA 1 OT (SERIES EVEN 1 – 1)
GAME 3: NY RANGERS 5 FLORIDA 4 OT (RANGERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4: FLORIDA 3 NY RANGERS 2 OT (SERIES TIED 2-2)
GAME 5: FLA @ NYR | MAY 30, 8 P.M. ET* (ESPN/ESPN+) | PREVIEW
GAME 6: NYR @ FLA | JUNE 1, 8 P.M. ET* (ABC/ESPN+) | PREVIEW
GAME 7: FLA @ NYR | JUNE 3, 8 P.M. ET* (ESPN/ESPN+) | PREVIEW
WESTERN CONFERENCE
DALLAS VS. EDMONTON
SCHEDULE:
GAME 1: EDMONTON 3 DALLAS 2 (2OT) (EDMONTON LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: DALLAS 3 EDMONTON 1 (SERIES TIED 1-1)
GAME 3: DALLAS 5 EDMONTON 3 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4: DAL @ EDM | MAY 29, 8:30 P.M. ET (TNT) | PREVIEW
GAME 5: EDM @ DAL | MAY 31, TBD ET* (TNT) | PREVIEW
GAME 6: DAL @ EDM | JUNE 2, TBD ET* (TNT) | PREVIEW
GAME 7: EDM @ DAL | JUNE 4, TBD ET* (TNT) | PREVIEW
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
LA DODGERS 5 NY METS 2 (10)
BOSTON 8 BALTIMORE 3
ST. LOUIS 7 CINCINNATI 1
OAKLAND 3 TAMPA BAY 0
ATLANTA 2 WASHINGTON 0
CHICAGO CUBS 6 MILWAUKEE 3 (10)
TORONTO 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2
MINNESOTA 4 KANSAS CITY 2
LA DODGERS 3 NY METS 0
TEXAS 4 ARIZONA 2
CLEVELAND 13 COLORADO 7
LA ANGELS 4 NY YANKEES 3
SEATTLE 4 HOUSTON 2
SAN DIEGO 4 MIAMI 0
SAN FRANCISCO 1 PHILADELPHIA 0 (10)
PITTSBURGH AT DETROIT POSTPONED
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
QUAD CITIES 10 SOUTH BEND 5
WISCONSIN 4 FORT WAYNE 3
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT
ATHENS REGIONAL HOSTED BY GEORGIA
#1 GEORGIA (39-15) VS. #4 ARMY WEST POINT (31-21), 1 P.M., ESPN+
#2 UNCW (39-19) VS. #3 GEORGIA TECH (31-23), 7 P.M., ESPN+
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL HOSTED BY TEXAS A&M
#1 TEXAS A&M (44-13) VS. #4 GRAMBLING (26-26), 1 P.M., ESPN+
#2 LOUISIANA (40-18) VS. #3 TEXAS (35-22), 6 P.M., ESPNU
CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL HOSTED BY NORTH CAROLINA
#2 LSU (40-21) VS. #3 WOFFORD (41-18), 12 P.M., ESPNU
#1 NORTH CAROLINA (42-13) VS. #4 LIU (33-23), 6 P.M. ESPN+
CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL HOSTED BY VIRGINIA
#1 VIRGINIA (41-15) VS. #4 PENN (24-23), 12 P.M., ESPN+
#2 MISSISSIPPI ST. (38-21) VS. #3 ST. JOHN’S (NY) (37-16-1), 7 P.M., ESPN+
CLEMSON REGIONAL HOSTED BY CLEMSON
#2 VANDERBILT (38-21) VS. #3 COASTAL CAROLINA (34-23), 12 P.M., ESPN2
#1 CLEMSON (41-14) VS. #4 HIGH POINT (34-25), 7 P.M., ACCN
CORVALLIS REGIONAL HOSTED BY OREGON STATE
#2 UC IRVINE (43-12) VS. #3 NICHOLLS (38-20), 4 P.M., ESPN+
#1 OREGON ST. (42-14) VS. #4 TULANE (35-24), 9 P.M., ESPNU
FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL HOSTED BY ARKANSAS
#1 ARKANSAS (43-14) VS. #4 SOUTHEAST MO. ST. (34-25), 3 P.M., ESPN+
#2 LOUISIANA TECH (45-17) VS. #3 KANSAS ST. (32-24), 8 P.M., ESPN+
GREENVILLE REGIONAL HOSTED BY EAST CAROLINA
#1 EAST CAROLINA (43-15) VS. #4 EVANSVILLE (35-23), 1 P.M., ESPN+
#2 WAKE FOREST (38-20) VS. #3 VCU (37-21), 6 P.M., ESPN+
KNOXVILLE REGIONAL HOSTED BY TENNESSEE
#2 SOUTHERN MISS. (41-18) VS. #3 INDIANA (32-24-1), 1 P.M., ESPN+
#1 TENNESSEE (50-11) VS. #4 NORTHERN KY. (35-22), 7 P.M., SECN
LEXINGTON REGIONAL HOSTED BY KENTUCKY
#1 KENTUCKY (40-14) VS. #4 WESTERN MICH. (32-21), 12 NOON, SECN
#2 INDIANA ST. (42-13) VS. #3 ILLINOIS (34-19), 7 P.M., ESPN+
NORMAN REGIONAL HOSTED BY OKLAHOMA
#2 DUKE (39-18) VS. #3 UCONN (32-23), 1 P.M., ESPN+
#1 OKLAHOMA (37-19) VS. #4 ORAL ROBERTS (27-30-1), 7 P.M., ESPN+
RALEIGH REGIONAL HOSTED BY NC STATE
#2 SOUTH CAROLINA (36-23) VS. #3 JAMES MADISON (34-23), 2 P.M., ESPN+
#1 NC STATE (33-20) VS. #4 BRYANT (36-19), 7 P.M, ESPN+
SANTA BARBARA REGIONAL HOSTED BY UC SANTA BARBARA
#2 SAN DIEGO (40-13) VS. #3 OREGON (37-18), 3 P.M., ESPNU
#1 UC SANTA BARBARA (42-12) VS. #4 FRESNO ST. (33-27), 9 P.M., ESPN+
STILLWATER REGIONAL HOSTED BY OKLAHOMA STATE
#2 NEBRASKA (39-20) VS. #3 FLORIDA (28-27), 3 P.M., ESPN+
#1 OKLAHOMA ST. (40-17) VS. #4 NIAGARA (38-15), 7 P.M., ESPN+
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL HOSTED BY FLORIDA STATE
#1 FLORIDA ST. (42-15) VS. #4 STETSON (40-20), 12 P.M., ACCN
#2 ALABAMA (33-22) VS. #3 UCF (35-19), 6 P.M., ESPN+
TUCSON REGIONAL HOSTED BY ARIZONA
#2 DBU (44-13) VS. #3 WEST VIRGINIA (33-22), 3 P.M., ESPN2
#1 ARIZONA (36-21) VS. #4 GRAND CANYON (34-23), 9 P.M., ESPN+
COLLEGE BASEBALL POLLS
DI BASEBALL
1 TENNESSEE
2 KENTUCKY
3 CLEMSON
4 TEXAS A&M
5 ARKANSAS
6 NORTH CAROLINA
7 OREGON STATE
8 OKLAHOMA
9 FLORIDA STATE
10 GEORGIA
11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
12 DUKE
13 UC SANTA BARBARA
14 E. CAROLINA
15 ARIZONA
16 OKLAHOMA STATE
17 MISSISSIPPI STATE
18 VIRGINIA
19 WAKE FOREST
20 INDIANA STATE
21 UC IRVINE
22 LOUISIANA
23 SOUTHERN MISS
24 LSU
25 DALLAS BAPTIST
NCBWA POLL
1 TENNESSEE
2 KENTUCKY
3 TEXAS A&M
4 NORTH CAROLINA
5 ARKANSAS
6 CLEMSON
7 FLORIDA STATE
8 OREGON STATE
9 GEORGIA
10 DUKE
11 VIRGINIA
12 OKLAHOMA STATE
13 E. CAROLINA
14 OKLAHOMA
15 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
16 UC SANTA BARBARA
17 UC IRVINE
18 WAKE FOREST
19 ARIZONA
20 MISSISSIPPI STATE
21 DALLAS BAPTIST
22 INDIANA STATE
23 LSU
24 SOUTHERN MISS
25 SAN DIEGO
Others receiving votes (listed alphabetically): Alabama (33-22), Cal Poly (35-22), California (36-19), Charleston (41-14), East Tennessee State (36-20), Florida (28-27), Hawai’i (33-16), High Point (34-25), Illinois (34-19), Jackson State (35-20), Lamar (44-15), Louisiana (40-18), Louisiana Tech (45-17), Nebraska (39-20), Oregon (37-18), Sacred Heart (35-23), Samford (36-22), South Carolina (36-23), Texas (35-22), Texas Tech (33-26), Troy (37-22), UC San Diego (30-23), UNCW (39-19), Utah (33-22), Vanderbilt (38-21), Western Michigan (31-21), West Virginia (33-22), Wofford (41-18).
BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25
1 TENNESSEE
2 KENTUCKY
3 NORTH CAROLINA
4 TEXAS A&M
5 ARKANSAS
6 OREGON STATE
7 NORTH CAROLINA STATE
8 GEORGIA
9 WAKE FOREST
10 CLEMSON
11 DUKE
12 FLORIDA STATE
13 E. CAROLINA
14 VIRGINIA
15 MISSISSIPPI STATE
16 OKLAHOMA STATE
17 OKLAHOMA
18 UC SANTA BARBARA
19 ARIZONA
20 UC IRVINE
21 LOUISIANA
22 SOUTHERN MISS
23 DALLAS BAPTIST
24 INDIANA STATE
25 NEBRASKA
COLLEGE SOFTBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT
WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE
THURSDAY MAY 30
GAME 1 – UCLA (39-10) VS. ALABAMA (35-17), NOON
GAME 2 – OKLAHOMA (51-6) VS. DUKE (50-7), 2:30 P.M.
GAME 3 – TEXAS (49-8) VS. STANFORD (44-14), 8 P.M.
GAME 4 – FLORIDA (47-12) VS. OKLAHOMA ST. (46-10), 10:30 P.M.
FRIDAY MAY 31
GAME 5 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER, 7 P.M.
GAME 6 – GAME 3 LOSER VS. GAME 4 LOSER, 9:30 P.M.
SATURDAY JUNE 1
GAME 7 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER, 3 P.M.
GAME 8 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 4 WINNER, 7 P.M.
SUNDAY JUNE 2
GAME 9 – GAME 5 WINNER VS. GAME 8 LOSER, 3 P.M.
GAME 10 – GAME 6 WINNER VS. GAME 7 LOSER, 7 P.M.
MONDAY JUNE 3
GAME 11 – GAME 7 WINNER VS. GAME 9 WINNER, NOON
X-GAME 12 – GAME 7 WINNER VS. GAME 9 WINNER, 2:30 P.M.
GAME 13 – GAME 8 WINNER VS. GAME 10 WINNER, 7 P.M.
X-GAME 14 – GAME 8 WINNER VS. GAME 10 WINNER, 9:30 P.M.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 5-SATURDAY JUNE 7
CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NBA NEWS
TOWNS, EDWARDS LIFT WOLVES OVER MAVS 105-100 TO AVOID SWEEP IN WEST FINALS
DALLAS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 25 points in the second half and the Minnesota Timberwolves held off the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 on Tuesday night to avoid a sweep in the Western Conference finals.
Anthony Edwards had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Wolves stayed alive in their first trip to the conference finals in 20 years, and just the second in the franchise’s 35 seasons.
Now third-seeded Minnesota heads home for Game 5 on Thursday night to see if it can make the series even more interesting against No. 5 seed Dallas.
Luka Doncic had 28 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in his sixth triple-double of these playoffs, but he and co-star Kyrie Irving were just 13 of 39 from the field. Irving, who was 14-0 in his career in closeout games coming in, finished with 16 points.
The Wolves have led in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter of every game in the series, and this time they finished.
Towns, who picked up his fifth foul midway through the third quarter, put the Wolves ahead for good on a 3-pointer with 5:41 remaining, then hit another from deep the next time down.
Edwards put the Wolves up five with a jumper just inside the arc with 39 seconds left, and Minnesota hung on despite Edwards fouling Doncic on a made 3-pointer for a three-point deficit with 12 seconds to go.
Doncic missed the free throw, and Naz Reid hit a bucket to push the margin back to five with 11 seconds remaining.
AFTER COMPLETING FIRST QUEST BY REACHING NBA FINALS, CELTICS CAN BEGIN THINKING ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Boston Celtics completed one quest Monday night by returning to the NBA Finals.
Now, they’ll chase an even bigger goal, the one that’s eluded this team for more than a decade — capturing the franchise’s 18th championship.
Yes, despite playing for six conference titles in eight seasons, this marks only the second time Boston has advanced to The Finals during that span. And since winning their first NBA title in 1957, the Celtics’ current 16-year drought is the second-longest in franchise history.
It would be the crowning achievement to what has already been a remarkable season.
“Boston has a great team. They led the league from wire to wire,” Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said after his team was swept 4-0 in its first conference finals appearance since 2014. “They didn’t want this thing to go on any longer. They blocked shots, they got offensive rebounds, they made key shots.”
Boston has excelled in seemingly every possible way in this year’s playoffs.
The Celtics have won seven straight games overall, they improved to 6-0 on the road with yet another comeback victory, 105-102 in Game 4 against Indiana, and they are 3-0 in elimination games. They beat Indiana three times down the stretch, rallying in the last two games with decisive 13-2 and 7-0 closing spurts to end the Pacers’ perfect 2024 playoff run at home — and their season.
Next up will be the Dallas Mavericks or Minnesota Timberwolves. Dallas leads the Western Conference finals 3-0 and can clinch the series on its home court Tuesday night.
And Boston has been finding help in all corners.
While Jayson Tatum garnered the usual headlines for two 36-point outings and a near triple-double in Game 4, 37-year-old Al Horford defied the odds by making seven 3-pointers in Game 3, Jrue Holiday overcame an illness to deftly pick Andrew Nembhard’s pocket, and Derrick White delivered the go-ahead 3-pointer in Game 4, everyone seemed genuinely happy it was Jaylen Brown who was chosen series MVP.
“I didn’t expect that at all,” Brown said before explaining the emotions of being left off the all-NBA teams. “But as time has gone by and I got to this point, I just stopped caring and I don’t care who sees what as long as my team knows my value, my city knows my value, my family knows my value. That’s all I really care about.”
There’s little doubt the Celtics understand where they would be — and where they wouldn’t be — without Brown.
He scored 29 points and grabbed six rebounds to help Boston erase an eight-point deficit in the final six minutes Monday night. And after the defense forced two late turnovers, Brown helped close it out with a brilliant block of Nembhard just before White’s big shot.
The reaction was telling for Holiday, who won an NBA title with the 2020-21 Milwaukee Bucks.
“I think it’s even better that he didn’t expect it. That really means that didn’t matter to him,” Holiday said. “It was about winning and whatever it took, however long it took. That’s what was important to him and I think when you have that mentality and that mindset, you see great people rewarded for the things they do.”
Holiday understands.
When the Bucks traded him to Portland in September to acquire Damian Lillard, he wasn’t sure what would happen next. Four days later, the Celtics made another deal with the Trail Blazers to get the two-time All-Star and defensive whiz, hoping he could help them complete their championship quest.
So far, the Celtics’ investment in Holiday has delivered big dividends. And now everyone’s about to find out if the addition of Holiday and the possible return of starting center Kristaps Porzingis from a strained right calf that has kept him out since April 29 just might help Boston earn another crowning achievement.
“Obviously, we fell short of our ultimate goal last year, lost in the conference finals,” Tatum said. “So I think we’ve just applied everything we learned to this season and this postseason and it’s been working really well.”
REPORT: 76ERS PREPARED TO OFFER BUTLER MAX EXTENSION
The Philadelphia 76ers have their eyes set on a reunion with Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler.
The Sixers are prepared to offer the 34-year-old a maximum extension if they land him in a trade this offseason, sources told the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey.
Butler has one year left on his contract with Miami valued at $48.7 million, followed by a $52.4-million player option.
He’s seeking a two-year extension worth $113 million this offseason and is expected to opt out of his player option, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald.
His preference would be to stay with the Heat, but Butler could become a free agent after the 2024-25 season and look for a max contract elsewhere, per Chiang.
Heat president Pat Riley recently said he’s not interested in parting ways with the six-time All-Star. However, Riley criticized Butler for trash-talking despite missing Miami’s Round 1 loss to the Boston Celtics due to injury.
Butler is Philadelphia’s backup choice if it can’t land Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George in free agency, according to Pompey. George has a $48-million player option with L.A.
Sixers president Daryl Morey will also need to figure out a deal with point guard Tyrese Maxey, who’s set to become a restricted free agent this offseason.
Philadelphia will have nearly $60 million in cap space and up to five tradable first-round selections come draft night, according to ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
Butler played 55 games for Philadelphia during the 2018-19 season, averaging 18.2 points and four assists per contest. That squad lost to the eventual champion Toronto Raptors in Game 7 of the second round.
The Sixers went 47-35 this season and finished seventh in the Eastern Conference despite former MVP Joel Embiid only appearing in 39 regular-season games due to injury.
THUNDER’S PRESTI: ‘I MISSED’ ON HAYWARD TRADE
Oklahoma City Thunder general manager Sam Presti acknowledged on Tuesday that Gordon Hayward’s half-season with the club didn’t work out following the veteran’s trade-deadline acquisition.
“I missed on that,” Presti said Tuesday at his end-of-season press conference, according to Clemente Almanza of The Thunder Wire. “That’s on me. But I’m learning. Trying to learn this team … Just trying to be a great observer of this team as it’s going through its paces … I don’t think I read that one perfect.”
The Thunder parted with Vasilije Micic, Tre Mann, and Davis Bertans, plus two second-round picks to nab Hayward and his expiring $33-million deal from the Charlotte Hornets in February. However, the 34-year-old never seemed to find his footing in Oklahoma City, where he was expected to add to their wing depth while providing an experienced voice to a young squad.
Following a near-two-month layoff for a calf strain, Hayward debuted for the Thunder on Feb. 22 – a 22-point win over the Los Angeles Clippers. However, he finished scoreless in just over 13 minutes, collecting only four rebounds and taking just two shots. He went on to average a mere 5.3 points per game with Oklahoma City and was seldom used in the playoffs, finishing without a point in seven appearances.
During the Thunder’s exit interviews earlier this month, a day after they were eliminated in six games by the Dallas Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals, Hayward delivered a candid assessment of his short Thunder stint and suggested he believed he was assuming a bigger role.
“I feel, as a player, I have a lot to offer,” he told reporters. “Just wasn’t really given much of an opportunity to do that. I thought I would be given that opportunity.”
Though a small sample size, the former Butler standout was at least efficient from distance, converting 15-of-29 total 3-point attempts (51.7%) with Oklahoma City.
Hayward will become a free agent for the third time in his 14-year career this summer. He signed a four-year, $120-million deal with Charlotte as part of a sign-and-trade agreement with the Boston Celtics in 2020.
NHL NEWS
REINHART SCORES IN OT, PANTHERS BEAT RANGERS 3-2 IN OT OF GAME 4 OF EAST FINAL
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart scored a power-play goal 1:12 into overtime, and the Florida Panthers topped the New York Rangers 3-2 to even the Eastern Conference Final at two games apiece.
It was the third straight OT game in the series — and the first time Florida got a win in those matchups.
Blake Wheeler, playing his first game for the Rangers since mid-February, was called for hooking Aleksander Barkov 59 seconds into the extra session. And it didn’t take long for the Panthers to cash in, with Barkov setting up Reinhart in front.
Sam Bennett and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for Florida, which got 21 saves — and an assist — from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Vincent Trocheck and Alexis Lafrenière scored for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin stopped 37 shots.
Game 5 is Thursday in New York, where the teams split the opening two matchups in this series. Game 6 will be Saturday in Sunrise, and the Prince of Wales Trophy — awarded to the East champs — will be in attendance that night.
Bennett got Florida on the board midway through the second period, on a second effort. His first shot got past Shesterkin, but not into the net — and Bennett, who followed the shot, managed to get to the puck before anyone else. He knocked it off the back of the goalie’s skate and barely across the goal line.
And 3 1/2 minutes later, Florida had the lead on a pinball goal by Verhaeghe.
Matthew Tkachuk centered the puck from the right corner, and it deflected off Rangers defenseman Ryan Lindgren’s stick. Airborne, it bounced off Shesterkin, then off Lindgren’s upper body — and Verhaeghe, with more of a baseball swing than anything else, batted it out of the air for a 2-1 Florida edge.
Including playoffs, over the last two seasons, Florida entered Tuesday with an NHL-best record of 81-2-6 in games where it led after 40 minutes.
Lafrenière didn’t care. A neat spin move from Adam Fox got him the puck on the left side of the crease and he tapped it home with 16:32 left for his third goal in the last two games.
The rest of regulation was wild. Back and forth, play more often resembling a 3-on-3 regular season overtime than anything else, going end to end — Bobrovsky making some point-blank stops, Shesterkin once again getting peppered just as he was late in Game 3 to no Florida avail.
And for the third straight game, to OT they went.
Trocheck opened the scoring with a power-play tally, on a play where he won a faceoff, moved into the high slot, waited for a centering pass from Artemi Panarin and ripped a perfect shot — an inch or two past the right side of Bobrovsky’s head, kissing it off the bottom of the crossbar and into the goal.
So, the crossbar giveth on that Rangers power play. It taketh away on the next one, when the game of inches went the Panthers’ way.
New York had Florida reeling later in the first period, when Brandon Montour was in the box for cross-checking. Mika Zibanejad was alone on the left side of the crease and shot toward a ton of open net, but the puck hit Bobrovsky’s shoulder, ricocheted up to the crossbar — and this time, bounced back into the crease, just off the goal line as the Panthers remained down only 1-0.
BLUE JACKETS HIRE WADDELL AS GM, PRESIDENT OF HOCKEY OPS
The Columbus Blue Jackets hired Don Waddell as general manager, president of hockey operations, and alternate governor, the team announced Tuesday.
Reports on Saturday indicated Waddell would join the Blue Jackets as the team’s top hockey operations executive.
Waddell resigned from his post as president and GM of the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday.
The Blue Jackets fired GM Jarmo Kekalainen in February. President of hockey operations John Davidson served as interim GM in the meantime.
Davidson will now transition to a senior adviser and alternate governor role.
“I’ve known Don for many years, and he is one of the great gentlemen in our business,” Davidson said. “He is a very smart, dedicated professional who has shown a great ability to bring people together to work towards a common goal and achieve success. I believe this is a great day for our organization and our fans.”
The Blue Jackets have missed the playoffs in four straight years and have only qualified for the postseason six times in their 23 seasons. They’ve never advanced past Round 2.
During Waddell’s six years as GM of the Hurricanes, the team made the playoffs every season, won three straight division titles from 2021-23, and made the conference finals in 2019 and 2023.
However, Waddell didn’t find quite the same level of success in his previous GM gig. He held that position with the Atlanta Thrashers from 1998-2010, overseeing a single postseason appearance in 2007 when the club was swept in Round 1.
Waddell will join a franchise that boasts a talented young core led by 2023 No. 3 pick Adam Fantilli. The Blue Jackets hold the No. 4 pick in the 2024 draft.
BASEBALL NEWS
PROFAR HOMERS AND ESTRADA SETS EXPANSION-ERA STRIKEOUT RECORD AS THE PADRES BEAT THE MARLINS 4-0
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jurickson Profar homered and reliever Jeremiah Estrada extended his club-record strikeout streak to 13 straight batters, the most in the expansion era, for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Miami Marlins 4-0 on Tuesday night for their third straight win.
Estrada achieved his milestone by striking out the side in the ninth. He celebrated by pounding his chest and glove and blowing a kiss to the sky. A few minutes later, he got a Gatorade shower from his teammates.
Knuckleballer Matt Waldron pitched seven impressive innings — his longest stint in the majors — for the win.
The Padres’ win streak follows five straight home losses, including a three-game sweep at the hands of the Colorado Rockies, who have the NL’s second-worst record, and two games in which they were overpowered by the New York Yankees, who have the AL’s best record. The Marlins have the NL’s worst record. The Padres are just 13-18 at home.
Profar continues to have a great season after signing a $1 million, one-year deal to return to the Padres.
He went deep against Jesús Luzardo with one out in the first and Fernando Tatis Jr. aboard on a single, with the ball sailing over the outstretched glove of leaping center fielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. It was his eighth homer.
The Padres hit three straight singles with one out in the fifth, with Profar’s base hit bringing in Luis Arraez, who was traded from Miami to San Diego on May 4.
Donovan Solano had three hits, including an RBI double in the eighth.
Waldron (3-5) held the Marlins to six hits while striking out eight and walking none.
Luzardo (2-4) allowed seven hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two.
The Padres held a moment of silence for Bill Walton, the basketball Hall of Famer and San Diego-area native who died of cancer Monday at 71. The big screen showed a picture of a smiling Walton in a Padres jersey with his arms upraised and a baseball in his right hand before he threw a ceremonial first pitch in 2012, with a background of a psychedelic image that was a nod to his love for the Grateful Dead.
UP NEXT
Marlins LHP Braxton Garrett (1-0, 5.30 ERA) and RHP Yu Darvish (4-2, 3.04 ERA) are scheduled to start the series finale on Wednesday.
ARENADO HITS A 2-RUN HOMER AS THE CARDINALS BEAT THE REDS 7-1
CINCINNATI (AP) — Nolan Arenado and Nolan Gorman each hit a two-run homer, helping Kyle Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-1 on Tuesday night.
Iván Herrera had three hits for St. Louis, which improved to 11-3 in its last 14 games.
Gibson was charged with one run and two hits in six innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked two.
Cincinnati had won a season-high four consecutive games. Will Benson led off the sixth with his eighth homer for the Reds’ first hit of the night.
Cincinnati left-hander Andrew Abbott (3-5) permitted six runs and seven hits in six-plus innings. He went 2-1 with a 1.88 ERA in his previous four starts.
The Cardinals jumped in front on Masyn Winn’s two-out RBI double in the third, stopping Abbott’s 14-inning scoreless streak. Winn extended his hitting streak to 17 games.
BROWN FLIRTS WITH NO-HITTER AS CUBS OUTLAST BREWERS IN EXTRAS
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mike Tauchman hit a go-ahead single in Chicago’s five-run 10th inning that appeared to bounce off Trevor Megill’s throwing elbow, and the Cubs stopped a five-game skid by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Ben Brown struck out a career-high 10 in seven hitless innings, continuing the Brewers’ season-long futility against Cubs starting pitchers. The Brewers got their first hit on Sal Frelick’s one-out single off Hayden Wesneski in the eighth.
“It was like an angry fastball,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said of Brown. “It was just really good, and it was overpowering for much of the game.”
Cubs starters have combined to throw 32 1/3 shutout innings against the Brewers so far this season. The Cubs turned to their bullpen after Brown threw a career-high 93 pitches, 64 for strikes, in the right-hander’s sixth career start and 13th appearance overall.
“I kind of understand how it works,” Brown said. “I’ve said it a million times: I trust Craig. He’s awesome. He’s great. He’s doing it for my career moving forward and what’s best for the team.”
After Willy Adames’ two-out RBI single in the ninth forced extra innings, Tauchman opened the 10th by delivering a 99.4-mph shot that hit Megill, who reacted in obvious pain and headed straight toward the dugout.
As Megill left the field, the ball remained right in front of the pitcher’s mound for several seconds before first baseman Owen Miller raced toward it. But automatic runner Luis Vázquez slid home safely to put Chicago ahead for good by scoring the first run of his career.
“Super happy, super excited,” Vázquez said through a translator. “I hope that’s the first of many.”
Brewers manager Pat Murphy said after the game that Megill didn’t suffer a fracture but offered no other details regarding the right-hander’s injury.
“He got drilled pretty hard,” Murphy said. “He’s going to be good and sore for a while.”
Hoby Milner replaced Megill and allowed hits to four of his six batters, including a two-run double by Ian Happ and RBI singles from Cody Bellinger and Michael Busch.
Milwaukee got two runs in the bottom of the 10th before Tyson Miller struck out Andruw Monasterio to end the game.
The Brewers’ NL Central lead over the Cubs was trimmed to 3 1/2 games.
Chicago’s 10th-inning outburst helped Counsell get a measure of revenge one day after the Cubs lost 5-1 in his return to American Family Field. Counsell, the winningest manager in Brewers history, left for Chicago in November after the Cubs offered him a five-year contract worth over $40 million.
For the second straight day, Counsell was showered with boos every time he left the dugout.
Adames forced extra innings with his clutch swing against Héctor Neris (5-0) for the Brewers’ second hit of the game. Two innings earlier, Bellinger reached his arm over the wall in right-center to rob Adames of a potential tying homer.
Adames’ single brought home Christian Yelich, who drew a two-out walk and advanced to second on a balk. Adames was thrown out trying to stretch the single into a double.
Cubs assistant pitching coach Daniel Moskos was ejected before the 10th inning for arguing the balk call.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead when Busch homered against Freddy Peralta in the third.
Peralta threw a career-high 111 pitches and struck out 11 while allowing three hits in 5 2/3 innings.
TRAINERS’ ROOM
Cubs: LHP Jordan Wicks (strained forearm) threw 52 pitches and allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings in a rehabilitation appearance with Triple-A Iowa.
Brewers: RHP Jakob Junis (shoulder) threw 30 pitches in a live bullpen session. He expects to throw live batting practice Friday before beginning a rehab assignment. … LHP DL Hall is getting a second opinion after aggravating the injury to his left knee during a rehab appearance with Triple-A Nashville on Thursday.
UP NEXT
LHP Shota Imanaga (5-0, 0.84 ERA) pitches for the Cubs and RHP Bryse Wilson (3-1, 2.86) starts for the Brewers on Wednesday night.
SCHNEIDER AND GAUSMAN LEAD THE BLUE JAYS PAST THE SLIDING WHITE SOX 7-2
CHICAGO (AP) — Davis Schneider had three hits and three RBIs, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the sliding Chicago White Sox 7-2 on a rainy Tuesday night.
Justin Turner drove in two runs for Toronto, which finished with 13 hits. George Springer had two hits, walked three times and scored two runs.
Blue Jays right-hander Kevin Gausman (4-3) pitched six innings of one-run ball. The 33-year-old Gausman has won his last four decisions.
Chicago dropped its seventh straight game. At 15-41, the White Sox are off to the worst 56-game start in franchise history.
Nicky Lopez tripled and doubled for Chicago. Andrew Vaughn singled home Zach Remillard in the eighth.
The beginning of the game was delayed for 40 minutes because of rain. Another line of showers halted play for 68 minutes entering the bottom of the ninth.
Schneider has five RBIs in his last two games after he hit a two-run homer in the Blue Jays’ 5-1 win on Monday.
Toronto went ahead to stay when it scored three times with two out in the second. Springer singled and scored on Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s double off Jake Woodford. Following a Kevin Kiermaier walk, Schneider added a two-run double.
Woodford (0-1) permitted five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He was promoted from Triple-A Charlotte when scheduled starter Mike Clevinger was placed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation earlier in the day.
Schneider made it 4-1 with a sacrifice fly in the sixth, and Toronto added three more runs in the eighth against Tim Hill. Turner’s two-run single gave the Blue Jays a 7-1 lead.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: RHP Chad Green worked the seventh in his first big league appearance since April 15. He had been sidelined by a strain of the right teres major, a muscle in the upper arm. He was reinstated from the injured list, and right-hander Erik Swanson was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo.
White Sox: Manager Pedro Grifol said Clevinger had a cortisone injection in his elbow, and he didn’t think the condition would sideline him long-term.
UP NEXT
Toronto sends RHP Alek Manoah (1-2, 3.97 ERA) to the mound against Chicago RHP Chris Flexen (2-4, 5.69 ERA) for the series finale on Wednesday.
WOODS RICHARDSON GETS FIRST WIN IN 8 STARTS AS TWINS TOP ROYALS 4-2
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Simeon Woods Richardson earned his first win in eight starts, Jose Miranda drove in two runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Minnesota, winners of six of their last seven games, got two hits apiece from Manuel Margot, Byron Buxton and Carlos Santana.
Jhoan Duran allowed the first two hitters he faced in the ninth to reach base, but helped by Christian Vazquez throwing out a runner trying to steal second, he didn’t allow a run and earned his ninth save.
Kansas City tied a season-low with five hits to lose its third straight after winning eight in a row. The Royals have dropped 15 of their last 16 at Target Field.
Woods Richardson (2-0) allowed three hits and struck out four in five innings for his first win since April 13.
He allowed two or fewer earned runs in seven of his past eight starts, and only once did he receive more than two runs of support. His 2.70 ERA is third among rookies with at least 35 innings pitched, trailing Shota Imanaga of the Cubs (0.84) and Luis Gil of the Yankees (2.11).
After cruising through four innings, Woods Richardson found trouble in the fifth. Nick Loftin walked, advanced to third on Hunter Renfroe’s double, and scored on Garrett Hampson’s single. Kyle Isbel’s groundout plated Renfroe to make it 3-2.
Cole Ragans (4-4), who took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning last Wednesday, struggled early for Kansas City but got through five innings. He allowed nine hits and struck out seven.
The left-hander gave up hits to Minnesota’s first two batters: Margot singled and Carlos Correa doubled. Both scored on Miranda’s single to end Ragans’ 13-inning scoreless streak.
Back-to-back doubles by Vazquez and Margot made it 3-0 in the fourth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Royals: 1B Vinnie Pasquantino left the game in the third inning with a lower left leg contusion after fully extending to catch a high throw from 3B Maikel Garcia. He is considered day to day.
Twins: To make room on the 40-man roster for RHP Diego Castillo, whose contract was selected from Triple-A St. Paul, RHP Justin Toba was transferred to the 60-day injured list. He’s been out since March 25 with left patellar tendinitis.
UP NEXT
RHP Seth Lugo (8-1, 1.74), who leads the American League in wins and all of baseball in ERA among qualified players, is scheduled to start Wednesday for Kansas City. He’s scheduled to face RHP Bailey Ober (5-2, 4.33).
NAYLOR BUSTS SLUMP WITH 2 HRS AS GUARDIANS BEAT ROCKIES IN SLUGFEST
DENVER (AP) — Josh Naylor hit two homers and drove in five runs, David Fry hit a tie-breaking three-run home run in the seventh inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Colorado Rockies 13-7 on Tuesday night.
José Ramírez homered and scored four runs for Cleveland. He has career-high seven-game RBI streak and leads the majors with 56 RBIs, 32 in May. The Guardians lead the American League and are second in the major leagues with 282 runs.
“Every time they scored, we came back and answered,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “That’s what this group of guys does. They expect it. They demand it of themselves, and go out and get it done.”
Fry’s homer broke a 7-7 tie and Naylor’s second homer, measured at 438 feet, put the game away with two outs in the eighth.
“Obviously big situation,” Fry said. “Team needed a hit. Just trying to fight, and luckily I got a pitch up in the zone.”
Naylor broke an 0-for-17 slump with his first homer, a two-run shot in the fourth inning.
“Sometimes you’re going to be good, sometimes you’re going to be bad,” Naylor said. “It is what it is. I don’t think you should pay attention to the numbers. Just go out and try to be a good player every day. If it works out, it works out. If it doesn’t, go back to the drawing board.”
Ramírez, who was 2 for 3 with a double and two walks, is 13 for 29 with two homers, six doubles, and eight RBIs in seven games at Coors Field. He hit his 16th homer in the first.
Rookie Kyle Manzardo had three hits and two doubles in his first career multi-hit game.
Kris Bryant and Elehuris Montero hit two-run homers for Colorado. The Rockies tied it at 7-all on Ryan McMahon’s RBI single to cap three-run sixth inning.
“We need more of that from those guys, right?” Colorado manager Bud Black said. “They have power. Kris has proven in his career that he can homer. He still hasn’t gotten on track, but a swing like today can get you going.”
Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie struck out a season high nine in five innings, giving up six hits, including two homers.
“Just trying to keep the boys in the game,” McKenzie said.
Cade Smith (2-0), the fourth Guardians pitcher, struck out three in 1 1/3 innings.
Peter Lambert (2-4) walked Ramírez with one out in the seventh and Matt Carasiti walked Naylor before Fry’s 401-foot homer into the left field seats.
“We’re playing great as a team,” Naylor said. “One through nine, we are having great at-bats. It’s showing throughout the game.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Guardians: RHP Eli Morgan (shoulder) was activated from the injured list and RHP Xzavion Curry was optioned to Double-A Akron before the game. … OF Steven Kwan (hamstring) hit leadoff and played six innings at Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday. “He’s trending very well,” Vogt said. “He has a few more boxes to check before we can think about him coming back.” … RHP Gavin Williams (elbow) is scheduled to pitch two innings in a rehab start at Columbus on Wednesday.
Rockies: RHP German Marquez (Tommy John) threw 25 pitches, all fastballs, in a pregame bullpen session. He is scheduled for another bullpen this weekend and could be activated before the All-Star break, Black said. … OF Nolan Jones (back) ran, hit and took outfield work Tuesday and expects to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Albuquerque on Thursday. … LHP Austin Gomber (soreness), scratched from a Monday start, is expected to rejoin the rotation this weekend at the Los Angeles Dodgers, Black said.
UP NEXT
Guardians LHP Logan Allen (6-2, 4.89 ERA) is scheduled to face Rockies LHP Ty Blach (1-2, 4.55) in the final game of the series.
MLB ADDS NEGRO LEAGUES STATS TO RECORD BOOKS
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when Negro Leagues records for more than 2,300 players were incorporated Tuesday after a three-year research project.
Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season standard, followed by Charlie “Chino” Smith’s .451 for the 1929 New York Lincoln Giants. They overtook the .440 by Hugh Duffy for the National League’s Boston team in 1894.
Gibson also became the career leader in slugging percentage (.718) and OPS (1.177), moving ahead of Babe Ruth (.690 and 1.164).
“This initiative is focused on ensuring that future generations of fans have access to the statistics and milestones of all those who made the Negro Leagues possible,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “Their accomplishments on the field will be a gateway to broader learning about this triumph in American history and the path that led to Jackie Robinson’s 1947 Dodger debut.”
A special committee on baseball records decided in 1969 to recognize six major leagues dating to 1876: the National (which launched in 1876), the American (1901), the American Association (1882-1891), Union Association (1884), Players’ League (1890), and Federal League (1914-1915). It excluded the National Association (1871-75), citing an “erratic schedule and procedures.”
MLB announced in December 2020 that it would be “correcting a longtime oversight” and would add the Negro Leagues. John Thorn, MLB’s official historian, chaired a 17-person committee that included Negro Leagues experts and statisticians.
“The condensed 60-game season for the 2020 calendar year for the National League and American League prompted us to think that maybe the shortened Negro League seasons could come under the MLB umbrella, after all,” Thorn said.
An updated version of MLB’s database will become public before the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants play a tribute game to the Negro Leagues on June 20 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama.
Baseball Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch said statistics on Cooperstown plaques would remain the same because they reflect the information available at the time of a player’s induction.
Standards for season leaders is the same for Negro Leagues as the other leagues: 3.1 plate appearances or one inning for each game played by a player’s team.
Gibson’s .974 slugging percentage in 1937 becomes the season record, and Barry Bonds’ .863 in 2001 dropped to fifth, also trailing Mules Suttles .877 in 1926, Gibson’s .871 in 1943 and Smith’s .870 in 1929.
Bond’s prior OPS record of 1.421 in 2004 dropped to third behind Gibson’s 1.474 in 1937 and 1.435 in 1943.
Willie Mays gained 10 hits from the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons, increasing his total to 3,293. Minnie Minoso surpassed 2,000 hits, credited with 150 for the New York Cubans from 1946-1948 that boosted his total to 2,113.
Robinson, who broke MLB’s color barrier with the 1947 Dodgers, was credited with 49 hits with the 1945 Kansas City Monarchs that increased his total to 1,567.
Among pitchers, Satchel Paige gained 28 wins that raised his total to 125.
The committee met six times and dealt with issues such as when compiled league statistics didn’t make sense, such as a league having more wins than losses and walks that were missing. Researchers had to identify whether players with the same name were one person or separate, tracking dates of birth, and identify people listed by nicknames. Documenting transactions and identifying ballparks in a time when neutral sites often were used is ongoing, along with uncovering statistics for independent teams.
Kevin Johnson and Gary Ashwill, researchers who had spent nearly two decades helping assemble the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database, were included in the project.
Thorn estimated 72% of Negro Leagues records from 1920-1948 are included and additional research might lead to future modifications. Thorn said a four-homer game by Gibson in 1938 and a home run by Mays in August 1948 could not be included because complete game accounts have not been found.
“Without a box score, we can’t really balance the statistics,” Johnson said. “Those games are kind of in limbo at the moment.”
Records include the first Negro National League (1920-31), Eastern Colored League (1923-28), American Negro League (1929), East-West League (1932), Negro Southern League (1932), second Negro National League (1933-48) and Negro American League (1937-48).
Some game details were obtained from newspapers that covered the Black communities. Johnson said while complete accounts were found for about 95% of games in the 1920s, coverage dropped off during the Great Depression in the 1930s and never fully recovered.
FOOTBALL NEWS
REPORT: NFLPA WORKING TO CHANGE OFFSEASON
The NFL Players Association is working to finalize a proposal to overhaul the league’s offseason process beginning as soon as 2025, sources told NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
The group is advocating for eliminating voluntary on-field work in the spring in favor of a longer training camp session with players reporting in mid-June instead of early July, among other recommendations. A formal proposal is expected this summer.
Teams would hold a gradual ramp-up to football activities under the proposal. Non-padded and strength and conditioning drills would ease players into the traditional training camp regimen.
The union, which has been under new leadership since 2023, has sought players’ feedback on the plan. A majority of them support the change, per Pelissero. Rules pertaining to offseason activities and procedures are collectively bargained, so any modifications would require an agreement with the NFL.
The NFLPA has consulted medical and performance experts aiming to create a practical solution for reducing injuries and maximizing players’ recovery time. Under the proposal, virtual classroom work would still be permitted in the spring, but there would be no practice until training camp.
Restructuring the offseason for players doesn’t directly correlate to the potential for an 18-game regular season schedule, per Pelissero. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has openly discussed increasing the regular season by one game while decreasing preseason contests from three to two. The league hasn’t held formal discussions about changing the schedule, and changes to its format would have to be collectively bargained with the NFLPA. The current agreement runs through 2030.
TEXANS, RECEIVER NICO COLLINS AGREE ON 3-YEAR EXTENSION WITH $52 MILLION GUARANTEED
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans agreed with wide receiver Nico Collins on a three-year extension worth up to $75 million with $52 million guaranteed on Tuesday.
The Athletic first reported the deal. Agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed the terms negotiated by himself, Ryan Matha and Jason Rosenhaus to The Associated Press after sharing a social media post detailing the specifics of Collins’ extension.
The Houston Texans shared a photo of Collins on social media Tuesday afternoon but had no comment.
Later Tuesday night, agent Drew Rosenhaus posted a photo on X, formerly Twitter, with Collins seemingly signing a contract.
The 89th pick overall in 2021 out of Michigan is coming off his best season after the Texans drafted C.J. Stroud with the No. 2 pick overall out of Ohio State. With the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year, Collins had a career-best season with 80 catches for 1,297 yards and eight touchdowns.
That was better than his first two NFL seasons combined. Collins had 11 receptions for 164 yards and a TD in two playoff games for the AFC South champs.
This extension follows Houston’s trades for veteran wide receiver Stefon Diggs and running back Joe Mixon.
MEN’S TENNIS NEWS
CASPER RUUD AND ARYNA SABALENKA ADVANCE TO THE SECOND ROUND OF THE FRENCH OPEN
PARIS (AP) — Two-time finalist Casper Ruud began his French Open with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win against Felipe Meligeni Alves on Tuesday.
“I think I am having a pretty good clay season,” the No. 7 seed said.
Ruud, who leads the ATP with 36 wins this season, won clay-court titles at the Geneva Open and the Barcelona Open and was the runner-up at Monte Carlo, where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Ruud made it to the final at Roland Garros each of the last two years, losing to Rafael Nadal in 2022 and Novak Djokovic in 2023.
The final day of the first round featured autumn-like temperatures as low as 16 degrees Celsius (61 degrees Fahrenheit). Heavy rain delayed play on most courts for nearly five hours, with matches continuing only in the two main stadiums, which have retractable roofs.
Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka defeated Erika Andreeva 6-1, 6-2 in Court Philippe Chatrier to reach the second round. On Court Suzanne Lenglen, 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Greet Minnen 6-2, 6-3. Sabalenka and Rybakina could meet in the semifinals.
Sabalenka is aiming to become the first player since Serena Williams in 2015 to win both the Australian Open and Roland Garros in the same season.
Veteran French player Alizé Cornet, who is 34, retired from tennis after losing to Zheng Qinwen 6-2, 6-1. Cornet was feted in a farewell ceremony afterward.
No. 11 Alex De Minaur eliminated Alex Michelsen 6-1, 6-0, 6-2.
GOLF NEWS
LEXI THOMPSON, A 15-TIME WINNER ON THE LPGA TOUR, IS RETIRING FROM FULL-TIME GOLF AT 29
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Lexi Thompson is retiring this year from full-time competition, ending a career filled with a powerful game, an appeal to young fans and plenty of star-crossed moments in the majors.
Thompson was to speak later Tuesday ahead of the U.S. Women’s Open.
She is playing in her 18th Women’s Open, and the fact she is only 29 speaks to a career that began at such a young age.
Thompson was 12 when she qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles, at the time the youngest ever to qualify. She also set an LPGA Tour record as the youngest winner when she captured the Navistar LPGA Classic at age 16.
Both records since have been broken.
Thompson won 15 times on the LPGA Tour, but only one major at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in Rancho Mirage, California. She was a runner-up in four other majors, most notably being penalized four shots in the final round of the 2017 Kraft Nabisco from a rules violation the day before, and losing a five-shot lead at The Olympic Club in the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open.
She grew up playing with her brothers, two of whom reached the PGA Tour, and was renowned for her power. Thompson accepted an exemption last year to play the PGA Tour event in Las Vegas, where she kept fans in suspense briefly about making the cut until fading.
For all her prodigious power, Thompson has gone nearly five years since her last LPGA victory, though she did win a Ladies European Tour event funded by Saudi-based Aramco in the fall of 2022.
AUTO RACING NEWS
STEWART-HAAS RACING TO CLOSE NASCAR TEAMS AT END OF 2024 SEASON, SAYS TIME TO ‘PASS THE TORCH’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Stewart-Haas Racing, a two-time NASCAR championship team with 69 Cup Series victories since its 2009 formation, will close its organization at the end of this season.
Co-owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas announced the decision after nearly a year of rumors that their four-car Cup team was looking to sell its charters and either scale back or exit the stock car series completely. The news was delivered to the nearly 300 SHR employees late Tuesday afternoon.
“It is a decision that did not come easily, nor was it made quickly,” the owners said. “Racing is a labor-intensive, humbling sport. It requires unwavering commitment and vast resources, with a 365-day mindset to be better than everyone else. It’s part of what makes success so rewarding. But the commitment needed to extract maximum performance while providing sustainability is incredibly demanding, and we’ve reached a point in our respective personal and business lives where it’s time to pass the torch.”
SHR this year fields Cup cars for Josh Berry, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson and Ryan Preece. Berry and Gragson are in their first seasons with the team. SHR holds the 2025 option on Briscoe and he has not been permitted to discuss future employment options even as rumors have swirled that SHR would close.
“Stewart Haas has been home to my family and I for the last 7 years and at the end of the year myself and the entire organization will be looking for a new home and new opportunities in the Cup series,” Briscoe posted on social media. “I have amazing partners behind me and can’t wait to get them back in victory lane.”
The move will also shutter the SHR Xfinity Series team, whose two cars are driven by Cole Custer and Riley Herbst.
Gene Haas founded Haas CNC Racing in 2002 and the California businessman lured Stewart in as a co-owner ahead of the 2009 season. Stewart had won two Cup championships for Joe Gibbs Racing at the time but couldn’t turn down an equity stake and opportunity to help a small team contend for titles.
Stewart in his 2009 debut season gave the rebranded team its first Cup victory — he won four races that year — and its first Cup title in 2011. Kevin Harvick added a second championship in 2014.
Stewart, Harvick and Clint Bowyer have all retired from NASCAR driving and SHR since then has been in a grueling rebuild. The organization’s last Cup Series win was in 2022 with Harvick a year before he retired. SHR didn’t win a Cup race last season.
The team also is set to lose some of its support from Ford at the end of the season, although Mark Rushbrook, the global director of Ford Performance, told The Associated Press last week he had no idea what SHR’s plans are beyond this year.
SHR also lost major sponsorship this season when Smithfield Foods exited NASCAR and Anheuser-Busch moved to Trackhouse Racing.
Haas spends most of his time with his Formula 1 team and Stewart is driving a full NHRA schedule, making both absentee owners at NASCAR events. The 71-year-old Haas was also ill for much of last year.
The NASCAR team is primarily run by Joe Custer, the chief operating officer and longtime Gene Haas confidant. His son, Cole, won the Xfinity championship last year for SHR.
Among SHR’s accomplishments are the two Cup titles, two Xfinity championships and victories that include crown-jewel events such as the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400 and Southern 500.
“We’re proud of all the wins and championships we’ve earned since joining together in 2009, but even more special is the culture we built and the friendships we forged as we committed to a common cause – winning races and collecting trophies,” Stewart and Haas said. “We have tremendous respect and appreciation for all of our employees, and we will work diligently to assist them during this transition to find new opportunities beyond the 2024 race season.”
Part of Haas’ F1 team is run from the Kannapolis-based shop and it is unclear if that will continue or if Haas has plans to also depart from F1.
It’s also not clear what happens to the four charters SHR holds that guarantee entry into the field every week. Spire Motorsports last year bought a charter for $40 million, but the actual charter value fluctuates annually.
Teams are in a bitter fight with NASCAR over charters, which are set to expire at the end of this season. The teams want them made permanent and not renewable but NASCAR has refused to budge on the issue.
Should SHR be able to sell the charters, it appears there is interest from Front Row Motorsports, 23XI Racing and Trackhouse. There is also speculation that Joe Custer may retain one of the charters and run a car for his son.
Where SHR’s drivers land is unknown. Briscoe should be able to start talking to other teams now about his future. The team also held an option for next year on Berry, who doesn’t bring much personal sponsorship and got the break of his career when SHR hired him ahead of this season.
Gragson’s contract was announced as a multi-year deal and has backing from Bass Pro Shops to take to another team. Preece is in a contract year with SHR so was already free to shop around the series.
Cole Custer could end up in a car in either Cup or the Xfinity Series with backing of Haas’ CNC Automation company, wile Herbst has significant financial backing from Monster Energy that should give him options.
WOMEN’S COLLEGE LAX
IWLCA NAMES 14 FROM BIG TEN TO ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Fourteen Big Ten women’s lacrosse student-athletes were recently recognized by the nation’s lacrosse coaches, as the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) announced its 2024 Division I All-America Teams.
Six Big Ten schools were represented among the team’s 48 honorees, with Northwestern earning four nods, one more than Maryland and Michigan. Two Penn State student-athletes were recognized, with one each from Johns Hopkins and Rutgers.
Of the 16 IWLCA First Team All-Americans, seven competed in the Big Ten, including Maryland defender Meghan Ball, Michigan defender Maddie Burns and goaltender Erin O’Grady, Northwestern attackers Erin Coykendall, Izzy Scane, and Madison Taylor, and Rutgers midfielder Cassidy Spilis.
All 14 of these student-athletes also earned All-America accolades from both Inside Lacrosse and USA Lacrosse Magazine, with Burns, O’Grady, and Scane earning First Team honors on all three teams.
Please see below for the complete list of 2024 IWLCA All-Americans from the Big Ten.
First Team
A – Erin Coykendall, Gr., Northwestern
A – Izzy Scane, Gr., Northwestern
A – Madison Taylor, So., Northwestern
M – Cassidy Spilis, Gr., Rutgers
D – Meghan Ball, Gr., Maryland
D – Maddie Burns, Sr., Michigan
GK – Erin O‘Grady, Jr., Michigan
Second Team
A – Jill Smith, Jr., Michigan
M – Kristin O’Neill, Sr. Penn State
D – Jordan Carr, Sr., Johns Hopkins
Third Team
A – Eloise Clevenger, Sr., Maryland
D – Kendall Halpern, Sr., Northwestern
D – Ellie Hollin, Jr., Penn State
GK – Emily Sterling, Gr., Maryland
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA BOYS LACROSSE
INDIANA SRN TO BROADCAST THREE MAJOR LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS ON JUNE 1
Indianapolis, IN – IndianaSRN is thrilled to announce the live broadcast of three major lacrosse championships on Saturday, June 1. Coverage will commence at 12:00 PM with the Club Championship, followed by the Class 1 and Class 2 Lacrosse Championships.
Keith Meyers, Vice President of IndianaSRN, shared his enthusiasm: “We have partnered with the IHSLA for the past 10 years, and these games always come down to the last minute. Charlie Barry and his board are fantastic to work with; their dedication to lacrosse is top-notch.”
To catch all the action, simply log on to IndianaSRN.org. Coverage will begin at 11:50 AM, streaming live from Westfield High School. Don’t miss your front-row seat to witness the thrilling conclusion of these championship games!
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
CATCHER GRANT KOCH SELECTED BY PITTSBURGH
INDIANAPOLIS – The Pittsburgh Pirates today selected the contract of catcher Grant Koch, who was added to the major league taxi squad on May 22. He will be the second member of the 2024 Indians squad to be selected by Pittsburgh this season, following right-handed starting pitcher and batterymate Paul Skenes.
Koch, 27, began the season on Indianapolis’ Opening Day roster and has appeared behind the dish in 17 games, logging a .984 fielding percentage (three errors in 188 total chances). He served as the batterymate for Skenes, Minor League Baseball’s top pitching prospect, in six of seven starts. In 77 career Triple-A games at the plate, Koch owns a .236 batting average (58-for-246) with 18 extra-base hits and 28 RBI.
The University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) product was originally selected by Pittsburgh in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2018 First-Year Player Draft.
INDIANA FEVER
FEVER FALL DESPITE CLARK’S CAREER NIGHT
It should not be surprising that the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer can cut up a defense.
That’s why nobody was surprised when Caitlin Clark sank a fourth-quarter free throw on Tuesday night to give her 23 points – eclipsing her previous career-high of 22 points – and went on to score seven more en route to her first 30-point outing as a professional player in Indiana’s 88-82 loss to Los Angeles.
Thirteen of Clark’s 30 points came at the free throw line – a mark that indicates her aggression as a driver – as she opened opportunities for her teammates from long-range by collapsing the defense in the paint.
“I just played with an aggressive mindset,” Clark said. “I think that was the biggest thing. I just tried to play downhill the best I could.”
Clark’s aggressive mindset translated across the court as she notched three blocks and three steals on the defensive side of the ball.
Clark is an offensive powerhouse and the engine of the Indiana Fever, but her game against the Sparks marked her most complete game as a pro for her play on the defensive end. She’s had multiple 20-point nights – her most recent came last Wednesday in Seattle – but never as scrappy a defensive stand as Tuesday’s matchup with Los Angeles.
“I think my defense has improved quite a bit,” Clark said. “People will probably pick on my defense quite a bit. And you know, there’s times where it’s good and there’s times where I’m still learning and growing.”
Her three steals and three blocks nearly outshined Clark’s 30 points, five rebounds, and six assists – she’s just the fourth WNBA player in history to hit those numbers in a game. Her timely steals and momentum-shifting blocks gave the Fever a glimpse of future defensive prowess.
Clark led Indiana with her trio of blocked shots and combined with Kristy Wallace for seven of the Fever’s 12 total steals. Despite the impressive individual defensive statistics, Indiana couldn’t overcome an 11-0 fourth-quarter punch from Los Angeles to end the game.
“I think that was that was huge that they put 11 points together right there,” Clark said of the Sparks’ fourth-quarter blow. “We played good defense, honestly, through the entire third. [We] held them to 11 points and [then] they put 11 points on us really quick.”
Sides, a defensive-minded coach, emphasized the importance of Indiana’s defense as a catalyst for offense before Tuesday’s contest.
“We’ve got to let our defense give us some offense,” Sides said pregame. “We’ve got to get stops, we’ve got to get steals, and we got to hit deflections. And we’ve got to use that because of the way we play and our pace…get out and get some things happening on the offensive end because of our defense.”
The Fever forced the Sparks to cough up the ball 20 times and tallied 24 points off of turnovers, but capitalized on fastbreaks just four times, scoring 11 fastbreak points to the Sparks’ 12.
With a young team and a grueling schedule to begin the season, Indiana will look to continue to implement tougher schemes as players become acquainted with each other and the organization. Small defensive gems like Clark’s Tuesday night performance serve as glimmers of hope for the still-building team.
“Defensively we’re able to do things that we haven’t been able to do before,” coach Christie Sides said pregame. “We just didn’t feel comfortable, not having practices. So we’ve been able to add some different schemes to our defensive toolbag.”
The updated defensive approach from Indiana held Los Angeles to just 13 points in the second quarter, but couldn’t prevent the Sparks from catching fire from the 3-point line. Los Angeles made 14 of their 23 3-point shots, good for nearly 61% beyond the arc.
The Fever will have to dig deep to bounce back, however, as three contests remain before any significant downtime in their schedule.
Indiana will return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday to take on Seattle in the season series’ second game before competing in back-to-back matchups on Saturday and Sunday in the WNBA’s Commissioner’s Cup.
INDY ELEVEN
BLAKE NAMED TO USL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OF THE WEEK
INDIANAPOLIS/TAMPA (Tuesday, May 28, 2024) – For the fifth time this season, Indy Eleven midfielder Jack Blake was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week, league officials announced Tuesday.
Blake picked up the accolades after scoring both goals in a 2-1 defeat of reigning USL Champion Phoenix Rising FC Saturday night. The Nottingham, England, native registered four shots in the win. Blake has a team-leading seven goals in 2024 after scoring in back-to-back matches and is also a perfect four-for-four on penalty kicks. Additionally, he completed 33 of 42 passes and won five duels.
Indy is currently boasting a nine-match unbeaten streak across all competitions, including five straight in USL Championship action, and finished the month of May 4-0-0 in league action. The Boys in Blue have scored in 12 straight USL Championship matches to start the season, matching the longest streak within a single season (2022). Overall, Indy has scored in 15 consecutive regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023. The longest such streak.
Coach – Ryan Martin, Loudoun United FC
Bench: Paul Blanchette (OAK), Paco Craig (NC), AJ Paterson (BHM), Ezra Armstrong (NC), Nanan Houssou (NM), Marlon Santos (MEM), Greg Hurst (NM)
Indy hits the road for at two-match road swing at Pittsburgh (June 1) and Birmingham (June 9) before returning home to host San Antonio FC on June 15. Single-game tickets are available for all matches via Ticketmaster. For more information on these options click here. For questions, please email tickets@indyeleven.com or give us a call at 317.685.1100.
INDY ELEVEN WOMEN
GIRLS IN BLUE SET TO BATTLE ST. CHARLES FC IN ROAD MATCH
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Indy Eleven at St. Charles FC
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 – 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. ET
Lutheran High School | St. Peters, Mo.
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2024 USL W LEAGUE RECORDS
Indy Eleven: 2-0-1, 7 pts (+12)
St. Charles FC: 0-3-0, 0 pts (-18)
SETTING THE SCENE
Indy Eleven are set to travel to St. Peters, Mo. to take on St. Charles FC for the second time in a week. Last Thursday, Indy Eleven scored 10 goals, including a hat trick from Katie Soderstrom in her first game appearance of the season. This upcoming match will be the second road match this campaign for the Girls in Blue.
SERIES VS. ST. CHARLES FC
The Girls in Blue lead St. Charles FC in the all-time series record, going 3-1-0. In their most recent meeting on May 23, 2024, the Girls in Blue claimed their second double-digit victory over St. Charles FC. The first occurred on June 30, 2023 when Indy Eleven defeated the team 16-0.
RECENT MEETINGS
May 23, 2024 | W, 10-0
June 30, 2023 | W, 16-0
June 15, 2023 | L, 2-0
May 10, 2023 | W, 8-0
LAST TIME OUT
WESTFIELD, Ind. (Thursday, May 23, 2024) – For the second time in club history, Indy Eleven reached the 10-goal threshold en route to a 10-0 shutout of St. Charles FC on Thursday night at the Grand Park Events Center.
With the victory, the Girls in Blue move to 2-0-1 on the season, while St. Charles falls to 0-3-0.
The Indy Eleven offense exploded in the first half with six goals from five different players, including a pair from Katie Soderstrom. Fellow squad members from the 2023 USL W League Championship team Sam Dewey, Addie Chester, Ella Rogers and Maddy Williams also contributed to the Girls in Blue’s total.
Williams scored the first of four goals in the second half for her second of the match, and Chester followed with her second as well. Natalie Mitchell joined the scoring to make it nine for the home team and Soderstrom closed out the night and secured the hat trick for herself. The three-goal performance was the fourth for a member of the squad in the three year history (Williams 2x, Dewey).
Alia Martin, Lizzie Sexton, Grace Bahr, Amelie Darey, Brooke Otto and Soderstrom all registered assists in the contest.
In goal, Ashton Blair and Maryn Weiger combined for the first shutout of the 2024 season.
Prior to the contest, players in the evening’s 18 were honored as returning members of the Championship team from a season ago – Bahr, Chester, Williams, Chatterton, Sexton, Martin, Rogers, Dewey and Soderstrom.
Scoring Summary
IND – Sam Dewey 16’
IND – Addie Chester (penalty) 20’
IND – Ella Rogers (Alia Martin) 25’
IND – Katie Soderstrom 28’
IND – Katie Soderstrom (Lizzie Sexton) 35’
IND – Maddy Williams (Grace Bahr) 40’
IND – Maddy Williams (Katie Soderstrom) 54’
IND – Addie Chester 62’
IND – Natalie Mitchell (Amelie Darey) 70’
IND – Katie Soderstrom (Brooke Otto) 84’
Indy Eleven line-up: Ashton Blair (Maryn Weiger 63’), Amelie Darey, Grace Bahr, Addie Chester (Lauryn Thompson 63’), Maddy Williams (Natalie Mitchell 63’), Jenna Chatterton (Lauren Adam 45’), Lizzie Sexton (Brooke Otto 45’), Alia Martin, Ella Rogers (captain) (Olivia Smith 45’), Sam Dewey (Emma Johnson 63’), Katie Soderstrom
Indy subs: all used
INDIANA MEN’S GOLF
GILLARD, SALYERS SELECTED PING ALL-REGION HONOREES
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana sixth-year senior Noah Gillard and senior Drew Salyers were named NCAA Division I PING All-Midwest honorees, the Golf Coaches Association of America announced.
Salyers played in the top spot of the Hoosier lineup in all 13 events with a team-low stroke average of 71.76, the fifth-lowest mark in program history, across 38 rounds. He played 21 rounds at or below par and signed for eight rounds in the 60s. He earned eight top-20, six-top-10, and three top-5 results.
Gillard locked down the second spot in head coach Mike Mayer’s lineup in all 13 tournaments. He posted a stroke average of 71.92, the seventh lowest in program in Hoosier history. The Center Grove graduate completed 21 rounds at or under par to include six in under 70. He ended the season with eight top-20, four top-10, and three top-5 finishes.
Established in 1958, the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) is the professional organization of men’s collegiate golf coaches. The GCAA’s mission is to support its member coaches from six divisions, including the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA, by creating educational opportunities, providing resources, and promoting its members with the purpose of enhancing their overall performance as coaches, mentors, and teachers. The GCAA also recognizes the excellence and achievements of its members and their student-athletes in academic, athletic and civic endeavors.
Division I PING All-Midwest Team
Barend Botha, Toledo
Jackson Buchanan, Illinois
Cooper Claycomb, Louisville
Timmy Crawford, Illinois
Noah Gillard, Indiana
Max Green, West Virginia
Max Herendeen, Illinois
Cameron Huss, Wisconsin
Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame
Max Kennedy, Louisville
Ashton McCulloch, Michigan State
Jacob Modleski, Notre Dame
Maxwell Moldovan, Ohio State
Sebastian Moss, Louisville
Drew Salyers, Indiana
Herman Sekne, Purdue
Neal Shipley, Ohio State
Nels Surtani, Purdue
Daniel Svärd, Northwestern
Hunter Thomson, Michigan
Ethan Tseng, Northwestern
Caleb VanArragon, Valparaiso
Ryan Voois, Illinois
Adam Wallin, Ohio State
Ben Warian, Minnesota
PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL
PURDUE AND ALABAMA ANNOUNCE HOME-AND-HOME SERIES
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue and Alabama men’s basketball programs have announced the start of a two-game home-and-home series, scheduled to begin in Mackey Arena during the 2024-25 season.
The Boilermakers and Crimson Tide will start the series in West Lafayette on Nov. 15, 2024, in Mackey Arena. The date of the 2025-26 game in Tuscaloosa will be announced at a later time.
The Boilermakers and Crimson Tide both made the Final Four in Phoenix a year ago and both teams are ranked among the top 10 in many of the “Way Too Early” top-25 polls for the 2024-25 season.
The two teams met a year ago in December, with Purdue rallying for a 92-86 in Toronto in mid-December. The Boilermakers trailed by 12 points early on as Alabama made 13, 3-pointers in the opening half and 19 for the game. Zach Edey scored 35 points, while Braden Smith added 27 points as Purdue rallied for the win. Mark Sears had 35 points for the Crimson Tide.
Purdue leads the all-time series with Alabama by a 6-3 margin, having won three of the last four games with the Crimson Tide. Purdue is 2-0 against Alabama all-time in Mackey Arena (Dec. 1977, Dec. 2010).
The Crimson Tide are coming off a 25-12 season and a Final Four appearance, coming out of the West Region. Alabama returns two of the top-five scorers and welcome in a talented transfer class, in addition to a pair of highly-ranked freshmen.
Meanwhile, the Boilermakers are coming off a spot in the National Championship game and a 34-5 record. Three starters are scheduled to return in addition to three other players that played at least 31 games this past season. Head coach Matt Painter also welcomes a six-member recruiting class that is ranked among the top 10 nationally.
The other piece of the schedule that has been announced is the Indy Classic contest against Texas A&M on Dec. 14, in Indianapolis.
JACOBSEN EARNS SPOT ON USA BASKETBALL U18 NATIONAL TEAM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Basketball has announced that Purdue men’s basketball incoming freshman Daniel Jacobsen is one of 12 players to make the U18 National Team roster, the organization revealed today.
The 12 athletes will continue to train at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, before departing for the 2024 FIBA U18 Men’s AmeriCup, scheduled for June 3-9 in Buenos Aires.
Purdue has been well-represented with USA Basketball on the U18 and U19 squads. A year ago, Myles Colvin played in the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary. Three years ago, both Jaden Ivey and Caleb Furst won gold medals for Team USA while Zach Edey won bronze with Team Canada. Both Ivey and Edey were named to the FIBA U19 World Cup 5 All-Star Team with Chet Holmgren, Victor Wenbanyama and Serbia’s Nikola Jovic.
In 2019, Trevion Williams won gold with Team USA. Carsen Edwards won bronze with Team USA in 2017. Lastly, Caleb Swanigan won gold in 2014 in the U17 World Cup before winning gold in the 2015 U19 World Cup.
Jacobsen, a 7-foot, 3-inch center from Chicago, prepped at Brewster Academy (N.H.), helping Brewster to a No. 9 national ranking in the SCNext Top 25 high school rankings via ESPN and playing with other players that will attend Stanford, Iowa State and Georgia Tech. Ranked in the top 100 by several recruiting services, Jacobsen reclassified from the Class of 2025 and signed with the Boilermakers in November and will arrive on campus in the next month.
One of the biggest risers in the rankings, Jacobsen is part of a recruiting class considered among the top-10 classes in the country.
PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
BOILERMAKERS EARN NOD FOR A 2024 SVG COLLEGE SPORTS MEDIA AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH NACDA
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Athletics was named a finalist for a 2024 SVG College Sports Media Award for the outstanding student broadcast of Purdue Volleyball’s 2023 NCAA Tournament game vs. Marquette on Dec. 1.
Under the leadership of director of broadcast services Cory Palm and assistant director of broadcast services McCarty Cummings, Purdue put on a broadcast that captivated fans watching from home on ESPN+ as the Boilermakers hosted the second round of the NCAA Tournament from Holloway Gymnasium. With production, direction and camera work by University students, the broadcast also featured commentary by the student duo of Craig Combs and Alex Brophy.
After a sweep of Fairfield in the first round, the broadcast covered the No. 3 seeded Boilermakers defeating No. 6 seed Marquette 3-1. The Boilermakers advanced to the Regional Semifinal of the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time under coach Dave Shondell.
In association with NACDA, the SVG College Sports Media Awards recognize exceptional media productions in intercollegiate athletics. Purdue’s broadcast was nominated among a field of eight in the ‘Collegiate Student – Power’ category for outstanding live game productions. The awards will be presented at the SVG College Summit in Atlanta on Wednesday, May 29 at 5 p.m.
IU-INDIANAPOLIS MEN’S BASKETBALL
IU INDIANAPOLIS ANNOUNCES MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF
INDIANAPOLIS – IU Indianapolis head basketball coach Paul Corsaro announced his coaching staff this week, having assembled a staff with strong Indiana ties. Both Mike Burris and Reese McGinsie will join the program after having served with Corsaro at UIndy, while Indianapolis-native Tony Wills joins the program from UIC. Scott Gauthier will join the program from Lindenwood and Keith Oddo will return to the program as Special Assistant to the Head Coach.
“I’m really excited about this staff collectively. It’s a group of men that I really trust to lead our guys and that will work incredibly hard to make the program better,” Corsaro said. “They each bring a unique skillset to their jobs, but together, I think we’re going to be able to recruit and develop student-athletes at a high, high level.
“All of them have already hit the ground running and now we’re just excited to get the guys on campus and start putting it together.”
Burris joined the UIndy program with Corsaro prior to the 2020-21 season and helped the Greyhounds to back-to-back GLVC Regular Season titles in 2023 and 2024. UIndy went 68-25 the past three seasons with back-to-back NCAA Division II Tournament berths. The 2023 squad won a program best 26 games and climbed as high as No. 4 in the NABC national polls. He originally joined the UIndy program as assistant coach and was elevated to associate head coach in June 2022. Before joining UIndy, Burris was head coach at Olney Central College, winning 252 games over 15 seasons as the program’s all-time winningest head coach. He had 68 players sign with NCAA Division I and Division II programs and graduated 97 percent of his student-athletes. He was the 2012 Great Rivers Athletics Conference Coach of the Year and NJCAA Region 24 Coach of the Year in 2013. Burris is originally from Owensburg, Ind., and played collegiately at Olney Central and later at Cal Poly.
Wills coached last season at UIC after spending two years prior at SIU. Wills helped guard Toby Okani to a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) All-Defensive Team after leading the league in blocked shots and ranking among the league’s top-10 in rebounding and steals. Wills helped SIU to 10 MVC wins in 2023, despite being picked last in the league’s preseason polls. That group, keyed by Freshman All-American Marcus Domask. Wills, who starred at nearby Ben Davis High School, started 71 games in his four seasons at Illinois State. As a senior, he made 32 starts for a team that went 28-7 overall and 17-1 in MVC play, earning a share of a regular season title. He was later named to the MVC’s All-Defensive Team.
Gauthier joins the Jaguars after having spent last season as Director of Operations at Lindenwood University. Prior to that, he spent seven years as assistant coach at University of Missouri-St. Louis, helping the Tritons to a 135-70 record and three NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. The 2019-20 squad went 27-6 and earned a share of the GLVC regular season title on the heels of a 20-win season in 2018-19. Gauthier also spent nine years as assistant coach at Webster Groves (Mo.) High School, helping the Statesmen to a dominant stretch of nine straight Suburban South Conference titles, three district titles, two state quarterfinals appearances and the 2008 Missouri Class 5 state crown. Webster Groves went 218-41 (.846) during that span, including a 29-3 mark in the 2008 state championship season.
McGinsie, an Indianapolis-native, joins the program after serving as graduate assistant at UIndy the past two years. McGinsie’s time with the Greyhounds coincided with back-to-back NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and a 49-14 (.777) record the past two seasons. McGinsie, a graduate of nearby Roncalli High School, played collegiately at Trine University in Angola, Ind. He made 33 appearances for the Thunder, including helping Trine to an undefeated regular season in 2020-21.
Oddo returns to the program after having joined the staff in August 2023 as an assistant coach. Prior to IUPUI, Oddo spent two seasons at Bridgewater College (Va.) and was promoted to top assistant in spring 2022. The Roanoke, Va.-native also spent time as a graduate assistant at the University of Akron and worked as a team assistant for the Brooklyn Nets summer league team in 2021. He also spearheaded the creation and growth of the University of Louisville’s TBT entry ‘The Ville’ in 2023, highlighted by former Cardinal standouts Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. Oddo played four seasons collegiately at the University of Richmond before playing a fifth year at the University of Louisville, helping the Cardinals climb as high as No. 1 in the national polls and a 24-7 overall record.
IU-INDIANAPOLIS WOMEN’S SOCCER
IU INDIANAPOLIS ANNOUNCES 2024 WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis Athletics Department announced its 2024 women’s soccer schedule on Tuesday (May 28), highlighted by eight home matches at the on-campus Michael A. Carroll Stadium. Head coach Chris Johnson’s program is coming off an impressive 11-3-5 campaign and a Horizon League regular season runner-up finish a season ago.
After opening the year with back-to-back road preseason contests at Illinois (Aug. 8) and SIUE (Aug. 11), the Jaguars will then begin the regular season with four of five matches away from home. IU Indy will open the regular season at home against Toledo (Aug. 15) before playing four straight on the road at Lindenwood (Aug. 22), Southern Illinois (Aug. 25), Idaho (Aug. 29) and Montana (Sept. 1). The Jags will close out the non-conference schedule with home matches with Eastern Illinois (Sept. 5) and Butler (Sept. 8) and a road test at Ball State (Sept. 12).
The Jaguars will open Horizon League play against Cleveland State (Sept. 22) and will also host Detroit Mercy (Oct. 5), Green Bay (Oct. 10), Milwaukee (Oct. 20) and Oakland (Oct. 26) in league play. Johnson’s squad will face Youngstown State (Sept. 26), Robert Morris (Sept. 29), Northern Kentucky (Oct. 13), Wright State (Oct. 17) and Purdue Fort Wayne (Oct. 30) on the road in Horizon League play.
The Horizon League Tournament will begin on campus sites on Nov. 3, followed by the top four remaining teams converging at the top seed for the semifinals and championship match on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9.
The Jaguars return eight starters from last year’s squad, keyed by 2023 Horizon League Freshman of the Year Caroline Kelley (8 goals, 3 assists) and all-league forward Emma Antoine (5 goals, 10 assists). Defensively, the Jags return stalwart back Kaitlyn Smith (1 goal, 2 assists, team-high 1,690 minutes) and starting goalkeeper Ashton Kudlo (0.95 GAA, 5 ShO). IU Indy should also benefit from the healthy returns of standout midfielder Emma Frey (3 goals, 2 assists in 2022) and defender Makenna Collins (19 starts in 2022).
The recruiting class is highlighted by incoming transfers Maia Ransom (Eastern Kentucky) and Emily Keck (Charlotte).
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
SYCAMORES ENTER THE NCAA TOURNAMENT RANKED IN ALL FIVE NATIONAL POLLS
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State baseball enters the 2024 NCAA Tournament ranked in all five national Division I polls for the sixth consecutive week as the various organizations announced their Top 25 rankings on Monday ahead of this week’s NCAA Regional rounds.
Indiana State (42-13) received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament marking the fourth time in the last five seasons the Sycamores have advanced into the postseason. The Sycamores took the No. 2 seed in the Lexington Regional paired with No. 2 National Seed Kentucky, Illinois, and Western Michigan. The Sycamores open play on Friday, May 31, against Illinois with first pitch at Kentucky Proud Park set for 7 p.m. ET.
The Sycamores remained No. 14 in the Perfect Game and No. 20 in the D1Baseball polls. ISU dropped to No. 22 in the NCBWA, No. 24 in the Baseball America, and No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches polls following their run to the Missouri Valley Tournament Championship Game.
The Sycamores enter the NCAA ranked No. 10 overall in the NCAA Rating Percentage Index (RPI) playing the No. 19 non-conference strength of schedule and No. 75 overall strength of schedule during the regular season.
Indiana State boasts a 26-11 record in road or neutral site games sitting as the only team in the top 100 in the RPI with 26 wins away from home, while tying Oregon State for the national Division I lead with nine neutral site victories.
PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
2024 MASTODON WOMEN’S SOCCER SCHEDULE RELEASED
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The 2024 Purdue Fort Wayne women’s soccer schedule is now public, head coach Jason Burr announced.
The 2024 slate features one exhibition, nine non-league matches and 10 Horizon League games. There are 12 competitions at the Hefner Soccer Complex, including the Mastodons’ exhibition against Kent State on August 6.
Tickets will be sold for home games at the Hefner Soccer Complex this season. Season tickets will be $30. Single game tickets will be $5 for general admission, $2 for ages 4-12, and $3 for groups of 10 or more. Purdue Fort Wayne students will be free, like other athletic events. Single-game ticket links are available on this page.
The regular season opens with a trip to Ball State on August 15, followed by home matches against Illinois State (Aug. 18) and Tiffin (Aug. 22). Road trips to Eastern Illinois (Aug. 25) and Eastern Michigan (Aug. 29) round out the opening month of the season.
The ‘Dons have five home matches in a row in September. SIUE (Sept. 1), Southern Indiana (Sept. 5), Chicago State (Sept. 8) and Central Michigan (Sept. 11) will all come to the Hefner Soccer Complex to round out the non-league portion of the schedule. September 11 against Central Michigan will serve as the fifth annual Party at the Pitch. It will be a doubleheader with the men’s soccer program.
Horizon League play begins on September 19 with a visit from Cleveland State before road trips to Robert Morris (Sept. 26) and Youngstown State (Sept. 29).
There are seven league matches in October, starting with Oakland (Oct. 5) and Northern Kentucky (Oct. 10) at home and on the road, respectively. Milwaukee (Oct. 13) and Green Bay (Oct. 17) will both make the trip to the Summit City this season. After that, the ‘Dons will visit Wright State (Oct. 20) and Detroit Mercy (Oct. 26) before wrapping up the regular season against IU Indianapolis (Oct. 30).
The top six teams in the Horizon League regular season standings qualify for the Horizon League Championship, which opens with the quarterfinal round on November 3. The 3-6 seeds will play at the higher seeds while the 1-2 seeds advance directly to the semifinals, which will be played at the No. 1 seed.
UINDY WOMEN’S LAX
WOMEN’S LACROSSE RANKED #13 IN FINAL IWLCA POLL
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – The UIndy women’s lacrosse weighed in at No. 13 in the final IWLCA poll of the spring, announced Tuesday.
The Greyhounds finish their 2024 season with a 14-6 record, highlighted by their sixth consecutive conference title under first-year head coach Peyton Romig. Megan Dunn tallied 114 points, the second-most in a season in program history.
The Hounds have won at least 14 games each of the last six seasons, not including the pandemic-shortened 2020 campaign. In addition, UIndy advanced to each of those NCAA DII Midwest Regional tournaments, and won the 2022 national title with Romig named the Most Outstanding Player.
UINDY SOFTBALL
GREYHOUNDS EARN #3 RANKING IN FINAL COACHES POLL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The UIndy softball team earned a lofty No. 3 ranking in the year’s final National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division II Poll, released Tuesday. The Greyhounds piled up a program-record 60 wins this spring, earning a GLVC regular season title and a Midwest Region championship along the way.
Tuesday’s announcement marks the Hounds’ fifth appearance in the final coaches poll in as many full seasons. UIndy was not ranked lower than No. 11 all year, peaking at No. 1 in late April.
FINAL NFCA DII COACHES POLL
| RK | TEAM (1st-place votes) | PTS | REC | PREV |
| 1. | UT Tyler (16) | 400 | 58-8 | 3 |
| 2. | Western Washington | 384 | 52-12 | 13 |
| 3. | UIndy | 368 | 60-7 | 2 |
| 4. | Lenoir-Rhyne | 349 | 52-18 | 22 |
| 5. | Wilmington | 330 | 46-16 | 17 |
| 6. | AUM | 311 | 47-14 | 15 |
| 7. | Charleston | 303 | 51-8 | 9 |
| 8. | Augustana | 299 | 50-15 | RV |
| 9. | West Texas A&M | 261 | 50-8 | 1 |
| 10. | North Georgia | 250 | 52-13 | 8 |
| 11. | Mississippi College | 245 | 48-9 | 4 |
| 12. | Rogers State | 225 | 46-12 | 10 |
| 13. | Tampa | 173 | 43-11 | 6 |
| 14. | Pittsburg State | 153 | 53-8 | 5 |
| 15. | Francis Marion | 152 | 47-13 | 19 |
| 16. | Trevecca Nazarene | 145 | 47-15 | 21 |
| 17. | Oklahoma Christian | 140 | 35-23 | NR |
| 18. | East Stroudsburg | 131 | 46-17 | 16 |
| 19. | Wingate | 119 | 49-11 | 7 |
| 20. | Cal State Dominguez Hills | 112 | 39-21 | NR |
| 21. | Northwest Nazarene | 95 | 41-12 | 14 |
| 22. | Colorado Mesa | 74 | 46-11 | 25 |
| 23. | Colorado Christian | 57 | 50-10 | 11 |
| 24. | Adelphi | 47 | 34-21 | RV |
| 25. | Nova Southeastern | 32 | 39-14 | 24 |
Others receiving votes: Cal State San Marcos (16), Kutztown (13), Southern Nazarene (10), Oklahoma Baptist (3), Grand Valley State (2), Angelo State (1).
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
15 – 1 – 9 – 4
May 29, 1965 – Philadelphia Phillies great Dick Allen pounded a ball some 529 feet, which cleared the wall at Connie Mack Stadium in the City of Brotherly Love. Number 15 helped the Phils earn a 4-2 victory of the Cubs with the blast.
May 29, 1971 – With the honor of having the Numeral 1 on his car, defending Indianapolis 500 champion Al Unser Sr lead all other cars for the final 83 laps to take the checkered flag. He became the first and only driver to win this annual race at the old brickyards on his birthday.
May 29, 1984 – They finally did it! The Boston Red Sox organization retired the jersey numbers of two of their all-time greats. The Number 9 of Ted Williams and the Number 4 of Joe Cronin were placed in honor at Fenway.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Football History Headlines for May 29
The Scranton, Pennsylvania Times-Tribune on May 30, 1922 had this heading on their pages:
Organized Ball Not Trust, Says Highest Court
And this is our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day.
The Supreme Court on this day in 1922 handed down a decision in the Federalist League vs. the National League case where professional baseball was not under the jurisdiction of interstate commerce laws. This made the sport exempt, even to this day, from the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. While MLB is fully exempt other pro sports are not. The NFL has very limited freedoms concerning antitrust laws. 3 Supreme Court decisions in the 1950’s upheld that professional football is subject to most federal antitrust and interstate commerce laws. Is this a double standard since baseball is exempt? Many still to this day think so.
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Hall of Fame Birthday for May 29
May 29, 1892 – Portage, Wisconsin – Colgate University’s two-way tackle from 1912 through the 1915 season, Earl Abell was born. The National Football Foundation has a nice bio on Abell where they say he has a very appropriate nickname of “Tuffy.” He had a very build as he was big at 5 foot-11 inches tall, and clocking in at 204 pounds. Built like a brick outhouse, Tuffy’s broad shoulders and thick neck made him well suited to play the hard-nosed, bruising brand of football known in the Pioneer years of the game. The NFF piece goes on to say that Ellery Huntington, a teammate on the 1913 team, remembered Abell as being, “remarkably fast. He broke through like a streak to spill the play before it formed. Abell was fast enough to play end.” “Tuffy” was as versatile as he was huge, often handling Colgate kicking and punting chores. He once drop-kicked a field goal from the 41-yard line in a 1915 game against Yale. The 1915 team shut out five opponents and scored 107 points against R.P.I. The Maroon finished with five victories in six games and Tuffy earned All-America recognition. During Earl’s playing career, Colgate won 21, lost six and tied two. The College Football Hall of Fame proudly placed a display in honor of Earl Tuffy Abell into their legendary museum in 1973.
May 29
Notable Birthdays:
May 29, 1958 – Sam Clancy was an NFL Pro Bowl Defensive End for the Seahawks, Browns and Colts. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he was a basketball standout and never played a down for the Panthers in football. After college he played pro hoops in the CBA then switched to football in the USFL for the Pittsburgh Maulers and the Memphis Steamboats. After his playing days were over he served as an assistant in NFL Europe and then with the Saints and Raiders in the NFL.
May 29, 1975 – Matt Bryant was an NFL Pro Bowl Kicker for the Giants, Colts, Dolphins, Bucaneers and Falcons. He played his college football at Baylor University.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1905 According to legend, Dodger hurler Elmer Stricklett introduces the spitball, helping Brooklyn beat the Giants, 4-3. Before the 1921 season, the spitball will be banned, except for 17 existing spitballers who can keep throwing the slippery pitch legally until they retired, including Burleigh Grimes, the last player to throw a doctored pitch before retiring in 1934 legally.
1909 Recently elected William Howard Taft joins 14,000 fans at Pittsburgh’s Exposition Park to watch the Pirates play the Cubs, becoming the first sitting president to attend a baseball game outside of Washington, D.C. The Commander in Chief proves to be a bad luck charm when the Bucs drop an 8-3 decision to Chicago, marking the only time the team loses in 19 games.
1911 Riding the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Cubs complete their 191-mile journey from Columbus (OH) to their game in Pittsburgh in three hours and thirty-five minutes, setting a land-speed record. The trip will last seventy-five minutes longer than it will take Chicago to beat the Bucs at Forbes Field, 4-1.
1916 The Giants beat Boston for their 17th consecutive road win when Christy Mathewson scatters four singles to get the complete-game 3-0 victory at Braves Field. New York surpasses the major league mark established by the Senators, who had won 16 straight games as the visiting team in 1912.
1922 The Supreme Court rules that organized baseball is a sport, not a business, exempting major league clubs from antitrust laws and interstate commerce rules. The unanimous court decision held that professional baseball did not meet the definition of interstate commerce because their travel between states is “incidental” to the business with all the revenue generated from the actual games.
1928 Bill Terry hits for the cycle at Ebbets Field to pace the Giants to a 12-5 victory over the Robins (Dodgers). The New York first baseman becomes the first major leaguer to hit a grand slam in accomplishing the feat.
1941 The Cardinals collect their tenth consecutive win when the team beats the Reds, 10-9, thanks to shortstop Marty Marion’s spectacular grab of Ernie Lombardi’s line drive, doubling off Ernie Koy to end the contest. The Sportsman’s Park victory marks the Redbirds’ fifth straight one-run winning decision, including three back-to-back games in the team’s last at-bat.
1946 Edward Klep becomes the first white to play in the Negro leagues in a reverse integration role. In a game in Grand Rapids, the Erie (PA) native tosses seven innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes against the American Giants in his debut with the Negro American League team.
1950 David Tracy resigns as the Browns’ team psychologist due to the lack of cooperation from the players. The 8-22 last-place team loses confidence in their psychological guru when his use of hypnosis, used to relax the struggling players, fails to improve the club’s on-field performance.
1951 Indians GM Hank Greenberg flies to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to preside over the signing ceremony of Billy Joe Davidson, a 17-year-old American Legion standout. The Marion southpaw, who reportedly agreed to a $150,000 deal to play for the Tribe, compiles a 54-53 record, including a no-hitter, during his six years in the minors but will never throw a pitch in the major leagues.
1955 After Joe Pignatano bats out of order in the Fort Worth Cats lineup, the umpires nullify the Dodger farmhand’s second-inning round-tripper ion appeal by the Shreveport Sports. When the correct number 7 batter, Maury Wills, loses his turn at the plate, the 25-year-old catcher, now hitting eighth, hits another homer.
1956 Gus Bell connects for three consecutive home runs, helping the Reds beat the Cubs, 10-4. The Cincinnati center fielder collects 14 total bases, going 5-for-5 while collecting seven RBIs in the Wrigley Field contest.
1956 In a 10-1 loss to the Dodgers at Forbes Field, Dale Long is held hitless by Don Newcombe, ending his consecutive-game home run streak. The Pirates’ first baseman had established a new major league mark by homering in the last eight Pittsburgh contests.
1962 Buck O’Neil, previously a scout with the Cubs, becomes the first black coach in major-league baseball. The future Hall of Famer is not assigned in-game base coaching duties and does not participate in Chicago’s College of Coaches system, a revolving managerial position.
1965 Dick Allen’s 529-foot blast clears the left-center field roof, over the Coke Sign, at Connie Mack Stadium. The Phillies’ third baseman’s two-run prodigious poke off Chicago’s right-hander Larry Jackson proves to be the difference in Philadelphia’s 4-2 victory.
1966 For the second consecutive day, Ron Santo delivers a walk-off home run in extra-innings against Atlanta when his 10th-inning blast gives the Cubs a 3-2 victory at Wrigley Field. Yesterday, the third baseman ended the game with a three-run, 12th-inning homer, beating the Braves, 8-5.
1976 In a pitching matchup that features the Niekro brothers as starters, Astro Joe beat the Braves and Phil, 4-1. Adding insult to injury, Joe hits his first and only home run in his 22-year career off his older sibling.
1978 In a 14-inning one-run loss to Pittsburgh, Phillies’ outfielder Garry Maddox ties a franchise record when he swipes four bases. The Philadelphia fleet flychaser equals the mark set in 1906 by Sherry Magee, who accomplished the feat twice that season.
1979 At Dodger Stadium, Dusty Baker, Rick Sutcliffe, Steve Garvey, Gary Thomasson, Derrel Thomas, Joe Ferguson, and Davey Lopes set a team record by hitting seven home runs as the Dodgers crush the Reds, 17-6.
1981 The Mets obtain Expos’ right fielder Ellis Valentine for relief pitcher Jeff Reardon and Dan Norman, acquired in the 1977 Tom Seaver trade from the Reds. The former Montreal All-Star Gold Glover hits .261 during his two seasons in New York, with Reardon compiling 367 saves while playing for seven teams in his 16-year major league tenure.
1982 LaMarr Hoyt’s 14-game winning streak, which started with five victories last season, ends when the Indians beat the White Sox. The 27-year-old right-hander throws his fourth consecutive complete game, dropping a 5-2 decision at Cleveland Stadium.
1985 The Phillies move Gold Glove third baseman Mike Schmidt to first base, replacing him at the hot corner with Rick Schu. The 23-year-old rookie will hit only .252, promoting Schmidt’s return to third next season, with Schu becoming a backup for the future Hall of Fame infielder.
1989 In a hastily called press conference in San Diego, Mike Schmidt tearfully informs the press of his immediate retirement. The fans will still select the Phillies’ third baseman to start the All-Star Game, scheduled at Anaheim Stadium in July.
1990 A’s Rickey Henderson breaks the 62-year-old American League stolen base record with his theft of third base in the sixth inning of a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Hall of outfielder Ty Cobb set the previous mark of 892 in 1928, playing for the Philadelphia A’s.
1990 The Mets fire Davey Johnson, citing the lack of team discipline in the talented team that reached the postseason only twice during his six years at the helm. Third base coach Bud Harrelson replaces the popular manager, who averaged 96 victories a season, leading the club to the World Championship in 1986.
1994 The Braves deal outfielder Deion Sanders to the Reds for outfielder Roberto Kelly and minor league hurler Roger Etheridge, who will never appear in a major league game. Kelly will remain in Atlanta only this season, batting .286 in 63 games, while Sanders stays with Cincinnati for four years, compiling a .260 average for his new team.
1996 Cal Ripken hits his 334th career round-tripper to move past Eddie Murray for first place on the Orioles’ all-time list. The Baltimore shortstop goes deep over the left-field wall off Sterling Hitchcock in the sixth inning of the team’s 9-8 defeat to Seattle at the Kingdome.
1997 After acquiring Hideki Irabu from the Chiba Lotte Marines, the Padres send the Japanese right-hander to the Yankees, completing the trade that dealt Gordon Amerson (minors) and Homer Bush to New York for Rafael Medina, Ruben Rivera, and $3,000,000. The 28-year-old refused to sign with the San Diego, insisting he would only play with the Bronx Bombers, but often incurs owner George Steinbrenner’s wrath during his three years in the Big Apple, where he posts a mediocre 29-20 record.
2000 At Yankee Stadium, Randy Velarde completes the tenth unassisted triple play in major league history. With runners on first and second, Shane Spencer hits a line drive to the A’s second baseman, who catches the ball, tags out Jorge Posada coming from first base, and steps on second, tripling up Tino Martinez, who took off for third, to complete the rare event.
2000 At the age of 104, Fred Roberts, the oldest living Dodger fan, makes his first visit to Dodger Stadium. Wearing a jersey with the number 104, the World War I veteran cheers as Shawn Green’s sixth-inning grand slam helps to beat Al Leiter and the Mets, 4-1.
2001 The Diamondbacks beat the Giants at PacBell Park, 1-0. The 18-inning contest, which takes five hours and fifty-three minutes to play, establishes a franchise mark for Arizona in both innings played and time.
2002 Yankee fireballer Roger Clemens becomes the third major leaguer to strike out ten or more batters in at least 100 games. Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) are the other hurlers to have accomplished the feat.
2003 The Red Sox trade their All-Star third baseman Shea Hillenbrand (.303, 3, 38) to the Diamondbacks for 24-year-old reliever turned starter Byung-Hyun Kim (1-5, 3.56). The 24-year-old South Korean right-hander wins eight of 13 decisions, helping Boston capture the American League Wild Card.
2010 Roy Halladay throws the 20th perfect game in major league history, outdueling Josh Johnson in the Phillies’ 1-0 victory over the Marlins at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. The former American League Cy Young Award winner, obtained from Toronto in the off-season, joins Jim Bunning as the only hurlers in franchise history to accomplish the feat.
2010 The Giants call up Buster Posey to start at first base, and the 23-year-old rookie responds by going three-for-four with three RBIs in a 12-1 rout of the Diamondbacks at AT&T Park. The eventual National League’s Rookie of the Year does not become the team’s starting catcher until the team trades Bengie Molina to Texas at the end of June.
2010 Kendry Morales breaks his left ankle jumping on home plate while celebrating his walk-off grand slam that beat Seattle, 9-7. The freak injury results in the 26-year-old talented Angel first baseman missing the rest of the season.
2014 In the Blue Jays’ 8-6 loss to Kansas City at the Rogers Centre, Edwin Encarnacion hits two two-run homers, both off Royals right-hander James Shields, to set a franchise record for home runs in a month with 16. The Toronto first baseman also shares the American League mark for most home runs in May with Yankees legend Mickey Mantle.
2016 The Yankees, limited to only one hit, defeat the Rays, 2-1, thanks to Starlin Castro’s seventh-inning home run off Jake Odorizzi at Tropicana Field. The last time New York won a game while being the victim of a one-hitter occurred 102 years ago when the team beat the Indians at the Polo Grounds, 1-0.
2016 At The Ballpark at Harbor Yard, United States softball star Jennie Finch becomes the first woman to manage a pro baseball team when she leads the Bridgeport Bluefish to a 3-1 win over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in an Atlantic League contest. The Olympic gold medal-winning pitcher, an All-American at Arizona, is married to Casey Daigle, who pitched briefly for the Diamondbacks and Astros.
2021 At Target Field, Josh Donaldson, scoring from second on a first-inning ground-rule double by Nelson Cruz, tallies the two millionth run in baseball history. Unlike Bob Watson of the Houston Astros, who scored the one-millionth run 46 years ago, the Twins’ third baseman was unaware of the historical significance of crossing the plate.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
May 29
1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations.
1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight. They’re flown from New York to Inglewood, Calif., by the American Air Express Corp., a 2,446-mile trip that lasts 20 hours due to bad weather.
1968 — European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Bobby Charlton scores twice as Manchester United beats Benfica, 4-1; first English club to win the trophy.
1971 — Al Unser wins his second straight Indianapolis 500 with a record mark of 157.735 mph and finishes 22 seconds ahead of Peter Revson. The pace car, ridden by Eldon Palmer, crashes into the portable bleachers and injures 20 people.
1977 — A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win four Indianapolis 500s and Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman in the race. Guthrie is forced to drop out after 27 laps with mechanical problems.
1977 — Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney.
1980 — Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year.
1983 — After three second-place finishes, Tom Sneva wins the Indianapolis 500 by 11 seconds over three-time champion Al Unser.
1985 — 29th European Cup: Juventus beats Liverpool 1-0 at Brussels.
1988 — Rick Mears overcomes an early one-lap deficit, then overpowers the rest of the field on the way to his third Indianapolis 500 victory. Mears gives team-owner Roger Penske an unprecedented seventh victory and fourth in five years.
1989 — Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39.
1990 — Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, the top two seeds, are bounced in the first round of the French Open by two European teenagers, the first time the top two men’s seeds are eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. Edberg is swept easily in straight sets by 19-year-old Sergi Bruguera of Spain, and Becker loses to 18-year-old Yugoslav Goran Ivanisevic.
1990 — Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb’s record.
1991 — 35th European Cup: Red Star Belgrade beats Marseille (0-0, 5-3 on penalties) at Bari.
1993 — Wayne Gretzky’s overtime goal gives the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Western Conference finals. The Kings become the first NHL team to play the full 21 games in the first three rounds.
1998 — Eighteen-year-old Marat Safin, ranked 116th in the world and playing in his first Grand Slam tournament, beats defending champion Gustavo Kuerten, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open.
2002 — Roger Clemens records the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Only Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) have more games with 10 or more strikeouts.
2005 — Dan Wheldon wins the Indianapolis 500 when Danica Patrick’s electrifying run falls short. Patrick is the first woman to lead at Indy, getting out front three separate times for a total of 19 laps. But Wheldon passes her with seven of the 200 laps to go and easily holds on.
2006 — Rafael Nadal passes Guillermo Vilas as the King of the clay courts and begins his pursuit of a second successive French Open trophy. Nadal earns his 54th consecutive win on clay, breaking the Open era record he shared with Vilas by beating Robin Soderling in straight sets in the first round at Roland Garros.
2010 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay pitches the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. Halladay strikes out 11 and goes to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.
2011 — JR Hildebrand, one turn from winning the Indianapolis 500, skids high into the wall on the final turn and Dan Wheldon drives past to claim an improbable second Indy 500 win in his first race of the year.
2011 — Roger Federer sets another record by reaching the French Open quarterfinals, and Novak Djokovic closes in on a pair of his own. Federer extends his quarterfinal streak at major tournaments to 28 with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka. Djokovic maintains his perfect season to 41-0 and stretches his overall winning streak to 43 matches by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.
2012 — Serena Williams loses in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the French Open. Williams enters the day with a 46-0 record in first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments.
2016 — Alexander Rossi wins the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.
2017 — Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida.
2021 — UEFA Champions League Final, Porto: Kai Havertz scores just before halftime to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over Manchester City in an all-English final; Blues’ second CL title.
TV SPORTS WEDNESDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| St. Louis at Cincinnati | 1:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports-Midwest Bally Sports-Ohio MLB.TV Fubo |
| Pittsburgh at Detroit | 1:10pm | MLBN ATTSN-Pittsburgh Bally Sports-Detroit MLB.TV Fubo |
| Arizona at Texas | 2:35pm | YurView Bally Sports-Southwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| Philadelphia at San Francisco | 3:45pm | NBC Sports-Philadelphia NBC Sports-Bay Area MLB.TV Fubo |
| LA Dodgers at NY Mets | 4:10pm | MLBN SNLA SNY MLB.TV Fubo |
| Miami at San Diego | 4:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports-Florida Padres.TV MLB.TV Fubo |
| Boston at Baltimore | 6:35pm | NESN MASN MLB.TV Fubo |
| Oakland at Tampa Bay | 6:50pm | MLBN NBC Sports-California Bally Sports-Sun MLB.TV Fubo |
| Washington at Atlanta | 7:20pm | MASN2 Bally Sports-South MLB.TV Fubo |
| Toronto at Chi. White Sox | 7:40pm | Sportsnet NBC Sports-Chicago MLB.TV Fubo |
| Chi. Cubs at Milwuakee | 7:40pm | MLBN MARQ Bally Sports-Wisconsin MLB.TV Fubo |
| Kansas City at Minnesota | 7:40pm | Bally Sports-Kansas City Bally Sports-North MLB.TV Fubo |
| Cleveland at Colorado | 8:40pm | Bally Sports-Great Lakes Rockies.TV MLB.TV Fubo |
| NY Yankees at LA Angels | 9:38pm | Prime YES Bally Sports-West MLB.TV Fubo |
| Houston at Seattle | 9:40pm | MLBN SCHN Root Sports MLB.TV Fubo |
| NBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| East Finals Game 5: Indiana at Boston | 8:00pm | ESPN Fubo |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| West Finals Game 4: Dallas at Edmonton | 8:30pm | TNT Fubo |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Europa Conference League: Olympiakos Piraeus vs Fiorentina | 3:00pm | Paramount+ Fubo |
| MLS: Cincinnati vs Nashville SC | 7:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: CF Montréal vs DC United | 7:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Inter Miami vs Atlanta United | 7:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: New York RB vs Charlotte | 7:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Philadelphia Union vs Toronto FC | 7:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Austin vs Portland Timbers | 8:30pm | FS1 |
| MLS: Chicago Fire vs Orlando City SC | 8:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids | 8:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Sporting KC vs Vancouver Whitecaps | 8:30pm | MLS Pass |
| Canadian Championship: Pacific vs Atlético Ottawa | 10:00pm | FOX Soccer Plus Fubo |
| MLS: LA Galaxy vs Dallas | 10:30pm | MLS Pass |
| MLS: Los Angeles FC vs Minnesota United | 10:30pm | FS1 |
| MLS: Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake | 10:30pm | MLS Pass |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Phoenix vs New York | 10:00pm | CBSSN AFSN 3TV |
| Atlanta vs Washington | 10:00pm | MNMT PeachTreeTV |
| Las Vegas vs Minnesota | 10:00pm | NABTV Bally Sports North Extra SSSEN |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| Roland-Garros Tennis: Second Round | 5:00am | TENNIS |
| Roland-Garros Tennis: Second Round | 1:00pm | TENNIS |