“THE SCOREBOARD”
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STATE FINALS FRIDAY/SATURDAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 5:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM CT
BARR-REEVE (27-6) VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (27-6)
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
BREBEUF JESUIT (25-9) VS. NEW PRAIRIE (26-5)
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
PROVIDENCE (21-7) VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN (21-9)
CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
MOORESVILLE (32-3) VS. LAKE CENTRAL (24-9)
PREVIEW: https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2023-24%20Baseball%20Preview.pdf
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: BOSTON 107 DALLAS 89
GAME 2: BOSTON 105 DALLAS 98
GAME 3: BOSTON 106 DALLAS 99
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
INDIANA 91 ATLANTA 84
SEATTLE 92 DALLAS 84
LAS VEGAS 103 PHOENIX 99
NHL PLAYOFFS
2024 STANLEY CUP FINAL
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
GAME 1: FLORIDA 3 EDMONTON 0
GAME 2: FLORIDA 1 EDMONTON 1
GAME 3: FLORIDA 4 EDMONTON 3
GAME 4: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 15, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 5: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 18, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 6: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 21, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ATLANTA 6 BALTIMORE 3
DETROIT 7 WASHINGTON 2
KANSAS CITY 4 NY YANKEES 3
ST. LOUIS 4 PITTSBURGH 3
TAMPA BAY 3 CHICAGO CUBS 2
BOSTON 9 PHILADELPHIA 3
NY METS 3 MIAMI 2
MINNESOTA 6 OAKLAND 2
ARIZONA 11 LA ANGELS 1
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3 SEATTLE 2 (10)
TEXAS 3 LA DODGERS 1
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 4 JACKSONVILLE 1
LAKE COUNTY 13 FT. WAYNE 6
PEORIA 3 SOUTH BEND 0 (SUSPENDED IN 4TH-RAIN)
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT WORLD SERIES
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
VIRGINIA VS. NORTH CAROLINA, 2 P.M. (ESPN)
FLORIDA STATE VS. TENNESSEE, 7 P.M. (ESPN)
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
NC STATE VS. KENTUCKY, 2 P.M. (ESPN)
FLORIDA VS. TEXAS A&M, 7 P.M. (ESPN)
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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NBA NEWS
LUKA: FOULING OUT OF GAME 3 ‘WASN’T THE SMARTEST THING’
Luka Doncic took some accountability Thursday for fouling out of Game 3 when the Dallas Mavericks were mounting a stunning fourth-quarter comeback against the Boston Celtics.
“It was tough. Probably wasn’t the smartest thing,” he told ESPN’s Malika Andrews on Thursday. “It was a physical game. To get six fouls – I didn’t expect it.”
Doncic picked up a controversial sixth foul that sent him to the bench for good with over four minutes to play on a blocking call against Jaylen Brown on the perimeter. Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd challenged the call, but officials upheld the decision after video replay.
It was the first time in 20 career appearances that the 25-year-old had been disqualified from a playoff game.
The Mavericks, playing at home after losing Games 1 and 2 in Boston, were down by just three at the time of Doncic’s sixth foul after going on a 20-2 run to nearly wipe out a 21-point hole.
Without the Slovenian, the Mavericks shot 3-of-8 over the final four minutes, including missing all three of their 3-point attempts. The Celtics survived on the road to go up 3-0 in the Finals – a series lead that has never been overturned in NBA history.
Doncic said he might’ve contributed to a different outcome had he stayed on the court to finish the contest.
“But I have trust in my teammates,” he added. “I think we played some good possessions. I had belief that we were going to win the game. Obviously, having me out there helps Kyrie (Irving) a little bit more. So obviously, I think it would be a different outcome, but you never know.”
Dallas will aim to avoid a sweep in Game 4 at home Friday.
WHY LAKERS WEREN’T RIGHT FIT FOR HURLEY
Regardless of who the Los Angeles Lakers hire to fill their head coaching position, Dan Hurley reminded us this week that the job isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
There were factors outside the Lakers’ control in their reported $70-million pursuit of Hurley, who’s won back-to-back NCAA championships at Connecticut.
College coaches of Hurley’s stature enjoy a level of control over their programs and authority over their players they would never have in the modern NBA. Successful college programs often become cults of personality built around their high-profile head coaches, and Connecticut under Hurley is no different.
Beyond the fact his sideline antics would draw ire in the Association, making the NBA leap would see Hurley go from being the most influential man on campus to making less money than almost every rotation player he’s barking orders at.
Hurley also has a chance to join legendary UCLA coach John Wooden as the only bench bosses to win three straight Division I men’s championships.
Hurley already has one of the safest and most prestigious coaching jobs in the country and reaps the benefits of a heroic reputation at the most successful basketball school of the 21st century.
Prying him away from all of that for the pressure and instability of the NBA would be an uphill battle for any team. It’d take an offer Connecticut’s current godfather couldn’t refuse. The Lakers aren’t in position to make such an offer.
I don’t just mean financially, though that’s part of the problem. The Lakers’ six-year, $70-million offer may have dwarfed Hurley’s current $32.1-million contract – and it might still top Hurley’s reported new deal at UConn – but it wasn’t the kind of mind-blowing offer required to make the potential pitfalls of a move worth it.
Lakers governor Jeanie Buss takes pride in the Lakers being a uniquely family-run business among pro sports franchises. Her father famously bought the team in 1979, and his 66% share passed to his six children via a trust upon his 2013 death. But the family isn’t on a level playing field with the growing list of multi-billionaire owners who now call the NBA their playground.
Team ownership for those rivals is merely an expensive toy. For the Buss family, it’s the source of their wealth. There’s a difference. The offer to Hurley was less than Detroit spent on Monty Williams last year. The Lakers also famously low-balled another top coaching target five years ago.
Beyond the financials, the Lakers job comes with an awkward uncertainty. LeBron James can opt for free agency this summer, and even if James decides to ride it out with the Lakers, he can’t play forever (despite what his greatness might fool us into believing). While the team remains hostage to the King’s whims, the end for James in Los Angeles is coming sooner than later, at which point the Lakers will be turned over to Anthony Davis. That transition alone brings a certain uneasiness. Though he did play a career-high 76 games this season, Davis is an injury-prone 31-year-old who’s never been the best player on a contending team.
Meanwhile, general manager Rob Pelinka’s list of hits is shorter than his misses when it comes to optimizing rosters around L.A.’s stars. He’s also looking for his fourth head coach in seven years, a run that included the Lakers firing Frank Vogel two years after Vogel led the franchise to its 17th championship.
The glitz and glamor of L.A. and the team’s gilded history will always give the Lakers a leg up in attracting star talent. It’s why James wanted to wear purple and gold for the home stretch of his career, why Davis followed him there, and why they’re an underrated threat to trade for an All-Star this summer. Hurley’s smart enough to understand all that, yet he’s back in Storrs prepping for another season in the Big East rather than enjoying Santa Monica or Venice Beach. That speaks volumes.
It’s all very reminiscent of Mike Krzyzewski turning the Lakers down to remain at Duke in 2004. Back then, L.A. was coming off of four NBA Finals appearances in five years, but the team was on the verge of trading Shaquille O’Neal to embark on a Kobe Bryant-led era that wouldn’t produce a playoff series victory for another four years.
Like Coach K then, Hurley can see the writing on the wall. It doesn’t appear he liked what he saw, no matter how many generic compliments he paid the Lakers.
Can you blame him?
MOCK DRAFT-FIRST ROUND
ATLANTA
Zaccharie Risacher SF
FRANCE • 6’9″ / 204 LBS
WASHINGTON
Alex Sarr C
FRANCE • 7’1″ / 217 LBS
HOUSTON
Reed Sheppard SG
KENTUCKY • FR • 6’3″ / 181 LBS
SAN ANTONIO
Stephon Castle PG
CONNECTICUT • FR • 6’6″ / 210 LBS
DETROIT
Ron Holland SF
G LEAGUE IGNITE • 6’7″ / 197 LBS
CHARLOTTE
Matas Buzelis SF
G LEAGUE IGNITE • 6’8″ / 209 LBS
PORTLAND
Donovan Clingan C
CONNECTICUT • SOPH • 7’2″ / 280 LBS
SAN ANTONIO
Rob Dillingham PG
KENTUCKY • FR • 6’1″ / 165 LBS
MEMPHIS
Dalton Knecht SG
TENNESSEE • SR • 6’6″ / 213 LBS
UTAH
Isaiah Collier PG
USC • FR • 6’3″ / 205 LBS
CHICAGO
Nikola Topic PG
SERBIA • 6’6″ / 201 LBS
OKLAHOMA CITY
Kyle Filipowski C
DUKE • SOPH • 6’11” / 230 LBS
SACRAMENTO
Tidjane Salaun SF
FRANCE • 6’9″ / 212 LBS
PORTLAND
Cody Williams SG
COLORADO • FR • 6’7″ / 178 LBS
MIAMI
Jared McCain PG
DUKE • FR • 6’2″ / 203 LBS
PHILADELPHIA
Devin Carter PG
PROVIDENCE • JR • 6’3″ / 195 LBS
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Tyler Kolek PG
MARQUETTE • SR • 6’2″ / 195 LBS
ORLANDO
Ja’Kobe Walter SG
BAYLOR • FR • 6’5″ / 197 LBS
TORONTO
Zach Edey C
PURDUE • SR • 7’4″ / 299 LBS
CLEVELAND
Johnny Furphy SG
KANSAS • FR • 6’8″ / 189 LBS
NEW ORLEANS
Carlton Carrington PG
PITTSBURGH • FR • 6’4″ / 195 LBS
PHOENIX
DaRon Holmes II PF
DAYTON • JR • 6’9″ / 235 LBS
MILWAUKEE
Kyshawn George SG
MIAMI (FLA.) • FR • 6’7″ / 209 LBS
NEW YORK
Ryan Dunn SF
VIRGINIA • SOPH • 6’6″ / 213 LBS
NEW YORK
Kel’el Ware C
INDIANA • SOPH • 7’0″ / 230 LBS
WASHINGTON
Justin Edwards SF
KENTUCKY • FR • 6’6″ / 209 LBS
MINNESOTA
Yves Missi C
BAYLOR • FR • 6’11” / 229 LBS
DENVER
Dillon Jones SF
WEBER STATE • JR • 6’5″ / 235 LBS
UTAH
Bobi Klintman SF
SWEDEN • 6’9″ / 212 LBS
BOSTON
Baylor Scheierman SG
CREIGHTON • SR • 6’7″ / 201 LBS
WNBA NEWS
JACKIE YOUNG PUTS UP 34 AS ACES TOP MERCURY, END SKID
Jackie Young scored a career-high 34 points and A’ja Wilson contributed 32 points and 15 rebounds to help the Las Vegas Aces snap a three-game losing streak with a 103-99 win over the host Phoenix Mercury on Thursday night.
Young, who also had eight rebounds and four assists, scored the most points in a quarter (21 in the second) in her career.
Las Vegas (6-5) made all 10 of its 3-point attempts in the second quarter, a WNBA record for made shots beyond the arc in a period. The Aces’ 42 points in the quarter were a franchise record for any period.
Wilson finished 10 of 17 from the field and made all 11 of her free-throw attempts.
The Mercury (6-7) were led by Brittney Griner’s 25 points and nine rebounds. Diana Taurasi finished with 22 points before fouling out with 13.5 seconds left and Phoenix trailing 101-97.
Taurasi, 42, has posted 21 games with 20 or more points, topping Michael Jordan for the longest such streak by any player age 40 or older in NBA or WNBA history.
Griner, playing her third game of the season after recovering from a fractured toe, cut the lead to 95-93 on a hook shot with 2:00 left.
Clark made two free throws for Las Vegas with 1:12 remaining and Copper answered with a layup eight seconds later to cut the lead to 97-95.
Young then made a turnaround jumper 45 seconds left.
After a Griner jumper in the lane cut Las Vegas’ lead to 99-97 with 39 seconds left, Wilson grabbed an offense rebound and subsequently made two free throws with 25.5 seconds remaining.
Phoenix’s Rebecca Allen missed a 3-point attempt and the Aces’ Kelsey Plum was fouled after Wilson snared the rebound.
Plum, who finished with 16 points, made both free throws with 13.5 seconds left to give Las Vegas a 103-97 lead.
Allen made the last shot attempted in the game, a jumper with 6.8 seconds left.
Phoenix led 28-12 after the first quarter. Taurasi nearly matched the output of the cold-shooting Aces, putting up 10 points.
Las Vegas led 54-51 at halftime behind 21 points from Young. The Aces shot 13 of 16 (81.3 percent) from the floor in the second quarter as Young made all six of her field-goal attempts, including five from 3-point range.
ALIYAH BOSTON’S SEASON-HIGH 27 LEAD FEVER OVER DREAM
Aliyah Boston recorded a season-high 27 points and 13 rebounds and Kelsey Mitchell added 24 points, lifting the Indiana Fever to a 91-84 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Thursday in Indianapolis.
Boston sank 12 of 21 shots from the floor and Mitchell joined Katie Lou Samuelson in making three 3-pointers.
Samuelson celebrated her 27th birthday by scoring 11 points for the Fever (4-10), who rebounded after squandering an 18-point lead to notch their third win in the past five games.
NaLyssa Smith added 10 points and rookie Caitlin Clark finished with seven after making just 3 of 11 shots from the floor and committing seven turnovers.
Atlanta’s Rhyne Howard sank six 3-pointers to highlight her 26-point performance. Cheyenne Parker-Tyus scored 18 points off the bench and Allisha Gray added 12 for the Dream (5-6), who have dropped four of their last five games.
Atlanta scored 18 of the first 24 points of the fourth quarter to seize an 80-79 lead with 3:37 remaining after Howard sank a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions. Boston sandwiched layups around a pair of free throws by Haley Jones, and Mitchell converted twice from the charity stripe and added a layup to push Indiana’s advantage to 87-82 with 39.1 seconds to play.
Boston made a layup and Mitchell sank a pair of free throws to seal the win.
Samuelson drained a 3-pointer on consecutive possessions to ignite a 15-6 run for Indiana. Boston scored seven straight points to cap that surge and give the Fever a 33-24 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Mitchell sank three 3-pointers during the second quarter, including an off-balance shot from the corner just before the buzzer to extend Indiana’s advantage to 59-44 at halftime.
Smith made a basket in the interior to give Indiana a 62-44 lead early in the third quarter.
SKYLAR DIGGINS-SMITH LEADS BALANCED STORM ATTACK IN WIN OVER SLUMPING WINGS
Skylar Diggins-Smith poured in 21 points and Jewell Loyd added 19 as the visiting Seattle Storm rolled to a 92-84 win over the reeling Dallas Wings on Thursday in a Commissioner’s Cup game between Western Conference rivals in Arlington, Texas.
The Storm (9-4) led by eight points at halftime and by nine after three quarters. A cutting layup by Jordan Horston with 6:55 remaining stoked the Seattle advantage to 80-67, and the lead remained in double-digits until the Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale hit a second-chance 3-pointer and Jacy Sheldon had a layup to bring Dallas to within 88-81 with 2:14 to play.
But that’s as close as the Wings would get as Seattle got free throws from Nneka Ogwumike and Eli Magbegor and Dallas missed three shots down the stretch.
Seattle has won two straight and eight of its past nine games after a 1-3 start. Ogwumike added 17 points, and Horston and Magbegor had 10 points each in the victory.
Ogunbowale led all scorers with 24 points. Teaira McCowan added 19 points and 10 rebounds, Maddy Siegrist hit for 16 points and Monique Billings had 10 for Dallas (3-8), which has dropped six straight contests.
The Wings led by five points in the early minutes after Ogunbowale’s 3-pointer gave Dallas an 11-6 advantage at the 6:49 mark of the first quarter. Seattle rallied to tie the game at 15 when Diggins-Smith hit a layup with 3:56 to play in the period that was part of a 10-4 Storm run that garnered them a 21-19 lead after 10 minutes of play.
Dallas leapfrogged to the front when Siegrist hit back-to-back layups to open the second period, but the lead was short-lived. The Storm responded and went up 30-25 when Diggins-Smith hit a 3-pointer at the 7:05 mark of the quarter and were ahead by six after Ogwumike’s layup with 5:23 to play until halftime.
The Wings pared their deficit to as few as three points on four separate occasions before Seattle finished the half with a 7-2 surge that landed them a 48-40 advantage at the break.
Loyd was the game’s high-scorer before halftime with 15 points, with Diggins-Smith hitting for 12 for Seattle. Siegrist led Dallas with 12 points in the half while Ogunbowale and McCowan added 10 points each for the Wings.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: ROYALS STUN YANKS WITH LATE RALLY
Maikel Garcia’s ninth-inning double boosted the host Kansas City Royals past the New York Yankees 4-3 on Thursday afternoon to avoid a four-game sweep.
Trailing 3-2, the Royals rallied with three hits against closer Clay Holmes (1-2). With one out, Drew Waters reached on an infield hit. MJ Melendez followed with a groundout that forced Waters at second. Kyle Isbel then singled with two outs. Garcia drove Holmes’ 2-0 pitch into the left field corner, scoring both runners for the Royals’ fourth walk-off win.
After getting just one hit against Kansas City starter Alec Marsh through seven innings, New York rallied for three runs in the eighth, starting with Anthony Rizzo’s first homer since May 10. After Anthony Volpe hit a run-scoring groundout to tie the game, Juan Soto’s single to right put the Yankees ahead.
Marsh walked two through six hitless frames before Soto broke up the no-hitter with a seventh-inning leadoff single. Marsh allowed just one runner past first and finished seven innings, striking out seven, including Aaron Judge three times.
Mets 3, Marlins 2
J.D. Martinez hit a walk-off, two-run homer for host New York, which was no-hit into the sixth inning before coming back to edge Miami in the decisive game of a three-game series.
The Mets had just two hits against starter Roddery Munoz and a pair of relievers before rallying in the ninth inning against Tanner Scott (5-5). Francisco Lindor drew a leadoff walk and stole second after Brandon Nimmo struck out. Martinez homered beyond the right-center field fence on a 3-1 slider, his sixth homer of the season.
Edwin Diaz (2-1) threw a perfect top of the ninth in his return from the injured list for the Mets, who won for the eighth time in 12 games. Starling Marte hit into a run-scoring double play in the seventh.
Braves 6, Orioles 3
Reynaldo Lopez held Baltimore to two singles across six innings and visiting Atlanta finally pieced together a few key hits to snap a season-worst five-game losing streak. Lopez (4-2) walked one and struck out eight while completing six innings in his third straight start.
Ozzie Albies supplied four hits and Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs as the Braves wrapped up a nine-game road trip with a 3-6 record. Adam Duvall added two hits.
The Orioles’ season-high six-game winning streak came to a close, even though Kyle Stowers drilled a three-run home run and Jordan Westburg had two hits.
Red Sox 9, Phillies 3
A pair of four-run innings helped Boston beat visiting Philadelphia, marking its second straight victory to claim the three-game series.
All nine Red Sox players recorded at least one hit as Boston finished with 14. Jarren Duran, Tyler O’Neill, Rafael Devers, Enmanuel Valdez and Ceddanne Rafaela each had two hits.
Kyle Schwarber (3-for-4, three RBIs) and Whit Merrifield (2-for-3, run) led the Phillies’ offense.
Rays 3, Cubs 2
Yandy Diaz’s RBI single capped a three-run, seventh-inning rally as Tampa Bay pushed past Chicago in St. Petersburg, Fla., to win the interleague series 2-1.
Trailing 2-0, the Rays rallied in the seventh against Mark Leiter Jr. (2-4) after Cubs starter Justin Steele was removed. Pinch hitters Josh Lowe (single) and Ben Rortvedt (groundout) tied the game with RBIs before Diaz slashed a single to center to send home Lowe for a 3-2 lead.
Rays right-hander Taj Bradley (2-4) tied his career high by working seven innings. Mark Leiter Jr (2-4) took the loss.
Twins 6, Athletics 2
Carlos Correa went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs as Minnesota pulled away for a series-opening win over Oakland Athletics in Minneapolis.
Byron Buxton finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and Austin Martin went 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Twins posted their fourth victory in five games. Right-hander Joe Ryan (5-5) allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings.
Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-run homer to lead Oakland. That marked the only extra-base hit of the game for the Athletics, who finished with four hits while losing their sixth game in a row. Right-hander Luis Medina (0-2) gave up four runs on eight hits in five innings.
Cardinals 4, Pirates 3
Brendan Donovan delivered a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning as host St. Louis edged Pittsburgh in the finale of a three-game series.
Paul Goldschmidt also went deep and Masyn Winn and Jose Fermin each had two hits and one run for St. Louis, which took the deciding game of the three-game set. Donovan’s leadoff blast gave Chris Roycroft (1-0) his first major league win, and Andrew Kittredge notched his first save of the year with a scoreless ninth.
Oneil Cruz finished with two RBIs as Pittsburgh lost for the third time in four games. Pirates starter Mitch Keller (8-4) lasted six innings, giving up four runs and eight hits. He didn’t issue a walk and struck out four.
Tigers 7, Nationals 2
Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a solo home run with a two-run double as host Detroit snapped Washington’s five-game winning streak.
Mark Canha supplied two hits and two RBIs, while Ryan Kreidler added two hits and scored twice. Malloy’s two-run double capped a five-run seventh.
Shelby Miller (4-4) earned the win after starter Casey Mize gave up one run and four hits over six innings. Derek Law (3-2) took the loss and starter Patrick Corbin gave up one run and four hits in 5 1/3 innings.
DODGERS ACQUIRE LEFTY JOSE HERNANDEZ FROM PIRATES
The Pittsburgh Pirates traded left-handed reliever Jose Hernandez to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for cash considerations, the clubs announced Thursday.
The Pirates designated the 26-year-old Hernandez for assignment on Tuesday. The move reunites Hernandez with the club that originally signed him as an international free agent in 2016.
To make room on the roster for Hernandez, the Dodgers transferred right-handed reliever Ryan Brasier to the 60-day injured list. Brasier has been out with a strained calf since late April.
Hernandez is 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA in seven games, all out of the bullpen, this season. He has one save. After the Pirates acquired Hernandez from the Dodgers in the Rule 5 draft in December 2022, he made his major league debut last season and pitched in 50 games.
The Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic native has a career 2-4 record with a 4.82 ERA and the one save in 57 career games. He has 66 strikeouts with 26 walks in 56 career innings.
COLLEGE BASEBALL NEWS
CAN TENNESSEE SHAKE HISTORY AND TAKE HOME COLLEGE WORLD SERIES TITLE?
Being the No. 1 overall national seed hasn’t been the path to winning a College World Series title.
The drought dates back to 1999 when Miami won the crown. Now Tennessee takes its swipe at surviving under the favorite’s role when the eight-team CWS comprised solely of SEC and ACC programs begins Friday at Omaha, Neb.
The Volunteers (55-12) open play against No. 8 Florida State on Friday night. Coach Tony Vitello isn’t the least bit concerned about the long pattern of No. 1 seeds falling short.
“First of all, it’s difficult to get here,” Vitello said after Thursday’s workout. “And once you’re here, it’s even more difficult to win and part of that is the talent that’s here. The seeding to me kind of evaporates (after the opening week of regionals).”
Tennessee has big-time stars in first baseman Blake Burke (.376 average, 19 homers and 56 RBIs) and second baseman Christian Moore (.375-32-71). Moore has belted the most homers in a season in Volunteers history.
The Seminoles (47-15) are led by outfielder James Tibbs III (.374-28-94) and right-hander Jamie Arnold (11-3, 2.77 ERA).
Tennessee is joined in the CWS by three other SEC programs (No. 2 Kentucky, No. 3 Texas A&M and unseeded Florida). In addition to Florida State, the other ACC teams are No. 4 North Carolina, No. 10 North Carolina State and No. 12 Virginia.
The Tar Heels (47-14) and Cavaliers (46-15) face each other in Friday’s opening game. North Carolina coach Scott Forbes said he takes pride in the ACC having half the teams of this year’s field.
“I felt like this year out of all my years being involved in the ACC, and I have been involved in them a while now, top to bottom it was the best,” said Forbes, a fourth-year head coach who is in his 23th overall season with the Tar Heels. “If you didn’t play well, you would lose. I think some really good ACC teams didn’t even make the NCAA Tournament.”
Center fielder Vance Honeycutt has smacked a school-record 26 homers for North Carolina. Left-hander Evan Blanco (8-3, 3.69) will start for Virginia. He gave up two runs and six hits over 6 1/3 innings and earned the victory during a 7-2 win in an April series when the host Cavaliers took two of three from the Tar Heels.
On Saturday, NC State faces Kentucky and Florida meets Texas A&M in that quartet’s opening games of the double-elimination CWS.
The Gators (34-28) weren’t looking like a team that would be playing in June while struggling in the regular season. But they upset No. 6 Clemson in the Super Regional and are looking to make more noise in Omaha.
“We never lost faith in our team,” Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “We just weren’t very consistent. At some point, when you do get in the tournament, everybody starts with a clean slate.”
The Gators are led by first baseman/pitcher Jac Caglianone, who set an NCAA record by homering in nine consecutive games. Caglianone has tied the school mark of 33 homers he belted last season. On the mound, the left-hander is 5-2 with a 4.71 ERA.
Texas A&M (49-13) boasts big-hitting outfielders Jace LaViolette (.314-28-77) and Braden Montgomery (.322-27-85). The Aggies lost two of three against the host Gators in mid-March.
Kentucky (45-14) is in the CWS for the first time in school history. The Wildcats tied the school record for victories (2012) despite having just two players in double digits in homers — first baseman Ryan Nicholson (21) and outfielder Ryan Waldschmidt (14).
“If the people of Omaha are looking for a team to root for, this is your team,” Kentucky coach Nick Mingione said. “We’re first-timers, we want to have a great experience, we want to be lifted up.”
NC State (38-21) is in the CWS for the first time since 2013 and is led by third baseman Alec Makarewicz (.380-22-80).
The best-of-three finals begin June 22.
GEORGIA 3B/OF CHARLIE CONDON WINS DICK HOWSER TROPHY
All-American Charlie Condon of Georgia won the 2024 Dick Howser Trophy for the nation’s best Division I baseball player on Thursday.
The third baseman and outfielder will receive the trophy during a news conference Friday in Omaha, Neb. He beat out four other finalists: Oregon State second baseman Travis Bazzana, Wake Forest pitcher Chase Burns, Florida first baseman/pitcher Jac Caglianone and Arkansas pitcher Hagen Smith.
Condon currently leads the NCAA in batting average (.443) and home runs (37) among other statistical categories. While Georgia’s season is over, Condon is on track to become just the third player to lead the country in both average and home runs in the same season.
“This is a very prestigious award, and it’s been fun being around the people associated with the Dick Howser Trophy and the Howser family,” Condon said in a news release. “It meant a lot to be up for the award and now also to win it. I’ve said before it’s an individual recognition, but it comes from a big support staff including family, teammates and coaches from Georgia and a loving group in Athens. I’m honored to bring the award back to represent the University of Georgia.”
Condon also leads the country this season in slugging percentage (1.009), total bases (233) and OPS (1.565). He hit a home run in eight consecutive contests from April 26-May 9, and he was intentionally walked a whopping 28 times.
The College World Series begins Friday in Omaha with North Carolina facing Virginia and top-seeded Tennessee meeting Florida State. The other four teams still alive are Kentucky, NC State, Texas A&M and Florida.
NFL NEWS
ATLANTA FALCONS FORFEIT FIFTH-ROUND PICK, FINED FOR TAMPERING WITH KIRK COUSINS
The Atlanta Falcons were stripped of a fifth-round pick in next year’s draft on Thursday for violating the NFL’s anti-tampering rules prior to signing quarterback Kirk Cousins, wide receiver Darnell Mooney and tight end Charlie Woerner in free agency in March.
The NFL also fined the team $250,000, while general manager Terry Fontenot has been fined $50,000.
The Falcons and Cousins agreed on a four-year, $180 million contract with $100 million guaranteed shortly after the league’s 52-hour legal tampering window opened on March 11. Woerner agreed on a $12 million, three-year deal later that day and Mooney agreed on a $39 million, three-year deal a day later.
The league didn’t penalize the Philadelphia Eagles for having impermissible contact with running back Saquon Barkley, saying its investigation “did not discover sufficient evidence to support a finding that the anti-tampering policy was violated.”
It’s normal for teams and players to reach agreements quickly and there were other players who agreed to deals even before Cousins. But Cousins’ comments at his introductory news conference raised questions that led to the NFL’s investigation.
Cousins, who is returning from a torn right Achilles tendon that ended his 2023 season after eight games, indicated he spoke to the team’s medical staff before they were permitted to have contact.
“There’s great people here,” Cousins said. “And it’s not just the football team. I mean, I’m looking at the support staff. Meeting — calling, yesterday, calling our head athletic trainer, talking to our head of PR. I’m thinking, we got good people here. And that’s exciting to be a part of.”
Teams are allowed to talk directly with agents — but not the players — during that two-day negotiation period unless the player represents himself.
“While the policy permits clubs to engage with and negotiate all aspects of an NFL player contract with the certified agent of any prospective unrestricted free agent during the two-day negotiating period, any direct contact between the player and an employee or representative of the club is prohibited,” the league said in a statement. “This includes discussion of travel arrangements or other logistical matters, which the club acknowledges took place with regard to these three players.”
Barkley bolted the New York Giants for division rival Philadelphia, agreeing on a three-year, $37.75 million deal with $26 million guaranteed, a couple hours into the legal tampering period. Comments by Penn State coach James Franklin sparked the league’s investigation.
Franklin, who coached Barkley for three seasons, indicated that Eagles general manager Howie Roseman and Barkley had a phone conversation.
“For him now to come back and be able to play within the state in Philadelphia, (Barkley) said that was one of the first things Howie (Roseman) said to him on the phone as part of his sales pitch to him,” Franklin said. “Not only the Philadelphia Eagles but obviously the connection with Penn State and the fan bases as well.”
The league says it reviewed phone logs, text messages and other documents related to Philadelphia’s free agency strategy and decision to sign Barkley. The NFL also interviewed several members of the organization, including Roseman and coach Nick Sirianni, along with Barkley and Franklin.
“As with every review, should new evidence be uncovered, the league may reopen the investigation,” the NFL’s statement said.
The league has cracked down on tampering in the past with the Miami Dolphins receiving the most severe penalty in 2022.
The Dolphins forfeited a first-round pick and a third-round selection for tampering with Tom Brady and coach Sean Payton. Dolphins owner Stephen Ross also received a suspension and was fined $1.5 million and executive Bruce Beal was fined $500,000.
In 2016, the Kansas City Chiefs forfeited third and sixth-round picks for tampering with wide receiver Jeremy Maclin. The team was also fined $250,000 while coach Andy Reid was fined $75,000, and then-general manager John Dorsey was fined $25,000.
The New York Jets were fined $100,000 in 2015 for tampering with New England Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis before signing him.
REPORTS: DOLPHINS, DE CALAIS CAMPBELL AGREE TO DEAL
Calais Campbell is returning to South Florida where his football career began.
The 37-year-old defensive end agreed to a free agent deal with the Miami Dolphins, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday. Terms of the contract were not reported.
Campbell was selected out of the University of Miami in the second round of the 2008 draft by the Cardinals. He spent nine years in Arizona before playing three seasons apiece for the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Baltimore Ravens.
Last season, Campbell started all 17 games for the Atlanta Falcons, registering 6.5 sacks — his highest total since 2018. He added 56 tackles, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and a safety.
The six-time Pro Bowl honoree was chosen as a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s All-2010s Team.
In 244 career NFL games (225 starts), Campbell has 105.5 sacks, 865 tackles, 17 forced fumbles, 13 fumble recoveries, three interceptions and three safeties.
The Dolphins were looking for pass-rushing help with Bradley Chubb (Achilles) and Jaelan Phillips (ACL) coming back from serious injuries sustained late last season while Christian Wilkins exited as a free agent to sign with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Miami brought in free agent Shaq Barrett, then chose Chop Robinson (first round) and Mo Kamara (fifth round) in the draft.
REPORT: JAGS SIGNING LAWRENCE TO 5-YEAR, $275M EXTENSION
The Jacksonville Jaguars are signing quarterback Trevor Lawrence to a five-year, $275-million extension that includes $200 million guaranteed, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
The deal’s $55-million average annual value ties Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow for the most in NFL history, per Over The Cap.
Lawrence played in 16 games last season, throwing for 4,016 yards and 21 touchdowns against 14 picks. He also ran for 339 yards and four more scores.
The 24-year-old’s best season came in 2022 when he started all 17 games and led the Jaguars to a playoff win over the Los Angeles Chargers. He made the Pro Bowl on the back of 4,113 yards, 25 touchdowns, and eight interceptions that year, all career bests.
Jacksonville owns a 20-30 record with Lawrence as its starter, including an 8-8 mark in 2023. Both the team and the Clemson product struggled as a rookie under then-head coach Urban Meyer, but the club has since posted consecutive winning seasons.
Lawrence joins Detroit Lions signal-caller Jared Goff in signing massive extensions this offseason. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, Miami Dolphins passer Tua Tagovailoa, and Green Bay Packers starter Jordan Love are among the quarterbacks in line to sign new deals with their respective teams.
Lawrence has thrown for 11,770 yards, 58 touchdowns, and 39 interceptions since he was selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
NFL PLAYERS UNION COULD PROPOSE TRADING SPRING PRACTICES FOR LONGER TRAINING CAMP
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Across the NFL, teams wrapped up their mandatory minicamps this week leading into about a month-long break before the start of a grueling season that could approach seven months for the teams that make the Super Bowl.
The timeline of spring practice followed by a break and then training camp has been a familiar one for years, broken up only by a lockout in 2011 and a pandemic in 2020, but could be in for a change.
The NFLPA is contemplating proposing a major upheaval to this schedule, replacing spring practices with a longer training camp in what would provide a longer break after the season and a more gradual buildup to training camp in hopes of possibly reducing some injuries.
It’s a plan that has not been met with wide acceptance, with several players and coaches decrying the elimination of OTAs and minicamps in May and June.
“I think we need it,” Saints tight end Foster Moreau said of the current offseason program. “You cook your steak in the offseason and then training camp is like a microwaving period.
“You could go to training camp and you could microwave your steak on high for two minutes and we’ll see how much football you like watching the first four weeks.”
Colts center Ryan Kelly, the team’s player representative to the union, sees both sides of the issue, believing the time off breaks up continuity but starting training camp early could make for too long of a season.
“We throw, we do all these things and then we don’t see each other for two months,” Kelly said, referring to the current schedule. “So it’s like, is that the best and most effective way to train and to really get the most out of it? I think the counterargument is that you add a month in the beginning of the season, it makes the season feel even longer when the league’s pushing for 18 (games) and we’re already playing 17. So I think there’s going to be some back and forth and I don’t think there’s going to be a perfect solution.”
Under the current offseason format, players can return to team facilities on a voluntary basis in mid-April. Teams with new head coaches are allowed to start the program two weeks earlier if they choose.
There is a nine-week program that begins with two weeks of mostly meetings and strength training, then three weeks with on-field work limited to individual drills and walk-throughs and finally four weeks with noncontact practices, including a mandatory three-day minicamp typically in June.
The NFL then mostly shuts down until players return for the start of training camp in late July after a break of more than a month that allows for vacations with families before the start of the season and gives players a break and the opportunity to work out on their own or with informal groups.
The NFLPA is considering a new proposal that changes the whole approach, eliminating the spring workouts and having players come back in either late June or early July for a ramp-up stretch leading into training camp.
The thought is that eliminating the more than month-long break would help reduce some soft-tissue injuries that typically pop up early in training camp.
San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan, who has less than fond memories of the tedium of those extended training camps during his time as a ballboy for his father’s teams in the 1990s, said teams have already changed how often and how hard they practice in training camp to reduce injuries.
Shanahan also said most players come back from the break in much better shape than in the past and those who don’t are the ones most susceptible to injuries early in camp.
“I also think anyone who doesn’t know how to work out in their 40 days away, you’re not going to make it in this league very long anyways,” Shanahan said. “So it’s not too bad to weed five of those guys out.”
Jets coach Robert Saleh sees the benefit of the schedule change when it comes to player health and safety, having witnessed too many players get hurt early in camp after not practicing for 40 days.
But he worries about the lack of teaching time, especially for young players.
“I’m for it as long as we’re able to maintain the work that needs to be done to continue to develop these young men the way they need to be developed,” he said.
Some coaches and players believe the change would be hardest on players joining new teams or teams installing new systems since the spring offers plenty of time to learn before the start of training camp.
“Like the rookies, it’s kind of unfair to them,” Packers running back Josh Jacobs said. “It’ll be like starting them off behind the 8-ball. For guys that move teams, it’ll be kind of unfair to them, too. But I think vets that actually know how to take care of themselves and go train in the offseason and not like mess around with it, it wouldn’t matter much to them.”
Jacobs’ coach, Matt LaFleur, saw just that play out four years ago when there was no offseason program because of the COVID pandemic.
“I don’t think that was good for anybody,” he said. “There’s not a lot of times to get these guys anyways and just to cram everything in at the beginning of training camp. … I don’t think it would be good for the game, personally, but I don’t think they really care what I have to say.”
San Francisco tight end George Kittle said he’d be fine with getting rid of the spring program and starting training camp earlier — with one important caveat.
“I just hope they don’t take away my July 4,” he said, “because I really enjoy celebrating July 4.”
NHL NEWS
PANTHERS HOLD ON LATE TO TAKE 3-0 SERIES LEAD
The Florida Panthers moved one win away from capturing the Stanley Cup with a 4-3 victory in Thursday’s Game 3 against the Edmonton Oilers.
The Panthers surged in the second period with goals from Vladimir Tarasenko, Sam Bennett, and Aleksander Barkov in a 6:19 span.
Philip Broberg and Ryan McLeod scored in the third period as Edmonton’s comeback bid fell short.
Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves and allowed more than two goals for the first time since Game 3 of the conference finals versus the New York Rangers. Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots.
Bobrovsky’s most important stop came late in the contest when he denied McLeod of the tying goal from point-blank range.
“They’re a very skillful offensive team,” Bobrovsky told theScore’s Jolene Latimer postgame. “They’re smart guys, and they’re going make plays. It’s just (about focusing) on each and every moment. It’s a fun challenge to play against them because they bring (their) best and they make smart plays.”
Panthers captain Barkov understands the series is far from over.
“We know (Game 4) is gonna be the hardest game, for sure,” Barkov said. “Obviously, we don’t take anything for granted. Every single day is one day at a time, one thing at a time. Whether it’s one period, one shift, we take it one at a time. That’s how we’ve been the whole year.”
Florida hasn’t won the Stanley Cup in its 30-season history.
Oilers star Leon Draisaitl remains without a point in the final. He had 10 goals and 28 points in 18 playoff contests entering the series.
“It’s very frustrating, of course,” Draisaitl said. “I pride myself on being good in the playoffs and playing well. Just can’t seem to get anything going. Obviously, have to look in the mirror and try to be better.”
The last sweep in a Stanley Cup Final was in 1998 when the Detroit Red Wings dispatched the Washington Capitals.
Game 4 is Saturday in Edmonton at 8 p.m. ET.
UTAH NHL FRANCHISE TO GO BY UTAH HOCKEY CLUB IN ’24-’25
The team formerly known as the Arizona Coyotes will be called the Utah Hockey Club for its first season in Salt Lake City.
The sale of the team closed Thursday, transferring ownership from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owners Smith Entertainment Group.
The franchise revealed its new look and drawings of its official uniforms for its first season in Utah in a series of social media posts Thursday. The team colors are identified as Rock Black, Salt White and Mountain Blue.
Utah HC is not the team’s permanent name, but it is one of six final options under consideration. Fan voting is open through June 20, with the other five options being the Blizzard, the Venom, the Yeti, the Outlaws and the Mammoth.
“Today is a monumental day for the state of Utah as we officially close on the establishment of a new NHL franchise,” said Ryan Smith, governor of Utah Hockey Club and chairman of Smith Entertainment Group. “The NHL has been incredible to work with throughout this process, providing us with invaluable guidance and support. We have a ton of work to do-training camp starts in less than 100 days-and could not be more excited about what’s to come.”
BLUES NAME ALEXANDER STEEN AS GM IN WAITING WITH PLAN TO SUCCEED DOUG ARMSTRONG IN 2026
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alexander Steen is in line to become the first Swede to serve as an NHL general manager after the St. Louis Blues announced their front office succession plan Thursday.
Steen was named special assistant to GM Doug Armstrong, with the intent of taking over for him in 2026. The move also came with Armstrong getting a three-year extension as president of hockey operations through 2029.
Owner Tom Stillman said Steen signed a five-year contract to progress through the organization.
“Doug and Alex will work very closely over the next five years with Doug training, teaching, mentoring, developing Alex,” Stillman said. “We are beyond excited about naming Alex our future GM. We’re excited about his intelligence, his work ethic, his knowledge of the game, feel for the game, his leadership abilities, communication skills, the tremendous respect that players, coaches and fans have for him and, importantly, his nonstop dedication to the Blues and the city of St. Louis.”
Armstrong has been with the Blues since 2008 and has served as GM since 2010, building a team that has made the playoffs 10 of the past 13 years and won the Stanley Cup in 2019. Stillman said Armstrong came to him raising the idea of a succession plan.
“For the next couple of years, it’s going to be business as usual,” Armstrong said. “Alexander will be with the team. He’ll be out scouting with me. He’ll be on scouting with our staff. And then he will take the reins.”
Steen, who was on the ’19 championship-winning team as part of his playing career that lasted from 2005-21, joined the team’s front office as a consultant and development coach last year. He is set to become just the second European GM, after Finland’s Jarmo Kekalainen with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“I’m surrounded by great people, and that’s what you want to work with,” Steen said. “There’s only one way of getting the experience, and that’s going through it. It’s nothing that can be rushed.”
As part of the move, Tim Taylor, for whom Steen worked this past season, was also promoted to join Ryan Miller as an assistant GM.
AUTO RACING NEWS
INDYCAR MOVES TO FOX SPORTS IN 2025 AFTER 16 SEASONS WITH NBC. FOX NOW HAS DAYTONA 500 AND INDY 500
Fox Sports said Thursday it has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world — the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500.
Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR schedule. NASCAR in November announced a seven-year media rights deal that added two new partners and streaming elements as the 38-race schedule is spread over multiple networks and platforms.
Terms of the deal between IndyCar and Fox Sports were not revealed, but Fox promised all 17 races would receive network broadcasts, as well as the two days of qualifying for the Indy 500. That guarantee covers the lifetime of the deal with IndyCar.
IndyCar said NBC Sports could not offer the same amount of national broadcast slots.
“This represents unrivaled exposure and provides an unparalleled growth opportunity for the most competitive and entertaining motorsport on the planet,” IndyCar CEO Mark Miles said. “Fox Sports is a fully committed partner, ready to bring engaging and technically innovative coverage to millions of fans across the country while also promoting IndyCar thoroughly across all its platforms.”
NBC had held the rights to IndyCar since 2009 and its most recent three-year extension was believed to be worth $20 million per season. But NBC Sports had moved coverage of all practices and qualifying sessions to its app, Peacock, and many of IndyCar’s races have been on cable. Earlier this season, NBC moved the crown jewel race at Long Beach to USA Network and received just over 300,000 viewers; the race had 1.026 million viewers in 2023 when it was aired on NBC.
“We are very proud of our contributions to the growth of IndyCar over the past 16 seasons, generating record viewership, unprecedented promotion, and best-in-class production,” NBC said in a statement. “We want to thank the drivers, teams and owners for their partnership, and we look forward to presenting the rest of the 2024 season to IndyCar’s loyal and passionate fans.”
NBC Sports did not obtain the rights to the entire IndyCar season until 2019. Prior to that, it split the schedule with ABC. The 2023 IndyCar season on NBC Sports was the most watched in IndyCar since 2011, NBC Sports’ most-watched season on record, and the most-streamed season ever.
IndyCar’s viewership on NBC platforms is flat this season compared to last year, and the Indy 500 drew 5.344 million viewers, up from 4.927 million in 2023.
Fox Sports said all races will be on Fox and the Fox Sports app, while Fox Deportes will carry Spanish-language coverage. Fox also promised coverage of both days of Indy 500 qualifications. All practice and qualifying sessions will be aired on cable on either FS1 or FS2.
The 19 events on broadcast is an IndyCar record. IndyCar will be the only premier motorsports series in the country with exclusive major broadcast network coverage for all of its races. NASCAR’s schedule, for example, is spread across multiple networks in 2025 and Fox has said five of its 14 races will be on network, with the rest on cable.
Eric Shanks, the CEO and executive producer for Fox Sports, touted adding the Indy 500 to the network portfolio. He also said he spoke with NASCAR chairman Jim France on Wednesday to walk him through Fox’s new partnership with rival IndyCar.
“Adding the iconic Indianapolis 500 … to the Fox Sports roster fits perfectly within our model of teaming with sports’ largest events and best-in-class brands,” Shanks said. “We’re honored to be the new broadcast home to ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,’ an incredibly special event to everyone at Fox Sports.”
The 2025 IndyCar schedule remains virtually unchanged with the exception that the All-Star race at the Thermal Club in California will now be a points race, and Milwaukee will not be a doubleheader. The season begins March 2 in St. Petersburg, Florida, and concludes Aug. 31 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Texas Motor Speedway, a longtime stalwart of the IndyCar schedule, will not be used in 2025 for the second consecutive year.
REPORT: MARTIN TRUEX JR. EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT
Martin Truex Jr. is planning to retire at the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, The Athletic reported Thursday.
Truex, 43, is expected to announce his retirement Friday at his pre-race news conference at Iowa Speedway ahead of this weekend’s Iowa Corn 350.
Truex was the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion and a two-time regular-season champion (2017, 2023). He finished the series in second place in 2018, 2019 and 2021 and faded to an 11th-place finish last season after his stellar regular season.
Truex has won 34 Cup Series races, most recently at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2023. He also won the NASCAR Xfinity Series title in 2004 and 2005.
Chase Briscoe is a leading candidate to take Truex’s spot in the Joe Gibbs Racing lineup, The Athletic reported. Briscoe, 29, is in need of a new home in 2025 when his current team, Stewart-Haas, closes up shop at the end of the current campaign.
GOLF NEWS
ALISON LEE GAINS CONFIDENCE IN HER SWING, LEADS MEIJER
Alison Lee shot a 7-under-par 65 to grab the first-round lead at the Meijer LPGA Classic on Thursday in Belmont, Mich.
Lee had a busy opening round that featured an eagle, seven birdies and two bogeys at Blythefield Country Club. That afforded her a two-shot lead over a group of nine golfers tied for second at 5-under 67.
Brooke M. Henderson joined that group late in the day by eagling her final hole, the par-5 18th. The Canadian star joined 2022 champion Jennifer Kupcho, Lizette Salas, Lauren Hartlage, Italy’s Benedetta Moresco, South Korea’s Narin An, Spain’s Carlota Ciganda, Ssu-Chia Cheng of Taiwan and Daniela Darquea of Ecuador at 67.
Lee, a 29-year-old from Los Angeles, is ranked No. 18 in the world but has yet to win on the LPGA Tour. She said she wasn’t happy with her swing early in the day.
“I mean, confidence is a huge factor,” Lee said. “There can be some days I don’t feel quite confident. You just have to work with what you got. That’s how I felt today. As the round went on, I would say the last four, five holes, definitely felt a lot better with my swing.”
Lee started her round on the back nine, carding five birdies with one bogey. She was at 5 under when she reached the par-5 eighth hole, where her second shot landed inside 15 feet to set her up for the eagle putt.
“Obviously with hole 8, there is a bunker on the left and right,” Lee said. “So I just tried to do the best I can to trust my swing and do the move that I wanted to do and swing smooth. I was able to hit it straight. …
“Really happy with my putting. I think I had 24 putts today or something like that.”
Henderson, who won this tournament in 2017 and 2019, eagled both the eighth and 18th holes Thursday to account for most of her scoring.
Of the group tied at 67, the only players who stayed bogey-free were Salas and An.
Salas, 34, has had a difficult time making her comeback this season after she cut her 2023 campaign short to rehab a back injury.
“Just makes me grateful for the journey I’ve been on, even though it’s been a rough one,” Salas said. “You know, we’re not 100 percent recovered yet, but just puts things into perspective. I just have a whole new attitude. I’m happy off the golf course. I have a host family here I’ve been staying with for ten years. I’m just in a good place, and hopefully I can just keep making solid decisions and committing and we can have ourselves a good week.”
Defending champ Leona Maguire of Ireland opened with an even-par 72. Nelly Korda shot a 4-over 76.
PATRICK CANTLAY SEIZES EARLY LEAD AT U.S. OPEN
Patrick Cantlay racked up six birdies on his way to a 5-under-par 65 and the lead among early finishers Thursday in the U.S. Open at Pinehurst, N.C.
Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg shot 66 to hold second place after about four dozen golfers had completed their rounds.
France’s Matthieu Pavon had a pair of eagles during the first 10 holes on the way to a 67.
Tony Finau shot 68, while the trio of South Korea’s S.H. Kim, Canada’s Corey Conners and Spain’s Sergio Garcia all completed rounds of 69.
Golfers had to negotiate the tricky greens on Pinehurst No. 2 along with the increasing heat of the day.
It was a rough day for Tiger Woods, who shot 74 with two birdies — both on the par-5 holes — and six bogeys.
Some golfers aren’t scheduled to begin their rounds until close to 2:45 p.m. local time. World No. 1 golfer Scott Scheffler had a tee time in the early afternoon after many golfers were done for the day.
Cantlay began the round on No. 10. He got better later in the round, with four birdies on the first eight holes on the front side.
Pavon became the first golfer to ever record multiple eagles in the same U.S. Open round at Pinehurst. His first breakthrough came with an eagle on No. 5 and the second at No. 10 — the course’s two par-5 holes. He rolled in long putts each time. He reached 5 under before his first bogey on the par-4 11th.
After the second eagle, Pavon played the final eight holes at 2 over.
Woods, who began the round on the back nine, birdied his first hole. But a seven-hole stretch with five bogeys sent him tumbling down the standings.
TIGER WOODS STRUGGLES WITH IRONS IN U.S. OPEN RETURN
Tiger Woods birdied both par-5 holes on Thursday but finished at 4-over 74 in his opening round at the U.S. Open in Pinehurst, N.C.
Woods, 48, offset his birdies at Nos. 5 and 10 with six bogeys, including four on the front nine at Pinehurst No. 2.
“I didn’t hit my irons particularly well. Didn’t putt that great,” Woods said. “Drove it on the string all day. Unfortunately, I just didn’t capitalize on it.”
The 15-time major winner is making his first U.S. Open appearance since 2020. He won the U.S. Open in 2000, 2002 and 2008.
Woods started on the back nine and briefly shared the lead with an 11-foot birdie putt at the 10th hole. He saved par at Nos. 12 and 13 with putts from a similar distance before missing a birdie bid at the par-4 14th.
He missed the fairway at No. 16 and carded his first bogey after a dropped shot, then missed his second putt at the par-3 17th for another bogey.
After making the turn at 1-over 36, Woods three-putted for bogey at No. 1 and missed short par putts at Nos. 2 and 4.
“I think I three-putted, what, two or three times today?” Woods said. “If I clean that up, if I get a couple iron shots not as lose as I did, I’m right there at even par.”
Woods set up his birdie at No. 5 with a booming 4-iron from the center of the fairway, but he gave the shot back at No. 8 with his sixth bogey in an 11-hole stretch.
“This is a golf course that doesn’t give up a whole lot of birdies,” Woods said. “It gives up a lot of bogeys and higher.
“I thought I did the one thing I needed to do today, which is drive the ball well. I did that. I just didn’t capitalize on any of it.”
Woods, who teed off with Will Zalatoris and Matt Fitzpatrick at 7:29 a.m. ET, hit a total of 10 greens in regulation.
Woods is playing an abbreviated schedule this year in an effort to avoid injuries. This is his first event since missing the cut at the PGA Championship four weeks ago.
“I’m physically getting better as the year has gone on,” he said. “I just haven’t been able to play as much because I don’t just don’t want to hurt myself pre (tournament), then I won’t be able to play in the major championships.”
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INDIANA FEVER
FEVER HOLD ON FOR 91-84 WIN AGAINST DREAM
INDIANAPOLIS – To start a three-game homestand, the Indiana Fever (4-10) beat the Atlanta Dream on Thursday night, 91-84, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse and finished its 2024 Commissioner’s Cup record at 3-2. Indiana’s 91 points marked a season-high in points scored in a game in 2024.
Four Fever players scored in double figures, led by center Aliyah Boston’s 27-point and season-high 13-rebound double-double, which marked her third double-double of the season. Boston’s 27 points tied a career-high in scoring and her 17 points in the first half tied a career-high in points scored in either half of a regular season game. Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell followed with a season-high 24-point performance, two rebounds, two assists and two steals to go along with a 3-point field goal at the end of the first half to give Indiana its largest halftime lead this season, 59-44. The 59 points scored by Indiana was the highest scoring half of the season for the Fever. On Thursday, Mitchell also passed Candice Dupree on the Fever all-time 2-point field goals list, ending the night in second place with 701 made from inside the arc.
Fever forward Katie Lou Samuelson came off the bench and went 3-of-4 on 3-point field goal shooting ending the night with 11 points, three rebounds and one assist. Fever forward NaLyssa Smith added 10 points and five rebounds, while rookie guard Caitlin Clark tallied seven points, six assists, four rebounds and two blocks in the win.
Indiana had its highest scoring quarter of the season at the end of the first and led, 33-24. Indiana outscored Atlanta in paint points, 42-30, and fast break points, 11-2. Indiana shot 18-of-19 from the free throw line.
Atlanta (5-6) finished 1-4 in this year’s Commissioner’s Cup as Dream guard Rhyne Howard led in scoring with a season-high 26 points, as well as two rebounds, two steals and one assist. Forward Cheyenne Parker-Tyus came off the bench to finish with 18 points, six rebounds and five assists. Guards Allisha Gray and Haley Jones added 12 and 10 points each, respectively. Despite the loss, Atlanta outscored Indiana in bench points 30-17.
UP NEXT
The Fever meet the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Sunday at Noon ET. Sunday’s game will be broadcast on CBS.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
ASHCRAFT DAZZLES IN TRIPLE-A DEBUT AS INDIANS STOP SKID, 4-1
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Right-hander Braxton Ashcraft shined in his Triple-A debut for the Indianapolis Indians on Wednesday night at 121 Financial Ballpark, throwing 6.0 innings of one run ball in a 4-1 win over the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
Ashcraft (W, 1-0), the No. 6 prospect in the Pirates organization per MLB Pipeline, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter in his first start with the Indians (27-37). The 24-year-old at one point retired 12 hitters in a row and was tagged for his only earned run on back-to-back doubles in the fifth inning from Jacksonville’s Jhonny Pereda and Tristan Gray. Ashcraft’s Indians debut came on the heels of a career-high 12 strikeouts in his final Double-A start with Altoona, where he had an ERA under 2.00 during the month of May.
The Indians rode the long ball to victory against Jacksonville (30-36), with all three runs prior to the ninth inning coming via solo home runs. Gilberto Celestino and Grant Koch pounced on Jumbo Shrimp starter Valente Bellozo (L, 0-2) with back-to-back blasts to open the third inning, while Liover Peguero added one more to open the sixth. Indianapolis tied a bow on its night offensively when Koch drew a bases-loaded walk in the top of the ninth.
After Ashcraft’s 6.0 innings, the tandem of Connor Sadzeck and Brent Honeywell Jr. (S, 4) combined for 3.0 shutout innings in relief. The win for Indianapolis stopped a three-game losing streak dating back to the Indians’ series finale with the Columbus Clippers on Sunday at Victory Field.
The Indians and Jumbo Shrimp move into the back half of their series in Jacksonville on Friday night with a 7:05 PM ET first pitch. Right-hander Max Meyer (0-3, 6.75) toes the rubber for the Jumbo Shrimp, while the Indians have yet to announce a starting pitcher.
INDIANA BASEBALL
TAYLOR NAMED PERFECT GAME SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The awards keep filing in for sophomore outfielder Devin Taylor after his prolific 2024 campaign. He was named a Second Team All-American by Perfect Game, as announced by the organization on Wednesday (June 12) afternoon.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native was the catalyst in a historic offensive season for the Indiana Baseball team. He led the team in batting average (.357), hits (86), runs (67) and home runs (20) while starting in 59 of 60 contests. The conference leader in both home runs and runs scored, Taylor was named a First Team All-Big Ten and First Team All-Midwest Region selection.
After being named a Preseason All-American by the outlet, Taylor lived up to the hype and more. He had 30 multi-hit games and hit home runs in six of his final 10 contests. Over his final 19 games, for which he was moved into the leadoff spot, he hit .373 with 12 home runs. He was a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week this season and became the first Hoosier with 20 long balls in a season during the BBCOR era (since 2011).
He will return to Bloomington next year with a real shot at breaking the program’s all-time home run record. One of the most prolific hitters ever to wear the cream and crimson, he will be surrounded by a bevy of talent in the IU lineup in 2025. He is scheduled to participate in the Team USA Collegiate Training Camp before playing in the Cape Cod League with Cotuit.
NOTRE DAME ATHLETICS
FORMER DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS DICK ROSENTHAL PASSES AWAY
Dick Rosenthal, Director of Athletics the University of Notre Dame from 1987-94, passed away at the age of 91 on June 11, 2024.
Rosenthal oversaw several key developments in Notre Dame Athletics history, including the first exclusive television contract with NBC in 1991, the move of Irish Olympic sports into the BIG EAST Conference in 1995 and the expansion of Notre Dame Stadium from just over 59,000 seats to 80,000 for the 1997 season.
Notre Dame added six women’s varsity sports during Rosenthal’s tenure (golf, soccer, softball, track and field, lacrosse and rowing) and he served on the NCAA’s Gender Equity Task Force. In 1991, Rosenthal was among the ‘100 Most Powerful People In Sports’ by The Sporting News, the only collegiate athletics director to make the list at 37th.
Born January 20, 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri, Rosenthal was one of the greatest players in Notre Dame Basketball history. Upon the completion of his Notre Dame career in 1954 he ranked as the program’s all-time leading scorer (1,227 points) and captained the 1953-54 Irish to an 18-game win streak and a victory over top-ranked Indiana to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight.
Rosenthal was a Byron Kanaley Award winner in his senior year at Notre Dame, the highest award a Notre Dame student-athlete can earn for their accomplishments on and off the court. Notre Dame Athletics’ GLD Center features the Rosenthal Leadership Academy, which aims to develop and enhance strong leadership on the University’s sports teams with progressive annual programming for emerging and existing leaders.
Drafted by the Fort Wayne Pistons in the first round of the 1954 NBA Draft, Rosenthal appeared in 85 games for the Pistons over three years before retiring to pursue a successful banking career. He was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of St. Joseph Bank and Trust Company in South Bend before being named Notre Dame Director of Athletics in 1987.
Rosenthal is survived by Charlotte V. Rosenthal, his loving wife for the last 25 years; and eight living children: Kathy Bax (Michael), John Rosenthal (Mary), Lori Rosenthal, Joe Rosenthal (Blanca), Carol McClory (Michael), Ellen Bruneel (David), Susan Braun (Andy), and Mary Pat Davis (Scott). He is also survived by his 21 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; four stepchildren; ten step-grandchildren; a cousin, Jo Ann Lorek; and many extended family members.
Preceding him in death were his beloved wife of 41 years, Marylyn; his infant son, Richard Peter; his parents, John and Bertha; and his brother, Robert (JoAnn).A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at The Basilica of the Sacred Heart on the campus of the University of Notre Dame on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. The Mass will be live-streamed at basilica.nd.edu/sacraments/funerals/funerals-livestream/
BUTLER TRACK
2024 OLYMPIC TRIALS FIELD TO INCLUDE BUTLER’S WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON
Butler’s William Cuthbertson has earned a coveted spot in the field at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field.
Cuthbertson will be one of 36 entries in the 800 meters. Entries were finalized Thursday night.
His personal-best time of 1:46.51 came just a few weeks ago at the NCAA East First Round meet in Lexington, Ky.
The 2024 Trials run June 21-30 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Among the runners familiar to Cuthbertson joining him in Eugene will be recent Butler graduate Angelina Ellis, who exhausted her collegiate eligibility just 12 months ago. Ellis has the 10th-fastest time among the field in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:25.25).
The first round of the men’s 800 meters is scheduled for Thursday, June 27. The semifinals will be the following day (June 28) with the finals set for the last day of the Trials in Eugene, June 30.
Hayward Field was also the site of Cuthbertson’s most recent competition as he was part of the field at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month.
The top qualifying time in the 800-meter field belongs to Bryce Hoppel (1:43.68). Cuthbertson’s time ranks him 27th of the 36 athletes entering the Trials.
NBC, including USA and the Peacock app, will air a majority of the 2024 Trials.
INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
MITCHELL ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF JASON PRUITT TO INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State head women’s basketball coach Marc Mitchell announced the addition of Jason Pruitt to the Sycamore staff as associate head coach Thursday.
“Jason is a tremendous coach,” Mitchell said. “He is a proven winner. I have known Jason for a few years and found him to be extremely knowledgeable and committed to this game. He will bring a wealth of knowledge to the Indiana State Women’s Basketball program. With his head coaching experience and connection in our profession, the best days of the program are ahead of us. #ASONE”
Pruitt joins the Sycamore coaching staff with more than a decade of head coaching experience. He was most recently the head coach at Elmhurst, where he helped the Bluejays to a nine-win improvement from the previous season while securing a spot in the CCIW Tournament for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
“Having previously called Indiana home for several years, I’ve had the privilege to learn from and observe the deeply rooted pride, relentless work ethic and unwavering devotion to academics as well as athletics in the Hoosier State,” Pruitt said. “I’ve been blessed throughout my career with unique opportunities to grow under strategic leaders and mentors. Coach Mitchell is one of the great teachers of the game. After admiring what he’s achieved from the sidelines, I’m excited to now join him on the bench as we plant roots and work together to build a competitive, winning program at Indiana State University.”
Pruitt’s lone season at Elmhurst saw the Bluejays’ numbers skyrocket, improving their scoring offense by nearly 20 points per game compared to the 2022-23 season. Elmhurst’s scoring defense also improved by nearly two points per game, while the Bluejays averaged 13.5 steals per game and improved their rebounding total to 43.2 boards per game. In addition, Elmhurst’s 12 wins were the program’s most since the 2017-18 season and represented more wins than the previous three seasons combined.
Known as a strong program builder, Pruitt has turned multiple rebuilding programs into conference contenders. Prior to his season at Elmhurst, he spent five years at La Verne, where he took over a program that went 3-22 the season before his arrival and turned the Leopards into one of the top Division III teams in the country. Pruitt went 67-62 in his five seasons as head coach at La Verne, winning double-digit games in four of those seasons. His teams were known for strong offense, averaging better than 75 points per game in each of his last three seasons at the helm. Across his final three seasons, the Leopards had an average scoring margin of plus-10.0, while averaging 77.1 points per game. Pruitt coaches six first team all-conference honorees in his five seasons at La Verne.
La Verne went 24-3 in Pruitt’s final season at the helm, winning the SCIAC regular season title and spending multiple weeks inside the Division III national rankings. Pruitt was named the D3Hoops Region 10 Coach of the Year, while his staff was named the SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year. Three of his student-athletes earned all-conference honors as part of La Verne’s record-setting season. La Verne went 15-1 in SCIAC play to earn its first-ever No. 1 seed at the conference tournament and posted strong records both at home (14-2) and on the road (10-1).
Prior to his time at La Verne, Pruitt spent the 2016-17 season as the head coach at the University of Antelope Valley, where he made an immediate impact on the Pioneers. Antelope Valley compiled a 19-7 record, including an 11-3 mark in Cal Pac Conference play to win the regular season championship. Pruitt was named Cal Pac Coach of the Year, while three Pioneers earned all-conference honors, including the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.
Antelope Valley led the Cal Pac Conference in scoring in Pruitt’s only season at the helm as the Pioneers averaged nearly 90 points per game, a mark that remains the conference record for single-season scoring average. The Pioneers also set the conference record in rebounding, pulling down an average of 53.4 boards per game, while boasting two of the three highest single-game scoring totals in conference history. Antelope Valley surpassed the 100-point mark in seven games, and the Pioneers also pulled off an upset of Pepperdine in an exhibition to begin the season.
Pruitt began his head coaching career at Bethesda University, where he turned the Flames into one of the top teams in the National Christian College Athletic Association. Bethesda earned its first-ever postseason in 2013-14, then improved on that in each of the next two years. The Flames won back-to-back NCAAA Western Region Championships in 2014-15 and 2015-16, earning Pruitt NCCAA Western Region Coach of the Year honors in both seasons. Pruitt’s 2014-15 team at Bethesda made a run to the NCCAA National Championship, earning national runner-up honors.
Pruitt also previously spent time as the associate men’s basketball coach at Caltech and the associate head basketball coach at the NSU University School.
Prior to his time coaching, Pruitt spent a decade in the media industry in various positions at NBC, CBS, and ABC affiliates. He has also spent time teaching at the high school and collegiate levels, leading courses in communication, media technology, digital journalism and sports marketing.
A decorated athlete himself, Pruitt was a star basketball and track & field athlete at Colbert County (Ala.) HS, where he earned a pair of high jump state championships and was a part of the 1997 Alabama State basketball championship team. Pruitt went on to play basketball at Calhoun Community College, where he won the NJCAA Alabama State Championship and played in the NJCAA National Championship game. He finished his collegiate athletic career with a season at Mississippi Valley State before spending his last season at Kentucky State.
Pruitt holds an associate degree from Calhoun Community College, a bachelor’s degree in Mass Media Arts from Clark Atlanta University and a master’s degree in Educational Technology from Nova Southeastern. He and his wife, Kara, have three daughters, Trinidy, Jayla and Kya, and a son, Quest.
INDIANA STATE TRACK
MEHRINGER PLACES THIRD IN 100M HURDLES AT USATF U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS
EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State freshman Rachel Mehringer wrapped up a debut season to remember Thursday night, finishing third in the 100m hurdles at the USATF U20 Championships at Hayward Field.
Mehringer ran a time of 13.51 in the finals after qualifying with a prelims time of 13.58. By virtue of her third-place finish, she will be an alternate for Team USA at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships.
Thursday’s performance by Mehringer closed one of the best freshman seasons in program history and one of the best hurdles seasons for the Sycamores. She owns the eight fastest 100m hurdles times in program history following her first collegiate season, setting the school record at 13.26 at the NCAA East First Round. Mehringer swept the MVC 60m hurdles (indoor) and 100m hurdles (outdoor) titles, and was the fastest freshman at the NCAA East First Round with her 15th-place finish. She ran three wind-legal times under 13.40 seconds this season, while also adding wind-aided times of 13.34 (Drake Relays) and 13.05 (MVC Championships) at two of Indiana State’s marquee meets during the season.
Mehringer’s performance closed the 2023-24 track and field season for Indiana State’s current roster, but Sycamore alumni will still be competing during the summer. Former Sycamore All-American Erin Reese will compete in the hammer throw the US Olympic Trials June 21 and 23, while former All-American Mary Theisen-Lappen already earned a spot at the 2024 Olympic Games and will represent Team USA in weightlifting in Paris.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
4 – 46 – 9
June 14, 1870 – The Cincinnati Red Stockings had their amazing win streak snapped! Cincinnati went undefeated in their first 81 games, including going 57-0 in their first season of 1869. The Red Stockings finally lost a game on this day, when they fell to the Brooklyn Atlantics, 8-7 in extra innings, in Brooklyn.
June 14, 1963 – The New York Mets Number 4, Duke Snider hit his 400th career Home Run. Snider played the majority of his MLB career (16 seasons) with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He played one last season in 1964 with the San Francisco Giants and completed his 18 year career with a total of 407 over the wall blasts.
June 14, 1965 – The Cincinnati Reds pitcher Jim Maloney, Number 46, tossed a no-hit wonder against the New York Mets striking out 18 batters he faced, however he got no run support and the Reds and Maloney suffered a heartbreaking 1-0 loss in 11 innings.
June 14, 1969 – The Oakland As’ future Hall of Fame slugger, Reggie Jackson, Number 9 recorded 10 RBIs to aid in the Athletic’s win over the Boston Red Sox 21-7.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
Frankfurt Galaxy beat Rhein in World Bowl
Yes they were absolutely covering the June 14, 2003 story of the NFL Europe’s Frankfurt Galaxy becoming the first team to win three World Bowls, defeating the Rhein Fire 35-16 to win World Bowl XI. Former San Diego State runner Jonas Lewis ran for a World Bowl record 126 yards in the contest. Lewis had played two years with the San Francisco 49ers after college before being waived by the club. “NFL Europe let me showcase my talent and show that I can still play football… in a big-time atmosphere,” the game MVP explained in a post game interview.
Lewis never did make back in the NFL but his great play on the big stage did allow him to get on the field once again in North American professional gridiron as he played for the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes from 2004 to 2005
June 14 Football hall of Fame Birthday
June 14, 1918 – Haskell, Texas – John Kimbrough was a fullback out Texas A&M from 1938 to 1940, that earned a spot in the College Football Hall of Fame in the class of 1954. While everyone else was passing the ball to move it, the Aggies proved that a talanted back and some good blocking can be just as effective. The FootballFoundation.org says Texas A&M star ran through opposing defenses with a force that usually created its own holes in the line. This pile-driving back rushed his way to All- America honors in 1939 and 1940 and led the Aggies to 20 victories in 21 games during those two years. In 1939, it was a perfect 11-game record, a 14-13 victory over Tulane in the Sugar Bowl and the national championship. The following year, the Aggies went 9-1-0, beating Fordham in the Cotton Bowl, 13-12. After life in football he served as a member of the Texas State Legislature, was a star actor in two western movies and worked on his own ranch.
June 14
June 14, 1940- Ben Davidson NFL 3 time Pro Bowl and All- Pro Defensive Lineman that played for Green Bay, Washington and Oakland. He was even celebrated winning an NFL Championship. Davidson attended the University of Washington during his college playing days.
June 14, 1993- Sammy Watkins NFL Wide Out that won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs. He was awarded a spot on the Pro Bowl team and was also a 1st Team All Pro. Watkins also played for the Buffalo Bills and the LA Rams after competing collegiately at Clemson.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 14
1952 — Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves struck out 18 Cubs in a 3-1, 15-inning loss to Chicago. Spahn also homered.
1953 — The New York Yankees swept Cleveland, 6-2 and 3-0, to extend the team’s winning streak to eighteen consecutive games.
1963 — Duke Snider hit his 400th career home run to highlight a 10-3 triumph by the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.
1965 — Jim Maloney struck out 18 and no-hit the New York Mets for 10 innings, but Johnny Lewis’ leadoff home run in the 11th inning gave the Mets a 1-0 win.
1969 — Reggie Jackson knocked in 10 runs with two homers, a double and two singles in Oakland’s 21-7 win over the Red Sox in Boston. In the eighth, he drove in three runs with a single when he easily could have made second base.
1974 — Nolan Ryan struck out 19 batters in 12 innings to give the California Angels a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in 15 innings. Cecil Cooper of the Red Sox struck out six times.
1978 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds had two hits in a 3-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs to start his 44-game hitting streak.
1995 — Mike Benjamin went 6-for-7, setting a major league record with 14 hits in three games, and drove in the winning run in the 13th inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3.
2002 — Aaron Boone hit a pair of homers — one to tie the game in the ninth inning and one to win it in the 11th — off Pittsburgh closer Mike Williams as Cincinnati beat the Pirates 4-3.
2002 — With all 14 interleague games — and one NL game — taking place in National League parks, the DH was not employed anywhere throughout Major League Baseball.
2005 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki became the third player since 1900 to reach 1,000 hits in fewer than 700 games when he singled in the bottom of the first inning in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia. Suzuki’s 1,000th hit came in his 696th game. Chuck Klein reached the mark in 1933 in 683 games, and Lloyd Waner reached it in 1932 in 686 games.
2010 — The game between the Blue Jays and the Padres in Petco Park is interrupted in the 8th inning by an earthquake that registers 5.9 on the Richter scale. However, as there is no damage, the game resumes after a very brief interruption, with Toronto winning, 6-3, behind two homers by John Buck and 3 RBI by Aaron Hill.
2010 — For the first time in over 60 years, two players with 5,000+ career at-bats and a .330+ career average meet in a major league contest – Albert Pujols of the Cards versus Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners. The last such matchup had occurred in 1942 with Joe Medwick and Paul Waner.
2013 — Major League Baseball came down hard on the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, handing out eight suspensions and a dozen fines as punishment for a bench-clearing brawl on June 11. Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy got 10 games and infielder Eric Hinske five for their roles in the fight.
2017 — A gunman opens fire on a Republican congressional baseball team holding an early-morning practice in Alexandria, VA. Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise is among the five persons wounded in the attack, being shot in the hip. Capitol Police officers at the practice return fire and quickly apprehend the shooter, who is mortally wounded in the exchange. The team was preparing for its annual charity game against members of the Democratic party scheduled for later in the week.
2019 — Jake Bauers of the Cleveland Indians, hits the third cycle of the season one day after Shohei Otani of the Angels had hit the second.
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June 15
1902 — Corsicana defeated Texarkana 51-3 in a Texas League game. Nig Clark of Corsicana took advantage of the small park and hit eight homers. Some telegraph operators, thinking there was a mistake, reported the score as 5-3.
1925 — The Philadelphia Athletics went into the last half of the eighth inning trailing 15-4 and scored 13 runs to defeat Cleveland 17-15.
1938 — Four days after pitching a no-hitter against the Boston Braves, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second straight no-hit game, defeating the Dodgers 6-0 in the first night game played in Brooklyn.
1952 — The St. Louis Cardinals, down 11-0 entering the fifth inning, came back for a 14-12 triumph over the New York Giants in the first game of a doubleheader and set a National League record for best comeback.
1963 — San Francisco’s Juan Marichal pitched a no-hitter against the Houston Colts for a 1-0 victory, the first Giants no-hitter since Carl Hubbell’s in 1929.
1976 — The Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros were “rained in” at the Houston Astrodome as 10 inches of rain fell on the city. Only members of both teams were able to make it to the stadium. Umpires, fans and stadium personnel were unable to make it through the water.
1980 — Cleveland Indian Jorge Orta collected six hits, a double and five singles, and scored four times in a 14-5 triumph over the Minnesota Twins. Toby Harrah had seven RBIs.
1992 — Jeff Reardon broke Rollie Fingers’ career save mark of 341 when he preserved a 1-0 victory for the Boston Red Sox with one scoreless inning against the New York Yankees.
2002 — A double in the fifth inning of Texas’ 4-0 loss to Houston gave Rafael Palmeiro 1,000 career extra-base hits. He became the 25th major leaguer to reach that mark.
2016 — Miami’s Ichiro Suzuki raised his career total in the Japanese and North American major leagues to 4,257, passing Pete Rose’s record Major League Baseball total. Suzuki had two hits for the Marlins in a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres, Suzuki had 1,278 hits for Orix in Japan’s Pacific League (1992-00) and has 2,979 with Seattle, the New York Yankees and Marlins. His first hit Wednesday was on a dribbler in the first. His second was a double into the right-field corner in the ninth.
2016 — Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle in a 9-8, 13-inning win over Cincinnati.
2018 — The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the staggering New York Mets 7-3. The freefalling Mets dropped four consecutive, 12 of 13 and 19 of 23. After starting the season 11-1, the Mets (28-38) went from 10 games over .500 to 10 games under earlier than any team in major league history. The previous mark was held by the 2011 Marlins, who did it in their 76th game.
2020 — The impasse over the resumption of the MLB season gets deeper, as CommissionerRob Manfred now states that there may not be a season at all. It was expected that he would decree a 50-game season, as allowed by the March 26th agreement between the MLBPA and owners, but he is now reluctant to do so.
2022 — The Astros are the first team to throw two immaculate innings in the same game, as Luis Garcia strikes out the side on nine pitches in the 2nd, and Phil Maton repeats the feat in the 7th. In both cases the three batters for the Rangers are the same: Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller. Garcia and Maton are respectively the 8th and 9th pitchers to accomplish the feat for Houston.
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June 16
1916 — Tom Hughes of the Boston Braves pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh Pirates.
1938 — Jimmie Foxx didn’t get a chance to hit as the St. Louis Browns walked him six straight times. The Boston Red Sox won anyway, 12-8.
1953 — The St. Louis Browns beat New York 3-1 to break the Yankees’ 18-game winning streak and end their 14-game losing streak.
1957 — Relief pitcher Dixie Howell hit two home runs in the 3 2-3 innings he pitched to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 8-6 victory in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators.
1971 — The Oakland Athletics hit five solo home runs in a 5-1 win over the Washington Senators. Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi had a pair homers and Dave Duncan one. Epstein’s home runs came in his first two at-bats to give him homers in four straight at-bats over two games.
1978 — After three ninth-inning near misses, Tom Seaver threw the first no-hitter of his 12-year career as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0.
1991 — Otis Nixon of Atlanta stole six bases against Montreal to set a modern National League record and tie the major league record set by Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia A’s in 1912. Montreal won the game 7-6.
1992 — Boston’s Mark Reardon became baseball’s all-time save leader when he closed out a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees. Reardon logged his 342nd save to pass Rollie Fingers.
1993 — Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 100th career home run in Seattle’s 6 – 1 victory over Kansas City to become the fourth-youngest to hit the century mark. Only Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Tony Conigliaro did it faster than the 23-year-old Griffey.
2001 — John Olerud went 4-for-5 and hit for the cycle as Seattle beat the San Diego Padres 9-2. He hit a homer in the ninth to complete the cycle.
2009 — The San Diego Padres set a major league record with their 12th straight loss in interleague play when they fell 5-0 to Seattle.
2014 — Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, winner of eight National League batting titles, passes away from cancer of the salivary gland at 54.
2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.
2015 — Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee each hit two of an Orioles-record eight home runs, and Baltimore pounded woeful Philadelphia 19-3. The eight home runs were the most by the Orioles since their move from St. Louis in 1954.
2019 — An authentic Babe Ruth New York Yankees jersey from 1928-30 sets a record for a piece of baseball memorabilia as it sells for $5.64 million at auction.
2019 — The Padres and Rockies set a record for most combined runs in a four-game series with a total of 92, breaking the previous record of 88 set in 1929 between the Brooklyn Robins and Phillies.
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June 17
1915 — George “Zip” Zabel of the Chicago Cubs was called into the game against the Brooklyn Dodgers with two outs in the first inning. He won 4-3 in the 19th inning in the longest relief effort in the majors.
1943 — Player-manager Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox hit a three-run pinch homer in both games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s. The Red Sox won the opener 5-4 and lost the second game 8-7.
1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox connected for his 500th career home run off the Cleveland Indians. Williams, the fourth to accomplish the feat, hit a two-run homer off Wynn Hawkins in a 3-1 win.
1971 — Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs went 6-for-6, with five singles and a double, in a 7-6, 10-inning decision over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field.
1978 — Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees struck out 18 California Angels to set an American League record for left-handers. Guidry, who struck out 15 in the first six innings, ended with a 4-0 four-hitter.
1993 — Baseball owners voted 26-2 in favor of expanding the playoffs for the first time in 25 years, doubling the teams that qualify to eight starting in 1994.
2007 — Brandon Watson extended his hitting streak to 43 games, breaking a 95-year-old International League record with a base hit in the Columbus Clippers’ 9-8 loss to the Ottawa Lynx. Jack Lelivelt set the IL record for the Rochester Hustlers in 1912.
2007 — Frank Thomas hit his record-breaking 244th homer as a designated hitter in Toronto’s 4-2 loss to Washington. The solo shot in the third inning moved Thomas past Edgar Martinez for the most homers by a DH in major league history.
2009 — Ivan Rodriguez catches the 2,227th game of his career, breaking Carlton Fisk’s record, in Houston’s 5 – 4, 10-inning loss to his former team, the Texas Rangers. For Texas, Omar Vizquel, the all-time leader for games played at shortstop, picks up his 2,677th hit, tying Luis Aparicio for most hits by a Venezuelan player.
2008 — Seattle’s Felix Hernandez struck out the side on nine pitches in the fourth inning of a 5-4 win over Florida, becoming the 13th pitcher in American League history to accomplish the feat.
2016 — Michaeal Saunders leads the Toronto Blue Jays to a 13-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles with three home runs and 8 RBIs.
2021 — The Arizona Diamondback set a new all-time mark with their 23rd consecutive road loss losing to the Giants 10-3.
June 18
1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Babe Ruth to coach for the remainder of the season.
1947 — Cincinnati’s Ewell Blackwell tossed a 6-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves.
1950 — In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the first inning for an American League record as they trounced the Philadelphia A’s 21-2.
1953 — At Fenway Park, Dick Gernert’s home run highlighted the 17-run, 14-hit seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 23-3. The Red Sox were up 5-3 after 6 1/2 innings. The Red Sox scored the 17 runs on 14 hits and six walks and left the bases loaded. Gene Stephens collected three hits and Sammy White scored three runs and Tom Umphlett also reached base three times in the inning.
1960 — The San Francisco Giants fired Bill Rigney and selected Tom Sheehan as manager. At 66 years, 2 months and 18 days, Sheehan was the oldest man to debut as a manager of a major league team.
1967 — Houston Astro Don Wilson tossed the first of his two career no-hitters by blanking the Atlanta Braves 2-0, facing 30 batters and striking out 15.
1975 — Fred Lynn batted in 10 runs with three homers, a triple and a single in a 15-1 Boston Red Sox victory over the Detroit Tigers. Lynn’s 16 total bases tied an AL record.
1976 — Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided the sale of Oakland Athletics stars Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi. Athletics owner Charlie Finley sold Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million and Rudi and Fingers to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million each. Kuhn ordered the players to return to Oakland on grounds that they would upset the sport’s competitive balance.
1977 — New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson and manager Billy Martin get into a dugout confrontation at Fenway Park that’s seen on national television. Martin removed his right fielder for loafing on a ball hit to the outfield. Jackson questioned Martin in the dugout and the two are eventually separated by coach Elston Howard.
1986 — California’s Don Sutton pitched a three-hitter for his 300th career victory as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 5-1. The 41-year-old right-hander became the 19th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games.
2002 — Luis Castillo of the Florida Marlins ties Rogers Hornsby’s 80-year-old record for the longest hitting streak by a second baseman, beating out a dribbler to the pitcher in the 6th inning to make it 33 games in a row. Florida beats the Cleveland Indians, 2 – 1.
2007 — Chone Figgins went 6-for-6 and drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels over Houston 10-9.
2011 — Connor Harrell hit the first College World Series home run in the new TD Ameritrade Park to break a sixth-inning tie and first-time qualifier Vanderbilt defeated North Carolina 7-3.
2012 — R.A. Dickey became the first major league pitcher in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters and Ike Davis hit a grand slam in the New York Mets’ 5-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The previous pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters was Dave Stieb for Toronto in September 1988.
2012 — Aaron Hill hit a solo homer in the seventh inning to become the fifth Arizona player to hit for the cycle, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners.
2014 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of the year, shutting out the Colorado Rockies, 8 – 0. It comes less than a month after his teammate Josh Beckett had pitched a no-hitter on May 26th. He strikes out 15 without giving up a walk, the only baserunner coming on a two-base error by SS Hanley Ramirez in the 8th.
2017 — Nolan Arenado completed the cycle with a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies stunned the San Francisco Giants by rallying for a 7-5 victory.
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June 19
1927 — Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched two complete games in a doubleheader. Scott beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 and lost 3-0 in the second game. Scott was the last pitcher in major league history to complete two games on the same day.
1938 – Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer coming off two straight no-hitters, extended his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 against the Boston Bees. Vander Meer gave up a single to Debs Garms in the fourth inning. The Red won 14-1 behind Vander Meer’s four-hitter.
1941 — En route to 56, Joe DiMaggio hit in his 32nd consecutive game, going 3-for-3, including a home run, against the Chicago White Sox.
1942 — Paul Waner got hit number 3,000 — a single off Rip Sewell — but the Boston Braves lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.
1952 — Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.
1961 — Roger Maris’ ninth-inning homer off Kansas City’s Jim Archer was his 25th of the year, putting him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth’s pace in 1927.
1973 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collect their 2,000th hits. It is a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants and a home run for Davis against the Atlanta Braves.
1974 — Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals hurled his second no-hitter in 14 months and gave up just one walk in beating the Brewers 2-0 at Milwaukee.
1977 — The Boston Red Sox hit five home runs in an 11-1 triumph over the New York Yankees. The five homers gave the Red Sox a major league record 16 in three games. Boston hit six homers on the 17th and five on the 18th, also against the Yankees. In the series the Yankees had no homers.
1990 — Gary Carter plays in his 1,862nd career game as a catcher to break the National League mark set by Al Lopez.
1994 — John Smoltz became the 14th major league pitcher to give up four homers in an inning when he was tagged by Cincinnati. The Reds set a team record for home runs in an inning, connecting four times in the first inning. Hal Morris, Kevin Mitchell, Jeff Branson and Eddie Taubensee homered. Smoltz allowed 20 total bases in the first inning, the most given up in the NL since 1900.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2.
2017 — Dodgers rookie Cody Bellinger launched two more home runs, setting a major league record with his powerful start, and Clayton Kershaw became the first 10-game winner in the National League despite giving up a career-high four long balls as Los Angeles held on for a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets. Bellinger reached 21 homers in 51 career games — faster than any other player in big league history.
2019 — One day after fouling a bunted ball in his face during batting practice and breaking his nose, Max Scherzer takes the mound for the Nationals against the Phillies sporting a prominent black eye. He still stymies the opposition with 7 scoreless innings in a 2 – 0 win. “Trust me, this thing looks a lot worse than it actually feels,” he explains to journalists.
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June 20
1912 — The New York Giants outslugged the Boston Braves 21-12 with the teams scoring a total of 17 runs in the ninth inning. The Giants scored seven runs to take a 21-2 lead and the Braves scored 10 runs in the ninth.
1932 — Philadelphia’s Doc Cramer hit six singles in six at-bats and Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx and Mule Haas each drove in four runs in the Athletics’ 18-11 win over the Chicago White Sox. Haas hit a grand slam in the sixth inning to put the A’s up 12-6.
1956 — Mickey Mantle hit two home runs into the right centerfield bleachers at Detroit’s Briggs Stadium. Mantle hit both blasts off Billy Hoeft in the 7-4 win. He became the first player to reach the bleachers since they were were built in the late 1930s.
1973 — San Francisco’s Bobby Bonds broke Lou Brock’s National League record for leadoff home runs. Bonds’ 22nd career leadoff home run came off Don Gullet in a 7-5 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.
1973 — Chicago’s Cy Acosta becomes the first American League pitcher to bat since the designated hitter rule went into effect. Acosta strikes out in the eighth inning, and still gets the win in the White Sox’ 8-3 win over California.
1980 — Freddie Patek, one of baseball’s smallest players at 5-foot-5, hit three home runs and a double to lead the California Angels in a 20-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox in Fenway Park.
1992 — Kelly Saunders became the second woman to serve as a public address announcer at a major league game when she filled in for Rex Barney in Baltimore.
1994 — The Detroit Tigers’ string of 25 straight games hitting a home run ended in a 7-1 loss to Cleveland. The streak matched the major league mark set by the 1941 New York Yankees.
2004 — Ken Griffey Jr. hit the 500th home run of his career, off Matt Morris, to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0.
2007 — Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run, making him the fifth player to reach the milestone. Sosa, playing for the Texas Rangers following a year out of baseball, hit a solo homer off Jason Marquis. It came in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs, the team he played for from 1992-2004.
2009 — Two games ended on wild pitches in extra innings. Nate Schierholtz scored the winning run for San Francisco on a wild pitch by Jason Jennings with two outs in the 11th inning and the Giants beat the Texas Rangers 2-1. Earlier, the Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland 6-5 in 13 innings when Andres Blanco came home on Kerry Wood’s gaffe.
2011 — The Florida Marlins named Jack McKeon interim manager. The 80-year-old McKeon became the second-oldest manager in major league history. Connie Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics in a suit, tie and straw hat until 1950, when he was 87.
2015 — Max Scherzer pitched a no-hitter, losing his perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning when he hit a batter in the Washington Nationals’ 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Scherzer dominated in retiring the first 26 batters and was one strike from throwing the 22nd perfect game in major league history since 1900. Pinch-hitter Jose Tabata fouled off a pair of 2-2 pitches before Scherzer clipped him on the elbow with a breaking ball. Scherzer then retired Josh Harrison on a deep fly to left.
2016 — Colorado beat Miami 5-3 where eight solo homers accounted for all the runs in the game and set a major league record. Mark Reynolds hit two homers and Trevor Story, Nick Hundley and Charlie Blackmon also went deep for the Rockies. Marcell Ozuna homered twice and Giancarlo Stanton hit one for the Marlins. The previous MLB mark was five. The eight home runs were also the most in a game at Marlins Park since it opened in 2012. Five of the game’s first 13 batters connected.
2017 — Umpire Joe West worked his 5,000th major league game. West was behind the plate for a matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. The 64-year-old, nicknamed “Cowboy” Joe, is the third umpire to work at least 5,000 games, joining Hall of Famer Bill Klem (5,375) and Bruce Froemming (5,163). West made his major league debut as a 23-year-old on Sept. 14, 1976, at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium in a game between the Braves and Houston Astros. He joined the NL staff full time in 1978. His 40 seasons umpiring in the majors are the most by any umpire.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 14
1922 — Gene Sarazen edges Bobby Jones and John Black to win the U.S. Open tournament.
1934 — Max Baer stops Primo Carnera in 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1952 — Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2).
1952 — Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club in Dallas to win the U.S. Open over Ed Oliver by four strokes.
1958 — Tommy Bolt beats Gary Player by four strokes to win the U.S. Open.
1958 — Britain beats the United States 4-3 at Wimbledon to win the Wrightman Cup, the first win for Britain since 1930.
1981 — Donna Caponi Young wins the LPGA championship by one stroke over Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers.
1987 — The Los Angeles Lakers win their 10th NBA championship with a 106-93 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 at the Forum.
1990 — Vinnie Johnson scores 15 points in the fourth quarter, including a 15-footer with seven-tenths of a second left, to give the Detroit Pistons a 92-90 win and the NBA title over Portland in five games.
1991 — Leroy Burrell sets a world record in the U.S. Championships in New York with a 9.90-second clocking in the men’s 100-meter dash. Carl Lewis, who held the record at 9.92 since the 1988 Olympics, finishes second.
1992 — NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trail Blazers, 97-93 in Game 6 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Michael Jordan for second straight year.
1994 — The New York Rangers hold off the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7 for their first Stanley Cup in 54 years. MVP Brian Leetch, Adam Graves and Mark Messier score goals and Mike Richter makes 28 saves for New York.
1995 — The Houston Rockets complete the unlikeliest of NBA championship repeats, sweeping the Orlando Magic with a 113-101 victory. MVP Hakeem Olajuwon finishes with 35 points and 15 rebounds.
1998 — Michael Jordan scores 45 points, stealing the ball from Karl Malone and hitting a jumper with 5.2 seconds left to give Chicago an 87-86 win and a 4-2 series victory over Utah for a sixth NBA title.
2005 — Asafa Powell breaks the world record in the 100 meters with a 9.77 clocking at Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Powell shaves one hundredth of a second off Tim Montgomery’s record of 9.78 set in Paris in 2002 — a mark that would later be wiped out because of doping charges.
2005 — Michelle Wie becomes the first female player to qualify for an adult male U.S. Golf Association championship, tying for first place in a 36-hole U.S. Amateur Public Links sectional qualifying tournament at Belle Vernon, Pa.
2007 — The San Antonio Spurs, who bounced over from the ABA in 1976, move in among the NBA’s greatest franchises with an 83-82 victory for a sweep of Cleveland. With their fourth championship since 1999, the Spurs join the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls as the only teams in NBA history to win four titles.
2009 — The Los Angeles Lakers win their 15th championship, beating the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Game 5 of the NBA finals. Kobe Bryant, the MVP, scores 30 points in winning his fourth title, the first without Shaquille O’Neal. It’s the 10th championship for coach Phil Jackson, moving him past Boston’s Red Auerbach for the most all-time.
2015 — Inbee Park shoots a final round 68 to finish at 19-under par to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for the third consecutive year and retake the No. 1 ranking in women’s golf. Park of South Korea finishes the season’s second major five strokes ahead of 22-year-old compatriot Sei Young Kim.
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June 15
1901 — Willie Anderson edges Alex Smith by one stroke in a playoff to take the U.S. Open.
1938 — Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitches his second straight no-hit game, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-0 in the first night game played at Ebbets Field.
1947 — Lew Worsham beats Sam Snead by one stroke on the final hole of a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1951 — Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory.
1957 — Dick Mayer beats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by seven strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1969 — Orville Moody shoots a 281 to beat Deane Beman, Al Geiberger and Bob Rosburg by one stroke and capture the U.S. Open.
1970 — Shirley Englehorn wins the LPGA championship with a four-stroke victory over Kathy Whitworth in the playoff round.
1980 — Jack Nicklaus wins his fourth U.S. Open with a record 272 for 72 holes.
1984 — American boxer Thomas Hearns retains WBC light middleweight title with 2 round KO of Roberto Durán of Panama at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas; marks first time in his illustrious career Durán knocked out.
1985 — Pinklon Thomas knocks out Mike Weaver in the eighth round to defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
1986 — Ray Floyd, 43, beats Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins by two strokes to become the oldest golfer to win the U.S. Open. It is Floyd’s fourth and final major victory.
1987 — Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1991 — Carl Lewis, one jump away from losing his 64-meet winning streak in the long jump, comes through with a dramatic victory when he soars 28 feet, 4¼ inches to pass leader Mike Powell by a half-inch in the U.S. Championships in New York.
1996 — Roy Jones Jr. completes a unique doubleheader, successfully defending his IBF super middleweight title after playing in a pro basketball game. Jones stops Eric Lucas in the 11th round after scoring five points in a United States Basketball League game in the afternoon, helping the Jacksonville Barracudas beat Treasure Coast 107-94.
1997 — Ernie Els wins his second U.S. Open championship in four years, finishing one stroke ahead of Colin Montgomerie. Els has the shot of the day on the 480-yard 17th hole when he hits a 5-iron from 212 yards to just 12 feet on the peninsula green.
2001 — Los Angeles beats Philadelphia 108-96 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to complete the best playoff run in NBA history. The Lakers, who finish the playoffs with a record of 15-1, are the first to go through the playoffs undefeated on the road.
2003 — NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New Jersey Nets, 88-77 in Game 6 for franchise’s second title; MVP: Tim Duncan.
2003 — Jim Furyk wins his first major championship and put his name in the record books, matching the lowest 72-hole score in the 103 years of the U.S. Open. Furyk closes with a 2-over 72 to win by three shots over Stephen Leaney of Australia.
2004 — Detroit beats the Los Angeles Lakers 100-87 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals for the Pistons’ first championship in 14 years.
2008 — Down to his last stroke at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods sinks a 12-foot birdie putt to force an 18-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate for the U.S. Open. They finish at 1-under 283, the first time since 2004 that someone breaks par in a U.S. Open.
2011 — The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7 of the finals.
2014 — Martin Kaymer of Germany wins the U.S. Open after four days of dominance at Pinehurst No. 2. Kaymer finishes with an eight-shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton and becomes the seventh player in the 114 years of the U.S. Open to go wire-to-wire.
2014 — The San Antonio Spurs win their fifth NBA championship, beating the Miami Heat 104-87 to win the series in five games.
2015 — Chicago’s Duncan Keith scores in the second period and directs a dominant defense that shuts down Tampa Bay’s high-scoring attack, and the Blackhawks beat the Lightning 2-0 in Game 6 for their third NHL title in the past six seasons.
2018— Christiano Renaldo, Portugal, scores a hat-trick in Portugal’s 3-3 tie with Spain in the World Cup. Renaldo becomes the fourth player to score in four different Worlc Cups and the first to score in eight consecutive major tournaments.
2019 — In a blockbuster NBA trade, the New Orleans Pelicans send forward Anthony Davis to the LA Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart & 3 future 1st round draft picks.
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June 16
1927 — Tommy Armour wins the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Harry Cooper in a playoff.
1946 — Lloyd Mangrum edges Byron Nelson and Vic Ghezzi to win the U.S. Open by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff.
1951 — Ben Hogan captures the U.S. Open for the second straight year with a two-stroke comeback victory over Clayton Heafner.
1956 — Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Ben Hogan and Julius Boros.
1968 — Lee Trevino becomes the first golfer to play all four rounds of the U.S. Open under par as he beats Jack Nicklaus by four strokes.
1974 — Hale Irwin beats Forrest Fezler by two strokes to win the U.S. Open. In what becomes known as the “Massacre at Winged Foot,” not a single player breaks par in the first round. Irwin’s 7-over 278 is the second-highest score since World War II — Julius Boros was 9-over in 1963.
1975 — NBA Milwaukee Bucks trade Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Walt Wesley to L.A. Lakers for 4 players.
1985 — Andy North wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Taiwan’s Tze-chung Chen, Canada’s Dave Barr and Zimbabwe’s Denis Watson.
1985 — Willie Banks of USA sets triple jump record (58 feet 11 inches) in Indianapolis.
1993 — Michael Jordan scores 55 points to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 111-105 victory and a 3-1 lead over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals.
1993 — Ken Griffey Jr. slugs his 100th career home run in Seattle.
1995 — Marlins outfielder Andre Dawson hits his 400th NL career HR (429).
1996 — 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seattle Supersonics, 4 games to 2; the Bulls’ 4th title in 6 years.
1998 — The Detroit Red Wings become the first team to win consecutive Stanley Cups since Pittsburgh in 1992, completing a sweep of Washington with a 4-1 win behind two goals by Doug Brown. It’s the fourth straight NHL finals sweep, a first in major pro sports history.
1999 — Maurice Greene smashes the 100-meter world record at 9.79 seconds, breaking the previous mark of 9.84 set by Donovan Bailey at the 1996 Olympics.
2002 — A runaway winner again in the U.S. Open, Tiger Woods becomes the first player since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to capture the first two major championships of the year with a three-stroke victory at Bethpage (N.Y.) Black.
2006 — Tiger Woods returns from his longest layoff by making his earliest departure at a major, missing the cut in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time as a pro. Woods, with rounds of 76-76, misses the cut at the U.S. Open by three strokes.
2008 — Tiger Woods wins the U.S. Open in a 19-hole playoff over Rocco Mediate, his 14th career major.
2013 — Justin Rose captures his first major championship and becomes the first Englishman in 43 years to win the U.S. Open. Rose shoots a closing 70 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. for a 1-over 281 total and two-shot victory over Phil Mickelson and Jason Day.
2013 — Greg Biffle gives Ford a milestone victory with his second straight Sprint Cup win at Michigan International Speedway. It’s the 1,000th victory for Ford Motor Company across NASCAR’s three national series — Cup, Nationwide and Truck.
2015 — The Golden State Warriors win their first NBA championship since 1975, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-97 in Game 6. Stephen Curry and Finals MVP Andre Iguodala each score 25 points for the Warriors, who won the final three games after Cleveland had taken a 2-1 lead.
2016 — LeBron James scores 41 points, Kyrie Irving adds 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Golden State Warriors 115-101 to even an unpredictable series and force a decisive Game 7.
2018 — Video Assist Referee (VAR) technology used for the first time in a World Cup soccer match.
2022 — NBA Finals: Golden State Warriors beat Boston Celtics, 103-90 for a 4-2 series win; Warriors’ 4th title in 8 years; MVP: Stephen Curry.
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June 17
1954 — Rocky Marciano scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles at New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1960 — Ted Williams hit his 500th HR.
1961 — Gene Littler shoots a 68 in the final round to edge Doug Sanders and Bob Goalby in the U.S. Open.
1962 — Jack Nicklaus beats Arnold Palmer by three strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1962 — Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Santiago, Chile to win its second straight FIFA World Cup title. Czechoslovakia scored first on a goal by Josef Masopust at 15 minutes. Two minutes later Amarildo tied the game. In the second half, Zito and Vavá scored goals to give Brazil the victory.
1973 — John Miller shoots a 63 in the final round to win the U.S. Open by one stroke over John Schlee at Oakmont, Pa. Miller’s 8-under 63 is the first ever carded in a major championship.
1976 — The 18-team NBA absorbs four of the six remaining ABA teams: the New York Nets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets.
1979 — Hale Irwin wins the U.S. Open by two strokes over Gary Player and Jerry Pate.
1989 — The Quebec Nordiques select Swedish center Mats Sundin with the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft. He’s the first European player to be taken with the first pick.
1989 — U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.
1990 — Fifty-year-old Harry Gant becomes the oldest driver to win a NASCAR race as he posts a 2.4-second victory over Rusty Wallace in the Miller 500 at Pocono International Raceway.
1991 — Payne Stewart escapes with a two-stroke victory over Scott Simpson in the highest-scoring U.S. Open playoff in 64 years.
1992 — Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns.
1994 — O.J. Simpson doesn’t turn himself in on murder charges, LA police chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours before he eventually gives up (seen live on national TV).
1995 — Claude Lemieux snaps a tie at 3:17 of the third period as the New Jersey Devils open the Stanley Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The victory, the ninth on the road, breaks the NHL playoff record for road wins.
2007 — Angel Cabrera holds off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke to capture the U.S. Open. Cabrera shoots a 1-under-par 69 in the final round at brutal Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.
2007 — Kate Ziegler breaks swimming’s oldest world record, shattering the 1,500-meter freestyle mark by 9 1/2 seconds at the TYR Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, Calif. Ziegler wins the 30-lap race in 15:42.54, easily erasing Janet Evans’ 1988 mark of 15:52.10 set in Orlando, Fla. At the time, Evans was the first woman to break 16 minutes.
2008 — The Boston Celtics win their 17th NBA title with a stunning 131-92 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6. Kevin Garnett scores 26 points with 14 rebounds, Ray Allen scores 26 and Paul Pierce, the finals MVP, adds 17.
2010 — The Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston for the first time in a Game 7 to repeat as NBA champions. The Lakers win their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter 13-point deficit to beat the Celtics 83-79.
2011 — Rory McIlroy becomes the first player in the 111-year history of the U.S. Open to reach 13-under par, and despite a double bogey into the water on the final hole, his 5-under 66 is enough set the 36-hole scoring record at 131.
2012 — Webb Simpson wins the U.S. Open outlasting former U.S. Open champions Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.
2018 — Brooks Koepka wins a second consecutive U.S. Open, the first player to do so since Curtis Strange in 1989.
June 18
1910 — Alex Smith wins the U.S. Open by beating John McDermont and Macdonald Smith in an 18-hole playoff at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Smith beats McDermont by four strokes and Macdonald Smith by six.
1921 — The University of Illinois wins the first NCAA track and field championships with 20¼ points. Notre Dame finishes second with 16¾ points.
1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Billy Conn in the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.
1960 — Arnold Palmer beats amateur Jack Nicklaus by two strokes to win the U.S. Open.
1967 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer for the U.S. Open. Nicklaus breaks Ben Hogan’s 1948 record by one stroke.
1972 — Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open by three strokes over Bruce Crampton and ties Bobby Jones’ record of 13 major titles.
1972 — UEFA European Championship Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium: Gerd Müller scores a brace as West Germany beats Soviet Union, 3-0.
1975 — Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins wins the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman for the eighth consecutive year.
1984 — Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 3-under 67 to beat Greg Norman by eight strokes in the 18-hole playoff at Winged Foot GC for the U.S. Open title.
1986 — California’s Don Sutton becomes the 19th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games as he pitches a three-hitter to give the Angels a 5-1 triumph over the Texas Rangers.
1990 — Hale Irwin makes an 8-foot birdie putt on the 91st hole to beat Mike Donald in the first sudden-death playoff to decide the U.S. Open. It is the third U.S. Open title for the 45-year-old Irwin, the oldest winner in the tournament’s history.
1992 — Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick.
1995 — Michael Johnson becomes the first national champion at 200 and 400 meters since 1899 as he captures both races at the USA-Mobil Championships.
1995 — FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany.
2000 — Tiger Woods turns the 100th U.S. Open into a one-man show, winning by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Woods’ 15-stroke margin shatters the Open mark of 11 set by Willie Smith in 1899 and is the largest in any major championship — surpassing the 13-stroke victory by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 British Open.
2006 — Phil Mickelson’s bid for a third consecutive major ends with a shocking collapse when he bungles his way to a double bogey on the final hole, giving the U.S. Open to Geoff Ogilvy.
2017 — Brooks Koepka breaks away from a tight pack with three straight birdies on the back nine at Erin Hills and closes with a 5-under 67 to win the U.S. Open for his first major championship.
2017 — Diana Taurasi scores 19 points to break the WNBA career scoring record in the Phoenix Mercury’s 90-59 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. Taurasi finishes with 7,494 points, passing Tina Thompson’s mark of 7,488.
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June 19
1867 — Ruthless, ridden by J. Gilpatrick, wins the inaugural Belmont Stakes at Jerome Park in the Bronx. The filly earns $1,850 for her victory.
1914 — Harry Vardon wins his sixth and final British Open by shooting a 306, three strokes ahead of J.H. Taylor at Prestwick Club.
1936 — German heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling knocks out previously unbeaten Joe Louis in the 12th round. Schmeling’s victory sets off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the United States on the eve of World War II.
1938 — FIFA World Cup Final, Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France: Luigi Colausig & Silvio Piola each score 2 goals as Italy beats Hungary, 4-1.
1954 — Ed Furgol edges Gene Littler by one stroke to win the U.S. Open, the first golf tournament to be televised nationally.
1955 — Jack Fleck beats Ben Hogan by three strokes in a playoff round to win the U.S. Open.
1973 — Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) and Willie Davis (LA Dodgers) both record 2,000th MLB career hit; Rose, a single in 4-0 win vs SF Giants; Davis, a HR in 3-0 win vs Atlanta Braves.
1977 — Hubert Green wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Lou Graham.
1986 — Len Bias, the second pick in the NBA draft made by the Boston Celtics two days before, dies of a heart attack induced by cocaine use.
1992 — Evander Holyfield wins a unanimous decision over Larry Holmes to remain unbeaten and retain the undisputed heavyweight title.
1992 — Charlie Whittingham becomes the second trainer in history, behind D. Wayne Lukas, to top $100 million in purse earnings when Little by Little finishes second in the sixth race at Hollywood Park.
1999 — Dallas wins its first Stanley Cup, as Brett Hull’s controversial goal at 14:51 of the third overtime gives the Stars a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6.
2000 — NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers, 116-111 in Game 6 to win the franchise’s first title in 12 years; MVP: Shaquille O’Neal.
2005 — Michael Campbell answers every challenge Tiger Woods throws his way for a two-shot victory in the U.S. Open. Retief Goosen, the two-time U.S. Open champion, turns in a collapse that ranks among the greatest in major championship history. He loses his three-shot lead in three holes and closes with an 81 to tie for 11th at 8 over.
2006 — Cam Ward stops nearly everything giving the Carolina Hurricanes their first Stanley Cup title with a 3-1 victory over Edmonton in Game 7.
2011 — Rory McIlroy runs away with the U.S. Open title, winning by eight shots and breaking the tournament scoring record by a whopping four strokes. McIlroy shoots a 2-under 69 to close the four days at Congressional in Bethesda, Md., at 16-under 268.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez homers for his 3,000th career hit as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2.
2016 — Dustin Johnson atones for his past mishaps in the majors winning the U.S. Open by three shots. Shane Lowry, who began the final round with a four-shot lead, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy finish tied for second.
2016 — LeBron James and his relentless Cavaliers pulls off an improbable NBA Finals comeback to give the city of Cleveland its first title since 1964. James delivers on a promise from two years ago to bring a championship to his native northeast Ohio, and he and the Cavs become the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit by beating the defending champion Golden State Warriors 93-89.
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1908 — Colin wins the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay and retires undefeated after 15 starts. No major American racehorse approaches this record until 1988, when Personal Ensign retires with a perfect 13-for-13 career.
1936 — Jesse Owens sets a 100-meter record of 10.2 seconds at a meet in Chicago.
1940 — Joe Louis stops Arturo Godoy in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title.
1960 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Ingemar Johansson in the fifth round in New York to become the first boxer to regain the world heavyweight title.
1966 — Billy Casper beats Arnold Palmer by four strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1967 — Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, is convicted of violating the United States Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted. Clay is sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000, the maximum penalty for the offense. Ali remains free while his conviction is on appeal.
1968 — The Night of Speed. In a span of 2½ hours, the world record of 10 seconds for the 100 meters is broken by three men and tied by seven others at the AAU Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Calif. Jim Hines wins the first semifinal in a tight finish with Ronny Ray Smith, becoming the first man to break the 10-second barrier. Both runners are credited with a time of 9.9 seconds. Charlie Greene wins the second semifinal and then ties Hines’ 9.9 record in the final.
1976 — UEFA European Championship Final, Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Czechoslovakia upsets West Germany, 5-3 on penalties following 2-2 draw.
1980 — Roberto Duran wins a 15-round decision over Sugar Ray Leonard at Olympic Stadium in Montreal to win the WBC welterweight crown.
1982 — Tom Watson wins the U.S. Open by two strokes over Jack Nicklaus.
1982 — Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz).
1984 — Jockey Pat Day equals a thoroughbred racing record for an eight-race card when he wins seven races at Churchill Downs. Day’s only loss is in the fourth race.
1993 — Lee Janzen holes a 30-foot chip for birdie on No. 16 and adds birdies on the par-5 closing holes for a two-stroke victory over Payne Stewart in the U.S. Open. Janzen ties Jack Nicklaus’ record 272 total and Lee Trevino’s four straight rounds in the 60′s.
1993 — John Paxson hits a 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left as the Chicago Bulls win their third consecutive NBA title with a 99-98 victory over the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the finals.
1994 — Ernie Els of South Africa becomes the first foreign winner of the U.S. Open since 1981, beating Loren Roberts on the second sudden-death hole.
1994 — Former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor O.J. Simpson arraigned on murder of Nicole Simpson & Ronald Goldman.
2004 — Retief Goosen captures his second U.S. Open in four years. In the toughest final round at the U.S. Open in 22 years, Goosen closes with a 1-over 71 for a two-shot victory made possible when Phil Mickelson three-putts from 5 feet on the 17th.
2004 — Ken Griffey Jr. hits the 500th home run of his career, off Matt Morris, to help the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-0.
2006 — Dwyane Wade caps his magnificent playoffs with 36 points and 10 rebounds to lead Miami past the Dallas Mavericks 95-92 as the Heat roar back from a two-game deficit to win the NBA finals in six games.
2013 — LeBron James has 37 points and 12 rebounds, and the Miami Heat repeat as champions with a 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
2017 — Tiger Woods checks into a clinic to manage his pain medication and sleep disorder, following his arrest for driving under the influence.
2018 — Christiano Renaldo scores a goal against Morocco to become the all-time leading European goalscorer (85) in international compitition.
2019 — Duke power forward Zion Williamson is the first player chosen in the 2019 NBA Draft.
2020 — Tiz the Law, ridden by Manuel Franco, wins the 152nd Belmont Stakes becoming the first New York-bred horse to win the event since 1882.
TV SPORTS FRIDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| ST. LOUIS AT CHI. CUBS | 2:20PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS MIDWEST MARQ MLB.TV FUBO |
| MIAMI AT WASHINGTON | 6:45PM | BALLY SPORTS FLORIDA MASN2 MLB.TV FUBO |
| PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE | 7:05PM | NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA MASN MLB.TV FUBO |
| CLEVELAND AT TORONTO | 7:07PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS GREAT LAKES SPORTSNET MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN DIEGO AT NY METS | 7:10PM | PADRES.TV SNY MLB.TV FUBO |
| NY YANKEES AT BOSTON | 7:10PM | MLBN YES NESN MLB.TV FUBO |
| TAMPA BAY AT ATLANTA | 7:20PM | BALLY SPORTS SUN BALLY SPORTS SOUTHEAST MLB.TV FUBO |
| OAKLAND AT MINNESOTA | 8:10PM | NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA BALLY SPORTS NORTH MLB.TV FUBO |
| CINCINNATI AT MILWAUKEE | 8:10PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS OHIO BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN MLB.TV FUBO |
| DETROIT AT HOUSTON | 8:10PM | MLBN BALLY SPORTS DETROIT SCHN MLB.TV FUBO |
| PITTSBURGH AT COLORADO | 8:40PM | ATTSN-PITTSBURGH ROCKIES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. WHITE SOX AT ARIZONA | 9:40PM | NBC SPORTS CHICAGO YURVIEW MLB.TV FUBO |
| TEXAS AT SEATTLE | 10:10PM | BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST ROOT SPORTS MLB.TV FUBO |
| KANSAS CITY AT LA DODGERS | 10:10PM | BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY SNLA MLB.TV FUBO |
| LA ANGELS AT SAN FRANCISCO | 10:15PM | BALLY SPORTS WEST NBC SPORTS BAY AREA MLB.TV FUBO |
| NBA PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| NBA FINALS GAME 4: BOSTON AT DALLAS | 8:30PM | ABC FUBO |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA: US OPEN | 6:30AM | USA |
| PGA: US OPEN | 1:00PM | NBC PEACOCK |
| LPGA TOUR: MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC | 3:00PM | GOLF |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA EURO: GERMANY VS SCOTLAND | 3:00PM | FOX FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: TALLERES CÓRDOBA VS PLATENSE | 6:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| MLS: NEW YORK CITY VS COLUMBUS CREW | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| NWSL: KANSAS CITY CURRENT VS CHICAGO RED STARS | 8:00PM | PRIME |
| CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: VALOUR VS PACIFIC | 8:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: BOCA JUNIORS VS VÉLEZ SARSFIELD | 8:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| CHICAGO VS WASHINGTON | 7:30PM | ION |
| LOS ANGELES VS MINNESOTA | 7:30PM | ION |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| STUTTGART-ATP & NOTTINGHAM-WTA QUARTERFINALS | 5:00AM | TENNIS |
| STUTTGART-ATP & NOTTINGHAM-WTA QUARTERFINALS | 1:00PM | TENNIS |
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| PHILADELPHIA AT NY METS | 1:10PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| ATLANTA AT WASHINGTON | 4:05PM | BALLY SPORTS SOUTHEAST MASN MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN FRANCISCO AT TEXAS | 4:05PM | NBC SPORTS BAY AREA BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| MINNESOTA AT PITTSBURGH | 4:05PM | BALLY SPORTS NORTH ATTSN-PITTSBURGH MLB.TV FUBO |
| TORONTO AT OAKLAND | 4:07PM | SPORTSNET NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA MLB.TV FUBO |
| MILWAUKEE AT DETROIT | 4:10PM | BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN BALLY SPORTS DETROIT MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. CUBS AT CINCINNATI | 4:10PM | MARQ BALLY SPORTS OHIO MLB.TV FUBO |
| SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY | 4:10PM | ROOT SPORTS BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY MLB.TV FUBO |
| BALTIMORE AT TAMPA BAY | 4:10PM | MASN2 BALLY SPORTS SUN MLB.TV FUBO |
| BOSTON AT CHI. WHITE SOX | 4:10PM | NESN NBC SPORTS CHICAGO MLB.TV FUBO |
| COLORADO AT ST. LOUIS | 4:15PM | ROCKIES.TV BALLY SPORTS MIDWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| LA DODGERS AT NY YANKEES | 7:35PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| CLEVELAND AT MIAMI | 7:35PM | FOX MLB.TV FUBO |
| ARIZONA AT SAN DIEGO | 8:40PM | YURVIEW PADRES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| HOUSTON AT LA ANGELS | 10:07PM | SCHN BALLY SPORTS WEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 4: FLORIDA AT EDMONTON | 8:00PM | ABC |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| XFINITY: HY-VEE PERKS 250 | 3:30PM | USA |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| PGA TOUR: US OPEN | 10:00AM | USA |
| PGA TOUR: US OPEN | 12:00PM | NBC PEACOCK |
| LPGA TOUR: MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC | 3:00PM | GOLF |
| MMA | TIME ET | TV |
| UFC FLYWEIGHTS: ALEX PEREZ VS. TATSURO TAIRA | 10:00PM | ESPN |
| RUGBY | TIME ET | TV |
| MLR: SEATTLE AT HOUSTON | 7:00PM | FS1 |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA EURO: HUNGARY VS SWITZERLAND | 9:00AM | VIX FUBO |
| UEFA EURO: SPAIN VS CROATIA | 12:00PM | FOX VIX FUBO |
| NWSL: RACING LOUISVILLE FC VS NJ/NY GOTHAM FC | 12:00PM | ESPN ESPN+ FUBO |
| CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: ATLÉTICO OTTAWA VS YORK UNITED | 1:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS FUBO |
| UEFA EURO: ITALY VS ALBANIA | 3:00PM | FOX VIX FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: UNIÓN SANTA FE VS SAN LORENZO | 3:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: HFX WANDERERS VS FORGE | 4:00PM | FOX SOCCER PLUS FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: HURACÁN VS INDEPENDIENTE RIVADAVIA | 5:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: ATLÉTICO TUCUMÁN VS DEFENSA Y JUSTICIA | 7:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| MLS: ATLANTA UNITED VS HOUSTON DYNAMO | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: CHARLOTTE VS DC UNITED | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: CF MONTRÉAL VS REAL SALT LAKE | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: NEW ENGLAND VS VANCOUVER WHITECAPS | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: NEW YORK RB VS NASHVILLE SC | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: ORLANDO CITY SC VS LOS ANGELES FC | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: PHILADELPHIA UNION VS INTER MIAMI | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: TORONTO FC VS CHICAGO FIRE | 7:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| NWSL: WASHINGTON SPIRIT VS SAN DIEGO WAVE | 7:30PM | ION TUBI |
| MLS: DALLAS VS ST. LOUIS CITY | 8:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: COLORADO RAPIDS VS AUSTIN | 9:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| NWSL: HOUSTON DASH VS ANGEL CITY | 9:30PM | ION |
| MLS: LA GALAXY VS SPORTING KC | 10:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC VS MINNESOTA UNITED | 10:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| MLS: SJ EARTHQUAKES VS CINCINNATI | 10:30PM | MLS SEASON PASS |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| CONNECTICUT VS DALLAS | 1:00PM | CBS |
| NEW YORK VS LAS VEGAS | 3:00PM | ABC |
| SWIMMING | TIME ET | TV |
| OLYMPIC TRIALS | 8:00PM | NBC |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| ATP/WTA & STUTTGART-ATP SEMIFINALS | 5:00AM | TENNIS |