“THE SCOREBOARD”
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: EDMONTON 8 FLORIDA 1
+GAME 5: EDMONTON 5 FLORIDA 3
+GAME 6: EDMONTON 5 FLORIDA 1
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NY METS 11 CHICAGO CUBS 1
TAMPA BAY 10 PITTSBURGH 3
DETROIT 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
ARIZONA 5 PHILADELPHIA 4
ATLANTA 8 NY YANKEES 1
CINCINNATI 5 BOSTON 2
MIAMI 3 SEATTLE 2 (10)
CLEVELAND 7 TORONTO 1
TEXAS 6 KANSAS CITY 2
HOUSTON 14 BALTIMORE 11
WASHINGTON 11 COLORADO 5
OAKLAND 6 MINNESOTA 5
SAN DIEGO 9 MILWAUKEE 5
LA ANGELS 3 LA DODGERS 2 (10)
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 5 IOWA 2
SOUTH BEND 4 LAKE COUNTY 3
FT. WAYNE 5 WISCONSIN 4
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WNBA SCORES
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LAS VEGAS 85 CONNECTICUT 74
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NHL NEWS
OILERS ROLL PAST PANTHERS TO FORCE IMPROBABLE GAME 7
The Edmonton Oilers have taken the Stanley Cup Final to a deciding Game 7 thanks to a 5-1 home victory over the Florida Panthers on Friday.
Warren Foegele collected one goal and one assist, while Adam Henrique, Zach Hyman, Ryan McLeod and Darnell Nurse scored one goal apiece for the Oilers, who have erased a 3-0 deficit in the best-of-seven championship series and forced a winner-take-all clash Monday in Florida.
Goaltender Stuart Skinner made 20 saves and also recorded an assist.
Edmonton will attempt to join the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs as the only teams to trail 3-0 and win the Stanley Cup.
The only other team to reach Game 7 in the finals when trailing 3-0 is the 1945 Detroit Red Wings, who coincidentally lost to the Maple Leafs in 1942. Detroit forced a deciding game with three consecutive victories only to lose Game 7 to Toronto.
Aleksander Barkov notched the only goal for the Panthers, who have been outscored 18-5 in the trio of losses. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 16 shots.
The Oilers had the early momentum and finally cashed in at the 7:27 mark of the first period when Foegele converted Leon Draisaitl’s pass on an odd-man rush for his third goal of the playoffs.
Henrique doubled the lead 46 seconds into the second period. Mattias Janmark sent a pass during a two-on-one rush that Henrique converted with a one-timer off the post and into the net for his fourth of the playoffs.
The Panthers then built some momentum but suffered a crushing blow when Hyman made it 3-0 by burying a breakaway chance for his 16th goal of the postseason at 18:20 of the second period.
Barkov, who appeared to score within seconds after it became a 2-0 game only to see it overturned thanks to a successful offside challenge by the Oilers, put the Panthers on the board 88 seconds into the third period with his eighth goal of the playoffs, but to trim Florida’s deficit to 3-1.
Empty-net goals by McLeod — his fourth of the playoffs and third in the series — and Nurse rounded out the scoring.
WILD ACQUIRE GRAEME CLARKE FROM DEVILS FOR ADAM BECKMAN
The Minnesota Wild acquired Graeme Clarke from the New Jersey Devils on Friday in exchange for fellow forward Adam Beckman.
Both players are 23 years old. They were drafted five picks apart in the third round in 2019, with Beckman going 75th overall and Clarke 80th.
Clarke, a Minnesota native, made his NHL debut in 2023-24 and appeared in three games with zero points for the Devils.
Beckman played in each of the past three seasons for the Wild, accumulating three assists across 23 games.
Both played primarily in the AHL last season, with Clarke notching 49 points (25 goals, 24 assists) in 67 games at Utica and Beckman delivering 33 points (19 goals, 14 assists) in 51 games at Iowa.
ANDREW COGLIANO RETIRES, JOINS AVS FRONT OFFICE
Forward Andrew Cogliano announced Friday that he is retiring after 17 NHL seasons, and the Colorado Avalanche said he will move into the front office.
Cogliano, 37, spent the past three seasons playing for the Avalanche, capping a career in which he appeared in 1,294 regular-season games.
“The game of hockey has given me and my family so much and I am grateful for every moment,” the Toronto native said. “I am blessed to have played for so long with some great organizations and amazing teammates. I will miss being with the guys in the dressing room and battling for each other on the ice every night but it’s time to move on. Thank you to everyone I ever played with, played for and all the great fans for all of their support. I am excited to start my new chapter in the front office.”
Cogliano tallied 464 points (190 goals, 274 assists) with the Edmonton Oilers (2007-11), Anaheim Ducks (2011-19), Dallas Stars (2019-21), San Jose Sharks (2021-22) and Colorado, which acquired him on March 21, 2022, for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft.
He played in 131 career postseason games and was part of the Colorado team that won the 2022 Stanley Cup.
Cogliano’s career was highlighted by his durability. The former first-round draft pick played 830 consecutive games at the start of his career, not missing a game between Oct. 4, 2007, and Jan. 13, 2018. In all, he dressed for 98 percent of his teams’ combined 1,321 games.
In his new role, he will work in player development, professional and amateur scouting, and with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League.
“He is a true pro, a fierce competitor, a great teammate and leader, and a mentor for younger players,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said of Cogliano. “He always set the example for the rest of the group with his hard work on and off the ice and his preparation and details. And while we will miss him on the ice, we couldn’t be more excited to have him on board with our organization in this new role. He will be an invaluable resource with his unique knowledge of the game and his many years of experience to help the next generation of Avalanche players.”
COYOTES FUME OVER CANCELED LAND AUCTION
The scheduled auction of a land parcel in north Phoenix was canceled on Friday, prompting the Arizona Coyotes to declare that the move “seriously jeopardizes the future of NHL hockey returning to the desert.”
Alex Meruelo sold his existing hockey franchise to the owners of the Utah Jazz in April, and the club was moved to Salt Lake City. However, Meruelo retained the rights to the Arizona Coyotes name, and the NHL awarded him the right to start an expansion franchise if he were able to build a new arena in the Phoenix area in the next five years.
The Coyotes’ plan was to build on the north Phoenix lot that was set to be auctioned off by the Arizona State Land Department next Thursday. However, the state scrapped the auction, stating that the Coyotes need to receive a special-use permit to build the 17,000-plus-seat arena they have proposed.
The ASLD’s statement included, “It is not uncommon for ASLD to require applicant to secure zoning/use permits prior to auction.”
The team responded in a statement, “The Arizona Coyotes are exploring all our legal options given this shortsighted decision by the state.”
The Coyotes added, “The organization has worked in good faith with the ASLD and has been on track to win the auction next week until the sudden reversal by ASLD today. … By cancelling the land auction, the state is forgoing millions, and potentially billions, of dollars that would have gone directly to K-12 education.”
Jim Waring, the Phoenix councilman whose city covers the land the Coyotes hope to buy, told the Arizona Republic, “(The Coyotes should) get a zoning attorney. They don’t have one. Get in the city, come up with a plan and go through the process. Then buy it.”
MLB ROUNDUP: ANGELS PREVAIL IN REUNION WITH SHOHEI OHTANI
Taylor Ward delivered a tiebreaking single in the top of the 10th inning as the Los Angeles Angels notched a 3-2 victory over the host Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in the opener of a two-game set.
The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani hit a massive two-run homer and reached base four times in his first game against his former team, but his 455-foot blast accounted for all of his team’s runs. Ohtani had two of the Dodgers’ five hits. Ward had two of his team’s four hits as the Angels snapped a 10-game losing streak against the Dodgers.
Jo Adell was the runner on second to start the Angels’ 10th, and he was sacrificed to third. Evan Phillips replaced Anthony Banda (1-1) and retired one hitter before Ward came up with two outs and ripped a single to the left of Dodgers third baseman Enrique Hernandez and into left field.
In the bottom of the 10th, pinch runner Cavan Biggio was on second and advanced to third on a groundout. Carlos Estevez then struck out Hernandez and Gavin Lux to end it for his 14th save of the season. Angels reliever Luis Garcia (2-0) allowed one hit in two innings of scoreless ball.
Astros 14, Orioles 11
Jake Meyers clubbed a go-ahead, three-run home run in the fifth inning before Joey Loperfido recorded a pair of doubles in a nine-run sixth as Houston outlasted visiting Baltimore.
Loperfido and Jose Altuve each recorded three hits and two RBIs for Houston, which won its third game in a row. Reliever Shawn Dubin (1-1) earned his first major league win by pitching 2 1/3 innings, and Bryan Abreu earned his first save.
Gunnar Henderson homered twice for the Orioles, who also got long balls from Anthony Santander and Jorge Mateo. Adley Rutschman went 5-for-5. Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez (8-3) allowed seven runs on nine hits over five-plus innings.
Mets 11, Cubs 1
J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer in the first inning to power another outburst by red-hot New York, which cruised past host Chicago in the opener of a three-game series.
Jose Iglesias tied a career high with four hits and added three RBIs for the Mets, who have won 14 of 19, a span in which they have scored at least 10 runs in a game five times. New York reached double figures just once in its first 55 games.
Shota Imanaga (7-2) yielded 10 runs on 11 hits in three-plus innings for the Cubs, who fell to 9-18 since May 22.
Rays 10, Pirates 3
Josh Lowe hit two home runs while going 3-for-5 with four RBIs to help visiting Tampa Bay defeat Pittsburgh.
Colin Poche (1-1) replaced starter Ryan Pepiot in the fourth and tossed a perfect 1 2/3 innings for the Rays, who totaled 17 hits and won for the fourth time in five games.
The Pirates’ Bryan Reynolds homered to extend his major-league-leading hitting streak to a career-high 18 games. Pittsburgh starter Carmen Mlodzinski (1-3) allowed one run on four hits in 1 2/3 innings.
Diamondbacks 5, Phillies 4
Gabriel Moreno belted a two-run homer and Joc Pederson and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also went deep to fuel visiting Arizona past Philadelphia.
Each of the three had two hits and Geraldo Perdomo added an RBI single to send the Diamondbacks to their eighth win in 11 games. Arizona (38-38) reached the .500 mark for the first time since it was 9-9 on April 16.
Trea Turner launched a two-run homer and added an RBI single for the Phillies, who have lost six of their past nine games.
Braves 8, Yankees 1
Ozzie Albies and Austin Riley homered in the first inning and Chris Sale pitched five solid innings while combining with four relievers on a three-hitter as visiting Atlanta rolled past slumping New York.
Albies hit a two-run homer off a Carlos Rodon fastball on the game’s second pitch and Riley hit a solo shot as the Braves jumped out to a 3-0 lead.
The Yankees lost their third straight and also fell to 2-6 in their past eight games. New York has allowed 32 runs in its past three games.
Guardians 7, Blue Jays 1
Carlos Carrasco allowed one run and struck out a season-high seven over six innings and Cleveland exploded for seven runs in the second inning while rolling over visiting Toronto.
Josh Naylor had two hits and two RBIs during the big inning. Carrasco (3-6) yielded only Vladimir Gurrero Jr.’s fourth-inning homer. He gave up four hits and no walks.
Returning from the injured list, Toronto’s Yariel Rodriguez (0-2) wound up allowing five runs — four earned — in 1 1/3 innings.
Reds 5, Red Sox 2
Jeimer Candelario hit two solo home runs to propel Cincinnati over visiting Boston.
Candelario has a team-high 14 home runs this season and has hit eight homers in June. It was his second multi-homer game of the month. Reds starter Andrew Abbott (6-6) struck out 10 while throwing 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball, and Alexis Diaz handled the ninth for his 17th save.
Connor Wong and Jarren Duran hit solo home runs for the Red Sox. Wong and Duran each had two hits in the loss, and each owns an 11-game hitting streak. Kutter Crawford (3-7) permitted five runs (three earned) in 6 1/3 innings.
Tigers 2, White Sox 1
Carson Kelly hit a two-run homer and host Detroit snapped a four-game losing streak by edging Chicago.
Tigers starter Jack Flaherty (5-4) gave up one run and five hits while striking out eight in 5 2/3 innings. Beau Brieske pitched two innings, and Jason Foley got the last four outs for his 13th save.
Tommy Pham homered for the White Sox, who have lost three straight. Erick Fedde (5-2) gave up two runs and five hits in seven innings. He retired the last 14 batters he faced.
Rangers 6, Royals 2
Marcus Semien drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double to highlight a five-run sixth inning, leading Texas over Kansas City in Arlington, Texas.
Nathaniel Lowe had three hits, including a double, and a run, Wyatt Langford went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and Jonah Heim walked three times and also had an RBI and a run as Texas took the opener of a three-game series for its second consecutive win.
Kyle Isbel homered and MJ Melendez doubled and scored a run for the Royals, who lost for the fourth time in five games. John Schreiber (3-2) allowed three runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Nationals 11, Rockies 5
Drew Millas homered and finished with three hits, Luis Garcia Jr. also went deep, and Washington beat Colorado in Denver.
Lane Thomas had three hits, four RBIs and finished a home run shy of hitting for the cycle while Jacob Young and CJ Abrams also had three hits apiece for Washington. Every batter in the lineup reached base for the Nationals, who had a season-high 19 hits.
Ezequiel Tovar had three hits, including a homer, Nolan Jones also went deep, and Hunter Goodman hit a two-run shot for the Rockies.
A’s 6, Twins 5
Shea Langeliers hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning, Oakland closer Mason Miller pitched a 1-2-3 ninth and the Athletics edged visiting Minnesota.
Langeliers and Tyler Soderstrom each had two hits and three RBIs for the A’s, who were swept in a four-game series in Minnesota last week. Sean Newcomb (1-0) got the win over Jhoan Duran (3-3), and Miller logged his 14th save.
Willi Castro finished with a homer, a double, three RBIs and two runs as the Twins lost their third straight. Royce Lewis hit his 10th homer in 16 games this season.
Marlins 3, Mariners 2 (10 innings)
Tim Anderson lined a walk-off single in the 10th inning as host Miami defeated Seattle for its third straight walk-off win, something the club had not done since 1999.
On a first-pitch fastball by reliever Austin Voth (2-1), Anderson singled to left fielder Dominic Canzone, who made a strong throw home. But catcher Cal Raleigh couldn’t come up with a short hop, and automatic runner Jake Burger came in to score.
Miami’s bullpen provided 3 2/3 scoreless innings. Anthony Bender (2-2) was part of that effort as he earned the win with one scoreless frame.
Padres 9, Brewers 5
Jake Cronenworth’s first career five-hit game included a tiebreaking single in the seventh inning, helping San Diego rally from a three-run deficit to top visiting Milwaukee.
The victory might prove costly for the Padres, though. Fernando Tatis Jr. exited two innings after he was hit in the left arm by a third-inning pitch. The team announced he sustained a left triceps contusion. Jurickson Profar came out in the seventh inning because of an apparent leg injury.
Brice Turang, Christian Yelich and Willy Adames each had two hits for the Brewers, who have lost two in a row. The Padres have won three straight.
REDS, BREWERS, NATIONALS ARE ON PACE TO POST HIGHEST STOLEN-BASE TOTALS OF ANY MLB TEAM SINCE 1990S
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz understands how much of a distraction he causes to opposing pitchers whenever he gets on base.
“It seems like they get a little bit nervous right there when I go out there,” De La Cruz, who has a major league-leading 37 steals, said through a translator.
With De La Cruz leading the way, the Reds are stealing bases at a rate unseen over the last three decades. And the Milwaukee Brewers and Washington Nationals are right on their heels.
No team this century has stolen more than 200 bases in a single season (the 2007 New York Mets had exactly 200). The Reds, Brewers and Nationals are all on pace to blow past that mark as they capitalize on rule changes put in place last year to help spur the running game.
Cincinnati has 107 steals through its first 74 games and is on pace for 234. That would represent the highest total for any team since the 1992 Brewers had 256, according to Sportradar.
The NL Central-leading Brewers have 104 steals through 75 games and the Nationals 101 through 74 games. That puts the Brewers on pace for at least 224 and the Nationals on track for 221. No team has finished a season with over 201 steals since the 1993 Montreal Expos had 228.
“As the saying goes, speed never slumps,” Brewers outfielder Blake Perkins said. “It’s always something we’ve got in our back pocket.”
Major League Baseball increased the size of the bases from 15 square inches to 18 square inches last year and ruled pitchers could only disengage from the rubber to call timeout or attempt a pickoff throw twice per plate appearance.
Those rule changes led to 3,503 stolen bases last year – the highest total since 1987 and a 41% increase over 2022 – plus an MLB-record success rate of over 80%. The success rate has dropped to 78.4% this year, but MLB teams had combined for 1,653 steals through Thursday – 70 more than there were at this date last year.
“They got what they wanted,” Brewers first-base coach Quintin Berry said. “They wanted (stealing bases) to be a lot easier. They wanted more action on the basepaths. And with the rules and the bags and everything else, it’s more in line for base stealers. I wonder if they’re going to ever do anything to try to counter that, because it’s getting so high now, but I know fans are loving it, so probably not.”
While the Reds are building off what they did last year, when they had an MLB-leading 190 steals, the Brewers and Nationals got much more aggressive this season. The Brewers ranked 11th in the majors with 129 steals and the Nationals were 12th with 127 in 2023.
No other teams had more than 77 steals heading into Friday’s games.
“Giving up one of your 27 outs on the bases is a no-no, you know, in the era where one pitch can change a game with a three-run homer,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “There’s a lot of risk in it. You’ve got to be willing to do it. Maybe teams like ours are willing to risk. You’ve got to have the personnel to emphasize it and get good at it.”
Nationals manager Dave Martinez said last week he believes the Nationals can keep up this stolen-base pace but noted that they need to do a better job of picking their spots.
“I don’t want to take away our aggressiveness because it’s our identity,” Martinez said. “It’s who we are. We have to do that. We don’t have those guys in the lineup hitting 30, 40 home runs. We have to push the envelope somehow and move the baseball. With that being said, we’ve had a lot of conversations the last few days about when to run, when not to run.”
Reds first base coach Collin Cowgill says stealing bases now isn’t as easy as it was last year because teams are trying harder to contain the running game. Cowgill said Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitchers went to a slide-step whenever the Reds put a runner on base against them.
“That just didn’t happen last year,” Cowgill said. “I think people are definitely doing a better job defending it. Catchers are more aware of it. Their stances are a little taller. They’re ready to throw more. The leg isn’t kicked out as much. I think people have done a much better job this year of controlling it and paying attention to it more so than last year, which makes sense.”
But it hasn’t made much of a difference.
According to Sportradar, all of MLB started tracking the number of times a runner was caught stealing in 1951. Since then, no team has stolen at least 200 bases with a success rate of over 81.3%. This year’s Brewers have been successful on nearly 86% of their attempts.
The Reds have converted 81% of their stolen base tries. The Nationals have been caught stealing an MLB-high 34 times and have been successful on three-quarters of their attempts.
Milwaukee players credit Berry’s scouting reports for helping them make sure they go at the right time.
“We have a lot of guys who are fast and athletic and can run,” said Brewers second baseman Brice Turang, whose 26 steals rank second in the majors. “It’s part of the game. You’ve got to take advantage of it and help your team win.
“Even guys who maybe aren’t as fast are stealing bases too, trying to get good jumps.”
That’s the case with all three teams atop the stolen-base charts. For instance, Washington’s Jesse Winker entered this season with three steals in 610 career games. He’s swiped 11 bags already this year.
Washington has five players with at least 10 steals: Jacob Young (17), Lane Thomas (16), Winker, Trey Lipscomb (10) and CJ Abrams (10). The Brewers have four players with double-digit steals: Turang, Christian Yelich (15), Willy Adames (10) and Perkins (10).
Cincinnati has De La Cruz on pace for 81 steals, which would represent the highest total for any MLB player since 1988. The Reds have two more players with double-digit steals (Spencer Steer with 12, Jake Fraley with 11) and five others with at least six.
These three teams don’t have anyone with more than 12 homers, so they’re finding other ways to generate offense. The Brewers’ 5-4 victory over the Reds on Sunday was a classic example.
In the third inning, De La Cruz drew a two-out walk, stole a base and scored all the way from second on an errant pickoff attempt. Four innings later, Turang reached on an infield hit, stole second, advanced to third on a poor throw and scored on Yelich’s bunt single.
“Just different philosophies for different teams,” Cowgill said. “We’re more get on base and cause some chaos. So are the Brewers. So are the Nationals. I just think (it’s about) the way your team is built. If we had a 50-home run guy in the middle of the order, we might be less likely to steal bases when that guy’s at the plate.”
COLLEGE BASEBALL
TOP SEED TORMENT? TENNESSEE BIDS TO BEAT TEXAS A&M IN MCWS
OMAHA, Neb. — It has been 25 years since a No. 1 seed has won the Men’s College World Series and Tennessee is aiming to end the drought.
The Volunteers will have to get through a fellow SEC opponent to do so and will begin pursuit of the title when they open the best-of-three finals against No. 3 Texas A&M on Saturday.
Both teams went undefeated through bracket play, which left downtown Omaha relatively quiet with no games on Thursday or Friday as several merchants began shipping out their merchandise early. But the intensity will ratchet back up ahead of Game 1 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Charles Schwab Stadium on Saturday night.
The last No. 1 overall national seed to win the title was Miami in 1999. Tennessee is the first No. 1 national seed in 15 years to reach the CWS finals.
The Volunteers (58-12) rallied late to avoid an upset to No. 8 Florida State in their opening game in Omaha. They then took care of North Carolina fairly easily before eliminating the Seminoles in a rematch on Wednesday night.
“This group — we’ve spent a lot of time together,” Tennessee left-hander Kirby Connell said. “We talk about that’s our main goal is to try to win a national championship. We get to have a three-round fight this weekend. And try to be the first team to win two games.”
Tennessee will be well rested, but so will Texas A&M. The Aggies (52-13) similarly avoided an upset bid in their opening game against Florida, surviving the Gators 3-2. They then beat Kentucky before eliminating Florida with a 6-0 shutout on Wednesday night.
Texas A&M, playing in its eighth MCWS, is shooting for its first national title. The Aggies have yet to trail through their first three games in Omaha and are now 8-0 in the NCAA Tournament.
Their last loss? It came against Tennessee, 7-4, in the SEC Tournament on May 23.
“Most teams don’t know when their season is going to end. We’re pretty sure when ours is going to end, one way or the other,” Texas A&M coach Jim Schlossnagle said. “That’s a gift. That’s a blessing we should be thankful for.”
Tennessee will start left-hander Chris Stamos (3-0, 4.26 ERA) on Saturday against Aggies left-hander Ryan Prager (9-1, 2.88).
Both players started the May 23 game and didn’t pitch long. Stamos allowed one run and one hit in 3 1/3 innings and Prager gave up one run and three hits in 2 1/3 innings.
Prager said he and his teammates are ready for what lies ahead.
“I think we’ve truly been able to take care of business and play baseball, but also enjoy it when we’re off the field,” Prager said. “And to be one of the last two here, it’s super exciting. We’re super grateful for it.
“We’ve put ourselves in this position. And just really excited to basically play a three-game series and try to be the first one to win two games.”
But the Volunteers are just as thrilled for the weekend, though they know it will be challenging.
“I would just say they’re competitors,” Tennessee outfielder Kavares Tears said of the Aggies. “I mean, they’re playing in the national championship. And they’re also playing in the SEC. I don’t think they just got there by luck. I think they’re really good competitors.”
NBA NEWS
THUNDER GM SAYS JOSH GIDDEY DIDN’T WANT TO COME OFF THE BENCH AND REQUESTED TRADE
CHICAGO (AP) — The Bulls and Thunder finalized a deal sending Josh Giddey to Chicago and Alex Caruso to Oklahoma City on Friday, with the Thunder granting the 21-year-old Giddey’s trade request after he resisted the team’s plans to use him off the bench.
Giddey, a 6-foot-8 point guard from Australia, gets a fresh start after a challenging season in which his numbers dropped and he lost his starting job in the playoffs.
In a statement, Thunder general manager Sam Presti said he told Giddey after the season that the team envisioned using him as as a reserve in 2024-25 “to maximize his many talents and deploy our team more efficiently over 48 minutes.”
“As we laid out to Josh how he could lean into his strengths and ultimately optimize our current roster and talent, it was hard to for him to envision, and conversations turned to him inquiring about potential opportunities elsewhere,” Presti said. “As always was the case, Josh demonstrated the utmost professionalism throughout the discussions.”
The Thunder went 57-25 to earn the top seed in the Western Conference and lost to Dallas in the conference semifinals.
Giddey was frequently booed on the road this season after an anonymous social media user accused him of having an improper relationship with an underage girl, leading to investigations by police in Newport Beach, California, and the NBA.
Newport Beach police completed their investigation in January and said detectives were “unable to corroborate any criminal activity.” The NBA also later dropped its investigation.
Giddey was the No. 6 overall pick in 2021 and he made the All-Rookie second team. He is a member of Australia’s national team that will play at the Paris Olympics this summer. He is an exceptional passer and his size makes him a solid rebounder.
Giddey averaged 16.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists in his second season, but those numbers dropped to 12.3 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 2023-24.
Giddey’s play improved the second half of this season after the Thunder traded for Gordon Hayward. In April regular-season games, Giddey averaged 16.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists while shooting 57.2% from the field.
Giddey’s playing time was reduced in the playoffs. He opened the second-round series against Dallas as a starter before being moved to a reserve role for the first time in his NBA career.
The 30-year-old Caruso, who plays point guard and shooting guard, was undrafted in 2016 and played for the Thunder’s G League affiliate, the Oklahoma City Blue, in 2016-17. He established himself as a defensive presence in four years with the Los Angeles Lakers and then three years with the Bulls.
He has career averages of 6.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists. He averaged a career-high 10.1 points this past season. He was on the all-defense first team in 2023 and the second team in 2024.
“Alex Caruso is a player we have always highly valued and followed,” Presti said. “He is the quintessential Thunder player; he is an exceptional competitor and teammate with a multi-dimensional skillset.”
The Thunder also have Cason Wallace, a second-team All-Rookie selection this past season, at point guard.
WNBA NEWS
WINGS’ MADDY SIEGRIST LIKELY TO MISS 8 WEEKS AFTER UNDERGOING SURGERY ON BROKEN FINGER
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Wings forward Maddy Siegrist is expected to miss about eight weeks after undergoing surgery on a broken left index finger Thursday.
The Wings announced Friday that Siegrist is likely to be ready when the WNBA returns from its Olympic break.
Siegrist broke her finger in the first quarter of a 90-78 loss to the Minnesota Lynx on Monday. Siegrist had 17 points and seven rebounds in the game.
The former Villanova star is averaging 14.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in her second WNBA season after scoring 3.7 points per game as a rookie.
A’JA WILSON, ACES HAND SUN SECOND LOSS OF SEASON
The WNBA-leading Connecticut Sun lost for only the second time this season on Friday, falling 85-74 to the host Las Vegas Aces, the reigning league champions.
Connecticut (13-2) had its four-game winning streak snapped. The Sun’s only previous loss was an 82-75 decision against the visiting New York Liberty on June 8.
Las Vegas (8-6) earned its third win in four games and second consecutive victory with point guard Chelsea Gray in action.
Gray was out the first 12 games of the season with a foot injury sustained in last year’s WNBA Finals. She finished with four points and an assist in 17 minutes off the bench on Friday, but her plus-minus rating was a game-high plus-19.
A’ja Wilson led the Aces with 26 points and 16 rebounds. She extended her WNBA record to 19 consecutive regular-season games with at least 20 points dating to last season.
Las Vegas’ Kelsey Plum added 18 points and four assists. Plum’s second 3-pointer with 7:57 left in the second quarter, which put the Aces ahead 28-19, was her 1,000th career field goal made.
Connecticut’s DiJonai Carrington had 19 points but shot just 5 of 15 from the field. Brionna Jones finished with 18 points, hitting 8 of 12 from the floor, and a team-high seven rebounds.
Las Vegas outscored Connecticut 25-12 in the second quarter to pull away to a 45-28 halftime lead.
Plum led the Aces in the second quarter with eight points on 3-of-4 shooting from the field, hitting 2 of 3 from 3-point range.
Young had three assists and teammate Kiah Stokes had six rebounds in the second quarter.
Connecticut cut the difference to 57-50 with 2:34 left in the third quarter on a three-point play by Jones, but Las Vegas proceeded to score 10 unanswered points spanning the third and fourth periods to pull away.
Plum’s two free throws with 7:55 remaining put the Aces ahead 67-50.
The Sun did not get closer than 10 points the rest of the game.
NALYSSA SMITH LEADS BALANCED ATTACK AS FEVER TOP DREAM
NaLyssa Smith scored a team-high 21 points, helping lead the visiting Indiana Fever to a 91-79 win over the Atlanta Dream on Friday.
Smith shot 10-for-17 from the field and added nine rebounds for Indiana (7-10), which won its fourth straight game. Kelsey Mitchell scored 18 points, while Caitlin Clark tallied 16 points and seven assists.
Aliyah Boston finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Katie Lou Samuelson chipped in 10 points off the bench.
Tina Charles led Atlanta (6-8) with 24 points, followed by Allisha Gray’s 19. Haley Jones had 12 points for the Dream, who have dropped four of five. Aerial Powers scored 10 off the bench.
Facing a 16-point halftime deficit, Atlanta began the third quarter on a 16-9 run, capped with Gray’s three-pointer at the 5:18 mark to cut Indiana’s lead to 66-57.
Clark stopped the run with a layup, and later knocked down a stepback 3-pointer to put the Fever up 71-59 with 3:59 remaining.
Up 13, Boston and Smith scored the final four points of the quarter, giving the Fever a 79-62 lead entering the fourth quarter.
Charles and Gray began the fourth with back-to-back buckets for Atlanta to cut the deficit to 79-66, but Lexie Hull’s triple started a 6-0 Indiana run. Naz Hillmon’s three-point play and Charles’ jumper trimmed Indiana’s lead to 85-71, but Atlanta wasn’t able to cut the lead to single digits.
Atlanta shot just 22-of-65 from the field (33.8 percent) and 4-for-18 on 3-pointers (22.2 percent). The Fever connected on 37 of 65 attempts from the field (56.9 percent), including an 11-for-21 mark from long range (52.4 percent). Clark went 4-for-8 from the arc.
In the first quarter, Powers’ triple cut Atlanta’s deficit to 24-23 before Indiana answered with a 9-0 run, jump-started by back-to-back buckets from Mitchell and Samuelson. The Fever led 35-25 after the first.
From there, the Fever opened with a 7-0 run, taking a 42-25 advantage at the 6:58 mark. Jones’ free throw briefly stopped the run, but Clark followed with a 27-foot 3-pointer, giving the Fever a 45-26 lead.
Another Clark triple put Indiana up 48-29 with 4:42 remaining, before four straight free throws from Gray stamped an 8-0 Dream scoring run.
Indiana led 57-41 at the half, led by Mitchell’s 14. Charles had 15 for Atlanta.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
REPORT: OKLAHOMA REWARDS VENABLES WITH 6-YEAR EXTENSION, RAISE
Oklahoma agreed to a six-year contract extension with head coach Brent Venables that includes a significant pay raise, sources told Pete Thamel of ESPN.
The new deal, which keeps the third-year sideline boss under contract through the 2029 season, is worth $46.05 million, according to 247Sports’ Tom Green. It was approved by the school’s board of regents Friday.
The Sooners – who are joining the SEC this season – went 10-3 in 2023, up from a 6-7 campaign during Venables’ first year in charge. Venables also had a successful stint as Clemson’s defensive coordinator from 2012-21.
Oklahoma has lacked postseason success, though, going 0-2 in bowl games with the 53-year-old on the sideline.
Venables has helped Oklahoma post top-10 recruiting classes in 2024 and 2025, according to 247Sports.
NFL NEWS
REPORTS: QB MICHAEL PENIX JR., FALCONS AGREE TO CONTRACT TERMS
The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to contract terms with quarterback Michael Penix Jr., their first-round pick, according to multiple media reports on Friday.
Penix, selected eighth overall out of Washington, is getting a four-year rookie deal valued at $22.88 million, including a $13.46 million signing bonus.
All contracts involving first-round selections include a fifth-year team option.
The Falcons have invested heavily in the quarterback position. Six weeks before the draft, they signed veteran free agent Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million deal that includes $100 million guaranteed.
Cousins, who will turn 36 before the regular-season begins, is looking to come back from a right Achilles tendon tear that ended his 2023 season in October with the Minnesota Vikings.
That commitment made all the more surprising Atlanta’s decision to use a first-round selection on a quarterback. Penix was the fourth signal caller drafted out of a record-tying six first-round QB picks.
Penix, 24, is coming off a spectacular senior season in which he led the Huskies to the national championship game. He threw for a national-high 4,903 yards and had 36 touchdown passes while getting intercepted 11 times.
He wound up as the Heisman Trophy runner-up behind LSU’s Jayden Daniels, and Penix captured the Maxwell Award, which goes to the country’s top college football player. Each of the past two seasons, Penix broke Washington’s single-season passing record.
Penix is expected to formally sign the contract on Friday, according to media reports, and complete the Falcons’ eight-player draft class signings. He has participated in every offseason training session from rookie minicamp to OTAs and the mandatory minicamp.
GENERAL SPORTS NEWS
KANSAS GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS ENABLING EFFORT TO ENTICE CHIEFS AND ROYALS WITH NEW STADIUMS
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ governor signed legislation Friday enabling the state to lure the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals away from neighboring Missouri by helping the teams pay for new stadiums.
Gov. Laura Kelly’s action came three days after the Republican-led Legislature approved the measure with bipartisan supermajorities — an unusually quick turnaround that signals how urgently Kansas officials consider making the offers.
Missouri officials have argued that discussions about building new stadiums are still in the early stages. They said construction of a new one typically takes about three years, and pointed out that the lease on the existing complex that includes the teams’ side-by-side stadiums doesn’t end until January 2031.
The measure Kelly signed takes effect July 1 and will allow bonds to cover 70% of a new stadium’s cost. The state would have 30 years to pay them off with revenues from sports betting, state lottery ticket sales, and new sales and alcohol taxes generated in the area around each proposed stadium.
The Kansas-Missouri border splits the 2.3 million-resident Kansas City area, with about 60% of the people living on the Missouri side.
Kansas officials began working on the legislation after voters on the Missouri side of the metropolitan area refused in April to continue a sales tax used to keep up the existing stadium complex. The Royals outlined a plan in February to build a $2 billion-plus ballpark in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, while the Chiefs were planning an $800 million renovation of their existing home.
Attorneys for the teams told Kansas legislators they needed to make decisions about the future soon for new stadiums to be ready on time — though the Royals had planned to move into a new downtown ballpark at the start of their 2028 season. Some critics suggested the teams are pitting the two states against each other for the biggest government subsidies possible.
“The Chiefs and the Royals are pretty much using us,” said state Rep. Susan Ruiz, a Democrat from the Kansas City, Kansas, area who voted against the bill.
Supporters of bringing the teams to Kansas warned that if neither state acts quickly enough, one or both teams could leave for another community entirely. Several economists who have studied professional sports were skeptical that a move would make financial sense for either a team or a new host city, and both the National Football League and Major League Baseball require a supermajority of owners to approve franchise moves.
The plan had support from throughout Kansas, including about half of the lawmakers from western Kansas, 200 miles (320 kilometers) away from any new stadium.
Kansas lawmakers approved the stadium financing plan during a single-day special session Tuesday. Kelly, a Democrat, called the session for the Legislature to consider tax cuts after she vetoed three previous tax plans and legislators adjourned their regular annual session May 1. On Friday, she also signed a bill that will save income and property taxpayers a total of $1.23 billion over the next three years.
Although the financing law doesn’t specifically name the Chiefs or Royals, it is limited to stadiums for National Football League and Major League Baseball teams “in any state adjacent to Kansas.”
“It’s fairly clearly about how you poach,” Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas said during a news conference after Kansas lawmakers approved the measure. He added that his city would “lay out a good offer” to keep both teams in town and that the teams ”are in an exceptional leverage position.”
GOLF NEWS
BIRTHDAY BOY TOM KIM MAINTAINS TRAVELERS LEAD
Tom Kim of South Korea celebrated his 22nd birthday on Friday by securing the halfway lead at the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
Kim built upon his first-round 62 with a 5-under 65 on Friday to get to 13-under 127 through two rounds at TPC River Highlands. He is two shots clear of Collin Morikawa, Akshay Bhatia and World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who had his 28th birthday on Friday.
Kim is bogey-free through 36 holes, but he did not grow his lead larger than two strokes as Morikawa fired a 63 with seven birdies and no miscues. Scheffler ended his round with a birdie to join the group at 11 under, while Bhatia was briefly 12 under for the tournament before a closing bogey.
PGA Championship winner Xander Schauffele is in fifth at 10 under after his second straight 65.
Shane Lowry of Ireland and Robert MacIntyre of Scotland leapt into contention by posting rounds of 62. MacIntyre, the RBC Canadian Open winner earlier this month, had four birdies on each nine. Lowry, who teamed up with Rory McIlroy to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in the spring, had six birdies and an eagle before narrowly missing a birdie at No. 18 at day’s end that would have given him 61.
Lowry is tied at 9 under with Justin Thomas (63) and South Korea’s Sungjae Im (64), while MacIntyre shares 8 under with Tom Hoge (63) and Tony Finau (67).
ABRAHAM ANCER ON TOP AT LIV NASHVILLE; BRYSON DECHAMBEAU T4
Abraham Ancer of Mexico shot a bogey-free, 7-under 64 to grab the first-round lead at LIV Golf Nashville on Friday in College Grove, Tenn.
Ancer’s strong round also powered his team, Fireballs GC, to a four-shot advantage to begin the team competition. Teammates Eugenio Chacarra (4-under 67) and Sergio Garcia (3-under 68), both of Spain, combined with Ancer to put the Fireballs at 14 under, four strokes better than Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC.
Ancer made seven birdies at The Grove to establish a one-shot lead over Englishman Tyrrell Hatton.
Ancer started his round on the par-5 18th, where he holed his first birdie. He was at 3 under when he reached the par-5 11th tee and birdied four of the next five holes.
“Put a lot of hard work on my swing, which the stats will say that I’ve been hitting the ball pretty good this year, but there’s some stuff that I feel that I need to work on,” Ancer said. “But it was really nice off the tee. Hit some really good shots in there, and I rolled it nicely.”
The 33-year-old earned his first LIV Golf victory earlier this year in Hong Kong. He knows not to put too much weight into one good round.
“I just try to forget about it,” Ancer said. “I feel like with this sport, even if you had a great round or a terrible round, it doesn’t really help to be thinking about it too much, so I forget about it, go about my routine, same as yesterday, and then do the same thing tomorrow.”
Hatton made eight birdies Friday, the most of anyone on the course, but also carded two bogeys. One of LIV Golf’s newest members is still searching for his debut win; his best finish so far was fourth place in Miami.
Hatton said he made a putting adjustment after his up-and-down week at the U.S. Open, and it paid off.
“They were bad putts, so I just wanted to maybe give myself a little bit more time to square the face up,” Hatton said. “I tried it in the pro-am (Thursday) and putted really nicely. Obviously, rolled with it today, and it was nice to see.”
Third on the individual leaderboard is John Catlin at 5-under 66. He plays on DeChambeau’s Crushers GC and shot just one stroke better than the reigning U.S. Open champion.
DeChambeau is in a tie for fourth at 4 under after making six birdies Friday, including four in a row at Nos. 7-10.
“I’m a bit of a zombie right now,” DeChambeau said after a few days of celebrating his second major title. “Luckily, the crowd has given me a lot of energy. Very gracious to have that happen, and man, they’re just pushing me forward. I can’t thank them enough. It’s so cool to see the support out there.
“This is what LIV Golf is about. I had a vision of this two, three years ago, seeing what the potential could be, and this is just the start. With how much support we have out here, and it’s just the start, that’s a testament to what LIV Golf is and what the Crushers are doing, what our team is doing, and what we’re trying to do for Nashville and places all across the globe.”
SARAH SCHMELZEL SHARES WOMEN’S PGA LEAD; NELLY KORDA MISSES CUT
Sarah Schmelzel, who has never won an LPGA event nor finished in the top 10 at a major, shares the lead midway through the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Sammamish, Wash.
The 30-year-old Phoenix native shot a 5-under-par 67 on Friday at Sahalee Country Club to move to 6-under 138, leaving her atop the leaderboard alongside South Korea’s Amy Yang, who carded a second-round 68.
First-round leader Lexi Thompson (72 on Friday), South Korea’s Jin Young Ko (68) and Jaspan’s Hinako Shibuno (70) are tied for third place at 4 under.
Ireland’s Leona Maguire (71), Japan’s Miyu Yamashita (70) and South Korea’s Haeran Ryu (67) share sixth place at 3 under.
World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who was one shot off the lead after the opening round, posted a career-worst 6-over 81 on Friday and missed the cut by one stroke.
It was her third consecutive missed cut at the Women’s PGA Championship and her second consecutive missed cut in a major after she came up short at the U.S. Women’s Open in Lancaster, Pa., earlier this month.
Schmelzel logged six birdies, including two at Nos. 17 and 18, and just one bogey, at the par-3 13th hole, on Friday.
“Just staying really patient out there,” Schmelzel said. “Staying aggressive off the tees is kind of our game plan this week. I drove it really well, so fortunately I was able to take advantage of having some shorter irons in today.
“Saw a few putts go in early, which always helps build the confidence for the rest of the day, and fortunately just kept the momentum all day.”
Yang closed her bogey-free round with a birdie at the par-5 18th hole.
“My back had been bothering me last few days, but I was still striking the ball really well like (Thursday), and so I thought it would be fine,” Yang said. “I woke up (Friday) and starting few holes was feeling a little pain on my lower back, but I fought through really well and that actually gave me more like focus out there.”
Korda’s horrendous round began with four consecutive bogeys, and she was 6 over on the day at the turn. She added two more bogeys before a double-bogey on the par-4 15th hole. Korda got her lone birdie of the day at No. 18, but it wasn’t enough to make the cut.
“It’s just golf recently for me,” she said. “No words for how I’m playing right now. I’m just going to go home and try to reset.”
Korda tied the all-time LPGA record this spring when she won five consecutive starts.
“A lot went my way at the beginning part of the year, and (I’m) just giving it back,” she said.
SOCCER NEWS
U.S. NOT LOOKING PAST BOLIVIA IN COPA AMERICA OPENER
The U.S. men’s national team is in no position to take an opponent lightly as it faces Bolivia in its first Group C match of Copa America 2024 on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
With the Americans ranked No. 11 in the latest FIFA world rankings and Bolivia 84th, the U.S. has an opportunity to take the first step toward advancement to the knockout round.
Victories over Bolivia and the next opponent, Panama (43rd), would ensure that happens regardless of the final group match vs. Uruguay (14th).
The U.S. has bigger ambitions.
“For me it’s getting past the quarterfinal,” midfielder Tyler Adams said. “We need to — in a pressure situation — win in a knockout. That’s going to measure a lot of our success.”
An unsteady run-up to the tournament had skeptics wondering if Gregg Berhalter is the right coach to lead the Americans as they look ahead to hosting the 2026 World Cup.
A 5-1 thrashing by Colombia increased the angst, but a 1-1 draw with Brazil, one of the Copa favorites, eased some of the pressure.
This year, Copa America features 10 South American clubs plus six CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean) invitees.
“When you talk about some of the most watched games, I think aside from the World Cup, you look at the Copa America, right?” U.S. defender Mark McKenzie said.
“You talk about countries that have won multiple World Cups, in Uruguay and Argentina and Brazil. You have the opportunity now to step into this tournament and go head-to-head with them. Ultimately, it’s usually a South American tournament and now we have the opportunity to play against them.”
Bolivia is in transition, with coach Antonio Carlos Zago, a Copa America winner as a player for Brazil in 1999, taking over last fall.
“The most important thing is for us to compete,” he said. “We have to try to play on an equal footing with the big teams in terms of intensity and physicality.”
It won’t be easy. Bolivia has won only one of its past 30 Copa America matches.
TRACK AND FIELD
GRANT FISHER WINS 10,000 ON FIRST DAY OF U.S. TRACK TRIALS
Grant Fisher won the first event final at the U.S. Olympic track & field trials in Eugene, Ore., on Friday, taking the men’s 10,000 meters to book a trip to Paris in July.
The American-record holder in the 10,000, the 27-year-old Fisher crossed the finish line in 27 minutes, 49.47 seconds on Friday to earn a second consecutive trip to the Olympics. He finished fifth in the 10,000 in Tokyo in 2021.
Fisher, whose American record is more than a minute better than his time Friday, was followed by Woody Kinkaid and Nico Young in the final.
All three will go to Paris.
Other big names also competed on the opening day of the trials, including superstar sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson.
The 24-year-old Texas native, who won the 100 meters at the trials in 2021 but was disqualified from competing at the Olympics after testing positive cannabis, posted the fastest time in the event in the first round of qualifying Friday with a 10.88 run — despite running with one shoelace untied.
The time was also only .02 seconds off her finals-winning pace at the trials three years ago, and that despite a bit of a wobbly start out of the block.
“I definitely didn’t have the start I’ve been training to have in this moment,” she told NBC after the race. “But I’m still not panicking. I’m staying patient and knowing no matter what’s going on, to continue to run my race.
“I just need to put it all together.”
She advances to Saturday’s semifinals. The women’s 100 final will be the final event of the day Saturday.
Reigning women’s 800 Olympic champion Athing Mu did not dominate like Richardson but still advanced to the semifinals with a 15th-place showing in Round 1. Mu also currently holds the American record in the event.
Michaela Rose, 2023 NCAA champion in the 800 while at LSU, posted the top qualifying time at 1:59.57.
Shot putter Ryan Crouser, one of the most decorated competitors in action Friday, did not disappoint.
The reigning world-record and Olympic-record holder and two-time defending Olympic champion posted the third-place throw in the first round of qualifying, sending the shot 21.44 meters in his first and only throw for the night.
The 31-year-old is dealing with a sore elbow and a pectoral muscle tear, so the less throwing he had to do before Saturday’s final the better.
“It’s been a tough road, for sure,” Crouser told NBC, “but I’m proud of how I’ve overcome what has been a really difficult spring.”
SWIMMING
CAELEB DRESSEL FINALLY BOOKS SPOT IN PARIS AT SWIM TRIALS
One of the most decorated American swimmers is finally on his way to Paris to compete for individual Olympic gold.
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel won the men’s 50-meter freestyle final Friday at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Indianapolis, booking a spot in an individual event at the Paris Games that begin in July.
Dressel, who won five gold medals in Tokyo in 2021, took a break from swimming in 2022. He failed to qualify for the World Championships in 2023 and finished third in the men’s 100 free final on Wednesday, qualifying only for the relay team. But touching the wall in 21.41 on Friday — .37 seconds off his American-record time — Dressel showed he is indeed back to form.
“Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s tough. That was a tough one,” Dressel said of the final after the race. “I was not super confident until I got up on that block. There’s only so much you can do in the 50. It’s head down and go fast.”
Chris Guiliano finished second in the race at 21.69 to book his third individual spot in Paris. He won the men’s 100 free and finished second in the 200 free earlier in the trials.
Along with winning gold in the 50 and 100 freestyle events at Tokyo, the 27-year-old Dressel won gold in the 100 butterfly. He won his semifinal in that event on Friday, as well, and will race for another spot in Paris in the final on Saturday.
One racer who already has multiple entries booked in Paris is Regan Smith. Having already won the women’s 100 backstroke (in world-record time) and the women’s 200 butterfly, Smith on Friday won the 200 backstroke to qualify for a third individual event in Paris.
She finished in 2:05.16 — swimming under a world-record pace halfway through the race. Phoebe Bacon finished second at 2:06.27 to take the other spot in Paris.
Carson Foster completed the individual medley double in Indianapolis, winning the men’s 200 IM final with a time of 1:55.65. On Sunday, Foster won the 400 IM final. Shaine Casas was second in the 200 on Friday, finishing 0.18 seconds behind Foster.
Three finals will take place Saturday:
–Men’s 100 butterfly
–Women’s 200 IM
–Men’s 800 freestyle
The trials end Sunday.
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS PLATE FIVE IN SEVENTH, SCOOT PAST I-CUBS, 5-2
INDIANAPOLIS – With two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Joey Bart smacked a three-run double to highlight a five-run burst, and Nick Dombkowski and Ryder Ryan combined for four shutout innings in relief to carry the Indianapolis Indians to a 5-2 win over the Iowa Cubs on Friday night at Victory Field.
Trailing 2-0 at the stretch, Indianapolis (32-39) erupted for five runs – four scoring with two outs – to rally for its third win of the series. Following a one-out double by Dylan Shockley that scored Malcom Nuñez from first base, Gilberto Celestino and Alika Williams sandwiched walks around a fielder’s choice by Matt Fraizer. Williams’ free pass loaded the bases for Bart, and the former second overall pick in the 2018 First-Year Player Draft delivered in his Indians debut, smoking a 1-1 pitch by Sam McWilliams high off the padded wall in the left-field corner. Joshua Palacios then flared a single into left field to bring home Bart.
The I-Cubs (32-41) scored twice in the third inning to grab the lead. Chase Strumpf singled, Hayden Cantrelle was hit by pitch and both scored after a sacrifice bunt on a single by Owen Caissie.
Dombkowski (W, 2-2) pitched around two walks with two strikeouts in 2.2 scoreless innings of relief of Indians starter Luis Cessa, who yielded two earned runs on two hits and a walk with five punchouts in 5.0 innings pitched. Ryder Ryan (S, 1) recorded the final out in the eighth and all three outs in the ninth.
Indy relievers have combined for a 0.73 ERA (3er/37.0ip) in the last 10 games dating back to June 11, best in the International League.
Brad Wieck (L, 3-2) recorded just one out and allowed three earned runs in the seventh.
The announced attendance of 13,321 set a new season high for the Indians – home or away.
The Indians and I-Cubs continue the series at Victory Field on Saturday at 7:05 PM ET. RHP Riley Thompson (2-1, 6.31) is Iowa’s probable starting pitcher while Indianapolis has yet to name its starter.
INDIANA FEVER
FEVER EXTEND WINNING STREAK WITH VICTORY AT DREAM
ATLANTA – The Indiana Fever (7-10) tipped off its five-game road trip on Friday with a 91-79 victory against the Atlanta Dream at State Farm Arena. Indiana’s win extended its victory streak to four, which is the first time since August 2015 the Fever has won four games in a row. Indiana earned its second win against the Dream this season and tied a season-high in points scored. Indiana shot a season-best 56.9 percent from the floor and made a season-high 37 field goals.
Five Fever players scored in double figures against Atlanta, led by NaLyssa Smith with 21 points, nine rebounds – her third game in a row posting seven or more rebounds – two assists and two blocked shots. Smith moved past Marissa Coleman for 15th on the Fever all-time scoring list with 1,112 career points. Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell recorded 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting and 3-of-4 three-point shooting, four rebounds, three assists and one steal.
Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark added 16 points, seven assists, four rebounds and one block in the win. Clark’s seven assists Friday, four of which came from the first quarter, helped her become the fastest rookie in WNBA history to record 260+ points and 100+ assists in 17 games played. Fever center Aliyah Boston tallied her fourth double-double over the last five games with 10 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. Fever forward Katie Lou Samuelson led the Fever reserves with 10 points, three rebounds and three assists.
The wire-to-wire win for Indiana was highlighted by recording a season-high 24 assists and also outscoring Atlanta 48-26 in points in the paint.
For Atlanta (6-8), four Dream players scored in double figures. Dream center Tina Charles posted a season-high 24 points in the loss, as well as seven rebounds and two assists. Dream guard Allisha Gray followed with 19 points, four rebounds and three assists. Additionally, guards Haley Jones and Aerial Powers recorded 12 and 10 points, respectively. Dream Forward Naz Hillmon came off the bench and pulled down nine rebounds along with seven points.
UP NEXT
The Fever stay on the road to take on the Chicago Sky on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET. Sunday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN.
INDIANA TRACK
IUTF NOTES: U.S. OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS
EUGENE, Ore. – Nine current and former Indiana Track and Field athletes are competing at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field from June 21-30 as they look to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games.
The story will be updated at the conclusion of each competition day.
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 – DAY ONE
Results:
Men’s 3000-meter Steeplechase: First Round
• 20. Daniel Michalski: 8:34.43
Men’s Pole Vault: First Round
• 25. Scott Houston: 5.40m/17-8.5
Women’s 5000 meters: First Round
• 13. Bailey Hertenstein: 15:55.01
Next Session: Saturday, June 22
Men’s 100m – Round One (9:22 p.m. ET)
• Antonio Laidler: Heat 2, Lane 9
INDIANA SOFTBALL
TAYLOR HESS JOINS INDIANA SOFTBALL
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. –––– Indiana Softball head coach Shonda Stanton has announced the signing of transfer Taylor Hess to the team.
Hess comes to Indiana from Kentucky, where she spent the first two seasons of her career. She is a lefthanded pitcher from Maple Lake, Minn.
In her time at Kentucky, she made six appearances in the circle with two starts and 13 innings pitched. She made her first career appearance against Texas A&M on March 25 in her freshman season.
Against Ole Miss in the same season (April 9), she went 4.1 innings and only allowed two runs while striking out two.
Hess enjoyed a standout prep career at Maple Lakes High School. She earned 2019 and 2021 first team all-state and first team all-conference honors at Maple Lakes. She was also a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee for Minnesota.
As a junior, she had a .061 ERA with five no-hitters, 18 shutouts, three perfect games and 249 strikeouts. She also hit .449 at the plate.
Hess was part of three conference championship teams, two section titles and her team reached the 2021 state finals.
In travel ball, she played for Fury Platinum Polk where her team won the 2019 PGF National Championship and was a top-20 finisher in Alliance for the 2021 season.
PURDUE TRACK
EIGHT BOILERMAKERS SET FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Eight current and former Purdue track & field student-athletes are set to compete at their respective country’s Olympic trials as the 2024 Paris Olympics approaches in July and August.
Graduate student Cameron Miller and alums Brian Faust, Kaia Harris and Kara Winger will compete at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, while junior Praise Aniamaka will participate in the Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal. Alums Devynne Charlton and Samson Colebrooke are set for the Bahamas Trials and alumna Saran Kouyeth will run at the Republic of Guinea event.
These eight Boilermakers will look to punch their ticket and join alumnus Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, who qualified for his second Olympic Games in the shot put for Nigeria on June 16. Additionally, current junior Joel Gomez is set to compete at the U.S. Paralympic Track & Field Trials from July 18-20 as he looks to qualify for his second Paralympic Games.
Information about each athlete’s trials, including schedule and how to follow along, is outlined below, and details will be updated as each country’s trials approaches. Additional info on how to follow along with their competitions will be available by following the Boilermakers on Twitter/X, Instagram and Facebook.
Praise Aniamaka – Triple Jump, Canada
Aniamaka will look to earn his first Olympics berth when he competes at the Canadian trials in the triple jump in Montreal. The qualification round is set for Friday, June 28 and the final is on Sunday, June 30.
Information on Canada’s Olympic Trials can be found here, which includes a live stream.
A native of Surrey, British Columbia, Aniamaka was sixth at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the triple jump to earn First Team All-America honors. He won the Big Ten triple jump title with a meet-record jump of 16.49 meters, which is second-best in school history. The back-to-back Big Ten champion in the event, Aniamaka is a three-time All-American, with a ninth-place finish outdoors in 2023 and indoors in 2024.
Devynne Charlton – 100m Hurdles, Bahamas
A 2020 Olympian and the current world record-holder in the 60m hurdles, Charlton races in the Bahamas Olympic Trials in the 100m hurdles.
The Bahamas Junior & Senior National Championships is slated for June 26-28 in Nassau, Bahamas. As the meet approaches, more information is expected to be available here.
From Nassau, Bahamas, Charlton ran a record-breaking 60m hurdles time of 7.65 seconds to win the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships earlier this year. A Boilermaker from 2014-18, Charlton was seventh in the 100m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and sixth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The school record-holder in the 100m hurdles and 100m, she is a nine-time All-American and an 11-time Big Ten Champion. Charlton was named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year three times.
Samson Colebrooke – 100m, Bahamas
Colebrooke looks to return to the Olympics in the 100m after making his debut in Tokyo. He will run in the 100m trials in the Bahamas.
The Bahamas Junior & Senior National Championships is slated for June 26-28 in Nassau, Bahamas. As the meet approaches, more information is expected to be available here.
A 2021 Purdue graduate, Colebrooke was 44th at the 2020 Olympics in the 100m. As a Boilermaker, he was a six-time All-America honoree and ran the second-fastest 200m and third-fastest 100m times in school history. The Exuma, Bahamas, native also contributed to three of the four-fastest 4×100 marks and three of the six-fastest 4×400 times, highlighted by the 4×100 record. Colebrooke won five Big Ten medals, including gold twice in the 4×100.
Brian Faust – 400m, United States
Faust runs at his first Olympic trials in the 400m in Eugene. The first round is on Friday, June 21, the semifinal is set for Sunday, June 23, and the final is on Monday, June 24.
Information on the U.S. Olympic Trials can be found here. That includes live results and television info on NBC.
A Boilermaker from 2018-21, Faust won a national title in the 400m at the 2024 USATF Indoor Championships to earn a berth at the 2024 World Athletics Championships, where he was 14th overall. The Atlanta, Georgia, native was a four-time All-American and won three Big Ten medals at Purdue. Faust broke three school records indoors, in the 400m, 500m and 600m, and has 11 top-10 times in team history.
Kaia Harris – Discus, United States
Harris makes her U.S. Olympic trials debut in the discus throw in Oregon. The quarterfinal is on Monday, June 24 and the final is scheduled for Thursday, June 27.
Information on the U.S. Olympic Trials can be found here. That includes live results and television info on NBC.
From West Lafayette, Harris competed for Purdue from 2018-22. She is No. 2 in school history with a discus throw of 56.53m, which she achieved in 2022. That season culminated in an NCAA Championships appearance and Second Team All-America recognition, along with a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships. Harris was a two-time NCAA First Round qualifier as a Boilermaker.
Saran Kouyeth – 200m & 400m, Republic of Guinea
Kouyeth will represent the Republic of Guinea. At her first trials, she will race in the 200m and 400m.
The Confederation of African Athletics trials are set for June 21-26 in Cameroon.
From 2019-23 at Purdue, Kouyeth earned All-America honors in the 4×400 three times. From Sandy Springs, Georgia, she is a five-time Big Ten medalist and helped the Boilermakers to a 4×400 title indoors in 2020. In the record books, Kouyeth is in the top-10 in the 100m outdoors, 200m indoors and outdoors and seven times in relay events.
Cameron Miller – 200m, United States
Miller comes off an All-American season in 2024 with Purdue to run at his first U.S. trials in the 200m. The first round is on Thursday, June 27, followed by the semifinal on Friday, June 28 and the final on Saturday, June 29.
Information on the U.S. Olympic Trials can be found here. That includes live results and television info on NBC.
The school record holder both indoors and outdoors in the 200m, Miller earned First Team All-America accolades indoors and second team distinction outdoors in his first Purdue season in 2024. From Dallas, Texas, Miller won a Big Ten title outdoors and was third indoors in the 200m.
Kara (Patterson) Winger – Javelin, United States
A four-time Olympian, Winger will compete at her sixth Olympic Trials in the javelin. The quarterfinal is on Friday, June 28 before the final on Sunday, June 30.
Information on the U.S. Olympic Trials can be found here. That includes live results and television info on NBC.
One of the most decorated Purdue athletes in any sport, Winger is a four-time Olympian and is looking to become the first American thrower to qualify for five Olympic Games. She won silver at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, the first medal won by an American woman in the event at Worlds. Winger, a 2009 Purdue graduate, owns the Boilermaker and American records in the javelin with throws of 61.56m and 68.11m, respectively. She was the runner-up at the NCAA Championships in 2009 and fifth in 2008 and won Big Ten titles in 2005, 2008 and 2009. From Vancouver, Washington, Winger is a two-time Big Ten Outdoor Athlete of the Year.
BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF
FLECK SIGNS HIGHLY REGARDED TRANSFER FOR 2024-25 MEN’S GOLF ROSTER
MUNCIE, Ind. – The runner-up in voting for the Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year last season, Avery Mahoney has signed with Ball State as a transfer for the 2024-25 men’s golf season.
From Burlington, Ontario, Mahoney becomes the second Canadian on the Ball State roster, joining Braxton Kuntz who finished a strong junior season after a transfer from Nicholls State. Mahoney competed in every event last season for Eastern Michigan, completing 33 rounds for a 74.7 average. He was the Eagles’ No. 3 golfer last season heading into the MAC Championships that were won by Ball State
Highlights for Mahoney last season included a 10th-place finish at the Davidson River Run Collegiate (65-72-73—210) in which he shot his lowest round of the year. He finished 19th at the Badger Invitational (72-74-69—215) in which he actually tied with Kuntz, four strokes behind Ball State leader Kash Bellar. He recorded three top-20 finishes last year including an 18th-place standing at Penn State’s Rutherford Intercollegiate (75-75-71—221).
“We welcome Avery and his family to our Ball State golf family,” said Ball State coach Mike Fleck who returns four of his five starters next year, from a MAC Championship squad that finished 10th at the NCAA’s Chapel Regional. “Having been able to watch Avery compete several times this past year, he is a very skilled and talented player. I also know the type of young men Coach [Bruce] Cunningham recruited over the years and Avery will be a team-first guy who will work extremely hard and be an excellent culture guy while representing Ball State. We are really excited to bring Avery on board, and with a nucleus of our top guys returning, our goals will be lofty going into the 2024-25 year.”
Prior to signing at EMU, Mahoney carded a 296 (76-70-74-74) for a 27th-place finish at the Golf Association of Ontario (GAO) Men’s Championship. He also competed in the 2022 RCGA Canadian Men’s Amateur Championship (77-72–149) and was 25th at the RCGA Canadian Junior Championship (74-70-72-69—285).
Mahoney took home first place at the 2021 Canadian Junior Golf Association (CJGA) Eastern Canadian Junior Championship (78-72-71—221). He also finished 19th at the 2021 Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) Canadian Junior Championship (79-73-71-76—299) as well as a ninth-place showing at the 2022 International Junior Masters (77-68—145).
Mahoney graduated from Notre Dame Catholic High School in Ontario and his father, Emerson, is the Director of Golf at Hamilton Golf Club. He is also supported by his mother, Angela, and brother, Peyton.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
TRACY ARCHULETA NAMED 30TH INDIANA STATE HEAD BASEBALL COACH
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State President Dr. Mike Godard announced the hiring of Tracy Archuleta as the Sycamores’ 30th head baseball coach in program history on Friday afternoon.
Archuleta joins the Sycamores following an 18-year tenure as the head coach at the University of Southern Indiana and a 23-year overall career as a head coach at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels.
“Coach Archuleta is a championship-caliber coach and a seasoned professional with a proven track record of winning. He is the right fit for Indiana State University and to lead our baseball team, which has shown for years we can compete with the best in Division I athletics. With the recent hiring of a new Director of Athletics, Nathan Christensen, and now Coach Archuleta, I look forward to the future of Sycamore Athletics,” said Dr. Mike Godard, President of Indiana State University.
“Coach Archuleta’s successful career as a head coach and proven track record of winning games in the NCAA Tournament and National Championships made us stand up and take notice throughout the process,” incoming Director of Athletics Nathan Christensen said. “His deep Indiana and Midwest roots were important to continuing to build our program. Both Coach Archuleta and I feel reaching the College World Series is a reality under Tracy’s leadership, and we are fired up for him to start here in Terre Haute!”
“I’m excited to welcome Coach Archuleta and his family to Indiana State University and look forward to working with him,” Interim Athletic Director Angie Lansing said. “He is respected in the baseball community, and I believe he will provide a high-level experience for the student-athletes within our program.”
Archuleta led the Screaming Eagles for 18 years, including the programs transition to NCAA Division I and to two NCAA Division II national championships since taking the helm in 2007. He also has been recognized as the Division II ABCA National Coach of the Year twice (2010, 2014); the ABCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year five times (2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018) and the GLVC Coach of the Year twice (2011, 2014). He was the winningest coach in the history of the program with 571 victories over his tenure.
“It is an honor to become the next head baseball coach for the Indiana State Sycamores,” Archuleta said. “The rich history of Indiana State is something I am really looking forward to being a part of and I look forward to continuing the momentum that has been built at this great institution. I want to thank President Godard, Nathan Christensen, and Angie Lansing for giving me this opportunity and I’m excited about their vision for ISU. I also want to thank the University of Southern Indiana and the Evansville community for 18 great years. I feel I have left USI Baseball in a great place and wish them the best moving forward.”
The Eagles progressed during their second season in the OVC and Division I action in 2024, improving by nine wins to 27-32 overall and finishing over .500 in the conference with a 14-13 mark. USI was fourth during the OVC regular season and finished third in the OVC Baseball Championship that included a win over top-seeded University of Arkansas at Little Rock. USI also grew statistically during the 2024 run raising its team batting average 10 points and lowered its team ERA by nearly two runs.
In Archuleta’s 18 seasons, USI won two NCAA II national championships and five NCAA II Midwest Regional titles; won three GLVC West crowns and three GLVC East banners; one GLVC Tournament championship; and appeared in six NCAA II Regionals. Archuleta’s Eagles also have featured 12 All-Americans, eighth Academic All-American, 34 All-Region performers, and 54 All-GLVC players. Fourteen players were drafted into the MLB ranks with USI alum Darin Mastroianni playing six years with both Toronto and Minnesota (2011-2016).
Archuleta came to USI after five seasons at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside that featured a pair of NCAA Division II Tournament appearances and a pair of 40-win seasons. UW-Parkside also advanced to the NCAA II North Central Regional title game in 2005 and was 148-124 (.544) during Archuleta’s tenure.
After setting the foundation during his first two years, Archuleta directed the UW-Parkside Rangers into the national spotlight with a 41-18 season in 2004, finishing on top of the GLVC standings and earning the school’s first-ever NCAA II Tournament bid. In his tenure at UW-Parkside, Archuleta coached the Rangers first All-American, Regional Player of the Year, GLVC Player of the Year, and he had two players sign professional contracts and 11 players earn All-Region honors. He was tabbed GLVC Coach of the Year in 2004.
Archuleta served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Wayne State College (Nebraska) and Central Missouri State University at the NCAA II level before taking the top spot at UW-Parkside.
At Wayne State, he was the infield coach, hitting coach, and recruiting coordinator on the team that captured its first NSIC championship and NCAA II regional birth in the 2001 season. Archuleta helped guide the team’s batting average to 25th in the country (2000) and, in 2001, the squad was third in the country in fielding percentage (.969). In 2001, Wayne State finished 26th in the country with a record of 35-10.
During his tenure at CMSU, the Mules won the regular season conference championship with a record of 20-1 and were ranked as high as fifth in the nation. The team picked up an NCAA tournament bid and finished 16th in the country with a 43-10 mark. Archuleta was CMSU’s outfield coach and recruiting coordinator. He also assisted the hitters.
The native of Iliff, Colorado, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Metropolitan State College of Denver and has a master’s degree in education from Wayne State College. He has three children, Mikaela, Alex, and Sam.
SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S SOCCER
USI WOMEN’S SOCCER RELEASES 2024 SCHEDULE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer has announced its schedule for the 2024 championship season, which officially kicks off Sunday, August 18 when the Screaming Eagles make their first-ever visit to Arkansas State University.
“We are excited to announce the 2024 women’s soccer schedule,” USI Women’s Soccer Head Coach Eric Schoenstein said. “The 2024 schedule will be the most challenging schedule yet in our Division I era.”
Southern Indiana will play two preseason exhibitions in early August, traveling to Southern Illinois University on August 6 and hosting Middle Tennessee State University on August 10 from Strassweg Field.
Following the season-opening match at Arkansas State, USI kicks off its home slate on August 22 against Robert Morris University. The Screaming Eagles will also host Wright State University (September 1), Miami University (Ohio) (September 8), and Bellarmine University (September 15) during the non-conference season.
Other non-conference road stops include visits to Eastern Kentucky (August 25) and Northern Illinois University (August 29) in consecutive road games, Purdue University Fort Wayne (September 5), and Austin Peay State University (September 12).
Southern Indiana’s third season in the Ohio Valley Conference kicks off September 22 at Southeast Missouri State University. The nine-match conference schedule includes back-to-back home dates at Strassweg Field against the University of Tennessee at Martin on September 26 and Eastern Illinois University on September 29. Following a road match at Lindenwood University on October 3, USI will take on the top two teams from the 2023 season. USI hosts Tennessee Tech University, the 2023 OVC regular-season champions, on October 6 before the Screaming Eagles venture to Morehead State University, the reigning OVC tournament champions, on October 13. Southern Indiana then hosts a rematch of last season’s OVC quarterfinal match against the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on October 17. USI concludes the regular season on the road at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (October 20) before a home finale against Western Illinois University (October 27).
The OVC Championship Tournament runs from October 31 through November 10.
“The plan is to play a difficult non-conference schedule in preparation for an extremely competitive OVC schedule,” Schoenstein added. “In our second OVC season in 2023, we took a great step forward by finishing tied for third in the standings and hosting a quarterfinal match in the conference tournament. The team’s focus is to continue to improve each season and challenge for the OVC title.”
USI Women’s Soccer enters year three of its transition period to NCAA Division I and in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Screaming Eagles went 4-8-7 overall with a 3-2-4 conference record last season.
The full schedule with match times and gameday promotions can be found on the USI Women’s Soccer schedule page on usiscreamingeagles.com.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
4 – 32 – 14
June 22, 1889 – A team by the name of the Louisville Colonels set a Major League Baseball record when they suffered what would be their 26th consecutive loss of a baseball game.
June 22, 1929 – New York Giants star hitter, Mel Ott homered three times against Philadelphia Phillies hurlers in a doubleheader in the City of Brotherly Love. The Giants used the offensive production from Ott to capture both games of the twinbill from their hosts. Ott would eventually start wearing the Number 4 on his Giants uniform in coming years when it became mandatory.
June 22, 1930 – New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, Number 4 crushed 3 Home Runs in a 20-13 romp over the Philadelphia Athletics at Shibe Park in Philly.
June 22, 1959 – LA Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax wearing Number 32, fanned an astounding 16 Philadelphia Phillies batters to aid in a 6-2 Dodgers win. This was almost 10% of Koufax’s K’s registered for the season as he finished with 173.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
June 22, 2002 – The Berlin Thunder become the first team to win back to back NFL Europe World Bowls as the defeated the Rhein Thunder in the Thunder’s home stadium
Hall of Fame Birthdays for June 22
- June 22, 1917 – Dallas, Texas – TCU’s legendary quarterback from 1936 to 1938, Davey O’Brien arrived into the world. Texas Christian was blessed that O’Brien got to watch the great Sammy Baugh for a season or two as the starter before he took the reins himself and the Horned Frog signal caller. Learn as an understudy he did too! The National Football Foundation tells us that like Baugh, O’Brien was destined to drive enemy defenses daffy with his incredible passing feats. Dutch Meyer, who coached both quarterbacks at TCU, compared his prized pupils, saying: “Baugh was a better all-around player than O’Brien, and a better passer, but as a field general Davey has never been equaled. He was the finest play selector I’ve ever seen.” In 1938, O’Brien led TCU to an undefeated season and a national championship. He won the Heisman and Maxwell Awards and threw 19 touchdown passes. Davey O’Brien’s collegiate football records are celebrated in the College Football Hall of Fame after his induction in 1955. After graduation O’Brien played two years with the Philadelphia Eagles, 1939-40, and was All-Pro and Rookie of the Year, 1939. He then surprisingly quit football and spent 10 years as a special agent for the FBI before going into the business world.
- June 22, 1962 – Everett, Washington – Gordon Hudson the Brigham Young University tight end from 1980 to 1983 was born. The FootballFoundation.org let’s us in on that the two-time unanimous All-American player holds the NCAA records for most passes caught per game by a tight end with 5.4, most career yards per game by a tight end with a whopping 75.3 and the most yards in a game by a tight end with a staggering 259 yards against Utah. As a senior, he teamed with Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young to haul in an NCAA record 44 catches and six touchdowns in an injury-shortened season. When he completed his college career he held the NCAA record for the most receiving yards by a tight end with 2484 yards. The National Football Foundation selected Gordon Hudson for entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. After school was completed Gordon played two seasons in the USFL with the Los Angeles Express franchise and one season in the NFL for the Seattle Seahawks.
- June 22, 1971 – Kurt Warner Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined QB that played for the Rams, Giants and Cardinals. For more on Kurt please see our Inspiration Sensation article by clicking Kurt Warner Inspiration.
- June 22, 1978 – Champ Bailey Pro Football Hall of Fame Cornerback that played for the Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos during his 15 year career in the NFL. Champ was selected to a whopping 12 Pro Bowls (the most of any defensive back in NFL history), and was 1st Team All-Pro 3 times. Bailey prepared for the NFL by playing for the Georgia Bulldogs in college. As a pro he registered 52 interceptions in 215 games played, truly a shut down, ball hawking corner.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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June 22
1925 — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 24-6 with Kiki Cuyler and Pie Traynor each hitting a grand slam and Max Carey getting two hits in the first and eighth innings.
1930 — Lou Gehrig hit three home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a 20-13 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the second game of a doubleheader. Babe Ruth, who hit three homers in the nightcap the previous day, hit two homers in the opener and one in the nightcap for the Yankees. Ruth tied major league records for five homers in two games and six homers in three games.
1944 — Jim Tobin of the Boston Braves threw a five-inning 7-0 no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1947 — Cincinnati’s Ewell Blackwell almost duplicated Johnny Vander Meer’s double no-hit record by following up his June 18 gem over Boston. Brooklyn’s Eddie Stanky singled with one out in the ninth to end Blackwell’s bid. Blackwell ended up with a 4-0 two-hitter.
1962 — Baltimore Orioles first baseman Boog Powell became the first batter to hit a home run over the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium. The 469-foot clout came off Don Schwall of the Boston Red Sox.
1982 — Philadelphia’s Pete Rose doubled off St. Louis pitcher John Stuper in the third inning to move into second place on the career hit list. Rose moved ahead of Hank Aaron with hit No. 3,772.
1994 — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 31st home run of the season in Seattle’s 12-3 victory at California, breaking Babe Ruth’s record for most homers before the end of June. Ruth needed 63 games to reach 30 homers in 1928 and 68 games in 1930. Griffey did it in the Mariners’ 70th game.
1997 — The Atlanta Braves, behind a four-homer, nine-run third, beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-5. Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff, Michael Tucker and Jeff Blauser homered in the inning.
2002 — The Detroit Tigers ended Luis Castillo’s 35-game hitting streak. Castillo went 0-for-4 and was left on deck when the Florida Marlins finished off a four-run, ninth-inning rally to beat the Tigers 5-4.
2007 — Miguel Tejada goes on the disabled list with a wrist injury, ending a run of 1,152 consecutive games played, the fifth-longest run in major league history.
2010 — Jamie Moyer serves up the 505th home run of his major league career, to Russell Branyan, in a 2 – 1 win over the Indians. Moyer ties Robin Roberts for the most homers surrendered in the majors.
2013 — Francisco Rodriguez earned his 300th career save, finishing off Milwaukee’s second straight 2-0 victory over slumping Atlanta.
2015 — ESPN reveals it has obtained a copy of a notebook belonging to Pete Rose which contains evidence of regular betting on baseball games during the 1986 season. The notebook was seized during a police raid on one of Rose’s associates in 1989, after Rose was banned from baseball by Commissioner Bart Giamatti, and had been under court-ordered seal since. Its content corroborate the contents of the Dowd Report, which led to Rose’s suspension, and make it even less likely that current Commissioner Rob Manfred will reverse it, as Rose has pleaded for him to do.
2020 — MLB owners agree unanimously on a plan for a 60-game season beginning around July 24th – if everyone signs off on health and safety protocols.
2021 — The Arizona Diamondbacks snap their franchise record 17-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
2022 — One day after setting a personal best as a hitter with 8 RBIs, Shohei Ohtani sets another one on the mound as he racks up 13 strikeouts in 8 scoreless innings in a 5 – 0 win over Kansas City.
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June 23
1917 — In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox came in for Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first. The base runner was cut down stealing and Shore retired all 26 batters he faced to gain a 4-0 victory over Washington. Ruth walked Eddie Foster to open the game and was ejected after arguing with umpire Brick Owens.
1932 — Lou Gehrig plays his 1,103rd successive game in a New York uniform, equaling Joe Sewell’s record with one team (Cleveland).
1950 — Hoot Evers’ winning home run in the ninth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 10-9 victory over the New York Yankees as the teams combined for 11 home runs, a major league record. The Yankees hit six and the Tigers five.
1963 — Jimmie Piersall, playing for the Mets in New York, hit his 100th career home run and celebrated by running around the bases backward.
1971 — Rick Wise of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds and hit two homers. Wise became the first pitcher to hit two homers while throwing a no-hitter.
1973 — Pitcher Ken Brett of the Philadelphia Phillies hit a home run in the fourth consecutive game that he pitched in June. He beat Montreal 7-2.
1984 — Chicago’s Ryne Sandberg hit two late-inning home runs off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bruce Sutter to tie the game twice as the Cubs went on to win 12-11 in 11 innings. Sandberg led off the ninth inning with a solo home run to tie the game 9-9 then hit a two-run, two-out homer in the 10th to tie the game 11-11. Willie McGee hit for the cycle and drove in six runs for St. Louis.
1993 — Seattle OF Jay Buhner hits for the cycle in the Mariners’ 8 – 7, 14-inning win over the Athletics. He is the first Mariner player to ever hit for the cycle..
2003 — Stealing second base at Pacific Bell Park in the 11th inning, Barry Bonds becomes the first player to hit 500 home runs and steal 500 bases in his career. The Giants’ left fielder may not only be the charter member of the 500-500 club, many believe, including him, he will most likely be its only member, as no one else may ever reach this plateau.
2008 — Felix Hernandez hit the first grand slam by an American League pitcher in 37 years, then departed with a sprained ankle before he could qualify for a win in Seattle’s 5-2 victory over the New York Mets. The shot to right-center off Johan Santana was the first home run by a pitcher in Mariners history, and the first slam by an AL hurler since Cleveland’s Steve Dunning went deep against Oakland’s Diego Segui on May 11, 1971.
2013 — David Wright homered, tripled and matched a Mets record with four extra-base hits to back Matt Harvey’s splendid start in a lopsided 8-0 victory over Philadelphia. Wright went 4 for 5 with two of New York’s season-high seven doubles.
2020 — After the Players Association ratified proposed COVID-19 safety protocols, an abbreviated 60-game season will begin July 23rd or 24th.
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June 24
1936 — Rookie Joe DiMaggio hit two homers in the fifth inning and added two doubles in the New York Yankees’ 18-4 victory over the St. Louis Browns.
1950 — Wes Westrum of the New York Giants hit three home runs and a triple in a 12-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
1955 — Harmon Killebrew hit his first major league homer, off Billy Hoeft at Griffith Stadium, but the Detroit Tigers beat the Washington Senators 18-7.
1962 — Jack Reed, a substitute outfielder, hit a homer off Phil Regan in the 22nd inning to give the New York Yankees a 9-7 win over the Detroit Tigers in a game that lasted 7 hours, 22 minutes. It was the only homer Reed hit in the majors.
1968 — Jim Northrup tied a major league record by hitting two grand slams in one game as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 14-3.
1983 — Don Sutton of the Milwaukee Brewers became the eighth pitcher in major league history to strike out 3,000 batters. Sutton’s 3,000th victim was Cleveland’s Alan Bannister in a 3-2 win over the Indians.
1984 — Oakland’s Joe Morgan hit his 265th home run as a second baseman, breaking Roger Hornsby’s career home run record for that position. Morgan’s homer off Frank Tanana was the 267th of his career and led the A’s to a 4-2 win over Texas.
1993 — Carlton Fisk of the White Sox, plays his 2,226th and final major league game, surpassing Bob Boone’s record of 2,225 for most games caught.
1993 — The Marlins obtain OF Gary Sheffield and P Rich Rodriguez from the Padres for P Trevor Hoffman, Andres Berumen and Jose Martinez. The Fish will give Sheffield a four-year contract extension in September.
1994 — Jeff Bagwell hit three homers, two in one inning to tie a major league record, as the Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 16-4.
1997 — Randy Johnson of the Seattle Mariners struck out 19 batters — one short of Roger Clemens’ major league record for a nine-inning game. He became the first AL left-hander to fan 19, but the Oakland Athletics won 4-1.
2002 — Both starters in the first game of the Anaheim-Texas doubleheader — Joaquin Benoit and Aaron Sele — threw 96 pitches, 53 strikes and 43 balls. Benoit and the Rangers won 8-5.
2003 — Brad Wilkerson hit for the cycle, going 4-for-4 with four RBIs, in Montreal’s 6-4 win over Pittsburgh. It was the first cycle in the majors this season and was performed in sequence — single, double, triple and homer.
2014 — Brothers B.J. and Justin Upton tied the major league record for brothers homering in the same game as teammates, accomplishing the feat for the fourth time, in Atlanta’s 3-2 win over Houston. Other brothers who had homered in the same game four times were Jeremy and Jason Giambi for the Oakland A’s and Vladimir and Wilton Guerrero for the Montreal Expos.
2015 — Pavin Smith homered and drove in three runs and Brandon Waddell turned in another strong College World Series pitching performance, leading Virginia over Vanderbilt 4-2 for the school’s first baseball national championship.
2017 — Three different Oakland A’s players, Matt Olson, Jaycob Brugmand and Franklin Baretto, hit their first career home run in a 10-2 win over the White Sox.
2019 — The Yankees tie a record belonging to the 2002 Rangers by homering in their 27th straight game on their way to defeating the Blue Jays.
2018 — The Dodgers set a National League record with seven solo home runs in an 8-7 win over the Mets.
2021 — The Chicago Cubs throw the first combined no-hitter in franchise history beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0. It was the seventh no-hitter of the season.
June 25
1934 — Pitcher John Broaca tied a major league record by striking out five consecutive times but pitched the Yankees to an 11-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Lou Gehrig had better luck at the plate, hitting for the cycle.
1937 — Augie Galan of Chicago became the first National League switch-hitter to homer from both sides of the plate in the Cubs’ 11-2 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1950 — Chicago’s Hank Sauer hit two home runs and two doubles to send the Cubs past the Philadelphia Phillies 11-8.
1961 — Baltimore and California used a major league record 16 pitchers, eight by each side, as the Orioles edged the Angels 9-8 on Ron Hansen’s 14th-inning homer.
1968 — Bobby Bonds, in his first major league game, hit a grand slam off John Purdin to help San Francisco to a 9-0 win over Los Angeles.
1988 — Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game.
1998 — Sammy Sosa broke the major league record for homers in a month, hitting his 19th of June leading off the seventh inning of the Cubs’ 6-4 loss to Detroit. Sosa passed the mark set by Detroit’s Rudy York in August 1937.
1999 — Jose Jimenez, a rookie right-hander having one of the worst seasons than any other NL pitcher, threw St. Louis’ first no-hitter in 16 seasons, outdueling Randy Johnson in a 1-0 victory over Arizona.
2002 — Luis Pujols of the Detroit Tigers and Tony Pena of the Kansas City Royals became the first Dominican-born managers to oppose each other in a major league game.
2007 — A fan charged at Bob Howry during the Cubs’ 10-9 win over Colorado after the reliever helped blow an 8-3 lead in the ninth inning. Howry gave up back-to-back RBI singles to Garrett Atkins and Brad Hawpe and a three-run homer to Troy Tulowitzki. The fan then jumped onto the field from the roof of the Rockies’ dugout and made it a few feet from the mound before security guards tackled him. Howry earned the victory when Alfonso Soriano hit a game-ending two-run single in the bottom of the inning.
2010 — Arizona’s Edwin Jackson pitched a 1-0 no-hitter against Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.
2010 — The Cubs suspend pitcher Carlos Zambrano indefinitely after he throws a tantrum in the dugout after giving up 4 runs in the 1st inning of a 6 – 0 loss to the White Sox. “Big Z” blames first baseman Derrek Lee for letting a Juan Pierreground ball past him for a double that starts the rally, although the hard-hit ball was hardly catchable. Tom Gorzelanny replaces Zambrano who is removed from the game by manager Lou Piniella.
2011 — Cleveland’s Tony Sipp balked home the only run with the bases loaded in the seventh inning of a 1-0 loss to San Francisco. Sipp slightly flinched his left arm before throwing a pitch to Emmanuel Burriss, allowing Miguel Tejada to score and sending San Francisco to its fourth straight win. There also were two errors in the inning by second baseman Cord Phelps that spoiled a strong start by Justin Masterson.
2013 — Eric Filia drove in a career-high five runs, Nick Vander Tuig limited Mississippi State to five hits in eight innings, and UCLA won 8-0 for its first national baseball championship.
2014 — Tim Lincecum pitched his second no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in less than a year, allowing only one runner and leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-0 win.
2015 — The San Francisco Giants hit four triples in a game for the first time in 55 years, including a pair by Brandon Belt in a 13-8 win over the San Diego Padres. Brandon Crawford and Matt Duffy also tripled for San Francisco, which had not tripled four times in a game since Sept. 15, 1960, when Willie Mays hit three and Eddie Bressoud one at Philadelphia.
2018 — The St. Louis Cardinals record the 10,000th win in team history with a 4-0 defeat of the Cleveland Indians.. They are the sixth major league team to do so.
2019 — The New York Yankees set a new major league record by homering in their 28th consecutive game.
2021 — Philadelphia Philles pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver’s 51-Year old MLB record of ten consecutive strike outs in a 2-1 loss to the Mew York Mets.
2022 — Three Astros pitchers combine to no-hit the Yankees, 3 – 0.
2023 — George Springer leads off the bottom of the 1st for the Blue Jays against the Athletics with a homer off Luis Medina. The 55th leadoff home run of his career gives him sole possession of second place on the all-time list, behind only Rickey Henderson. The Blue Jays win handily, 12 – 1.
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June 26
1916 — The Cleveland Indians wore numbers on their sleeves in a game against the Chicago White Sox. It marked the first time players were identified by numbers corresponding to the scorecard.
1924 — New York right-hander Virgil Barnes faced his older sibling, Jesse, marking the first time brothers started against one another in major league history. Jesse got the loss when the Giants beat the Boston Braves 11-7.
1938 — Lonny Frey of the Cincinnati Reds had eight hits in a doubleheader split with the Philadelphia Phillies. Frey had three hits in a 10-3 opening-game loss and collected five in the nightcap, which the Reds won 8-5.
1944 — In an effort to raise funds for war bonds, the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees played each other in a six-inning game at the Polo Grounds. More than 50,000 fans turned out. Each team played successive innings against the other two teams then would sit out an inning. The final score was Dodgers 5, Yankees 1, Giants 0.
1962 — Earl Wilson of the Boston Red Sox pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Los Angeles Angels at Fenway Park. Wilson, the Red Sox’s first black pitcher, also homered in the game.
1968 — St. Louis’ Bob Gibson pitched his fifth consecutive shutout as he blanked Pittsburgh, 3-0, in the first game of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium.
1970 — Frank Robinson hit two grand slams to power the Baltimore Orioles to a 12-2 victory over the Washington Senators.
1976 — Shortstop Toby Harrah played an entire doubleheader for the Texas Rangers without handling a batted ball by the Chicago White Sox.
1983 — New York’s Rusty Staub tied a season record with his eighth consecutive pinch hit. Staub equaled the 1958 mark established by Dave Philley of the Phillies when he singled in the ninth inning off reliever Ron Reed in the Mets’ 8-4 loss to Philadelphia at Shea Stadium.
2000 — Minor league sensation Alex Cabrera hit a two-run homer in his first major league at-bat for Arizona as the Diamondbacks beat the Houston Astros 6-1.
2003 — Edgar Martinez, who already holds the Mariners’ all-time records for games played, at-bats, hits, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, walks and runs scored, passes Ken Griffey Jr.’s mark for team career RBIs. His two-run homer in the Mariners’ 10 – 6 victory over the Angels gives the All-Star designated hitter 1,153 RBIs – one more than Junior.
2006 — Oregon State beats North Carolina 3-2 for its first College World Series title.
2015 — Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg resigns in his third season with his team in last place.
2019 — Vanderbilt University defeats Michigan 8-2 to win the College World Series.
2021— The Arizona Diamondbacks end their record streak of consecutive road losses by defeating the San Diego Padres 10-1.
2023 — Louisiana State University wins the 2023 College World Series with an 18 – 4 win over the University of Florida in the final game, one day after losing 24 – 4 to the Gators. Paul Skenes is named the recipient of the College World Series Most Outstanding Player award. It is the Tigers’ seventh title overall, and first since 2009.
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June 27
1917 — Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Braves became the first major league player to enter military service in World War I.
1939 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2-2 tie. Whit Wyatt pitched the first 16 innings for the Dodgers. Both clubs played a 26-inning tie in 1920 at the same Braves Field.
1958 — Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox retired 26 straight Washington batters before pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald hit a double just inside the right-field line for the only hit. Pierce then struck out Albie Pearson on three pitches and beat the Senators 3-0.
1973 — David Clyde, a $125,000, 18-year-old bonus baby with the Rangers, pitched five innings, struck out eight and allowed one hit in his first major league start. Texas beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 before 35,698 fans — the Rangers’ first home sellout at Arlington Stadium.
1980 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss pitched a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in an 8-0 victory at Candlestick Park. The only player to reach base was Jack Clark in the first inning on a throwing error by shortstop Bill Russell.
1986 — San Francisco rookie Robby Thompson set a major league record when he was caught stealing four times in the Giants’ 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Catcher Bo Diaz threw out Thompson in the fourth, sixth, ninth and 11th innings.
1993 — Anthony Young of the New York Mets set a major league record by losing his 24th straight decision, 5-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1999 — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 27th homer and robbed Juan Gonzalez of a three-run shot with a spectacular over-the-fence catch as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the final game at the Kingdome.
2003 — Boston set a major league record by scoring 10 runs before the first out. The 50-minute, 91-pitch first inning came during a 25-8 victory over Florida. The Red Sox also tied an AL record with 14 runs in the first inning. Johnny Damon matched a major league mark with three hits in an inning.
2007 — Ryan Howard hits his 100th career home run in a 9 – 6 loss to the Reds. The shot against Aaron Harang makes him the fastest player in major league history to hit 100 homers, doing so in his 325th game.
2008 — Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets homered twice, including a grand slam, and set a franchise record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout of the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the opener of the teams’ two-ballpark doubleheader. The Yankees beat the Mets 9-0 at Shea Stadium in the night game.
2009 — Tim Wakefield makes his 382nd start for the Boston Red Sox, tying Roger Clemens for most in franchise history. The 42-year-old knuckleballer earns his tenth win of the year with six scoreless innings against the Atlanta Braves. Boston prevails, 1 – 0, with Mark Kotsay driving in the game’s only run.
2010 — Jamie Moyer surrendered his record-breaking 506th home run but was sharp otherwise, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of Toronto’s troubles to beat the Blue Jays 11-2. Moyer only mistake was a two-run homer by Vernon Wells in the third inning. Moyer passed former Phillies Hall of Famer Robin Roberts for the most homers allowed in a career.
2016 — Kris Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game, and Jake Arrieta added a solo shot, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 11-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
2016 — The Texas Rangers wrapped up a weird win at 2:44 a.m., rallying after a rain delay of more than 3 1/2 hours in the ninth inning to beat the New York Yankees 9-6 with maybe 100 fans left in the stands. Umpire crew chief Paul Nauert signaled for the tarp at 10:40 p.m. The game resumed at 2:15 a.m. Texas trailed 6-5 when Kirby Yates replaced closer Aroldis Chapman after the delay with a runner on first and no outs. Yates (2-1) hit three batters, and Beltre and Elvis Andrus each hit a two-run singles.
2017 — The University of Florida wins the first College World Series Title in school history by defeating Louisiana State University 6-1.
2019 — The starters for the 2019 All-Star Game are named, at the conclusion of the fans’ vote. For the first time, this voting is two-tiered, with today’s winners the victors of a second round of strictly on-line voting among the three top finishers at each position, after the more traditional ballots have been counted. The results are well-balanced, with only one team managing as many as three players elected – the Astros with 3B Alex Bregman and OFs George Springer and Michael Brantley – and are generally representative of who have been the best players so far this year.
2021 — A little over a week after MLB has begun to systematically examine pitchers for foreign substances to improve grip, a first victim is caught: Hector Santiago of the Mariners is ejected after umpires discover an unknown sticky substances on his glove. The glove is impounded and sent for further analysis, while Santiago protests his innocence, claiming that he was only using rosin to prevent perspiration from dripping unto his hands. He will be issued a ten-game suspension.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 22
1918 — Molla Bjurstedt wins the women’s U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title for the fourth straight year, beating Eleanor Goss 6-4, 6-3.
1937 — Joe Louis knocks out Jim Braddock in the eighth round at Chicago’s Comiskey Park to win the world heavyweight title, which he would hold for 11 years.
1938 — In a rematch portrayed in both countries as good vs. evil, Joe Louis of the U.S. knocks out Germany’s Max Schmeling at 2:04 of the first round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title.
1949 — Ezzard Charles scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Jersey Joe Walcott at Comiskey Park in Chicago to win the vacant world heavyweight title.
1977 — John Ziegler is named the fourth president in NHL history, succeeding Clarence Campbell.
1979 — Larry Holmes stops Mike Weaver in the 12th round to retain the WBC heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1980 — UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Horst Hrubesch scores a double as Germany beats Belgium, 2-1.
1981 — John McEnroe throws a tantrum in his 7-6 (5), 7-5, 6-3 first-round win over Tom Gullikson on the opening day at Wimbledon. McEnroe’s return of Gullickson’s serve is ruled out by chair umpire Edward James. McEnroe shouts his famous line, “You cannot be serious.” He then calls James the “the pits of the world” and an “incompetent fool.” Tournament referee Fred Hoyles is called to the court after James hits McEnroe with a point penalty. After McEnroe’s arguments with Hoyle go unsatisfied, Gullikson holds serve and McEnroe curses Hoyle on the changeover, prompting another point penalty. He is later fined $1,500.
1991 — NHL Draft: Oshawa Generals center Eric Lindros first pick by Quebec Nordiques.
1994 — The Houston Rockets, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, win their first NBA title, beating New York 90-84 in Game 7 of the finals. Olajuwon gets 25 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and three blocks.
1994 — FIFA World Cup: USA beats Colombia 2-1 in round match at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, 1st WC win since 1950.
1996 — Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title.
1999 — In one of the greatest upsets in Wimbledon’s 113-year history, top-ranked Martina Hingis loses 6-2, 6-0 in the opening round to Jelena Dokic, a 16-year-old qualifier ranked 129th.
2001 — Karrie Webb sets two scoring records in the LPGA Championship in shooting a 7-under 64 for a three-stroke lead. Webb, at 11-under 131, breaks the 36-hole scoring record by two strokes. Webb shoots a 29 on the front nine for the lowest nine-hole score in the 47-year history of the championship.
2006 — The U.S. soccer team is eliminated from World Cup play with a 2-1 loss to Ghana.
2007 — For the first time, Americans are taken with the top two picks in the NHL draft. Chicago selects Patrick Kane with the first pick. Philadelphia then selects left wing James vanRiemsdyk with the second pick.
2012 — Jerry Sandusky is convicted on 45 counts of sexually assaulting 10 boys over 15 years. The accusations had led to the firing of Joe Paterno, Penn State’s beloved coach who died of lung cancer Jan. 22. Penn State’s Board of Trustees ousted Paterno for what was called his “failure of leadership” surrounding allegations about Sandusky.
2012 — NHL Draft: Sarnia Sting (OHL) right wing Nail Yakupov first pick by Edmonton Oilers.
2014 — Michelle Wie wins the U.S. Women’s Open for her first major championship. She beats top-ranked Stacy Lewis by two shots.
2017 — Washington point guard Markelle Fultz is the first pick of the NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
2018 — NHL Draft: Frolunda HC (SHL) defenceman Rasmus Dahlin first pick by Buffalo Sabres.
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June 23
1917 — In baseball’s greatest relief effort, Ernie Shore of the Boston Red Sox retires 26 batters for a 4-0 victory over Washington. Shore relieves Babe Ruth with nobody out and a man on first, who was cut down stealing.
1917 — Molla Bjurstedt win the women’s U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title for the third straight year with a 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Marion Vanderhoef.
1922 — Walter Hagen becomes the first native-born American to win the British Open. Hagen shoots a 300 to beat Jim Barness and George Duncan by one stroke at Royal St. George’s Golf Club.
1939 — Former football great Bronko Nagurski beats Lou Thesz to win the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight title in at the Coliseum in Houston. Thesz was largely considered the greatest wrestler of all time. Houston Mayor Holcombe reportedly presents Bronko with a $10,000 diamond studded belt.
1961 — Cubs Ernie Banks ends his 717 consecutive-games-played streak.
1963 — Julius Boros wins a three-way playoff to take the U.S. Open. Boros beats Jacky Cupit by three strokes and Arnold Palmer by six.
1969 — Joe Frazier TKOs Jerry Quarry in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
1972 — President Nixon signs the Higher Education Act of 1972. Title IX of this congressional act bars sex bias in athletics and other activities at colleges receiving federal assistance.
1974 — Sandra Haynie wins the LPGA championship by two strokes over JoAnne Carner.
1980 — West German wins European soccer title (2-1 against Belgium).
1985 — Laffit Pincay Jr. rides Greinton to a 1 3/4-length victory over Precisionist in the Hollywood Gold Cup, to join Willie Shoemaker as the only jockeys in history to surpass $100 million in purse earnings.
1988 — Charlotte Hornets & Miami Heat begin their NBA expansion draft.
1991 — A Mazda becomes the first Japanese car to win the Le Mans 24 hours race, overtaking a Mercedes in the last three hours. Bertrand Gachot of Belgium, Johnny Herbert of Britain and Volker Weidler of Germany are the winning drivers of the rotary-powered Mazda.
1996 — Michael Johnson breaks the world record in the 200 meters, running 19.66 seconds at the U.S. track and field trials in Atlanta. The previous mark of 19.72 was set by Italy’s Pietro Mennea in 1979 in Mexico City.
1999 — The Hockey Hall of Fame waives the usual three-year waiting period and announces that Wayne Gretzky will be part of the Class of 1999.
2001 — Ilya Kovalchuk is the first player born in Russia to be taken with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft when he’s selected by the Atlanta Thrashers.
2003 — Barry Bonds steals second base against the LA Dodgers, becoming the first player in MLB history to have 500 career homers and 500 steals.
2005 — Tim Duncan comes up huge in the second half and is chosen finals MVP and Manu Ginobili has another breakthrough performance to lead the San Antonio Spurs past the Detroit Pistons 81-74 in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
2008 — Félix Hernández of the Seattle Mariners hits a grand slam home run against New York Mets, 1st pitcher since Steve Dunning in 1971.
2011 — NBA Draft: Duke point guard Kyrie Irving first pick Cleveland Cavaliers.
2013 — Courtney Force claims a Funny Car victory against her father at the Auto-Plus NHRA New England Nationals. In their first final round matchup, Courtney Force earns her second victory of the year and third in her career. She improves to 4-2 against her father, John Force, a 15-time Funny Car world champion.
2015 — The NHL’s Board of Governors approve the proposed 3-on-3 overtime change.
2016 — LSU point guard Benn Simmons is the first pick in the NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers.
2017 — NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nico Hischier first pick by New Jersey Devils.
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June 24
1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd.
1911 — John McDermott becomes the first American-born winner of the U.S. Open when he beats Michael Brady and George Simpson in a playoff. McDermott finishes two strokes better than Brady and five strokes better than Simpson.
1913 — John Henry Taylor wins his fifth and final British Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, England.
1922 — American Professional Football Association renamed the National Football League.
1922 — Charter NFL club Chicago Staleys renamed Chicago Bears by team founder, owner and head coach George Halas.
1928 — John Farrell beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1947 — Jim Ferrier wins the PGA championship by defeating Chick Harbert 2 and 1 in the final round.
1958 — Brazil, led by 17-year-old Pele, beats France 5-2 in a semifinal of the World Cup. With Brazil up 2-1 in the second half, Pele scores three consecutive goals.
1968 — Joe Frazier stops Mexican challenger Manuel Ramos in 2nd round TKO at NYC’s Madison Square Garden in his first heavyweight boxing title defense.
1968 — Canada’s Sandra Post beats Kathy Whitworth by seven strokes in a playoff to become the first non-U.S. player and rookie to win the LPGA championship.
1979 — Rickey Henderson debuts for Oakland & steals his 1st base.
1980 — The Atlanta Flames relocate to Calgary, Alberta. The NHL team keeps the name “Flames.”
1990 — Criminal Type becomes the first horse to win consecutive $1 million races after capturing the Hollywood Gold Cup. He had previously won the $1 million Pimlico Special on May 12.
1991 — The NHL’s Board of Governors adopts instant replay.
1992 — NBA Draft: LSU center Shaquille O’Neal first pick by Orlando Magic.
1995 — Stanley Cup Final, Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ: New Jersey Devils beat Detroit Red Wings, 5-2 for a 4-0 series sweep; Devils’ first Stanley Cup finals appearance.
1998 — NBA Draft: Pacific center Michael Olowokandi first pick by Los Angeles Clippers.
2000 — Rick DiPietro is the first goalie drafted No. 1 when the New York Islanders select the 18-year-old star from Boston University at the NHL Draft.
2001 — Karrie Webb, 26, captures the LPGA Championship by two strokes to become the youngest woman to complete the Grand Slam.
2004 — NBA Draft: Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy power forward Dwight Howard first pick by Orlando Magic.
2010 — John Isner outlasts Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history. Isner hits a backhand winner to win the last of the match’s 980 points, and takes the fifth set against Mahut 70-68. The first-round match took 11 hours, 5 minutes over three days, lasting so long it was suspended because of darkness — two nights in a row. Play resumed at 59-all and continued for more than an hour before Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68.
2010 — John Wall is selected as the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Washington Wizards, and a record number of Kentucky teammates follow him. Four more Wildcats are among the top 30 selections, making them the first school ever to put five players in the first round.
2011 — NHL Draft: Red Deer Rebels (WHL) center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins first pick by Edmonton Oilers.
2013 — Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland score 17 seconds apart in the final 1:16 of the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup with a stunning 3-2 comeback victory in Game 6 over the Boston Bruins.
2016 — NHL Draft: ZSC Lions (NLA) center Auston Matthews first pick by Toronto Maple Leafs.
2018 — Harry Kane scores a hat trick to propel England to its most emphatic World Cup victory and into the knockout stage. With John Stones heading in twice and Jesse Lingard curling in a shot, England beats Panama 6-1 and scores its most goals ever in a World Cup game.
2021 — The Chicago Cubs throw the first combined no-hitter in franchise history beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0. It was the seventh no-hitter of the season.
2022 — American Katie Ledecky wins the 800m gold medal in 8:08.04 at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest; completes 400/800/1500m treble for unprecedented 4th time at a single worlds.
June 25
1921 — Jock Hutchinson is the first American to win the British Open, a nine-stroke victory over Roger Wethered in a playoff.
1926 — Bobby Jones becomes the first amateur in 29 years to win the British Open. Jones finishes with a 291 total for a two-stroke over Al Watrous at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes, England.
1932 — Gene Sarazen wins the U.S. Open by shooting a 286, the lowest in 20 years.
1935 — Future world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis moves to 20-0 with 6th round KO of former champion Primo Carnera of Italy at Yankee Stadium, NYC.
1948 — Joe Louis knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in the 11th round in New York to defend his world heavyweight title. Louis announces his retirement after the fight.
1952 — Jim Turnesa wins the PGA Championship with a 1-up victory over Chick Harbert in the final round.
1966 — Buckpasser sets a world record in the 1-mile Arlington Classic in 1:32 3-5 and becomes the first 3-year-old to win more than $1 million.
1969 — Pancho Gonzalez, 41, wins the longest tennis match in Wimbledon history by beating Charles Pasarell in a 112-game match, 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9. The match is played over two days and lasts 5 hours, 12 minutes.
1978 — In Buenos Aires, Argentina wins the World Cup beating Netherlands 3-1 after extra time.
1981 — Sugar Ray Leonard wins the WBA junior middleweight title with a ninth-round knockout of Ayub Kalule in Houston.
1988 — MLB player Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 1,000th consecutive game.
1988 — UEFA European Championship Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Ruud Gullet & Marco van Basten score as the Netherlands beats Soviet Union, 2-0.
1991 — Nine-time champion Martina Navratilova survives a first-round scare from Elna Reinach to win her record 100th singles match at Wimbledon.
1994 — FIFA World Cup: 1,500th goal in Cup’d history scored by Caceres of Argentina.
1997 — NBA Draft: Wake Forest power forward Tim Duncan first pick by San Antonio Spurs.
1997 — NHL approves franchises in Nashville, Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota-St Paul.
1999 — San Antonio wins its first NBA championship, defeating the New York Knicks 78-77 in Game 5 of the Finals. The Spurs, keyed by finals MVP Tim Duncan’s 31 points, becomes the first former ABA team to win the championship.
2006 — Asafa Powell matches Wallace Spearmon’s world best in the 200 meters, winning the Jamaican national championships in 19.90 seconds.
2006 — Bernard Lagat becomes the first runner in the history of the U.S. track and field championships to sweep the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, after winning the shorter race.
2008 — NBA Draft: Oklahoma power forward Blake Griffin first pick by Los Angeles Clippers.
2013 — UCLA wins its first national championship in baseball with an 8-0 win over Mississippi State.
2014 — John Norwood’s home run in the top of the eighth inning gives Vanderbilt the lead, and the Commodores beat Virginia 3-2 for their first national championship.
2015 — NBA Draft: Kentucky center Karl-Anthony Towns first pick by Minnesota Timberwolves.
2017 — Jordan Spieth needs an extra hole and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship. The two-time major champion holes out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger at TPC River Highlands. The 23-year-old Texan joins Tiger Woods as the only PGA Tour players with 10 victories in the era since World War II.
2019 — NHL Draft: Barrie Colts (OHL) defenseman Aaron Ekblad first pick by Florida Panthers.
2020 — Liverpool FC clinches first EPL soccer title in 30 years with 7 games to spare as Chelsea beats second-placed Manchester City, 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.
2021 — Philadelphia Philles pitcher Aaron Nola ties Tom Seaver’s 51-Year old MLB record of ten consecutive strike outs in a 2-1 loss to the Mew York Mets.
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June 26
1910 — For the second consecutive year, Hazel Hotchkiss wins the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships. Hotchkiss beats Louise Hammond 6-4, 6-2 for the singles title.
1925 — Jim Barnes wins the British Open with a one-stroke win over Ted Ray and Archie Compston at Prestwick Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland.
1959 — Ingemar Johansson knocks out Floyd Patterson in the third round at Yankee Stadium to win the world heavyweight title.
1976 — Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki fights American boxer Muhammad Ali, at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.
1990 — Jennifer Capriati, 14, defeats Helen Kelesi 6-3, 6-1 in the first round to become the youngest winner of a match in Wimbledon history.
1991 — NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Larry Johnson first pick by Charlotte Hornets.
1992 — UEFA European Championship Final, Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden: In a huge upset Denmark beats Germany, 2-0.
1993 — NHL Draft: Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) center Alexandre Daigle first pick by Ottawa Senators.
1995 — The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a random drug-testing program in Vernonia, Ore. The 6-to-3 decision allows public high school officials to require student-athletes to submit to random urinalysis as a condition of being allowed to play interscholastic sports.
1996 — NBA Draft: Georgetown guard Allen Iverson first pick by Philadelphia 76ers.
1999 — NHL Draft: Long Beach Ice Dogs (IHL) center Patrik Stefan first pick by Atlanta Thrashers.
1998 — Jamaica becomes the first Caribbean nation to win a World Cup soccer match since Cuba beat Romania in 1938. Theodore Whitmore scores in the 40th and 54th minutes as the Jamaicans beat Japan 2-1.
2002 — In one of the most extraordinary days at the All England Club, seven-time champion Pete Sampras, 1992 winner Andre Agassi and No. 2-seeded Marat Safin all lose — throwing the Wimbledon tournament wide open. For the first time in the Open era, five of the top-eight seeded men’s players are eliminated before the third round.
2002 — NBA Draft: Shanghai Sharks (China) center Yao Ming first pick by Houston Rockets.
2003 — NBA Draft: St. Vincent–St. Mary HS (Akron, Ohio) small forward LeBron James first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers.
2005 — Justin Gatlin cements his status as America’s fastest human by winning the 200 meters, becoming the first man in 20 years to sweep the sprints at the U.S. track and field championships. A day after winning the 100, Gatlin wins the 200 in 20.04 seconds. The last man to win both races at the U.S. meet was Kirk Baptiste in 1985.
2008 — Two stunning second-round upsets happen at Wimbledon as former champion Maria Sharapova and two-time runner-up Andy Roddick are ousted.
2008 — NBA Draft: Memphis point guard Derrick Rose first pick by Chicago Bulls.
2011 — Top-ranked Yani Tseng wins the LPGA Championship by 10 strokes and, at 22, becomes the youngest player to win four LPGA Tour majors.
2012 — Major college football finally gets a playoff. A committee of university presidents approve the BCS commissioners’ plan for a four-team playoff to start in the 2014 season.
2013 — Seven-time champion Roger Federer is stunned by 116th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round of Wimbledon, his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament in 10 years.
2014 — The United States reaches the knockout stage of consecutive World Cups for the first time. Germany beat the U.S. 1-0 to win Group G, but the Americans held onto second place when Portugal defeats Ghana 2-1 in a game played simultaneously.
2014 — NBA Draft: Kansas small forward Andrew Wiggins first pick by Cleveland Cavaliers.
2015 — NHL Draft: Erie Otters (OHL) center Connor McDavid #1 pick by the Edmonton Oilers.
2017 — Helmsman Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand wins the America’s Cup with a resounding romp against software tycoon Larry Ellison’s two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA. They win Race 9 to clinch the 35th America’s Cup match at 7-1. Burling, at 26, is the youngest helmsman to win sailing’s greatest prize in a competition that dates to 1851.
2021 — Tour de France: The largest pile up in Tour history is caused by a spectator with a sign during Stage 1. The spectator is apprehended and arrested.
2012 — Stanley Cup Final, Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL: Colorado Avalanche beats two-time defending champions Tampa Bay Lightning, 2-1 for a 4-2 series win; Avs 3rd championship in franchise history.
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1890 — Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England.
1903 — Willie Anderson captures the U.S. Open with a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff.
1914 — Jack Johnson wins a 20-round referee’s decision over Frank Moran at the Velodrome d’Hiver in Paris.
1924 — Walter Hagen wins his second British Open. Hagen finishes with a 301 to edge Ernest Whitcombe by one stroke at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, England. Hagen, who won in 1922, was the Open’s first winner born in the United States.
1936 — Alf Padgham beats Jimmy Adams by one stroke to win the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.
1950 — Chandler Harper wins the PGA championship by beating Henry Williams Jr., 4 and 3 in the final round.
1959 — Mickey Wright beats Louise Suggs by two strokes for her second straight U.S. Women’s Open title.
1971 — JoAnne Carner wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a seven-stroke victory over Kathy Whitworth.
1979 — Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn’t).
1984 — UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Michel Platini & Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain, 2-0.
1988 — Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City.
1990 — NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets.
1992 — Top-seeded Jim Courier, the Australian and French Open champion, loses 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to qualifier Andrei Olhovskiy of Russia at Wimbledon. It’s the first time in Wimbledon history that a qualifier beat the top seed.
1998 — NHL Draft: Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) center Vincent Lecavalier first pick by Tampa Bay Lightning.
1999 — Juli Inkster shoots a 6-under 65 to win the LPGA Championship, becoming the second woman to win the modern career Grand Slam. Pat Bradley won her Grand Slam 13 years earlier.
2001 — NBA Draft: Glynn Academy center Kwame Brown first pick by Washington Wizards.
2006 — Roger Federer wins his record 42nd straight grass-court match, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to open his bid for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship. Federer breaks the record he shared with Bjorn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon champion who won 41 straight matches on grass from 1976-1981.
2008 — Zheng Jie completes the biggest victory of her career at Wimbledon, beating new No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round. The 133rd-ranked Zheng’s victory, her first against a top-10 player, is the earliest exit by a top-ranked woman at Wimbledon since Martina Hingis lost in the first round in 2001.
2010 — Cristie Kerr cruises to a 12-stroke victory in the LPGA Championship in one of the most lopsided wins at a major. Kerr leads wire-to-wire, closing with a 6-under 66 for a 19-under 269 total. Kerr breaks the tournament record for victory margin of 11 set by Betsy King in 1992 and matches the second-biggest victory in a major.
2013 — NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Anthony Bennett first pick Cleveland Cavaliers.
2017 — Florida scores four runs in the eighth inning to pull away from LSU, and the Gators beat their Southeastern Conference rival 6-1 to complete a two-game sweep in the College World Series finals for their first national title in baseball. LSU loses for the first time in seven appearances in a championship game.
2021 — Nelly Korda beats Lizette Salas by 3 strokes to win the Women’s PGA Championship. The win is Korda’s first major title.
TV SPORTS SATURDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Chi. White Sox at Detroit | 1:10pm | NBC Sports Chicago Bally Sports Detroit MLB.TV Fubo |
| San Francisco at St. Louis | 2:15pm | NBC Sports Bay Area Bally Sports Midwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| NY Mets at Chi. Cubs | 2:20pm | FS1 SNY MARQ MLB.TV Fubo |
| Arizona at Philadelphia | 4:05pm | YurView NBC Sports Philadelphia MLB.TV Fubo |
| Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh | 4:05pm | Bally Sports Sun ATTSN-Pittsburgh MLB.TV Fubo |
| Kansas City at Texas | 4:05pm | MLBN Bally Sports Kansas City Bally Sports Southwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| Minnesota at Oakland | 4:07pm | Bally Sports North NBC Sports California MLB.TV Fubo |
| Toronto at Cleveland | 4:10pm | MLBN Sportsnet Bally Sports Great Lakes MLB.TV Fubo |
| Seattle at Miami | 4:10pm | Root Sports Bally Sports Florida MLB.TV Fubo |
| Baltimore at Houston | 4:10pm | MASN SCHN MLB.TV Fubo |
| Boston at Cincinnati | 4:10pm | NESN Bally Sports Ohio MLB.TV Fubo |
| Atlanta at NY Yankees | 7:15pm | FOX MLB.TV Fubo |
| Milwaukee at San Diego | 7:15pm | FOX MLB.TV Fubo |
| Washington at Colorado | 9:10pm | MLBN MASN Rockies.TV MLB.TV Fubo |
| LA Angels at LA Dodgers | 10:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports West SNLA MLB.TV Fubo |
| COLLEGE BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| World Series Finals Game 1 | 7:30pm | ESPN |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Xfinity: Sci Aps 200 | 3:30pm | USA |
| MMA | TIME ET | TV |
| UFC Fight Night Prelims | 12:00pm | ESPN |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: KLM Open | 7:00am | GOLF |
| LIV: The Grove | 1:00pm | CW |
| PGA: The Travelers | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| PGA: The Travelers | 3:00pm | CBS |
| LPGA: Women’s PGA Championship | 3:00pm | NBC |
| LPGA: Women’s PGA Championship | 6:00pm | GOLF |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| Dallas vs Washington | 3:00pm | MNMT Bally Sports Southwest Extra ESPN3 |
| Los Angeles vs New York | 3:00pm | ESPN |
| Phoenix vs Minnesota | 8:00pm | Bally Sports North AFSN |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| UEFA Euro: Georgia vs Czech Republic | 9:00am | VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Euro: Turkey vs Portugal | 12:00pm | FOX VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Euro: Belgium vs Romania | 3:00pm | FOX VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Copa América: Belgium vs Romania | 6:00pm | FS1 VIX Fubo |
| MLS: Cincinnati vs New England | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Columbus Crew vs Sporting KC | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: DC United vs Houston Dynamo | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: New York RB vs Toronto FC | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Orlando City SC vs Chicago Fire | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Philadelphia Union vs Charlotte | 7:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: Houston Dash vs San Diego Wave | 7:30pm | ION |
| MLS: Minnesota United vs Austin | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Nashville SC vs New York City | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: St. Louis City vs Atlanta United | 8:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| UEFA Copa América: Mexico vs Jamaica | 9:00pm | FS1 VIX Fubo |
| MLS: Colorado Rapids vs CF Montréal | 9:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy | 9:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| NWSL: Bay FC vs Angel City | 10:00pm | ION |
| MLS: Los Angeles FC vs SJ Earthquakes | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Seattle Sounders FC vs Dallas | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| MLS: Portland Timbers vs Vancouver Whitecaps | 10:30pm | MLS Season Pass |
| SOFTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Athletes Unlimited | 1:00pm | ESPN2 |
| Athletes Unlimited | 3:30pm | ESPNU |
| FISHING | TIME ET | TV |
| St. Croix Bassmaster Open | 8:00am | FS1 |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA & Birmingham-WTA Semifinals | 6:00am | TENNIS |
TV SPORTS SUNDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| Atlanta at NY Yankees | 1:35pm | MLBN Bally Sports Southeast YES MLB.TV Fubo |
| Arizona at Philadelphia | 1:35pm | YurView NBC Sports Philadelphia MLB.TV Fubo |
| Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh | 1:35pm | Bally Sports Sun ATTSN-Pittsburgh MLB.TV Fubo |
| Toronto at Cleveland | 1:40pm | MLBN Sportsnet Bally Sports Great Lakes MLB.TV Fubo |
| Seattle at Miami | 1:40pm | Root Sports Bally Sports Florida MLB.TV Fubo |
| Boston at Cincinnati | 1:40pm | NESN Bally Sports Ohio MLB.TV Fubo |
| Chi. White Sox at Detroit | 1:40pm | NBC Sports Chicago Bally Sports Detroit MLB.TV Fubo |
| Baltimore at Houston | 2:10pm | MASN SCHN MLB.TV Fubo |
| San Francisco at St. Louis | 2:15pm | NBC Sports Bay Area Bally Sports Midwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| NY Mets at Chi. Cubs | 2:20pm | SNY MARQ MLB.TV Fubo |
| Kansas City at Texas | 2:35pm | Bally Sports Kansas City Bally Sports Southwest MLB.TV Fubo |
| Washington at Colorado | 3:10pm | MASN2 Rockies.TV MLB.TV Fubo |
| Minnesota at Oakland | 4:07pm | MLBN Bally Sports North NBC Sports California MLB.TV Fubo |
| Milwaukee at San Diego | 4:10pm | MLBN Bally Sports Wisconsin Padres.TV MLB.TV Fubo |
| COLLEGE BASEBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| World Series Finals Game 2 | 2:00pm | ABC Fubo |
| MOTORSPORTS | TIME ET | TV |
| Formula One: Aramco Spanish GP | 9:00am | ESPN |
| NASCAR Cup Series at New Hampshire | 2:30pm | USA |
| IndyCar: Grand Prix of Monterey | 6:00pm | USA |
| GOLF | TIME ET | TV |
| DP World: KLM Open | 6:30am | GOLF |
| LIV: The Grove | 1:00pm | CW |
| PGA: The Travelers | 1:00pm | GOLF |
| PGA: The Travelers | 3:00pm | CBS |
| LPGA: Women’s PGA Championship | 3:00pm | NBC |
| LPGA: Women’s PGA Championship | 6:00pm | GOLF |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| New York vs Atlanta | 3:00pm | Peachtree My9 |
| Dallas vs Washington | 3:00pm | Bally Sports Southwest Extra MNMT |
| Connecticut vs Seattle | 3:00pm | Prime – Seattle NBC Sports Boston |
| Indiana vs Chicago | 4:00pm | ESPN |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham FC vs Washington Spirit | 12:30pm | ESPN ESPN+ |
| UEFA Euro: Scotland vs Hungary | 3:00pm | FS1 VIX Fubo |
| UEFA Euro: Switzerland vs Germany | 3:00pm | FOX VIX Fubo |
| NWSL: Portland Thorns vs Kansas City Current | 4:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Copa América: USA vs Bolivia | 6:00pm | FOX Univision VIX TUDN Fubo |
| NWSL: North Carolina Courage vs Chicago Red Stars | 6:00pm | Paramount+ |
| NWSL: Seattle Reign vs Racing Louisville FC | 6:00pm | Paramount+ |
| Copa América: Uruguay vs Panama | 9:00pm | FOX Univision VIX TUDN Fubo |
| SOFTBALL | TIME ET | TV |
| Athletes Unlimited | 4:00pm | ESPNU |
| Athletes Unlimited | 6:30pm | ESPNU |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA & Birmingham-WTA Finals | 6:00am | TENNIS |