INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STATE FINALS FRIDAY/SATURDAY
FRIDAY, JUNE 14
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|5:30 PM ET / 4:30 PM CT
BARR-REEVE (27-6) VS. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (27-6)
CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
BREBEUF JESUIT (25-9) VS. NEW PRAIRIE (26-5)
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|4:30 PM ET / 3:30 PM CT
PROVIDENCE (21-7) VS. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN (21-9)
CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP|8 PM ET / 7 PM CT
MOORESVILLE (32-3) VS. LAKE CENTRAL (24-9)
INDIANA BOYS GOLF STATE FINALS: JUNE 12
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NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: BOSTON 107 DALLAS 89
GAME 2: BOSTON 105 DALLAS 98
GAME 3: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
NEW YORK 93 WASHINGTON 88
PHOENIX 97 DALLAS 90
NHL PLAYOFFS
2024 STANLEY CUP FINAL
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
GAME 1: FLORIDA 3 EDMONTON 0
GAME 2: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 10, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 3: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 13, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 4: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 15, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 5: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 18, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 6: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 21, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
NY METS 6 PHILADELPHIA 5
TEXAS 7 SAN FRANCISCO 2
MINNESOTA 11 PITTSBURGH 5 (10)
WASHINGTON 8 ATLANTA 5
CLEVELAND 6 MIAMI 3
BALTIMORE 9 TAMPA BAY 2
CHICAGO CUBS 4 CINCINNATI 2
DETROIT 10 MILWAUKEE 2
BOSTON 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 (10)
SEATTLE 6 KANSAS CITY 5 (10)
ST. LOUIS 5 COLORADO 1
TORONTO 6 OAKLAND 4 (10)
ARIZONA 9 SAN DIEGO 3
NY YANKEES 6 LA DODGERS 4
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
COLUMBUS 8 INDIANAPOLIS 3
FT. WAYNE 9 PEORIA 2
SOUTH BEND 4 WEST MICHIGAN 3 (11)
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT (SUPER REGIONALS)
GEORGIA 11 NC STATE 2
FLORIDA 11 CLEMSON 10 (13)
TENNESSEE 12 EVANSVILLE 1
TEXAS A&M 15 OREGON 9
KENTUCKY 3 OREGON STATE 2
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL
SAN ANTONIO 25 ST. LOUIS 15
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NBA NEWS
JRUE HOLIDAY, CELTICS TAKE 2-0 NBA FINALS LEAD OVER MAVS
BOSTON — Jrue Holiday racked up a team-high 26 points and Jayson Tatum flirted with a triple-double as the Boston Celtics picked up a 105-98 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night in Game 2 of the NBA Finals.
Holiday went 11-for-14 from the field as Boston opened up a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Tatum finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and 12 assists, and the Celtics also got 21 points from Jaylen Brown and 18 from Derrick White.
Luka Doncic supplied 32 points, 11 boards, 11 assists and four steals for Dallas, which still managed to outshoot Boston 47.5 percent to 45.2 percent overall. P.J. Washington chipped in 17 points, Kyrie Irving had 16 and Daniel Gafford went for 13.
Game 3 is set for Wednesday in Dallas.
The Mavericks tried to mount a late rally after 3-pointers from Holiday and White on back-to-back possessions put Boston ahead 103-89 with 3:34 left in the game.
Derrick Jones Jr. scored four straight points as part of a 9-0 spurt that ended with a three-point play from Doncic, but Brown’s layup with 29.8 seconds to go dashed any hope Dallas had left.
Dereck Lively II threw home a dunk to get the Mavericks within 63-61 with 7:30 left in the third quarter, but the Celtics then started to pull away. Boston scored 17 of the next 23 points, with Brown’s trey making it 80-67 with 2:04 remaining in the period.
Dallas cut its deficit to six before quarter’s end, but Payton Pritchard nailed a 34-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer to send Boston into the fourth with an 83-74 cushion.
Doncic took over in the first quarter, scoring 13 points to lift Dallas to a 28-25 lead. The Celtics stayed close by going 10-for-10 from the free-throw line through the first 12 minutes of action.
After Doncic canned a fadeaway with 10:08 left in the second quarter to push the Mavericks’ advantage to 35-29, Boston put together an 11-2 run to go up 40-37.
Neither team led by more than three until Holiday knocked down a triple with 37.1 seconds remaining in the first half to give Boston a five-point edge. Gafford answered with a dunk, forcing the Celtics to settle for a 54-51 lead at the break.
RUDY TOMJANOVICH WINS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Rudy Tomjanovich is the winner of the 2024 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association.
The organization announced the selection on Sunday of Tomjanovich, one of just nine coaches in NBA history to win consecutive league titles and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
“Chuck Daly and Rudy Tomjanovich have many of the same amazing accomplishments and traits – both won back to back NBA titles, both coached the United States to Olympic gold and both are absolutely beloved in the coaching community because of their great way with people,” said Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, who is president of the NBCA.
Tomjanovich, 75, was an NBA head coach in parts of 13 seasons and compiled a 527-416 record with the Houston Rockets (1992-2003) and Los Angeles Lakers (2004-05).
His 1994 and 1995 teams, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, won NBA championships, bridging the gap between the pair of three-peats won by the Chicago Bulls in the ‘90s.
Tomjanovich led his teams to the playoffs seven times and to three conference finals.
He said he was stunned to get the call about the award.
“I have to admit, I was taken by surprise because I did not know I was in the running for it,” he said. “I was with my son Trey when I got the call from Rick Carlisle telling me about receiving this great award. Trey saw the expression on my face and the emotion in my eyes. As Rick told me about some of the past winners of this award, all coaches that I admired and respected, then explained what principles the award stood for — a coach’s standard of integrity, competitive excellence, and tireless promotion of the game of basketball — I got choked up and humbled. I did not know what to say.
“Rick continued and said, ‘This is one of the greatest honors a coach can receive, voted by your peers. You’ve touched a lot of people. You have been innovative and changed the game in a positive way. You deserve this award.’ It took everything I had not to burst out crying in front of my son, not that I wouldn’t, I didn’t want to scare him because he didn’t know what the call was about. He kept asking what’s wrong. I explained when I hung up.”
As a player, Tomjanovich was the No. 2 overall pick by the then-San Diego Rockets in the 1970 NBA Draft. He spent 11 seasons with the franchise, named to five All-Star teams.
JOSH MARAVICH, FORMER LSU PLAYER AND SON OF HALL OF FAMER, DIES AT 42
Josh Maravich, the youngest of the two sons of Hall of Fame member Pete Maravich, has died at age 42.
LSU, where the elder Maravich starred and his son followed as a walk-on to the basketball program, announced his death Saturday. The school said he died Friday at the family home in Covington, La., but did not reveal the cause.
Josh Maravich was a high school basketball standout at St. Paul’s in Covington before playing at LSU from 2001-05.
In a 2005 interview with the LSU newspaper, The Daily Reveille, he said playing for the Tigers was important to him.
“I wanted to come here for my dad to make him proud,” the younger Maravich said. “I knew I wasn’t going to be a star player, but for me being a walk-on was what I always wanted to do.”
Josh Maravich was just 5 when his father collapsed and died Jan. 5, 1988, while playing pickup basketball in Southern California. Pete Maravich was 40, and his cause of death was heart failure that was attributed to a previously undiagnosed congenital defect.
Josh and his brother, Jaeson, helped to design the statue of their father that was unveiled in July 2022 on the plaza outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, the Tigers’ home court.
Pete Maravich set the record for most points ever in NCAA Division I basketball — 3,667 — in 1970 after three seasons at LSU. While it remains the record in men’s college basketball, Caitlin Clark broke the all-time record for Iowa this spring.
REPORT: DAN HURLEY TO DECIDE ON LAKERS’ OFFER MONDAY
UConn head coach Dan Hurley plans to decide whether he will become the next coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday, ESPN reported on Sunday.
Per the report, Hurley was impressed with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and Lakers vice president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka during their meeting and spent Sunday mulling a long-term offer to leave UConn for his first NBA coaching job.
Hurley, who guided the Huskies to back-to-back NCAA championships the past two seasons, traveled to Los Angeles on Thursday, met with the Lakers on Friday and went back to Connecticut on Saturday.
Buss and Pelinka informed Hurley of their plan to combine his successful methods at the college level as a tactician and developer of players with the Lakers’ brand of basketball.
Per ESPN, Lakers star forward Anthony Davis is a big part of the talks regarding the team’s next coach and how he’ll be used on both ends of the court.
Hurley, 51, has posted a 141-58 record while leading UConn to four NCAA Tournament appearances during his six seasons at the helm. He had a 38-23 record during two seasons as the head coach at Wagner (2010-12) and a 113-82 mark in six campaigns with Rhode Island.
Los Angeles fired Darvin Ham on May 3 after two seasons, including an appearance in the Western Conference finals in 2023.
The Lakers went 47-35 this season, good enough for only an eighth-place finish in the Western Conference. They defeated the Pelicans in the play-in round to earn the No. 7 seed in the playoffs but were bounced by the Denver Nuggets in the opening round, 4-1.
Ham posted a 90-74 record but was 9-12 in the playoffs since replacing Frank Vogel before the 2022-23 season.
WNBA NEWS
JONQUEL JONES, LIBERTY DROP MYSTICS TO 0-12
Jonquel Jones scored a season-high 29 points and pulled down eight rebounds as the New York Liberty won their seventh consecutive game with a 93-88 victory over the visiting Washington Mystics on Sunday afternoon.
Jones scored off a layup with 8.7 seconds left off an outlet pass to put the Liberty (11-2) up three and then New York survived a desperation 3-point attempt by Jade Melbourne with 4.6 seconds remaining.
Sabrina Ionescu scored 19, Breanna Stewart added 14 and Leonie Fiebich made four 3-pointers and scored 12 for New York, which was back home after three in a row on the road.
Kennedy Burke gave New York the lead for good at 80-77 on a 3-pointer with 7:43 to play on a day when there were 11 ties and 17 lead changes.
That shot was part of a 10-0 New York run that gave the Liberty enough breathing room to hold on against the Mystics (0-12), who continue the worst start in franchise history and are the only winless team in the WNBA.
Melbourne’s career-high 21 points weren’t enough for the Mystics. Myisha Hines-Allen finished with a team-high 20 and Ariel Atkins chipped in 13 points.
This game counted in the Commissioner’s Cup standings, where the Liberty now stand at 5-0. The Mystics are 0-4.
This game was close throughout, with the two teams tied at 45 at the half.
Near the end of the third, Stewart was fouled going to the basket and hit two free throws to put New York up 72-70.
Atkins quickly raced down the floor with 3.3 to play and launched up a 3-pointer that went in off the glass but was waived off after it was ruled she didn’t release the shot before time expired.
Ionescu and Jones combined for four 3-pointers early in the first quarter as the Liberty took control with an 18-11 lead.
Jones’ third 3-pointer of the day with 26.6 seconds left gave New York a 24-23 lead after one.
New York led 40-36 with 3:32 left in the half before the Mystics used a 9-0 run that was capped by Julie Vanloo’s two free throws for a 45-40 lead. But the Liberty tied the game at halftime on a 3-pointer from Ivana Dojkic with 34 seconds remaining.
SPARKS EDGE ACES FOR FIRST BACK-TO-BACK WINS OF SEASON
Dearica Hamby finished with 18 points, 10 rebounds and five assists, and the Los Angeles Sparks have recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season after dispatching the visiting Las Vegas Aces 96-92 on Sunday night.
Rickea Jackson and Aari McDonald scored 16 points apiece for Los Angeles (4-7), which recovered from a 15-point deficit in the first quarter to defeat the two-time defending WNBA champions.
A’ja Wilson registered 31 points, eight rebounds and a season-high six blocked shots for the Aces (5-4), who have dropped three of their past four games.
Wilson scored at least 20 points for the 14th consecutive game, breaking the league record she shared with Diana Taurasi (2006-07).
Kelsey Plum scored 24 points and Tiffany Hayes had 17 off the bench for Las Vegas. Kate Martin added 13 for the Aces, who continue to play without Chelsea Gray (foot) while fellow All-Star Jackie Young (illness) also sat out Sunday.
The contest was a Commissioner’s Cup game for both teams. Los Angeles is 2-2 and Las Vegas is 1-2 in such matchups.
Los Angeles led 78-71 after Stephanie Talbot’s jumper with 8:29 left in the contest. The Aces then exploded for 11 straight points, including the last five by Plum, to take an 82-78 lead with 4:24 remaining.
The Sparks answered with eight in a row, capped by back-to-back 3-pointers by Rae Burrell, to take an 86-82 advantage with 2:47 to play.
A three-point play by Jackson gave Los Angeles a 91-86 lead with 1:42 remaining.
The Aces later moved within 94-92 on Wilson’s 3-pointer with 1.2 seconds left, before McDonald made two free throws to seal it.
Los Angeles made 49.2 percent of its shots, including 10 of 25 from 3-point range.
The Aces connected on 44.1 percent of their attempts and were 11 of 26 from behind the arc.
The Sparks used a 16-6 run at the outset of the third quarter to take a 59-50 lead on Kia Nurse’s 3-pointer with 5:39 remaining.
The lead was 67-57 after Cameron Brink drained a trey with 3:21 left in the quarter, and the Sparks later took a 74-65 advantage entering the final stanza.
Las Vegas started the game strong with 14 straight points and later led 22-7. Los Angeles took its first lead at 30-28 on Jackson’s basket with 6:21 left in the second quarter.
Wilson had 16 points in the first half for the Aces, who led 44-43 at the break.
BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: ANGELS RALLY, WALK OFF ASTROS
Logan O’Hoppe’s two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-7 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
The Angels rallied from a 7-5 deficit with two runs in the eighth inning to tie the game, setting up O’Hoppe’s dramatic finish in the ninth. Kevin Pillar singled with one out against Astros closer Josh Hader, bringing up O’Hoppe, who turned on the first pitch he saw.
Astros left fielder Trey Cabbage appeared initially to make a leaping catch at the short wall just inside the foul pole. But the ball popped out of his glove as it hit the top of the wall when he landed. It was the fourth hit of the game for O’Hoppe, who also doubled and singled twice.
Houston’s Jose Altuve had a career high-tying four hits, including a two-run homer in the sixth inning that gave the Astros a 7-4 lead. Jose Abreu, Chas McCormick and Jake Meyers each had two hits for the Astros, who outhit the Angels 14-12.
Mets 6, Phillies 5
Pete Alonso was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning as New York took advantage of an erratic outing from closer Jose Alvarado to edge Philadelphia and split the two-game series in London.
Alvarado had a chance to lock down his 12th save of the season after pinch hitter David Dahl smacked a solo shot in the seventh to put the Phillies up 4-3. But in the ninth, Alvarado allowed a walk and two singles for a 4-4 game, then another walk to load the bases before hitting Alonso to bring in the go-ahead run. The Mets added an insurance run thanks to a passed ball charged to J.T. Realmuto.
The Phillies had a chance to pull out a win in the bottom of the ninth. With the bases loaded and one out, Drew Smith walked Alec Bohm, making the score 6-5. However, catcher Luis Torrens then fielded Nick Castellanos’ swinging bunt, stepped on the plate and fired to first for an impressive 2-3, game-ending double play.
Rangers 7, Giants 2
Marcus Semien homered and drove in two runs and Wyatt Langford tripled and had two hits and two RBIs as Texas salvaged the final game of its three-game series with San Francisco in Arlington, Texas.
Semien, hit in the helmet by a 94.5 mph fastball by Giants starter Keaton Winn leading off the bottom of the first, scored twice for Texas. Josh Smith singled, walked twice and scored two runs, Ezequiel Duran had two RBIs and Adolis Garcia stole home for the Rangers, who finished with four stolen bases. Winning pitcher Nathan Eovaldi (3-2) allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings. He walked one and struck out five.
Mike Yastrzemski homered for San Francisco, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Winn (3-7), activated off the 15-day injured list earlier Sunday after missing almost a month with a right forearm strain, suffered the loss by allowing seven runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out a season-high seven batters.
Tigers 10, Brewers 2
Jake Rogers blasted a three-run homer as host Detroit scored eight runs in the fifth inning and romped past Milwaukee.
Gio Urshela and Zach McKinstry drove in two runs apiece, while Riley Greene had two doubles and an RBI as Detroit ended a three-game losing streak. Tigers starter Tarik Skubal (8-1) allowed one run and five hits while striking out 10 in 6 2/3 innings.
Brewers starter Bryse Wilson (3-3) was charged with seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. Milwaukee’s William Contreras had his streak of 101 consecutive games played snapped. Contreras, who is batting .309 for the season, got the day off after hitting .200 (6-for-30) this month.
Nationals 8, Braves 5
Keibert Ruiz hit a three-run homer to highlight a seven-run outburst in the fourth inning as host Washington won to take the final three games in the four-game weekend series and lead the season series 6-2.
The Nationals ruined the major league debut of Hurston Waldrep, Atlanta’s No. 1 draft pick in 2023. In 3 2/3 innings, Waldrep (0-1) allowed seven runs on four hits, four walks and one strikeout.
Washington starter DJ Herz, who was making his second major league start, worked 4 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on four hits, three walks and five strikeouts. Jacob Barnes (3-2) got the final two outs and pitched one total inning to earn the win.
Mariners 6, Royals 5 (10 innings)
Julio Rodriguez’s RBI single with two outs in the top of the 10th inning broke a tie, and Seattle added two more runs in defeating host Kansas City and averting a three-game sweep.
Rodriguez, who has at least one hit in all 16 of his games against the Royals, grounded a single to right off losing pitcher James McArthur (2-3). Cal Raleigh later singled in two more runs to make it 6-3.
Hunter Renfroe led off the bottom of the 10th with a two-run homer, but left-hander Tayler Saucedo retired Vinnie Pasquantino for the final out to earn his third save. Mariners reliever Mike Baumann (3-0) was credited with the victory despite blowing a save in the ninth when the Royals’ MJ Melendez homered to right to tie the score at 3-3.
Twins 11, Pirates 5 (10 innings)
Manuel Margot sparked a seven-run rally with a run-scoring triple in the 10th inning as visiting Minnesota avoided a three-game sweep with a victory over Pittsburgh.
Margot’s hit off Ben Heller (0-1) drove in automatic runner Kyle Farmer to help the Twins snap a five-game losing streak. Carlos Santana doubled in two runs during the rally, Carlos Correa added a two-run single and Max Kepler singled in a run. Correa had three hits for Minnesota, which had been shut out in the first two games of the series.
Connor Joe drove in two runs while Oneil Cruz, Nick Gonzales and Rowdy Tellez each had two hits for Pittsburgh, which scored a run in the bottom of the 10th on Cruz’s RBI single.
Orioles 9, Rays 2
Adley Rutschman went 3-for-5 with a grand slam and six RBIs and Jordan Westburg was also 3-for-5 to help Baltimore beat Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
After going perfect through five innings, Orioles starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez (7-2) allowed two runs on two hits in two-thirds of the sixth. He finished the day with six strikeouts. Rutschman had RBI singles in the third and seventh before his grand slam to right-center field off an 0-2 count against Phil Maton in the eighth.
Brandon Lowe and Randy Arozarena drove in the Rays’ runs in the sixth inning before the Orioles pulled away.
Cubs 4, Reds 2
Ian Happ continued to torment host Cincinnati, hitting a three-run double in the first inning and making a clutch defensive play to help Chicago salvage the finale of a four-game series.
Left-hander Shota Imanaga (6-1) won for the first time since May 1 after four no-decisions and a loss. Imanaga allowed two runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking one. Hector Neris pitched a perfect ninth for his ninth save in 11 chances.
Cincinnati starter Frankie Montas (3-5) was charged with four runs on five hits while retiring just four batters as the Reds had their season-best seven-game winning streak snapped. Happ, a University of Cincinnati product, has 30 homers and 83 RBIs in 109 career games against the Reds, including 47 RBIs in 53 career games in Cincinnati.
Guardians 6, Marlins 3
Tyler Freeman hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh inning and visiting Cleveland beat Miami.
With the game tied 2-2, Cleveland’s Brayan Rocchio and Steven Kwan recorded back-to-back singles with one out in the seventh. Then Freeman sent a pitch from A.J. Puk (0-7) high and deep into the left field seats to put the Guardians ahead for good.
Meanwhile, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jake Burger each homered, while Trevor Rogers overcame giving up four walks by yielding just a run and two hits while striking out five in five innings for the Marlins, who have lost eight of their last 11.
Red Sox 6, White Sox 4 (10 innings)
Jamie Westbrook and Rob Refsnyder drove in 10th-inning runs to help visiting Boston rally past Chicago.
Refsnyder and David Hamilton had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who earned a split of the four-game series. Down a run in the ninth, Hamilton hit a leadoff double, stole third base and scored on Reese McGuire’s RBI sacrifice fly to tie it 4-4.
Paul DeJong and Corey Julks each contributed two hits for the White Sox. DeJong belted a three-run home run in the fourth and Gavin Sheets delivered a go-ahead, opposite-field single to left in the seventh, but the Chicago bullpen was unable to maintain the lead.
Cardinals 5, Rockies 1
Masyn Winn drove in two runs and Andre Pallante threw five scoreless innings as St. Louis defeated visiting Colorado.
Alec Burleson hit a homer and Pedro Pages had an RBI and two runs for the Cardinals, who salvaged a 2-2 split in the four-game series. Pallante (2-2) held the Rockies to three hits while striking out six batters and walking one.
Rockies starting pitcher Ty Blach (2-4) allowed four runs on eight hits in five innings. He struck out three and walked one. Elias Diaz hit an RBI single in the ninth for Colorado.
Blue Jays 6, Athletics 4 (10 innings)
Isiah Kiner-Falefa capped a career-best five-RBI performance with a bases-clearing double in the top of the 10th inning, allowing visiting Toronto to defeat Oakland in the finale of their three-game series.
After forcing extra innings with a game-tying run in the eighth, the Blue Jays loaded the bases in the 10th when A’s reliever Austin Adams (0-2), who inherited an automatic runner at second, walked Justin Turner and hit Daulton Varsho with one out. Kiner-Falefa then drilled a shot to left-center, scoring all three runs.
Yimi Garcia (3-0), who pitched a 1-2-3 ninth, was credited with the win. Genesis Cabrera notched his first save despite allowing a run in the last of the 10th on an infield out by JJ Bleday. Brent Rooker’s 13th homer got Oakland on the board in the sixth, before Abraham Toro delivered a lead-flipping, two-run single in the next frame.
Diamondbacks 9, Padres 3
Jake McCarthy rapped out three hits, including a two-run homer that capped a six-run second inning, as visiting Arizona salvaged a split of their four-game series with San Diego.
Arizona finished with 15 hits and did all its scoring in the first four innings. Kevin Newman also delivered three hits for the Diamondbacks. Joc Pederson snapped a 1-1 tie in the second by grounding a two-run single to right. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. followed with a two-run double to left and McCarthy finished the outburst by lining his third homer of the year into the right field seats.
Rookie Adam Mazur (0-1) was roughed up in his second MLB start, allowing eight hits and eight runs in three-plus innings after limiting the Los Angeles Angels to a run and two hits on Tuesday night. Mazur walked three and struck out two.
NFL NEWS
WALLER RETIRING AFTER 1 SEASON WITH GIANTS
Veteran tight end Darren Waller is officially saying goodbye to football.
Waller spent the 2023-24 campaign with the New York Giants – his first with the team – but hasn’t attended workouts this offseason and reportedly considered retirement for weeks. The 31-year-old hangs up his cleats with 350 career receptions for 4,124 yards and 20 touchdowns in 86 appearances.
“We have great respect for Darren as a person and player. We wish him nothing but the best,” the Giants said in a statement Sunday, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo.
Waller entered the NFL as a sixth-round pick in 2015 and spent his first three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He joined the then-Oakland Raiders in November 2018 and established himself as one of the league’s top tight ends.
Waller topped 1,000 receiving yards in both 2019 and 2020, setting career highs with 107 catches, 1,196 yards, and nine touchdowns in the latter campaign. Injuries prevented him from replicating that success in his final two years with the Raiders, who traded him to the Giants in exchange for a third-round pick during the 2023 offseason.
Waller failed to make a big impact with New York last year, as he finished the season with 552 yards and one touchdown on 52 catches in 12 games. With Waller’s retirement, the Giants gain $11.6 million in salary cap space in 2024 while eating $2.5 million in dead money this year and $4.9 million in 2025, according to Dan Duggan of The Athletic.
New York still has some questions at tight end, as the unproven Daniel Bellinger is projected to enter training camp as the team’s No. 1 positional player. Bellinger posted 25 catches, 255 yards, and no touchdowns in 2023. The Giants drafted tight end Theo Johnson in the fourth round this year and also roster Jack Stoll and Lawrence Cager, among others.
UFL NEWS
BRAHMAS UPEND BATTLEHAWKS TO REACH UFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Chase Garbers threw two touchdowns to lead the San Antonio Brahmas to a 25-15 victory over the host St. Louis Battlehawks on Sunday in the XFL Conference Championship Game.
The Brahmas will face the Birmingham Stallions in the UFL Championship Game next Sunday in St. Louis. The Stallions beat the Michigan Panthers 31-18 on Saturday in the USFL Conference Championship Game.
Anthony McFarland rushed for 115 yards on 11 carries, including a 69-yard touchdown to give San Antonio a 19-3 lead five minutes into the second half.
The Battlehawks rebounded with two third-quarter touchdowns in a 13-second span — on a 1-yard pass from AJ McCarron to Jake Sutherland and Pita Taumoepenu’s fumble recovery in the end zone — to cut the deficit to 19-15.
But the Brahmas held the hosts scoreless the rest of the way while Ryan Santoso kicked a pair of field goals to help seal the victory.
San Antonio jumped out to a 13-0 lead on first-half TD passes from Garbers to Marquez Stevenson (15 yards) and Justin Smith (63 yards) and led 13-3 at the half.
Garbers finished 15-for-21 passing for 197 yards and an interception, and his fumble resulted in Taumoepenu’s touchdown. McCarron was 19-for-29 for 179 yards, while Jacob Saylors rushed for 79 yards for St. Louis.
MEN’S GOLF
SCHEFFLER HOLDS ON TO WIN MEMORIAL FOR HIS 5TH PGA TOUR TITLE OF THE YEAR
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — Scottie Scheffler had more stress than he wanted Sunday at the Memorial and got the victory everyone has come to expect.
On a Muirfield Village course so demanding only six players broke par, Scheffler had his highest final round in nearly two years at 2-over 74, and it was just enough to hold off Collin Morikawa and win for the fifth time this year.
Scheffler, who started the final round four shots ahead, never lost the lead. He never felt safe, either, particularly on a back nine where saving par felt like hard work.
That’s what it took on the 18th hole. He was leading Morikawa by one shot and both hit approach shots that bounced hard and high off the green and into the rough. Both chipped to about 5 feet. Scheffler buried his putt to win, and the force of his fist pump to celebrate showed how tough this day was on him, and practically everybody.
Making the day even more special was the handshake with tournament host Jack Nicklaus, and cradling month-old son Bennett at his first PGA Tour event.
“This is a tough place to close out,” Scheffler said. “It was a fun test of golf. I like when it gets this hard. I didn’t do a whole lot great today, but I did enough.”
Just barely.
Morikawa, who played in the final group of both majors this year, holed a 30-foot birdie putt on the par-3 12th hole and stayed on Scheffler’s heels the rest of the way. He shot 71, the only one from the final 13 groups to break par.
Adam Hadwin was right there with them until closing with three straight bogeys for a 74 to finish alone in third.
Scheffler finished at 8-under 280 and won $4 million from this signature event and its $20 million purse. That pushes him over $24 million for the year, breaking the PGA Tour season earnings record — and it’s barely June — that he set last year in this era of rising purses.
He also become the first player since Tom Watson in 1980 to have won five times on the PGA Tour before the U.S. Open.
That’s next week at Pinehurst No. 2, and Scheffler will go to the U.S. Open as a huge favorite. This was his 11th consecutive tournament with a top 10.
Morikawa picked up $2.2 million and now has a big cushion as he tries to sew up the fourth spot for the Americans going to Paris this summer for the Olympics.
Hadwin was within one shot of the lead until finishing the front nine with a pair of bogeys. He stayed in the hunt until closing with a pair of bogeys for a 74. Still, his third-place finish moves him ahead of Corey Conners for the second Canadian spot in the Olympics.
The world ranking after the U.S. Open determines who goes to Paris.
Scheffler had only one birdie — a 10-foot putt on the sixth hole — and he missed two birdie chances inside 10 feet on the back nine that could have provided a cushion.
But he made the biggest one on the par-3 16th.
Scheffler and Morikawa were both short of the super slick green some 90 feet away. Scheffler used putter and hit it weakly, coming up 15 feet short. Morikawa chipped from the collar and also hit a pedestrian chip some 20 feet short.
Morikawa missed his par putt, and Scheffler buried his for a two-shot lead.
Scheffler dropped his final shot on the 17th, however, and he was clinging again to a one-shot lead playing the tough 18th that he ended with one last putt.
Next up is the so-called toughest test in golf, and players felt like they just got finished with one at Muirfield Village.
“You could look at it one of two ways,” Hadwin said. “Either it’s good prep for next week or we just got our butts kicked before going into next week.”
For Scheffler it’s another victory, his 11th of his career and 12th worldwide. He has finished strong to win big or come from behind. He has pulled away when it was tight at the start. This time, he nearly lost a four-shot lead.
It was his highest closing round since a 74 in the British Open at St. Andrews in 2022. But it goes in the book as another big win against the strongest fields. He now has won three signature events (Bay Hill and Hilton Head were the others) to go along with The Players Championship and his second green jacket at the Masters.
WOMEN’S GOLF
LINNEA STROM SHOOTS 11-UNDER 60 TO OVERCOME 7-STROKE DEFICIT, WIN SHOPRITE LPGA CLASSIC BY A SHOT
GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Linnea Strom shot a tournament-record 11-under 60 on Sunday to overcome a seven-stroke deficit and win the ShopRite LPGA Classic by a shot for her first LPGA Tour title.
After making the cut on the number Saturday, Strom teed off at 8:20 a.m. — three hours, 40 minutes before the final group — on the Bay Course at Seaview Resort.
Strom had an eagle — chipping in from 15 feet on the par-5 ninth — and nine birdies to get to 14-under 199. The 27-year-old Swede birdied the last three holes and four of the last five.
“Honestly, really did not expect this waking up today,” Strom said. “This is proof that you should never give up. Just go out there and give it your all.”
She had the lowest final-round score by a winner in LPGA Tour history and matched the second-lowest score overall. Annika Sorenstam set the record with a 59 in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING. The previous best final round for a winner was a 61 by Inbee Park in the 2014 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic.
Strom started the day tied for 52nd for by far the biggest comeback by position on the tour since 1984. The previous largest comeback by position since 1984 was Ayako Okamoto in a tie for 23rd at the 1987 Lady Keystone Open.
“I think I just tried to do as well as I could and I honestly didn’t think I was playing for winning,” Strom said; “I mean, obviousl,y always want to win in the back of your head, but I just tried to put a good score out there today. I’m very proud of how I handled myself all around today.”
Strom won after missing the cuts in five of her last six events. The former Arizona State star is the 15th Swedish player to win on the tour.
“Obviously, very happy right now,” Strom said.” I worked very hard for this. Just surreal that it’s finally happening.”
Megan Khang and Ayaka Furue of Japan tied for second. Khang closed with a 66, and Furue shot 65.
“Yesterday in interview, I told you guys that we saw 10 under and you never know what to expect out there,” Khang said. “You asked me how far you had to be back, and apparently 7 was good spot to be. Overall, it’s very impressive what Linnea did today.”
Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand was 12 under after a 65.
AUTO RACING
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS 3RD STRAIGHT CANADIAN GRAND PRIX FOR 60TH FORMULA 1 VICTORY
MONTREAL (AP) — Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix for the third straight year Sunday for the Red Bull star’s 60th Formula 1 victory and sixth in nine races this season.
The 25-year-old Dutchman started second in the rain alongside pole-sitter George Russell, took control early as the sun came out and dominated late again at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Ile Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence River.
Verstappen finished 3.879 seconds ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris in the 70-lap race on the 2.71-mile (4.36-kilometer) road course. Last year, Verstappen started from the pole and led every lap.
Mercedes took the next two spots, with Russell third and seven-time Montreal winner Lewis Hamilton fourth. Oscar Piastri was fifth for McLaren, followed by Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, the lone Canadian in the race.
Verstappen increased his points lead to 56 over second-place Charles Leclerc of Ferrari.
Verstappen joined Hamilton and Michael Schumacher as the only drivers to three-peat in Montreal. The three-time season champion is third on the career victory list behind Hamilton (103) and Michael Schumacher (91).
Verstappen started second Sunday on a tiebreaker after having the same lap time as Russell in qualifying Saturday. Russell got the pole because he posted the time first.
Organizers said 350,000 spectators made the trip to the track over the event’s three days.
WILL POWER WINS AT ROAD AMERICA TO END TWO-YEAR DROUGHT
Will Power ended a two-year victory drought by prevailing at the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis., on Sunday.
Power had an average speed of 126.154 mph while beating out Team Penske teammates Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin. Power crossed the line 3.2609 seconds before Newgarden, who won last month’s Indianapolis 500.
“Massively special,” Power said of the win. “We’ve worked so hard to try to get wins. I worked really hard in the offseason.”
Power’s victory was his first since winning the Detroit GP in June 2022, a span of 34 races.
“First win in a long time,” said Power, an Australian native. “Really happy with the win. This one is for the boys on my car. They do such a good job on strategy and the pit stops week-in and week-out.
“As a team, we dominated team. I’m excited for the rest of the season.”
Power also took over the IndyCar championship points by five points over Alex Palou, who finished fourth on Sunday. Kyle Kirkwood was fifth.
Power has 42 IndyCar wins, tied with Michael Andretti for fourth all-time.
Newgarden tried to make a move at the start of Lap 46 but was unable to get past his teammate.
“It was a really good team day,” Newgarden said. “Will did a great job, too. Look, he deserved to win that race, as well. We put together a great day.”
KYLE LARSON TAKES CHECKERED FLAG AT SONOMA ROAD COURSE
Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson won for the second time in the past four races at Sonoma Raceway as he claimed the Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series road-course event in Sonoma, Calif.
The Elk Grove, Calif., native notched his third 2024 win and 26th career by passing Martin Truex Jr. with nine laps to go after the Joe Gibbs Racing driver had just taken the lead from Chris Buescher.
The race ended under caution after Truex ran out of gas, tying the track record for yellows with the 1990 race.
Michael McDowell, Buescher, Chase Elliott and Ross Chastain rounded out the top-five positions.
To open the second road race of 2024 and 34th all-time at the Napa Valley track, polesitter Joey Logano led before seeing the initial yellow fly for Denny Hamlin after his engine expired, the first of multiple bad incidents for JGR.
After William Byron ran off the course in Turn 1 and came to pit road with tire problems, Ty Gibbs became JGR’s third driver to have issues when he smacked the Turn 1 wall on Lap 15 to force the second caution period.
After giving up the lead to pit, Logano restarted 21st and was involved in the third caution on Lap 19 when the spinning car of Chase Briscoe banged into the pole winner’s No. 22 Ford and had it hit again by Harrison Burton.
Tyler Reddick beat Ryan Blaney on a restart and crept away from the defending series champion to win the 25-lap first stage by 0.451 seconds, his third segment win this season.
A melee occurred in Turn 11 on Lap 36 when Josh Berry blocked Erik Jones. The cars of Truex, Brad Keselowski, Austin Dillon, Byron, Cam Waters and Christopher Bell were involved.
On the restart, last Sunday’s winner Austin Cindric, McDowell and Noah Gragson spun off the repaved track at high speed for the seventh yellow.
Buescher, who had pitted earlier, took the lead from Reddick and claimed his second stage win by beating Ryan Preece.
MEN’S TENNIS NEWS
ALCARAZ WINS FRENCH OPEN FOR 3RD GRAND SLAM TITLE
PARIS (AP) — As Carlos Alcaraz began constructing his comeback in Sunday’s French Open final, a 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Alexander Zverev for a first championship at Roland Garros and third Grand Slam title in all, there arrived the sort of magical shot the kid is making a regular part of his varied repertoire.
It was a running, then sliding, down-the-line, untouchable forehand passing winner that Alcaraz celebrated by thrusting his right index finger overhead in a “No. 1” sign, then throwing an uppercut while screaming, “Vamos!”
No, he is not ranked No. 1 at the moment — the man he beat in the semifinals, Jannik Sinner, makes his debut at the top spot on Monday — but Alcaraz has been there before and, although a “2” will be beside his name next week, there is little doubt that he is as good as it gets in men’s tennis right now. And more accomplished than any other man ever has been at his age.
Alcaraz is a 21-year-old from Spain who grew up running home from school to watch on TV as countryman Rafael Nadal was accumulating title after title at Roland Garros — a record 14 — and he just eclipsed Nadal as the youngest man to collect major championships on three surfaces. Nadal was about 1½ years older when he did it.
“Now,” Alcaraz told his parents, after hugging them in the Court Philippe Chatrier stands, “I am lifting this trophy in front of you.”
Alcaraz adds that one from the clay-court Slam to a collection of hardware that includes triumphs on hard courts at the U.S. Open in 2022 and on grass at Wimbledon in 2023. He is 3-0 in major Slam finals.
“It’s an amazing career already. You’re already a Hall of Famer. You already achieved so much — and you’re only 21 years old,” said Zverev, a 27-year-old from Germany who also lost the 2020 U.S. Open final. “Incredible player. Not the last time you’re going to win this.”
Zverev exited the French Open in the semifinals each of the past three years, including after tearing ankle ligaments during the second set against Nadal in that round in 2022. Hours before Zverev’s semifinal victory over Casper Ruud began on Friday, a Berlin district court announced that he reached an out-of-court settlement that ended a trial stemming from an ex-girlfriend’s accusation of assault during a 2020 argument.
On Sunday against Alcaraz, Zverev faltered after surging in front by reeling off the last five games of the third set. Alcaraz’s level dipped during that stretch and he seemed distracted by a complaint over the condition of the clay, telling chair umpire Renaud Lichtenstein it was “unbelievable.”
But Alcaraz reset and ran away with it, taking 12 of the last 15 games while being treated by a trainer at changeovers for an issue with his left leg.
No. 3 Alcaraz and No. 4 Zverev were making their first appearance in a French Open final. Indeed, this was the first men’s title match at Roland Garros since 2004 without at least one of Nadal, Novak Djokovic or Roger Federer.
Nadal lost to Zverev in the first round two weeks ago; Djokovic, a three-time champion, withdrew before the quarterfinals with a knee injury that required surgery; Federer is retired.
There were some jitters at the outset. Zverev started the proceedings with a pair of double-faults — walking to the sideline to change rackets after the second, as though the equipment was the culprit — and eventually got broken. Alcaraz lost serve immediately, too, framing a forehand that sent the ball into the stands — something he did on a handful of occasions — and double-faulting, trying a so-so drop shot that led to an easy winner for Zverev, then missing a backhand.
Let’s just say they won’t be putting those initial 10 minutes in the Louvre. A lot of the 4-hour, 19-minute match was patchy, littered with unforced errors.
Alcaraz managed to come out strong in the fourth set, grabbing 16 of the first 21 points to move out to a 4-0 edge. The fifth saw more of the same.
Just like he did against Zverev, Alcaraz overturned a deficit of two sets to one against Sinner, making him the first man to capture the French Open by doing that in each of the last two matches since Manolo Santana — also from Spain — pulled off the trick in 1961.
Returning serves from way back, before moving close to the baseline as points progressed, Alcaraz showed off all of his considerable skills. The drop shots, the artful half-volleys, the intimidating forehands delivered aggressively and accompanied by a loud, one-syllable grunt that sounded like “Eh!” at times and “Uh!” at others. Alcaraz finished with 27 forehand winners, 20 more than Zverev.
Not bad for a guy who arrived in Paris saying he was afraid to hit his forehand at full force because of a recent forearm injury. He said Sunday that there were “a lot of doubts” and he was forced to limit his practice time.
In the fifth set, under constant pressure from Alcaraz, Zverev played a poor game that included two miscues plus a double-fault, helping Alcaraz move in front at 2-1. The next game was pivotal and showed the grit and gumption that already have become hallmarks of Alcaraz’s style.
Zverev — who argued about one line call in that game, saying, “There’s no way!” — would hold a total of four break points. He failed to convert any. Alcaraz didn’t let him. After dismissing those chances, Alcaraz wrapped up the game to lead 3-1 with a drop-shot winner.
The crowd roared. Alcaraz held his left index finger to his ear while waving his racket and nodding, seeking even more noise. It arrived. He would break again for 5-2, then served it out and dropped onto his back, caking his shirt with clay — just as Nadal often did after championship point.
Alcaraz first learned to play tennis on the rust-colored slow surface, although he says he prefers hard courts. Alcaraz says he dreamed long ago of adding his own name to the list of Spanish men to win the event, including his coach, 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero.
And those red-and-yellow Spanish flags that became such an annual fixture at Chatrier in the era of Nadal were there again Sunday, this time to support Alcaraz. The difference? The cries of “Ra-fa! Ra-fa!” are now “Car-los! Car-los!”
TOP INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
THREE-RUN FOURTH NOT ENOUGH AS CLIPPERS DEFEAT INDIANS, 8-3
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians were held to three hits – all going for extra bases – as the Columbus Clippers secured a series victory with an 8-3 win at Victory Field on Sunday afternoon.
Columbus (25-37) jumped out to a lead in the second inning and never trailed, tacking four runs on Michael Plassmeyer (L, 1-6) before Indianapolis could plate one. Three of four runs in the second and third innings and four of eight total were driven in by Johnathan Rodriguez, who finished the series with 16 RBI in six games.
Canaan Smith-Njigba put the Indians on the board in the fourth, launching his second home run of the season to right-center field as the first of two extra-base hits in the frame. Liover Peguero followed with a double and came in to score via a bases-loaded walk to Gilberto Celestino, the third consecutive free base awarded to the Indians by John Doxakis. A throwing error by third baseman Angel Martínez then scored Jake Lamb from third, tightening Columbus’ lead to one run.
The Indians (26-35) were held hitless by Doxakis and Connor Gillispie (W, 2-5) through the final six innings. The Clippers offense then boomed for four runs in the eighth via a single, triple and pair of doubles by the heart of the order.
Indianapolis travels to Jacksonville, Fla. on Monday before beginning a six-game series vs. the Jumbo Shrimp, Triple-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, on Tuesday at 7:05 PM ET. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since Jacksonville joined the International League in 2021. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the series opener.
INDY ELEVEN
INDY NOW UNBEATEN IN 11 STRAIGHT ACROSS ALL COMPETITIONS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Sunday, June 9, 2024) –Indy Eleven went on the road and defeated Birmingham Legion FC, 1-0, on Sunday evening at Protective Stadium. The Boys in Blue improve to 8-4-2 overall, including a 5-2-1 road record, while Birmingham falls to 5-5-3.
With the win, the Boys in Blue are now unbeaten in 11 straight matches across all competitions, including a club-best seven wins in USL Championship matches. The last loss for Indy came on April 13 against Charleston Battery, who sits just three points ahead of third-place Indy in the Eastern Conference standings.
Indy is now only one of 11 teams in USL Championship history to make it seven straight unbeaten.
Indy’s leading goal scorer Jack Blake got things started for the visiting team in the 34th minute, converting on his fifth penalty kick of the season. In addition to being a perfect 5-for-5 from the spot in 2024, Blake now has eight goals this campaign (T3 USLC) and 11 total over two seasons with the Boys in Blue. His five successful PKs are also the third most all-time for an Indy player in USL Championship action.
Indy is 6-for-6 from the spot this season (Williams) and has scored 15 first-half goals, the second most for a USL Championship team in 2024 (Charleston, 16).
The Boys in Blue outshot Birmingham 21-14 in the match, including a 9-1 advantage in shots on target. Blake posted a season-high eight shots and four on target.
Defensively, Callum Chapman-Page won a game-high three tackles and led the match with four clearances. Hunter Sulte was forced to make one save and picked up his second clean sheet in seven matches.
The Boys in Blue have scored in 14 straight USLC matches to open the 2024 season, bringing their total to 26 goals. The streak is the longest to open a USLC campaign and is the longest run overall within the same USLC season for the club. In all, Indy has scored in 17 straight USL Championship regular season matches dating back to Sept. 30, 2023.
Indy returns home to host San Antonio FC on Saturday. Kick is slated for 7 p.m. ET and will air locally on WISH-TV and stream on ESPN+. Single-game tickets are available for all matches viaTicketmaster. For more information on all ticket options clickhere. For questions, please emailtickets@indyeleven.comor give us a call at 317.685.1100.
USL Championship Regular Season
Birmingham Legion FC 0:1 Indy Eleven
Sunday, June 9, 2024–7:00 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT
ProtectiveStadium –Birmingham, Ala.
2024 USL Championship Records
Birmingham Legion FC: 5-5-3 (-4), 18 pts
Indy Eleven: 8-4-2 (5), 26 pts
Scoring Summary
IND – Jack Blake (penalty) 34’
Discipline Summary
IND – Bench (caution) 90+3’
Indy Eleven line-up (4-3-3):Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley, Adrian Diz Pe(Josh O’Brien 70’), Call Chapman-Page, Benjamin Ofeimu, Ben Mines, Cam Lindley (captain), Jack Blake(Tyler Gibson 80’), Sebastian Guenzatti, Augi Williams(Elliot Collier 80’), Douglas Martinez(Laurence Wootton 45’)
Indy Subs:Yannik Oettl, Max Schneider, Younes Boudadi
Birmingham Legion FCline-up:Matt Van Oekel, AJ Paterson(Stefano Pinho 76’), Phanuel Kavita, Alex Crongale, Derek Dodson, Jake Rufe(Tabort Etaka Preston 60’), Kobe Hernandez-Foster, Dawson McCartney, Tyler Pasher(Miguel Perez 60’), Enzo Martinez, Prosper Kasim
Birminghamsubs:Ramiz Hamouda, Diba Nwegbo, Brock Marlow, Moses Mensah
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
MAGICAL POST-SEASON RUN ENDS IN SUPER REGIONAL FINAL AT #1 TENNESSEE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The magical post-season run for the University of Evansville baseball team came to an end on Sunday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the overall #1 national seed, Tennessee, played like the nation’s top team with a 12-1 win in game three of the best-of-three Super Regional series.
“I want to congratulate Tennessee, Coach (Tony) Vitello, his staff and his team on a tremendous accomplishment of going to Omaha once again,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “This was a hard-fought series, and they definitely earned the right to go to Omaha today with the way that they played.
“It has been an incredible run by our team in this post-season. We made some history along the way, and yes, the outcome didn’t go our way today, but I couldn’t be more proud of our seniors and our team of really setting the standard at the University of Evansville for many years to come.”
Evansville struck first on Sunday night, as graduate third baseman Brent Widder came through with a two-out RBI single in the top of the first inning to score senior shortstop Simon Scherry and give UE a 1-0 lead. The lead would be short-lived, however, as Tennessee lead-off man Christian Moore belted a solo home run four pitches into the bottom of the first inning to tie the game at 1-1.
Tennessee would break things open in the second inning with four runs, including back-to-back solo home runs by shortstop Dean Curley and designated hitter Dalton Bargo, to grab a 5-1 lead.
The game would remain 5-1 until the fourth inning, when Evansville threatened to answer back, loading the bases with two outs, thanks to singles from junior second baseman Cal McGinnis and junior outfielder Ty Rumsey, and an infield error by Tennessee. But, UT starter Zander Sechrist (4-1) got out of the jam with a ground out to second base on a pay-off pitch to keep UE off the scoreboard.
The Volunteers then quickly launched three home runs in the fourth inning, and another home run in the fifth inning to provide the final margin of victory. Overall, Tennessee hit seven home runs in the contest.
McGinnis and Rumsey had two hits each to lead the Purple Aces.
With the victory, Tennessee improves to 55-12 overall and advances on to the 2024 Men’s College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Evansville, meanwhile, sees its 2024 season conclude with a ]39-26 overall record. The 39 victories are the sixth-most in UE program history. With the close of the season, Evansville will say good bye to 11 Purple Aces, as graduate players Brendan Hord, Chase Hug, Jace Kressin, Mark Shallenberger and Brent Widder, along with seniors Kip Fougerousse, Shane Harris, Jakob Meyer, Simon Scherry, Donovan Schultz and Nick Smith wrapped up their collegiate careers on Sunday. That group has combined to win 141 games over the last five years at UE, including winning UE’s second-ever Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title this season, and the program’s first-ever NCAA Regional Tournament title as well.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
43 – 14 – 44
June 10, 1944 – Get’em throwing young, was the cry of the day for the Reds. Cincinnati totted the youngest player in MLB history to the mound when relief pitcher Joe Nuxhall, Number 43 at 15 years, 316 days, debuted for the Cincinnati Reds. Unfortunately the Reds fell to the St Louis Cardinals in the game 18-0. Nuxhall gave up 5 earned runs in a small portion of the inning he was in the game. He retired and then resumed hos MLNB career in 1952 where he pitched a total of 15 additional years earning All-Star status twice.
June 10, 1952 – Chicago White Sox Number 14 outfielder Sam Mele is only the 6th player in MLB history to record 6 RBI’s in an inning when he exploded in the 4th stanza during a 15-4 win over the A’s in Philadelphia.
June 10, 1972 – When Hall of Fame slugger Hank Aaron hit a milestone he did it with fireworks! Number 44, Aaron’s grand slam, the 14th of his career, tied him for NL lead with Gil Hodges and moved him ahead of Willie Mays as number 2 HR hitter for a career at 649.
FOOTBALL HISTORY
June 10, 1720- Durham, England’s very own Mrs. Clements markets the first of its kind mustard in a paste form. She found that when mustard seeds were ground into a fine powder like flour, it had a distinct flavor. Clements shared the paste with her neighbors and word spread all the way to King George I who patented the substance for Mrs. Clements. Think about this 300 year old event the next time you are chowing down a “dog” or burger with mustard at a football game.
June 10, 1898- Teddy Roosevelt leads his Rough Riders to victory at the Battle of San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War. The event helped propel Roosevelt into the White House a few years later where in 1906 he helped save the game of football from being abolished for excessive brutality.
The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day comes from the Winnipeg Tribune in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada with thie June 11, 1930 headline of:
Tiger Grid Club Changes Name
They were of course referring to the June 10, 1930 meeting Winnipeg, Canada when three football clubs formerly known as the Winnipeg Tigers grew and expanded, and on this 1930 day all three clubs amalgamated and formed the Winnipeg Winnipegs Rugby Football Club, and became a member of the Western Rugby Football Union (WIFU) according to the CommunityStories.ca website. The Winnipeg Victorias, the Winnipeg St. John’s, who were a team consisting of students from the University of Manitoba, and the Royal School of Infantry were all part of the Manitoba Rugby Union that had been playing since 1888. Winnipeg made their first Grey Cup appearance in 1935, when the Winnipegs defeated the Hamilton Tigers 18-12, making Winnipeg the first Western city to win the Grey Cup. This Grey Cup was the first and last time the Winnipeg Winnipegs would ever win a Grey Cup. The Canadian rugby game morphed and emerged as the Canadian Football League in the 1950’s straying from the game of rugby and playing the rules of the gridiron. The area in the Manitoba Province has been well represented since then in the CFL by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
June 10 Football Hall of Fame Birthdays
June 10, 1880 – Syracuse, New York – Notre Dame’s fine fullback from the seasons of 1900 to 1903, Louis “Red” Salmon was born. Louis Salmon received the great honor of being selected for inclusion into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
June 10, 1951 – San Francisco, California – Dan Fouts Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee and former NFL Quarterback of the San Diego Chargers who later became a top TV Color Analyst. Dan attended Oregon where he excelled on the college gridiron as he set a total of 19 team records, including those of 5995 career passing yards and 5871 yards of total offense. According the ProFootballHOF.com website, the Chargers stole Fouts in the third round of the 1973 NFL draft as he became a staple in the lighning bolt offense. In 15 NFL seasons, Fouts completed 3,297 passes for 43,040 yards with 254 touchdowns. He also rushed for 476 yards and scored 13 touchdowns with his legs. When Dan retired, he was one of only three quarterbacks to pass for more than 40,000 yards. He led the NFL in passing yardage four straight years from 1979 to 1982, and became the first player in history to throw for 4,000 yards in three consecutive seasons.
June 10, 1963 – Los Angeles, California – David Williams the University of Illinois wide receiver of the seasons of 1983 to 1985 arrived into the world. According to the National Football Foundation records, David at the end of his Illini career was second all-time receiver in NCAA history with 245 receptions and 3,195 yards. Mr. Williams was a two-time unanimous All-America selection in both 1984 and 85 as he led the NCAA with 101 receptions as well as 1278 receiving yards in 1984. The voters from the National Football Foundation inducted the collegiate records of David Williams into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. David after college spent two seasons in the NFL in 1986 and 87, then Williams made the jump north to become a marquee player in the CFL, where he was named a five-time all-star and league MVP in 1988.
VIPs of the Gridiron not yet in the HOF
June 10, 1977- Mike Rosenthal NFL OT Giants
June 10, 1978- Raheem Brock NFL DE multiple teams
June 10, 1983- Marion Barber III NFL RB multiple teams
June 10, 1983- Kyle Williams NFL DT Bills
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 10
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became baseball’s career home run leader by hitting his 120th off Cleveland’s Jim Bagby in the third inning. The Indians took the game 8-6.
1944 — Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years, 10 months and 11 days, became the youngest player in major league history when he pitched for the Cincinnati Reds in an 18-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1959 — Rocky Colavito of Cleveland hit four consecutive home runs at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium, a tough home run park. Billy Martin and Minnie Minoso also homered in the Indians’ 11-8 victory.
1966 — Cleveland’s Sonny Siebert threw the only no-hitter of the year as the Indians beat the Washington Senators 2-0.
1972 — Hank Aaron’s grand slam pushed the Atlanta Braves to a 15-3 rout over the Philadelphia Phillies. It was Aaron’s 649th home run, moving him ahead of Willie Mays into second place on the career home run list. It was also his 14th grand slam, tying Gil Hodges’ NL record.
1997 — Kevin Brown threw a no-hitter and kept himself from a perfect game by hitting a batter in the eighth inning, leading the Florida Marlins over the San Francisco Giants 9-0.
2005 — Baltimore’s 4-3 win over Cincinnati marked the first time that three 500-homer players appeared in the same game — the Orioles’ Sammy Sosa (580) and Rafael Palmeiro (559), and the Reds’ Ken Griffey, who hit a solo shot in the eighth inning for No. 511.
2006 — Reggie Sanders became the fifth player in major league history with 300 homers and 300 stolen bases when he hit a two-run shot in Kansas City’s 9-5 loss to Tampa Bay. Sanders homered off Chad Harville in the ninth to reach the milestone joining Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds.
2011 — Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game when the St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0. La Russa complied a 2,676-2,324 record with the White Sox, Athletics and Cardinals. Only Connie Mack managed more games with 7,755 over 53 years.
2012 — Frankie Vanderka threw a three-hitter, Travis Jankowski had four hits and Stony Brook completed an improbable run to the College World Series with a 7-2 victory over LSU in the deciding game of the Baton Rouge super regional. Stony Brook became only the second team to open the tournament as a No. 4 seed in the regional round and advance to the World Series. The first was Fresno State during its stunning 2008 run to a national title.
2019 — The Diamondbacks and Phillies play “Home Run Derby” at Citizens Bank Park, in a 13 – 8 win by the D-Backs. Arizona opens the game with three straight homers off Jerad Eickhoff, by Jarrod Dyson, Ketel Marte and David Peralta, on their way to hitting 8 long balls. The Phillies reply with 5 of their own, including two by Scott Kingery, but it’s not enough on a night when balls are flying out of the park right and left. Eduardo Escobar homers from different sides of the plate in consecutive innings for Arizona, and Ildemaro Vargas also homers twice. The combined 13 homers set a new major league record. The D-Backs had been the last team to open a game with three dingers, back on July 21, 2017.
2020 — Because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Amateur draft is held virtually and limited to five rounds.
June 11
1904 — Bob Wicker of the Chicago Cubs pitched 9 1-3 hitless innings before Sam Mertes of the New York Giants singled. Wicker won a 1-0, 12-inning one-hitter.
1938 — Johnny Vander Meer hurled the first of two consecutive no-hitters, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Braves 3-0.
1967 — The Chicago Cubs hit seven homers and the New York Mets four in the second game of a doubleheader, tying the major league record set by the New York Yankees (6) and Detroit Tigers (5) in 1950. Adolfo Phillips hit four home runs in the doubleheader for Chicago.
1981 — Following Seattle’s 8-2 win over Baltimore, major league players went on strike.
1985 — Von Hayes became the first player in major league history to hit two home runs in the first inning. Hayes connected twice in a nine-run first, powering the Philadelphia Phillies to a 26-7 victory over the New York Mets.
1988 — Rick Rhoden of the New York Yankees became the first pitcher since the inception of the designated hitter (1973) to start a game as the DH. He was seventh in the lineup and grounded to third out in the third inning and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Jose Cruz pinch-hit for him in the fifth of the 8-6 win over Baltimore.
1990 — Nolan Ryan pitched the sixth no-hitter of his career to extend his major league record, and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan, 43, was the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1995 — Lee Smith set a major league record with a save in his 16th consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless ninth inning to preserve the California Angels’ 5-4 victory over Baltimore. Smith broke the mark of 15 straight set by Doug Jones in 1988.
2002 — Jared Sandberg became the 16th AL player to homer twice in an inning, and the third this season, when Tampa Bay beat Los Angeles 11-2.
2003 — Houston’s Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined for the first no-hitter against the New York Yankees in 45 years, winning 8-0. The sextet set a record for the highest number of pitchers to throw a no-hitter in major league history — four accomplished the feat twice.
2010 — Andy Pettitte records his 200th win in pinstripes in the Yankees’ 4-3 win over Houston at Yankee Stadium. Whitey Ford (236) and Red Ruffing (231) are the only other members of this exclusive New York club.
2012 — The Cubs sign Cuban defector Jorge Soler to a nine-year contract worth $30 million. The 20-year-old outfielder was the subject of a bidding war among several teams.
2013 — The Dodgers and Diamondbacks engage in a beanball war. The hostilities start when D-Backs pitcher Ian Kennedy hits super rookie Yasiel Puig in the head with a fastball in the 6th inning. The ball hits his nose, and he stays on the ground for a few minutes but stays in the game; Andre Ethier follows with a game-tying two-run homer. In the top of the 7th, Dodgers P Zack Greinke hits the first batter, Miguel Montero, in the back, prompting both benches to empty, although only stares are exchanged. Then, in the bottom of the inning, Kennedy throws a pitch near Greinke’s head, and pandemonium breaks out, with both benches and bullpens emptying again, and players and even coaches going at each other. When order is restored, Puig and coach Mark McGwire are ejected for the Dodgers, and manager Kirk Gibson and coach Turner Ward for the D-Backs. Incidentally, Los Angeles wins the game, 5 – 3. Major League Baseball will hand out eight suspensions and twelve fines as a result of the events, with Kennedy getting a ten-game suspension and Eric Hinske of the D-Backs getting five; both managers are suspended for one game, and two for the two coaches.
2017 — Max Scherzer of the Nationals records the 2,000th strikeout of his career, beating out Clayton Kershaw, who reached the milestone less than a week ago, as the third fastest pitcher to the mark.
2017 — Rookie sensation Aaron Judge hit two more home runs, including a drive that cleared the distant bleachers at Yankee Stadium and sent New York romping past Baltimore 14-3. The 6-foot-7 Judge led the majors with 21 homers and topped the AL with 47 RBIs and a .344 average.
2022 — Jared Walsh hits for the cycle and Mike Trout blasts a pair of homers as the Angels defeat the first-place Mets, 11 – 6. Walsh is the 9th player in team history to achieve the feat, almost exactly three years after teammate Shohei Ohtani was the last to do so, while Trout appears to be out of the deep slump that contributed to recent 14-game losing streak, costing manager Joe Maddon his job.
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June 12
1922 — Hub Pruett struck out Babe Ruth three consecutive times, and the St. Louis Browns beat the New York Yankees 7-1.
1928 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees had two triples and two homers in a 15-7 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
1939 — The Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.
1954 — Milwaukee’s Jim Wilson pitched the year’s only no-hitter, blanking the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.
1957 — Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals broke the National League record for endurance when he played in his 823rd consecutive game. The previous mark was established in 1937 by Pirates first baseman Gus Suhr.
1959 — The San Francisco Giant’s Mike McCormick tossed a 3-0, five-inning no-hitter against the Philadelphia Phillies. Richie Ashburn singled in the top of the sixth for the Phillies, but the hit didn’t count because the game was stopped by rain.
1962 — In Milwaukee’s 15-2 rout of Los Angeles at County Stadium, the Aaron brothers both homer in the same game with Tommie connecting in the bottom of the eighth after his older brother Hank had hit one out in the second.
1970 — Dock Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates hurled a 2-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the San Diego Padres. Ellis walked eight and hit a batter, and Willie Stargell hit two homers.
1981 — Thirteen games were canceled due to the players’ strike.
1997 — After 126 years, baseball broke its tradition and played interleague games. The San Francisco beat the Texas Rangers 4-3.
1999 — Cal Ripken went 6-for-6, homering twice and driving in six runs as the Baltimore Orioles scored the most runs in franchise history with a 22-1 rout of the Atlanta Braves.
2006 — Jason Grimsley was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball, less than a week after federal agents raided his home during an investigation into performance-enhancing drugs.
2007 — Justin Verlander pitched a no-hitter to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Milwaukee Brewers 4-0. Verlander struck out a career-high 12, walked four and benefited from several stellar defensive plays.
2009 — Chicago right fielder Milton Bradley had a bad day at Wrigley Field. Bradley lost Jason Kubel’s pop-up in the sun for a single, couldn’t catch Michael Cuddyer’s RBI bloop double, made a baserunning blunder and, most egregiously, flipped the ball into the stands after catching Mauer’s one-out sac fly.
2009 — New York Mets second baseman Luis Castillo dropped Alex Rodriguez’s lazy popup with two outs in the ninth inning as two runs scored, helping the Yankees escape with a wild 9-8 victory over the Mets.
2010 — Daniel Nava hit the first pitch he saw as a big leaguer for a grand slam — only the second player to do it — leading the Boston Red Sox to a 10-2 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies. Nava connected on a fastball from Joe Blanton in the second inning. Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a slam on the first pitch he saw Sept. 2, 2006, for Cleveland against Texas.
2011 — Realignment is on the table again as Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association are in discussions to renew the collective bargaining agreement, which expires on December 11th. One of the options being discussed would see one team moving from the National League to the American League to create two 15-team leagues, with the Houston Astros the likeliest candidate for a move.
2012 — Alex Rodriguez ties Lou Gehrig’s record by hitting his 23rd career grand slam.
2016 — Sam Cohen put UC Santa Barbara into its first College World Series with a pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 4-3 victory over second-seeded Louisville 4-3 in the Super Regionals.
2017 — Royce Lewis, a high school shortstop from California, is selected first overall by the Minnesota Twins in the 2017 amateur draft.
2018 — Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera suffers a season-ending injury when he tears a biceps tendon while swinging at pitch in the 3rd inning of a game against the Twins. He had already missed all but one game of May with a hamstring injury.
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June 13
1905 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win.
1912 — Christy Mathewson recorded his 300th career victory with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.
1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees pitched the first five innings and hit two home runs in an 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
1937 — New York’s Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs to give the Yankees an 8-8, 11-inning tie against the St. Louis Browns in the second game of a doubleheader.
1947 — In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3.
1948 — Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium drew 49,641 fans who saw Ruth’s No. 3 retired and the Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.
1957 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and drove in five runs in a 9-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians as Williams became the first AL player to have two three-homer games in a season.
1973 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield.
1980 — Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431.
1998 — For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back homers in consecutive innings. Atlanta’s Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones each homered in the second and third inning of the Braves’ 9-7 win over Montreal at Turner Field.
2003 — Roger Clemens reached 300 wins and became the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the 4,000-strikeout club.
2008 — Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 20-2 rout of St. Louis.
2012 — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain’s 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders. Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career RBI with a two-run home run in the New York Yankee’s 9-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Rodriguez is the fourth player to reach the milestone joining Cap Anson, Babe Ruth and leader Hank Aaron.
2019 — Shohei Otani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball.
2021 — The Blue Jays set a record for a visiting team at Fenway Park by blasting 8 homers in an 18 – 4 win over the Red Sox. Seven different players go deep, with Teoscar Hernandez doing so twice, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits his major league-leading 21st.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 10
1890 — The Preakness Stakes is run outside Baltimore, at Morris Park in New York. The race is then suspended for three years, and resumes at the Brooklyn Jockey Club’s Gravesend Course from 1894-1908.
1932 — Gene Sarazen leads wire-to-wire to win the British Open by five strokes ahead of Macdonald Smith at Prince’s Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Sarazen finishes with a tournament record of 283.
1933 — Johnny Goodman wins the U.S. Open golf title, making him the last amateur to win this event.
1934 — Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 in extra time to win the second FIFA World Cup at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. Italy trailing 1-0, ties the game at the 80th minute. Angelo Schiavio scores the winning goal in extra time.
1944 — A rare triple dead heat occurs in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct with Bossuet, Brownie and Wait a Bit crossing the finish line together.
1950 — Sixteen months after near-fatal car accident, Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open. Hogan beats Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio in an 18-hole playoff at the Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
1968 — UEFA European Championship Final, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy: Italy beats Yugoslavia, 2-0 in a replay (first game, 1-1).
1973 — Mary Mills shoots a 63 in the final round of the LPGA Championship to beat Betty Burfeindt by one stroke.
1977 — Al Geiberger sets a PGA Championship 18-hole record when he shoots a 59 in the Danny Thomas Classic.
1978 — Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, wins the Belmont Stakes to capture the Triple Crown in one of the greatest battles in racing history. Affirmed edges Alydar for the third time.
1981 — Pete Rose ties Stan Musial’s NL record of 3,630 hits.
1989 — Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings is named the NHL’s MVP, winning the Hart Trophy for a record ninth time.
1995 — Trainer D. Wayne Lukas wins a record five straight Triple Crown races as Thunder Gulch takes the Belmont Stakes. Lukas is the first trainer to win the Triple Crown races with two different horses. Lukas’ Timber Country won the Preakness.
1996 — Colorado’s Patrick Roy makes 63 saves before Uwe Krupp scores 4:31 into the third overtime to give the Avalanche a 1-0 victory against the Florida Panthers at Miami Arena and complete a four-game sweep of the Stanley Cup Final.
2000 — Stanley Cup Final, Reunion Arena, Dallas, TX: New Jersey Devils defeat Dallas Stars, 2-1 in double OT for a 4-2 series victory.
2006 — In Atlantic City, N.J., Bernard Hopkins wins a unanimous decision over light heavyweight champion Antonio Tarver, capping an 18-year career with an upset for the ages.
2010 — Southern California is placed on four years probation, receives a two-year bowl ban and a sharp loss of football scholarships. The NCAA cites USC for a lack of institutional control. The NCAA found that Reggie Bush, identified as a “former football student-athlete,” was ineligible beginning at least by December 2004. The NCAA also orders USC to vacate every victory in which Bush participated while ineligible. USC loses 30 scholarships over a three-year period, 10 annually from 2011-13.
2012 — Shanshan Feng wins the LPGA Championship to become the first Chinese player to win an LPGA Tour title and a major event.
2018 — Rafael Nadal won a record-extending 11th championship at Roland Garros by beating Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Nadal became the second player in tennis history to win 11 singles titles at any Grand Slam tournament after Margaret Court, who claimed 11 Australian Open titles.
2018 — Kristen Gillman led a U.S. singles sweep in the biggest blowout in Curtis Cup history. Gillman, a 20-year-old University of Alabama star, beat 16-year-old Annabell Fuller 5 and 4 to cap a perfect weekend at Quaker Ridge in Scarsdale, N.Y. The Americans won 17-3, breaking the record for margin of victory of 11 set in a 14 1/2-3 1/2 victory at Denver Country Club in 1982.
2023 — UEFA Champions League Final, Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul: Manchester City beats Inter Milan, 1-0 to complete historic Champions League, Premier League & FA Cup trifecta.
June 11
1898 — Willie Simms becomes the only African American jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the only one to have won all three Triple Crown races. Simms’ other Triple Crown wins: Kentucky Derby (1896, 1898), Belmont Stakes (1893, 1894).
1919 — Walter Hagen wins the U.S. Open with a one-stroke playoff victory over Michael Brady.
1919 — Sir Barton, ridden by Johnny Loftus, captures the Belmont Stakes to become thoroughbred racing’s first Triple Crown winner.
1921 — Grey Lag, ridden by Earl Sande, wins the first Belmont Stakes run counterclockwise. Previous Belmonts were run clockwise over a fish-hook course that included part of the training track and the main dirt oval.
1938 — Ralph Guldahl wins golf’s U.S. Open for the second straight year by beating Dick Metz.
1949 — Cary Middlecoff wins the U.S. Open by beating Sam Snead and Clayton Heafner.
1955 — Nashua wins the Belmont Stakes with Eddie Arcaro in the saddle. It’s the sixth Belmont victory for Arcaro, tying Jimmy McLaughlin’s record.
1977 — Seattle Slew, ridden by Jean Cruguet, runs wire to wire in the Belmont for a four-length victory over Run Dusty Run and the Triple Crown.
1978 — Nancy Lopez shoots a record 13-under par to win the LPGA Championship by six strokes over Amy Alcott.
1982 — Larry Holmes stops Gerry Cooney in the 13th round for the WBC heavyweight title at Las Vegas.
1984 — The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 111-102 in Game 7 to win their 15th NBA title.
1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, pitches the sixth no-hitter of his career as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 5-0. Ryan becomes the first to pitch no-hitters for three teams and the oldest to throw one.
1992 — Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame.
1994 — For the first time in 11 years, the United States loses in the women’s world basketball championships. Guards Hortencia and Paula combine for 61 points, and Brazil stuns the defending champions 110-107 in the semifinals.
2006 — Se Ri Pak beats Karrie Webb on the first playoff hole to win the LPGA Championship. Pak atones for a three-putt bogey on the 18th hole in regulation that set up the playoff.
2006 — Rafael Nadal wins his second consecutive French Open, beating Roger Federer in four sets. Nadal spoils Federer’s bid for a fourth consecutive Grand Slam championship and extends his record clay-court winning streak to 60 matches.
2011 — Texas A&M sweeps the men’s and women’s titles at the NCAA outdoor championships, becoming the first school to post dual three-peat champions. Villanova’s Sheila Reid becomes the first woman to win the 1,500 and 5,000 meters at the same NCAA meet.
2012 — Rafael Nadal wins his record seventh French Open title, returning to Roland Garros to defeat Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5. It’s Nadal’s 11th Grand Slam title, tying him on the all-time list with Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg, who won six French Open titles.
2012 — The Los Angeles Kings win their first NHL championship, defeating the New Jersey Devils 6-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final.
2017 — Rafael Nadal wins his record 10th French Open title by dominating 2015 champion Stan Wawrinka 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the final. No other man or woman has won 10 championships at the same major in the Open era, which began in 1968.
2017 — Stanley Cup Final, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN: Pittsburgh Penguins defeat Nashville Predators, 2-0 for 4-2 series win; Penguins back-to-back champions.
2022 — Charl Schwartzel hangs on to beat fellow South African Hennie Du Plessis by a stroke to win the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational event at the Centurion GC, Hertfordshire; pockets massive US$4.75m for the victory.
2023 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković beats Casper Ruud of Norway 7-6, 6-3, 7-5 for his men’s record 23rd Grand Slam singles title.
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June 12
1920 — Man o’ War wins the Belmont Stakes, which was run at 1 3/8-miles, in 2:14 1/5. He shatters the world record by 3 1/5 seconds and sets the American dirt-course record for that distance.
1930 — Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a fourth-round foul for the vacant heavyweight title in New York. Schmeling becomes the first German — and European — heavyweight world champion.
1939 — Byron Nelson wins the U.S. Open in a three-way playoff with Craig Wood and Denny Shute.
1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown with an eight-length victory over Better Self. It’s Arcaro’s second Triple Crown. He rode Whirlaway in 1941.
1948 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open with a record 276, five fewer than Ralph Guldahl’s 1937 record.
1954 — Milwaukee Braves spot starting pitcher Jim Wilson throws first no-hitter in history of County Stadium when he blanks Philadelphia Phillies, 2-0.
1979 — Bobby Orr becomes the youngest player in NHL history to be selected for the Hockey Hall of Fame. The 31-year-old is inducted months after officially ending his NHL career as the Hall waives its usual three-year waiting period.
1981 — Larry Holmes stops Leon Spinks in the third round for the WBC heavyweight title in Detroit.
1983 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by two strokes over Sandra Haynie.
1984 — 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3, to win the championship title.
1990 — Egypt, a 500-1 shot, stuns the Netherlands when Magdi Abdel-Ghani makes a penalty kick with eight minutes remaining to tie the World Cup favorites 1-1.
1991 — The Chicago Bulls win the first NBA championship in the team’s 25-year history with a 108-101 victory in Game 5 over the Los Angeles Lakers. MVP Michael Jordan scores 30 points, Scottie Pippen has 32 and John Paxson 20.
2002 — NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat New Jersey Nets, 113-107 for a 4-0 sweep and 3rd straight title; MVP: Shaquille O’Neal for 3rd consecutive Finals series.
2005 — Annika Sorenstam closes with a 1-over 73 for a three-shot victory over Michelle Wie in the LPGA Championship. The 15-year-old Wie shoots a 69 to finish second. It’s the highest finish by an amateur in a major since 20-year-old Jenny Chuasirip*rn lost a playoff to Se Ri Pak in the 1998 U.S. Women’s Open.
2008 — The Boston Celtics overcome a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97-91 to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA finals. No team has ever overcome more than a 15-point deficit after the first quarter, and the Celtics post the biggest comeback in the finals since 1971.
2009 — Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot scores two second-period goals as the Penguins beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 in Game 7 and win the Stanley Cup at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.
2011 — The Dallas Mavericks win their first NBA title by winning Game 6 of the finals in Miami, 105-95. Jason Terry scores 27 points and Dirk Nowitzki adds 21 as the Mavericks win four of the series’ last five games.
2013 — Andrew Shaw scores on a deflection in triple overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Bruins in a riveting Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals. The Blackhawks gets third-period goals from Dave Bolland and Oduya to erase a 3-1 deficit.
2016 — Sidney Crosby sets up Kris Letang’s go-ahead goal midway through the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins win the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise history by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.
2017 — Kevin Durant caps his spectacular first season with the Warriors by bringing home an NBA championship. Durant, who joined Golden State last July, scores 39 points in a finals-clinching 129-120 victory over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2019 — Stanley Cup Final, TD Garden, Boston, MA: St. Louis Blues beat Boston Bruins, 4-1 for a 4-3 series victory; first title in franchise history.
2021 — Danish soccer midfielder Christian Eriksen suffers an on-field cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match with Finland in Copenhagen. Eriksen is revived with a defibrillator and the game controversially continues with a 1-0 Finland win.
2023 — NBA Finals: Denver Nuggets beat Miami Heat 94-89 to win the franchise’s first Championship; clinch series 4-1; MVP: Denver C Nikola Jokić.
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June 13
1908 — Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title.
1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-73 as a jockey, sets the record for the most number of Belmont Stakes wins by a trainer, eight, when he sends Prince Eugene to victory.
1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.
1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.
1956 — 1st European Cup Final, Paris: Héctor Rial scores twice as Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 4-3 to claim inaugural title.
1959 — Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open golf tournament over Bob Rosburg.
1971 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Kathy Ahern.
1982 — Jan Stephenson wins the LPGA championship with a two-stroke triumph over Joanne Carner.
1989 — 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games.
1991 — The National, the nation’s first all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.
1992 — Sergei Bubka of Ukraine breaks his own world outdoor record in the pole vault by soaring 20 feet, one-half inch. The jump is the 30th time that Bubka has set the record indoors or outdoors, surpassing the 29 world records by distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland in the 1920s.
1993 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA Championship for a third time, with a 2-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Lauri Merten.
1997 — Chicago wins its fifth NBA championship in the last seven years, as Steve Kerr’s last-second shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz.
2002 — Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; Red Wings’ 10th title; coach Scotty Bowman retires with record 9th title.
2010 — Zenyatta wins her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern-day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6-year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, wins the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length over St Trinians at Hollywood Park. With the victory, Zenyatta surpasses the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.
2011 — Boston scores four times in a 4:14 span of the first period and beats the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden, evening the best-of-7 series. Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder give Boston a 4-0 lead before the midway point of the first period.
2012 — Matt Cain pitches the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches by outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.
2014 — The Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in the World Cup’s first shocker, toying with an aging team that dominated global football for the past six years and avenging a loss in the 2010 final.
2014 — The Los Angeles Kings wins the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5.
2016 — LeBron James has 41 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, Kyrie Irving also scores 41 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers capitalize on the Warriors playing without suspended star Draymond Green, staving off NBA Finals elimination with a 112-97 victory in Game 5. James and Irving are the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game as the Cavaliers pulled within 3-2 and sent their best-of-seven series back to Ohio.
2017 — The Golden State Warriors win their second NBA tile in three years with a win over the Cavaliers 129-120.
2019 — The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win the franchise’s first Championship.
2021 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 19th Grand Slam singles title; beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
2023 — Stanley Cup Final, T-Mobile Arena, LV: Vegas Golden Knights rout Florida Panthers 9-3 to clinch 4-1 series win; franchise’s first title in only 6th year in the NHL; MVP: Jonathan Marchessault (VGK forward).
TV SPORTS MONDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| BALTIMORE AT TAMPA BAY | 6:50PM | FS1 MASN BALLY SPORTS SUN MLB.TV FUBO |
| COLORADO AT MINNESOTA | 7:40PM | ROCKIES.TV BALLY SPORTS NORTH MLB.TV FUBO |
| TORONTO AT MILWAUKEE | 8:10PM | SPORTSNET1 BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN MLB.TV FUBO |
| NY YANKEES AT KANSAS CITY | 8:10PM | YES BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY MLB.TV FUBO |
| OAKLAND AT SAN DIEGO | 9:40PM | NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA PADRES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. WHITE SOX AT SEATTLE | 9:40PM | MLBN NBC SPORTS CHICAGO ROOT SPORTS MLB.TV FUBO |
| HOUSTON AT SAN FRANCISCO | 9:45PM | MLBN SCHN NBC SPORTS BAY AREA MLB.TV FUBO |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| STANLEY CUP FINALS GAME 2: EDMONTON AT FLORIDA | 8:00PM | ABC |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| FRIENDLY: CZECH REPUBLIC VS NORTH MACEDONIA | 12:00PM | FS2 FUBO |
| FRIENDLY: NETHERLANDS VS ICELAND | 2:45PM | FS2 FUBO |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| INDIANA VS CONNECTICUT | 7:00PM | NBC SPORTS BOSTON WTHR 13 |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| STUTTGART-ATP & NOTTINGHAM-WTA | 5:00AM | TENNIS |
| STUTTGART-ATP & NOTTINGHAM-WTA | 1:00PM | TENNIS |
