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2025 NBA DRAFT: TAKEAWAYS FROM THE 2ND ROUND AT BARCLAYS CENTER
BROOKLYN – On what is now Day 2 of the NBA Draft, everyone is hoping for a Taco Bell miracle of their own, after the Nuggets famously drafted Nikola Jokić at No. 41 during a commercial break in 2014.
Draymond Green’s selection at No. 35 (2012) played a key role in four Warriors championships, while Manu Ginobili (No. 57, 1999) did the same in four for the Spurs.
Sometimes, even the hits end up as misreads: the Mavericks landed an NBA talent in Jalen Brunson at No. 33 only for him to flourish into an All-Star, an All-NBA player and the 2024-25 Kia Clutch Player of the Year as a Knick following his free-agent defection in 2022.
Yet it’s that unprecedented selection of a future (three-time!) Kia Most Valuable Player which represents the extreme of success and an eternal fan ambition to have their front office be the one to outsmart all competition.
Will multiple starters, an All-Star, or – dare we hope upon hopes – a future MVP sneak out of these final 29 selections? The average NBA career is roughly 4.5 seasons. Many of Thursday’s picks will spend July trying to leverage any level of Summer League success into the guarantee that gets them there.
Thursday at Barclays Center, some teams spent the evening chasing intended targets, with others taking advantage to stack assets for the future.
The second round hadn’t even tipped when the NBA insider trade winds began blowing. The Suns, antsy about roster renovation, reportedly continued churning through options, striking a deal with the Nets to claim the No. 36 pick … which they flipped to the Timberwolves in a package to score No. 31.
Opening the action after four minutes on the clock, they tabbed St. Joseph’s product Rasheer Fleming – who led ESPN analyst Jay Bilas’ best available board entering Thursday’s action.
“I heard it a little bit before I walked out there,” Fleming said. “So at least I had a little idea of what was going on. It’s crazy. Nothing is guaranteed, so I was hearing it and taking heed of everything.
“That’s all I can ask for, a team to really, really want me to be there. I’m very grateful.”
Shortly after, with time ticking on the Celtics at No. 32, word came through that France’s Noah Penda would instead be routed to Orlando for Nos. 46 and 57, as well as 2026 and ’27 second-rounders.
The Hornets held firm at Nos. 33 and 34, selecting Sion James (Duke) and Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton); the 76ers drafted Johni Broome out of Auburn for additional optionality behind Joel Embiid. And then the Nets, original owners of No. 36, drafted Arkansas forward Adou Thiero … on behalf of the Suns Timberwolves Lakers as deals further compounded. The final cost: two future seconds (from the Suns), the No. 45 (Australian Rocco Zikarsky) and cash (from the Lakers), with the Wolves picking up a pair of seconds along the way (as they traded down from No. 31).
“Feels good, you know?” Thiero said. “Dream come true, and I’m just happy to be here. Playing for the Lakers, too? That’s a blessing.”
He acknowledged hearing trade chatter, but kept focused until the ultimate destination confirmed, which was all that mattered to him.
On a night that featured eight reported trades – though several could end up combined by the time deals are finalized – it was the Suns keeping the draft board fluid throughout; they added Kentucky wing Koby Brea at No. 41 (in a deal with Golden State).
“I started to get a little idea about it yesterday,” Brea said. “And then today, it was while they were on the clock – I realized, ‘OK this is going to happen.’ It was just unbelievable to know that such a great organization wanted me. I’m excited to get over there and get to work.”
2025 NBA DRAFT RESULTS: PICKS 1-59
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First Round
1. Mavericks draft Cooper Flagg (Duke)
2. Spurs draft Dylan Harper (Rutgers)
3. 76ers draft VJ Edgecombe (Baylor)
4. Hornets draft Kon Knueppel (Duke)
5. Jazz draft Ace Bailey (Rutgers)
6. Wizards draft Tre Johnson (Texas)
7. Pelicans draft Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma)
8. Nets draft Egor Demin (BYU)
9. Raptors draft Collin Murray-Boyles (South Carolina)
10. Rockets draft Khaman Maluach (Duke) – Traded to Suns
11. Trail Blazers draft Cedric Coward (Washington State) – Traded to Grizzlies
12. Bulls draft Noa Essengue (Ratiopharm Ulm)
13. Hawks draft Derik Queen (Maryland)– Traded to Pelicans
14. Spurs draft Carter Bryant (Arizona)
15. Thunder draft Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)
16. Grizzlies draft Yang Hansen (Qingdao) – Traded to Trail Blazers
17. Timberwolves draft Joan Beringer (Cedevita Olimpija)
18. Wizards draft Walter Clayton Jr. (Florida) – Traded to Jazz
19. Nets draft Nolan Traoré (Saint-Quentin BB)
20. Heat draft Kasparas Jakučionis (Illinois)
21. Jazz draft Will Riley (Illinois) – Traded to Wizards
22. Hawks draft Drake Powell (North Carolina)– Traded to Nets
23. Pelicans draft Asa Newell (Georgia) – Traded to Hawks
24. Thunder draft Nique Clifford (Colorado State) – Traded to Kings
25. Magic draft Jase Richardson (Michigan State)
26. Nets draft Ben Saraf (Ratiopharm Ulm)
27. Nets draft Danny Wolf (Michigan)
28. Celtics draft Hugo González (Real Madrid)
29. Suns draft Liam McNeeley (Connecticut)– Traded to Hornets
30. Clippers draft Yanic Konan Niederhauser (Penn State)
Second Round
31. Timberwolves draft Rasheer Fleming (St. Joseph’s) – Traded to Suns
32. Celtics draft Noah Penda (Le Mans Sarthe Basket) – Traded to Magic
33. Hornets draft Sion James (Duke)
34. Hornets draft Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton)
35. 76ers draft Johni Broome (Auburn)
36. Nets draft Adou Thiero (Arkansas) – Traded to Lakers (via Suns & Wolves)
37. Pistons draft Chaz Lanier (Tennessee)
38. Spurs draft Kam Jones (Marquette) – Traded to Pacers
39. Raptors draft Alijah Martin (Florida)
40. Wizards draft Micah Peavy (Georgetown)– Traded to Pelicans
41. Warriors draft Koby Brea (Kentucky) – Traded to Suns
42. Kings draft Maxime Raynaud (Stanford)
43. Wizards draft Jamir Watkins (Florida State)
44. Thunder draft Brooks Barnhizer (Northwestern)
45. Bulls draft Rocco Zikarsky (Brisbane) – Traded to Wolves (via Lakers)
46. Magic draft Amari Williams (Kentucky) – Traded to Celtics
47. Bucks draft Bogoljub Marković (Mega Basket)
48. Grizzlies draft Javon Small (West Virginia)
49. Cavaliers draft Tyrese Proctor (Duke)
50. Knicks draft Kobe Sanders (Nevada) – Traded to Clippers
51. Clippers draft Mohamed Diawara (Cholet Basket)– Traded to Knicks
52. Suns draft Alex Toohey (Sydney Kings) – Traded to Warriors
53. Jazz draft John Tonje (Wisconsin)
54. Pacers draft Taelon Peter (Liberty)
55. Lakers draft Lachlan Olbrich (Illawarra Hawks) – Traded to Bulls
56. Grizzlies draft Will Richard (Florida) – Traded to Warriors
57. Magic draft Max Shulga (VCU) – Traded to Celtics
58. Cavaliers draft Saliou Niang (Trento)
59. Rockets draft Jahmai Mashack (Tennessee) – Reportedly traded to Grizzlies (via Warriors & Suns)
DYBANTSA, PETERSON, BOOZER HEADLINE LIST OF TOP LOTTERY CANDIDATES FOR 2026 NBA DRAFT
The NBA has had Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg as obvious No. 1 overall draft picks in recent years. AJ Dybantsa has been headed toward that status for 2026.
The BYU signee has been a favorite to sit atop draft boards next summer and ranks as the nation’s top recruit by ESPN, On3 and Rivals. Kansas signee Darryn Peterson tops the list for 247Sports to make it a more open race for No. 1.
Here’s an early look next summer’s potential lottery prospects:
1. A.J. Dybantsa, BYU
The 6-foot-9 forward chose the Cougars over Kansas, North Carolina and Alabama. Athleticism and versatility shine through his rangy scoring skillset, notably when he attacks off the dribble and finishes at the rim. The Massachusetts native spent last year with Utah Prep and is on this summer’s USA Basketball Under-19 National Team for the FIBA World Cup.
2. Darryn Peterson, Kansas
The 6-5 guard from Ohio offers perimeter size with ability to play on or off the ball. He can attack off the dribble or step outside, offering potential to overwhelm smaller guards and impact games defensively. Peterson played last season with Prolific Prep in California and was co-MVP of the McDonald’s All-American game.
3. Cameron Boozer, Duke
The 6-9 forward joined twin Cayden in winning a high school national title and fourth straight Florida state title. The son of former Duke and NBA forward Carlos Boozer showed his inside-out game (22 points, 16 rebounds, six assists) leading the U.S. past the World team in the Nike Hoop Summit. He joined Peterson as the McDonald’s game co-MVP.
4. Nate Ament, Tennessee
The 6-9 forward is a McDonald’s All-American and Gatorade player of the year for Virginia with versatile skills. He’ll improve as he adds strength to his lean frame, though he stands out with ballhandling and shooting range.
5. Caleb Wilson, North Carolina
The 6-9 forward from Atlanta and McDonald’s All-American offers two-way potential with his athleticism and length, including as a shot blocker. The McDonald’s All-American announced his UNC commitment on TNT’s “Inside The NBA” show alongside former NBA players Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.
6. Chris Cenac Jr., Houston
ESPN and 247Sports rank Cenac as the nation’s top center, offering rangy skills and outside shooting that made him the MVP of the NBPA Top 100 camp in summer 2024. Houston coach Kelvin Sampson has said the McDonald’s All-American is “not a big man’s big man… he is a basketball player who happens to be 6-foot-10.”
7. Karim Lopez, New Zealand Breakers (Australia)
The versatile 6-8 wing from Mexico is part of the National Basketball League’s “Next Stars” program designed to develop high-end prospects, averaging 9.6 points and 4.7 assists in his 2024-25 debut season. He turns 18 in December.
8. Jayden Quaintance, Kentucky
The 6-9 forward was a top-10 recruit last year entering Arizona State, where he averaged 9.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks. He later transferred to join the Wildcats.
9. Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville
The 6-3 McDonald’s All-American is big signee for Pat Kelsey entering Year 2 of his tenure with the Cardinals, ranking as the No. 1 point guard prospect for Rivals. He joined Dybantsa in making the U.S. U-19 team.
10. Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas
The 6-2 Acuff is the top point guard prospect for 247Sports (No. 5 overall) and ESPN (No. 7). The McDonald’s All-American operates smoothly in the pick-and-roll with the ability to attack defenders off the dribble and from 3-point range.
11. Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor
ESPN’s ninth-ranked recruit offers a sturdy frame (roughly 6-5 and 210 pounds) and versatile athleticism while being known for a high-motor style. He had 24 points for the World team against the U.S. in the Nike Hoop Summit in April.
12. Dash Daniels, Melbourne United (Australia)
Like Lopez, the younger brother of Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels is will play for the NBL’s “Next Stars” program. Dash is a 6-6 point guard who has been through NBA Academy Australia.
13. Isaiah Evans, Duke
The 6-6 guard withdrew from this year’s draft and must add strength to a 175-pound frame. But there’s clear upside with his explosive scoring potential, such as hitting six first-half 3s out of nowhere against Auburn in December.
14. Labaron Philon, Alabama
The 6-4 freshman point guard was a last-minute draft withdrawal. He averaged 10.6 points and 3.8 assists for an Elite Eight team that just lost Associated Press first-team All-American Mark Sears from the backcourt.
Others to watch (in alphabetical order):
—ALIJAH ARENAS: The son of former NBA guard Gilbert Arenas is a McDonald’s All-American known for scoring and court vision, but the 6-6 guard’s status is unclear as he’s still working back from an April truck accident that had him placed in a medically induced coma. Arenas avoided major injury and said this week he works out daily, with the plan of soon joining USC summer workouts.
— MILES BYRD: The 6-7 guard from San Diego State withdrew from the draft after averaging 12.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists as a redshirt sophomore.
— IAN JACKSON: The 6-4 guard averaged 11.9 points while shooting 39.5% from 3-point range at North Carolina as a five-star freshman before transferring to St. John’s.
— YAXEL LENDEBORG: The 6-9, 240-pound forward has gone from junior college to UAB and now Michigan. He withdrew from the draft after averaging 15.8 points and 11.0 rebounds in two seasons with the Blazers.
— TAHAAD PETTIFORD: The 6-1 freshman averaged 11.6 points and shot 36.6% on 3s for Auburn’s Final Four team. He’s set for a leading role after withdrawing from the draft.
— MELEEK THOMAS: The 6-4 guard averaged 33.5 points per 40 minutes with Overtime Elite. He’s a McDonald’s All-American who signed with Arkansas.
REPORT: LAKERS’ AUSTIN REAVES DECLINES $89M MAX EXTENSION
Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves declined a max extension this week that would have paid him $89.2 million over the next four seasons, The Athletic reported Thursday.
Reaves, 27, is heading into the third season of a four-year, $54 million contract he signed in July 2023 as a restricted free agent.
He can opt out of that deal next summer and become an unrestricted free agent, potentially landing a much more lucrative and longer-term contract.
Reaves is betting on himself after averaging a career-high 20.2 points, 5.8 assists and 4.5 rebounds in 73 games (all starts) in 2024-25. He shot 37.7 percent from behind the arc and led the Lakers with 200 3-pointers.
Reaves is not necessarily looking for a change of scenery.
“I want to be in L.A.,” he said earlier this month, per CBS Sports. “If they want to trade me, then we’ll start something new somewhere else. But like I said, I want to be in L.A. I want to be in L.A. I want to play my whole career in L.A.
“I love it there. I love the fans. Love the weather, love the golf. And obviously the Lakers is the best organization in basketball. I don’t pay attention to (the noise). I keep my head down, work, and I feel like that’s one of the reasons I’m where I’m at.”
Undrafted in 2021, Reaves owns career averages of 14.5 points, 4.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds in 280 games (171 starts) for the Lakers. He ranks ninth in franchise history with 493 3-point field goals.
GM: JASON KIDD RETURNING TO COACH MAVERICKS NEXT SEASON
Jason Kidd will be No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg’s first NBA coach.
That’s what Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison told reporters Wednesday night after Dallas selected the Duke star in the draft.
There have been rumblings that Kidd wants to pursue the head coaching job with the New York Knicks, even though the Mavericks denied the team’s interest in interviewing him.
“Are there rumors still out there about J-Kidd?” Harrison said. “I thought I shut them down. Yes, he will be the coach next year.”
The Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau on June 3 and have been rebuffed by the Mavericks and at least four other teams in efforts to interview their head coaches.
Kidd, 52, has two years remaining on his contract with the Mavericks. He has been Dallas’ head coach since the 2021-22 season and has a 179-149 record. He led the team to the NBA Finals in the 2023-24 season, losing in five games to the Boston Celtics.
The Mavericks, amid upheaval following the trade of Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, did not make the playoffs in the recently ended season, finishing 39-43.
Flagg told ESPN he already has started to build a rapport with the Hall of Fame member.
“I think he has a lot of confidence in me to just come in and be an impact player,” Flagg told ESPN. “He’s going to let me have the ball a little, I think, and just try to rock out and do what I can do.”
Kidd also has been the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets (2013-14) and Milwaukee Bucks (2014-18).
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NFL NEWS
CINCINNATI BENGALS AND COUNTY REACH TENTATIVE $470M DEAL TO RENOVATE PAYCOR STADIUM AND EXTEND LEASE
CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals and local officials have reached a tentative deal to make $470 million in renovations to Paycor Stadium and keep the team there for at least the next 11 years.
The preliminary agreement announced Thursday still needs final approval from the team and Hamilton County commissioners.
Both sides had until June 30 to agree to a new lease or approve the first of five two-year extensions but they’ve agreed to extend the deadline. The Bengals’ original lease expires at the end of next June.
The $470 million plan to renovate the stadium is far less than the $830 million the Bengals originally proposed.
The county will contribute $350 million toward the renovations, and the Bengals will pay $120 million.
Details on what the improvements will include were not announced by the county Thursday. Both sides said they will work together to seek additional funding from the state.
The team has proposed improvements to the club lounges, stadium suites, concessions and scoreboards.
The Bengals have called Paycor Stadium home since 2000. It was originally named Paul Brown Stadium until the team sold the naming rights in August 2022.
BROWNS RELEASE DE OGBO OKORONKWO, SIGN K ANDRE SZMYT
The Cleveland Browns released defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo and re-signed kicker Andre Szmyt on Thursday.
Okoronkwo, 30, was entering the final season of his three-year, $19 million contract.
He expressed goodwill to his now-former club Thursday with a post on social media: “Love to the Land!”
Okoronkwo recorded 23 tackles and 3.0 sacks in 16 games (five starts) last season.
A Super Bowl champion with the Rams, Okoronkwo has totaled 132 tackles and 17.0 sacks in 80 career games (13 starts) with Los Angeles (2019-21), Houston Texans (2022) and Browns. He was selected by the Rams in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Szmyt, 26, was waived by the Browns earlier this month. He joined Cleveland’s practice squad in December after kicking for the UFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks in 2024.
Szmyt will serve as a backup to veteran Dustin Hopkins.
NFL SUSPENDS JUSTIN TUCKER FOR FIRST 10 WEEKS OF THE SEASON FOR VIOLATING PERSONAL CONDUCT POLICY
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL suspended former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker for the first 10 weeks of the season on Thursday for violating its personal conduct policy.
The suspension takes effect on Aug. 26, which is roster cutdown day, and Tucker is eligible for reinstatement on Nov. 11. Tucker remains free to try out with and sign with a team. If he is signed, he can attend training camp and participate in preseason games. If he remains without a team, he can still serve the suspension and return in November.
The 35-year-old became a free agent after the Ravens released him last month in the aftermath of reports that he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by massage therapists. Tucker has maintained he did not act inappropriately while receiving professional treatment.
A five-time All-Pro, Tucker has played his entire 13-year career with Baltimore. He is considered one of the best kickers in NFL history, although 2024 was his worst season.
The Baltimore Banner since January has reported that more than a dozen massage therapists have accused Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.
A message seeking comment was left with Tucker’s publicist Thursday.
Tucker’s ban was similar to the one received by Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was suspended by the NFL for the first 11 games of the 2022 season. He was accused by more than two dozen women of sexually assaulting and harassing them during massage therapy sessions in Houston, when he played for the Texans. Two grand juries declined to indict him.
Watson initially was suspended for six games by a disciplinary officer. The NFL sought a minimum one-year suspension. A settlement was reached after the league appealed the initial ruling.
After the Ravens cut Tucker, coach John Harbaugh said the decision-making process was “complex” and indicated the team had been concerned about a possible suspension.
“I think if you step back and take a look at all the issues and all the ramifications, you can understand that we’ve got to get our football team ready, and we’ve got to have a kicker ready to go,” Harbaugh said late last month. “That was the move that we decided to make.”
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NHL NEWS
KRAKEN ACQUIRE F FREDERICK GAUDREAU FROM WILD
The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Frederick Gaudreau from the Minnesota Wild on Thursday in exchange for a fourth-round pick in this weekend’s draft.
Gaudreau, 32, had 37 points (18 goals, 19 assists) while playing in all 82 games last season for Minnesota. He is heading into the third season of a five-year, $10.5 million contract.
Gaudreau has totaled 152 points (61 goals, 91 assists) and a plus-9 rating in 410 career games with the Nashville Predators (2016-19), Pittsburgh Penguins (2020-21) and Wild.
MAMMOTH ACQUIRE F JJ PETERKA, SIGN HIM TO 5-YEAR DEAL
The Utah Mammoth acquired forward JJ Peterka from the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday and promptly signed him to a five-year, $38.5 million contract.
The Sabres, in turn, received defenseman Michael Kesselring and forward Josh Doan for Peterka, who was in line to become a restricted free agent on July 1.
Peterka, 23, recorded 68 points (27 goals, 41 assists) in 77 games this past season.
“JJ is a highly skilled, creative, young forward with extremely high upside,” Mammoth general manager Bill Armstrong said. “He will help solidify our scoring and add to what is already a great young core of forwards on the roster. Signing JJ to a long-term extension is another positive step towards building a sustainable contender here in Utah, and today is an exciting day for our entire organization.”
Peterka has totaled 150 points (67 goals, 83 assists) in 238 career games since being selected by Buffalo in the second round of the 2020 NHL Draft.
“There is a lot of excitement and positive momentum surrounding our team right now, and adding a player of JJ Peterka’s caliber and offensive upside is another great step towards achieving our objectives as a group,” Utah president Chris Armstrong said.
Kesselring, 25, had 29 points (seven goals, 22 assists) in 82 games this past season for Utah.
He has 53 points (12 goals, 41 assists) in 156 career games with the Oilers and Arizona Coyotes/Utah franchise since being selected by Edmonton in the sixth round of the 2018 NHL Draft. He was traded by the Oilers on March 2, 2023, along with a third-round draft pick in 2023 to the Coyotes for Nick Bjugstad and Cam Dineen.
Doan, the son of former NHL forward Shane Doan, had 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) in 51 games this past season for Utah. The 23-year-old has totaled 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists) in 62 career games since being selected by Arizona in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft.
“One of our priorities as we work through this offseason is making our team more competitive and tougher to play against,” Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams said. “The additions of Michael and Josh will help us tremendously in both of those categories and I am excited to see them in a Sabres uniform soon.
“Michael fits the mold of the right-handed defensemen we have been looking for, and we are thrilled he brings both size and compete. We believe he will help add balance to our blue line while elevating the rest of the D corps. Josh is a player that has shown the ability to win at multiple levels and brings great leadership pedigree to our organization. He’s a strong two-way player who we believe will be able to provide versatility to our group.”
SHARKS WAIVE D MARC-EDOUARD VLASIC AFTER 19 SEASONS
The San Jose Sharks placed defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic on waivers Thursday after 19 seasons with the team.
The team said the purpose of the move is to buy out the final year of the 38-year-old veteran’s contract.
Vlasic appeared in 1,323 regular-season games and 142 playoff games since making his Sharks debut in 2006.
The Montreal native has 379 career points (84 goals, 295 assists), including three points in 27 games in 2024-25.
“This was a difficult decision to make today, with how much Marc has meant to the San Jose organization for 19 years,” general manager Mike Grier said. “I was fortunate enough to be here with Marc for his first season with the Sharks, and knew he would become a great defenseman. Over the course of his career in the NHL, Vlasic was one of the premier shutdown defensemen, earning tough defensive assignments on the ice against the best players in the world and doing it with effectiveness.”
Vlasic broke the NHL record for career blocked shots earlier this season and ends his time in San Jose with 2,184.
He appeared in the playoffs 12 times with the Sharks, including a six-game loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2016 Stanley Cup Final.
Internationally, he won gold medals with Team Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and the 2016 World Cup of Hockey in Toronto. He won silver medals at the World Championships in 2009 and 2017.
“With over 1,300 games in the NHL, he brought immense expertise and experience to the organization daily, and was selected to represent his country on multiple occasions at the highest level,” Grier added. “He will go down not only as one of the best defensemen in franchise history, but one of the best players.
“We want to thank him for his dedication and commitment to the organization, and wish him all the best.”
Vlasic has one season left on an eight-year, $56 million extension he signed in July 2017, giving him a $7 million cap hit for 2025-26.
Hall of Famers Ray Bourque (Boston Bruins) and Nicklas Lidstrom (Detroit Red Wings) are the only blueliners to play more games with a team than Vlasic, counting regular season and postseason.
STARS RETAIN CAPTAIN JAMIE BENN ON 1-YEAR CONTRACT
Captain Jamie Benn re-signed with the Dallas Stars on a one-year, incentive-laden contract on Thursday.
Benn’s deal has a base salary of $1 million plus an additional $3 million in potential performance bonuses. He will receive $500,000 for playing in 20, 30, 50 and 60 games during the 2025-26 season, an additional $500,000 if the Stars win the Western Conference finals and $500,000 more if the team captures the Stanley Cup.
“Jamie embodies everything it means to be a Dallas Star, and has since he was drafted 18 years ago,” Stars general manager Jim Nill said. “There was never a doubt that Jamie would return next season, and we are thrilled for both our organization and our fans that he will continue to lead our team in our pursuit of winning a championship.”
Benn, who turns 36 next month, had 49 points (16 goals, 33 assists) last season, his 16th with the franchise. The forward has been the Dallas captain since Sept. 19, 2013.
“I’m going into the summer planning on playing next year,” Benn said on May 30 after the Stars fell to the Edmonton Oilers in the Western Conference finals. “Prepare like I do every summer like I’m going to play. I don’t see myself going anywhere else.”
The Art Ross Trophy winner as the league’s leading scorer in 2014-15, Benn ranks second in franchise history in goals (399), points (956) and games played (1,192) behind Hall of Famer Mike Modano (557, 1,359, 1,459) and is third in assists (557)
Benn was selected by the Stars in the fifth round of the 2007 NHL Draft.
REPORT: NHL EXPANSION TEAM FEES TO TOP $2 BILLION
The next time the NHL decides to add new teams, the expansion fee is expected to be $2 billion-plus, Sportico reported on Thursday.
While expansion isn’t imminent, the league updated team owners at their Wednesday meeting in Los Angeles regarding the expected price of a new club.
Per the report, the franchise fee would be a minimum of $2 billion, and incoming ownership groups would be required to set aside another $1 billion for potential arena costs.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said at the Los Angeles meetings, “We have no pending applications, and we’re not seeking to initiate a formal process at this point.”
Bettman did not comment on the reported expansion price tag.
Six possible expansion sites were mentioned at the meeting, according to Sportico.
The newest NHL franchise, the Seattle Kraken began play in 2021-22 after laying out a $650 million expansion fee. That was a significant leap from the $500 million it cost for the Vegas Golden Knights to found a club that first faced off 2017-18.
Cities that have publicly stated their interest in attracting an NHL club include Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Kansas City and Omaha, Neb. Atlanta had two previous NHL teams that relocated to Calgary and Winnipeg.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: METS LOSE GRIFFIN CANNING, STILL SHUT OUT BRAVES
Five pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout as the New York Mets overcame the loss of starting pitcher Griffin Canning to stop the visiting Atlanta Braves 4-0 Thursday night and earn a split of the teams’ four-game series.
Canning was injured after throwing a pitch that retired Nick Allen on a grounder to short for the second out of the top of the third inning. Attempting to run to back up third in case Eli White tried to advance from second, Canning crumpled to the ground with his left leg in the air. The Mets reported he had a left ankle injury.
Austin Warren (1-0), making his second appearance this year, worked 2 1/3 innings and allowed only one hit to earn the win. Dedniel Nunez, Ryne Stanek and Edwin Diaz polished off the game by allowing just one baserunner over four innings.
Grant Holmes (4-7) absorbed the loss after permitting two runs on six hits and three walks in five innings. He fanned six.
Tigers 8, Athletics 0
Dietrich Enns pitched five scoreless innings in his first major league outing since 2021 as host Detroit silenced the Athletics.
Enns, who made nine relief appearances with Tampa Bay four seasons ago before pitching in Japan and Korea, was called up from Triple-A Toledo to make a spot start. He held the Athletics to one hit and two walks while striking out four.
Brenan Hanifee, Tyler Holton, Chase Lee and Will Vest each tossed an inning of scoreless relief. Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer and Spencer Torkelson supplied a solo blast. Zach McKinstry and Jahmai Jones drove in two runs apiece. A’s starter Jeffrey Springs (6-6) gave up three runs in five innings.
Dodgers 3, Rockies 1
Clayton Kershaw boosted his career strikeout total to 2,997 while allowing two hits and one run over six innings as Los Angeles wrapped up a three-game series over Colorado in Denver.
Kershaw (4-0) fanned five to move closer to becoming the 20th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout milestone. Shohei Ohtani slugged his National League-high 28th home run while Teoscar Hernandez and Mookie Betts notched two hits apiece.
Rockies starter Austin Gomber gave up four hits and one run over five innings before giving way to Angel Chivilli (1-3), who allowed Freddie Freeman’s tie-breaking single in the sixth. Brenton Doyle gave Colorado a 1-0 lead in the second with a homer, his first since May 27.
Astros 2, Phillies 1
Cam Smith’s RBI single with two outs in the eighth snapped a tie and gave host Houston a three-game sweep of Philadelphia.
The Astros won the series by a combined score of 5-1. Starter Hunter Brown allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings — striking out seven — before Bryan Abreu (3-3) finished with four straight strikeouts.
Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez struck out 11 in six-plus innings while giving up one run on five hits. Rafael Marchan went 2-for-3 while Brandon Marsh lofted a sacrifice fly in the eighth to snap the Phillies’ 26-inning scoreless streak.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 0
Pitching for the first time since May 4 due to a hamstring strain, Shota Imanaga allowed just one hit over five innings as Chicago shut out host St. Louis for the second day in a row to split their four-game series.
Imanaga (4-2) struck out three and walked one before giving way to Caleb Thielbar, Brad Keller, Drew Pomeranz and Daniel Palencia (6th save). Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a solo homer and two runs while Carson Kelly added two hits.
Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (5-4) gave up seven hits and two runs over five innings. Alec Burleson’s ninth-inning double was the only extra-base hit among St. Louis’ three safeties.
Rays 4, Royals 0
Shane Baz retired 19 batters in a row while throwing eight shutout innings as Tampa Bay completed a three-game sweep at Kansas City.
Baz (8-3) allowed three hits and one walk while striking out nine in his career-long outing. Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero hit back-to-back homers in the sixth while Josh Lowe went 3-for-4 with a double and a steal.
Michael Lorenzen (4-8) gave up eight hits and four runs over 5 2/3 innings. Jonathan India and Vinnie Pasquantino posted two hits apiece for the Royals, who have scored just four runs during their five-game losing streak.
Blue Jays 6, Guardians 0
Kevin Gausman scattered two hits and one walk over eight innings as Toronto claimed the rubber game of a three-game series at Cleveland.
Gausman (6-6) struck out six before giving way to Chad Green for the ninth. Nathan Lukes and Alejandro Kirk poked two-run singles and Myles Straw notched two hits for the Blue Jays.
Guardians starter Tanner Bibee (4-8) extended his winless streak to six starts despite allowing just three hits and three runs (two earned) while fanning seven. Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero and Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez each left the game after taking hit-by-pitches on the arm, but X-rays on both were negative.
Twins 10, Mariners 1
Trevor Larnach homered, singled, drove in three runs and scored twice for Minnesota, which routed Seattle to earn a split of the four-game series in Minneapolis.
Brooks Lee and Matt Wallner also homered, Carlos Correa had two RBIs and Byron Buxton scored two runs in the leadoff spot for the Twins, who have won two in a row following a five-game skid.
Twins right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson (3-4) came in winless in his past six starts, but he earned the victory after allowing just two hits over five shutout innings. He struck out six and walked one.
Marlins 12, Giants 5
Following early-inning lead changes and a fiery first inning, Miami pulled away from San Francisco to seal a road sweep.
Several Giants batters were hit in Wednesday’s extra-innings affair, prompting starter Hayden Birdsong to fire a 97 mph fastball at Otto Lopez in the first frame. The umpiring crew issued a warning to each team, which Marlins manager Clayton McCullough objected to, resulting in his ejection.
The Marlins notched five runs over the first five innings, powered by homers from Kyle Stowers and Agustin Ramirez. San Francisco responded by knotting the game at five after a two-run shot by Rafael Devers in the second and three more runs in the fourth.
Miami then scored seven unanswered runs — three in the fifth inning and four in the eighth inning — to put the game out of San Francisco’s reach.
–Field Level Media
TEAM USA’S BOBBY WITT JR. READY FOR BIGGER ROLE IN 2026 WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is going to again play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, and next year certainly will have a bigger role than last time.
Witt announced Thursday that he is committed to playing for the United States and manager Mark DeRosa in the 2026 WBC. It will be Witt’s second time on the team.
When part of Team USA in 2023, Witt was 22 and the youngest player on the roster who was coming off a standout rookie MLB season. He was a bench player who went 1 for 2 at the plate, and also was a pinch-runner in the ninth inning of the championship game won by Shohei Ohtani and Japan.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who will be the U.S. captain, and Pirates ace Paul Skenes have also committed to play for Team USA next spring.
“It’s truly an honor,” Witt, who turned 25 two weeks ago, told MLB Network. “It’s something I’ve kinda dreamed about my whole entire life. Just being part of that team a couple years ago was amazing, and now we’re going to bring home the gold.”
Witt was the runner-up to Judge in the American League MVP voting last season, when the shortstop led the majors with a .332 batting average. Witt hit .285 with 10 home runs and 40 RBIs in the Royals’ first 80 games this year.
DeRose said on MLB Network that he approached Witt during spring training about playing in the 2026 WBC, to which the player responded, “100%. I’m starting, right?”
CUBS ACTIVATE LHP SHOTA IMANAGA AND DESIGNATE RHP MICHAEL FULMER FOR ASSIGNMENT
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cubs activated left-hander Shota Imanaga from the 15-day injured list to start Thursday’s season finale at St. Louis.
To make room on the roster, Chicago designated right-hander Michael Fulmer for assignment.
The 31-year-old Imanaga (3-2, 2.82 ERA) had been shelved since early May with a strained left hamstring. In his final rehab outing, Imanaga threw 72 pitches in 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Iowa on Friday.
Imanaga has made eight starts this season, allowing two or fewer runs in six of them. He made three rehab starts, two with the Arizona Complex League, and threw 10 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and two walks. He struck out 16.
The Cubs have gone 25-16 since he went on the IL.
The 32-year-old Fulmer made two scoreless appearances for the Cubs this week during their four-game series against the Cardinals.
Fulmer had a 4.42 ERA in 58 appearances for the Cubs in 2023, but the right-hander needed Tommy John surgery and missed last year. He also had the Tommy John procedure in 2019.
Fulmer appeared in one game this season for the Boston Red Sox, surrendering three runs and four hits in 2 2/3 innings on April 14. He then was released and signed a minor league deal with the Cubs.
JUDGE, OHTANI ELECTED TO START IN ALL-STAR GAME AS TOP VOTE-GETTERS
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani and the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge were the first players picked for the July 15 All-Star Game at Atlanta’s Truist Park, elected as starters by fans on Thursday.
Judge led the major leagues with 4,012,983 votes in the first round of fan balloting and the outfielder was picked for his seventh American League start in eight All-Star Games, though he missed the 2023 game because of a sprained right big toe. He also was the leading vote-getter during the first phase in 2022 and last year.
Ohtani topped the NL and was second in the big leagues with 3,967,668 votes, becoming the first designated hitter to start in five straight All-Star Games.
The pair were selected under rules that began in 2022 and give starting spots to the top vote-getter in each league in the first phase of online voting, which began June 4 and ended Thursday. Two finalists at every other position advanced to the second phase, which runs from noon EDT on Monday to noon EDT on July 2. Votes from the first phase do not carry over.
An individual can vote once per 24-hour period.
Remaining starters will be announced on July 2. Pitchers and reserves will be revealed on July 6.
Seven players from the World Series champion Dodgers advanced to the second phase along with three each from the Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers and New York Mets, and two apiece from the Cleveland Guardians, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.
AL finalists:
Catcher: Alejandro Kirk, Cal Raleigh
First base: Paul Goldschmidt, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Second Base: Jackson Holliday, Gleyber Torres
Third Base: Alex Bregman, José Ramírez
Shortstop: Jacob Wilson, Bobby Witt Jr.
Designated Hitter: Ryan O’Hearn, Ben Rice
Outfield: Javier Báez, Riley Greene, Steven Kwan, Mike Trout
NL finalists
Catcher: Carson Kelly, Will Smith
First Base: Pete Alonso, Freddie Freeman
Second Base: Tommy Edman, Ketel Marte
Third Base: Manny Machado, Max Muncy
Shortstop: Mookie Betts, Francisco Lindor
Outfield: Ronald Acuña Jr., Pete Crow-Armstrong, Teoscar Hernández, Andy Pages, Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
SD STATE MOURNING DEATH OF WISCONSIN TRANSFER RB NATE WHITE
South Dakota State running back Nate White died at age 20, the football program said in a statement late Wednesday.
White spent his first two seasons at Wisconsin but didn’t get into a game. In January, he transferred to play for the Jackrabbits with three years of eligibility remaining.
Police in Brookings, S.D., did not confirm a cause of death and said in a press release an active investigation is underway.
“Jackrabbit football is a brotherhood and today we are all hurting with the shocking news of the loss of Nate White,” South Dakota State coach Dan Jackson said in a statement. “Nate impacted our program with his hard work, determination and overall positive spirit. We grieve with his family and will honor his memory throughout the upcoming season.”
A Milwaukee native, White chose to play for Wisconsin over offers from Vanderbilt, Purdue and Iowa State, among others.
He played quarterback as a high school junior at Rufus King High School in Milwaukee and had 48 rushing touchdowns in his final two seasons as a prep.
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NASCAR NEWS
NEW NAME, SAME THRILLS AWAIT DRIVERS IN RETURN TO ATLANTA
Fans looking at this week’s race schedule might be confused and do a double-take: It’s not called Atlanta Motor Speedway anymore.
For the first time on the 2025 schedule, the NASCAR Cup Series makes a repeat appearance, stopping Saturday night for the second time at the newly renamed EchoPark Speedway for the Quaker State 400 in Hampton, Ga.
While AMS is technically no more, the expectations are still as high as ever at the 1.54-mile oval south of Atlanta, where the best racing in the sport has taken place over the past few seasons with the Next Gen car — somewhat surprising considering the car’s struggles.
Complaints about the car echo from race to race. Drivers bemoan the inability to make a pass in “dirty air” once they make a run on the car in front of them.
The short tracks, previously a staple of anticipation and excitement in Virginia and Tennessee, have yielded some of the worst showings, almost unimaginable considering an action-packed ticket for Bristol or Richmond races used to be among the most in-demand purchases.
Road courses with the current car have produced a wild card, as road courses are prone to do. However, Shane van Gisbergen’s nearly 17-second annihilation of the field in his recent Mexico City triumph will not find its way into the season’s highlights package.
While the racing had its ups and downs at Pocono last weekend, it was odd that winner Chase Briscoe, desperately conserving fuel while leading in his No. 19 Toyota, was able to keep Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin at bay as his No. 11 ride hounded him.
Hamlin said he felt the only chance he had to win his second straight start — he missed Mexico — and fourth this season was to run as hard as he could, force the Indiana driver to push hard and thus use up his fuel before getting to the checkers.
“He was lifting early into (Turn) 1 … balance wise, I just couldn’t get my car to handle good enough in that dirty air to keep him honest,” said Hamlin, owner of a Pocono-best seven wins. “The key moment was when (Briscoe) and like three or four others pitted and that caution came out. It leaped them in front of us.
“At that point, we knew it was going to be really hard to pass those guys back on the racetrack.”
The phrase “really hard to pass” is all too frequent in postrace interviews, but the Next Gen car puts on its best showings at drafting tracks like Atlanta, Daytona and Talladega.
That was evident in February when Christopher Bell grabbed the first of three consecutive wins with a thrilling, three-wide victory under caution over Carson Hocevar and Kyle Larson at the Georgia superspeedway.
Four of the past seven races at the oval have ended under caution, a testimony to how tight the racing gets at the end as drivers push to the ragged edge.
The track formerly known as Atlanta Motor Speedway may now go by another name, but luckily the racing remains the same.
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GOLF NEWS
PADRAIG HARRINGTON, MARK HENSBY CO-LEADERS AT U.S. SENIOR OPEN
Padraig Harrington of Ireland and Mark Hensby of Australia each shot 3-under-par 67 on Thursday to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs.
Harrington and Hensby are ahead by one stroke over seven players tied at 68, with three rounds to go at the fourth of five senior major championships.
Harrington, who won this championship in 2022 early in his senior career, birdied four of his first eight holes on Thursday before playing the back nine in 1 over par.
“I was 4 under through eight and probably could have been a little bit more,” Harrington said. “I three-putted 9. The back nine is hard, but I was still really feeling my way around that nine.
“I only played it once before. I was a little bit tentative in the lead. I suppose it’s a little harder when you’re leading and not knowing the course 100 percent like you would like to.”
Harrington led the field in driving distance on Thursday and hit 15 of 18 greens in regulation.
It was a different story for Hensby, who won just once during his PGA Tour career and has one victory on the PGA Tour Champions.
Hensby managed to make just three pars in his opening round. He went out in 6-under 30 — seven birdies, one bogey — but made five bogeys and two birdies on his back nine.
“Obviously I felt like I lost some (shots) out there,” Hensby said. “It’s just frustrating. I played like (expletive) the back nine. What else can you say?
“But I’ve never been a very consistent player. I’m hot or cold, and that kind of sucks. Certain shots I keep hitting during rounds, it just (ticks) me off, so to speak. So yeah, the back nine was just kind of a bit of that.”
The seven players who turned in rounds of 2-under 68 were Bob Estes, Ken Tanigawa, Stewart Cink, Matt Gogel, Scotland’s Stephen Gallacher, Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson and Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn.
Jacobson got to 68 the hard way. He started his round on the back nine and was 1 over through his first 12 holes, but he finished with three birdies, two bogeys and a closing eagle over his final six.
“I hit the fairway, just hung (it) on the right side, so I was happy about that,” Jacobson said of his eagle at the par-5 ninth. “Had a 7-wood left. Just got lucky with the back ridge, and it ran back towards the pin a little bit, made that putt. Not easy, but a lot easier than if it stayed up there, so I was very happy about that.”
Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez — coming off a win at last week’s major, the Kaulig Companies Championship — opened with a 1-under 69 and is tied for 10th. Angel Cabrera of Argentina, who won the first two senior majors of the season, shot a 3-over 73.
–Field Level Media
GEMMA DRYBURGH, CASSIE PORTER LEAD DOW CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM EVENT
Gemma Dryburgh of Scotland and Cassie Porter of Australia teamed up to shoot a 4-under-par 66 on Thursday, enough for a one-shot lead at the Dow Championship in Midland, Mich.
The LPGA’s only team event of the year pits 72 twosomes in foursomes (alternate shot) on Thursday and Saturday, and four-ball (best ball) on Friday and Sunday. Six teams are a stroke behind Dryburgh and Porter at 3-under 67.
Though the 22-year-old Porter is the less accomplished player on her team, she made some crucial shots in her first round. She drove the green at the par-4 12th, and two holes later, Porter chipped in for birdie.
“We obviously have different games,” Dryburgh said. “Cassie hits it further than me, and I’m nice and down the middle usually. Like Cassie kind of said, we kind of picked the right holes for each other, and I think we gelled really well. We complemented each other really nicely.”
Porter, a rookie, is looking for her first win on the LPGA Tour. She said she asked ChatGPT for suggestions for a nickname for their team — and it came up with “the Kilted Koalas.”
“I’m really sorry, I wish I could tell you that I came up with it myself, but I didn’t,” Porter said.
The six-way tie for second includes Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England and Heather Lin of Taiwan; Saki Baba and Yuri Yoshida, both of Japan; Yan Liu and Yahui Zhang, both of China; South Koreans Jin Hee Im and Somi Lee; Jennifer Kupcho and Ireland’s Leona Maguire; and Megan Khang and Lexi Thompson.
Kupcho and Maguire got past an early bogey and put four birdies on their card.
“Foursomes, it’s always a game of patience,” Maguire said. “Nice to hole quite a long (putt) on 16. Had a nice one on 3 to bounce back after the bogey on 2 to kind of get the round going.”
Thompson is competing alongside Khang fresh off her competitive week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, where she was a contender before finishing tied for 12th.
“Course is in great shape,” Thompson said. “I knew coming out here for alternate shot that we just had to make a few birdies and pars were good. Just tried to stay consistent and be patient out there.”
Another contender at last week’s major, World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, is the defending champion alongside teammate Ruoning Yin of China. They opened with a 2-under 68, tied with six other teams at that score.
BRYSON DECHAMBEAU PEEKS AHEAD TO ‘DIABOLICAL’ PORTRUSH, BACKS BRADLEY FOR RYDER CUP
His best performance in a major this season is yet to come, Bryson DeChambeau hopes, but he knows first-hand the challenge waiting at Royal Portrush.
“It can be diabolical,” DeChambeau said recalling his previous appearance on the track pegged to host the Open Championship next month. “Driver is key on that golf course in wind conditions, in side-wind conditions. It’s going to be a good test of controlling your golf ball, so I’ve got to be in touch with my game. I’ve got to have better feel.”
DeChambeau missed the cut at the U.S. Open at Oakmont after two top-five finishes at majors to start the season. He was T2 at the PGA Championship after settling for a tie for fifth at the Masters, where he played in the final grouping Sunday with champion Rory McIlroy.
DeChambeau, playing at LIV Golf Dallas near his current home of Grapevine this week, missed the cut at the 2024 Open at Royal Troon. But he won the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst and was runner-up at the PGA Championship at Valhalla coming off a T6 at the Masters that year.
“Yeah, I’d say disappointed that I haven’t won one yet. I’ve got to fine-tune my game and focus on executing my shots the way I know I can on the golf course. I haven’t been doing that recently,” DeChambeau said of his performance in majors this season. “A little bit more due diligence on my side of the coin. Not taking things for granted and focusing on what I can do to give myself the best chance to win at the British Open.”
Beyond the upcoming test overseas, DeChambeau is eyeing a spot on the 2025 Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black. Ranked 15th in the current Official World Golf Ranking, DeChambeau is eight spots behind U.S. captain Keegan Bradley. A teammate from past Ryder Cup appearances, DeChambeau believes Bradley should be a playing captain for the Americans based on his current form.
In current Ryder Cup points standings, where Scottie Scheffler has clinched a qualifying spot, DeChambeau is fifth and one ahead of No. 6 Justin Thomas with the automatic qualifier cutoff line separating Collin Morikawa, Ben Griffin and Bradley.
“I personally think given how he’s played, I could confidently say he should be a part of the team for sure,” DeChambeau said.
–Field Level Media
KEVIN ROY, ALDRICH POTGIETER SHOOT 62S TO OPEN ROCKET CLASSIC
Kevin Roy and South Africa’s Aldrich Potgieter each shot 10-under-par 62 to break the single-round scoring record at Detroit Golf Club and take the first-round lead at the Rocket Classic on Thursday.
Roy and Potgieter only have a one-shot edge over Mark Hubbard, Max Greyserman and Australia’s Min Woo Lee, who opened the tournament with rounds of 9-under 63. Andrew Putnam is close behind at 8-under 64.
Roy finished his round eagle-birdie for a back-nine 30, while Potgieter began his round on the back nine and posted a 7-under 29 with five birdies and an eagle.
They’re at different stages of their career, but Roy, 35, and Potgieter, 20, are in the hunt for their first wins on the PGA Tour.
Roy has made 164 starts on the PGA Tour before this week; he has three runner-up finishes among his 15 top-10s. He came into this week No. 100 in the FedEx Cup race.
“I try not to think about it, to be honest with you,” Roy said. “I think if I keep playing the way I’ve been playing, everything will take care of itself. We’ve still got a lot more tournaments to play so right now I’m just kind of focused on Detroit and hopefully we can have a good week here.”
Potgieter turned pro just two years ago and shot a 59 during a Korn Ferry Tour event in Bogota, Colombia, last year.
“I played this tournament (the Rocket Classic) two years ago so I’m quite familiar with the layout, but it’s a little different,” he said. “I think two years ago was really wet so the ball was spinning a lot on the greens. Out here they’re taking a little bit of a bounce. It’s a little different, but there’s a lot of different courses, like different grass types, altitude. You just have to kind of adjust and do your best Monday, Tuesday to get into the right place.”
The fan favorite Lee rolled in three straight birdies at Nos. 7-9 to conclude his round. He’s contending in Detroit just four days after his sister, Minjee Lee, won her third career LPGA major at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
Min Woo Lee said he heard from his sister Wednesday.
“Normally she doesn’t check up on me but it was actually quite nice to get a call from her. I was like, ‘Did you butt dial me? What’s going on?’” he joked. “She was like, ‘No, I just want to check in.’
“No, she’s awesome. I think she had a bit of a night on Sunday with a few of her friends, I think they all had a week off this week. It’s good to see her in a nice mental space and happy on the course. She was going through a tough patch the last couple years, so it’s nice to see her have her swagger back.”
Among those tied at 7-under 65 was Zach Johnson, the 49-year-old who captained the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 2023. It was Johnson’s best round on tour this year.
“I’ve actually been working a little bit specifically the last two, two and a half weeks,” Johnson said. “I’ve been playing quite a bit at home. Game’s been good but you never know how it’s going to transpire. My goal this week was just to kind of stay right where my feet are. I know that’s cliche, but that usually bodes well.”
Wyndham Clark and Patrick Cantlay were among the notables at 6-under 66. Keegan Bradley, the upcoming Ryder Cup captain who’s coming off a signature event victory Sunday at the Travelers Championship, shot a 4-under 68.
Defending champion Cam Davis of Australia opened with a 2-over 74 and is in danger of missing the cut, along with 2023 champ Rickie Fowler, whose 1-under 71 left him tied for 108th.
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INDIANA PACERS
PACERS ADD KAM JONES, TAELON PETER IN 2025 NBA DRAFT
Just days after their magical 2024-25 season ended, the Pacers were back at work on Thursday night preparing for next season. While Indiana didn’t have a pick in the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft on Wednesday, the Blue & Gold added a pair of players in the second round on Thursday.
The Pacers agreed in principle to acquire the draft rights to Marquette guard Kam Jones, the 38th pick in the draft, from the San Antonio Spurs in a trade that is not yet finalized.
Jones, a 6-3 guard, spent four seasons at Marquette. He averaged 19.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists as a senior in 2024-25. A 23-year-old from Memphis, Jones was a unanimous All-Big East first team selection and a consensus second-team All-American last season playing for head coach Shaka Smart.
He was the second player in Marquette history to reach 2,000 career points, tallying 2,044 points during his four seasons with the Golden Eagles. Jones shot 47.5 percent from the field and 36.6 percent from 3-point range over his four-year career. After playing more off the ball earlier in his career, he moved to point guard as a senior and finished seventh in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.17).
“I’m just ready to get to Naptown and get to work,” Jones told ESPN’s Monica McNutt after being drafted.
With the 54th overall pick, the Pacers selected Taelon Peter, a 6-4 guard out of Liberty University. Peter averaged 13.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last season for the Flames, shooting 57.8 percent from the field and 45.3 percent from 3-point range. He was the Conference USA Sixth Man of the Year and a third-team all-conference selection for the 2024-25 season, when he led the nation in true shooting percentage in 2024-25 (.7240).
Peter transferred to Liberty after three years at Division II Arkansas Tech, where he averaged 15.0 points over 88 career games. A native of Russellville, Ark., Peter began his college career at Tennessee Tech in 2020-21.
INDIANA SIGNS THREE UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS
The Pacers signed UConn center Samson Johnson, East Carolina guard RJ Felton and Creighton guard Steven Ashworth to undrafted free agent contracts on Thursday.
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INDIANA FEVER
GAME RECAP: INDIANA FEVER FALL TO LA SPARKS
INDIANAPOLIS (June 26, 2025) — The Indiana Fever (7-8) lost to the LA Sparks 85-75 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday night.
While the Sparks jumped out to an early 8-0 lead, the Fever battled back and cut it to a one-point deficit at the end of the first quarter, thanks to six points from Natasha Howard. Indiana’s 11 first-half steals helped give the Fever a 34-30 lead heading into the halftime break.
Kelsey Mitchell’s 11 points in the third quarter, including three three-pointers, put Indiana in front 58-50. But, backed by a 35-point fourth quarter, the Sparks took their first lead since the first quarter with 4:13 remaining in the game, ultimately holding off the Fever.
Indiana Fever Notes:
- Aari McDonald, previously signed on an emergency hardship exception, made her return to play for the first time since re-signing with the team on June 25. McDonald finished the night with 14 points.
- Aliyah Boston recorded her 100th career steal early in the third quarter. Her 5 steals on the night marked a career high, surpassing her previous high of 4.
- Kelsey Mitchell finished the night with 20 points, extending her double-digit scoring streak to 15 games, posting 10+ points in every game so far this season.
- Aliyah Boston recorded her 31st career double-double and her seventh of the 2025 season with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Up Next: The Indiana Fever turn around for the second leg of a back-to-back, facing the Dallas Wings at American Airlines Center on Friday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET, broadcast nationally on ION.
FEVER’S CAITLIN CLARK (GROIN) MIGHT MISS GAME VS. WINGS, PAIGE BUECKERS
The much-anticipated first professional meeting between Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers might have to wait.
Clark’s Indiana Fever will visit Bueckers’ Dallas Wings on Friday night, but Clark might be unable to play because of a left groin injury that kept her out of her team’s 85-75 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday in Indianapolis.
Clark was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, and Bueckers was the No. 1 overall selection this year.
The Fever (7-8) were doing just fine without Clark for three quarters against Los Angeles, but they got outscored 35-17 in the fourth to drop to 2-4 in games that Clark has missed. She was sidelined earlier by a quad injury.
“We haven’t shown a killer instinct yet,” Indiana coach Stephanie White said. “We have had a tendency to relax in those moments. We’ve had empty possessions where we’ve been too lax with the basketball and have either taken poor shots or not valued every opportunity we have.
“It’s just a moment of mental lapses or mental relaxation that you can’t have in this league.”
Bueckers leads the Wings in scoring (17.7 points per game), assists (5.8 per game) and steals (1.8 per game), but it was the arrival of another newcomer — Li Yueru — that provided a recent boost.
Dallas (4-12) started the season 1-11 but has won three of four games since acquiring Yueru in a trade with the Seattle Storm on June 14. She has averaged 7.3 points, 7.3 rebounds and 23.5 minutes with her new team.
Yueru amassed 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds when she made her first start for the Wings in a 68-55 victory against the visiting Atlanta Dream on Tuesday.
“She’s just an amazing player,” the Wings’ second-leading leading scorer, Arike Ogunbowale, said of Yueru. “Obviously she hasn’t been with us for a long time, but she’s a really smart player and she’s picking it up. … She’s a really great player, and I’m glad she’s on our team.”
Yueru, who is 6-foot-7, has provided a lift to Dallas’ defense. She helped the Wings hold Atlanta’s Brittany Griner to two points and six rebounds in 18 minutes. The Dream had a season-low point total and shot just 23.4 percent from the floor and 7-for-34 (20.6 percent) on 3-point attempts. Dallas had a 44-37 edge in rebounds.
“She is incredibly smart and physical, just really good with her positioning,” Wings coach Chris Koclanes said of Yueru.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
STORM CHASERS LAUNCH SIX HOME RUNS TO DEFEAT INDIANS, 17-2
INDIANAPOLIS – The Omaha Storm Chasers took an early lead and never looked back, launching six home runs en route to a 17-2 victory over the Indianapolis Indians on Thursday night at Victory Field.
Omaha (33-34) jumped on Indians starter Thomas Harrington (L, 4-8) early, scoring four runs in the first
inning. MJ Melendez opened the scoring with a two-run single, followed by a two-run homer off the bat of
Joey Wiemer to give the Storm Chasers a lead they would not relinquish.
In the bottom half of the frame, Nick Solak launched his ninth home run of the year off Rich Hill (W, 4-1) to
put Indianapolis (43-34) on the board.
Back at it in the top half of the third, Melendez responded with a homer of his own. Solak connected once
again with a single to score the Indians’ final run of the contest in the bottom half of the frame.
Dairon Blanco launched Omaha’s third homer of the night in the fourth inning to extend the lead, and a
five-run fifth – which featured a three-run blast from Cavan Biggio – broke the game wide open. Melendez
added an RBI double and Wiemer drove in an RBI single to end the frame.
Cam Devanney smacked Omaha’s fifth long ball of the night, a two-run shot off Peter Strzelecki in the
seventh before Blanco singled and Biggio drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to make it 16-2.
Carter Jensen sent a ball over the left field wall for the Storm Chasers’ sixth home run to cap the scoring.
The Indians and Storm Chasers will meet for game four of the series on Friday night at 7:05 PM. RHP
Kyle Wright (0-0, 6.23) will toe the rubber for Omaha while Indianapolis has yet to name a starter.
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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
DEVRIES ANNOUNCES SUPPORT STAFF
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries announced the hiring of eight support staff members ahead of the 2025-26 season.
Mike Bargen | Special Assistant to the Head Coach
A native of Lincoln, Neb., Bargen spent the previous 10 seasons as an associate head coach on the sidelines of the Bradley Braves under head coach Brian Wardle. The Braves won 196 games, one conference regular season championship, and two conference tournament titles in 10 seasons. Bradley played in four postseasons, including the NCAA Tournament Round of 64 in 2019. BU also qualified for the 2020 NCAA Tournament before the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bradley’s 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship represented the program’s first in 31 seasons. They would repeat as champions in 2020 and earn the distinction as being the first Braves program since 1954-55 to clinch back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Bargen worked directly with and helped recruit six All-MVC selections and seven All-Freshman honorees during his time on The Hilltop.
He joined the Bradley sideline after an eight-year run as head coach at Butler Community College. During his tenure on the El Dorado, Kan., campus, Bargen was twice named Jayhawk Conference Coach of the Year and led the Grizzlies to a 164-93 (.683) record. He averaged more than 20 wins per season at Butler, highlighted by a 29-4 record during the 2014-15 campaign and an at-large berth into the NJCAA National Tournament.
While climbing to as high as No. 4 in the 2014-15 NJCAA Top 25, Bargen’s final Grizzlies team set school records for the most wins in a regular season (28), conference wins in a season (14), best winning percentage (.879), and consecutive wins (22), while enjoying a perfect 16-0 home record.
Bargen began his tenure at Butler Community College as an assistant coach from 2004-07 before being promoted to head coach for the 2007-08 season. In 2009-10, he led the Grizzlies to their first Jayhawk West Conference championship since 2001. His 2009-10 squad finished with 29 wins and Butler won the Region VI championship for the first time since 1996, qualifying for the NJCAA National Tournament for the fourth time in program history.
While at Butler CC, Bargen helped 21 players move on to NCAA Division I (13) and II (8) programs. His players earned 15 All-Jayhawk Conference awards, and he produced 10 NJCAA All-Region VI honorees, as well as a first-team NJCAA All-American.
Prior to his Junior College stint, he where he served as a graduate manager on Dana Altman’s Creighton staff, which included Indiana head coach Darian DeVries, from 2001-04. In the three seasons, the Bluejays amassed a 72-23 (.758) record, won the 2002 Missouri Valley Conference regular-season title, claimed two MVC Tournament titles (2002, 2003) and played in two NCAA Tournaments (2002, 2003) with a first-round win against Florida in 2002. During that time, Bargen also had an opportunity to work with a quartet of All-MVC players, including former NBA veterans Anthony Tolliver (Memphis Grizzlies) and Kyle Korver (Milwaukee Bucks).
Bargen played collegiately from 1995-99 at Marquette. A two-year starter for the Golden Eagles, Bargen was a team captain during his senior season. He led team in rebounds and blocks and finished second in scoring. After earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Marquette in ’99, Bargen received his master’s degree in business administration in ’04 from Creighton. Bargen is married to the former Kacy Siemsen and the couple has four children – John, Olivia, Maddox and Blake.
Ryan Horn | Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Horn, a native of Inwood, West Virginia, spent last season with the Mountaineers under current IU head coach Darian DeVries. He oversaw the strength and conditioning program for a West Virginia program that improved its previous season’s win total by 10 games to an overall record of 19-13 and a 10-10 mark in Big XII games. WVU earned six Quad 1 victories, 13 wins over NET Top 100 programs, and four triumphs over ranked opponents.
Prior to WVU, Horn served as Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Performance at Drake, overseeing all aspects of sport performance programs, sport science and departmental initiatives for 16 sports and more than 400 student-athletes. He worked directly with coach Darian Devries and men’s basketball with the Bulldogs winning the Missouri Valley Conference and advancing to the NCAA Tournament.
Before Drake, Horn returned to collegiate athletics in 2022 as the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach at Wichita State, where he worked directly with the men’s basketball team. Before Wichita State, Horn spent two years in the private sector, where he served as a Special Operations Strength and Conditioning Specialist at KBR, where he designed, implemented and evaluated training programs.
Horn spent eight years working alongside Danny Manning at Tulsa from 2012-14 and at Wake Forest from 2014-20. The Demon Deacons reached the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and had a pair of NBA players in Jaylen Hoard and John Collins as well as All-ACC selection Olivier Sarr.
At Wake Forest under Horn’s watch, the Demon Deacons were on the forefront of some of the newest technology and training techniques. His expertise in gathering and quantifying data helped the Wake Forest student-athletes maximize their on-court performance while minimizing injury risks. Horn also played a role in fundraising efforts for a new basketball performance facility and revamped sport science and analytics department.
At Tulsa, Horn served as the Director of Athletics Performance, overseeing men’s basketball and softball while assisting with football. Tulsa won the Conference USA regular season title and earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2014. With football, Horn oversaw the Hurricane’s NFL Combine and Pro Day preparatory programs as well as designing and implementing programs for injured football student-athletes.
Horn served as a graduate assistant in 2007-08 and then in a full-time capacity from 2008-11 at VCU. After completing his master’s degree in sport administration in 2008, Horn was promoted to Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach, working with VCU’s men’s soccer, women’s soccer, field hockey and golf teams. He was elevated in 2011 to Associate Head Strength & Conditioning Coach, assisting with men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball.
His professional career began with internships at Robert Morris and Liberty before heading to VCU.
Horn played college football at East Stroudsburg for one season and at James Madison for two seasons before injuries ended his playing career. He earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Shepherd in 2007 before earning his master’s degree at VCU in 2008.
Horn holds the dual titles of Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) and Master Strength and Conditioning Coach (MSCC) from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association. The MSCC distinction, which he completed in 2021, is considered the industry’s highest honor and represents a balance of professionalism, knowledge, experience, expertise and longevity in the field.
Horn and his wife, Ashley, have two children, a son, Landon, and a daughter, Addison.
Andrew Vereen | Athletic Trainer
Vereen, a native of Sioux City, Iowa, spent five years as an Assistant Athletic Trainer with the Drake University Sports Medicine Staff. While with the Bulldogs, he spent three seasons in charge of the healthcare of the men’s basketball and cheer programs, as well as two years with the women’s soccer and softball programs. While with the Bulldogs, he was a part of three straight Missouri Valley Conference Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances.
He spent the 2016-20 seasons as an Assistant Athletic Trainer with the University of Kansas football program, one season as an intern, and three seasons as a full-time staff member. He also earned his master’s in business administration from the University of Kansas as well.
Vereen received his bachelor’s degree in athletic training from the University of Northern Iowa in 2014, and later his master’s degree in athletic training from UNI in 2016. During his time in Cedar Falls, Vereen worked with the football program and oversaw the cheer and dance teams as well.
Vereen holds certifications as a corrective exercise specialist, advanced rehabilitation, blood flow restriction, and dry needling as well.
Justin Bailey | Director of Player Personnel
Bailey, a native of Fort Smith, Ark., spent four seasons with the Sam Houston State Bearkats. He was an assistant coach from 2021-24 before earning a promotion to Associate Head Coach for the 2024-25 season.
During the 2024-25 campaign, Bailey helped mentor National Association of Basketball Coaches All-Gulf District guard Lamar Wilkerson during his breakout season. Wilkerson, a two-time All-CUSA first team selection, averaged 20.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. He was one of three players in Division I men’s basketball to make at least 100 3-pointers and shoot over 44.0% from behind the arc. Wilkerson reached double figures in the scoring column in all 32 games, topped 20 points on 17 occasions, including each of his final five games, and netted multiple 3-pointers in 28 contests.
In 2023-24, Bailey helped lead the Bearkats to an outright regular season Conference USA championship in its first year in the league. The Bearkats went 13-3 in conference play, including a perfect 8-0 record at home. Overall, the Bearkats accumulated 21 total wins for the season.
With Bailey overseeing the defensive responsibilities, the Bearkats were ranked in the top five in CUSA in the defensive stats, second in opponent 2-point field goal percentage (47.9), third in opponent 3-point field goal percentage (32.8) and third in adjusted defensive efficiency (99.3) according to KenPom in 2023-24.
The Kats finished 26-8 overall and 14-4 to earn a Western Athletic Conference regular season title in 2022-23. The 26 victories tied the program record for wins since becoming a Division I program prior to the 1987-88 season. SHSU earned a spot in the National Invitation Tournament for just the second time in program history. Bailey helped mold WAC Player of the Year Qua Grant, All-WAC second team performer Donte Powers, and WAC All-Defensive Team honoree Javion May. Grant averaged 13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and a WAC-best 2.0 steals per game.
His debut season with Sam Houston, 2021-22, saw the Bearkats win 19 games. He helped develop All-WAC first teamer Savion Flagg, who averaged 18.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per contest. He compiled nine double-doubles and was selected to the Lou Henson All-American Team.
Before Sam Houston, Bailey spent two seasons an assistant coach for Pittsburg State and was promoted to associate head coach during the 2020-21 campaign.
Bailey was the head coach at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith during the 2018-19 season before joining Pittsburg State. He had previously served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Lamar for two seasons in 2016-17 and 2017-18, helping the Cardinals to consecutive 19-win seasons and back-to-back appearances in the College Basketball Invitational.
Bailey also served as an assistant coach at UAFS for four seasons from 2012-16. He helped guide the Lions to a pair of NCAA Division II National Tournament appearances and two Heartland Conference Championships.
Prior to joining the UAFS staff, Bailey spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at Arizona State University under Herb Sendek.
Bailey played two seasons at Arkansas Fort Smith, helping the program capture the 2005-06 NJCAA National Championship. He then played three seasons at the UT Permian Basin and earned All-Heartland Conference honors.
Bailey earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from UT Permian Basin in May 2010 and a master’s degree in higher and post-secondary education from Arizona State in May 2012.
Garrett Sturtz | Director of Operations
Sturtz served as the Director of Basketball Operations under current IU head coach Darian DeVries at West Virginia during the 2024-25 season.
The Newton, Iowa, native was a graduate assistant at his alma mater, Drake, from 2023-24. Sturtz began his collegiate playing career as a walk-on for the Bulldogs. He left the program as the all-time leader in games played (167), games won (120), and career rebounds (917). He is one of two guards in Missouri Valley Conference history (Oscar Robertson) to hold their respective program records in career rebounds. Sturtz ranks sixth in program history in career steals (178) and started 73 games. He graduated as the only player in Drake history to accumulate 1,300 career points and 900 career rebounds.
Sturtz received his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Drake in 2022 and is currently working on a master’s degree in business administration.
Jalen Cannady | Video and Player Development Analyst
Cannady spent the 2024-25 season as the men’s basketball video coordinator at West Virginia under current Indiana head coach Darian DeVries. In his lone season with the program, the Mountaineers improved their previous season’s win total by 10 games to an overall record of 19-13 and a 10-10 mark in Big XII games. WVU earned six Quad 1 victories, 13 wins over NET Top 100 programs, and four triumphs over ranked opponents.
During the 2023-24 campaign, Cannady served as Player Development Coach/Video Coordinator for the Birmingham Squadron, the NBA G-League affiliate of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Squadron finished first in the league in offensive rating (123.5), first in free throw percentage (81.1%), third in 3-point percentage (37.4%), fourth in points per game (118.4), fourth in made 3-pointers per game (14.4), and fifth in fewest turnovers per game (14.7).
Prior to his position in the NBA G-League, Cannady was a graduate assistant and assistant director of scouting under head coach Ron Sanchez at Charlotte from 2021-23. During his two seasons, the 49ers won 39 games and the 2023 College Basketball Invitational, the program’s first postseason tournament title. Charlotte ranked first among all Conference USA teams in free throw percentage (79.2%), second in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.26), and third in field goal percentage (46.0%) in 2021-22. In his second season, the 49ers ranked first in C-USA in field goal percentage (47.3%), first in 3-point percentage (37.7%), first in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.23), second in scoring defense (62.6), second in free throw percentage (75.1%), and fourth in made 3-pointers per game (8.1).
He has also served as a player development coach for Keep Stacking Days Basketball, head coach for Team History Basketball Club, youth basketball coach for Five-Star Sports China, and as an assistant coach for Catawba Valley Community College.
The native of Concord, North Carolina, received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from North Carolina Wesleyan College in 2016.
Jackson Creel | Graduate Manager
Creel spent the last two seasons as a walk-on with Indiana from 2023-24. He was a two-time NABC Honors Court recipient and earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
He transferred to Indiana from Rend Lake Junior College after spending three seasons highly successful seasons with the Warriors. He averaged 12.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in his career and was twice named an All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference player.
As a prep player, Creel was a four-year letterwinner for his father, Doug, at Mount Vernon Township High School. He was named to the Salem Midwinter All-Tournament Team, All-Southern Illinois Team, and All-South 7 Conference First Team following his junior season in which he hit 40% from the 3-point line and 78% from the free throw line. Creel earned Pyramid Thanksgiving Winter All-Tournament Team, Salem Midwinter All-Tournament Team, All-Southern Illinois Team, All-South 7 Conference First Team, and All-State Honorable Mention honors following his senior season in which he hit 40% from the 3-point line and 80% from the free throw line. He helped guide MVTHS to a pair of South 7 championships.
ShanQuan Hemphill | Graduate Manager
Hemphill spent two seasons (2020-22) playing for current Indiana men’s basketball head coach Darian DeVries at Drake. He played in 53 games with 40 starts and averaged 11.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.4 stocks (steals + blocks) per game. The Bulldogs won 41 games (77.4% winning percentage) in his 53 appearances. Hemphill was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team, All-MVC Newcomer Team, and All-MVC Defensive Team in 2021, and was selected to the MVC Scholar Athlete Honorable Mention Team in 2022.
He transferred to Des Moines from Green Bay, where he spent two seasons with the Phoenix. He medically redshirted the 2019-20 season while rehabbing from an injury. During his 2018-19 campaign he averaged 11.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.5 assists in 38 starts during a run to the CIT championship game.
Hemphill was an All-Suncoast Conference First Team selection during his freshman season at Florida Southwestern State. He averaged 14.2 points per game and shot 60.4% from the field.
Following his collegiate career, Hemphill time overseas with US Heffingen, a Luxembourg Total League squad, and KK Bosco Zagreb, a Croation A-1 Liga team, in 2022-23 and KFUM Nassjo Basket, a Swedish Basketligan program, in 2023-24.
During his prep career he was a basketball and track and field standout at Michigan City High School in northern Indiana. On the hardwood, he averaged 17.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists, and 2.0 steals per game as a senior. He posted a career-best jump of 6’11 in the high jump and earned silver medalist honors at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state finals.
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NOTRE DAME SWIMMING
NORMENT NAMED PETERSON FAMILY HEAD SWIMMING AND DIVING COACH
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A new era has begun in South Bend, as Notre Dame has named Michael Norment as the program’s Peterson Family Head Swimming & Diving Coach, James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua announced on Thursday.
Norment joins the Irish after a successful year as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the men’s team at his alma mater, the University of Georgia.
“After a thorough national search, we are thrilled to welcome Michael Norment to the Notre Dame family,” University Vice President and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua said. “During the interview process, it became abundantly clear that Michael shares our firm commitment to the fully integrated student-athlete experience. We cannot wait to have Michael and his family on campus.”
Last season, the Bulldogs finished seventh at the 2025 NCAA Championships and posted 13 College Swimming & Diving Association of America All-American performances. Additionally, Norment was crucial in the development of Georgia’s Luca Urlando, who won a national title in the 200 butterfly, breaking the American, NCAA, U.S. Open and NCAA Championships records with the performance.
“I am extremely excited and honored to have been chosen to lead the Fighting Irish swimming and diving program,” Norment said. “I want to start by expressing gratitude to Father (Robert A.) Dowd and Pete (Bevacqua) for this amazing opportunity.
“Notre Dame’s deep tradition, passionate fans and place at the forefront of college academics and athletics made this an attractive job for me, and the interactions I had during the interview process solidified my desire to make the move to South Bend. When you step on campus, it is obvious that Notre Dame strives for excellence in everything it does, whether it is in the classroom, in the pool or in every interaction the prestigious university has across the country and across the globe. I can’t wait to hit the ground running and build on that tradition.
“To Georgia Athletic Director Josh Brooks, Head Coach Neil Versfeld, Senior Associate Athletic Director Matt Brachowski, Team Administrator Christen Shedden, Senior Associate Athletic Director Glada Horvat and Senior Deputy Director of Athletics Darrice Griffin — thank you for providing me with an opportunity to grow and learn. I will forever be grateful for your help and support. To the Georgia men’s swimming and diving program, thank you. I love you and Godspeed.”
Norment returned to Athens last year after serving as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s teams at Georgia Tech for five seasons. During his time with the Yellow Jackets, Norment helped produce six individual ACC swimming championships. At the team level, Georgia Tech scored in four consecutive NCAA Men’s Championships, including a 21st-place finish in both 2021 and 2022. The women’s team also posted scoring performances twice under his watch. For his hand in the Yellow Jackets’ success, Norment was named one of six finalists for the 2022 American Swimming Coaches Association Coach of the Year Award.
Additionally, Norment has played a pivotal role in the success of his swimmers on the international stage, most notably with 2024 Olympic silver medalist Nic Fink, who began training with Norment in 2021.
At the club level, Norment is the founder of Metro Atlanta Aquatic Club (MAAC) and co-founder of the Swim With A Purpose Swim School. While at MAAC, Norment coached future NCAA champion and World University Games Gold Medalist Dean Farris, who also won two NCSA Junior National titles and a pair of Georgia high school state championships.
Norment hails from Hempstead, N.Y., and he had an impressive career as a student-athlete at the University of Georgia, swimming under legendary head coach Jack Bauerle. Norment was a 16-time All-American and helped the Bulldogs finish third at the 1997 NCAA Championships, the highest team finish in program history.
Further, he won the 1994 SEC title in the 100 breaststroke as a freshman and followed that performance with three consecutive silver medals. As a member of the 1992 U.S. Junior National Team, Norment was twice named to the USA Swimming National Team in 1997 and 1998 and competed for Team USA at two Pan-Pacific Championships. In 1998, the breaststroker finished the international year ranked fifth in the world in the 100.
Norment graduated from Georgia in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in education. Norment and his wife, Nay, have two children: daughter, Assata Rose, and son, Mozi.
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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF
INDIANA STATE AND SYCAMORE GOLF RELEASE FALL 2025 SCHEDULE
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State women’s golf head coach Greg Towne has announced the Fall 2025 schedule. The Sycamores hit the course four times in the fall, the first time since 2021-22 the team will compete four times instead of five.
Indiana State starts the fall in Normal, Ill. for the Redbird Invitational for the fourth-straight season. The Sycamores then head to Butler for their Butler Fall Invitational. The team will compete in this tournament for the eighth time in the last 10 years dating back to the 2015-16 season.
The Trees will then travel to Toledo, Ohio for the Toledo Rocket Classic for the first time since that 2016-17 season.
To cap the fall, Indiana State will look to take the Braun Intercollegiate crown for the third-straight year down in Evansville. The team won each of the last two tournaments, highlighted by returning senior Yang Tai’s individual first-place finish last season.
The schedule for Spring 2025 will be announced later this year.
Coach Towne returns seven of eight golfers from last year’s team and brings in one freshman. Seniors Yang Tai and Eliza Baker are gearing up for their final season, joined by juniors Rosalie DiNunzio and Sophia Florek. Sophomores Gabby Cone, Nicole Feistl, and Alana Gilbert now with one season in the books look to solidify a spot in the starting lineup. Keira Brazeau is the lone incoming freshman, hailing from Palatine, Ill.
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 27
1917 — Catcher Hank Gowdy of the Braves became the first major league player to enter military service in World War I.
1939 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Boston Braves played a 23-inning, 2-2 tie. Whit Wyatt pitched the first 16 innings for the Dodgers. Both clubs played a 26-inning tie in 1920 at the same Braves Field.
1958 — Billy Pierce of the Chicago White Sox retired 26 straight Washington batters before pinch-hitter Ed Fitzgerald hit a double just inside the right-field line for the only hit. Pierce then struck out Albie Pearson on three pitches and beat the Senators 3-0.
1973 — David Clyde, a $125,000, 18-year-old bonus baby with the Rangers, pitched five innings, struck out eight and allowed one hit in his first major league start. Texas beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 before 35,698 fans — the Rangers’ first home sellout at Arlington Stadium.
1980 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Jerry Reuss pitched a no-hitter against the San Francisco Giants in an 8-0 victory at Candlestick Park. The only player to reach base was Jack Clark in the first inning on a throwing error by shortstop Bill Russell.
1986 — San Francisco rookie Robby Thompson set a major league record when he was caught stealing four times in the Giants’ 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Catcher Bo Diaz threw out Thompson in the fourth, sixth, ninth and 11th innings.
1993 — Anthony Young of the New York Mets set a major league record by losing his 24th straight decision, 5-3 to the St. Louis Cardinals.
1999 — Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 27th homer and robbed Juan Gonzalez of a three-run shot with a spectacular over-the-fence catch as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in the final game at the Kingdome.
2003 — Boston set a major league record by scoring 10 runs before the first out. The 50-minute, 91-pitch first inning came during a 25-8 victory over Florida. The Red Sox also tied an AL record with 14 runs in the first inning. Johnny Damon matched a major league mark with three hits in an inning.
2007 — Ryan Howard hits his 100th career home run in a 9 – 6 loss to the Reds. The shot against Aaron Harang makes him the fastest player in major league history to hit 100 homers, doing so in his 325th game.
2008 — Carlos Delgado of the New York Mets homered twice, including a grand slam, and set a franchise record with nine RBIs in a 15-6 rout of the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the opener of the teams’ two-ballpark doubleheader. The Yankees beat the Mets 9-0 at Shea Stadium in the night game.
2009 — Tim Wakefield makes his 382nd start for the Boston Red Sox, tying Roger Clemens for most in franchise history. The 42-year-old knuckleballer earns his tenth win of the year with six scoreless innings against the Atlanta Braves. Boston prevails, 1 – 0, with Mark Kotsay driving in the game’s only run.
2010 — Jamie Moyer surrendered his record-breaking 506th home run but was sharp otherwise, and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of Toronto’s troubles to beat the Blue Jays 11-2. Moyer only mistake was a two-run homer by Vernon Wells in the third inning. Moyer passed former Phillies Hall of Famer Robin Roberts for the most homers allowed in a career.
2016 — Kris Bryant became the first major leaguer to hit three homers and two doubles in a game, and Jake Arrieta added a solo shot, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 11-8 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
2016 — The Texas Rangers wrapped up a weird win at 2:44 a.m., rallying after a rain delay of more than 3 1/2 hours in the ninth inning to beat the New York Yankees 9-6 with maybe 100 fans left in the stands. Umpire crew chief Paul Nauert signaled for the tarp at 10:40 p.m. The game resumed at 2:15 a.m. Texas trailed 6-5 when Kirby Yates replaced closer Aroldis Chapman after the delay with a runner on first and no outs. Yates (2-1) hit three batters, and Beltre and Elvis Andrus each hit a two-run singles.
2017 — The University of Florida wins the first College World Series Title in school history bt defeating Louisiana State University 6-1.
2019 — The starters for the 2019 All-Star Game are named, at the conclusion of the fans’ vote. For the first time, this voting is two-tiered, with today’s winners the victors of a second round of strictly on-line voting among the three top finishers at each position, after the more traditional ballots have been counted. The results are well-balanced, with only one team managing as many as three players elected – the Astros with 3B Alex Bregman and OFs George Springer and Michael Brantley – and are generally representative of who have been the best players so far this year.
2021 — A little over a week after MLB has begun to systematically examine pitchers for foreign substances to improve grip, a first victim is caught: Hector Santiago of the Mariners is ejected after umpires discover an unknown sticky substances on his glove. The glove is impounded and sent for further analysis, while Santiago protests his innocence, claiming that he was only using rosin to prevent perspiration from dripping unto his hands. He will be issued a ten-game suspension.
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June 28
1910 — Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs became the first major leaguer to steal home twice in the same game, an 11-1 win over Cincinnati.
1919 — Carl Mays of Boston pitched two complete games against the New York Yankees. The Red Sox won the first game 2-0 and lost the nightcap 4-1.
1949 — Joe DiMaggio played his first series of the year after a bone spur operation and hit .455, with four home runs and nine RBIs, as the New York Yankees swept Boston at Fenway Park.
1970 — Pittsburgh swept the Chicago Cubs 3-2 and 4-1 in the Pirates’ final games at Forbes Field.
1984 — Dwight Evans of the Boston Red Sox completed the cycle with a three-run 11th-inning homer to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6.
1986 — Phil Niekro of the Cleveland Indians and Don Sutton of the California Angels became the first 300-game winners to start against each other in this century. Neither Niekro nor Sutton got a decision as the Angels scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth to win 9-3.
1994 — Matt Williams tied Willie Stargell’s 1971 NL record for home runs before July with his 28th in San Francisco’s 7-4 loss to Los Angeles.
2004 — David Bell became the first Philadelphia player in almost nine years to hit for the cycle as the Phillies beat Montreal 14-6.
2007 — Frank Thomas hit his 500th home run to become the 21st major leaguer to reach the career mark. Thomas hit a three-run shot in the first inning, connecting against Minnesota’s Carlos Silva.
2007 — Craig Biggio became the 27th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits in Houston’s 8-5 11-inning victory over Colorado. Biggio singled to center field in the seventh inning for the milestone hit and was thrown out trying to stretch the play into a double.
2008 — Jered Weaver and Jose Arredondo combined to no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Angels lost 1-0. It was the fifth game in the majors since 1900 in which the winning team didn’t get a hit, and first since Boston’s Matt Young lost one in 1992.
2009 — Mariano Rivera earned his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the Mets 4-2 for a Subway Series sweep.
2011 — Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran hit grand slams in consecutive innings — after the New York Mets had gone nearly two years without one — of a 14-3 win over Detroit. Bay and Beltran cleared the bases in the fourth and fifth innings off Daniel Schlereth.
2015 — In an astonishing debut, Steven Matz became the only major league pitcher to drive in four runs in his first career game while leading the New York Mets to a 7-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
2018 — Freshman Kevin Abel threw a two-hitter for his record fourth win in the College World Series, and Oregon State beat Arkansas 5-0 for the national championship.
2023 — Domingo Germán of the Yankees throws the 24th perfect game in major league history, and the first since 2012, in defeating the Athletics, 11-0. He strikes out nine batters in pitching his gem.
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June 29
1916 — The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds played a nine-inning game with just one baseball.
1923 — Brooklyn’s Jacques Fournier went 6-for-6 with a home run, two doubles and three singles as the Dodgers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 14-5.
1937 — Chicago Cubs first baseman Rip Collins played an entire game without a putout or an assist.
1941 — In a doubleheader against the Washington Senators, New York’s Joe DiMaggio tied and then broke the American League record of hitting safely in 41 consecutive games. DiMaggio doubled in four at-bats in the opener and singled in five at-bats in the nightcap to break the record set by George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns in 1922.
1968 — Detroit’s Jim Northrup hit his third grand slam in a week as the Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2.
1990 — Dave Stewart of the Oakland A’s pitched the first of two no-hitters on this day, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 at the SkyDome. Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers duplicated Stewart’s feat by throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals. It was the first time in major league history that two no-hitters were pitched in both leagues on the same day.
2003 — Eric Byrnes hit for the cycle and matched a franchise record with five hits as Oakland beat San Francisco 5-2.
2004 — Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts when he struck out San Diego’s Jeff Cirillo in the eighth inning of the Padres’ 3-2 win.
2007 — Barry Bonds hit his 750th career home run in San Francisco’s 4-3, 10-inning loss to Arizona.
2007 — Aubrey Huff hit for the cycle in Baltimore’s 9-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
2010 — Whit Merrifield’s RBI single with one out in the bottom of the 11th inning gave South Carolina its first baseball national championship with a 2-1 victory over UCLA in the College World Series. The Gamecocks won the last championship played at Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium, the CWS’ home since 1950.
2012 — Aaron Hill hit for the cycle for the second time in 12 days, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. The Arizona Diamondbacks’ second baseman cycled on June 18 against Seattle. Brooklyn’s Babe Herman was the only other major leaguer to hit for two cycles in one season since 1900. He accomplished the feat in 1931.
2014 — Felix Hernandez allowed one hit over eight innings while striking out nine for Seattle, and Robinson Cano backed him with a two-run homer in a 3-0 win over Cleveland. Hernandez allowed just Lonnie Chisenhall’s single in the fifth inning and walked three. Fernando Rodney earned his 23rd save with a perfect ninth inning.
2019 — The first ever major league game to be played in Europe resulted in the Yankees defeating the Red Sox 17-13 in front of 60,000 spectators at London Olympic Stadium.
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June 30
1908 — Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox pitched the third no-hitter of his career at age 41, an 8-0 win over the New York Highlanders.
1948 — Cleveland’s Bob Lemon pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers for the first American League no-hitter at night.
1962 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 13 New York Mets en route to the first of four career no-hitters, a 5-0 victory at Dodger Stadium.
1970 — Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati was dedicated, but Henry Aaron spoiled the show for the crowd of 51,050 with a first-inning homer off Jim McGlothlin to send Atlanta past the Reds 8-2.
1978 — Willie McCovey became the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. His shot off Atlanta’s Jamie Easterly wasn’t enough, with the Braves beating the visiting San Francisco Giants 10-5 in the second game of a doubleheader.
1986 — 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut with the Memphis Chicks of the AA Southern League and goes 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.
1995 — Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians became the second switch-hitter and the 20th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits when he singled against the Minnesota Twins. Murray joined Pete Rose, the career hits leader with 4,256, as the only switch-hitters to get 3,000.
1997 — Bobby Witt of Texas hit the first home run by an American League pitcher in a regular-season game in almost 25 years, connecting off Ismael Valdes in the Rangers’ 3-2 interleague victory over Los Angeles.
1998 — Sammy Sosa hit his 20th home run in June, extending his major league record for most homers in a month with an eighth-inning shot for the Cubs against Arizona.
2005 — Chad Cordero earned his 15th save in June in the Washington Nationals’ 7-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. He tied a major league record set by Lee Smith in 1993 and matched by John Wetteland in 1996.
2006 — Adam Dunn hit a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off closer Bob Wickman to lead Cincinnati to a 9-8 victory over Cleveland.
2008 — Nick Swisher homered from both sides of the plate, hitting his second grand slam in four games and adding a solo shot to lead the Chicago White Sox past Cleveland, 9-7.
2009 — Nick Markakis hit a two-run double off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to complete the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history for an 11-10 win. Baltimore trailed 10-1 before scoring five runs in the seventh inning and five more in the eighth.
2016 — Coastal Carolina capitalized on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers won their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers became the first school since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance.
2020 — Minor League Baseball officially announces the cancellation of its season as Major League Baseball will keep a “taxi squad” of eligible players that can be added to the roster if needed.
2021 — Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the major league record with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
July 1
1910 — Comiskey Park — then known as White Sox Park — held its first major league game, with the St. Louis Browns beating Chicago 2-0.
1917 — Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds pitched complete-game victories in a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Toney threw a three-hitter in each game for 4-1 and 5-1 wins, setting a record for the fewest hits allowed in a doubleheader by a pitcher.
1920 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park with the season’s only no-hitter.
1925 — Hack Wilson of the New York Giants hit two home runs in the third inning of a 16-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader. Wilson also doubled twice during the game.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees singled off Boston’s Jack Wilson in the fourth inning, tying Willie Keeler’s hitting streak of 44 games.
1951 — Bob Feller of the Indians pitched his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Cleveland.
1990 — Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitched the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season and the third in less than 48 hours, but lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox on two outfield errors in the eighth inning.
1997 — Detroit’s Bobby Higginson homered in the first inning against the New York Mets, tying a major league record by homering in four consecutive at-bats over two games. Higginson, who struck out looking in his next at-bat, became the 23rd player since 1900 to accomplish the feat and the fourth Tiger.
2009 — One run was enough for a victory for three National League teams, the first time in 33 years there were three 1-0 games in one league on the same day. The Mets, Dodgers and Reds came away with 1-0 victories. The last time there were three 1-0 games in one league was Sept. 1, 1976, in the NL.
2009 — Hanley Ramirez extended his RBI streak to 10 games in the Florida Marlins’ 5-3 victory over the Washington Nationals. Ramirez hit a two-run double in the third inning to become the first shortstop in NL history with an RBI streak of double-digit games.
2013 — Andy Pettitte passes Whitey Ford for the most strikeouts in New York Yankees history when he records his 1,957th in the Yankees’ 10 – 4 win over the Twins. The win goes to reliever Joba Chamberlain, his first of the year, as he benefits from a three-run outburst off reliever Jared Burton in the 8th. The Yankees then add four runs in the top of the 9th as they end a five-game losing streak.
2014 — The Cleveland Indians executed an unorthodox triple play in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers that required two video replay reviews to sort out. With runners on first and third, Adrian Gonzalez lifted a fly ball to left fielder Michael Brantley, who threw out Dee Gordon at the plate. Catcher Yan Gomes then fired to second baseman Jason Kipnis for the tag on Yasiel Puig as he slid headfirst. Cleveland manager Terry Francona challenged the original safe call at second and got the play overturned after a replay delay that lasted 1 minute, 29 seconds. Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly then challenged the call at the plate, but that call stood after another wait of 1 minute, 34 seconds. Cleveland went on to a 10-3 win.
2015 — Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Cleveland Indians’ first no-hitter since 1981, giving up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis’ glove in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
2019 — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is found dead in his hotel room a few hour before the team’s scheduled game with the Texas Rangers. Police confirm that no foul play is suspected.
2021 — The results of the vote for starters at the 2021 All-Star Game are announced and youth is well represented as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads all players for most votes received, and other brash youngsters such as Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Rafael Devers, Adam Frazier, Teoscar Hernandez and Jesse Winker join him as first-timers voted in by fans, while Ronald Acuna is a second-timer at 23. It’s veterans like Salvador Perez and Mike Trout – who is injured and likely to miss the game – who stand out in this group.
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July 2
1903 — Washington outfielder Ed Delahanty went over a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls and drowned. The exact circumstances of his death never were determined.
1909 — The Chicago White Sox stole 12 bases, including home plate three times, in a 15-3 rout of the St. Louis Browns.
1930 — Chicago outfielder Carl Reynolds homered in the first, second and third innings, leading the White Sox to a 15-4 win over the New York Yankees. Reynolds, the second player in history to hit home runs in three consecutive innings, had two inside-the-park homers.
1933 — Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 in an 18-inning game. He allowed six hits and no walks. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals were blanked 1-0, with Roy Parmelee outdueling Dizzy Dean.
1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics set and American League record with 21 total bases in a doubleheader. Foxx hit two solo homers in the opener, a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns. In the nightcap, an 11-6 loss, Foxx had two homers, a double and a triple.
1941 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hit a home run to extend his consecutive game hitting streak to 45 games, surpassing Willie Keeler’s record of 44 straight games for the Orioles in 1897.
1963 — Juan Marichal of San Francisco beat Warren Spahn and the Milwaukee Braves 1-0 in 16 innings on Willie Mays’ homer.
1986 — Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox fell short of a record-tying 15th consecutive winning decision when the Toronto Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning for a 4-2 victory.
1995 — Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first Japanese player picked for baseball’s All-Star game. Nomo was the NL’s leader in strikeouts and second in ERA.
2007 — Roger Clemens reached a rare milestone, pitching eight innings of two-hit ball to earn his 350th career win and lead the New York Yankees past Minnesota 5-1. Clemens became the first major leaguer to win 350 games since Hall of Famer Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves accomplished the feat in 1963.
2009 — Houston Astros beat the Padres 7-2, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at San Diego’s Petco Park.
2013 — Homer Bailey pitched his second no-hitter in 10 months and the first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants. Bailey beat the Pirates 1-0 in Pittsburgh last Sept. 28.
2014 — Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz became the 36th player in major league history to collect 1,000 extra-base hits with a ground-rule double during a 16-9 lost to the Chicago Cubs.
2016 — Cleveland’s franchise-record 14-game winning streak was snapped by a 9-6 loss to Toronto, with the Blue Jays scoring three runs in the eighth to overcome a cycle by Rajai Davis.
2016 — C.J. Cron went 6 for 6 with two homers and five RBIs, Carlos Perez had five hits and drove in six and the Los Angeles Angels ended a four-game losing streak with 21-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
2019 — The New York Yankees record streak of consecutive games with at least one home run comes to an end at 31.
2022 — The Cardinals become the first team to hit four consecutive homers in the 1st inning when Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson all go deep against Kyle Gibson of the Phillies. Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage. Lars Nootbaar then hits a ball that is caught at the warning track to end the inning. It is the 11th time time this has been done in any inning, but the Cards need another homer by Arenado, this one in the 9th, to end up as 7 – 6 winners.
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July 3
1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants raised his season record to 19-0 with a 2-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. His winning streak ended five days later against the Chicago Cubs.
1939 Cleveland’s Ben Chapman ties the modern major-league record with three triples in a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1939 — Johnny Mize of St. Louis hit two home runs, a triple and a double, leading the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Mize drove in three runs and scored three times.
1947 — The Cleveland Indians purchased Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League, making him the first black player in the American League.
1966 — Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger became the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He added a single for nine RBIs in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco.
1968 — Cleveland’s Luis Tiant struck out 19, walked none in a six-hit 1-0, 10-inning triumph over Minnesota.
1970 — California’s Clyde Wright used only 98 pitches to no-hit the Oakland A’s 4-0 at Anaheim Stadium.
1973 — Jim Perry of the Detroit Tigers and brother Gaylord of the Cleveland Indians faced each other for the only time as opposing pitchers. Neither finished the game. Gaylord took the loss, 5-4.
2006 — Manager Felipe Alou picked up his 1,000th career victory in San Francisco’s 9-6 win over Colorado.
2013 — Max Scherzer worked into the seventh inning to become the first pitcher in 27 years to get off to a 13-0 start, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
2016 — Stephen Strasburg was removed from a no-hit bid after 6 2/3 innings, and Ramon Cabrera singled against Matt Belisle leading off the eighth for Cincinnati’s first hit in the Washington Nationals’ 12-1 rout of the Reds. Strasburg (11-0) threw 109 pitches, five shy of his season high. Strasburg won a franchise-record 14 straight decisions and is the first NL starter to begin a season 11-0 since San Diego’s Andy Hawkins in 1985.
2016 — Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to a 14-3 win and a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs. Jon Lester gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings, the shortest of his 301 career starts over 11 major league seasons.
2016 — New York’s Mark Teixeira hit his 400th and 401st home runs and Chad Green got his first big league victory as the Yankees avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-3 win over San Diego.
2020 — Major League Baseball announces the cancellation of the 2020 All Star game in Dodger Stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 27
1890 — Canadian boxer George Dixon becomes first black world champion when he stops English bantamweight champion Edwin “Nunc” Wallace in 18 rounds in London, England.
1903 — Willie Anderson captures the U.S. Open with a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff.
1914 — Jack Johnson wins a 20-round referee’s decision over Frank Moran at the Velodrome d’Hiver in Paris.
1924 — Walter Hagen wins his second British Open. Hagen finishes with a 301 to edge Ernest Whitcombe by one stroke at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake, England. Hagen, who won in 1922, was the Open’s first winner born in the United States.
1936 — Alf Padgham beats Jimmy Adams by one stroke to win the British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England.
1950 — Chandler Harper wins the PGA championship by beating Henry Williams Jr., 4 and 3 in the final round.
1959 — Mickey Wright beats Louise Suggs by two strokes for her second straight U.S. Women’s Open title.
1971 — JoAnne Carner wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a seven-stroke victory over Kathy Whitworth.
1979 — Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final (it isn’t).
1984 — UEFA European Championship Final, Parc des Princes, Paris, France: Michel Platini & Bruno Bellone score as France beats Spain, 2-0.
1988 — Mike Tyson KOs Michael Spink in 91 seconds, in Atlantic City.
1990 — NBA Draft: Syracuse power forward Derrick Coleman first pick by New Jersey Nets.
1992 — Top-seeded Jim Courier, the Australian and French Open champion, loses 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to qualifier Andrei Olhovskiy of Russia at Wimbledon. It’s the first time in Wimbledon history that a qualifier beat the top seed.
1998 — NHL Draft: Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL) center Vincent Lecavalier first pick by Tampa Bay Lightning.
1999 — Juli Inkster shoots a 6-under 65 to win the LPGA Championship, becoming the second woman to win the modern career Grand Slam. Pat Bradley won her Grand Slam 13 years earlier.
2001 — NBA Draft: Glynn Academy center Kwame Brown first pick by Washington Wizards.
2006 — Roger Federer wins his record 42nd straight grass-court match, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to open his bid for a fourth consecutive Wimbledon championship. Federer breaks the record he shared with Bjorn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon champion who won 41 straight matches on grass from 1976-1981.
2008 — Zheng Jie completes the biggest victory of her career at Wimbledon, beating new No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6-1, 6-4 in the third round. The 133rd-ranked Zheng’s victory, her first against a top-10 player, is the earliest exit by a top-ranked woman at Wimbledon since Martina Hingis lost in the first round in 2001.
2010 — Cristie Kerr cruises to a 12-stroke victory in the LPGA Championship in one of the most lopsided wins at a major. Kerr leads wire-to-wire, closing with a 6-under 66 for a 19-under 269 total. Kerr breaks the tournament record for victory margin of 11 set by Betsy King in 1992 and matches the second-biggest victory in a major.
2013 — NBA Draft: UNLV power forward Anthony Bennett first pick Cleveland Cavaliers.
2017 — Florida scores four runs in the eighth inning to pull away from LSU, and the Gators beat their Southeastern Conference rival 6-1 to complete a two-game sweep in the College World Series finals for their first national title in baseball. LSU loses for the first time in seven appearances in a championship game.
2021 — Nelly Korda beats Lizette Salas by 3 strokes to win the Women’s PGA Championship. The win is Korda’s first major title.
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June 28
1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five-under for four-stroke win over Alf Padgham.
1939 — Joe Louis stops Tony Galento in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title.
1953 — Betsy Rawls wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a six-stroke playoff victory over Jacqueline Pung.
1966 — Ernie Terrell scores a unanimous 15-round decision over Doug Jones in Houston to win the WBA title, which had been stripped from Muhammad Ali.
1971 — Muhammad Ali wins a four-year legal battle to overturn his 1967 conviction for draft evasion in an 8-0 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1992 — Connie Price-Smith, who earlier won the discus, wins the shot put at 62 feet, 6 inches, to become the first woman to win both events at the U.S. Olympic trials since Earlene Brown in 1960.
1992 — U.S. Dream Team beats Cuba in 1st exhibition basketball game, 133-57.
1994 — Oleg Salenko scores a World Cup record five goals as Russia beats Cameroon 6-1.
1994 — NHL Draft: Windsor Spitfires (OHL) defenceman Ed Jovanovski first pick by Florida Panthers.
1995 — NBA draft: Maryland power forward Joe Smith first pick by Golden State Warriors.
1997 — Evander Holyfield, bleeding badly from his right ear after being bitten by Mike Tyson, retains the WBA heavyweight championship in Las Vegas when Tyson is disqualified after the third round.
2000 — NBA Draft: Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin first pick by New Jersey Nets.
2005 — NBA Draft: Utah center Andrew Bogut first pick by Milwaukee Bucks.
2006 — NBA Draft: Benetton Treviso (Italy) power forward Andrea Bargnani first pick by Toronto Raptors.
2007 — Frank Thomas hit his 500th home run to become the 21st major leaguer to reach the career mark.
2007 — Craig Biggio becomes the 27th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits in Houston’s 8-5 11-inning victory over Colorado.
2007 — NBA Draft: Ohio State center Greg Oden first pick by Portland Trail Blazers.
2009 — Mariano Rivera earns his 500th save, becoming the second reliever to reach the milestone, and the New York Yankees beat the Mets 4-2 for a Subway Series sweep.
2009 — Nineteen-year-old Joey Logano becomes the youngest winner in the history of the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, winning the rain-shortened race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
2012 — Kentucky becomes the first school to go 1-2 in the NBA Draft. New Orleans Hornets select Kentucky forward Anthony Davis with the No. 1 pick. Then Charlotte follows by taking fellow freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The Wildcats join UNLV with six players drafted in the entire draft. UNLV had six players drafted in 1977 — but none in the first round.
2014 — Sebastian K, driven by trainer Ake Svanstedt, trots the fastest mile in harness racing history, finishing in 1:49 in the $100,000 Sun Invitational for older trotters at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Sebastian K, an 8-year-old stallion who raced four times in the U.S. since arriving from Sweden during the winter, breaks the record of 1:49.3 set by Enough Talk in 2008.
2023 — New York Yankees’ pitcher Domingo Germán (30) throws a perfect game in 11-0 win over Oakland A’s at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum; it is his first complete game in 7-year MLB career.
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June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to beat brother Willie in the U.S. Open. Alex shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill.
1933 — Primo Carnera knocks out Jack Sharkey in the sixth round at the Long Island City Bowl to win the world heavyweight title.
1947 — Betty Jameson wins the U.S. Women’s Open by six strokes over amateurs Sally Sessions and Rolly Riley.
1952 — Louise Suggs beats Betty Jameson and Marlene Bauer by seven strokes to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1956 — Charles Dumas becomes the first high jumper to clear 7 feet, jumping 7 feet, 5-8 inches in the U.S. Olympic trials at Los Angeles.
1957 — Jackie Pung loses the U.S. Women’s Open when she turns in an incorrect scorecard. Betsy Rawls is declared the winner.
1958 — Brazil, led by Pele, beats Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm to become the first team to win the World Cup outside its continent. The 17-year-old, coming off a hat-trick in Brazil’s 5-2 semifinal victory over France, scores twice in the final. Pele’s first and memorable goal comes in the 55th minute to put Brazil ahead 3-1. Pele controls the ball in the penalty area with his thigh, flips it over the head of the defender and smashes it past a helpless Kalle Svensson. Pele seals the win with a headed goal in stoppage time.
1969 — Donna Caponi beats Peggy Wilson by one stroke to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1984 — Montreal Expos infielder Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th MLB game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox.
1986 — Argentina withstands West Germany’s comeback to win the World Cup, 3-2 in Mexico City’s Aztec stadium. Argentina takes a 2-0 lead on Jorge Valdano’s goal 10 minutes into the second half. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Rudi Voller score goals seven minutes apart to tie the game in the 81st minute. Four minutes later Jorge Burruchaga scores the game-winner after getting a superb pass from Diego Maradona.
1990 — Dave Stewart of the Oakland A’s pitches the first of two no-hitters on this day, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0. Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers duplicates Stewart’s feat, throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals. It’s the first time in major league history that two no-hitters are pitched in the two leagues on the same day.
1991 — Britain’s Nick Brown scores a big upset at Wimbledon, beating 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the second round. Brown, at 591 the lowest-ranked player in the men’s championship, posts the biggest upset, based on comparative rankings, since the ATP began compiling world rankings in 1973.
1994 — Martina Navratilova sets a Wimbledon record, playing her 266th career match. Navratilova passes Billie Jean King’s record of 265 when she and Manon Bollegraf beat Ingelisa Driehuis and Maja Muric 6-4, 6-2 in a doubles quarterfinal.
1994 — NBA Draft: Purdue small forward Glenn Robinson first pick by Milwaukee Bucks.
1995 — George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz.
2001 — Russian swimmer Roman Sludnov becomes the first person to swim the 100-meter breaststroke in under a minute, breaking a world record for the second time in two days at the national championships in Moscow. Sludnov finishes in 00:59.97.
2004 — Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks becomes the fourth pitcher to record 4,000 strikeouts when he strikes out San Diego’s Jeff Cirillo in the eighth inning of the Padres’ 3-2 win.
2007 — After 16 years in Europe, the NFL shuts down its developmental league.
2008 — Two weeks away from her 20th birthday, Inbee Park becomes the youngest winner of the U.S. Women’s Open by closing with a 2-under 71. Her four-shot victory over Helen Alfredsson, who shot 75, is the largest in the Women’s Open since Karrie Webb won by eight shots at Pine Needles in 2001.
2008 — UEFA European Championship Final, Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria: Fernando Torres scores as Spain beats Germany, 1-0.
2009 — Indoor tennis at Wimbledon. The new retractable roof over Centre Court is closed after rain halts play during a fourth-round match with Amelie Mauresmo leading top-ranked Dinara Safina, 6-4, 1-4.
2012 — The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency files formal charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing the seven-time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout the best years of his career.
2014 — Bernard Langer beats Jeff Sluman with a birdie on the 2nd playoff hole to win the Senior Players Championship at Fox Chapel GC.
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June 30
1909 — Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title.
1916 — Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S. Open with a record 286 total.
1929 — Bobby Jones beats Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.
1962 — Murle Lindstrom wins the U.S. Women’s Open by two strokes over Jo Anne Prentice and Ruth Jessen.
1965 — The NFL grants Atlanta a franchise. Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia, pays $8.5 million for the franchise. It’s the highest price paid in league history at the time.
1975 — Muhammad Ali retains world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
1978 — Willie McCovey becomes the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs.
1991 — Wimbledon breaks 114 years of tradition by playing on the middle Sunday of the tournament, a move forced by a huge backlog of matches caused by rain earlier in the week.
1991 — Meg Mallon sinks a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to break a tie with Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto and win the LPGA Championship.
1993 — NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State).
1994 — Diego Maradona is kicked out of the World Cup by FIFA for failing a drug test following Argentina’s June 25 victory over Nigeria in Foxboro, Mass.
1994 — Tonya Harding is stripped of her national title and banned for life from the U.S. Figure Skating Association because of her role in an attack on Nancy Kerrigan.
1995 — Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians becomes the second switch-hitter and the 20th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits when he singles in the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins. Murray joins Pete Rose, the career hits leader with 4,256.
1996 — UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores his second goal in extra time as Germany beat Czech Republic, 2-1.
1999 — NBA Draft: Duke power forward Elton Brand first pick by Chicago Bulls.
2002 — Ronaldo scores both goals to lead Brazil to a 2-0 victory over Germany for the team’s record fifth World Cup title.
2012 — Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan becomes the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon.
2013 — Inbee Park wins the U.S. Women’s Open for her third straight major this year. Babe Zaharias is the last player to win three straight majors on the calendar, but that was in 1950 when that’s all there were.
2013 — NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche.
2015 — The United States defeat Germany 2-0 in semifinals at Women’s World Cup. Carli Lloyd converts a penalty kick for Team USA and a 1-0 lead. Substitute Kelley O’Hara scores in the 84th minute off a Lloyd cross to seal the U.S. team’s 2-0 victory.
2016 — Coastal Carolina capitalizes on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers win their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers are the first program since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance.
2018 — FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbappé (19) becomes only 2nd teenager (Pelé 1st 1958) to score twice in a World Cup match as France eliminate Argentina 4-3 in Kazan.
2020 — FC Barcelona’ Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.
2021 — Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the major league record with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
July 1
1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of the sport commonly known as roundball and Amherst wins by reaching the pre-established score of 65 runs. Amherst exceeds 65-run limit during a 10-run 26th inning.
1903 — Maurice Garin wins the first stage of the first Tour de France bicycle race. Garin finishes 55 seconds ahead of Emile Pagie. The first stage, from Paris to Lyon, is 467 kilometers long, and takes 17 hours and 45 minutes, riding both day and night. Only 37 riders of 60 are able to complete the day’s race.
1920 — Suzanne Lenglen of France becomes the first player to win three Wimbledon titles in one year, taking the singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
1932 — Helen Moody wins her fifth women’s singles title in six years at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-3, 6-1.
1938 — Don Budge defeats Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 to win the men’s singles title and sweep the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon for the second straight year.
1947 — Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA), holds its inaugural college player draft.
1951 — Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1.
1951 — Beverly Hanson wins the Eastern Open by three strokes over Babe Zaharias in her first start on the LPGA Tour. Hanson is the only golfer to win a tournament in her first professional start.
1961 — Mickey Wright beats defending champion Betsy Rawls by six strokes to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1977 — Britain’s Virginia Wade wins the singles title on the 100th anniversary of Wimbledon, defeating Betty Stove 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
1982 — Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.
1990 — Cathy Johnston completes a wire-to-wire performance, beating Patty Sheehan by two strokes to win the LPGA du Maurier Classic.
1995 — The NBA locks out its players at 12:01 a.m., the first work stoppage in league history.
1997 — Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June.
2007 — Cristie Kerr wins the U.S. Women’s Open by making only two bogeys over her final 45 holes. Kerr finishes at 5-under 279 for her 10th career victory.
2011 — The NBA locks out its players, a long-expected move putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy.
2012 — Spain wins its third straight major soccer title, beating Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final in Kiev, Ukraine. The Spanish, who won the Euro 2008 title and World Cup title in 2010, posts the largest score in a Euro final.
2012 — Tiger Woods wins the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Md. for the 74th win of his career. That moves him past Jack Nicklaus into second place on the tour list, eight short of Sam Snead.
2018 — NBA super star LeBron James agrees to a 4-year $154m deal with the LA Lakers, moving from Cleveland Cavaliers.
2018 — Park Sung-hyun wins the PGA Women’s Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Course in a playoff with Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon.
2018 — David Toms wins the Men’ US Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Course by one stroke ove Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic.
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July 2
1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50 ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at 1:16 of the fourth round.
1927 — Helen Wills becomes the first American to win at Wimbledon since May Sutton in 1907, beating Lili de Alvar 6-2, 6-4 for the title.
1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon. Budge sweeps the championships winning the singles, the men’s doubles title with Gene Mako and the mixed doubles crown with Alice Marble.
1938 — Helen Wills Moody wins her eighth and final singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0.
1966 — Billie Jean King wins the first of her six singles titles at Wimbledon, beating Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
1967 — Catherine Lacoste of France becomes the first foreigner and first amateur to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship. At age 22, she is also the youngest champion.
1976 — Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6, to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.
1988 — Steffi Graf ends Martina Navratilova’s six-year reign as Wimbledon champion with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory. It is the first time in nine finals that Navratilova loses a Wimbledon singles match.
1989 — Jockey Steve Cauthen becomes the first rider in history to sweep the world’s four major derbies after winning the Irish Derby with Old Vic. He had previously won the Kentucky Derby with Affirmed (1978), the Epsom Derby with Slip Anchor (1985) and Reference Point (1987) and the French Derby with Old Vic (1989).
1994 — Colombian defender Andres Escobar, 27, is killed outside a bar in Colombia in retaliation for deflecting a ball into his own goal in a 2-1 loss to the United States in the World Cup.
1995 — Tom Weiskopf withstands a charge by Jack Nicklaus to win the U.S. Senior Open by four strokes.
1995 — LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad.
1999 — Alexandra Stevenson becomes first qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the women’s semis. She beats another qualifier, 16-year-old Jelena Dokic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
2000 — UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy.
2005 — Venus Williams overcomes an early deficit and a championship point to beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 for her fifth major title and her first in nearly four years.
2010 — The United States beats Japan 7-2 to win its seventh consecutive world softball championship.
2010 — FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1.
2011 — Wladimir Klitschko wins a lopsided unanimous decision over David Haye, adding the WBA title to his heavyweight haul. Klitschko and his older brother, Vitali, hold all three major heavyweight titles. Wladimir already had the IBF title (and minor WBO, IBO belts), while Vitali is the WBC champion.
2016 — Sam Querrey ends Novak Djokovic’s quest for a true Grand Slam in the third round at Wimbledon. In a match interrupted by three rain delays after being suspended in progress because of showers a night earlier, Querrey ousts Djokovic 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the All England Club.
2017 — Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia.
2018 — A wild brawl breaks out between Australia and the Philippines during the Basketball World Cup qualifying game in Manila. Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl. The game is won 79-48 by Australia.
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July 3
1920 — Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers a second straight year (6-3, 6-0) to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.
1925 — Suzanne Lenglen wins her sixth and final women’s singles title at Wimbledon, easily beating Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0.
1931 — Max Schmeling knocks out Young Stribling at 2:46 of the 15th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Cleveland.
1951 — Sam Snead wins his third PGA Championship with a 7 and 6 victory over Walter Burkemo at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.
1966 — Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger becomes the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He adds a single for nine RBIs in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco.
1976 — Bjorn Borg beats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7, to win his first men’s singles title at Wimbledon.
1981 — Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title.
1982 — Martina Navratilova begins her streak of six straight singles titles at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Chris Evert Lloyd. It’s the third Wimbledon singles title for Navratilova, all against Evert Lloyd.
1983 — Calvin Smith sets the 100-meter world record at Colorado Springs, with a run of 9.93 seconds. He breaks the previous record of 9.95 set by Jim Hines in 1968.
1983 — Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
1994 — FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California.
2004 — Maria Sharapova, 17, wins her first Grand Slam title and instant celebrity by beating Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4. For the first time since 1999, none of the four major titles is held by a Williams.
2005 — Roger Federer wins his third consecutive Wimbledon title by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Federer is the third man since 1936 to win three straight Wimbledon crowns, joining seven-time champion Pete Sampras and five-time winner Bjorn Borg.
2006 — Annika Sorenstam wins the U.S. Women’s Open after 10 years of frustration and wins her 10th major championship. Sorenstam, who shot a 1-under 70 in the 18-hole playoff, beats Pat Hurst by four strokes for the largest margin of victory in a playoff at the major since Kathy Cornelius won by seven shots 50 years ago.
2006 — Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points.
2007 — The Alinghi team from Switzerland — a country more often associated with Alpine skiing and winter snowscapes — successfully defends sailing’s coveted America’s Cup, beating Emirates Team New Zealand 5-2.
2010 — Serena Williams wins her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the women’s final. Williams, who finishes the tournament without dropping a set, takes 67 minutes to win 6-3, 6-2.
2011 — Novak Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon, beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic, already guaranteed to take over the No. 1 ranking from the Spaniard on July 4, extends his mastery over Nadal this season with a fifth straight head-to-head victory.
2016 — Serena Williams overwhelms Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on Centre Court at Wimbledon, advancing to the fourth round with her 300th career Grand Slam match win.
2018 — Feliciano Lopez makes history just by taking to the court at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Spaniard breaks Roger Federer’s record by appearing in a 66th consecutive Grand Slam singles tournament, continuing a run that started at the 2002 French Open. Lopez beats Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
2020 — The Major League Baseball All-Star game planned to be hosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers is cancelled due to governmental restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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TV SPORTS
Friday, June 27
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
5:35 a.m.
FS2 — AFL: Western at Sydney
11 p.m.
FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at Gold Coast
2 a.m. (Saturday)
FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne at Hawthorn
AUTO RACING
7:25 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
10:55 a.m.
00:00
03:12
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ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
1:05 p.m.
FS2 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Practice, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
5:05 p.m.
TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
7 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio (Taped)
7:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Focused Health 250, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
6:25 a.m. (Saturday)
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Second Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
11 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Dow Championship, Second Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich.
2 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: First Round, Maridoe Golf Club, Carrollton, Texas
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Second Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
6 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.
6:30 a.m. (Saturday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Third Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
HORSE RACING
2 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
10:30 p.m.
ESPN — PFL World Tournament – Semifinals: Middleweights, Light Heavyweights & Heavyweights, Chicago
MLB BASEBALL
7:05 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Tampa Bay at Baltimore
7:10 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — St. Louis at Cleveland
8 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City (8:10 p.m.) OR Chicago Cubs at Houston (8:10 p.m.)
11 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Washington at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.) OR Miami at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)
NHL HOCKEY
7 p.m.
ESPN — 2025 NHL Draft: First Round, Los Angeles
OT7 FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Playoffs Group Stage: TBD, Championships – Game 2, Miami
8 p.m.
NFLN — Playoffs Group Stage: TBD, Championships – Game 3, Miami
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
CBSSN — International Friendly: Spain vs. Japan, Madrid
TENNIS
5:30 a.m.
TENNIS — Eastbourne-ATP/WTA, Mallorca-ATP, Bad Homburg-WTA Semifinals
6 a.m.
TENNIS — Eastbourne-ATP/WTA, Mallorca-ATP, Bad Homburg-WTA Semifinals
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — Indiana at Dallas
10 p.m.
ION — New York at Phoenix
X GAMES
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — X Games 2025: Day 1, Salt Lake City
Friday, June 27
AUTO RACING
7:25 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
10:55 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
5 p.m.
TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
7 p.m.
FOX — NHRA: Qualifying, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio
7:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Focused Health 250, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
6:25 a.m. (Saturday)
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Second Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
11 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Dow Championship, Second Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich.
2 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: First Round, Maridoe Golf Club, Carrollton, Texas
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Second Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
6 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.
6:30 a.m. (Saturday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Third Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
10:30 p.m.
ESPN — PFL World Tournament – Semifinals: Middleweights, Light Heavyweights & Heavyweights, Chicago
MLB BASEBALL
7:05 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Tampa Bay at Baltimore
7:10 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — St. Louis at Cleveland
8 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Kansas City (8:10 p.m.) OR Chicago Cubs at Houston (8:10 p.m.)
11 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Washington at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.) OR Miami at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — TBA
10 p.m.
ION — TBA
X GAMES
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — X Games 2025: From Salt Lake City
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Saturday, June 28
AUTO RACING
6:25 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
8:55 a.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands – Sprint Race, TT Circuit Assen in Drenthe, Netherlands
9:30 a.m.
FOX — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
9:55 a.m.
ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
1 p.m.
FOX — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: The LIUNA 150, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
NBC — Pro Motocross Championship: Round 22, Southwick, Mass.
7 p.m.
TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: The Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: The Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, EchoPark Speedway, Hampton, Ga.
GOLF
6:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Third Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Third Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
2 p.m.
NBC — PGA Tour Champions: The U.S. Senior Open Championship, Third Round, Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Third Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Dow Championship, Third Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich.
3:30 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, Maridoe Golf Club, Carrollton, Texas
6 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Final Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
6 p.m.
ESPN — PLL: Philadelphia vs. California, San Diego
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
8 p.m.
ESPN — UFC 317 Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Las Vegas
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Detroit (1:10 p.m.) OR Athletics at N.Y. Yankees (1:05 p.m.)
4 p.m.
FS1 — Seattle at Texas
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Atlanta OR Chicago Cubs at Houston
9:30 p.m.
MLBN — Washington at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.)
RUGBY (MEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLR Championship: TBD
SOCCER (MEN’S)
Noon
TNT — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Philadelphia
TRUTV — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Philadelphia
7 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Phoenix
10 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Phoenix
X GAMES
1 p.m.
ABC — X Games 2025: From Salt Lake City
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — X Games 2025: From Salt Lake City
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Sunday, June 29
AUTO RACING
7:30 a.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands, TT Circuit Assen in Drenthe, Netherlands
8:55 a.m.
ESPN — Formula 1: The MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
11 a.m.
FOX — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.
2 p.m.
FOX — NHRA: The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 3: Houston Rig Hands vs. L.A. Riot, Boston Ball Hogs vs. Miami 305, Detroit Amps vs. Dallas Power, Chicago Triplets vs. DMV Trilogy, Miami
GOLF
6 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Final Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
2 p.m.
NBC — PGA Tour Champions: The U.S. Senior Open Championship, Final Round, Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Dow Championship, Final Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich.
HORSE RACING
Noon
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Atlanta (1:35 p.m.) OR Toronto at Boston (1:35 p.m.)
4:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Miami at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Washington at L.A. Angels (4:05 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — Minnesota at Detroit
ESPN2 — Minnesota at Detroit (StatCast)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
Noon
TNT — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Charlotte, N.C.
TRUTV — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Charlotte, N.C.
4 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Minneapolis
7 p.m.
FOX — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Minneapolis
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
TNT — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Ireland, Cincinnati
TRUTV — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Ireland, Cincinnati
WNBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m.
ESPN — Chicago at Los Angeles
6 p.m.
NBATV — Las Vegas at Phoenix
X GAMES
1 p.m.
ABC — X Games 2025: From Salt Lake City
