THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY JULY 1, 2025

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PITTSBURGH 7 ST. LOUIS 0

TORONTO 5 NY YANKEES 4

BOSTON 13 CINCINNATI 6

LAS VEGAS 6 TAMPA BAY 4

BALTIMORE 10 TEXAS 6 (11)

SEATTLE 6 KANSAS CITY 2

ARIZONA 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2

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MLB NEWS

SKENES, MISIOROWSKI AND BURNS ARE PART OF AN INFLUX OF TALENTED YOUNG PITCHERS IN THE NL CENTRAL

Chase Burns arrived in the big leagues with a flourish, striking out the first five hitters he faced for Cincinnati in his debut against the New York Yankees.

He’s just the latest young pitcher in the NL Central to show his impressive potential.

Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes, of course, finished third in the National League Cy Young race as a rookie last year. More recently, Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski threw 11 straight hitless innings to start his career and then beat Skenes in a head-to-head matchup Wednesday. Now Burns, the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft, has reached the majors, and Skenes could have some help in his own rotation whenever Bubba Chandler — MLB Pipeline’s No. 2-ranked prospect — is promoted to the Pirates.

These pitchers have given the NL Central quite a shot in the arm after the Chicago Cubs have appeared in control of the division at various points. Milwaukee has won 22 of its last 31 and trails the Cubs by just two games now. Cincinnati has won 14 of its last 21. Even the last-place Pirates have played better than .500 baseball for over a month, and they just swept three straight from the New York Mets by a combined score of 30-4.

Four teams in the NL Central are at least four games over .500, and every team has an ERA under 4.00 — the only division that can say that. These young starters, who have joined more established pitchers like Freddy Peralta of the Brewers and Hunter Greene of the Reds, suggest the future is bright in the division — as long as you’re not a hitter.

SF slump

The Giants dropped two of three to the lowly Chicago White Sox immediately after losing three in a row to Miami. San Francisco is now 7 1/2 games behind the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and has gone 4-8 since its big trade for Rafael Devers.

Devers has hit .217 since arriving from the Boston Red Sox.

Trivia time

Washington’s James Wood became the first player since Barry Bonds to be intentionally walked four times in a game Sunday. But which Hall of Famer drew five intentional walks in a game in 1990?

Line of the week

Sonny Gray — another NL Central pitcher — was sensational Friday night in St. Louis’ 5-0 win over Cleveland, throwing a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts. Gray had not thrown a complete game since 2017 and hadn’t thrown a shutout since 2015.

Gray did not have a walk, faced one batter over the minimum and threw only 89 pitches.

Comeback of the week

Miami trailed Arizona 7-3 before scoring three runs in the eighth, one in the ninth and one in the top of the 10th to win 8-7. Dane Myers stole second and third in the ninth before scoring the tying run on a sacrifice fly, and Agustín Ramírez put the Marlins ahead in extra innings with an RBI single.

Arizona’s win probability peaked at 97.4% in the bottom of the seventh, according to Baseball Savant.

Honorable mention: Baltimore fell behind 6-0 in the second Friday night before blowing out Tampa Bay 22-8. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Orioles became the first American League or National League team to win by at least 14 runs after trailing by six.

Trivia answer

Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs was intentionally walked five times on May 22, 1990, against Cincinnati. The Cubs won that game 2-1 in 16 innings.

PHILLIES SLUGGER BRYCE HARPER IS REINSTATED AFTER INJURED LIST STINT WITH SORE WRIST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies slugger Bryce Harper was reinstated Monday ahead of Philadelphia’s opener against San Diego after a stint on the injured list with right wrist inflammation.

Harper went on the 10-day injured list on June 6.

The two-time National League MVP and eight-time All-Star is hitting .258 with nine home runs, 34 RBIs and eight stolen bases in 57 games. He also missed five games, from May 26 to June 2, with a bruised right elbow after being hit by a pitch from Atlanta’s Spencer Strider.

Harper said when he went on the IL that he felt pain in the wrist during a large portion of last season, when he hit 30 homers while helping the Phillies win the NL East.

The Phillies entered Monday’s game in first place in the division. They are 13-14 overall this season without Harper in the lineup.

To make room on the 26-man roster, infielder Buddy Kennedy was designated for assignment.

MLB ROUNDUP: WILYER ABREU MAKES HR HISTORY IN BOSTON’S ROUT

Wilyer Abreu made home run history and the Boston Red Sox scored seven runs in the first inning en route to a 13-6 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.

Abreu hit an inside-the-park home run in the fifth inning and a grand slam in the eighth, becoming the first player to have each of those homers separately in a game since Roger Maris in 1958.

Trevor Story and Jarren Duran also homered for Boston in the victory. Garrett Crochet (8-4) gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits in six innings. He fanned nine and walked one.

Austin Hays hit a solo home run and a two-run triple for Cincinnati. Chase Burns lasted just one out in his second major league start, yielding seven runs (five earned) on five hits and two walks.

Phillies 4, Padres 0

Zack Wheeler struck out 10 over eight effective innings as host Philadelphia posted a shutout win over San Diego.

Wheeler (8-3) allowed six hits without a walk before Tanner Banks pitched the ninth. Nick Castellanos homered and J.T. Realmuto had two hits for the Phillies, who have won three of their past four games. Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies’ lineup for the first time since June 5, having recovered from right wrist inflammation. He went 0-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch.

Xander Bogaerts had three hits for San Diego, which has lost three of its past four contests. Jackson Merrill struck out three times in four hitless at-bats.

Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. drove in three runs as Toronto edged visiting New York in the opener of a four-game series.

Guerrero’s two-run single in a four-run sixth inning gave the Blue Jays the lead for good. Brendon Little (4-1) got the win in relief and Jeff Hoffman pitched around a single in the ninth to earn his 19th save.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a two-run home run and Cody Bellinger added a solo shot for the Yankees. Mark Leiter Jr. (4-5) entered in relief of Carlos Rodon in the pivotal sixth inning and took the loss.

Orioles 10, Rangers 6 (11 innings)

Luis Vazquez and Ramon Laureano had RBI hits in the 11th inning before Gunnar Henderson added a two-run double, lifting Baltimore to a wild win in Arlington, Texas.

Henderson hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning before teammate Colton Cowser added a solo shot, but the Rangers equalized on Adolis Garcia’s three-run blast against Keegan Akin (3-0).

Gary Sanchez hit a three-run double for Baltimore, and Laureano finished with four hits, three of them doubles. Marcus Semien had three hits for Texas, including a two-run homer. Hoby Milner (1-2) yielded four runs, three earned, in the 11th.

Pirates 7, Cardinals 0

Andrew Heaney and Chase Shugart combined on a four-hit shutout and the Pittsburgh offense remained hot during a rout of visiting St. Louis.

In a game delayed 71 minutes by rain at the start, Heaney (4-7) held St. Louis hitless until the sixth inning. Heaney threw 6 2/3 innings and gave up three hits (all singles). Shugart threw the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing one single while sealing the Pirates’ fourth consecutive victory and their sixth win in the past eight games.

The Cardinals lost for only the fourth time in their past 14 games and had a three-game winning streak snapped. St. Louis’ three most recent defeats were all shutouts.

Mariners 6, Royals 2

Randy Arozarena hit two homers and drove in four runs and Cal Raleigh went deep for the major-league-leading 33rd time this season as Seattle defeated visiting Kansas City.

Mariners starter George Kirby (2-4) allowed one run on three hits over six innings as the Mariners earned their second victory in a row and their sixth in the past nine games.

The Royals lost for the eighth time in nine games. Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (4-8) cruised through the first 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit, before Arozarena went deep to right-center to tie the score at 1-all. Wacha went five innings and allowed five runs on eight hits.

Diamondbacks 4, Giants 2

Alek Thomas had three hits and scored twice, including the go-ahead run on a Geraldo Perdomo single in the seventh inning, and Arizona defeated San Francisco in the opener of a four-game series in Phoenix.

After a two-run double by Tyler Fitzgerald drew the Giants even at 2-2 in the top of the seventh, the Diamondbacks pushed across the eventual difference-maker in the bottom of the inning against San Francisco ace Logan Webb.

Fitzgerald collected two doubles and Dominic Smith had a double and a single for the Giants, who lost for the sixth time in their past seven games.

Athletics 6, Rays 4

Lawrence Butler lined a two-run, tiebreaking triple in the ninth inning as the Athletics won at Tampa Bay.

Sean Newcomb (2-4) got the win, throwing only two pitches to end the eighth inning. A’s left fielder Colby Thomas, in his major league debut, ended the frame by throwing out Brandon Lowe at the plate on a potential go-ahead single. Mason Miller notched his 16th save with a scoreless ninth.

Shea Langeliers homered for the A’s in his return from the injured list. Junior Caminero bashed a two-run shot for the Rays. Pete Fairbanks (3-2) served up Butler’s decisive hit.

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NFL NEWS

DOLPHINS ARE TRADING CB JALEN RAMSEY AND TE JONNU SMITH TO THE STEELERS FOR S MINKAH FITZPATRICK

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins are sending All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith and a 2027 seventh-round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers in exchange for All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.

Ramsey announced the trade Monday in a post on his X account. Both his representation and the Dolphins, where he spent the past two seasons, had mutually agreed earlier this year to part ways.

Neither Ramsey nor the Dolphins gave any insight into what went wrong. Dolphins general manager Chris Grier said in April that Ramsey did not ask for a trade or more money, but after weeks of conversations with Ramsey’s representation, both sides agreed that it would be best to move on.

Fitzpatrick returns to the team that drafted him 11th overall in 2018. He had been displeased with his role in Miami and requested a trade before being sent to the Steelers in 2019.

The terms have been agreed upon and are pending physicals.

The swap of Ramsey and Fitzpatrick, both three-time All-Pros, marks the third time since at least 2002 that players who had previously been All-Pros were traded for each other, according to Sportradar. The others were star receiver DeAndre Hopkins (three All-Pros) for running back David Johnson (1) in 2020, and tight end Jimmy Graham (1) for center Max Unger (1) in 2015.

Smith had one of the best years of his career in his lone season in Miami after signing a two-year deal as a free agent ahead of the 2024 season. The veteran tight end hoped that his career year might lead to a new contract with the Dolphins, with whom he preferred to stay. He had been away from the team during its offseason program as he sought a new contract.

Instead, he’s re-joining Arthur Smith, currently the offensive coordinator in Pittsburgh, whom he was with in Tennessee and Atlanta.

Smith will get a one-year contract extension worth as much as $12 million for 2026, agent Drew Rosenhaus confirmed.

In the aftermath of the trade, former Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert responded to the news with apparent criticism of his former team. Mostert was cut in February by Miami after his least productive season with the team in 2024, one year after making the Pro Bowl with the Dolphins.

“Hot take: Be a Pro-bowler on the Dolphins, get treated like (expletive),” Mostert wrote on X in response to the trades. “Happy for my guys though! GO BALL OUT!!”

It’s the latest in a series of retooling moves the Steelers have made this offseason in hopes that 2025 won’t end similarly as their past few seasons. Pittsburgh has reached the playoffs four times in the last five seasons, only to be quickly eliminated in lopsided fashion each time.

Since March, the Steelers have acquired two-time Pro Bowl wide receiver DK Metcalf from Seattle, signed four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers and now they’ve added two more experienced veterans in Ramsey and Smith.

Trading Fitzpatrick, who emerged as one of the NFL’s premier safeties in his six seasons in Pittsburgh, likely could free up money for the Steelers to re-sign star linebacker TJ Watt, who is in the last year of his deal and skipped the offseason program as he seeks a new contract.

For the Dolphins, losing Smith is a huge blow to their offense, which heavily relied on the tight end in the passing game as teams limited big plays from receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. Smith’s 88 receptions and 884 receiving yards last season were the most by a tight end in franchise history.

The Dolphins did address a need at safety after starter Jevon Holland signed with the New York Giants in March, but they still will likely be on the hunt for a replacement for Ramsey to add a veteran to their mostly young cornerback group.

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NBA NEWS

NBA FREE AGENCY OPENS MONDAY, AFTER WAVES OF PLAYER MOVEMENT IN RECENT DAYS

Technically, the NBA free agency period was scheduled to open at 6 p.m. Eastern time on Monday.

In actuality, it has been rolling along.

LeBron James has already opted in to a $52.6 million deal with the Los Angeles Lakers for this coming season, the Houston Rockets have traded for Kevin Durant — not a free agency move, obviously — and the Los Angeles Clippers saw James Harden decline his option in return for a new deal and a raise. There was even a surprise addition to free agency, with Portland announcing it has bought out the contract of former No. 1 pick Deandre Ayton — making him able to sign with any team he chooses.

And on Monday, more deals: Nicolas Batum will come back to the Clippers, his agency said, on a two-year deal, while Joe Ingles agreed to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Deals like those could get done before the 6 p.m. Monday official start time because teams are allowed to negotiate with their own free agents once the NBA Finals are finished.

What’s next

In very specific situations, teams can announce signings when completed. But in most situations, and this even applies to some draft-related trades (such as the one involving Durant going to Houston), teams won’t be able to announce those until the start of the new league year on July 6.

REPORTS: KNICKS ADD VETERAN G JORDAN CLARKSON

Jordan Clarkson agreed to a buyout from the Utah Jazz on Monday, and he intends to sign with the New York Knicks when he clears waivers, multiple media outlets reported on Monday.

Clarkson, four years removed from being selected the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year, played just 37 games (nine starts) last season. He missed the final 10 games because of a medical procedure designed to alleviate plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

The 33-year-old guard averaged 16.2 points, 3.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds in the 2024-25 season. He shot a career-low 40.8 percent from the floor.

Clarkson was part of the 2017-18 Cleveland Cavaliers team that reached the NBA Finals before getting swept by the Golden State Warriors.

A second-round draft pick of the Washington Wizards in 2014, Clarkson was immediately dealt to the Lakers. He played 3 1/2 seasons in Los Angeles, then parts of three seasons in Cleveland before he was traded to Utah in December 2019.

In 753 games (231 starts), Clarkson owns NBA averages of 16.0 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists.

REPORTS: BUCKS RETAIN KEVIN PORTER JR., GARY TRENT JR., TAUREN PRINCE

Three veteran free agents agreed to two-year contracts to remain with the Milwaukee Bucks, according to multiple media reports on Monday.

Kevin Porter Jr.’s deal reportedly is worth $11 million, with Gary Trent Jr. to get $7.5 million and Taurean Prince to receive $7.1 million.

Milwaukee did lose one player on Monday, as big man Brook Lopez and the Los Angeles Clippers agreed to a two-year, $18 million contract, per multiple media reports.

Porter, 25, joined the Bucks in a February trade with the Los Angeles Clippers. He ended the season averaging 10.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.4 assists, down from his career norms of 13.9, 4.1 and 4.6 respectively, in 271 games (150 starts). He previously played for the Cleveland Cavaliers (2019-20) and Houston Rockets (2020-21 to 2022-23).

Trent, 26, just completed his first season with the Bucks, averaging 11.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists.

In 415 career NBA games, including 210 starts, with the Portland Trail Blazers (2018-19 to 2020-21), Toronto Raptors (2020-21 to 2023-24) and Milwaukee, Trent has averages of 13.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists.

Prince, 31, also has spent only one season in Milwaukee, producing 8.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists.

Overall in 582 games (344 starts) with the Atlanta Hawks (2016-17 to 2018-19), Brooklyn Nets (2019-20 to 2020-21), Cavaliers (2020-21), Minnesota Timberwolves (2021-22 to 2022-23), Los Angeles Lakers (2023-24) and the Bucks, Prince contributes 9.9 points, 3.6 boards and 1.7 assists.

PISTONS REPORTEDLY LAND G CAVIS LEVERT FOR 2 YEARS, $29M

Caris LeVert, a former collegiate star at Michigan, reportedly is heading back to the Great Lakes State.

The 30-year-old guard agreed to a two-year, $29 million deal with the Detroit Pistons, multiple media outlets reported on Monday.

LeVert could take the place of free agent wing Malik Beasley, who reportedly is the subject of a federal investigation into gambling irregularities. According to the Detroit Free Press, the Pistons tabled a potential three-year, $42 million offer for Beasley due to the probe.

LeVert split last season between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks, averaging a combined 12.1 points, 3.4 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game.

After playing for Michigan from 2012-13 to 2015-16, LeVert was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 20th overall pick in the 2016 draft but was immediately traded to the Nets. He spent four-plus seasons in Brooklyn before returning to play parts of two seasons for Indiana.

LeVert played 3 1/2 seasons in Cleveland.

In 524 career NBA games (223 starts), he has averages of 13.9 points, 4.0 assists and 3.8 rebounds.

REPORTS: VETERAN G DENNIS SCHRODER AGREES TO DEAL WITH KINGS

Dennis Schroder will join the Sacramento Kings on a free agent deal, The Athletic reported Monday. Terms of the contract were not yet known.

The Kings were interested in both Schroder and Russell Westbrook as veteran backcourt options, according to multiple reports, and they still may sign both.

Schroder, 31, split 2024-25 among three teams. He began the season with the Brooklyn Nets, was dealt to the Golden State Warriors in December and then flipped to the Detroit Pistons before the trade deadline in February.

All told, Schroder still managed to average 13.1 points, 5.4 assists and 2.6 rebounds per game across 75 appearances (49 starts) for that trio of teams.

The Kings will be Schroder’s 10th NBA team in his 13th season. He’s averaged at least 10 points per game in every season since his second in the league, with a career mark of 13.9 ppg in 842 games (424 starts).

REPORTS: HAWKS, NICKEIL ALEXANDER-WALKER AGREE TO $62M DEAL

The Atlanta Hawks plan to acquire shooting guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker in a sign-and-trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves, multiple reports said Monday.

Alexander-Walker will receive a new four-year, $62 million contract that features a player option and a trade kicker, according to ESPN.

The deal will see Atlanta send Minnesota a 2027 second-round draft pick originally belonging to the Cleveland Cavaliers, along with cash, per the reports.

Alexander-Walker, 26, averaged 9.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists while shooting 38.1 percent from 3-point range for the Wolves in 2024-25. He played in all 82 games, starting 10, in his second full season in Minnesota.

In six NBA seasons split among the New Orleans Pelicans (2019-22), Utah Jazz (2022-23) and Wolves (2023-25), Alexander-Walker has career averages of 8.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game across 381 games (68 starts).

REPORTS: BROOK LOPEZ AGREES TO TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH CLIPPERS

Veteran big man Brook Lopez has agreed to a two-year, $18 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, according to multiple reports on Monday.

Lopez, 37, is a veteran of 17 seasons with the last seven coming for the Milwaukee Bucks. He was a member of the Bucks’ team that won the 2021 NBA Finals.

Lopez averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots in 80 games last season.

Lopez spent his first nine seasons with the Nets and was an All-Star for Brooklyn in the 2012-13 season. He spent the 2017-18 season with the Los Angeles Lakers before joining the Bucks as a free agent.

Lopez has career averages of 15.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocked shots in 1,105 games (1,065 starts). He also has made 1,075 3-pointers.

The Bucks could be a franchise about to retool as star Giannis Antetokounmpo hasn’t yet indicated whether he wants to remain with the franchise. In addition, Damian Lillard will miss most of the season and possibly all of it after sustaining a torn Achilles tendon injury during the playoffs.

REPORT: DORIAN FINNEY-SMITH TO ROCKETS ON 4-YEAR, $53M DEAL

Nine-year NBA veteran Dorian Finney-Smith will sign a four-year contract with the Houston Rockets, according to multiple reports on Monday.

The deal is reported to be valued at $53 million for the defensive standout.

It is the Rockets’ second acquisition of the offseason following a blockbuster trade for Kevin Durant that was first reported on June 22.

Finney-Smith averaged 7.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting nearly 40 percent from 3-point range in 43 games for the Los Angeles Lakers this season. He played 34 minutes per game in the playoffs.

Finney-Smith, 32, arrived in Los Angeles after a trade from the Brooklyn Nets in December. He spent the 2023-24 season and the first half of this year’s campaign in Brooklyn after seven seasons with the Dallas Mavericks.

The 6-foot-7 wing declined his player option with the Lakers and elected free agency.

It was also reported that Houston re-signed center Clint Capela to a three-year contract, valued at $21.5 million. Capela, 31, played the first six years of his career in Houston before playing for Atlanta from 2020-25. The 6-foot-10 Capela averages a double-double for his career with 12.0 points and 10.5 rebounds in 664 NBA games (587 starts).

REPORTS: NUGGETS SENDING MICHAEL PORTER JR. TO NETS FOR CAM JOHNSON

The Denver Nuggets are trading forward Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 unprotected first-round draft choice to the Brooklyn Nets for forward Cam Johnson, according to multiple outlets on Monday night.

Porter has spent all six of his NBA campaigns with the Nuggets and averaged 18.2 points and 7.0 rebounds in 77 games last season.

Porter, who turned 27 on Sunday, has dealt with injuries throughout his career, including a back ailment that delayed his NBA debut for a year.

He has career averages of 16.2 points and 6.4 rebounds in 345 games (291 starts). Porter averaged 13.4 points and 8.1 rebounds during Denver’s 2023 run to the NBA title.

Johnson, 29, averaged a career-high 18.8 points in 57 games last season for Brooklyn. He also averaged 4.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists.

Johnson has career averages of 12.9 points and 3.9 rebounds in 340 games (181 starts) over six seasons. He spent his first 3 1/2 seasons with the Phoenix Suns before being dealt to the Nets at the 2023 trade deadline in the deal that netted Kevin Durant.

Also, guard Bruce Brown reportedly agreed to a one-year, $3.63 million deal with Denver. He also was on the club’s NBA title team.

Brown, 28, has played for six franchises and has averages of 8.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in 457 games (268 starts) over seven campaigns. He split last season between the Toronto Raptors (18 games) and New Orleans Pelicans (21) and averaged 8.3 points and 4.0 rebounds.

REPORTS: D’ANGELO RUSSELL GETS TWO-YEAR DEAL WITH MAVERICKS

Free agent point guard D’Angelo Russell is joining the Dallas Mavericks on a two-year deal worth $13 million, ESPN reported Monday.

Russell joins a Mavs team in win-now mode following the midseason Luka Doncic trade, with a core of Kyrie Irving, Anthony Davis, Klay Thompson, Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II and No. 1 overall draft pick Cooper Flagg.

Irving is recovering from an ACL tear he suffered in March, and Russell may be asked to start at point guard until Irving is healthy early in 2026.

Russell, 29, split the 2024-25 season between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets and averaged 12.6 points, 5.1 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 58 games (36 starts). Russell played with Davis in Los Angeles before Davis was shipped to Dallas in the Doncic blockbuster.

An All-Star in 2018-19 with Brooklyn, Russell has posted career averages of 17.3 points, 5.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds while shooting 36.5 percent from 3-point range in 629 games (536 starts) with the Lakers, Nets, Golden State Warriors and Minnesota Timberwolves.

REPORT: JAREN JACKSON JR. TO RECEIVE $240M DEAL FROM GRIZZLIES

Two-time All-Star big man Jaren Jackson Jr. is on the verge of agreeing to a five-year, $240 million deal with the Memphis Grizzlies, ESPN reported on Monday.

The final season of the deal in 2029-30 is a player option, according to the report.

Memphis also agreed to a three-year, $52.5 million deal to retain Santi Aldama, who was slated to become a restricted free agent.

Jackson, 25, was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 2022-23 season. He was an All-Star that season and again last season.

Jackson averaged 22.2 points per game last season, slightly behind the career-best 22.5 he put up one season earlier. He is averaging 18.5 points in 407 games (398 starts) over seven seasons in Memphis.

Jackson also has career averages of 5.5 rebounds, 1.9 blocked shots, 1.5 assists and 1.0 steal per game.

Aldama, 24, established career bests of 12.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 65 games (16 starts) last season.

Overall, he is averaging 9.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 235 games (71 starts) over four seasons with the Grizzlies.

Memphis also agreed to terms with guard Cam Spencer, reportedly for $4.5 million over two years. Spencer, 25, averaged 4.2 points and shot 36.5 percent from 3-point range in 25 games (one start) as a rookie.

REPORT: ZIAIRE WILLIAMS TO RETURN TO NETS ON 2-YEAR, $12M DEAL

Forward Ziaire Williams plans to sign a two-year, $12 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets, ESPN reported Monday.

The second season is a team option, per the report. Williams, 23, would have become a free agent.

Williams, the No. 10 overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft, played his first three seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies and was traded to the Nets last July with a 2030 second-round pick for Nemanja Dangubic and Mamadi Diakite.

He appeared in 63 games (45 starts) for Brooklyn and averaged 10.0 points and 4.6 rebounds, both career highs.

REPORTS: NIC BATUM BACK TO CLIPPERS ON TWO-YEAR DEAL

Nicolas Batum will sign a two-year, $11.5 million contract this week to return to the Los Angeles Clippers, ESPN reported on Monday.

Batum, entering his 18th NBA season, opted out of a $4.9 million deal for 2025-26 prior to the draft. He spent most of the past five seasons with the Clippers — but played 57 games with the 76ers in 2023-24 — and shot 43.3 percent from 3-point range in 78 games last season.

Batum started eight games but was largely a reserve and averaged 4.0 points and 17.5 minutes per game.

In 1,131 career games, he’s a 36.9 percent 3-point shooter and has career averages of 10 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.

A first-round pick of the Houston Rockets in 2008, Batum turns 37 in December.

THUNDER GENERAL MANAGER SAM PRESTI LAUDS ‘HOMEGROWN’ NBA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sam Presti put Oklahoma City’s first NBA championship team together in an unconventional way.

The Thunder general manager didn’t make any splashy trades or break the bank in free agency. He didn’t replace the coach with a bigger name during the rebuild to get the team over the top. He relied on good-old-fashioned internal development, with a few strategic additions sprinkled in.

It worked. Somehow, Oklahoma City claimed the title with the same coach and many of the same players who won 24 games four years ago.

“We have people from Canada, Serbia, the West Coast, the East Coast, middle America, France, Australia, that all come together for a collective goal,” Presti said. “There’s compassion on the team. There’s a cowboy toughness, a self-reliance that comes from being homegrown, and an essential sense of goodness.”

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was the regular-season and Finals MVP, but there were plenty of challenges. Jalen Williams, a first-time All-Star, was a force in the playoffs despite playing the entire postseason with a ligament tear in his right wrist that will require surgery. Chet Holmgren missed 50 games this season with a pelvic injury. The Thunder were among the league’s leaders in games lost to injury.

Presti said the key was that the players saw challenges as opportunities. Many took advantage of their additional playing time and were better prepared to contribute during the title run.

“If you want to be the exception, you have to be willing to be exceptional,” Presti said. “That point was basically aimed at the fact that we have to be the exception to the rule. … The quest to be exceptional is met with having to do a lot of things that are unorthodox, and I felt like the team did that in a lot of ways and we were rewarded for it.”

Coach Mark Daigneault, like the team, is an unconventional success story. He coached the team’s G-League affiliate before taking over the Thunder. After winning fewer than 25 games his first two years as Thunder head coach, he’s now a champion.

Presti said Daigneault has improved over the years, and his approach to learning helped the young team stay focused. He said the team never got overwhelmed by circumstances, like losing Game 1 in both the Western Conference semifinals against Denver and the NBA Finals against Indiana, or falling apart in Game 6 at Indiana.

“I think the team saw those as, ‘Hey, this is just the next thing in front of us that we have to accomplish to achieve the goals of being a great team,’ and I don’t think anyone was inconvenienced or saw that as a catastrophic event,” Presti said. “It’s like, ‘Well, I guess this is part of the thing we have to get better at,’ and they met the moment.”

Two additions were guard Alex Caruso, who was acquired in a trade with Chicago last summer, and center Isaiah Hartenstein, who was added through free agency. Those veterans played key roles in the playoffs and helped Presti get named Executive of the Year.

Presti said the Thunder won’t change much — he believes consistency brought them here. The team is positioned to do well going forward with all the key players from the youngest team to win a title since 1977 signed through at least next season.

But Presti said there is work ahead. He noted that no team has repeated since Golden State in 2017 and 2018.

“We’ll have to put our head down,” he said. “We’re not entitled to anything. If you hear us approaching things differently than we have in the past, I’d be a little bit surprised by that. But we’re going to have to fight some human nature there, but I think we have the people and the characters and the program to fight for that. But we’re going to have to stack days in order to stack seasons.”

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WNBA NEWS

WNBA EXPANDING TO CLEVELAND, DETROIT AND PHILADELPHIA OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is expanding to 18 teams over the next five years, with Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia all set to join the league by 2030.

Cleveland will begin play in 2028, Detroit in 2029 and Philadelphia the season after, assuming they get approval from the NBA and WNBA Board of Governors. Toronto and Portland will enter the league next year.

“The demand for women’s basketball has never been higher, and we are thrilled to welcome Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia to the WNBA family,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said. “This historic expansion is a powerful reflection of our league’s extraordinary momentum, the depth of talent across the game, and the surging demand for investment in women’s professional basketball.”

All three new teams announced Monday have NBA ownership groups. Each paid a $250 million expansion fee, which is about five times as much as Golden State dished out for a team a few years ago. All three teams will also be investing more money through building practice facilities and other such amenities.

“It’s such a natural fit that when you already have this basketball-related infrastructure, these strategies, cultures that you find to be successful, combinations of personnel that you find to be successful,” said Nic Barlage, CEO of Rock Entertainment Group and the Cavaliers. “Extending that into the WNBA, is just a natural next progression, especially if you have a desire to grow like we do.”

Both Cleveland and Detroit had WNBA teams in the past and Philadelphia was the home for an ABL team.

“This is a huge win for Detroit and the WNBA,” Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores said. “Today marks the long-hoped-for return of the WNBA to a city with deep basketball roots and a championship tradition. Detroit played a key role in the league’s early growth, and we’re proud to reignite that legacy as the WNBA ascends to new heights. Our plans will bring new energy, investment and infrastructure to our city and the WNBA, and additional resources to our community.”

Detroit sports stars Grant Hill, Chris Webber and Jared Goff will have minority ownership stakes in the team.

The Cleveland and Detroit ownership groups said the Rockers and Shock — the names of the previous teams — would be considered but they’d do their due diligence before deciding on what the franchises will be called.

“Rockers will be a part of the mix for sure, but we are at this point, we’re not going to commit to a brand identity because we want to really get into it with our fans, do some research, be very thorough and thoughtful in that process,” Barlage said.

The Detroit and Cleveland teams will play at the NBA arenas that currently exist, while Philadelphia is planning on a new building that will be completed hopefully by 2030.

“We tell the city it’s going to open in 2031. We’re hoping for 2030,” said Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Managing Partner and co-founder Josh Harris, who owns the 76ers. “So we’re trying to underpromise and overdeliver. But, right now it’s 2031, so that we have a year gap, you know. We’ve got the Xfinity center, the Wells Fargo, they’ll play there.”

Adding these three teams will give the league more natural rivalries with another team on the East Coast and Detroit and Cleveland near each other.

“I think there’s some great historical rivalries in the NBA among these cities and, I think that will carry over to the WNBA,” Detroit Pistons vice president Arn Tellem said. “I would love nothing more to have a rivalry like we do in the NBA with Cleveland and Indiana, Philadelphia and New York and all these great cities and, and I think we will.”

Engelbert said she was impressed with the number of cities that bid for expansion teams, a list that included St. Louis; Kansas City, Mo.; Austin, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Miami; Denver; Charlotte, N.C.; and Houston.

“There are a variety of cities that obviously bid, and one of those I wanted to shout out — because they have such a strong history in this league and their great ownership group — is Houston,” Engelbert said. “The Houston Comets were just an amazing one, the first four inaugural championships in the WNBA. So I would say that’s the one, obviously, we have our eye on. (Owner) Tilman (Feritta) has been a great supporter of the WNBA, and we’ll stay tuned on that.”

Engelbert went on to say that she wanted to spread out the expansion over a few years to not dilute the talent pool.

“We didn’t know the demand would be where the demand ended up when we ran the process last fall into the winter,” Engelbert said. “Given the very high demand and supply, we wanted to evaluate, too, because we’re very careful about, you know, making sure we’re balancing the number of roster spots, the number of teams.

“But one thing I’m very struck by as we get into a new media deal, as the media market evolves, you know, being in these three big basketball cities is going to help from a media perspective, a corporate partners perspective.”

All the metrics, such as attendance, television ratings and sponsorships, have been on the rise the last few seasons.

“You’re seeing the key performance indicators around the business, but then also just the communal impact of having a women’s professional sports team,” Barlage said. “The largest growing segment of our Cavs youth academy, which serves 60,000 kids across the state of Ohio and upstate New York, the fastest growing segment is girls. You know, it’s growing at a 30% clip year over year in participation rates. And so for us to be able to create role models, to be able to create symbols of progress, to create having ambassadors within the community representing all of these things.”

ACES ACQUIRE NALYSSA SMITH FROM THE WINGS FOR FIRST-ROUND PICK IN 2027

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces have acquired forward NaLyssa Smith from the Dallas Wings for a 2027 first-round draft pick.

The trade announced Monday ends what had been a disappointing Dallas debut for Smith, a Texas native who played at Baylor. She was averaging career lows in points, rebounds and minutes for the Wings, who started 1-11 before winning four of their past six games.

Smith joined the Wings from Indiana in an offseason trade. The 24-year-old was part of a major roster makeover before Dallas selected Paige Bueckers No. 1 overall in the draft in April.

In three seasons with the Fever, Smith was a double-figure scorer each year while averaging nearly eight rebounds per game, although her production dipped after Caitlin Clark joined Indiana last season.

This year, Smith’s minutes are below 20 for the first time at 19.1 while she is averaging 6.7 points and 4.9 rebounds.

Smith, the No. 2 pick by Indiana in 2022, made the WNBA All-Rookie first team after a standout Baylor career that included a national championship when she was a freshman. Smith is from San Antonio.

The Aces, who won back-to-back WNBA titles in 2022-23, are off to a disappointing start after sending Kelsey Plum to the Los Angeles Sparks while adding Jewell Loyd from Seattle in a six-team trade this past offseason.

The trade required the Wings to release Kaila Charles, who signed a hardship contract on June 17.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

WITH TEXAS STATE ON BOARD, PAC-12 READY FOR 2026 REBIRTH

Texas State is officially a member of the Pac-12, which will relaunch in 2026.

The conference now has nine member teams after it was left with just two — Washington State and Oregon State — when the other schools abandoned the league in 2024 in a massive realignment.

“We are extremely excited to welcome Texas State as a foundational member of the new Pac-12,” commissioner Teresa Gould said in a statement. “It is a new day in college sports and the most opportune time to launch a new league that is positioned to succeed in today’s landscape with student-athletes in mind.”

Texas State joins Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego State, Utah State and Washington State as members of the rebuilt league.

The Pac-12 needed eight football-playing schools to regain its status as a conference. Gonzaga, a basketball power, does not have a football program.

The move became official after the board of regents at Texas State gave the OK to a $5 million buyout payment to the Sun Belt Conference, and the Pac-12 board of directors unanimously voted to approve the school’s application. The Bobcats will play in the Sun Belt in the 2025-26 season.

“Joining the Pac-12 is more than an athletic move — it is a declaration of our rising national profile, our commitment to excellence, and our readiness to compete and collaborate with some of the most respected institutions in the country,” Texas State president Kelly Damphousse said.

The Pac-12 also has started to rebuild its media partnerships. Last week, it announced a five-year agreement with CBS to air select conference football and basketball games, with more partners still expected to come on board.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL EXPANSION AND REALIGNMENT: WHAT’S NEXT AFTER PAC-12 ADDS TEXAS STATE?

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College football conference expansion and realignment has returned with the Pac-12 announcing the addition of Texas State. The Bobcats bring the Pac-12 membership to eight football members and nine overall counting Gonzaga as a basketball-only member. While this conference realignment isn’t as impactful as moves in the SEC or Big Ten, Texas State’s decision to leave the Sun Belt for the Pac-12 will have a domino effect on other Group of 5 conferences. The Sun Belt is expected to look for another member to expand back to 14 teams, with a couple of programs from Conference USA among the favorites.

READ MORE: https://athlonsports.com/college-football/college-football-expansion-realignment-whats-next-after-pac-12-adds-texas-state

DELAWARE, MISSOURI STATE JOIN CONFERENCE USA: INSIDE THEIR FCS-TO-FBS TRANSITION

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The entrance fee had recently jumped from $5,000 to $5 million, but Delaware and Missouri State were not deterred. That was now the cost of admission to join the highest tier of Division I college football, and they were willing to play ball.

The NCAA D-I Council increased the fee to transition from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision in October 2023 by a factor of one thousand. Nevertheless, a little more than a month later, Delaware announced it would be joining the FBS as a member of Conference USA. Missouri State followed suit in the spring.

READ MORE: https://athlonsports.com/college/delaware-fightin-blue-hens/delaware-missouri-state-fbs-conference-usa-rev-share

REPORT: SEXUAL ASSAULT CIVIL CASE DROPPED AGAINST BYU QB

The woman who made sexual assault allegations against BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff dropped her civil lawsuit.

Judge Coral Sanchez of the Third Judicial District Court in Salt Lake County, Utah, approved a joint motion for a dismissal of the case on Monday.

The suit filed in May by a woman identified as Jane Doe A.G. had alleged that Retzlaff bit, raped and strangled her at his Provo apartment in November 2023.

A lawyer for Retzlaff addressed the allegations Friday, calling them “ridiculous” and “bizarre” in a court filing that described the incident as consensual sex.

Retzlaff’s admission of consensual sex still violates BYU’s honor code, which prohibits premarital sex.

The Salt Lake Tribune and ESPN reported Sunday that Retzlaff is facing a seven-game suspension by the school. According to ESPN, he has already begun to inform teammates and coaches about his intention to transfer.

Retzlaff, a California native who began his career playing for Riverside (Calif.) City College, transferred to BYU prior to the 2023 season. After starting the final four games in 2023, he won a training-camp battle to become the Cougars’ No. 1 quarterback in 2024. He led them to an 11-2 record and an Alamo Bowl win over Colorado.

He finished the campaign with 2,947 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound redshirt senior had been expected to reprise his starting role this fall.

MICHIGAN LANDS CARTER MEADOWS, NO. 5 EDGE RUSHER IN ’26

Michigan picked up another commitment from a prized recruit to boost its Class of 2026 haul with a pledge from edge rusher Carter Meadows.

Meadows is ranked 34th overall by 247 Sports in the Class of 2026 and was weighing offers from Ohio State, Penn State and South Carolina in addition to the Wolverines.

The 6-6, 225-pound pass rusher is one of six players with four-star rankings in the Class of 2026 to commit to Michigan since June 20. Rivals ranks Meadows as a five-star recruit and included North Carolina and Miami among his potential destinations before his commitment.

Meadows is ranked fifth among edge rushers in next year’s class by 247 Sports.

He was also on the radar of college basketball programs and plays in the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League on the summer AAU circuit.

The Washington, D.C., native is the highest-rated overall prospect in the class to commit to Michigan.

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NHL NEWS

WILD TRADE FOR TARASENKO AND ISLES SIGN ROMANOV TO AN 8-YEAR DEAL ON EVE OF NHL FREE AGENCY

The Minnesota Wild got a two-time Stanley Cup champion for nothing on the eve of NHL free agency, and the New York Islanders locked up one of their top young players to a long-term contract.

The Wild acquired winger Vladimir Tarasenko from the Detroit Red Wings on Monday for future considerations. The Islanders re-signed defenseman Alexander Romanov to an eight-year contract that a person with knowledge of the extension said is worth $50 million.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms were not disclosed. Romanov will count $6.25 million against the salary cap through the 2032-33 season.

Tarasenko, 33, has one year left on his contract at a salary cap hit of $4.75 million. He helped Florida win the Cup last year after being a key part of St. Louis’ championship run in 2019.

The Utah Mammoth also traded young forward Matias Maccelli to Toronto for a conditional 2027 third-round pick. It turns into a second-rounder in 2029 if Maccelli has 51-plus points and the Maple Leafs make the playoffs next season.

“We appreciate everything that Matias has done for the organization,” Utah general manager Bill Armstrong said. “He is a great person, consummate professional, and we wish him all the best.”

The moves came with the league awaiting what happens with Leafs pending free agent Mitch Marner and who the back-to-back defending champion Panthers are able to bring back between Brad Marchand and Aaron Ekblad. They already re-signed Conn Smythe Trophy winner Sam Bennett to an eight-year, $64 million contract.

MAMMOTH SEND MATIAS MACCELLI TO MAPLE LEAFS FOR DRAFT PICK

The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired forward Matias Maccelli from the Utah Mammoth on Monday in exchange for a conditional draft pick.

If the 24-year-old Maccelli produces at least 51 points during the 2025-26 season and the Maple Leafs make the Stanley Cup playoffs, then Utah will receive a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft. If those conditions aren’t met, then the Maple Leafs will convey a 2027 third-round pick to Utah.

Maccelli, who carries a cap hit of $3,425,000 for the upcoming season, produced eight goals and 10 assists in 55 games for the Utah Hockey Club last year.

For his four-year career, the Finland native has racked up 37 goals and 93 assists in 224 regular-season games. He earned a spot on the NHL’s 2022-23 All-Rookie team with 11 goals and 38 assists for the Arizona Coyotes, the forerunner to the Mammoth.

PREDS ACQUIRE D NICOLAS HAGUE, SIGN HIM TO 4-YEAR DEAL

Nashville officially announced the acquisition Monday of defenseman Nicolas Hague, who then signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Predators.

The Predators sent forward Colton Sissons and defenseman Jeremy Lauzon to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Hague and a conditional third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.

Hague, 26, a second-round pick by Vegas in 2017, has played six seasons and posted 83 points (20 goals, 63 assists) in 364 games. In Vegas’ run to the 2023 Stanley Cup title, he played in 22 games and compiled six points (two goals, four assists).

“Shortly after supplying our prospect pipeline with several talented players at this weekend’s NHL Draft, we feel we’ve made our team better and younger with this trade,” Nashville general manager Barry Trotz said. “Nicolas’ profile as a defenseman is one that teams around the NHL covet — big and physical with strong skating ability. By signing him for four years, he will play an integral role in shaping our blue line not only now, but in the future.

“I want to thank both Colton and Jeremy for their contributions to our organization. I’m proud of what Colton has been able to accomplish in our League since we drafted him back in 2012, and we were fortunate to see Jeremy further develop here in Nashville. We wish them all the best in Vegas.”

Lauzon, 28, is a seven-year veteran with 45 points (14 goals, 31 assists) in 316 games for the Boston Bruins (2018-21), Seattle Kraken (2021-22) and Predators (2022-25) since Boston drafted him in the second round in 2015.

Sissons, 31, has spent all 11 of his NHL seasons with the Predators. In 690 games for Nashville, who selected him in the second round of the 2012 draft, he has 221 points (95 goals, 126 assists).

The Predators are retaining 50 percent of Sissons’ salary as part of the trade. He is set to earn $2.857 million in 2025-26 in the final season of a seven-year, $20 million deal.

BRUINS F MORGAN GEEKIE AGREES TO 6-YEAR, $33M EXTENSION

Forward Morgan Geekie and the Boston Bruins have agreed to a six-year, $33 million contract extension through the 2030-31 season.

Geekie, 26, scored 57 points (33 goals, 24 assists) in 77 games with the Bruins in 2024-25, setting career highs across the board. He was second on the team in points, goals, even-strength goals (29) and even-strength points (48).

Carolina selected Geekie in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft, and he has appeared in 333 career games with the Hurricanes, Seattle Kraken and Bruins with 159 points (72 goals, 87 assists).

On Monday, the Bruins also announced they had agreed to terms with defenseman Henri Jokiharju on a three-year, $9 million contract through the 2027-28 season, with forward John Beecher on a one-year, $900,000 contract and with goaltender Michael DiPietro on a two-year deal worth $812,500 per year.

Jokiharju, 25, played in 60 games with Boston and the Buffalo Sabres last season, posting 10 points (three goals, seven assists).

Beecher, the Bruins’ first-round draft pick in 2019, appeared in 78 games during the 2024-25 season. The 24-year-old contributed 11 points (three goals, eight assists).

DiPietro, 25, appeared in 40 games with Providence of the American Hockey League last season, posting a record of 26-8-5, with a 2.05 goals against average, .927 save percentage and four shutouts.

PATRICK KANE RETURNS TO RED WINGS ON ONE-YEAR, $3M DEAL

Star forward Patrick Kane will return for a 19th season in the NHL, as the Detroit Red Wings signed him Monday to a one-year contract worth $3 million.

“Jacked up to be back! Let’s go!” Kane wrote on social media after the signing was announced.

It will be Kane’s third season with the Red Wings after he built the majority of his Hall of Fame-worthy career with the Chicago Blackhawks.

On a one-year, $4 million contract in 2024-25, Kane played in 72 games for Detroit and tallied 59 points (21 goals, 38 assists) while averaging almost 18 minutes of ice time per game.

Kane, who will turn 37 early next season, has 492 goals and 851 assists (1,343 points) in 1,302 career games with the Blackhawks (2007-23), New York Rangers (2023) and Red Wings. He won three Stanley Cups with Chicago and became the first American player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy (league MVP) or the Art Ross Trophy (leading point-scorer).

The Red Wings are making a push to end their postseason drought at nine seasons. The franchise acquired veteran goaltender John Gibson from the Anaheim Ducks during the NHL draft Saturday.

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INDIANA FEVER

INDIANA FEVER’S ALIYAH BOSTON SELECTED AS STARTER FOR 2025 AT&T WNBA ALL-STAR GAME

INDIANAPOLIS (June 30, 2025) — The Indiana Fever, in conjunction with the Women’s National Basketball Association, has announced that center/forward Aliyah Boston has been selected as a starter for the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game, which will be hosted at the Fever’s home of Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on July 18-19.

Boston joins fellow teammate Caitlin Clark, who was previously announced as a 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game captain, officially making it two players, thus far, who will represent the Indiana Fever in this year’s game.

With her WNBA All-Star selection, Boston joins Tamika Catchings as the only Indiana Fever player to earn three WNBA All-Star selections. This also marks the second time Boston has been selected as a starter, her first being in 2023.

Boston is currently averaging 15.0 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game, while leading the entire league in field goal percentage with 59.7%, three percent higher than the next highest player, a current career-high for the University of South Carolina alum. Already this season, Boston has set new single-game career highs in points with 31 points, scored against Seattle on June 24. Additionally, Boston has set or matched career highs in assists (8 vs. CON, 5/30/25), steals (5 vs. LAS, 6/26/25), field goals made (13 vs. SEA, 6/24/25) and blocks (5 vs. CHI, 5/17/25).

On June 20, Boston recorded her 29^th career double-double, giving her the second most in Indiana Fever history, only behind Hall of Famer Catchings. Overall, Boston has recorded seven double-doubles, giving her 31 total across her WNBA career. Boston has also moved into fourth all-time in Indiana Fever blocks with 119 and is three away from moving into fifth all-time in rebounds.

Reserves, as voted upon by the league’s head coaches, for the upcoming 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be announced Sunday, July 6 at 12 p.m. ET.

GAME PREVIEW: FEVER FACE LYNX IN COMMISSIONER’S CUP CHAMPIONSHIP

Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
Commissioner’s Cup Championship
Tuesday, July 1
Target Center | 8:00 p.m. ET

Broadcast Information
TV: Prime Video
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan

Probable Starters

Indiana Fever (8-8)

Guard – Caitlin Clark
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Lexie Hull
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston

Minnesota Lynx (14-2)

Guard – Courtney Williams
Guard – Kayla McBride
Forward – Napheesa Collier
Forward – Bridget Carleton
Center – Alanna Smith

GAME PREVIEW:

The Fever will compete for a trophy on Tuesday night in Minnesota, as Indiana faces the Lynx in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship. It is Indiana’s first appearance in the title game of the Commissioner’s Cup, which is in its fifth year of existence. Minnesota is looking to repeat as Commissioner’s Cup champions after taking home the title in 2024.

Indiana advanced to the championship game by going 4-1 against conference foes during Commissioner’s Cup play over the first two weeks of June. The Lynx went 5-1 against Western Conference opponents to also advance to the championship game.

The winner of Tuesday’s game will receive the Commissioner’s Cup Trophy and all players on the roster will receive a share of a dedicated prize pool for the Commissioner’s Cup champions.

“It’s a huge opportunity for us,” Fever All-Star guard Caitlin Clark said. “We’re going to go in there and they have a great crowd, a great environment. A team that’s very experienced with one another. Have been in the Finals, have been in big situations, won the Commissioner’s Cup last year. I think it’s a really great opportunity for us to go in there and see what we’re made of.”

While Tuesday’s game will not count toward the regular season standings, the Lynx have been the league’s best team so far this season with a 14-2 record, 2.5 games ahead of second-place Minnesota.

Minnesota is led by star forward Napheesa Collier, who leads the WNBA in scoring by a wide margin, averaging 24.4 points per game to go along with 8.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.5 blocks. Collier has made the All-WNBA first team each of the past two years and was named the league Defensive Player of the Year in 2024. She is shooting 52.5 percent from the field and 39.6 percent from 3-point range.

Collier and Clark were selected to be the two captains for WNBA All-Star 2025 in Indianapolis. Clark has missed the past two games with a groin injury, but is averaging 18.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 8.9 assists so far this season.

Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Cup Championship is also a rematch of the Fever’s two most recent trips to the WNBA Finals. The Fever defeated Minnesota for the franchise’s lone WNBA title in 2012 and lost to the Lynx in five games in 2015. Current head coach Stephanie White was an assistant coach on the 2012 team and the head coach in 2015.

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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

(ATHLON SPORTS)

CLASS IMPACT: TALENTED LINEBACKER ELLIS MCGASKIN COMMITS TO NOTRE DAME

Notre Dame has kicked off its 2027 class with a pair commitments in the last week, with the latest coming from talented linebacker Ellis McGaskin. The 6-1, 200-pound defender picked Notre Dame over LSU, Texas A&M, Georgia and many others.

Let’s break down how this commitment impacts the 2027 class and the Irish depth chart.

NOTRE DAME CLASS IMPACT

McGaskin is the second player to commit to Notre Dame in the 2027 class but the first position player. He joins long snapper Sean Kraft, who committed to the Irish last week.

READ MORE: https://athlonsports.com/college/irish-breakdown/class-impact-talented-linebacker-ellis-mcgaskin-commits-to-notre-dame

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

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

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

TUESDAY JULY 1

MLB BASEBALL

3 p.m.

MLBN — N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (3:05 p.m.)

8 p.m.

TBS — Cleveland at Chicago Cubs

TRUTV — Cleveland at Chicago Cubs

10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago White Sox at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

FS2 — Canadian Premier League: Valour FC at HFX Wanderers FC

9 p.m.

TNT — FIFA Club World Cup: Borussia Dortmund vs. Monterrey, Round of 16, Atlanta

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, First Round, London

4 p.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, First Round, London (Match Point)

6 a.m. (Wednesday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Second Round, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at Minnesota