“THE SCOREBOARD” ===================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/baseball/scores/?date=5/28/2026 ===== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SECTIONALS CLASS 4A 1. CROWN POINT (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CROWN POINT, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MUNSTER 2. CHESTERTON (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHESTERTON, HOBART, MERRILLVILLE, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO 3. MISHAWAKA (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY 4. GOSHEN (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, WARSAW COMMUNITY 5. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER 6. FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH 7. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, MCCUTCHEON 8. NOBLESVILLE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE 9. RICHMOND (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND 10. NORTH CENTRAL (INDPLS.) (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), WARREN CENTRAL 11. BEN DAVIS (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: AVON, BEN DAVIS, BROWNSBURG, PIKE, PLAINFIELD 12. CENTER GROVE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTER GROVE, DECATUR CENTRAL, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, MOORESVILLE, PERRY MERIDIAN, SOUTHPORT 13. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, MARTINSVILLE, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO 14. COLUMBUS NORTH (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, WHITELAND COMMUNITY 15. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, NEW ALBANY, SEYMOUR, SILVER CREEK 16. EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASTLE, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH CLASS 3A 17. HIGHLAND (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GARY WEST SIDE, GRIFFITH, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HIGHLAND 18. LOWELL (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDREAN, HANOVER CENTRAL, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LOWELL, RIVER FOREST 19. PLYMOUTH (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CULVER ACADEMIES, GLENN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, NEW PRAIRIE, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH 20. FAIRFIELD (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COLUMBIA CITY, FAIRFIELD, NORTHWOOD, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE 21. DEKALB (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANGOLA, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, LEO 22. BELLMONT (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BELLMONT, HERITAGE, MARION, MISSISSINEWA, NEW HAVEN, NORWELL 23. LOGANSPORT (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: LOGANSPORT, MACONAQUAH, NORTHWESTERN, PERU, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE, WESTERN 24. JAY COUNTY (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CONNERSVILLE, DELTA, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, JAY COUNTY, NEW CASTLE, YORKTOWN 25. CRAWFORDSVILLE (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, FRANKFORT, GUERIN CATHOLIC, LEBANON, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS 26. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HERRON, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN 27. NORTHVIEW (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASCADE, EDGEWOOD, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, SPEEDWAY 28. RONCALLI (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BEECH GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, INDIAN CREEK, NEW PALESTINE, RONCALLI, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SHELBYVILLE 29. BATESVILLE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BATESVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, JENNINGS COUNTY, LAWRENCEBURG, SOUTH DEARBORN 30. CHARLESTOWN (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, PROVIDENCE, SCOTTSBURG 31. JASPER (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: GIBSON SOUTHERN, JASPER, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON 32. EVANSVILLE BOSSE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, HERITAGE HILLS, MT. VERNON CLASS 2A 33. WHITING (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: 21ST CENTURY CHARTER SCHOOL – GARY, BOONE GROVE, HEBRON, LAKE STATION EDISON, WHEELER, WHITING 34. JIMTOWN (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BREMEN, CAREER ACADEMY, JIMTOWN, KNOX, LAVILLE, WINAMAC COMMUNITY 35. LAKELAND (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, LAKELAND, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW 36. SOUTH ADAMS (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ADAMS CENTRAL, BLUFFTON, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, SOUTH ADAMS, WHITKO, WOODLAN 37. NORTH MONTGOMERY (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BENTON CENTRAL, DELPHI COMMUNITY, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NORTH MONTGOMERY, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, SEEGER, WESTERN BOONE 38. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EASTERN (GREENTOWN), LEWIS CASS, MANCHESTER, OAK HILL, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, WABASH 39. SHERIDAN (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FRANKTON, LAPEL, SHERIDAN, TAYLOR, TIPTON 40. BLACKFORD (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ALEXANDRIA MONROE, BLACKFORD, EASTBROOK, MADISON-GRANT, MUNCIE BURRIS, WAPAHANI 41. GREENCASTLE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT 42. PARK TUDOR (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COVENANT CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, MONROVIA, PARK TUDOR, UNIVERSITY 43. TRITON CENTRAL (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHRISTEL HOUSE, EASTERN HANCOCK, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, TRITON CENTRAL 44. CENTERVILLE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTERVILLE, HAGERSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY 45. SOUTH RIPLEY (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: AUSTIN, BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY 46. MITCHELL (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CLARKSVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, EASTERN (PEKIN), MITCHELL, PAOLI, SALEM 47. LINTON-STOCKTON (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BARR-REEVE, EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN, WEST VIGO 48. SOUTH SPENCER (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, FOREST PARK, NORTH POSEY, PERRY CENTRAL, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TELL CITY CLASS 1A 49. WESTVILLE (8) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BOWMAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, HAMMOND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOUTS, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, TRI-TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WESTVILLE 50. TRI-COUNTY (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASTON, NORTH NEWTON, NORTH WHITE, PIONEER, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY, WEST CENTRAL 51. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, OREGON-DAVIS, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), TRITON 52. FREMONT (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, FREMONT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN 53. RIVERTON PARKE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ATTICA, COVINGTON, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, NORTH VERMILLION, RIVERTON PARKE 54. CARROLL (FLORA) (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON CENTRAL, CLINTON PRAIRIE, FRONTIER, ROSSVILLE 55. DALEVILLE (8) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COWAN, DALEVILLE, NORTH MIAMI, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHERN WELLS, SOUTHWOOD, TRI-CENTRAL, WES-DEL 56. SETON CATHOLIC (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BLUE RIVER VALLEY, CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, MONROE CENTRAL, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, SETON CATHOLIC, UNION (MODOC), UNION CITY 57. ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDERSON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – BROAD RIPPLE 58. PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY (3) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EMINENCE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 59. MORRISTOWN (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EDINBURGH, KNIGHTSTOWN, MORRISTOWN, NORTH DECATUR, SOUTH DECATUR, TRI, WALDRON 60. SHAWE MEMORIAL (8) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CROTHERSVILLE, HAUSER, JAC-CEN-DEL, MILAN, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, RISING SUN, SHAWE MEMORIAL, TRINITY LUTHERAN 61. SHAKAMAK (7) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, CLOVERDALE, DUGGER UNION, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY 62. LOOGOOTEE (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: LOOGOOTEE, NORTH DAVIESS, ORLEANS, SHOALS, VINCENNES RIVET 63. NEW WASHINGTON (8) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, HENRYVILLE, LANESVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, ROCK CREEK ACADEMY, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON 64. TECUMSEH (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CANNELTON, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, SPRINGS VALLEY, TECUMSEH, WOOD MEMORIAL ====================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES https://www.maxpreps.com/in/softball/scores/?date=5/28/2026 ===== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SECTIONALS CLASS 4A 1. LAKE CENTRAL (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CROWN POINT, HAMMOND CENTRAL, HAMMOND MORTON, LAKE CENTRAL, MUNSTER 2. VALPARAISO (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHESTERTON, HOBART, MERRILLVILLE, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO 3. PENN (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: LAPORTE, MICHIGAN CITY, MISHAWAKA, NEW PRAIRIE, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY 4. NORTHRIDGE (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CONCORD, ELKHART, GOSHEN, NORTHRIDGE, WARSAW COMMUNITY 5. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (4)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FORT WAYNE SNIDER 6. HOMESTEAD (4)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HOMESTEAD, HUNTINGTON NORTH 7. KOKOMO (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, MCCUTCHEON, WESTERN 8. ZIONSVILLE (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CARMEL, FISHERS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, NOBLESVILLE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE 9. PENDLETON HEIGHTS (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDERSON, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), MUNCIE CENTRAL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, RICHMOND 10. WARREN CENTRAL (5) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), WARREN CENTRAL 11. PIKE (6) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: AVON, BEN DAVIS, BROWNSBURG, PIKE, PLAINFIELD, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS 12. DECATUR CENTRAL (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTER GROVE, DECATUR CENTRAL, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, MOORESVILLE, PERRY MERIDIAN, SOUTHPORT 13. BLOOMINGTON NORTH (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, MARTINSVILLE, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO 14. WHITELAND COMMUNITY (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, WHITELAND COMMUNITY 15. JEFFERSONVILLE (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, NEW ALBANY, SEYMOUR 16. EVANSVILLE NORTH (4)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASTLE, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE NORTH CLASS 3A 17. GRIFFITH (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CALUMET, EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL, GRIFFITH, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HIGHLAND 18. KANKAKEE VALLEY (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HANOVER CENTRAL, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LOWELL, RIVER FOREST 19. PLYMOUTH (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CULVER ACADEMIES, GLENN, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, PLYMOUTH, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH 20. NORTHWOOD (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COLUMBIA CITY, FAIRFIELD, NORTHWOOD, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, WAWASEE, WEST NOBLE 21. GARRETT (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANGOLA, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, GARRETT, LEO 22. MISSISSINEWA (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BELLMONT, HERITAGE, MARION, MISSISSINEWA, NEW HAVEN, NORWELL 23. LOGANSPORT (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: LOGANSPORT, MACONAQUAH, NORTHWESTERN, PERU, TWIN LAKES, WEST LAFAYETTE 24. CONNERSVILLE (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CONNERSVILLE, DELTA, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, JAY COUNTY, NEW CASTLE, YORKTOWN 25. LEBANON (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, CRAWFORDSVILLE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, FRANKFORT, GUERIN CATHOLIC, LEBANON 26. INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HERRON, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CRISPUS ATTUCKS, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN 27. CASCADE (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASCADE, EDGEWOOD, INDIANAPOLIS GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY, NORTHVIEW, OWEN VALLEY, SPEEDWAY 28. INDIAN CREEK (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BEECH GROVE, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, INDIAN CREEK, NEW PALESTINE, RONCALLI, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, SHELBYVILLE 29. FRANKLIN COUNTY (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BATESVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GREENSBURG, JENNINGS COUNTY, LAWRENCEBURG, SOUTH DEARBORN 30. CORYDON CENTRAL (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHARLESTOWN, CORYDON CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NORTH HARRISON, SCOTTSBURG, SILVER CREEK 31. SOUTHRIDGE (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: GIBSON SOUTHERN, JASPER, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, SOUTHRIDGE, VINCENNES LINCOLN, WASHINGTON 32. EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BOONVILLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, HERITAGE HILLS, MT. VERNON, NORTH POSEY CLASS 2A 33. WHEELER (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDREAN, BOONE GROVE, HEBRON, LAKE STATION EDISON, WHEELER, WHITING 34. BREMEN (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BREMEN, JIMTOWN, KNOX, LAVILLE, WINAMAC COMMUNITY 35. WESTVIEW (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, EASTSIDE, LAKELAND, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WESTVIEW 36. ADAMS CENTRAL (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ADAMS CENTRAL, BLUFFTON, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, SOUTH ADAMS, WHITKO, WOODLAN 37. DELPHI COMMUNITY (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BENTON CENTRAL, DELPHI COMMUNITY, NORTH MONTGOMERY, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, ROSSVILLE, SEEGER, WESTERN BOONE 38. ROCHESTER COMMUNITY (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EASTERN (GREENTOWN), LEWIS CASS, MANCHESTER, OAK HILL, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, WABASH 39. TIPTON (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FRANKTON, LAPEL, SHERIDAN, TAYLOR, TIPTON 40. MADISON-GRANT (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ALEXANDRIA MONROE, BLACKFORD, EASTBROOK, MADISON-GRANT, WAPAHANI 41. SOUTHMONT (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: GREENCASTLE, NORTH PUTNAM, PARKE HERITAGE, SOUTH PUTNAM, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT 42. MONROVIA (4)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: COVENANT CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, MONROVIA, PARK TUDOR 43. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CHRISTEL HOUSE, EASTERN HANCOCK, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, IRVINGTON PREPARATORY ACADEMY, TRITON CENTRAL 44. WINCHESTER COMMUNITY (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CENTERVILLE, HAGERSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, SHENANDOAH, UNION COUNTY, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY 45. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: AUSTIN, BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY 46. SALEM (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CLARKSVILLE, CRAWFORD COUNTY, EASTERN (PEKIN), MITCHELL, PAOLI, PROVIDENCE, SALEM 47. SULLIVAN (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, NORTH KNOX, SOUTH KNOX, SULLIVAN, WEST VIGO 48. FOREST PARK (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, FOREST PARK, PERRY CENTRAL, PIKE CENTRAL, SOUTH SPENCER, TECUMSEH, TELL CITY CLASS 1A 49. WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HAMMOND ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOUTS, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WESTVILLE 50. NORTH WHITE (8)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CASTON, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, NORTH NEWTON, NORTH WHITE, PIONEER, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY, WEST CENTRAL 51. SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ARGOS, CULVER COMMUNITY, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, OREGON-DAVIS, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), TRITON 52. LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN (3)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: FREMONT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN 53. RIVERTON PARKE (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ATTICA, COVINGTON, FAITH CHRISTIAN, FOUNTAIN CENTRAL, LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NORTH VERMILLION, RIVERTON PARKE 54. CLINTON PRAIRIE (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON CENTRAL, CLINTON PRAIRIE, FRONTIER 55. WES-DEL (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: NORTH MIAMI, NORTHFIELD, SOUTHERN WELLS, SOUTHWOOD, TRI-CENTRAL, WES-DEL 56. MONROE CENTRAL (3)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: MONROE CENTRAL, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, UNION CITY 57. LIBERTY CHRISTIAN (5)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: ANDERSON PREPARATORY, ACADEMY, COWAN, DALEVILLE, INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, LIBERTY CHRISTIAN 58. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (4)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EMINENCE, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, PROVIDENCE CRISTO REY 59. TRI (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: EDINBURGH, KNIGHTSTOWN, MORRISTOWN, NORTH DECATUR, SOUTH DECATUR, TRI, WALDRON 60. RISING SUN (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: HAUSER, JAC-CEN-DEL, MILAN, OLDENBURG ACADEMY, RISING SUN, TRINITY LUTHERAN 61. CLAY CITY (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, CLOVERDALE, DUGGER UNION, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), SHAKAMAK, WHITE RIVER VALLEY 62. NORTH DAVIESS (6)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BARR-REEVE, LOOGOOTEE, NORTH DAVIESS, ORLEANS, SHOALS, VINCENNES RIVET 63. LANESVILLE (7)BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, HENRYVILLE, LANESVILLE, NEW WASHINGTON, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), WEST WASHINGTON 64. SPRINGS VALLEY (4) BRACKET | TICKETS SCHOOLS: CANNELTON, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, SPRINGS VALLEY, WOOD MEMORIAL ======================================= INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS LAX SCORES STATE FINALS MAY 30 @ ZIONSVILLE (BROADCAST ON INDIANA SRN) 1A CROWN POINT VS. BROWNSBURG 2A BISHOP CHATARD VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC ====================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LAX SCORES SATURDAY CHAMPIONSHIPS 1A GUERIN CATHOLIC VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 5:00 2A CARMEL VS. CULVER 7:30 ===================================== INDIANA BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE FINALS MAY 30 11 AM ET / 10 CT | STATE SEMIFINAL 1 CARMEL (28-6) VS. RONCALLI (31-3) APPROX. 1 PM ET / 12 CT STATE SEMIFINAL 2 LAKE CENTRAL (25-2) VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (21-12) STATE CHAMPIONSHIP | 6 PM ET / 5 CT ======================================== INDIANA BOYS TRACK REGIONALS MAY 28 1. VALPARAISO 5 PM CT TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: MUNSTER, CROWN POINT, PORTAGE, KANKAKEE VALLEY 2. WARSAW COMMUNITY 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: PENN, PLYMOUTH, GOSHEN, EAST NOBLE 3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, NEW HAVEN, MARION, MUNCIE CENTRAL 4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: KOKOMO, WEST LAFAYETTE, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, FISHERS 5. PLAINFIELD 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, PLAINFIELD, SOUTHPORT, WHITELAND COMMUNITY 6. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: LAWRENCE CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, CONNERSVILLE 7. BLOOMINGTON NORTH 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: COLUMBUS NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, MADISON CONSOLIDATED 8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 5:30 PM CT TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: FLOYD CENTRAL, JASPER, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL =================================== INDIANA GIRLS TRACK REGIONALS MAY 26 1. PORTAGE 5 PM CT TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: HIGHLAND, HOBART, CHESTERTON, KANKAKEE VALLEY 2. GOSHEN 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: MISHAWKA, BREMEN, WARSAW COMMUNITY, EAST NOBLE 3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE)6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, NEW HAVEN, MARION, DELTA 4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: KOKOMO, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 5. BEN DAVIS 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, ZIONSVILLE, PIKE, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY 6. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: LAWRENCE CENTRAL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, BATESVILLE 7. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 6 PM ET TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: COLUMBUS NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, SEYMOUR, MADISON CONSOLIDATED 8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL5:30 PM CT TICKETS | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS SECTIONAL HOST: CORYDON CENTRAL, PERRY CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, MT. VERNON ===================================== INDIANA BOYS TRACK STATE FINALS Order of Events 3:00 p.m. – Pole Vault, Long Jump and Discus 3:30 p.m. – High Jump; Shot Put 4:15 p.m. – 3200 M Relay Finals 5:00 p.m. – 100 M Dash Trials 5:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdle Trials 5:40 p.m. – 200 M Dash Trials 6:10 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies 6:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdles 6:25 p.m. – 100 M Dash 6:35 p.m. – 1600 M Run 6:45 p.m. – 400 M Relay 7:05 p.m. – 400 M Dash 7:20 p.m. – 300 M Int. Hurdles 7:45 p.m. – 800 M Run 8:05 p.m. – 200 M Dash 8:15 p.m. – 3200 M Run 8:30 p.m. – 1600 M Relay Advancement from State Meet Trials to Finals 1. 110 and 100 Hurdles, 100; 200 a. 3 heats with 10 b. 1st, 2nd from each heat plus next 3 best times. 2. 400 Relay, 1600 Relay, 400, 300 Hurdles a. no trials b. 3 sections timed; 10 per section 3. 3200 Relay, 800 a. no trials b. 2 sections; 1 with 13, 1 with 14 4. 1600 and 3200 a. no trials b. 1 race timed 5. Field Events a. top 10 qualify plus ties =================================== INDIANA GIRLS TRACK STATE FINALS JUNE 5 Order of Events3:00 p.m. – Pole Vault, Long Jump and Discus3:30 p.m. – High Jump; Shot Put4:15 p.m. – 3200 M Relay Finals5:00 p.m. – 100 M Dash Trials5:15 p.m. – 100 M High Hurdle Trials5:40 p.m. – 200 M Dash Trials6:10 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies6:15 p.m. – 100 M High Hurdles6:25 p.m. – 100 M Dash6:35 p.m. – 1600 M Run6:45 p.m. – 400 M Relay7:05 p.m. – 400 M Dash7:20 p.m. – 300 M Low Hurdles7:45 p.m. – 800 M Run8:05 p.m. – 200 M Dash8:15 p.m. – 3200 M Run8:30 p.m. – 1600 M Relay Advancement from State Meet Trials to Finals1. 110 and 100 Hurdles, 100; 200 a. 3 heats with 10 b. 1st, 2nd from each heat plus next 3 best times.2. 400 Relay, 1600 Relay, 400, 300 Hurdles a. no trials b. 3 sections timed; 10 per section3. 3200 Relay, 800 a. no trials b. 2 sections; 1 with 13, 1 with 144. 1600 and 3200 a. no trials b. 1 race timed5. Field Events a. top 10 qualify plus ties =========================================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS SEMI-STATE MAY 30 1. JASPER BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP 1: EVANSVILLE BOSSE WINNER VS. JEFFERSONVILLE WINNERCHAMPIONSHIP 2: JASPER WINNER VS. BROWNSBURG WINNER 2. CENTER GROVE BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP 1: NORTH CENTRAL (INDPLS.) WINNER VS. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE WINNERCHAMPIONSHIP 2: CENTER GROVE WINNER VS. MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) WINNER 3. CULVER ACADEMIES BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP 1: CARMEL WINNER VS. LAPORTE WINNERCHAMPIONSHIP 2: HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) WINNER VS. CROWN POINT WINNER 4. HOMESTEAD BRACKET CHAMPIONSHIP 1: BLUFFTON WINNER VS. NOBLESVILLE WINNERCHAMPIONSHIP 2: NORTHWOOD WINNER VS. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) WINNER ====================================== NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS EAST FINAL: (3) NEW YORK VS. (4) CLEVELAND GAME 1: NEW YORK 115, CLEVELAND 104 (NEW YORK LEADS SERIES 1-0) GAME 2: NEW YORK 109, CLEVELAND 93 (NEW YORK LEADS SERIES 2-0) GAME 3: NEW YORK 121, CLEVELAND 109 (NEW YORK LEADS SERIES 3-0) GAME 4: NEW YORK 130, CLEVELAND 93 (NEW YORK WINS SERIES 4-0) ===== WEST FINAL: (1) OKLAHOMA CITY VS. (2) SAN ANTONIO GAME 1: SAN ANOTNIO 122, OKLAHOMA CITY 115 (SPURS LEAD SERIES 1-0) GAME 2: OKLAHOMA CITY 122, SAN ANOTNIO 113 (SERIES EVEN 1-1) GAME 3: OKLAHOMA CITY 123 SAN ANTONIO 108 (THUNDER LEADS SERIES 2-1) GAME 4: SAN ANTONIO 103, OKLAHOMA CITY 82 (SERIES EVEN 2-2) GAME 5: OKLAHOMA CITY 127, SAN ANTONIO 114 (THUNDER LEAD SERIES 3-2) GAME 6: SAN ANTONIO 118, OKLAHOMA CITY 91 (SERIES EVEN 3-3) GAME 7: SAN ANTONIO AT OKLAHOMA CITY | SATURDAY MAY 30 (8 ET, NBC/PEACOCK)* * = IF NECESSARY ===== 2026 NBA FINALS THE 2026 NBA FINALS WILL BE BEGIN ON JUNE 3, WITH ABC AS THE EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTER. JUNE 3: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 1 ON ABC, 8:30 ET JUNE 5: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 2 ON ABC, 8:30 ET JUNE 8: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 3 ON ABC, 8:30 ET JUNE 10: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 4 ON ABC, 8:30 ET JUNE 13: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 5 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* JUNE 16: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 6 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* JUNE 19: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 7 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* * = IF NECESSARY ==================================== NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: #1 CAROLINA HURRICANES VS. #3 MONTREAL CANADIENS GAME 1: MONTREAL 6, CAROLINA 2 (MONTREAL LEADS SERIES 1-0) GAME 2: CAROLINA 3, MONTREAL 2 OT (SERIES EVEN 1-1) GAME 3: CAROLINA 3, MONTREAL 2 (CAROLINA LEADS SERIES 2-1) GAME 4: CAROLINA 4, MONTREAL 0 (CAROLINA LEADS SERIES 3-1) GAME 5:* FRI, MAY 29 – MONTREAL AT CAROLINA, 8 P.M. ET (TNT) GAME 6:* SUN, MAY 31 – CAROLINA AT MONTREAL, TBD (TNT) GAME 7:* TUE, JUNE 2 – MONTREAL AT CAROLINA, 8 P.M. ET (TNT) WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: #1 COLORADO AVALANCHE VS. #1 VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS GAME 1: VEGAS 4, COLORADO 2 (GOLDEN KNIGHTS LEAD SERIES 1-0) GAME 2: VEGAS 3, COLORADO 1 (GOLDEN KNIGHTS LEAD SERIES 2-0) GAME 3: VEGAS 5, COLORADO 3 (GOLDEN KNIGHTS LEAD SERIES 3-0) GAME 4: VEGAS 2, COLORADO 1 (GOLDEN KNIGHTS WIN SERIES 4-0) =================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LA ANGELS 7 DETROIT 1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 6 MINNESOTA 2 ATLANTA 10 BOSTON 2 TORONTO 2 BALTIMORE 1 CHICAGO CUBS 7 PITTSBURGH 2 HOUSTON 5 TEXAS 1 =================================== MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INDIANAPOLIS 3 IOWA 0 SOUTH BEND 6 FT. WAYNE 3 =================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL REGIONALS: FRIDAY, MAY 29 TO MONDAY, JUNE 1 LOS ANGELES REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 UCLA VS. NO. 4 SAINT MARY’S (CA) | 3 P.M. | ESPNU GAME 2: NO. 2 VIRGINIA TECH VS. NO. 3 CAL POLY | 8 P.M. | ESPN+ MORGANTOWN REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 2 WAKE FOREST VS. NO. 3 KENTUCKY | NOON | ESPN2 GAME 2: NO. 1 WEST VIRGINIA VS. NO. 4 BINGHAMTON | 5 P.M. | ESPN+ HATTIESBURG REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 SOUTHERN MISS. VS. NO. 4 LITTLE ROCK | 2 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 VIRGINIA VS. NO. 3 JACKSONVILLE ST. | 7 P.M. | ESPN+ GAINESVILLE REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 FLORIDA VS. RIDER | 1 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 MIAMI (FL) VS. NO. 3 TROY | 6 P.M. | ACCN CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 2 TENNESSEE VS. NO. 3 EAST CAROLINA | NOON | ESPNU GAME 2: NO. 1 NORTH CAROLINA VS. NO. 4 VCU | 5 P.M. | ESPN+ COLLEGE STATION REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 TEXAS A&M VS. NO. 4 LAMAR| 4 P.M. | SECN GAME 2: NO. 2 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VS. NO. 3 TEXAS ST. | 9 P.M. | ESPN+ LINCOLN REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 NEBRASKA VS. NO. 4 SOUTH DAKOTA ST. | 4 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 OLE MISS VS. NO. 3 ARIZONA ST. | 9 P.M. | ESPNU AUBURN REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 AUBURN VS. NO. 4 MILWAUKEE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 UCF VS. NO. 3 NC STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPNU ATLANTA REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 GEORGIA TECH VS. NO. 4 UIC | 12 P.M. | ACCN GAME 2: NO. 2 OKLAHOMA VS. NO. 3 THE CITADEL | 5 P.M. | ESPN+ LAWRENCE REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 KANSAS VS. NO. 4 NORTHEASTERN | 1 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 ARKANSAS VS. NO. 3 MISSOURI ST. | 6 P.M. | ESPN+ TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 FLORIDA ST. VS. NO. 4 ST. JOHN’S (NY) | 3 P.M. | ACCN GAME 2: NO. 2 COASTAL CAROLINA VS. NO. 3 NIU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+ TUSCALOOSA REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 2 OKLAHOMA ST. VS. NO. 3 USC UPSTATE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 1 ALABAMA VS. NO. 4 ALABAMA ST. | 7 P.M. | ESPN+ AUSTIN REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 TEXAS VS. NO. 4 HOLY CROSS | 1 P.M. | SECN GAME 2: NO. 2 UC SANTA BARBARA VS. NO. 3 TARLETON ST. | 6 P.M. | ESPN+ EUGENE REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 2 OREGON ST. VS. NO. 3 WASHINGTON ST. | 3 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 1 OREGON VS. NO. 4 YALE | 8 P.M. | ESPN+ STARKVILLE REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 1 MISSISSIPPI ST. VS. NO. 4 LIPSCOMB | 2 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 2 CINCINNATI VS. NO. 3 LOUISIANA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+ ATHENS REGIONAL GAME 1: NO. 2 BOSTON COLLEGE VS. NO. 3 LIBERTY | 2 P.M. | ESPN+ GAME 2: NO. 1 GEORGIA VS. NO. 4 LIU | 7 P.M. | SECN ===== SUPER REGIONALS: FRIDAY, JUNE 5 TO MONDAY, JUNE 8 | TBA HOST SITES ===== MEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: FRIDAY, JUNE 12 – SUNDAY/MONDAY 21/22 | CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD IN OMAHA, NE GAME 1 | 2 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 12 ON ESPN GAME 2 | 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 12 ON ESPN GAME 3 | 3 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 13 ON ESPN GAME 4 | 8 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 13 ON ESPN GAME 5 | 2 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 14 ON ESPN GAME 6 | 7 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 14 ON ESPN GAME 7 | 2 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 15 ON ESPN GAME 8 | 7 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 15 ON ESPN GAME 9 | 2 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 ON ESPN GAME 10 | 8 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 ON ESPN GAME 11 | 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 ON ESPN GAME 12 | 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 ON ESPN BRACKET 1 | TBD THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) BRACKET 2 | TBD THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1 | TBD SATURDAY, JUNE 20 ON ESPN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 2 | 2:30 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ON ABC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 3 | 7 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 22 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) =================================== COLLEGE WORLD SERIES SCHEDULE OKLAHOMA CITY, MAY 28 TO JUNE 5 ALL TIMES ET THURSDAY GAME 1: TEXAS TECH 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE 0 GAME 2: TENNESSEE 6 TEXAS 3 GAME 3: NEBRASKA 5 ARKANSAS 3 GAME 4: ALABAMA 6 UCLA 3 FRIDAY GAME 5: MISSISSIPPI STATE VS. TEXAS 7 P.M., ESPN2 GAME 6: ARKANSAS STATE VS. UCLA 9:30 P.M., ESPN2 SATURDAY GAME 7: TEXAS TECH VS. TENNESSEE 3 P.M., ABC GAME 8: NEBRASKA VS. ALABAMA 7 P.M., ESPN SUNDAY GAME 9: WINNER GAME 5 VS. LOSER GAME 8, 3 P.M., ABC GAME 10: WINNER GAME 6 VS. LOSER GAME 7, 7 P.M., ESPN2 MONDAY GAME 11: WINNER GAME 7 VS. WINNER GAME 9, NOON, ESPN GAME 12 (IF NECESSARY): WINNER GAME 7 VS. WINNER GAME 9, 2:30 P.M., ESPN GAME 13: WINNER GAME 8 VS. WINNER GAME 10, 7 P.M., ESPN2 GAME 14 (IF NECESSARY): WINNER GAME 8 VS. WINNER GAME 10, 9:30 P.M., ESPN2 CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS BEST-OF-THREE SERIES JUNE 3: 8 P.M., ESPN JUNE 4: 8 P.M., ESPN JUNE 5 (IF NECESSARY): 8 P.M., ESPN ================================ WNBA VALKYRIES 90 FEVER 88 WINGS 95 ACES 87 =================================== UFL SCORES NO GAMES SCHEDULED =================================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED =================================== MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES/RELEASES BASEBALL MLB OWNERS HAVE PROPOSED A SALARY CAP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE BASEBALL’S 1994-95 STRIKE Major League Baseball owners made their long-expected salary cap proposal to the players’ association on Thursday, a system the union has vowed never to accept, setting the sides on course for a confrontation that threatens the 2027 season and perhaps beyond. Baseball owners haven’t proposed a firm cap since 1994. Their effort prompted a 7 1/2-month strike that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time in 90 years. The proposal would cap spending in 2027 at $245.3 million, with a salary floor of $171.2 million. “Our salary cap and floor proposal levels the playing field while sharing baseball revenue with the players 50/50 as we grow the game together,” MLB spokesman Glen Caplin said in a statement. “Further, by sharing media revenue equally as part of our proposal, we can address another top fan concern of local TV blackouts.” Management gave the union its latest plan during a bargaining session at the commissioner’s office, one day after the union made its economic proposal. Owners say a cap is needed to improve competitive balance and restrain the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets and other wealthy teams from assembling starrier rosters than their smaller-market brethren. Players want expanded free agency and salary arbitration rights along with almost doubling the major league minimum, increasing the money high-revenue teams share with the less-wealthy clubs and establishing penalties for teams that drop below payroll floors. Baseball’s current five-year deal, agreed to in March 2022 after a 99-day lockout, expires Dec. 2. While a lockout next winter is expected, talks are not likely to intensify until late February or early March 2027, when the possibilities of losing regular-season games and revenue near. If regular-season games are lost, negotiations may become a standoff of which side can tolerate the most economic loss. Other U.S. major sports leagues operate under a cap. The NBA had a cap in its initial season in 1946-47, then dropped that and began its modern version in 1984-85. NFL players and owners adopted a cap for the 1994 season, and the NHL did so in 2005-06 after a lockout wiped out the entire 2004-05 season. The Dodgers shattered MLB’s spending record with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last year en route to their second straight World Series title. Los Angeles’ total was seven times the $68.7 million payroll of the Miami Marlins, the lowest-spending team, and more than the payrolls of the bottom six clubs combined. Players say a cap would hurt them and enrich owners, and they say they will never agree to one. Without a cap, MLB stars have landed lucrative, guaranteed contracts that outpace what the biggest stars in other U.S. sports leagues make. Juan Soto’s $765 million, 15-year contract with the Mets is believed to be the biggest ever in team sports and is far greater than the largest deals in the NFL (Patrick Mahomes at $450 million over 10 years) and NBA (Jayson Tatum at $314 million over five years). MLB’s last salary cap proposal in 1994 offered players a 50-50 split of revenue in a system that would have forced teams to maintain payrolls of 84-110% of the average. Salary arbitration would have been eliminated and the threshold for free agency would have been lowered from six years’ major league service to four — with the provision that a player’s former club could match any offer until he had six years. MLB’s offer came on June 14 that year, and players struck on Aug. 12. MLB withdrew the cap proposal the following Feb. 6 after pressure by the National Labor Relations Board. The strike ended on March 31 after U.S. District Judge Sonia Sotomayor — now a Supreme Court Justice — issued an injunction restoring the work rules of the expired labor contract. Two days later, owners accepted the union’s offer to return to work without an agreement. A deal wasn’t reached until 1997. ===== MLB ROUNDUP: BASES-LOADED WALK CARRIES JAYS PAST O’S Pinch hitter Yohendrick Pinango drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the host Baltimore Orioles 2-1 on Thursday in the first matchup of the season between the American League East teams. George Springer opened the Toronto eighth with a double, and an intentional walk of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and a walk issued to Daulton Varsho loaded the bases with one out. Kazuma Okamoto struck out before Anthony Nunez (2-2) walked Pinango, sending Springer across the plate with what became the winning run. Jeff Hoffman (4-3) was the winning pitcher with one scoreless inning of relief. Louis Varland stranded two runners with a pickoff in the eighth and recorded four outs for his eighth save despite yielding Leody Taveras’ one-out single in the ninth. Blue Jays starter Patrick Corbin worked five-plus innings and gave up one run on four hits. Orioles starter Chris Bassitt limited his former team to one run on four hits over six innings. The teams combined to go 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and strand 15 runners. Astros 5, Rangers 1 Jeremy Pena and Isaac Paredes homered and Spencer Arrighetti tossed six strong innings as Houston clinched a series win with another victory over host Texas in Arlington. Arrighetti (7-1) allowed one run on three hits with one walk and three strikeouts for Houston, which took three of four from Texas and has won six of its last seven games. The Astros needed just three batters to claim a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Pena opened the game by depositing a 2-1 splitter from Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) over the left field wall for his second homer of the season. After Yordan Alvarez walked, Paredes followed with a two-run shot to left field, his sixth homer. Angels 7, Tigers 1 Grayson Rodriguez allowed one run and two hits with five strikeouts over five innings to help visiting Los Angeles beat Detroit in the rubber game of their three-game series. Donovan Walton had three hits and scored two runs, Mike Trout had two hits, two RBIs and a run and Zach Neto had two hits, an RBI and a run for the Angels, who have won five of six. Detroit right-hander Jack Flaherty (0-7) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs and six hits with nine strikeouts and a walk. Wenceel Perez doubled and homered for the Tigers, who have lost 10 of 12. Braves 10, Red Sox 2 Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam and Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies also homered to propel Atlanta past host Boston to take two of three games in the series. Acuna’s home run, his third of the season, came against reliever Greg Weissert and was part of a five-run sixth inning that handed the Braves a 7-2 lead. Atlanta starter Chris Sale (8-3) limited the Red Sox to two runs in five innings. The left-hander allowed six hits, walked three and struck out eight. Boston reliever Danny Coulombe (0-2) was responsible for three runs in the five-run sixth. Isiah Kiner-Falefa had two hits and reached base four times, and teammate Caleb Durbin had two hits and one RBI. White Sox 6, Twins 2 Randal Grichuk delivered a bases-clearing double to punctuate a four-run third and Davis Martin worked six strong innings to lift host Chicago over Minnesota. Chicago out-hit Minnesota 8-5 to take three of four and win its fifth straight home series. The White Sox have won nine of their past 10 games against Minnesota dating to last season. After starting 4-1 on a 10-game road trip, the Twins were outscored 21-4 over the final two games at Rate Field. Martin matched Cleveland’s Gavin Williams for the American League lead in victories, improving to 8-1 with his fourth win in five May starts. The right-hander contributed his fourth quality start during that span, spacing one run and two hits with two walks and five strikeouts. Cubs 7, Pirates 2 Ian Happ continued to shine in his hometown, collecting three hits, including a two-run homer, as Chicago downed host Pittsburgh to split a four-game series. Happ, a Pittsburgh native who grew up in the suburbs, reached base for the 41st consecutive game at Pittsburgh. Seiya Suzuki had two hits and two RBIs for the Cubs, who have won back-to-back games after losing 10 in a row. Chicago starter Colin Rea (5-3) pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks with five strikeouts. It was a frustrating night for Pittsburgh ace Paul Skenes (6-5), who lost his third consecutive start, the first time that has happened in his career. Skenes struck out 10 and induced 20 swing-and-misses in 5 1/3 innings. However, some defensive miscues, including one of his own, contributed to the three runs the Cubs scored against him. The right-hander was charged with only one earned run. He walked three and allowed four hits. ======================================= NHL CLAUDE LEMIEUX, A FEISTY WINGER AND A FOUR-TIME STANLEY CUP CHAMPION, DIES AT 60 Claude Lemieux, a four-time Stanley Cup champion whose hockey career was built on playing on the edge with ferocity and physicality, has died. He was 60. The NHL Alumni Association announced Lemieux’s death in a post on social media. A cause of death was not immediately available, nor was it clear where Lemieux was when he died. Lemieux on Monday night was the Montreal Canadiens’ torch bearer prior to Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final at Bell Centre. “Today is a dark day for the Canadiens family and the entire hockey community,” Canadiens owner Geoff Molson said. “A fierce competitor who rose to the occasion in big moments, Claude was a relentless, courageous, and tenacious player who led the team to the highest honors. He embodied the very essence of being a Montreal Canadiens player. Today we mourn the untimely passing of one of our champions. Our thoughts are with his family on this difficult day.” As a player, Lemieux was a mix of skill and abrasiveness, not afraid to cross the line in the name of competition. He won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP for his role in helping the New Jersey Devils win their first championship in 1995. A year later with the Colorado Avalanche, he was suspended for two games for a hit from behind on Detroit’s Kris Draper on the way to them hoisting the Stanley Cup for the first time in their first season since moving from his native Quebec. Darren McCarty, a truculent member of the Red Wings during the heyday of their rivalry with the Avalanche that was sparked by Lemieux’s hit on Draper, posted a broken heart emoji on social media with the alumni’s announcement and additional thoughts about his former adversary’s death. “This is extremely sad no matter what feelings from past or present you hold,” McCarty said. “My thoughts and prayers to his family and friends, and people who got to see the person off the ice wasn’t the person on. As I’ve said and will always call it as I see it “If you’re on the ICE with Claude Lemieux and your turn your back. YOU Are an IDIOT. But off the ICE I’ll turn mine” And please. If you are struggling at all please reach out and talk to someone. Godspeed my friend.” Lemieux also won the Cup with Montreal in 1986 and returned to the Devils to be a part of their title run in 2000. He played 1,449 regular-season and playoff games with six different teams from 1983-2009. Commissioner Gary Bettman called Lemieux “one of the greatest big-game players in hockey history.” Lemieux had become an agent in the years since his playing career ended and represented Carolina’s Frederik Andersen, New Jersey’s Timo Meier, Detroit’s Moritz Seider and Boston’s Hampus Lindholm among more than a dozen clients in the NHL. At a gathering in December to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Colorado’s ’95 Stanley Cup championship, Lemieux said of winning, “When it’s happening, when you’re in the middle of it, you don’t quite appreciate it as much as you should.” Late former teammate Chris Simon was represented during the on-ice ceremony by his children. He died in 2024 at 52. “It’s very difficult, and especially with Chris passing at such a young age,” Lemieux said. “We have to count our blessings — be grateful for the days that we have and enjoy and appreciate those times when we get together.” ===== CANADIENS HAVE TALL TASK AHEAD; CANES AIM TO CLOSE OUT SERIES IN GAME 5 The Montreal Canadiens have twice already in these playoffs drummed up a victory in an elimination game. The Canadiens must find that magic again to keep their playoff hopes alive when they visit the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals in Raleigh, N.C. Carolina holds a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, and has won the last three clashes, the latest a 4-0 victory on Wednesday. “They’re making it hard on us for sure, but we’ve got to find more answers,” forward Alex Newhook said. “We’ve got to find more answers as individuals as well, hold ourselves to higher standards that we can be better than what we’ve been.” The series winner will face the Vegas Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final. Vegas swept the Colorado Avalanche in Western Conference finals. Only once in 73 instances in NHL history has a team trailing 3-1 in a best-of-seven conference finals or NHL semifinals rebounded to win the series: the 2000 New Jersey Devils against the Philadelphia Flyers. A comeback would be a tall order at any time, but the Canadiens must find a way to generate offense to even have a hope. Montreal has been held to 18 shots or fewer in each of the last three games, two of which reached overtime. Even their fans were chanting in frustration for the Canadiens to shoot the puck. Turning the tide will require plenty of changes. “You’ve got to believe that you can actually do it,” Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. “To me, I don’t doubt that I believe we can do it. … We’ll put our best foot forward for Game 5.” Montreal defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Buffalo Sabres in a pair of Game 7s in the first two rounds, both on the road. The Hurricanes are looking to advance to the finals for the time since winning the Stanley Cup in 2006, when current head coach Rod Brind’Amour was a player. To say Carolina has been firing on all cylinders would be an understatement. After sweeping their opponents in each of the first two rounds, the Eastern Conference’s top club during the regular season dropped the series opener to Montreal, 6-2, but has followed with textbook performances. The Hurricanes’ victory on Wednesday was as complete of a performance as could be hoped for at this juncture of the playoff chase. “It was an exceptional game, but, man, the fourth one is always the hardest one to win,” captain Jordan Staal said on Thursday. “It’s going to be a brand-new challenge, brand-new game and a whole new set of scenarios. We’re going to have to bottle that up and try to do that again and get ready for their best.” The Hurricanes have shown the right killer instinct this season when they had a chance to close out a series. Adding to the excitement in this round is the fact they have can claim the Prince of Wales Trophy on home ice before their frenzied faithful. “It’s huge,” defenseman Jaccob Slavin said of the opportunity before his squad. “We’ve got a great community. The fans are passionate about Carolina hockey. It’s an exciting opportunity, but at the end of the day, home or away, you have a job to do, you want to finish it and you want to do it well.” ======================================== NBA VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, SPURS DOMINATE THUNDER TO FORCE GAME 7 After a disappointing Game 5 loss in the Western Conference finals, San Antonio Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said his team needed more from superstar Victor Wembanyama. Two days later, Wembanyama appeared in his first playoff elimination game, and he came through in a big way. Wembanyama set the tone from the beginning, helping the Spurs build a lead they never relinquished while beating the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 on Thursday to even the best-of-seven series at three wins apiece. The teams will meet in Game 7 on Saturday in Oklahoma City, with the winner advancing to face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. “His passion and desire for being right where he is and at the forefront of it all, and to take the responsibility and the role and the burden of what he does — I don’t know what else to say,” Johnson said of Wembanyama. “He’s comfortable with that regardless of the outcome and what it may look like.” Games Wembanyama finished with 28 points on 10-of-21 shooting, and he added 10 rebounds and three blocks. However, it was in a period when Wembanyama was on the bench that the Spurs put the game away. The Thunder were still within striking distance, trailing by 10, when Wembanyama came out with 7:39 remaining in the third quarter. For much of the series, Oklahoma City had controlled the game when Wembanyama was on the bench. This time, though, the Spurs were dominant, scoring 11 consecutive points with the big man on the bench. The surge was part of a 20-0 run that sealed the outcome by the time the third quarter was over. “I just think all of our focus and attention was on the defensive end,” San Antonio guard Stephon Castle said of the pivotal run. “… I think when we’re focused on defense and getting stops and being able to get out and run and get easy looks, it makes the game pretty simple for us.” Luke Kornet, who entered for Wembanyama, played a big role in San Antonio’s defensive success during that stretch as Oklahoma City missed 14 consecutive shots. “I think Luke’s communication and just really overall physicality and being in the right spots was probably the best it’s been this series,” Castle said of Kornet, who finished with three points and five rebounds in 13 minutes. The Thunder had cut what was a 15-point second-quarter deficit to five just before halftime, and San Antonio took a seven-point lead into the break. Four minutes into the third quarter, the Spurs started the game-defining run. “We had a chance to turn the game, but you’ve got to turn the game,” Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault said. “You can’t wait for the game to turn, and they came out and obviously threw a great punch to start the third and got the game out of reach.” While Wembanyama came up big, Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggled yet again. He finished with just 15 points, on 6-of-18 shooting, and four assists. It was Gilgeous-Alexander’s lowest scoring output since he had 14 in Game 3 of the 2025 Western Conference finals against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Gilgeous-Alexander is shooting just 37.9% from the floor in the series after making 51.4% of his field-goal attempts over the first two rounds of this year’s postseason. “I’m not sure, to be honest,” Gilgeous-Alexander said of the reasons for his struggles in the series. “A lot of the shots that I’m shooting, I shot plenty of times before. They feel good, and it’s not good.” In the game’s first 90 seconds, Wembanyama hit a pair of 3-pointers and blocked a shot by Jared McCain at the rim. It was an early sign that Wembanyama would be more forceful in Game 6 than he was in San Antonio’s 127-114 loss in Game 5. “They were the aggressors tonight from start to finish,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “They played harder than us, hit more shots, were more aggressive, were in attack mode. We were on our heels.” Castle finished with 17 points, nine assists and just one turnover. After committing 20 turnovers in the first two games, Castle has given the ball away just six times over the past four games. Dylan Harper added 18 points off the bench, helping San Antonio’s reserves outscore Oklahoma City’s for the first time in the series, 46-38. McCain added 13 for the Thunder while Chet Holmgren had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams returned after missing the previous three games with a hamstring strain, but he played just 10 minutes, scoring one point. He came off the bench for the first time since Dec. 10, 2022, during his rookie season. “It was a unique situation,” Daigneault said. “Ever since he got hurt, he’s been hell-bent on trying to get himself to this point.” ==================================== MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL A LAST-MINUTE RUSH OF NBA DRAFT WITHDRAWALS RESHAPES COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROSTERS College basketball rosters are close to being set for next season. Nearly a dozen potential first-round picks withdrew from the NBA draft and opted to return to school, including several high-profile guys just before the deadline on Thursday. Former Baylor big man Tounde Yessoufou removed himself from NBA consideration and committed to St. John’s. Alabama’s Amari Allen, Arkansas’ Billy Richmond, Illinois’ Andrej Stojakovic, Michigan State’s Jeremy Fears Jr. and Vanderbilt’s Tyler Tanner also decided to spend another year in college. Former Iowa State forward Milan Momcilovic, meanwhile, pulled out of the draft and immediately became the top available prospect. Arizona, Kentucky, Louisville and St. John’s are reportedly in pursuit. Arizona’s Koa Peat, Arkansas’ Meleek Thomas, Santa Clara’s Allen Graves and Texas Tech’s Christian Anderson stayed in the draft. With the draft prospects set, here’s a look at how teams in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll have fared since Michigan beat UConn in the national title game: 1. Michigan (37-3) In: J.P. Estrella (Tennessee), Jalen Reed (LSU), Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati) and a top-five recruiting class. Out: Morez Johnson Jr., Yaxel Lendeborg and Aday Mara. Unknown: How much will the defending national champions tweak their style of play to feature dynamic guards Elliot Cadeau and Trey McKenney? 2. UConn (34-6) In: Najai Hines (Seton Hall) and Nikolas Khamenia (Duke). Out: Alex Karaban and Tarris Reed Jr. Unknown: Talented guard Solo Ball is expected to sit out the 2026-27 season following wrist surgery and be ready the following year. 3. Arizona (36-3) In: Derek Dixon (North Carolina), JJ Mandaquit (Washington) and five-star recruit Caleb Holt. Out: Jaden Bradley, Brayden Burries, Anthony Dell’Orso and Koa Peat. Unknown: Motiejus Krivas and Ivan Kharchenkov returning should give Arizona a solid foundation for a quick rebuild. 4. Duke (35-3) In: John Blackwell (Wisconsin), Drew Scharnowski and a top-five recruiting class. Out: Cameron Boozer, Isaiah Evans and Nikolas Khamenia. Unknown: How big of a jump will returners Cayden Boozer, Caleb Foster, Patrick Ngongba II and Dame Sarr make? 5. Illinois (28-9) In: Stefan Vaaks (Providence) and a top-10 recruiting class. Out: Keaton Wagler and Kylan Boswell. Unknown: Andrej Stojakovic’s return is significant, but replacing Wagler and Boswell won’t be easy. 6. Purdue (30-9) In: Caden Pierce (Princeton) and a top-10 recruiting class. Out: Trey Kaufman-Renn, Fletcher Loyer and Braden Smith. Unknown: How long will it take for Pierce, the Ivy League player of the year in 2023-24, to acclimate to the Big Ten after sitting out last season while recovering from torn ankle ligaments? 7. Houston (30-7) In: Delrecco Gillespie (Kent State), Corey Hadnot (Purdue Fort Wayne) and Dedan Thomas Jr. (LSU). Out: Chris Cenac Jr., Kingston Flemings, Emanuel Sharp and Milos Uzan. Unknown: Was guard Mercy Miller’s late-season surge a sign of things to come? 8. Iowa State (29-8) In: Jaquan Johnson (Bradley), Ryan Prather (Robert Morris) and Tre Singleton (Northwestern). Out: Milan Momcilovic, Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey. Unknown: The Cyclones have been close in recent years but are still looking to advance past the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. 9. Florida (27-8) In: Potentially Denzel Aberdeen (Kentucky), who is seeking another year of eligibility. European sharpshooters Domen Petrovič (Slovenia) and Artūras Butajevas (Lithuania) should make the Gators tougher to double in the paint. Out: Xaivian Lee and Micah Handlogten. Unknown: Regardless of what happens with Aberdeen, the Gators should be the preseason No. 1 with starters Rueben Chinyelu, Alex Condon, Boogie Fland and Thomas Haugh back. 10. St. John’s (30-7) In: Avery Brown (Columbia), Quinn Ellis (Europe), Donnie Freeman (Syracuse) and Tounde Yessoufou (Baylor). Out: Zuby Ejiofor, Bryce Hopkins and Dillon Mitchell. Unknown: Landing Freeman and Yessoufou should help Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino and the Red Storm get back to the Sweet 16. 11. Michigan State (27-8) In: Anton Bonke (Charlotte) and a top-five recruiting class. Out: Carson Cooper and Jaxon Kohler. Unknown: Former Florida Atlantic transfer Kaleb Glenn returns after missing last season because of a knee injury and should help take some of the pressure off standout point guard Jeremy Fears Jr. 12. Tennessee (25-12) In: Dai Dai Ames (Cal), Jalen Haralson (Notre Dame), Juke Harris (Wake Forest), Terrence Hill Jr. (VCU), Tyler Lundblade (Belmont) and Miles Rubin (Loyola Chicago). Out: Nate Ament, Jaylen Carey, J.P. Estrella, Ja’Kobi Gillespie and Felix Okpara. Unknown: Coach Rick Barnes, whose Volunteers ranked 11th in the SEC in offense last season, signed five transfers who averaged at least 15 points a game. Philosophical change, or can they play his style of defense? 13. Arkansas (28-9) In: Cooper Bowser (Furman), Jeremiah Wilkinson (Georgia) and a top-five signing class that features Jordan Smith. Out: Darius Acuff Jr., Trevon Brazile, Nick Pringle and Meleek Thomas. Unknown: Getting Thomas and Billy Richmond back was a pipedream. Losing both would have been crushing for the Razorbacks, so Richmond’s return is a welcome one. 14. Nebraska (28-7) In: Kadyn Betts (Montana), Taj DeGourville (San Diego State), Boden Kapke (Boston College), Trevan Leonhardt (Utah Valley), Sam Orme (Belmont) and Damon Wilkinson (South Dakota State). Out: Sam Hoiberg, Jamarques Lawrence and Rienk Mast. Unknown: All-Big Ten selection Pryce Sandfort and the league’s sixth man of the year, Braden Frager, should help coach Fred Hoiberg continue the best stretch in program history. 15. Iowa (24-13) In: Ty’Reek Coleman (Illinois State) and Andrew McKeever (Saint Mary’s). Out: Tavion Banks, who is seeking a fifth year, and Bennett Stirtz. Unknown: The Hawkeyes have a solid foundation with Kael Combs, Alvaro Folgueiras, Cooper Koch and Cam Manyawu back, but can they collectively replace Stirtz? 16. Alabama (25-10) In: Cole Cloer (N.C. State), Jamarion Davis-Fleming (Mississippi State), Drew Fielder (Boise State), Brandon Garrison (Kentucky) and a top-15 signing class. Out: Taylor Bol Bowen, Houston Mallette, Labaron Philon Jr., Aiden Sherrell, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. Unknown: Will Aden Holloway return following his arrest on felony drug charges? 17. Virginia (30-6) In: Jurian Dixon (UC Irvine) and Christian Harmon (Arkansas State). Out: Malik Thomas and Jacari White. Unknown: The Cavaliers are still looking for portal help, but the bulk of the load will fall on returners Thijs Ridder, Johann Grunloh, Sam Lewis and Chance Mallory. 18. Gonzaga (31-4) In: Massamba Diop (Arizona State), Isiah Harwell (Houston) and possibly European pro Jack Kayil, who is going through the NBA draft process. Out: Tyon Grant-Foster, Graham Ike, Emmanuel Innocenti, Adam Miller and Braeden Smith. Unknown: Braden Huff (left knee) is expected to be fully healthy after missing the final few months of the season. Huff, guards Mario Saint-Supery and Davis Fogle and Diop should give the Bulldogs a chance to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2024. 19. Vanderbilt (27-9) In: T.O. Barrett (Missouri), Berke Buyuktuncel (Nebraska), Bangot Dak (Colorado), Ace Glass (Washington State) and Sebastian Williams-Adams (Auburn). Out: Devin McGlockton, Duke Miles, Tyler Nickel, AK Okereke and Jalen Washington. Unknown: Tyler Tanner will have a lot of new teammates. How quickly can they gel? 20. Kansas (24-11) In: Leroy Blyden Jr. (Toledo), Keanu Dawes (Utah), Christian Reeves (College of Charleston) and a top-five signing class that includes the nation’s consensus No. 1 recruit — power forward Tyran Stokes from Seattle. Out: Flory Bidunga, Melvin Council Jr., Elmarko Jackson, Jamari McDowell, Darryn Peterson, Bryson Tiller and Tre White. Unknown: The Jayhawks are counting on Stokes playing more regularly than Peterson did in his one-and-done season. Who complements him is the big question. 21. Texas Tech (23-11) In: Cruz Davis (Hofstra), Damarion Dennis (Wyoming), Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn (UNLV) and incoming freshman Dakari Spear. Out: Donovan Atwell, Luke Bamgboye, Jaylen Petty and LeJuan Watts. Unknown: JT Toppin’s future is among college basketball’s biggest questions. Toppin tore a knee ligament in mid-February and could spend a full year rehabbing and focus on getting ready for the 2027-28 season. 22. Texas (21-15) In: Amari Evans (Tennessee), Elyjah Freeman (Auburn), Isaiah Johnson (Colorado), Mikey Lewis (Saint Mary’s) and David Punch (TCU). Out: Nicolas Codie, Declan Duru Jr., Camden Heide, Jordan Pope, Dailyn Swain, Chendall Weaver and Simeon Wilcher. Unknown: Longhorns coach Sean Miller landed a solid portal class featuring Johnson and Punch, has center Matas Vokietaitis returning and a top-20 recruit in Austin Goosby. Are they enough to offset the loss of Pope and Swain? 23. Louisville (24-11) In: Flory Bidunga (Kansas), Gabe Dynes (USC), Alvaro Folgueiras (Iowa), Karter Knox (Arkansas), De’Shayne Montgomery (Dayton), Jackson Shelstad (Oregon) and top high school center Obinna Ekezie Jr. Out: Mikel Brown Jr., Mouhamed Camara, Ryan Conwell, Sananda Fru, J’Vonne Hadley, Isaac McKneely, Kobe Rodgers, Khani Rooths and Vangelis Zougris. Unknown: The Cardinals hope to offset the loss of five starters – their top five scorers — by signing the top-ranked portal class that includes potential gems in Bidunga and Shelstad. 24. Miami (26-9) In: Quin Berger (Bucknell), Brent Bland (Saint Peter’s), Somto Cyril (Georgia), Nick Dorn (Indiana), DeSean Goode (Robert Morris) and Acaden Lewis (Villanova). Out: Salih Altuntas, Noam Dovrat, Tre Donaldson, Jordyn Kee, John Laboy, Treyvon Maddox, Timotej Malovec, Malik Reneau, Ernest Udeh Jr. and Tru Washington. Unknown: Cyril led the SEC in blocked shots last season and should provide an inside presence as the Hurricanes try to replace frontcourt standouts Reneau and Udeh. 25. Wisconsin (24-11) In: Trey Autry (George Washington), Eian Elmer (Miami, Ohio) and Victory Onuetu (Hofstra). Out: Aleksas Bieliauskas, John Blackwell, Riccardo Greppi and Jack Robison. Unknown: The Badgers lost more than they gained, most notably with Blackwell leaving for Duke. ================================ AUTO RACING KYLE BUSCH HAD PNEUMONIA FOR ‘DAYS TO WEEKS,’ ACCORDING TO HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch died last week from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis, according to the former NASCAR star’s death certificate. Busch had been experiencing symptoms of bacterial pneumonia for “days to weeks” before sepsis set in, according to the certificate obtained by The Associated Press in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The manner of death was listed as “natural.” The death certificate also said Busch, who was 41, was cremated in Mooresville, North Carolina, following an autopsy. His family had announced Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming complications. Sepsis is considered a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body has an extreme, overactive response to an infection, causing the immune system to damage its own tissues and organs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Typically the immune system releases chemicals to fight off pathogens like bacteria, viruses or fungi, but with sepsis the response goes into overdrive. The results can cause widespread inflammation, form microscopic blood clots and make blood vessels leak. Busch had been plenty busy leading up to his death despite being sick. He was thought to have had a sinus cold while racing at Watkins Glen on May 10 and radioed in to his team saying that he needed a “shot” from a doctor after the race. But he continued racing and won the Truck Series race at Dover before finishing 17th in the All-Star race, five days before his death. He also attended the opening of a go-kart track with his 11-year-old son, Brexton, last week. Busch was preparing for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway when the family announced he would not be competing due to a “severe illness.” Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on May 20 when he became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital in Charlotte, several people familiar with the situation told the AP. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because those details had not been disclosed by Busch’s team or family. An unidentified caller on an emergency 911 call placed late that afternoon told the dispatch: “I’ve got an individual that’s (got) shortness of breath, very hot, thinks he’s going to pass out, and is producing a little bit of blood, coughing up some blood.” The caller said Busch was lying on the bathroom floor inside the complex and told dispatch “he is awake,” according to audio provided by the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office. The man gave directions on where emergency responders should go and asked that they turn off any sirens upon arrival. Busch was taken to a hospital, where he died the following day. He was a two-time Cup Series champion who won a record 234 races across NASCAR’s top three national series. Most of his success came with Joe Gibbs Racing before he moved on to join Richard Childress Racing. NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell called Busch a certain first-ballot Hall of Famer and said there was some conversation about adding him to this year’s class even though the selection process had already been completed. No public memorial has been announced for Busch. ============================================== GOLF TOM KIM, J.J. SPAUN AMONG 6 CO-LEADERS AT CHARLES SCHWAB Tom Kim of South Korea wrapped up the final hole of a 6-under-par 64 after a delay of more than two hours, making him one of six players with a share of the lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge on Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas. Kim, J.J. Spaun, Ryan Gerard, Andrew Putnam, Matt McCarty and Lee Hodges are the sextet at 6 under. Hodges reached 7 under with three holes to go late Thursday evening, but he hit a wayward drive and had to lay up, leading to his only bogey of the day at his final hole, the ninth. The first round at Colonial Country Club was suspended at 4:15 p.m. local due to a dangerous weather situation and did not resume until 6:19. At the time of the interruption, Gerard and Putnam had the clubhouse lead, while Kim had just the par-4 ninth left to play. The three-time PGA Tour winner two-putted from 52 feet to save par. “Whether you’re playing great or not, just the horn blowing on the last hole just stinks,” Kim said. But it’s kind of part of it, and hopefully (I) manage my time well and rest well tonight.” Before the delay, Kim made his run by birdieing seven holes in an eight-hole stretch between Nos. 14 and 3. A bogey-birdie-bogey run from Nos. 5-7 took him down a peg, but he was pleased with his game. “Instead of thinking about the play or the finish,” he said, “every day I’m trying to build on what I’m working on and putting all the pieces together where hopefully I can keep getting my game better where I feel comfortable and start competing at a high level consistently.” Kim, 23, won three times on the PGA Tour by the age of 21 but has fallen to No. 144 in the world rankings. Putnam, who had a bogey-free day, seeks his second PGA Tour victory and his first since the 2018 Barracuda Championship. Gerard’s only win on tour, coincidentally, came at the Barracuda Championship last year. He mixed eight birdies with two bogeys Thursday. “Swinging it nicely, hitting it where I want to for the most part, and just it was nice to get a couple putts to go in,” Gerard said. “I know the stats are probably going to lean more putting, but I’ve been hitting my driver really well and just like to continue doing what I’m doing for the rest of the week.” Spaun birdied No. 18 after the suspension to conclude a bogey-free round. After winning the Valero Texas Open last month, he’s searching for another strong finish to propel him into next month’s U.S. Open, where he’s the defending champion. Hodges, like many in the field, praised the course for its challenges but observed that it played softer from this week’s weather. “Normally I feel like at this tournament someone shoots 8 under the first day, and 12 under wins the tournament,” said Hodges, another one-time winner on tour. “I think you’ll see some lower scores. Obviously I don’t know if there’s rain in the forecast or not, so it could get dry and firmer.” A 12-man logjam at 5-under 65 included past major champions Keegan Bradley, Brian Harman and Gary Woodland, along with Alex Smalley, who’s seeking his first PGA Tour victory two weeks after he was the surprise 54-hole leader of the PGA Championship. Max Homa, Russell Henley and Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama stood at 4-under 66. Defending champion Ben Griffin opened with a 2-under 68. ===== BRYSON DECHAMBEAU HEADLINES GROUP IN LEAD AT LIV GOLF KOREA Bryson DeChambeau and Charles Howell III battled to the end last year at LIV Golf Korea and picked up where they left off on Thursday, with Sam Vincent joining them for the ride. The three players each recorded a 5-under-par 65 to spring the top of the leaderboard of this season’s Korea event at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea. They have a one-stroke lead over Ian Poulter, Joaquin Niemann and Thomas Pieters, with four players two shots back and a packed group of 12 at 2-under par. Vincent built his round on five birdies, including two of his final three holes, while defending champion DeChambeau and Howell had some ups and downs. DeChambeau made the turn at 5-under and added a birdie at No. 10. But he played the final eight at 1-over with bogeys at holes 13 and 15 and a birdie at 16. Howell, DeChambeau’s Crushers GC teammate, played the first five holes at even par and followed with an adventure of an eagle, two birdies and two bogeys to reach 3-under. He made birdie on the final two holes to finish in the three-way tie. Although DeChambeau couldn’t keep the pace of his sizzling first 10 holes, he nonetheless was pleased with his play on an unfamiliar course. LIV Golf Korea was held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon in 2025. “I guess Charles and I love Korea. We both played well today, played well last year,” DeChambeau said. “It’s a tricky golf course. … If you’re strategic and you execute good shots, you can make some birdies. Your ball-striking has to be premier; you can’t fake it around here.” DeChambeau said his round was impacted by the bogeys on the par-3 13th hole, where his drive overshot the green and left him to three-putt and at 15. At that par-5, 601-yard hole, his second shot landed in the water. “I felt like being 6-under through 10, I felt like something special was happening, and I simmered off, but still played some great golf. Surprised that I didn’t go deeper,” he said. Behind DeChambeau and Howell, Crushers took the team lead at 10-under, three strokes ahead of OKGC. That was a mixed blessing for Howell. “Well, team-wise, it’s wonderful. Individual-wise, it’s terrible. Team-wise I love him up there at the top. Individually I wish he was at the bottom,” Howell said. “Obviously Bryson, more weeks than not, he plays extremely well, and if my name is near his, I’m usually doing something pretty good.” Vincent shot the only bogey-free round of the day to give him a share of the lead for the first time in his LIV career. He is temporarily part of the HyFlyers team in the absence of captain Phil Mickelson. “I don’t know what it is, but the second I joined them (HyFlyers), my game just went up,” Vincent, of New Zealand, said. “It’s been amazing.” The three leaders will be paired together on Saturday. The group that stands two shots back includes Sergio Garcia of Spain and Australia’s Cam Smith. Jon Rahm of Spain finished at even par Thursday in a tie for 27th. ========================================= TENNIS TOP SEED JANNIK SINNER WILTS, BOUNCED FROM FRENCH OPEN Top-seeded Jannik Sinner was one game away from advancing to the third round of the French Open on Thursday before it all fell apart. Clearly struggling with the heat that reached 90 degrees, Sinner squandered two chances to serve for the match before Argentina’s 56th-ranked Juan Manuel Cerundolo ended the Italian’s 30-match win streak with a 3-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 victory on the clay courts at Roland Garros in Paris. “It was not my day today,” Sinner posted on X. “We’ve had an incredible year so far but now I need some time off. Thank you all for the amazing support and congrats to (Cerundolo) on a solid match. See you soon. Au revoir, Paris.” Sinner, 24, was seeking his first French Open title, which would have given him the career Grand Slam. American Ben Shelton, the No. 5 seed at Roland Garros, also went down to defeat on Thursday. The win seemed inevitable for Sinner when he jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the third set. But he lost seven of the next eight games. Up 5-1 in the set, Sinner lost 18 consecutive points. With his clothes soaked through with sweat, Sinner bent over on the court and walked to his chair while serving for the match at 5-4 (0-40) in the third set. He left the court and returned with an ice pack and used a handheld fan during changeovers. Sinner’s play went cold, however, losing the game and mustering just two more wins during the rest of the match while resorting to drop shots and serve-and-volleying in an attempt to shorten points. “It’s tough for him,” Cerundolo said of Sinner. “I couldn’t win more than three games in a set, so I was a little bit lucky. He deserved to win this match, and then I don’t know what happened. But I feel sorry for him and hope he recovers.” The temperature at the start of the match was 84 degrees Fahrenheit. It rose to 90 as the match progressed. Cerundolo, 24, advanced into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career. He will next face either Spaniard Martin Landaluce or Czech player Vit Kopriva. With Sinner eliminated, Novak Djokovic is the lone remaining player in the men’s draw who has won a Grand Slam title. He is seeking his first since the 2023 U.S. Open. And for the first time since then, a Grand Slam will be won by someone other than Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz, the two-time defending champion who is missing this year’s French Open due to a wrist injury. Shelton leaves Paris as a major disappointment after being strongly outplayed by Belgian Raphael Collignon, who earned the first top-five win of his career. Collignon, 24, hit 30 winners against just 13 unforced errors in the dominating 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win over Shelton. “I was very solid from the beginning to the end, very stable,” Collignon said afterward. “I’m really happy about the way I played today. I was really into the match from beginning to end. “I knew I had to be good on returns. So I had to focus on that. I know that when I focus, I serve well. That’s where I’m best. I seized every opportunity, and I broke every time at the right time. If I hadn’t been so calm and quiet, I wouldn’t have been able to win the match.” Collignon next faces Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi, who was a 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 winner over Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece. No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada started slow before notching a 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, 6-1 victory over Argentina’s Roman Andres Burruchaga. No. 10 Flavio Cobolli of Italy beat China’s Wu Yibing 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Argentina’s Francisco Comesana outlasted No. 14 Luciano Darderi of Italy, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, while Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo advanced in a walkover when No. 16 Valentin Vacherot of Monaco withdrew because of a foot injury. No. 18 Learner Tien won a battle against Argentina’s Facundo Diaz Acosta by capturing the final two sets for a 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory. No. 19 Frances Tiafoe needed four hours, 43 minutes to post a 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-4 victory over Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. Hurkacz had edges of 43-15 in aces and 88-68 in winners but committed 59 unforced errors to Tiafoe’s 32. Italy’s Matteo Berrettini recorded a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 upset of No. 22 Arthur Rinderknech of France, while No. 25 Francisco Cerundolo beat French wild card Hugo Gaston 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1. No. 31 Brandon Nakashima rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 win over Luca Van Assche of France. Other unseeded winners were Zachary Svajda, Spain’s Martin Landaluce, Portugal’s Jaime Faria and 17-year-old Moise Kouame of France. =========================================== INDIANA SPORTS NEWS AND HEADLINES INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL ZIONSVILLE GETS NEW COACH Former Plainfield boys basketball coach Andy Weaver has been named the new coach at Zionsville. Weaver stepped down at Plainfield after 14 seasons. ================================ COLTS FOOTBALL (COLTS RELEASE) Daniel Jones is no stranger to long-term injuries. The Duke alum sustained a neck injury in 2021 that required surgery and an ACL tear in 2023. Both injuries happened when he played for the New York Giants. During the Colts’ Week 14 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2025, Jones tore his Achilles, sidelining him for the final four games of the season. Thus began the long road to recovery, which can be as challenging mentally as it is physically. Jones has been doing everything he can physically. During an OTA practice Wednesday, he was able to snap the ball and drop back in individual drills. After, he ran up and down the field multiple times. Throughout the process, Jones has been rehabbing with the Colts’ training staff, and he has been in the building for all of it, including film sessions. “You feel more a part of it,” Jones said of being able to participate. “Being part of the walkthroughs and going through the plays, it feels more like you’re back in the swing of things.” The mental hurdles that come with an injury such as Jones’ are not to be ignored. One’s gut instinct or competitive desires would tell them to get back up and run far earlier than they should. For Jones, that has not been the case. “It’s the patience to stick with the process,” he said about what he’s learned mentally the last few months. “Parts of it are tough, but it’s a different way of training and enjoying an offseason that I enjoyed a lot of aspects of.” His patience since the December injury have not gone unnoticed, and head coach Shane Steichen is not surprised with how his starter has handled everything. “When you rehab like he rehabs and put in the work like he does, it’s pretty impressive,” Steichen said. “People talk about the fastest way to recover, and it’s by doing the rehab process. He’s relentless at that and he’s doing a hell of a job with it.” ==================================== INDIANA FEVER SAN FRANCISCO (May 28, 2026) — The Indiana Fever dropped a two-point game on the road to the Golden State Valkyries, falling 90-88 at Chase Center on Thursday night. The Fever will conclude their two-game road stretch against the Portland Fire at Moda Center on Saturday, May 30 at 8 p.m. ET. Indiana found themselves trailing the Valkyries 21-14 at the end of the first quarter, struggling to find offensive rhythm through the first 10 minutes. Outscoring Golden State in the second quarter, the Fever were able to tie up the game 44-44 at halftime, led by nine points from Sophie Cunningham and seven from Kelsey Mitchell. The two sides continued to battle back-and-forth throughout the third quarter, trading leads several times, but it was Indiana who took the slight two-point advantage with eight points from Aliyah Boston. Golden State retook the lead in the fourth quarter, but the Fever battled back, looking to tie up the game with .8 seconds left on the clock, but Indiana was unable to secure the basket, falling 90-88. Indiana Fever Notes: Caitlin Clark recorded her 500th assist at 4:05 left in the second quarter, becoming the fastest player in the WNBA to record 1,000 points and 500 assists, doing so in her 59th game played. The previous WNBA record, held by Sue Bird, took 82 games to reach, with Clark breaking the record by a 23-game margin. After tonight Clark now has scored 1,118 points and added 503 assists across her career. Rookie Raven Johnson set a new career game high of 16 points, surpassing her previous high of nine points. Johnson, tied with Clark, led the Fever in scoring for the first time in her career. The third loss of the season, the Fever have lost their trio of games by just seven combined points. ====================================== INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS The Iowa Cubs scored Wednesday night’s lone run in the first inning to defeat the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field, 1-0. The two teams combined for just five hits and 21 strikeouts in the second contest of the six-game series. A bases-loaded wild pitch by Hunter Barco (L, 2-3) with one out in the first inning proved the difference, with Iowa (23-29) and Indianapolis (21-32) combining to go 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position across nine innings. I-Cubs reliever Gavin Hollowell entered in the fifth inning and began a stretch of 4.1 one-hit innings by the bullpen, allowing just one lone baserunner with six strikeouts through the end of the game. The shutout was capped by Christian Roa (S, 2), who tossed 2.0 innings to close the door. The Indians will look to win their first game of the series on Thursday night at 6:35 PM. RHP Antwone Kelly (2-4, 5.56) will take the mound for Indy against RHP Javier Assad. ======================================== INDIANA FOOTBALL SMITH COMMITS TO INDIANA 4-Star DL Myles Smith has committed to play football for the Indiana Hoosiers. Smith is the highest rated recruit in the class of 2027 and chose Indiana over Oklahoma, Michigan, Missouri, and Kentucky. Smith is from Farmington, Michigan. ======================================= INDIANA WRESTLING BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Sixteen student-athletes representing both Indiana University and Indiana’s Olympic Regional Training Center (Indiana RTC) will compete in the 2026 U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals tournament this weekend. Both tournaments will take place from Friday May 29 to Sunday May 31 at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio. Two Hoosiers will compete in the U20 World Team Trials while the remainder of the group will be competing in U23 Nationals. All Hoosier wrestlers competing include: U20 World Team Trials (Freestyle) Jackson Blum (61 kg) Chris Crawford (79 kg) U23 Nationals (Greco-Roman) Marlo Clark (60 kg) Lucas Peters (63 kg) Anthony Bahl (72 kg) U23 Nationals (Freestyle) Gavin Jendreas (57 kg) Blaine Frazier (61 kg) Logan Frazier (61 kg) Marlo Clark (61 kg) Lucas Peters (65 kg) Hunter Sturgill (70 kg) Ryan Garvick (74 kg) Tyler Lillard (74 kg) Chase Leech (79 kg) Gabe Sollars (92 kg) Caleb Marzolino (125 kg) All competition in the U20 division will take place on Friday, May 29. Freestyle competition will take place on Saturday, May 30 to Sunday, May 31. The winners of the U20 trials will represent the United States at the U20 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, August 16-23. The U23 World Championships are set for later this year in Las Vegas, Oct. 12-18. ================================= INDIANA TRACK LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Indiana University track and field team closed the second day from the NCAA East Regional Meet on Friday, May 28, closing the final day of first round events. The day opened the women’s first rounds of track events and several field events of the weekend. The Hoosiers saw Veronica Hargrave advance to Saturday’s quarterfinal in the women’s 800-meter, looking to go back-to-back years with appearances in Eugene, Ore. Tomorrow’s list of events will be filled with national qualifying opportunities for the men’s group. Lee Martin will start the group off as he competes in the men’s high jump, starting at 2 pm EST. ==================================== PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Match-ups with Gonzaga, Iowa State and Tennessee highlight Purdue’s 2026-27 non-conference schedule. The Boilermakers continue to play one of the nation’s most-difficult schedules. A year ago, Purdue ranked as the fifth-hardest nationally, and over the last three seasons, Purdue has played the second-, eighth- and fifth-most difficult schedules in the country, one of just four schools (Purdue, Alabama, Michigan, Tennessee) to play a top-10 schedule in each of the previous three seasons. This year’s upcoming schedule figures to be another difficult one. After exhibition games against Ball State in Mackey Arena on Oct. 18, and at at National Finalist Connecticut on Oct. 27, Purdue heads to Las Vegas to face Gonzaga in the Hall of Fame Opening Night on Nov. 2. The Bulldogs are ranked in the top 10 of almost all the “way-too-early” top-25 polls. Following the tilt with Gonzaga, Purdue returns home for five straight games against Valparaiso (18-15) on Nov. 6, Illinois State (23-13; NIT Finalist) on Nov. 9, Ohio (15-17) on Nov. 13, Lipscomb (19-13) on Nov. 17, and Oakland (16-16) on Nov. 20. Four of the five teams ranked inside the KenPom top 200 last year, with Ohio residing at 230 in the final KenPom ranking. Purdue will then head to Fort Myers to face DePaul (16-16) on Nov. 24, and Oklahoma (21-16) on Thanksgiving Day in the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Both teams are expected to improve from last year after ranking 99th and 41st in the final KenPom rankings, respectively. Purdue will then open Big Ten play against a to be announced opponent, before traveling to Iowa State (29-8) on Dec. 5, for the final game in a home-and-home series. The Cyclones are ranked in the top 20 of the way-too-early top-25 polls after reaching the Sweet 16 a year ago. After another Big Ten game, Purdue will host Tennessee on Dec. 11, in Mackey Arena. The Volunteers reached the Elite Eight a year ago with a 25-12 record. The Indy Classic opponent on Dec. 19, has yet to be announced and Purdue will close out its non-conference portion of the schedule on Dec. 21, against 2026 NCAA Tournament participant Cal Baptist (25-9). The Lancers were a 13 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, finishing the year ranked No. 105 in the KenPom rankings. Purdue is also scheduling one more exhibition game, but details on that game will come out at a later date. Purdue is ranked in the top 25 of all the early polls, and welcomes back six regulars as well as a highly-regarded incoming group for the 2026-27 season. 2026-27 Purdue Non-Conference ScheduleOct. 18 — Ball State (EXH)2025-26 Record: 12-19 | Final NET ranking: 9 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 10-2 (Purdue, win-5) Oct. 27 — at Connecticut (EXH)2025-26 Record: 34-6 | Final NET ranking: 9 | Postseason: L – NCAA Champ.Series: Purdue leads 4-2 (UConn, win-2) Nov. 2 — vs. Gonzaga (Las Vegas)2025-26 Record: 31-4 | Final NET ranking: 10 | Postseason: L – NCAA 2nd Rd.Series: Purdue leads 5-0 (Purdue, win-5) Nov. 6 — Valparaiso (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 18-15 | Final NET ranking: 157 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 17-1 (Purdue, win-12) Nov. 9 — Illinois State (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 23-13 | Final NET ranking: 91 | Postseason: L – NIT Champ.Series: Purdue leads 8-0 (Purdue, win-8) Nov. 13 — Ohio (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 15-17 | Final NET ranking: 232 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 6-2 (Purdue, win-2) Nov. 17 — Lipscomb (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 19-13 | Final NET ranking: 193 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 2-0 (Purdue, win-2) Nov. 20 — Oakland (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 16-16 | Final NET ranking: 175 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 3-0 (Purdue, win-3) Nov. 24 — vs. DePaul (Fort Myers, Fla.)2025-26 Record: 16-16 | Final NET ranking: 101 | Postseason: NoneSeries: Purdue leads 12-9 (Purdue, win-2) Nov. 26 — vs. Oklahoma (Fort Myers, Fla.)2025-26 Record: 21-16 | Final NET ranking: 47 | Postseason: L – Crown Champ.Series: Oklahoma leads 6-4 (Oklahoma, win-1) Dec. 5 — at Iowa State (Hilton Coliseum)2025-26 Record: 29-8 | Final NET ranking: 7 | Postseason: L – NCAA Sweet 16Series: Tied 3-3 (Iowa State, win-1) Dec. 11 — Tennessee (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 25-12 | Final NET ranking: 17 | Postseason: L – NCAA Elite EightSeries: Purdue leads 5-2 (Purdue, win-3) Dec. 21 — Cal Baptist (Mackey Arena)2025-26 Record: 25-9 | Final NET ranking: 98 | Postseason: L – NCAA 1st Rd.Series: First Meeting ====================================== PURDUE VOLLEYBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten conference office revealed the 2026 fall volleyball schedule, which features Maryland and Wisconsin at home over Purdue’s Big Ten opening weekend and at Indiana for the regular-season finale. The Boilermakers will have no more than three consecutive matches at home or on the road during the course of the season. In October, the Boilermakers will have a stretch with five of seven matches in West Lafayette, which includes USC, Illinois and Minnesota at home during the span and Iowa and Nebraska on the road. Purdue will have one of the toughest closes to Big Ten play, scheduled for the most road matches of any team in the league with five of the last six away before the inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Tournament begins in Fishers, Indiana. Meanwhile, the regular-season finale at Indiana will mark the second consecutive year the rivals will meet in the final match before postseason, and moreover marks the first time the showdown has come in Bloomington since 1977. The Big Ten season format was moved from the previously allotted 20-match schedule to 17 and a single round-robin format that ends before Thanksgiving to accommodate the debut of the conference tournament, which will begin Friday, November 20. The championship match will be played Wednesday, November 25. The tournament will take place at Fishers Event Center, just a short hour drive from Purdue. Five of Purdue’ s non-conference matches have already been released, a lineup that includes a neutral site showdown in South Dakota against a fellow 2025 AVCA top-10 final poll team in Creighton (8/28) for the season-opener, followed immediately by the reigning national champion Texas A&M at home (9/1) as part of a two-match Big Ten/SEC Challenge in West Lafayette (joined by Georgia on 9/2). The Boilermakers will also travel to the Bahamas for the first event of its kind taking place outside the United States (9/12-13) for the Paradise Invitational. While there, Purdue will face Houston and another top-11 team in either SMU or Kentucky. Television selections and the remainder of Purdue’s non-conference slate will be announced at later dates. Purdue volleyball season ticket renewals will open May 26, running through July 10, followed by single-match ticket on-sale later this summer. Follow @purduevb on social media, and subscribe to Purdue Athletics’ email updates for the latest informationat https://purduesports.com/boiler-blast-email-sign-up. Coming off arguably the best season in program history, a Regional Finals appearance and third place Big Ten finish behind a 24-7 (15-5 Big Ten) record, the Boilermakers return all three All-Americans for the upcoming fall season, and four of its five program record-setting All-Big Ten honorees, which ties for the most in the league with Nebraska and USC. Additionally, Purdue boasts eight freshmen on the fall roster (four redshirt, four true), tying for second-most in the league. The Boilermakers also welcomed two transfers in sophomore outside Lameen “Mimi” Mambu (previous school: Georgia Tech) senior middle blocker Kate Hansen (previous schools: Clemson and Texas Tech). ======================================= PURDUE WRESTLING WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A group of six Purdue wrestlers are set for freestyle competition at U23 Nationals and U20 World Team Trials this weekend. The four-day event is hosted by USA Wrestling in Geneva, Ohio, to determine who will represent the United States internationally at each respective age-group level this summer. U23 accepts entrants under the age of 23, and U20 is for those under 20. Purdue’s six wrestlers will compete as representatives of the Boilermaker Regional Training Center. U23 NATIONALS Ashton Jackson (57 kg) Isaiah Quintero (57 kg) Quinn Herbert (86 kg) Noah Weaver (92 kg) Dominic Burgett (125 kg) U20 WORLD TEAM TRIALS Isaiah Schaefer (65 kg) Coming off his true freshman season, Schaefer will be the lone Boilermaker competing in the U20 World Team Trials after earning Fargo Junior All-America status in both freestyle and Greco-Roman a year ago. He also posted an impressive freestyle showing last month when he went 5-3 in Las Vegas to become a U20 All-American at the U.S. Open. Schaefer will wrestle in a small field of 13 on Friday against many of the nation’s top young wrestlers. The winner of the bracket will earn a world team berth and get to wrestle for Team USA at the 2026 U20 World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, in August. Whoever comes out on top will have to face Bo Bassett – the U.S. Open champion – in a best two out of three series to determine the world team member. The other five Boilermakers competing at U23 Nationals will open their double-elimination brackets on Saturday. If any of them advance far enough in the tournament, the quarterfinals, semifinals and medal matches will be held on Sunday. U23 Nationals is a massive tournament for a variety of weight classes and it will crown national champions and All-Americans for the top-eight placewinners at each weight. Brackets and matchups for both tournaments will be announced by USA Wrestling closer to the start of the event. SCHEDULE (all times Eastern) U20 WORLD TEAM TRIALS – FREESTYLE Friday, May 29 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Prelims, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Cons. & Challenge Tournament Finals 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.: Medal Matches & Best 2 out of 3 Finals U23 NATIONALS – FREESTYLE Saturday, May 30 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Prelims & Cons. 4 – 9 p.m.: Prelims & Cons. Sunday, May 31 10 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Cons., Medal Matches & Best 2 out of 3 Finals ================================== PURDUE TRACK LEXINGTON, Ky. – On her final throw of the NCAA East First Round, Britannie Johnson qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put in Eugene (June 10-13). Marissa Palmer (200m) and Alexia Smith (400m) both added qualifications to quarterfinals on Saturday. Day Two Notes • Johnson threw a personal best 16.91m (55-05.75) to finish ninth in the NCAA East shot put. The throw, on her final attempt, propelled her from 21st up to her national-qualifying spot. Johnson qualified for her first NCAA Championships and earned Purdue’s third ticket after Seamus Malaski qualified in both the hammer throw and shot put on Wednesday. • Smith took second in her heat of the 400m to earn an automatic qualification to Saturday’s quarterfinals set for 6:50 p.m. She will look to qualify for her first NCAA Championships after she finished her season in the NCAA East quarterfinals the last two seasons. • Marissa Palmer ran 23.18 in the 200m and finished 21st in the first round to qualify for the quarterfinals on Saturday at 7:50 p.m. Her time was a wind-legal personal best and moved her up to fourth in school history. • Blessing Gideon finished 30th in the long jump (5.92m / 19-05.25). Her season continues on Saturday in the triple jump, her stronger event, where she is ranked 14th. Next Up Purdue’s men’s program eight entries on its final day of the NCAA East First Round on Friday starting at 1 p.m. ========================================= BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL Butler will travel to Idaho for a Sunday, Nov. 8 tip against Boise State to conclude the home-and-home series that began last season in Indianapolis. The contest caps the first week of the 2026-27 regular season that will see the Bulldogs play twice at home before heading west to Boise. The tip time and television assignment for the match-up at ExtraMile Arena will be announced at a later date. Butler has previously announced five games (all at Hinkle Fieldhouse): an Oct. 10 exhibition against Indiana State to begin the Ronald Nored Era, the regular season opener against Lafayette Nov. 2, a Nov. 4 tip versus Fairleigh Dickinson, a game against Western Carolina Nov. 17, and a Black Friday contest against Bellarmine Nov. 27. Additional games on Butler’s non-conference schedule will be released soon. Butler and Boise State have met three times previously, once in each of the last three seasons. Butler’s win came in the 2023 ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando, while the Broncos picked up wins in the 2025 College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas and in Indianapolis in November in the front half of the current home-and-home series. Nored enters his first season leading the men’s basketball program at his alma mater. He arrives at Butler after serving on the coaching staffs with five NBA franchises, most recently as an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks since 2023. Nored helped the Bulldogs to back-to-back appearances in the NCAA national championship game as the starting point guard for coach Brad Stevens and concluded his playing career by earning Academic All-America honors in 2012. The Bulldog roster continues to take shape. Starters Jalen Jackson and Drayton Jones return for the 2026-27 campaign and are joined by an exciting group of newcomers. ===================================== INDIANA STATE VOLLEYBALL TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – A new era is set to begin for Indiana State Volleyball, as head coach Ted Kopacz in his first season with Indiana State announced the schedule for Fall 2026. Coach Kopacz enters his first season as a head coach, bringing with him assistant coaches Jordan Holland and Nathan Marshall. The schedule features two exhibitions, one home and one away, followed by a 28-game slate with 11 home matches and four non-conference tournaments. Official match times will be announced at a later date. The Sycamores first hit the court for an away exhibition on Saturday, August 15 at Eastern Illinois, then return one week later on August 22 to host IU Indy. Indiana State opens the season in Kalamazoo, Mich. from August 28-30, playing Navy, Green Bay, and the host Western Michigan – one match per day. The following weekend on September 4-5, the Sycamores will take on Northwestern State, Little Rock (Ark.), then the host Missouri State. The doubleheader takes place on Friday, September 4 followed by a single match against the former Missouri Valley team in Missouri State on Saturday, September 5. The Sycamores will begin the home slate with two matches against Milwaukee on back-to-back days in ISU Arena, with the first coming on Thursday, September 10 and the second on Friday, September 11. The final tournament before heading into conference will be played in Fort Wayne, Ind. from September 18-19. On Friday, September 18, the Sycamores play Stonehill and Columbia before facing the host Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday, September 19. In this non-conference slate, the Sycamores will be seeing five opponents for the first time in program history: Navy, Northwestern State, Little Rock, Stonehill, and Columbia, Indiana State begins Missouri Valley play in ISU Arena this season, hosting Bradley on Friday, September 25 and Southern Illinois on Saturday, September 26. The Sycamores will take to the road for the next three, playing at Belmont on Friday, October 2, at Murray State on Saturday, October 3, and at Illinois State on Friday, October 9. The Trees will close out the weekend on Saturday, October 10 with Drake visiting town. The Sycamores head to Bradley on Thursday, October 15 and return to Terre Haute to host Illinois State on Saturday, October 17. That match will be followed by a weekend to the north, playing at UIC on Friday, October 23 and at Valparaiso on Saturday, October 24. The next four matches are all scheduled for inside ISU Arena, beginning with a midweek matchup against Evansville on Tuesday, October 27. The former MVC Champs of Northern Iowa come to town on Friday, October 30. The following weekend, Indiana State hosts Valparaiso on Friday, November 6 and wrap up the home slate on Saturday, November 7 with Murray State. The final regular season matches take place on Tuesday, November 10 at Evansville and at Southern Illinois on Saturday, November 14. The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament takes place from November 18-24. About the Roster (18 Players) By Class: Graduate Senior (1) – Avery Hales Seniors (5) – Kira Holland, Taylor Knuth, Macy Lengacher, Lily Mueller, Ella Scott Juniors (5) – Chloe Gilley, Curry Kendall, Kylie Miller, Anna Ptacin, Emmy Sher Sophomores (5) – Hadley Hardersen, Sydney King, Corinne Knapp, Ava Robart, Sydni Weber Freshmen (2) – Kennedy Glasgow, Dylann Loggins By Position: Defensive Specialist/Libero (5) – Macy Lengacher, Chloe Gilley, Emmy Sher, Sydni Weber, Kennedy Glasgow Middle Blockers (7) – Taylor Knuth, Lily Mueller, Ella Scott, Kylie Miller, Anna Ptacin, Sydney King, Dylann Loggins Hitters (4) – Kira Holland, Curry Kendall, Corinne Knapp, Ava Robart Setters (2) – Avery Hales, Hadley Hardersen Coaches: Head Coach: Ted Kopacz Assistant Coach & Recruiting Coordinator: Jordan Holland Assistant Coach & Technical Coordinator: Nathan Marshall======================================= INDIANA STATE TRACK LEXINGTON, Ky. – Indiana State track and field continued its week at the NCAA East First Round Thursday, with a pair of throwers registering top-25 efforts and Rachel Mehringer clocking another record-setting show in the 100 hurdles. Mehringer obliterated her own program and Missouri Valley Conference wind-legal record in the 100 hurdles, running a time of 12.72 to finish as the second-fastest athlete in the field. Her time was more than two-tenths of a second faster than her previous wind-legal time, and she finished with the top time in her heat by three-tenths of a second. Aliseonna Garnett produced arguably her best shot put series of the season Thursday evening, finishing the day with an outdoor career-best mark of 16.32m (53-6.5) to place 21st in the field. Garnett, who also had a throw of 16.28m (53-5) in her series and was the MVC indoor champion in the event, finished eight spots ahead of where she was seeded in the first of two events she will compete in during the week. Garnett also will compete in the discus Saturday afternoon. Indiana State had a pair of athletes compete in the hammer throw Thursday morning, with Emma Yoder’s top-25 finish in the event leading the way for the two Trees who competed. Yoder, the MVC champion in the event in 2026, had her top throw measure in at 58.93m (193-4) to place 25th in the field. Cora Williams, who was one of just seven freshmen to qualify for the NCAA East First Round in the event, placed 46th with her throw of 50.34m (165-2). Janiya Bowman had a busy Thursday to close out her season in the Bluegrass State, competing in both the long jump and 100m for the Blue and White. Bowman, who won the MVC indoor and outdoor title in the long jump and owns the school record in the event, placed 35th in the long jump with her best leap of 5.87m (19-3.25). The MVC 100m runner-up also matched her wind-legal career-best of 11.58, a time which ranks fourth in program history, to finish 41st. Action for the Sycamores at the NCAA East First Round continues Friday afternoon at the UK Track and Field Complex, as Theo Thurmond competes in the discus. Thursday’s results and Friday’s schedule for the Sycamores at the NCAA East First Round can be found below. WEDNESDAY RESULTS Women’s 100m 41. Janiya Bowman – 11.58 (fourth in program history – wind-legal times) Women’s 100m Hurdles 2. Rachel Mehringer – 12.72 (advances to Saturday quarterfinals, breaks Indiana State and MVC wind-legal record) Women’s Long Jump 35. Janiya Bowman – 5.87m (19-3.25) Women’s Shot Put 21. Aliseonna Garnett – 16.32m (53-6.5) (fifth in program history) Women’s Hammer Throw 25. Emma Yoder – 58.93m (193-4) 46. Cora Williams – 50.34m (165-2) FRIDAY SCHEDULE 1 p.m. – Men’s Discus (Theo Thurmond) ======================================== SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball Coach Stan Gouard has added 6-foot-7 guard/forward Fredy-Salam Sylla to the Screaming Eagles 2026-27 roster. A native of Paris, France, Sylla joins a list of newcomers that includes 6-foot-2 junior guard Ari Gooch, 6-foot-6 senior guard LA Hayes, 6-foot-8 senior forward Donovan Hunter, 6-foot-9 sophomore guard Ebrahim Kaba, 6-foot-10 junior forward/center Johann Pautsch, 6-foot-2 junior point guard Josh Smith, 6-foot-2 senior guard Afan Trnka and 6-foot-1 sophomore point guard Yesan Warren. Sylla comes to the Screaming Eagles after spending the 2025-26 season at Arkansas State University, where he played in 18 games and made six starts. He averaged 4.0 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore last season, including a season-high 16 points in a road win over Little Rock and six rebounds in a home win over Troy. Prior to his time with the Red Wolves, Sylla made his collegiate debut at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida, where he earned first-team All-Citrus Conference honors and was a Fab 50 Freshman by JUCORecruiting.com. He made 26 starts in 28 appearances, averaging 13.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per contest. Sylla attended Potter’s House Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, during his prep career and was listed as a top wing forward in 2024 by FlaVarsity. ================================== VALPO MEN’S TENNIS Valparaiso University Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation Laurel Hosmer has named James Gleghorn the next head coach of the Valpo women’s tennis program. Gleghorn spent the last four seasons as the head coach of the men’s and women’s programs at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marian, Ind., where he led the women’s program to a Top 20 NAIA national ranking in each season. “As I was looking for potential next steps in my coaching career, my No. 1 choice was Valparaiso,” Gleghorn said. “They gave me the opportunity to come to a Division-I program on the cusp of greatness. I love the values and the student-athlete experience at Valparaiso, and being able to be part of the ‘Ring The Bell’ culture is something that excites me as a coach. Being able to compete for conference championships every year is the expectation. I would like to thank President Rev. Brian Konkol, Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation Laurel Hosmer and Sport Administrator Candy Jessen for entrusting me with this opportunity.” During his time at Indiana Wesleyan, Gleghorn coached 16 ITA All-Americans, 10 NAIA All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans. He also coached 49 CSC and Daktronics Scholar-Athletes, eight ITA regional champions, an ITA national semifinalist and 18 all-conference selections. The 2023 and 2024 Crossroads League Coach of the Year, Gleghorn led his team to a No. 8 ranking in the final ITA team rankings in 2024, guided the women’s team to conference championships in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 and had a sixth-place finish at ITA Indoor Nationals 2023, a Round of 32 NAIA appearance in 2023 and a Round of 16 appearance in 2024. “We are excited to welcome Coach Gleghorn to the Valpo Family,” Hosmer said. “His successful on-court track record will serve him well as he leads Valpo Tennis into the future. Coach Gleghorn’s background in team building and player development make him the right fit to fulfill our University’s mission of building lives for good. We’re excited for future Valpo graduates to grow and thrive under his mentorship.” Gleghorn has been involved in collegiate tennis at the national level, as he was host and tournament director of an ITA Regional in each of the last four seasons. Since 2022, he has also served as an ITA West NAIA Women’s National Rater. He was a member of the NAIA National Tournament Committee this past season. While at Indiana Wesleyan, Gleghorn also served as an Associate Athletic Director for fundraising, leading a $1.6 million project for a new on-campus tennis complex. “I’m really grateful for the last four years at Indiana Wesleyan,” Gleghorn said. “It was a special time to coach at my alma mater. I enjoyed being around the staff and a great group of student-athletes.” A 1997 Indiana Wesleyan University graduate with a degree in political science and history, Gleghorn served as the head men’s tennis coach and interim women’s tennis coach at Huntington University in Huntington, Ind. in 1996-97, leading the men’s team to a No. 25 NAIA national ranking. He served as a head tennis professional and USPTA pro in Atlanta, Ga. from 1997-2005 and worked as a nonprofit leader at various nonprofits from January 2001 to July 2022 before making his return to the collegiate ranks. “I’ve spent the last 25 years in and around tennis and leadership,” Gleghorn said. “It was gratifying to see the fruits of my labor with the success we achieved at Indiana Wesleyan. The Valparaiso community has been incredibly inviting and welcoming with everyone that we’ve gotten to meet. We as a family look forward to fitting into this community.” What They’re Saying About Coach Gleghorn Kai Fong, Head Coach, Lewis-Clark State College: “James is a stand-up guy. I have known him as a college recruit. I have coached against him for a few years, and I have worked alongside him on a national-level committee. If I was an AD looking for a tennis coach, James would be the first person I would call up.” Chris Carlson, Associate Athletics Director, UCLA: “James Gleghorn is a fierce competitor, tireless recruiter and a fantastic coach. He has a tremendous work ethic and a unique ability to work favorably with others. The Valpo community has just gotten a tireless advocate for its athletic department and campus as a whole. Coach Gleghorn is a winner!” Deane Webb, Former Director of Athletics, Indiana Wesleyan University: “James has the experience and tenacity to grow the Valpo women’s tennis program into one that will be respected in the Missouri Valley Conference and appreciated on campus in every way. 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FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ========================================================= “SPORTS EXTRA” TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 880 – With George Wright in its lineup‚ Boston upsets Chicago, 11 – 10. Wright scores two runs and fields flawlessly‚ but will play no more games because of protests from Providence‚ which still has him “reserved.” The loss snaps Chicago’s win streak of 13‚ which they will top in a little more than a month (June 2-July 8). 1882 – In yet another exciting game‚ Buffalo counters four Cleveland 9th-inning runs with two of their own to win, 9 – 8. 1884: Taking advantage of a ground rule change which scores balls hit over Chicago’s inviting 180-foot LF fence at Lake Front Park as home runs (instead of doubles)‚ five players hit round-trippers in the White Stockings’ National League home opener against Detroit‚ winning 15 – 5. Chicago will hit 142 homers – last year they hit 13 – during the 112-game season (more than 90 percent of them at home) to set a record that will last until the 1927 New York Yankees. The rule change appears to be unilaterally made by Cap Anson‚ and the other league owners will squawk to no avail. But the league will set a minimum distance of 210 feet for an outfield fence after the season. Ed Morris (Columbus AA) no-hits Pittsburgh, 5 – 0‚ allowing only one walk. 1886 – The Athletics try to slow the Browns down by loading the base paths with sand. St. Louis captain Charles Comiskey refuses to play and even helps the grounds crew remove the sand. The Browns win the two games, 18 – 1 and 11 – 3, with a total of 14 stolen bases. 1892 – A benefit exhibition game for Hub Collins‚ who died of typhoid fever on May 21st‚ is played at Brooklyn’s Eastern Park. The game between Collins’ Brooklyn Grooms and the St. Louis Browns raises $2804.90 for Collins’ widow. 1893 – New York pitcher Mark “Fido” Baldwin wins a three-hit shutout by driving in the game’s lone run to slip by Cincinnati. 1894: Washington breaks its 17-game losing streak by whipping Louisville, 12 – 2. Pittsburgh moves past Cleveland into first place by edging Baltimore, 3 – 2, as the Spiders‚ held to three hits by Jouett Meekin‚ lose to New York, 2 – 0. 1895 – The Boston Herald box score credits Jake Beckley with a three-run homer to give Pittsburgh an 8 – 6 win over Washington. Under the rules of the era‚ which do not allow a team batting in the bottom of the last inning to win by more than one run‚ Beckley should be credited only with a triple, making the score 7 – 6. Apparently the rule is not strictly enforced. 1896: Baltimore leaps past Cincinnati in the National League race with a 4 – 1 defeat of the Reds. Washington P Charlie “Silver” King makes his first major league appearance since 1893 a success‚ as he wins a six-hitter over Pittsburgh‚ 11 – 6. Bill Joyce helps by hitting for the cycle. 1900 – The Brooklyn team is notified by a Brooklyn building inspector that the center field bleachers at Washington Park are unsafe. They are removed. 1905 – Brooklyn Superbas right-hander Elmer Stricklett throws a “mystery pitch” – believed to be a spitball – during a game against the New York Giants. Some historians regard the 5′ 6″ Stricklett is the first pitcher to throw a spitball in a major league game. 1916 – Christy Mathewson pitches a 3 – 0 shutout over the Boston Braves, leading the New York Giants to their 17th consecutive victory, all on the road. In spite of their impressive winning streak, the Giants will finish second to the Brooklyn Robins in the National League pennant race. 1920 The Senators take two from the A’s‚ winning 11 – 5 and 5 – 0. Walter Johnson plunks the first two batters‚ then easily beats the gun-shy Philadelphia lineup to win the nitecap. Val Picinich has a homer‚ off Roy Moore‚ in the Nats’ four-run 4th. The first-place Cubs make it six straight wins‚ beating the Cards, 8 – 5‚ in a game in which base stealing determines the outcome. For Chicago‚ a double steal by Charlie Hollocher and Dode Paskert helps‚ while the Cards drive Claude Hendrix from the mound in the 8th inning‚ then end the rally when Doc Lavan swipes third base‚ already occupied by teammate Jack Fournier. 1921 At Redland Field‚ Pittsburgh’s Clyde Barnhart hits a 9th-inning line drive down the right field line that gets lost in the tarp in front of the grandstand. By the time RF Pat Duncan finds the ball‚ Barnhart scores his first major league homer, inside-the-park, to tie the match at 2 – 2. Eppa Rixey gives up the homer but holds on for a 4 – 3‚ 13-inning victory. It is the only homer Rixey will allow in 301 innings pitched‚ and just one of two homers Reds pitchers will allow at home this season. Except for this‚ Rixey would have set the record for post-dead ball pitchers‚ a record that Allen Sothoron will post this year in fewer innings. The American League-leading Indians complete a sweep of the four games with the Browns by winning‚ 11 – 9‚ behind George Uhle. Cleveland totals 15 hits in eight innings against Urban Shocker. In all four wins the Tribe score in double figures. Jack Graney and Ken Williams each hit two homers‚ and Elmer Smith clubs one. 1922: The United States Supreme Court finds that baseball is primarily a sport and not a business in its ruling on the Federal Baseball Club v. National League case. In using this argument, the court rules that baseball is not subject to antitrust laws nor to standard interstate commerce regulations. The Browns top Detroit‚ 9 – 6‚ paced by Ken Williams’ grand slam in the 3rd inning. Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb get into an argument with the umpires and will be suspended‚ missing tomorrow’s twinbill. Against Philadelphia‚ the Yankees plate seven runs in the 7th to beat the Athletics‚ 7 – 4. Carl Mays is the winner‚ notching his 20th straight victory over the A’s. In the 9th inning at Ebbets Field, pinch-hitter Clarence Mitchell, batting for starter Leon Cadore, hits a two-run homer, but the Dodgers come up short, losing to Boston, 5 – 4. Mitchell’s blast is the first pinch homer by a Dodgers pitcher. 1927 – In a loosely played game at Yankee Stadium‚ the Yanks swamp the Red Sox‚ 15 – 7‚ scoring seven runs in the 8th inning. Babe Ruth propels his 13th homer‚ off Danny MacFayden‚ while Johnny Grabowski is 4 for 4 with a walk. Dutch Ruether is ineffective‚ serving up gopher balls to the Bosox’s Grover Hartley in the 2nd and Fred Haney in the 3rd. The Sox give it back in the 4th with three walks‚ two errors‚ a single by Bob Meusel and a double by Mark Koenig‚ to make four runs. Ted Wingfield‚ pitching two-thirds of the 4th‚ takes the loss. 1928: At Ebbets Field‚ Bill Terry hits for the cycle to lead the Giants to a 12 – 5 win over Brooklyn. At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yankees sweep a pair from Washington‚ 3 – 2 and 12 – 3. Leo Durocher’s bases-loaded triple in the opener gives George Pipgras (8-1) the win. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth both slug a pair of homers in the nitecap: Lou hits his ninth in the 3rd‚ off Washington starter Milt Gaston‚ then Ruth and Gehrig hit back-to-back dingers in the 4th off Lloyd Brown. Ruth adds his 18th off Brown in the 7th. Earle Combs also homers. The Reds lose another star when CF Ethan Allen is beaned and breaks his cheek in an exhibition game in Buffalo. 1929: The Pirates take over first place from the Cubs with their eighth straight win‚ a 7 – 2 whipping of visiting Chicago. Rookie Steve Swetonic‚ who holds the Cubs scoreless for seven frames‚ is the winner. Detroit’s George Uhle notches his ninth consecutive win of the year‚ beating the Browns‚ 7 – 6. Marty McManus has three hits‚ including a home run and double for the Tigers. 1930 – The Cubs’ scheduled game with the Reds is postponed due to the sudden death of Chicago pitcher Hal Carlson. 1932 – The Red Sox split a pair with the visiting A’s‚ winning, 6 – 4, before losing, 3 – 0. It is the Sox’s last Sunday game at Braves Field. With the lifting of the ban against playing Sunday ball at Fenway Park (because of a nearby church)‚ the Sox will play a Sunday game there July 3rd. 1934: The Yankees purchase — some would say rent — spitballer Burleigh Grimes from the Pittsburgh Pirates. After ten appearances with the Yankees, the Yanks will release Grimes and the Pirates will reobtain him. At St. Louis, Ray Pepper has five hits, including two homers, and drives in five runs to lead the Browns to a 12 – 7 win over Detroit. Pepper will knock in 101 runs this year, but his career total will be just 170 RBIs; he is the only player in history to have a 100-RBI season without reaching 200 for his career. Four other homers are hit today — two by Detroit — but George Blaeholder goes the distance for the win. 1936: In the second 15 – 0 shutout in a week‚ New York’s Al Smith is the beneficiary of the hitting as he closes down the Bees. Smith will toss four shutouts this year‚ tops in the National League. Smith gives up a Texas Leaguer by Hal Lee in the 8th and a ground single in the 9th. On tour in the US‚ Japan’s Waseda University nine loses to the University of Chicago‚ 18 – 16‚ as the two teams combine for 34 hits and 17 errors. Waseda scores nine runs in the top of the 9th and Chicago answers with five. Waseda will win tomorrow’s rematch‚ 10 – 5‚ as pitcher Wakahara allows ten hits but strikes out 17. 1937 – In a Class A Western League game between the Des Moines Demons and the Cedar Rapids Raiders‚ both teams wear polo helmets as head protectors. 1939 – The Cubs get Claude Passeau from the Phillies for Kirby Higbe‚ Joe Marty‚ Ray Harrell and $50‚000. 1941: The Cards nip the Reds, 10 – 9, for their tenth straight win. The last five are one-run victories. The Reds almost pull the game out‚ scoring three in the 9th‚ but Marty Marion snags a line drive off the bat of Ernie Lombardi and doubles up Ernie Koy at second base. Ted Williams is 3 for 5 and scores a pair in the Red Sox’s 6 – 4 win over the A’s. Ted will score two or more runs for the next seven games, giving him eight such games in a row. Despite scoring five runs in the top of the 6th‚ the Yanks and Senators tie, 2 – 2, in a game called after five innings, wiping out the incomplete inning. Joe DiMaggio has a hit and a strikeout‚ just his third this year. 1942 – New York’s Lefty Gomez‚ self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball‚ bangs out four hits in pitching a four-hit‚ 16 – 1 victory over Washington. They are his last major league hits. Buddy Hassett adds four hits as well. 1946 – Boo Ferriss shuts out the A’s‚ 2 – 0‚ as the Boston Red Sox start another win streak. 1948 – Richie Ashburn hits his first major league homer‚ a leadoff inside-the-park home run‚ off Thornton Lee’s third pitch. It runs Ashburn’s hitting streak to 18 games but it’s the Phils’ only run‚ as the Giants win‚ 7 – 1. Bill Rigney leads off the 1st‚ 3rd‚ and 5th innings with hits‚ while Sid Gordon adds a three-run homer in the 5th. Lee is a complete-game winner over another ex-American League hurler‚ Walt Dubiel. 1949 – After 44 games and 285 errorless chances‚ 2B Red Schoendienst of the Cardinals errs twice against the Pirates. His last error was on September 15‚ 1948. Elmer Riddle wins‚ 4 – 2‚ over the Cards’ Harry Brecheen. 1950: White Sox P Howie Judson‚ loser of 15 straight games – 14 last year and one this year – breaks his string of reverses with a 12 – 8 relief win over the Browns. The Pueblo Dodgers of the Western League announce that their players will don shorts during the summer. 1951: The Indians sign high school star Billy Joe Davidson for a reported $150‚000‚ eclipsing the $100‚000 the Pirates paid to Paul Pettit in 1949. Several teams sought the services of the tall lefty‚ alleged to be the best Indians prospect since Bob Feller. Billy Joe will pitch in the minors until 1956 and reach AAA, but will never appear in a major league game. Indians hurler Bob Lemon one-hits the Tigers, 2 – 1. The only Bengal hit is Vic Wertz’s home run. 1952: Boston’s Maury McDermott faces 27 batters and fires a one-hitter to beat the visiting Senators‚ 1 – 0. Mel Hoderlein’s 4th-inning single is the only hit, and he is erased on the basepaths. Maury walks one batter who is also doubled up. The Senators leave no runners on base today and combined with the two they left on base on the 27th set a new major league low for fewest in two consecutive games. It will be matched in both leagues. The Giants’ Willie Mays enters the army. Although Mays is hitting just .236‚ the Giants are 2 1/2 games in first place. They will lose eight of their next ten games. Meanwhile‚ the Giants lose a shot at another young Birmingham player as Braves scout Dewey Griggs signs Henry Aaron to a contract. The Indianapolis Clowns receive telegram offers from both clubs‚ and Aaron‚ thinking he’ll have a better chance to make the team‚ prefers the Braves. 1953 – 3B Bob Elliott lines a double in the Browns’ six-run 11th inning‚ as they beat the Tigers, 11 – 5. For Elliot it is his 2‚000th major league hit. Harry Brecheen (1-6) wins his first of the year. 1954 – Before a record Milwaukee crowd of 40‚001‚ the Cardinals beat the Braves, 13 – 7‚ snapping the Braves’ ten-game win streak. 1955 – Larry Doby of the Indians hits the first major league homer over the outer wall in Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium‚ an estimated 500-foot clout in the 6th. The Indians win, 4 – 2, behind Herb Score‚ who is replaced in the 9th after singles by C Wilmer Shantz and PH Enos Slaughter. Wilmer’s brother Bobby Shantz is the loser. 1956: For the second time in two years‚ Gus Bell of the Redlegs hits three homers – all consecutive – going 5 for 5 in a 10 – 4 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Bell drives in seven runs. Brooks Lawrence coasts to his sixth straight win. Dodgers P Don Newcombe beats the Pirates, 10 – 1, and blanks Dale Long in four at-bats‚ stopping his home run streak. Newk has a three-run double off Ron Kline in the 2nd to help clinch his seventh win. At Yankee Stadium‚ Mickey Mantle’s walk in the 7th is the first baserunner against Willard Nixon‚ and Mantle’s two-out 9th inning homer deprives the Boston righty of a shutout. Boston beats the Yankees, 7 – 3. 1957: Tough-talking New York Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about their proposed move to California‚ but that the city will not be “blackjacked” into anything. In related news, four Pacific Coast League teams may seek as much as $6.7 million in indemnities if both the Los Angeles Angels and the San Francisco Seals withdraw from the league as a result of the rumored move. At Washington‚ Camilo Pascual gives up two solo homers‚ to Mickey Mantle and Hank Bauer‚ but the Senators win, 6 – 2. Pascual will groove 43 gopher balls this year. 1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his White House staff attend a game. He gets slugger Harmon Killebrew’s autograph on a home run ball for his grandson David‚ as Washington defeats the Red Sox, 7 – 6. The Killer will bang 15 homers in May. 1961 – At Fenway Park‚ Ike Delock outduels Whitey Ford to beat the Yankees‚ 2 – 1. New York’s scoring is Mickey Mantle’s first homer in two weeks. 1962: Ernie Banks makes a spectacular return from his May 25th beaning with three homers and a double against the Braves at Wrigley Field. Three teammates hit home runs‚ but the Cubs lose to the Braves‚ 11 – 9. Amado Samuel hits his first major league homer and Joe Torre and Joe Adcock also connect. The Cubs outhit the Braves‚ 15 – 8‚ but an Andre Rodgers error in the 3rd opens the way for six unearned runs. The Angels get P Don Lee from the Twins for Jim Donohue. Lee‚ 3-3 with the Twins‚ will go 8-8 with Los Angeles. 1964 – The Reds and Dodgers play 17 innings before the game is a called at 2 – 2. All four runs come in the 12th inning. National League rules state that no inning may start after 12:50 a.m. 1965: OF Harvey Kuenn‚ P Bob Hendley and C Ed Bailey are traded from the Giants to the Cubs for C Dick Bertell and 1B/OF Len Gabrielson. Orioles club president Joe Iglehart sells his 32 percent holding in the club to National Brewing Company President Jerry Hoffberger and club treasurer Zanvyl Krieger. He is forced to do so as a major shareholder and executive with CBS, which bought the rival New York Yankees a few months ago, placing him in a conflict of interest. Mickey Lolich’s ten-inning win is Detroit’s second straight two-hit, 1 – 0, win against Cleveland. Dick Allen cranks a 529-foot home run over the left CF roof at Connie Mack Stadium in the 1st inning off Chicago’s Larry Jackson. The Phils win, 4 – 2. Lou Johnson hits two home runs to back Don Drysdale’s pitching and give the Dodgers a 5 – 3 win over the Braves. 1966: Ron Santo’s 10th-inning homer gives the Cubs a 3 – 2 win over Atlanta. The day before‚ he beat the Braves with a three-run‚ 12th-inning homer in an 8 – 5 win. Washington Senators centerfielder Don Lock hits a three-run homer in the 1st inning against the Boston Red Sox and righthander Phil Ortega makes it stand for a 3 – 2 win. Ortega strikes out seven batters in a row. 1967 – Orioles 1B Mike Epstein and P Frank Bertaina are traded to the Senators for P Pete Richert. 1968 – The defending World Champion St. Louis Cardinals continue to struggle, losing their 11th out of 13, 2 – 1, to Juan Marichal and the Giants. In the past two weeks, they have virtually traded places with today’s opponent, falling from first place on May 15th, 3 1/2 games ahead of San Francisco, to three games behind today (actually in fourth place behind Philly and Atlanta as well). From this point forward, however, the Cards will catch fire; by August 1st, a 2 – 1 win will give them 49 victories out of their last 64 games and leave them 15 games ahead of their nearest National League competitor. 1969 – With the Braves drubbing the Mets, 12 – 0‚ manager Lum Harris lifts Hank Aaron for another Lum – Mike Lum. Lum hits a pinch double off Al Jackson and takes over in LF as the Braves coast to a 15 – 3 win. It is the third time in his career that Aaron has been lifted for a pinch-hitter. 1970 The Orioles’ Mike Cuellar strikes out four batters consecutively in the 4th inning of a 2 – 0 win over California. He allows four hits and Boog Powell supplies the offense with a two-run homer. The Reds strand 16 runners in the first eight innings against the visiting Expos‚ but win‚ 6 – 4‚ on Bobby Tolan’s 9th-inning homer. The Expos have never won a game at Crosley Field. 1971: The Mets feature firepower as Nolan Ryan and Tom Seaver combine to strike out 26‚ tying the Mets’ own major league record set on September 9‚ 1970, in a doubleheader sweep of the Padres. Seaver wins the opener‚ 5 – 1‚ with ten K’s and Ryan cops the nitecap‚ 2 – 1. Mets batters strike out 15 times: the 41 strikeouts ties the major league record. In a great trade for Cincinnati‚ the Giants ship OF George Foster to the Reds for SS Frank Duffy and P Vern Geishert. 1972 – Morris (Moe) Berg dies in Belleville, New Jersey, at the age of 70. In addition to playing 15 years in the major leagues, the multitalented Berg also gained distinction as an attorney, linguist, mathematician, and most curiously, as an American secret agent during World War II. 1974 – The visiting Mets lose to the Reds‚ 3 – 2‚ when Tony Perez clubs a 10th-inning homer off Jon Matlack. 1976: Houston Astros pitcher Joe Niekro hits the only home run of his 22-year major league career. Strangely enough, Niekro enjoys his feat against his brother, Phil, the ace pitcher of the Atlanta Braves. With his unexpected home run, Joe leads the Astros to a 4 – 3 victory over Atlanta. The Reds score three runs in the 9th to edge the Dodgers‚ 6 – 5. Ken Griffey’s two-run triple ties the game‚ and Joe Morgan’s single wins it. 1977: Johnny Bench’s 1st-inning grand slam off Rick Rhoden jump starts the Reds to a 8 – 1 win over the Dodgers. Larry Parrish is 5 for 5‚ including three homers‚ with five RBIs and five runs scored to lead the Expos to a 14 – 4 win over the Cardinals. Del Unser also homers for Montreal. 1979 – Former Indians 1B Luke Easter‚ working as a bank guard in Cleveland‚ is shot to death in a holdup. 1980: Dodger Bob Welch faces the minimum 27 batters in a 3 – 0 one-hitter against the Braves. The lone Atlanta baserunner is Larvell Blanks‚ who singles in the 4th inning and is erased on a double play. Johnny Bench hits three home runs off Randy Jones in Cincinnati’s 5 – 3 win over San Diego. It is the third three-homer game of his career. 1981: A’s manager Billy Martin flies into a rage and heaves two handfuls of dirt on home plate umpire Terry Cooney’s back after being ejected for arguing ball and strike calls. He will be suspended by American League president Lee MacPhail for seven days. Montreal trades OF Ellis Valentine to the Mets for P Jeff Reardon and OF Dan Norman. Valentine will play just 159 games for the Mets‚ while Reardon will blossom into one of baseball’s best relievers. 1982: The Indians beat the White Sox, 5 – 2‚ handing pitcher LaMarr Hoyt his first loss of the season. Hoyt had started the season 9-0 and had won 14 consecutive decisions since last August 27th. At Minnesota‚ the Yanks put runners on first base (Graig Nettles) and second base (Bobby Murcer) with no outs. When Roy Smalley strikes out on a wide 3-2 pitch from Terry Felton‚ Murcer attempts to steal third base. But Sal Butera’s throw beats him so badly he retreats to second, only to find Nettles there. Gary Gaetti tags Murcer who is standing safely alone on the base‚ and then throws to Kent Hrbek to catch Nettles heading back to first. Murcer then tries for third and Hrbek’s throw to Felton, covering the bag, completes the triple play. Alas‚ Felton‚ 0-8 coming into the game gets a no-decision‚ and will lose another five to finish with an 0-16 record for his career. 1983 – Dodgers pitcher Steve Howe is readmitted to a drug treatment center after suffering a relapse of the cocaine problem for which he had sought treatment after last season. Howe has not allowed an earned run in his 14 appearances this season. 1984 – The Braves overcome a 4 – 0 deficit to beat the Cubs‚ 7 – 4‚ but lose 3B Bob Horner‚ who breaks his wrist diving for a ball and who will be sidelined for the rest of the season. Horner broke the same wrist last year and missed the final 43 games. 1987: Pete O’Brien drives in four runs and scores five to lead the Texas Rangers to a 16 – 5 win over Kansas City. Bo Jackson has a pair of homers for the losers. In the Tigers’ 15 – 7 win over the Twins‚ the two teams combine for eight homers. Tom Brookens has a grand slam for the winners while Mark Salas‚ who enters the game in the 7th, has five RBIs on two homers for the Twins. 1989 – Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt‚ 39‚ retires. The future Hall of Famer is seventh on the all-time home run list with 548‚ but is hitting just .203 this season. He will still get elected to the All-Star team‚ but will decline the invitation. 1990: Rickey Henderson of the Oakland Athletics becomes the American League’s all-time stolen base king. In swiping third base against the Toronto Blue Jays, Henderson steals his 893rd base to surpass the long-standing record set by Ty Cobb. With the team struggling (20-22)‚ the Mets fire manager Davey Johnson‚ whose six-year winning percentage was .593. Coach Bud Harrelson replaces him and the Mets will win 20 of their next 23 games before cooling down. 1991 – Don Schulze of the Orix BlueWave becomes the first Pacific League pitcher to hit a home run since the inception of the DH. He goes deep against Motoyuki Akahori. 1992 – Tim Raines of the Chicago White Sox collects his 700th major league career stolen base. 1993 – Texas Rangers outfielder Jose Canseco, who three days earlier had a ball hit by Carlos Martinez bounce off his head for a home run, voluntarily pitches an inning in a 15 – 1 blowout loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. He hurts his arm in the effort, and as a result, will undergo season-ending elbow surgery from his ill-advised outing. 1994 – The Braves trade OF Deion Sanders to the Reds in exchange for OF Roberto Kelly and minor league P Roger Etheridge. 1995 – Marlins P Chris Hammond hits a grand slam in Florida’s 9 – 7 win over the Astros. He is the first pitcher to connect for a home run with the bases full since 1986. Marlins 3B Terry Pendleton gets five hits in the game‚ including a double and triple. 1996 – John Smoltz (11-1) allows four hits in topping the Cubs‚ 2 – 0‚ in Atlanta. Smoltz strikes out 13 to raise his National League-leading total to 97. 1997: The Yankees finally agree to terms with Japanese pitcher Hideki Irabu‚ signing the fireballer to a four-year contract worth $12.8 million. The deal includes a signing bonus of $8.5 million. In Florida‚ Rockies OF Ellis Burks hits a two-run double to cap a three-run rally in the 9th inning and help Colorado beat Florida‚ 6 – 5. Colorado trails, 4 – 0, in the 6th‚ before Larry Walker‚ Andres Galarraga‚ and Dante Bichette hit consecutive homers off Alex Fernandez. In Toronto‚ Tino Martinez hits his 20th homer – his third in three games – and David Cone strikes out 12 to lead New York over Toronto‚ 4 – 0. Jeff Nelson strikes out three Jays in relief. Martinez raises his RBI total to 56 with a single in the 1st off Woody Williams (1-5) and a solo shot in the 3rd. 1999: The Padres score eight runs in the 3rd inning on the way to a 12 – 3 win over the Brewers. Arizona’s Byung-Hyun Kim, 20-year-old Korean‚ makes his major league debut against the Mets. Relieving in the 9th‚ he strikes out Mike Piazza to end the game and preserve the 8 – 7 win. 2000: Oakland Athletics second baseman Randy Velarde turns an unassisted triple play, just the 11th in major league history, on a line drive hit by Shane Spencer of the New York Yankees. With runners on first and second base running with the pitch, Velarde tags Jorge Posada as he nears second base, then touches the base to retire Tino Martinez. In 1995 spring training, while with the Yankees, Velarde turned an unassisted triple play against the Dodgers. The Dodgers defeat the Mets‚ 4 – 1. Mets SS Rey Ordoñez breaks his left forearm on a tag play in the 1st inning and will be out for the rest of the season. His arm hits the helmet of a sliding F.P. Santangelo. The Mets will fill in with various bodies for two months before renting Mike Bordick from the Orioles. 2001 – The Diamondbacks defeat the Giants‚ 1 – 0, in 18 innings, with the game lasting 5 hours and 53 minutes. Erubiel Durazo throws out a runner at home in the 17th‚ then drives in Steve Finley with a double in the 18th. The loss goes to Ryan Vogelsong‚ making his major league debut. Vogelsong almost redeems himself with a double in his first at bat in the 18th. The two teams combine for 139 plate appearances and their 14 pitchers throw a total of 503 pitches (301 strikes and 202 balls). 2002: In an article in Sports Illustrated, former National League MVP Ken Caminiti claims that about 50 percent of current major league players use some form of steroids. 25-year-old minor leaguer Joe Bauldree dies in his sleep. The former Atlanta farmhand‚ a pitcher for the independent Allentown Ambassadors‚ had a history of irregular heart beat. 2003: The Rockies outscore the visiting Dodgers‚ 12 – 5‚ behind Todd Helton’s three home runs and Ron Belliard’s five hits. Helton adds a single as he bats in six runs. The Red Sox‚ in need of a closer‚ trade Shea Hillenbrand to the Diamondbacks for Byung-Hyun Kim. The Diamondbacks were reportedly not eager to swap the 24-year-old South Korean. Hillenbrand was almost traded last winter to the Expos for Bartolo Colon. 2005 – Tuffy Rhodes is ejected from a Nippon Pro Baseball game for the ninth time in his career, breaking the record held by Masaichi Kaneda. 2006 – Albert Pujols hits his 25th home run of the season, a three-run blast, in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 3 – 1 victory over the Houston Astros. Pujols becomes the third-fastest big-leaguer to 25 homers, reaching it in 51 games. Barry Bonds required 47 games in 2001 and Mark McGwire needed 50 in 1998. Pujols also increases his major league lead to 64 runs batted in. 2009 – On the road, the Yankees top the Indians, 3 – 1. Mariano Rivera saves an Andy Pettitte win for the 58th time, setting a new record for a duo of pitchers; the old mark had been held by Dennis Eckersley and Bob Welch. 2010: Roy Halladay pitches the 20th perfect game in Major League history, striking out 11 in the process, as the Phillies defeat the Florida Marlins, 1 – 0. Following Dallas Braden’s perfect game earlier in the month, it is the first time that two perfect games are pitched in the same season in 130 years. Lee Richmond and John Montgomery Ward had both pitched perfect games five days apart in 1880. Top Giants prospect Buster Posey makes his season debut, getting three hits and three RBI in a 12 – 1 win over Arizona, on his way to winning the Rookie of the Year Award. Eli Whiteside and Juan Uribe hit long balls for San Francisco. The University of Southern Indiana wins the Division II College World Series with a 6 – 4 upset of #1 seed UC San Diego in the finale. It is the school’s first national title. Eri Yoshida, the first Japanese female player to appear in a male professional baseball league, makes her US debut. She tosses a scoreless 1st inning for the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League and leaves after giving up four runs in three innings; she also singles in a run in her club’s 8 – 6 win. 2011: The Diamondbacks unexpectedly find themselves in first place in the NL West after beating Houston, 4 – 2, completing a three-game sweep. It is the D-Backs’ 14th win in their last 16 games, but manager Kirk Gibson is not there to enjoy it, having been ejected in the 4th inning for arguing a balk call against starter Josh Collmenter. Losing pitcher J.A. Happ hits his first major league homer for the Astros. The South torches the North, 11 – 1, in the Mexican League All-Star Game at Parque Francisco I. Madero. Starter and losing pitcher Andrés Meza and 11 relievers fail to stop the South, as Rubén Rivera (the MVP), Erick Rodriguez and Doug Clark all go deep. Francisco Campos gets the win, as the North is held to six hits. 2012: Ciego de Ávila wins its first Cuban Serie Nacional title, beating the twelve-time champion Industriales, four games to one, in the finals. Game 5 goes 11 innings before Ciego de Ávila emerges with a 4 – 3 win. Yoelvis Fiss drives in three runs for the winners, while Yander Guevara works 10 1/3 innings and Ricardo Bordón drives in the winner. Yoandri Urgellés hits a two-run homer for the losing side. With the Red Sox and Blue Jays both winning today, all five teams in both the AL East and NL East are now above .500. It is the first time this has happened since June 23, 1995, when the NL West and AL West both had all of their four teams above .500 simultaneously. The Rangers sign free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt, who has been inactive so far this year, for the remainder of the season for $5 million. Ironically, the signing comes on the day his former team, the Phillies, place their ace Roy Halladay on the disabled list, but the Phils’ renewed interest in Oswalt’s services comes too late. Jeremy Hefner homers for his first career hit and wins his first game in the majors, beating the Phillies, 6 – 3. No pitcher had gotten his first homer and first win in the same game in ten years, since Dennis Tankersley had done it. Tankersley never got another homer or win, though. The Cubs beat the Padres, 5 – 3, with James Russell getting the save. He joins father Jeff Russell as the fourth father-son duo to both save a game in the majors. 2013: Ryan Zimmerman hits three homers in a losing cause as the Nationals bow out to the Orioles, 9 – 6. Eight homers are hit overall as the ball flies out of Camden Yards. Things start off well for the Nats, with Zimmerman homering in his first three at-bats for a 6 – 3 lead, but in the 7th, Jordan Zimmermann serves up a two-run homer to Steve Pearce and reliever Tyler Clippard allows a two-run homer to Chris Davis, his second of the game, as the O’s score six times by the end of the inning. Zimmermann falls to 8-3 as Steve Johnson wins for the first time this year. Another player has a three-homer game today, but this time in a winning cause. Switch-hitting C Dioner Navarro connects twice as a lefty and once as a righty at Wrigley Field in leading the Cubs to a 9 – 3 win over the White Sox. 2014: Josh Collmenter faces the minimum 27 batters in spite of allowing three hits in recording his first career complete game and shutout as the Diamondbacks defeat the Reds, 4 – 0. All three Reds baserunners are erased on double plays, including Brayan Pena, who is tagged out at third in trying to advance on a fly out after hitting a double. The Blue Jays’ nine-game winning streak is snapped by an 8 – 6, ten-inning loss to the Kansas City Royals, but Edwin Encarnacion continues to set homer records. By hitting a pair of long balls, he claims the all-time Blue Jays record for homers in a month with 16, passing Jose Bautista, and ties Mickey Mantle for the American League record for most homers in May. He is only the third player to have five multiple-homer games in a month, following Harmon Killebrew in May of 1959 and Albert Belle in September of 1995. The Jays come within an out of extending their streak to ten games, as they lead, 6 – 5, with two outs in the 9th, when pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson ties the game, taking advantage of SS Jose Reyes’s errant throw to first base on a ground ball. The Royals then score twice against Todd Redmond in the 10th to win the game. 2015 – Lewis-Clark State College wins the NAIA College World Series, its 17th NAIA title but first in seven years. They top St. Thomas University, 10 – 7, in the finale, rallying from a 7 – 1 deficit. Cameron Pongs allows only one hit in 4 2/3 relief innings and Max Whitt’s bases-loaded single drives in the winner in the 8th. 2016: Stephen Strasburg of the Nationals improves to 9-0 on the year with a 10 – 2 win over the Cardinals, powered by a pinch-hit grand slam off the bat of Jayson Werth and a two-run homer by Wilson Ramos. Strasburg sets a new franchise record for most wins to start the year by a starting pitcher, besting the eight recorded by Pedro Martinez to start off his Cy Young Award-winning 1997 campaign. He also has 12 straight wins dating back to the previous September, which ties the franchise record shared by Dennis Martinez (1989) and Livan Hernandez (2005). For the first time in over a century, the Yankees win a game in spite of being limited to only one hit. Starlin Castro hits a two-run homer off Jake Odorizzi of the Rays in the 7th inning, and it is enough to procure a 2 – 1 win. The last time the Yankees had won a game while collecting a single hit was on July 10, 1914, when Charlie Mullen had the only safety in the second game of a doubleheader against Cleveland, shortened to six innings by darkness. 2017: A big fracas erupts in the 8th inning of a game between the Nationals and Giants. With Washington leading 3 – 0, Hunter Strickland plunks Bryce Harper on the hip with a 98 mph fastball, angering the young superstar who charges the mound, triggering a bench-clearing brawl. Not many punches land, but an angry Strickland has to be dragged off the field by three teammates. The Nats claim the pitch is in retaliation for an incident during the 2014 Division Series, when Harper homered twice off Strickland and the two exchanged words; they had not faced one another since then. Harper will receive a four-game suspension and Strickland one of six games for their part in the incident. Nats player Mike Morse suffers a concussion during the melee, ending his career. The Blue Jays tee off against the Reds, with a 17 – 2 beatdown that features a 23-hit barrage. Russell Martin hits a two-run homer off Lisalverto Bonilla in the 2nd, Troy Tulowitzki adds a grand slam off Robert Stephenson in the 3rd while Justin Smoak hits a three-run shot in the 4th. Ezequiel Carrera and Devon Travis both collect four hits as everyone in Toronto’s line-up pitches in in support of Marcus Stroman. Both Stephenson and fellow reliever Jake Buchanan allow ten hits, something unseen since 1929. 2019 – The Astros, off to a great start, place SS Carlos Correa on the injured list after he suffers a broken rib during a massage at home. Already missing 2B José Altuve and OF George Springer, the Astros may find it hard to maintain their torrid pace with Correa expected to miss four to six weeks. 2021: The Twins’ Josh Donaldson scores the two millionth run in major league history on an automatic double by teammate Nelson Cruz in the 1st inning of their game against the Royals. Contrary to the millionth run, which was the subject of a big sponsorship campaign and a lot of hoopla before it was scored by Bob Watson in 1975, the run-up to this milestone was barely mentioned and the run itself is treated mainly as a curiosity. Braves OF Marcell Ozuna is arrested at his home in Sandy Springs, GA on charges of domestic violence after he is found by police battering his wife and attempting to strangle her. He is on the injured list at the time. He will not return this season, missing the Braves’ run to a World Series title, and will be suspended a further 20 games at the start of the 2022 season, but will escape criminal charges. 2023: Marcus Stroman pitches a one-hitter in the Cubs’ 1 – 0 victory over the Rays. Wander Franco leads off the 7th with a single for Tampa’s only hit. Josh Staumont and Mike Mayers are perfect through the first seven innings before Nolan Arenado and Willson Contreras lead off the 8th with back-to-back singles. They are the only two baserunners for the Cardinals in a 7 – 0 loss as Mayers befuddles his former team for six innings after Staumont gets the first three outs as the opener for the Royals. Taylor Clarke and Amir Garrett complete the day’s work by getting three outs each without allowing anything after the two singles given up by Mayers, who receives credit for the win. 2024 – The first results from the Negro League Statistical Review Committee established by Commissioner Rob Manfred to work on the integration of statistics from the Negro Leagues that were recognized in 2020 as being full major leagues are in. Among these are a change in the all-time leader for batting average, a title now held by Josh Gibson. It should be noted that Baseball-Reference had preceded this by a number of years, integrating Negro Leagues stats into its records shortly after Commissioner Manfred’s announcement. 2025: Major League Baseball announces a partnership with the newly-formed Athletes Unlimited Softball League, which will begin play on June 7th. The women’s professional softball league will benefit from joint sales and marketing efforts, extensive promotional support and broadcasts on MLB Network and MLB.TV to raise the visibility of the AUSL and its athletes. This is in line with the support provided by other men’s professional leagues to their female counterparts in recent years, reflecting the explosive growth of women’s professional sports. The new league’s commissioner is Kim Ng, former General Manager of the Florida Marlins. After completing a six-game road trip in which they scored only six runs, the Blue Jays score eight in the 2nd inning against The Athletics at the Rogers Centre, on their way to a 12 – 0 win. For their part, the A’s are struggling badly, with 14 losses in their last 15 games. Chris Sale becomes the fastest pitcher to reach 2,500 career strikeouts, doing so in 2,026 innings, fewer than the 39 men who have preceded him to the mark. Sale accomplishes the feat in a 9 – 3 win by the Braves over the Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader split. Births[edit] 1869 – Marty Honan, catcher (d. 1908) 1875 – Dave Fultz, outfielder (d. 1959) 1885 – Jack Lively, pitcher (d. 1967) 1899 – Hal Elliott, pitcher (d. 1963) 1899 – Art Reinhart, pitcher (d. 1946) 1901 – Jim Stroner, infielder (d. 1975) 1903 – Bob Hope, owner (d. 2003) 1907 – Phil Gallivan, pitcher (d. 1969) 1910 – George McQuinn, infielder; All-Star (d. 1978) 1915 – Vance Dinges, infielder (d. 1990) 1915 – Kotaro Mori, NPB pitcher (d. 1966) 1916 – John Hnatio, minor league outfielder (d. 1983) 1917 – Bill Burich, infielder (d. 2009) 1917 – Jim Missouri, pitcher (d. 1989) 1917 – Loel Passe, announcer (d. 1997) 1919 – Al Brancato, infielder (d. 2012) 1919 – Arnold Heft, minor league pitcher (d. 2014) 1920 – Sammy Haynes, catcher (d. 1997) 1922 – Fred Tschudin, minor league catcher (d. 1952) 1922 – John Williams, infielder (d. 1973) 1924 – Velma Abbott, AAGPBL infielder (d. 1987) 1924 – Pepper Davis, AAGPBL catcher (d. 2013) 1924 – Yasuhisa Kimura, NPB infielder (d. 2015) 1925 – Takeo Cho, NPB pitcher 1925 – Francis Essic, minor league player and manager (d. 2018) 1926 – Gene Manzer, minor league pitcher (d. 2009) 1926 – Sumiya Miyazawa, NPB pitcher (d. ????) 1927 – Ken Guettler, minor league outfielder (d. 1977) 1927 – Peter Konyar, minor league infielder (d. 1995) 1928 – Joe Camacho, coach (d. 2018) 1928 – Willard Schmidt, pitcher (d. 2007) 1929 – Richard Ackermann, minor league infielder (d. 2014) 1929 – Roberto Vargas, pitcher (d. 2014) 1931 – John Baumgartner, infielder (d. 2024) 1936 – Jun Aoki, NPB catcher 1936 – Tadashi Kawano, NPB outfielder 1936 – Fred White, announcer (d. 2013) 1936 – Dale Willis, pitcher (d. 2021) 1938 – Yasunobu Murayama, NPB pitcher 1938 – Fay Vincent, commissioner (d. 2025) 1940 – Ted Tollner, USA national team pitcher 1941 – John Kennedy, infielder (d. 2018) 1942 – Akira Takahashi, NPB pitcher (d. 2006) 1943 – Felipe Leal, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 2010) 1945 – Clyde Mashore, outfielder (d. 2016) 1945 – Blue Moon Odom, pitcher; All-Star 1945 – Yoshiro Sotokoba, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame 1946 – Dyar Miller, pitcher 1946 – Yutaka Ohashi, NPB infielder (d. 2025) 1948 – Hirokazu Iguma, NPB outfielder (d. 2010) 1952 – Fred Holdsworth, pitcher 1953 – Mike Dupree, pitcher 1956 – Kazuhiko Kudo, NPB pitcher 1957 – Satoru Kakizono, NPB umpire 1958 – Jamie Allen, infielder 1958 – Giraldo González, Cuban league infielder and manager (d. 2021) 1958 – Kevin Richards, minor league pitcher 1958 – Mike Stenhouse, outfielder 1959 – Gerry Groninger, minor league catcher and manager 1960 – Anthony Tiliakos, First Division catcher 1962 – Eric Davis, outfielder; All-Star 1963 – Atsunori Itoh, NPB pitcher 1963 – Hiroyuki Mori, NPB outfielder 1964 – Chris Egelston, minor league pitcher 1964 – Grady Hall, minor league pitcher 1964 – Doug Kovash, college coach 1965 – Roberto De Franceschi, Italian Baseball League outfielder 1965 – Charlie Hayes, infielder 1965 – Isao Koda, NPB pitcher 1966 – Gabriel Pierre, Cuban league infielder 1967 – Manabu Ando, NPB outfielder 1967 – Bill Risley, pitcher 1968 – Brian Griffiths, minor league pitcher 1969 – Toby Borland, pitcher 1969 – Kenji Morozumi, NPB outfielder 1972 – Victor Martins, French national team pitcher 1972 – Fabrizio Muñoz, Ecuadorian national team infielder 1973 – Dmitry Lukin, Russian national team infielder 1973 – Trever Miller, pitcher 1973 – Ming-Shan Wang, TML catcher 1974 – Jerrod Wong, minor league outfielder 1975 – Cirilo Cruz, minor league infielder 1975 – Sean Spencer, pitcher 1976 – Robert Greeff, South African national team outfielder 1976 – Jerry Hairston, infielder 1977 – Kent Karlsson, Elitserien pitcher 1977 – Ryan Lentz, minor league infielder 1977 – Chris Olean, minor league pitcher 1977 – Takatomi Sogawa, NPB infielder 1977 – Jeffrey Verbij, Hoofdklasse infielder 1979 – John Rheinecker, pitcher (d. 2017) 1980 – Cha Seung Baek, pitcher 1980 – James Sanders, Bundesliga pitcher 1982 – Tae-kyun Kim, NPB infielder 1982 – Matt Macri, infielder 1983 – Tae-soo Cho, KBO pitcher 1983 – Sébastien Hervé, Division Elite infielder 1983 – Akifumi Takahashi, NPB pitcher 1984 – Jose Camarena, minor league catcher 1984 – Garrison Campfield, minor league pitcher 1984 – Danny Hayden, college coach 1984 – Bradley Merritt, Extraliga pitcher 1986 – Ryan O’Shea, minor league pitcher 1987 – Henry Henry, minor league infielder 1988 – Robert Brooks, minor league player 1988 – Keisuke Matsushima, Japanese national team outfielder 1988 – Darling Read, minor league outfielder 1989 – Oswal Báez, Venezuelan national team player 1989 – Angel Antonio Cuan, minor league pitcher 1989 – Cameron Lamb, minor league pitcher 1989 – Alon Leichman, coach 1990 – Joe Biagini, pitcher 1990 – Leonardo Heras, minor league outfielder 1990 – Hsiao-Yi Kao, CPBL outfielder 1990 – Kevin Kuntz, minor league infielder 1990 – Tyler Pill, pitcher 1990 – Trevor Rosenthal, pitcher; All-Star 1991 – Taisuke Kondo, NPB pitcher 1991 – Steven Matz, pitcher 1991 – Melanie Newman, broadcaster 1991 – Nick Wittgren, pitcher 1992 – D.J. Snelten, pitcher 1992 – Terrell Joyce, minor league outfielder 1993 – Gerald Chin, minor league infielder 1993 – Grant Kay, minor league infielder 1994 – Robbie Perkins, minor league catcher 1994 – Ka’ai Tom, outfielder 1995 – Harold Arauz, minor league pitcher 1995 – Kazuki Kaneko, NPB infielder 1995 – Conner Menez, pitcher 1995 – Michael Santos, minor league pitcher 1995 – Chia-Wen Shen, Taiwanese women’s national team outfielder 1995 – Zack Short, infielder 1996 – Bobby Bradley, infielder 1997 – Tyler Nevin, infielder 1998 – Brenan Hanifee, pitcher 1998 – Shogo Sakakura, NPB catcher and infielder 1998 – TJ Shook, minor league pitcher 1998 – Connor Thomas, pitcher 1999 – Patrick Bailey, catcher 2001 – Jake Berry, minor league pitcher 2001 – Leo Bristow, Swedish national team pitcher 2001 – Yu-Bin Chuang, CPBL pitcher 2001 – Luis De Ávila, minor league pitcher 2002 – Shunsuke Nakamori, NPB pitcher 2002 – Paul Skenes, pitcher; All-Star 2005 – Nathan Laot, French Division I pitcher Deaths[edit] 1876 – Tom Miller, catcher (b. 1850) 1910 – Bill Hassamaer, outfielder (b. 1864) 1932 – Frank Lobert, infielder (b. 1883) 1939 – Bill McCarthy, pitcher (b. 1882) 1943 – Pat Wright, infielder (b. 1865) 1949 – Doc Scanlan, pitcher (b. 1881) 1952 – Doc Lavan, infielder (b. 1890) 1955 – Ray Brown, pitcher (b. 1889) 1959 – Dutch Ussat, infielder (b. 1904) 1961 – Charlie Carroll, college coach (b. 1890) 1963 – Fred Herbert, pitcher (b. 1887) 1964 – Eli Cates, pitcher (b. 1877) 1965 – Mike McNally, infielder (b. 1893) 1966 – Hippo Vaughn, pitcher (b. 1888) 1968 – Bob Rorabaugh, minor league outfielder (b. 1876) 1972 – Moe Berg, catcher (b. 1902) 1978 – Carl Reynolds, outfielder (b. 1903) 1982 – Erv Palica, pitcher (b. 1928) 1985 – Billy Zitzmann, outfielder (b. 1895) 1987 – Jack Sheehan, infielder (b. 1893) 1989 – Julio Báez, pitcher (b. 1918) 1992 – Robert Rucker, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1924) 1993 – Alex Kampouris, infielder (b. 1912) 1998 – Manuel Alarcón, Cuban league pitcher (b. 1941) 1999 – Seth Caddell, minor league catcher 2002 – Joe Bauldree, minor league pitcher (b. 1977) 2002 – Sam Page, pitcher (b. 1916) 2008 – Steve Vrablik, scout (b. 1919) 2010 – Jeriome Robertson, pitcher (b. 1977) 2014 – Mitsugu Hara, college coach (b. 1936) 2016 – Bob Schroeder, umpire (b. 1926) 2018 – Ray Barker, infielder (b. 1936) 2020 – Bob Jingling, college coach (b. 1933) 2020 – Hank Mason, pitcher (b. 1931) 2023 – Tsutomu Watanabe, NPB infielder (b. 1949) 2024 – Hank Allen, outfielder (b. 1940) ============================================== TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, May 29 AUTO RACING 3 p.m. FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 7 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Flote 200, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn. COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 3 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 6 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 9 p.m. ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional COLLEGE SOFTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 5, Oklahoma City, Okla. 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 6, Oklahoma City, Okla. GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol, Second Round, Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith, Kitzbühel, Austria Noon GOLF — LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, First Round, Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, N.J. 4 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, Second Round, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Atlanta at Cincinnati (6:40 p.m.) OR San Diego at Washington (6:45 p.m.) 6:40 p.m. APPLE TV — Minnesota at Pittsburgh 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Athletics (9:40 p.m.) OR Arizona at Seattle (joined in progress) (10:10 p.m.) 10:10 p.m. APPLE TV — Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers NBA BASKETBALL 8:10 p.m. ESPN — Eastern Conference Final: New York at Cleveland, Game 6 (if necessary) NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. TNT — Eastern Conference Final: Montreal at Carolina, Game 5 (if necessary) TRUTV — Eastern Conference Final: Montreal at Carolina, Game 5 (if necessary) TENNIS 6 a.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 2 p.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 6 a.m. (Saturday) TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris UFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m. FOX — Dallas at St. Louis WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — TBA 10 p.m. ION — Atlanta at Portland _____ Saturday, May 30 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 1 p.m. FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 4 p.m. NBC — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix Presented By Lear, Detroit Street Circuit, Detroit 7:30 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Sports Illustrated Resorts 250, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn. BOXING 9 p.m. ESPN — MVPW-03: Main Card, El Paso, Texas COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 1 p.m. SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 3 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 4 p.m. SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 6 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 7 p.m. SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional COLLEGE SOFTBALL 3 p.m. ABC — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 7, Oklahoma City, Okla. 7 p.m. ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 8, Oklahoma City, Okla. GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol, Third Round, Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith, Kitzbühel, Austria 1:30 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, Third Round, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas 3:30 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, Third Round, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas GOLF — LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, Second Round, Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, N.J. 6 a.m. (Sunday) GOLF — DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol, Final Round, Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith, Kitzbühel, Austria LACROSSE (MEN’S) 1 p.m. ABC — PLL: New York at Denver MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. FS1 — Kansas City at Texas (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: Atlanta at Cincinnati (7:15 p.m.) OR Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (7:15 p.m.) 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Seattle (10:10 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. NBC — Western Conference Final: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, Game 7 (if necessary) PEACOCK — Western Conference Final: San Antonio at Oklahoma City, Game 7 (if necessary) NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. ABC — Western Conference Final: Colorado at Vegas, Game 6 (if necessary) SOCCER (MEN’S) Noon CBS — UEFA Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain vs. Arsenal, Final, Budapest, Hungary TENNIS 6 a.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 2 p.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 6 a.m. (Sunday) TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris UFL FOOTBALL 3 p.m. ESPN2 — Houston at Birmingham WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. CBS — Indiana at Portland _____ Sunday, May 31 AUTO RACING 9:30 a.m. FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 12:30 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, Streets of Detroit, Detroit 3 p.m. FOX — NHRA: NHRA Potomac Nationals presented by JEGS, Maryland International Raceway, Mechanicsville, Md. 7 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Cracker Barrel 400, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn. COLLEGE BASEBALL Noon ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 3 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 6 p.m. ACCN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional SECN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Regional COLLEGE SOFTBALL 3 p.m. ABC — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 9, Oklahoma City, Okla. 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 10, Oklahoma City, Okla. GOLF 7 a.m. GOLF — DP World Tour: Austrian Alpine Open presented by Kitzbühel Tirol, Final Round, Golfclub Kitzbühel-Schwarzsee-Reith, Kitzbühel, Austria 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, Final Round, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: Charles Schwab Challenge, Final Round, Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, Texas GOLF — LPGA Tour: ShopRite LPGA powered by Wakefern, Final Round, Seaview Hotel & Golf Club (Bay Course), Galloway, N.J. MLB BASEBALL Noon PEACOCK — Toronto at Baltimore (12:15 p.m.) 4 p.m. MLBN — N.Y. Yankees at Athletics (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (7:20 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 8:10 p.m. ESPN — Eastern Conference Final: Cleveland at New York, Game 7 (if necessary) NHL HOCKEY TBA TNT — Eastern Conference Final: Carolina at Montreal, Game 6 (if necessary) TRUTV — Eastern Conference Final: Carolina at Montreal, Game 6 (if necessary) TENNIS 6 a.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 2 p.m. TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris 6 a.m. (Monday) TNT — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris TRUTV — ATP/WTA: French Open, Paris UFL FOOTBALL Noon ABC — Orlando at DC 6 p.m. FOX — Louisville at Columbus WNBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. NBC — Las Vegas at Golden State PEACOCK — Las Vegas at Golden State About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” THURSDAY MAY 28, 2026
