THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” FRIDAY JUNE 13, 2025

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEMI-STATE

SATURDAY JUNE 14

4A

VALPARAISO VS. FT. WAYNE SNIDER

WESTFIELD VS GOSHEN

EVANSVILLE NORTH VS. NORTH CENTRAL

FRANKLIN VS. CENTER GROVE

3A

NORTHWOOD VS. NORWELL

DELTA VS. ANDREAN

GUERIN CATHOLIC VS. NEW PALESTINE

GREENSBURG VS. JASPER

2A

WAPAHANI VS. OAK HILL

BOONE GROVE VS. WESTVIEW

PROVIDENCE VS. UNIVERSITY

EVANSVILLE MATER DEI VS. SHENANDOAH

1A

KOUTS VS. UNION CITY

CLINTON PRAIRIE VS. FW CANTERBURY

KNIGHTSTOWN VS. INDY LUTHERAN

SHAKAMAK VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL STATE FINALS

FRIDAY, JUNE 13

CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
5:30 PM ET / 4:30 CT | NORTH NEWTON (23-3-1) VS. CLAY CITY (21-6)

CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
8 PM ET / 7 PM CT | CROWN POINT (30-4) VS. CENTER GROVE (26-3)

SATURDAY, JUNE 14

CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 
4:30 PM ET / 3:30 CT | ANDREAN (21-7) VS. TECUMSEH (30-2)

CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
7 PM ET / 6 PM CT | HANOVER CENTRAL (18-12) VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (28-2)

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INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF                                                                                                  

1. LAKE CENTRAL | SANDY PINES GC | THURS, 8 AM CT | RESULTS 
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 1-5)

2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | STONEHENGE GC | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 6-10)

3. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | COYOTE CROSSING GC  | FRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS 
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 11-15)

4. MUNCIE CENTRAL | THE PLAYERS CLUB | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS 
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONAL 16-20)

5. WASHINGTON | COUNTRY OAKS GC | THURS, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 21-25)

6. PROVIDENCE | CHAMPIONS POINTE GC | THURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS  
FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 26-30)

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NBA FINALS

• GAME 1: PACERS 111 THUNDER 110 (INDIANA LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: THUNDER 123 PACERS 107 (SERIES TIED AT 1-1)
• GAME 3: PACERS 116 THUNDER 107 (INDIANA LEADS SERIES 2-1)
• GAME 4: THUNDER AT PACERS (FRI. JUNE 13, 8:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 5: PACERS AT THUNDER, (MON. JUNE 16, 8:30 ET, ABC)*
• GAME 6: THUNDER AT PACERS (THU. JUNE 19, 8:30 ET, ABC)*
• GAME 7: PACERS AT THUNDER, SUN, JUNE 22, 8 ET ON ABC)*
* IF NECESSARY

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WNBA SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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NHL PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE

STANLEY CUP FINALS

FLORIDA PANTHERS (3A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (3P)

GAME 1: OILERS 4 PANTHERS 3 OT (OILERS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: PANTHERS 5 EDMONTON 4 2OT (SERIES TIED 1-1)
GAME 3: PANTHERS 6 EDMONTON 1 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4: OILERS 5 PANTHERS 4 (SERIES EVEN 2-2)
GAME 5: PANTHERS AT OILERS, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 8 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, TRUTV, MAX *
GAME 6: OILERS AT PANTHERS, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, TRUTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 7: PANTHERS AT OILERS, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 8 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, TRUTV, MAX *

* IF NECESSARY

COMPLETE PANTHERS-OILERS SERIES COVERAGE

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

NY METS 4 WASHINGTON 3

TEXAS 16 MINNESOTA 3

COLORADO 8 SAN FRANCISCO 7

DETROIT 4 BALTIMORE 1

NY YANKEES 1 KANSAS CITY 0

MILWAUKEE 6 ST. LOUIS 0

CHICAGO CUBS 3 PITTSBURGH 2

HOUSTON 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

INDIANAPOLIS 5 ST. PAUL 0

SOUTH BEND 10 FT. WAYNE 1

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COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES

2025 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES FIRST-ROUND PAIRINGS

ALL TIMES CENTRAL

FRIDAY, JUNE 13: NO. 13 COASTAL CAROLINA (53-11) VS. ARIZONA (44-19) | 1 P.M. | ESPN (ESPN+)

FRIDAY, JUNE 13: NO. 8 OREGON STATE (47-14-1) VS. LOUISVILLE (40-22) | 6 P.M. | ESPN (ESPN+)

SATURDAY, JUNE 14: NO. 15 UCLA (47-16) VS. MURRAY STATE (43-14) | 1 P.M. | ESPN (ESPN+)

SATURDAY, JUNE 14: NO. 6 LSU (48-15) VS. NO. 3 ARKANSAS (48-13) | 6 P.M. | ESPN (ESPN+)

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES

NEW YORK CITY 4 ATLANTA 0

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UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCORES

CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY

DC DEFENDERS VS. MICHIGAN 8:00

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES

GOLF NEWS

J.J. SPAUN HANDLES TOUGH OAKMONT WITH THE PUTTER FOR A 66 AND EARLY US OPEN LEAD

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — J.J. Spaun handled the toughest test with a club that never fails any U.S. Open. His putter carried him to a 4-under 66, only the second bogey-free round in the last three U.S. Opens at Oakmont for an early one-shot lead.

Spaun, who started his round by chipping in from ankle-deep rough just right of the 10th green, was walking down the 18th fairway when a spectator looked at the group’s scoreboard and said, “J.J. Spaun. He’s 4 under?”

The emphasis was on the number, not the name.

Only five players from the morning wave managed to break par on an Oakmont course that was still trying to dry out from rain, and still very much holding its own. Thriston Lawrence of South Africa, who contended at Royal Troon last summer, had six birdies in a round of 67.

Si Woo Kim was at 68, with Ben Griffin and Thomas Detry at 69.

The course allowed plenty of birdies, and doled out plenty of punishment.

Masters champion Rory McIlroy also was bogey-free, at least on his opening nine. Then he three-putted for bogey on No. 1 and wound up with a 41 on the front nine for a 74. That included a 30-foot putt to save bogey after taking three hacks to get out of the rough on the par-5 fourth.

Shane Lowry became the first player to hole out from the fairway for eagle on No. 3. He also had three double bogeys and shot 79.

Spaun was not immune from this. He just made everything, particularly five par putts from 7 feet or longer.

“I think today was one of my best maybe putting days I’ve had maybe all year,” Spaun said. “Converting those putts … that’s huge for momentum and keeping a round going, and that’s kind of what happens here at U.S. Opens.”

Spaun wouldn’t know that from experience. This is only his second U.S. Open, and his ninth major since his first one in 2018. He didn’t have to qualify, moving to No. 25 in the world on the strength of his playoff loss to McIlroy at The Players Championship.

“I haven’t played in too many,” Spaun said “I knew it was going to be tough. I did my best just to grind through it all.”

It was every bit of a grind, from the rough and on the fast greens. Xander Schauffele had to birdie his last two holes to salvage a 72. Defending champion Bryson DeChambeau had four bogeys over his last 10 holes for a 73. On this course, at this major, those weren’t bad starts.

PGA champion Scottie Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, was among those who played in the afternoon as the breeze got a little stronger, the greens got a little firmer and the rough stayed as thick as ever.

The average score already was in the 75 range as the late wave was starting out. Eight players already shot 80 or worse, including Matt Vogt, the Indiana dentist and former caddie at Oakmont.

Vogt was selected to hit the opening shot, an appropriate choice for a U.S. Open that prides itself on giving anyone a chance to qualify. He was among 16 players who had to go through two stages, 54 holes, just for a crack at Oakmont.

“Oakmont is relentless,” said John Bodenhamer, the chief championships officer at the USGA who sets up the course. “There’s no let up. It’s a grind. That’s the U.S. Open.”

It was living up to its reputation in the opening round. Spaun managed to avoid any calamity. The chip-in on No. 10 to start his round was a bonus. His best shot was a long iron to 5 feet on the par-3 16th. His longest birdie putt was 12 feet on the short par-4 17th, where he drove to the collar of thick rough around the green.

But it was those par putts that saved him — from 8 feet on the par-5 fourth after driving in a grassy “pew” in the famed Church Pew bunker; from 16 feet after finding a bunker off the tee on the par-3 sixth; and from 8 feet on the par-3 eighth toward the end of his round.

McIlroy’s biggest putt was 30 feet on the fourth, and that was for bogey. He drove right into rough that came up to his shins. He hammered that shot all of 20 yards into more rough. The next one went 10 yards and stayed in the rough. He finally got out to the fairway, and from there was 30 feet left of the pin. So it could have been worse.

There also was the par-3 eighth, with a front pin so that it only played 276 yards. McIlroy went with 3-wood and sent that well right, where it disappeared into the high grass. Two hacks later, he was on his way to another double bogey.

US OPEN PLAYERS GET THAT SINKING FEELING, STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE ROUGH AT BRUTAL OAKMONT

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, waved the rules official over. Certainly, a ball buried that deep in the rough had to have embedded into the soft turf below when his off-line drive on the 12th hole landed with a thunk.

No such luck, the official told him. The rough at Oakmont is just deep — and thick and hard to escape. Instead of taking a free drop for an embedded ball, Woodland had to replace it where he found it, get out his wedge, take a hack and pray.

That resulted in Woodland’s first blemish in a back nine of 6-over 41 at the U.S. Open on Thursday. It turned a promising round that began with three birdies into a 3-over 73 slog.

Woodland’s was one of dozens of tales from the rough — gnarly, thick and sometimes downright impossible — that make an Open at Oakmont as tough as they come.

“Even for a guy like me, I can’t get out of it some of the times, depending on the lie,” said defending champion Bryson DeChambeau, who makes a living on overpowering golf courses and gouging out of the thick stuff. “It was tough. It was a brutal test of golf.”

DeChambeau was at even par when he nuked his second shot over the green and into the rough in back of the 12th green. The grass opened up his club face on the third and rifled the ball into more rough. He needed two more shots to advance the ball from there to the fringe. He shot 73.

“If you miss the green, you miss it by too much, you then try to play an 8-yard pitch over the rough onto a green that’s brick hard running away from you,” Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre said after his round of even-par 70. “It just feels like every shot is on a knife edge.”

Punishing the best in the world is exactly how the superintendents at what might be America’s toughest golf course planned it.

For the record, they do mow this rough. If they didn’t, there’s a chance some of the grass would lay over itself, allowing the ball to perch up instead of sink down. The mowers here have blades that use suction to pull the grass upward as they cut, helping the grass stand up straight and creating the physics that allow the ball to sink to the bottom.

Which is exactly where Rory McIlroy found his second shot, then his third, after failing to gouge his drive out of the lush green fescue located right of all that “regular” rough on the par-4 fourth. He made 6 there on his way to 74.

On No. 3, top-ranked No. 1 Scottie Scheffler hit his tee shot into the famous church pew bunker, then cooked his second shot up the hill and over the green. The rough opened up his clubface on the chip, sending the ball into the second cut of fringe. He got down in two to save bogey there.

Patrick Reed hit the shot of the day. It was a 286-yarder from the fairway that hit the green and dropped in for only the fourth albatross — a 2 on a par 5 — in recorded U.S. Open history.

If only he could have stopped there. His ensuing drive was so far left, it landed in the rough near the eighth tee box. He hacked across the fairway into more rough and scrambled to save bogey.

Later, Reed short-sided his approach on No. 9, moved the next shot from the rough about 5 feet and needed to get up and down for bogey.

Maybe J.J. Spaun figured it out the best.

With the dew still slickening the grass for his early tee time, Spaun chipped in from a gnarly lie on his first hole to open the Open with a birdie. He only hit eight of 14 fairways and 12 of 18 greens, but that was good enough for a 4-under 66, which sent him home with the lead and a chance to watch the afternoon players suffer.

“I like feeling uncomfortable,” Spaun said.

He came to the right place this week.

MI HYANG LEE SHOOTS AN 8-UNDER 64 TO TAKE A 1-SHOT LEAD IN THE MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea played a six-hole stretch in 6 under and shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Grace Kim of Australia was a shot back, a year after losing to Lilia Vu in a playoff that also included 2015 champion Lexi Thompson.

Fellow Australian Karis Davidson, Akie Iwai of Japan and Sofia Garcia of Paraguay were two strokes behind at 66 in the final event before the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship next week in Texas.

Only three of the top 10 in the world are at Blythefield County Club, with Haeran Ryu the highest-ranked player at No. 5. She shot a 69 in the afternoon.

Playing in the morning on the tree-lined course, Lee birdied Nos. 5-8, parred the ninth and eagled the 10th after surprising herself by reaching the green in two on the par-5 hole.

“I didn’t expect I can hit the green there for my second shot,” Lee said. “But it was a great line and good hit with the 3-wood and I made the green. It was almost 24 feet, like right-to left-eagle putt. I didn’t expect to make it.”

The 32-year-old player capped the bogey-free round with birdies on Nos. 14 and 17. She won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2017.

“I missed only two fairways,” Lee said. “I think that’s a lot of help to hit the greens a lot, too.”

Kim chipped in for eagle on 10 and for birdie on 11 in her morning round.

“That was a good start to the back nine,” Kim said. “Just kind of saved pars early and then loosened up as we went on. That was quite nice.”

She won the 2023 LOTTE Championship for her lone tour title.

The 22-year-old Iwai made five birdies in a seven-hole stretch from the eighth to the 14th, then rebounded from a bogey on 17 with a birdie on 18.

Her twin sister, Chisato won in Mexico in May for her first LPGA Tour title. Chisato Iwai opened with a 73.

Minjee Lee was at 67 with Caley McGinty, Ruixin Liu, Andrea Lee, Gabriela Ruffels and Jiwon Jeon. Andrea Lee was the only U.S. player in the top 11.

Thompson shot a 68. Vu had a 77.

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NBA NEWS

THUNDER FIND THEMSELVES IN FAMILIAR TERRITORY IN NBA FINALS, TRAILING 2-1 IN ANOTHER SERIES

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Game 1, a loss on the opposition’s final shot. Game 2, an easy win. Game 3, another loss to fall behind in the series again.

This formula is not the one that would be considered optimal by the Oklahoma City Thunder, especially in the NBA Finals. But if there is some consolation for the overall No. 1 seed in these playoffs, it’s this: the Thunder have been in this exact spot before and found a way to prevail.

That resiliency will be tested yet again, after the Indiana Pacers beat the Thunder 116-107 on Wednesday night to take a 2-1 series lead in these finals. Game 4 is in Indianapolis on Friday night.

“I thought it was an uncharacteristic night in a lot of ways for us,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “We got to learn from it and then tap back into being who we are in Game 4. If we do that, I think we’ll have a much better chance to win.”

It was not very Thunder-like in Game 3. They blew a fourth quarter lead for the second time in the series, gave up 21 points off turnovers and let the Pacers’ bench run wild — outscoring the OKC reserves 49-18.

“We’ll watch it. It wasn’t all bad,” Daigneault said. “But we definitely have to play our style and impose our will for more of the 48 minutes if we want to come on the road and get a win.”

There are uncanny similarities between the first three games of this series and the first three games of the Western Conference semifinal matchup between Oklahoma City and Denver.

— In Game 1 of the West semifinals, Aaron Gordon hit a 3-pointer with about 3 seconds left to give the Nuggets a win in Oklahoma City. In Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Tyrese Haliburton hit a jumper with 0.3 seconds left to give the Pacers a win in Oklahoma City.

— In Game 2 of the West semifinals, the Thunder evened things up with an easy win. In Game 2 of the NBA Finals, the Thunder evened things up with an easy win.

— In Game 3 of the West semifinals, Denver — at home for the first time in that series — played from behind most of the night before fighting into overtime and eventually getting a win for a 2-1 series lead. In Game 3 of the NBA Finals, Indiana — at home for the first time in the series — trailed for much of the first half before eventually getting a win for a 2-1 series lead.

The Thunder dug their way out of that hole against the Nuggets. And now, the same task awaits — with an NBA title at stake.

“I wouldn’t say that now is the time for emotions, to be thinking about how you’re feeling, emotional this, emotional that,” Thunder forward Chet Holmgren said. “You kind of have to cut that out and look at the substance of what it is. We have a great opportunity here and the great thing is we have another game coming up, Game 4.”

PACERS AREN’T CELEBRATING, THUNDER AREN’T PANICKING AS SIDES RESET FOR GAME 4 OF THE NBA FINALS

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Pacers aren’t celebrating. The Oklahoma City Thunder aren’t panicking.

The NBA Finals scoreboard is what it is — Pacers 2, Thunder 1 — going into Game 4 of the best-of-seven title series on Friday night. Everybody can count to four, and everybody can see that Indiana is in a better position right now than Oklahoma City,

But the Pacers know if they were to partake in such thinking, that would be dangerous.

“There’s nothing to get excited about right now,” Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton said. “We’re still a long way away.”

An even-keeled approach, for certain. The Thunder are going about business the same way.

“I just think we stay pretty emotionally even in all of the different experiences,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “You really see that when we win. I think if you’re going to get high on the wins, then the natural opposite of that is to get low on the losses. This team doesn’t really swing violently between those two things. Never has.”

Indiana grabbed control of the series on Wednesday night in a 116-107 win, a game in which the Pacers’ bench — led by Bennedict Mathurin’s 27 points in 22 minutes and T.J. McConnell’s 10 points, five assists and five steals in 15 minutes — outscored Oklahoma City’s reserves 49-18.

The Thunder starters were more than fine in Game 3: Oklahoma City opened the game with a 15-6 run, then started the third quarter — with the starters all on the floor — with an 8-0 burst. Add up those 7 minutes of play, and it was Thunder 23, Pacers 6. Add up the other 41 minutes of the game, and it was Pacers 110, Thunder 84.

“It’s got to be a killer edge to beat these guys,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “We’re going to be an underdog in every game in this series. … It’s a daunting challenge. Anything less than a total grit mindset, we just don’t have a chance.”

If Oklahoma City finds a way Friday, it goes home with a 2-2 series tie and two of the final three games of the series set to be played in its building. A loss, and it’s 3-1 — the sort of hole that few teams in NBA history have escaped.

“I think just the competitive greatness for this team has to be at an all-time high,” Thunder guard Alex Caruso said. “To be able to go on the road and win a game is a difficult thing in the playoffs, but especially staring 3-1 down in the face. You got to really get your mind right and get ready for the preparation that it’s going to take to go out there and compete for 48 minutes and get the win.”

Turner update

Myles Turner, who had five blocks for Indiana in Game 3, including two against Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren with about 2 minutes left — first a 3-pointer and then a 6-footer on the same possession — is dealing with an illness.

Turner was with the Pacers for film on Thursday and then was sent home. It seems like Indiana expect that he will play in Game 4.

Bounceback Thunder

Indiana hasn’t lost back-to-back games in three months. Oklahoma City hasn’t done so in two months.

The Thunder are 6-0 after losses since early April, 5-0 after losses in these playoffs.

“There’s a maximum four games left in the season,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “It’s what you worked the whole season for. It’s what you worked all summer for. To me, the way I see it, you got to suck it up, get it done and try to get a win.”

Haliburton’s free throws

In five games against Oklahoma City this season, Haliburton has been fouled in the act of shooting just once — in the first half of a Thunder-Pacers game on March 29.

He has not taken a free throw in this series. He’s the first player to log at least 109 minutes in the first three games of a finals and not take a single free throw since Miami’s Mario Chalmers in 2012 — also against the Thunder.

A 2-1 lead, again

In this current 16-team playoff format that dates back to 1984, Indiana is the sixth team to have a 2-1 lead in all four of its postseason series.

The others were the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2020, Boston in 2008, Detroit in 2004 and San Antonio in 2003.

All five of those teams went on to win the NBA title.

The last word

“We got great leaders on this team, the coaches and players who keep us on track with everything. We’re comfortable in close games. At the end of games, as well. We just trust our work, trust we got to get the ball into our guards’ hands and they’re going to make good plays.” — Pacers forward Obi Toppin.

REPORT: KNICKS SHIFT FOCUS TO BROWN, JENKINS AFTER REJECTIONS

The New York Knicks are increasing their focus on Mike Brown and Taylor Jenkins after they were reportedly denied permission to speak with five different employed head coaches, sources told The Athletic’s Sam Amick.

New York plans to finalize its shortlist of head coaching candidates in the coming days, adds Amick.

Brown apparently left a very strong impression on the Knicks’ brass when he interviewed for the position in 2020, Amick reports.

The 55-year-old is coming off a respectable 107-88 tenure with the Sacramento Kings. He won his second Coach of the Year Award during his first campaign in Sacramento after guiding the franchise to its first playoff berth in 16 seasons.

Brown previously spent six seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers over two stints and parts of two campaigns in charge of the Los Angeles Lakers. The 55-year-old has also been an assistant for Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr.

Meanwhile, Jenkins was shockingly dismissed by the Memphis Grizzlies last March with just nine games left in the regular season.

Jenkins posted a 250-214 record across six seasons, including three consecutive playoff appearances. The Grizzlies fell in six contests to the eventual champion Golden State Warriors in the second round of the 2022 NBA playoffs.

Jenkins was on Mike Budenholzer’s coaching staff for six campaigns before earning his first lead gig with Memphis in 2019.

New York moved on from Tom Thibodeau last week after the 67-year-old led the club to its first East final in 25 years.

REPORT: 76ERS REACHED OUT TO SPURS ABOUT ACQUIRING NO. 2 PICK

The Philadelphia 76ers are in the process of exploring all options to land an impact player in the 2025 draft, sources told The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey, who adds that the franchise reached out to the San Antonio Spurs about acquiring the No. 2 pick.

The Sixers currently hold the third overall pick.

Rutgers star Dylan Harper is widely expected to be taken second overall behind Duke phenom Cooper Flagg, and the Sixers desperately need a point guard to pair with Tyrese Maxey in the backcourt.

Harper averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4.0 assists with Rutgers this past season and was named to the All-Big Ten third team.

Philadelphia is reportedly split on selecting Harper’s college teammate, Ace Bailey, if it fails to move up in the draft.

The Sixers may view Baylor’s VJ Edgecombe or Texas’ Tre Johnson as better fits, per Pompey.

Philly missed the playoffs this season for the first time since 2017 and finished 13th in the East at 24-58. Joel Embiid and Paul George both missed significant time due to injuries.

The NBA draft will take place June 25-26.

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NHL NEWS

LEON DRAISAITL SCORES IN OT AGAIN, OILERS BEAT PANTHERS 5-4 IN GAME 4 TO TIE STANLEY CUP FINAL

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Falling behind three goals after 20 minutes, the Edmonton Oilers scored three of their own over the next 20 to erase their deficit. They took the lead, only to give up the tying goal to the Florida Panthers in the final seconds of regulation to send another game between the hockey heavyweights to overtime.

Riding the waves of emotion through what’s turning into an epic showdown in the Stanley Cup Final, the Oilers beat the Panthers 5-4 in Game 4 on Thursday night to tie the series on Leon Draisaitl’s NHL playoff-record fourth OT goal.

“Games like that, it’s exhausting — it’s a roller coaster,” Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch said. “Two good teams playing as hard as they are, playing the right way. Obviously with what’s on the line, it’s stressful. There’s a lot on the line, but it is fun and I think our guys are having fun, enjoying this moment.”

They’re enjoying it much more tied at two games apiece than they would have down 3-1 and on the brink of losing to Florida in the final for a second consecutive year. They go home to Western Canada for Game 5 on Saturday night all even.

“Better than it could have been, but obviously a long way to go,” said Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who scored the Oilers’ first goal in Game 4. “We’re just excited to get back home and play in front of our fans, and Saturday night is going to be pretty fun.”

Draisaitl’s goal 11:18 into OT — the fourth session of extra hockey between these teams — came after Jake Walman put Edmonton ahead with six minutes left in the third period and Sam Reinhart tied it for Florida with 19.5 seconds left.

“That’s what we do: We’re a resilient group,” said Draisaitl, who also scored to win Game 1 in OT. “We’re never going to quit no matter what. We’ll take it and go home.”

The Oilers became the first road team to rally from down three to win a game in the final since the Montreal Canadiens against the Seattle Metropolitans in 1919. Only six teams have come back from down three in the final, the last time in 2006.

Edmonton fell behind 3-0 in the first period on a pair of goals by Matthew Tkachuk and another with 41.7 seconds left from Anton Lundell, which could have been a backbreaker.

Knoblauch pulled Stuart Skinner after his starter allowed those three goals on 17 shots in the first, when the ice was tilted against him and his teammates did not have much of a pushback. In went Calvin Pickard, the journeyman backup who won all six of his starts this playoffs before getting injured, and he stopped the first 18 shots he faced with some more big saves coming in overtime before Draisaitl scored.

Pickard’s play paved the way for the once-in-a-century comeback, with Nugent-Hopkins, Darnell Nurse and Vasily Podkolzin all scoring in the second. The Oilers held on, went ahead on Walman’s goal and dealt with more adversity when Reinhart sent it to overtime — the first final since 2013 with three of the first four games needing extra hockey and the fifth all time.

“There were chances everywhere,” Tkachuk said. “Both teams had good looks. I mean, one of their players it hits off a skate and hits the post. We got lucky there. It’s a game of inches.”

REPORT: RANGERS’ CHRIS KREIDER SIGNS OFF ON TRADE TO DUCKS

Chris Kreider agreed to waive his no-trade clause in a deal that, once finalized, will send the longest-tenured member of the Rangers to the Anaheim Ducks, the New York Post reported.

Kreider, who first suited up for the Rangers in the 2012 NHL playoffs, gave the OK on the reported deal Thursday morning. The Ducks were on the forward’s 15-team no-trade list.

Multiple media reports said the Rangers will receive forward Carey Terrance and a mid-round draft pick from the Ducks for Kreider and another mid-round pick. Anaheim also will take on all of Kreider’s $6.5 million cap hit over each of the next two seasons.

Kreider, 34, is entering the sixth season of a seven-year, $45.5 million contract. The Massachusetts native is slated to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2027.

Kreider and then-Rangers captain Jacob Trouba were made available on the trade market earlier this season following a league-wide memo from New York general manager Chris Drury. The Ducks then acquired Trouba on Dec. 6 for defenseman Urho Vaakanainen and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.

Kreider recorded just 30 points (22 goals, eight assists) in 68 games this season while nursing both back spasms and an illness.

Earlier, he discussed his desire to stay in New York.

“I mean, this is home for me,” Kreider said in late April, per the New York Post. “This is the organization that gave me an opportunity to live out my dream. I’ve developed so many incredible relationships and grown up and spent so much time in this area. So, obviously, this is where I want to be and this is the group I want to help in whatever fashion and win hockey games.”

The franchise’s third all-time leading goal scorer (326), Kreider also has 256 assists for 582 points in 883 career games since the Rangers selected him with the 19th overall pick of the 2009 NHL Draft.

Terrance, 20, was selected by the Ducks in the second round of the 2023 NHL Draft. He recorded 39 points (20 goals, 19 assists) in 45 games this past season with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League.

WINNIPEG’S CONNOR HELLEBUYCK IS 6TH GOALIE IN NHL HISTORY TO WIN HART AND VEZINA IN THE SAME YEAR

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck has won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP and the Vezina Trophy as the league’s best goaltender, becoming the first at the position to do so since Carey Price a decade ago.

Hellebuyck was unveiled as the top MVP vote-getter on an awards show Thursday night prior to Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, hosted by actor and former Arizona State wide receiver Isaiah Mustafa.

Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl finished second in the Hart voting and Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov third, a single point ahead of Colorado’s reigning MVP Nathan MacKinnon, as chosen by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association. Hellebuyck was a landslide winner of the Vezina as picked by general managers, receiving 31 of 32 first-place votes.

Hellebuyck won the Vezina for a second year in a row and for the third time in his career. He backstopped the Jets to the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular season and the William Jennings Trophy for the fewest goals allowed before losing in the second round of the playoffs to Dallas.

Price was the last to pull off the Hart-Vezina double in 2015. Hellebuyck is just the sixth goalie to do it, joining Price, Jose Theodore in 2002, Dominik Hasek in 1997 and ‘98 and Jacques Plante in ’62.

Kucherov, the Art Ross Trophy winner for leading all scorers with 122 points this season, was also chosen for the Ted Lindsay Award as most outstanding player, as voted on by his peers. The Russian winger was MVP in 2019 when the Lightning finished atop the standings.

Draisaitl, the Rocket Richard Trophy recipient for scoring a league-high 52 goals, won the Hart in 2020 after the season was cut short by the pandemic. He became the first German player to be MVP.

Los Angeles captain Anze Kopitar won the Lady Byng for sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct for a third time, an award announced earlier Thursday.

A majority of the awards were already presented over the past few weeks, given out as surprises for the first time with no advanced notice. Colorado’s Cale Makar got the Norris as the top defenseman, Florida’s Aleksander Barkov the Selke as the best defensive forward and Washington’s Spencer Carbery the Jack Adams as coach of the year.

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REPORT: VETERAN P WADE MILEY MENTIONED IN SUPPLYING DRUGS TO LATE TYLER SKAGGS

Late Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had been abusing prescription drugs since at least 2013, with a former teammate serving as one of his sources, The Athletic reported Thursday.

In a lengthy article about a wrongful death civil lawsuit filed against the Angels by the Skaggs family, The Athletic reported that Skaggs’ former agent said in a deposition that the pitcher received some drugs from Wade Miley, a teammate with the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2013 season.

Miley, 38, recently was signed by the Cincinnati Reds.

Ryan Hamill, who was Skaggs’ agent, testified he discussed Skaggs’ drug use with both the pitcher and his family.

“He came clean,” Hamill testified. “He said he had been using — I believe it was Percocets — and he said he got them through Wade Miley.”

The Hamill deposition was included in “hundreds of pages of testimony” that The Athletic said were posted, apparently erroneously, on the California court’s online portal last week.

Skaggs, 27, died of a drug overdose while the Angels were on a road trip to play the Texas Rangers in 2019. Eric Kay, the team’s former communications director, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in 2022 after being found guilty of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances.

The Skaggs family is suing the Angels, contending high-level team officials, as well as other employees, knew Kay was a drug user and should have known he was Skaggs’ source.

The family is seeking $210 million in damages. The Angels have filed a motion seeking a summary judgment and to have the claim dismissed.

Miley also was mentioned in Kay’s criminal case, but he was never charged with a crime.

Both Hamill and Miley, through his agent, declined to comment to The Athletic.

The Reds signed left-hander Miley on June 4 after starting pitcher Hunter Greene landed on the injured list.

Miley had not pitched in the majors since April 16, 2024, because of ulnar collateral ligament surgery.

With the Reds, he has appeared in two games. He got the win in Cincinnati’s 7-4 game against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday. He started and threw five innings, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks.

Miley began his career with the Diamondbacks in 2011, then later played with the Boston Red Sox (2015). Seattle Mariners (2016), Baltimore Orioles (2016-17), Milwaukee Brewers (2018), Houston Astros (2019), Reds (2020-21), Chicago Cubs (2022) and Brewers (2023-24).

BREWERS RHP AARON CIVALE REQUESTS TRADE AFTER SHIFT TO BULLPEN

Right-hander Aaron Civale was bumped from the Milwaukee Brewers’ rotation, and now he wants to be traded from the club.

Civale’s spot in the rotation was taken by top prospect Jacob Misiorowski, who was summoned from Triple-A Nashville to make his MLB debut against the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday. Milwaukee also features Freddy Peralta, rookie Chad Patrick, Quinn Priester and Jose Quintana in its starting rotation.

Shortly after the team informed Civale that he was moving to the bullpen, his agent, Jack Toffey, made the request to Brewers general manager Matt Arnold.

“The conversation was very professional,” Toffey said Thursday, per The Athletic. “I just very respectfully said that Aaron would really like an opportunity to continue his career as a starter. He’s going to be a free agent at the end of the year.”

Toffey said Civale is merely examining his options.

“Aaron is not angry or banging his fist on the table,” Toffey said. “But it’s a little confusing because he did not pitch his way out of the rotation whatsoever. It’s more of a subjective choice the organization is making.”

Brewers manager Pat Murphy had a different take about Civale’s move to the bullpen.

“He’s not happy,” Murphy said, per the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

“Throughout his career, he’s been a successful starter in the major leagues, he helped us last year. He’s been fine. … Even though he’s never done it, we think he can handle that. You look at Civale’s third-time-around numbers, he might be better suited on this year’s team right now, to disrupt everything else less, if he can be in that long relief role.”

Civale, who turned 30 on Thursday, has recorded all 122 of his regular-season appearances as a starter. He did come out of the bullpen in a Game 1 loss of the 2024 National League wild-card series against the New York Mets, throwing three scoreless innings.

Civale is 1-2 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts this season with Milwaukee.

He is 40-37 with a 4.06 ERA in his career with Cleveland (2019-23), the Tampa Bay Rays (2023-24) and Brewers, who traded for him last July.

“He’s a guy that was a very helpful part to our team last year,” Arnold said of Civale. “We traded for him, he’s done a nice job here coming back off of injury. He’s done nothing wrong here, certainly, and I think that he’ll continue to get chances.

“And things can change. We used how many, 17, different starters last year? There’s always something that can happen where he can slide back into that role and he’s proven he can do that at a high level in the major leagues and especially here.

“Right now, we think it’s the right move for him and the team.”

MLB ROUNDUP: CRAMP ENDS BREWERS PROSPECT’S NO-HIT BID IN DEBUT

In his major league debut, highly touted Brewers prospect Jacob Misiorowski tossed five hitless innings before exiting with a leg cramp to pace Milwaukee to a 6-0 victory over the visiting St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series.

The hard-throwing 23-year-old right-hander struck out five before appearing to stumble on his third pitch of the sixth inning to Victor Scott II. Nick Mears relieved and finished the walk to Scott, the fourth charged to Misiorowski in an 81-pitch outing. The Brewers announced later that Misiorowski left with right calf and quad cramping.

Misiorowski (1-0) topped 100 mph on four of his six pitches to Lars Nootbaar to open the game, hitting 102.2 mph on his fifth pitch, and fanned Pedro Pages on a 101.1 mph four-seam fastball to end the fifth. Jackson Chourio hit a two-run homer to cap a five-run fifth against Sonny Gray (7-2) that put the Brewers up 6-0. Sal Frelick, who went 3-for-4 and scored twice, hit a two-run single before Chourio’s homer.

Gray, who was 4-0 in his previous six starts, allowed six runs on eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked one. The Cardinals did not get a hit until Willson Contreras’ leadoff single off Aaron Ashby in the seventh. Ashby covered the final three innings for his first save.

Mets 4, Nationals 3

Starting pitcher Kodai Senga sustained a hamstring strain in a victory over Washington to complete a three-game series sweep. Senga will spend time on the injured list and undergo an MRI on Friday.

The starter allowed only two baserunners and zero runs in 5-2/3 innings before exiting, lowering his ERA to an MLB-best 1.47. Jeff McNeil’s three-run home run in the first and Brandon Nimmo’s solo shot in the fifth gave the Mets a 4-0 advantage.

Washington’s bats were silent until the ninth inning. Mets reliever Ryne Stanek gave up three consecutive singles and a run before Edwin Diaz replaced him. Diaz surrendered a walk and a single, and threw a wild pitch to allow two more runs before coaxing a pair of groundouts to pick up his 15th save of the season.

Yankees 1, Royals 0

Pablo Reyes scored an unearned run from second base on a wild play in the eighth inning following a pitching duel in New York’s victory over the host Royals.

The Yankees’ Will Warren and Royals’ Seth Lugo each pitched 5 2/3 innings and the game was still scoreless in the eighth, when Paul Goldschmidt sent a liner off the glove of Vinnie Pasquantino, who tried to get the out at first but was late. Reyes, meanwhile, stopped between third and home, then again broke for the plate, where Freddy Fermin was unable to grab the low throw from Lucas Erceg, who was covering first. Erceg was charged with an error.

New York managed just five hits against four Royals pitchers, yet it was enough for the victory to claim all six games this season versus Kansas City. The Royals sit in a 10-19 rut that has dropped them below .500 for the first time since April 27.

Rangers 16, Twins 3

Texas hit six home runs, including a trio of three-run home runs, in a trouncing of Minnesota. The Rangers matched the season-high run total they set on Tuesday in the first game of their series against the Twins.

Wyatt Langford, Adolis Garcia and Sam Haggerty hit the three-run shots, while Jake Burger, Josh Smith and Evan Carter added solo homers. Texas had 16 hits, including six hits and four home runs off Minnesota starter Bailey Ober.

A five-run second inning allowed Texas to quickly pull away, and a six-run sixth inning to grow the Rangers’ lead to 13-1 was further assurance. Minnesota had a solid eight hits, but went 3-13 with runners in scoring position and failed to dig themselves out of an early five-run hole.

Rockies 8, Giants 7

Orlando Arcia hit a two-run, walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to lift Colorado over San Francisco and snap a five-game Rockies skid. The loss snapped the Giants’ six-game winning streak in one-run games.

San Francisco has had a penchant for tight games this year, with a major-league-leading 30 one-run games, including today’s contest. The Giants quickly built a four-run lead in the second inning on the back of a sacrifice fly and a pair of RBI singles.

Colorado notched two runs in the fourth to narrow the lead, but San Francisco swiftly responded with a three-run Dominic Smith homer in the fifth. After falling down 7-2, the Rockies scored six unanswered runs, highlighted by a three-run ninth inning and capped by Arcia’s decisive base hit.

Tigers 4, Orioles 1

Tarik Skubal pitched seven scoreless innings as Detroit won at Baltimore in the decisive game of a three-game set.

Dillon Dingler and Parker Meadows drilled fourth-inning home runs, with Meadows’ three-run shot the big blow. Skubal (7-2) struck out six and allowed three singles and two walks. Will Vest handled the ninth for his 12th save.

Baltimore’s Dylan Carlson (three hits) led off the eighth with a home run. Dean Kremer (5-7) permitted four runs on five hits in seven innings.

Cubs 3, Pirates 2

Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a two-run homer and Jameson Taillon recorded his fifth win in as many starts as host Chicago earned a victory over Pittsburgh.

Taillon (7-3), who began his career with Pittsburgh, allowed two runs on four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Seiya Suzuki added a solo shot for the Cubs, who won the opener of their 10-game homestand despite mustering just four hits.

Adam Frazier sliced an RBI double in the seventh among the four hits for the Pirates, who lost for just the second time in seven games. Pittsburgh starter Andrew Heaney (3-5) yielded three runs on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks in six innings.

Astros 4, White Sox 3

Framber Valdez recorded a season-high 12 strikeouts while leading Houston to a victory over visiting Chicago.

Isaac Paredes slugged his club-leading 15th homer and Jose Altuve added a two-run double as the Astros claimed the decisive game of the three-game series. Valdez (7-4) won his fifth consecutive start, firing five innings of two-run ball while permitting seven hits and a walk.

Chicago’s Miguel Vargas finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple, a walk and two runs. Edgar Quero had three hits, including a pair of RBI singles. Davis Martin (2-7) Martin allowed four runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts over six innings.

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NFL NEWS

BENGALS ROOKIE SHEMAR STEWART LEAVES TEAM MINICAMP WITHOUT CONTRACT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart’s hold-in escalated to a holdout on Thursday as he did not attend the final day of the team’s mandatory minicamp.

Stewart has expressed concern over language in the contract that the Bengals have presented him and hasn’t signed his rookie deal yet. He had been participating in meetings and off-field activities with the team but was just a spectator at practices. On Thursday, he went a step further and left the team facility before the end of the summer program.

“He wasn’t here today, so we just focus on the guys who are here,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said.

The Bengals selected Stewart with the 17th overall pick in the draft. The Bengals’ pass rush was a weak area last season even though Trey Hendrickson led the NFL in sacks, and Stewart has the opportunity to step in as a Week 1 starter on Sept. 7 at Cleveland.

But that can’t happen unless this contract dilemma gets sorted out.

“I think for all the rookies, you’d like them to be on the field,” Taylor said. “But certainly there’s things that happen over the course of an NFL career, and this is one of them right now. So he’s been in the meetings, he’s been positive, and we look forward to getting (him) back on the field.”

Taylor said that he has communicated with Stewart but declined to share specifics. During Taylor’s coaching career, he hasn’t seen a rookie hold out in this way.

“There’s a first for everything,” Taylor said. “Every year, you kind of learn something new in this position. And this is one of those things that the players have managed really well. We keep the team moving, and when he jumps on the field, that’ll be great for our team.”

Hendrickson hasn’t been present at team workouts all offseason aside from one day where he attended a practice specifically to speak with reporters about his desire for a new contract. Without Hendrickson and Stewart, the Bengals have been missing two potential starting defensive ends on the practice field this summer.

Bengals defensive coordinator Al Golden described the processes that Hendrickson and Stewart are going through as very different.

“Our concern (with Stewart) is teaching him and making sure he’s learning,” Golden said. “He’s engaged, he’s on time. He’s had a great attitude in the meetings. That’s all we can control right now. I think it’s a lesson for him in the NFL — control what you can control. From our standpoint he’s done a good job in terms of the learning. We are as excited as anybody to get him out there.”

With Hendrickson, the Bengals will build their defense around the 2024 All-Pro whenever Hendrickson is back in the mix.

“Trey brings a developed skill set already to the pass game,” Golden said. “In a lot of ways, we have cultivate the defense around him, and we will. Trey’s intellect and his approach as a pro he’ll get caught up in those 47 days (of training camp) before the opener. I’m confident of that. Just looking forward to seeing him again and coaching him.”

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TEXANS S JIMMIE WARD ARRESTED IN ALLEGED FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENT

Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward is facing a felony assault family violence charge following an alleged incident at his home on Thursday morning in Magnolia, Texas.

Ward, 33, was arrested on the scene around 5:30 a.m. and was being held on third-degree felony charges, per information from the Montgomery County Jail. Bond had yet to be set.

“We are aware of the report involving Jimmie Ward,” the Texans said in a statement. “We are gathering more information and have no further comment at this time.”

Ward has not been spotted at the team’s offseason workouts or this week’s mandatory minicamp as he works his way back from a foot injury that required season-ending surgery.

He recorded 48 tackles and two interceptions — one returned for a touchdown — in 10 games (all starts) last season.

Ward has totaled 549 tackles, 10 interceptions — three returned for a touchdown — in 126 career games (99 starts) with the San Francisco 49ers (2014-22) and Texans. He was selected by the 49ers with the 30th overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Northern Illinois.

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COLLEGE ATHLETICS

THE ROAD AHEAD AFTER THE NCAA SETTLEMENT COMES WITH RISK, REWARD AND WARNINGS

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two days after the approval of a groundbreaking $2.8 billion antitrust settlement, thousands of athletic directors and department personnel traveled to Orlando, Florida, for the annual National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention.

The hot topic, of course, was the influx of changes both threatening and beneficial for schools across the country. According to NCAA President Charlie Baker, approval of the settlement may be the biggest change in college sports history. On July 1, schools that opt in to the settlement will embark on a new era of revenue sharing, changing the game both on and off the field.

Rewards

A handful of convention attendees breathed a sigh of relief on Friday night when U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken announced her decision. It’s a quick turnaround and a period of trial and error is anticipated, but Division I athletic directors welcomed the news.

“The best thing is clarity,” UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said. “The best thing about July 1 is we now have clarity on the rules of engagement, what we’re allowed to do, how we can move forward. Does it solve everything? No, it doesn’t. But when you have clarity, you can operate more efficiently and effectively.”

Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart was relieved to get the agreement in hand.

“We’ve been trying for so long to be part of this,” Barnhart said. “Maybe, just maybe, on July 1, we’ll sort of all know where we are on this one.”

Barnhart added that the College Sports Commission, an entity that will enforce compliance and set market value for NIL deals, will be a major positive.

“The College Sports Commission and the way that is coming around gives us guardrails and enforcement in a way that we can move forward collectively, together, for college sports,” Barnhart said.

Risks

In a settlement where high-revenue sport athletes have the most to gain, Title IX has emerged as a topic to watch.

The 75-15-5-5 formula has emerged as a popular revenue-sharing formula, meaning that schools are likely to allocate 75% of revenue-share funds to football, 15% to men’s basketball, 5% to women’s basketball and the remaining 5% dispersed to other programs. If a school spent the full $20.5 million allowed this coming year, that would mean a breakdown of $15.4 million for football, $3.1 million for men’s hoops and about $1 million each for women’s hoops and everyone else.

Montoya Ho-Song, an attorney for Ackerman LLP who specializes in higher education issues, expects Title IX lawsuits to come, just like one filed this week by eight female athletes. The area has shifted again under President Donald Trump, with guidance suggesting the federal government won’t hold schools to rigid requirements to distribute proceeds equitably between men and women.

“There are definitely going to be legal challenges related to this revenue-sharing model. I always tell my clients, look, your student athletes’ perceptions are their reality. If they think that they are not being treated equally, they will raise those concerns,” Ho-Song said.

She warned that the 75-15-5-5 formula shouldn’t be a one size fits all and suggested dividing revenue based on how it comes in isn’t a valid argument. The majority of rev-share funds going to football and basketball programs, especially when coupled with losing records, will inevitably stir the pot.

“Just because there is a 75-15-5-5 budget breakdown, that does not mean that that’s going to work on all campuses,” she said. “The analysis under Title IX is making sure that it is available and everyone has the same type of access to non-grant funds. So, you do have to figure out a way to creatively divvy up those funds, but always keep in mind, if someone feels as if they’re not being treated correctly, then that is always a legal risk.”

Warnings

Attorney Mit Winter, a college sports law specialist with Kennyhertz Perry, said it is paramount that athletic departments present an organized, united front.

Since the launch of name, image, and likeness compensation four years ago, Winter said, he has encountered several instances where athletic departments are giving conflicting statements and numbers to current and prospective athletes. That can lead to legal headaches, too.

“You need to have a plan that everyone is on board with and that everyone knows,” Winter said. “As a school, you don’t want to have a situation where five different people are talking to an athlete about how much they’re going to pay him or her. I think that needs to be much more formalized. The coach, assistant coaches, GM, everybody needs to be on the same page.”

St. Bonaventure men’s basketball general manager Adrian Wojnarowski and coach Mark Schmidt know exactly what their roles are — and aren’t.

“I will never talk to a player or a parent or an agent about playing time, their role,” Wojnarowski said. “During the season, if someone is disappointed in playing time and they call, the only conversation I’m having with a family member is supporting the head coach, supporting the coaching staff. And in the end, that’s a conversation for their son to have with the head coach. Then economically, we have to have one clear message in negotiations and finances.”

Impacts

There are concerns that the revenue-sharing era will have multiple impacts on college rosters.

Few athletic directors were willing to talk in any detail about plans for their campuses, but some of the moves have already begun in the search for more money to fulfill the details of the NCAA settlement: UTEP dropped women’s tennis, Cal Poly discontinued swimming and diving, Marquette added women’s swimming and Grand Canyon shuttered its men’s volleyball program. The athletic director at Cal noted the school expects to lose about 100 athletes.

Just how many of the so-called non-revenue sports — the ones that often feed U.S. Olympic teams — will be affected is also a concern. And many programs will need to find a niche that works for them, even if that means not consistently contending for national championships.

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NASCAR NEWS

CUP SERIES SET TO DISH OUT POINTS IN MEXICO FOR FIRST TIME

MEXICO CITY – Amid much anticipation from fans and teams alike, the NASCAR Cup Series has arrived in Mexico City for the series’ first points-paying international race in seven decades.

Sunday’s race is aptly named Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

The industry has long been preparing for this inaugural visit to the renowned 2.42-mile, 15-turn road course in the middle of bustling Mexico City. And perhaps no one is more eager for NASCAR’s Mexican arrival than Trackhouse Racing’s Daniel Suarez, who has made multiple visits to his home country in support of the event.

“I’m super excited, regardless of what happens on Sunday,” said the Monterrey, Mexico-native, who has competed — and won three times — on the track’s oval-configuration while racing in the NASCAR Mexico Series, which will also be competing this weekend.

“I’m super excited for the event. I’m super excited to live in the moment because the first time is going to only happen once. I’m really trying to be as present as possible; enjoy the moment and try to execute the best possible weekend that we can. We know that we are capable of winning the race, but that’s not the goal. The goal is the execution of the entire weekend, and hopefully the win is the result of the execution part.”

Suarez, who scored his first NASCAR Cup Series win on a road course at Sonoma, Calif., in 2022, has been a vital supporter of this initiative. For months, the popular driver has starred in the NASCAR commercials promoting the Mexico race — the script depicting him trying to teach fellow racers how to speak in Spanish.

“At first, I thought man, I don’t know if this is going to work out, like, I don’t think this is going to be funny,” Suarez said smiling. “And honestly, it turned out amazing. I give a lot of credit to NASCAR for trying all these different things.

“I think people are liking it. Drivers are embracing it. And, obviously, I’m having fun with it. I’m the one teaching the language, so for the first time, I feel like I’m in my zone, so that’s good.”

Suarez is certainly among the group of drivers hoping a new venue may produce different results. The driver of the No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet is ranked 28th in the championship with 11 regular season races remaining to set the 16-driver playoff field.

Others traditionally considered road course aces similarly see this as a big opportunity to punch a playoff ticket.

Hendrick Motorsports drivers Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman, Kaulig Racing’s A.J. Allmendinger, Spire Motorsports’ Michael McDowell and Suarez’ Trackhouse teammate Shane Van Gisbergen are all some of the most talented road racers in the sport and all are still looking to earn a victory this season. Many sit well below the 16th-place playoff cut line.

Six of the 14 regular-season races in the Next Gen Era have been won by drivers ranked 16th or worse in the standings at the time of their victory.

“Everyone expects us to perform on road courses,” said New Zealand’s Van Gisbergen, who made the ultimate NASCAR debut winning at the Chicago street race two years ago in his very first start.

“Not that we have been hanging out for (road courses), but the ovals have been a big learning process the last couple of months. It will be nice for sure to have a bit of a break and races on the types of courses I’m used to which means turning right.”

Hendrick Motorsports has won at eight different road courses – the most in NASCAR history. And four of the remaining 11 races will be on road courses.

Hendrick’s William Byron continues to lead the NASCAR Cup Series championship standings — up by 41 points on teammate Kyle Larson — and both are considered favorites this weekend. Hendrick drivers — Byron (two), Larson (two) and Bowman (one) — have won five of the last eight road course races.

If Elliott wins this weekend, he would tie NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart for second most road course wins all-time (eight).

Last week’s race winner, Denny Hamlin claimed his first career Xfinity Series win at the Mexico road course in 2006. Hamlin, Richard Childress Racing’s Kyle Busch and Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing’s Brad Keselowski are the only drivers to have raced at the circuit – competing in the Xfinity Series there. Busch won the 2008 Xfinity Series race there.

RFK’s Chris Buescher, who finished runner-up to Hamlin last week at Michigan, boasts the best road course average finish (8.7) in the Next Gen cars.

–NASCAR Xfinity Series set for Mexico return

The NASCAR Xfinity Series marks its return to Mexico with Saturday afternoon’s The Chilango 150.

The series has held four previous races at the famed Autodrome Hermanos Rodriquez – that Busch won.

This is the second of seven road course races on the schedule. Series rookie, JR Motorsports’ Connor Zilisch won at Circuit of The Americas from pole position.

JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier earned his third win of the season in the series’ most recent race, two weeks ago at Nashville. Allgaier is the reigning series champion.

It marks the fifth time in the last eight years the veteran has scored at least three victories in a season. He holds a 92-point advantage in the championship standings over fellow three-race winner, Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill.

The Illinois native has answered his first career title run with another top-shelf season in the No. 7 JRM Chevrolet. He leads all drivers in laps led (638) and top-10 finishes (10). He’s only eight top-10 finishes from 300 in his career — a feat never before accomplished in the series.

With 12 regular-season races remaining and six playoff spots still to be claimed, Mexico City certainly presents all the makings of an ultra-competitive weekend.

Sam Mayer and Ty Gibbs have the most road course wins (four) in this weekend’s field. Interestingly, nine of the series’ last 11 road course races have been won by just three drivers (Mayer, Van Gisbergen and Zilisch). And Mayer, who is ranked third in the standings, is still looking for his first win of the year.

Gibbs (No. 19 Toyota) is among three NASCAR Cup Series regulars — also Suarez (No. 9 Chevy) and Christopher Bell (No. 24 Toyota) — racing Saturday. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series rookie, Andres Perez De Lara will be making his Xfinity Series debut.

Qualifying is slated for Saturday morning and historically has proven very significant on road courses with the polesitter winning 10 of the last 18 road course races.

–By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service

DENNY HAMLIN TO MISS NASCAR’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL RACE AFTER BIRTH OF SON

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Denny Hamlin will miss NASCAR’s first international race of the modern era to remain in North Carolina following the birth of his child.

Ryan Truex will replace him Sunday in Mexico City.

“See you guys in Pocono,” Hamlin posted on social media. “We are happy to announce the birth of our son. Everyone is doing well. My main priority is to be here at home for Jordan and our family over the next few days when she is able to go home and we transition to life as a family of five.”

Hamlin and fiancee Jordan Fish now have three children, two daughters and a son born Wednesday. Hamlin had been on baby watch the last 12 days as Fish went nearly two weeks past her predicted due date.

He had planned to get out of the car at Michigan last Sunday if she went into labor early in the race, but when the first stage passed with no word, he went on to score his third win of the season. The victory was the 57th of his career and made him the all-time winningest driver at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Through 15 races this season, Hamlin ranks third in the overall Cup Series standings.

Truex, younger brother of former JGR full-time driver Martin Truex Jr., is Gibbs’ reserve driver. His last Cup Series start was in 2014 and he has 26 starts at NASCAR’s top level.

Hamlin will need NASCAR to grant him a waiver to be eligible to compete in the playoffs for the Cup Series championship. NASCAR during the offseason tightened the rules for granting waivers, but said it would permit a driver skipping an event for the birth of a child.

The 44-year-old Hamlin will snap his streak of 406 consecutive starts. Hamlin last missed a race in 2014 at California Speedway because of an eye irritation.

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TOP INDIANA NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES

INDIANA PACERS

(THE SCORE)

HOW THE PACERS RECAPTURED THEIR IDENTITY TO PULL AHEAD IN THE FINALS

Even though their remarkable Game 1 comeback win followed what’s become a familiar playoff blueprint for them, the Indiana Pacers didn’t really look like the Indiana Pacers in that contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Their typically judicious offense turned the ball over an unthinkable 25 times. They couldn’t get their deadly transition game in gear and were instead forced to grind out points in the halfcourt. Outside of a red-hot Obi Toppin, their deep and reliable bench got outplayed by OKC’s. And until his stunning 18-foot game-winner, Tyrese Haliburton struggled to maneuver around or through the Thunder’s menacing defense. There’s a reason Haliburton said that the game, despite going Indiana’s way, wasn’t a recipe to win the series.

Game 2 brought more of the same. The Pacers were even more bogged down in the half court, their bench was outplayed even more thoroughly, and Haliburton’s movement was even more constricted. The Thunder’s comfortable win swung the feel and discourse surrounding the series back to the monumental uphill climb Indiana was facing.

Then Game 3 rolled around, and at last the Pacers played the distinct brand of basketball we’d come to recognize throughout the second half of this season and this entire playoff run. We saw their pace and flow, we saw them create space on offense and take it away on defense, and we saw their depth shine through. We also finally saw Haliburton in all his Haliburtonness, zipping hit-ahead passes to kickstart semi-transition plays, using screen rejects to breach the paint, and aggressively hunting his own shot against drop coverage. If there is indeed a recipe for Indiana to upset OKC and win the title, this game followed it almost to a T.

That doesn’t mean replicating Game 3 is certain to produce similar results. The Thunder will be desperate in Game 4 and beyond; they’re going to punch back. The Pacers still have a lot they need to improve upon – like pick-and-roll defense, for example – if they’re to win two more games and hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy. But it’s a very encouraging sign that they pulled out a 116-107 victory despite hitting just nine 3-pointers, shooting eight fewer free throws and grabbing two fewer offensive rebounds than OKC did, and getting three catastrophic quarters from an ailing Myles Turner.

They won by protecting the basketball and winning the turnover battle for the first time in the series. They did it by outscoring the Thunder in the paint after being outscored on the interior by 20 points across the first two games. They did it by holding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in check with relentless full-court pressure. More than anything, they did it by turning defense into offense. That’s a cornerstone of Indiana’s identity that was glaringly absent from Games 1 and 2.

After getting out in transition on just 10.9% of their possessions in those first two games, the Pacers did so 17.2% of the time in Game 3, per Cleaning the Glass. Most notably, they scored 1.63 points per possession when running off live defensive rebounds (which they did 28% of the time) after previously averaging 0.81 points on those possessions.

Whether it was Pascal Siakam leaking out, Toppin zooming behind the entire Thunder defense with pure hustle, or Haliburton pushing the tempo himself off his team-high eight defensive rebounds, the Pacers consistently sowed the kind of chaos and confusion in which they thrive.

But while they spent much more of Game 3 playing in the open floor, their offense was actually more deliberate in the halfcourt than earlier in the series, per Inpredictable. After routinely hoisting on their first half-decent look in Game 2 as a means of avoiding the turnovers that plagued them in Game 1, the Pacers were a bit more patient in Game 3 – a bit more willing to let actions progress and let good looks snowball into better ones. That patience, coupled with their early-offense opportunism, was a big part of the reason the Pacers were able to nearly double their rim frequency, from 16% in Game 2 to 31% in Game 3.

Another big reason: T.J. McConnell, who completely changed the tenor of the game when he checked in late in the first quarter. He provided that sorely needed dose of rim pressure with his shot-from-a-cannon drives, which he finished either with layups, kickouts, or passes to cutters. He applied his trademark defensive pressure, coming up with five steals in 15 minutes, including three off inbounds passes in the backcourt. His first shift quickly turned an eight-point deficit into a Pacers lead, and they never trailed by more than two possessions the rest of the way.

He was joined on Indiana’s bench brigade by a scalding-hot Bennedict Mathurin, who managed to harness his frenetic energy and channel it into a flurry of smooth mid-range pull-ups and power drives that even the ultra-physical Thunder couldn’t contain. He finished with 27 points on 9-for-12 shooting, tying Manu Ginobili and Jason Terry for the third-highest bench scoring total in Finals history. His self-creation and shot-making helped buy Haliburton five minutes of rest to start the fourth quarter, during which the Pacers erased a five-point deficit. He was so unstoppable that OKC eventually had to put Alex Caruso on him – the ultimate sign of respect.

The Pacers also got huge bench contributions from Toppin and Ben Sheppard. On top of gashing the Thunder in transition, Toppin rotated well on defense, came through with two massive plays in crunch time (a putback dunk and a block on a Jalen Williams drive), and finished as a game-high plus-18. Sheppard’s sticky point-of-attack defense on Gilgeous-Alexander was critical, especially with Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith battling foul trouble.

The Pacers’ defense as a whole was outstanding after the first quarter, especially in holding the Thunder to just 18 points in the fourth. It started with Nembhard, who had one of the most impactful defensive performances anyone’s had against Gilgeous-Alexander this season. He face-guarded the MVP for 94 feet, dodged screens to stay attached to his hip, and refused to bite on any of his fakes. He was so effective at denying Gilgeous-Alexander the ball that the Thunder had to reroute a big chunk of their offense to Williams, whose time of possession jumped from an average of 3.9 minutes across the first two games of the series to 5.5 in Game 3, while Gilgeous-Alexander’s dropped from 8.6 minutes to 6.5.

Williams largely rose to that challenge, but he was occasionally loose with the ball and demonstrated some questionable judgment. He and Gilgeous-Alexander combined for 10 turnovers and just seven assists. The Thunder as a team coughed it up 19 times, their most in any game this postseason and their second-highest total of the whole campaign. That’s a credit to a defense that’s steadily improved from leaky to solid to borderline elite over the season.

Haliburton’s improvement on that end has been a central component, and that was on display again in this game as he jumped passing lanes, got his hands in driving gaps, and prevented Gilgeous-Alexander from turning the corner or splitting hedges when defending pick-and-rolls. Siakam was also everywhere on the back line when he wasn’t gamely hanging with OKC’s guards on switches. And after being possibly the worst player on the floor for either team up to that point, Turner was an essential ingredient in that decisive fourth quarter, stepping up his ball-screen coverage, locking down the paint, and physically overwhelming Chet Holmgren.

Again, there’s still a long way to go, and the Thunder will have a whole lot to say about where this series goes from here. But the Pacers have already answered every question about whether they belong on this stage and whether they can hang with the 68-win juggernaut from the West. They may not look quite like the champions we’re accustomed to, but this is indisputably a championship-caliber team playing championship-level basketball.

Joe Wolfond writes about the NBA for theScore.

GAME PREVIEW: PACERS VS THUNDER (GAME 4)

(INDIANA PACERS RELEASE)

The Indiana Pacers (2-1) retained home court advantage with a statement win over the Oklahoma City Thunder (1-2) on Wednesday, taking a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals and pumping confidence throughout the basketball state.

The first Finals game the state of Indiana hosted since 2000 – 25 years ago – boasted a raucous crowd, torturous defense, and a breakthrough performance for a constantly overlooked and underrated Pacers team. On Friday, they look to do it again.

A last-second shot in Game 1 snatched home court advantage from the NBA regular season’s winningest team, and decisive effort in Game 3 retained it. Now, just two wins away from the franchise’s first NBA title, the Pacers have a litany of pressure points to push in Friday’s Game 4.

Indiana attempted just 27 3-point shots in Game 3, and connected on nine of them (33 percent). The Pacers shot 39 and 40 shots from beyond the arc in Games 1 and 2, respectively. A massive difference in their Game 1 victory (Indiana made 18 3-pointers to Oklahoma City’s 11), the 3-point shot looks to become critical in Game 4.

The Pacers were much more deliberate in their passing and possession of the basketball in the third meeting with the Thunder – they committed just 14 turnovers to Oklahoma City’s 19. Indiana committed 40 turnovers in the first two matchups, but emphasized their effort in those margins to create an advantage in the possession battle. That remains important for Friday’s chance at a 3-1 series lead.

Indiana’s wear-down effect is less potent in a series against a Thunder team that records a faster pace of play in the postseason, but it was fully effective in Wednesday’s Game 3. The Pacers involved Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in swaths of offensive actions, forcing the league MVP to work on both ends of the floor, and ultimately wearing him out. As they head into Game 4 – the only game of the series with just one day of rest – rest and recovery are vital to the Pacers’ ability to maintain that blistering pace and exhausting aggression.

Oklahoma City is 5-0 following a loss this postseason, but the Pacers look to snap that streak with a win on Friday evening. Returning to Oklahoma City with a 3-1 series lead would put Indiana in the driver’s seat for the series, speeding towards the Larry O’Brien trophy at the finish line.

Probable Starters

Pacers: G – Tyrese Haliburton, G – Andrew Nembhard, F – Aaron Nesmith,  F – Pascal Siakam, C – Myles Turner

Thunder: G – Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, G – Cason Wallace, F – Jalen Williams, F – Luguentz Dort, C – Chet Holmgren

Injury Report

Pacers: Isaiah Jackson – out (torn right Achilles tendon), Jarace Walker – out (right ankle sprain)

Thunder: Nikola Topic – out (left knee surgery)

Last Meeting

June 11, 2025: The Pacers put together a gritty defensive effort en route to a Game 3 win at home, 116-107.

The Pacers held the Thunder to just 18 points in the fourth quarter as they slammed the door on Game 3. Indiana lost the rebounding battle, the 3-point battle, and the free throw battle, but still found a way to take a 2-1 series lead behind three 20-point scorers.

After having no players eclipse the 20-point mark in Games 1 and 2, Tyrese Haliburton (22), Pascal Siakam (21), and Bennedict Mathurin (27) each recorded greater than 20 points in the series’ third contest.

The Pacers’ defense was the inflection point of Game 3 – they forced 19 Oklahoma City turnovers, recorded 11 blocked shots, and 13 steals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a quiet night by his standards as he scored just 24 points and committed six turnovers.

Jalen Williams led the Thunder in scoring with 26 points, and Mathurin’s 27 points off the bench led all scorers. Mathurin’s heroic play in Game 3 tied with Jalen Rose for most points off the bench in a playoff game in franchise history.

Noteworthy

Indiana is 3-0 in Game 4 in this playoffs.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 5-0 following a loss this postseason.

Myles Turner overtook Jermaine O’Neal for the most playoff blocks in franchise history with his five blocks in Game 3. He has 124 blocked shots in the playoffs for his career.

Bennedict Mathurin became the first player with a 25-point game off the bench in the Finals since Jason Terry in 2011 on Wednesday.

Broadcast Information (TV and Radio Listings >>)

TV: ABC – Mike Breen (play-by-play), Doris Burke (analyst), Richard Jefferson (analyst), Jorge Sedano (sideline reporter)

Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – Mark Boyle (play-by-play), Eddie Gill (analyst), Pat Boylan (sideline reporter/host)

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

TRIOS OF FIRST-INNING RUNS TOTE INDIANS TO DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP OVER SAINTS

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians scored three runs in the first inning of both games to secure a doubleheader sweep over the St. Paul Saints on Thursday night at Victory Field. Jack Suwinski hit a three-run home run in the first inning of Game 1 in a 6-2 win and Liover Peguero slammed a first-inning, two-run shot in Game 2’s 5-0 shutout victory.

In Game 1, the Indians (37-28) went up, 3-0, on Suwinski’s eighth homer of the campaign. After Ronny Simon led off the game with a double, Joey Bart walked and Nick Solak grounded out. Suwinski then deposited Andrew Morris’ (L, 2-4) cutter beyond the lawn in right field.

The Saints (31-33) plated a run in the fifth inning before Bart got it right back with an RBI single in the bottom half of the frame, scoring Tsung-Che Cheng for a 4-1 lead. An error by Cheng in the sixth inning plated another St. Paul run, concluding their scoring in the first contest.

The Indians tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth to extend the lead, 6-2. Alika Williams led off with a single, followed by three consecutive walks from Cheng, Simon and Bart. Simon and Bart each collected an RBI, with Simon challenging a 3-0 called strike and succeeding in reaching base safely.

Hunter Barco (W, 1-1) earned his first Triple-A win, tossing 5.0 innings of one-run ball. Yohan Ramírez (S, 4) collected the final six outs for his fourth save of the season.

In Game 2, the Indians again posted a trio of runs in the first inning. Simon led off the game with a single and stole second base on a strikeout by Bart. After Nick Yorke followed with a punchout for the second out, Billy Cook drove Simon home with an RBI single for a 1-0 advantage. Peguero launched his third home run of the season down the left field line for a 3-0 lead.

A fourth run came to the plate in the second inning. Alika Williams led off with a single and took two bases on Cheng’s groundout to second base, standing at third with one out. Simon then walked. After Simon stole his second base of the game, catcher Diego Cartaya made a throwing error to score Williams.

Cook drove home Indy’s fifth run of the game in the sixth inning, chopping a grounder over third base to tally Yorke.

Drake Fellows tossed 4.0 scoreless frames, allowing just one walk with six strikeouts. Dauri Moreta (W, 1-0), followed in relief with a shutout sixth frame and Eddy Yean blanked the Saints over the final 2.0 innings to conclude the night.

The Indians continue this week’s seven-game set on Friday at 7:05 PM. Both teams are yet to name starting pitchers.

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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

INDIANA SET TO PLAY LOUISVILLE IN INDIANAPOLIS

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men’s basketball program will square off with border-rival Louisville in the CareSource Invitational Indianapolis – Supporting Mental Health at 2 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game will be played in front of a national television audience on CBS and available via stream on Paramount+.
 
“We are excited to have Louisville on the schedule,” head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries said. “They are a very talented and well-coached team that plays hard every night. This game will provide a real test for us early in the season. There will be an amazing atmosphere in Indy for this great rivalry.”
 
The matchup will mark the 23rd on the hardwood between the two National Championship-winning programs, and the third in as many seasons. The Hoosiers have won 12 games over the Cardinals. The game will be the fourth contested in Indianapolis and first since Dec. 31, 2016.
 
Indiana (five national championships) and Louisville (two) are two of 15 programs in Division I men’s college basketball to have multiple NCAA Championships. The programs both rank top 10 in NCAA Tournament history in total appearances, Sweet 16 trips, and Final Four games played.
 
Tickets are available by request here.

A portion of ticket sales will benefit mental health organizations, including Jay’s Light, begun by Dayton Coach Anthony Grant and wife Chris to help families find resources to help with mental health struggles. Their daughter Jayda died in 2022 at the age of 20, as a result of mental illness.
 
The Indiana non-conference slate also features games against Marquette (Nov. 9) at the United Center in Chicago and at Kentucky (Dec. 13) at Rupp Arena.
 
BD Global Sports, the group putting on the event, is a sports and entertainment leader with a dynamic event management portfolio anchored with a focus in basketball and professional golf. The firm boasts an event schedule that has delivered significant economic impact to multiple communities throughout North America and the Caribbean while featuring broadcasts to viewers across the globe.
 
In basketball, bdG has a lengthy history of producing college basketball content. From summer exhibition tours to multiple high-profile in-season tournaments, bdG will contract more than 100 regular-season men’s and women’s Division I basketball games annually.

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PURDUE FOOTBALL

BOILERMAKERS GET 3-STAR EDGE

DE Max Carmicle has flipped his college choice to Purdue after originally committing to Northern Ilinois. Carmicle is from Chicago and plays at Hillcrest High School, is listed at 6’7” 240 pounds. He is a three-star recruit, ranked No. 991 in On3’s industry rankings and No. 86 among edge rushers, and took an official visit to Purdue last week. Interest in Carmicle had spread recently. He reportedly picked up offers from Kentucky and Michigan State in May.

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NOTRE DAME MEN’S BASKETBALL

NOTRE DAME TO HOST MIZZOU IN ACC/SEC CHALLENGE

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Year three of the ACC/SEC Challenge is approaching and for the first time, Notre Dame men’s basketball will get to host a challenge game inside Purcell Pavilion. The Fighting Irish will host the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday, Dec. 2. 

Notre Dame trails in the all-time series to Missouri, 2-7. The two programs have not clashed on the hardwood since Nov. 21, 2011. Mizzou has not visited South Bend since Jan. 12, 1994. 

The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Dec. 2, and Wednesday, Dec. 3, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Dec. 3 and Thursday, Dec. 4. Both the men’s and women’s events will be televised across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network.

Secure your seat to this matchup and every home game during the 2025-26 season by becoming a season ticket member! Start by placing a deposit here.

Coverage details, including platform designations and commentator information, will be announced closer to the 2025-26 college basketball season.

2025 Men’s ACC/SEC Challenge
Date	Matchup
Tue, Dec 2	Florida at Duke
	UNC at Kentucky
	Tennessee at Syracuse
	Texas A&M at Pittsburgh
	Missouri at Notre Dame
	Georgia at Florida State
	Oklahoma at Wake Forest
	Miami at Ole Miss
	Virginia Tech at South Carolina
Wed, Dec 3	NC State at Auburn
	Louisville at Arkansas
	SMU at Vanderbilt
	Clemson at Alabama
	Mississippi State at Georgia Tech
	LSU at Boston College
	Virginia at Texas

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NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

IRISH DRAW OLE MISS FOR 2025 ACC/SEC CHALLENGE

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The third iteration of the ACC/SEC Challenge is set for 2025, and Notre Dame will head to Ole Miss for the Dec. 4 clash.

Like the Irish, Ole Miss is coming off of a Sweet 16 appearance last year and their second in three years. Head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin is set for her eighth year in Oxford, and Ole Miss has three returning players, including SEC All-Freshman guard Sira Thienou. The rebels also pulled in a collection of high-level transfers, including two-time All-Big 10 guard Cotie McMahon.

Notre Dame hosted Ole Miss in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, defeating the Rebels 71-56. Hannah Hidalgo played a complete game with 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. It is the only time the two schools have met on the basketball court.

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BUTLER TRACK

ZEGARSKI TAKES SECOND-TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS IN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP 10K

William Zegarski sprinted by several competitors over the final straightaway, making his move into the 16th spot in the 10,000 meters at the 2025 NCAA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.

That late move earned Zegarski second-team All-America honors.

Zegarski crossed the line in a time of 29:22.91. New Mexico’s Ishmael Kipkurui won the NCAA title in the event, clocking a time of 29:07.70. His teammate Habtom Samuel finished second. The 23 finishers were separated by only 26 seconds.

Zegarski’s inclusion in the 10k final Wednesday night marked the fifth consecutive NCAA Championship with a Bulldog in the field.

The men’s portion of the NCAA Championships continues Friday and the Bulldogs will once again be represented as Matthew Forrester will run in the 5,000 meters.

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IU INDY CROSS COUNTRY

IU INDY ANNOUNCES 2025 WOMEN’S XC SCHEDULE

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s cross country program and Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Antonio McDaniel announced the program’s 2025 fall schedule, featuring all six meets inside the Hoosier State. The Jaguars are expected to open the season with a home meet at Northview Church in Carmel, Ind., followed by trips to Fort Wayne, South Bend and Evansville in the regular season. The postseason will include the Horizon League Championships in Fort Wayne and NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships in Evansville.

The Jaguars will return to the familiar and popular Northview Church course on Aug. 29 for this year’s opener, followed by a trip to the Mastodon Open, site of the 2025 #HLXC Championships, on Sept. 20. IU Indy will then compete in the always competitive Notre Dame Joe Piane Invitational on Oct. 3 before capping the regular season at the Angel Mounds Invitational in Evansville on Oct. 17.

The Horizon League Championships are slated for Nov. 1 in Fort Wayne, followed by the NCAA Great Lakes Regional on Nov. 14.

The Jaguars are slated to return four of their top five performers from last season in Carina Alanis, Grace Bragg, Ella Colclesser and Mary Fritch. The squad will also be bolstered by the addition of transfer Brooke Neal, who joined the program last spring for the track season. McDaniel has also inked a talented recruiting class that will build the program’s depth and overall talent level ahead of the upcoming season.

The full listing of signees will be announced later this summer.

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BALL STATE FOOTBALL

EIGHTEEN MORE TRANSFERS BEGIN SUMMER WORKOUTS WITH UREMOVICH & CARDINALS

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State football coach Mike Uremovich has announced the addition of 18 new student-athlete football players that will join the Cardinals’ program in 2025. All are transfers who have joined the program since the NCAA’s February signing date.

Counting 34 transfers, 16 high school signings and three walk-ons, the Cardinals have added 53 new faces to the Ball State program since Uremovich’s hiring last December. Ball State opened its summer workout program on June 2. The Cardinals report for fall training camp on July 29, ahead of a season opener, Aug. 30, at Purdue.

Ball State’s 2025 Summer Camp Additions – Transfers:
Ben Dutton – TE, 6-4, 239, R-So., Shoreline, Wash./Washington State
Bradyn Fleharty – QB, 6-3, 195, R-Fr., Galloway Ohio/Yale
Ameir Glenn – DT, 6-0, 295, R-Fr., Fairburn, Ga./Wake Forest
Koby Gross – TE, 6-2, 245, R-Sr., San Ramon, Calif./Florida A&M
Donovan Hamilton – WR, 6-3, 215, R-Fr., Fishers, Ind./Purdue
Otto Hess – OL, 6-7, 323, R-Sr., Oswego, Ill./Boston College
Reese Hill – DT, 6-3, 293, R-Fr., Greenfield, Ind./Purdue
Tate Hoover – TE, 6-2, 240, R-So., Manhattan, Kan./Hutchinson CC
Jordan King – OL, 6-3, 302, R-Fr., Fort Wayne, Ind./Purdue
Joedrick Lewis – DB, 5-11, 190, R-Sr., Houston, Texas/Southeast Missouri State
Muheem McCargo – DB, 5-10, 215, R-Sr., Camden, N.J./Virginia Union
George Okorie – DE, 6-2, 222, R-Fr., Nigeria/Vanderbilt
DC Pippin – K, 6-0, 195, R-Sr., Springfield, Ill./Southeast Missouri State
Aaron Roberts – OL, 6-4, 301, R-Sr., Indianapolis, Ind./Purdue
Adam Saul – P, 6-6, 192, R-Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Washington
Blake Scriber – OL, 6-3, 280, R-Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Morgan State
Spencer Vaka – DT, 6-2, 265, R-So., Shawnee, Kan./Dodge City CC
Khristian Zachary – DT, 6-3, 290, R-Sr., Fayetteville, Ga./Alabama A&M


More on each new transfer can be found below:

Ben Dutton – TE, 6-4, 239, R-So., Shoreline, Wash./Washington State
Transfer from Washington State who is yet to see collegiate action at tight end. 2024 (R-Fr.): Named WSU special teams scout player of the week. 2023 (Fr.): Earned scout team player of the week honors while earning his redshirt … four-year varsity player at King’s High School … helped the Knights to a 9-2 record and a sectional championship as a junior.

Bradyn Fleharty – QB, 6-3, 195, R-Fr., Galloway Ohio/Yale
Transfer quarterback from Yale, joining the Cardinals after making one appearance his freshman year against Brown (Nov. 9) … helped Hilliard Bradley High School to its first regional championship as a senior … earned first team all-state, conference and district player of the year awards and a Mr. Ohio Football nominee during his time with the Jaguars … finished his high school career with 2,810 passing yards and 32 touchdowns at quarterback along with 1,360 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns.

Ameir Glenn – DT, 6-0, 295, R-Fr., Fairburn, Ga./Wake Forest
A transfer from Wake Forest, Glenn joins the Cardinals after seeing no action as a freshman during his 2024 season with the Demon Deacons … joined Langston Hughes High School as a junior in 2022, helping the Panthers to a 15-0 record and a Peach State 6A championship … totaled 223 tackles including 99 solo, seven sacks, 12 tackles for loss and two pass deflections in 27 games played … transferred to Langston Hugues from Milledgeville High School where he served as team captain … at Langston Hughes, he also competed in throwing events for track and field, reaching 47’1″ in shot put and 103’1″ in discus.

Koby Gross – TE, 6-2, 245, R-Sr., San Ramon, Calif./Florida A&M
A second team All-SWAC tight end from Florida A&M who joins Ball State after completing 36 receptions for 381 yards and six TDs in three seasons with the Rattlers. 2024 (R-Jr.): Caught 24 throws for 257 yards while scoring three TDs in 12 games played, earning second team all-conference honors … longest reception was 41 yards versus South Carolina State (Aug. 31). 2023 (R-So.): Appeared in 10 games, recording nine receptions for 85 yards … caught one TD at Southern University (Oct. 7). 2022 (R-Fr.): Transferred from Florida State and played in six games, totaling 39 yards for Florida A&M … caught one TD versus Bethune-Cookman (Nov. 19). 2021 (Fr.): Worked with the Florida State scout team after playing at Diablo Valley College but saw no game action. 2020 (Fr.): Ranked as the No. 1 junior college tight end by ESPN and 39th in ESPN JuCo50 while at Diablo Valley College … completed 27 catches for 340 yards and six TDs at Pittsburg High School … averaged 15.2 yards per catch his senior year as he helped the Pirates become runner-up in the league … claimed a league championship with Pittsburg as a junior as the program made a Division 1-A state championship appearance.

Donovan Hamilton – WR, 6-3, 215, R-Fr., Fishers, Ind./Purdue
Transfer wide receiver from Purdue who did not appear in any games during his 2024 freshman season … three-year letterwinner at Hamilton Southeastern High School under head coach Michael Kelly … played a key role alongside Ball State teammates Jalen Alexander and Kameron Anthony as part of the Royals’ offensive lineup, aiding the program to a regional championship his junior year and a sectional championship his senior year … recorded 934 receiving yards on 47 catches for 11 TDs his senior season, earning first team all-state and the Indiana Mr. Wide Receiver Award … totaled over 2,000 all-purpose yards during his high school career … earned first team all-conference honors his junior and senior years … conference player of the year his junior and senior years … team captain as a senior … was also a first team all-conference player in basketball his sophomore and senior years.

Otto Hess – OL, 6-7, 323, R-Sr., Oswego, Ill./Boston College
Transfer from Boston College who joins Ball State with one year of eligibility. The offensive lineman made appearances primarily on special teams, making 12 as a redshirt junior, nine as a redshirt sophomore and eight as a redshirt freshman … played tackle at Oswego High School … two-time all-area … ranked as the No. 25 player in Illinois by ESPN and No. 27 by 247 Sports and Rivals … also threw shot put for the track and field team.

Reese Hill – DT, 6-3, 293, R-Fr., Greenfield, Ind./Purdue
Transfer defensive lineman from Purdue who did not appear in any games during his 2024 freshman season … four-year varsity player at Greenfield Central High School under head coach Travis Nolting … helped the Cougars to a 9-2 overall record his senior year, recording three sacks for a loss of 12 total yards … tallied 72 tackles including 42 solo, 12 tackles for loss and four sacks in 26 games played throughout his high school career … team captain as a senior … recipient of the Principal Leadership and Cougar Spirit Awards … also a four-year letterwinner in track.

Tate Hoover – TE, 6-2, 240, R-So., Manhattan, Kan./Hutchinson CC
Transfers to Ball State after playing nine games at tight end for the 11-1 NJCAA national champion Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons. 2024 (R-Fr.): Grabbed three receptions for a total of 102 yards in his first collegiate season, including one TD at Iowa Western Community College (Sept. 7) … longest reception was 56 yards at Coffeyville Community College (Oct. 19) … offensive lineman at Manhattan High School … team captain as a senior as he helped the Indians to a 13-0 record and a 6A KSHSAA State Championship … regional champion as a junior.

Jordan King – OL, 6-3, 302, R-Fr., Fort Wayne, Ind./Purdue
An offensive lineman who transfers to Ball State from Purdue with four years of eligibility after seeing no playing time in his freshman season … three-year letterwinner at Fort Wayne North Side High School under head coach Ben Johnson … earned all-state and first team all-conference honors his junior and senior years … second team all-conference as a sophomore … competed in throwing events in track and field, earning sectional shot put championships his sophomore, junior and senior years.

Joedrick Lewis – DB, 5-11, 190, R-Sr., Houston, Texas/Southeast Missouri State
Cornerback transfer who spent three seasons at Southeastern Missouri State. 2024 (Sr.): Appeared in one game versus Southern Illinois but missed the rest of the season due to injury. 2023 (Jr.): Made nine starts at free safety, ranking seventh on the team in tackles with 36 … ranked second on the team with 28 solo tackles and 10 pass breakups … completed two kickoff returns for 70 total yards …  led the RedHawks in interceptions with three … recorded a season-high seven tackles at Kansas State in his first start of the season (Sept. 2) … totaled four tackles and an interception at Central Arkansas (Oct. 7) … returned an interception 28 yards while posting four tackles at UT Martin (Nov. 11) … ranked fourth in the Big South OVC with 13 defended passes. 2022 (So.): Returned an interception 27 yards during the season opener at Iowa State (Sept. 3) … performed a season-best six tackles at Southern Illinois (Sept. 10). 2021 (Fr.): Spent his freshman season at Trinity Valley Community College, recording 28 tackles and forcing one fumble in six games … played safety and cornerback at MacArthur High School.

Muheem McCargo – DB, 5-10, 215, R-Sr., Camden, N.J./Virginia Union
Transfer safety who joins Ball State after spending three years at Temple and one year at Virginia Union. 2024 (R-Jr): Played four games for Virginia Union after transferring from Temple … totaled seven tackles, including four solo and three assisted. 2023 (Jr.): Did not play in his final year at Temple due to injury after participating in the spring and redshirted. 2022 (So.): Appeared in 12 games, recording 32 tackles and one interception for 35 yards against Houston (Nov. 12). 2021 (Fr.): Appeared in eight games, serving primarily on the special teams unit at Temple … made eight tackles along with his first career tackle for loss against South Florida (Oct. 23) … made his first career start versus Central Florida (Oct. 30) … recorded a career-high nine tackles versus Houston (Nov. 13). 2020 (Fr.): Made appearances throughout the year on the special teams unit … played his first career game in the Owls’ home opener versus South Florida … running back and linebacker at Woodrow Wilson High School … aided his team to a 10-2 finish and a NJSIAA South/Central Group 3 Regional Championship his senior year … totaled 1,106 yards and 14 touchdowns on 162 carries along with 38 catches for 554 yards and five receiving touchdowns as a senior … on the defensive end his senior year, he had 133 tackles, one sack, one forced fumble and two interceptions returned for touchdowns … earned 105 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception his junior year.

George Okorie – DE, 6-2, 222, R-Fr., Nigeria/Vanderbilt
Comes to Ball State with four years of eligibility after enrolling at Vanderbilt in January 2025 … one of the most raw — and perhaps most exciting — players in this Cardinals class … Nigerian-born athlete never played high school football … attended ADRAO International School in Nigeria before coming to Indiana to train with Nigerian-born NFL linebacker Eze Obiora, then with the Indianapolis Colts … played with the Vancouver Island Raiders in the Canadian Junior Football League in 2023 and attended Butler (Kansas) Community College and participated in 2024 spring ball … earned a redshirt during the 2024 season prior to enrollment at Vandy … largely flew under the radar in college recruiting, but has the size and athleticism to make an immediate impact … attended camps at Ohio State, Georgia, Texas A&M and Oklahoma, but none of them pulled the trigger … Vanderbilt had Okorie at its camp (July 26, 2024), and he committed on July 29 ahead of offers from Charlotte, Florida Atlantic and Western Kentucky … “There’s just so much potential there. When [Okorie] camped with us, it was so clear [how significant] his physical tools [were],” said Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea … rated the top Nigerian recruit in the 2024 class by 247Sports … slotted as the No. 65 edge defender in the signing class by 247Sports.

DC Pippin – K, 6-0, 195, R-Sr., Springfield, Ill./Southeast Missouri State
Transfer placekicker from Southeastern Missouri State who joins Ball State with one year of eligibility after earning first team All-Big South-OVC honors and FCS Athletics Directors Association Placekicker of the Year in 2024. 2024 (R-Jr.): Associated Press FCS All-American … Fred Mitchell Award finalist for the nation’s top collegiate kicker … completed a program record 26 field goals (34 attempts) with his longest being 53 yards at New Mexico State (Aug. 31) … scored 117 total points … kicked off 80 times, totaling 4,770 yards and averaging 59.6 yards per kickoff. 2023 (R-So.): Led the RedHawks in scoring with 68 points on 11-of-14 field goals and 35-of-36 PATs … longest field goal was 48 yards versus Southern Illinois (Sept. 16) … ranked second in the league in field goal percentage (78.5 pct.) … led the league in kick scoring and field goals with 1.1 per game … scored a season-high nine points on two field goals and three extra points at Nicholls State (Oct. 28) … kicked a season-high 6-of-6 PATs versus Lindenwood (Sept. 9). 2022 (R-Fr.): Kicked off 42 times for 2,359 yards and averaged 56.2 yards per kickoff … recorded 13 touchbacks … ranked second on the team in scoring with 98 points … went a perfect 50-of-50 in extra points throughout the season … made 16-of-24 field goals … longest field goal was 54 yards while he scored a season-high 12 points on three field goals and three PATs at Northwestern State (Oct. 22) … captured a 50-yard field goal at Southern Illinois (Sept. 10) … ranked 27th in the nation in scoring with 8.2 points per game … 16th in the country in field goals per game with 1.3 … led the Ohio Valley Conference in kick scoring, field goals and extra points … won OVC Specialist of the Week honors twice (Sept. 11 and Oct. 30). 2021 (Fr.): Kicked in one game versus Southern Illinois (Sept. 2), scoring two extra points. 2020 (Fr.): Did not see any game action … earned multiple Central State Eight All-Conference honors while at Springfield High School … scored 47 points on 35-of-41 PATs and 4-of-5 field goals his senior year … kicked a nearly perfect 39-of-40 extra points as a junior … totaled 118 points throughout his high school career.

Aaron Roberts – OL, 6-4, 301, R-Sr., Indianapolis, Ind./Purdue
Transfers to Ball State from Purdue with one year of eligibility as an offensive lineman. 2024 (R-Jr.): Appeared in one game at left tackle versus Penn State (Nov. 16). 2023 (R-So.): Did not see game action. 2022 (R-Fr.): Appeared in one game against Indiana State (Sept. 10). 2021 (Fr.): Earned a redshirt with no action … named Academic All-Big Ten in 2022, 2023 and 2024 … offensive and defensive lineman at Cardinal Ritter High School … recorded 59 tackles including 28 solo and one sack in three years on varsity … team captain his senior year.

Adam Saul – P, 6-6, 192, R-Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Washington
Transfer from Washington joins Ball State with one year of eligibility after seeing no action as a redshirt junior in 2024. 2023 (R-So.): Transferred to the Huskies from El Camino College in time to participate in spring practice but saw no action during the season. 2022 (R-Fr.): Transferred from Illinois State to El Camino College where he was named to the SCFA All-Central League Second Team, ranking second in the league in punting yards with 2,330 … averaged 42.4 yards on 55 punts in 11 games played. 2021 (Fr.): Member of Illinois State’s roster but saw no action. 2020 (Fr.): Saw no game action during his freshman year at Illinois State … three-year starting varsity kicker and punter at Warren Township High School under head coach Bryan McNulty … earned all-conference and all-area honorable mention honors his senior year … aided the Blue Devils to an 8A IHSA State Championship appearance as the program finished with a 13-1 record his senior season, making 56-of-57 extra point attempts and six field goals.

Blake Scriber – OL, 6-3, 280, R-Fr., Cincinnati, Ohio/Morgan State
Transfer from Morgan State who saw action in nine games for the 6-6 Bears his freshman season … played tackle and defensive end at Withrow High School … helped the Tigers to a Region 8 OHSAA Championship appearance his senior year.

Spencer Vaka – DT, 6-2, 265, R-So., Shawnee, Kan./Dodge City CC
Transfer from Dodge City Community College who saw action in nine games during his sole season with the Conquistadors. 2024 (R-Fr.): Transferred to Dodge City Community College from Butler Community College, recording eight solo tackles,10 assisted tackles and 2.5 sacks … earned one forced fumble at Butler Community College (Nov. 9) and a fumble recovery at Coffeyville (Nov. 2). 2023 (Fr.): Spent his freshman year at Butler Community College but saw no action … played defensive tackle and guard on varsity for three years at Mill Valley High School … helped the Jaguars to three straight 5A KSHSAA State Championships his sophomore, junior and senior seasons … tallied 49 tackles including 10 solo, 39 assisted and seven sacks over three years.

Khristian Zachary – DT­­, 6-3, 290, R-Sr., Fayetteville, Ga./Alabama A&M
Transfer defensive lineman from Alabama A&M who decommitted from a transfer to Texas Southern prior to joining the Ball State rotation. 2024 (R-Jr.): Appeared in one game for Alabama A&M, versus Georgetown College (Sept. 14) … transferred after one season at Southern. 2023 (Jr.): Appeared in four game­­s with Southern, after a commitment to Western Kentucky and transfer from Liberty. 2022 (So.): Played 11 games at Liberty and recorded nine tackles. 2021 (Fr.): Posted four tackles over five games during his freshman season at Liberty … played at Carrollton High School … finished his high school career with 58 tackles for loss and 30 sacks.
Under the leadership of new head coach Mike Uremovich, season tickets for the 2025 Ball State football season are on sale now. Learn more at BallStateSports.com/2025Football.

INDIANA STATE TRACK

STAGGS CAPS STORYBOOK CAREER WITH SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS

EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State senior pole vaulter Will Staggs concluded one of the best careers for an Indiana State pole vaulter Wednesday evening, placing ninth in the pole vault at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor National Championships.

Staggs cleared a mark of 5.53m (18-1.75), matching a program record he set earlier in the 2025 season at Ohio State and earning Second Team All-America accolades in the process.

He is the only men’s pole vaulter in program history to make multiple national championship appearances, and one of three pole vaulters in program history to reach the national championships on multiple occasions, alongside two-time All-American Nicole Hope (2012 indoor, 2013 outdoor) and four-time national champion Kylie Hutson (2008-10 indoor, 2009-10 outdoor).

The Indiana State indoor and outdoor pole vault record holder, Staggs cleared the opening height of 5.18m (17-0) on his second attempt before back-to-back first-attempt clearances at 5.33m (17-3.75) and 5.43m (17-9.75). His record-tying clearance of 5.53m (18-1.75) came on his second attempt.

Wednesday’s performance closed the book on one of the best careers in program history, with Staggs earning three NCAA National Championship appearances and a pair of top-10 national finishes in his Sycamore tenure (2024 indoor – 9th, 2025 outdoor – 9th). A five-time MVC champion and eight-time All-MVC performer in the pole vault, Staggs owns every top pole vault mark in program history (indoor and outdoor school records, indoor and outdoor facility records).

Staggs’ average clearance during the 2025 outdoor season was 5.41m (17-9), and he cleared marks of 5.43m (17-9.75m) in seven of Indiana State’s nine outdoor meets this season, including three clearances over the 18-foot mark (5.51m/18-1 at Louisville in April, 5.53m/18-1.75 at Ohio State in May, 5.53m/18-1.75 Wednesday at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships).

Up Next

Rachel Mehringer has her moment on the national stage Thursday, as she competes in the 100m hurdles semifinals. Mehringer, the Indiana State and MVC record holder in the event, will be in lane two of the second heat, with the event set to start at 8:08 p.m. ET (5:08 p.m. PT).

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SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF

USI WOMEN’S GOLF ADDS LOPEZ DE HARO JUSTE AHEAD OF 2025-26

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf has added graduate transfer Valeria Lopez de Haro Juste to its roster ahead of 2025-26.

Lopez de Haro Juste, from Madrid, Spain, spent the previous four years at Emmanuel University while working toward her undergraduate degree. Lopez de Haro Juste was an all-conference golfer and helped Emmanuel to multiple team podium finishes in four seasons at Emmanuel.

Lopez de Haro Juste is coming off a solid 2025 campaign on Emmanuel’s conference championship runner-up team. Lopez de Haro Juste placed inside the top 15 on the player leaderboard at the conference championship. Earlier in the season, Lopez de Haro Juste earned a top-10 finish at the 2025 Emmanuel Spring Invitational and helped the team win the 2025 Agnes McAmis Memorial after tying for second place on the player leaderboard.

“We are thrilled to add Valeria to our team this season,” USI Women’s Golf Head Coach Ann Sullivan said. “She is a great golfer who will bring a lot of experience to our team. She had a great college career at Emmanuel University, and we are excited to have her finish up her college golf career here at USI.”

Lopez de Haro Juste joins the squad alongside incoming freshman McKenna Lowe. The Screaming Eagles are coming off an improved finish at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship this season with a young, talented roster that featured the program’s first OVC postseason selection in Brianna Kirsch, who earned OVC All-Newcomer Team honors at the end of 2024-25.

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SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

USI SIGNS BYNUM FOR 2025-26

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball announced the signing of guard Ahamad Bynum for the 2025-26 season.

“Ahamad brings that Chicago toughness and grit to our ball club,” said USI Head Coach Stan Gouard.  “He has played for some great coaches, and programs such as Mac Irving Fire, Chicago Simeon Academy, DePaul, and recently at UTEP.

“Ahamad shot the ball last season at a high clip and brings instant offense to our team,” continues Gouard. “He has deep range with good athleticism and skill, providing us with another guy that can make shots from the perimeter.”

Bynum is transferring to USI after spending last season at the University of Texas El Paso. He appeared in 25 games for the Miners last season, averaging 10.4 points, 1.7 rebounds per contest, and 0.9 assists per game.

The 6-3 guard posted a season-high 24 points versus Kennesaw State University. He also grabbed a season-best five rebounds against Middle Tennessee State University and dished four assists at Florida International University.

Prior to playing last year for UTEP, Bynum earned NJCAA second-team All-America honors at Trinity Valley Community College in 2023-24 after averaging 18.3 points per game. He also played for DePaul University as a freshman, seeing action in 11 games in 2022-23.

Bynum lettered in basketball at Simeon High School (Chicago, Illinois) before starting his collegiate career. He put up 20.5 ppg, 5.3 rpg, and 3.2 apg to help lead Simeon to its 10th Chicago Public League title in 2020-21.

The USI Screaming Eagles are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference and will be NCAA Tournament eligible in 2025-26 following the completion of the accelerated transition from Division II. USI has reached the OVC Championship in two of the first three seasons of Division I action.

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

June 13

1905 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his second no-hit game, beating the Chicago Cubs and Mordecai Brown 1-0. Mathewson and Brown matched no-hitters for eight innings. The Giants got two hits in the ninth for the win.

1912 — Christy Mathewson recorded his 300th career victory with a 3-2 triumph over the Chicago Cubs.

1921 — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees pitched the first five innings and hit two home runs in an 11-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

1937 — New York’s Joe DiMaggio hit three consecutive home runs to give the Yankees an 8-8, 11-inning tie against the St. Louis Browns in the second game of a doubleheader.

1947 — In the first night game played at Fenway Park, the Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3.

1948 — Babe Ruth Day at Yankee Stadium drew 49,641 fans who saw Ruth’s No. 3 retired and the Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3.

1957 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and drove in five runs in a 9-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians as Williams became the first AL player to have two three-homer games in a season.

1973 — The Los Angeles Dodgers’ infield of Steve Garvey (first base), Davey Lopes (second base), Ron Cey (third base) and Bill Russell (shortstop) played together for the first time in a 16-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. The quartet would set a major league record for longevity by playing 8 1/2 years in the same infield.

1980 — Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies goes 4 for 5 to move past Honus Wagner into fifth place on the all-time hit list with 3,431.

1998 — For the fourth time in major league history, teammates hit back-to-back homers in consecutive innings. Atlanta’s Javy Lopez and Andruw Jones each homered in the second and third inning of the Braves’ 9-7 win over Montreal at Turner Field.

2003 — Roger Clemens reached 300 wins and became the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts, leading the New York Yankees over the St. Louis Cardinals 5-2. Clemens, the 21st pitcher to make it to 300, allowed two runs in 6 2-3 innings and struck out 10, raising his total to 4,006. Clemens joined Nolan Ryan (5,714) and Steve Carlton (4,136) in the 4,000-strikeout club.

2008 — Chase Utley, Ryan Howard and Pat Burrell hit consecutive home runs in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 20-2 rout of St. Louis.

2012 — Matt Cain pitched the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches to beat the Houston Astros 10-0. Cain’s 125-pitch masterpiece featured a pair of great plays by his corner outfielders. Left fielder Melky Cabrera chased down Chris Snyder’s one-out flyball in the sixth, scurrying back to make a leaping catch on the warning track. Right fielder Gregor Blanco ran into right-center to make a diving catch on the warning track and rob Jordan Schafer for the first out of the seventh.

2015 — Alex Rodriguez collects his 2,000th career RBI with a two-run home run in the New York Yankee’s 9-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Rodriguez is the fourth player to reach the milestone joining Cap Anson, Babe Ruth and leader Hank Aaron.

2019 — Shohei Otani becomes the first Japanese player to hit for the cycle in Major League Baseball.

2021 — The Blue Jays set a record for a visiting team at Fenway Park by blasting 8 homers in an 18 – 4 win over the Red Sox. Seven different players go deep, with Teoscar Hernandez doing so twice, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits his major league-leading 21st.

2024 — It took him 14 seasons and 320 other long balls, but J.D. Martinez finally hits a walk-off homer, doing so off Tanner Scott of the Marlins with Francisco Lindor on base in the 9th inning to give the Mets a 3 – 2 win. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, this is the third most homers by anyone before a first walk-off shot, trailing only Mark Teixeira (408) and Jose Bautista (336).

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June 14

1952 — Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves struck out 18 Cubs in a 3-1, 15-inning loss to Chicago. Spahn also homered.

1953 — The New York Yankees swept Cleveland, 6-2 and 3-0, to extend the team’s winning streak to eighteen consecutive games.

1963 — Duke Snider hit his 400th career home run to highlight a 10-3 triumph by the New York Mets over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field.

1965 — Jim Maloney struck out 18 and no-hit the New York Mets for 10 innings, but Johnny Lewis’ leadoff home run in the 11th inning gave the Mets a 1-0 win.

1969 — Reggie Jackson knocked in 10 runs with two homers, a double and two singles in Oakland’s 21-7 win over the Red Sox in Boston. In the eighth, he drove in three runs with a single when he easily could have made second base.

1974 — Nolan Ryan struck out 19 batters in 12 innings to give the California Angels a 4-3 win over the Boston Red Sox in 15 innings. Cecil Cooper of the Red Sox struck out six times.

1978 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds had two hits in a 3-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs to start his 44-game hitting streak.

1995 — Mike Benjamin went 6-for-7, setting a major league record with 14 hits in three games, and drove in the winning run in the 13th inning as the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3.

2002 — Aaron Boone hit a pair of homers — one to tie the game in the ninth inning and one to win it in the 11th — off Pittsburgh closer Mike Williams as Cincinnati beat the Pirates 4-3.

2002 — With all 14 interleague games — and one NL game — taking place in National League parks, the DH was not employed anywhere throughout Major League Baseball.

2005 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki became the third player since 1900 to reach 1,000 hits in fewer than 700 games when he singled in the bottom of the first inning in Seattle’s 3-1 win over Philadelphia. Suzuki’s 1,000th hit came in his 696th game. Chuck Klein reached the mark in 1933 in 683 games, and Lloyd Waner reached it in 1932 in 686 games.

2010 — The game between the Blue Jays and the Padres in Petco Park is interrupted in the 8th inning by an earthquake that registers 5.9 on the Richter scale. However, as there is no damage, the game resumes after a very brief interruption, with Toronto winning, 6-3, behind two homers by John Buck and 3 RBI by Aaron Hill.

2010 — For the first time in over 60 years, two players with 5,000+ career at-bats and a .330+ career average meet in a major league contest – Albert Pujols of the Cards versus Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners. The last such matchup had occurred in 1942 with Joe Medwick and Paul Waner.

2013 — Major League Baseball came down hard on the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks, handing out eight suspensions and a dozen fines as punishment for a bench-clearing brawl on June 11. Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy got 10 games and infielder Eric Hinske five for their roles in the fight.

2017 — A gunman opens fire on a Republican congressional baseball team holding an early-morning practice in Alexandria, VA. Louisiana Representative Steve Scalise is among the five persons wounded in the attack, being shot in the hip. Capitol Police officers at the practice return fire and quickly apprehend the shooter, who is mortally wounded in the exchange. The team was preparing for its annual charity game against members of the Democratic party scheduled for later in the week.

2019 — Jake Bauers of the Cleveland Indians, hits the third cycle of the season one day after Shohei Otani of the Angels had hit the second.

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June 15

1902 — Corsicana defeated Texarkana 51-3 in a Texas League game. Nig Clark of Corsicana took advantage of the small park and hit eight homers. Some telegraph operators, thinking there was a mistake, reported the score as 5-3.

1925 — The Philadelphia Athletics went into the last half of the eighth inning trailing 15-4 and scored 13 runs to defeat Cleveland 17-15.

1938 — Four days after pitching a no-hitter against the Boston Braves, Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitched his second straight no-hit game, defeating the Dodgers 6-0 in the first night game played in Brooklyn.

1952 — The St. Louis Cardinals, down 11-0 entering the fifth inning, came back for a 14-12 triumph over the New York Giants in the first game of a doubleheader and set a National League record for best comeback.

1963 — San Francisco’s Juan Marichal pitched a no-hitter against the Houston Colts for a 1-0 victory, the first Giants no-hitter since Carl Hubbell’s in 1929.

1976 — The Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros were “rained in” at the Houston Astrodome as 10 inches of rain fell on the city. Only members of both teams were able to make it to the stadium. Umpires, fans and stadium personnel were unable to make it through the water.

1980 — Cleveland Indian Jorge Orta collected six hits, a double and five singles, and scored four times in a 14-5 triumph over the Minnesota Twins. Toby Harrah had seven RBIs.

1992 — Jeff Reardon broke Rollie Fingers’ career save mark of 341 when he preserved a 1-0 victory for the Boston Red Sox with one scoreless inning against the New York Yankees.

2002 — A double in the fifth inning of Texas’ 4-0 loss to Houston gave Rafael Palmeiro 1,000 career extra-base hits. He became the 25th major leaguer to reach that mark.

2016 — Miami’s Ichiro Suzuki raised his career total in the Japanese and North American major leagues to 4,257, passing Pete Rose’s record Major League Baseball total. Suzuki had two hits for the Marlins in a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres, Suzuki had 1,278 hits for Orix in Japan’s Pacific League (1992-00) and has 2,979 with Seattle, the New York Yankees and Marlins. His first hit Wednesday was on a dribbler in the first. His second was a double into the right-field corner in the ninth.

2016 — Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle in a 9-8, 13-inning win over Cincinnati.

2018 — The Arizona Diamondbacks beat the staggering New York Mets 7-3. The freefalling Mets dropped four consecutive, 12 of 13 and 19 of 23. After starting the season 11-1, the Mets (28-38) went from 10 games over .500 to 10 games under earlier than any team in major league history. The previous mark was held by the 2011 Marlins, who did it in their 76th game.

2020 — The impasse over the resumption of the MLB season gets deeper, as CommissionerRob Manfred now states that there may not be a season at all. It was expected that he would decree a 50-game season, as allowed by the March 26th agreement between the MLBPA and owners, but he is now reluctant to do so.

2022 — The Astros are the first team to throw two immaculate innings in the same game, as Luis Garcia strikes out the side on nine pitches in the 2nd, and Phil Maton repeats the feat in the 7th. In both cases the three batters for the Rangers are the same: Nathaniel Lowe, Ezequiel Duran and Brad Miller. Garcia and Maton are respectively the 8th and 9th pitchers to accomplish the feat for Houston.

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June 16

1916 — Tom Hughes of the Boston Braves pitched a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh Pirates.

1938 — Jimmie Foxx didn’t get a chance to hit as the St. Louis Browns walked him six straight times. The Boston Red Sox won anyway, 12-8.

1953 — The St. Louis Browns beat New York 3-1 to break the Yankees’ 18-game winning streak and end their 14-game losing streak.

1957 — Relief pitcher Dixie Howell hit two home runs in the 3 2-3 innings he pitched to lead the Chicago White Sox to an 8-6 victory in the second game of a doubleheader against the Washington Senators.

1971 — The Oakland Athletics hit five solo home runs in a 5-1 win over the Washington Senators. Mike Epstein and Joe Rudi had a pair homers and Dave Duncan one. Epstein’s home runs came in his first two at-bats to give him homers in four straight at-bats over two games.

1978 — After three ninth-inning near misses, Tom Seaver threw the first no-hitter of his 12-year career as the Cincinnati Reds beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0.

1991 — Otis Nixon of Atlanta stole six bases against Montreal to set a modern National League record and tie the major league record set by Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia A’s in 1912. Montreal won the game 7-6.

1992 — Boston’s Mark Reardon became baseball’s all-time save leader when he closed out a 1-0 win over the New York Yankees. Reardon logged his 342nd save to pass Rollie Fingers.

1993 — Ken Griffey Jr. of the Seattle Mariners hits his 100th career home run in Seattle’s 6 – 1 victory over Kansas City to become the fourth-youngest to hit the century mark. Only Mel Ott, Eddie Mathews and Tony Conigliaro did it faster than the 23-year-old Griffey.

2001 — John Olerud went 4-for-5 and hit for the cycle as Seattle beat the San Diego Padres 9-2. He hit a homer in the ninth to complete the cycle.

2009 — The San Diego Padres set a major league record with their 12th straight loss in interleague play when they fell 5-0 to Seattle.

2014 — Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, winner of eight National League batting titles, passes away from cancer of the salivary gland at 54.

2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.

2015 — Manny Machado and Chris Parmelee each hit two of an Orioles-record eight home runs, and Baltimore pounded woeful Philadelphia 19-3. The eight home runs were the most by the Orioles since their move from St. Louis in 1954.

2019 — An authentic Babe Ruth New York Yankees jersey from 1928-30 sets a record for a piece of baseball memorabilia as it sells for $5.64 million at auction.

2019 — The Padres and Rockies set a record for most combined runs in a four-game series with a total of 92, breaking the previous record of 88 set in 1929 between the Brooklyn Robins and Phillies.

June 17

1915 — George “Zip” Zabel of the Chicago Cubs was called into the game against the Brooklyn Dodgers with two outs in the first inning. He won 4-3 in the 19th inning in the longest relief effort in the majors.

1943 — Player-manager Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox hit a three-run pinch homer in both games of a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s. The Red Sox won the opener 5-4 and lost the second game 8-7.

1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox connected for his 500th career home run off the Cleveland Indians. Williams, the fourth to accomplish the feat, hit a two-run homer off Wynn Hawkins in a 3-1 win.

1971 — Don Kessinger of the Chicago Cubs went 6-for-6, with five singles and a double, in a 7-6, 10-inning decision over the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field.

1978 — Ron Guidry of the New York Yankees struck out 18 California Angels to set an American League record for left-handers. Guidry, who struck out 15 in the first six innings, ended with a 4-0 four-hitter.

1993 — Baseball owners voted 26-2 in favor of expanding the playoffs for the first time in 25 years, doubling the teams that qualify to eight starting in 1994.

2007 — Brandon Watson extended his hitting streak to 43 games, breaking a 95-year-old International League record with a base hit in the Columbus Clippers’ 9-8 loss to the Ottawa Lynx. Jack Lelivelt set the IL record for the Rochester Hustlers in 1912.

2007 — Frank Thomas hit his record-breaking 244th homer as a designated hitter in Toronto’s 4-2 loss to Washington. The solo shot in the third inning moved Thomas past Edgar Martinez for the most homers by a DH in major league history.

2009 — Ivan Rodriguez catches the 2,227th game of his career, breaking Carlton Fisk’s record, in Houston’s 5 – 4, 10-inning loss to his former team, the Texas Rangers. For Texas, Omar Vizquel, the all-time leader for games played at shortstop, picks up his 2,677th hit, tying Luis Aparicio for most hits by a Venezuelan player.

2008 — Seattle’s Felix Hernandez struck out the side on nine pitches in the fourth inning of a 5-4 win over Florida, becoming the 13th pitcher in American League history to accomplish the feat.

2016 — Michaeal Saunders leads the Toronto Blue Jays to a 13-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles with three home runs and 8 RBIs.

2021 — The Arizona Diamondback set a new all-time mark with their 23rd consecutive road loss losing to the Giants 10-3.

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June 18

1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers signed Babe Ruth to coach for the remainder of the season.

1947 — Cincinnati’s Ewell Blackwell tossed a 6-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves.

1950 — In the nightcap of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians scored 14 runs in the first inning for an American League record as they trounced the Philadelphia A’s 21-2.

1953 — At Fenway Park, Dick Gernert’s home run highlighted the 17-run, 14-hit seventh inning as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 23-3. The Red Sox were up 5-3 after 6 1/2 innings. The Red Sox scored the 17 runs on 14 hits and six walks and left the bases loaded. Gene Stephens collected three hits and Sammy White scored three runs and Tom Umphlett also reached base three times in the inning.

1960 — The San Francisco Giants fired Bill Rigney and selected Tom Sheehan as manager. At 66 years, 2 months and 18 days, Sheehan was the oldest man to debut as a manager of a major league team.

1967 — Houston Astro Don Wilson tossed the first of his two career no-hitters by blanking the Atlanta Braves 2-0, facing 30 batters and striking out 15.

1975 — Fred Lynn batted in 10 runs with three homers, a triple and a single in a 15-1 Boston Red Sox victory over the Detroit Tigers. Lynn’s 16 total bases tied an AL record.

1976 — Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided the sale of Oakland Athletics stars Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi. Athletics owner Charlie Finley sold Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5 million and Rudi and Fingers to the Boston Red Sox for $1 million each. Kuhn ordered the players to return to Oakland on grounds that they would upset the sport’s competitive balance.

1977 — New York Yankees outfielder Reggie Jackson and manager Billy Martin get into a dugout confrontation at Fenway Park that’s seen on national television. Martin removed his right fielder for loafing on a ball hit to the outfield. Jackson questioned Martin in the dugout and the two are eventually separated by coach Elston Howard.

1986 — California’s Don Sutton pitched a three-hitter for his 300th career victory as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 5-1. The 41-year-old right-hander became the 19th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games.

2002 — Luis Castillo of the Florida Marlins ties Rogers Hornsby’s 80-year-old record for the longest hitting streak by a second baseman, beating out a dribbler to the pitcher in the 6th inning to make it 33 games in a row. Florida beats the Cleveland Indians, 2 – 1.

2007 — Chone Figgins went 6-for-6 and drove in the game-winning run in the ninth inning to lift the Los Angeles Angels over Houston 10-9.

2011 — Connor Harrell hit the first College World Series home run in the new TD Ameritrade Park to break a sixth-inning tie and first-time qualifier Vanderbilt defeated North Carolina 7-3.

2012 — R.A. Dickey became the first major league pitcher in 24 years to throw consecutive one-hitters and Ike Davis hit a grand slam in the New York Mets’ 5-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. The previous pitcher to throw consecutive one-hitters was Dave Stieb for Toronto in September 1988.

2012 — Aaron Hill hit a solo homer in the seventh inning to become the fifth Arizona player to hit for the cycle, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 7-1 win over the Seattle Mariners.

2014 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers throws the second no-hitter of the year, shutting out the Colorado Rockies, 8 – 0. It comes less than a month after his teammate Josh Beckett had pitched a no-hitter on May 26th. He strikes out 15 without giving up a walk, the only baserunner coming on a two-base error by SS Hanley Ramirez in the 8th.

2017 — Nolan Arenado completed the cycle with a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Colorado Rockies stunned the San Francisco Giants by rallying for a 7-5 victory.

2024 — Hall of FamerWillie Mays, in the conversation for the greatest player ever and one of the last survivors from the Negro Leagues in the days when they were major leagues, passes away at 93.

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June 19

1927 — Jack Scott of the Philadelphia Phillies pitched two complete games in a doubleheader. Scott beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-1 and lost 3-0 in the second game. Scott was the last pitcher in major league history to complete two games on the same day.

1938 – Cincinnati pitcher Johnny Vander Meer coming off two straight no-hitters, extended his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 against the Boston Bees. Vander Meer gave up a single to Debs Garms in the fourth inning. The Red won 14-1 behind Vander Meer’s four-hitter.

1941 — En route to 56, Joe DiMaggio hit in his 32nd consecutive game, going 3-for-3, including a home run, against the Chicago White Sox.

1942 — Paul Waner got hit number 3,000 — a single off Rip Sewell — but the Boston Braves lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6.

1952 — Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.

1961 — Roger Maris’ ninth-inning homer off Kansas City’s Jim Archer was his 25th of the year, putting him seven games ahead of Babe Ruth’s pace in 1927.

1973 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds and Willie Davis of the Los Angeles Dodgers both collect their 2,000th hits. It is a single for Rose against the San Francisco Giants and a home run for Davis against the Atlanta Braves.

1974 — Steve Busby of the Kansas City Royals hurled his second no-hitter in 14 months and gave up just one walk in beating the Brewers 2-0 at Milwaukee.

1977 — The Boston Red Sox hit five home runs in an 11-1 triumph over the New York Yankees. The five homers gave the Red Sox a major league record 16 in three games. Boston hit six homers on the 17th and five on the 18th, also against the Yankees. In the series the Yankees had no homers.

1990 — Gary Carter plays in his 1,862nd career game as a catcher to break the National League mark set by Al Lopez.

1994 — John Smoltz became the 14th major league pitcher to give up four homers in an inning when he was tagged by Cincinnati. The Reds set a team record for home runs in an inning, connecting four times in the first inning. Hal Morris, Kevin Mitchell, Jeff Branson and Eddie Taubensee homered. Smoltz allowed 20 total bases in the first inning, the most given up in the NL since 1900.

2015 — Alex Rodriguez homered for his 3,000th career hit as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2.

2017 — Dodgers rookie Cody Bellinger launched two more home runs, setting a major league record with his powerful start, and Clayton Kershaw became the first 10-game winner in the National League despite giving up a career-high four long balls as Los Angeles held on for a 10-6 victory over the New York Mets. Bellinger reached 21 homers in 51 career games — faster than any other player in big league history.

2019 — One day after fouling a bunted ball in his face during batting practice and breaking his nose, Max Scherzer takes the mound for the Nationals against the Phillies sporting a prominent black eye. He still stymies the opposition with 7 scoreless innings in a 2 – 0 win. “Trust me, this thing looks a lot worse than it actually feels,” he explains to journalists.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

June 13

1908 — Canadian champion Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires of Australia in 8th round at Neuilly Bowling Palace, Paris to retain world heavyweight boxing title.

1913 — James Rowe, who had won back-to-back Belmont Stake races in 1872-73 as a jockey, sets the record for the most number of Belmont Stakes wins by a trainer, eight, when he sends Prince Eugene to victory.

1935 — Jim Braddock scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Max Baer in New York to win the world heavyweight title.

1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead.

1956 — 1st European Cup Final, Paris: Héctor Rial scores twice as Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 4-3 to claim inaugural title.

1959 — Billy Casper wins the U.S. Open golf tournament over Bob Rosburg.

1971 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Kathy Ahern.

1982 — Jan Stephenson wins the LPGA championship with a two-stroke triumph over Joanne Carner.

1989 — 43rd NBA Championship: Detroit Pistons sweeps LA Lakers in 4 games.

1991 — The National, the nation’s first all-sports daily newspaper, ceases publication.

1992 — Sergei Bubka of Ukraine breaks his own world outdoor record in the pole vault by soaring 20 feet, one-half inch. The jump is the 30th time that Bubka has set the record indoors or outdoors, surpassing the 29 world records by distance runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland in the 1920s.

1993 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA Championship for a third time, with a 2-under 69 for a one-stroke victory over Lauri Merten.

1997 — Chicago wins its fifth NBA championship in the last seven years, as Steve Kerr’s last-second shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz.

2002 — Stanley Cup Final, Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Carolina Hurricanes, 3-1 for a 4-1 series win; Red Wings’ 10th title; coach Scotty Bowman retires with record 9th title.

2010 — Zenyatta wins her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern-day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6-year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, wins the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length over St Trinians at Hollywood Park. With the victory, Zenyatta surpasses the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.

2011 — Boston scores four times in a 4:14 span of the first period and beats the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final at TD Garden, evening the best-of-7 series. Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic, Andrew Ference and Michael Ryder give Boston a 4-0 lead before the midway point of the first period.

2012 — Matt Cain pitches the 22nd perfect game in major league history and first for San Francisco, striking out a career-high 14 batters and getting help from two running catches by outfielders Melky Cabrera and Gregor Blanco to beat the Houston Astros 10-0.

2014 — The Netherlands thrashes Spain 5-1 in the World Cup’s first shocker, toying with an aging team that dominated global football for the past six years and avenging a loss in the 2010 final.

2014 — The Los Angeles Kings wins the Stanley Cup for the second time in three years with a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers in Game 5.

2016 — LeBron James has 41 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists, Kyrie Irving also scores 41 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers capitalize on the Warriors playing without suspended star Draymond Green, staving off NBA Finals elimination with a 112-97 victory in Game 5. James and Irving are the first teammates to score 40 points in an NBA Finals game as the Cavaliers pulled within 3-2 and sent their best-of-seven series back to Ohio.

2017 — The Golden State Warriors win their second NBA tile in three years with a win over the Cavaliers 129-120.

2019 — The Toronto Raptors beat defending champion Golden State Warriors, 114-110 to win the franchise’s first Championship.

2021 — French Open Men’s Tennis: Novak Đoković wins his 19th Grand Slam singles title; beats Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece 6-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.

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June 14

1922 — Gene Sarazen edges Bobby Jones and John Black to win the U.S. Open tournament.

1934 — Max Baer stops Primo Carnera in 11th round in New York to win the world heavyweight title.

1952 — Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2).

1952 — Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club in Dallas to win the U.S. Open over Ed Oliver by four strokes.

1958 — Tommy Bolt beats Gary Player by four strokes to win the U.S. Open.

1958 — Britain beats the United States 4-3 at Wimbledon to win the Wrightman Cup, the first win for Britain since 1930.

1981 — Donna Caponi Young wins the LPGA championship by one stroke over Jerilyn Britz and Pat Meyers.

1987 — The Los Angeles Lakers win their 10th NBA championship with a 106-93 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 at the Forum.

1990 — Vinnie Johnson scores 15 points in the fourth quarter, including a 15-footer with seven-tenths of a second left, to give the Detroit Pistons a 92-90 win and the NBA title over Portland in five games.

1991 — Leroy Burrell sets a world record in the U.S. Championships in New York with a 9.90-second clocking in the men’s 100-meter dash. Carl Lewis, who held the record at 9.92 since the 1988 Olympics, finishes second.

1992 — NBA Finals: Chicago Bulls beat Port Trail Blazers, 97-93 in Game 6 for back-to-back titles; MVP: Michael Jordan for second straight year.

1994 — The New York Rangers hold off the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7 for their first Stanley Cup in 54 years. MVP Brian Leetch, Adam Graves and Mark Messier score goals and Mike Richter makes 28 saves for New York.

1995 — The Houston Rockets complete the unlikeliest of NBA championship repeats, sweeping the Orlando Magic with a 113-101 victory. MVP Hakeem Olajuwon finishes with 35 points and 15 rebounds.

1998 — Michael Jordan scores 45 points, stealing the ball from Karl Malone and hitting a jumper with 5.2 seconds left to give Chicago an 87-86 win and a 4-2 series victory over Utah for a sixth NBA title.

2005 — Asafa Powell breaks the world record in the 100 meters with a 9.77 clocking at Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. Powell shaves one hundredth of a second off Tim Montgomery’s record of 9.78 set in Paris in 2002 — a mark that would later be wiped out because of doping charges.

2005 — Michelle Wie becomes the first female player to qualify for an adult male U.S. Golf Association championship, tying for first place in a 36-hole U.S. Amateur Public Links sectional qualifying tournament at Belle Vernon, Pa.

2007 — The San Antonio Spurs, who bounced over from the ABA in 1976, move in among the NBA’s greatest franchises with an 83-82 victory for a sweep of Cleveland. With their fourth championship since 1999, the Spurs join the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls as the only teams in NBA history to win four titles.

2009 — The Los Angeles Lakers win their 15th championship, beating the Orlando Magic 99-86 in Game 5 of the NBA finals. Kobe Bryant, the MVP, scores 30 points in winning his fourth title, the first without Shaquille O’Neal. It’s the 10th championship for coach Phil Jackson, moving him past Boston’s Red Auerbach for the most all-time.

2015 — Inbee Park shoots a final round 68 to finish at 19-under par to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for the third consecutive year and retake the No. 1 ranking in women’s golf. Park of South Korea finishes the season’s second major five strokes ahead of 22-year-old compatriot Sei Young Kim.

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June 15

1901 — Willie Anderson edges Alex Smith by one stroke in a playoff to take the U.S. Open.

1938 — Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds pitches his second straight no-hit game, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-0 in the first night game played at Ebbets Field.

1947 — Lew Worsham beats Sam Snead by one stroke on the final hole of a playoff to win the U.S. Open.

1951 — Joe Louis scored his last knock out victory.

1957 — Dick Mayer beats defending champion Cary Middlecoff by seven strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.

1969 — Orville Moody shoots a 281 to beat Deane Beman, Al Geiberger and Bob Rosburg by one stroke and capture the U.S. Open.

1970 — Shirley Englehorn wins the LPGA championship with a four-stroke victory over Kathy Whitworth in the playoff round.

1980 — Jack Nicklaus wins his fourth U.S. Open with a record 272 for 72 holes.

1984 — American boxer Thomas Hearns retains WBC light middleweight title with 2 round KO of Roberto Durán of Panama at Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas; marks first time in his illustrious career Durán knocked out.

1985 — Pinklon Thomas knocks out Mike Weaver in the eighth round to defend his World Boxing Council heavyweight title at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

1986 — Ray Floyd, 43, beats Chip Beck and Lanny Wadkins by two strokes to become the oldest golfer to win the U.S. Open. It is Floyd’s fourth and final major victory.

1987 — Michael Spinks TKOs Gerry Cooney in 5 for The Ring heavyweight boxing title at Convention Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

1991 — Carl Lewis, one jump away from losing his 64-meet winning streak in the long jump, comes through with a dramatic victory when he soars 28 feet, 4¼ inches to pass leader Mike Powell by a half-inch in the U.S. Championships in New York.

1996 — Roy Jones Jr. completes a unique doubleheader, successfully defending his IBF super middleweight title after playing in a pro basketball game. Jones stops Eric Lucas in the 11th round after scoring five points in a United States Basketball League game in the afternoon, helping the Jacksonville Barracudas beat Treasure Coast 107-94.

1997 — Ernie Els wins his second U.S. Open championship in four years, finishing one stroke ahead of Colin Montgomerie. Els has the shot of the day on the 480-yard 17th hole when he hits a 5-iron from 212 yards to just 12 feet on the peninsula green.

2001 — Los Angeles beats Philadelphia 108-96 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals to complete the best playoff run in NBA history. The Lakers, who finish the playoffs with a record of 15-1, are the first to go through the playoffs undefeated on the road.

2003 — NBA Finals: San Antonio Spurs beat New Jersey Nets, 88-77 in Game 6 for franchise’s second title; MVP: Tim Duncan.

2003 — Jim Furyk wins his first major championship and put his name in the record books, matching the lowest 72-hole score in the 103 years of the U.S. Open. Furyk closes with a 2-over 72 to win by three shots over Stephen Leaney of Australia.

2004 — Detroit beats the Los Angeles Lakers 100-87 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals for the Pistons’ first championship in 14 years.

2008 — Down to his last stroke at Torrey Pines, Tiger Woods sinks a 12-foot birdie putt to force an 18-hole playoff against Rocco Mediate for the U.S. Open. They finish at 1-under 283, the first time since 2004 that someone breaks par in a U.S. Open.

2011 — The Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1972, beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 in Game 7 of the finals.

2014 — Martin Kaymer of Germany wins the U.S. Open after four days of dominance at Pinehurst No. 2. Kaymer finishes with an eight-shot victory over Rickie Fowler and Erik Compton and becomes the seventh player in the 114 years of the U.S. Open to go wire-to-wire.

2014 — The San Antonio Spurs win their fifth NBA championship, beating the Miami Heat 104-87 to win the series in five games.

2015 — Chicago’s Duncan Keith scores in the second period and directs a dominant defense that shuts down Tampa Bay’s high-scoring attack, and the Blackhawks beat the Lightning 2-0 in Game 6 for their third NHL title in the past six seasons.

2018— Christiano Renaldo, Portugal, scores a hat-trick in Portugal’s 3-3 tie with Spain in the World Cup. Renaldo becomes the fourth player to score in four different Worlc Cups and the first to score in eight consecutive major tournaments.

2019 — In a blockbuster NBA trade, the New Orleans Pelicans send forward Anthony Davis to the LA Lakers for Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart & 3 future 1st round draft picks.

June 17

1954 — Rocky Marciano scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles at New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1960 — Ted Williams hit his 500th HR.

1961 — Gene Littler shoots a 68 in the final round to edge Doug Sanders and Bob Goalby in the U.S. Open.

1962 — Jack Nicklaus beats Arnold Palmer by three strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open.

1962 — Brazil beats Czechoslovakia 3-1 in Santiago, Chile to win its second straight FIFA World Cup title. Czechoslovakia scored first on a goal by Josef Masopust at 15 minutes. Two minutes later Amarildo tied the game. In the second half, Zito and Vavá scored goals to give Brazil the victory.

1973 — John Miller shoots a 63 in the final round to win the U.S. Open by one stroke over John Schlee at Oakmont, Pa. Miller’s 8-under 63 is the first ever carded in a major championship.

1976 — The 18-team NBA absorbs four of the six remaining ABA teams: the New York Nets, Indiana Pacers, San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets.

1979 — Hale Irwin wins the U.S. Open by two strokes over Gary Player and Jerry Pate.

1989 — The Quebec Nordiques select Swedish center Mats Sundin with the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft. He’s the first European player to be taken with the first pick.

1989 — U.S. beats Guatemala 2-1 in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup.

1990 — Fifty-year-old Harry Gant becomes the oldest driver to win a NASCAR race as he posts a 2.4-second victory over Rusty Wallace in the Miller 500 at Pocono International Raceway.

1991 — Payne Stewart escapes with a two-stroke victory over Scott Simpson in the highest-scoring U.S. Open playoff in 64 years.

1992 — Philadelphia 76ers trade Charles Barkley to Phoenix Suns.

1994 — O.J. Simpson doesn’t turn himself in on murder charges, LA police chase his Ford Bronco for 1½ hours before he eventually gives up (seen live on national TV).

1995 — Claude Lemieux snaps a tie at 3:17 of the third period as the New Jersey Devils open the Stanley Cup finals with a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. The victory, the ninth on the road, breaks the NHL playoff record for road wins.

2007 — Angel Cabrera holds off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke to capture the U.S. Open. Cabrera shoots a 1-under-par 69 in the final round at brutal Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.

2007 — Kate Ziegler breaks swimming’s oldest world record, shattering the 1,500-meter freestyle mark by 9 1/2 seconds at the TYR Meet of Champions Mission Viejo, Calif. Ziegler wins the 30-lap race in 15:42.54, easily erasing Janet Evans’ 1988 mark of 15:52.10 set in Orlando, Fla. At the time, Evans was the first woman to break 16 minutes.

2008 — The Boston Celtics win their 17th NBA title with a stunning 131-92 blowout over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6. Kevin Garnett scores 26 points with 14 rebounds, Ray Allen scores 26 and Paul Pierce, the finals MVP, adds 17.

2010 — The Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston for the first time in a Game 7 to repeat as NBA champions. The Lakers win their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter 13-point deficit to beat the Celtics 83-79.

2011 — Rory McIlroy becomes the first player in the 111-year history of the U.S. Open to reach 13-under par, and despite a double bogey into the water on the final hole, his 5-under 66 is enough set the 36-hole scoring record at 131.

2012 — Webb Simpson wins the U.S. Open outlasting former U.S. Open champions Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.

2018 — Brooks Koepka wins a second consecutive U.S. Open, the first player to do so since Curtis Strange in 1989.

2024 — Boston Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 in Game 5 to clinch the club’s record 18th NBA Championship. Boston forward Jaylen Brown voted Finals MVP.

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June 18

1910 — Alex Smith wins the U.S. Open by beating John McDermont and Macdonald Smith in an 18-hole playoff at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. Smith beats McDermont by four strokes and Macdonald Smith by six.

1921 — The University of Illinois wins the first NCAA track and field championships with 20¼ points. Notre Dame finishes second with 16¾ points.

1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Billy Conn in the 13th round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1960 — Arnold Palmer beats amateur Jack Nicklaus by two strokes to win the U.S. Open.

1967 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a record 275 to beat Arnold Palmer for the U.S. Open. Nicklaus breaks Ben Hogan’s 1948 record by one stroke.

1972 — Jack Nicklaus wins the U.S. Open by three strokes over Bruce Crampton and ties Bobby Jones’ record of 13 major titles.

1972 — UEFA European Championship Final, Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium: Gerd Müller scores a brace as West Germany beats Soviet Union, 3-0.

1975 — Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins wins the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s best defenseman for the eighth consecutive year.

1984 — Fuzzy Zoeller shoots a 3-under 67 to beat Greg Norman by eight strokes in the 18-hole playoff at Winged Foot GC for the U.S. Open title.

1986 — California’s Don Sutton becomes the 19th pitcher in baseball history to win 300 games as he pitches a three-hitter to give the Angels a 5-1 triumph over the Texas Rangers.

1990 — Hale Irwin makes an 8-foot birdie putt on the 91st hole to beat Mike Donald in the first sudden-death playoff to decide the U.S. Open. It is the third U.S. Open title for the 45-year-old Irwin, the oldest winner in the tournament’s history.

1992 — Ottawa Senators make goalie Peter Sidorkiewicz their 1st draft pick.

1995 — Michael Johnson becomes the first national champion at 200 and 400 meters since 1899 as he captures both races at the USA-Mobil Championships.

1995 — FIFA Women’s World Cup Final, Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden: Hege Riise & Marianne Pettersen score within 3 minutes of each other to give Norway a 2-0 win over Germany.

2000 — Tiger Woods turns the 100th U.S. Open into a one-man show, winning by 15 strokes over Ernie Els and Miguel Angel Jimenez. Woods’ 15-stroke margin shatters the Open mark of 11 set by Willie Smith in 1899 and is the largest in any major championship — surpassing the 13-stroke victory by Old Tom Morris in the 1862 British Open.

2006 — Phil Mickelson’s bid for a third consecutive major ends with a shocking collapse when he bungles his way to a double bogey on the final hole, giving the U.S. Open to Geoff Ogilvy.

2017 — Brooks Koepka breaks away from a tight pack with three straight birdies on the back nine at Erin Hills and closes with a 5-under 67 to win the U.S. Open for his first major championship.

2017 — Diana Taurasi scores 19 points to break the WNBA career scoring record in the Phoenix Mercury’s 90-59 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks. Taurasi finishes with 7,494 points, passing Tina Thompson’s mark of 7,488.

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June 19

1867 — Ruthless, ridden by J. Gilpatrick, wins the inaugural Belmont Stakes at Jerome Park in the Bronx. The filly earns $1,850 for her victory.

1914 — Harry Vardon wins his sixth and final British Open by shooting a 306, three strokes ahead of J.H. Taylor at Prestwick Club.

1936 — German heavyweight boxer Max Schmeling knocks out previously unbeaten Joe Louis in the 12th round. Schmeling’s victory sets off a propaganda war between the Nazi regime and the United States on the eve of World War II.

1938 — FIFA World Cup Final, Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris, France: Luigi Colausig & Silvio Piola each score 2 goals as Italy beats Hungary, 4-1.

1954 — Ed Furgol edges Gene Littler by one stroke to win the U.S. Open, the first golf tournament to be televised nationally.

1955 — Jack Fleck beats Ben Hogan by three strokes in a playoff round to win the U.S. Open.

1973 — Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) and Willie Davis (LA Dodgers) both record 2,000th MLB career hit; Rose, a single in 4-0 win vs SF Giants; Davis, a HR in 3-0 win vs Atlanta Braves.

1977 — Hubert Green wins the U.S. Open by one stroke over Lou Graham.

1986 — Len Bias, the second pick in the NBA draft made by the Boston Celtics two days before, dies of a heart attack induced by cocaine use.

1992 — Evander Holyfield wins a unanimous decision over Larry Holmes to remain unbeaten and retain the undisputed heavyweight title.

1992 — Charlie Whittingham becomes the second trainer in history, behind D. Wayne Lukas, to top $100 million in purse earnings when Little by Little finishes second in the sixth race at Hollywood Park.

1999 — Dallas wins its first Stanley Cup, as Brett Hull’s controversial goal at 14:51 of the third overtime gives the Stars a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6.

2000 — NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana Pacers, 116-111 in Game 6 to win the franchise’s first title in 12 years; MVP: Shaquille O’Neal.

2005 — Michael Campbell answers every challenge Tiger Woods throws his way for a two-shot victory in the U.S. Open. Retief Goosen, the two-time U.S. Open champion, turns in a collapse that ranks among the greatest in major championship history. He loses his three-shot lead in three holes and closes with an 81 to tie for 11th at 8 over.

2006 — Cam Ward stops nearly everything giving the Carolina Hurricanes their first Stanley Cup title with a 3-1 victory over Edmonton in Game 7.

2011 — Rory McIlroy runs away with the U.S. Open title, winning by eight shots and breaking the tournament scoring record by a whopping four strokes. McIlroy shoots a 2-under 69 to close the four days at Congressional in Bethesda, Md., at 16-under 268.

2015 — Alex Rodriguez homers for his 3,000th career hit as the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2.

2016 — Dustin Johnson atones for his past mishaps in the majors winning the U.S. Open by three shots. Shane Lowry, who began the final round with a four-shot lead, Jim Furyk and Scott Piercy finish tied for second.

2016 — LeBron James and his relentless Cavaliers pulls off an improbable NBA Finals comeback to give the city of Cleveland its first title since 1964. James delivers on a promise from two years ago to bring a championship to his native northeast Ohio, and he and the Cavs become the first team to rally from a 3-1 finals deficit by beating the defending champion Golden State Warriors 93-89.

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TV SPORTS

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Friday, June 13

AUTO RACING

1:25 p.m.

ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

4:55 p.m.

ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

COLLEGE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 1, Omaha, Neb.

7 p.m.

ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (MEN’S)

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Outdoor Championships – Day 2, Eugene, Ore.

GOLF

1 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, Second Round, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

3 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Second Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.

MLB BASEBALL

2 p.m.

MLBN — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Boston (7:10 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at Detroit (7:10 p.m.)

7:05 p.m.

APPLE TV+ — L.A. Angels at Baltimore

9:40 p.m.

APPLE TV+ — San Diego at Arizona

10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Cleveland at Seattle (10:10 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

8:30 p.m.

ABC — NBA Finals: Oklahoma City at Indiana, Game 4

SOCCER (MEN’S)

10:30 p.m.

FS1 — MLS: San Jose at Portland

WNBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

ION — Chicago at Atlanta

10 p.m.

ION — Dallas at Las Vegas

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Saturday, June 14

AUTO RACING

11:30 a.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

12:25 p.m.

ESPN2 — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

1 p.m.

FS1 — NXT Indy Car Series: Practice, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

3 p.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

3:55 p.m.

ESPN2 — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

4:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The The Chilango 150, Autodromo Heranos Rodriguez, Mexico City

FS2 — NXT Indy Car Series: Qualifying, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

5:30 p.m.

FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: High Line & Final Practice, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

7 p.m.

FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: The Berlin ARCA 200 at Berlin Raceway, Berlin Raceway and Entertainment Complex, Marne, Mich.

BIG3 BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

CBS — Week 1: L.A. Riot vs. Miami 305, Detroit Amps vs. Chicago Triplets, Houston Rig Hands vs. DMV Trilogy, Boston Ball Hogs vs. Dallas Power, Chicago

COLLEGE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 3, Omaha, Neb.

7 p.m.

ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 4, Omaha, Neb.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (WOMEN’S)

9 p.m.

ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: Outdoor Championships – Day 2, Eugene, Ore.

GOLF

10 a.m.

USA — PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, Third Round, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

Noon

NBC — PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, Third Round, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

3 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Third Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

ABC — PLL: New York vs. Maryland, Villanova, Pa.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

10 p.m.

ESPN — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Kamaru Usman vs. Joaquin Buckley (Welterweights), Atlanta

MLB BASEBALL

4 p.m.

FS1 — St. Louis at Milwaukee

7 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Boston OR San Diego at Arizona

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

TNT — Stanley Cup Final: Florida at Edmonton, Game 5 (If Necessary)

TRUTV — Stanley Cup Final: Florida at Edmonton, Game 5 (If Necessary)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

4:30 p.m.

FOX — MLS: L.A. Galaxy at St. Louis

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

5 p.m.

ION — NWSL: Seattle at Chicago

7:30 p.m.

ION — NWSL: Louisville at Kansas City

10 p.m.

ION — NWSL: North Carolina at Angel City

SOFTBALL

Noon

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: TBD

UFL FOOTBALL

8 p.m.

ABC — UFL Championship: TBD, St. Louis

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Los Angeles at Minnesota

3 p.m.

ABC — New York at Indiana

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Sunday, June 15

AUTO RACING

2 p.m.

ABC — Formula 1: The Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal

3 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: The Viva Mexico 250, Autodromo Heranos Rodriguez, Mexico City

4:30 p.m.

FS1 — NXT Indy Car Series: The Indy NXT by Firestone, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

8 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The Bommarito Automotive Group 500, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 5, Omaha, Neb.

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 6, Omaha, Neb.

GOLF

9 a.m.

USA — PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, Final Round, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

Noon

NBC — PGA Tour: The U.S. Open, Final Round, Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

1 p.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Final Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.

2 p.m.

CBS — LPGA Tour: The Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Final Round, Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Mich.

HORSE RACING

12:30 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

5:30 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MLB BASEBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers                                    

SOCCER (MEN’S)

6 p.m.               

FOX — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago vs. United States, Group D, San Jose, Calif.

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

CBS — NWSL: Washington at Portland

WNBA BASKETBALL

Noon

CBS — Chicago at Connecticut

2 p.m.

CBSSN — Atlanta at Washington