INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
FRIDAY, JUNE 20
CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
4:30 PM ET / 3:30 CT | KOUTS (27-6) VS. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (20-10)
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CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
8 PM ET / 7 CT | ANDREAN (30-3) VS. JASPER (28-6)
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SATURDAY, JUNE 21
CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
4:30 PM ET / 3:30 CT | BOONE GROVE (25-6) VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (23-7)
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CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
8 PM ET / 7 CT | VALPARAISO (25-5) VS. EVANSVILLE NORTH (25-8)
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INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GOLF –STATE FINALS
JUN 17, 2025
8 AM ET / 7 AM CT.
JUN 18, 2025
8 AM ET / 7 AM CT
SITE: PRAIRIE VIEW GOLF CLUB, 7000 LONGEST DRIVE, CARMEL, IN 46033 | WEBSITE
TIME: FIRST TEE TIMES BOTH DAYS ARE SCHEDULED FOR 8 AM ET / 7 AM CT.
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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 111 PACERS 104 (SERIES TIED 2-2)
• 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
CHICAGO 78 CONNECTICUT 66
ATLANTA 89 WASHINGTON 56
PHOENIX 76 LAS VEGAS 70
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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 5 EDMONTON 2 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 3-2)
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
CINCINNATI 8 DETROIT 4
MIAMI 3 WASHINGTON 1
COLORADO 10 ATLANTA 1
BOSTON 2 NY YANKEES 0
PHILADELPHIA 11 TORONTO 4
BALTIMORE 11 LA ANGELS 2
TAMPA BAY 9 NY METS 0
LAS VEGAS 3 KANSAS CITY 2
MILWAUKEE 3 ST. LOUIS 2
HOUSTON 2 MINNESOTA 1 (10)
CHICAGO CUBS 3 PITTSBURGH 2 (10)
TEXAS 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
SAN DIEGO 8 ARIZONA 2
LA DODGERS 5 SAN FRANCISCO 4
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 7 ST. PAUL 3
FT. WAYNE 5 SOUTH BEND 4
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COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
LOUISVILLE 8 ARIZONA 3
COASTAL CAROLINA 6 OREGON STATE 2
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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TOP NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES
GOLF NEWS
MACINTYRE MADE SPAUN EARN THE U.S. OPEN TITLE, NEARLY PULLING OFF A RECORD-TYING COMEBACK
OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — Robert MacIntyre nearly matched the biggest final-round comeback in U.S. Open history.
Instead, he had to settle for sole possession of second place, but on a day when so many contenders — including the winner — had their problems, MacIntyre handled both Oakmont and the weather with aplomb.
MacIntyre shot a 2-under 68 on Sunday to finish the tournament at 1 over — two strokes behind J.J. Spaun. MacIntyre was seven strokes back of leader Sam Burns at the beginning of the day. He actually made up 10 shots on Burns but couldn’t outlast Spaun.
“I think when I was walking up 14 or 12, and I seen a leaderboard that the leader was at even par. I kind of knew where I was at, I was at 3-over, I think, at the time,” MacIntyre said. “The whole week, I’ve said level par in my head. I’m just looking for four even pars. Almost got there, but not quite.”
As MacIntyre spoke, Spaun was still out on the course. A playoff — or even an outright victory for MacIntyre — was still possible. When Spaun rolled in his majestic birdie putt on 18 to finish at 1 under, camera footage showed MacIntyre clapping.
Palmer birdied six of his first seven holes that day. MacIntyre’s rally was more about staying afloat and waiting for the leaders to fall back. The left-hander from Scotland actually bogeyed two of his first three holes to drop to 5 over, but a 58-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 fourth started him in the right direction.
“That kind of settled me down,” he said. “That got me into somewhat of a groove and back in the golf tournament. Then the back nine was just all about fighting.”
MacIntyre said he dried off his shirt and kept stretching during a 97-minute weather delay that interrupted the final round. Down the stretch he was sharp, hitting his tee shot just short of the green on the par-4 17th and moving to 1 over with a birdie there. He had a birdie putt from just over 30 feet on the last hole, but that one didn’t drop, and Spaun finished the tournament with two straight birdies to win it.
But MacIntyre did enough to make him earn it. Of the top six finishers, only MacIntyre shot under par on the final day. And the Scot was the only player in the field to shoot under par both Saturday and Sunday.
“Today was a day that I said to myself, Why not? Why not it be me today?” he said. “When I was going round, and I just trusted myself, trusted my caddie Mike (Burrow), trusted all the work that I’ve done.”
MacIntyre was a member of Europe’s victorious Ryder Cup team in 2023. He won his first two PGA Tour titles last year at the Canadian Open and Scottish Open.
Although being from Scotland didn’t necessarily give him an advantage in the wet weather at Oakmont.
“When that rain came on, I wouldn’t be outside. I’d be indoors like you guys,” he said. “Fair-weather golfer now that I’ve moved to the PGA Tour.”
CARLOTA CIGANDA FINISHES STRONG TO WIN MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC
Spain’s Carlota Ciganda shot a 5-under-par 67 Sunday to finish 16-under 272 and win the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Mich.
Ciganda came into the event with two previous LPGA tour victories under her belt, having won the KEB Hana Bank Championship and Lorena Ochoa Invitational in 2016.
But it had been nearly a decade since the 35-year-old had managed to match those early-career highs.
“It feels amazing obviously after all these years,” Ciganda said. “I knew I could do it, but obviously once the years keep going and you start getting older you start doubting yourself.”
The Spaniard has traditionally done well at this event, with finishes of 17th, eighth and fifth the previous three years. She credited her host family and the terrain, which brought back memories of her native Spain.
“I love coming here,” Ciganda added. “It reminds me from Spain where I’m from in the northern part of the Spain. Very similar. Lots of trees, peaceful. I love the golf course. Five par-5s, you can hit it hard here. So I really like that.
“And just staying with Bubba and Gretchen the host family for almost ten years, doesn’t even feel like a tournament. Just feels really comfortable. We had a great vibe going on this week, and it’s been amazing to stay with them and play and obviously to win.”
Ciganda, who missed the cut at last week’s U.S. Women’s Open, got off to another slow start in her final round Sunday with a bogey on Hole 2 that dropped her to 10 under. But much like her earlier rounds, she found her footing around the turn, netting birdies on Holes 6, 8, 9 and 10 to put herself back in the mix.
She shook off a bogey on 13 to finish wonderfully, with birdies on 15, 17 and 18, giving her seven birdies on the day.
After pocketing a birdie on the par-4 No. 17, she walked up to the drive on Hole 18 with a one-stroke lead on the field.
South Korea’s Somi Lee finished her day ahead of the other top contenders, but she fired an impressive 7-under 65 with eight birdies to establish a baseline of 14 under as the number to beat.
Ciganda made it to 15 under with her birdie on 17, then calmly sank her putt on 18 to earn a second-straight birdie and two-shot lead on the field.
For closest pursuer Hye-Jin Choi, who had an eagle on the par-5 fourth, that proved too much to overcome.
The South Korean, still looking for her first career win despite 23 top-10 finishes, had been at 15 under for much of her back nine, putting her in a strong position going into the seventeenth.
But she settled for a five-shot bogey on that hole, leaving her needing a little help on 18.
Instead, Ciganda netted another birdie on 18, putting Choi in the uncomfortable position of needing an eagle, which she couldn’t land.
“Overall it was a really good round for me,” Choi said. “I had a chance to win this tournament, but the bogey on 17 hole was, yeah, just the one I’m thinking about. So I’m going to try to the next tournament.”
Choi sank birdie on 18 to finish 4-under 68, leaving her alone in second at 15 under.
Lee finished alone in third, while three golfers tied for fourth at 13 under: France’s Celine Boutier (67), Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen (70) and Lexi Thompson (70).
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NBA NEWS
HE’S NOT BATMAN. HE’S ALEX CARUSO. AND HE’S LEADING THE THUNDER IN HIS OWN WAY IN THE NBA FINALS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Alex Caruso got asked after Game 4 of the NBA Finals if he’s aware that he’s achieved a level of superhero-type status among fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder during this playoff run.
After all, having zero 20-point games in the regular season followed by two — and counting — in the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers tends to have an effect on people.
“For the superhero reference, we’ll just do Robin because that’s the only one I can probably make some similarities to,” Caruso said. “I’ve got better players around me that are doing more.”
That’s part of the Caruso story, and he’s just fine with that. He was part of the Los Angeles Lakers team — alongside a Batman in LeBron James — that won a title in the pandemic “bubble” in 2020. And he has helped this Thunder team — alongside another Batman in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the reigning MVP and scoring champion who slapped on his cape and carried OKC down the stretch of Game 4 — move within two wins of what would be his second championship.
He had 20 points against the Pacers in Game 2 and 20 points again in a probably season-saving win in Game 4; it’s no coincidence that those are the games the Thunder have won in this series. And his Game 4 performance was historic; no player in finals history had ever had 20 points and five steals off the bench in a game during the title series.
Before Friday, that is, when he did just that.
“He’s a competitive monster, clearly,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “He’s proven that time and again over his career. Certainly in these playoffs … I can’t say enough about him as a competitor.”
Caruso, 31, is the oldest player on the Thunder roster. And his teammates have no problem pointing out that he’s the wise sage of the team, the vet with a ring, the one you go to for advice on virtually any topic.
“He plays the game, he thinks the game and he’s also coaching the game all at the same time,” forward Cason Wallace said. “He’s always a few steps ahead.”
Caruso’s is the quintessential story of bucking the odds. A four-star recruit out of high school, not drafted by any NBA team, and some coaches still lament letting him get away.
Among them: Rick Carlisle. Now the Indiana coach, Carlisle was with Dallas when the Mavericks brought Caruso — a Texas A&M guy — in for a workout. They didn’t even offer him a summer league deal.
Whoops.
“Some of these guys that go under the radar have that level of grit and determination that is able to get them to the league and to get them some longevity and high impact,” Carlisle said.
James, even now, still calls Caruso “one of my favorite teammates of all time.” The Thunder feel the same way about him, for obvious reasons.
Caruso doesn’t need to be Batman. Being a Robin is just fine with him.
“It just comes down to really wanting to win, being super competitive,” Caruso said. “That’s why my career is the way it is. That’s why I’ve had success. That’s why I’m still in the NBA. That’s why I’m here talking to you right now.”
MAGIC ARE LANDING BANE IN TRADE WITH GRIZZLIES FOR ANTHONY, CALDWELL-POPE AND PICKS, AP SOURCE SAYS
The Orlando Magic wanted to find scoring and shooting this summer. Desmond Bane was their answer, and the first big move of the NBA summer — before the NBA summer even officially begins — has arrived.
The Magic are completing a trade to acquire Bane from Memphis in a deal that sends Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Cole Anthony and a big amount of draft capital to the Grizzlies, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Sunday.
Part of the package of picks going to Memphis are three of Orlando’s future first-round picks, including the 16th selection in the draft set for later this month, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was still awaiting NBA approval. Another first-round pick that originally was Phoenix’s in 2026 also is part of the deal, along with a possible pick swap.
ESPN first reported the agreement.
Bane averaged 19.2 points this season for the Grizzlies, plus he connected on 39% of his shots from 3-point range. He would figure to be an upgrade for a Magic team that has made the playoffs in each of the last two seasons — going out in the first round both years — but has sought more shooting to pair with star forwards Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner.
Bane has an ignitability to his game that the Magic have long lacked from the perimeter as well. He has scored 30 points in 29 different regular-season games, topping the 40-point mark twice. His career high for 3-pointers in a game is eight; the Magic haven’t had anyone make eight 3s in a single regular-season game in more than four years.
And the 3-pointers, for a Magic team looking to become a serious contender in the East, are a big deal.
Orlando was last in the NBA this season — by significant margins — in both 3-pointers per game (11.2) and 3-point percentage (.318). The Magic were 28th in scoring (105.4), barely ahead of Brooklyn and Charlotte (both 105.1).
Orlando won games with defense, and Bane will fit in on that end as well. He averaged 1.2 steals per game this season.
Bane was Memphis’ most productive 3-point shooter this season and the Grizzlies’ third-leading scorer behind Ja Morant (23.2 points in 50 games) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (22.2 points in 74 games). He is an 88% free throw shooter for his career, which should help an Orlando team that was average at best in that department last season — 77.5%, or 19th in the 30-team league.
Caldwell-Pope — a two-time NBA champion, having won titles with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 and Denver in 2023 — started more games than anyone else on the Magic roster this season. He was in the opening five 77 times, averaging 8.7 points on 44% shooting.
Anthony averaged 9.4 points in his fifth pro season, all with Orlando. His five years there were decidedly up and down; sometimes he would start, sometimes he would be out of the rotation entirely.
JALEN WILLIAMS’ RESILIENCE HELPS THUNDER GAIN SOLID POSITION HEADING INTO GAME 5 VS. PACERS
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jalen Williams keeps bouncing back.
The Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star has suffered through poor shooting stretches in each of the past three playoff series. And each time, he’s recovered to help the Thunder win critical games.
After two rough shooting nights to start the Finals series against the Indiana Pacers, the 24-year-old forward found his stride.
In Game 4, Williams handled the ball more and was aggressive. He scored 27 points and made 8 of 18 field goals and 11 of 11 free throws. His success helped league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander explode for 35 points as the Thunder won 111-104 to even the series at 2-2 and regain homecourt advantage.
He had similar moments in the Western Conference semifinals against Denver and the conference Finals against Minnesota.
Williams said he doesn’t worry about whether shots go in because his confidence comes from his complete game. He’s a willing passer and a second-team All-Defense selection.
“I work really hard on my game,” he said. “So there won’t be a game where I don’t shoot well and it affects my confidence to not shoot those shots my teammates need me to shoot. That’s the confidence I have going into it, and wherever the shots fall, they fall.”
Indiana has been good at adjusting throughout the season and the series under coach Rick Carlisle. The Pacers, as usual, will be confident in their preparation heading into Game 5 on Monday.
“Being now at this stage, I just think that we’ve had those games under our belts where the guys have come through when we haven’t done things well, and we’ll be able to correct it,” Pacers forward Pascal Siakam said. “I think that experience is there.”
Williams has no issue with correcting things, either.
Against Denver, he went into a three-game slump during which he made 10 of 43 field goals and averaged 11.3 points. He followed by scoring 24 points on 10-for-17 shooting in a blowout victory in Game 7.
In the conference finals, he had 13 points on 3-for-9 shooting in a 143-101 loss to Minnesota. He responded with 34 points on 13-for-24 shooting in the next game, a 128-126 win.
The pattern has continued in the Finals. In the first two games, he shot a combined 11 for 33. The next two, he shot 17 for 26 and averaged 26.5 points per game.
Williams changed the trajectory of Game 4, and perhaps the series, with his performance. The next step in his development is to maintain that high shooting level.
Thunder coach Mark Daigneault believes anything is possible with Williams.
“I thought in Game 3, his first stint was one of his worst stints of the series,” Daigneault said. “He catches his breath and reflects on that. He had a much better stint later in that game and then came out and was really big time for us in Game 4, not only his creation but just some of the simple plays he made to put his teammates in advantages.”
STEVEN ADAMS AGREES TO A 3-YEAR, $39M CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE ROCKETS, AP SOURCE SAYS
HOUSTON (AP) — Center Steven Adams has agreed to a three-year, $39 million contract extension to remain with the Houston Rockets, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal won’t become official until July. The extension was first reported by ESPN.
Adams, who was set to become an unrestricted free agent on June 30, has been with the Rockets since a trade from Memphis in February 2024.
He missed the entire 2023-24 season while recovering from knee surgery before returning this season. He averaged 3.9 points and 5.8 rebounds in 58 regular-season games.
Adams became an important contributor in the playoffs, where he averaged 22.1 minutes per game with 5.7 points and 6.6 rebounds.
The 31-year-old from New Zealand has played in 11 NBA seasons and spent his first seven in Oklahoma City.
REPORT: HEAT, SPURS, ROCKETS TOP KEVIN DURANT’S TRADE WISH LIST
Potential landing spots for Kevin Durant are starting to emerge should the Phoenix Suns trade him, as expected, with the Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets his preferred destinations, according to ESPN.
Those are the three teams Durant would commit to for a longer term, per the ESPN report Saturday night. He has one season left on his current deal and is set to earn $54.7 million in 2025-26.
While word of Durant’s preferences has spread across the NBA, the Suns also have been clear that they will make the best move for the team, regardless of the desires of the 15-time All-Star.
The Minnesota Timberwolves also are expected to be among the teams in the mix for a trade.
Durant, who turns 37 in September, played in 62 games with the Suns in 2024-25. He averaged 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.2 blocks, not far off of his career averages. He also shot 43.0 percent from 3-point range.
Selected to the All-NBA first team six times, Durant has appeared in 1,123 games with the Seattle SuperSonics/Oklahoma City Thunder (2007-16), Golden State Warriors (2016-19), Brooklyn Nets (2020-23) and Suns. He has career averages of 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds. 4.4 assists and 1.1 blocks, shooting 39 percent from long distance.
Once the new league year begins on July 6, Durant is eligible to sign a two-year extension worth up to $122 million.
The Suns finished 36-46 and missed the NBA playoffs in the 2024-25 seasons. Head coach Mike Budenholzer was fired after just one season.
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NHL NEWS
FLORIDA’S THIRD AND FOURTH LINES ARE GRINDING DOWN EDMONTON IN THE STANLEY CUP FINAL
Brad Marchand joked that when he was traded to the Florida Panthers from the Boston Bruins, he looked at the lineup and wondered if he would be playing on the fourth line again.
“Back to my roots,” Marchand said.
Sorry, Brad. There was no room there. But coach Paul Maurice figured the third line alongside young Finns Anton Lundell and Eetu Luostarinen was the perfect place for Marchand, and it has worked out swimmingly.
The Marchand-Lundell-Luostarinen trio is responsible for six goals in the Stanley Cup Final, and the gritty fourth line of A.J. Greer, Tomas Nosek and Jonah Gadjovich has been a big part of wearing down the Edmonton Oilers to take a 3-2 lead in the series going into Game 6 on Tuesday night.
“We’re not here without them,” Maurice said Sunday. “Both of those lines have a strong identity, and they shape the identity of our team.”
All three of Greer, Nosek and Gadjovich were healthy scratches for the opening two games of the second round against Toronto. Florida lost those games, Maurice brought them back and the Panthers won that series in seven and rolled over Carolina in the Eastern Conference final.
In the Cup final, the third and fourth lines have not only helped at even strength but against Edmonton’s potent power play, holding it to four goals on 23 opportunities, a 17.4% conversion rate. That, combined with tilting the ice on the Oilers, has been a recipe for success, especially after Greer returned from injury in time for Game 3.
“The Lundell line is producing offense, Marchand’s producing offense, these guys have good numbers but they’re all penalty killers,” Marchand said. “That’s what makes them special because there’s no cheat in their game.”
More travel
There was only one day between Games 4 and 5 going from Sunrise to Edmonton. There is an extra travel gap to return to Florida, but it’s still a five-plus hour flight for each team Sunday.
“It’s part of the NHL schedule: a lot of travel,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “There’s a lot of science behind it of the importance of sleep, nutrition, all that recovery, exercises that go into it just so that the players are feeling at their best or as close to their best as they can.”
Vanecek’s recognition
Sergei Bobrovsky has been the Panthers’ starting goaltender this entire playoff run. Backup Vitek Vanecek only got some attention after cameras caught him and the Oilers’ Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard in a stare down during warmups prior to Game 4.
“I was just doing my routine,” Vanecek said.
In Game 5, Vanecek watched from his usual seat at the end of the bench as Bobrovsky made 19 saves to push Florida to the verge of another championship. Afterward, Gadjovich — who got the game puck for fighting in Game 3 — handed it to Vanecek.
“There’s a great recognition (and) care in the room for all the hard work that goes on,” Maurice said. “Some of those guys don’t get to be on the ice for a celebration after a win, but they’re critical to the group, to the personality of the group and the closeness of it.”
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COLLEGE BASEBALL
MCWS: LOUISVILLE ERUPTS TO KNOCK OFF ARIZONA
OMAHA, Neb.-Zion Rose hit a go-ahead two-run bloop single down the right field line in the bottom of the eighth inning, keying a six-run rally to give Louisville an 8-3 win over Arizona in a College World Series elimination game at Charles Schwab Field.
Rose had three RBI and Kamau Neighbors had four hits from the No. 9 spot for the Cardinals (42-23), who trailed 2-0 before coming to the plate.
Louisville took advantage of two errors by Arizona (44-22) in the eighth, with six straight batters reaching. Rose’s hit came with the bases loaded, then the Cardinals added on with an RBI single, a botched tag on a run, a suicide squeeze and another hit.
The Wildcats scored twice in the top of the first inning against Louisville starter Ethan Eberle, who hit two batters and allowed three straight singles. Adonys Guzman hit a solo home run in the third inning to give them a 3-1 lead. Guzman, Garen Caulfield,
Tommy Splaine and Aaron Walton had two hits each for Arizona.
Louisville moves on to play Tuesday in an elimination game against the loser of Sunday’s late game between Coastal Carolina and Oregon State.
MCWS: COASTAL CAROLINA UPSETS SLOPPY OREGON ST. TO MOVE TO 2-0
OMAHA, Neb. — Coastal Carolina took advantage of a sloppy performance by Oregon State in coasting to a 6-2 win in Game 6 of the Men’s College World Series at Charles Schwab Stadium on Sunday night.
With their 25th consecutive victory, the 13th-ranked Chanticleers (55-11) are 2-0 in Omaha and in the driver’s seat of Bracket 1. No. 8 Oregon State (48-15-1) will play an elimination game against Louisville at 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The winner of that game will advance to face Coastal Carolina on Wednesday, and would need to beat the Chanticleers again on Thursday in order to advance to the MCWS final series.
It was mistake-filled from the outset for the Beavers. After shortstop Aiva Arquette pulled first baseman Jacob Kreig off the bag with a high throw on the first batter of the game, starting pitcher Ethan Kleinschmit struck out Sebastian Alexander before loading the bases with a walk and a hit batter while also mixing in a balk.
It appeared Kleinschmit had forced in the first run of the game by hitting Blagen Pado with a pitch. But after a video review, Pado was deemed to have intentionally been hit by the full-count pitch and was called for an automatic strike. However, he was quickly picked up by teammate Colby Thorndyke, who lined a bases-clearing, two-out double just out of the reach of a diving Easton Talt in right-center field.
It was Thorndyke’s 17th double of the season and staked Coastal Carolina to a 3-0 lead after a 17-minute top of the first inning.
Talt got the Beavers on the board with a drive to right to open the bottom of the third, hitting his eighth home run of the season on a 2-1 pitch off Chanticleers starter Jacob Morrison. But Oregon’s State’s poor defense struck again shortly thereafter.
A tailor-made double-play ball with one out and two on in the top of the fourth went through the legs of Oregon State second baseman A.J Singer. Instead of OSU being out of the inning, Dean Mihos scored Coastal’s fourth run of the game. The fifth came on a wild pitch to the next batter and was technically the first earned run charged to Kleinschmit.
The Chants continued to pour it on in the fifth, with Mihos greeting reliever Zach Kmatz with an RBI double to extend the lead to 6-1.
Morrison, a redshirt sophomore from Flushing, Mich., was charged with a lone run while striking out seven and throwing 105 pitches over 7 2/3 innings to improve to 12-0 on the season.
Reliever Hayden Johnson was touched for a home run by Gavin Turley to lead off the ninth and was pulled with two outs and runners on first and second. With the potential tying run in the on-deck circle, Chants closer Ryan Lynch struck out Canon Reeder to end the threat and the game.
Kleinschmidt dropped to 8-5 on the season, and was charged with two earned runs on three hits with seven strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
–Derek Harper, Field Level Media
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: RED SOX SWEEP YANKS, TRADE RAFAEL DEVERS
In his final appearance in a Red Sox uniform, Rafael Devers hit a solo shot as Boston shut out the visiting New York Yankees 2-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
After the game, the Red Sox traded Devers — a three-time All-Star — to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for right-hander Jordan Hicks and left-hander Kyle Harrison, along with outfield prospect James Tibbs III and right-handed pitching prospect Jose Bello.
Brayan Bello (3-1) tossed seven shutout innings, holding New York to three hits, walking three and striking out eight while throwing a career-high 114 pitches. Devers’ home run came off New York starter Max Fried (9-2) in the fifth. It was his 15th home run of the season and increased Boston’s lead to 2-0.
Fried surrendered two runs on six hits in seven innings for the Yankees, who have lost the last five matchups with their American League East rivals. He struck out nine and walked two.
Dodgers 5, Giants 4
Andy Pages hit a three-run home run to lift host Los Angeles to a win over San Francisco.
Dustin May (4-4) pitched six innings for the win. The right-hander gave up six hits and three earned runs. Pages’ home run gave the Dodgers the lead for good in the fifth.
Joey Lucchesi (0-1) took the loss. Sean Hjelle was the last-minute starter for the Giants. Kyle Harrison was warming up in the bullpen less than 30 minutes before game time when he was told he was part of the Rafael Devers trade with Boston.
Rays 9, Mets 0
Shane Baz pitched 6 2/3 effective innings and Junior Caminero drilled a three-run home run as visiting Tampa Bay continued its surge, completing a three-game sweep of New York.
Baz (6-3) held the Mets to three hits in his second-longest start of the season, and New York’s top four hitters of Francisco Lindor, Brandon Nimmo, Juan Soto and Pete Alonso were a combined 1-of-9 against him. Baz threw a career-high 106 pitches, won his third straight decision and the Rays won with him on the mound for the fifth straight time.
The Rays won for the 18th time in 24 games and scored 24 runs in the series. Canning (6-3) allowed six runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. The Mets lost three straight for the second time this season and were shut out for the fourth time this season.
Cubs 3, Pirates 2 (10 innings)
Ian Happ’s single drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Chicago a series victory against visiting Pittsburgh.
Automatic runner Vidal Brujan and Kyle Tucker pulled off a double steal with Jon Berti at the plate, and after Berti struck out, Happ knocked a single into right field off Pirates closer David Bednar (1-5) to score Brujan. Spencer Horvitz and Alexander Canario had RBIs for Pittsburgh.
Cubs reliever Chris Flexen (4-0) was perfect in the top of the 10th for the win. Starting pitcher Colin Rea allowed two runs on four hits and one walk while striking out four in six. Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson each had an RBI groundout.
Padres 8, Diamondbacks 2
Jake Cronenworth and Elias Diaz homered, Fernando Tatis Jr. had four hits and scored three runs, and visiting San Diego salvaged the final game of a three-game set with a victory over Arizona.
Nick Pivetta (7-2) gave up two runs and two hits in seven strong innings for his second victory since April 29. He struck out nine, one short of a season high, and walked one. Cronenworth extended his season-high on-base streak to 13 games, Manny Machado had two RBIs and Diaz and Gavin Sheets had two hits apiece.
Eugenio Suarez homered for the third time in four games for the D-backs, who tied a season-low with three hits and had a five-game winning streak broken. Ketel Marte was 0-for-4 to break his 26-game on-base streak. Arizona starter Merrill Kelly (6-3) gave up four runs on seven hits in five innings.
Twins 2, Astros 1 (10 innings)
Mauricio Dubon hit a walk-off single to left field with two outs in the 10th inning, and Houston completed a three-game series sweep of Minnesota.
Dubon drove home Jake Meyers with a high fly ball off Twins reliever Cole Sands (3-3) that left fielder Willi Castro failed to catch at the wall. Josh Hader (4-0) earned the win for Houston with a perfect 10th.
Extending his hitting streak to 15 games, Brooks Lee finished 3-for-4 and homered for a second consecutive game for the Twins. Lee’s homer represented the lone blemish for Astros left-hander Brandon Walter, who excelled while making his third spot start for Houston.
Mariners 6, Guardians 0
J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam and Emerson Hancock pitched seven scoreless innings as Seattle completed a three-game sweep of visiting Cleveland.
Crawford, celebrating his first Father’s Day as a dad after the offseason birth of a daughter, went deep off Luis Ortiz (3-8) in a five-run second inning.
Hancock (3-2), who was coming off three consecutive no-decisions in which he went at least five innings and allowed no more than two runs, gave up just two hits, walked one and struck out four. The right-hander faced 22 batters, one over the minimum for seven innings, and didn’t allow a baserunner to reach second base.
Reds 8, Tigers 4
Cincinnati parlayed a late-inning rally into a road win over Detroit. Facing a two-run deficit entering the eighth, the Reds notched four runs in the eighth and two more in the ninth.
Elly De La Cruz continued his power surge, clubbing a homer in a fourth straight game and driving in three runs. His two-run shot accounted for both of Cincinnati’s runs in the ninth.
Jahmai Jones and Wenceel Perez homered early to open the Tigers’ scoring, but Detroit’s offense stalled in the final two frames against relievers Emilio Pagan and Tony Santillan. The Tigers also tallied nine hits, but went 2-11 at the plate with runners in scoring position.
Orioles 11, Angels 2
Gary Sanchez belted a seventh-inning grand slam to help Baltimore record a victory against visiting Los Angeles, completing a three-game sweep.
Ramon Urias and Jordan Westburg also homered as the Orioles produced its third series sweep in its last five series. Cade Povich (2-5) logged 3 2/3 scoreless innings in a bulk reliever role, allowing three hits, one walk, while fanning four.
Nolan Schanuel hit a home run and had two of the Angels’ hits. Starter Yusei Kikuchi (2-6) surrendered five runs (three earned) across 5 2/3 innings despite striking out 10.
Rockies 10, Braves 1
Colorado overcame Atlanta starting pitcher Grant Holmes’ career-high 15 strikeouts and used a late-inning outburst to beat Atlanta and avoid a series sweep.
Rookie catcher Braxton Fulford had a career-high five RBIs, including three in a bases-clearing triple in the ninth to extend Colorado’s lead to nine. Holmes was mowing down batters and allowed only one run, until he began to unravel in the seventh.
Ryan McMahon hit a go-ahead solo shot and Holmes walked Brenton Doyle before Enya De Los Santos replaced him. De Los Santos and Jose Ruiz allowed six combined runs in the seventh, pushing the game out of Atlanta’s reach.
Phillies 11, Blue Jays 4
Nick Castellanos hit a grand slam, rookie Otto Kemp went 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBIs and Alec Bohm also homered and drove in three runs as Philadelphia completed a three-game series sweep of visiting Toronto.
It was the second grand slam of the season for Castellanos and the ninth of his career, tied for third among active players behind Manny Machado (12) of the San Diego Padres and Giancarlo Stanton (11) of the New York Yankees. Kyle Schwarber reached base four times with two hits and two walks and also drove in two runs for the Phillies.
Zack Wheeler (7-2) picked up the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits over six innings. He struck out nine and didn’t walk a batter.
Marlins 3, Nationals 1
Dane Myers had three hits including a home run and visiting Miami beat Washington to complete its first three-game sweep of the season.
Marlins starter Eury Perez, in his second start since his return from Tommy John surgery, gave up one run on four hits with three walks and no strikeouts in four innings. Lake Bachar (3-0) pitched two scoreless innings and Freddy Tarnok worked the ninth for his first save.
Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (3-6) allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings. The NL strikeout leader fanned five.
Brewers 3, Cardinals 2
Quinn Priester allowed one run and four hits over six innings to help Milwaukee capture a win against visiting St. Louis in the finale of their four-game series.
Priester (5-2) struck out three and didn’t walk a batter en route to his fourth straight win. Christian Yelich singled, doubled and homered and Caleb Durbin collected two hits and scored a run for Milwaukee, which took three of four in the series.
St. Louis starter Miles Mikolas (4-4) allowed two runs and six hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking one. Ivan Herrera had two hits, including a solo home run, and Brendan Donovan also had a pair of singles for St. Louis, which has lost seven of eight.
Athletics 3, Royals 2
Nick Kurtz’s solo home run in the top of the ninth inning broke a tie and gave the Athletics a win over host Kansas City.
The Athletics, who swept the three-game series, also got a home run from Austin Wynns. Kurtz was 2-for-4 and Brent Rooker was 2-for-3. Tyler Ferguson (2-2) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, in which he struck out two. Mason Miller pitched the ninth for his 14th save.
The Royals lost their sixth straight and have only scored 11 runs in those games, despite a players-only, closed door meeting after Saturday’s 4-0 loss. Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino were each 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Rangers 2, White Sox 1
Ezequiel Duran and Marcus Semien drove in runs to back the pitching of Kumar Rocker and three relievers as Texas did just enough to beat reeling Chicago and sweep the three-game series.
Rocker (2-4) drew the start for Texas after being activated by the team earlier in the day and went five scoreless innings, allowing four hits and a walk and striking out six despite battling dehydration in the fifth inning. He posted his first win since April 17, a stint covering three Major League starts.
Aaron Civale (1-3), who was acquired by the White Sox on Friday in a trade with Milwaukee, gave up two runs on six hits and four walks over five innings while striking out four.
REPORT: RED SOX TRADING RAFAEL DEVERS TO GIANTS IN SURPRISE BLOCKBUSTER
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox traded slugger Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in a deal that could shake up pennant races on both coasts.
The Giants sent right-hander Jordan Hicks, lefty Kyle Harrison, outfield prospect James Tibbs III and minor league righty Jose Bello to the Red Sox for the 28-year-old designated hitter, who had bristled at his demotion from third base this year.
The Giants are two games back of NL West-leading Los Angeles after losing 5-4 to the Dodgers on Sunday night. San Francisco shortstop Willy Adames said on the ESPN broadcast that the team found out about 15 minutes before the game.
“Everybody’s so excited,” he said during an on-field interview in the second inning. “Me, personally, I’m like thrilled to have him on the team. He’s one of the best hitters in the game, and to have him on the team, I think is going to help us do a lot of damage in the division. Obviously we need a bat like him in this lineup.”
A three-time All-Star who signed a 10-year, $313.5 million contract with the Red Sox in 2023, Devers is batting .272 with 15 homers and 58 RBIs in 73 games, including a solo shot in Boston’s 2-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Sunday that completed a three-game sweep.
But his relationship with the team began to deteriorate when the team signed Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman during spring training and asked Devers to move to DH; he balked before agreeing to the switch. When first baseman Triston Casas sustained a season-ending knee injury, the Red Sox approached Devers about playing the field and he declined, saying the front office “ should do their jobs ” and look for another player.
A day after Devers’ comments to the media about playing first, Red Sox owner John Henry, team president Sam Kennedy and chief baseball officer Craig Breslow flew to Kansas City to meet with Devers and manager Alex Cora.
The situation became more difficult when Bregman sustained what the team called a significant right quadriceps injury on May 23.
“Everybody around the league, I think, was paying attention to that. When any team is having some kind of drama like that, with a player like Devers — he basically was the face of the franchise,” Adames said.
“We’re thrilled to have him. Everybody’s excited. So we’re going to make him feel at home,” Adames said. “I feel like it sends a message that we’re going to compete. That we’re going to do whatever it takes to come over here and win the division.”
The Red Sox have won five out of six against the rival Yankees over the last two weekends to improve to 37-36, but they are still fourth in the AL East, 6 1/2 games behind division-leading New York.
Devers was 20 when he made his major league debut with the Red Sox in 2017. He helped the Red Sox win the 2018 World Series and led the team in RBIs for five consecutive seasons from 2020-24. He has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.
The Giants have lacked slugging since Barry Bonds hit 45 homers in 2004 — his 13th straight season with at least 30; they are the only team in the majors who have not had a batter hit 30 homers since then. Devers has hit at least 30 homers in three different seasons.
Devers is not the first Red Sox All-Star to be traded away: The team sent Mookie Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2020 season in a salary dump — just a year after he won the AL MVP award and led Boston to a franchise-record 108 wins and its fourth World Series title since 2004.
But the Devers deal is perhaps most reminiscent of the 2004 midseason shakeup when Boston traded disgruntled shortstop — and fan favorite — Nomar Garciaparra to Minnesota.
The Red Sox went on to win the World Series that year, ending their 86-year championship drought.
This is the latest big move by Buster Posey, a seven-time All-Star who took over as San Francisco’s president of baseball operations in September. He signed Justin Verlander to a $15 million, one-year contract in January and Adames to a $182 million, seven-year deal in December.
“It makes them better right now, for sure,” Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw said in a TV interview from the dugout at Dodger Stadium. “Buster Posey’s really doing it. Good for Buster over there. He’s going for it. I’d consider Raffy one of the top 10 hitters in the game, at worst. He’s definitely a game-changer. It will be interesting to see what position he plays over there.”
Harrison, 23, is 9-9 with a 4.48 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 39 games for the Giants over three seasons. Hicks, 28, was 5-12 with a 4.83 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 42 games over two seasons. Tibbs, 22, was the 13th overall pick in last year’s draft; he is hitting .246 with 12 homers and 32 RBIs in 57 games for Single-A Eugene of the Northwest League this season. Bello, 20, is 1-0 with a 2.00 ERA in eight games for the Giants’ rookie league team in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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NFL NEWS
REPORT: BENGALS, HENDRICKSON RESUME CONTRACT TALKS
The Cincinnati Bengals and disgruntled defensive end Trey Hendrickson have resumed communication about his contract, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, according to ESPN’s Ben Baby.
There’s reportedly optimism surrounding Hendrickson’s future in Cincinnati.
The 30-year-old is entering the final season of his contract. He’s been looking for a new deal after leading the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2024. Hendrickson skipped mandatory minicamp this past week and has repeatedly expressed his frustration with the Bengals amid the contract dispute between the two sides.
Hendrickson said in May that Cincinnati wasn’t communicating with him.
The Bengals reportedly gave their All-Pro pass-rusher permission to seek a trade in March but were still trying to reach an agreement on a new deal.
Hendrickson became a perennial Pro Bowler after joining the Bengals in 2021, and he’s recorded at least 14 sacks in three of his four seasons with Cincinnati. The 2017 third-round pick previously played his first four NFL campaigns for the New Orleans Saints.
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NASCAR NEWS
SHANE VAN GISBERGEN DOMINATES AT MEXICO CITY, EARNS POSTSEASON APPEARANCE
Shane van Gisbergen led a race-high and career-best 60 laps and decimated the field in NASCAR’s historic road-course race Sunday afternoon, winning the Viva Mexico 250 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico.
The Auckland, New Zealand, native, who won three titles in the Supercar Series, clinched his second NASCAR Cup Series victory by easily distancing his No. 88 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet over Christopher Bell’s No. 20 Toyota.
The first-year full-time Cup driver won by 16.57 seconds in his 16th start this season and earned a spot in the 10-race postseason despite being 33rd in points entering the race.
The season’s second of six twisting layouts was the first points-paying international Cup event since 1958 when the series competed in Toronto.
Chase Elliott, Alex Bowman and Michael McDowell rounded out the top-five finishers.
Subbing for last week’s winner Denny Hamlin (birth of child), Ryan Truex was 23rd in his first Cup start since 2014.
Hamlin’s absence snapped his consecutive start streak at 406 Cup races, dating back to missing at Auto Club Speedway in California in March 2014.
The 20-lap Stage 1 was marred right away as rain began to fall on Lap 1. That brought polesitter van Gisbergen and almost the entire field to pit road for rain tires, though Chris Buescher and Austin Cindric stayed on slicks to no avail.
As cars slipped on the 2.42-mile, 15-turn track, Busch lost control of his No. 8 Chevrolet on Lap 7 and sparked a wreck in Turn 1 that also collected Kyle Larson, Zane Smith, Justin Haley, AJ Allmendinger and Chase Briscoe.
With the rain ceasing in the segment’s second half and van Gisbergen passing Ty Gibbs for the lead, the No. 88 driver built a five-second lead but pitted with two laps remaining to change back to slicks.
Ryan Preece claimed Stage 1 and was followed by Ryan Blaney and Ross Chastain.
Gibbs’ No. 54 Toyota led most of Stage 2, but he pitted with two laps to go. van Gisbergen beat Bell and Bowman for the segment win at Lap 45.
With van Gisbergen having already pitted, the battle between the 88 and 54 took a twist when Carson Hocevar brought out a caution in a blind corner on Lap 66. That caused Gibbs to finally pit, lose multiple positions and end his chance of earning his first Cup victory.
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FORMULA ONE NEWS
GEORGE RUSSELL WINS FROM POLE AT CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
Great Britain’s George Russell captured his first F1 victory of the year, leading from wire-to-wire at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday.
Russell earned the pole position with “an incredible pole lap” on Saturday, fended off four-time world champion Max Verstappen at the start, and was not threatened the rest of the way.
Russell described his sixth career pole position as “probably the most exhilarating lap I’ve ever done in my life because around this circuit you’ve got to be so committed.”
McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided four laps from the finish, knocking the former out of the race. Piastri managed to hold onto fourth place and extended his lead in the championship (198 points) over Norris to 22 points.
The collision has prompted an investigation by race stewards.
Verstappen, who finished second, is in third position overall (155), while Russell is fourth (136).
Fourteen of 24 races remain on the 2025 circuit.
Russell’s Mercedes teammate, 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli, finished third, becoming the third-youngest driver to earn a podium spot.
“It was so stressful but (I’m) super happy,” Antonelli said. “I had a good start, managed to jump into P3 and just stayed up there at the front.”
Russell earned his fourth career victory and his first since capturing the Las Vegas Grand Prix in 2024.
“I want to thank the team and the factory for their efforts,” said Russell. “Let’s see what happens in the ¬upcoming races but I’m just going to enjoy this one for now!”
The drivers head to Austria for the MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix June 27-29.
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SOCCER NEWS
US HOPES 5-0 WIN OVER TRINIDAD STARTS UPSWING AFTER LONGEST LOSING STREAK SINCE 2007
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world’s 100th-ranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans’ longest losing streak since 2007.
Malik Tillman scored twice and Diego Luna had a pair of assists in a 5-0 rout of Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday in the Americans’ CONCACAF Gold Cup opener.
“Really important I think to cut a little bit this — I don’t say negativity, but, yes … but it’s really important now to start the competition with a good feeling,” U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino said.
Victory in the Group D opener ended a four-game losing streak and came after days of controversy over Christian Pulisic’s desire to rest during the Gold Cup and Pochettino not including the star in a pair of pre-tournament friendlies the attacker offered to play in.
Tillman scored in the 16th and 41st minutes for his first two international goals, both following giveaways by Alvin Jones, and Patrick Agyemang scored his fourth international goal in the 44th when Luna’s shot deflected off a foot.
“It was in our hands to show a reaction and I think we’ve done it today,” Tillman said. “We played a good game and it was nice to bounce back, have a good start to the tournament.”
Brenden Aaronson added his ninth goal in the 82nd and Haji Wright his fifth just 1 minute, 13 seconds later for the 16th-ranked Americans.
“Malik is a talented player. It’s obvious that everyone can see,” Pochettino said. “October, November, when we met for the first time I think it was difficult to create this relationship that the player need(s) and the coach need(s) to trust and to trust each other. … I think now after a few weeks together I really start to understand him and he starts to understand us. And he’s very special, a very special talent and a very special kid.”
Luna, a 21-year-old who impressed Pochettino during his debut in January when he insisted he stay on the field with a broken nose, was playing not far from where he grew up and said he had gotten tickets for about 30 family and friends.
“It’s especially cool to perform and do this in front of my family and all the people that have worked for me and helped me and suffered for me to be able to be in this position,” he said Saturday.
Luna ran onto Jones’ back pass, dribbled down the left flank and crossed to Tillman for the second goal, then shot from just inside the penalty area for the goal that glanced off Tillman for a 3-0 lead.
“His performance was really good. He showed his character,” Pochettino said.
The Americans have won their group in 16 of 17 Gold Cups, along with a second-place finish behind Panama in 2011, and improved their group stage record to 41 wins, one loss and five draws. They play invited guest Saudi Arabia on Thursday at Austin, Texas, then close group play on June 22 against Haiti at Arlington, Texas.
Matt Freese was in goal in place of Matt Turner, who had started 14 consecutive competitive matches for the U.S. and 23 of 24 dating to the 2022 World Cup. The lone exception was a Gold Cup group stage game against St. Kitts and Nevis in 2023.
Pochettino said he wanted to create competition for Turner, who didn’t get into a Crystal Palace match after March 1. The coach said Turner told him he was disappointed with the decision but understood it and would compete to get playing time.
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INDIANA PACERS
PACERS COACH RICK CARLISLE OFFERS DEFENSE OF SCOTT FOSTER AFTER REFEREE RECEIVES CRITICISM IN GAME 4
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Indiana coach Rick Carlisle offered an impassioned and somewhat unprompted defense of referee Scott Foster on Sunday, evidently aware of the mountains of online criticism that came after Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
Foster was one of the three on-court referees assigned to Game 4, which had more fouls called and more free throws awarded than any of the three previous games in the series. Foster — who has long been a lightning rod for critics — did not work any of those first three games.
“I think it’s awful, some of the things I’ve seen about the officiating and Scott Foster in particular,” Carlisle said. “I’ve known Scott Foster for 30 years. He’s a great official. He’s done a great job in these playoffs. We’ve had him a lot of times.”
Foster called 23 personal fouls in the game — 12 on Oklahoma City, 11 on Indiana, with one flagrant on each as well. He also issued double technical fouls, one going to Indiana’s Obi Toppin, the other to Oklahoma City’s Isaiah Hartenstein.
“We have to do a better job not fouling,” Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton acknowledged after Game 4.
Friday was Foster’s 26th finals game worked, more than any other active referee. He has also worked 262 playoff games, again the most among active refs. But whenever Foster does a game, online critics tend to weigh in — almost from the moment that the league announces the crews for a given night, which happens around 9 a.m. Eastern on game days.
The league does not reveal its ranking system for referees, but Foster having worked 18 finals makes clear that he’s traditionally one of the highest-rated in the league.
And it should be noted that Carlisle was the losing coach in Game 4 — yet still felt compelled to defend Foster’s work.
“The ridiculous scrutiny that’s being thrown out there is terrible and unfair and unjust and stupid,” Carlisle said.
Carlisle got to the Foster-related comments after being asked a question Sunday about how the Pacers let a 10-point second-half lead slip away, got outscored 31-17 in the fourth quarter of Game 4 and what role he thought officiating played in that outcome.
“Tough losses are a part of a playoff series,” Carlisle said. “It’s just if this was easy, they would be pulling people off the street to play in the NBA Finals and coach and do what you guys are doing. You guys are the best in the world. Everybody else here is perceived to be the best in the world at this moment. So, it’s difficult. You look at it, you take it for what it is, and it becomes pretty clear the things that you need to do to be better.”
Foster is one of the 12 referees assigned to the finals. Each works one of the first four games, and then the NBA selects again to see who will work Games 5, 6 and if necessary, Game 7 as well. If Foster doesn’t work Game 6, it would seem likely that he would be a pick to work Game 7 if the series goes that far.
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
FOUR-RUN EIGHTH LIFTS INDIANS TO 7-3 WIN, 6-1 RECORD IN SERIES
INDIANAPOLIS – A two-run double by Liover Peguero and subsequent two-run homer by Darick Hall in the eighth inning of a 3-3 ballgame lifted the Indianapolis Indians to a 7-3 win over the St. Paul Saints on Sunday afternoon at Victory Field. The Indians finished the seven-game series with a 6-1 record against the Saints, tacking onto their Triple-A leading 27-9 home record this season.
The Saints (31-36) tied the game at three runs apiece on an RBI double by Anthony Prato in the top of the eighth before the Indians (40-28) rallied. The first two batters of the bottom half reached base safely, with Peguero’s two-bagger and Hall’s homer both coming with one out against Ryan Jensen (L, 2-4).
Indianapolis opened the scoring in the bottom of the first on a two-run triple by Nick Yorke. The lead held until the fifth, when Noah Cardenas launched a two-run homer to tie the game. Nick Solak regained the lead in the bottom half with an RBI single, giving Indy a 3-2 advantage.
Eddy Yean opened a bullpen game and tossed 2.0 hitless innings. Kyle Nicolas (W, 2-0), as the fifth of six pitchers for the Indians, surrendered the game-tying run before Hunter Stratton closed the contest.
Hall’s home run clocked in at 111.4 MPH off the bat, marking the hardest-hit home run ball by an Indians batter this season. The previous hardest-hit homer was by Malcom Nuñez (111.1 MPH) on April 9 at Louisville.
The Indians begin a six-game series at Huntington Park, home of the Columbus Clippers, on Tuesday at 7:05 PM. Neither team has named a starter for the series-opening contest.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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 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 MONDAY
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: Arkansas vs. Murray St., Game 7, Omaha, Neb.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: UCLA vs. LSU, Game 8, Omaha, Neb.
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Philadelphia at Miami (6:40 p.m.)
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Boston at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)
NBA BASKETBALL
8:30 p.m.
ABC — NBA Finals: Indiana at Oklahoma City, Game 5
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
TBS — FIFA Club World Cup Group Stage: Chelsea vs. LAFC, Group D, Atlanta
TRUTV — FIFA Club World Cup Group Stage: Chelsea vs. LAFC, Group D, Atlanta
7 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Panama vs. Guadeloupe, Group C, Carson, Calif.
10 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Jamaica vs. Guatemala, Group C, Carson, Calif.
TENNIS
5:30 a.m.
TENNIS — London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA, Nottingham-WTA Early Rounds
6 a.m.
TENNIS — London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA, Nottingham-WTA Early Rounds
5:30 a.m. (Tuesday)
TENNIS — London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA, Nottingham-WTA Early Rounds
6 a.m. (Tuesday)
TENNIS — London-ATP, Halle-ATP, Berlin-WTA, Nottingham-WTA Early Rounds
Tuesday, June 17
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 9, Omaha, Neb.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 10, Omaha, Neb.
MLB BASEBALL
Noon
MLBN — 2025 MLB Draft Combine: From Phoenix
7 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (7:15 p.m.) or Arizona at Toronto (7:05 p.m.)
10 p.m.
TBS — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m.
TNT — Stanley Cup Final: Edmonton at Florida, Game 6 (If Necessary)
TRUTV — Stanley Cup Final: Edmonton at Florida, Game 6 (If Necessary)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: El Salvador vs. Curacao, Group B, San Jose, Calif.
10:30 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Honduras vs. Canada, Group B, Vancouver, Canada
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
NBATV — Connecticut at Indiana
10 p.m.
NBATV — Seattle at Los Angeles
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Wednesday, June 18
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 11, Omaha, Neb.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 12, Omaha, Neb.
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
MLBN — Boston at Seattle (4:10 p.m.)
7:05 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Houston at Athletics (10:05 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Costa Rica vs. Dominican Republic, Group A, Arlington, Texas
10 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Suriname vs. Mexico, Group A, Arlington, Texas
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits vs. Talons, Wichita, Kan.
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Thursday, June 19
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 13, Omaha, Neb. (If Necessary)
7 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 14, Omaha, Neb. (If Necessary)
GOLF
11 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: First Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, First Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
9 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Kaulig Companies Championship, First Round, Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron, Ohio (Taped)
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees (1:05 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Detroit (1:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Toronto (3:05 p.m.) OR Cleveland at San Francisco (4:05 p.m.)
7 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (7:15 p.m.) OR Baltimore at Tampa Bay (7:35 p.m.)
11 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Houston at Athletics (10:05 p.m.)
NBA BASKETBALL
8:30 p.m.
ABC — NBA Finals: Oklahoma City at Indiana, Game 6 (If Necessary)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago vs. Haiti, Group D, Houston
9 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: U.S. vs. Saudi Arabia, Group D, Austin, Texas
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Phoenix at New York
10 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at Golden State
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Friday, June 20
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
2 a.m. (Saturday)
FS1 — AFL: Sydney at Port Adelaide
AUTO RACING
3:30 p.m.
FS2 — NXT IndyCar Series: Practice, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
4:30 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
5 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: The MillerTech Battery 200, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
GOLF
11 a.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: Second Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Second Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
9 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Kaulig Companies Championship, Second Round, Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron, Ohio (Taped)
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
9 p.m.
ESPN — 2025 PFL World Tournament – Semifinals: Lightweights, Bantamweights & Women’s Flyweights, Wichita, Kan.
MLB BASEBALL
2 p.m.
MLBN — Seattle at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)
7 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Detroit at Tampa Bay (7:05 p.m.)
7:15 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia
9:40 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Kansas City at San Diego
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Washington at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Boston at San Francisco (10:15 p.m.)
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m.
TNT — Stanley Cup Final: Florida at Edmonton, Game 7 (If Necessary)
TRUTV — Stanley Cup Final: Florida at Edmonton, Game 7 (If Necessary)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Colorado at Lexington
7:30 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Jamaica vs. Guadeloupe, Group C, San Jose, Calif.
10 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Guatemala vs. Panama, Group C, Austin, Texas
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Talons vs. Volts, Wichita, Kan.
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — TBA
10 p.m.
ION — Seattle at Las Vegas
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Saturday, June 21
AUTO RACING
8:55 a.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Brembo Grand Prix of Italy – Sprint Race, Tuscany, Italy
10 a.m.
FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: Practice, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
11 a.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
1:30 p.m.
FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
2:30 p.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
3:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Explore the Pocono Mountains 250, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 1, Omaha Neb.
ESPNU — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 1, Omaha Neb. (UmpCast)
FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — 2025 Women’s National Football Conference Championship: Washington vs. Texas, Frisco, Texas
GOLF
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Third Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
1:30 p.m.
NBC — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: Third Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Third Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: Third Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
Midnight
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Kaulig Companies Championship, Third Round, Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron, Ohio (Taped)
HORSE RACING
9 a.m.
NBC — The Royal Ascot: From Ascot Racehorse, Ascot, United Kingdom
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPN — PLL: New York vs. Philadelphia, Baltimore
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — PLL: Boston vs. Maryland, Baltimore
MIXED MARTIALS ARTS
Noon
ESPN — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Baku, Azerbaijan
3 p.m.
ABC — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree Jr. (Light Heavyweights), Baku, Azerbaijan
MLB BASEBALL
Noon
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Detroit at Tampa Bay (12:10 p.m.) OR Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees (1:05 p.m.)
4 p.m.
FS1 — Texas at Pittsburgh
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at San Diego OR N.Y Mets at Philadelphia
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Washington at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m.) OR Cleveland at Athletics (10:05 p.m.)
RUGBY (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLR Eastern Conference Final: TBD
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLR Western Conference Final: TBD
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Curacao vs. Canada, Group B, Houston
10:30 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: El Salvador vs. Honduras, Group B, Houston
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
7:30 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Bay FC at NJ/NY Gotham FC
10 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Chicago at Portland
SOFTBALL
5 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Talons vs. Volts, Norman, Okla.
7 p.m.
MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits vs. Blaze, Wichita Kansas
WNBA BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
ABC — Phoenix at Chicago
8 p.m.
NBATV — Los Angeles at Minnesota
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Sunday, June 22
AUTO RACING
7:30 a.m.
FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Brembo Grand Prix of Italy, Tuscany, Italy
10 a.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
11 a.m.
FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: The Grand Prix at Road America, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
Noon
NBC — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: The Saleh’s Six Hours of Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
1:30 p.m.
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The Xpel Grand Prix at Road America, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
2 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Virginia Motorsports Park, North Dinwiddie, Va.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA.COM, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa.
4 p.m.
FOX — NHRA: The Virginia NHRA Nationals, Virginia Motorsports Park, North Dinwiddie, Va.
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 2: Detroit Amps vs. Miami 305, Boston Ball Hogs vs. DMV Trilogy, Houston Rig Hands vs. Chicago Triplets, L.A. Riot vs. Dallas Power, Baltimore
COLLEGE BASEBALL
2:30 p.m.
ABC — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb.
ESPNU — Men’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. (UmpCast)
GOLF
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Final Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Final Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: Final Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
NBC — LPGA Tour: The 2025 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship: Final Round, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco, Frisco, Texas
11:30 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Kaulig Companies Championship, Final Round, Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron, Ohio (Taped)
HORSE RACING
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
4 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
Noon
ABC — PLL: Utah vs. Denver, Baltimore
MLB BASEBALL
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Pittsburgh (1:35 p.m.) OR Atlanta at Miami (1:40 p.m.)
4:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at San Diego (4:10 p.m.) OR Boston at San Francisco (4:05 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia
NBA BASKETBALL
8:30 p.m.
ABC — NBA Finals: Indiana at Oklahoma City, Game 7 (If Necessary)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
FOX — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Haiti vs. U.S., Group D, Arlington, Texas
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago vs. Saudi Arabia, Group D, Las Vegas
10 p.m.
FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Mexico vs. Costa Rica, Group A, Las Vegas
WNBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m.
ESPN — Indiana at Las Vegas
7 p.m.
NBATV — New York at Seattle
