INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL REGIONALS
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INDIANA BOYS TRACK STATE FINALS
STATE FINALS JUNE 6
Order of Events
3:00 p.m. – Pole Vault, Long Jump and Discus
3:30 p.m. – High Jump; Shot Put
4:15 p.m. – 3200 M Relay Finals
5:00 p.m. – 100 M Dash Trials
5:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdle Trials
5:40 p.m. – 200 M Dash Trials
6:10 p.m. – Opening Ceremonies
6:15 p.m. – 110 M High Hurdles
6:25 p.m. – 100 M Dash
6:35 p.m. – 1600 M Run
6:45 p.m. – 400 M Relay
7:05 p.m. – 400 M Dash
7:20 p.m. – 300 M Int. Hurdles
7:45 p.m. – 800 M Run
8:05 p.m. – 200 M Dash
8:15 p.m. – 3200 M Run
8:30 p.m. – 1600 M Relay
Advancement from State Meet Trials to Finals
1. 110 and 100 Hurdles, 100; 200
a. 3 heats with 9
b. 1st, 2nd from each heat plus next 3 best times.
2. 400 Relay, 1600 Relay, 400, 300 Hurdles
a. no trials
b. 3 sections timed; 9 per section
3. 3200 Relay, 800
a. no trials
b. 2 sections; 1 with 13, 1 with 14
4. 1600 and 3200
a. no trials
b. 1 race timed
5. Field Events
a. top 10 qualify plus ties
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INDIANA GIRLS TRACK STATE FINALS
STATE FINALS JUNE 7
ORDER OF EVENTS
3:00 P.M. – POLE VAULT, LONG JUMP AND DISCUS
3:30 P.M. – HIGH JUMP; SHOT PUT
4:15 P.M. – 3200 M RELAY FINALS
5:00 P.M. – 100 M DASH TRIALS
5:15 P.M. – 100 M HIGH HURDLE TRIALS
5:40 P.M. – 200 M DASH TRIALS
6:10 P.M. – OPENING CEREMONIES
6:15 P.M. – 100 M HIGH HURDLES
6:25 P.M. – 100 M DASH
6:35 P.M. – 1600 M RUN
6:45 P.M. – 400 M RELAY
7:05 P.M. – 400 M DASH
7:20 P.M. – 300 M LOW HURDLES
7:45 P.M. – 800 M RUN
8:05 P.M. – 200 M DASH
8:15 P.M. – 3200 M RUN
8:30 P.M. – 1600 M RELAY
ADVANCEMENT FROM STATE MEET TRIALS TO FINALS
1. 110 AND 100 HURDLES, 100; 200
A. 3 HEATS WITH 9
B. 1ST, 2ND FROM EACH HEAT PLUS NEXT 3 BEST TIMES.
2. 400 RELAY, 1600 RELAY, 400, 300 HURDLES
A. NO TRIALS
B. 3 SECTIONS TIMED; 9 PER SECTION
3. 3200 RELAY, 800
A. NO TRIALS
B. 2 SECTIONS; 1 WITH 13, 1 WITH 14
4. 1600 AND 3200
A. NO TRIALS
B. 1 RACE TIMED
5. FIELD EVENTS
A. TOP 10 QUALIFY PLUS TIES
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NBA FINALS
THE 2025 NBA FINALS PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV WILL BEGIN WITH GAME 1 ON JUNE 5 WITH ABC AS THE EXCLUSIVE BROADCASTER.
• GAME 1: PACERS AT THUNDER (THU. JUNE 5, 8:30 ET, ABC)
• GAME 2: PACERS AT THUNDER (SUN. JUNE 8, 8 ET, ABC)
• GAME 3: THUNDER AT PACERS (WED. JUNE 11, 8:30 ET, ABC)
• 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
NEW YORK 100 CONNECTICUT 52
LAS VEGAS 75 SEATTLE 70
PHOENIX 85 LOS ANGELES 80
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NHL PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE
STANLEY CUP FINALS
FLORIDA PANTHERS (3A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (3P)
GAME 1: PANTHERS AT OILERS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 8 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, TRUTV, MAX
GAME 2: PANTHERS AT OILERS, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 8 P.M. ET; SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, TRUTV, MAX
GAME 3: OILERS AT PANTHERS, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, TRUTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS
GAME 4: OILERS AT PANTHERS, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, TRUTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS
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
TEXAS 8 ST. LOUIS 1
MILWAUKEE 5 PHILADELPHIA 2
BOSTON 3 ATLANTA 1
BALTIMORE 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2
TORONTO 8 LAS VEGAS 4
CLEVELAND 4 LA ANGELS 2
NY METS 5 COLORADO 3
SAN FRANCISCO 4 MIAMI 2
HOUSTON 1 TAMPA BAY 0
DETROIT 1 KANSAS CITY 0
CHICAGO CUBS 7 CINCINNATI 3
ARIZONA 3 WASHINGTON 1
SEATTLE 2 MINNESOTA 1
SAN DIEGO 6 PITTSBURGH 4
NY YANKEES 7 LA DODGERS 3
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NASHVILLE 11 INDIANAPOLIS 1
GREAT LAKES 6 FT. WAYNE 5
QUAD CITIES 3 SOUTH BEND 1
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COLLEGE BASEBALL REGIONALS
WAKE FOREST 10 CINCINNATI 3
KENTUCKY 16 CLEMSON 4
OKLAHOMA STATE 11 GEORGIA 9
OKLAHOMA 17 NEBRASKA 1
MISSISSIPPI STATE 3 NORTHEASTERN 2
EAST CAROLINA 11 FLORIDA 4
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 17 STETSON 12
OLE MISS 11 GEORGIA TECH 9
TEXAS 15 KANSAS STATE 8
CREIGHTON 11 NORTH DAKOTA STATE 10
LITTLE ROCK 8 DALLAS BAPTIST 6
WRIGHT STATE 5 VANDERBILT 4
SOUTHERN MISS 8 COLUMBIA 1
WAKE FOREST 7 TENNESSEE 6
DUKE 3 OKLAHOMA STATE 2
FLORIDA STATE 5 MISSISSIPPI STATE 2
COASTAL CAROLINA 1 E. CAROLINA 0
WEST VIRGINIA 13 KENTUCKY 12
UC IRVINE 11 ARIZONA STATE 6
CAL POLY 7 UTAH VALLEY 6 (11)
OREGON STATE 20 ST. MARY’S 3
OKLAHOMA 9 NORTH CAROLINA 5
SOUTHERN MISS 17 MIAMI 6
TEXAS SAN ANTONIO 7 TEXAS 4
OLE MISS 19 MURRAY STATE 8
LOUISVILLE 6 WRIGHT STATE 0
AUBURN 11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1
ARKANSAS 8 CREIGHTON 3
OREGON STATE 14 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1
LITTLE ROCK 10 LSU 4
ARIZONA 14 CAL POLY 0
UCLA 8 UC IRVINE 5
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COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
TENNESSEE 5 UCLA 4
OKLAHOMA 4 OREGON 1
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES
MINNESOTA 3 SEATTLE 2
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UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCORES
ARLINGTON 23 SAN ANTONIO 6
BIRMINGHAM 46 MEMPHIS 9
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TOP NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES
NBA NEWS
DIFFERENT PATHS, SAME DESTINATION FOR THE THUNDER AND PACERS, WHO WILL FACE OFF IN THE NBA FINALS
Oklahoma City spent most of the regular season alone atop the Western Conference standings and just kept adding to its lead. Indiana didn’t spend a single day atop the Eastern Conference standings and was still under the .500 mark in early January.
Different paths, same destination.
It will be the Thunder and the Pacers squaring off when the NBA Finals start in Oklahoma City on Thursday night, a matchup of two clubs that weren’t exactly on similar paths this season.
“When you get to this point of the season, it’s two teams and it’s one goal and so it becomes an all or nothing thing,” Indiana coach Rick Carlisle said. “And we understand the magnitude of the opponent. Oklahoma City has been dominant all year long — with capital letters in the word ‘dominant.’ Defensively, they’re historically great and they got all kinds of guys that can score. It’s two teams that have similar structures, slightly different styles.”
The deep dives into the other side were beginning in earnest on Sunday, a day after the Pacers finished off their Eastern Conference title by ousting New York in six games. Indiana was taking a day off before getting set to return to work on Monday; the Thunder were practicing in Oklahoma City.
“We always talk about human nature in our locker room and the human nature way of thinking about it is ‘four wins away, four wins away.’ You kind of lose sight of the fact that you’ve got to win one to get to four,” Thunder guard Jalen Williams said Sunday. “You’ve got to stack wins. So, that’s how we’re looking at it. Let’s get prepared for Game 1 now and just go from there. And I think that does make it a little easier now that we know who we’re playing.”
The Pacers lost their 14th game of the regular season in early December; the Thunder lost 14 regular-season games this season, total. That would make it seem like this was an unlikely finals matchup.
But since Dec. 13, including regular-season and playoff games, the Thunder have the NBA’s best record at 61-13. The team with the second-most wins in the league over those last 5 1/2 months? That would be Indiana, going 52-21 over that span.
“We had expectations to be here and this isn’t a surprise to any of us because of what we wanted to do,” Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton said. “And I think obviously there’s a turning point there in December or January or whatever the case may be. But I just thought we did a great job of just being as present as possible, not living in the past, not worrying about what’s next, just worrying about what’s now.”
What’s now is the NBA Finals. The Pacers were a middle-of-the-pack pick to start the season, with 50-1 preseason odds to win the title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. The Thunder were only 9-1 entering the season, behind Boston and New York out of the East — and Denver and Minnesota, two teams that the Thunder eliminated in this season’s West playoffs.
“We’ve learned a lot,” Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein said. “We’ve had to learn how to handle a lot of situations. I think that’s going to help us now.”
NBA FINALS GUIDE: WHEN THE GAMES ARE, HOW TO WATCH, WHAT THE ODDS ARE
The NBA Finals are set: It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Indiana Pacers.
The Pacers clinched their trip with a win over the New York Knicks on Saturday night in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Thunder swept the two head-to-head meetings between the clubs this season. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday night in Oklahoma City.
Recapping the OKC-Indiana series
— Dec. 26: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 45 points and the Thunder erase an early double-digit deficit, pulling away in the second half to beat the Pacers 120-114. Andrew Nembhard scores 23 for Indiana, while Tyrese Haliburton is held to four points.
— March 29: Gilgeous-Alexander scores 33 and the Thunder win 132-111. Haliburton leads the Pacers with 18, and both teams have six players finish in double figures.
SGA is the MVP
A recap of Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s winning of the NBA MVP award.
The story: Gilgeous-Alexander tops Jokic for MVP award
The reaction: SGA tears up when talking about his wife
Steve Nash speaks: Canada’s 1st MVP thrilled to see SGA follow him
The notebook: Jokic finishes top-2 again, Giannis’ streak ends, LeBron gets votes
Betting odds
Oklahoma City (-700) is a big favorite to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Indiana’s odds are set at +500.
The Thunder are an early 9.5-point favorite over Indiana for Game 1.
NBA Finals schedule
All games of the NBA Finals will be aired on ABC.
June 5 — Game 1, Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m. EDT
June 8 — Game 2, Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. EDT
June 11 — Game 3, Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. EDT
June 13 — Game 4, Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8:30 p.m. EDT
June 16 — Game 5, Indiana at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT
June 19 — Game 6, Oklahoma City at Indiana, if necessary, 8:30 p.m. EDT
June 22 — Game 7, Indiana at Oklahoma City, if necessary, 8 p.m. EDT
(And good news: No NBA Finals games conflict with Stanley Cup Final dates!)
Key upcoming events
June 25 — NBA draft, first round.
June 26 — NBA draft, second round.
Stats of the day
— Indiana is the only team yet to face elimination in these playoffs.
— This is the second time a No. 1 seed (Oklahoma City) has met a No. 4 seed (Indiana) in the NBA Finals. Both previous times were Lakers-Celtics matchups, one in 2010 and the other in 1969. Both went seven games, both saw the Lakers as the No. 1 seed out of the Western Conference (or division, as they were called in 1969), the Celtics won in 1969 (Bill Russell’s final game as a player and 11th championship) and the Lakers won in 2010 (Kobe Bryant’s fifth and final title).
Quote of the day
“We’ve got our work cut out for us.” — Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton.
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NHL STANLEY CUP NEWS
(NHL NEWS RELEASES)
OILERS HAVING FUN, STAYING LOOSE ON WAY TO STANLEY CUP FINAL
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers took a businesslike approach getting back to the Stanley Cup Final, but it doesn’t mean they haven’t had fun along the way.
Forward Connor Brown popped out of a base cabinet in Edmonton’s dressing room prior to Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday to surprise his teammates and deliver the starting lineup.
Edmonton won the game 4-1 and clinched the best-of-7 series with a 6-3 win in Game 5 on Thursday to set up the Final rematch against the Florida Panthers, which will begin with Game 1 at Rogers Place on Wednesday (SN, CBC, TVAS, TNT, truTV, MAX).
“Our video guy [Erik Elenz] did that during the regular season. We had a little winning streak, and he was coming up with stuff, so I took that one out of his book and I thought I would get the boys going,” Brown said following practice Sunday. “I was in there for about 20-plus minutes. It’s a little roomier in there than I thought, and I had my phone and my cushion. I was texting Erik, he was giving me the lineup, so I had to memorize it. He was giving me a play-by-play of what was going on out there.”
Brown missed the final two games of the Western Conference Final with an upper-body injury he sustained after taking a hit from Stars defenseman Alexander Petrovic in Game 3. However, Brown was back on the ice Sunday and said he’ll be ready to play in Game 1 of the Final.
Edmonton is going into the best-of-7 series looking to avenge a 2-1 loss to Florida in Game 7 last season. The Oilers battled back to force a winner-take-all game after falling behind 3-0 in the series.
“I think last year when we punched our ticket, there were only a few guys that had been there before, and so when we went to the Stanley Cup Final, there was that big shock factor,” Brown said. “This year, we understood what it took given our experience last year. We kind of just followed the blueprint, respected the process and believed we were going to get the results we wanted, and we’re going to continue to do that. I think we’ll be ready to go right from the get-go this time around.”
Edmonton leaned on its playoff experience when things looked dire against the Los Angeles Kings, who won the first two games against them in the Western Conference First Round. Since then, the Oilers are 12-2 in the postseason, winning the final four games of the first round before defeating the Vegas Golden Knights in five games in the second round and the Stars in five games in the conference final.
“I think we’ve done a really good job of putting ourselves in those situations and not making it as stressful maybe as it has been in the past,” Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl said Sunday. “We’ll see how much it’s going to help us, but I think we have a lot of guys in here that have their legs and feel really good about themselves.”
The road to the Final has not been as taxing this season, which has allowed the Oilers to have lighthearted moments along the way.
A year ago, after getting past the Kings in the first round, the Oilers had to battle back to defeat the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the second round before eliminating Dallas in six games in the conference final.
“Last year, the Vancouver series was really emotional for everyone, just with two Canadian teams, the media, there’s just a lot of components that went into that series,” Draisaitl said. “I think if you ask anyone that series felt like it took years off our lives. I think we’re just a little more mature now, know how to be in those situations and we can stay as even-keeled as everyone talks about. So far, it’s worked in our advantage.”
Although the pressure to win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1990 is still there for the Oilers, the experience of 12 playoff series in the past four seasons has made them a savvy group.
“When you’re playing in the Stanley Cup Final and you’re trying to break through, obviously the pressure is high and the moment’s big, but it’s important to have fun along the way, and I think that’s what this team does a really good job of,” Brown said. “We have fun with one another, we play for one another. It doesn’t mean we’re not playing as hard, it just kind of relaxes us. We learned a lot from last year. We understood what it took and it’s nice to have that blueprint.”
Losing in Game 7 last season wasn’t fun for the Oilers, and they are willing to do whatever it takes this time around to change the outcome. Sometimes that means bringing levity to a tense situation.
“Playing hockey when you’re successful, two of the most important things are, No. 1 you work hard, and No. 2 you’re enjoying what you’re doing,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “Whether it’s somebody jumping out of the cupboard or whatever we’re doing. Yes, we’re very businesslike, it’s important to be focused, but you can also have fun. I don’t think fun is going to distract anybody from what our goal is. I think during this playoff run, we obviously had a goal in mind, and I think everyone has been able to enjoy the ride.”
TKACHUK, PANTHERS BRACE FOR STANLEY CUP FINAL REMATCH AGAINST ‘VERY HUNGRY’ OILERS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — As Matthew Tkachuk went down the handshake line at the end of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, a closely contested series between the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers that went to Game 7, he had a message for his opponent.
He said it to Connor McDavid, to Stuart Skinner, perhaps to others, when he congratulated them on a hard-fought best-of-7 series the Panthers once led 3-0 before the Oilers almost came all the way back.
“We’ll see you in the Finals next year, Stu,” Tkachuk said to Skinner. “You guys are too good.”
Just less than a year later, those two teams are back in the Stanley Cup Final, a rematch between the champion Panthers and the runner-up Oilers that begins with Game 1 at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).
It wasn’t just something Tkachuk said, not a platitude.
“I believed that it was going to be us two again,” Tkachuk said. “I think we’re the two best teams in the League. And if everything would go right, it would probably be us two again in the Finals. I have that confidence in our team and they were the best team that we played last year in the playoffs. I stand by that. I believed it at the time. And here we are again.”
It’s an experience the Panthers can use. The Oilers too.
“You think about it all summer,” Tkachuk said. “You think about this moment of getting back with a chance to compete for the Stanley Cup again. And we’re the two lucky teams that get to do it. I mean it’s so hard, too, and very few players are able to get a chance at one, even, so if you would have asked both of us in the middle of the summer if we have a chance to play for the Stanley Cup again, a rematch, we would both race to sign that paper.
“It’s here. They’re an unbelievable team. It’s going to be a great battle. They’re, I’m sure, champing at the bit to get another chance at it.”
Though there are a lot of similarities between the teams that faced off last season, it’s not entirely the same. And there’s no guarantee the outcome will be either.
“I think from a personnel standpoint, I think there are some new pieces and some key pieces on each team that weren’t there last year,” Tkachuk said. “… It is a rematch, and there’s a lot of similar faces, but there’s some fresh blood on both sides that are going to be very hungry and going to be difference-makers in this series.”
It was something Florida coach Paul Maurice noted, too, that both teams are better than they were last season, better in ways specific to what the teams needed to improve upon. And they have.
“I’m going to say that both teams are deeper this year,” Maurice said. “So, that’s a change for them, for us. I think they are further along in their defensive structure and we’re actually a little further along in our offensive structure. And when you look at the strengths clearly last year, you’d say their offensive game was elite. They put up eight on us one night, so they can score some goals, but our defensive structure’s pretty good too.
“Those were our strengths and then we just added to what might have been perceived as our weaknesses. We’ve gotten better at those, so both teams are better. Both teams are deeper. Both teams I think have made improvements on what would be their weaknesses, but they’ve maintained their core strength in doing so.”
Tkachuk will play his third straight Cup Final with the Panthers, having won one of the previous two. He has been an All-Star and helped bring Florida Panthers hockey to the top of the NHL. He has played international hockey and become a star.
He is still just 27 years old.
“I’m just super lucky, I think,” said Tkachuk, who has 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 17 playoff games this season, including two goals and five assists in the five-game Eastern Conference Final win against the Carolina Hurricanes. “I feel like I’m not even halfway through my career and I’ve been fortunate enough with so many great things that have happened and been blessed.
“I think my life changed, obviously, when I got traded here and everything’s just been — it was incredible before when I was playing in Calgary, and it’s just been a whole different beast down here with things that have happened. Hoping to check another box here in a few weeks.”
Though the Panthers have been in Florida this week since securing their return to the Cup Final, they were able to do something that was especially meaningful to Tkachuk. The inaugural Gaudreau Family 5K Walk/Run and Family Day was at Washington Lake Park in Sewell, New Jersey, on Saturday, honoring the lives of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Gaudreau, who died Aug. 29, 2024, when they were struck by an alleged drunk driver who was charged with two counts of death by auto, while riding bicycles near their home in Salem County.
Brady Tkachuk was able to be there in person, but Matthew, who was Johnny’s teammate with the Calgary Flames for six seasons, was not. Yet with the early end to the conference final, the Panthers gathered to walk a 5K from Florida, supporting the family from afar.
“This kind of just happened, really last second, because we were planning on potentially being in Carolina for a Game 7 today or whenever it was,” Tkachuk said. “I know that once we won the second round, the girls and the families were talking about potentially doing something on the day to raise money and honor the Gaudreau brothers. Once we won in five, we were able to partake.”
They all did.
“Everybody was out there, which I thought was amazing,” Tkachuk said. “I got to walk around Holiday Park [in Fort Lauderdale], got to raise some money for the foundation and just to honor them, I think is really special. And it means a lot to me and [Sam Bennett] and guys that played with him and knew him. Very special and I know they’re very appreciative. I was just very happy that we were able to do it.”
MCDAVID ‘EVERYTHING TO THIS ORGANIZATION,’ OILERS CEO JACKSON TELLS NHL.COM
EDMONTON — The top two items of focus for the Edmonton Oilers these days are clearly defined, according to CEO of Hockey Operations Jeff Jackson.
First, hopefully watch captain Connor McDavid and his teammates win the sixth Stanley Cup in franchise history, a feat they are four victories away from accomplishing.
Second, lock up McDavid long term so he and teammate Leon Draisaitl can lead the Oilers to many more deep Stanley Cup Playoff runs for years to come.
“Look, Connor knows what he means to this organization and the city of Edmonton,” Jackson said. “And this organization and the city certainly know what Connor means to them. We’re very cognizant of that.”
Right now, what McDavid means to the Alberta capital and its beloved NHL hockey team is being the catalyst for a second consecutive berth in the Cup Final. Fueled by McDavid’s spectacular breakaway goal that proved to be the series winner, the Oilers defeated the Dallas Stars 6-3 in Game 5 of their best-of-7 Western Conference Final at American Airlines Center Thursday and now get the chance to seek revenge on the Florida Panthers, who beat them in seven games for the title last year.
Game 1 is at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; TNT, truTV, MAX, SN, CBC, TVAS).
The 28-year-old certainly has done his part to get the Oilers this far, leading the postseason in scoring with 26 points (six goals, 20 assists) in 16 games, one ahead of Draisaitl. He had nine points (three goals, six assists) in the series against the Stars including four multipoint performances in the five games.
Looking ahead, 2025-26 will be the final season of the eight-year, $100 million contract ($12.5 million average annual value) McDavid signed July 5, 2017. A player is eligible to re-sign with their current team for up to eight years starting July 1 when they have one year left on their deal.
Draisaitl was in a similar situation last offseason when he signed an eight-year, $112 million contract ($14 million AAV) with the Oilers on Sept. 3, 2024. At the time, he was entering the final season of an eight-year, $68 million contract he signed on Aug. 16, 2017, and could have become a free agent this summer.
Will McDavid follow in the path of his teammate and close friend?
Would winning a Cup fuel a desire to stay?
Can Jackson, his former agent, and the Oilers convince him Edmonton gives him the best chance of consistently winning?
Or will they have to play the waiting game and see if the sport’s most electrifying player opts to test the free agent market next summer?
Either way, he stands to become the highest-paid player in the game.
In a 1-on-1 sitdown with NHL.com, Jackson took time to do a wide-ranging deep dive on all things McDavid and the Oilers, including the decision to bring in Stan Bowman as general manager and his influence on the team.
First off, you mentioned Connor’s relationship with the Oilers and the city of Edmonton, and how it’s reciprocated. Can you expand on that?
“He’s everything to this organization, and he’s everything to the fan base here. He’s beloved, and he gives back a lot. He loves playing here. I know that it’s a very comfortable place for him to play. He’s treated very well by ownership, the staff, everyone. And he loves the staff, right through from the athletic trainers to equipment guys to everybody in between. And you know Connor, he appreciates all of them. And they appreciate him because he treats everyone with respect. He’s humble, and he brings that leadership element every single day. And you can’t replace that.”
Given his contract situation, this is stating the obvious, but is getting him locked up long term come July 1 the top priority for the organization?
“We’re not into it yet, but I think once the season’s over, if it goes any way, the way it did last year, now they we were fortunate to make it to the Final, then all of a sudden you’re into the end of June, you’re into the draft, you’re into free agency. But yes, priority No. 1 would be to talk to Connor and his agents. And ya, it’s on everybody’s radar for sure. But we’re just leaving it for the time being as long as we’re still playing. After that, ya.”
You began serving as Connor’s representative when he was 15 years old and served as his agent until you were hired by the Oilers on Aug. 3, 2023. You’ve obviously heard some of the outside speculation that one of the end games of hiring you was your relationship with him and his family, and that it might help in keeping him in Edmonton for the majority, if not all, of his career. Do you think that will play a significant role in his ultimate decision to stay or leave?
“I don’t think so. I mean, of course, we have a long relationship, and I have obviously a relationship with his agent, Judd (Moldaver). But this is bigger than that relationship. This is about Connor coming back to an organization that he’s been with his whole career, where he’s been close to winning a Cup and where we have an opportunity to compete for the Cup not just this year but for years moving forward. I know it’s hard to win but we have a team that can compete for it. We had it last year. We’ve got it this year. I think we’ll have it next year as well, where we can put a team on the ice that’s going to compete and be here playing in the middle of May, end of May. So I think for him, that’s what he’s after. He’s after the opportunity to try to win the ultimate prize. And you have to have a deep and solid team to do that.”
To that end, it’s a lot easier to sell that future-winning-culture idea with his pal Leon in the fold long term. How much satisfaction was there in getting that deal done pretty much seamlessly last summer?
“Look, Leon has played his whole career here. He knows that we have a good, deep team. He wants to win as badly as Connor does, and I think that he sees the opportunity to do that here. Again, he’s the same way, he loves the city, the city loves him, and so getting him done once Stan got on board was really super important. It was Priority 1. I guess we got sort of sidetracked by a couple things in July, but we got it back on track, and we were really happy and grateful to get it done before we got back to camp.”
You mentioned Stan Bowman. We’re all aware of his circumstances. He won three Stanley Cups as GM of the Chicago Blackhawks, in 2010, 2013, 2015, before resigning on Oct. 27, 2021. He was ineligible to work in the NHL since that time for what the League said was “as a result of their inadequate response upon being informed in 2010 of allegations that Chicago Blackhawks player Kyle Beach had been assaulted by the team’s video coach.” Bowman was reinstated by the NHL on July 1, 2024, and you hired him on July 24, 2024. How much due diligence did you have to do on his situation, and how has he helped in the success of the team this season?
“I’ve known Stan Bowman for many years. When we were both assistant general managers, me with the Maple Leafs from 2006-10, we got to know each other, and I had dealings with him when I was an agent. I had stayed in touch with him prior to me taking this job when he was off from his time in Chicago, so I thought that he would be a great candidate to be our general manager if he was reinstated. And he was. I interviewed some other candidates, but he was the guy that I really wanted. He’s got so much experience. He’s obviously won three Cups. He knows how to put a roster together. And what I like about him, just our personalities are very similar. We’re sort of calm and don’t get too wrought up about stuff. Sometimes you’ve got to take things in stride and just work through them. And that’s the way he operates. And I find it very calming, as I think so does the coaching staff as well.”
It’s been less than two years since you assumed this role. How have you grown into this job in that time?
“It’s been very rewarding. And I think to answer the question about growing into the job, it’s like I sort of pulled a lot of things from some experiences I had back when I worked with the Leafs early on. When I got this job, just the way the organization is set up, your scouting staff, the way it’s sort of the cadence of the team. I knew all about that, so that was familiar. But having the chance to work with a Hall of Fame general manager like Kenny Holland for a year (in 2023-24), I learned a lot from him. My approach is just to try to empower everybody and have everybody know that they’re important and do their job. I’m not heavy handed. I don’t bark at people. I don’t need to bark at people. We have a super competent staff across the board. And for me, the reward is just sort of seeing everybody do their job well every day. And I try to encourage them. I think that’s part of leadership.”
In the time you’ve been here, what have you learned about the relationship between the Oilers and this city?
“I spent a lot of time coming here to watch Connor as an agent and spent time here over, what, I want to say, eight or nine or 10 years. But when you’re here and you’re sort of embedded in it, you see the absolute love and passion from the fan base and the city. And getting to know Daryl (Katz) as the owner of this team, and what he’s been willing to do for the players, and these facilities, which are top notch. Look at Rogers Place. It’s 10 years old, and it looks like it’s brand new. That’s because it was done right the first time. And so, ya, all those things are things that I sort of knew about, but I didn’t really know until I got here. And all of it’s super positive, and it’s been a great experience.”
Finally, you made a number of changes to the team and the organization in the past year, including changing GMs, despite coming just one goal short against the Florida Panthers in Game 7 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Final. Take us through that thought process. And how satisfying is it to rebound from that heartbreak with trip to the Final?
“If you look at all good teams, they don’t run the same team back. And we made some changes in the offseason, just like Florida, who made a bunch of changes. The bottom line is, we’ve got a super solid core led by Connor and Leon. We got Mattias Ekholm and Darnell Nurse and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, this group of players who bring it every day and are such good leaders. So making the changes like we did, we thought we could integrate whoever we needed to integrate, and our goal was to add layers of depth to the team so that we weren’t getting into situations where we were relying on Connor and Leon all the time. Unfortunately, the way the season went with injuries and stuff, we weren’t able to really see what we had until our first-round series against the Los Angeles Kings. So, you know, we’ve got that depth now, and we’re going to need it, because you get banged up in the playoffs. There’s guys go down with injuries. But we’ve got a deep roster now, which is what you need to have success deep into the playoffs.”
GREER QUESTIONABLE FOR PANTHERS IN GAME 1 OF STANLEY CUP FINAL AGAINST OILERS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A.J. Greer is the only player who is questionable for the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).
The forward was labeled as day to day by Panthers coach Paul Maurice on Saturday after he missed Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Carolina Hurricanes because of an undisclosed injury, then returned but played 4:22 in Game 5 on May 28.
It is unclear if Greer is dealing with the same injury or if he sustained a secondary one in Game 5.
“There will be a question mark on A.J. Greer,” Maurice said on Sunday. “Other than that, everybody is ready to go now. … There’s only one that we’ll watch.”
Greer has three points (two goals, one assist) in 12 Stanley Cup Playoff games after he had 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in 81 regular-season games.
Eetu Luostarinen, who left Game 5 after the first period, practiced with the team Sunday after skating on a separate sheet of ice Saturday. The forward was cross-checked by Hurricanes forward William Carrier in the first period of Game 5, then missed a hit on forward Mark Jankowski and went hard into the boards and stumbled getting up. He played only 3:37.
“He’s out there today, he’s ready to go,” Maurice said.
Luostarinen has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) and is plus-11 in 17 games this postseason.
BROWN TO RETURN FOR OILERS IN GAME 1 OF STANLEY CUP FINAL AGAINST PANTHERS
EDMONTON — Connor Brown returned to practice for the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday and will be available for Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers at Rogers Place on Wednesday (8 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MAX).
The Oilers forward sustained an undisclosed injury and missed the final two games of the Western Conference Final against the Dallas Stars after taking a hit along the boards from defenseman Alexander Petrovic in the second period of Game 3 on May 25.
Brown has eight points (five goals, three assists) in 14 games this postseason.
Edmonton went on to eliminate Dallas with a 6-3 win in Game 5 on Thursday to reach the Cup Final for the second straight year against the Panthers, who defeated the Oilers in seven games last season.
Players were off Saturday before Brown resumed practicing with the team Sunday.
“I feel good,” Brown said. “Nice to get a practice in with the team. Obviously, I haven’t been practicing much. It’s nice to get it going. I’m excited.”
In Brown’s absence, Viktor Arvidsson played in his spot at right wing on the third line with center Adam Henrique and left wing Evander Kane.
Whether Brown will end up slotting back in there or somewhere else in the lineup remains to be seen, considering how much coach Kris Knoblauch has adjusted his lines throughout the postseason.
With forward Zach Hyman out for the rest of the playoffs after undergoing surgery on an upper-body injury he sustained in Game 4 against the Stars, it is likely Brown will get elevated to a top-six role.
“I’ve got no idea what the line combinations are,” said Brown, who was wearing a grey practice jersey denoting the fifth line Sunday. “Obviously, I’m not trying to put my coaching hat on or anything like that. It’s just my job to be ready to go.
“The beauty about this team is I think we’re so deep. Any type of combination that you find yourself on, it can be productive. So, I’m just worrying about myself, making sure I’m at my best.”
It’s already much better than two years ago, when he signed with the Oilers as a free agent following a shortened 2022-23 season with the Washington Capitals, which lasted four games before surgery was needed to repair a torn ACL.
He had 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in 71 games during his first season with the Oilers before starting to come into his own in last year’s playoffs. He caught traction playing with Henrique and Mattias Janmark, and the three came up with crucial goals in the Final against Florida.
Janmark and Brown each scored short-handed, and Henrique had two goals to help spark the comeback from a 3-0 series deficit to force Game 7, where Janmark came up with Edmonton’s lone goal in the 2-1 loss.
In total, Brown had six points (two goals, four assists) in 19 playoff games last season. He followed that up by getting 30 points (13 goals, 17 assists) in 82 regular-season games this year.
“I guess maybe a little more confidence having a longer runway,” Brown said of the difference from last year. “Obviously, I felt like there were only a few months of kind of getting back to my game before getting to the finals last year. So, I feel good.
“Last year when we punched our ticket, there were only a few guys who had been there before, so it felt like when we were going to the Stanley Cup Final there was that big shock factor. And this year, we understood what it took given our experience last year. So, we kind of just followed the blueprint, stuck to the process and believed that we were going to get the results we wanted and we’re going to continue to do that.”
Not that it was a foregone conclusion they’d make it back to the Cup Final again this year, especially after losing the opening two games of the first round against the Los Angeles Kings.
But they have since come together and turned things around, winning 12 of their past 14 to return to hockey’s grandest stage for the second year in a row.
And Brown will be ready to go once it all gets underway.
“I think he will be fine,” Knoblauch said. “Obviously, you saw him on the ice and double shifting, and I’m pretty sure and confident that he will be fine for Game 1.”
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: BREWERS WIN 7TH STRAIGHT, SWEEP SERIES FROM PHILLIES
Pinch hitter Jake Bauers belted a two-run double in the seventh inning to help the Milwaukee Brewers win their seventh straight, 5-2, and sweep the series from the host Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday.
Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang each added two hits and an RBI, while Milwaukee starter Jose Quintana threw five innings of four-hit, two-run ball, walking four and striking out three.
Four Brewers relievers combined to throw four scoreless innings, including Trevor Megill, who earned his 11th save with a scoreless ninth. Milwaukee’s winning streak is its longest since a nine-game stretch in August 2023.
Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto each drove in a run for the Phillies, who lost their fourth straight game. Ranger Suarez allowed just two runs (one earned) on seven hits in his six-inning stint, striking out two and walking none.
Rangers 8, Cardinals 1
Josh Smith drove had a two-run double and two-run homer as part of a three-hit day to lead Texas to victory in the rubber match of a three-game set against St. Louis in Arlington, Texas.
Marcus Semien went 2-for-2 with a double and three runs scored for the Rangers, who snapped a three-series losing streak. Jake Burger also doubled and drove in a run, while Jacob deGrom allowed just one run on four hits while striking out four over six innings for Texas, which outscored the Cardinals 19-4 in the series.
Willson Contreras drove in the lone run for St. Louis, which came in the top of the first inning. Lars Nootbaar, Masyn Winn, Ivan Herrera and Alec Burleson logged the only other hits for the Cardinals.
Red Sox 3, Braves 1
Garrett Crochet struck out a season-high 12 while allowing just one run on five hits over seven innings as Boston held off host Atlanta for its second win in three games after dropping five straight.
Crochet picked up his fifth win of the year while logging a second straight game with at least 11 strikeouts. He moved into a tie for the MLB lead with 101 strikeouts on the season. It also marked the seventh straight game in which Crochet allowed two or fewer runs.
The Red Sox scored all of their runs in the top of the first as Trevor Story blasted a two-out, three-run triple, one of two hits on the day for Story. Abraham Toro also had two hits for Boston. Marcell Ozuna belted a solo homer in the home half of the first for the Braves’ lone run, one of two hits for the Atlanta slugger.
Orioles 3, White Sox 2
With Charlie Morton fanning seven and limited visiting Chicago to one unearned run on six hits over 6 2/3 innings, Baltimore earned a three-game series sweep for its sixth win in eight games.
Gunnar Henderson and Ramon Urias each had two hits for the Orioles, with Urias also driving in a run. Heston Kjerstad added a triple for Baltimore, Dylan Carlson doubled and drove in a run, and Jackson Holliday picked up his eighth double of the season.
Mike Tauchman had a triple and homered for the White Sox, while both Chase Meidroth and Andrew Benintendi recorded two hits apiece.
Brewers 5, Phillies 2
Pinch hitter Jake Bauers belted a two-run double in the seventh inning to help Milwaukee rally from an early two-run deficit en route to the Brewers’ seventh straight win at Philadelphia.
Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang each added two hits and an RBI for Milwaukee, which saw its winning streak reach its longest since a nine-game stretch in August 2023. Joey Ortiz also had two hits, including a double.
Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto each drove in a run for the Phillies, who dropped their fourth straight, and Trea Turner logged a two-bagger.
Giants 4, Marlins 2
Luis Matos cracked a three-run homer to build a 4-0 lead and San Francisco’s bullpen wriggled out of multiple jams to hold on to the win at Miami.
Giants starter Hayden Birdsong (3-1) allowed one run and five hits over 5 1/3 innings before Ryan Walker, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval closed it out. Matos and Heliot Ramos posted two hits apiece.
Xavier Edwards went 5-for-5 with a run and a RBI for the Marlins, who left 11 runners on base. Starter David Weathers (1-1) gave up four runs and five hits in six innings. He fanned seven and walked three.
Blue Jays 8, Athletics 4
An Addison Barger three-run homer — his third blast in the four-game series — highlighted a six-run eighth inning that allowed Toronto to rally for a win over the visiting Athletics.
Ernie Clement was 2-for-4 with a double for the Blue Jays, who won their fifth straight series, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added two doubles and two RBIs. Alejandro Kirk also had two hits.
Jacob Wilson went 4-for-4 with an RBI for the Athletics, who lost for the 17th time in 18 games. Brent Rooker had two hits, as did Willie MacIver, while Luis Urias doubled and singled while driving in two runs.
Guardians 4, Angels 2
Gavin Williams struck out six and allowed just one hit and two unearned runs over 6 2/3 innings to guide host Cleveland past Los Angeles for its third win in four games.
Jose Ramirez homered for the second straight game for the Guardians, extending his streak to 29 straight games of reaching base. Carlos Santana, meanwhile, singled to push his hitting streak to 11 games.
Zach Neto recorded the sole hit for the Angels off Williams, which came with two outs in the fifth inning. Luis Rengifo and Mike Trout each had a hit and an RBI.
Mets 5, Rockies 3
Stars Pete Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor each homered to allow New York to get past visiting Colorado and complete a three-game sweep.
Clay Holmes went a career-high seven innings, striking out three and allowing three runs on three hits, including two homers, for the Mets, who won for the seventh time in eight games. Lindor’s 13th home run of the season came in the fifth that broke a 3-3 tie. New York finished the three-game set with nine long balls.
Orlando Arcia and Ryler Freeman both had home runs for the Rockies, who lost their eighth straight.
Astros 1, Rays 0
Hunter Brown gave up just one hit over six innings and posted his fifth scoreless start of the season as Houston won a pitcher’s duel against visiting Tampa Bay.
Brown struck out five for the Astros, who won for the sixth time in eight games, while Christian Walker provided the only run of the game on a two-out single to left that scored Jeremy Pena, who had two hits on the day.
Jonathan Aranda doubled for the Rays and Josh Lowe had a single. Taj Bradley went seven innings, striking out a season-best 10 and allowing one unearned run on three hits. Tampa lost for just the third time in 12 games.
Tigers 1, Royals 0
A third-inning run was all Detroit needed to earn its sixth win in seven tries as the Tigers shut out host Kansas City.
Keider Montero gave up seven hits over 4 2/3 innings for Detroit, but the Royals could not capitalize with a run. Four Tiger relievers then held Kansas City to just two hits the rest of the way as the Royals stranded eight runners on base. Riley Greene had two hits, including a double, for Detroit, which has won five straight road series.
Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 for Kansas City, John Rave added two singles, and Bobby Witt Jr. had a double. Kris Bubic lowered his MLB-leading ERA to 1.43 after allowing just one run on four hits over seven innings while striking out nine — tying a career high.
Cubs 7, Reds 3
Michael Busch blasted a two-run homer and singled in another run to lead Chicago to a home win over Cincinnati.
Nico Hoener had three hits and two RBIs for the Cubs, who picked up their sixth victory in seven games, while Pete Crow-Armstrong went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases. Jameson Taillon won for the third straight time, giving up just two runs on three hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Elly De La Cruz paced the Reds with a two-run home run and a single. Gavin Lux and Will Benson both singled for Cincinnati, which dropped its third in four games.
Diamondbacks 3, Nationals 1
Arizona needed only one inning of scoring, with Eugeno Suarez’s two-run homer highlighting three first-inning runs as the Diamondbacks snapped a four-game skid with a win over Washington in Phoenix.
Corbin Burnes struck out six and allowed just one run on four hits over 4 2/3 innings before exiting with an undisclosed injury. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. doubled for Arizona, and Ketel Marte accounted for the only other hit for the Diamondbacks.
Robert Hassell III and Daylen Lile each had a double for the Nationals, whose four-game winning streak came to a halt. Nathaniel Lowe drove in Washington’s lone run with a single in the fifth inning.
Padres 6, Pirates 4
Manny Machado homered and knocked in the tiebreaking run during a four-run seventh-inning rally as host San Diego downed Pittsburgh.
Machado’s sacrifice fly to deep center scored Elias Diaz with the run that put the Padres ahead 5-4. Tyler Wade capped the big inning by stroking an infield single off the glove of reliever Caleb Ferguson that plated Fernando Tatis Jr.
Adrian Morejon (3-2) got the last out of the seventh to pick up the win and Robert Suarez pitched the ninth for his MLB-high 19th save. Tanner Rainey (0-1) was tagged with the loss after losing the strike zone in the seventh. He was charged with all four runs, allowing just one hit but walking three. The only hit was Diaz’s pinch-hit RBI single that scored Xander Bogaerts to make it 4-3. Rainey walked Tatis to load the bases and Luis Arraez greeted Ferguson with a run-scoring single to left that tied the score.
Mariners 2, Twins 1
Randy Arozarena singled home the winning run as Seattle defeated visiting Minnesota for its second straight walk-off victory.
Mariners closer Andres Munoz got the victory after blowing a second consecutive save opportunity, while Cal Raleigh hit his MLB-leading 23rd home run of the season. It was Raleigh’s third consecutive game with a homer and his fourth in the three-game series against the Twins. Luis Castillo made his fourth consecutive quality start with six scoreless innings.
Minnesota tied the score in the ninth inning in all three games of the series, but lost the last two games. Starter Chris Paddack allowed just one run on four hits in eight innings and gave up the lone run on four hits. He struck out a season-high 10 batters.
Yankees 7, Dodgers 3
Ben Rice hit a two-run home run and left-hander Ryan Yarbrough went six strong innings against his former club as New York avoided a three-game sweep in a World Series rematch with a victory over host Los Angeles.
DJ LeMahieu had four hits and drove in a pair of runs as the Yankees finished a 6-3 road trip against the Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels and Dodgers. Yarbrough (3-0), who received his World Series ring this weekend after making 32 relief appearances with the Dodgers last season, gave up one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts in his fifth start of the season.
Tommy Edman, Andy Pages and Max Muncy each hit home runs for the Dodgers, who saw a late surge fall short after scoring a combined 26 runs in two victories to start the series. Ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) gave up four runs while tying a career high with seven hits allowed in 3 2/3 innings as he gave up three walks. He failed to complete five innings for the first time this season.
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INDYCAR NEWS
KYLE KIRKWOOD EARNS 2ND WIN OF SEASON IN DETROIT; ALEX PALOU CRASHES
Kyle Kirkwood fended off Santino Ferrucci to notch his second win of the season at the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday.
Kirkwood, who previously won in Long Beach in April, moved into second in the season-long points race behind Alex Palou, whose streak of six top-two finishes ended when he crashed with 28 laps to go.
Kirkwood, 26, started the race in third and led 48 laps of the 100-lap race. He took the lead from Will Power of Australia on a restart with 11 laps remaining.
Ferrucci also passed Power but couldn’t catch Kirkwood, finishing 3.5931 seconds behind. Polesitter Colton Herta placed third, Power settled for fourth and Kyffin Simpson of the Cayman Islands was fifth.
Kirkwood managed to win despite a damaged wing on his No. 27 Andretti Honda.
“For some reason, the wing, it was damaged but it wasn’t really causing that much of an issue,” Kirkwood said. “This AWS Honda was unreal all weekend long. There were some challenges out there, that’s for sure. We had to pass our way back through a handful of times. It was definitely not a walk in the park especially with that front wing damage at the end.”
Ferrucci, driver of the No. 14 A.J. Foyt Chevrolet, led eight laps and earned a career-high finish.
“Huge, huge shoutout to this whole team,” Ferrucci said. “We were struggling in qualifying. I struggled, I made a lot of mistakes. I was really hard on myself yesterday, I felt like it was all on me.
“… Kyle was so fast today, so congratulations to him and his team on this win. Man, I’m just happy to bring Chevrolet on the podium.”
Palou, who took last week’s Indianapolis 500 for his fifth win in six starts, ended up in a tire barrier after an apparent nudge from David Malukas. He finished 25th.
“Somebody hit me from behind. It’s unfortunate,” the Spaniard said. “We were looking good to get to the podium.”
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GOLF NEWS
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER ROLLS TO VICTORY AT MEMORIAL FOR 3RD WIN OF YEAR
Scottie Scheffler had another smooth round and won for the third time in his last four tournaments, successfully defending his title at the Memorial Tournament with Sunday’s 2-under-par 70 in the final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.
At 10-under 278 for the tournament, Scheffler secured a four-shot victory over Ben Griffin — the only other golfer to win a PGA Tour event Scheffler started in the past month.
Scheffler hadn’t won in 2025 until capturing the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, which is considered his hometown event in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and followed that with claiming the PGA Championship. He won seven times in 2024.
Scheffler and Tiger Woods are the only back-to-back winners of the Memorial Tournament.
Much like on Saturday, Scheffler was content with pars as he played the front nine in 1 under with eight pars.
Griffin (73 on Sunday) led for large chunks of the first three days, but lost a share of the top spot with a bogey on Saturday’s final hole. He began Sunday with another bogey, and he was 2 over for the day through 13 holes.
An eagle on the par-5 15th with a 12-foot putt followed by a birdie on No. 16 allowed Griffin to extend the suspense. Then the margin went from two strokes to four when Griffin was stuck with a double bogey at No. 17.
A week ago, Scheffler tied for fourth place as Griffin won the Charles Schwab Challenge.
Austria’s Sepp Straka (70) was third at 5 under and second-round co-leader Nick Taylor of Canada (73) finished fourth at 4 under. Russell Henley (71) and Maverick McNealy (70) shared fifth place at 2 under.
Brandt Snedeker’s 65 was the best score of the final round, moving him to 1 under and into a five-way tie for seventh place.
MIGUEL ANGEL JIMENEZ PREVAILS IN PLAYOFF AT PRINCIPAL CHARITY CLASSIC
Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez birdied the final hole of regulation to force a playoff with Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and Australia’s Cameron Percy, then birdied the same hole in the playoff to win the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday at Wakonda Club in Des Moines, Iowa.
“It was hard,” Jimenez said. “People (were) playing very well, as you can see.”
Jimenez, who shot 2-under-par 70 on Sunday, started the final round with a two-shot lead over Percy. Kjeldsen was lodged seven shots back, but the 50-year-old making his second Champions Tour start fired a bogey-free 63 to take the lead into the clubhouse at 17-under 199.
Kjeldsen owned a one-shot edge when Jimenez and Percy reached the 18th hole, a drivable par-4. Jimenez and Percy lined their tee shots to the front of the green, then two-putted for birdie and a three-way playoff.
The three players returned to the 18th tee, but only Jimenez produced a solid tee shot. While the 61-year-old Jimenez drove just short of the green to the right — setting up a good angle to the pin — Kjeldsen sliced his drive off the cart path to the No. 1 tee box on the right and the 51-year-old Percy yanked his drive underneath a scoreboard to the left.
Kjeldsen and Percy scrambled to earn pars, but Jimenez calmly chipped within 3 feet and drained a straightforward birdie putt to claim his third title of the year and 16th since he joined the Champions Tour in 2014.
Jimenez’s $300,000 payday increased his 2025 earnings to $1,813,297, which leads second-place Angel Cabrera by $375,000. He celebrated by pulling a cigar out of his bag just off the 18th green.
“The cigar tastes amazing,” Jimenez said.
At least one runner-up, meanwhile, didn’t walk away with a bad taste in his mouth.
“I played great today, so no regrets,” Kjeldsen said. “Miguel is a great champion.”
MAJA STARK CAPTURES U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN FOR FIRST MAJOR TITLE
Maja Stark has won tournaments around the world, but a professional victory in the United States eluded her.
Now she’s a U.S. Women’s Open champion.
Stark carded an even-par 72 to win the second major of the year by two shots Sunday at Erin Hills in Erin, Wis.
The 25-year-old from Sweden led the championship by one stroke through 54 holes and outlasted World No. 1 Nelly Korda, who got within a shot of the lead before petering out on the back nine.
“I just didn’t want to get ahead of myself. I thought there’s still a lot of golf left to be played,” Stark said. “I just felt like people are going to pass me probably, and I just had to stay calm through that.
“I didn’t look at the leaderboards until I was on like 17. I caught a glimpse of it. It was nice.”
Stark posted a 7-under-par 281 for the week. Korda (71) tied for second with Japan’s Rio Takeda (72) at 5 under, and South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi carded a 68 to claim a share of fourth place at 4 under with countrywoman Mao Saigo (73) and China’s Ruoning Yin (70).
Korda had a 2-under front nine to get to 6 under for the championship. Stark was nursing a one-stroke lead over Korda when she birdied No. 11 from 14 feet.
Korda bogeyed the par-3 13th and birdied the next hole, but only after an eagle opportunity slid by.
Stark made a two-putt birdie at No. 14 to get to 9 under and had enough cushion to absorb bogeys at the difficult Nos. 17 and 18, where she missed each fairway.
“You need to kind of think about every shot here,” Stark said of the difficult course setup. “Maybe not the tee shot on 10. I think that’s fine. But everything else, you’ve just got to have your brain working for you, whereas like on normal weeks, you can kind of bail out. Here, not really.”
Stark has six wins to her name on the Ladies European Tour. One of those, the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland, was co-sanctioned by the LPGA and earned her a tour card in 2022.
Before Sunday, the highlight of Stark’s minimal major resume was placing second to Korda at the 2024 Chevron Championship. Now, she is just the third Swedish woman to win a U.S. Women’s Open after Liselotte Neumann and golf legend Annika Sorenstam.
“It’s so cool. They texted me yesterday and just kind of said, ‘Bring it home,’” Stark said. “That was already cool to just get those texts. Just looking at all the names on the trophy. I love the U.S. Opens. I’m so happy that it’s mine now.”
Korda came up short of a would-be third major victory. She earned her best finish at a U.S. Women’s Open and her third top-10 after she missed the cut last year.
“To have that showing last year definitely put a dagger into my heart, but that’s just golf,” Korda said. “You’re going to lose more than you win a majority of the time. I feel like I actually learn a lot about myself and my game and where I need to improve playing the U.S. Women’s Open because it does test every part of your game.
“It’s also super motivating … to see where my game’s at. Hopefully I can continue trending in the right direction for a long season ahead.”
Takeda made an early double bogey in an otherwise solid round to stay close to the top of the leaderboard all day. She tied for ninth at this championship last year in her major debut and followed that with a T2 on Sunday.
“This is a major, of course, and it is a big tournament. So I always thought that I would like to do my best here,” Takeda said.
Julia Lopez Ramirez of Spain played in the final pairing with Stark after shooting a 68 on Saturday. She struggled from the outset and finished 1 over for the event after a triple-bogey 8 on the final hole destined her to a score of 79.
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FRENCH OPEN NEWS
FRENCH OPEN: CARLOS ALCARAZ SHOWS SPORTSMANSHIP BY CONCEDING A POINT IN WIN OVER BEN SHELTON
PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz conjured up what initially appeared — to the chair umpire, to everyone watching in the stands or on TV and to his opponent, Ben Shelton — a remarkable lunging volley to win a point at the French Open on Sunday.
But Alcaraz knew it shouldn’t count. So after briefly thinking about it, the defending champion at Roland-Garros fessed up and called himself for breaking the rules, handing the point to Shelton during what would become a 7-6 (8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory for Alcaraz in the fourth round.
“It’s a shame, because it was the ‘Hot Shot’ of the day,” Alcaraz said later with a smile.
“Crazy shot,” Shelton said.
Here’s what happened: Early in the second set, Shelton whipped a passing shot well out of Alcaraz’s reach up at the net. So Alcaraz flung his racket — and, as his equipment flipped through the air, its strings somehow not only made contact with the ball but sent it back over the net and onto the other side of the court.
Initially, the second-seeded Alcaraz was awarded the point. But he went over to the chair umpire to admit that he wasn’t holding his racket when it touched the ball. That’s not allowed, so he conceded the point to Shelton, an American seeded 13th.
When the official informed the Court Philippe-Chatrier crowd what had happened, Alcaraz was given a round of applause.
“I thought, ’OK, I could not say anything.’ But I would have felt guilty if I didn’t say anything,” Alcaraz explained. “It’s just about if I know that I didn’t (do), or I did, a wrong thing. … I have to say. I have to be honest with myself. I have to be honest with Ben, with everyone. … It’s just about the respect we have against each other, and I think that sports, in general, should be like this.”
It came at what could have been a critical moment, because instead of leading 40-30 on his serve, Alcaraz was now down 30-40, giving Shelton his first break point of the match. But Alcaraz saved that one — and five others in that 20-point game — along the way to taking a two-set lead in an entertaining matchup between a pair of 22-year-olds who hit the ball hard.
“I thought it was clean, you know? I thought he hit the volley, and (then) the racket flew out of his hand,” Shelton said. “I was kind of surprised that he was, like, ‘No, I let go of the racket and threw it.’ … Obviously a guy with a lot of sportsmanship.”
Shelton, twice a semifinalist at majors, delivered serves at up to 143 mph (230 kph) and forehands at up to 116 mph (187 kph). Alcaraz, already a four-time Grand Slam champion, showed off various parts of his repertoire.
It was tighter than the score might indicate: Shelton held three opportunities to own the opening set, leading in the tiebreaker at 6-4, 6-5 and 7-6. Take any of the subsequent points, and Shelton would own that set.
But Alcaraz — who meets No. 12 Tommy Paul of the U.S. in the quarterfinals Tuesday — saved the first with a service winner. Shelton netted a backhand on the next. And the last ended with Shelton smacking a backhand right at the body of Alcaraz, who was up at the net and contorted himself in order to chop a drop volley winner.
Alcaraz then converted his second set point, closing a 15-stroke exchange with a down-the-line forehand that drew a mistake from Shelton.
The third set went to Shelton when Alcaraz put a forehand into the net, and the big-swinging American punched the air, then his chest, and screamed: “Let’s go, baby! Come on!”
The fourth swung Alcaraz’s way when he used a drop shot winner to set up a break point that he claimed for a 2-1 edge and, after a total of 3 hours, 19 minutes, he was able to finish off an 11th consecutive win at Roland-Garros.
FRENCH OPEN: FRANCES TIAFOE AND TOMMY PAUL PUT 2 US MEN IN QUARTERFINALS FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 1996
PARIS (AP) — Before Frances Tiafoe played a point at this French Open, he wasn’t particularly enthusiastic about its surface — or his chances in the tournament.
“Last tournament on clay, which I get really excited about,” Tiafoe said on the eve of the Grand Slam event at Roland-Garros. “And then we get on the real stuff, the grass and the summer hard courts — where tennis actually matters.”
Might have a different point of view now.
The 15th-seeded Tiafoe made his way into the quarterfinals at the French Open for the first time with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Daniel Altmaier of Germany on Sunday night, joining 12th-seeded Tommy Paul to put a pair of American men in the round of eight.
It’s the first time the country placed more than one man in the quarterfinals in Paris since 1996, when Jim Courier and Pete Sampras did it together. Zero men from the United States had made it this far in any year since Andre Agassi in 2003.
The key for Tiafoe?
“Playing hard-court tennis on a clay court,” he said.
And Tiafoe — who celebrated his win by twice shouting a phrase that can’t be quoted fully here but included the words “let’s” and “go” — has done it without dropping a set.
Quite a turnaround for a guy whose big-strike tennis long suffered on the slow red clay. He began his French Open career with a 0-6 record before getting his first win in 2022 and one more last year.
“On clay, I get a little more passive than on other surfaces, because the court doesn’t help me play as fast as I would like,” said Tiafoe, twice a semifinalist on the hard courts of the U.S. Open, where speedy shots are rewarded and the loud crowds and bright lights tend to bring out his best. “Patience is a thing I struggle with.”
Look at him now, though.
And listen to something else he said when he met with reporters a little more than a week ago, with a dash of his usual sense of humor: “Overall, I’m a big believer it can all change in a week. When I’m backed up against it, it seems like I start to produce my best tennis, because I have to if I want to continue living the life I want to live.”
Tiafoe, a 27-year-old from Maryland, added: “If I’m ready to go, I’m not just going to get to the third round — I can go for a run. I genuinely feel I can beat anybody on any specific day.”
He wants more, too, naturally.
“Quarterfinals is not end-all, be-all,” Tiafoe said.
Next up is a matchup on Tuesday against No. 8 Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, who defeated No. 10 Holger Rune of Denmark 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Last year, Musetti won a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics held at Roland-Garros and reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon.
Four American women play in the fourth round Monday: No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jessica Pegula, and No. 7 Madison Keys against Hailey Baptiste in an all-U.S. encounter.
Paul, a semifinalist at the Australian Open in 2023, was never really troubled Sunday during his 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 win against 25th-seeded Alexei Popyrin of Australia in less than two hours. Paul is a 28-year-old who grew up in North Carolina and now goes up against No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain, the defending champion who got past No. 13 Ben Shelton of the U.S. 7-6 (8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
“Obviously,” Paul said about Alcaraz, “the guy can play amazing tennis here.”
FRENCH OPEN: IGA SWIATEK BEATS ELENA RYBAKINA AND EXTENDS HER BID FOR A 4TH TITLE IN A ROW
PARIS (AP) — Iga Swiatek needed this type of turnaround, this sort of victory, given the tough-for-her past 12 months.
So after she went from dropping eight of the first nine games against Elena Rybakina in the French Open’s fourth round Sunday, after she came through in the clutch, Swiatek responded with quite a reaction.
Swiatek hung in there until she could put together a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 comeback over 2022 Wimbledon champion Rybakina, extending her tournament winning streak to 25 matches and her bid for a record fourth consecutive championship at the clay-court major at Roland-Garros.
When she took the last two games and ended things with a forehand winner, Swiatek yelled, rocked back on her heels and put her fist to her chest.
“I needed that kind of win to feel these feelings that I’m able to win under pressure,” Swiatek said. “For sure, it’s a great confirmation for me. … I’m happy that I fought, and I also problem-solved.”
The big-serving Rybakina got off to a stunning start, leading 5-0 after less than 20 minutes and grabbing 24 of the initial 32 points. She was responsible for 10 of the match’s first 12 winners.
“I knew that (to) continue like that,” Rybakina said, “is not going to be easy.”
In the second set, Swiatek double-faulted to close the first game, then turned to her team in the stands with her palms up and said something; soon she was down 2-0. There was a game later in that set where she double-faulted three times.
“I don’t think that happened before,” Swiatek said.
Iga Swiatek improved to 39-2 in her French Open career
That, though, is when Swiatek suddenly transformed back into what she’s been so often in recent seasons: a seemingly invincible force on red clay who has won four of the past five titles at the French Open, where she is 39-2 for her career.
At the outset, Swiatek had trouble dealing with Rybakina’s power and repeatedly was forced into errors. Given the rough stretch since June 2024 for Swiatek, a 23-year-old from Poland, maybe it would not have been entirely shocking for her to take a loss Sunday.
Swiatek hasn’t reached a final in a year and is now No. 5 in the rankings
She hasn’t reached any final since earning the trophy in Paris a year ago and slid from No. 1 to No. 5 in the rankings.
That rut includes a loss in the semifinals at the 2024 Olympics, contested at Roland-Garros; she ended up with a bronze. Later last season, she was banned for a month after testing positive for a banned substance; her explanation was accepted that the result was unintentional and caused by a contaminated medicine.
On Tuesday, Swiatek will play No. 13 Elina Svitolina, who is 0-4 in previous French Open quarterfinals. No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka faces No. 8 Zheng Qinwen in Tuesday’s other women’s match.
Svitolina saved three match points to get past 2024 runner-up Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-1. All of the top eight women’s seeds reached the fourth round; No. 4 Paolini was the first to exit.
Swiatek was almost the next.
One key moment across the 2 1/2 hours that perhaps presaged Rybakina’s unraveling came when she was a point away from a second break in the second set and had the chance to strike a forehand into an empty section of the court. Instead, she hit it right at Swiatek. When the ball came back over the net, Rybakina netted a jumping overhead.
Soon, Swiatek was imposing herself on groundstroke exchanges. She moved back for returns and those became more effective as Rybakina’s first-serve percentage dipped from 56% in the first set to 45% in the second and 43% in the third.
In the second set, Swiatek reeled off five straight games and, in one burst, 10 straight points.
What happened in the last set between Swiatek and Rybakina in Paris?
Still, not all was smooth sailing in the third.
Swiatek faced three break points while trailing 3-2 but escaped from that predicament. After breaking to lead 4-3, Swiatek double-faulted to make it 4-all.
In the next game, Swiatek appeared to have a break for a 5-4 edge when Rybakina’s second serve was ruled a fault. But chair umpire Kader Nouni overruled the line judge’s out call. When Swiatek told him Rybakina didn’t argue about the original ruling, Nouni replied: “It’s my responsibility to check it.”
Said Swiatek: “I just refocused immediately. It wasn’t such a big deal for me.”
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TOP INDIANA NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES
INDIANA PACERS
2025 NBA FINALS: WHAT TO EXPECT IN THUNDER-PACERS SERIES
NBA.COM
This is a true David vs. Goliath series, or maybe a more appropriate description for the Pacers is “Hoosiers.” Much like tiny Hickory High School depicted in the Gene Hackman movie that slayed all the giants to win the Indiana state championship decades ago, the Pacers need to reassure themselves that the height of the rims are the same in the NBA Finals. It’s a “magical ride” as described by Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.
But will this 2025 drama have the same stirring ending? Indiana, which lost twice to Oklahoma City during the regular season, will need to play a near-perfect series to have a shot. And perhaps the Pacers will deliver in such a way. Maybe Tyrese Haliburton and his ability to be clutch helps him become 2011 Dirk Nowitzki, who surprisingly mowed down the Miami Big 3 Heat (and was coached by Carlisle).
Oh, by the way: Forget the small-market conversation that’s sure to follow this series. It’s not about market size — who cares. Hardcore fans will tune in regardless. It’s about players meeting the challenge to get casuals to watch and make for a compelling series.
What say you, Pacers?
TOP STORYLINE
Elite defense vs. explosive offense. This series presents a chance to witness what the Thunder’s relentless defense can do against the Pacers’ efficient offense. When the ball is on that side of the court, the outcome of games may rest on which top-rated unit gets the better of the other.
The Thunder were tremendous defensively against the Timberwolves, and actually through much of the playoffs. OKC brings two members of the league’s All-Defensive team — Lu Dort (first team) and Jalen Williams (second) — and so much more. That’s because through a generous portion of certain playoff games, Chet Holmgren and Alex Caruso were OKC’s better ball-stoppers.
With the Pacers, it’s all about Haliburton and whether he can create ample scoring chances for his teammates. He’s a throwback in this sense — a pass-first point guard who can spot teammates for easy baskets, leads the break and keeps the defense guessing. You don’t see many like him in today’s game.
Keep your eyes on
The big men matchup. This is seemingly in Oklahoma City’s favor because of rebounding. Holmgren and Isaiah Hartenstein are both capable of snatching double-digit boards. Meanwhile, Myles Turner is meek on the glass and Indiana lacks a beastly backup, so the blue-collar workload falls on Pascal Siakam, who leads the Pacers in rebounds during the postseason at a very average 5.8 per game.
If the Pacers manage to match OKC’s elbow grease with a collective effort, then that’s a big victory for Indy. Which won’t be easy. Holmgren is growing up fast in the postseason and I-Hart was brought to OKC specifically to be a difference-maker in the paint — so far, so good on that goal.
1 more thing to watch for each team
For Thunder. Will their depth once again give them an edge? In every playoff series to this point, OKC won that battle. The Thunder wore down the Nuggets who eventually were doomed by injuries, then ambushed the Timberwolves.
It’s soul-crushing for opposing teams when they see Caruso and Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace check in and immediately produce. OKC isn’t afraid to go eight, nine deep. When the bench produces there’s not so much pressure on the starters to be stars.
For Pacers. Siakam captured the Eastern Conference finals MVP over Haliburton, which might’ve caught a few folks by surprise. But Siakam was solid against the Knicks and very productive since he arrived in a trade from Toronto.
Of course, he won a championship there in 2019, so in this situation, he’s not scared. For the Pacers to insert drama in this series, he’ll need to duplicate that at the very least. And that will require A-game efforts against Williams and a team that managed to survive Nikola Jokić and Anthony Edwards.
So good luck to Siakam.
1 key number to know
8.5 – The Pacers have outscored their playoff opponents by 8.5 points per game in transition, according to Synergy tracking. That’s the best differential in these playoffs, and it includes a tally of 46-18 in transition in their Game 6 victory over the Knicks on Saturday.
The second best differential belongs to the Thunder, who’ve outscored their opponents by 8.1 points per game in transition.
The Pacers obviously love to run, and they’re led by Tyrese Haliburton, who led the league with 9.2 pass-ahead passes per game, according to Second Spectrum tracking. The Thunder, meanwhile, run off off turnovers, and they’ve led both the regular season (16.9) and playoffs (17.7) in opponent turnovers per 100 possessions.
But you don’t get differentials like that without also being good in transition defense. The Thunder lead the playoffs in the lowest percentage of their opponents possessions (13.6%) that have been in transition, while the Pacers have allowed the fewest points per possession (0.96) in transition, according to Synergy.
The primary battle in this series could be in the first five or six seconds of the shot clock.
— John Schuhmann
The pick
Oklahoma City carries the distinction of dominating the NBA all season and through much of the playoffs. Start with 68 wins, a record point differential, epic defense and XXL-depth. Will that suddenly vaporize here at the finish line, against a team that finished 14 games behind the top seed in the East? That seems unlikely. A more reasonable scenario has Shai Gilgeous-Alexander adding a championship trophy to his ample number of achievements this season. Give Haliburton a game, give OKC the ring. Thunder in 5.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS DEFEATED BY SOUNDS IN SERIES FINALE
INDIANAPOLIS – Jack Suwinski launched his seventh Triple-A home run of the season as the Indianapolis Indians fell to the Nashville Sounds in Sunday’s series finale at Victory Field, 11-1.
Nashville (33-23) scored in six of nine offensive half innings, highlighted by three runs in the third and eighth frames, en route to the victory. Wes Clarke led the offense with three hits – including a pair of home runs – and four RBI.
The Indians (31-24) broke up a shutout bid with Suwinski’s second homer of the series in the bottom of the eighth inning. He and Billy Cook finished the game with two hits apiece, accounting for four of Indy’s six total hits.
Nick Dombkowski (L, 1-3) surrendered the first Sounds run in the second inning in a spot-start. Easton McGee (W, 2-0) tossed two scoreless innings in relief of starter Logan Henderson.
The Indians begin a six-game road trip at the Memphis Redbirds, Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, on Tuesday at 8:05 PM ET. Neither team has named a starting pitcher for the series opener.
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PURDUE WRESTLING
BUELL FINISHES 6TH, BOILERS TOTAL 20 WINS AT U23 NATIONALS
GENEVA, Ohio — Purdue’s travel party of 11 wrestlers closed its trip to U23 Nationals on Sunday after notching 20 wins during the two-day event inside SPIRE Academy.
Competing in the double-elimination freestyle tournament, Stoney Buell, Brody Baumann and Ashton Jackson advanced to day two after securing multiple wins in the early rounds on Saturday.
Buell led the charge as the last Boilermaker standing, advancing all the way to the fifth-place match in the 74 kg division.
The team captain and soon-to-be redshirt senior from Dundee, Michigan, earned six wins on the national stage before finally bowing out on Sunday afternoon. His sixth-place podium finish earned him U23 All-America status.
Baumann also impressed with three wins, highlighted by a furious 10-0 technical fall in just eight seconds over Braidon Woodward (Buffalo).
Baumann’s fellow 2025 NCAA qualifier, Hayden Filipovich, was off to a dominant start at 125 kg before suffering a leg injury that forced him to medically forfeit.
Filipovich had won two matches by a combined score of 16-2 and was leading his third-round match, 8-1, before taking an awkward fall. After a lengthy medical break, he opted to continue wrestling until another stumble made head coach Tony Ersland call for a medical forfeit to protect his starting heavyweight.
Jackson bounced back from an early 9-0 decision loss to win four straight in the consolation ladder. He ultimately tallied the second-most points of any Boilermaker (25) thanks to three tech falls and a 12-5 decision.
Redshirt sophomore Kade Law won his first two matches by a combined score of 13-1 in the 70 kg division. Additionally, underclassmen Dominic Burgett, Jacob Macatangay and Keagan Martin all picked up wins to contribute to Purdue’s final team score of 136.
UP NEXT
Joey Blaze will wrestle at Final X on Saturday, June 14, to determine a true third place and the final spot on the USA Wrestling Senior National Team (74 kg). His match against five-time NCAA qualifier Jarrett Jacques will go down at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
RESULTS
57 kg | Ashton Jackson – 4-2
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: vs. Martin Cafurello – L, D 9-0
Cons. Round 3: vs. Austin Zimmerman – W, TF 10-0 (0:51)
Cons. Round 4: vs. Christian Tanefeu – W, D 12-5
Cons. Round 5: vs. Riley Rowan – W, TF 10-0 (0:49)
Cons. Round 6: vs. Gylon Sims – W, TF 12-1 (3:54)
Cons. Round 7: vs. Bowen Downey – L, TF 10-0 (1:28)
57 kg | Jacob Macatangay – 1-2
Round 1: vs. Christian Tanefeu – L, D 17-14
Cons. Round 2: vs. Davian Guanajuato – W, D 13-5
Cons. Round 3: vs. Kenneth Hendriksen – L, D 8-1
70 kg | Kade Law – 2-2
Round 1: vs. Austin Abitua – W, TF 10-0 (0:41)
Round 2: vs. Rawson Iwanicki – W, D 3-1
Round 3: vs. Connor Pierce – L, TF 10-0 (2:11)
Cons. Round 4: vs. Paul Woo – L, Fall 3:37
74 kg | Stoney Buell – 6TH PLACE – 6-3
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: vs. Hale Rhodes – W, TF 10-0 (0:39)
Round 3: vs. Jagger Condomitti – W, TF 10-0 (0:34)
Round 4: vs. Latrell Schafer – W, D 10-5
Round 5: vs. Paul Ognissanti – W, TF 12-1 (3:56)
Quarterfinal: vs. e’Than Birden – L, TF 15-4 (2:48)
Cons. Round 10: vs. Dylan Evans – W, TF 10-0 (0:41)
Cons. Quarterfinal: vs. Matthew Bianchi – W, TF 10-0 (3:28)
Cons. Semifinal: vs. Tyler Lillard – L, Fall 4:38
5th Place Match: vs. e’Than Birden – L, TF 16-5 (4:57)
79 kg | Brody Baumann – 3-2
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: vs. Braidon Woodward – W, TF 10-0 (0:08)
Round 3: vs. Dominic Lopez – W, TF 10-0 (1:40)
Round 4: vs. Moses Espinoza-Owens – L, D 7-4
Cons. Round 6: vs. Cade Tenold – W, TF 13-0 (3:58)
Cons. Round 7: vs. Myles Takats – L, TF 10-0 (2:04)
79 kg | Ethan Popp – 0-2
Round 1: vs. Xavier Swanson – L, TF 10-0 (2:27)
Cons. Round 2: vs. Blake Hendricks – L, TF 12-2 (4:16)
86 kg | Quinn Herbert – 0-2
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: vs. Wesley Wilson – L, TF 10-0 (0:45)
Cons. Round 3: vs. Patrick Cutchember – L, TF 13-3 (3:16)
86 kg | RJ Powers – 0-2
Round 1: vs. James Conway – L, TF 10-0 (2:49)
Cons. Round 2: vs. Reese Spiro – L, Fall 0:19
125 kg | Dominic Burgett – 1-2
Round 1: vs. Nicholas Cook – W, Fall 2:10
Round 2: vs. Matthew Moore – L, D 7-3
Cons. Round 2: vs. Billy McChesney – L, TF 10-0 (4:29)
125 kg | Hayden Filipovich – 2-2
Round 1: vs. Christian Bell – W, D 4-0
Round 2: vs. Hayden Simpson – W, TF 12-2 (2:04)
Round 3: vs. Adam Ahrednsen – L, Inj. Default (3:41)
Cons. Round 4: vs. Billy McChesney – L, Med. Forfeit
125 kg | Keagan Martin – 1-2
Round 1: vs. Abel Ngoh – W, D 5-2
Round 2: vs. Cameron Geuther – L, TF 11-0 (2:01)
Cons. Round 2: vs. Jaxson Thomas – L, D 10-2
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INDIANA STATE TRACK
MEHRINGER BOOKS SPOT IN NCAA OUTDOOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Indiana State sophomore hurdler Rachel Mehringer made her mark Saturday evening, as the program and conference 100m hurdles record holder qualified for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships.
Mehringer, who broke Indiana State and Missouri Valley Conference records in both the 60m hurdles (indoor) and 100m hurdles (outdoor) during the 2024-25 season, clocked a time of 13.08 to advance. She placed 10th in the field, advancing to the NCAA Outdoor National Championships for the first time in her career as the fastest time among athletes who didn’t place in the top three of their heat.
Mehringer becomes the first athlete in program history to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in the women’s 100m hurdles, and the first Indiana State women’s hurdles athlete to reach the national championships. She is the eighth Sycamore athlete to reach the NCAA National Championships in a hurdles event joining Aubrey Herring, Chris Lancaster, Wil Lash, Marcus Neeley, Greggmar Swift, Max Tuttle and Adarius Washington.
SATURDAY RESULTS
Women’s 100m Hurdles
10. Rachel Mehringer – 13.08 (qualified for NCAA Outdoor National Championships)
Up Next
Will Staggs and Rachel Mehringer will represent the Blue and White at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, slated for June 11-14 in Eugene, Oregon.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 2
1928 — Les Bell of the Boston Braves hit three home runs and a triple at Braves Field, but the Cincinnati Reds came away with a 20-12 triumph.
1928 — The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1. All the runs came from three pinch-hit home runs.
1941 — Lou Gehrig died in New York at age 37.
1949 — The Philadelphia Phillies hit five homers in the eighth inning against the Cincinnati Reds. Andy Seminick hit two and Del Ennis, Willie Jones, and Schoolboy Rowe hit one apiece. Seminick had homered earlier in the game.
1959 — The Baltimore Orioles-Chicago White Sox game at Comiskey Park was delayed for nearly half an hour as a swarm of gnats overcame the field. Groundskeepers tried using bug sprays and torches, but the gnats wouldn’t budge. A postgame fireworks display was brought in from center field and a smoke bomb was attached to the framework. The gnats left and the Orioles defeated the White Sox, 3-2.
1990 — Randy Johnson pitched the first no-hitter in the Seattle Mariners’ history as he beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. The 6-foot-10 left-hander, walked six and struck out eight while pitching the first no-hitter at the Kingdome, which opened for baseball in 1977.
1996 — Houston starter Darryl Kile tied the modern major league record by hitting four batters in a 2-0 loss at St. Louis, and the first to do it in the NL since Moe Drabowsky in 1957.
2000 — Tampa Bay’s Fred McGriff hit his 400th career home run, but the Devil Rays lost to the Mets 5-3.
2000 — Rick Aguilera of the Chicago Cubs became the 13th pitcher with 300 saves in a 2-0 win over Detroit. Aguilera reached the mark in 614 career appearances, third quickest.
2002 — Philadelphia pitcher Robert Person drove in seven runs with a grand slam and a three-run homer in an 18-3 win over Montreal. Person had just come off the disabled list and collected his first win of the season.
2005 — Kansas City completed a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-2 victory. The Royals, who have the worst record and second-lowest payroll in the major leagues, finished their first three-game sweep of the Yankees at home in 15 years.
2009 — Dan Uggla of the Marlins became the fastest second baseman to 100 homers in Florida’s 10-3 win over Milwaukee. Uggla’s two-run shot in the bottom of the second came in his 502nd game as a second baseman, beating Alfonso Soriano to 100 by 34 games.
2010 — Ken Griffey Jr. announces his retirement after 22 seasons in the major leagues. Hitting only .184 in part-time duty for the Mariners, he retires with 630 career home runs and six seasons of 40 or more homers. Most of his career was spent with Seattle and the Cincinnati Reds.
2010 — Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fielded Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and made an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball was there in time, and all of Comerica Park was ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signaled safe.
2011 — Aubrey Huff hit three home runs and matched his career best with six RBIs and the San Francisco Giants posted a 12-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Huff hit two-run homers in the fourth and ninth and a solo shot in the seventh.
2015 — In a memorable major league debut, Rangers 3B Joey Gallo hits a two-run homer in his second at-bat on the way to collecting 3 hits and 4 RBIs in leading Texas to a 15-2 beating of the White Sox.
2017 — Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers records his 2,000 career strikeout.
2018 — Jacob deGrom matches a career high set just two weeks earlier by racking up 13 strikeouts in 7 innings in a start against the Cubs.
June 3
1918 — Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched his second no-hitter, blanking the Detroit Tigers 5-0.
1932 — Lou Gehrig became the first American League player to hit four home runs in a game, helping the New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia A’s 20-13. The event was overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw as manager of the New York Giants.
1954 — Henry Thompson of the New York Giants hit three home runs and drove in eight runs in a 13-8 win against the St. Louis Cardinals. Willie Mays drove in the other five runs with two homers.
1971 — Ken Holtzman of the Chicago Cubs pitched his second no-hitter, beating the Cincinnati Reds 1-0.
1978 — Dave Johnson became the first major leaguer to hit two pinch-hit grand slams in a season. His grand slam in the ninth inning gave the Philadelphia Phillies a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1989 — Los Angeles and Houston played 22 innings at the Astrodome in the longest night game in National League history — 7 hours and 14 minutes. The Astros won the game on Rafael Ramirez’s RBI single off Jeff Hamilton, normally the Dodgers’ third baseman. When the game ended, Fernando Valenzuela was playing first and Eddie Murray was at third.
1989 — Nolan Ryan pitched his 11th career one-hitter and struck out 11 as Texas beat Seattle 6-1. It was Ryan’s 16th low-hit game (no-hitter or one-hitter), breaking Bob Feller’s record of 15.
1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitched nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos 1-0 win.
2003 — Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago’s 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.
2006 — Damion Easley hit three homers and had seven RBIs in Arizona’s 13-9 victory over Atlanta.
2008 — Randy Johnson took sole possession of second place on baseball’s career strikeout list after getting the Milwaukee Brewers’ Mike Cameron to go down swinging in the first inning. It was Johnson’s 4,673rd career strikeout, breaking a tie with Roger Clemens and leaving the Arizona Diamondbacks’ veteran ace behind only Nolan Ryan, who had 5,714 strikeouts in his career.
2017 — Albert Pujols hits his 600th home run of his career, the historic blast being a 4th-inning grand slam off Ervin Santana of the Twins in a 7 – 2 Angels win. He is the ninth player to join the exclusive fraternity.
2017 — Endinson Volquez of the Mets throws the first no-hiitter of the year, defeating the Diamonbacks 3-0.
2018 — Blake Snell ties an American League record by striking out the first 7 batters he faces for the Rays against the Mariners.
2022 — With a disappointing 22-29 record after splurging on free agents over the past few years, the Phillies fire manager Joe Girardi, who has failed to take them to the postseason in his two-plus seasons at the helm. Bench coach Rob Thomson is named manager on an interim basis to finish the season.
2024 —Padres player Tucupita Marcano faces a lifetime ban from baseball after an investigation by MLB found that he has placed bets on a large number of major league games, in contravention of very clear rule. He is suspected of having bet on Pirates games while injured last season; he has not played this season, also due to injury. The lifetime ban will be confirmed tomorrow and four other players will receive one-year suspensions for placing bets while they were in the minor leagues: Michael Kelly, Jay Groome, José Rodríguez and Andrew Saalfrank.
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June 4
1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.
1940 — The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman’s Park, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1.
1951 — Pittsburgh’s Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia.
1964 — Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia.
1968 — Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth straight shutout en route to a record 58 2-3 scoreless innings.
1972 — A major league record eight shutouts were pitched in 16 major league games: five in the American League, three in the National League. The Oakland Athletics swept a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2-0 scores.
1974 — The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium was forfeited to Texas. Umpire Nestor Chylak had problems with fans all night on 10-cent beer night. The crowd got out of control when Cleveland tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth.
1989 — Toronto beats Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six inngs. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson threw six scoreless innings before leaving in the seventh because of a foot blister. The Jays then scored two in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix’s home run. It was the biggest lead the Red Sox have blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
1990 — Ramon Martinez struck out 18 and pitched a three-hitter, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves 6-0.
1996 — Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system. The 21-year-old right-hander pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team.
2000 — Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 77th major league player to hit a home run in his first at bat, but just the fourth American League pitcher and the first since the Angels’ Don Rose in 1972, the year before the designated hitter rule took the bat out of AL pitchers’ hands.
2005 — Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit.
2007 — Mark Ellis hit for the cycle and Eric Chavez had a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston.
2009 — Randy Johnson became the 24th major league pitcher to win 300 games by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2012 — Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels manager became the ninth manager in AL history to manage 2,000 games with one club. The Mariners beat the Angels 8-6.
2018 — In a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge sets a record by striking out eight times.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
2022 — The rule preventing position players from pitching in a close game is invoked for the first time when Crew chief C.B. Bucknor objects to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calling on OF Zach McKinstry to pitch the 9th inning gainst the Mets with his team trailing, 9 – 4. The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. Roberts is thus forced to use a real pitcher, Evan Phillips, to pitch the final inning. In spite of the rule, the practice of using such “mystery pitchers” is continuing undiminished, with teams even resorting to them when they have built a huge lead late in the game, in order to rest their bullpens, something that was completely unseen before the decade started.
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June 5
1915 — Philadelphia’s Grover Cleveland Alexander lost his no-hitter when Artie Butler punched a single with two outs in the ninth. Alexander struck out Bob Bescher for the final out to beat St. Louis 3-0. Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season.
1929 — The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 romp over the Chicago Cubs.
1935 — Chicago White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses to St. Louis 2-0. It was his first loss after winning his first eight starts, an AL record for the start of a career.
1949 — Commissioner Happy Chandler lifted the ban on all players who jumped to Mexico, starting in 1946.
1955 — Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit a home run off Chicago’s Billy Pierce that traveled about 550 feet. The ball cleared the left-field upper deck at Comiskey Park.
1959 — Pittsburgh’s Dick Stuart hit the longest home run at Forbes Field. Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.
1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener 8-3 but dropped the second game 9-5.
1986 — San Diego’s Steve Garvey was ejected for the first time in his career when he argued a play at home plate. Garvey, the on-deck hitter, protested the last out of a triple play by the Atlanta Braves. Television replays showed that Bip Roberts was indeed safe. The Padres lost 4-2.
1989 — The Blue Jays lost their debut in the SkyDome as Glenn Braggs hit a two-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past Toronto 5-3. The $375 million complex featured a $100 million, four-section, retractable roof.
1997 — Alex Rodriguez of the Mariners became the first Seattle player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game. He completed the cycle with a double in the ninth of a 14-6 win at Detroit.
2001 — Colorado pitcher Mike Hampton had two homers, three RBIs and recorded his eighth win as Colorado defeated Houston 9-4.
2008 — Atlanta’s Chipper Jones became the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. Jones’ homer off Ricky Nolasco was one of his four hits in the 7-5 comeback win over Florida. Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray were the first two reach the milestone.
2013 — The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners played the first game in major league history when each team scored five or more runs in the game when it was scoreless through the ninth. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios each had an RBI single in the 16th inning, and Chicago won 7-5.
2015 — Oakland’s Pat Venditte became the first pitcher in 20 years to throw with both arms in the same game, but the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 4-2 on a night a fan sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a broken bat.
2021 — Team USA secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics by winning the Americas Olympic Qualifier.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 2
1896 — Hastings, ridden by H. Griffin, edges Handspring by a neck to capture the Belmont Stakes.
1908 — Royal Tourist, ridden by Eddie Dugan, posts a four-length victory over Live Wire in the Preakness Stakes.
1909 — Joe Madden, ridden by Eddie Dugan, wins the Belmont Stakes by eight lengths over Wise Mason.
1935 — Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player.
1935 — French Championships Men’s Tennis: Englishman Fred Perry wins his only French title, beating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.
1942 — Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a US Navy aviator.
1947 — After a six-year layoff, 13-year-old Honey Cloud wins the second race at Aqueduct. His jockey, Clarence Minner, takes his first ride in 10 years.
1962 — French Championships Women’s Tennis: In an all-Australian final Margaret Smith beats doubles partner Lesley Turner 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
1971 — European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Ajax beats Panathinaikos, 2-0; Dutch champions begin 3-year period of domination.
1985 — Nancy Lopez beats Alice Miller by eight strokes to win the LPGA championship.
1991 — Andrettis finish 1-2-3 in the Miller 200 at Wisconsin State Fair Park Speedway in Milwaukee. Mario Andretti finishes third, his son Michael wins the race and his nephew John finished second.
1996 — Annika Sorenstam closes with a 4-under 66 to win her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open. Sorenstam’s 8-under 272 is the best ever in the Open.
2002 — Annika Sorenstam matches the LPGA record for margin of victory in a 54-hole event while winning the inaugural Kellogg-Keebler Classic. Sorenstam finishes at 21-under 195 to win by 11 strokes.
2005 — Jockey Russell Baze records his 9,000th career victory aboard Queen of the Hunt in the eighth race at Golden Gate Fields.
2007 — Daniel Gibson scores a career-high 31 points as Cleveland beats Detroit 98-82 to advance to the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers are the third team to come back from an 0-2 deficit in a conference finals, joining the 1971 Baltimore Bullets and 1993 Chicago Bulls.
2008 — Pittsburgh outlasts Detroit 4-3 in three overtimes of Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. Petr Sykora scores at 9:57 of the third overtime ending the fifth-longest finals game in NHL history.
2010 — Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers loses his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admits he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fields Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and makes an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball is there in time, and all of Comerica Park is ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signals safe.
2011 — Dirk Nowitzki makes the tie-breaking layup with 3.6 seconds left, and the Dallas Mavericks roar back from 15 points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 95-93 and tie the NBA finals at one game apiece. The Mavs outscore the Heat 22-5 down the stretch and pull off the biggest comeback win in an NBA finals since 1992.
2019 — US Open Women’s Golf, CC of Charleston: Lee Jeong-eun of South Korea wins her first major title; beats runners-up Lexi Thompson, Agel Yin and Ryu So-yeon by 2 strokes.
June 3
1932 — Lou Gehrig becomes the first major league player to hit four consecutive home runs in a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-13 win over the Philadelphia A’s. Gehrig’s feat, however, is overshadowed by the resignation of John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants for 30 years.
1944 — Bounding Home, ridden by G.L. Smith, wins the Belmont Stakes by one-half length over Pensive, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness.
1959 — European Cup Final, Stuttgart: Real Madrid beats Stade de Reims, 2-0; 4th consecutive title for Los Blancos.
1961 — Sherluck, ridden by Braulio Baeza, wins the Belmont Stakes. Carry Beck, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, finishes seventh.
1972 — French Open Women’s Tennis: American icon Billie Jean King wins her only French singles title; beats Evonne Goolagong of Australia 6-3, 6-3.
1980 — NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1 overall.
1984 — Patty Sheehan wins the LPGA championship by a record 10 strokes over Beth Daniel and Pat Bradley.
1991 — Thomas Hearns becomes a world champion for the sixth time, capturing the World Boxing Association’s light-heavyweight title with a 12-round unanimous decision over Virgil Hill.
1992 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan scores a record 35 points, including a record six 3-pointers, in the first half as the Bulls beat Portland 122-89 in the opening game of the NBA Finals. Jordan finishes with 39 points and Chicago is only two points shy of the largest victory margin in the finals.
1995 — Pedro Martinez of Montreal pitches nine perfect innings against San Diego before giving up a leadoff double to Bip Roberts in the 10th inning of the Expos’ 1-0 win.
1999 — Four days after her first LPGA Tour victory, Kelli Kuehne ties the Women’s U.S. Open record with an 8-under 64 in the first round to take a one-stroke lead over Juli Inkster.
2001 — Karrie Webb wins the U.S. Women’s Open in a runaway for the second year in a row. Webb shoots a 1-under 69 for an eight-stroke victory, the largest margin at a Women’s Open in 21 years.
2004 — Calgary ties an NHL record with its 10th road win of the playoffs with a 3-2 overtime victory over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup finals. The New Jersey Devils also won 10 road playoff games during their championship seasons of 1995 and 2000.
2006 — Jeff Burton has the biggest come-from-behind win ever in a Busch race, overcoming a 36th-place starting position in the Dover 200 for his second victory of the season.
2006 — Russia’s Nikolai Valuev retains his WBA heavyweight title in Hanover, Germany, stopping Jamaican challenger Owen Beck with a right uppercut in the third round.
2011 — Roger Federer ends Novak Djokovic’s perfect season and 43-match winning streak, beating him 7-6 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in the French Open semifinals. Federer advances to the title match against five-time champion Rafael Nadal. Nadal reaches his sixth final in seven years at Roland Garros by defeating Andy Murray 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
2012 — Tiger Woods won his 73rd PGA tour victory with a two-stoke win over Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini in the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Course.
2017 — UEFA Champions League Final, Cardiff: Cristiano Ronaldo scores twice as defending champions Real Madrid thrash Juventus, 4-1 for 12th title; Juventus loses 5th consecutive final.
2018 — Stephen Curry, Golden State, broke Ray Allen’s NBA Finals record for the most 3-pointers with nine in the Warriors 122-103 Game 2 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher.
1927 — The United States wins the first Ryder Cup golf tournament by beating Britain 9½-2½.
1932 — Faireno, ridden by Tommy Malley, wins the Belmont Stakes by 1½ lengths over Osculator. Burgoo King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, doesn’t race.
1966 — Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle. Kauai King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, finishes fourth.
1974 — NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks.
1984 — 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
1987 — Danny Harris defeats Edwin Moses in the 400 hurdles at a meet in Madrid, ending the longest winning streak in track and field. Moses, had won 122 consecutive races dating to Aug. 26, 1977.
1988 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf beats 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union in 32 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to win the French Open for the second straight year.
1990 — Penn State is voted into the Big Ten. The school becomes the 11th member of the league and first addition to the Midwest-based conference since Michigan State in 1949.
1994 — Haile Gebrselassie becomes the first Ethiopian to set a world track record with a time of 12:56.96 in the men’s 5,000 meters at Hengelo, Netherlands.
1998 — Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy scores three goals in five minutes for the fastest hat trick in MLS history in an 8-1 rout of the Dallas Burn. The seven-goal margin sets an MLS record.
2005 — Justine Henin-Hardenne beats a rattled and fumbling Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the French Open, capping a comeback from a blood virus with her fourth Grand Slam title and her second at Roland Garros.
2005 — Eddie Castro sets a North American record for most wins by a jockey in one day at one track, winning nine races on the 13-race card at Miami’s Calder Race Course.
2008 — The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 .
2009 — Randy Johnson earns his 300th win, becoming the 24th major league pitcher to reach the milestone by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2011 — Li Na becomes the first Chinese — man or woman — to win a Grand Slam singles title. She beats Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final for her fifth career title and first on clay.
2016 — Garbine Muguruza wins her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
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June 5
1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to win three straight Belmont Stakes when he rides Panique to victory. He won with George Kinney (1883) and Forester (1882). McLaughlin repeats his feat in 1886-88. McLaughlin’s triple is matched by jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. in 1984.
1925 — Willie McFarlane beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in the second round of a playoff to capture the U.S. Open. Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club.
1927 — Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record.
1937 — War Admiral, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, wins the Triple Crown with a three-length victory over Sceneshifter in the Belmont Stakes.
1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Triple Crown by 25 lengths in the Belmont Stakes. Count Fleet goes at off at 1-20 odds in a race with no place or show betting.
1952 — Jersey Joe Walcott scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia to retain the world heavyweight title.
1961 — The newly formed American Basketball League adopts the 3-point field goal.
1977 — The Portland Trail Blazers hold off the Philadelphia 76ers 109-107 to win the NBA championship in six games. Portland becomes the first team in the 31-year history of the league to win four straight after losing the first two games.
1985 — Steve Cauthen wins the Epsom Derby aboard Slip Anchor and became the only American jockey to win both the English Derby and Kentucky Derby. Cauthen had ridden Affirmed to victory in the 1978 Kentucky Derby.
1993 — Julie Krone guides Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race.
1994 — Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Sergi Bruguera produce the best day of tennis in Spanish history. Sanchez Vicario beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 in the French Open final and Bruguera retains his title by defeating another Spaniard, Alberto Berasategui, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
1999 — Steffi Graf wins her sixth French Open title and her first Grand Slam championship in almost three years, beating top-ranked Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
1999 — Charismatic loses his bid to become the 12th Triple Crown winner when he fractures his left front cannon bone and sesamoid while finishing third to Lemon Drop Kid in the Belmont Stakes.
2004 — Smarty Jones loses his Triple Crown bid and his perfect record when Birdstone runs him down near the finish of a thrilling Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, a 36-1 long shot ridden by Edgar Prado, returns $74, $14 and $8.60.
2005 — Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal beats unseeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina in four sets to win the French Open men’s singles title. The No. 4-seeded Nadal becomes the youngest men’s Grand Slam champion since Pete Sampras won the U.S. Open at 19 in 1990.
2011 — Rafael Nadal wins his record-equaling sixth French Open title, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 in the final.
2016 — Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
2021 — Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to wins the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
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TV SPORTS
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Monday, June 2
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD Regional (If Necessary)
3 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD Regional (If Necessary)
6 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD Regional (If Necessary)
9 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD Regional (If Necessary)
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Noon
ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 11, Oklahoma City (If Necessary)
2:30 p.m.
ESPN — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 12, Oklahoma City (If Necessary)
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 13, Oklahoma City (If Necessary)
9:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — Women’s College World Series: TBD, Game 14, Oklahoma City (If Necessary)
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
FS1 — Milwaukee at Cincinnati
NBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
TNT — Eastern Conference Final: Indiana at New York, Game 7 (If Necessary)
TRUTV — Eastern Conference Final: Indiana at New York, Game 7 (If Necessary)
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m.
ESPN — Western Conference Final: Edmonton at Dallas, Game 7 (If Necessary)
TENNIS
6 a.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Fourth Round, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Fourth Round, Paris
2 p.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Fourth Round, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Fourth Round, Paris
6 a.m. (Tuesday)
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
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Tuesday, June 3
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
TBS — Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees
10 p.m.
TBS — Minnesota at Athletics
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
8 p.m.
TNT — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Jamaica, St. Louis
TRUTV — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Jamaica, St. Louis
TENNIS
6 a.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
2 p.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
6 a.m. (Wednesday)
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
NBATV — Washington at Indiana
9:30 p.m.
ESPN — Dallas at Seattle
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Wednesday, June 4
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 1, Oklahoma City
ESPNU — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 1, Oklahoma City (7Innings Live)
MLB BASEBALL
7:05 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees
RUGBY (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — MLR: Chicago at Houston
SOCCER (MEN’S)
10 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
11 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
Noon
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
3 p.m.
FS1 — UEFA Nations League: Germany vs. Portugal, Semifinal, Munich
4:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
5:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: West Ham United vs. Villarreal, Cary, N.C.
6:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD vs. The CONCAFA SC, Cary, N.C.
TENNIS
6 a.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
2 p.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Quarterfinals, Paris
6 a.m. (Thursday)
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Mixed Doubles Finals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Mixed Doubles Finals, Paris
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — New York at Washington
10 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Golden State at Phoenix
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Thursday, June 5
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Oklahoma City
ESPNU — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Oklahoma City (7Innings Live)
GOLF
7 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dutch Open, First Round, The International, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
Noon
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The BMW Charity Pro-Am, First Round, Thornblade Club, Greer, S.C.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, First Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
NBA BASKETBALL
8:30 p.m.
ABC — NBA Finals: TBD, Game 1
SOCCER (MEN’S)
10 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: West Ham United vs. Tenfifteen FC, Cary, N.C.
11 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
3 p.m.
FS1 — UEFA Nations League: Spain vs. France, Semifinal, Munich
4:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: Seleccion Potrero vs. Certified Lions FC, Cary, N.C.
5:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: Wrexham Red Dragons vs. The CONCACAF SC, Cary, N.C.
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
6:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
TENNIS
6 a.m.
TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Mixed Doubles Finals, Paris
TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Mixed Doubles Finals, Paris
9 a.m.
TNT — WTA: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
TRUTV — WTA: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
11:30 a.m.
TNT — WTA: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
TRUTV — WTA: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
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Friday, June 6
AUTO RACING
7:30 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 3, Oklahoma City (If Necessary)
ESPNU — Women’s College World Series – Finals: TBD, Game 2, Oklahoma City (7Innings Live) (If Necessary)
GOLF
7 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dutch Open, Second Round, The International, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
Noon
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Shoprite LPGA Classic, First Round, Bay Course at Seaview, Galloway, N.J.
2 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: First Round, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Va.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, Second Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
7 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The American Family Insurance Championship, First Round, TPC Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. (Taped)
9 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The BMW Charity Pro-Am, Second Round, Thornblade Club, Greer, S.C. (Taped)
HORSE RACING
5 p.m.
FOX — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
6 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
7:10 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Arizona at Cincinnati
APPLE TV+ — Chicago Cubs at Detroit
SOCCER (MEN’S)
11 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament: TBD, Round of 32
Noon
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament: TBD, Round of 32
4:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament: TBD, Round of 32
5:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament: TBD, Round of 32
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
10 a.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
6:30 p.m.
ESPNU — The Soccer Tournament Group Stage: TBD, Cary, N.C.
TENNIS
8:30 a.m.
TNT — ATP: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
TRUTV — ATP: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
1 p.m.
TNT — ATP: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
TRUTV — ATP: The French Open, Semifinal, Paris
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — Atlanta at Connecticut
9:30 p.m.
ION — Los Angeles at Dallas
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Saturday, June 7
AUTO RACING
Noon
FOX — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: The DQS Solutions & Staffing 200 Powered by Precision Vehicle Logistics, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.
4 p.m.
NBC — AMA Motocross Championship: Round 20, Lakewood, Colo.
8:15 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.
BOXING
10 p.m.
ESPN — Top Rank Main Card: Keyshawn Davis vs. Edwin De Los Santos (Lightweights), Norfolk, Va.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
11 a.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
Noon
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
2 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
8 p.m.
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dutch Open, Third Round, The International, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, Third Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, Third Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Shoprite LPGA Classic, Second Round, Bay Course at Seaview, Galloway, N.J.
5 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The BMW Charity Pro-Am, Third Round, Thornblade Club, Greer, S.C. (Taped)
8 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The American Family Insurance Championship, Second Round, TPC Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. (Taped)
6:30 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dutch Open, Final Round, The International, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
HORSE RACING
2:30 p.m.
FOX — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
4 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
6:30 p.m.
FOX — The 157th Belmont Stakes: From Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ABC — PLL: Utah at Boston
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
8 p.m.
ESPN — UFC 316 Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Newark, N.J.
MLB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: San Diego at Milwaukee OR Boston at N.Y. Yankees
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3:30 p.m.
TNT — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Turkey, Hartford, Conn.
TRUTV — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Turkey, Hartford, Conn.
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
CBS — NWSL: Kansas City at NJ/NY
7:30 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Portland at Bay
10 p.m.
ION — NWSL: Chicago at Angel City
SWIMMING
2 p.m.
NBC — The 2025 National Championships: From Indianapolis
TENNIS
9 a.m.
TNT — WTA: The French Open, Singles Final, Paris
TRUTV — WTA: The French Open, Singles Final, Paris
Noon
TNT — ATP: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
TRUTV — ATP: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
5 a.m. (Sunday)
TNT — WTA: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
TRUTV — WTA: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
WNBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m.
ABC — Las Vegas at Golden State
8 p.m.
CBS — Indiana at Chicago
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Sunday, June 8
AUTO RACING
2 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: The Firekeepers Casino 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich.
3 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: The Super Grip NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals, Bristol Dragway, Bristol, Tenn.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
ESPNU — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA Tournament: TBD, Super Regional
GOLF
6:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: The Dutch Open, Final Round, The International, Badhoevedorp, Netherlands
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, Final Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The Canadian Open, Final Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario
GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Shoprite LPGA Classic, Final Round, Bay Course at Seaview, Galloway, N.J.
5 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The BMW Charity Pro-Am, Final Round, Thornblade Club, Greer, S.C. (Taped)
8 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The American Family Insurance Championship, Final Round, TPC Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. (Taped)
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — Boston at N.Y. Yankees
NBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
ABC — NBA Finals: TBD, Game 2
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
FOX — UEFA Nations League: TBD, Final, Munich
SWIMMING
2 p.m.
NBC — The 2025 National Championships: From Indianapolis
TENNIS
5 a.m.
TNT — WTA: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
TRUTV — WTA: The French Open, Doubles Final, Paris
9 a.m.
TNT — ATP: The French Open, Singles Final, Paris
TRUTV — ATP: The French Open, Singles Final, Paris
UFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m.
ABC — Michigan at Birmingham
6 p.m.
