THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JUNE 30, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

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WNBA SCOREBOARD

ATLANTA 90 NEW YORK 81

CHICAGO 92 LOS ANGELES 85

LAS VEGAS 84 PHOENIX 81

MINNESOTA 102 CONNECTICUT 63

GOLDEN STATE 84 SEATTLE 57

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

ST. LOUIS 7 CLEVELAND 0

PITTSBURGH 12 NY METS 1

PHILADELPHIA 2 ATLANTA 1

BALTIMORE 5 TAMPA BAY 1

NY YANKEES 12 LAS VEGAS 5

TORONTO 5 BOSTON 3

CINCINNATI 3 SAN DIEGO 2

HOUSTON 2 CHICAGO CUBS 0

LA DODGERS 5 KANSAS CITY 1

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 SAN FRANCISCO 2

COLORADO 4 MILWAUKEE 3 (11)

SEATTLE 6 TEXAS 4 (12)

WASHINGTON 7 LA ANGELS 4 (11)

MIAMI 6 ARIZONA 4

DETROIT 3 MINNESOTA 0

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INDIANAPOLIS 3 OMAHA 2

FT. WAYNE 8 GREAT LAKES 7

CEDAR RAPIDS 6 SOUTH BEND 1

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD

COLUMBUS 1 PHILADELPHIA 0

VANCOUVER 1 LOS ANGELES 0

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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

WED., JULY 23: PRACTICE (10-11 A.M.)

THUR., JULY 24: PRACTICE (10-11 A.M.)

FRI., JULY 25: PRACTICE (10-11:15 A.M.)

SAT., JULY 26: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)

MON., JULY 28: PRACTICE (10-11:15 A.M.)

TUE., JULY 29: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)

THUR., JULY 31: PRACTICE (8-10 P.M.)

SAT., AUG. 2: PRACTICE (10-11:35 A.M.)

SUN., AUG. 3: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)

SAT., AUG. 9: PRACTICE (4-5:10 P.M.)

SUN., AUG. 10: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)

MON., AUG. 11: PRACTICE (4-5:40 P.M.)

THUR., AUG. 14: PRACTICE (3-5 P.M.)

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES

NBA NEWS

REPORT: HARDEN DECLINES PLAYER OPTION TO SIGN 2-YEAR, $81.5M DEAL

Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden has declined his $36.3-million player option for the 2025-26 campaign and intends to sign a new two-year, $81.5-million deal with the team, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.

Harden averaged 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 8.7 assists in his second season with the Clippers in 2024-25 to earn All-NBA third-team honors and the eighth All-NBA selection of his career.

Los Angeles acquired the former MVP from the Philadelphia 76ers in November 2023. Harden signed a two-year, $70-million deal last offseason with the Clippers, which included a 2025-26 player option that he ultimately declined.

At 35, the three-time scoring leader is past his prime but continues to find new ways to impact games. Now an elite playmaker, Harden has averaged at least 8.5 assists per contest over the last five seasons.

An 11-time All-Star entering his 17th NBA campaign, Harden ranks second in NBA history for 3-pointers made (3,175) behind Stephen Curry.

Harden has also made the postseason every year he’s been in the league but hasn’t won an NBA title. However, remaining in L.A. keeps him paired with two-time champ Kawhi Leonard.

The Clippers fell in Round 1 in seven games to the Denver Nuggets this past postseason.

LEBRON PICKS UP $52.6M OPTION, STILL GAUGING LAKERS’ FUTURE

LeBron James exercised his $52.6-million player option and will return for a record-breaking 23rd NBA season in 2025-26, his agent Rich Paul told ESPN’s Shams Charania.

However, Paul acknowledged that James, in tandem with the organization, could explore a possible exit from the Los Angeles Lakers if he doesn’t consider a title a realistic target for the squad next season.

“LeBron wants to compete for a championship,” Paul told Charania. “He knows the Lakers are building for the future. He understands that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all. We are very appreciative of the partnership that we’ve had for eight years with Jeanie (Buss) and Rob (Pelinka) and consider the Lakers as a critical part of his career.

“We understand the difficulty in winning now while preparing for the future. We do want to evaluate what’s best for LeBron at this stage in his life and career. He wants to make every season he has left count, and the Lakers understand that, are supportive, and want what’s best for him.”

The 2025-26 campaign will be James’ first full year alongside five-time All-NBAer Luka Doncic, whom the Lakers stunningly acquired from the Dallas Mavericks in February. The move purportedly set the table for the Lakers’ future after James, though the star duo is certainly capable of bringing postseason success to L.A. with the right supporting cast.

James, 40, will enter the campaign second on the league’s all-time regular-season games played list with 1,562. Boston Celtics icon Robert Parish holds the record with 1,611, meaning James would need to appear in 50 games next season to exceed that mark.

On his first appearance, he will break a tie with Vince Carter for the most NBA seasons by one player.

The four-time MVP averaged 24.4 points, 8.2 assists, 7.8 rebounds, and a steal in 70 regular-season games in 2024-25 and was named to the All-NBA second team – his 21st consecutive All-NBA honor.

James reportedly intended to speak with Lakers brass about roster improvements before officially exercising his option. The franchise’s shocking acquisition of Doncic still cost them 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis, an interior presence the club missed during its first-round loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Lakers president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka said following the series-deciding Game 5 defeat that the team would look to add a center in the offseason. L.A. rescinded a deadline-day move for Charlotte Hornets center Mark Williams after the third-year big man failed his physical.

However, Los Angeles could be buoyed in a search for reinforcements thanks to a pending ownership change. Billionaire Mark Walter, the controlling owner of baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, reportedly agreed to purchase the Buss family’s majority stake in the historic NBA franchise earlier in June at a record $10-billion valuation. Jeanie Buss will reportedly continue in her role as governor of the team after the sale.

REPORTS: BLAZERS C DEANDRE AYTON TO BE FREE AGENT AFTER BUYOUT

The Portland Trail Blazers will buy out the final year of center Deandre Ayton’s contract and make him a free agent, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday night.

Ayton, 26, is owed $35 million for the coming season to complete a four-year, $132 million contract that he had signed while with the Phoenix Suns.

Instead, he will hit free agency on Monday and be in much higher demand than in Portland, which picked centers Donovan Clingan (No. 7 in 2024) and Yang Hansen (No. 16 in 2025) in the first round of the two most recent drafts and also has veteran Robert Williams III.

Ayton averaged 14.4 points, 10.2 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocks in 40 games (all starts) last season, his second with Portland that was shortened by a season-ending left calf injury.

He is averaging for his career 16.4 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocks in 398 regular-season games (391 starts) for the Phoenix Suns (2018-23) and Blazers.

He was third in NBA Rookie of the Year voting in the 2018-19 season, when he made the All-Rookie first team. The Suns selected Ayton with the first overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft out of the University of Arizona.

Portland acquired him as part of a three-team trade with Milwaukee and Phoenix that sent All-Star guard Damian Lillard from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks on Sept. 27, 2023.

ESPN first reported news of the buyout on Sunday night.

BOBBY PORTIS AGREES TO 3-YEAR, $44 MILLION DEAL TO REMAIN WITH MILWAUKEE BUCKS

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bobby Portis, one of the league’s top reserves, declined his player option for next season and instead agreed to a three-year, $44 million contract to remain with the Milwaukee Bucks, agent Mark Bartelstein confirmed Sunday.

Portis has gotten votes for the league’s sixth man of the year in three of the last five seasons.

ESPN first reported the deal, which replaces an option where Portis could have made $13.4 million.

The 30-year-old Portis has been a fan favorite since joining the Bucks for their 2020-21 championship season. He averaged 13.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 49 games last season, one that included a 25-game suspension after he violated the league’s anti-drug program by testing positive for a banned substance. Portis insisted he did so inadvertently, saying he thought he was taking an approved substance while treating an elbow injury.

The season was trying for Portis in other ways as well. He missed time while grieving the death of his grandmother, and his home was burglarized.

In his five seasons with Milwaukee, Portis has averaged 13.6 points and 8.3 rebounds while shooting 53.8% from the floor and 39.7% from 3-point range. He entered the NBA in 2015 and played for the Chicago Bulls, Washington Wizards and New York Knicks before joining the Bucks.

Portis’ decision comes as 7-footer Brook Lopez heads into unrestricted free agency. Lopez, 37, has played for the Bucks since 2018 and averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks in 80 games last season.

JULIUS RANDLE, TIMBERWOLVES FINALIZING 3-YEAR CONTRACT THAT COULD REACH $100 MILLION, AP SOURCE SAYS

Julius Randle and the Minnesota Timberwolves are finalizing a new deal that could keep him with the club through the 2027-28 season, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Sunday.

The final year of the deal will be at Randle’s option and, if it is exercised, could push the total value of the contract to $100 million, the person said.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side announced the agreement. ESPN and The Athletic first reported the agreement.

Randle had a $30.9 million player option for this coming season and could have been an unrestricted free agent in 2026.

He averaged 18.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game this past season, his first with the Timberwolves, and helped the team make the Western Conference finals. Randle was one of the primary pieces in the trade last fall that sent Karl-Anthony Towns from Minnesota to New York. Randle had spent five seasons with the Knicks before that trade.

A three-time All-Star, Randle has averaged 19 points and 9.1 rebounds per game in 11 seasons with the Timberwolves, Knicks, New Orleans and the Los Angeles Lakers.

REPORT: JAZZ LAND C JUSUF NURKIC IN TRADE WITH HORNETS

The Utah Jazz are set to acquire center Jusuf Nurkic from the Charlotte Hornets for Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round draft pick, ESPN reported Sunday.

Nurkic, 30, averaged 8.9 points and 7.8 rebounds in 51 games last season with the Phoenix Suns and Hornets. He was traded to Charlotte in February for Cody Martin and Vasilije Micic.

In 11 NBA seasons, Nurkic has averaged 11.8 points with 8.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 590 games (490 starts) for the Denver Nuggets (2014-17), Portland Trail Blazers (2017-23), Suns (2023-25) and Hornets.

Sexton, 26, averaged 18.4 points with 2.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 63 games (61 starts) with the Jazz last season. In seven seasons with the Cleveland Cavaliers (2018-22) and Jazz, he has averaged 18.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 407 games (335 starts). Sexton is also a 38.7 percent shooter on 3-pointers for his career.

REPORT: HEAT’S DUNCAN ROBINSON DECLINES OPTION, HITS FREE AGENCY

Miami Heat guard/forward Duncan Robinson declined his $19.9-million early termination option in order to become a free agent, but remains open to a new deal to remain with the team, ESPN reported Sunday.

Robinson, 31, averaged 11.0 points with 2.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 74 games (37 starts) for the Heat last season. In seven NBA seasons, all in Miami, he has averaged 11.3 points while hitting 1,202 3-pointers in 423 games (283 starts). Robinson is a lifetime 39.7 percent shooter from 3-point range and has attempted 3,026 of his 3,751 career shots from beyond the arc.

If Robinson had opted into his deal for 2025-26, only $9.9 million was guaranteed.

Undrafted out of Michigan after starting his career at Div. III Williams College, the 6-foot-7 sharpshooter averaged 24.1 minutes per game for the Heat last season while shooting 39.3 percent from 3-point range. He played in the 2018 NCAA Tournament championship game as a member of the Wolverines.

REPORT: 76ERS PICKS UP $8.4M OPTION ON F KELLY OUBRE JR.

The Philadelphia 76ers picked up the one-year, $8.4 million contract option for forward Kelly Oubre Jr. in 2025-26, ESPN reported Sunday.

Oubre, 29, averaged 15.1 points with 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 60 games (57 starts) with the 76ers last season. He has produced at least 15.0 points per game in each of the last seven seasons.

In 10 NBA seasons, Oubre has averaged 13.3 points with 4.6 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 655 games (311 starts) for the Washington Wizards (2015-19), Phoenix Suns (2019-20), Golden State Warriors (2020-21), Charlotte Hornets (2021-23) and 76ers.

REPORTS: ROCKETS REWARD JABARI SMITH JR. WITH 5-YEAR, $122M EXTENSION

The Houston Rockets and forward Jabari Smith Jr. agreed to a five-year, $122 million extension of his rookie contract, ESPN and The Athletic reported Sunday.

Smith, 22, has averaged 13.0 points and 7.5 rebounds across three NBA seasons since the Rockets selected him third overall in the 2022 draft. He put up 12.2 points and 7.0 rebounds per game over 57 games (39 starts) in 2024-25.

Smith helped the Rockets earn the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, though Houston then lost a seven-game series to the Golden State Warriors in the first round.

The Rockets responded by making a blockbuster trade to acquire Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns. Durant joins a Houston core that includes Smith, Alperen Sengun, Amen Thompson and Fred VanVleet, with VanVleet reported to receive a two-year, $50 million contract to remain with the Rockets

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BOJAN BOGDANOVIC RETIRES AFTER 10 NBA SEASONS

Bojan Bogdanovic announced his retirement Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six teams, citing injury.

“Sometimes in life, you don’t choose the moment. The moment chooses you,” the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post.

“After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries and countless efforts to get back on the court, the time has come to close a chapter.”

Bogdanovic, who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and played for Croatia internationally, was the No. 31 overall pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. He chose to play professionally in the Euro League until 2014 until he joined the Brooklyn Nets, who held his draft rights.

He spent the first 55 games of the 2016-17 season with the Nets, then finished the campaign with the Washington Wizards after a trade-deadline deal. He also played with the Indiana Pacers (2017-19), Utah Jazz (2019-22), Detroit Pistons (2022-24) and New York Knicks (2024).

He missed the 2024-25 season due to the foot injury. The Knicks traded him to the Nets as part of a multi-player deal before the 2024 season, and the Nets eventually waived him.

Now 36, Bogdanovic has career averages of 15.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 719 regular-season games (572 starts). He averaged 39.4 percent from 3-point range.

His younger brother, Bogdan Bogdanovic, is on the roster of the Los Angeles Clippers.

REPORT: THUNDER, C/F JAYLIN WILLIAMS AGREE TO 3-YEAR EXTENSION

The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder have taken the first step toward keeping their roster together, agreeing with center/forward Jaylin Williams on a three-year, $24 million contract extension, ESPN reported Sunday.

Sunday is Williams’ 23rd birthday.

The Thunder held a $2.1 million option for the 2025-26 season, which it declined in favor of the extension. ESPN reported the third year of the new deal also is a team option.

Williams was entering the final season of a four-year, $8.2 million contract.

The Thunder selected Williams in the second round (No. 34 overall) of the 2022 NBA Draft out of Arkansas. The 6-foot-8 Williams was limited because of injuries to 47 games (nine starts) in the recently completed season, in which he averaged 5.9 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

He has career averages of 5.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists in 165 games (46 starts).

DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATING PISTONS’ BEASLEY ON GAMBLING ALLEGATIONS

The United States District Attorney’s office is investigating gambling allegations against Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley relating to bets placed on NBA games and prop bets, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The allegations involving Beasley are from the 2023-24 season when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told Charania.

An NBA spokesperson told Charania that the league is “cooperating with the federal prosecutors’ investigation.”

“An investigation is not a charge,” Steve Haney, Beasley’s attorney, said in a statement to Charania. “Malik is afforded the same right of the presumption of innocence as anyone else under the U.S. Constitution. As of now, he has not been charged with anything.”

Beasley, a pending free agent, was reportedly in serious talks with the Pistons about re-signing on a three-year, $42-million deal. However, those discussions have been paused amid the investigation, Charania adds.

The Atlanta native appeared in 79 games (77 starts) during the 2023-24 season, his lone year with Milwaukee. He averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 boards that year while shooting 44.3% from the field and 41.3% from behind the arc. Beasley had signed a one-year deal worth around $2.7 million with the Bucks ahead of that campaign.

The 28-year-old moved from Milwaukee to Detroit last summer on a one-year, $6-million contract. He helped the Pistons end a six-year playoff drought as the team’s sixth man, averaging 16.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting over 41% from three-point range across 82 regular-season games in 2024-25.

Beasley has played for six teams during his nine-year NBA career. The Denver Nuggets drafted Beasley 19th overall in 2016.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: TIGERS’ TARIK SKUBAL K’S 13 TWINS IN GEM

Tarik Skubal limited Minnesota to one hit in seven innings and tied his career high with 13 strikeouts as the host Detroit Tigers blanked the Twins 3-0 on Sunday night.

Skubal (10-2), who won all five of his June starts, struck out seven batters in a row from the first through the third inning. The left-hander, the American League Cy Young Award winner in 2024, is 8-0 in 10 home starts this season. Will Vest got the last three outs for his 13th save.

Kerry Carpenter had a solo homer and RBI triple before leaving the contest in the fifth due to right hamstring tightness. Riley Greene supplied a solo shot. The Tigers captured the three-game weekend series and have won five of their last seven games.

Minnesota starter Chris Paddack (3-7) gave up three runs and six hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings. Ty France and Harrison Bader had the only hits for the Twins, who are 3-7 in their last 10 games.

Marlins 6, Diamondbacks 4

Kyle Stowers hit a three-run double to cap a five-run eighth inning and Miami extended the major league’s longest active winning streak to seven with a victory over Arizona.

The Marlins completed their first 6-0 road trip in franchise history, beginning with a three-game sweep in San Francisco. Otto Lopez stretched his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-out, two-run single for a 3-2 lead in the eighth after Jalen Beeks (2-1) walked the bases loaded. Lopez is 17-for-41 with 15 RBIs during his hitting streak.

Ketel Marte homered for the second straight game and Eugenio Suarez had two hits and an RBI for the D-backs, who have lost four in a row.

Phillies 2, Braves 1

Ranger Suarez pitched seven strong innings to outduel Spencer Strider and lead Philadelphia to a road victory over Atlanta in the rubber game of their three-game series.

Suarez (7-2) allowed one run on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts to lower his ERA to 2.00. It was the ninth time in 11 starts that Suarez has allowed two or fewer runs. Suarez also recorded his 10th straight quality start. Otto Kemp and Trea Turner notched an RBI apiece.

Strider (3-6) saw his three-start winning streak come to an end. He pitched seven innings and gave up two runs on five hits, with three walks and four strikeouts. Sean Murphy hit a solo home run, his 11th, on a 451-foot blast to straightaway center field.

Yankees 12, Athletics 5

Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in four runs while Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered and also drove in four as host New York rocked Luis Severino to beat the Athletics.

The Yankees won for the sixth time in their past 16 games and scored their most runs since a 13-1 win May 24 at Colorado. Judge hit a pair of two-run homers after going hitless in his first seven at-bats of the series. Cody Bellinger added a three-run homer as the Yankees scored 10-plus runs for the first time since their 10-2 win over the host Kansas City Royals on June 10.

Marcus Stroman (1-1) benefited from the big lead and allowed a run in five innings during his first appearance since April 11. Severino (2-9) was rocked by the Yankees for the second time this season as he allowed seven runs (six earned) on five hits in a season-low 3 2/3 innings.

Cardinals 7, Guardians 0

Nolan Gorman and Victor Scott II each hit a home run as visiting St. Louis threw a combined three-hitter to complete its first sweep of Cleveland.

Matthew Liberatore (6-6) pitched six-plus innings, allowing three hits and five walks for his career-high third straight victory. The left-hander struck out five to help St. Louis win its sixth in a row on the road.

Gorman hit a three-run homer in the first against Logan Allen (5-6) and Scott had a two-run blast off Hunter Gaddis in the seventh. Allen settled in after the first, working six innings and allowing six hits while fanning six.

Orioles 5, Rays 1

Dean Kremer threw seven shutout innings and Baltimore, after giving up 19 total runs in the first two games of the series, won the rubber match by defeating visiting Tampa Bay.

Ramon Laureano and Gary Sanchez both had two hits for the Orioles, who won for only the third time in their last eight games. Kremer (7-7) limited Tampa Bay to three singles and one walk while striking out six batters.

Keegan Akin and Felix Bautista each threw one inning of relief in a combined five-hitter. Bautista surrendered Brandon Lowe’s home run to lead off the ninth. Tampa Bay starter Taj Bradley (5-6) took the loss, charged with five runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Bradley struck out two and issued one walk.

Nationals 7, Angels 4

Drew Millas’ tiebreaking RBI double in the 11th inning helped Washington secure a comeback victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.

With automatic runner Brady House starting on second base, Millas followed Daylen Lile’s single with a double to left to make it 5-4. One out later, CJ Abrams (two hits, three RBIs) drilled a two-run triple to right off losing pitcher Connor Brogdon (1-1).

In his third inning of work, Kyle Finnegan (1-2) picked up the win with a scoreless bottom of the 11th for Washington, which won the three-game set 2-1 and finished 4-5 on its West Coast road trip. Taylor Ward had three hits and an RBI for the Angels.

Blue Jays 5, Red Sox 3

Addison Barger and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each hit a solo home run to propel the visiting Toronto Blue Jays to a series victory over Boston.

The home runs came back-to-back in the top of the first against Walker Buehler (5-6). It was Barger’s ninth home run of the season, and homer No. 12 for Guerrero. Nathan Lukes collected two hits and an RBI for the Blue Jays.

Carlos Narvaez hit his seventh home run for the Red Sox, who have lost seven of their last eight games. The Red Sox received two hits from rookie Roman Anthony, who has five hits in his last two games.

Pirates 12, Mets 1

Oneil Cruz hit two home runs and had four RBIs, Henry Davis had four hits and host Pittsburgh completed a three-game sweep of New York.

Ke’Bryan Hayes continued his torrid hitting with three more hits and two RBIs as the Pirates recorded their first sweep over the Mets since Aug. 14-16, 2015. It was just their second series sweep of the season.

Cruz hit his 14th and 15th home runs of the season, and got the Pirates started quickly with a five-run first inning when he homered off Mets starter Frankie Montas (0-1). Montas made his second start in a Mets uniform and surrendered six runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over four innings.

Astros 2, Cubs 0

Framber Valdez produced his fourth scoreless start of the season and Jose Altuve homered with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning as host Houston claimed the rubber match of a three-game interleague series with Chicago.

Valdez (9-4) recorded his second consecutive scoreless start and eighth straight winning decision. He pitched into the seventh inning, allowing five hits and two walks with six strikeouts. His strikeout of Carson Kelly in the fourth moved him into 10th place in club history with 974.

Jameson Taillon (7-6) started for the Cubs and departed after the Altuve dinger. He tossed a season-high 107 pitches over 4 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

Reds 3, Padres 2

Will Benson laced a walk-off RBI single to right field in a two-run ninth inning to give Cincinnati a series victory over visiting San Diego.

With the Reds trailing 2-1 entering the ninth against Padres closer Robert Suarez (2-4), Elly De La Cruz singled to third base before Suarez got Austin Hays to fly out. Gavin Lux walked, leading to Spencer Steer’s game-tying single in the Reds’ fifth victory in the past seven games. Nick Lodolo allowed one run on seven hits across 5 1/3 innings.

Stephen Kolek allowed one run on three hits in 5 2/3 innings for the Padres, while striking out five and walking one. Xander Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with a solo home run for San Diego, which has dropped two of three after a 4-2 homestand.

Rockies 4, Brewers 3 (11 innings)

Kyle Farmer’s RBI single in the 11th inning lifted Colorado to a victory over Milwaukee, snapping a five-game losing streak.

Colorado trailed 2-0 after six innings but plated one run in each of the last four frames to notch its 13th comeback victory of the season. The Rockies were down to their last out in the ninth when Orlando Arcia homered to left-center field off Brewers closer Trevor Megill.

Farmer, who entered as a pinch hitter in the seventh, went 2-for-3 and got the game-winning single off Grant Anderson (1-3). Thairo Estrada went 3-for-5 with an RBI single in the 10th inning.

Dodgers 5, Royals 1

Justin Wrobleski threw six shutout innings in a bulk role out of the bullpen, while Enrique Hernandez and Will Smith each homered as Los Angeles beat host Kansas City and won its sixth consecutive series.

After opener Lou Trivino allowed a run on the first two Royals batters of the game, Wrobleski (4-2) came on in the second inning and yielded three hits with a walk and struck out six until Kirby Yates took over in the eighth. The Dodgers have won 12 of their last 15 games.

After pounding out 14 hits during Saturday’s 9-5 win that snapped an 11-game home losing streak, Kansas City mustered five hits and struck out 10 times against four pitchers Sunday. Kris Bubic (6-6) allowed two runs, two walks and three hits and fanned five for the Royals, who have dropped seven of their last eight overall and went 1-12 at home in June.

Mariners 6, Rangers 4 (12 innings)

Donovan Solano’s groundout in the 12th inning drove in the go-ahead run and Mitch Garver followed with a two-run homer as Seattle outlasted Texas to clinch a three-game series victory in Arlington, Texas.

Solano and Garver’s heroics off Texas reliever Cole Winn (0-1) capped a contest in which the teams combined to go 8-for-31 with runners in scoring position. Trent Thornton (2-0) pitched the final two innings, allowing one run and two walks and striking out two.

Garver had three hits and four RBIs for Seattle on Sunday to lead its 13-hit attack. Evan Carter went 3-for-4 with a double and Corey Seager hit a two-run shot and drove in three to lead Texas, which had nine hits.

White Sox 5, Giants 2

Kyle Teel went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Chicago took the three-game series against visiting San Francisco.

White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon, out since June 3 because of a back strain, gave up one run on three hits, walked three and struck out four in three innings in his return. Justin Verlander was effective through six frames, with one run on five hits and two walks. He fanned three for the Giants, who have dropped five of six.

Chicago went ahead 3-2 in the seventh on Teel’s double, then Miguel Vargas scored on a Ryan Walker balk. Tyler Gilbert (2-1) picked up the win with a scoreless seventh. Losing pitcher Erik Miller (4-1) was charged with two runs in two-thirds of an inning. Willy Adames and Patrick Bailey each had an RBI for San Francisco.

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NHL NEWS

CLAUDE GIROUX RE-SIGNS WITH SENATORS; BLUE JACKETS LOCK UP DANTE FABBRO TO 4-YEAR, $16.5M CONTRACT

Veteran Senators forward Claude Giroux is staying put in Ottawa for one more season, and Blue Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro has a new four-year contract that keeps him in Columbus.

Meantime, forward Conor Sheary’s tenure in Tampa Bay is ending after being placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose to terminate his contract on Sunday, as teams took stock of their rosters two days before the start of the NHL’s free agency period.

The Senators announced re-signing the 37-year-old Giroux to a one-year, $2 million contract that features an additional $2.75 million in bonus incentives.

Girioux has 18 seasons of NHL experience including his first 15 in Philadelphia, where he served as captain. Last year, he had 15 goals and 35 assists in 81 games to reach 50 points for a 13th career season, and helped guide the Senators to their first playoff appearance in eight years.

The Blue Jackets locked up Fabbro to a four-year, $16.5 million contract. Columbus acquired the 27-year-old by claiming him in November after Nashville placed Fabbro on waivers.

Fabro finished the season with a career-high 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) in 62 games with the Blue Jackets, after getting no points in six games with Nashville.

“Dante was a great addition to our team last season and keeping him in Columbus was a priority,” general manager Don Waddell said.

The Lighting are parting ways with Sheary. The 10th-year player was limited to playing just five games with the Lightning last season, while spending a majority of last season in the minors because of the team’s salary cap constraints. The 33-year-old Sheary had one more year left on his three-year contract, and was due to make $2 million next season.

Sheary won Stanley Cups during each of his first two NHL seasons with Pittsburgh in 2016 and ’17. He signed with Tampa Bay as a free agent two years ago, and finished with four goals and 15 points in 62 games with the Lightning.

He also played for Buffalo and Washington, and has 124 goals and 267 points in 593 games.

If unclaimed, Sheary will become an unrestricted free agent.

The Seattle Kraken placed forward Joe Veleno on unconditional waivers for the purpose to buy out the final year of his contract, in which he was due to make $2.275 million.

Veleno has five seasons of NHL experience and was acquired by Seattle last week in a trade that sent forward Andre Burakovsky to Chicago. The 25-year-old Veleno spent his first four-plus NHL seasons in Detroit, and has 38 goals and 81 points in 306 games.

The Anaheim Ducks maintained their depth at goalie by signing Ville Husso to a two-year contract extension. The 30-year-old provides the Ducks insurance behind projected starter Lukas Dostal and Petr Mrazek, who was acquired in a trade that sent John Gibson to Detroit on Saturday.

Husso has a NHL record of 71-46-19 and went 1-1-1 in four appearances with Anaheim last season after being acquired in a trade with Detroit in February. Husso spent the rest of his time with Anaheim in the minors.

REPORTS: KNIGHTS TRADE D NICOLAS HAGUE TO PREDS IN 3-PLAYER DEAL

Freeing up salary-cap space ahead of Tuesday’s free-agency period, the Vegas Golden Knights shipped defenseman Nicolas Hague to the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Jeremy Lauzon and center Colton Sissons, according to multiple media reports on Sunday night.

A restricted free agent with the Golden Knights, Hague signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Predators, per the reports. Hague’s cap hit on his previous deal was $2,294,150.

Meanwhile, Nashville has discussed a sign-and-trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs for forward Mitch Marner, the biggest prize of the NHL’s free-agency signing period, which begins Tuesday. The Golden Knights are expected to lead the pursuit of the 28-year-old two-time All-Star, who is coming off a career-high 102-point campaign.

Hague, 26, a second-round pick of the Golden Knights in 2017, has played six seasons and posted 83 points (20 goals, 63 assists) in 364 games. In Vegas’ run to the 2023 Stanley Cup title, Hague played in 22 games and compiled six points (two goals, four assists). Hague joins star Roman Josi and Brady Skjei on the left side of the Predators’ defensive unit.

The 28-year-old Lauzon is a seven-year veteran who has 45 points (14 goals, 31 assists) in 316 games with the Boston Bruins (2018-21), Seattle Kraken (2021-22) and Predators (2022-25) since the Bruins drafted him in the second round in 2015. His cap hit for next season is $2 million.

Sissons, 31, who has spent all 11 of his NHL seasons with the Predators, carries a $2,857,143 cap hit next season. In 620 games for Nashville, who selected him in the second round of the 2015 draft, Sissons has 221 points (95 goals, 126 assists).

Next summer, Sissons and Lauzon will be unrestricted free agents.

BLUE JACKETS D DANTE FABBRO INKS 4-YEAR EXTENSION

Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro signed a four-year, $16.5 million contract on Sunday.

Fabbro, 27, was a pending unrestricted free agent.

He recorded 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) and a plus-20 rating in 68 games last season split between the Nashville Predators and Blue Jackets.

Fabbro, who was playing on a one-year, $2.5 million contract, was claimed off waivers by Columbus on Nov. 10.

“Dante was a great addition to our team last season and keeping him in Columbus was a priority,” Blue Jackets club president and general manager Don Waddell said. “He is a smart, versatile defenseman who moves the puck very well and can play in all situations. We are thrilled that he will continue to be an important part of our club moving forward.”

Fabbro HAS totaled 98 points (25 goals, 73 assists) and a plus-29 rating in 377 career games split between Nashville and Columbus. He was selected by the Predators with the 17th overall pick of the 2016 NHL Draft.

NHL FREE AGENCY FRENZY: SALARY CAP JUMP FUELS AN UNPREDICTABLE MARKET

NHL teams have a whole lot of money to spend in free agency with the salary cap getting the biggest increase in its existence, and a bunch of players will cash in when the clock strikes noon on Tuesday.

The cap is jumping $7.5 million from $88 million to $95.5 million, with that number set to exceed $100 million a year from now. Already back-to-back Stanley Cup-champion Florida re-signed playoff MVP Sam Bennett, and 100-point scorer Mitch Marner also could be locked up long term before hitting the market.

That sets the stage for an unpredictable free agent period, with a lack of franchise-changing talent available but plenty of competition around the league, from rivals challenging the Panthers’ crown and teams trying to just make the playoffs to those looking to make the leap sometime in the coming years.

“I think it’ll be busy,” San Jose general manager Mike Grier said. “You have some teams that are coming out of their rebuild. You got some teams that want to take the next step as far as playoffs-wise, stuff like that. And you have maybe a situation where it’s not the strongest free agent class. So, I think you have to kind of combine all these things with the cap going up.”

Who’s available?

Marner would be the headliner, leaving Toronto for a change of scenery after nearly a decade of regular season success mixed with playoff futility. He’s coming off setting career highs with 75 assists and 102 points but also has just 13 goals to show for 70 career postseason games, and the Vegas Golden Knights could acquire the 28-year-old’s rights from the Maple Leafs and sign him before anyone else gets the chance.

Beyond him, Mikael Granlund was the highest-producing player in 2024-25 with 66 points, and Nikolaj Ehlers averaged 0.91 game. Florida could re-sign Brad Marchand and/or Aaron Ekblad to aid in the three-peat bid, with one of them possibly departing, and Detroit GM Steve Yzerman still hopes to bring back Patrick Kane.

Ehlers, fellow winger Brock Boeser and defensemen Vladislav Gavrikov and Ivan Provorov could be among the highest earners in a free agent class that was weakened by so many stars re-upping ahead of time.

“Anybody can go look at the list of potential free agents and see there aren’t that many and players that you would think will have an impact,” Yzerman said Saturday. “There are very few this year, for whatever reason.”

Who’s paying?

Do not figure Tampa Bay, with all its core players under contract, will be involved.

“I do expect us to be quiet,” two-time Cup-winning Lightning GM Julien BriseBois said. “I want to manage expectations. I don’t expect anything from us — certainly nothing major.”

Same for the Panthers, who have to fill out some spots but have already built a consistent winner around Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and Sam Reinhart. Tons of teams in the Eastern Conference are trying to chase them down, while the West is wide open from Dallas and Colorado to two-time defending conference champion Edmonton looking to improve.

Grier’s Sharks, the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets have the most cap space available. Blue Jackets GM Don Waddell said he and his counterparts are well aware of the cap going up, joking that just about every agent he talks to brings it up.

“There’s more money in the market, obviously, this year with the cap going up like it is, and it’s going to continue over the next multiple years the way the cap is structured right now,” Waddell said.

It looked like Utah would be a major factor, and then the Mammoth made their big splash trading for and signing young, high-scoring winger JJ Peterka from Buffalo. They’re trying to make the playoffs in their second season in Salt Lake City without hurting the long-term future prospects of competing for a championship.

“We do have to be smart about it,” GM Bill Armstrong said. “You see those teams last year that they won the summer. They crushed it. They didn’t win the winter.”

What’s the landscape?

Connor McDavid, the undisputed best hockey player on the planet, is eligible to sign an extension with the Oilers this summer. What he makes could set the bar for the rest of the league.

Until that happens, it’s anyone’s guess what the prices will be at various roles and ages.

“It feels like you call an agent, he tells you, ‘This is where we’re at,’ and so, OK. That’s the number,” Washington GM Chris Patrick said with a chuckle. “I think we all have to maybe change our gauge on what a second-liner used to make in the old cap. Now it’s going to be a different number.”

Revenues rising and pushing the cap to new heights is a brave, new world for the NHL after only marginal increases since the pandemic. The league and union agreed to extend the collective bargaining agreement, international play is back on a regular basis and labor peace expected through 2030 has everyone around the sport feeling good.

Those in charge of spending to build rosters are trying hard to be careful and not get caught up in the free agent frenzy.

“Every time the cap goes up, sometimes you get antsy because I really want the players, but you have to stay true to your process and knowing what value you attribute to and what cap number you attribute every player and stick to your way because a decision that was good today could hurt you down the road,” New York Islanders GM Mathieu Darche said.

“You have to be smart and diligent in the signings. But of course it will be exciting. Players are excited the cap is going up. Trust me, agents are excited right now. But you still have to be disciplined in what you do.”

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

REPORTS: BYU QB JAKE RETZLAFF TO ENTER TRANSFER PORTAL AMID ALLEGATIONS

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff plans to enter the transfer portal amid the controversy swirling around the signal-caller this offseason, the Salt Lake Tribune and ESPN reported Sunday.

Per the reports, Retzlaff is facing a seven-game suspension for violating the school’s honor code stemming from a sexual assault lawsuit that was filed in May. According to ESPN, he has already begun to inform teammates and coaches about his intention to leave.

Retzlaff, 22, was sued by a woman, identified as Jane Doe A.G. in Salt Lake County, Utah, alleging that he bit, raped and strangled her at his apartment in Provo in November 2023.

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

“Mr. Retzlaff specifically and categorically denies each and every and all allegations that he bit, raped or strangled (the woman), which are ridiculous and bizarre allegations, all of which are false and untrue,” the filing with the Third Judicial District Court read in part.

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

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

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

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HORSE RACING NEWS

HALL OF FAME HORSE TRAINER D. WAYNE LUKAS, A WINNER OF 15 TRIPLE CROWN RACES, DIES AT 89

D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades, has died. He was 89.

His family said Sunday that Lukas died Saturday night at his Louisville, Kentucky, home. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions.

“Wayne devoted his life not only to horses but to the industry — developing generations of horsemen and horsewomen and growing the game by inviting unsuspecting fans into the winner’s circle,” his family said in a statement. “Whether he was boasting about a maiden 2-year-old as the next Kentucky Derby winner or offering quiet words of advice before a big race, Wayne brought heart, grace, and grit to every corner of the sport. His final days were spent at home in Kentucky, where he chose peace, family, and faith.”

Lukas won 15 Triple Crown races, including the Kentucky Derby four times. Only good friend Bob Baffert has more Triple Crown victories, and Lukas owns a record-tying 20 in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.

“The whole secret of this game, I think, is being able to read the horse: Read what he needs, what he doesn’t need, what he can’t do, what he can do,” Lukas said in May before his 34th and final Preakness Stakes. “That’s the whole key. Everybody’s got the blacksmith, everybody’s got to the same bed available, the feed man. We all can hire a good jockey. We all can hire a pretty good exercise rider if we’ve got the means, so what the hell is the difference? The horse is the difference and what we do with him in reading him.”

Lukas was affectionately known around the barns and the racetrack as “Coach” because he coached high school basketball before his professional career with horses began. Even with months to go before his 90th birthday, he would get up on his pony in the early morning hours and go out to the track himself, rather than letting his assistants do the day-to-day work.

Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into thoroughbreds in the late 1970s and won his first Preakness with Codex in 1980.

Lukas has 4,967 documented victories in thoroughbred racing, with his horses earning more than $310 million from more than 30,600 starts.

“Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most significant figures in Thoroughbred racing over the last 50 years,” Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said. “We will miss his humor, his wisdom and his unmatched capacity to thrill the fans with the performances of his horses on our sport’s biggest days.”

Achieving something of a career renaissance over the past decade, one he credits to finding the right owners willing to spend money on horses, Lukas won the Preakness last year with Seize the Grey. Asked what motivates him to keep doing his job well into his late 80s, he gave a pep talk fit for a locker room before a big game.

“If you have a passion, you eliminate all the excuses,” Lukas said. “That’s how it works. You get up early. You go without a meal. You drive. You go without sleep — as long as you got the passion. Don’t let that sofa pull you down. It’s a little easy when that alarm goes off to say, ‘Oh my God, I don’t know if I really want to do this today.’ Erase that. The most important decision you’ll ever make in your life is your attitude decision. Make it early, and make the right one.”

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GOLF NEWS

PATRICK REED TAKES FIRST LIV WIN AT PLAYOFF IN NATIVE TEXAS

Native Texan Patrick Reed sank a 10-foot putt to make birdie on a playoff hole Sunday, claiming his first LIV victory and first tournament victory in his home state at the LIV Golf Dallas in Carrollton, Texas.

“I think the biggest relief is finally winning in my home state,” Reed said. “They popped that news to me that I haven’t won in Texas, so to finally get that done meant a lot. Obviously to get my first win here, part of LIV, meant so much to me.”

Reed, a product of San Antonio, came into the day with a three-shot advantage at Maridoe Golf Club. He didn’t do himself many favors in trying to wrap up the win until that huge birdie late, as Reed suffered through five bogeys over his first nine holes on the way to a 3-over-par 75.

“I seemed to leave every putt short, and just kind of putting pretty tentative,” Reed said. “Today, even though the score was high compared to where it should have been, it was kind of one of those days that when you don’t make putts, any little thing that’s off is going to cost you. The good thing is I had a big enough lead there to hold it together.”

To his credit, Reed, 34, did manage two birdies among his rocky front nine at Nos. 1 and 7, and then he stabilized, shooting par over the final nine to give himself an opportunity to pull it off in the playoff — which he did.

“I knew at some point that you’re going to have to deal with some adversity,” Reed said. “It always happens every tournament, no matter when you win. You always have to deal with something. I had to deal with just the ball not going in and watching everyone get closer and closer and actually the lead there at one point.

“I told myself that hey, the putts have to start falling.”

Three golfers finished tied with Reed after 54 holes at 6-under-par 210. England’s Paul Casey was even at 72 on Sunday, while Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen shot matching 4-under 68s.

Kozuma and Oosthuizen had actually come all the way back to grab the lead going into the par-4, 528-yard No. 18, but each suffered bogeys on the penultimate hole, opening the door for Reed’s heroics.

“On the 18th I bogeyed, so that was kind of a little letdown,” Kozuma said. “But still, all in all, it was really great, and I’m really satisfied with the day today, how it went today.”

It was ultimately a tight field, with four more players finishing a single shot back in a tie for fifth at 5 under: Charles Howell III (68 on Sunday), Northern Ireland’s Tom McKibbin (69), Harold Varner III (72) and England’s Tyrrell Hatton (72).

Bryson DeChambeau’s Crushers GC (18 under) dominated the team standings to take the event by 11 shots. Casey’s and Howell’s big showings certainly helped, though DeChambeau (4 under) and teammate Anirban Lahiri of India (3 under) didn’t hurt things.

The Dustin Johnson-captained 4Aces GC (7 under) finished second with Reed leading the way, while Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII (6 under) was third.

SOMI LEE, JIN HEE IM WIN DOW CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM EVENT IN PLAYOFF

The Korean duo of Somi Lee and Jin Hee Im prevailed in a playoff over Lexi Thompson and Megan Khang to capture the Dow Championship title on Sunday at Midland (Mich.) Country Club.

The teams replayed the par-3 18th to begin the playoff. Thompson got her team closer than Lee off the tee, but Im rolled in an 8-foot birdie putt and Khang missed her team’s 5-footer to the left.

Lee and Im birdied the 17th hole and parred the 18th to tie Khang and Thompson at 20-under-par 260 and force the playoff. Khang and Thompson fired a 10-under 60 earlier in the day, and Lee and Im posted a 62.

The final round deployed a four-ball (best ball) format before the playoff was played in alternate shot (foursomes).

It marked the first LPGA win for both Lee and Im, and Im said she might not have been able to notch her first victory without her playing partner.

“I think we’re best team ever,” Im said. “Hopefully, we coming back next year.”

“We are last year rookie season, but (the LPGA is) so tough LPGA,” Lee added. “But we are together win and I’m now happy so much.”

Thompson, who retired from full-time LPGA competition after last season, was on the precipice of her first victory since 2019. She fell to 0-6 in LPGA Tour playoffs.

“Megan played some amazing golf this week. I pulled together some good golf today,” Thompson said. “It’s just great to be alongside her. We have a lot of laughs and in between shots we are relaxed and have a good time.”

Khang shared that she and Thompson decided Saturday night that they would “go out there and have some fun, and whatever happens, happens.” The duo started the day three shots off the lead.

“I think on the first tee, we pretty much said as long as we give ourselves two chances each hole we will see where it takes us,” Khang said. “Thankfully made some few putts here and there. Bummer to miss the last one in the playoff to force another hole, but very happy how we played.”

Tied for third at 18 under were the teams of Lindy Duncan and China’s Miranda Wang (59) and Belgium’s Manon De Roey and France’s Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (64).

Sarah Schmelzel and Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela, who began the day in the lead, managed only a 66 and dropped into fifth at 17 under.

ALDRICH POTGIETER, 20, WINS ROCKET CLASSIC IN FIVE-HOLE PLAYOFF

As a grueling playoff unfolded in the Rocket Classic, South Africa’s Aldrich Potgieter was determined to have enough pace on what became the final putt Sunday.

Potgieter drained an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifth playoff hole to secure his first PGA Tour victory by winning the Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club.

“Struggled to make putts. Left a lot short,” Potgieter said. “Finally got one to the hole.”

Potgieter outlasted Max Greyserman in an extended playoff that began with three golfers. Chris Kirk’s bogey on the second playoff hole cost him a chance and reduced the playoff to two golfers.

Potgieter, a big-hitting 20-year-old, began the tournament with a 62 on Thursday and ended up with the biggest prize. He is the youngest South African to win on tour.

“Big thanks to my family, friends, coaches, everyone who has been involved to kind of get me to this point,” Potgieter said.

The trio of Potgieter, Greyserman and Kirk finished 72 holes at 22-under-par 266.

“This one is going to sting a little bit,” Greyserman said.

Potgieter, who became the seventh-youngest PGA Tour winner since 1983, and Greyserman both had birdies on the par-5 14th hole — the fourth stop in the playoff — before Potgieter sank the winning putt on the par-3 15th hole.

Kirk and Greyserman shot final-round 5-under-par 67s and Potgieter, who was the first- and third-round leader, had 69.

Kirk had the best chance on the first playoff hole, but he was off the mark on a birdie putt of slightly more than 9 feet.

“It’s a shame that first playoff hole,” Kirk said. “Hit just three perfect shots and I misread that putt a little bit. That’s the way it goes sometimes.”

Greyserman missed from 11 feet on the second extra hole before Kirk was eliminated with a three-putt bogey moments later.

“Just really disappointed right now,” Kirk said. “Felt like I played great today. I’m happy with the way I played.”

Greyserman, ranked 48th in the world entering this week, remains without a PGA Tour victory. He has four runner-up finishes.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t get the job done,” Greyserman said. “Thought I hit a lot of good shots down the stretch. Very pleased with how I handled myself down the stretch.”

It was a bogey-free round for Greyserman, who missed a birdie putt from just inside 12 feet on the final hole that would have given him the victory. He made birdies on Nos. 16 and 17 to rise into a share of the lead.

Except for a birdie on No. 17, Kirk posted par on seven of his last eight holes in regulation.

It was a crowded leaderboard for the entire day.

Michael Thorbjornsen (67) and Jake Knapp (68) shared fourth place at 21 under. Jackson Suber (68) and Colombia’s Nico Echavarria (66) tied for sixth at 20 under.

By late afternoon, there were 26 golfers within three shots of the lead. After Potgieter and Greyserman made the turn as the final pairing, there were several fewer so close to the top, but still more than a dozen — with more than half of those golfers still on the course.

Echavarria played the final seven holes in 4 under to match his first-round 66.

Harry Higgs and Akshay Bhatia had 65s for the best scores of the last round, finishing at 16 under and 15 under, respectively.

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AUTO RACING NEWS

LANDO NORRIS WINS AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX; MAX VERSTAPPEN DNF

Lando Norris staved off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday in Spielberg, Austria.

Pole sitter Norris battled Piastri in the early going and again toward the end before the former raced to his third win of the season and first since last month’s Monaco Grand Prix.

“We had a great battle, that’s for sure,” Norris said over the radio in his post-race interview “A lot of stress, but a lot of fun. A nice battle, so well done to Oscar.”

Norris picked up 25 points after finishing the race in 1 hour, 23 minutes and 47.693 seconds. Piastri crossed the finish line 2.695 seconds later to pocket 18 points, followed by Ferrari teammates Charles Leclerc (19.82 seconds behind Norris) and Lewis Hamilton (29.02) and Mercedes’ George Russell (62.396).

Russell captured his first F1 victory of the year on June 15, leading from wire-to-wire at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

Piastri holds a 15-point lead over Norris and a 61-point edge on reigning champion Max Verstappen, who resides in third place after he exited Sunday’s competition following a collision with Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli during Turn 3 in the opening lap.

Verstappen did not finish.

The incident brought out the safety car and plenty of foul language from Verstappen. The stewards later gave Antonelli a three-place grid penalty for his next race.

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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES

INDIANA SRN 2025 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL’S BEST OF THE BEST

The Indiana High School baseball season is now behind us. That means it’s time to take a look at the BEST of the BEST from the 2025 season, in no particular order:

SETH PITCOCK, BOONE GROVE…Pitcock did it both at the plate and on the mound. The Valpo commit it .484, 29RBI, scored 52 runs and stole 33 bases. Pitching: 9-1 record with a 0.74 ERA, 101 strikeouts. Prep Baseball All-State.

PARKER RHODES, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL…Rhodes went 4-2 with an ERA of 1.24 and 88K’s in just 45 innings pitched. Rhodes will play at Mississippi State next season. Prep Baseball All-State.

RYAN REDDING, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN…Redding lead the Saints with a 4-1 record and an ERA at 2.10. Lutheran won its first state title.

JD STEIN, CARMEL…Stein led Carmel with a .333 BA, 20 SB’s, and 36 runs scored. Stein will play at Wake Forest.

AIDEN SMITH, SHELBYVILLE…Another dual threat player hitting .413, 7HR, 24RBI, 31 runs scored…Pitching, 5-1, 2.39 ERA, 55K’s in 44 IP. Smith will play at Kentucky.

WYATT PENNINGTON, AVON. Pennington hit .330 with 21 RBI and 30 runs scored. The Evansville commit also had 38K’s in just over 25 innings.

CONNOR WATSON, EVANSVILLE NORTH…Watson went 7-0 with an incredible 0.90 ERA and 77 K’s. He also hit .309 with 20RBI. Watson will head to Vincennes.

TATE TROXELL, GUERIN CATHOLIC…Troxell is headed to Alabama after having 100K’s in 56 inning’s pitched.

BILLY MILLER, KOUTS…Only a freshman and yet still hit .514, scored 54 runs, drove in 45, with 5 HR’s, 4 triples and 20 SB’s. He also had 99K’s in 57 innings on the mound.

RIGG MAHURIN, NEW PALESTINE…Mahurin went 9-2 this season with an ERA at 1.46. He struck out 89 in just over 67 innings. He also hit .352, and scored 29 runs. Prep Baseball All-State.

COLIN MCNEER, BROWNSBURG….McNeer hit .437, drove in 20 and scored 21 runs.

DRAKE MCCLURG, CENTER GROVE. McClurg will play at Indiana after hitting .320, scoring 44 runs and driving in 18 this season.

GANNON GRANT, CENTER GROVE…..The teammate of McClurg went 8-0 with a 2.02 ERA. The Tennessee commit also hit .376.

JACK LEVIN, JASPER….Levin hit .342, scored 42 runs and stole 34 bases. On the mound he went 5-2 with a 1.67 ERA and 56K’s. Levin completed his junior season.

BRANDON LOGAN, FT. WAYNE SNIDER….The Notre Dame commit batted .389, 31 RBI, 57 runs, 7 HR’s and 44 SB’s. Prep Baseball All-State.

BECKETT DOANE, NOBLESVILLE…The Mississippi State commit had 68K’s in 38 innings.

DESMOND FRANCIS, PARK TUDOR….Francis hit a robust .404 with 25 SB’s. He also had an ERA of 2.19. Francis is also headed to Notre Dame.

MATTHEW FISHER, EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL…The Indiana Gatorade POY won six games with an incredible ERA at 0.76. He is headed to IU.

NICK GODSEY, SOUTHPORT….Godsey went 5-1 with an ERA of 2.79 with 102K’s in just over 52 innings. He also hit .413. Prep Baseball All-State.

TYLER DENNY, MOORESVILLE….Denny batted .460 with 31RBI, 8HR and 36 SB’s. Prep Baseball All-State.

SEAN DUNLAP, CROWN POINT….Dunlap will head to Tennessee after hitting .429, with 36 runs scored, 35RBI and six HR’s. Prep Baseball All-State.

JOSH FLORES, LAKE CENTRAL…Flores went 7-0 this season with an ERA of 2.76 and 70K’s over 38 innings.

CADEN CROWELL, VALPARAISO…Crowell went 6-0 this season with an ERA of 0.25. He also had 97K’s in 55 innings. The Notre Dame commit also batted .375 and scored 32 runs. Prep Baseball All-State. Prep Baseball Indiana Player of the Year.

HUDSON DEVAUGHN, MOORESVILLE….The Alabama commit went 4-0 this season with an ERA at 2.26. He also struck out 74 batters in 43 innings.

BLAKE COPE, COVENANT CHRISTIAN…Cope hit .446, scored 39 runs and stole 37 bases.  Prep Baseball All-State.

PEYTON DICKENS, WHITELAND…Dickens batted .362, 5HR, 24 Runs, and 20 SB’s. Dickens committed to Houston.

ELI BENNETT, CATHEDRAL….Bennett hit .394 with 34RBI. Bennett will play at IU.

MASON BARTH, ANDREAN…Another Notre Dame commit who batted .643, scored 50 runs, 27RBI, and 37SB’s. Barth also had an ERA at 1.56. Prep Baseball All-State.

MASON BRAUN, PENN…Braun hit a robust .500 with 48 runs scored, 42RBI and five HR’s. Braun will play at LSU. Prep Baseball All-State.

WILL COLEMAN, CASTLE…Coleman will take his 1.30 ERA to Kentucky. He also had 103 K’s and hit .378. Prep Baseball All-State.

ALSO IN CONSIDERATION:

ALEX BARR, KANKAKEE VALLEY (INDIANA)

CARTER BECK, AVON (AKRON)

GREYSON BRADBERRY, COLUMBIA CITY (BUTLER)

TY BROWN, SOUTH SPENCER (INDIANA STATE)

DAVIAN CARRERA, BOONE GROVE (INDIANA)

XAVIER CARRERA, BOONE GROVE (INDIANA)

LUCAS COLLINS, FW DWENGER (DAYTON)

LOGAN COTTON, CROWN POINT (INDIANA)

NOAH DRAKE, CASTLE (INDIANA)

HUSTON DUNN, FISHERS (BALL STATE)

LANDEN FRY, COLUMBUS NORTH (INDIANA)

CAL GATES, BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (INDIANA)

GARRETT GROCE, DANVILLE (AKRON)

WILL JAISLE, BATESVILLE (NOTRE DAME)

BRANDT KENDALL, SCOTTSBURG (BALL STATE)

IVAN MASTALSKI, ANDREAN (INDIANA)

GABE MATHISON, CARMEL (AKRON)

AUSTIN MCNABB, PERRY MERIDIAN (DAYTON)

BLANE METZ, FLOYD CENTRAL (INDIANA)

COLLIN OSENBAUGH, SHENANDOAH (LOUISVILLE)

WYATT PENNINGTON, AVON (EVANSVILLE)

MAALIK PERKINS, WHITELAND (BALL STATE)

SETH PITCOCK, BOONE GROVE (VALPO)

COLTON RERICK, PENN (VALPO)

LUKE RIHA, HOMESTEAD (TOLEDO)

GABE SCHEMBRA, CENTER GROVE (VALPO)

SIMON SCHULZ, EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (EVANSVILLE)

JAXON SPARKS, FW CARROLL (INDIANA STATE)

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INDIANA FEVER

CAITLIN CLARK, NAPHEESA COLLIER SELECTED BY FANS AS ALL-STAR CAPTAINS

The Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark and the Minnesota Lynx’s Napheesa Collier have been named as team captains for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 19 in Indianapolis.

Clark and Collier earned their captain status as the players who received the most votes from fans, players and media. They will draft their rosters in a televised WNBA Countdown event on July 8 and won’t be constrained by conference affiliation.

Clark and Collier will begin by drafting the other four starters on their respective teams. That pool of eight starters was determined by weighing the votes from fans (50%), players (25%) and media (25%). These starters will be revealed on Monday. Clark and Collier also will draft six reserves apiece.

The head coaches for the All-Star teams will be the two coaches whose teams have the best records as of July 4. The coach whose team has the best record on July 4 will be paired with the captain who has the most votes.

WNBA All-Star weekend will include a 3-point shooting contest and a skills challenge on July 18.

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

INDIANS BACK BARCO’S GEM WITH THREE-RUN SEVENTH

INDIANAPOLIS – Hunter Barco took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and the Indianapolis Indians overcame a one-run deficit with three runs in the seventh to defeat the Omaha Storm Chasers on Sunday afternoon at Victory Field, 3-2.

Barco stunned the Storm Chasers (33-47) in his second start of the series, facing just one over the minimum through 5.2 innings after plunking his second batter faced in the contest. After recording the first two outs of the fifth inning, a Darion Blanco homer to left field broke up the bid as the first run of the contest. The Pittsburgh Pirates No. 5 prospect (MLB Pipeline) exited after 6.0 frames with seven strikeouts, one shy of his season high.

Michael Darrell-Hicks (W, 1-0), in his first game back from being optioned by Pittsburgh, held the one-hitter intact through the seventh. The Indians (46-34) then erased the deficit with three runs in the bottom of the seventh, courtesy of a game-tying single by Ji Hwan Bae and two-run knock by Nick Yorke against Junior Fernández (L, 2-5).

The Storm Chasers threatened with one run in the eighth and runners at the corners with one out in the ninth. Tanner Rainey (S, 2) pitched around a one-out double, wild pitch and walk with back-to-back strikeouts to strand the game-tying and winning runs in scoring position.

Following an off day on Monday, the Indians begin a six-game home-and-home series against the Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, at Louisville Slugger Field on Tuesday at 6:35 PM. They return to Victory Field for their annual July Fourth Celebration on Friday, July 4, at 6:35 PM. Neither team has named a starter for Tuesday’s series-opening contest.

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NOTRE DAME HOCKEY

MAPLE LEAFS SELECT IRISH FRESHMAN IN 2025 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

LOS ANGELES – With the 137th pick of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, the Toronto Maple Leafs dipped into the talented Irish roster, selecting incoming freshman forward Will Belle. A fifth round selection, Belle becomes the 99th draft pick in program history and joins six other draftees on the 2025-26 Notre Dame roster.

“I’m excited to get started,” Belle said of furthering his hockey career at the next level. “This is just the beginning.”

The Dongguan, China native is set to make his collegiate debut in October when the Irish head to Arizona for the annual Ice Breaker Tournament. He comes to South Bend after two years at the US National Team Development Program where he appeared in 55 games for the U18 program, tallying four goals and 12 assists in his final year with the program.

As a member of Team USA, he has also competed in multiple international tournaments and won gold at the 2024 Five Nations Tournament in Czechia.

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BALL STATE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL

IANDOLO SIGNS THREE TO MVB FOR THE 2026 SEASON

MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State men’s volleyball interim head coach Mike Iandolo announced three new additions in preparation for the 2026 season. The Cardinals welcome Jacob Surette, Victor Scherer and Adir Ben Shloosh.

Surette, a middle blocker from Riverside, Cal., joins the men’s program after completing his freshman and sophomore seasons at Orange Coast College. In those two years, Surette made 30 starts for the Pirates in 36 matches played as the program finished with a combined record of 41-4. During his freshman year, Surette aided Orange Coast to an undefeated (20-0) season as the program claimed its third-straight California Community College Athletic Association Volleyball State Championship. In two seasons, the middle blocker was credited for a total of 107 blocks, including 95 assisted and 12 solo. Surette averaged 1.77 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .509 and an average of 2.6 points per set.

Scherer, a native of Porto Alegve, Brazil, comes to Ball State after spending two seasons at libero for fellow Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association member Quincy for his junior and redshirt junior years. After missing the 2024 season and earning his redshirt, Scherer averaged 2.06 digs per set, totaling a team high 212 in 26 matches played and ranking fourth in the MIVA in 2025. Prior to Quincy, Scherer played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Central State. In two seasons with the Marauders, the libero averaged 3.2 digs per set, leading the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference each year. As a freshman, Scherer helped Central State to a conference championship and was named SIAC Libero of the Year. Scherer’s 3.56 digs per set his sophomore year led all of NCAA men’s volleyball.

Shloosh, a libero from Netanya, Israel, joins the Cardinals after completing the past four seasons for Maccabi Ashdod. In 2024 and 2025, Shloosh and Maccabi Ashdod boasted a fourth-place finish in the Israel Premier League Tournament and seventh in the Israeli Cup. During the 2020-21 season, Shloosh played for Maccabi Tel Aviv, finishing first in the Israel Premier League Tournament and Israeli Cup.

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SMALL COLLEGE WEB SITES

UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/

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ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index

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IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/

IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/

IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/

PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/

INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx

GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/

ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/

GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/

HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php

TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/

VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

June 30

1908 — Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox pitched the third no-hitter of his career at age 41, an 8-0 win over the New York Highlanders.

1948 — Cleveland’s Bob Lemon pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers for the first American League no-hitter at night.

1962 — Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers struck out 13 New York Mets en route to the first of four career no-hitters, a 5-0 victory at Dodger Stadium.

1970 — Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati was dedicated, but Henry Aaron spoiled the show for the crowd of 51,050 with a first-inning homer off Jim McGlothlin to send Atlanta past the Reds 8-2.

1978 — Willie McCovey became the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs. His shot off Atlanta’s Jamie Easterly wasn’t enough, with the Braves beating the visiting San Francisco Giants 10-5 in the second game of a doubleheader.

1986 — 1985 Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson makes his professional baseball debut with the Memphis Chicks of the AA Southern League and goes 1 for 4 with two strikeouts.

1995 — Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians became the second switch-hitter and the 20th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits when he singled against the Minnesota Twins. Murray joined Pete Rose, the career hits leader with 4,256, as the only switch-hitters to get 3,000.

1997 — Bobby Witt of Texas hit the first home run by an American League pitcher in a regular-season game in almost 25 years, connecting off Ismael Valdes in the Rangers’ 3-2 interleague victory over Los Angeles.

1998 — Sammy Sosa hit his 20th home run in June, extending his major league record for most homers in a month with an eighth-inning shot for the Cubs against Arizona.

2005 — Chad Cordero earned his 15th save in June in the Washington Nationals’ 7-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. He tied a major league record set by Lee Smith in 1993 and matched by John Wetteland in 1996.

2006 — Adam Dunn hit a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning off closer Bob Wickman to lead Cincinnati to a 9-8 victory over Cleveland.

2008 — Nick Swisher homered from both sides of the plate, hitting his second grand slam in four games and adding a solo shot to lead the Chicago White Sox past Cleveland, 9-7.

2009 — Nick Markakis hit a two-run double off Boston closer Jonathan Papelbon to complete the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history for an 11-10 win. Baltimore trailed 10-1 before scoring five runs in the seventh inning and five more in the eighth.

2016 — Coastal Carolina capitalized on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers won their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers became the first school since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance.

2020 — Minor League Baseball officially announces the cancellation of its season as Major League Baseball will keep a “taxi squad” of eligible players that can be added to the roster if needed.

2021 — Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the major league record with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

July 1

1910 — Comiskey Park — then known as White Sox Park — held its first major league game, with the St. Louis Browns beating Chicago 2-0.

1917 — Fred Toney of the Cincinnati Reds pitched complete-game victories in a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Toney threw a three-hitter in each game for 4-1 and 5-1 wins, setting a record for the fewest hits allowed in a doubleheader by a pitcher.

1920 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators defeated the Boston Red Sox 1-0 at Fenway Park with the season’s only no-hitter.

1925 — Hack Wilson of the New York Giants hit two home runs in the third inning of a 16-7 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader. Wilson also doubled twice during the game.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees singled off Boston’s Jack Wilson in the fourth inning, tying Willie Keeler’s hitting streak of 44 games.

1951 — Bob Feller of the Indians pitched his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader at Cleveland.

1990 — Andy Hawkins of the New York Yankees pitched the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season and the third in less than 48 hours, but lost 4-0 to the Chicago White Sox on two outfield errors in the eighth inning.

1997 — Detroit’s Bobby Higginson homered in the first inning against the New York Mets, tying a major league record by homering in four consecutive at-bats over two games. Higginson, who struck out looking in his next at-bat, became the 23rd player since 1900 to accomplish the feat and the fourth Tiger.

2009 — One run was enough for a victory for three National League teams, the first time in 33 years there were three 1-0 games in one league on the same day. The Mets, Dodgers and Reds came away with 1-0 victories. The last time there were three 1-0 games in one league was Sept. 1, 1976, in the NL.

2009 — Hanley Ramirez extended his RBI streak to 10 games in the Florida Marlins’ 5-3 victory over the Washington Nationals. Ramirez hit a two-run double in the third inning to become the first shortstop in NL history with an RBI streak of double-digit games.

2013 — Andy Pettitte passes Whitey Ford for the most strikeouts in New York Yankees history when he records his 1,957th in the Yankees’ 10 – 4 win over the Twins. The win goes to reliever Joba Chamberlain, his first of the year, as he benefits from a three-run outburst off reliever Jared Burton in the 8th. The Yankees then add four runs in the top of the 9th as they end a five-game losing streak.

2014 — The Cleveland Indians executed an unorthodox triple play in the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers that required two video replay reviews to sort out. With runners on first and third, Adrian Gonzalez lifted a fly ball to left fielder Michael Brantley, who threw out Dee Gordon at the plate. Catcher Yan Gomes then fired to second baseman Jason Kipnis for the tag on Yasiel Puig as he slid headfirst. Cleveland manager Terry Francona challenged the original safe call at second and got the play overturned after a replay delay that lasted 1 minute, 29 seconds. Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly then challenged the call at the plate, but that call stood after another wait of 1 minute, 34 seconds. Cleveland went on to a 10-3 win.

2015 — Carlos Carrasco came within one strike of throwing the Cleveland Indians’ first no-hitter since 1981, giving up an RBI single to Joey Butler over leaping second baseman Jason Kipnis’ glove in an 8-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

2019 — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs is found dead in his hotel room a few hour before the team’s scheduled game with the Texas Rangers. Police confirm that no foul play is suspected.

2021 — The results of the vote for starters at the 2021 All-Star Game are announced and youth is well represented as Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads all players for most votes received, and other brash youngsters such as Fernando Tatis Jr., Shohei Ohtani, Rafael Devers, Adam Frazier, Teoscar Hernandez and Jesse Winker join him as first-timers voted in by fans, while Ronald Acuna is a second-timer at 23. It’s veterans like Salvador Perez and Mike Trout – who is injured and likely to miss the game – who stand out in this group.

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July 2

1903 — Washington outfielder Ed Delahanty went over a railroad bridge at Niagara Falls and drowned. The exact circumstances of his death never were determined.

1909 — The Chicago White Sox stole 12 bases, including home plate three times, in a 15-3 rout of the St. Louis Browns.

1930 — Chicago outfielder Carl Reynolds homered in the first, second and third innings, leading the White Sox to a 15-4 win over the New York Yankees. Reynolds, the second player in history to hit home runs in three consecutive innings, had two inside-the-park homers.

1933 — Carl Hubbell of the New York Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 in an 18-inning game. He allowed six hits and no walks. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Cardinals were blanked 1-0, with Roy Parmelee outdueling Dizzy Dean.

1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics set and American League record with 21 total bases in a doubleheader. Foxx hit two solo homers in the opener, a 6-5 win over the St. Louis Browns. In the nightcap, an 11-6 loss, Foxx had two homers, a double and a triple.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees hit a home run to extend his consecutive game hitting streak to 45 games, surpassing Willie Keeler’s record of 44 straight games for the Orioles in 1897.

1963 — Juan Marichal of San Francisco beat Warren Spahn and the Milwaukee Braves 1-0 in 16 innings on Willie Mays’ homer.

1986 — Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox fell short of a record-tying 15th consecutive winning decision when the Toronto Blue Jays scored three runs in the eighth inning for a 4-2 victory.

1995 — Hideo Nomo of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the first Japanese player picked for baseball’s All-Star game. Nomo was the NL’s leader in strikeouts and second in ERA.

2007 — Roger Clemens reached a rare milestone, pitching eight innings of two-hit ball to earn his 350th career win and lead the New York Yankees past Minnesota 5-1. Clemens became the first major leaguer to win 350 games since Hall of Famer Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves accomplished the feat in 1963.

2009 — Houston Astros beat the Padres 7-2, but only after waiting out a 52-minute delay in the top of the ninth inning caused when a swarm of bees took over part of left field at San Diego’s Petco Park.

2013 — Homer Bailey pitched his second no-hitter in 10 months and the first in the majors this season, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants. Bailey beat the Pirates 1-0 in Pittsburgh last Sept. 28.

2014 — Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz became the 36th player in major league history to collect 1,000 extra-base hits with a ground-rule double during a 16-9 lost to the Chicago Cubs.

2016 — Cleveland’s franchise-record 14-game winning streak was snapped by a 9-6 loss to Toronto, with the Blue Jays scoring three runs in the eighth to overcome a cycle by Rajai Davis.

2016 — C.J. Cron went 6 for 6 with two homers and five RBIs, Carlos Perez had five hits and drove in six and the Los Angeles Angels ended a four-game losing streak with 21-2 rout of the Boston Red Sox.

2019 — The New York Yankees record streak of consecutive games with at least one home run comes to an end at 31.

2022 — The Cardinals become the first team to hit four consecutive homers in the 1st inning when Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carlson all go deep against Kyle Gibson of the Phillies. Gibson retires the first two batters before giving up a single to Paul Goldschmidt, followed by the homer barrage. Lars Nootbaar then hits a ball that is caught at the warning track to end the inning. It is the 11th time time this has been done in any inning, but the Cards need another homer by Arenado, this one in the 9th, to end up as 7 – 6 winners.

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July 3

1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants raised his season record to 19-0 with a 2-1 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. His winning streak ended five days later against the Chicago Cubs.

1939 Cleveland’s Ben Chapman ties the modern major-league record with three triples in a 4-2 win over the Detroit Tigers.

1939 — Johnny Mize of St. Louis hit two home runs, a triple and a double, leading the Cardinals to a 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Mize drove in three runs and scored three times.

1947 — The Cleveland Indians purchased Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles of the Negro National League, making him the first black player in the American League.

1966 — Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger became the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He added a single for nine RBIs in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco.

1968 — Cleveland’s Luis Tiant struck out 19, walked none in a six-hit 1-0, 10-inning triumph over Minnesota.

1970 — California’s Clyde Wright used only 98 pitches to no-hit the Oakland A’s 4-0 at Anaheim Stadium.

1973 — Jim Perry of the Detroit Tigers and brother Gaylord of the Cleveland Indians faced each other for the only time as opposing pitchers. Neither finished the game. Gaylord took the loss, 5-4.

2006 — Manager Felipe Alou picked up his 1,000th career victory in San Francisco’s 9-6 win over Colorado.

2013 — Max Scherzer worked into the seventh inning to become the first pitcher in 27 years to get off to a 13-0 start, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

2016 — Stephen Strasburg was removed from a no-hit bid after 6 2/3 innings, and Ramon Cabrera singled against Matt Belisle leading off the eighth for Cincinnati’s first hit in the Washington Nationals’ 12-1 rout of the Reds. Strasburg (11-0) threw 109 pitches, five shy of his season high. Strasburg won a franchise-record 14 straight decisions and is the first NL starter to begin a season 11-0 since San Diego’s Andy Hawkins in 1985.

2016 — Wilmer Flores went 6 for 6 with two of New York’s five home runs, and the Mets romped to a 14-3 win and a four-game sweep of the Chicago Cubs. Jon Lester gave up eight runs and nine hits in 1 1/3 innings, the shortest of his 301 career starts over 11 major league seasons.

2016 — New York’s Mark Teixeira hit his 400th and 401st home runs and Chad Green got his first big league victory as the Yankees avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-3 win over San Diego.

2020 — Major League Baseball announces the cancellation of the 2020 All Star game in Dodger Stadium due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

June 30

1909 — Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to a no decision in 6 rounds at Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to retain his heavyweight boxing title.

1916 — Amateur Chick Evans Jr. wins the U.S. Open with a record 286 total.

1929 — Bobby Jones beats Al Espinosa by 23 strokes in a 36-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open.

1962 — Murle Lindstrom wins the U.S. Women’s Open by two strokes over Jo Anne Prentice and Ruth Jessen.

1965 — The NFL grants Atlanta a franchise. Rankin Smith Sr., an Executive Vice President of Life Insurance Company of Georgia, pays $8.5 million for the franchise. It’s the highest price paid in league history at the time.

1975 — Muhammad Ali retains world heavyweight boxing crown by beating Englishman Joe Bugner by unanimous points decision in a re-match in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1978 — Willie McCovey becomes the 12th player in major league history to hit 500 home runs.

1991 — Wimbledon breaks 114 years of tradition by playing on the middle Sunday of the tournament, a move forced by a huge backlog of matches caused by rain earlier in the week.

1991 — Meg Mallon sinks a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole to break a tie with Pat Bradley and Ayako Okamoto and win the LPGA Championship.

1993 — NBA Draft: Michigan center Chris Webber first pick by Orlando Magic (traded to Golden State).

1994 — Diego Maradona is kicked out of the World Cup by FIFA for failing a drug test following Argentina’s June 25 victory over Nigeria in Foxboro, Mass.

1994 — Tonya Harding is stripped of her national title and banned for life from the U.S. Figure Skating Association because of her role in an attack on Nancy Kerrigan.

1995 — Eddie Murray of the Cleveland Indians becomes the second switch-hitter and the 20th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits when he singles in the sixth inning against the Minnesota Twins. Murray joins Pete Rose, the career hits leader with 4,256.

1996 — UEFA European Championship Final, Wembley Stadium, London, England: Oliver Bierhoff scores his second goal in extra time as Germany beat Czech Republic, 2-1.

1999 — NBA Draft: Duke power forward Elton Brand first pick by Chicago Bulls.

2002 — Ronaldo scores both goals to lead Brazil to a 2-0 victory over Germany for the team’s record fifth World Cup title.

2012 — Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan becomes the first player in a Grand Slam tournament to win every point of a set on her way to beating French Open runner-up Sara Errani 6-0, 6-4 in the third round of Wimbledon.

2013 — Inbee Park wins the U.S. Women’s Open for her third straight major this year. Babe Zaharias is the last player to win three straight majors on the calendar, but that was in 1950 when that’s all there were.

2013 — NHL Draft: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) center Nathan MacKinnon #1 pick by Colorado Avalanche.

2015 — The United States defeat Germany 2-0 in semifinals at Women’s World Cup. Carli Lloyd converts a penalty kick for Team USA and a 1-0 lead. Substitute Kelley O’Hara scores in the 84th minute off a Lloyd cross to seal the U.S. team’s 2-0 victory.

2016 — Coastal Carolina capitalizes on two errors on the same play for four unearned runs in the sixth inning, and the Chanticleers win their first national championship in any sport with a 4-3 victory over Arizona in Game 3 of the College World Series finals. The Chanticleers are the first program since Minnesota in 1956 to win the title in its first CWS appearance.

2018 — FIFA World Cup: Kylian Mbappé (19) becomes only 2nd teenager (Pelé 1st 1958) to score twice in a World Cup match as France eliminate Argentina 4-3 in Kazan.

2020 — FC Barcelona’ Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi scores his 700th career goal in a 2-2 draw with Atletico Madrid.

2021 — Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner ties the major league record with his third hit for the cycle in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.

July 1

1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of the sport commonly known as roundball and Amherst wins by reaching the pre-established score of 65 runs. Amherst exceeds 65-run limit during a 10-run 26th inning.

1903 — Maurice Garin wins the first stage of the first Tour de France bicycle race. Garin finishes 55 seconds ahead of Emile Pagie. The first stage, from Paris to Lyon, is 467 kilometers long, and takes 17 hours and 45 minutes, riding both day and night. Only 37 riders of 60 are able to complete the day’s race.

1920 — Suzanne Lenglen of France becomes the first player to win three Wimbledon titles in one year, taking the singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

1932 — Helen Moody wins her fifth women’s singles title in six years at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-3, 6-1.

1938 — Don Budge defeats Henry Austin 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 to win the men’s singles title and sweep the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon for the second straight year.

1947 — Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA), holds its inaugural college player draft.

1951 — Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians pitches his third career no-hitter, beating the Detroit Tigers 2-1.

1951 — Beverly Hanson wins the Eastern Open by three strokes over Babe Zaharias in her first start on the LPGA Tour. Hanson is the only golfer to win a tournament in her first professional start.

1961 — Mickey Wright beats defending champion Betsy Rawls by six strokes to win the U.S. Women’s Open.

1977 — Britain’s Virginia Wade wins the singles title on the 100th anniversary of Wimbledon, defeating Betty Stove 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

1982 — Cal Ripken Jr. makes the first of his record 2,216 consecutive MLB starts at shortstop for the Baltimore Orioles.

1990 — Cathy Johnston completes a wire-to-wire performance, beating Patty Sheehan by two strokes to win the LPGA du Maurier Classic.

1995 — The NBA locks out its players at 12:01 a.m., the first work stoppage in league history.

1997 — Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson indefinitely & withholds $20m purse for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear during their heavyweight title fight 28 June.

2007 — Cristie Kerr wins the U.S. Women’s Open by making only two bogeys over her final 45 holes. Kerr finishes at 5-under 279 for her 10th career victory.

2011 — The NBA locks out its players, a long-expected move putting the 2011-12 season in jeopardy.

2012 — Spain wins its third straight major soccer title, beating Italy 4-0 in the European Championship final in Kiev, Ukraine. The Spanish, who won the Euro 2008 title and World Cup title in 2010, posts the largest score in a Euro final.

2012 — Tiger Woods wins the AT&T National at Congressional in Bethesda, Md. for the 74th win of his career. That moves him past Jack Nicklaus into second place on the tour list, eight short of Sam Snead.

2018 — NBA super star LeBron James agrees to a 4-year $154m deal with the LA Lakers, moving from Cleveland Cavaliers.

2018 — Park Sung-hyun wins the PGA Women’s Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Course in a playoff with Nasa Hataoka and Ryu So-yeon.

2018 — David Toms wins the Men’ US Senior Open at Broadmoor Golf Course by one stroke ove Miguel Angel Jimenez, Jerry Kelly and Tim Petrovic.

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July 2

1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million-dollar gate in boxing history. The receipts total $1,789,238 with $50 ringside seats. In front of 80,183, Dempsey knocks out Carpentier at 1:16 of the fourth round.

1927 — Helen Wills becomes the first American to win at Wimbledon since May Sutton in 1907, beating Lili de Alvar 6-2, 6-4 for the title.

1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon. Budge sweeps the championships winning the singles, the men’s doubles title with Gene Mako and the mixed doubles crown with Alice Marble.

1938 — Helen Wills Moody wins her eighth and final singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0.

1966 — Billie Jean King wins the first of her six singles titles at Wimbledon, beating Maria Bueno of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

1967 — Catherine Lacoste of France becomes the first foreigner and first amateur to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf championship. At age 22, she is also the youngest champion.

1976 — Chris Evert beats Evonne Goolagong, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6, to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.

1988 — Steffi Graf ends Martina Navratilova’s six-year reign as Wimbledon champion with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory. It is the first time in nine finals that Navratilova loses a Wimbledon singles match.

1989 — Jockey Steve Cauthen becomes the first rider in history to sweep the world’s four major derbies after winning the Irish Derby with Old Vic. He had previously won the Kentucky Derby with Affirmed (1978), the Epsom Derby with Slip Anchor (1985) and Reference Point (1987) and the French Derby with Old Vic (1989).

1994 — Colombian defender Andres Escobar, 27, is killed outside a bar in Colombia in retaliation for deflecting a ball into his own goal in a 2-1 loss to the United States in the World Cup.

1995 — Tom Weiskopf withstands a charge by Jack Nicklaus to win the U.S. Senior Open by four strokes.

1995 — LA Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo is first Japanese player to be selected for a MLB All Star game when he is named in the NL squad.

1999 — Alexandra Stevenson becomes first qualifier in Wimbledon history to reach the women’s semis. She beats another qualifier, 16-year-old Jelena Dokic, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

2000 — UEFA European Championship Final, Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam, Netherlands: David Trezeguet scores in extra time to give France a 2-1 win over Italy.

2005 — Venus Williams overcomes an early deficit and a championship point to beat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport 4-6, 7-6 (4), 9-7 for her fifth major title and her first in nearly four years.

2010 — The United States beats Japan 7-2 to win its seventh consecutive world softball championship.

2010 — FIFA World Cup: Ghana, only African team remaining in last 8, are beaten 4-2 on penalties by Uruguay; Netherlands upset Brazil 2-1.

2011 — Wladimir Klitschko wins a lopsided unanimous decision over David Haye, adding the WBA title to his heavyweight haul. Klitschko and his older brother, Vitali, hold all three major heavyweight titles. Wladimir already had the IBF title (and minor WBO, IBO belts), while Vitali is the WBC champion.

2016 — Sam Querrey ends Novak Djokovic’s quest for a true Grand Slam in the third round at Wimbledon. In a match interrupted by three rain delays after being suspended in progress because of showers a night earlier, Querrey ousts Djokovic 7-6 (6), 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5) at the All England Club.

2017 — Home town underdog Jeff Horn upsets Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines on points in a highly controversial WBO welterweight title fight in Brisbane, Australia.

2018 — A wild brawl breaks out between Australia and the Philippines during the Basketball World Cup qualifying game in Manila. Thirteen players, including four Australians, are ejected for their part in the brawl. The game is won 79-48 by Australia.

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July 3

1920 — Suzanne Lenglen beats Dorothea Chambers a second straight year (6-3, 6-0) to win the women’s singles title at Wimbledon.

1925 — Suzanne Lenglen wins her sixth and final women’s singles title at Wimbledon, easily beating Joan Fry, 6-2, 6-0.

1931 — Max Schmeling knocks out Young Stribling at 2:46 of the 15th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Cleveland.

1951 — Sam Snead wins his third PGA Championship with a 7 and 6 victory over Walter Burkemo at Oakmont (Pa.) Country Club.

1966 — Atlanta pitcher Tony Cloninger becomes the first National League player to hit two grand slams in one game. He adds a single for nine RBIs in a 17-3 triumph over San Francisco.

1976 — Bjorn Borg beats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 6-2, 9-7, to win his first men’s singles title at Wimbledon.

1981 — Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Chris Evert beats Hana Mandlíková 6-2, 6-2 for her third and final Wimbledon singles title.

1982 — Martina Navratilova begins her streak of six straight singles titles at Wimbledon with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 victory over Chris Evert Lloyd. It’s the third Wimbledon singles title for Navratilova, all against Evert Lloyd.

1983 — Calvin Smith sets the 100-meter world record at Colorado Springs, with a run of 9.93 seconds. He breaks the previous record of 9.95 set by Jim Hines in 1968.

1983 — Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: American John McEnroe wins 5th career Grand Slam title; outclasses Chris Lewis of New Zealand 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.

1994 — FIFA World Cup: In a huge upset Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 from the round of 16 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California.

2004 — Maria Sharapova, 17, wins her first Grand Slam title and instant celebrity by beating Serena Williams 6-1, 6-4. For the first time since 1999, none of the four major titles is held by a Williams.

2005 — Roger Federer wins his third consecutive Wimbledon title by beating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Federer is the third man since 1936 to win three straight Wimbledon crowns, joining seven-time champion Pete Sampras and five-time winner Bjorn Borg.

2006 — Annika Sorenstam wins the U.S. Women’s Open after 10 years of frustration and wins her 10th major championship. Sorenstam, who shot a 1-under 70 in the 18-hole playoff, beats Pat Hurst by four strokes for the largest margin of victory in a playoff at the major since Kathy Cornelius won by seven shots 50 years ago.

2006 — Detroit Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman officially retires from the NHL, finishing with 692 goals and 1,755 points.

2007 — The Alinghi team from Switzerland — a country more often associated with Alpine skiing and winter snowscapes — successfully defends sailing’s coveted America’s Cup, beating Emirates Team New Zealand 5-2.

2010 — Serena Williams wins her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the women’s final. Williams, who finishes the tournament without dropping a set, takes 67 minutes to win 6-3, 6-2.

2011 — Novak Djokovic wins his first Wimbledon, beating defending champion Rafael Nadal 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. Djokovic, already guaranteed to take over the No. 1 ranking from the Spaniard on July 4, extends his mastery over Nadal this season with a fifth straight head-to-head victory.

2016 — Serena Williams overwhelms Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0 in just 51 minutes on Centre Court at Wimbledon, advancing to the fourth round with her 300th career Grand Slam match win.

2018 — Feliciano Lopez makes history just by taking to the court at Wimbledon. The 36-year-old Spaniard breaks Roger Federer’s record by appearing in a 66th consecutive Grand Slam singles tournament, continuing a run that started at the 2002 French Open. Lopez beats Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

2020 — The Major League Baseball All-Star game planned to be hosted by the Los Angeles Dodgers is cancelled due to governmental restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TV SPORTS

Sunday, June 29

AUTO RACING

7:30 a.m.

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Motul Grand Prix of the Netherlands, TT Circuit Assen in Drenthe, Netherlands

8:55 a.m.

ESPN — Formula 1: The MSC Cruises Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria

11 a.m.

FOX — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Qualifying, Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Conn.

2 p.m.

FOX — NHRA: The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio

BIG3 BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Week 3: Houston Rig Hands vs. L.A. Riot, Boston Ball Hogs vs. Miami 305, Detroit Amps vs. Dallas Power, Chicago Triplets vs. DMV Trilogy, Miami

GOLF

6 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Italian Open, Final Round, Argentario GC, Monte Argentario, Italy

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit

2 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour Champions: The U.S. Senior Open Championship, Final Round, Broadmoor Golf Club (East Course), Colorado Springs, Colo.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: The Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Dow Championship, Final Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich.

HORSE RACING

Noon

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MLB BASEBALL

1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Atlanta (1:35 p.m.) OR Toronto at Boston (1:35 p.m.)

4:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Miami at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Washington at L.A. Angels (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

ESPN — Minnesota at Detroit

ESPN2 — Minnesota at Detroit (StatCast)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

Noon

TNT — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Charlotte, N.C.

TRUTV — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Charlotte, N.C.

4 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Minneapolis

7 p.m.

FOX — CONCACAF Golf Cup: TBD, Quarterfinal, Minneapolis

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

3 p.m.

TNT — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Ireland, Cincinnati

TRUTV — International Friendly: U.S. vs. Ireland, Cincinnati

WNBA BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago at Los Angeles

6 p.m.

NBATV — Las Vegas at Phoenix

X GAMES

1 p.m.

ABC — X Games 2025: From Salt Lake City