“THE SCOREBOARD” ===== BASEBALL SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS NORTH 1. LAPORTE (SCHREIBER FIELD) G1: NORTHWOOD VS. NORWELL G2: ANDREAN VS. DEKALB CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 2. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (LOEB STADIUM) G1: FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN VS. NORTH MIAMI G2: ROSSVILLE VS. KOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 3. GRIFFITH (GARY STEEL YARD) G1: ZIONSVILLE VS. LAKE CENTRAL G2: PENN VS. FORT WAYNE SNIDER CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 4. OAK HILL G1: LAPEL/LCC VS. BLUFFTON G2: EASTBROOK VS. LAKELAND CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER SOUTH 5. MITCHELL G1: HAUSER VS. NORTH DAVIESSG2: GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN VS. NORTHEAST DUBOIS CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 6. LAWRENCE CENTRAL G1: UNIVERSITY VS. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI G2: HERITAGE CHRISTIAN VS. SULLIVAN CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 7. CASTLE (UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE) G1: EVANSVILLE NORTH VS. CENTER GROVE G2: BLOOMINGTON SOUTH VS. NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER 8. JASPER (RUXER FIELD) G1: PROVIDENCE VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC G2: GIBSON SOUTHERN VS. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER ================================== INDIANA SOFTBALL STATE FINALS FRIDAY, JUNE 12 5:30 PM ET / 4:30 CT | CLASS 3A | NEW PALESTINE (24-7) VS. NORTH SEMI-STATE WINNER 8 PM ET / 7 CT | CLASS 4A | TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO (30-1) VS. NORTH SEMI-STATE WINNER SATURDAY, JUNE 13 4:30 PM ET / 3:30 CT | CLASS 1A | BARR-REEVE (29-2) VS. NORTH SEMI-STATE WINNER 7 PM ET / 6 CT | CLASS 2A | TECUMSEH (28-4) VS. WESTERN BOONE (22-7) ====================================== INDIANA BOYS GOLF SECTIONAL RESULTS 1. VALPARAISO (11) | FOREST PARK GOLF COURSEFRI, 8:30 AM CT | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BOONE GROVE, CHESTERTON, HAMMOND BISHOP NOLL, HAMMOND MORTON, HEBRON, HOBART, PORTAGE, VALPARAISO, WHEELER, RIVER FOREST, WHITING 2. LAKE CENTRAL (13) | PALMIRA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUBMON, 8 AM CT | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ANDREAN, CALUMET, CROWN POINT, DEMOTTE CHRISTIAN, GRIFFITH, HANOVER CENTRAL, HIGHLAND, ILLIANA CHRISTIAN, KANKAKEE VALLEY, LAKE CENTRAL, LOWELL, MERRILLVILLE, MUNSTER 3. LAPORTE (12) | BEECHWOOD GOLF COURSETHURS, 8:30 AM CT | RESULTS SCHOOLS: GLENN, KNOX, LAPORTE, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC, MICHIGAN CITY, MORGAN TOWNSHIP, NEW PRAIRIE, NORTH JUDSON-SAN PIERRE, OREGON-DAVIS, SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS), TRI-TOWNSHIP, WESTVILLE 4. SOUTH BEND RILEY (11) | ERSKINE GOLF COURSEFRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ELKHART, JIMTOWN, LAVILLE, MISHAWAKA, MISHAWAKA MARIAN, PENN, SOUTH BEND ADAMS, SOUTH BEND RILEY, SOUTH BEND SAINT JOSEPH, SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON, TRINITY SCHOOL AT GREENLAWN 5. LOGANSPORT (12) | DYKEMAN PARK GOLF COURSEFRI, 9:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: CASTON, FRONTIER, LOGANSPORT, NORTH NEWTON, PIONEER, ROCHESTER COMMUNITY, RENSSELAER CENTRAL, SOUTH NEWTON, TRI-COUNTY, TWIN LAKES, WEST CENTRAL, WINAMAC COMMUNITY 6. NORTHRIDGE (12) | MEADOW VALLEY GOLF CLUBFRI, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BREMEN, BETHANY CHRISTIAN, CONCORD, ELKHART CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, FAIRFIELD, GOSHEN, LAKELAND, NORTHRIDGE, NORTHWOOD, PRAIRIE HEIGHTS, WEST NOBLE, WESTVIEW 7. EAST NOBLE (14) | NOBLE HAWK GOLF LINKS – KENDALLVILLEFRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ANGOLA, CARROLL (FORT WAYNE), CENTRAL NOBLE, CHURUBUSCO, COLUMBIA CITY, DEKALB, EAST NOBLE, EASTSIDE, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, FREMONT, GARRETT, HAMILTON, LAKEWOOD PARK CHRISTIAN, LEO 8. WARSAW COMMUNITY (11) | EAGLE GLEN GOLF CLUBMON, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: CULVER ACADEMIES, CULVER COMMUNITY, HUNTINGTON NORTH, MANCHESTER, NORTHFIELD, PLYMOUTH, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, TRITON, WARSAW COMMUNITY, WAWASEE, WHITKO 9. FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY (13) | CHESTNUT HILLS GOLF CLUBTHURS, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: FORT WAYNE BISHOP DWENGER, FORT WAYNE BISHOP LUERS, FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN, FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY, FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA LUTHERAN, FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE SNIDER, FORT WAYNE SOUTH SIDE, FORT WAYNE WAYNE, HERITAGE, HOMESTEAD, NEW HAVEN, WOODLAN 10. PERU (12) | ROCK HOLLOW GOLF CLUBMON, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: EASTERN (GREENTOWN), KOKOMO, LEWIS CASS, MACONAQUAH, NORTH MIAMI, NORTHWESTERN, PERU, SOUTHWOOD, TAYLOR, TRI-CENTRAL, WABASH, WESTERN 11. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON (12) | BATTLE GROUND GOLF CLUBMON, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BENTON CENTRAL, CARROLL (FLORA), CLINTON CENTRAL, CLINTON PRAIRIE, DELPHI COMMUNITY, FAITH CHRISTIAN, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON, MCCUTCHEON, ROSSVILLE, WEST LAFAYETTE 12. WESTFIELD (11) | ULEN GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUBMON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BETHESDA CHRISTIAN, CARMEL, FRANKFORT, GUERIN CATHOLIC, LEBANON, SHERIDAN, TRADERS POINT CHRISTIAN, UNIVERSITY, WESTERN BOONE, WESTFIELD, ZIONSVILLE 13. ATTICA (12) | HARRISON HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUBFRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ATTICA, COVINGTON, CRAWFORDSVILLE, NORTH MONTGOMERY, NORTH PUTNAM, NORTH VERMILLION, PARKE HERITAGE, RIVERTON PARKE, SEEGER, SOUTH VERMILLION, SOUTHMONT, TRI-WEST HENDRICKS 14. DECATUR CENTRAL (9) | WINDING RIVER MON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BEN DAVIS, BREBEUF JESUIT PREPARATORY, COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS), DECATUR CENTRAL, INDIANAPOLIS CARDINAL RITTER, INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE, PIKE, PURDUE POLYTECHNIC – DOWNTOWN, SPEEDWAY 15. MARTINSVILLE (11) | FOXCLIFF GOLF COURSEMON, 9:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: AVON, BROWNSBURG, CASCADE, CLOVERDALE, DANVILLE COMMUNITY, MARTINSVILLE, MONROVIA, MOORESVILLE, PLAINFIELD, SOUTH PUTNAM, GREENCASTLE 16. NORWELL (12) | TIMBER RIDGE GOLF CLUBFRI, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ADAMS CENTRAL, BELLMONT, BLACKFORD, BLUFFTON, EASTBROOK, MADISON-GRANT, MARION, MISSISSINEWA, NORWELL, OAK HILL, SOUTH ADAMS, SOUTHERN WELLS 17. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (11) | MAPLE CREEK GOLF CLUBFRI, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: HERITAGE CHRISTIAN, INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECHNICAL, INDIANAPOLIS BISHOP CHATARD, INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL, INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA MEMORIAL, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF INDIANA, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, LAWRENCE NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS), PARK TUDOR, WARREN CENTRAL 18. NOBLESVILLE (12) | FOX PRAIRIE GOLF CLUBMON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: ALEXANDRIA MONROE, ANDERSON, DALEVILLE, ELWOOD COMMUNITY, FISHERS, FRANKTON, HAMILTON HEIGHTS, HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, LAPEL, NOBLESVILLE, PENDLETON HEIGHTS, TIPTON 19. MONROE CENTRAL (12) | HICKORY HILLS GOLF COURSEMON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: COWAN, DELTA, JAY COUNTY, MONROE CENTRAL, MUNCIE CENTRAL, RANDOLPH SOUTHERN, UNION CITY, UNION (MODOC), WAPAHANI, WES-DEL, WINCHESTER COMMUNITY, YORKTOWN 20. GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (11) | HAWK’S TAIL OF GREENFIELDMON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BLUE RIVER VALLEY, EASTERN HANCOCK, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, KNIGHTSTOWN, MORRISTOWN, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE), NEW CASTLE, NEW PALESTINE, SHENANDOAH, TRITON CENTRAL, TRI 21. TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO (12) | HULMAN LINKSMON, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BLOOMFIELD, CLAY CITY, EASTERN GREENE, LINTON-STOCKTON, NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG), NORTHVIEW, SHAKAMAK, SULLIVAN, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO, TERRE HAUTE SOUTH VIGO, WEST VIGO, WHITE RIVER VALLEY 22. VINCENNES LINCOLN (13) | CYPRESS HILLS GOLF CLUB OF VINCENNESFRI, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BARR-REEVE, GIBSON SOUTHERN, NORTH DAVIESS, NORTH KNOX, PIKE CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY, SOUTH KNOX, TECUMSEH, VINCENNES LINCOLN, VINCENNES RIVET, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON CATHOLIC, WOOD MEMORIAL 23. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (12) | HELFRICH HILLS GOLF COURSETHURS, 7 AM CT | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BOONVILLE, CASTLE, EVANSVILLE BOSSE, EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN, EVANSVILLE F.J. REITZ, EVANSVILLE HARRISON, EVANSVILLE MATER DEI, EVANSVILLE NORTH, EVANSVILLE REITZ MEMORIAL, MT. VERNON, NORTH POSEY 24. JASPER (14) | SULTAN’S RUN GOLF CLUBTHURS, 10:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: CRAWFORD COUNTY, FOREST PARK, HERITAGE HILLS, NORTHEAST DUBOIS, JASPER, LOOGOOTEE, ORLEANS, PAOLI, PERRY CENTRAL, SHOALS, SOUTH SPENCER, SOUTHRIDGE, SPRINGS VALLEY, TELL CITY 25. BLOOMINGTON NORTH (13) | CASCADES GOLF COURSEMON, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE, BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH, BROWN COUNTY, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, EDGEWOOD, LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, MITCHELL, SALEM, SEYMOUR, TRINITY LUTHERAN, WEST WASHINGTON, OWEN VALLEY 26. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY (13) | THE LEGENDS GOLF CLUBMON, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: CENTER GROVE, EDINBURGH, FRANKLIN CENTRAL, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN ACADEMY, GREENWOOD COMMUNITY, INDIAN CREEK, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN, PERRY MERIDIAN, RONCALLI, SOUTHPORT, WHITELAND COMMUNITY, BEECH GROVE 27. UNION COUNTY (10) | LIBERTY COUNTRY CLUBTHURS, 9 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN, CENTERVILLE, CONNERSVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, HAGERSTOWN, NORTHEASTERN, RICHMOND, RUSHVILLE CONSOLIDATED, UNION COUNTY, OLDENBURG ACADEMY 28. GREENSBURG (14) | GREENSBURG COUNTRY CLUBFRI, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BATESVILLE, COLUMBUS EAST, COLUMBUS NORTH, EAST CENTRAL, GREENSBURG, HAUSER, JAC-CEN-DEL, MILAN, NORTH DECATUR, SHELBYVILLE, SOUTH DECATUR, SOUTH RIPLEY, SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBYVILLE), WALDRON 29. MADISON CONSOLIDATED (13) | SUNRISE GOLF COURSEMON, 11 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: AUSTIN, CHARLESTOWN, HENRYVILLE, JENNINGS COUNTY, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, NEW WASHINGTON, RISING SUN, SCOTTSBURG, SHAWE MEMORIAL, SOUTHWESTERN (HANOVER), SWITZERLAND COUNTY, LAWRENCEBURG, SOUTH DEARBORN 30. PROVIDENCE (14) | COVERED BRIDGE GOLF CLUBTHURS, 8 AM ET | RESULTS SCHOOLS: BORDEN, CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA, CLARKSVILLE, CORYDON CENTRAL, EASTERN (PEKIN), FLOYD CENTRAL, JEFFERSONVILLE, LANESVILLE, NEW ALBANY, NORTH HARRISON, PROVIDENCE, SILVER CREEK, SOUTH CENTRAL (ELIZABETH), CROTHERSVILLE ===== BOYS GOLF REGIONALS 1. LAKE CENTRAL | SANDY PINES GC THURS, 8 AM CT | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 1-5) 2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | STONEHENGE GC THURS, 8 AM ET | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 6-10) 3. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) | COYOTE CROSSING GC FRI, 9 AM ET | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 11-15) 4. YORKTOWN | THE PLAYERS CLUB THURS, 8 AM ET | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 16-20) 5. WASHINGTON | COUNTRY OAKS GC THURS, 8:30 AM ET | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 21-25) 6. PROVIDENCE | CHAMPIONS POINTE GC THURS, 8 AM ET | FEEDER SECTIONALS: (SECTIONALS 26-30) ==================================== NBA PLAYOFFS 2026 NBA FINALS SAN ANTONIO VS. NEW YORK GAME 1: NEW YORK 105 SAN ANTONIO 95 GAME 2: NEW YORK 105 SAN ANTONIO 104 JUNE 8: SAN ANTONIO 115 NEW YORK 111 JUNE 10: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 4 ON ABC, 8:30 ET JUNE 13: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 5 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* JUNE 16: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 6 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* JUNE 19: NBA FINALS 2026 – GAME 7 ON ABC, 8:30 ET* * = IF NECESSARY ==================================== NHL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE STANLEY CUP FINAL GAME 1: VEGAS 5 CAROLINA 4 GAME 2: CAROLINA 4 VEGAS 3 OT GAME 3: VEGAS 5 CAROLINA 4 2 OT GAME 4: CAROLINA AT VEGAS, 8 P.M. ET, TUESDAY, JUNE 9 (ABC, SN, CBC, TVAS) *GAME 5: VEGAS AT CAROLINA, 8 P.M. ET, THURSDAY, JUNE 11 (ABC, SN, CBC, TVAS) *GAME 6: CAROLINA AT VEGAS, 8 P.M. ET, SUNDAY, JUNE 14 (ABC, SN, CBC, TVAS) *GAME 7: VEGAS AT CAROLINA, 8 P.M. ET, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 (ABC, SN, CBC, TVAS) * – IF NECESSARY =================================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SEATTLE 6 BALTIMORE 3 NY YANKEES 7 CLEVELAND 5 (10) TAMPA BAY 3 BOSTON 1 PHILADELPHIA 5 TORONTO 2 HOUSTON 5 LA ANGELS 4 (10) SAN DIEGO 6 CINCINNATI 2 WASHINGTON 4 SAN FRANCISCO 3 MILWAUKEE 15 SACRAMENTO 14 (12) =================================== MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NO GAMES SCHEDULED =================================== COLLEGE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES FRIDAY JUNE 12 TROY VS. WEST VIRGINIA 2 OLE MISS VS. NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY JUNE 13 OKLAHOMA VS. ALABAMA 3:00 TEXAS VS. GEORGIA 8:00 ===== TV SCHEDULE: MEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: FRIDAY, JUNE 12 – SUNDAY/MONDAY 21/22 | CHARLES SCHWAB FIELD IN OMAHA, NE GAME 1 | 2 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 12 ON ESPN GAME 2 | 7 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 12 ON ESPN GAME 3 | 3 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 13 ON ESPN GAME 4 | 8 P.M. SATURDAY, JUNE 13 ON ESPN GAME 5 | 2 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 14 ON ESPN GAME 6 | 7 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 14 ON ESPN GAME 7 | 2 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 15 ON ESPN GAME 8 | 7 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 15 ON ESPN GAME 9 | 2 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 ON ESPN GAME 10 | 8 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 16 ON ESPN GAME 11 | 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 ON ESPN GAME 12 | 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 ON ESPN BRACKET 1 | TBD THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) BRACKET 2 | TBD THURSDAY, JUNE 18 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 1 | TBD SATURDAY, JUNE 20 ON ESPN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 2 | 2:30 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 21 ON ABC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GAME 3 | 7 P.M. MONDAY, JUNE 22 ON ESPN (IF NECESSARY) =================================== WNBA FEVER 78 MYSTICS 76 LIBERTY 89 SUN 80 ACES 101 STORM 91 =================================== UFL SCORES FINALS JUNE 13 DEFENDERS VS. KINGS =============================== MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER NO GAMES SCHEDULED =============================== MAJOR NATIONAL HEADLINES/RELEASES NBA FINALS VICTOR WEMBANYAMA CARRIES SPURS TO 115-111 WIN THAT CUTS KNICKS’ NBA FINALS LEAD TO 2-1 NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has his first NBA Finals win — and the New York Knicks suddenly have a lot of work left to end their 53-year championship drought. Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists, carrying the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-111 victory Monday night that cut the Knicks’ lead to 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. San Antonio is trying to make a first-of-its-kind NBA Finals comeback, and the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama, with his array of skills, makes anything look possible. “I’m sure Victor has numerous sources of motivation,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “I don’t think any of us are surprised or expect anything different than a strong performance.” The Spurs handed the Knicks their first loss in 46 days and potentially salvaged their season in front of a Madison Square Garden crowd that included President Donald Trump. The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak, the second-longest in NBA postseason history, snapped and missed a chance to move to the brink of their first title since 1973. Their previous loss occurred on April 23 in a one-point defeat to the Atlanta Hawks. They won the next three against Atlanta, swept Philadelphia and Cleveland and took the first two games against the Spurs. The run stirred New York into a frenzy, with raucous watch parties, fans paying outrageous sums of money for tickets and “Knicks In Four” becoming a daily greeting on streets, subway cars and in workplaces. But Wembanyama and the Spurs ended the streak and ruined the Knicks’ first home NBA Finals game since 1999. “At home, it really feels like playing six against five. Here, it feels like five against six,” Wembanyama said. “It really shows what teams are made of.” Knicks coach Mike Brown complained about the Spurs’ 24-8 advantage in free throw attempts in the second half. “I tell the guys, it’s a seven-game series for a reason,” Brown said. “They are a great team. They are well-coached. They have an iconic player. It’s not going to be easy.” Stephon Castle and De’Aaron Fox hit big shots late as the Spurs avoided falling into a 3-0 hole, which no NBA team has escaped. Now they can tie the series Wednesday night and are guaranteed another game at home, with Game 5 scheduled for Saturday. Castle finished with 23 points as the Spurs got started in their quest to become the first team to win the NBA Finals after losing the first two games at home. Jalen Brunson scored 32 points and OG Anunoby had 28 for the Knicks. Fans who endured long lines to get in with the extra security measures in place — and some who paid five-figure sums for the chance to do so — were treated to a back-and-forth game as the NBA Finals returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time in 27 years. Wembanyama, whose turnover late in Game 2 cost the Spurs dearly, didn’t make many mistakes Monday. He had 10 points in the final quarter, helping San Antonio build just enough of a cushion to withstand Brunson’s latest comeback attempt. Minutes after Trump was booed loudly when he was shown during the national anthem, the Spurs got off to an ideal start. Wembanyama dunked for their first two baskets and they had a double-digit lead 4 1/2 minutes into the game. San Antonio made nine of its first 11 shots, with the Knicks and their fans frustrated by the referees and the home team’s sloppy play, and led 33-22 after one. The Garden crowd didn’t really start to rock until Anunoby’s 3-pointer capped an 11-2 surge that cut it to 40-38. The Knicks got their first lead of the night on Brunson’s 26-footer as part of a big burst to finish the half. New York led 64-57 at the break. But the Spurs went back ahead in the third quarter and led 111-104 on Castle’s 3-pointer with 1:53 to play. Castle then closed the scoring with two free throws with 6.8 seconds left after Anunoby’s 3-pointer cut it to two. The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio. This time, a horrible start to the fourth quarter put them too far behind. A star-studded crowd that included Derek Jeter and Eli Manning, champions of New York teams in other sports, was hoping to see the Knicks move closer to a third NBA title. But with Karl-Anthony Towns limited to 11 points and Mikal Bridges saddled with foul trouble, a team that had been so potent in the postseason struggled for long stretches. ===== KNICKS COACH ON FREE THROW DISPARITY IN GAME 3: ‘NEVER THOUGHT I’D SEE THAT IN AN NBA FINALS GAME’ NEW YORK (AP) — Knicks coach Mike Brown criticized the officiating in Game 3 of the NBA Finals after the San Antonio Spurs shot 24 free throws in the second half to New York’s eight. “I never thought I’d see that in an NBA Finals game, and I saw it tonight,” Brown said. The Spurs won 115-111 on Monday night to cut the Knicks’ lead in the series to 2-1. It was New York’s first loss in 46 days, ending a 13-game postseason winning streak. Brown credited the Spurs for their performance and listed some things the Knicks did poorly. But he said the officiating made a difference in the game. “San Antonio is a great team. They are a great team, OK. It’s going to lower our odds big time, big time, if we play Game 4 and in the second half, they get 24 free-throw attempts to our eight. Maybe we were fouling. Maybe we were fouling. But they fouled, too. “There were a lot of things that we didn’t do that we did in Game 1 and Game 2,” Brown added. “But to go 24 free-throw attempts in the second half, that’s 48 for the game, if you think about the way they called that second half, compared to eight. All the shots we took, we got fouled four times, roughly, for eight free-throw attempts.” Mikal Bridges had to go to the bench early after picking up two quick fouls and Jalen Brunson had to do the same in the third quarter when he picked up his fourth. The Spurs shot 14 free throws in the third quarter to the Knicks’ three. “There are a lot of things we can do better and we are going to have to do better, but the same breath, like I said, hopefully they will see some more fouls called against them, so it’s not 24-8,” Brown said. “This is a four-point ballgame. Four-point ballgame. One-possession ballgame going down the stretch. It’s tough to overcome.” The Spurs finished 25 for 32 for the game, while the Knicks were 18 for 22. Told about Brown’s comments, Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns said the referees weren’t the problem. “That didn’t cost us the game,” he said. “Turned the ball over. Didn’t execute. Didn’t do what got us 13 straight wins in a row. That’s how you lose a game.” ===== AT THE NBA FINALS, POTENTIAL TOP PICK AJ DYBANTSA SEES CHANCE TO HAVE QUICK SUCCESS LIKE THE SPURS NEW YORK (AP) — AJ Dybantsa is watching a young San Antonio Spurs team built by high draft picks in the NBA Finals and sees a similar chance to have quick success as a pro. That would be good news for the Washington Wizards, who have the No. 1 pick this year and are expected to use it on the star freshman from BYU. “It won’t take that long, especially with my adaptability and my work ethic,” Dybantsa said Monday. “I think that will be, I’m not going to say easy, but pretty similar to what these guys do in terms of the forecast.” The Spurs made a rapid rise after taking Victor Wembanyama from France with the No. 1 pick in 2023. Stephon Castle from UConn went No. 4 the next year, and both players were voted NBA Rookie of the Year. Guard Dylan Harper was the No. 2 selection last year from Rutgers. Dybantsa got an up-close look at the Spurs when they played in Paris last year and has another chance now as one of the NBA’s player correspondents at the NBA Finals. He was at Game 3 and will work at practice before Game 4 on Tuesday. Dybantsa, from the Boston area, went to Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals, when the Celtics beat Dallas. Now he gets to watch the games and also be behind the scenes, gaining knowledge from the many players involved and former players such as Shaquille O’Neal that he spoke with Monday. “It feels good,” Dybantsa said of the opportunity, “especially tomorrow and on Wednesday, me working the finals.” Caleb Wilson from North Carolina, also expected to be a high pick, performed the role in Game 1, followed by the New Orleans Pelicans’ Derik Queen and Jeremiah Fears, who just finished their rookie seasons. Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel, the runner-up for Rookie of the Year, would have Game 5 if the series extends that long. The 6-foot-9 Dybantsa led the nation in scoring with 25.5 points per game and also averaged 3.7 assists in his lone college season. He said he hasn’t spoken with the Wizards or any other teams since the draft combine. He has been working out three times a day since, saying the college season felt as though it flew by but the last few weeks have dragged. The draft begins June 23 in New York, and if the Wizards do select him, Dybantsa expects they’ll end up with a player whose skills translate quickly to the pros. “There’s a lot of it. I think my ability to get in the paint and dish out to my teammates, as well as creating for myself,” Dybantsa said. “So I think I’m just a natural playmaker, meshing myself with others.” =================================== COLLEGE FOOTBALL BRENDAN SORSBY GETS INJUNCTION VS. NCAA AND COULD PLAY FOR TEXAS TECH AFTER GAMBLING INELIGIBILITY LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Brendan Sorsby has been granted a temporary injunction against the NCAA that could clear the way for him to play for Texas Tech this fall, even after the transfer quarterback was declared ineligible for wagering on college sports. Some of the bets were made on his own team while at Indiana. The ruling Monday by Judge Ken Curry immediately prevents the NCAA from being able to block Sorsby’s eligibility for what will be his final college season. Sorsby will still miss the Red Raiders’ first two games, which was a penalty that had been proposed by his attorneys. Curry’s ruling came a week after a two-hour hearing in the 99th District Court in Lubbock County, where Texas Tech is located. The NCAA can appeal to a higher court in Texas, though there was no immediate word on if or when that would happen, or the possible timeline for a different ruling. Texas Tech is nearly three months from its season opener Sept. 5 at home against Abilene Christian. In a statement, the NCAA said it strongly disagrees with the court’s ruling and “is deeply concerned about the damaging, far-reaching and broadly destabilizing ramifications of this outcome — which undermines and corrupts the integrity of sports.” The judge’s ruling Curry wrote in his ruling that Sorsby’s attorneys would suffer “a probable, imminent and irreparable injury” if the NCAA was able to keep the quarterback from practicing or playing for the Red Raiders during any further legal proceedings. The injunction comes with conditions that Sorsby must continue to take part in individual clinical counseling for his gambling and to participate in peer support through Gamblers Anonymous or a similar group. He also has to continue treatment to address “the underlying anxiety that served as the primary driver of (his) gambling behavior,” as was noted in his legal team’s filings with the court when presenting its case. Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt said Monday that a comprehensive support structure, including clinical care, monitoring and compliance checks, will remain fully in place for Sorsby during his time at the school. “As we have said before, we do not believe that the circumstances of Brendan’s case warranted permanent ineligibility,” Hocutt said. “As he returns to our football program, we remain committed to supporting Brendan’s recovery and ensuring his compliance with the court’s order.” A significant setback against the NCAA NCAA attorney Taylor Askew had said during the hearing that allowing Sorsby to play another college season would provide “reputable harm” to the governing body. “Saying the NCAA is now the first league in America that allows you, without punishment, to bet on its own contests, that’s a reputable harm to the NCAA,” Askew told the court. “This would be the first league in America that does that. … We should not say for the first time serial gambling is OK.” Court records show that Sorsby has acknowledged making thousands of impermissible bets totaling at least $90,000 during his time at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. That included 40 bets on Indiana while a freshman in 2022, though none on any of the games he played in with the Hoosiers. While some guidelines for penalties related to gambling have changed in recent years, NCAA rules still call for a permanent loss of eligibility for any player who wagered on his own team. Sorsby spent two seasons at Indiana before the past two at Cincinnati. The Texas native transferred in January to Texas Tech for a reported multimillion-dollar deal. The Red Raiders brought him in to be the starting quarterback when trying to defend their first Big 12 Conference title and make the College Football Playoff for the second year in a row. What led to the NCAA investigation Court filings revealed that on March 11 the NCAA received a tip about Sorsby’s gambling activity from an online gambling book, which had been informed by law enforcement. Texas Tech was notified April 14 that an investigation was underway by the NCAA. Jeffrey Kessler, the attorney who negotiated the House settlement against the NCAA and now represents Sorsby, told the court that the 22-year-old quarterback has a diagnosed addiction and anxiety-driven compulsion. Sorsby recently completed a monthlong stay in a residential treatment program in Arizona that he entered after the start of the NCAA’s investigation. Kessler said, according to a clinician who treated Sorsby, that not allowing the quarterback to play would hurt his mental health and impede the progress of his recovery. The NCAA in its statement Monday said it is “committed to supporting student-athlete mental health but must continue to aggressively defend against actions that defraud college athletics and threaten competitive integrity, such as betting on one’s own sport.” The lawsuit and NCAA appeals The injunction Monday came in Sorsby’s lawsuit filed May 18 against the NCAA seeking the restoration of his eligibility. That case was initially assigned to District Judge Phillip Hays, a Lubbock native and Texas Tech graduate who later recused himself. Curry is a retired judge from Tarrant County. Since the filing of that lawsuit, the NCAA has twice denied Texas Tech’s petition to restore the quarterback’s eligibility. When the school on May 26 revealed the first denial and its intent to appeal, university president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school felt “the NCAA’s ruling should be reversed or modified.” Texas Tech ruled Sorsby ineligible May 18, the same day he filed his lawsuit. Tech had to do that to be able to pursue a request for his reinstatement that it submitted to the NCAA the following day. That was first denied May 22, and the school’s appeal was rejected last week. ================================= NHL REPORTS: OILERS EYEING MIKE BABCOCK AS NEXT COACH The Edmonton Oilers are nearing a deal with Mike Babcock to become the team’s next head coach, according to multiple media reports on Monday. Babcock, 63, has been out of the NHL since 2023, when he resigned 11 weeks after being named the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets following an NHL Players’ Association investigation. Babcock faced claims of improper behavior after he allegedly asked players to show him cellphone photos. He did not coach a game for the Blue Jackets. The Oilers reportedly are asking the NHLPA if hiring Babcock would be acceptable. Before his brief stint in Columbus, Babcock coached the then-Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2002-03 to 2003-04), Detroit Red Wings (2005-06 to 2014-15) and Toronto Maple Leafs (2015-16 to 2019-20) to a combined 700-418-19-164 record (W-L-T-OTL). Babcock led the Red Wings to a Stanley Cup championship in 2008, and he was head coach of Team Canada when it won gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics. The Oilers fired coach Kris Knoblauch on May 14 after losing to the Anaheim Ducks in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Edmonton lost in the Stanley Cup final in each of the two previous seasons, both times to the Florida Panthers. The Oilers reportedly attempted to speak with former Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy in recent weeks regarding the coaching vacancy but were blocked from interviewing him by the Golden Knights. ===== REPORTS: KINGS TO HIRE PETER LAVIOLETTE AS HEAD COACH The Los Angeles Kings are set to hire Peter Laviolette to a three-year deal as their next head coach, Sportsnet and ESPN reported Monday. Laviolette had been in talks to become the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs as recently as last week, according to multiple reports, and the Edmonton Oilers had also reportedly looked at him as a candidate to fill their head coaching vacancy. Laviolette, 61, has been an NHL head coach for 23 seasons. He won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. He also reached the Stanley Cup Final as coach of the Philadelphia Flyers in 2010 and the Nashville Predators in 2017. He most recently coached the New York Rangers from 2023-25. The Rangers went 55-23-4 (114 points) in Laviolette’s first season and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, where they were eliminated by the Florida Panthers in a six-game series. New York went 39-36-7 (85 points) the following season to finish six points out of a playoff spot, leading to Laviolette’s dismissal in April 2025. He owns an 846-562-161 record (25 ties) as head coach with the New York Islanders (2001-03), Hurricanes (2003-09), Flyers (2009-14), Predators (2014-20), Washington Capitals (2020-23) and Rangers. His 846 regular-season wins are the most among United States-born coaches in NHL history and seventh all-time. Laviolette appeared in 12 NHL games during his playing career as a defenseman, all during the 1988-89 season with the Rangers. ================================== NFL BRONCOS LB JONATHON COOPER PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Denver Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor domestic violence charges on Monday, sending the case toward a likely trial set for July. Cooper was arrested and jailed in Douglas County (Colo.) early last Friday after police responded to a call and arrested the 28-year-old at 11:16 p.m. Thursday. Arrest records indicate Cooper and his girlfriend, also arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence with an additional charge of petty criminal mischief, were involved in a disagreement over allegations of infidelity. In signed affidavits, the parties gave much different accounts of the events that caused the argument to escalate. Cooper posted an apology to social media on Saturday. “I apologize to my family to my friends and my community … And so many others,” it read. A pre-trial hearing was set for July 6 during Cooper’s court appearance on Monday. A trial date of July 22 falls within a week of the likely start of Denver’s training camp. His attorney requested an expedited trial to avoid any conflict with training camp or the Broncos’ preseason schedule. Cooper has started every game in each of the past three seasons for Denver and has played in 81 games (65 starts) since the Broncos drafted him in the seventh round in 2021. Cooper recorded eight sacks, 50 tackles and 16 quarterback hits last season. He has 31.5 sacks, 63 QB hits, 266 tackles, three fumble recoveries (one for a touchdown), two forced fumbles and one interception. He signed a four-year, $60 million extension in November 2024. ===== REPORT: CHIEFS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FIRST-ROUND DT PETER WOODS The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to terms with first-round draft pick Peter Woods, his agents confirmed to ESPN on Monday. The 6-foot-3, 310-pound defensive tackle receives a four-year, $18 million deal as the 29th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft out of Clemson. Woods’ contract includes a team option for a fifth season in 2030. Representatives Adie von Gontard and Ray Haija of YM APAA Sports confirmed the deal. Woods, 21, was a first-team All-ACC selection at Clemson in 2025 after posting two sacks and 30 tackles in 12 games. Over three seasons with the Tigers, he recorded 84 tackles (14.5 for losses) with five sacks and two forced fumbles. ===== REPORT: CHIEFS REUNITE WITH CB L’JARIUS SNEED ON 1-YEAR DEAL Veteran cornerback L’Jarius Sneed won two Super Bowl rings with the Kansas City Chiefs. Now he’s back to try to earn a third. Sneed is back in Kansas City on a one-year contract worth up to $5 million, ESPN reported Monday. Sneed spent the first four years of his NFL career with the Chiefs before being traded to the Tennessee Titans in the spring of 2024. But he failed to make an impact in Tennessee, where he played just 12 games over two seasons with zero interceptions. The Titans released Sneed on March 13, which saved about $11.4 million in cap space. In Kansas City, Sneed amassed 10 interceptions, 6.5 sacks and 40 pass breakups over 57 games (54 starts). He made 13 playoff starts in those four years, had two sacks in three games as a rookie and started for the Chiefs teams that won back-to-back Super Bowls in the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Sneed won’t see many familiar faces in Kansas City’s cornerbacks room. After signing Kade Kohou and Kaiir Elam as free agents during the offseason, the Chiefs drafted Mansoor Delane with the sixth overall pick in April. Delane signed a four-year, $41.9 million contract on Monday. ===== SEAHAWKS TE AJ BARNER READY FOR CAMP AFTER TWO SURGERIES Seahawks tight end AJ Barner expects to be ready for training camp this summer following two offseason surgeries. Barner, 24, started every game last season and caught a touchdown in Seattle’s Super Bowl LX victory against the New England Patriots. The former fourth-round draft pick played through a variety of injuries — hip, elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle and calf — throughout the campaign, but did not specify which ailments led to his surgeries. “I’m going to feel much better, and I’m already feeling much better, and I think that’s where I’ll see strides,” Barner said, per the team’s website. “I’m feeling good, and I’m chomping at the bit trying to get back out there.” Barner caught 52 passes for 519 yards and six TDs in 17 regular-season games and added six catches for 67 yards and a score in three playoff wins. He has 82 receptions for 764 yards and 10 touchdowns in 34 games (23 starts) since Seattle drafted him in 2024 out of Michigan. ===== JOHN HARBAUGH ‘EXCITED’ ABOUT GIANTS WRS — IF MALIK NABERS IS HEALTHY New York Giants coach John Harbaugh believes that Malik Nabers is capable of being the best wide receiver in the league, though the Pro Bowler first must return to the field after a knee injury cut short his 2025 season. After a Pro Bowl campaign as a rookie, Nabers tore his right anterior cruciate ligament in Week 4 last fall, and he subsequently underwent two knee operations. The Giants hope the 2024 first-round pick (No. 6 overall) will be ready for the 2026 regular season. “If you get Malik out there, you got, I would say arguably — I know his goal is to be the best in the league,” the first-year Giants head coach said Tuesday. “… And he’s capable of doing it.” Nabers was limited to 18 receptions for 271 yards and two TDs last season after a stellar debut campaign the previous season: 109 catches, 1,204 receiving yards and seven scores. As for the wide receivers as a whole, Harbaugh is excited about the group. One of the receiving corps’ key members, Darius Slayton, is expected to be fully healthy for the start of training camp this summer after undergoing sports hernia surgery. “They’re practicing well, as you see,” Harbaugh said. “All those guys are practicing well. The guys we brought in in free agency. We drafted a really good player (Malachi Fields). We’ll get Darius (Slayton) back, another guy. When you step back and look at it, you got about five guys you feel really good about.” On the subject of how second-year quarterback Jaxson Dart is progressing, Harbaugh called it a “work in progress all the time,” but he loves the former Ole Miss star’s drive and determination. Dart had an uneven first NFL season, going 4-8 as a starter while compiling 15 touchdowns, five interceptions, a 63.7% completion rate and 2,272 passing yards. “I think he’s adjusting really well,” Harbaugh said of the team’s 2025 first-round selection (No. 25 overall). “He looks good. I love his competitiveness. He wants to be perfect every play. “It’s a work in progress all the time. It’s still fairly early. But the clock is ticking. … we started the team meeting off with ‘September’ by Earth, Wind & Fire. September is right around the corner. So that’s what we’re preparing for.” =============================== MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MLB ROUNDUP: BREWERS OUTSLUG A’S 15-14 IN 12 INNINGS AT LAS VEGAS Christian Yelich slid home ahead of the throw on an infield grounder in the 12th inning, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a wild 15-14 comeback victory over the Athletics on Monday in the opener of a three-game series in Las Vegas, the future home of the A’s. Each team scored four times in the 10th. William Contreras belted a three-run homer to cap the top of the inning, putting the Brewers up 14-10. The A’s tied it in the bottom half on a two-out RBI single from Shea Langeliers, a two-run homer from Nick Kurtz (his second long ball of the game) and a pinch-hit solo shot from Jonah Heim. The A’s pounded out seven homers at the hitter-friendly home of the Athletics’ Triple-A affiliate, including two blasts from Tyler Soderstrom and one apiece from Zack Gelof and Langeliers. The Brewers’ four-homer total included shots from Brice Turang, Andrew Vaughn and Jake Bauers. Latest sports news Abner Uribe (4-2) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief in a 4-hour, 14-minute game, and Chad Patrick earned his third save. A’s reliever Jose Suarez (0-2) yielded the decisive run. Mariners 6, Orioles 3 Josh Naylor smashed a fifth-inning grand slam and Seattle held off late-inning threats to beat host Baltimore. Randy Arozarena rapped three hits and drove in a run and Mariners starter Emerson Hancock (5-2) worked five strong innings, giving up one run on three hits. Andres Munoz pitched the ninth for his 10th save, a day after a blown save in Detroit. Taylor Ward and Blaze Alexander both had two hits for the Orioles, who made a pregame pitching change when likely starter Chris Bassitt went on the injured list with low back discomfort. Bassitt’s injury resulted in rookie Trey Gibson’s call-up from Triple-A Norfolk. Gibson (1-1) was charged with three runs in 4 2/3 innings. Yankees 7, Guardians 5 (10 innings) Cody Bellinger hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the 10th inning as visiting New York beat Cleveland. Yankees closer David Bednar (2-3) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and Ryan McMahon added a solo shot for New York, which used seven relievers and won for the ninth time in its past 13 games. Angel Martinez hit a two-run homer for Cleveland, which has dropped four of its past five games. The Guardians went 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 baserunners. Shawn Armstrong (1-1) took the loss. Astros 5, Angels 4 (10 innings) Jose Altuve tagged up and scored on a popup to shallow center field in the top of the 10th inning as Houston rallied to beat Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif. Catcher Logan O’Hoppe was charged with an error on the go-ahead play. Christian Walker went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for the Astros, who picked up their third win in four games. Josh Hader (1-0) struck out the side in the ninth, and Bryan Abreu pitched a scoreless 10th for his fourth save. Zach Neto homered for the third straight game and Trey Mancini, called up from Triple-A Salt Lake earlier in the day, went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a run for the Angels. Sam Aldegheri (1-1) gave up the tiebreaking run. Rays 3, Red Sox 1 Yandy Diaz hit a solo home run and had two RBIs as Tampa Bay ended a two-game losing streak by beating Boston in St. Petersburg, Fla. Diaz hit the Red Sox’s first pitch of the game over the fence in left for his 12th home run of the season. He also drove in Taylor Walls with a sacrifice fly in the eighth that extended Tampa Bay’s lead to 3-1. The Rays received five scoreless innings from their bullpen after starter Ian Seymour exited with the game tied 1-1. Boston starter Connelly Early (5-4) allowed two runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out six. Marcelo Mayer hit a home run for Boston, which was held to four hits. The Red Sox rank last in the major leagues with 49 homers. Phillies 5, Blue Jays 2 Adolis Garcia hit a two-run home run, Cristopher Sanchez struck out 10 in seven innings and visiting Philadelphia defeated Toronto. Sanchez (8-2) allowed two runs, four hits and one walk in the opener of a three-game series. Jhoan Duran pitched around a double in the ninth to earn his 16th save of the season in 16 opportunities. Alec Bohm and J.T. Realmuto contributed an RBI single apiece. Ernie Clement hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who are 2-2 to open a nine-game homestand. Patrick Corbin (2-3) allowed five runs, four hits, four walks and hit a batter while striking out three in three innings. Nationals 4, Giants 3 CJ Abrams stroked a two-run, game-tying single and Daylen Lile followed two batters later with a two-out, two-strike RBI single as Washington rallied in the ninth inning to overtake San Francisco. After the Giants had scored twice in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie, San Francisco starter Logan Webb was pulled in favor of Keaton Winn (2-2). The reliever served up a one-out double to Luis Garcia Jr. and then hit Curtis Mead with a pitch, setting up the big hits by Abrams and Lile. Gus Varland earned his fifth save with a shaky bottom of the ninth, striking out Bryce Eldridge with runners at the corners to end Washington’s third win in four games. Clayton Beeter (2-1), who allowed two runs in the eighth, wound up with the victory. Padres 6, Reds 2 Samad Taylor knocked in a career-high three runs while Freddy Fermin homered as San Diego came from behind to post a win over visiting Cincinnati. Before Monday, Taylor hadn’t driven in a run in the major leagues since 2023. Adrian Morejon (5-1) pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings as the Padres won for just the third time in 14 games. Taylor, Fermin, Xander Bogaerts and Jase Bowen each collected two hits. Andrew Abbott (4-4) yielded four hits and three runs in six-plus innings as the Reds lost their fifth game in a row. Cincinnati finished 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and stranded nine baserunners. ================================ GOLF REPORT: PIF MAY END LIV GOLF FUNDING BEFORE END OF SEASON Jon Rahm and his Legion XIII team might not have a chance to defend their LIV Golf League titles in August. Front Office Sports reported that LIV, which has four more tournaments in the 2026 season, could call the season off over a lack of funding. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the money behind LIV and its big player contracts and tournament paydays, announced in April that it would bankroll LIV only through the 2026 season. It has put an estimated $6 billion toward LIV so far. But after Tyrrell Hatton won LIV Golf Andalucia on Sunday, LIV is going on a 47-day break to accommodate the U.S. Open and The Open Championship, and the league could look different — or not return — after that break, per Front Office Sports. “Every remaining tournament is on the fence,” an executive with one of LIV’s partners told the outlet. “I truly don’t think anyone knows,” the executive continued. “LIV Golf doesn’t know if or when the PIF will shut off the spigot.” The scheduled events:–LIV Golf United Kingdom, July 23-26 at JCB Golf & Country Club in Rocester, England–LIV Golf New York, Aug. 6-9 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J.–LIV Golf Indianapolis, Aug. 20-23 at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Ind. (individual championship)–LIV Golf Michigan, Aug. 27-30 at The Cardinal at Saint John’s in Plymouth, Mich. (team championship) LIV New Orleans, scheduled for July, already has been canceled. Front Office Sports speculated that the LIV Golf New York event in early August likely is safe to be played at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster because of President Donald Trump’s favorable relationship with Saudi Arabia. There isn’t the same level of confidence for the other two U.S. tournaments. “I don’t think they’ll ever get to Michigan,” Front Office Sports reported, citing “a prominent person in the golf industry with professional ties to both LIV and PGA Tour players” as saying. LIV is trying to hold on through 2026 and reboot next year without Saudi involvement. “We continue to see strong momentum both on and off the course,” LIV CEO Scott O’Neil said in a statement to Front Office Sports. “We’ve begun sharing our business plan with prospective partners who recognize the opportunity in team golf on a global scale.” LIV is making pitches to potential investors and partnering with an investment banking adviser. It also is pinching pennies, where possible, and designing a plan to lower event purses. ================================= INDIANA SPORTS NEWS AND HEADLINES INDIANASRN ANNOUNCES EXTENSIVE 2026 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COVERAGE ACROSS INDIANA Indiana Sports Radio Network (IndianaSRN) is proud to announce its most ambitious football coverage schedule to date for the 2026 season. IndianaSRN will webcast 38 regular-season high school football games from across the state, covering schools from Class 1A through Class 6A. In addition, IndianaSRN will provide coverage of the IHSAA Sectional, Regional, and Semi-State Championships, bringing fans unmatched access to Indiana high school football throughout the postseason. IndianaSRN will also continue its commitment to small-college athletics by webcasting 10 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) football games during the 2026 season. The network’s partnership with HCAC institutions allows fans, alumni, families, and student-athletes to stay connected with one of the nation’s premier NCAA Division III conferences. This expanded coverage demonstrates IndianaSRN dedication to showcasing football at every level throughout the state. For more than a decade of partnerships with schools throughout Indiana, IndianaSRN has worked tirelessly to provide professional-quality broadcasts while highlighting student-athletes, coaches, bands, cheerleaders, and communities. The network’s relationship with local schools continues to grow each season, while its long-standing collaboration with the The Indianapolis Star helps promote high school athletics and tell the stories that matter most to Indiana sports fans. The success of IndianaSRN would not be possible without the support of its outstanding sponsors and community partners. Their investment in local athletics allows the network to expand coverage, improve technology, and bring games to viewers across the state. IndianaSRN remains grateful for the businesses and organizations that believe in the mission of celebrating student-athletes and strengthening communities through sports broadcasting. Under the leadership of founder Keith Meyers and Jerry Collins and a dedicated team of broadcasters, producers, directors, and volunteers, IndianaSRN continues to set the standard for high school sports coverage in Indiana. The network’s leadership philosophy centers on service, professionalism, mentorship, and community engagement. As IndianaSRN enters the 2026 football season, its commitment remains unchanged: to provide exceptional coverage, develop future broadcasters, and shine a spotlight on the athletes, schools, and communities that make Indiana football special. IndianaSRN – “You always have a front row seat. ================================ INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Park Tudor’s Desmond Francis has been named the Marion County Player of the Year. Francis hit .466 with 32 RBI, 9 doubles, 6 HR, and 16 stolen bases. Francis was also instrumental on the mound with an ERA of 2.18, 42 strikeouts in 35 innings pitched. ================================ INDIANA FEVER WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 8, 2026) — The Indiana Fever earned a late-game road victory over the Washington Mystics, with Caitlin Clark hitting a deep three-pointer with 2.5 seconds remaining to secure the 78-76 win. The Fever took a five-point lead in the first quarter, up 21-16, spurred on by 16 of the team’s 21 points coming from the duo of Boston (6) and Clark (10). The second quarter saw Indiana expand its lead, in front 43-29, outscoring the Mystics 22-13 led by seven points from Kelsey Mitchell. The Mystics were able to cut into the deficit in the third quarter, limiting the Fever’s double-digit lead, but it was still Indiana in front 60-53 with one quarter remaining. Washington took a one-point lead with 4.3 seconds remaining, but on the next play Sophie Cunninhgam found Clark off an in-bound pass, who dodged her defender, creating an open look from 32 feet out, sinking the three-footer to give her team the win. POSTGAME NOTESBOX SCORE Indiana Fever Notes: Aliyah Boston surpassed 400 career assists, now with 402 total through her 134 games played. Boston is the eighth player in Indiana Fever history to eclipse 400 assists, and the only center to do so. Boston earned her 43rd career double-double, the second-most in Indiana Fever history, second only to Tamika Catchings, who recorded 96 in 457 games played. Damiris Dantas recorded her 1,000th career rebound at 5:02 in the third quarter. =================================== INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROSEMONT, ill. – The Big Ten Conference announced the designations for home and away opponents for the upcoming 2026-27 women’s basketball season. League play will continue to feature an 18-game format and teams will play eight games at home and eight on the road while playing its protected rival twice. Dates, times and television designations will be announced at a later time. 2026-27 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Opponents Home Only: Illinois, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin, UCLA, USC Away Only: Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Washington, Oregon 2-Play: Purdue Season ticket renewals including reserved, general admission and red zone seating are available for renewals by clicking here. New season ticket holders can begin the process of selecting their season tickets here. Last season, the Hoosiers ranked ninth in the nation in average attendance (7,866) and have been in the Top 10 nationally in attendance for the last four-straight seasons. In her 12 seasons at the helm, all 10 of the Top 10 attended games in school history have come in the Teri Moren era. =================================== INDIANA VOLLEYBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Fresh off one of the best seasons in school history, ninth-year head coach Steve Aird and the Indiana volleyball team will test itself against some of the nation’s most elite programs in 2026. IU unveiled its schedule for the fall on Monday (June 8) afternoon. The Hoosiers will play 26 regular season games – 17 of those in conference. “Our 2026 season will be incredibly exciting. The non-conference matches will challenge us at the highest level and continue to provide the program with elite opponents in great venues,” Aird said. “We will be on the road a great deal but mostly in the region. We hope that Hoosier fans will help support the program across the board.” This year’s schedule will provide a number of early RPI opportunities as IU attempts to make back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time this century. The Hoosiers are set to play seven of the other 15 regional participants from a season ago. Three of those games (Cal Poly, Nebraska and Purdue) will take place inside the friendly confines of Wilkinson Hall. IU will open the season with a trip to face Louisville (Aug. 28), a team that was ranked ninth in the AVCA rankings to close out last year’s campaign. Nine of IU’s opponents finished the season in the rankings last year – including five of the top nine programs. To date, it’s one of the most challenging non-conference schedules ever assembled in school history. The Big Ten – SEC Challenge week (vs. Georgia, vs. Texas A&M) and the Broadway Block Party (vs. Tennessee) will provide premier, postseason-caliber environments early in the season. IU’s home slate will kick off with the Indiana Invitational against Cal Poly (Sept. 10) and Eastern Illinois (Sept. 11). The Hoosiers will wrap up the first portion of the season with matches against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 18) and NC State (Sept. 19). “We have a great group of players that are coming off an incredible foreign tour,” Aird said. “We are still a young group but have had the benefit of a solid NCAA tournament experience and have added pieces that are no stranger to postseason competition. It is a confident, connected group that will grind and work hard daily.” With a conference tournament in play this season, IU will meet every Big Ten opponent just one time in the year. A date against UCLA (Sept. 24) will open the Big Ten campaign at Wilkinson Hall. It’s the first time that IU has started its conference journey in Bloomington since 2023. IU will play Maryland (Sept. 26) to close out the month of September. October will bring a hefty amount of travel for Aird and the Hoosiers. Weekend trips to Oregon (Oct. 16)/Washington (Oct. 18) and Michigan State (Oct. 30)/Michigan (Oct. 31) highlight a month that features seven of 10 contests away from home. The defending Big Ten champions, Nebraska, will visit Bloomington (Oct. 8) for the second-straight year. Additional home matches during the month come against USC (Oct. 11) and Penn State (Oct. 25). IU will make its build toward the postseason with four games at home in November. A midweek contest at Minnesota (Nov. 11) will break up back-to-back weekends in Bloomington. All 18 programs will play regional opponents on the final day of the regular season (Nov. 17). IU will welcome Purdue to Wilkinson Hall for the Monon Spike Match. The top 15 teams in the standings will qualify for the Big Ten Tournament in Fishers, Indiana. Teams nine through 15 in the table will begin tournament play on Friday, November 20th. That week of volleyball will culminate with the Big Ten Tournament Championship the following Wednesday (Nov. 25). As always, the NCAA Tournament Selection Show is set for the final Sunday in November. 2026 Indiana Volleyball Schedule Non-Conference Friday, Aug. 28 – at Louisville Tuesday, Sept. 1 – vs. Georgia (West Lafayette, Ind. – Big Ten – SEC Challenge Week) Wednesday, Sept. 2 – vs. Texas A&M (West Lafayette, Ind. – Big Ten – SEC Challenge Week) Sunday, Sept. 6 – vs. Tennessee (Nashville, Tenn. – Broadway Block Party) Monday, Sept. 7 – at Southern Indiana Thursday, Sept. 10 – vs. Cal Poly Friday, Sept. 11 – vs. Eastern Illinois Friday, Sept. 18 – at Coastal Carolina Saturday, Sept. 19 – vs. NC State (Conway, S.C.) Big Ten Thursday, Sept. 24 – vs. UCLA Saturday, Sept. 26 – vs. Maryland Thursday, Oct. 1 – at Wisconsin Sunday, Oct. 4 – at Rutgers Thursday, Oct. 8 – vs. Nebraska Sunday, Oct. 11 – vs. USC Friday, Oct. 16 – at Oregon Sunday, Oct. 18 – at Washington Friday, Oct. 23 – at Ohio State Sunday, Oct. 25 – vs. Penn State Friday, Oct. 30 – at Michigan State Saturday, Oct. 31 – at Michigan Friday, Nov. 6 – vs. Iowa Sunday, Nov. 8 – vs. Illinois Wednesday, Nov. 11 – at Minnesota Saturday, Nov. 14 – vs. Northwestern Tuesday, Nov. 17 – vs. Purdue Friday, Nov. 20 – Wednesday, Nov. 25 – Big Ten Tournament (Fishers, Ind.) ================================== PURDUE FOOTBALL Purdue received its ninth commitment for the 2027 class by adding Georgia WR Eron Mallard. Mallard is 5-10, 180-pounds and is a product of Savannah’s Benedictine Military School. There is no ranking for Mallard. ================================== PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference has announced the single-play and home-and-away matchups for the 2026-27 season. Purdue will play 18 games in league action, including a two-game road swing to the West Coast at Washington and Oregon. The Boilermakers will keep the same single-game and home-and away opponents for the third straight year, flipping from the 2025-26 schedule and mirroring the 2024-25 campaign. Purdue will play two games against in-state foe Indiana with the road leg serving as the Barn Burner Trophy Game. Home contests feature visits from Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Wisconsin, UCLA and USC. The Boilermakers will hit the road to face Illinois, Iowa, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Washington and Oregon. Dates, tip times and TV designations will be released later. =============================== NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TORONTO — Notre Dame signee Isabella Sangha will make a pitstop before joining the Irish in South Bend for summer workouts, as the forward has been named to Canada’s U18 Women’s National Team for the upcoming 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup. While Sangha attended high school in South Florida, the 6-3 forward is originally from Toronto. The No. 83 overall recruit in the ESPNW SportsCenter NEXT 100, Sangha was a 2026 Florida 6A state champion and the 2025-26 Florida Dairy Farmers 6A Player of the Year. She was also named to the Sun-Sentinel Fab 5. Prior to a senior year at St. Thomas Aquinas, Sangha played high school basketball for Pine Crest where she rewrote the record books and averaged 27.5 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game as a junior. She also broke the single-game scoring record (41) and single-season scoring record (688). Sangha will also play volleyball for Notre Dame and is the No. 1 middle blocker recruit in Florida this recruiting cycle. Of note, Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Coach Niele Ivey will also be at the AmeriCup, as she is serving as the head coach for the American U18 squad, her first head coaching appointment for USA Basketball. The 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup will take place June 9-15 in Irapuato, Mexico. The tournament will be streamed live here. =============================== BUTLER MEN’S TRACK William Zegarski will toe the line in the men’s 10,000 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Wednesday night. The race, which features 24 runners in Eugene, Ore., is set to conclude the first night of the national championships with the gun scheduled for 10:56 p.m. (Eastern). At the NCAA East First Round in Lexington, Ky., he placed sixth out of 48 runners in the men’s 10,000 meters with a time of 28:52.50 to earn a spot in the finals in Eugene. The top 12 runners from the east region will join the top 12 finishers from the west region to make up the 24-athlete field competing for an NCAA title. Zegarski extends Butler’s streak to six consecutive years of having representation at the NCAA Championships in the 10K. He finished 16th in the 10,000 meters in 2025, earning Second-Team All-American honors. The Maineville, Ohio native will look to cap off his incredible year after winning the 10K at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships and finishing among the Top 100 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships last fall. Fans can watch the action from Eugene on ESPN and ESPN2 as well as the ESPN app. ================================= EVANSVILLE MEN’S BASKETBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Evansville assistant men’s basketball coach Peter Funk has been selected to participate in the 2026 TopConnect Basketball Symposium presented by Just Play Sports Solutions. The invitation-only event, held on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, will bring together 50 rising leaders in college basketball for a unique professional development and networking experience. Through educational sessions, leadership presentations, and TopConnect’s signature speed dating, participants will engage directly with athletic directors, conference commissioners, search firm executives, and industry leaders from across the country. This year’s symposium will feature programming focused on leadership development, the hiring process, navigating the first 90 days in a new role, fundraising strategies, and insights from executive search firm leaders. Participants will gain practical knowledge while expanding their professional networks through meaningful interactions with decision-makers from across the collegiate athletics landscape. Since the inception of TopConnect in 2018, more than 50 assistant coach and assistant athletic director participants have been promoted to the next chair of Head Coach and Athletic Director as well as a Conference Commissioner. The three-word mantra of “Connect. Prepare. 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FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ========================================================= “SPORTS EXTRA” TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 879 – Back with Brown University‚ Lee Richmond pitches his school to the College Championship by beating Yale, 3 – 2. In the 9th‚ Yale puts runners on second and third base with two out‚ but Richmond fans Ripley on a full count (8-2) pitch. 1881 – Buffalo wins a 13-inning thriller, 1 – 0 in Boston, to move into a tie for first place with Chicago‚ which loses to Worcester‚ 7 – 6. Dan Brouthers is the star‚ saving the game with a one-handed catch in left field and then tripling and scoring the only run. 1883: After falling behind 5 – 2 in the 2nd inning‚ Boston rallies to whip Detroit, 30 – 8. Paul Radford and Jim Whitney each get five hits‚ and Whitney sets a major league record by scoring six runs. Four players have eight plate appearances. This record will stand until 1886. Boston has 28 hits, good for 26 runs‚ off Stump Wiedman and outfielder Tom Mansell. Mansell’s 6 2/3 innings pitched marks his only major league appearance on the mound. He gives up 18 runs, 14 earned. Despite three triples and a single by C Buck Ewing‚ New York loses to visiting Buffalo‚ 8 – 7. Philadelphia’s National League team receives permission to charge 25¢ for admission‚ instead of 50¢‚ to allow them to compete with their popular cross-town rivals‚ the American Association-leading Athletics. Philadelphia’s attendance quadruples for the rest of the season. In the first meeting of Cincinnati and Brooklyn teams in Brooklyn since the Atlantics broke the two-season unbeaten streak of the legendary Red Stockings in 1870‚ winning 8 – 7‚ the Reds turn the tables winning today‚ 3 – 1. 1884: Frank Mountain follows up his no-hitter by giving up seven hits in a 9 – 0 loss to Philadelphia. Against Cleveland‚ Billy Sunday of Chicago homers for the third time in three games. His season total will be four. 1886 – At an American Association league meeting in Columbus‚ Browns owner Chris Von der Ahe pays Charles Comiskey’s many fines after Comiskey has steadfastly refused to pay them. The AA threatened to bar Comiskey from all games. 1887: Metropolitans RF Candy Nelson sets a major league record by starting three double plays‚ two on throws to home and one to start an infield rundown. Only two other major league outfielders have tied this record: Jack McCarthy on April 26, 1905 and Ira Flagstead on April 19, 1926. New York tops Louisville‚ 8 – 4. Detroit edges Indianapolis with the help of 13 walks by the Hoosiers’ John Kirby. There will be five games this year in which the pitcher walks 13 or more batters; three of those instances will occur with Bill George in the box. 1888: In New York‚ the Giants make fun of yesterday’s Chicago entrance by marching onto the Polo Grounds wearing white plug hats and swallow-tail linen dusters. Jack Lynch‚ the old Mets pitcher‚ walks in the lead with a bat as a baton. Thirteen thousand fans are delighted. Chicago scores four times in the 1st and finishes with an 8 – 3 win. The resurgent Wolverines hold off the Beaneaters, 10 – 9, to post their seventh consecutive victory and move to within two games of first place. Henry Porter follows up his no-hitter with a 12 – 4 loss to Louisville. He gives up 17 hits. 1889 – Darby O’Brien leads the way with six steals as the Bridegrooms steal 11 bases and win, 12 – 2, over Louisville. The hapless Colonel battery is Toad Ramsey and Paul Cook. 1890 – Brooklyn beats Syracuse‚ 13 – 7‚ as the American Association club begins playing the rest of its home games at the Polo Grounds‚ except on Sundays when a Long Island park is used. 1891 – The Giants win their tenth in a row‚ beating Pittsburgh‚ 7 – 3. New York now trails Chicago by one game. 1893: The Washington Nationals’ Jim O’Rourke legs out an inside-the-park homer. At the age of 42 years‚ 9 months, he’s the oldest ever to accomplish the feat. When Honus Wagner does it in 1916‚ he’ll be five months younger. New York’s Mark Baldwin surrenders only three hits‚ but is outdueled by Ed Stein‚ who pitches his second one-hitter of the season to lead Brooklyn to a 3 – 0 victory. 1898: Ed Doheny of the Giants fans 12‚ but seven walks‚ five wild pitches‚ and six New York errors give Chicago a 10 – 8 victory. P-OF Jack Stivetts breaks a 9th-inning 5 – 5 tie with Cincinnati as he delivers a game-winning pinch home run‚ the third such wallop of his career. His record will stand for 16 years. 1900 – A forerunner of today’s players’ union is organized in New York. Three delegates from each National League team launch the Players Protective Association and elect Charles Zimmer president. Former player Harry Taylor‚ of Buffalo‚ is the attorney. Their goal is to negotiate contracts and rules changes. 1901 – Overflow crowds ringing the outfields of small parks is a frequent occurrence. At Cincinnati on this Sunday afternoon‚ the first-place Giants lead 15 – 4 after six innings before 17‚000 fans. Ground-rule doubles multiply‚ and 19 more runs score in the next 2 1/2 innings. When the crowd edges onto the infield with two outs in the 9th and the Giants leading 25 – 13‚ umpire Bob Emslie forfeits the game to New York‚ the second of two forfeits this year. The Reds make 18 hits. The Giants register a 20th Century-record 31 hits‚ led by the outfield: Kip Selbach is 6 for 7‚ and “Piano Legs” Hickman and George Van Haltren have five hits apiece for a National League record 16. Hickman and Van Haltren score five runs apiece. The Giants also set a record for most runs without a home run‚ a mark that will be tied by Cleveland in 1930. The two teams combine for a league-record 36 singles‚ 22 by New York. 1903: At St. Louis‚ the Giants win easily‚ 11 – 2‚ over the Cards. With the game in hand‚ Christy Mathewson (12-2) is lifted in the 7th for Roscoe Miller. Kaiser Wilhelm‚ the 29-year-old rookie for Pittsburgh‚ holds the Phils scoreless for three innings before they score a run in the 4th breaking the Pirates’ record run of six straight shutouts and 56 scoreless innings. The Pirates score six runs in the first three innings off Bill Duggleby and win‚ 7 – 3. 1905: The A’s Rube Waddell loses after ten wins in a row as the White Sox beat him, 3 – 2 in 14 innings. Waddell will be 26-11 for the Athletics this year; his 1.48 ERA will be the American League’s best. The Giants score five runs in the top of the 1st against Sam Leever‚ but the Pirates come back with six runs off Joe McGinnity in the bottom of the inning. Christy Mathewson relieves in the 2nd but six Giant errors help sink the visiting New Yorkers. Pitt wins‚ 12 – 6. 1906: A National League record 19-game losing streak ends for the Boston Beaneaters with a 6 – 3 win over the Cardinals. Under threatening skies‚ the host Phillies take the field in the 8th inning holding a 1 – 0 lead over the Pirates. As the Pirates rally, the Phils stop trying for outs‚ hoping that umpire Bill Klem will call the game and declare them winners. But after seven runs cross the plate‚ Klem declares a forfeit and the fans erupt. 1907 – Throwing the only perfect game of his career‚ Weiser (Idaho) P Walter Johnson beats Emmett‚ 11 – 0. He strikes out 14‚ and the game helps bring him to the attention of the Washington Nationals. 1908 – In the New York Globe writeup of today’s 8 – 2 Giants win over Pittsburgh‚ reporter Peter Morris uses the term cup of coffee in referring to a player: “It isn’t often that Hank O’Day is caught napping‚ but a young player just getting his cup of coffee in the league put one over on Hank and Mr. Klem yesterday”. According to Paul Dickson‚ this is the first documented use of the term. 1909 – Benjamin Shibe, of Bala, Pennsylvania, obtains a patent for a cork-center baseball. Spalding will license the idea and manufacture a ball based on his design. 1912 – In St. Louis‚ Red Sox rookie Hugh Bedient coasts to a 9 – 2 win over the Browns. Tris Speaker‚ the American League’s leading hitter‚ is 4 for 5 off Roy Mitchell‚ hitting for the cycle to pace the Boston attack. 1913: In Chicago‚ the Giants score six runs in the 3rd inning‚ against Lew Richie and Lefty Leifield‚ and roll to an 11 – 3 win. Christy Mathewson goes eight innings before Jim Thorpe pinch hits for him. At Philadelphia‚ the Phillies’ Beals Becker‚ acquired four days ago from the Reds‚ lines two inside-the-park homers‚ one short of the record set in the 19th century. His new team beats his old team‚ 10 – 1. The Red Sox finally stop Cleveland’s Cy Falkenberg‚ who was 10-0 going into today’s game. The Sox win‚ 4 – 1. 1914 – At National League Park, Honus Wagner joins Cap Anson as the only members of the 3000 hit club. It comes in Wagner’s 2,332nd game. Nap Lajoie will join the club in September. Later calculations will put the date of Wagner’s historic hit on June 30th or July 4th, given discrepancies in 19th century record-keeping. 1915: The Phils move into first place‚ as Grover Alexander flirts again with a no-hitter‚ holding the Cubs hitless until the 7th. The Phils win‚ 4 – 3‚ in the 11th‚ beating Larry Cheney. In St. Louis‚ the Cardinals collect seven runs in the 7th inning as they hold off the Giants to win‚ 11 – 10. It is not the only loss: Owen Wilson has his wallet and $700 stolen from the clubhouse during the game. The trainer reports that he had fallen asleep there and when he awoke he saw a stranger who said he was getting a drink of water. The second-place Tigers paste the Red Sox‚ 15 – 0. With lefty Ray Collins on the mound in the 3rd‚ Ty Cobb swipes home‚ one of his three steals on the day. His steal attempt in the 1st inning cuts up SS Everett Scott‚ forcing him to leave the game. The Tigers manage 17 hits‚ including four by Bobby Veach. Hooks Dauss‚ with six innings pitched‚ is the winner. At New York‚ the White Sox pound the Yankees‚ 13 – 0‚ as Eddie Cicotte allows just two hits. Braggo Roth leads the attack with a homer‚ triple and single. 1916 – In Detroit‚ consecutive doubles by Bobby Veach and George Burns stop Babe Ruth’s scoreless innings streak at 25. Ruth evens the score with a longest drive ever seen at Navin Field‚ into the right field bleachers. When Ruth tires in the 9th‚ Carl Mays relieves and loses‚ 6 – 5. Ruth is 3 for 3 at bat. 1917 – The White Sox move into first place in the American League. They will swap the top spot with the Red Sox until August 18th when they will pull away to a final nine-game margin. 1918 – Washington’s Walter Johnson allows one hit – a single by Oscar Vitt – in beating the Tigers‚ 2 – 0. 1919: Against the Reds in Cincinnati‚ Rube Marquard breaks a leg when he stumbles rounding second base in the 5th‚ limiting him to a 3-3 record for the Robins. The Reds win today‚ 7 – 3. Browns 1B George Sisler beats Washington, 2 – 1, with two hits off Walter Johnson‚ driving in one run and scoring the other. He also makes both an assist and putout on a single play when he gets a glove on a ground ball hit wide of first base. The ball bounds toward second‚ and Sisler gets back to first to take the throw in time. 1920: Former Chicago OF Lee Magee loses his suit against the Cubs. He had charged that he was released without just cause last February. While on the witness stand‚ Magee admits to having bet on the first game of a doubleheader with Cincinnati on July 25‚ 1918‚ while a member of the Reds. He said he bet $500 along with Hal Chase. He said he found out after the game that the money had been bet on Boston and stopped payment on the check to the bookmaker. Chase’s check went through. The Reds won the game in the 13th on Edd Roush’s home run. Christy Mathewson testifies that, as the Reds manager, he was suspicious that all was not right in the game. The Yankees come from behind to club the host Tigers‚ 13 – 6. Pacing the Yanks are Bob Meusel‚ with a double and two singles‚ and George Mogridge with a bases-loaded double before the Tigers knock him out. Babe Ruth has a single‚ two walks and is hit with a pitch. The Tigers are playing without Ty Cobb‚ out ten days with an injured knee. 1922: James C. Dunn‚ who brought Cleveland its first pennant as Indians president in 1920‚ dies. He is succeeded by former newspaperman Ernest S. Barnard‚ who will later become American League president. At Chicago‚ the Yankees use a courtesy runner against the White Sox. On a two-out single to SS‚ Wally Schang is injured in the 6th inning when he slides into first base‚ and is replaced by Al DeVormer. After the third out‚ Schang returns to catching. When Schang reaches base in the 8th‚ De Vormer again runs for him‚ this time staying in to catch. 1927 – At New York‚ the Yanks win for the third straight time over Chicago‚ winning 8 – 3. New York knocks Ted Blankenship out of the box in the 7th and Ray Morehart hits reliever Bert Cole’s first pitch for a three-run homer. Babe Ruth follows with a triple and then steals home. The Yanks score six in the frame. 1928 – Outfielder Charlie Jamieson starts his second triple play in three weeks‚ this time against the Yanks in the 2nd inning. Ben Paschal is on third base‚ and Tony Lazzeri on first‚ when Jamieson snags a line drive hit by Joe Dugan. Charlie’s quick throw to 1B Lew Fonseca nabs Lazzeri‚ and Paschal is out at home when he tries to score. Again‚ Cleveland is on the losing end‚ as New York wins, 7 – 3. 1929 – Babe Herman’s bases-loaded double in the 8th pushes the lowly Robins past the league-leading Pirates‚ 9 – 6. Jess Petty is the loser‚ giving up 14 hits. The Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd, each hit a homer off starter Doug McWeeny‚ but the win goes to Clise Dudley in relief. It is the second time the Waners have homered in the same game. 1930 – A game at old Washington Park in Indianapolis is the first night game in the American Association. The Indians will open Perry Field next year to replace Washington Park. In 1937‚ Minneapolis will be the last AA team to light up. 1932: Hack Wilson avenges an April humiliation as he clouts a 1st-inning grand slam off Chicago’s Pat Malone to lead the Dodgers to a 5 – 2 win. Hack also drives home the fifth run. Weeks ago in Chicago‚ the Cubs had walked a man to load the bases for Wilson‚ who then grounded into a double play. The fans heaped scorn on Hack and showered lemons onto the field. Wilson’s five RBIs is a birthday present for the 21-year-old Van Lingle Mungo‚ who finishes the win in an hour and 37 minutes. His only mistake is a two-run homer to Gabby Hartnett in the 2nd. Mel Ott duplicates his effort of two days ago by clouting a pair of homers in the Giants’ 3 – 2 win over the Reds at the Polo Grounds. The clouts help Jim Mooney best Ownie Carroll. The southpaw allows just three hits after George Grantham connects for a homer in the 2nd. St. Louis veteran Jesse Haines allows just five hits – three in the 9th – to beat the Braves’ 20-year-old Bob Brown‚ 2 – 1. It is Brown’s first loss of the year. The fourth-place Cards score twice in the 6th on doubles by Pepper Martin and Frankie Frisch and singles by Rip Collins and Ernie Orsatti. The Indians outhit the A’s, 16 to 15, and beat Philadelphia, 9 – 8‚ dropping the A’s from third to fifth place. The Tribe is paced by George Myatt‚ who has a homer and five RBIs and Johnny Burnett with four hits. Al Simmons homers for the A’s while Jimmie Foxx‚ the triple crown leader‚ is 1 for 5. The Browns send P Dick Coffman (5-3) to the Senators for lefty Carl Fischer (3-1). Neither will pitch well for their new teams and will be traded back for each other on December 13th. 1933: In Philadelphia‚ Jimmie Foxx ties a major league record with another homer‚ his fifth in three games and his 12th of the year‚ but the A’s bow to the Yankees, 7 – 6. Lou Gehrig also hits his 12th of the year and Tony Lazzeri hits a three-run homer in the 8th to ice it. The sweltering heat in the east (New York City sets a heat record for the date with 97 degrees) causes both starters to end early; Jim Peterson leaves after walking the leadoff batter and after five innings Jumbo Brown collapses in the Yankees dugout and has to be carried away. Luke Appling hits a home run in the 14th inning to give the White Sox a 10 – 9 win over the Tigers. 1934 – A tired and sore-armed Lefty Grove gives up major league record-tying six doubles‚ including a record five consecutive‚ in the 8th inning as the Senators beat the Red Sox‚ 8 – 1. 1936 – Browns manager Rogers Hornsby makes his second and last appearance of the season as he replaces the injured Jim Bottomley at 1B. The Browns beat the league-leading Yankees‚ 5 – 3‚ when The Rajah draws a walk to force in the winning run and Beau Bell follows with another walk. 1937: Mickey Cochrane is taken off Detroit’s active-player roster. 3B Marv Owen is sidelined with a broken bone in his hand‚ and Rudy York is recalled from Toledo to replace him. Dizzy Dean outpitches Carl Hubbell as the Cards top the Giants‚ 8 – 1. 1946 – The New York Giants’ Mel Ott becomes the first major league manager to be ejected in both ends of a doubleheader. The Pittsburgh Pirates win both games, 2 – 1 and 5 – 1. 1947: Walker Cooper hits a two-run homer in the 8th inning and a three-run homer in the 9th to help give the Giants a 13 – 10 win over Pittsburgh. Pinch-hitter Sid Gordon adds a single and double in the eight-run 8th inning. Buddy Kerr‚ Jack Lohrke‚ and Mickey Witek also hit for the circuit. Larry Jansen pitches one inning for the win. At Philadelphia‚ the Phils and Cards split a doubleheader‚ St. Louis taking the opener, 4 – 2, and losing the nightcap in 15 innings, 2 – 1. Del Ennis drives in the winner in the 15th. Charley Schanz‚ the Phils’ fifth pitcher is the winner. Starter Schoolboy Rowe pitches six innings but leaves after being hit on the elbow by a piece of flying wood from Stan Musial’s broken bat. Red Schoendienst sets a doubleheader record (24 innings) for futility by going 0 for 12. At Boston‚ Red Barrett tosses a one-hitter‚ winning 1 – 0 over the Cubs. Cubs pitcher Hank Borowy has the only hit‚ a 6th-inning single. Barrett hands out one walk‚ his first in three games. Good timing. The Reds’ Benny Zientara belts his first major league homer – a three-run clout in the 8th‚ to beat the Dodgers‚ 9 – 6. The second-place Yankees drop a 9 – 8 decision to the woeful White Sox. Allie Reynolds issues eight passes‚ and Bill Bevens adds three more. Joe Page walks none in the 9th but Aaron Robinson lets a pop-up drop in front of the plate for a single‚ and two hits later‚ the Sox score the winner. Johnny Lindell and Luke Appling match homers. 1949: The Phillies tip the Pirates, 4 – 3, in 18 innings in Philadelphia. No Phillies reach base via a walk in the game and each team has the same line: 68 at bats; 16 hits; 21 assists; and 3 errors. Athletics P Dick Fowler records nine putouts in a 12-inning 1 – 0 win over the White Sox. Bill Wight allows just six hits‚ including two by 1B Chuck Kress‚ acquired from the Reds yesterday. Luke Appling’s two-base error paves the way for the winning run. 1950 – Commissioner Happy Chandler orders the Cardinals to cancel their Sunday night game with the Dodgers. On the advice of National League President Ford Frick‚ the Cards comply and reschedule it as part of a July 17th day/night doubleheader. 1952 – A week after being traded from the Red Sox‚ Don Lenhardt hits another grand slam and drives home five but Detroit loses to Boston‚ 9 – 8. Walt Dropo and Jimmy Piersall homer for the Hubmen. 1953 – The refusal of the National League owners to allow the Pirates to remove Greenberg Gardens after the trade of Ralph Kiner proves a boon to the Bucs in their 7 – 4 win over the Cards. Eddie Pellagrini belts a three-run pinch homer into the shortened gardens in the 8th‚ and P Dick Hall lofts a solo shot in the 4th into the same spot. 1954: Cards P Harvey Haddix defeats the Dodgers, 3 – 0‚ the first lefty to shut them out since 1950. The Dodgers drop into a tie with the Giants for first place. In the second game of two against the Phils‚ the Cubs’ Joe Garagiola and Bill Serena each hit pinch homers‚ but it is not enough as the Phils win, 14 – 6, for a sweep of the doubleheader. At Cincinnati‚ the Redlegs hit four solo home runs‚ one by winning pitcher Joe Nuxhall‚ to top Max Surkont and the Pirates, 4 – 3. Jim Greengrass hits one while Gus Bell rings twice. 1955 – The Redlegs trade OF Bob Borkowski and cash to the Dodgers for 1952 Rookie of the Year pitcher Joe Black. 1959: Joan Payson‚ a wealthy investor‚ is identified as the principal backer of a New York franchise in the proposed Continental League. That team will never get off the ground, but Payson will end up as principal owner of the expansion New York Mets in three years’ time. At Yankee Stadium‚ the Yanks edge Kansas City‚ 9 – 8, in 13 innings. Mickey Mantle homers in the 4th‚ off Murry Dickson‚ but it is Hector Lopez’s single that wins it in the 13th. 1960 – George Strickland’s two-run homer in the 6th is the winning margin in Cleveland’s 3 – 2 win over the Red Sox. With the Orioles losing a pair to Detroit‚ Cleveland stretches its American League lead to 1 1/2 games. After the game‚ the Red Sox send outfielder Gene Stephens to the Orioles for OF Willie Tasby. 1961: Ryne Duren sets an American League record with seven straight strikeouts against the Red Sox. He fans 11 batters in a 5 – 1 win for the Angels. In a rain-interrupted game in New York‚ Mickey Mantle’s three-run homer in the 3rd is the difference in a 8 – 6 win over Kansas City. Roger Maris also homers‚ the third time this year the two have gone deep in the same game. 1963: The Houston Colt .45’s beat the San Francisco Giants, 3 – 0, in the major leagues’ first Sunday night game. The exception is made because of Houston’s oppressive daytime heat. At Forbes Field, Pirates first baseman Donn Clendenon hits a home run to the opposite field over the right-center fence near the 436-foot mark. The 6th-inning shot makes it 2 – 0, Pittsburgh, backing up Bob Friend’s five-hit shutout pitching in the first half of a doubleheader split with the Braves. The Phils score five runs in the 9th inning on homers by Don Demeter‚ Jim Lemon and Johnny Callison to tie the Reds, 7 – 7. Philadelphia scores again in the 10th inning to win, 8 – 7. Ernie Banks bangs solo homers off Sandy Koufax‚ in the 2nd and the 5th at Wrigley Field‚ and the Cubs kayo the ace with six earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. But Sandy gets no decision as the Dodgers outslug the Cubs‚ 11 – 8. Larry Sherry is the winner over Cubs ace Dick Ellsworth‚ who has his worst outing of the year. 1966: Roberto Clemente hits his third tape measure homer in three months and second in five days. against Al Jackson of the Cardinals, but the Pirates still lose the game, 4 – 2. Clemente,s blast travels almost 500 feet. The Minnesota Twins rock the Kansas City Athletics with the first five-home run inning in American League history. Rich Rollins, Zoilo Versalles, Tony Oliva, Don Mincher and Harmon Killebrew connect in the 7th inning to give the Twins a 9 – 4 victory. 1967: Cal Ermer‚ who played only one game in the majors‚ replaces Sam Mele (25-25) as manager of the Twins. The Twins are in sixth place. At Fenway Park‚ Carl Yastrzemski earns a standing ovation as he makes two great catches and poles two homers in the Red Sox’s 8 – 7 win over the Senators. 1968: After President Lyndon B. Johnson declares this a national day of mourning in memory of the assassinated Robert Kennedy‚ the Reds players threaten to boycott today’s doubleheader with the Cardinals. Led by Milt Pappas and Vada Pinson‚ the team‚ by a slim majority‚ votes not to play. A very upset general manager Bob Howsam and manager Dave Bristol call for nine volunteers to play. Pete Rose‚ Tommy Helms‚ and Jim Maloney leave the clubhouse and shortly afterwards the rest of the team follows. The Reds take an 8 – 0 lead after four innings before the Birds lay ten runs in the 5th to complete the scoring. It’s a reverse in the nightcap as the Cards take a 6 – 1 lead‚ and the Reds score five in the 5th to tie‚ and once in the 12th inning to win‚ 7 – 6. 1969 – Mickey Lolich’s 16 strikeouts in nine innings ties the Detroit record he set May 23rd‚ but the Tigers drop a 3 – 2‚ ten-inning decision to Seattle. Pat Dobson is the loser. The only run off Lolich is a leadoff home run by Dick Simpson on the first pitch of the game. 1970 – Detroit’s Willie Horton clubs three home runs‚ including a grand slam‚ knocking in seven runs in an 8 – 3 win over Milwaukee. 1971 – Expo Steve Renko pitches the first of two one-hitters this season. He beats the Giants, 4 – 0 exactly a month before he will top the Phillies, 3 – 0. Dick Dietz’s single is the only hit. 1972 – Fumio Narita hits his second career grand slam, the first pitcher to have done so in NPB history. 1973: At Kansas City‚ the Yankees rally for five runs in the 9th to stop the Royals‚ 6 – 4. Newcomer Pat Dobson pitches five innings and allows one hit to win in relief. New York moves into first place with the win. After the old timers’ game at Shea Stadium‚ Willie Mays puts on his own show with a homer and circus catch and the Mets top the Dodgers‚ 4 – 2. Willie‚ older than a half dozen of the old Mets‚ hits homer #655 of his career. Rusty Staub drives in two runs to back Jon Matlack. In the old timers game‚ the Brooklyn Dodgers/Yankees lose to the Mets‚ 1 – 0‚ in two innings. At Wrigley Field‚ the Reds turn a 4 – 1 deficit into an 8 – 4 win over the Cubs‚ by scoring seven runs in the 9th inning. Dan Driessen‚ in his major league debut‚ has a double and walk in the 9th. 1974 – Richie Zisk of Pittsburgh hits for the cycle and the Pirates roll over the Giants‚ 14 – 1. Jerry Reuss is the winner. 1975: The Dodgers beat the Expos, 4 – 0, and go over the one million mark in home attendance in only their 27th date. This breaks the major league record of 28 days set by the 1948 Indians. In a 12 – 4 loss to Texas at Fenway Park‚ Carl Yastrzemski hits his 500th double. Jackie Brown is the wining pitcher. 1979: Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 batters in a four-hit‚ 9 – 1‚ Angels victory over the Tigers. Tom Seaver fires a three-hitter‚ retiring the last 24 batters‚ in the Reds’ 7 – 1 win over the Expos. Dave Concepcion hits a red seat homer off Bill Lee. Charlie Manuel‚ playing for the Kintetsu Buffaloes‚ is critically injured when a brushback pitch fractures his jaw in seven places. Hitting .371 with 24 HRs and 60 RBI at the time‚ Manuel will earn the respect of the fans for his determined comeback effort. 1980 – At Cincinnati‚ three rain delays and a four-run 9th for the Reds add up to a 6 – 6 tie with the Padres. The game is called at 2:30 a.m. 1982 – Steve Carlton strikes out 16 while handing the Cubs their tenth consecutive loss‚ 4 – 2. Carlton is now 7-6 after an 0-4 start. 1984: Greg Luzinski becomes the tenth player in major league history to hit grand slams in consecutive games when he connects off the Twins’ Mike Walters in the 7th inning of an 8 – 4 White Sox victory. The previous day‚ Luzinski sparked the Sox to a 6 – 1 win with a 1st-inning grand slam off Frank Viola. Pete O’Brien’s bizarre sacrifice fly gives Texas a 4 – 3‚ 12-inning win over Oakland. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 12th‚ A’s left fielder Garry Hancock catches O’Brien’s deep fly ball‚ then intentionally drops it when he realizes he is in foul territory. The umpires rule that the catch had been made‚ however‚ and Wayne Tolleson trots home from third base with the winning run. For the second time in a week‚ the Orioles’ Mike Flanagan beats the Tigers‚ this time shutting them out‚ 4 – 0‚ out on seven hits. The Tigers stay in front by 5 1/2 games. 1987 – At Des Moines‚ Iowa outslugs Louisville‚ 18 – 12. Cubs DH Wade Rowdon is 4 for 4 with four homers‚ six RBIs and five runs. Rowdon clouts two dingers in the Cubs’ nine-run 2nd inning. In his only plate appearance without a homer‚ Rowdon is walked intentionally‚ then Damon Berryhill homers. 1989 – Mets OF Darryl Strawberry hits his 200th career home run in a 4 – 3‚ ten-inning loss at Pittsburgh. 1990 – Eddie Murray of the Los Angeles Dodgers homers from each side of the plate for the tenth time in his career (the second time this season) to tie Mickey Mantle’s major-league record. The Dodgers beat San Diego, 5 – 4 in 11 innings. 1992: The Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser scatters four hits in eight innings to beat the Braves‚ 3 – 2. Kal Daniels’ two-out homer in the 8th‚ off reliever Mike Stanton‚ is the difference. For Hershiser‚ it is his 12th straight win over Atlanta going back to September 13‚ 1987. The Yankees trade P Lee Guetterman to the Mets in exchange for P Tim Burke. 1993 – The Padres fire general manager Joe McIlvaine and appoint 29-year-old Randy Smith as VP of baseball operations and GM‚ making him the youngest GM in the history of Major League Baseball. 1995 – The Padres defeat the Mets‚ 8 – 4‚ behind Joey Hamilton. To make his day complete‚ Hamilton doubles off Mets P Pete Harnisch for his first hit in 58 major league at bats. 1996 – In Denver‚ John Smoltz‚ pitching after the Rockies scored 32 runs in the first two games‚ picks up his 12th win in 13 decisions as the Braves win‚ 8 – 3. 1997: The Mets’ Bobby Jones singles in a run and cops his eighth straight win‚ beating the host Reds‚ 4 – 2. Jones has won 11 games faster than any pitcher in Mets history and is the first National League pitcher to win 11 this season. Mike DiMuro‚ the first American to umpire in Japan‚ announces he is returning home following an altercation when a batter poked him in the chest and a crowd of angry players surrounded him during the game. DiMuro had been invited to Japan to teach correct officiating. 1998 – Cecil Fielder of the Angels and Yamil Benitez of the Diamondbacks each hit grand slams in the same inning in Anaheim’s 10 – 8 win over Arizona. It is the first time that both teams have hit grand slams in the same inning since 1992. Darin Erstad adds five hits for the Angels‚ while Fielder brings home six runs altogether. 1999: The Mets defeat the Blue Jays‚ 4 – 3‚ in 14 innings. New York manager Bobby Valentine is ejected in the 12th inning for arguing a call. He later returns to the dugout wearing dark glasses and a lampblack mustache. For his indiscretion‚ he will be suspended for two games and fined $5‚000. In a game featuring ten home runs‚ the Rockies defeat the Mariners by a score of 16 – 11. Butch Huskey‚ Ken Griffey Jr.‚ David Bell‚ and David Segui homer for Seattle. Angel Echevarria homers twice for the Rockies‚ who also get round-trippers from Edgard Clemente‚ Kurt Abbott‚ Dante Bichette and P Curtis Leskanic. The Dodgers defeat the Rangers‚ 7 – 2. Prior to the game‚ the national anthem is sung by three-year-old Rex Spjute of Meridian‚ Idaho‚ who becomes the youngest person ever to perform the song before a game. The Expos pound the Red Sox‚ 13 – 1‚ handing Pedro Martinez (11-2) his first loss in two months. Pedro still fans ten. Mike Thurman gets the win pitching into the 8th inning. Montreal scores eight in the 8th‚ including a three-run homer by rookie relief pitcher Guillermo Mota in his first major league at bat. He’ll have a sacrifice in his only other plate appearance this year. Arizona defeats the Cubs‚ 8 – 7‚ as 1B Travis Lee gets five hits‚ including a double and triple. Diamondbacks P Byung-Hyun Kim is ejected from the game after a bandage containing heat balm flies out of his shirt sleeve. Kim claims he used such a bandage during games in Korea‚ but forgot to take it off when he entered the contest. Houston defeats the White Sox‚ 13 – 4‚ as 1B Jeff Bagwell hits three homers and drives home six runs for the Astros. In doing so‚ Bagwell joins Johnny Mize and Ralph Kiner as the only players in history to hit three homers in a game twice in the same city in the same season. Bagwell is the first to perform the feat in a city on the road. Jerrod Wong of Atlanta’s Myrtle Beach farm team‚ hits for the cycle while going 5 for 6 in a Class A game. Tomorrow‚ Jerrod’s younger brother‚ Travis Wong‚ drafted earlier this month by the Cincinnati Reds‚ will hit for a homer cycle in an American Legion game. Travis will stroke a solo‚ two-run‚ three-run‚ and grand slam home run in a contest for the Boise Gems. 2000: Toronto beats its rival Montreal‚ 13 – 3, behind homers by Carlos Delgado and Shannon Stewart. Stewart adds three doubles and drives in four runs. The Cubs‚ Rangers and Marlins complete a three-way trade‚ with OF Brant Brown going from Florida to Texas in exchange for P Chuck Smith. The Rangers then send him to the Cubs for veteran Dave Martinez. The Marlins trade OF Danny Bautista to the Diamondbacks for IF Andy Fox. 2001 – Bobby Jones stops Seattle’s 15-game winning streak with a 6 – 3 victory. Rickey Henderson drives in three runs as the Padres hand Freddy Garcia his first loss of the year. 2002 – The Cubs trade C Robert Machado to the Brewers for minor league OF Jackson Melian. 2006 – The Mets trade 2B Kaz Matsui to the Rockies for utilityman Eli Marrero. 2007 – Jun-hyuk Yang of the Samsung Lions connects for his 2,000th career hit. He is the first player in Korea Baseball Organization history to reach that level. 2010: The Cubs clout five homers, including Derek Lee’s 300th, in beating Milwaukee, 9 – 4. Marlon Byrd and Geovany Soto hit two long balls each, in support of Carlos Zambrano’s return to the starting rotation, to complete the barrage; all of the homers are hit against Brewers starter Randy Wolf. The news is not all good for the Cubbies, though: before the game, they place 3B Aramis Ramirez on the disabled list with a thumb injury. Justin Masterson pitches a two-hit shutout over his former team when the Indians beat up on the Red Sox, 11 – 0. Most of the offensive damage takes place against two relievers recently called up from the minors, Boof Bonser and Joe Nelson. Travis Hafner belts a grand slam against Nelson in the 8th, when Cleveland scores eight runs to put the game away. The Diamondbacks beat the Braves, 2 – 1, on a play that takes out two Braves outfielders at once. Gerardo Parra hits a ball to right-center in the 8th inning; RF Jason Heyward and CF Nate McLouth run into each other at full speed, allowing the ball to drop for a two-run inside-the-park home run. It is the first homer allowed by Peter Moylan since March 30, 2008 – 102 1/3 innings ago. Both outfielders will miss some playing time, but it could have been much worse given the violence of the collision. Carlos Lee becomes the first major leaguer to hit three career extra-inning grand slams, delivering the winning blow in a 6 – 2 Astros win over Colorado. 2011: The Athletics, losers of their last nine games, fire manager Bob Geren and replace him with Bob Melvin. The change doesn’t stop the losing, as the A’s bow to the White Sox, 9 – 4. If at first you don’t succeed… The Cubs’ Tyler Colvin hits an apparent game-winning home run off Ryan Madson in the 9th inning, immediately following a shot by Geovany Soto that ties the game at 3-all, but has it overturned by a video review, when the umpires rule that a fan interfered with the ball. Colvin has to settle for a double and the game goes into extra innings. The Phillies load the bases against Sean Marshall in the 10th, but fail to score, and in the 11th, Colvin gets his revenge. He reaches first base on an infield hit, advances to second on a passed ball, and then scores the winning run when 3B Placido Polanco bounces a throw to first base on Darwin Barney’s two-out grounder. The ball bounces up in front of 1B Ryan Howard, and by the time he can corral it, Colvin has raced all the way home for a 4 -3 Cubs win. Cuba hands out its awards for the 2010-2011 season. José Dariel Abreu wins the Serie Nacional Most Valuable Player, after having set a new home run record and also leading in average and slugging. Gerardo Concepción is named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year. There have now been 160 extra-inning games this season, the most ever by this date and on pace to shatter the all-time record of 210 in a season, accomplished four times. The extended games are the result of a drop in scoring across baseball, which has led to tighter scores and more games that need additional time to be decided. Three-time Spanish champion FC Barcelona announces that it is dropping its baseball program after 80 years. The organization, primarily a soccer club, lost $63.5 million last year on its many minority sports (with baseball a small percentage of that figure). At the time of the announcement, FC Barcelona’s baseball team is 22-2, with strong hopes of earning another title in its last season. 2013 – The Cardinals break open a 4 – 4 game with a seven-run outburst in the top of the 10th to defeat the Reds, 11 – 4. The key blow is a grand slam by Matt Holliday as J.J. Hoover falls to 0-5. 2014 – Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians hits three homers, collects two other hits and drives in nine runs in a 17 – 7 rout of the Rangers. He is only the fourth player to achieve this particular combination, and the first since Fred Lynn on June 18, 1975. His nine RBIs tie a franchise record. 2015 – Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants throws the first no-hitter of the season in his 14th career start, 5 – 0 over the Mets. He strikes out 11 and walks none, but hits three batters with pitches. It is the fifth no-hitter by a Giants pitcher in seven years. 2016 – The Phillies select high school outfielder Mickey Moniak with the first overall pick in the 2016 amateur draft. Picking second, the Reds take University of Tennessee third baseman Nick Senzel in a draft that had no consensus top pick. 2017 – Oregon State University star pitcher Luke Heimlich excuses himself from the team before a crucial series against Vanderbilt University that will allow one of the teams to qualify directly for the 2017 College World Series, one day after a local newspaper reveals that he is a convicted child molester. The newspaper got wind of the affair when Heimlich neglected to renew his registration as a sex offender with local police within ten days of his birthday, resulting in a misdemeanor charge. Before the revelation, he was seen as a potential first-rounder in the upcoming amateur draft, but his future is now in doubt. Indeed, all teams will pass on him in the draft, and the same thing will happen again in 2018 in spite of another stellar season on the mound. 2018 – The Diamondbacks score six runs off Bryan Shaw in the 8th inning to defeat Colorado, 12 – 7. Paul Goldschmidt has his fourth straight game with at least three hits, going 13 for 18 in that stretch, and his second straight with two homers. The streaky D-Backs are hot again, having won six of their first eight games in June and now have a 2 1/2 game lead in the NL West as their three main rivals all lose. 2019: Former Boston Red Sox great David Ortiz is shot in the back while sitting in a bar in Santo Domingo. The shooter is immediately apprehended, while Ortiz undergoes surgery and is said to be out of danger. The Nationals accomplish a very rare feat as four consecutive batters hit solo homers in the 8th inning in Petco Park in San Diego to break a 1 – 1 tie. Pinch-hitter Howie Kendrick starts things off against Craig Stammen, and is followed in order by Trea Turner, Adam Eaton and Anthony Rendon, who all go yard. This is only the ninth time in major league history this has happened, and the Nats were the last to do so, on July 27, 2017. 2021 – The Hall of Fame announces that it is pushing back its annual induction ceremony from July 25 to September 8th and that for the first time, prospective attendees will need to secure tickets in advance, albeit free of charge, in order to control numbers. Last year’s ceremony had to be cancelled due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic, and the four men awaiting elected in 2020 had to wait one more year for their big day. They will be the only inductees to be honored, as no one made it successfully in the most recent ballot. 2022 – The Twins open the bottom of the 1st against the Yankees with three consecutive homers off Gerrit Cole at Target Field, by Luis Arraez, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa. This is the first time in franchise history this has happended, but the game is far from over. The Twins hit two more long balls off Cole, a second by Buxton and one by Trevor Larnach and chase him in the 3rd, leading 7 – 3 at the end of the inning. But the Yankees come back with four homers of their own, including two from Joey Gallo and a game-tying two-run blast by Aaron Hicks in the 6th. They go ahead in the 7th when Aaron Judge leads off the inning with a double off Jhoan Duran, followed by a single by Anthony Rizzo. They add another run that inning and one in the 8th to earn a wild 10 – 7 win. 2023 – The Astros and Guardians play 14 innings before Will Brennan ends the game by driving in the winning run with a single for a 10 – 9 win by Cleveland. Since the adoption of the tiebreaker rule in 2020, this is only the second game to go that many innings, and the Guardians set a record by coming back from a deficit five separate times starting in the 7th inning when José Ramírez ties the game at 5 with a homer off Rafael Montero. The Guardians also score in the 9th, 12th and 13th innings to tie the game, before a two-run rally finally wins it in the 14th. 2024 – The Mets take the second game of the London Series, defeating the Phillies, 6 – 5, thanks to a great 9th-inning comeback. They score three runs off Phillies closer Jose Alvarado, who walks two batters and plunks Pete Alonso with the bases loaded to push across the go-ahead run. But Reed Garrett almost blows it in the bottom of the inning, allowing a run and also loading the bases before Drew Smith gets Whit Merrifield to hit a tapper just in front of home plate; catcher Luis Torrens pounces on the ball, touches the dish, and then throws to Alonso at first base to complete a game-ending double play. Births[edit] 1845 – Frank Norton, infielder/outfielder (d. 1920) 1848 – Edwin McAlpin, executive (d. 1917) 1857 – Dude Esterbrook, infielder, manager (d. 1901) 1860 – Charles Power, umpire (d. 1913) 1878 – Larry Hesterfer, pitcher (d. 1943) 1879 – Bill Lauterborn, infielder (d. 1965) 1886 – Tommy Gorman, minor league owner (d. 1961) 1887 – Clarence Kraft, infielder (d. 1958) 1888 – Bill Cunningham, infielder (d. 1946) 1890 – Harry Glenn, catcher (d. 1918) 1893 – Charlie Kavanagh, pinch hitter (d. 1973) 1893 – Irish Meusel, outfielder (d. 1963) 1893 – Mack Wheat, catcher (d. 1979) 1897 – Dave Brown, pitcher (d. 1985) 1900 – Marty Callaghan, outfielder (d. 1975) 1902 – Lee Dunham, infielder (d. 1961) 1902 – Roy Hamey, general manager (d. 1983) 1903 – Mike Ryba, pitcher (d. 1971) 1908 – Paul Gregory, pitcher (d. 1999) 1911 – Frank McCormick, infielder; All-Star (d. 1982) 1912 – George Mucey, scout (d. 1979) 1916 – Osamu Hasegawa, NPB pitcher (d. 1993) 1918 – Hajime Kuwashima, NPB infielder (d. 1944) 1918 – Joe Schmidt, minor league player and manager (d. 2006) 1919 – Jimmie Newberry, pitcher (d. 1983) 1920 – Sal Madrid, infielder (d. 1977) 1921 – Ray Shore, pitcher (d. 1996) 1924 – Frederick Minnis, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2006) 1925 – Jim Pearce, pitcher (d. 2005) 1926 – Roy Smalley, infielder (d. 2011) 1930 – Susumu Aizawa, NPB pitcher (d. 2006) 1931 – Bill Virdon, outfielder, manager (d. 2021) 1934 – LaMont Geiger, USA national team pitcher (d. 2022) 1936 – Howie Gershberg, minor league coach (d. 2003) 1936 – Wayne Minshew, minor league infielder-pitcher (d. 2015) 1937 – Toshiaki Fukita, NPB pitcher 1937 – Jake Jacobs, outfielder (d. 2010) 1938 – Enrique Castillo, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (d. 2018) 1938 – Mitsuo Takeshita, NPB catcher 1938 – Sadayuki Tokutake, NPB infielder and manager (d. 2024) 1939 – Doug Clemens, outfielder 1939 – Julio Gotay, infielder (d. 2008) 1940 – Ed Meyer, college coach (d. 2015) 1943 – Bruce Look, catcher 1946 – Tom Egan, catcher 1946 – Kazumi Takahashi, NPB pitcher (d. 2015) 1948 – Billy Baldwin, outfielder (d. 2011) 1948 – Gary Thorne, announcer 1949 – Teruhiko Ishii, NPB pitcher 1950 – Tony Franklin, minor league infielder and manager 1951 – Terashi Donoue, NPB pitcher 1951 – Dave Parker, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Fame (d. 2025) 1952 – Manny Estrada, scout 1956 – John Fulgham, pitcher 1956 – Jim McKnight Jr., minor league infielder (d. 2015) 1961 – Tom Edens, pitcher 1961 – Jesús Moreno, minor league pitcher 1962 – Hiroshi Sato, NPB infielder (d. 2025) 1964 – Makoto Takada, NPB catcher 1967 – Todd Mayo, minor league outfielder 1969 – Il-kuen Hwang, KBO infielder 1969 – Jiaqiang Li, China Baseball League pitcher 1970 – Tracy Piehl, minor league pitcher (d. 2014) 1973 – Katsunori Okamoto, NPB pitcher 1974 – Scarborough Green, outfielder 1974 – Dae-jin Lee, KBO pitcher 1974 – Shon Walker, minor league outfielder 1974 – Randy Winn, outfielder; All-Star 1976 – Justin Kaye, pitcher 1979 – Jason Anderson, pitcher 1979 – Candtobal Encarnacion, Virgin Islands national team pitcher 1979 – Javair Gilett, coach 1979 – Luis M. Suarez, minor league outfielder 1980 – Mike Fontenot, infielder 1980 – Li-Wei Su, CPBL pitcher 1980 – Marcio Tanaka, Brazilian national team infielder 1981 – Drew Anderson, outfielder 1981 – Lukáš Macek, Extraliga infielder 1982 – Buck Coats, outfielder 1983 – John Diaz, minor league pitcher 1983 – Won-sam Jang, KBO pitcher 1983 – Seung-jae Lee, KBO catcher 1983 – Danny Richar, infielder 1984 – Corteze Armstrong, minor league player 1984 – Marek Blajer, Extraliga player 1984 – Yulieski Gurriel, infielder 1984 – Christopher Jones, minor league player 1985 – Marvel Córdoba, Nicaraguan national team infielder 1985 – Aaron Lowenstein, minor league catcher 1986 – Hsiu-Yen Kuo, CPBL infielder 1986 – Emeron Lourens, Hoofdklasse infielder 1987 – Dachel Duquesne, Cuban league pitcher 1987 – Justin Kuehn, minor league pitcher 1988 – Joe Kelly, pitcher 1988 – Zac Rosscup, pitcher 1989 – Joel De La Cruz, pitcher 1990 – John Andreoli, outfielder 1990 – Taishi Ota, NPB infielder 1992 – J.R. Bradley, minor league pitcher 1992 – Trevor Seidenberger, minor league pitcher 1992 – Tony Wolters, catcher 1993 – Jonathan Holder, pitcher 1994 – Melvin Adon, minor league pitcher 1995 – Battushig Munkhbat, Mongolian national team outfielder 1995 – Shintaro Yokota, NPB outfielder (d. 2023) 1996 – Yaya Kojima, Japanese women’s national team outfielder 1996 – Ramon Rosso, pitcher 1998 – Luis De Los Santos, infielder 1998 – Bubba Thompson, outfielder 1999 – Wei-Hsiang Chen, CPBL infielder 2004 – Aidan Miller, minor league infielder Deaths[edit] 1889 – Mike Burke, infielder (b. 1854) 1917 – Jack Fanning, pitcher (b. 1863) 1922 – James Dunn, owner (b. 1866) 1928 – Ernest Waxham, pre-MLB player 1930 – Harry Patton, pitcher (b. 1884) 1934 – Charlie Dexter, outfielder (b. 1876) 1936 – Charlie Bartson, pitcher (b. 1865) 1937 – Doc Kerr, catcher (b. 1882) 1937 – Bill Watkins, infielder, manager (b. 1858) 1952 – Bob McHale, outfielder (b. 1872) 1958 – John Fick, pitcher (b. 1921) 1959 – Frank Huelsman, outfielder (b. 1874) 1962 – Will Thompson, pitcher (b. 1870) 1965 – Fujio Nakazawa, Japanese Hall of Fame member (b. 1892) 1966 – Wilmer Euell, catcher (b. 1895) 1972 – Del Bissonette, infielder, manager (b. 1899) 1974 – Pat Caraway, pitcher (b. 1905) 1977 – Tokuro Konishi, NPB manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1894) 1977 – Howard Lohr, outfielder (b. 1892) 1980 – Odell Hale, infielder (b. 1908) 1984 – Bobby Rhawn, infielder (b. 1919) 1985 – Victor Gauger, minor league infielder (b. 1917) 1988 – Newt Allen, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1901) 1989 – Glenn McQuillen, outfielder (b. 1915) 1991 – Howard Hobson, college coach (b. 1903) 1992 – Eddie Vines, infielder (b. 1918) 1995 – Masaru Koda, NPB pitcher (b. 1938) 1995 – Zoilo Versalles, infielder; All-Star (b. 1939) 1997 – Thornton Lee, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1906) 2007 – Seiji Sekiguchi, NPB outfielder (b. 1925) 2008 – Kyozo Kinoshita, NPB outfielder (b. 1936) 2009 – Ray Hamrick, infielder (b. 1921) 2009 – Bill Lillard, infielder (b. 1918) 2009 – Jack Littrell, infielder (b. 1929) 2012 – Hawk Taylor, catcher (b. 1939) 2013 – Ralph Bogan, owner (b. 1922) 2013 – Hank Landers, minor league outfielder (b. 1961) 2013 – Charles Petersen, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1913) 2014 – Bob Welch, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1956) 2015 – Doug Danforth, owner (b. 1922) 2015 – Larry Eschen, infielder (b. 1920) 2022 – Maxine Kline, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1929) 2022 – Tatsuo Okitsu, NPB infielder (b. 1936) ============================================== TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, June 9 MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. TBS — N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland (6:40 p.m.) 6:40 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Milwaukee at Athletics (10:05 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at San Diego (9:40 p.m.) NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. ABC — Stanley Cup Final: Carolina at Vegas, Game 4 SOCCER (MEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN — Argentina vs. Iceland SOFTBALL 5 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Blaze 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Spark 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Talons WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at Chicago _____ Wednesday, June 10 COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (MEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championships – Day 1, Eugene, Ore. MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland (1:10 p.m.) OR Boston at Tampa Bay (1:10 p.m.) 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Cincinnati at San Diego (4:10 p.m.) OR L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh (6:40 p.m.) 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at Toronto (7:07 p.m.) OR L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh (6:40 p.m.) 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at L.A. Angels (joined in progress) (9:38 p.m.) OR Milwaukee at Athletics (joined in progress) (9:05 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. ABC — NBA Finals: San Antonio at New York, Game 4 SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Blaze 10 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Talons WNBA BASKETBALL 10 p.m. USA — Los Angeles at Seattle _____ Thursday, June 11 COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championships – Day 1, Eugene, Ore. GOLF 11 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Dow Championship, First Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich. 3 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, First Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Miami (1:10 p.m.) OR Minnesota at Detroit (1:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. ESPN — Seattle at Baltimore NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. ABC — Stanley Cup Final: Vegas at Carolina, Game 5 (if necessary) RUGBY (MEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN2 — MLR: California at Seattle SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Mexico vs. South Africa, Group A, Mexico City 10 p.m. FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: South Korea vs. Czechia, Group A, Monterrey, Mexico SOFTBALL 5 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Blaze 9 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Talons WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Chicago at Indiana 9 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Phoenix at Dallas _____ Friday, June 12 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 1, Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (MEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championships – Day 2, Eugene, Ore. GOLF 11 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: Dow Championship, Second Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich. 3 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, Second Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario 6 p.m. GOLF — 2026 Curtis Cup: First Round, Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles 10 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Principal Charity Classic, First Round, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa (taped) MLB BASEBALL 7:10 p.m. APPLE TV — Arizona at Cincinnati APPLE TV — Atlanta at N.Y. Mets 7:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (7:37 p.m.) OR L.A. Dodgers at Chicago White Sox (7:40 p.m.) 10:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at San Francisco (joined in progress) (10:15 p.m.) OR Colorado at Athletics (joined in progress) (10:05 p.m.) SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Group B, Toronto 9 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: U.S. vs. Paraguay, Group D, Inglewood, Calif. WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — Toronto at Washington 10 p.m. ION — Golden State at Seattle _____ Saturday, June 13 AUTO RACING 6:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 3 p.m. NBCSN — Pro Motocross Championship: Thunder Valley National, Thunder Valley Motocross Park, Lakewood, Colo. 4 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: MillerTech Battery 250 presented by KOA, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa. NBC — Pro Motocross Championship: Thunder Valley National, Thunder Valley Motocross Park, Lakewood, Colo. BOWLING 1 p.m. CBS — PBA Tour: From Allen Park, Mich. COLLEGE BASEBALL 3 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 3, Omaha, Neb. 8 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 4, Omaha, Neb. COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NCAA Tournament: Championships – Day 2, Eugene, Ore. GOLF 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, Third Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, Third Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario GOLF — LPGA Tour: Dow Championship, Third Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich. 5 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Principal Charity Classic, Second Round, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa 7 p.m. GOLF — 2026 Curtis Cup: Second Round, Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles MLB BASEBALL 2 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Minnesota (2:10 p.m.) OR Atlanta at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.) 5 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Chicago White Sox (4:10 p.m.) OR Atlanta at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: Houston at Kansas City (7:15 p.m.) OR Philadelphia at Milwaukee (7:15 p.m.) 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels (10:07 p.m.) OR Chicago Cubs at San Francisco (10:05 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. ABC — NBA Finals: New York at San Antonio, Game 5 (if necessary) SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Qatar vs. Switzerland, Group B, Santa Clara, Calif. 6 p.m. FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Brazil vs. Morocco, Group C, East Rutherford, N.J. 9 p.m. FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Haiti vs. Scotland, Group C, Foxborough, Mass. Midnight FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Australia vs. Turkey, Group D, Vancouver, British Columbia SOFTBALL Noon ESPN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Blaze 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Bandits 4 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Talons UFL FOOTBALL 3 p.m. ABC — 2026 United Bowl: TBD, Championship WNBA BASKETBALL 6 p.m. NBCSN — Indiana at Connecticut PEACOCK — Indiana at Connecticut 8 p.m. CBS — Minnesota at Las Vegas _____ Sunday, June 14 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: MSC Cruises Gran Premio de Barcelona-Catalunya, Circuit de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain 3 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — NASCAR Cup Series: Great American Getaway 400 presented by VISITPA, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa. COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 5, Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. ESPN — Men’s College World Series: TBD, Game 6, Omaha, Neb. GOLF Noon GOLF — LPGA Tour: Dow Championship, Final Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich. 1 p.m. CBS — LPGA Tour: Dow Championship, Final Round, Midland Country Club, Midland, Mich. GOLF — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, Final Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: RBC Canadian Open, Final Round, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (North Course), Caledon, Ontario GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Principal Charity Classic, Final Round, Wakonda Club, Des Moines, Iowa 6 p.m. GOLF — 2026 Curtis Cup: Final Round, Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles MLB BASEBALL Noon NBCSN — Miami at Pittsburgh (12:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Miami at Pittsburgh (12:15 p.m.) 1:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (1:37 p.m.) OR San Diego at Baltimore (1:35 p.m.) 3 p.m. ABC — Chicago Cubs at San Francisco (3:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — Texas at Boston (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — Texas at Boston (7:20 p.m.) NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m. ABC — Stanley Cup Final: Carolina at Vegas, Game 6 (if necessary) SOCCER (MEN’S) 1 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Germany vs. Curaçao, Group E, Houston 4 p.m. FOX — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Netherlands vs. Japan, Group F, Arlington, Texas 7 p.m. FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador, Group E, Philadelphia 10 p.m. FS1 — 2026 FIFA World Cup Group Stage: Sweden vs. Tunisia, Group F, Monterrey, Mexico SOFTBALL Noon ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Bandits 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Talons TRACK AND FIELD 4 p.m. NBC — USATF: From Los Angeles WNBA BASKETBALL 3 p.m. NBATV — Washington at New York About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JUNE 8, 2026
