THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY MAY 27, 2025

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

HAMILTON HEIGHTS 12 CLINTON PRAIRIE 2

NORTH MONTGOMERY 6 GREENCASTLE 5

RICHMOND 6 CENTERVILLE 0

MCCUTCHEON 3 CRAWFORDSVILLE 2

MCCUTCEHON 7 WEST LAFAYETTE 3

BISHOP CHATARD 7 INDY GENESIS 1

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 8 COLUMBUS EAST 2

TERR HAUTE NORTH 10 SOUTH VERMILLION 0

NORTH DECATUR 14 JAC CEN DEL 2

BEN DAVIS 14 RITTER 2

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BASEBALL SECTIONAL PAIRINGS

CLASS 4A

1. LAKE CENTRAL (5) | BRACKET | TICKETS

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INDIANA SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD

HAGERSTOWN 6 CENTERVILLE 1

NEW PALESTINE 13 BEECH GROVE 1

GREENCASTLE 2 SOUTH VERMILLION 1

CASCADE 11 OWEN VALLEY 1

SEYMOUR 9 JEFFERSONVILLE 1

INDIAN CREEK 4 SHELBYVILLE 0

LEBANON 7 GUERIN CATHOLIC 3

CLAY CITY 2 CLOVERDALE 0

LAPEL 6 FRANKTON 0

COWAN 8 SOUTHERN WELLS 2

UNION CITY 15 MONROE CENTRAL 1

TERRE HAUTE NORTH 4 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 2

SOUTH PUTNAM 2 NORTH PUTNAM 0

UNION COUNTY 12 WINCHESTER 6

BREBEUF 10 CRAWFORDSVILLE 3

SOUTHWOOD 3 WES DEL 2

EASTERN HANCOCK 13 CHRISTEL HOUSE 0

MORRISTOWN 15 WALDRON 4

BISHOP CHATARD 17 PURDUE POLY 0

SOUTH DEARBORN 18 BATESVILLE 15

FRANKLIN CENTRAL 16 MOORESVILLE 10

NORTHFIELD 8 DALEVILLE 7

TRITON CENTRAL 16 SCECINIA 0

ZIONSVILLE 2 WESTFIELD 1

DECATUR CENTRAL 13 PERRY MERIDIAN 12

GREENSBURG 2 LAWRENCEBURG 0

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SOFTBALL SECTIONAL BRACKETS

CLASS 4A

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INDIANA BOYS VOLLEYBALL STATE FINALS @ MACKEY ARENA

MAY 31

11:00 ET CATHEDRAL 30-5 VS. LAKE CENTRAL 29-6

1:00 ET FISHERS 31-4 VS. RONCALLI 28-3

CHAMPIONSHIP 6PM

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INDIANA BOYS LACROSSE SEMI-FINALS

TUESDAY MAY 27

SB ST. JOSEPH VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

BISHOP CHATARD VS. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

WEDNESDAY MAY 28

CARMEL VS. CULVER 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. CATHEDRAL 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

***STATE FINALS SATURDAY MAY 31***

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INDIANA GIRLS LACROSSE SEMI-FINALS

TUESDAY

CASTLE VS. SB ST. JOSEPH 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

CARMEL VS. BISHOP CHATARD 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

WEDNESDAY MAY 28

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN VS. GUERIN CATHOLIC 6:00 (INDIANA SRN)

FISHERS VS. BROWNSBURG 8:00 (INDIANA SRN)

***STATE FINALS SATURDAY MAY 31***

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INDIANA BOYS REGIONAL TRACK

1. VALPARAISO | 5 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: CROWN POINT, HIGHLAND, PORTAGE, RENSSELAER CENTRAL

2. GOSHEN | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: ANGOLA, GOSHEN, PENN, PLYMOUTH

3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FORT WAYNE NORTH SIDE, MARION, MUNCIE CENTRAL, NEW HAVEN

4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FISHERS, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON

5. PLAINFIELD | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BEN DAVIS, PLAINFIELD, SHELBYVILLE, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO

6. LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EAST CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE)

7. BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL, COLUMBUS NORTH, MADISON CONSOLIDATED

8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 5:30 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EVANSVILLE CENTRAL, FLOYD CENTRAL, JASPER, PRINCETON COMMUNITY

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INDIANA GIRLS TRACK REGIONALS

1. PORTAGE | 5 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: CHESTERTON, HIGHLAND, HOBART, KANKAKEE VALLEY,

2. WARSAW COMMUNITY | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: ANGOLA, BREMEN, MISHAWAKA, WARSAW COMMUNITY

3. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: DELTA, FORT WAYNE NORTHROP, MARION, NEW HAVEN

4. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN, HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE), KOKOMO, LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON

5. BEN DAVIS | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: AVON, BEN DAVIS, FRANKLIN COMMUNITY, TERRE HAUTE NORTH VIGO

6. LAWRENCE CENTRAL | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: EAST CENTRAL, GREENFIELD-CENTRAL, LAWRENCE CENTRAL, PENDLETON HEIGHTS

7. BLOOMINGTON NORTH | 6 PM ET | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: BLOOMINGTON NORTH, COLUMBUS NORTH, MADISON CONSOLIDATED, SEYMOUR

8. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL | 5:30 PM CT | PERFORMANCE LISTS | RESULTS | TICKETS
SECTIONAL HOST: FLOYD CENTRAL, MT. VERNON, PERRY CENTRAL, PRINCETON COMMUNITY

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INDIANA GIRLS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT

https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-25%20GTe%20State%20Championship%20Bracket.pdf

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NBA PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE

CONFERENCE FINALS

EASTERN CONFERENCE

(3) NEW YORK KNICKS VS. (4) INDIANA PACERS

• GAME 1: INDIANA 138 NEW YORK 135 OT (PACERS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: INDIANA 114 NEW YORK 109 (PACERS LEAD SERIES 2-0)
• GAME 3: NEW YORK 106 INDIANA 100 (PACERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
• GAME 4: KNICKS VS. PACERS (TUE. MAY 27, 8 ET, TNT)
• GAME 5: PACERS VS. KNICKS (THU. MAY 29, 8 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 6: KNICKS VS. PACERS (SAT. MAY 31, 8 ET, TNT)*
• GAME 7: PACERS VS. KNICKS (MON. JUNE 2, 8 ET, TNT)*
* IF NECESSARY
SERIES TIED 0-0

WESTERN CONFERENCE

(6) MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES VS. (1) OKLAHOMA CITY

• GAME 1: THUNDER 114 WOLVES 88 (THUNDER LEADS SERIES 1-0)
• GAME 2: THUNDER 118 WOLVES 103 (THUNDER LEADS SERIES 2-0)
• GAME 3: WOLVES 143 THUNDER 101 (THUNDER LEAD SERIES 2-1)
• GAME 4: THUNDER 128 WOLVES 126 (THUNDER LEAD SERIES 3-1)
• GAME 5: WOLVES VS. THUNDER (WED. MAY 28, 8:30 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 6: THUNDER VS. WOLVES (FRI. MAY 30, 8:30 ET, ESPN)*
• GAME 7: WOLVES VS. THUNDER (SUN. JUNE 1, 8 ET, ESPN)*
* IF NECESSARY

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WNBA SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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NHL PLAYOFFS/SCHEDULE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

FLORIDA PANTHERS (3A) VS. CAROLINA HURRICANES (2M)

GAME 1: PANTHERS 5 HURRICANES 2 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: PANTHERS 5 HURRICANES 0 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 2-0)
GAME 3: PANTHERS 6 HURRICANES 2 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 3-0)
GAME 4: HURRICANES 3 PANTHERS 0 (PANTHERS LEAD SERIES 3-1)
GAME 5: PANTHERS AT HURRICANES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 6: HURRICANES AT PANTHERS, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 7: PANTHERS AT HURRICANES, SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 8 P.M. ET; TNT, MAX, TRUTV, SN, CBC, TVAS *

* IF NECESSARY

COMPLETE PANTHERS-HURRICANES SERIES COVERAGE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EDMONTON OILERS (3P) VS. DALLAS STARS (2C)

GAME 1: STARS 6 OILERS 3 (DALLAS LEADS SERIES 1-0)
GAME 2: OILERS 3 STARS 0 (SERIES EVEN 1-1)
GAME 3: OILERS 6 DALLAS 1 (OILERS LEAD SERIES 2-1)
GAME 4: STARS AT OILERS, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS
GAME 5: OILERS AT STARS, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 6: STARS AT OILERS, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 8 P.M. ET; ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *
GAME 7: OILERS AT STARS, MONDAY, JUNE 2, 8 P.M. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS *

* IF NECESSARY

COMPLETE OILERS-STARS SERIES COVERAGE

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

CHICAGO CUBS 3 COLORADO 1

BALTIMORE 5 ST. LOUIS 2

DETROIT 3 SAN FRANCISCO 1

MILWAUKEE 3 BOSTON 2

TORONTO 2 TEXAS 1

CINCINNATI 7 KANSAS CITY 4

NY METS 2 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1

LA DODGERS 7 CLEVELAND 2

TAMPA BAY 7 MINNESOTA 2

ARIZONA 5 PITTSBURGH 0

SAN DIEGO 4 MIAMI 3 (11)

NY YANKEES 5 LA ANGELS 1

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES

INDIANAPOLIS 2 NASHVILLE 1

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USA TODAY BASEBALL COACHES POLL

THE USA TODAY SPORTS TOP 25 BASEBALL POLL, WITH TEAM’S RECORDS THROUGH SUNDAY IN PARENTHESES, TOTAL POINTS BASED ON 25 FOR FIRST PLACE THROUGH ONE POINT FOR 25TH, RANKING IN LAST WEEK’S POLL AND FIRST-PLACE VOTES RECEIVED.

RANK	SCHOOL (RECORD)	POINTS	LAST WEEK’S RANK	FIRST-PLACE VOTES
1	NORTH CAROLINA (42-12)	695	3	6
2	TEXAS (42-12)	694	2	4
3	LSU (43-14)	671	1	9
4	VANDERBILT (42-16)	670	9	10
5	ARKANSAS (43-13)	633	4	1
6	GEORGIA (42-15)	556	8	0
7	OREGON (42-14)	539	5	0
8	FLORIDA STATE (38-14)	520	6	0
9	OREGON STATE (41-12)	513	7	0
10	AUBURN (38-18)	488	10	0
11	COASTAL CAROLINA (48-11)	475	11	0
12	CLEMSON (44-16)	434	12	0
13	UCLA (42-16)	374	13	0
14	SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (44-14)	332	14	0
15	MISSISSIPPI (40-19)	280	20	0
16	TENNESSEE (43-16)	278	17	0
17	GEORGIA TECH (40-17)	251	16	0
18	FLORIDA (38-20)	199	15	0
19	UC IRVINE (41-15)	194	18	0
20	ALABAMA (41-16)	187	21	0
21	NORTHEASTERN (48-9)	185	22	0
22	DALLAS BAPTIST (40-16)	122	19	0
23	KANSAS (43-15)	87	25	0
24	WEST VIRGINIA (41-14)	84	23	0
25	TCU (39-18)	77	NR	0

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: NORTH CAROLINA STATE (33-19) 63; ARIZONA (39-18) 60; TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (44-13) 22; DUKE (37-19) 16; OKLAHOMA (35-20) 14; LOUISVILLE (35-21) 11; WESTERN KENTUCKY (46-12) 10; CAL POLY (41-17) 6; MISSISSIPPI STATE (34-21) 3; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (35-21) 3; TROY (39-21) 2; CONNECTICUT (38-21) 1; EAST TENNESSEE STATE (41-15) 1.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL REGIONALS

ALL TIMES EDT

DOUBLE ELIMINATION; X-IF NECESSARY

ATHENS REGIONAL

AT SANFORD STADIUM

ATHENS, GA.

FRIDAY, MAY 30

GAME 1 – GEORGIA (42-15) VS. BINGHAMTON (29-24), NOON

GAME 2 – OKLAHOMA ST. (28-23) VS. DUKE (37-19), 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

AUBURN REGIONAL

AT PLAINSMAN PARK

AUBURN, ALA.

FRIDAY, MAY 30

GAME 1 – STETSON (40-20) VS. NC STATE (33-19), 2 P.M.

GAME 2 – AUBURN (38-18) VS. CCSU (31-15), 7 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

AUSTIN REGIONAL

AT UFCU DISCH-FALK FIELD

AUSTIN, TEXAS

GAME 1 – TEXAS (42-12) VS. HOUSTON CHRISTIAN (32-23), 2 P.M.

GAME 2 – KANSAS ST. (31-24) VS. UTSA (44-13), 7 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

BATON ROUGE REGIONAL

AT ALEX BOX STADIUM

BATON ROUGE, LA.

GAME 1 – LSU (43-14) VS. UALR (24-32), 3 P.M.

GAME 2 – RHODE ISLAND (38-20) VS. DALLAS BAPTIST (40-16), 7:30 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

CHAPEL HILL REGIONAL

AT BOSHAMER STADIUM

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.

GAME 1 – NORTH CAROLINA (42-12) VS. HOLY CROSS (31-25), NOON

GAME 2 – NEBRASKA (32-27) VS. OKLAHOMA (35-20), 5 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

CLEMSON REGIONAL

AT DOUG KINGSMORE STADIUM

CLEMSON, S.C.

GAME 1 – KENTUCKY (29-24) VS. WEST VIRGINIA (41-14), NOON

GAME 2 – CLEMSON (44-16) VS. SC-UPSTATE (36-23), 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

CONWAY REGIONAL

AT SPRING BROOKS STADIUM

CONWAY, S.C.

GAME 1 – EAST CAROLINA (33-25) VS. FLORIDA (38-20), NOON

GAME 2 – COASTAL CAROLINA (48-11) VS. FAIRFIELD (39-17), 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

CORVALLIS REGIONAL

AT GOSS STADIUM AT COLEMAN FIELD

CORVALLIS, ORE.

GAME 1 – SOUTHERN CAL (35-21) VS. TCU (39-18), 3 P.M.

GAME 2 – OREGON ST. (41-12-1) VS. SAINT MARY’S (CAL) (34-24), 8 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

EUGENE REGIONAL

AT PK PARK

EUGENE, ORE.

GAME 1 – CAL POLY (41-17) VS. ARIZONA (39-18), 4 P.M.

GAME 2 – OREGON (42-14) VS. UTAH VALLEY (32-27), 9 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

FAYETTEVILLE REGIONAL

AT BAUM-WALKER STADIUM

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK.

GAME 1 – ARKANSAS (43-13) VS. N. DAKOTA ST. (20-32), 3 P.M.

GAME 2 – CREIGHTON (41-14) VS. KANSAS (43-15), 8 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

HATTIESBURG REGIONAL

AT PETE TAYLOR PARK

HATTIESBURG, MISS.

GAME 1 – MIAMI (31-24) VS. ALABAMA (41-16), 3 P.M.

GAME 2 – SOUTHERN MISS. (44-14) VS. COLUMBIA (29-17), 7 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

KNOXVILLE REGIONAL

AT LINDSEY NELSON STADIUM

KNOXVILLE, TENN.

GAME 1 – CINCINNATI (32-24) VS. WAKE FOREST (36-20), 1 P.M.

GAME 2 – TENNESSEE (43-16) VS. MIAMI (OHIO) (35-21), 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

LOS ANGELES REGIONAL

AT JACKIE ROBINSON STADIUM

LOS ANGELES

GAME 1 – UCLA (42-16) VS. FRESNO ST. (31-27), 4 P.M.

GAME 2 – ARIZONA ST. (35-22) VS. UC IRVINE (41-15), 9 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

NASHVILLE REGIONAL

AT HAWKINS FIELD

NASHVILLE, TENN.

GAME 1 – ETSU (41-15) VS. LOUISVILLE (35-21), 2 P.M.

GAME 2 – VANDERBILT (42-16) VS. WRIGHT ST. (38-19), 6 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

OXFORD REGIONAL

AT SWAYZE FIELD

OXFORD, MISS.

GAME 1 – W. KENTUCKY (46-12) VS. GEORGIA TECH (40-17), 4 P.M.

GAME 2 – MISSISSIPPI (40-19) VS. MURRAY ST. (39-13), 8 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL

MIKE MARTIN FIELD AT DICK HOWSER STADIUM

TALLAHASSEE, FLA.

GAME 1 – FLORIDA ST. (38-14) VS. BETHUNE-COOKMAN (37-21), 3 P.M.

GAME 2 – MISSISSIPPI ST. (34-21) VS. NORTHEASTERN (48-9), 7:30 P.M.

SATURDAY, MAY 31

GAME 3 – GAME 1 LOSER VS. GAME 2 LOSER

GAME 4 – GAME 1 WINNER VS. GAME 2 WINNER

SUNDAY, JUNE 1

GAME 5 – GAME 4 WINNER VS. GAME 3 LOSER

GAME 6 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

MONDAY, JUNE 2

X-GAME 7 – GAME 3 WINNER VS. GAME 5 WINNER

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES

WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES — MAY 29 – JUNE 5/6 | OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

MAY 29

GAME 1: NO. 3 FLORIDA VS. NO. 6 TEXAS, NOON | ESPN

GAME 2: NO. 2 OKLAHOMA VS. NO. 7 TENNESSEE, 2:30 P.M. | ESPN

GAME 3: NO. 12 TEXAS TECH VS. OLE MISS, 7 P.M. | ESPN2

GAME 4: NO. 9 UCLA VS. NO. 16 OREGON, 9:30 P.M. | ESPN2

MAY 30

GAME 5: LOSER OF GAME 1 VS. LOSER OF GAME 2, 7 P.M.

GAME 6: LOSER OF GAME 3 VS. LOSER OF GAME 4, 9:30 P.M.

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE SCORES

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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TOP NATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES/RELEASES

INDY 500 NEWS

CHIP GANASSI CALLS ALEX PALOU ‘THE BEST DRIVER’ AFTER HIS HISTORIC INDY 500 WIN

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — There’s a long list of racing greats who have passed through Chip Ganassi Racing over its 35 years in existence — but not so lengthy that Ganassi can’t rattle them off the top of his head.

Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya gave Ganassi four consecutive championships. Scott Dixon teamed with Dario Franchitti to restart another four-year title streak. Marcus Ericsson won Ganassi his fifth Indianapolis 500 victory in 2022, ending a 10-year losing streak in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” for Ganassi.

Now he has Alex Palou on his roster, and as he leaned to kiss the first Spaniard to ever win the Indy 500, Ganassi had a message for him.

“You’re the best driver,” the team owner said. “Unbelievable, man. Unbelievable.”

It was the expected ending of a bizarre, crash-filled Indy 500 in which Palou won for the fifth time in six races this season but in the one event Palou was adamant he needed to win to ever have a complete racing resume. He’s already the two-time defending IndyCar champion and has won three titles in the last four years, all with Ganassi.

“I think he’s one of the greats. It’s that simple,” Ganassi said. “Certainly we’ve had some great drivers on our team, and he’s right there, at worst, shoulder-to-shoulder with all the rest of them.”

What a start

There have only been two drivers to win five of the first six races of a season in the modern era — Al Unser Sr. and A.J. Foyt, with Foyt winning the first seven and that included the Indy 500.

Now Palou is on a similar dominating pace and with 11 races remaining in the IndyCar season, he takes a 115-point lead over Pato O’Ward in the championship standings to this weekend’s race in Detroit.

Palou says the results are not solely driver based and acknowledged the work of his No. 10 Ganassi team.

“I think I get a lot of credit because you see that I’m the only one driving the car. But there’s a huge team behind that is making me look very good on track,” Palou said. “Whenever we’ve had the chance to win, we’ve been able to execute. And that’s taking into account not only the setup, but the strategies, the pit stops.

“I’ve been telling you guys that I know that this is not normal,” he added. “But I’m glad that it didn’t end (at Indy) and that we got the wave until the 500 at least.”

How did he win the 500?

Palou won Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by losing it to Helio Castroneves in 2021.

Palou finished second as Castroneves won for a record-tying fourth time, and Palou begged Castroneves to tell him what he’d done wrong. Castroneves wasn’t interested in sharing his secrets.

So Palou studied the film, tried to understand how Castroneves used the traffic to keep Palou behind him, and steadily improved his craft on ovals. His Indy 500 win marked the first victory for Palou on an oval.

“Thanks to Helio, I was able to read the traffic good,” Palou said. “I knew that because of how the strategies were shaking up at the end that we were going to have traffic. So traffic, even though you were P2, you were actually P5 or P4. So you had to take that into account. So I was just trying my best to try and read it and get on top of it.”

He was seeing two and three moves ahead, something he learned from Castroneves’ winning move, and it gave Palou the guts to make the final pass with 16 laps remaining. It was an incredibly early move in a race that has been decided the last several years by a series of late-lap passes.

“I think I’m here because of 2021 for sure,” said Palou.

What comes next?

Palou is still being sued for nearly $30 million by McLaren Racing in a breach of contract suit after he changed his mind in late 2023 to leave Ganassi for McLaren ahead of the 2024 season.

The two teams had been engaged in a tug-of-war over Palou since he had signed contracts with both teams and McLaren wants every dollar back it spent on developing him as its Formula 1 driver and damages accrued when Palou did not join the IndyCar team.

But he lives his life as if this lawsuit isn’t hanging over his head — or even bothers him just a bit.

It’s tricky, though, because Palou is so hot right now many are beginning to openly ask why he isn’t in F1. There’s theoretically at least one seat open next year with the new Cadillac F1 team owned by Dan Towriss, who also owns the Andretti Global IndyCar team and watched Palou beat his driver Ericsson to win the Indy 500.

Palou doesn’t believe a spot remains open to him in F1 after the McLaren mess, but more important, is content where he is with Ganassi.

“I would understand (if teams don’t want me), but I am super happy where I am,” Palou said. “I mean you can see that. I’ve not had any conversations with anybody and I am not knocking on doors. I promise 100% I have had no conversation and no one with my (management) team has had any conversations with anybody.”

The Spanish effect

Palou is unsure if his Indy 500 win will gain him any attention in Spain, where he became the first Spaniard to win the race. The country celebrates soccer and F1 drivers Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz Jr., while Palou, from Barcelona, remains under the radar.

He said he noticed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway more Spanish fans and flags than he’s seen at any other IndyCar race in his six seasons racing in the United States.

“I don’t know what it’s going to be for Spain. Hopefully they are celebrating as much as I am,” he said. “Hopefully that gets more fans, more people. There was a lot of Spanish flags here, which I did never see before.”

His focus is instead on building his fanbase in the United States and in Indiana, where he resides during the season and has embraced the community. Palou wore a Tyrese Haliburton jersey in the Indy 500 parade, and had it on again Sunday night when he showed up in the second quarter of Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Pacers and the New York Knicks.

“That’s going to help some people in Indiana to know me,” he said of the standing ovation he received at the game.

INDIANAPOLIS 500 PURSE REACHES NEW PINNACLE

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The Indianapolis 500 purse record was broken for the fourth year in a row for the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge, with first-time winner Alex Palou of Chip Ganassi Racing earning $3.8 million from a total purse of $20,283,000.

This is the largest purse in the century-plus history of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on the heels of four consecutive record-breaking years. This year’s average payout for NTT INDYCAR SERIES drivers was $596,500, which also exceeds last year’s average of $543,000.

In 2024, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $18,456,000, and the year’s winner payout was $4.3 million, which included a $440,000 roll-over bonus from BorgWarner for earning back-to-back wins. In 2023, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $17,021,500, and the winner earned $3.7 million. In 2022, the Indianapolis 500 purse was $16,000,200, and the winner earned $3.1 million. Prior to 2022, the largest Indianapolis 500 purse was $14.4 million for the 2008 Indianapolis 500.

“The Indianapolis 500 is the greatest race in the world, and winning this race makes history in more ways than one,” INDYCAR and IMS president J. Douglas Boles said. “The Month of May featured a grandstand sellout crowd and intense on-track action. Alex Palou adds Indianapolis 500 winner to his long list of growing achievements and takes home the largest purse in Indianapolis 500 history. There’s no better way to end an epic month.”

Pole-winner Robert Shwartzman of PREMA Racing earned Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year honors for his performance during the Month of May. Shwartzman earned a $50,000 bonus for being named Rookie of the Year, adding to a total take-home prize of $327,300.

The Indianapolis 500 purse consists of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT INDYCAR SERIES awards, plus other designated and special awards. Purse awards are presented annually at the Victory Celebration, held this year at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis Monday night.

The next NTT INDYCAR SERIES race is the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented on Sunday, June 1 on the streets of Downtown Detroit. The race will be broadcast live on FOX and the INDYCAR Radio Network at 12:30 p.m. ET.

INDYCAR ISSUES POST-RACE TECHNICAL VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES

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INDYCAR announced post-race technical inspection penalties for the entries of No. 27 and 28 of Andretti Global and No. 90 of PREMA Racing following Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge.

Under the new finishing order, Andretti Global’s Marcus Ericsson and Kyle Kirkwood are 31st and 32nd, respectively. PREMA Racing’s Callum Ilott is 33rd.

AJ Foyt Racing’s David Malukas is second to Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou with Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward is third.

During post-race inspection of car Nos. 27 and 28, INDYCAR discovered modifications to the Dallara-supplied Energy Management System (EMS) covers and cover-to-A-arm mounting points with unapproved spacers and parts. According to the INDYCAR rulebook, EMS covers must be used as supplied. Additionally, these modifications provided the capability of enhanced aerodynamic efficiency to both cars.

Andretti Global was in violation of:

Rule 9.3.1. Improper Conduct – Any member attempting to or engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct, unsafe conduct, or conduct detrimental to racing; INDYCAR; and/or to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, whether during an Event or on/off the Track, may be subject to any or all penalties.
Rule 14.1.2. Questions to be submitted and will be answered via IRIS. Modifications must be approved seven days prior to the date of intended use.
Rule 14.1.3. All parts provided by an Approved Supplier must be used as supplied without modification unless otherwise approved by INDYCAR and stated in these Rules or in update bulletins.

During INDYCAR’s routine inspection of the front wing assembly of PREMA Racing entry No. 90, the car failed to meet the minimum endplate height and location specification.

PREMA Racing was in violation of:

Rule 9.3.1. Improper Conduct – Any member attempting to or engaging in unsportsmanlike conduct, unsafe conduct, or conduct detrimental to racing; INDYCAR; and/or to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, whether during an Event or on/off the Track, may be subject to any or all penalties.
Rule 14.7.6.8. Front wing must adhere to the following Technical Inspection dimensions:
- Failure of the left side minimum endplate height
Rule 14.7.6.4., which requires endplates, wing flaps and mainplanes remain in the designed location.

All three cars (Nos. 27, 28 and 90) have been re-ordered to the rear of the field in order of their placement in the unofficial results. Prize money and championship race points earned are commensurate to the final and official finishing positions. Additionally, each car receives a $100,000 fine and the team/competition managers for the three entries have been placed on a one-race suspension to be served at the next NTT INDYCAR SERIES event at the Streets of Detroit.

The new finishing order can be found here.

Members may contest the imposition of the penalties detailed in the review and appeal procedures of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES rulebook.

NBA NEWS

THUNDER HOLD OFF WOLVES’ RALLY, HEAD HOME UP 3-1

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 40 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished 10 assists as the Oklahoma City Thunder escaped with a 128-126 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night in Minneapolis.

Jalen Williams added 34 points on 13-for-24 shooting for Oklahoma City, which seized a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Chet Holmgren finished with 21 points on 9-for-14 shooting.

Gilgeous-Alexander sank 5 of 6 free-throw attempts in the final 15 seconds to seal the victory.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 23 points off the bench to lead Minnesota. Jaden McDaniels contributed 22 points, and Donte DiVincenzo finished with 21 points off the bench.

The series will shift back to Oklahoma City for Game 5 on Wednesday night.

Both teams battled in the final minutes as the Thunder staved off the Timberwolves’ comeback attempt.

Gilgeous-Alexander displayed his athleticism as he found Williams for a 3-pointer from the left wing to make it 116-109 with 3:34 remaining. Gilgeous-Alexander was falling down on the play, and he slipped a pass between McDaniels’ legs to the open Williams.

The lead went back to seven when Williams hit another 3-pointer to put the Thunder on top 123-116 with 1:21 to go.

The Timberwolves clawed back thanks to McDaniels, who made a driving layup with 1:10 left and followed up with a 3-pointer with 23.1 seconds remaining. The latter hoop sliced the Thunder’s lead to 123-121.

Both teams exchanged free throws in the final seconds.

The Thunder led 128-125 when Anthony Edwards stepped to the free-throw line with 3.5 seconds left. Edwards made the first attempt and missed the second attempt on purpose, but Gilgeous-Alexander chased down the rebound and fired a long pass out of bounds to stop the clock with 0.3 seconds to go.

Williams intercepted Julius Randle’s inbounds pass as time expired.

Oklahoma City led 90-85 at the end of the third quarter.

The Timberwolves went on an 8-0 run to cut their deficit to 77-76 with five minutes remaining in the third. DiVincenzo buried a 3-pointer from the left corner to punctuate the run.

The Thunder responded on the next possession when Gilgeous-Alexander knocked down a jump shot to give his team a 79-76 lead with 4:41 left in the quarter.

Minnesota trailed 65-57 at the half. Edwards had only four points before the break, and he finished the game with 16 points on 5-for-13 shooting. He made only 1 of 7 attempts from 3-point range.

KNICKS LOOKING FOR SERIES COMEBACK VS. PACERS AFTER GAME 3 RALLY

The Indiana Pacers appeared to have the New York Knicks in deep trouble in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Yet there was a major problem with the Pacers taking a 20-point home lead and the ensuing belief they were en route to taking a 3-0 series lead.

That’s because the Knicks are highly comfortable when they trail by a large margin. For the third time this postseason, New York battled back from 20 down on the road to win the game. The latest impressive comeback places them in position to tie the series at 2-2 when the teams play Game 4 on Tuesday night at Indianapolis.

New York’s 106-100 comeback victory was reminiscent of the Eastern Conference semifinals when the Knicks rallied from 20-point deficits in each of the first two games in Boston to earn victories en route to eventually winning the series in six games.

“We saw that we were on the brink of it looking pretty dark for us,” Knicks star Jalen Brunson said Monday. “And the way we responded, I think it brings us closer together.”

It certainly tightened up the best-of-seven series as New York outscored the Pacers 36-20 over the final 12 minutes.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 20 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to join Brunson as the only players in franchise history to tally 20 or more in one quarter during a playoff game. Brunson’s record of 21 in a quarter came against the Pacers in Game 1 of last season’s conference semifinals.

“The game wasn’t looking great for me or all of us,” said Towns, who also collected 15 rebounds. “I just wanted to do what it takes to put us in a position to win. It’s a testament to my teammates to have trust in me and putting me in spots where I can succeed and utilize my talents.”

Veteran New York coach Tom Thibodeau isn’t surprised his club has registered three epic comeback wins over the past two series.

“In playoff basketball, no lead is safe,” Thibodeau said. “I think with the 3-point shot, people make up ground quickly. With the pace of the game, people make up ground quickly. You see comebacks all the time. If you let up just a little bit, that’s what happens.”

Indiana is hoping to get positive news regarding forward Aaron Nesmith after he sprained his right ankle midway through the third quarter of Game 3. Nesmith is listed as questionable and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle termed Nesmith as a game-time decision on Monday.

Nesmith returned to the floor with 7:03 left in the game and was hindered down the stretch. He missed both shots he took and finished with eight points.

“I got the word that he was good to go back in, that he was moving without limitation at that point in time, and so rather than wait, I decided the best thing to do was get him back in there so it didn’t stiffen up any more,” Carlisle explained.

Nesmith started this series with career-best 8 of 9 shooting from 3-range to go with 30 points in Indiana’s 138-135 overtime victory in Game 1.

Indiana star point guard Tyrese Haliburton will be looking for a better effort after pointing the finger at himself for the team’s poor Game 3 second-half showing of 42 points.

“I didn’t do a good job getting downhill and making plays,” Haliburton said. “I’ve got to do a better job there. … Execution down the stretch, we definitely can be better, and that starts with me.”

Haliburton is averaging 21.7 points and 9.7 assists in the series.

Brunson had just 23 points in Game 3 but is averaging 34 in the series.

Towns and New York teammate Josh Hart both sustained knee injuries in Game 3 and are expected to be available.

–Field Level Media

NHL NEWS

FREDERIK ANDERSEN BLANKS PANTHERS TO KEEP CANES ALIVE

Frederik Andersen made 20 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes to help them avoid elimination with a 3-0 win against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night in Sunrise, Fla.

The Hurricanes host Game 5 on Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.

Andersen, who registered his fifth career postseason shutout, did not play in Carolina’s 6-2 loss in Game 3 after surrendering nine goals on 36 shots in the first two games of the series. He had held opponents to two goals or fewer in eight of his nine appearances in the first two rounds of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Logan Stankoven, Sebastian Aho and Jordan Staal scored for Carolina, which ended a 15-game losing streak in the conference finals.

Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 25 of 26 shots for the Panthers, who were trying to sweep the Hurricanes in the conference finals for the second time in three years.

The Hurricanes took their first lead of the series when Stankoven scored at 10:45 of the second period.

Florida defenseman Seth Jones tried to chip the puck through the neutral zone, but it went to Carolina rookie defenseman Alexander Nikishin at the Panthers blue line and he made a backhanded touch pass to Stankoven coming through the neutral zone on his left.

Stankoven had room to bring the puck to the top of the left circle before blasting a wrist shot into the top of the net on the short side.

Nikishin, playing in his third NHL game, all in the current postseason, earned his first NHL point with the assist.

Florida defenseman Nate Schmidt hit the left post 58 seconds after Stankoven’s goal, but the Panthers were mostly quiet on the offensive end through the first two periods.

Florida did not have a shot on goal for a 14:40 stretch that bridged the first and second periods.

The Hurricanes briefly appeared to stretch their lead to 2-0 on a goal by Mark Jankowski with 13:29 left in regulation, but Florida successfully challenged for offsides.

Aho scored into an empty net with 2:11 remaining for an insurance goal 2-0, then Staal did the same with 1:45 to go to make it 3-0.

The Panthers were without forward Sam Reinhart for the second straight game. Reinhart led Florida in goals (38) and points (79) during the regular season.

STARS KNOW THEY NEED THEIR GAME-BREAKERS TO PERFORM VS. OILERS IN GAME 4

The Dallas Stars insist they are playing well enough to win their Western Conference finals series against the Edmonton Oilers.

However, as the Stars prepare for Tuesday’s key Game 4 contest in Edmonton, they trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven series and are in desperate need for their game-breakers to make a difference.

Dallas deserved a better fate in Sunday’s 6-1 loss, but that does not change the fact that too many key players didn’t contribute.

Jason Robertson scored, but that was just his first goal of the playoffs while he battles back from injury.

Mikko Rantanen has gone six games without a goal, as has Wyatt Johnston.

Meanwhile, Matt Duchene has one tally in the playoffs, Tyler Seguin has scored in one of the last 13 games and captain Jamie Benn is on a 13-game swoon.

To top it off, goaltender Jake Oettinger has been outdueled by his Edmonton counterpart Stuart Skinner while Dallas has been outscored 9-1 in the past two games.

“It’s frustrating, and it’s sometimes hard to not let the frustration come, but we’ve got to do our best to not let it come to our minds,” Rantanen said. “We’ve just got to stick with it.”

Whether the potential return of Roope Hintz, who missed last game due to injury and is listed as day-to-day, makes a difference remains to be seen. Hintz is hopeful to play.

But the Stars are well aware they must turn the tide or be knocked out by the Oilers in the conference finals for the second consecutive year.

“We still have an opportunity to try and get one on the road,” Robertson said. “I don’t think it’s any frustration with what we have to do. There are a lot of veterans in this room and they’re going to be up to the challenge.”

The Oilers, meanwhile, are rolling, having won 10 of their last 12 games as they look to take a stranglehold on the series.

As much as Skinner was the difference-maker in Sunday’s loss by making 33 saves, including 20 in the second period, the Oilers are finding a way to win in a variety of ways.

The Game 3 clash was a textbook example of what Edmonton can do with minimal scoring chances. Perhaps no better example was Connor McDavid’s clutch goal in the final seconds of the second period. While the Stars were pressing for the equalizer, McDavid received one opportunity off a turnover and buried his second goal of the game.

It also marked a breakout for the superstar who had scored only three goals in the playoffs prior to Sunday.

“I think people forget he’s a 60-goal scorer,” Zach Hyman said. “I mean, he’s probably an underrated goal-scorer. He makes the right play, whether it’s a pass or a goal, right? … And when he has an opportunity to shoot it, and he shoots it, there’s a good chance it goes in.”

Unlike years past, though, the Oilers are more than just the McDavid and Leon Draisaitl show. Eighteen skaters have scored at least one goal, and seven have at least five.

Hyman tallied twice in a three-point game, defenseman Evan Bouchard leads all defensemen with six goals and 17 points, and the leading point producer in the series is Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who has notched a pair of goals and five assists in the three outings.

“For his whole career, he’s been able to be a two-way player. He’s just that type of guy,” Skinner said of Nugent-Hopkins. “That’s why he’s such a huge part of our team and a huge part of the organization.”

Defenseman Mattias Ekholm, who hasn’t played in the postseason due to an injury, may return, and forward Connor Brown, who exited the last game after receiving a hard and high hit from Alex Petrovic, is out.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB ROUNDUP: SHOHEI OHTANI BLASTS 1ST PITCH, DODGERS DOWN GUARDIANS

Shohei Ohtani homered on the first pitch of the game and scored three runs, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto went six strong innings as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-2 on Monday night.

Ohtani took over the MLB lead with 19 home runs — one more than Yankees superstar Aaron Judge and Phillies designated hitter Kyle Schwarber — by sending Gavin Williams’ fastball into the stands in right field. He also leads baseball with 57 runs.

Yamamoto (6-3) struck out seven, giving up two runs on three hits and remaining second-best in the NL with a 1.97 ERA.

All-Star third baseman Jose Ramirez extended his hitting streak to a career-high 19 games for the Guardians, doubling and scoring on Kyle Manzardo’s single in the sixth. Williams (4-3) walked a season-high six and allowed four runs on four hits in 4 2/3 innings.

Brewers 3, Red Sox 2

Jackson Chourio homered on the first pitch from Garrett Crochet and Trevor Megill stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning as host Milwaukee held off Boston in the opener of a three-game series.

The Red Sox trailed 3-1 after eight innings before rallying against Megill. Trevor Story and Rob Refsnyder walked, and Jarren Duran punched a two-out single to right to score Story from second. Rafael Devers was intentionally walked to load the bases, but Megill got Connor Wong on a flyout to right for his 10th save in 11 opportunities.

Milwaukee starter Chad Patrick allowed three hits over 4 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out six and walking two. DL Hall (1-0), activated earlier Monday off the 60-day injured list, followed and yielded two hits and one run with 2 1/3 innings. Abner Uribe finished the eighth inning before giving way to Megill. Crochet (4-4) allowed two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings, striking out 11 and walking two in a 108-pitch outing.

Mets 2, White Sox 1

Francisco Lindor’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted New York over visiting Chicago.

Tyrone Taylor started the winning rally off right-hander Steven Wilson (1-1) with a double off the glove of center fielder Luis Robert Jr. on the warning track. After Jeff McNeil was given an intentional walk, Luis Torrens singled to left to fill the bases, setting the stage for Lindor. It was the Mets’ fifth walk-off win of the season.

Juan Soto also had an RBI sacrifice fly to tie the game for the Mets. Andrew Benintendi plated the only White Sox run on a sac fly.

Cubs 3, Rockies 1

Jameson Taillon threw 6 1/3 quality innings and Kyle Tucker drove in a pair of runs to help Chicago post a victory over visiting Colorado.

Taillon (4-3) allowed one run on four hits while striking out seven and walking none for the Cubs, who won for the eighth time in 10 games. Chicago’s bullpen combined for 2 2/3 one-hit innings — including Daniel Palencia, who earned his third save with a perfect ninth.

Carson Palmquist (0-3) threw five innings of two-run, three-hit ball in his third career start, also striking out four and walking three. Mickey Moniak’s solo home run in the fifth inning accounted for all of the Rockies’ scoring as the club dropped its eighth game in nine tries.

Tigers 3, Giants 1

Riley Greene hit a two-run single and host Detroit opened a three-game series against San Francisco with a victory.

Colt Keith had two hits and scored a run for the Tigers. Starter Keider Montero (2-1) held the Giants to one hit in five innings. He was followed by a parade of five relievers with Will Vest picking up his sixth save.

Detroit’s Javier Baez was ejected in the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes. Baez was called out on strikes by home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi on a pitch that replays showed was low and outside. Wilmer Flores drove in the lone San Francisco run.

Orioles 5, Cardinals 2

Dylan Carlson drilled a three-run home run against his former team and Baltimore defeated visiting St. Louis to secure its first three-game winning streak of the year.

Charlie Morton (1-7) put together his best start as an Oriole by limiting the Cardinals to two runs on four hits in six innings. Ryan O’Hearn provided three hits and Jackson Holliday joined Carlson with two hits.

Pedro Pages homered for St. Louis, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Nolan Gorman had two of the team’s four hits and starter Erick Fedde (3-4) took the loss.

Blue Jays 2, Rangers 1

Kevin Gausman (5-4) surrendered one run on five hits while striking out six batters over eight innings as Toronto opened a three-game series with a win over Texas.

Daulton Varsho opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning and fell a triple short of the cycle. Alejandro Kirk added the eventual game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fourth frame, and Jeff Hoffman earned his 11th save of the season with a perfect ninth inning. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Addison Barger each collected a pair of hits in the victory.

Jacob DeGrom (4-2) allowed two runs, five hits and two walks with no strikeouts for the Rangers. In 228 career starts, it was the first time DeGrom has failed to register a strikeout. Wyatt Langford hit a solo shot in the fourth for Texas’ lone run.

Reds 7, Royals 4

Tyler Stephenson clubbed a two-run homer for one of his three hits, Nick Martinez pitched seven quality innings and Cincinnati beat host Kansas City.

Stephenson came in batting .177 but matched the personal hit total from his previous six games. He had three RBIs for the Reds. Martinez (3-5) yielded six hits without a walk, and all three runs he allowed came in the seventh, including Salvador Perez’s two-run homer.

Cincinnati had its way with Royals starter Michael Lorenzen (3-6), who allowed six runs, 11 hits and three walks over five innings. It marked the first time this season a Kansas City starter allowed more than five runs in a contest.

Rays 7, Twins 2

Jonathan Aranda’s three-run homer in the sixth inning pushed Tampa Bay to its sixth straight victory — the longest active streak in the majors — as it handed visiting Minnesota only its fourth loss in its last 20 games.

Starting pitcher Zack Littell (4-5) was outstanding over 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander allowed one run on three hits, fanned four and did not issue a walk. He won for the fourth time in the past six starts and is 3-0 in May. Aranda finished 2-for-4 with the homer, three RBIs and two runs, and Danny Jansen stroked a two-run homer.

The Twins’ Carlos Correa popped a two-run homer, but they produced just four singles after Correa’s deep shot and were only 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position. Starter Chris Paddack (2-5) allowed two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five without a walk.

COLLEGE BASEBALL NEWS

VANDERBILT EARNS NO. 1 SEED IN NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT; RECORD 13 SEC TEAMS ARE IN 64-TEAM FIELD

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Vanderbilt, which gave up just three runs over three games in the SEC Tournament, was awarded the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament on Monday and was among a record 13 teams from the conference to be selected to the 64-team field.

The tournament opens Friday with 16 double-elimination regionals. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals. Those winners move on to the College World Series in Omaha beginning June 13.

Vanderbilt has won eight straight games and 13 of its past 16 to earn the No. 1 seed for the second time, and first since 2007.

“It’s amazing, it’s cool, it’s great, I love it,” shortstop Jonathan Vastine said. “The team was excited about it. After today, that No. 1 seed kind of goes out the door because anything can happen.”

The Commodores, who play Wright State in the opener of the Nashville Regional, are in the tournament for the 19th straight time for the longest active streak.

“We understand we have a goal at the end of the year to get to the middle of the country,” pitcher JD Thompson said, referring to Omaha. “You can’t de-value anybody coming into a regional like this. It’s all good teams, so you respect everybody. If we play good baseball and keep the trend of what we’re doing right now, then we have a good chance.”

The national seeds following Vanderbilt (42-16) are Texas (42-12), Arkansas (43-13), Auburn (38-18), North Carolina (42-12), LSU (43-14), Georgia (42-15) and Oregon State (41-12-1). Those eight teams would be in line to host super regionals if they win their regionals.

Seeds Nos. 9 through 16: Florida State (38-14), Mississippi (40-19), Clemson (44-16), Oregon (42-14), Coastal Carolina (48-11), Tennessee (43-16), UCLA (42-16) and Southern Mississippi (44-14).

The last four teams to get at-large bids, in alphabetical order, were Arizona State, Kansas State, Oklahoma State and Southern California.

The first four teams left out were Southeastern Louisiana, Troy, UConn and Virginia.

The SEC’s 13 teams in the tournament are two more than its record 11 that made it in 2024.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has nine teams in the field followed by the Big 12 with eight and the Big Ten with four. The American Athletic, Big West, Conference USA and Sun Belt all have two teams in the tournament.

First-year SEC member Texas, which opened 38-5 overall and 19-2 in conference play, appeared to be a lock for the No. 1 seed before finishing 5-7 with a loss to Tennessee in its conference tournament opener. Arkansas won 20 SEC regular-season games for the third straight year and set a program record with 110 homers. Auburn’s No. 4 national seed ties the 2003 team for the highest in program history.

Been there, done that

Texas is in the tournament for a record 64th time. Miami, which lost six of its past seven games, is making its 50th appearance. Florida State will be a regional host for a Division I-record 37th time.

The longest active streaks behind Vanderbilt belong to Florida (17), LSU (13), Oklahoma State (12) and Dallas Baptist (11).

First timer

USC Upstate (36-23) is the only team that will be making its first appearance in the Division I tournament. The Spartans had played in three straight Big South championship games before breaking through to beat Charleston Southern 14-2 Saturday to clinch the league’s automatic bid.

Home sweet home, finally

Oregon State earned home field for regionals and potentially super regionals as the No. 8 seed after having to play 35 of its 54 games away from Corvallis. The Beavers are 17-2 at home.

Hot Huskies

Northeastern (48-9) has the nation’s longest win streak at 27 games after winning the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament. The Huskies lead the nation in shutouts (17), win percentage (.842) and ERA (2.92), among other categories.

Losing, but winning

Two teams enter the tournament with losing records.

Little Rock (24-32) won five games in four days to win the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, and its reward is a first-round game at LSU. The Trojans, at No. 8, became the lowest seed to win the conference tournament. They’re in NCAAs for the first time since 2011.

North Dakota State (20-32) won the Summit League Tournament for its first appearance since 2021 and will play Arkansas The Bison have the No. 1 nonconference strength of schedule, having gone 1-10 against teams that made the tournament.

COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES

MEET THE EIGHT TEAMS IN THE WOMEN’S COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

The games have been played, the field is set. Eight teams will take the field at the Women’s College World Series on Thursday, all on the prowl for a national championship trophy.

Oklahoma, Florida, Texas, Tennessee, UCLA, Texas Tech, Oregon, and Ole Miss make up the group of teams that will vie for the title in Oklahoma City.

No. 2 overall seed Oklahoma enters the WCWS with a 50-7 overall record. The Sooners won the SEC regular-season crown in their first year in the league and also earned the SEC’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after the conference tournament championship game was rained out. Undefeated through the postseason, the Sooners advanced unscathed through the Norman Regional and beat Alabama in back-to-back games to clinch their 9th straight berth in the WCWS.

A young team that had some struggles at times during conference play, the Sooners rely on Ragin’ Cajuns transfer Sam Landry in the circle and a mix of young and proven stars at the plate. Landry has been a welcome sight in the circle in her first and only season as a Sooner, while freshmen like Gabbie Garcia and Nelly McEnroe-Marinas have blended seamlessly with the likes of Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering to make the Sooners a dynamic offense once again.

No. 3 Florida returns to the WCWS for the second consecutive year, boasting a 48-15 overall record. The Gators finished 5th in the SEC regular-season standings and lost their first game in the SEC tournament, but responded with three run-rule victories in the Gainesville Regional to sweep the competition there. In the Super Regional round, the Gators bookended the series with statement wins, downing in-conference foe Georgia to earn a return trip to OKC.

Keagan Rothrock had some injury issues this season, but pitched all three games in the Super Regional round and currently looks as close to 100% as she has since returning after several weeks on the IL. The Gator offense is up to its usual, heralded tricks, seamlessly combining majestic home runs with infield hits to keep opposing defenses guessing. Freshman Taylor Shumaker has been particularly stellar at the plate in her rookie year.

No. 6 Texas enters Oklahoma City with a 51-11 record. The Longhorns finished third in the SEC regular-season standings in their first year in the league and lost to Texas A&M in a lopsided result in the SEC tournament semifinals. The Austin Regional saw the Horns roll right through, beating all comers in a pair of run-rules and a 9-0 shutout to close the weekend. After losing game one of the Austin Super Regional, Mike White’s club rebounded to win two straight over Clemson to advance to the WCWS for the third time in the last four seasons.

Texas’ high-powered offense and Teagan Kavan’s right arm are the Longhorns’ biggest tickets to success. Kavan has been the true ace in the circle as a sophomore and has largely done well, including some work to make up for the bullpen’s so-so results in her stead. The offense isn’t just Reese Atwood – it’s Atwood, Katie Stewart, Ashton Maloney, Mia Scott, Kayden Henry, Leighann Goode, Joley Mitchell… there are heavy hitters and hearty speed threats galore in that lineup. It’s a dangerous one – and it’s Texas’ best, fullest attribute.

No. 7 Tennessee sits at 45-15 overall on the year. The Lady Vols finished 4th in the SEC regular-season standings and dropped their first game of the SEC tournament in Athens to Arkansas. Regular-season series wins over both Oklahoma and Texas on the road were highlights of the Lady Vols’ year, and they quickly dispatched their opponents in the Knoxville Regional, escaping unscathed through that round. After losing game one of the Knoxville Super Regional against Nebraska, the Lady Vols stormed back and won a pair of one-run ballgames to clinch their return to OKC.

Lady Vols ace Karlyn Pickens started all three games of the Super Regional and went toe-to-toe with Jordy Bahl. One of the nation’s most terrific talents, Pickens is the lifeblood of Tennessee’s championship hopes. She throws hard, she has the guts of a seasoned veteran, and she’s a brilliant mind in the circle. The Lady Vol offense has been spotty at times, but there’s talent up and down the lineup, a line of hitters with home run potential that can create havoc for opposing pitchers.

No. 9 UCLA boasts a 54-11 overall record in 2025, the program’s first season as members of the Big Ten. The Bruins lost the conference tournament championship game to Michigan, going 2-1 in the Big Ten tournament. A trio of run-rule victories highlighted the Los Angeles Regional for Kelly Inouye-Perez’s squad, with the Bruins allowing just two runs in 17 innings in that round. After dropping game one of the Columbia Super Regional against South Carolina, the Bruins were down to their last out on Saturday. Jordan Woolery’s walk-off 2-run home run evened the series, then the Bruins dominated Sunday’s affair to book their trip back to OKC.

The “clutch gene” and the offensive prowess of Woolery and Megan Grant has been the story of UCLA’s season. The once-deep pitching staff has had its share of struggles down the stretch, but Woolery and Grant have been the key pieces of a Bruin lineup that also boasts youth and of a Bruin team that has found itself in need of a spark plug at times. The duo might be the best 1-2 lineup pairing anywhere, and their efforts also bolster the likes of Savannah Pola and Alexis Ramirez, who have made their own contributions to the offense.

No. 12 Texas Tech and NiJaree Canady have reached Oklahoma City for the first time and sport a 50-12 overall record while doing so. The Red Raiders won every Big 12 conference series this season and cruised undefeated through the Big 12 tournament, posting three shutout wins en route to the tournament title. Tech made it through the Lubbock Regional unscathed, then quickly dispatched Florida State in the Tallahassee Super Regional, winning in two games to clinch the program’s first-ever trip to OKC.

As goes NiJaree Canady, so goes Texas Tech. That’s not news to anyone, and it’s not even something that the Red Raiders have shied away from this season. Make no mistake, there is genuinely other talent around her – eight everyday starters are batting above .300 in addition to Canady and six players have five or more home runs on the year – but Canady is the lifeblood of the Red Raiders’ gameplan and their postseason run. In addition to pacing the team in the pitching circle and eating up innings in the postseason, she’s also the team’s home run leader at the plate and the only Tech player with double-digits in that category.

No. 16 Oregon is 53-8 on the year and were the Big Ten regular-season champions in their own first year in the league. The Ducks benefitted from some key transfers and a plethora of breakout stars en route to the conference championship. Selected as the final seeded team in the NCAA tournament, the Ducks were run-ruled by Stanford in the winner’s bracket game of the Eugene Regional, but stormed back to win twice on Sunday in the regional final to move ahead to the Super Regionals. Hosting Super Regionals against an unseeded Liberty team, the Ducks won in extra innings in game one, then poured on the offense in game two to clinch their first trip to Oklahoma City since 2018.

Lyndsey Grein’s emergence in the circle has been incredibly key for Oregon this season. The Virginia Tech transfer looks like a completely different pitcher than she did at VT and has been crucial for the Ducks. Elise Sokolsky, the former UConn transfer, has done her part in the circle too, notching her own emergent campaign, while the Oregon offense has had more than its share of major breakouts. The Luschar sisters headline that group, checking in as the top two hitters in the Duck batting order.

Unseeded Ole Miss was one of four unseeded teams to make the Super Regionals, but the only one to advance to the WCWS. The Rebels sport a 42-19 overall record on the year and finished 11th in the SEC regular-season standings. After a 2-1 showing in the SEC Tournament that included an extra-inning win over Florida and a one-run loss to Texas, the Rebels journeyed to the Tucson Regional, where they beat host Arizona twice en route to the regional championship. In the Fayetteville Super Regional, the Rebels won the opening and final games of the weekend against host Arkansas to clinch the program’s first-ever trip to Oklahoma City.

The resurgence of the Rebel offense, under the guidance of first-year assistant coach and former Missouri head coach Ehren Earleywine, is remarkable. A combination of returning starters, transfers, and emergent young players have combined to give Ole Miss a particularly dynamic approach at the plate. Perhaps the best example is catcher Lexie Brady, who batted .257 with 13 home runs last season but is hitting .340 with a team-leading 17 longballs this season and an OPS that is nearly 250 points higher. The Ole Miss pitching staff has been sturdy, if not spectacular, with Brianna Lopez, Miali Guachino, and Aliyah Binford combining for some heroic outings in high-pressure moments.

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Six of the eight teams in the 2025 WCWS field have played in Oklahoma City before. Four teams were part of the championship field one year ago, while Tennessee returns after most recently playing in Oklahoma City in 2023. Oregon is ending a 7-year drought; the Ducks’ most recent appearance was in 2018.

Texas Tech and Ole Miss are making their first-ever appearances in the WCWS. Texas Tech had never even played in the Super Regional round before this season, while Ole Miss broke through into the WCWS in the program’s third Super Regional appearance.

Oklahoma has the longest-active streak of WCWS appearances, with the Sooners making their 9th-straight appearance in the championship event. Florida, UCLA, and Texas are tied with the next-longest active streaks, reaching OKC for just the second consecutive year.

NFL NEWS

REPORT: COUSINS COULD BE STEELERS’ BACKUP PLAN IF RODGERS DOESN’T SIGN

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins is on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ radar as a contingency plan if Aaron Rodgers doesn’t join the AFC franchise, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler reports.

The Steelers have been linked to Rodgers since the start of free agency, but the quarterback has yet to decide on his future. Pittsburgh hosted the 41-year-old on a free-agent visit earlier this offseason, and team owner Art Rooney II said during the NFL draft that he expected an answer from Rodgers soon.

Cousins has frequently come up in trade buzz since the Falcons suggested they’d make Michael Penix Jr. their starter. However, Atlanta would need another team to offset a portion of Cousins’ $37.5 million in guaranteed money over the next two seasons, though the feeling around the league is that the Falcons haven’t been willing to budge, Fowler adds.

Cousins inked a four-year, $180-million contract with the Falcons last offseason, which also contains a no-trade clause. He was benched for the final three games of the 2024 campaign after posting a 7-7 record with 18 touchdowns and a league-high 16 interceptions.

The Steelers’ quarterback room currently consists of Mason Rudolph, Skylar Thompson, and rookie Will Howard.

OLYMPIC NEWS

IIHF PRESIDENT: IOC TO KEEP RUSSIA OUT OF 2026 GAMES

The president of the International Ice Hockey Federation told reporters that the International Olympic Committee plans to exclude Russia from the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Luc Tardif was quoted Sunday by HockeyNews.se and Hokej.cz on the topic of Russian participation in future events — chiefly the next Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.

“The IOC is the organizer — we only deal with the competition (the hockey tournaments) itself,” Tardif said. “We have been pressuring them to make a decision, one way or another, because we’re getting closer to the Olympics and we need to know.”

“Recently they asked us to send them a schedule without Russia, so that’s where we are. The official statement is pending but the IOC has told us that they are informing the Russian Olympic Committee that they are not participating in the Olympics.”

Russia was barred from the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris following the country’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Individual athletes from the country were allowed to compete, but not under their country’s flag.

The official IOC announcement has yet to be made. Belarus, which is allied with Russia, is also expected to be kept out of the Olympics again.

Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and has won 46 gold medals across six Winter Games. The Soviet Union won 78 gold medals.

The Winter Olympics begin in February, and much of the preparation is already underway. The men’s and women’s ice hockey teams have already been selected and divided into their groups for the competition, without Russia and Belarus.

MEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE

CORNELL MEN’S LACROSSE BEATS MARYLAND FOR 1ST TITLE SINCE ’77

Three years after falling one step short of claiming the NCAA men’s lacrosse national championship, Cornell has finally reached the peak.

With CJ Kirst recording six goals — upping his season total to 82 to equal the Division I single-season record — plus an assist, the Big Red avenged their 2022 loss to Maryland by defeating the Terrapins 13-10 on Monday in Foxborough, Mass.

The win gave Cornell its first team championship in any sport since the lacrosse team won in 1977 while handing Maryland its third title game loss in five years. What’s more, Kirst reset the Division I career scoring mark with his six goals to finish with 247.

Ryan Goldstein had four goals for Cornell, while Andrew Dalton and Ryan Waldman also netted a score apiece. Wyatt Knust finished with 12 saves for the Big Red.

Maryland’s Zach Whittier, Eric Spanos and Braden Erksa each had two goals, while Bryce Ford, Daniel Kelly, Jack Schultz and Elijah Stobaugh all scored once. Logan McNaney totaled 11 saves in goal.

“Credit to these guys, credit to these players, credit to this tradition, credit to my staff,” Cornell coach Connor Buczek, a former Big Red midfielder himself, told ESPN during a postgame interview.

“I’m the luckiest guy in the world and I’m surrounded by incredible people who just work their tails off day in, day out. I’m so happy for the university. I’m so happy for our tradition. This feels incredible.”

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INDIANA PACERS

PACERS F AARON NESMITH (ANKLE) TO BE GAME-TIME DECISION

Indiana Pacers forward Aaron Nesmith will be a game-time decision for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Knicks on Tuesday with a right ankle injury.

Nesmith rolled his right ankle in Game 3 after driving to the basket and delivering an outlet pass while being guarded by the Knicks’ Jalen Brunson. Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said Monday he expects Nesmith to be listed on the injury report as “questionable.”

Nesmith scored a career-high 30 points in the Pacers’ Game 1 victory over the Knicks but has totaled 20 points in the past two games of the series, including eight on 2-of-8 shooting in 26 minutes of Game 3.

Indiana has a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and will host Game 4 at Indianapolis.

In 13 games of the 2024-25 playoffs, Nesmith has averaged 15.1 points with 6.2 rebounds as Indiana has gone 10-3. In 45 games (37 starts) during the regular season, he averaged 12.0 points with 4.0 rebounds.

PACERS TO GOLD OUT GAINBRIDGE FIELDHOUSE FOR GAME 4 VS NEW YORK ON TUESDAY, MAY 27

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The Indiana Pacers gear up to host the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals after dropping Game 3 on Sunday. The Pacers lead the series, 2-1, and remain optimistic despite a loss at home on Tuesday.

Indiana played one half of spectacular basketball in Game 3 – their defense was tough despite a slow offensive night and a high-octane duo on the other side of the lines. Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson combined to score 47 of New York’s 106 points on Tuesday, but weren’t major factors until the fourth quarter.

Indiana lacked an offensive flow late in Game 3 that disrupted its defense, leading to a poor quarter that ultimately determined the outcome of the game. The Pacers have knocked down an average of 13 3-pointers per game in the postseason, but connected on just five in Sunday’s loss.

“I thought we just didn’t do a good job of continuing to play fast,” Tyrese Haliburton said following Game 3. “I thought I did a poor job of really keeping pace in the game, especially in the fourth there…We’ll see what we can do better there and we’ll improve on it.”

Towns and Brunson had a combined 15 points by the end of the first half – an improvement from Games 1 and 2 in which they averaged a combined 31 first half points. Indiana looks to carry its defensive rhythm from the opening quarters of Game 3 into a critical rematch in Game 4.

The Pacers still lead all teams in postseason efficiency on the offensive side of the ball. They knock down nearly 50 percent of their field goals, including 39.6 percent of their attempts from long range. Those factors helped them to a top-two offensive rating in the playoffs, second only to the Cavaliers team they defeated in five games in the second round.

The Blue and Gold have another opportunity to take a strong lead in the series on Tuesday, as they compete in Game 4 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Seeking a 3-1 series lead for the third time this postseason, the Pacers are well-equipped to bounce back from their Game 3 loss.

Probable Starters

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

Knicks: G – Jalen Brunson, G – Mikal Bridges, F – OG Anunoby, F – Karl-Anthony Towns, C – Mitchell Robinson

Injury Report

Pacers: Aaron Nesmith – questionable (right ankle sprain), Isaiah Jackson – out (torn right Achilles tendon)

Knicks: None

Last Meeting

May 25, 2025: The Pacers hosted the Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series as the Pacers and racers pandemonium hit Indianapolis. Indiana lost Game 3, 106-100, as they hosted a playoff matchup on the same day as the Indy 500 for just the fourth time in history. The Pacers are 0-4 all-time on Race Day.

An abnormal offensive game from the Pacers led to the loss. They held a team to under 110 points for the sixth time this postseason. Indiana’s record in such games is now 5-1.

Indiana led by as many as 20 points in a brilliant first half, and led by 13 at halftime. The Pacers had a rough shooting outing, only connecting on 44 percent of their field goals and 20 percent of their 3-point attempts. Tyrese Haliburton recorded 20 points, four rebounds, seven assists, and three steals in the loss. Myles Turner followed with 19 points, and Pascal Siakam scored 17.

Karl-Anthony Towns spearheaded the Knicks’ attack, notching 24 points and 15 rebounds. Twenty of Towns’ points were in the fourth quarter, along with eight of his rebounds. Jalen Brunson contributed 23 points, but shot 6-for-18 from the field.

Noteworthy

The Pacers are 5-3 against the Knicks all-time in playoffs series. Indiana has won all three of the last three series between the two clubs.

Indiana is 18-6 all-time against the Knicks in the playoffs when playing at home.

The Pacers are 28-23 against the Knicks in the postseason all-time.

Indiana has not lost back-to-back games since March 8th.

Broadcast Information (TV and Radio Listings >>)

TV: TNT – Kevin Harlan (play-by-play), Reggie Miller (analyst), Stan Van Gundy (analyst), Allie LaForce (sideline reporter)

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

INDIANA FEVER

FEVER STAR CAITLIN CLARK OUT AT LEAST 2 WEEKS WITH LEFT QUAD STRAIN

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark will be out at least two weeks with a left quad strain, the team announced Monday.

The Fever did not say when Clark suffered the injury. The team said further updates will be provided after she gets another evaluation.

Clark played 37:52 and had 18 points and 10 assists in a 90-88 loss to the New York Liberty on Saturday.

The Fever are 2-2 on the season and could be without Clark for at least the next four games.

Clark is averaging 19.0 points, 9.3 assists and 6.0 rebounds this season.

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

INDIANS EARN EIGHTH STRAIGHT WIN AT VICTORY FIELD BEHIND CHEN’S GEM

INDIANAPOLIS – A first-inning RBI groundout by Nick Yorke and second-inning RBI infield single by Billy Cook were the decisive runs in the Indianapolis Indians 2-1 win over the Nashville Sounds on Monday night at Victory Field.

The Indians (28-22) offense struck early, posting a run in each of the first two innings against Nashville (31-20) right-hander Jacob Misiorowski (L, 3-1), handing him his first loss of the campaign.

Making his Triple-A debut, right-hander Po-Yu Chen (W, 1-0) shined to blank Nashville across 5.0 frames, allowing just three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Dauri Moreta, Peter Strzelecki and Burch Smith each tossed 1.0 scoreless innings to bridge the gap to the ninth. After allowing a run on an RBI single by Freddy Zamora, Kyle Nicolas (S, 1) stranded the bases loaded in the ninth inning for his first save of the campaign.

Yorke recorded multiple hits in the contest, extending his active hitting streak to six games. Cook and Liover Peguero also recorded multiple hits to help lead Indy’s offense.

The Indians have an off-day tomorrow and will resume this week’s six-game series on Wednesday at 6:35 PM. Right-hander Thomas Harrington (2-4, 5.24 ERA) takes the mound for Indianapolis and left-hander Bruce Zimmermann (2-3, 5.98 ERA) will toe the rubber for the Sounds.

INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL TO TAKE FOREIGN TOUR IN PUERTO RICO

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana men’s basketball program will take a foreign tour with three exhibition games from August 5-12 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“We are excited for this opportunity to play three high-level games in Puerto Rico this summer,” said Indiana head men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries. “This trip will allow us to bond both on and off the court as we prepare for the 2025-26 season. I would like to thank the administration and the people at CSM for putting such a great event together.”

The week-long tour of the capital city of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, will be put on by Complete Sports Management, an all-encompassing sports events and marketing agency whose core capabilities include the creation of sporting events globally, event management, sponsorship and hospitality packages. A global brand with a personal touch, CSM is responsible for the creation of top-tier sporting events, worldwide.

“CSM is excited to partner with Puerto Rico in bringing Indiana men’s basketball to their beautiful island,” said Lea Miller-Tooley, President of Complete Sports Management. “As a basketball-loving culture, they are sure to embrace one of college basketball’s premier programs and their passionate fans.”

“Discover Puerto Rico is thrilled to welcome the Indiana men’s basketball team to our Island, in partnership with Complete Sports Management,” said Carlos Deliz, Sports Tourism Director, Discover Puerto Rico. “We look forward to showcasing our world-class facilities, warm hospitality, and vibrant culture. We’re proud to create an unforgettable experience for athletes, loyal fans and our community at the Premier Sports Destination in the Caribbean.”

The Hoosiers will square off with a Puerto Rican All-Star team to open the tour. The game will be played on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

Indiana will then play a pair of games against Mega Superbet, a professional club based out of Belgrade, Serbia, that competes in the Adriatic Basketball Association to close the tour. The club was founded in 1998 and has produced 16 players drafted into the NBA since 2014, including three-time MVP Nikola Jokic, All-NBA Defensive Team selection Ivica Zubac, and 2022 first-round pick Nikola Jovic. Game one against Mega will be played on Saturday, Aug. 9, with the rematch coming on Monday, Aug. 11. Both games will be played at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

“Everyone at Mega is extremely excited that, after a one-year break, the club will once again have the opportunity to face off against one of the prestigious American college programs,” Misko Raznatovic, Legal Counsel for Mega SUPERBET, said. “This matchup promises to be a real treat for all basketball fans, as it brings together two elite talent developers — on one side, Mega, widely regarded as the top club in Europe for developing young players and the home club of Nikola Jokic, and on the other, Indiana University, one of the most respected programs in the NCAA. Adding to the intrigue is the fact that Indiana is entering a new era under the leadership of newly appointed head coach Darian DeVries.”

PURDUE FOOTBALL

BOILERS ADD INDIANA OFFENSIVE LINEMAN

The Purdue football program continues to add to the class of 2026. Monday Lawrence Central offensive lineman James Williams gave his commitment on social media. Williams is 6’3” 275 pounds and is listed as a three-star prospect and the 10^th rated player in Indiana. According to 247sports, Williams also received offers from Kent State, Miami OH, Northern Illinois and Appalachian State. “1000% committed. I’m already home!!!” Williams wrote on X. “And extremely blessed.”

PURDUE MEN’S GOLF

AMORNCHAICHAN FINISHES 9TH AT NCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS; BEST FINISH FOR PURDUE GOLFER SINCE 1961

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Freshman Supapon Amornchaichan finished tied for ninth at the NCAA Championships, the Boilermakers’ highest finish for an individual at college golf’s premier event in the modern era and since 1961.

Amornchaichan fired a 72-hole total of 3-under par 285 (73-69-72-71) to finish in the top 10 for the first time in his career. He becomes Purdue’s first member of the NCAA All-Tournament Team in school history.

“Obviously, it was a tremendous week for Supapon and he was impressive during all four rounds, but especially today,” said head coach Andrew Sapp. “To be paired with the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year and the defending National Champion and perform the way he did was outstanding. I’m so proud of how well he played this week and to have the best finish for a Boilermaker since 1961 is just an amazing showing. His future is really bright and we’re very excited for him.”

Amornchaichan earns at least GCAA Honorable Mention All-American honors with the top-15 finish, with voting done later in the year for All-America teams.

He opened round four on fire, making birdies on two of the first three holes (10 and 12), including the only birdie of the day on the difficult 250-yard, par-3 12th hole, moving him to 4-under for the tournament.

He then birdied the par-3 16th hole to move to 5-under par and into the top five, before giving one back on the long par-4 17th hole to make the turn at 4-under par.

Amornchaichan then suffered another bogey on No. 1, after his approach shot plugged in the face of the greenside bunker. But he answered with a birdie on hole No. 2, before another bogey on the par-3 third hole dropped him to 3-under par.

He birdied the par-5 sixth and bogeyed the par-4 seventh hole to stay at 3-under par.

Needing pars to stay in the top 10 for his round, he made an easy par on No. 8, then made a 7-foot par putt on the ninth hole (his 18th) for his 1-under par 71 and a top-10 finish.

Amornchaichan entered the tournament with just two top-15 finishes on the season, including one at the NCAA Auburn Regional two weeks ago. He played masterful golf, finishing seventh in the field with 17 birdies while posting no double bogeys in 72 holes.

Amornchaichan finished as the low freshman in the NCAA Championships, one shot ahead of Oklahoma’s Clark Van Gaalen.

Amornchaichan finishes the season with a 73.03 stroke average, the lowest mark by a freshman in school history.

BUTLER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WILLS HEADED TO BUTLER

Lapel basketball star Laniah Wills announced Monday she will play at Butler next season. The 6’0” senior to be averaged 26 ppg, 12.8 rpg and shot 55% from the field last season. Wills chose Butler over Toledo and Green Bay. She was a Junior Indiana All-Star this season.

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

May 27

1904 — Dennis McGann of the New York Giants stole five bases in one game to set a major league record.

1937 — Carl Hubbell, working in relief for the New York Giants, won his 24th straight game over two seasons. Hubbell pitched two innings and Mel Ott hit a ninth-inning home run to beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. Hubbell’s string started July 17, 1936.

1955 — Norm Zauchin of the Boston Red Sox knocked in 10 runs with three home runs and a double in the first five innings of a 16-0 victory over the Washington Senators.

1960 — Baltimore catcher Clint Courtney used the “big mitt” for the first time to catch knuckleball pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm. The mitt, designed by Paul Richards, was 50 percent larger than the standard. Nothing got by Courtney as the Orioles beat the New York Yankees 3-2.

1968 — Montreal and San Diego were awarded National League franchises as the league expanded for the first time in seven years.

1974 — Pittsburgh’s Ken Brett beat the San Diego Padres 6-0 with a two-hitter and in the second game of the doubleheader, hit a pinch-hit triple to give the Pirates an 8-7 victory.

1981 — Seattle’s Lenny Randle dropped to his hands and knees in an attempt to “encourage” Amos Otis’ slow roller to go foul. Umpire Larry McCoy accused the Mariner third baseman of blowing the ball foul and gave the Kansas City outfielder the single. Randle explained he was merely yelling at the ball not to stay fair. The Royals won 8-5.

1986 — At Cleveland, the Boston Red Sox were leading the Indians, 2-0, in the sixth inning when the game was delayed then called on account of fog.

1995 — Oakland’s Steve Ontiveros pitched 3-0 one-hitter against the New York Yankees. Luis Polonia got the only hit for New York.

1997 — Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. broke his own major league record for home runs hit through May by connecting for his 23rd of the season in an 11-10 loss to Minnesota. Griffey’s homer broke the mark he set in 1994.

2004 — Carlos Pena was 6-for-6 with two home runs, five RBIs and four runs in Detroit’s 17-7 victory over Kansas City.

2009 — Daisuke Matsuzaka and the rest of Boston’s pitchers tied a modern-day record with six wild pitches. Matsuzaka tied a franchise record set 80 years ago with four, while relievers Manny Delcarmen and Justin Masterson also sent catcher George Kottaras scrambling. It was just the fifth time since 1900 that a team threw six wild pitches in a game.

2010 — Florida International’s Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 50 games, after a third-inning single against Western Kentucky. Wittels moved within eight games of matching the NCAA Division I record of 58, set by Oklahoma State’s Robin Ventura in 1987.

2012 — Taylor Sewitt threw 11 shutout innings of relief, entering the game with no outs in the first, to help Manhattan College beat Canisius 3-2, for the school’s second straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference title.

2012 — Paul Konerko hit a tiebreaking three-run homer — his 400th with the White Sox — and Chicago routed the Cleveland Indians 12-6. The offensive outburst gave Chicago nine or more runs in four consecutive games. The White Sox last accomplished that feat June 27-30, 1938.

2015 — Cubs pitcher Jon Lester sets a new record for most hitless at bats to begin a career with 58 at bats without a hit.

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May 28

1918 — Boston’s Joe Bush pitched a 1-0 one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox and drove in the lone run. The only Chicago hit was by Happy Felsch. It occurred when he threw his bat at the ball on a hit and run.

1939 — Philadelphia pitcher Robert Joyce was victimized two straight days by New York’s George Selkirk. Joyce gave up two homers to Selkirk a day earlier. Joyce came on in relief on this day and gave up two more homers to Selkirk. Selkirk ended with four homers in four at-bats against the same pitcher over two successive games. The Yankees won 9-5.

1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium. The first ball was thrown out by General Electric president Charles E. Wilson.

1951 — After going 0-for-12 in his first three major league games, Willie Mays of the New York Giants hit a home run off Warren Spahn in a 4-1 loss to the Boston Braves.

1956 — Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit a home run in his eighth consecutive game, a major league record. Long connected off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1968 — The American League announced the league will be split into two divisions. The East division will consist of Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, New York and Washington. California, Chicago, Kansas City, Minnesota, Oakland and Seattle will make up the West.

1979 — George Brett of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle and added another home run to beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 in 16 innings.

1986 — Joe Cowley of the Chicago White Sox set a major league record by striking out the first seven batters he faced. He lasted 4 2-3 innings in a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers.

1995 — The White Sox and Tigers set a major league record with 12 homers, and combined for an American League-record 21 extra-base hits in Chicago’s 14-12 victory in Detroit.

1998 — Arizona manager Buck Showalter intentionally walked Barry Bonds with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and the Diamondbacks held on to beat San Francisco 8-7.

2003 — Atlanta became the second team in major league history to start a game with three straight homers in its 15-3 win over the Reds. Rafael Furcal, Mark DeRosa and Gary Sheffield hit consecutive home runs off Jeff Austin in the bottom of the first. The Padres did it against the Giants on April 13, 1987.

2006 — Barry Bonds hit his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755.

2007 — Adrian Beltre tied a franchise record with four extra-base hits, including two homers, as Seattle pounded the Los Angeles Angels 12-5.

2010 — Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera hit three homers in a 5-4 loss to Oakland. Oakland’s Ben Sheets gave up three runs — on Cabrera’s first two homers — worked seven innings in his longest start of the season.

2012 — The Cubs end a twelve-game losing streak, their longest since 1997, with an 11-7 win over the Padres at Wrigley Field.

2010 — Matt Cain pitched a one-hitter to match a career best, giving up only a two-out double in the second to Mark Reynolds, and San Francisco beat Arizona 5-0.

2013 — The Mets honor Yankees great Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the year, by having him throw the ceremonial first pitch before the game between the two teams from the Big Apple at Citi Field, with retired Mets closer John Franco acting as his catcher for the occasion.

2016 — In the 3rd inning of a game against the Dodgers, Mets P Noah Syndergaard is ejected for throwing at Chase Utley, in apparent retaliation for Utley’s aggressive slide which injured Mets SS Ruben Tejada in last year’s NLDS. Umpire Adam Hamari also tosses Mets manager Terry Collins for arguing his decision, then Utley gets his revenge when he opens the score with a solo homer off Logan Verrett in the 6th and adds a grand slam off Hansel Robles in the 7th. The Dodgers hit five homers in total as they win the game, 9-1.

2019 — Derek Dietrich continues his unlikely homer binge as he hits three, all two-run shots, in leading the Reds to an 11-6 win over the Pirates. With 17 homers this year, he has already topped his career high, and 12 of his last 17 hits have gone over the fence. For the Pirates, rookie Kevin Newman hits his first career homer, a grand slam off Lucas Sims.

2023 — Spencer Strider of the Braves becomes the fastest starting pitcher to record 100 strikeouts in a season, doing so in his 61st inning in an 11 – 4 win over the Phillies. Last year, Strider set the record for the fastest pitcher to reach 200 Ks in a season.

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May 29

1916 — Christy Mathewson defeated the Boston Braves 3-0 for the New York Giants’ 17th consecutive road win.

1922 — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled organized baseball was primarily a sport and not a business, and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations. The suit had been brought by the Federal League’s Baltimore franchise.

1928 — Bill Terry hit for the cycle to lead the New York Giants to a 12-5 win over Brooklyn at Ebbets Field. Terry became the first player in major league history to include a grand slam as part of the cycle.

1942 — New York’s Lefty Gomez, self-described as the worst-hitting pitcher in baseball, banged out four hits while pitching a 16-1 four-hitter against Washington.

1946 — In a reverse integration role, Edward Klep became the first white to play in the Negro leagues in a game played in Grand Rapids. Klep pitched seven innings for the Cleveland Buckeyes against the American Giants in his debut with the Negro American League team.

1956 — Dale Long went hitless for the Pirates, ending his major league record streak of home runs in eight consecutive games. The Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh, 10-1.

1965 — Philadelphia’s Richie Allen hit a 529-foot home run over the roof of Connie Mack Stadium off Chicago’s Larry Jackson in the Phillies’ 4-2 victory.

1976 — Houston’s Joe Niekro was the winning pitcher and hit a home run off his brother, Phil Niekro. The Astros beat the Atlanta Braves 4-1. It was the only home run hit by Joe in his 22-year major league career.

1990 — Oakland’s Rickey Henderson broke Ty Cobb’s 62-year-old American League stolen base record, but the Toronto Blue Jays still beat the Athletics 2-1. Henderson’s 893rd steal came in the sixth inning.

2000 — Oakland second baseman Randy Velarde turned the 10th unassisted triple play in regular-season history during a 4-1 loss to the New York Yankees. With runners on first and second in motion, Shane Spencer hit a line drive to Velarde who caught the ball, tagged out Jorge Posada (running from first) and stepped on second to beat Tino Martinez.

2002 — Roger Clemens recorded the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) were the others to have 100 double-digit strikeout games.

2002 — In an article in Sports Illustrated former NL MVP Ken Caminiti stated that about 50 percent of current major league players used some form of steroids.

2003 — Colorado, behind Todd Helton’s three home runs and Ron Belliard’s five hits beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 12-5. Helton added a single and drove in six runs.

2010 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. It was the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfect games in the same season. Halladay faced three Marlins pinch-hitters in the ninth. Mike Lamb led off with a long fly ball, Wes Helms struck out, and Ronny Paulino to hit a grounder to third for the 27th out. Halladay struck out 11 and went to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.

2013 — Chris Davis went 4 for 4 with two home runs, and the Baltimore Orioles overcame three homers by Ryan Zimmerman to beat the Washington Nationals 9-6.

2013 — Dioner Navarro had the first three-homer game of his career, connecting from both sides of the plate at Wrigley Field to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Navarro drove in a career-high six runs and scored four times.

2014 — Diamondbacks pitcher Josh Collmenter faces the minimum 27 batters in spite of allowing three hits in a complete game shutout defeat of the Cincinnati Reds. The three Reds baserunners were erased on double plays.

2015 — Lewis-Clark State wins their 17th NAIA baseball title.

2021 — The Twin’s Josh Donaldson scored the two-millionth run in major league history.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

May 27

1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long Island, N.Y. American Eclipse wins in two-of-three heats, after his original jockey, William Crafts, is replaced by Samuel Purdy before the second heat. The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event.

1873 — Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.

1882 — Trainer Robert Walden wins his fifth consecutive Preakness Stakes, with Vanguard. Walden would win a total of seven Preaknesses, a record for a trainer.

1961 — Fiorentina of Italy win 1st European Cup Winner’s Cup against Glasgow Rangers 4-2 in Florence (2nd leg).

1964 — European Cup Final, Praterstadion, Vienna: Internazionale beats Real Madrid, 3-1 for their first title.

1965 — 10th European Cup Final, San Siro, Milan: Jair da Costa scores winner as defending champions Internazionale beat Benfica, 1-0.

1968 — “Papa Bear” George Halas retires as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

1972 — Mark Donohue wins the Indianapolis 500 over two-time defending champion Al Unser with a record average speed of 162.962 mph.

1975 — The Philadelphia Flyers win their second straight Stanley Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 6.

1981 — Willie Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race and then three more. Shoemaker gets the milestone on top of War Allied in the first race at Hollywood Park.

1981 — Julius Erving of the Philadelphia 76ers is named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player, making him the only player to win MVP honors in both the NBA and the ABA.

1981 — 25th European Cup: Liverpool beats Real Madrid 1-0 at Paris.

1982 — The Los Angeles Lakers, despite an 11-day layoff, beat Philadelphia 124-117 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals for their ninth consecutive victory. The nine straight wins sets the NBA record for consecutive wins during one postseason.

1984 — Rick Mears wins the Indianapolis 500 by the largest margin in 17 years with a record-setting 163.612 mph. Mears beats Roberto Guerrero and Al Unser by two laps. Fifteen of the 33 drivers are eliminated during two crashes.

1985 — Scott Wedman sinks four three-point field goals without a miss and shot 11-for-11 overall from the field, both NBA Finals records, as Boston routs the Los Angeles Lakers 148-114 in Game 1. Boston’s 148 points and 62 field goals are NBA Finals records.

1987 — 31st European Cup: Porto beats Bayern Munich 2-1 at Vienna.

1990 — Arie Luyendyk wins the fastest Indianapolis 500 by overpowering former winner Bobby Rahal over the final 33 laps, for his first Indy car victory in 76 races. His average speed of 185.984 mph breaks Rahal’s record of 170.722 in 1986. Luyendyk becomes the first to finish the race in under three hours.

1998 — In one of the biggest upsets in Grand Slam history, Pete Sampras is ousted at the French Open by 21-year-old Ramon Delgado of Paraguay, ranked 97th in the world, 7-6 (8-6), 6-3, 6-4.

2001 — Hicham El Guerrouj runs the fastest outdoor mile ever in the United States, and high school sensation Alan Webb breaks four minutes outdoors. El Guerrouj wins in a sizzling 3 minutes, 49.92 seconds, shattering the U.S. all-comers’ record of 3:50.86. Webb, the 18-year-old from Reston, Va., puts on a brilliant last-lap burst and finishes fifth at 3:53.43, smashing the high school record of 3:55.3 set by Jim Ryun in 1965.

2001 — Senior PGA Championship, Ridgewood CC, NJ: 5-time British Open champion Tom Watson wins first of 6 Champions Tour major titles with a 1 stroke win over Jim Thorpe.

2004 — Brad Richards’ goal in Tampa Bay’s 4-1 victory over Calgary is the game-winner — his record-tying sixth of the postseason.

2007 — Dario Franchitti gambles on the rain and wins the Indy 500. Franchitti inherits the lead by staying on the track when the leaders pit for fuel and then drives slowly to the checkered flag in a downpour when the race is stopped 10 laps later after 415 of the scheduled 500 miles.

2007 — Senior PGA Championship, Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Ocean Course: Denis Watson of Zimbabwe wins his lone major title by a 2 stroke margin from Eduardo Romero of Argentina.

2009 — UEFA Champions League Final, Rome: Barcelona beats Manchester United, 2-0; first Spanish treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League.

2011 — Top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki loses to Daniela Hantuchova 6-1, 6-3 in the third round of the French Open. It marks the first time in the Open era that the top two seeded women fail to make the round of 16 at a Grand Slam tournament. Kim Clijsters, the No. 2 seed, lost on May 26.

2012 — Dario Franchitti wins the Indianapolis for the third time, taking advantage when Takuma Sato crashes on the final lap.

2012 — Manu Ginobili scores 26 points and San Antonio wins its 19th in a row to tie the NBA record for longest winning streak kept alive in the playoffs. The Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 101-98 to open the Western Conference finals.

2014 — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater becomes the only school in NCAA history to win championships in football, men’s basketball and baseball ni the same school year.

2017 — English FA Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Arsenal beats Chelsea, 2-1; Aaron Ramsey scores 79′ winner as Arsène Wenger becomes most successful manager in FA Cup history, winning his 7th title.

2018 — Chris Frome wins the Giro d’Italia to join cycling greats Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault with his third consecutive Grand Tour victory.

2018 — Senior PGA Championship, GC at Harbor Shores: Englishman Paul Broadhurst wins by 4 strokes from American Tim Petrovic.

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May 28

1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S.

1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan.

1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night game at Yankee Stadium.

1956 — Dale Long of the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a home run in his eighth consecutive game for a major league record. Long connects off Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine at Forbes Field.

1957 — NL approves baseball’s Brooklyn Dodgers’ & NY Giants’ move to the US west coast.

1958 — European Cup Final, Brussels: Francisco Gento scores the winner in extra time as Real Madrid beats AC Milan, 3-2; 3rd consecutive title for Los Blancos.

1969 — European Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid: AC Milan striker Pierino Prati scores 3 in 4-1 win over Ajax; second title for I Rossoneri.

1975 — 19th European Cup: Bayern Munich beats Leeds United 2-0 at Paris.

1978 — Al Unser wins his third Indianapolis 500, the fifth driver to do so, edging Tom Sneva by 8.19 seconds.

1980 — 24th European Cup: Nottingham Forest beats Hamburg 1-0 at Madrid.

1985 — The San Diego Sockers beat the Baltimore Blast 5-3 to win the MISL title in five games.

1994 — Twin’s Dave Winfield passes Rod Carew into 15th hit list (3,054).

1995 — Jacques Villeneuve overcomes one penalty and wins by another in the Indianapolis 500. Villeneuve drives to victory after fellow Canadian Scott Goodyear is penalized for passing the pace car on the final restart.

1997 — 5th UEFA Champions League Final: Borussia Dortmund beats Juventus 3-1 at Munich.

2000 — Dutch swimming star Inge de Bruijn sets her third world record in three days, adding the 100 freestyle mark to the 50 and 100 butterfly marks she set previously at the Sheffield Super Grand Prix. De Bruijn becomes the first swimmer to finish under 54.00 in the 100 freestyle at 53.80 seconds.

2003 — Patrick Roy officially announces his retirement from the NHL.

2003 — 11th UEFA Champions League Final: Milan beats Juventus (0-0, 3-2 on penalties) at Manchester.

2006 — Sam Hornish Jr. overcomes a disastrous mistake in the pits and a pair of Andrettis — Marco and father Michael — to win the second-closest Indianapolis 500 ever, by .0635 seconds.

2006 — Barry Bonds hits his 715th home run during the San Francisco Giants’ 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies to slip past Babe Ruth and pull in behind Hank Aaron and his long-standing record of 755.

2007 — Duke has an almost unfathomable comeback fall short in a 12-11 loss to Johns Hopkins in the NCAA lacrosse championship game. The Blue Devils never finished their 2006 season, and then make it all the way back to the title game.

2011 — Novak Djokovic extends his perfect start to the season at the French Open, beating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 for his 40th straight victory this year. Djokovic’s 40-0 start to 2011 is the second-best opening streak in the Open era, which started in 1968.

2011 — UEFA Champions League Final, London: FC Barcelona beats Manchester United, 3-1; 4th title for Barça.

2020 — The Boston Marathon canceled for the first time in its 124-year history. The race had originally been scheduled for April 20 before being postponed for five months because of the coronavirus pandemic.

2022 — UEFA Champions League Final, Paris: Carlo Ancelotti becomes first manager to win CL x 4 as Real Madrid beats Liverpool, 1-0.

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May 29

1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and interstate commerce regulations.

1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight. They’re flown from New York to Inglewood, Calif., by the American Air Express Corp., a 2,446-mile trip that lasts 20 hours due to bad weather.

1968 — European Cup Final, Wembley Stadium, London: Bobby Charlton scores twice as Manchester United beats Benfica, 4-1; first English club to win the trophy.

1971 — Al Unser wins his second straight Indianapolis 500 with a record mark of 157.735 mph and finishes 22 seconds ahead of Peter Revson. The pace car, ridden by Eldon Palmer, crashes into the portable bleachers and injures 20 people.

1977 — A.J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win four Indianapolis 500s and Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman in the race. Guthrie is forced to drop out after 27 laps with mechanical problems.

1977 — Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney.

1980 — Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year.

1983 — After three second-place finishes, Tom Sneva wins the Indianapolis 500 by 11 seconds over three-time champion Al Unser.

1985 — 29th European Cup: Juventus beats Liverpool 1-0 at Brussels.

1988 — Rick Mears overcomes an early one-lap deficit, then overpowers the rest of the field on the way to his third Indianapolis 500 victory. Mears gives team-owner Roger Penske an unprecedented seventh victory and fourth in five years.

1989 — Philadelphia Phillies 12-time All Star 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt retires from MLB at 39.

1990 — Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker, the top two seeds, are bounced in the first round of the French Open by two European teenagers, the first time the top two men’s seeds are eliminated in the first round of a Grand Slam tournament. Edberg is swept easily in straight sets by 19-year-old Sergi Bruguera of Spain, and Becker loses to 18-year-old Yugoslav Goran Ivanisevic.

1990 — Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb’s record.

1991 — 35th European Cup: Red Star Belgrade beats Marseille (0-0, 5-3 on penalties) at Bari.

1993 — Wayne Gretzky’s overtime goal gives the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Western Conference finals. The Kings become the first NHL team to play the full 21 games in the first three rounds.

1998 — Eighteen-year-old Marat Safin, ranked 116th in the world and playing in his first Grand Slam tournament, beats defending champion Gustavo Kuerten, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the second round of the French Open.

2002 — Roger Clemens records the 100th double-digit strikeout game of his career, fanning 11 in seven innings against Chicago. Only Nolan Ryan (215) and Randy Johnson (175) have more games with 10 or more strikeouts.

2005 — Dan Wheldon wins the Indianapolis 500 when Danica Patrick’s electrifying run falls short. Patrick is the first woman to lead at Indy, getting out front three separate times for a total of 19 laps. But Wheldon passes her with seven of the 200 laps to go and easily holds on.

2006 — Rafael Nadal passes Guillermo Vilas as the King of the clay courts and begins his pursuit of a second successive French Open trophy. Nadal earns his 54th consecutive win on clay, breaking the Open era record he shared with Vilas by beating Robin Soderling in straight sets in the first round at Roland Garros.

2010 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay pitches the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. Halladay strikes out 11 and goes to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.

2011 — JR Hildebrand, one turn from winning the Indianapolis 500, skids high into the wall on the final turn and Dan Wheldon drives past to claim an improbable second Indy 500 win in his first race of the year.

2011 — Roger Federer sets another record by reaching the French Open quarterfinals, and Novak Djokovic closes in on a pair of his own. Federer extends his quarterfinal streak at major tournaments to 28 with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Stanislas Wawrinka. Djokovic maintains his perfect season to 41-0 and stretches his overall winning streak to 43 matches by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

2012 — Serena Williams loses in the first round of a major tournament for the first time, falling to Virginie Razzano of France 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the French Open. Williams enters the day with a 46-0 record in first-round matches at Grand Slam tournaments.

2016 — Alexander Rossi wins the 100th running of the Indianapolis 500.

2017 — Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida.

2021 — UEFA Champions League Final, Porto: Kai Havertz scores just before halftime to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over Manchester City in an all-English final; Blues’ second CL title.

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TV SPORTS TUESDAY

Tuesday, May 27

COLLEGE GOLF (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

GOLF — NCAA Tournament: Team Match Play – Quarterfinals, Omni La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.

6 p.m.

GOLF — NCAA Tournament: Team Match Play – Semifinals, Omni La Costa Resort, Carlsbad, Calif.

HOCKEY (MEN’S)

8 p.m.

NHLN — The Memorial Cup: Medicine Hat vs. London, Rimouski, Quebec

MLB BASEBALL

6:30 p.m.

TBS — Atlanta at Philadelphia

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at Arizona (9:40 p.m.) OR Washington at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

TNT — Eastern Conference Final: New York at Indiana, Game 4

TRUTV — Eastern Conference Final: New York at Indiana, Game 4

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

ESPN — Western Conference Final: Dallas at Edmonton, Game 4

TENNIS

5 a.m.

TENNIS — French Open Early Round Singles, Doubles

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

6 a.m.

TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

Noon

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

2 p.m.

TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, First Round, Paris

5 a.m. (Wednesday)

TENNIS — French Open Early Round Doubles, Mixed Doubles

6 a.m. (Wednesday)

TNT — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Second Round, Paris

TRUTV — ATP/WTA: The French Open, Second Round, Paris

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