INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL REGIONAL SCORES MONDAY
NORTH POSEY 15 LINTON STOCKTON 6
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 2 JASPER 1
AVON 4 FRANKLIN CENTRAL 1
MOORESVILLE 12 FRANKLIN 3
NEW PALESTINE 6 CATHEDRAL 5
BARR REEVE 6 TEc*msEH 0
NEW PRAIRIE 8 HANOVER CENTRAL 6
LAKE CENTRAL 2 CHESTERTON 0
KNIGHTSTOWN 6 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 1
SOUTH-CENTRAL 5 TRINITY LUTHERAN 3
WESTFIELD 12 EASTBROOK 1
FLOYD CENTRAL 2 CASTLE 1
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SEMI-STATE MATCH-UPS
CLASS 4A
1. HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE)
G1: CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) VS. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
G2: LAKE CENTRAL VS. PENN
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
2. BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE
G1: CENTER GROVE VS. CASTLE
G2: NEW PALESTINE VS. AVON
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 3A
3. TWIN LAKES
G1: NORWELL VS. WESTERN
G2: NEW PRAIRIE VS. LEO
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
4. JASPER
G1: SILVER CREEK VS. GIBSON SOUTHERN
G2: TRI-WEST HENDRICKS VS. HAMILTON HEIGHTS
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 2A
5. WARSAW COMMUNITY
G1: HEBRON VS. DELPHI COMMUNITY
G2: LAPEL VS. SOUTH ADAMS
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
6. FOREST PARK
G1: CASCADE VS. NORTH POSEY
G2: BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL VS. EASTERN HANco*ck
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
CLASS 1A
7. FRANKFORT
G1: MORGAN TOWNSHIP VS. ROSSVILLE
G2: TRI VS. FREMONT
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
8. NORTH DAVIESS
G1: CLAY CITY VS. TEc*msEH
G2: RISING SUN VS. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
CHAMPIONSHIP: G1 WINNER VS. G2 WINNER
INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SECTIONAL RESULTS
1. Valparaiso (10) | Forest Park Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT |Results
Boone Grove, Chesterton, Hammond Bishop Noll, Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Hobart, Portage, Valparaiso, Wheeler, River Forest, Whiting
2. Lake Central (13) | Palmira Golf & Country Club | Fri, 8 am CT |Results
Andrean, Calumet, Crown Point, DeMotte Christian, Griffith, Hanover Central, Highland, Illiana Christian, Lake Central, Lowell, Merrillville, Munster, Kankakee Valley
3. LaPorte (12) | Beechwood Golf Course | Fri, 8:30 am CT |Results
Glenn, Knox, LaPorte, Marquette Catholic, Michigan City, Morgan Township, New Prairie, North Judson-San Pierre, Oregon-Davis, South Central (Union Mills), Tri-Township, Westville
4. South Bend Riley (12) | Erskine Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Elkhart, Jimtown, LaVille, Mishawaka, Mishawaka Marian, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph, South Bend Washington, Trinity School at Greenlawn
5. Logansport (12) | Dykeman Park Golf Course | Fri, 9:30 am ET |Results
Caston, Frontier, Logansport, North Newton, Pioneer, Rochester Community, Rensselaer Central, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes, West Central, Winamac Community
6. Northridge (12) | Meadow Valley Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET |Results
Bremen, Bethany Christian, Concord, Elkhart Christian Academy, Fairfield, Goshen, Lakeland, Northridge, NorthWood, Prairie Heights, West Noble, Westview
7. East Noble (12) | Noble Hawk Golf Links – Kendallville | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Angola, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Central Noble, Churubusco, Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Eastside, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fremont, Garrett, Leo
8. Warsaw (11) | Eagle Glen Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Culver Academies, Culver Community, Huntington North, Manchester, Northfield, Plymouth, Tippecanoe Valley, Triton, Warsaw Community, Wawasee, Whitko
9. Fort Wayne Canterbury (13) | Chestnut Hills Golf Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET |Results
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Heritage, Homestead, New Haven, Woodlan
10. Peru (12) | Rock Hollow Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Eastern (Greentown), Kokomo, Lewis Cass, Maconaquah, North Miami, Northwestern, Peru, Southwood, Taylor, Tri-Central, Wabash, Western
11. Lafayette Jefferson (12) | Battle Ground Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Delphi Community, Faith Christian, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Central Catholic, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Rossville, West Lafayette
12. Westfield (10) | Ulen Golf and Country Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Bethesda Christian, Carmel, Frankfort, Guerin Catholic, Lebanon, Sheridan, University, Western Boone, Westfield, Zionsville
13. Attica (11) | Harrison Hills Golf and Country Club | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Attica, Covington, Crawfordsville, Fountain Central, North Montgomery, North Putnam, Parke Heritage, Seeger, South Vermillion, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks
14. Decatur Central (10) | Winding River Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Ben Davis, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory, Covenant Christian (Indpls), Decatur Central, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Pike, Purdue Polytechnic (Broad Ripple), Purdue Polytechnic (Downtown), Riverside, Speedway
15. Martinsville (11) | Foxcliff Golf Course | Mon, 9:30 am ET |Results
Avon, Brownsburg, Cascade, Cloverdale, Danville Community, Martinsville, Monrovia, Mooresville, Plainfield, South Putnam, Greencastle
16. Norwell (12) | Timber Ridge Golf Club | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Adams Central, Bellmont, Blackford, Bluffton, Eastbrook, Madison-Grant, Marion, Mississinewa, Norwell, Oak Hill, South Adams, Southern Wells
17. Indianapolis Cathedral (11) | Maple Creek Golf Club | Fri, 8 am ET |Results
Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, International School of Indiana, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Park Tudor, Warren Central
18. Noblesville (12) | Harbour Trees Golf Club | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Alexandria Monroe, Anderson, Daleville, Elwood Community, Fishers, Frankton, Hamilton Heights, Hamilton Southeastern, Lapel, Noblesville, Pendleton Heights, Tipton
19. Monroe Central (11) | Hickory Hills Golf Course | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Cowan, Delta, Jay County, Monroe Central, Muncie Burris, Muncie Central, Randolph Southern, Union City, Wapahani, Wes-Del, Winchester Community, Yorktown
20. Greenfield Central (11) | Hawk’s Tail of Greenfield | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Blue River Valley, Eastern Hanco*ck, Greenfield-Central, Knightstown, Morristown, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, New Palestine, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Tri
21. Terre Haute North (12) | Hulman Links | Mon, 9 am ET |Results
Bloomfield, Clay City, Dugger Union, Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, North Central (Farmersburg), Northview, Shakamak, Sullivan, Terre Haute North Vigo, Terre Haute South Vigo, West Vigo, White River Valley
22. Vincennes Lincoln (13) | Cypress Hills Golf Club of Vincennes | Fri, 9 am ET |Results
Barr-Reeve, Gibson Southern, North Daviess, North Knox, Pike Central, Princeton Community, South Knox, Tec*mseh, Vincennes Lincoln, Vincennes Rivet, Washington, Washington Catholic, Wood Memorial
23. Evansville Mater Dei (13) | Helfrich Hills Golf Course | Thurs, 7 am CT |Results
Boonville, Castle, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Christian, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz Memorial, Mt. Vernon, North Posey, Signature School
24. Jasper (14) | Sultan’s Run Golf Club | Thurs, 10 am ET |Results
Crawford County, Forest Park, Heritage Hills, Northeast Dubois, Jasper, Loogootee, Orleans, Paoli, Perry Central, Shoals, South Spencer, Southridge, Springs Valley, Tell City
25. Bloomington North (12) | Cascades Golf Course | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Brown County, Brownstown Central, Edgewood, Mitchell, Salem, Seymour, Trinity Lutheran, West Washington, Owen Valley
26. Franklin Community (13) | The Legends Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Beech Grove, Center Grove, Edinburgh, Franklin Central, Franklin Community, Greenwood Christian Academy, Greenwood Community, Indian Creek, Indianapolis Lutheran, Perry Meridian, Roncalli, Southport, Whiteland Community
27. Union County (10) | Liberty Country Club | Mon 9 am ET |Results
Cambridge City Lincoln, Centerville, Connersville, Franklin County, Hagerstown, Northeastern, Richmond, Rushville Consolidated, Union County, Oldenburg Academy
28. Greensburg (14) | Greensburg Country Club | Fri, 8:30 am ET |Results
Batesville, Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Greensburg, Hauser, Jac-Cen-Del, Milan, North Decatur, Shelbyville, South Decatur, South Ripley, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Waldron
29. Madison Consolidated (12) | Sunrise Golf Course | Mon, 11 am ET |Results
Austin, Charlestown, Henryville, Jennings County, Lawrenceburg, Madison Consolidated, Rising Sun, Scottsburg, Shawe Memorial, Southwestern (Hanover), South Dearborn, Switzerland County
30. Providence (14) | Covered Bridge Golf Club | Mon, 8 am ET |Results
Borden, Christian Academy of Indiana, Clarksville, Corydon Central, Crothersville, Eastern (Pekin), Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Lanesville, New Albany, North Harrison, Providence, Silver Creek, South Central (Elizabeth)
REGIONALS
1. Lake Central | Sandy Pines GC | Thurs, 8 am CT |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectionals 1-5)
2. Warsaw Community | Stonehenge GC | Thurs, 8 am ET |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectionals 6-10)
3. Harrison (West Lafayette) | Coyote Crossing GC | Fri, 9 am ET |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectionals 11-15)
4. Muncie Central | The Players Club | Thurs, 8 am ET |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectional 16-20)
5. Washington | Country Oaks GC | Thurs, 8:30 am ET |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectionals 21-25)
6. Providence | Champions Pointe GC | Thurs, 8 am ET |
Feeder Sectionals: (Sectionals 26-30)
NBA FINALS SCHEDULE
GAME 1: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6 (8:30 ET)
GAME 2: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 9 (8 ET)
GAME 3: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 (8:30 ET)
GAME 4: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, FRIDAY, JUNE 14 (8:30 ET)
GAME 5: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, MONDAY, JUNE 17 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 6: CELTICS VS. MAVERICKS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20 (8:30 ET)*
GAME 7: MAVERICKS VS. CELTICS, SUNDAY, JUNE 23 (8 ET)*
* = IF NECESSARY
WNBA SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
NHL PLAYOFFS
2024 STANLEY CUP FINAL
FLORIDA PANTHERS (1A) VS. EDMONTON OILERS (2P)
GAME 1: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 8, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 2: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 10, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 3: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 13, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
GAME 4: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 15, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 5: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 18, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 6: PANTHERS AT OILERS — JUNE 21, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
+GAME 7: OILERS AT PANTHERS — JUNE 24, 8 P.M. (ABC, ESPN+, SN, CBC, TVAS)
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
PHILADELPHIA 3 MILWAUKEE 1
NY METS 8 WASHINGTON 7
BALTIMORE 7 TORONTO 2
DETROIT 2 TEXAS 1
HOUSTON 7 ST. LOUIS 4
CINCINNATI 13 COLORADO 3
LA ANGELS 2 SAN DIEGO 1
ARIZONA 4 SAN FRANCISCO 2
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
COLLEGE BASEBALL-NCAA TOURNAMENT
EVANSVILLE 6 E. CAROLINA 5
FLORIDA 4 OKLAHOMA STATE 2
OREGON STATE 11 UC IRVINE 6
NORTH CAROLINA 4 LSU 3 (10)
CONNECTICUT 7 OKLAHOMA 1
COLLEGE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES
FLORIDA 9 OKLAHOMA 3
TEXAS 1 STANFORD 0
MLS
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
UFL
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NFL NEWS
VIKINGS’ JEFFERSON SIGNS REPORTED 4-YEAR, $140M EXTENSION
The Minnesota Vikings are signing wide receiver Justin Jefferson to a contract extension, the team announced Monday.
It’s a four-year, $140-million extension that includes $110 million guaranteed, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero. The deal makes Jefferson the NFL’s highest-paid non-quarterback, according to Rapoport.
The superstar wideout thanked the Vikings organization and his support network in a statement on X.
The 24-year-old has posted four consecutive seasons with 1,000 yards or more, including a league-best 1,809 in 2022. He had 68 receptions for 1,074 yards and five touchdowns last season in just 10 games.
Since being selected No. 22 in the 2020 draft, Jefferson has been one of the league’s most explosive playmakers. The LSU product earned three Pro Bowl nods, a pair of second-team All-Pro selections, and a first-team All-Pro berth in addition to winning Offensive Player of the Year in 2022.
Jefferson holds several NFL records, including becoming the fastest player to 5,000 career receiving yards, the most yards through a player’s second, third, and fourth season, and the youngest player to lead the league in receiving yards. The 6-foot-1,195-pounder is also the current leader in receiving yards per game in a career at 98.3 per contest.
Multiple teams inquired about trading for Jefferson this offseason, but the Vikings let each club know they had no intention of trading him, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Jefferson has totaled 392 receptions, 5,899 yards, and 30 touchdowns in 60 career games, and his yardage mark is the best in NFL history before a player’s 25th birthday. Hall of Famer Randy Moss (5,396) and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (5,145) are the only others to surpass 5,000 yards by that age.
REPORT: COWBOYS, LAMB TO ‘SPEED UP’ CONTRACT TALKS
The Dallas Cowboys are expected to “speed up” contract negotiations with star wideout CeeDee Lamb after the Minnesota Vikings signed Justin Jefferson to a record-setting extension, sources told NFL reporter Josina Anderson.
Jefferson agreed to terms on a four-year, $140-million extension with the Vikings on Monday that reset the market for receivers. The deal will provide a framework for Lamb and his representatives as they continue to negotiate an extension.
The 25-year-old wideout has flourished since Dallas drafted him 17th overall in the 2020 draft. He has tallied three consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns dating back to the 2021 season, resulting in three straight Pro Bowl nods.
Entering the fifth and final year of his rookie contract, Lamb is projected to receive a sizeable payday.
The first-team All-Pro receiver posted career-best marks in 2023, topping the league with 135 catches and setting a franchise record with 1,749 yards to go along with 12 touchdowns.
Lamb isn’t the only superstar in Dallas seeking an extension this offseason, as both quarterback Dak Prescott and pass-rusher Micah Parsons are eyeing new deals.
Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said that he would like to see more action regarding long-term deals for the club’s star players.
EAGLES SIGN VETERAN G MAX SCHARPING
The Philadelphia Eagles signed veteran guard Max Scharping on Monday. Terms were not disclosed.
Scharping, 27, appeared in all 17 games for the Cincinnati Bengals last season.
He has started 33 of his 79 career games with the Houston Texans (2019-21) and Bengals.
The Texans drafted the 6-foot-6, 325-pound Scharping in the second round out of Northern Illinois in 2019.
HALL OF FAMER, COWBOYS LEGEND LARRY ALLEN DIES AT 52
Hall of Famer and Dallas Cowboys legend Larry Allen died Sunday while on vacation with his family in Mexico. He was 52.
Allen made 11 Pro Bowls and six All-Pro first teams over 14 seasons as an offensive lineman for the Cowboys (1994-2005) and San Francisco 49ers (2006-07). He was a member of the Hall of Fame’s All-Decade teams for the 1990s and the 2000s and was inducted into Canton in 2013.
“Larry, known for his great athleticism and incredible strength, was one of the most respected offensive linemen to ever play in the NFL,” the Cowboys said in a statement released Monday. “His versatility and dependability were also signature parts of his career. Through that, he continued to serve as inspiration for many other players, defining what it meant to be a great teammate, competitor and winner.”
Allen is survived by his wife, Janelle, and three children. Memorial service arrangements will be announced in the near future, the team said.
“The Jones family and the Cowboys extend their deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers to the Allen family and grieve along with the many other friends and Cowboys teammates that also loved Larry,” the team said.
Drafted by the Cowboys in the second round in 1994 out of Sonoma State, Allen won Super Bowl XXX with Dallas in his second NFL season. He played in 203 regular season games (197 starts) and eight playoff games (all starts).
JAGS WR GABE DAVIS, DL ARIK ARMSTEAD TO BE READY BY CAMP
Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Gabe Davis and defensive lineman Arik Armstead are both expected to be ready for the start of training camp.
Head coach Doug Pederson provided updates Monday for the team’s major offseason additions, who are both recovering from knee injuries.
Davis, 25, sustained a PCL sprain during the Buffalo Bills’ Week 18 game against the Miami Dolphins last season. He did not play in Buffalo’s two postseason games.
Davis signed a three-year, $39 million contract with the Jaguars in March and is expected to help the team replace the departed Calvin Ridley, now with the Tennessee Titans.
A fourth-round pick in 2020, Davis caught 163 passes for 2,730 yards and 27 touchdowns in 64 games (47 starts) in four seasons with the Bills.
Armstead, 30, signed a three-year, $51 million contract in March after nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers.
Armstead is recovering from offseason surgery to repair a torn meniscus. He played through the injury as the 49ers advanced to Super Bowl LVIII.
A 2015 first-round pick, Armstead has 33.5 sacks, 88 quarterback hits and 302 tackles in 116 games (97 starts). He tallied five sacks in 12 starts during the 2023 regular season.
GIANTS EXPECT TE DARREN WALLER TO RETIRE
When the Giants report to training camp next month, they are not expecting tight end Darren Waller to be with the team.
According to multiple reports, the Giants are confident Waller intends to retire from the NFL, a decision he has wrestled with since the end of the 2023 season — his first with New York.
Waller is spending more time working on a music career. He released a new single last week and said in a recent interview that his commitment level for football isn’t where it needs to be for him to play again.
Giants general manager Joe Schoen said in April he had not given the 31-year-old a deadline for his decision and days later New York selected wide receiver Malik Nabers of LSU with the No. 6 pick in the 2024 draft before adding Penn State tight end Theo Johnson in the fourth round.
Johnson has taken some snaps with the first team in voluntary workouts this offseason.
Waller, who will turn 32 in September, caught 52 passes for 552 yards and one touchdown in 12 games (11 starts) last season with New York.
The Giants signed tight ends Jack Stoll and Chris Manhertz in free agency.
Waller is due a base salary of $10.5 million in 2024 plus per-game roster bonuses if he’s on the active gameday roster.
He signed a three-year, $51 million contract extension with the Las Vegas Raiders in September 2022. New York acquired him from Las Vegas in March 2023 for a third-round pick in the 2023 draft.
Waller made the 2020 Pro Bowl after his second straight 1,100-yard season with the Raiders. He has caught 350 passes for 4,124 yards and 20 scores in 86 games with the Ravens (2015-16), Raiders (2018-22) and Giants.
FALCONS QB COUSINS REMAINS ON TRACK IN RECOVERY FROM TORN RIGHT ACHILLES AS TEAM APPROACHES MINICAMP
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins’ recovery from a torn Achilles tendon remains on track as the team approaches next week’s mandatory minicamp.
Coach Raheem Morris said Monday he can’t ask for Cousins to do more in the minicamp because “he’s done almost everything” in the organized team activities. Cousins was again on the field for Monday’s launch of the final week of OTAs.
Rookie Michael Penix Jr. continues to learn under Cousins, 35, who suffered the torn right Achilles tendon in the 2023 season with the Minnesota Vikings.
“He’s done just about everything that you can potentially do, and I just see him doing it more and more as we keep going,” said Morris of Cousins. “It’s been nice to see him just get healthy.”
Cousins said “the positive part for me has been getting the reps” through the offseason program. He said he initially was told he wouldn’t have practice reps in the OTAs.
“I was planning on basically getting my first practice rep in late July, and I’ve gotten basically every practice rep,” Cousins said.
Despite feeling he is ahead of his original rehabilitation schedule, he still won’t push his recovery to practice at full speed.
“I want it to be today but you’ve just got to let your body tell you when,” Cousins said. “I’ll be able to feel when the strength is there fully and you’re not feeling anything in your ankle and Achilles.”
Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million deal with $100 million guaranteed in March. The Falcons’ selection of Penix as the No. 8 overall pick in the NFL draft was a surprise after the major financial commitment to Cousins.
Even when continuing his recovery, Cousins’ role as the unquestioned starter has been clear in the offseason workouts. Starting left tackle Jake Matthews said Monday he hasn’t taken a snap with Penix at quarterback.
Morris acknowledged Cousins is officially listed as limited. When asked when he wants to see Cousins given full clearance, Morris asked “What’s the date of our first game?”
The Falcons open their regular season against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Atlanta on Sept. 8.
“When we line up against Pittsburgh and get ready to go play I want him to feel as close to 100% as possible,” Morris said.
Running back Bijan Robinson moved closer to full clearance for minicamp and training camp when he returned to practice on Monday from what he described as a “light sprain” to his left ankle.
“Being back out there with the guys and feeling really good, it was a great feeling,” Robinson said. “I didn’t hold back anything.”
PANTHERS, CITY SEEK $800M STADIUM RENOVATION DEAL TO KEEP TEAM IN CHARLOTTE FOR 20 YEARS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers and the City of Charlotte have proposed a partnership deal that would include an $800 million renovation to Bank of America Stadium and keep the NFL team here for 20 years.
The renovation would include a fixed $650 million investment from the city and another $150 million from Panthers owner David Tepper.
Tepper has already invested more than $117 million in the stadium prior to June and would also pay another $421 million in potential overages for capital improvements over the term of the deal, the team said Monday in a news release.
The city’s investment does not require any new or increased taxes.
Charlotte City Council members are expected to meet over the next several weeks to discuss the Bank of America Stadium renovation project.
“Bank of America Stadium has been a special place for our Panthers, and now Charlotte FC, fans for nearly 30 years,” Panthers team president Kristi Coleman said in the release. “While Bank of America Stadium has solid infrastructure, investments are needed to ensure that our decades-old venue continues to deliver the best experience for our players, fans, and community.”
The city’s share would be funded by existing hospitality and tourism tax resources, which are legally required by the state to be spent on projects to support the city’s tourism economy.
“This renovation is about modernizing the stadium to deliver elevated experiences while preserving the overall character and location that fans have known and loved for decades,” Coleman said.
Bank of America Stadium opened in 1996.
The enhancements will include upgraded video and audio systems, modernized infrastructure, redesigned concourses, unique social areas with skyline views, and exterior spaces for community gatherings and programming.
Other important elements include new seating installed throughout the bowl, improved accessibility throughout the facility, designed and constructed in a way that allows individuals with a range of disabilities to have access without barriers. Restrooms would also be upgraded.
The south lawn pavilion area would be reimagined as a community gathering spot and outdoor classroom on game days and non-event days.
“Today was a first step in what will be a series of conversations with public officials,” Coleman said. “Our goal is to build a collaborative partnership so that this community asset can continue to generate unique and memorable experiences for fans, as well as economic impact for the city and region for years to come.”
The stadium also serves as home for Major League Soccer’s Charlotte FC and regularly plays host to college football games and concerts.
“Bank of America Stadium provides our Club one of the best home pitch advantages in Major League Soccer,” Charlotte FC president Joe LaBue said. “It also serves as a pillar of our community that supports our mission to be a unifying force in the city.”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
NICK SABAN, URBAN MEYER LEAD COLLEGE FB HOF BALLOT
Coaches Nick Saban and Urban Meyer and defensive tackle Aaron Donald headline the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot released Monday by the National Football Foundation.
The ballot, emailed to more than 12,000 NFF members, includes 77 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 34 coaches from the divisional ranks.
“It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.7 million people have played college football and only 1,093 players have been inducted,” said NFF President and CEO Steve Hatchell. “The Hall’s requirement of being a First-Team All-American creates a much smaller pool of about 1,500 individuals who are even eligible. Being in today’s elite group means an individual is truly among the greatest to have ever played the game, and we look forward to announcing the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class early next year.”
The voting deadline is July 1, and the 2025 class will be officially inducted during the 67th CFF annual awards on Dec. 9, 2025, in Las Vegas.
Saban, Meyer and Donald made the ballot in their first year of eligibility.
Saban, who just retired after last season after 17 seasons at Alabama, boasts the most national championships in FBS history, winning four BCS titles and three CFP championships during his career.
Meyer finished his career with the third-highest winning percentage in FBS history (85.4 percent), winning two BCS national championships with Florida and the inaugural CFP title with Ohio State.
Donald was a 2013 unanimous First Team All-American and winner of the Bednarik, Lombardi, Nagurski and Outland trophies. Donald, who retired from the NFL after last season, remains Pitt’s all-time leader in career (66) and single-season (28.5 in 2013) tackles for loss.
Other players on the ballot for the first time include 2012 Heisman Trophy runner-up Manti Te’o from Notre Dame, 2009 Heisman winner Mark Ingram from Alabama and former California wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
PENN STATE FOUND ‘FRICTION’ BETWEEN COACH JAMES FRANKLIN, TEAM DOCTOR; COULD NOT DETERMINE VIOLATION
An internal review by Penn State in 2019 found evidence of “friction” between football coach James Franklin and a now-former team doctor, but it could not determine whether Franklin violated NCAA bylaws or Big Ten standards by interfering with medical decisions.
The 15-page document from Penn State’s office of ethics and compliance, dated June 3, 2019, was obtained by The Associated Press last week, the day after a Pennsylvania jury awarded $5.25 million to Dr. Scott Lynch for winning a wrongful termination lawsuit against the hospital that employs him.
The report left undetermined if Franklin or anyone else at Penn State broke any rules. It acknowledged the athletic department’s desire to make a change came after periods friction between Lynch and senior leadership in the department. The report also recommend further inquiry.
Penn State said in a statement to The Associated Press it was extremely disappointed in the jury’s ruling last week. The school said its medical decisions regarding the care of athletes and whether they can compete adhere to NCAA rules and Big Ten standards.
“The changes made in the leadership for athletic medicine were made by the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with a singular focus: the best interests of our student-athletes,” Penn State said. “In the plaintiff’s own legal filing, which Penn State reported to the Big Ten Conference in compliance with its obligations, the plaintiff acknowledged that the medical care of our student-athletes was never influenced by coaches or anyone at the university.”
The school did not detail what internal follow-up — as suggested by the report — was done.
MEDICAL DECISIONS
Coaching staffs are expected to leave medical decisions to team physicians and athletic trainers when it comes to player availability. Players are encouraged to advocate for their safety and not play through injuries, but just how much coaches influence putting a player back on the field is difficult to quantify.
Lynch told AP he believes coaches interfering with medical decisions is a problem across college sports.
“I think it’s a crisis,” Lynch said. “That nonsense has to stop.”
Lynch, a former national champion wrestler at Penn State, said he made recommendations to Penn State to better safeguard medical staff from pressure from coaches, but none were implemented.
“Protecting the health and welfare of our student-athletes is our single most important priority. Throughout James Franklin’s tenure, he has worked tirelessly to build a program focused on the well-being of student-athletes,” Penn State said.
The report, which was marked attorney/client privileged draft, was prompted by a complaint to Penn State’s athletic integrity officer made by Lynch after the doctor was removed from his position in March 2019. Lynch’s attorney tried to get the report entered as evidence in the trial, but it was denied.
The report said conflicts between Franklin and Lynch “may have been viewed as part of the natural friction between a physician and athletic interests.”
PENN STATE CASE
Franklin was originally named in Lynch’s lawsuit, but was dropped from the case along with Penn State athletics because of the statute of limitations. The case moved forward against Hershey Medical Center, where Lynch was based, and Dr. Kevin Black, the chairman of the department of orthopedics at the center.
Lynch’s attorneys argued the doctor was removed from his position as director of sports medicine at Penn State as retaliation for frequent conflicts with Franklin over the medical treatment of players. Lynch said the school attempted to hide Franklin’s involvement in his dismissal by saying he was replaced because he lived and practiced medicine in Hershey, which is about 100 miles southeast of the Penn State campus in State College.
Penn State officials said Lynch not living and working full-time in State College was inefficient and inconvenient for athletes and coaches. The report said Penn State’s preference for a team physician in residence full time in State College seemed to be based more on perception than conclusive evidence that it would improve coverage.
Defense attorneys in the trial said no medical treatments were ever altered under pressure from Franklin or other Penn State coaches and the internal report concluded the same.
The report also said there was “limited demonstrated evidence” that the removal of Lynch was made with a “retaliatory motive.” Lynch reported to Black in consultation with Penn State athletics, according to a contract between the school and hospital, the report said.
NCAA RULES
NCAA bylaws require schools to support “the unchallengeable autonomous authority of the primary athletics health care providers” when it comes to treatments and “return-to-play decisions.” Big Ten Conference standards bar coaches from “attempting to influence inappropriately any member of the medical or athletic training staff” regarding treatment.
Franklin has been the head coach at Penn State for 10 years, with an 88-39 record and five seasons of double-digit victories but just one Big Ten title (2015). The Nittany Lions were 10-3 last season.
Penn State gave Franklin a 10-year contract in 2021 with guarantees of more than $75 million. His buyout if he was to be fired by Penn State currently stands at more than $50 million, though a major NCAA violation could void the payment.
“My goal is not to target anybody in particular,” Lynch told AP. “My overarching goal is to try to get policies and procedures in place to stop this from happening. So what happens to him is not really my concern. My concern is way above that. Not just at Penn State. I’m hoping that this can be a catalyst so other people come forward now and we can effect change.”
SIX FOOTBALL INCIDENTS
Penn State investigators interviewed multiple people, including Lynch, Franklin and several Penn State athletes, who were asked about instances from 2016-19 when Lynch alleged his authority had been challenged. Six incidents involved football player injuries. Another involved a men’s soccer player. The athletes were not identified in the report.
Lynch and another doctor told investigators for the report that Franklin would say “words to the effect, ‘that I’ve been doing this for 30 years and you’ve only being doing this four years.’”
According to the report, after a football player was ruled out of a game in 2016 with an ankle injury, Lynch and another doctor were pressed by Franklin and a Penn State administrator to re-evaluate the decision. The player did not play. During the trial, former Penn State star running back Saquon Barkley, now with the Philadelphia Eagles, testified about the decision and in support of Franklin.
Franklin told investigators this was his only specific recollection of friction between him and the doctors.
That same year, another player decided to have surgery instead of rehabilitating a shoulder injury in an effort to return to play faster, the report said. Lynch had given the player the option of surgery or rehab, but he claimed the player changed his mind after Franklin became involved.
According to the report, Franklin, then-athletic director Sandy Barbour and another administrator demanded a player with a “serious mental issue” be declared a medical non-counter — meaning he would not count against the team’s scholarship limit but could still have his tuition covered — before the athlete had received treatment. This allegedly occurred before the team’s postseason banquet and in the locker room after the final game of the 2017 season.
Barbour, who retired in 2022, declined to comment, citing the legal case.
“At Penn State, student-athletes compete only upon the independent approval of the medical team and physicians, who do not report to any coach or to Intercollegiate Athletics,” Penn State said. “These measures, which protect our student-athletes, were put in place long before Coach Franklin or Dr. Lynch were in their roles and worked as intended. Neither the five-year old internal compliance report nor the information shared during the trial suggested otherwise.”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS
ORIOLES PROMOTE ’21 SECOND-ROUNDER INF/OF CONNOR NORBY
The Baltimore Orioles promoted infielder/outfielder Connor Norby, a 2021 second-round draft pick, before Monday’s game at Toronto.
Norby, who turns 24 on Saturday, is batting .286 with nine homers and 36 RBIs in 51 games this season at Triple-A Norfolk.
Norby’s first appearance with the Orioles will be his major league debut. He has started double-digit games this year at three positions with Norfolk: second base, right field and left field.
Norby is the latest top prospect to spend time with the Orioles this season, joining middle infielder Jackson Holliday (No. 1 overall in MLB Pipeline rankings) and outfielder Heston Kjerstad. Kjerstad is ranked by MLB Pipeline as Baltimore’s No. 4 prospect and Norby is No. 6.
Baltimore also recalled left-hander Nick Vespi from Norfolk, placed infielder/outfielder Jorge Mateo on the seven-day concussion injured list, and designated right-hander Thyago Vieira for assignment.
REPORT: PADRES’ MARCANO FACING LIFETIME BAN FOR BETTING ON BASEBALL
San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is facing a potential lifetime ban from MLB for betting on baseball, sources told Jared Diamond and Lindsey Adler of The Wall Street Journal.
The league is investigating the 24-year-old Venezuelan, who’s reportedly accused of betting on Pittsburgh Pirates games last season when he was on their injured list.
Four other players also face potential league discipline for betting on baseball while in the minor leagues, sources told Diamond and Adler.
“We are aware of an active investigation by Major League Baseball regarding a matter that occurred when the player in question was a member of another organization and not affiliated with the San Diego Padres. We will not have any further comment until the investigative process has been completed,” the Padres said in a statement, per Diamond and Adler.
The Pirates stated they “were aware of the matter” and are “fully cooperating” but will refrain from any further comments, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Noah Hiles.
The Padres claimed Marcano off waivers in November, but he hasn’t played a game for their organization since being acquired. He suited up in 25 games for San Diego in 2021 before he was traded to Pittsburgh. He hasn’t appeared in an MLB game since tearing his ACL with the Pirates in July 2023.
Marcano’s investigation follows other recent sports gambling scandals, including one involving Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, who allegedly stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball star.
Ohtani’s former Los Angeles Angels teammate, David Fletcher, is also being investigated by the league for allegedly betting on sports with the same illegal bookmaker connected to Mizuhara.
MLB ROUNDUP: PAVIN SMITH’S WALK-OFF HR LIFTS D-BACKS
Pavin Smith clubbed a pinch-hit, walk-off two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 4-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night at Phoenix in the opener of a three-game series.
Jake McCarthy doubled to left field off Randy Rodriguez (1-1) and Smith followed by drilling a fastball that barely cleared the wall in center. The 424-foot blast gave Arizona its third straight victory. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. hit his 100th career homer and Blaze Alexander had two hits and one RBI for the Diamondbacks.
Heliot Ramos homered for the Giants, who lost their fifth straight game — but briefly believed they had taken the lead in the ninth inning.
With runners on the corners, Jorge Soler hit a bouncer to third. The throw by Eugenio Suarez was high and Soler was ruled to have touched the base before he was tagged by Arizona’s Christian Walker. But a review showed that Walker made the tag before Soler’s foot came down on the bag, erasing the would-be go-ahead run and keeping the game tied entering the bottom of the ninth.
Phillies 3, Brewers 1
David Dahl hit a solo home run and a single, Zack Wheeler tossed seven strong innings and host Philadelphia defeated Milwaukee.
Johan Rojas added two singles and an RBI for the Phillies, and Edmundo Sosa had an RBI single. Wheeler (7-3) allowed five hits and one run to go along with six strikeouts and three walks. Jeff Hoffman pitched a scoreless eighth, and Jose Alvarado logged a 1-2-3 ninth for his 10th save of the season.
Facing his former team, Rhys Hoskins hit a solo home run for the Brewers. Blake Perkins had two hits. Milwaukee had its five-game winning streak snapped.
Tigers 2, Rangers 1
Jake Rogers hit a pair of solo homers as Detroit opened a three-game series with a victory in Arlington, Texas. Rogers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-out homer in the eighth inning against Jose Leclerc (3-4).
Beau Brieske (1-0) pitched three scoreless innings of relief for Detroit, which won its second straight game despite being held to four hits.
Marcus Semien homered and Wyatt Langford tripled and singled for the Rangers, who went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Nathan Eovaldi gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings.
Orioles 7, Blue Jays 2
Austin Hays had two home runs and three RBIs, Anthony Santander hit a two-run homer and visiting Baltimore defeated Toronto.
Ramon Urias added a solo shot for the Orioles, who have won nine of their past 11 games. Second baseman Connor Norby made his major league debut and went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. He is the No. 6 prospect in Baltimore’s organization, according to MLB Pipeline. Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez (6-2) held Toronto to two runs (one earned) and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Rodriguez didn’t issue a walk and struck out four.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a solo home run for the Blue Jays, who are 2-2 on their seven-game homestand. Monday marked the opener of a four-game series. Toronto starter Kevin Gausman (4-4) allowed six runs, six hits and one walk in 6 1/3 innings. He fanned three.
Astros 7, Cardinals 4
Yainer Diaz socked a tiebreaking, two-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning to help Houston complete a comeback victory over visiting St. Louis.
The Astros pulled even at 4-4 earlier in the eighth when Alex Bregman rallied from an 0-2 hole to drill his ninth home run, a leadoff shot against JoJo Romero (2-1). It was the 174th career homer for Bregman, who tied George Springer for sixth place in club history. Four Astros relievers combined to toss four shutout innings. Closer Josh Hader notched his ninth save with a perfect ninth. Rafael Montero (1-1) earned the victory in relief.
Cardinals second baseman Nolan Gorman clubbed a pair of homers off Astros right-hander Justin Verlander, who surrendered four runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts over five innings. The Cardinals tagged Verlander for two solo homers in the top of the first, with Alec Burleson spotting St. Louis a 1-0 lead with his seventh home run two batters before Gorman socked his 12th homer 407 feet to right-center.
Mets 8, Nationals 7
Starling Marte and Jose Iglesias each had three hits as visiting New York held off Washington.
Mark Vientos homered, singled and walked twice for New York. Starter Tylor Megill (1-2) struggled but completed five innings while giving up five runs — four earned — on seven hits. He walked three and struck out four. Adrian Houser pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief to help the Mets end a two-game skid.
The Nationals rallied for two runs in the bottom of the ninth before Jake Diekman struck out Drew Millas with runners at first and third for his second save. Joey Gallo homered while Jesse Winker logged three hits and three RBIs for the Nationals, who have lost three of their past four games. Washington starter MacKenzie Gore (4-5) allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Angels 2, Padres 1
Luis Guillorme’s pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth inning snapped a tie and lifted Los Angeles to a victory over San Diego in Anaheim, Calif.
Jo Adell began the winning rally with a double to right field off Adrian Morejon (1-1), then tagged and went to third on Zach Neto’s flyout to right-center. Padres manager Mike Shildt brought in reliever Jeremiah Estrada to pitch to Kyren Paris, but Angels manager Ron Washington countered and sent Guillorme up to pinch-hit.
Manny Machado hit a solo shot for the Padres. Los Angeles reliever Hunter Strickland (2-1) threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win.
Reds 13, Rockies 3
Jeimer Candelario homered and doubled, Tyler Stephenson also went deep as part of a 2-for-5 night and Cincinnati hammered Colorado in Denver.
Jonathan India and Spencer Steer had three hits apiece and TJ Friedl and Will Benson each had two for Cincinnati, which finished with a season-high 18. The 13 runs were also a season high. Reds starter Andrew Abbott (4-5) allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out six.
Brendan Rodgers homered and finished with two hits while Brenton Doyle contributed three hits for Colorado, which has dropped three in a row. In 4 1/3 innings, Rockies starter Ryan Feltner (1-5) allowed eight runs on 10 hits. He didn’t walk anyone and fanned three.
POWDER KEGS: 50 YEARS AGO, 10-CENT BEERS HELPED TURN A CLEVELAND BASEBALL GAME INTO A BLOODY RIOT
CLEVELAND (AP) — Beer flowed and a little blood and bruises followed. There was some baseball played in between.
On a warm spring night along Lake Erie five decades ago, a well-intended promotion meant to attract fans for the perpetually lousy Cleveland Indians turned ugly and triggered a booze-fueled riot now known as one of the most notorious events in American sports history.
On Tuesday, 10-cent beer night turns 50.
Cheers. Burp.
A game that began with a handful of fans tipsy on cheap beer running across the outfield grass — some of them naked — collapsed into chaos.
During a scary ninth inning, Texas manager Billy Martin, never one to back down from a fight, turned to his players in the dugout and told them to grab bats before leading a charge onto the Municipal Stadium field and into mayhem.
Looking back to June 4, 1974, it’s hard to imagine anyone thought it would be a good idea to sell beers for just a dime. But it was a different world then, maybe not innocent but certainly naive.
By the time the Rangers escaped to their clubhouse with a win via forfeit after surviving hundreds of fans storming the field as the Indians were rallying, it became apparent this was a big mistake.
“It kind of fit in with the times,” said former Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove, who was a 24-year-old rookie first baseman with the Rangers. “They had Disco Demolition Night in Chicago, and to me it was almost a sign of what was to come 50 years later with all that’s going on in the world right now.”
Even before the first keg was tapped or 10-ounce beer poured, there was already simmering tension between the Rangers and Indians. A week earlier, the teams had brawled in Texas, where Rangers fans pelted the Indians’ players with debris.
After the skirmish, Martin lit a proverbial match when asked if he feared retribution on an upcoming trip to Cleveland.
“They don’t have enough fans there to worry about,” he quipped.
The comment didn’t sit well back in Cleveland, where civic pride runs deeper than the Cuyahoga River and passionate fans aren’t averse to quaffing a brew or two while watching their pro sports teams.
In the week leading up to 10-cent Beer Night, local radio host Pete Franklin fanned flames by vowing revenge against the Rangers. Martin was booed when he presented the lineup card.
Hargrove sensed trouble long before being pelted with dozens of hot dogs thrown from the stands. He barely dodged being hit by a wine bottle.
“About the second inning, fans started running back and forth across the outfield from the left-field bullpen to the right-field bullpen,” Hargrove told The Associated Press in a phone call last week. “It started out with a couple of people doing it and then it was five, then 10, and then it was a whole bunch.”
From his seat in the upper deck, Jack Barno, who went to the game with high school buddies, could see things were escalating in a bad way.
“When people were streaking across the field and the cops were chasing them, they were laughing like, ‘You can’t catch me,’” recalled the 67-year-old resident of Westlake, Ohio. “There was a handful of cops on the other side with billy clubs. And when they came over that fence, they met them with a couple whacks to the head and dragged them off.”
Other problems percolated around the giant ballpark.
With long lines making their wait too long to get a refill, unruly fans, some of them college kids just home for summer break, chased off concession workers manning the beer trucks set up beyond the center-field wall. The beer was now free.
Stadium security was outnumbered and overwhelmed by the crowd of 25,134, the season’s second-largest.
Still, it was mostly good-natured fun — Morganna, the famed “kissing bandit” of the 70s, ran onto the field and tried to kiss umpire Nestor Chylak. A father and son mooned the crowd.
Then came the ninth and a scene from a low-budget horror film.
After trailing 5-3, the Indians scored twice to tie it and had runners on when a fan scaled the outfield wall, sprinted toward Rangers right fielder Jeff Burroughs and tried to steal the player’s cap.
In the dugout, Martin screamed for his players to follow him. Hargrove headed to right to assist Burroughs, who at that point had been surrounded. The Indians burst from their dugout to help the Rangers.
“Some great big guy, drunk guy took Jeff’s hat, and I was one of the first ones to get there,” Hargrove said. “I tackled him and knocked him down and it took like three cops to handcuff him. Thank goodness he was on the ground. I took off — or else.”
The rest is something of a hazy blur.
“I remember nothing about the game, other than in that inning we were in trouble,” Hargrove said. “They had runners on and it looked like they were getting ready to score and go ahead and then all of a sudden all hell broke loose.”
While players escaped major harm, Chylak’s head was split open by a thrown chair as fights broke out all over the field.
Even a half-century later, Hargrove can recall his emotions from the unforgettable night.
“I don’t remember being scared,” he said. “I don’t remember feeling like I was threatened. I didn’t feel that way when it was going on until we got to the clubhouse looking back out there at what went on and could have gone on.
“Then, I got a little shaky.”
While the night was another blow to the city’s already battered image, Clevelanders mostly shrugged. Today, the ugly event is commemorated with throwback T-shirts marking the night beer, blood and baseball mixed.
The rest of the country was outraged.
The Indians held another beer night a month later.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
TEXAS EDGES STANFORD 1-0 TO REACH WCWS CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
OKLAHOMA CITY — Texas finally broke through in the seventh inning against Stanford star NiJaree Canady, pushing a run across in the top half to beat the Cardinal 1-0 in the Women’s College World Series on Monday.
The Longhorns advanced to the WCWS Championship Series, where they’ll take on either Oklahoma or Florida. The series begins Wednesday.
Texas is in the best-of-three championship series for the second time in three seasons. They lost to Oklahoma in the 2022 final.
Canady, the national player of the year, mostly befuddled Longhorns hitters until the seventh, when Alyssa Washington started the inning by reaching on an error, followed by Joley Mitchell’s double.
Washington then came across to score on Ashton Maloney’s squeeze bunt.
While Canady was excellent, allowing five hits and walking none with seven strikeouts, Texas’ Teagan Kavan was even better.
Kavan held the Cardinal to just one hit with one walk and seven strikeouts in a complete-game effort to send the Longhorns to the championship series.
Texas (55-8) has yet to allow a run in the WCWS.
Stanford’s lone hit came with one out in the second, and the inning was quickly ended with a double play.
Kavan then retired 15 of the next 16, including the final 10, to keep the Longhorns in the game.
Stanford’s season ends 50-17.
FLORIDA ENDS OKLAHOMA’S WCWS WIN STREAK; ELIMINATION GAME TUES.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Florida hit four home runs, including two by Skylar Wallace and an inside-the-parker by Kendra Falby, as the Gators knocked off Oklahoma 9-3 in the Women’s College World Series on Monday.
The teams will play again Tuesday in an elimination game for a berth in the WCWS Championship Series. The if-necessary game was originally scheduled to be played immediately after the first, but a lengthy rain delay before the game caused the NCAA to shift the schedule.
The loss snapped Oklahoma’s NCAA-record 20-game NCAA Tournament winning streak. The Sooners’ last tournament loss came during the semifinals of the 2022 WCWS.
Falby had a strong performance before her homer, making a catch at the wall that kept the Sooners (56-7) off the board in the second.
When Falby came to the plate with two outs in the bottom of the inning, she was hitless in her last 20 at-bats.
But Falby slapped the ball to left and Oklahoma’s Rylie Boone gave chase, diving but coming up short. The ball bounced past Boone and into the corner, and Falby easily scored for just the third inside-the-park home run in WCWS history, putting the Gators (54-14) up 2-0.
Wallace followed with a solo shot to make it 3-0.
Reagan Walsh added a three-run blast in the fourth to make it 7-1 and Wallace added a two-run shot in the fifth.
Keagan Rothrock pitched all seven innings for Florida and scattered seven hits and seven walks with three strikeouts. Oklahoma starter Nicole May was tagged with the loss after lasting just two innings and yielding three runs on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts.
NHL NEWS
ANALYSIS: WHY THE FLORIDA PANTHERS WILL WIN THE STANLEY CUP FINAL
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Final for the third time. The first two, well, didn’t go as planned.
Swept by Colorado in 1996. Beaten in five games by Vegas last year.
This trip feels different. The Panthers are a different team than they were a year ago; certainly healthier, certainly better for the experience of getting to the final and falling short. They have had to beat three extremely good teams to get here — a state rival in Tampa Bay, a real contender in Boston, a Presidents’ Trophy winner in the New York Rangers.
Here’s why the Panthers will beat the Edmonton Oilers and win the Stanley Cup:
Forwards
The Oilers are loaded up front. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have combined to win four of the last seven MVP awards (three by McDavid), and those two players have more points than any other player since McDavid entered the league.
But the edge Florida has here is depth. There are 14 forwards in this Cup final with more than 45 points this season, including playoffs. The Panthers have eight of them. The Oilers lost 24 of the 35 games this season when neither McDavid nor Draisaitl has scored a goal. Florida seems to have more balance, meaning it’s not all on Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov or Sam Reinhart to carry the load.
And the Panthers would argue this with anyone: Barkov has been the best two-way player in these playoffs.
Defense
Gustav Forsling got an eight-year, $46 million extension this season. It looks like an absolute steal. The Panthers believe he’s the best defenseman in the league in a corps that already had Aaron Ekblad and Brandon Montour, plus added depth in Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Dmitry Kulikov.
Florida might be thought of as a high-octane team. But the reality is, the Panthers have given up a league-low 2.39 goals per game this season. Plus, the Panthers know how to slam the door: They’re an NHL-best 42-0-3 when leading after two periods this season, including playoffs.
Goaltending
There may not be a more beloved active athlete in South Florida at this very moment than Sergei Bobrovsky, who has outdueled three incredible goalies to get back to the Cup final.
Bob — he’s just Bob at this time of year — led Florida past Andrei Vasilevskiy and Tampa Bay in Round 1, Jeremy Swayman and Boston in Round 2, and Igor Shesterkin and the New York Rangers in Round 3.
Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner has been great, for certain. But Bob has been a wall, with no signs of slowing down.
Coaching
Let’s put Paul Maurice’s work in his two Florida seasons into perspective. He has won 25 playoff games with the Panthers. That matches the total of all other Panthers coaches in the first 28 seasons of franchise history — combined.
Maurice has waited forever for his first Cup. The Panthers weren’t healthy enough by the final round to give him a real shot last year. This team is determined to get his name etched on the greatest chalice in sports.
Intangibles
Playoff games, by nature, are close contests. The attention to detail is off the charts, the buy-in for the tough moments — blocking shots, digging pucks out of corners, delivering the right hit at the right time — is ramped up well beyond regular-season levels.
Florida is 17-5 in one-goal games the last two postseasons, the best winning percentage in the NHL in that span. There will be uncomfortable moments in this series, but the Panthers seem very comfortable when games are super tight.
The Pick
The Panthers are slight favorites, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, and why not? South Florida has seen the Marlins win it all twice, the Dolphins win it all twice and the Heat win it all three times. Welcome to the party, Stanley. Panthers in 7.
NBA NEWS
CAVALIERS TO INTERVIEW TIMBERWOLVES ASSISTANT MICAH NORI FOR HEAD COACHING VACANCY, AP SOURCE SAYS
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cavaliers will interview Timberwolves assistant Micah Nori for their head coaching vacancy — the fifth known candidate in Cleveland’s search — in the next few days, a person familiar with the meeting told The Associated Press on Monday.
A long-time NBA assistant, Nori assumed bench duties during the playoffs when Minnesota coach Chris Finch suffered a knee injury and had limited mobility.
Nori joins a list of candidates in Cleveland that will continue to grow, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team is not commenting during the search to find J.B. Bickerstaff’s replacement.
ESPN.com was first to report the Cavs’ interest in Nori.
Bickerstaff was fired one week after the Cavs’ postseason ended with a second-round loss to Boston. The Cavs respected the job Bickerstaff did, but feel a new voice is necessary to take the team further.
Cleveland improved each season under Bickerstaff, and the Cavs were among the Eastern Conference’s top teams all season despite numerous injuries. They won a seven-game series over Orlando in the firs round.
Nori has been on Minnesota’s staff since 2021. He’s also worked with Toronto, Sacramento, Denver and Detroit.
The 40-year-old Nori is an Ohio native.
Last week, the Cavs opened their search by receiving permission to speak with Golden State assistant Kenny Atkinson, New Orleans assistant James Borrego, New York assistant Johnnie Bryant and Miami assistant Chris Quinn.
Both Atkinson and Borrego are former head coaches. Bryant is an interesting candidate because of his relationship with Cavs All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, who is eligible to sign a long-term contract extension with Cleveland this summer.
Bryant and Mitchell worked together in Utah.
Cavs president of basketball operations Koby Altman stressed the team would be methodical in finding a new coach. Ideally, he would like to have the coach in place for the NBA draft on June 26, but hinted it could take longer.
WNBA NEWS
SKY COACH: CHENNEDY CARTER FOUL ON CAITLIN CLARK ‘NOT APPROPRIATE’
Chicago coach Teresa Weatherspoon released a statement on Monday addressing Sky guard Chennedy Carter’s hard foul on Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark over the weekend.
Carter knocked Clark to the floor with a shoulder-check during Saturday’s game, a 71-70 win by the Fever. The WNBA upgraded the foul to a Flagrant 1 on Sunday.
“Chennedy got caught up in the heat of the moment in an effort to win the game. She and I have discussed what happened and that it was not appropriate, nor is it what we do or who we are,” Weatherspoon said in the statement.
Originally called an away-from-ball foul, Clark made the free throw with the Fever maintaining possession. It would have been two free throws and possession had it been ruled a Flagrant 1 in-game.
Carter will not be fined by the WNBA.
The Fever next play at Washington on Friday in a Commissioner’s Cup game. The Fever are 2-9 and the Mystics are 0-8.
ESPN’S PAT MCAFEE APOLOGIZES FOR CALLING CAITLIN CLARK ‘WHITE B—-‘
ESPN’s Pat McAfee apologized after referring to Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark as a “white b—-” during his opening monologue on Monday.
McAfee’s theme was how Clark deserves the credit for the upturn in interest in the WNBA, not other members of the league’s rookie class that includes Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso.
Following the show, McAfee posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, “I shouldn’t have used ‘white b—-‘ as a descriptor of Caitlin Clark. No matter the context.. even if we’re talking about race being a reason for some of the stuff happening.. I have way too much respect for her and women to put that into the universe
“My intentions when saying it were complimentary just like the entire segment but, a lot of folks are saying that it certainly wasn’t at all. That’s 100 percent on me and for that I apologize… I have sent an apology to Caitlin as well. Everything else I said… still alllllll facts.”
USA Today and CNN reported that ESPN declined requests for comment on McAfee’s remarks.
During his show, McAfee said of the WNBA’s current spotlight, “I would like the media people that continue to say, ‘this rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.’ Nah, just call it for what it is, there’s one white b—- for the Indiana team who is a superstar, and is it because she stayed in Iowa, put an entire state on her back, took a program from nothing to a multiple-year success story?”
The Indianapolis-based host added, “Is there a chance that people just enjoy watching her play basketball because (of) how electrifying she is, what she did, what she stood for, how she went about going what she went for? Maybe. But instead, we have to hear people say that we only like her because she’s white, and she’s only popular because the rest of the rookie class is doing what they’re doing.
“Well, that’s a bunch of bull—- and we think the WNBA — more specifically their refs — need to stop trying to screw her over at every single turn. What you have is somebody special, and we’re lucky she’s here in Indiana.”
McAfee, 37, was the Indianapolis Colts’ punter from 2009-16.
MEN’S GOLF NEWS
MILES RUSSELL, 15, TO MAKE PGA TOUR DEBUT IN DETROIT
High school freshman Miles Russell will make his PGA Tour debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit later this month.
The 15-year-old from Jacksonville Beach, Fla., received a sponsor’s exemption Monday for the June 27-30 tournament at Detroit Golf Club.
“The Rocket Mortgage Classic is known as a tournament where ‘future stars start,’ and we’re thrilled to have Miles make his PGA Tour debut here and add to that legacy,” Jason Langwell, executive director of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, said in a statement. “He has proved with his many accomplishments at such a young age that he belongs, and we are excited to see Miles compete alongside the world’s best golfers here at Detroit Golf Club.”
In April, Russell became the youngest player ever to record a top 25 finish at a Korn Ferry Tour event when he finished 20th at the LECOM Suncoast Classic.
In Detroit, he will become the third teenager to debut on the PGA Tour this season after 16-year-olds Kris Kim and Blades Brown.
“I am thankful to Rocket Mortgage for giving me the opportunity to make my PGA Tour debut,” Russell said in a statement. “Ever since I first started playing golf, my dream has been to compete on the PGA Tour and test my game against the best players, and I’m looking forward to making the most of the experience later this month.”
Last year, Russell supplanted Tiger Woods as the youngest player ever named the American Junior Golf Association Player of the Year. He won the Junior PGA Championship and Junior Players Championship and also competed with the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup squad.
MATT KUCHAR, WEBB SIMPSON QUALIFY FOR U.S. OPEN
PGA Tour veteran Matt Kuchar and 2012 U.S. Open winner Webb Simpson had to qualify for this year’s U.S. Open the old-fashioned way.
Kuchar and Simpson were among those who locked up their spots in this month’s major championship via final qualifying on Monday, often called “Golf’s Longest Day.”
A total of 672 players competed in 36-hole qualifiers at locations around the United States and Canada to try to earn one of 44 available spots into the field at the U.S. Open, to be played June 13-16 at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club (Course No. 2) in North Carolina.
Kuchar, 45, was the medalist at his qualifying site. He shot rounds of 70 and 67 at The Bear’s Club in Jupiter, Fla., to go 7 under for the day.
While Kuchar has never won a major, he has nine wins on the PGA Tour and once ranked as high as No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking. But due to a lack of recent success, he did not qualify for any exemptions into the U.S. Open field.
Simpson’s exemption for winning the 2012 U.S. Open expired after 2022. He did not qualify last year and hasn’t made a cut at a major since the 2022 PGA Championship.
It will be a different story this year, as Simpson recorded a 67 and a 69 at Duke University Golf Club in Durham, N.C., which tied him for fourth, two shots behind medalist Frankie Capan III. Simpson finished one stroke above a 7-for-2 playoff that determined the final two of the site’s seven berths. Carter Jenkins and Harry Higgs won those spots via the playoff.
Australia’s Adam Scott is in danger of missing the U.S. Open, which would end the longest active streak of major starts in the sport. He has played in every major since the 2001 Open Championship, a stretch of 91 straight.
But he is not currently exempt for this year’s edition. On Monday, he followed an opening-round 64 with a second-round 69 to get to 7 under at Springfield (Ohio) Country Club, but other players were still on the course, and Scott was not projected to receive one of the four invites on offer.
However, there is one more chance for Scott to receive an exemption. Anyone in the top 60 of the OWGR as of June 10 will be invited if not already eligible. Scott enters the week at exactly No. 60, and he will not play in the Memorial later this week.
LIV Golf member Dean Burmester of South Africa tied for second in Florida, one stroke behind Kuchar. However, fellow LIV player Joaquin Niemann of Chile finished one stroke out of a 3-for-1 playoff for the fifth and final spot.
Niemann, once ranked in the top 15 in the world, is on track to miss the U.S. Open unless the USGA extends a special exemption to him. The PGA of America gave Niemann a special invite to last month’s PGA Championship, where he tied for 39th.
CANADIAN OPEN CHAMP ROBERT MACINTYRE WITHDRAWS FROM MEMORIAL
Robert MacIntyre of Scotland withdrew from this week’s Memorial Tournament on Monday, one day after winning his first career PGA Tour title at the RBC Canadian Open.
MacIntyre’s victory in Hamilton, Ontario, earned him a spot in the signature event in Ohio hosted by Jack Nicklaus. But it would have been his sixth tournament in six weeks.
“This is my fifth event in a row,” MacIntyre said after winning in Canada. “I was planning to do U.S. Open qualifier (Monday), 36 holes with my dad on the bag. Thankfully that’s off the cards.”
MacIntyre misses out on a tournament with a $20 million prize pool, although the Memorial is one of three signature events that still has a 36-hole cut, making a payday no guarantee.
Following the Memorial are the U.S. Open and another signature event, the Travelers Championship, which the 27-year-old MacIntyre also qualified for by beating Ben Griffin by one shot at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Davis Thompson was added to the field in MacIntyre’s place via the Aon Swing 5.
MEN’S TENNIS
DJOKOVIC WINS RECORD 370TH GRAND SLAM MATCH AFTER 5-SET THRILLER IN PARIS
Novak Djokovic needed more than four hours and multiple medical timeouts to make history Monday, beating 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo in the French Open round of 16 on Monday for his 370th Grand Slam match win.
The top-ranked Serb stands alone after surpassing Roger Federer on the all-time list of major singles victories.
Djokovic struggled with a knee issue throughout the match and tumbled hard in the fifth set but summoned the energy to avoid his earliest exit from French Open since 2009 and win 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
17-YEAR-OLD ANDREEVA REACHES HER FIRST FRENCH OPEN QUARTERS BY BEATING LAST FRENCHWOMAN
PARIS (AP) — Varvara Gracheva was the last French woman or man standing in the French Open singles.
So Mirra Andreeva knew on Monday she wasn’t going to get any support in the second biggest arena at Roland Garros, Court Suzanne Lenglen.
Sure enough, she heard the occasional boos from a crowd hostile to her but cheering for Gracheva as much as they could.
“It put the fire inside of me,” Andreeva said, smiling.
She won the fourth-round encounter 7-5, 6-2 and reached her first quarterfinal at a Grand Slam tournament, where she began her Grand Slam journey only a year ago.
When Andreeva, who turned 17 a month ago, hit the winning forehand, she threw her racket over he head and let her emotions go.
“My coaches, before the match, they talk about the plan, about the tactics,” Andreeva said. “I listen, but honestly, once I step onto the court, I don’t remember anything. That’s how I always play.”
Andreeva already knew Gracheva well from having trained together at the Elite Tennis Center in Cannes in the south of France.
Gracheva, six years older and also born in Russia, decided to represent France in 2018 and played her first tournament as a French player in 2023.
“I’m happy for her,” Gracheva said Andreeva. “She served well, she played a very serious match.”
Andreeva became the third woman in the last 18 years to reach the quarterfinals at Roland Garros before turning 18, following Amanda Anisimova in 2019 and Coco Gauff in 2021.
Naturally, the challenge ahead is harder.
In the quarterfinals, Andreeva faces world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, who has yet to drop a set. The two-time Australian Open champion powered past No. 22-seeded American Emma Navarro 6-2, 6-3.
Also, No. 12 Jasmine Paolini of Italy rallied past Elina Avanesyan 4-6, 6-0, 6-1, and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina defeating 15th-seeded Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-3. The No. 4-seeded Rybakina and Paolini meet next.
The women’s quarterfinals are set, with U.S. Open champion Gauff facing Ons Jabeur, and two-time defending champion Iga Swiatek taking on Wimbledon champ Marketa Vondrousova.
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COLTS NEWS
COLTS TO INDUCT TIGHT END DALLAS CLARK IN RING OF HONOR DURING 2024 SEASON
Dallas Clark will be inducted into the Colts Ring of Honor during the 2024 season, Colts Owner and CEO Jim Irsay announced Monday.
One of quarterback Peyton Manning’s most trusted targets, Clark spent nine of his 11 seasons in the NFL with the Colts (2003-2011). Clark played a key role on the Colts’ Super Bowl XLI-winning team, recording two 100-yard games in the 2006 playoffs – including a six-catch, 137-yard showing in the AFC Championship against the New England Patriots.
Clark is the Colts’ all-time leader among tight ends in receptions (427) and receiving touchdowns (46), and his 4,887 yards are second.
“The Colts have had a long and historic tradition of record-breaking tight ends and receivers, and Dallas Clark stands alongside all these greats who have worn the Horseshoe,” Colts Owner & CEO Jim Irsay said. “In today’s game, tight ends have become so much more dynamic and important to the offensive side of the ball, and Dallas was one of the pioneers with his style of play. He was electrifying, tough and dependable on the field and a great teammate and person off the field. And he of course was a key piece in bringing Indianapolis its first world championship. I am so happy to welcome Dallas Clark into our Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor.”
The Colts selected Clark in the first round (No. 24 overall) of the 2003 NFL Draft, pairing the Iowa product with wide receivers Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne. From 2007-2009, Clark was targeted at least 100 times in each season, and he recorded double-digit touchdowns in 2007 (11) and 2009 (10).
Clark in 2009 earned Pro Bowl and first-team AP All-Pro honors, catching 100 passes on 133 targets for 1,106 yards – all of which were career highs. Clark is one of eight tight ends in NFL history to have at least 100 receptions in a season.
Clark appeared in 13 playoff games (12 starts) and totaled 64 receptions for 847 yards (13.2 yards/reception) with four touchdowns.
Clark will be the 19th member of the Colts Ring of Honor, joining Owner Robert Irsay (1996), WR Bill Brooks (1998), head coach Ted Marchibroda (2000), G/T Chris Hinton (2001), QB Jim Harbaugh (2005), “Colts Nation” (2007), head coach Tony Dungy (2010), WR Marvin Harrison (2011), RB Edgerrin James (2012), RB Eric Dickerson (2013), RB Marshall Faulk (2013), C Jeff Saturday (2015), GM Bill Polian (2016), QB Peyton Manning (2017), WR Reggie Wayne (2018), DE Dwight Freeney (2019), DE Robert Mathis (2021) and T/G Tarik Glenn (2022).
INDIANA WRESTLING
INDIANA WRESTLING PLACES SIX ALL-AMERICANS AT U23 NATIONALS
GENEVA, Ohio. –––– Indiana Wrestling had six student-athletes finish with All-American status over the weekend at the U23 Nationals tournament across both Freestyle and Greco-Roman competition.
Derek Gilcher (74 kg), Tyler Lillard (79 kg), Nick South (79 kg), Donnell Washington (86 kg) and Jacob Bullock (125 kg) all were All-Americans, finishing in the top eight at their weight in freestyle. Blaine Frazier also earned All-American status at 60 kg in Greco-Roman.
Gilcher, South and Bullock took fifth place at their weight class. Lillard finished in sixth while Washington and Frazier each took seventh place.
Gilcher, South and Bullock all reached the semifinals of their brackets.
There were 12 total student-athletes who competed at the SPIRE Institute representing both Indiana University and Indiana’s Olympic Regional Training Center (Indiana RTC) in the U20 World Team Trials and U23 Nationals.
All Greco-Roman competition took place on Friday and all freestyle action was on Saturday and Sunday.
Indiana’s entire participant list for the tournament is below.
U20 Greco-Roman:
Cole Rhemrev (67 kg)
U23 Greco-Roman:
Blaine Frazier (60 kg)
Anthony Bahl (72 kg)
Aidan Torres (72 kg)
U23 Freestyle:
Joey Buttler (61 kg)
Blaine Frazier (61 kg)
Aidan Torres (70 kg)
Anthony Bahl (70 kg)
Bryce Lowery (74 kg)
Derek Gilcher (74 kg)
Nick South (79 kg)
Tyler Lillard (79 kg)
DJ Washington (86 kg)
Gabe Sollars (92 kg)
Jacob Bullock (125 kg)
Full results to all bracket in all levels and competition styles can be found on FloArena.
MOORE NAMED NEW HEAD COACH OF IU WOMEN’S TENNIS
Bloomington, Ind. – IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson announced today that former McNeese State Head Coach Gabby Moore has been named the new head women’s tennis coach at Indiana University.
During her two seasons at McNeese State, Moore was the architect of one of the sport’s most impressive turnarounds. After inheriting a team that had won a combined six matches in the three seasons prior to her arrival, Moore’s Cowgirls’ teams went a combined 35-10 during her two seasons at the Lakes Charles, La., school. That included the recently-completed 2023-24 season, when she guided McNeese State to a school record 20 wins, a 20-4 overall record, and an appearance in the Southland Conference Tournament championship match. Moore had five players earn postseason All-Southern Conference honors, including Anastasija Adeikyte (Freshman of the Year) and Arina Gamretkaia (Newcomer of the Year).
“We are pleased to welcome Gabby to our Hoosier family and excited about the future of our women’s tennis program,” said Dolson. “We had an outstanding pool of candidates during our coaching search, and Gabby’s track record of success at McNeese and Jackson State immediately jumped out on paper. Then when we had the opportunity to sit down and talk with her in person, we knew we had the right person to lead our program. She has a vision for returning IU Women’s Tennis to a level of Big Ten and national success that it has previously enjoyed, and her commitment to the well-being and growth of her student-athletes is second to none. This is a great day for IU Women’s Tennis.”
Prior to her arrival at McNeese State, Moore spent six seasons at Jackson State, including the final five (2017-22) as the men’s and women’s head coach. With the women’s program, her teams went a combined 49-52, including 26-11 overall and 15-1 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference in her final two seasons. Those 2021 and 2022 teams both won SWAC regular season championships, while the 2022 squad also captured the postseason SWAC title and an automatic berth in the NCAA Championships. She was named SWAC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year in 2022. On the men’s side, her final Jackson State team went 8-8 overall and advanced to the SWAC Tournament Championship match.
Moore’s coaching career began at Lake Forest College, where she spent one season (2015-16) before joining the Jackson State program in the fall of 2016 as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs. She was promoted to head coach at Jackson State the following season.
A 2015 graduate of Southern University in Biology, Moore was a standout player during her four seasons at the SWAC school from 2012-15. She earned All-Conference honors in each of her four seasons while helping the Jaguars to four straight conference titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in both 2012 and 2013.
INDIANA STATE ATHLETICS
BELOVED ISU LEGEND DUANE KLUEH PASSES AWAY AT 98
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State University is mourning the loss of Duane Klueh ’49, a legendary alum and professor emeritus of Indiana State. He was a former basketball and tennis star, a coach, and an associate professor of Physical Education. Klueh’s influence on the University, both on and off the court, will be remembered. He was 98 years old.
Born in Bottineau, North Dakota, and raised in Terre Haute, Klueh came to Indiana State University in 1946. He will be remembered as one of the all-time greatest basketball players in university history. He played for Indiana State Teachers College from 1946 to 1949 under coaches John Wooden and John Longfellow. In 1948, the Helms Foundation named him the National Player of the Year and an All-American.
Drafted by the Boston Celtics in 1949, Klueh played two seasons in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets and Fort Wayne Pistons. In 1955, He returned to his alma mater to coach basketball and tennis, earning four Indiana Collegiate Conference “Coach of the Year” awards in basketball and serving as president of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Basketball Coaches. Klueh coached 12 seasons for Indiana State (1955-1967).
Interim Athletic Director Angie Lansing expressed her sympathy, sharing, “We are deeply saddened to hear of Coach Klueh’s passing. He was one of the finest coaches and people to have ever lived. Those who had a chance to know him were blessed beyond measure. We are thinking of his family and the Sycamore community at this time.”
Duane was a charter inductee into the Indiana State University Hall of Fame (1982) and is only one of five male basketball athletes to have a jersey, #54, retired by Indiana State University. He was also a member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (1988), the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame (2006), and the NAIA Hall of Fame (1955). In April, it was announced he would be inducted into the 2024 class of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame.
Klueh received ISU’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990 and the March On! Award for philanthropy in 2014. He was inducted into the inaugural Indiana State University Hall of Fame class in 1982, and the Duane Klueh Tennis Complex on Indiana State’s campus was named in his honor in 2003. In 2021, he established the Duane and Mary Alice Klueh Endowment to support the men’s basketball program. His legacy at Indiana State University will be fondly remembered and deeply missed.
Arrangements for services are pending and will be shared at a later time.
INDIANA STATE BASEBALL
DIAZ, LISTI, CUTTS NAMED TO LEXINGTON REGIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Three Indiana State baseball players were recognized on the Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team as Randal Diaz, Dominic Listi, and Brennyn Cutts were all voted on by the attending media members over the weekend.
Diaz was named the regional’s shortstop on the team as the junior led ISU with a .389 batting average while extending his hitting streak to 32 consecutive games. The Toa Alta, Puerto Rico native homered against both Illinois and Western Michigan, while adding three multi-hit games over the weekend series including in elimination games against WMU, Illinois, and Kentucky. He finished with five runs scored and three RBI while leading ISU with a .722 slugging percentage.
Listi was named as one of the regional’s top outfielders as the redshirt senior put together one of his best performances of the 2024 season over the weekend. The Crystal Lake, Ill. native went 4-for-5 with a run scored in the elimination game against Western Michigan and added an RBI and run scored against Illinois on Sunday afternoon to highlight his tournament. He also picked up his third stolen base of the season in the regional final against Kentucky.
Cutts showcased the form that saw him earn MVC Pitcher of the Year honors as the Greenup, Ill. native posted the first 9.0-inning complete game of his collegiate career in Sunday’s elimination game against Illinois that propelled Indiana State to the finals. Cutts allowed eight hits and two runs while striking out five in a dominant performance and took advantage of three double plays to keep Illinois off the bases in the win. He also survived a 20-minute rain delay in the bottom of the ninth inning and came back to retire the Illini to complete the contest.
Indiana State went 2-2 overall in the Lexington Regional as the Sycamores competed in their third NCAA Regional over the last four seasons. ISU advanced to the Regional Final for the third time since the 2019 season before falling to No. 2 national seed Kentucky in Sunday’s final game.
2024 NCAA Lexington Regional All-Tournament Team
(as voted on by media on site)
C: Devin Burkes, Kentucky
1B: Ryan Nicholson, Kentucky – Most Outstanding Player
2B: Emilien Pitre, Kentucky
3B: Michell Daly, Kentucky
SS: Randal Diaz, Indiana State
OF: Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky
OF: Dominic Listi, Indiana State
OF: Ryan Moerman, Illinois
DH: CJ Richmond, Western Michigan
P: Trey Pooser, Kentucky
P: Mason Moore, Kentucky
P: Brennyn Cutts, Indiana State
EVANSVILLE BASEBALL
BASEBALL ACES: SUPER REGIONAL BOUND!!!
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The University of Evansville baseball team became just the ninth No. 4 seed to win an NCAA Tournament Regional on Monday afternoon, as the fourth-seeded Purple Aces outlasted the host and #16 national seed East Carolina Pirates, 6-5, at Clark-LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
“What a tremendous moment for our program!” said UE head coach Wes Carroll. “I thought that Nick Smith did a tremendous job of setting the tone for us today, and then what Max Hansmann and Shane Harris was able to do out of the pen was really special. Offensively, we had guys step up once again, and what a great bounce-back performance from last night. Our guys never wavered this weekend, and they represented the University and this program so well, and I couldn’t be more proud of them for that.
“I also want to thank the people at East Carolina and their fans for a tremendous environment and regional experience. The environment was special, and the fans were in to every game, and it made it a very special weekend of baseball.”
Senior starter Nick Smith kept East Carolina scoreless for the first two innings on Monday, and his teammates helped give him an early lead with single runs in the first and second innings. Senior designated hitter Kip Fougerousse continued his torrid stretch with a long solo home run to dead center field in the first inning to not only give UE the lead, but also tie the Evansville single-season home run record with his 21st home run of the year. Fougerousse has now homered in six-straight games and in eight of nine games overall.
A walk, a wild pitch, an infield single and a throwing error by ECU helped UE plate its second run of the contest in the second inning. The Pirates would rebound with two runs in the third inning to tie the game, but Smith kept the score tied at 2-2 until the fifth inning with four strong innings of work on the mound.
The Pirates would rally for three runs in the fifth inning on just one base hit, before sophom*ore reliever Max Hansmann (2-1) would come on to shut down the inning with ECU leading 5-2. Evansville would immediately respond with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a lead-off double by senior shortstop Simon Scherry, a single by graduate outfielder Mark Shallenberger, and an RBI ground out by Fougerousse to trim the deficit to 5-3.
Shallenberger would then launch one of the most important home runs in UE history in the sixth inning with a three-run blast to right-center field to give UE a 6-5 lead. From there, Hansmann would retire six of the next eight ECU batters to keep the score at 6-5 going into the ninth inning. Senior reliever Shane Harris then came out of the UE bullpen and set down the Pirates in order to earn his third save of the year and help UE secure its first Regional Tournament championship in program history.
Shallenberger went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI to help lead the UE offense. Fougerousse also went 1-for-3 with his fourth home run of the Regional Tournament on his way to earning the Greenville (N.C.) Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player honor. Scherry and Widder also had two hits each for UE, which improves to 38-24 overall with the victory and advances on to the Super Regional round to face national No. 1 seed, Tennessee.
Fougerousse earned Regional Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors, while Shallenberger, Scherry and freshman pitcher Kenton Deverman were all named to the Greenville (N.C.) All-Regional Tournament team.
The NCAA will announce the dates and start times for the Super Regional match-up between Evansville and Tennessee on Tuesday morning via social media. UE and Tennessee have never met in the sport of baseball before.
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NUMBERS IN SPORTS
18 – 6 – 27
June 4, 1899 – The Boston Beaneaters pitcher John Clarkson became the first MLB player to throw an “immaculate inning” where he struck-out three Philadelphia Quakers batters on just nine pitches!
June 4, 1951 – Pittsburgh Pirates lefty outfielder, Number 18, Gus Bell hit for the cycle to help the Buccos knock-off the cross state rival Phillies 12-4.
June 4, 1958 – History was made! San Francisco Giants Hank Sauer, Number 6 and Bob Schmidt, Number 27 are first in NL history to hit consecutive pinch-hit HRs in 10-9 win over the Milwaukee Braves
FOOTBALL HISTORY
June 4, 1875- Harvard faced Tufts University in the first game between two American colleges played under rules similar to the May 1874 McGill/Harvard contests. The rules included each side fielding 11 men at any given time, the ball was advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopped play. Surprisingly the game was won by the upstart Tufts squad.
June 4, 1944- Cleveland Browns franchise forms in the All-America Football Conference when local Cleveland businessman Arthur B. McBride aquired the franchise in the new league. When the AAFC dissolved in 1949 the franchise joined the NFL. McBride and his partners sold the Browns to another group of North Eastern Ohio investors in 1953 for a price that was unheard of at the time $600,000! Eight years after that another franchise sale took place and Art Modell took controlling shares of the Browns. In 1995 Modell moved the franchise to Baltimore under the Ravens mascot name. The Browns were re-formed as a new franchise retaining their old historical records, team colors and mascot in 1999.
June 4, 1944- San Francisco 49ers franchise forms in the All-America Football Conference. The team of was one of the three former AAFC teams that merged into the NFL in 1950. Want more 49ers history? Join us on the Pigskin Dispatch Landing Page of the San Francisco 49ers, for more.
June 4, 1974- Seattle Seahawks franchise forms after almost 20 years of planning, plotting and applying. Finally on this date in 1974 the NFL granted access into the league and the Pacific Northwest gained foot hold in professional football as an expansion team.
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June 4 Football Hall of Fame Birthday
June 4, 1891 – Lexington, Georgia – The fine halfback from the University of Georgia from the seasons of 1910 to 1913, Bob McWhorter was born. McWhorter’s collegiate football records are celebrated in the College Football Hall of Fame after his induction in 1954.
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
June 4
1940 — The Pirates beat the Boston Bees 14-2 in the first night game at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.
1940 — The St. Louis Cardinals play their first night game at Sportsman’s Park, defeating the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-1.
1951 — Pittsburgh’s Gus Bell hit for the cycle to lead the Pirates to a 12-4 victory over the Phillies at Philadelphia.
1964 — Sandy Koufax pitched his third no-hitter, striking out 12, as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Phillies 3-0 in Philadelphia.
1968 — Don Drysdale of the Dodgers blanked the Pirates 5-0 for his sixth straight shutout en route to a record 58 2-3 scoreless innings.
1972 — A major league record eight shutouts were pitched in 16 major league games: five in the American League, three in the National League. The Oakland Athletics swept a pair from the Baltimore Orioles by identical 2-0 scores.
1974 — The game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium was forfeited to Texas. Umpire Nestor Chylak had problems with fans all night on 10-cent beer night. The crowd got out of control when Cleveland tied the score 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth.
1989 — Toronto beats Boston 13-11 in 12 innings after trailing 10-0 after six inngs. Red Sox starter Mike Smithson threw six scoreless innings before leaving in the seventh because of a foot blister. The Jays then scored two in the seventh, four in the eighth and five in the ninth and two more in the 11th on Junior Felix’s home run. It was the biggest lead the Red Sox have blown and their 12th consecutive loss to the Blue Jays at Fenway Park.
1990 — Ramon Martinez struck out 18 and pitched a three-hitter, sending the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Atlanta Braves 6-0.
1996 — Pamela Davis pitched one inning of scoreless relief and got the win in a minor league exhibition game. She is believed to be the first woman to pitch for a major league farm club under the current minor league system. The 21-year-old right-hander pitched for the Jacksonville Suns, a Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, against the Australian Olympic team.
2000 — Esteban Yan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays becomes the 77th major league player to hit a home run in his first at bat, but just the fourth American League pitcher and the first since the Angels’ Don Rose in 1972, the year before the designated hitter rule took the bat out of AL pitchers’ hands.
2005 — Rafael Palmeiro and Melvin Mora each hit grand slams to help Baltimore rally for a 14-7 win over Detroit.
2007 — Mark Ellis hit for the cycle and Eric Chavez had a two-out homer in the 11th inning to lift Oakland to a 5-4 win over Boston.
2009 — Randy Johnson became the 24th major league pitcher to win 300 games by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2012 — Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels manager became the ninth manager in AL history to manage 2,000 games with one club. The Mariners beat the Angels 8-6.
2018 — In a doubleheader with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees OF Aaron Judge sets a record by striking out eight times.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
2022 — The rule preventing position players from pitching in a close game is invoked for the first time when Crew chief C.B. Bucknor objects to Dodgers manager Dave Roberts calling on OF Zach McKinstry to pitch the 9th inning gainst the Mets with his team trailing, 9 – 4. The rule, adopted before the 2020 season but not implemented until this year due to the upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic, states that a team cannot use a position player on the mound unless there is a difference of six or more runs between the two teams. Roberts is thus forced to use a real pitcher, Evan Phillips, to pitch the final inning. In spite of the rule, the practice of using such “mystery pitchers” is continuing undiminished, with teams even resorting to them when they have built a huge lead late in the game, in order to rest their bullpens, something that was completely unseen before the decade started.
June 5
1915 — Philadelphia’s Grover Cleveland Alexander lost his no-hitter when Artie Butler punched a single with two outs in the ninth. Alexander struck out Bob Bescher for the final out to beat St. Louis 3-0. Alexander went on to pitch three more one-hitters during the season.
1929 — The Cincinnati Reds scored nine runs in the sixth inning en route to a 21-4 romp over the Chicago Cubs.
1935 — Chicago White Sox rookie John Whitehead loses to St. Louis 2-0. It was his first loss after winning his first eight starts, an AL record for the start of a career.
1949 — Commissioner Happy Chandler lifted the ban on all players who jumped to Mexico, starting in 1946.
1955 — Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit a home run off Chicago’s Billy Pierce that traveled about 550 feet. The ball cleared the left-field upper deck at Comiskey Park.
1959 — Pittsburgh’s Dick Stuart hit the longest home run at Forbes Field. Stuart smashed a shot over the center-field wall off Chicago pitcher Glenn Hobbie.
1966 — Leo Cardenas of the Reds hit four home runs in a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. Cardenas hit two home runs in each game as Cincinnati won the opener 8-3 but dropped the second game 9-5.
1986 — San Diego’s Steve Garvey was ejected for the first time in his career when he argued a play at home plate. Garvey, the on-deck hitter, protested the last out of a triple play by the Atlanta Braves. Television replays showed that Bip Roberts was indeed safe. The Padres lost 4-2.
1989 — The Blue Jays lost their debut in the SkyDome as Glenn Braggs hit a two-run homer to lead the Milwaukee Brewers past Toronto 5-3. The $375 million complex featured a $100 million, four-section, retractable roof.
1997 — Alex Rodriguez of the Mariners became the first Seattle player to hit for the cycle in a nine-inning game. He completed the cycle with a double in the ninth of a 14-6 win at Detroit.
2001 — Colorado pitcher Mike Hampton had two homers, three RBIs and recorded his eighth win as Colorado defeated Houston 9-4.
2008 — Atlanta’s Chipper Jones became the third switch-hitter in major league history to hit 400 career home runs. Jones’ homer off Ricky Nolasco was one of his four hits in the 7-5 comeback win over Florida. Mickey Mantle and Eddie Murray were the first two reach the milestone.
2013 — The Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners played the first game in major league history when each team scored five or more runs in the game when it was scoreless through the ninth. Alejandro De Aza and Alex Rios each had an RBI single in the 16th inning, and Chicago won 7-5.
2015 — Oakland’s Pat Venditte became the first pitcher in 20 years to throw with both arms in the same game, but the Boston Red Sox beat the Athletics 4-2 on a night a fan sustained life-threatening injuries when she was struck by a broken bat.
2021 — Team USA secured a spot in the Tokyo Olympics by winning the Americas Olympic Qualifier.
June 6
1918 — Casey Stengel, after being traded by Brooklyn in the offseason, made his return to Ebbets Field a memorable one. In his first at-bat, Stengel called time, stepped out of the batter’s box and doffed his cap. A bird flew out and the fans broke into laughter.
1934 — Myril Hoag hit a major league record six singles in the New York Yankees’ 15-3 rout of the Boston Red Sox.
1939 — The New York Giants hit five home runs in the fourth inning in a 17-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds at the Polo Grounds. With two out, Harry Danning, Al Demaree, Burgess Whitehead, Manny Salvo and Joe Moore connected as the Giants scored eight runs in the inning.
1945 — In the first game of a doubleheader, Boston’s Boo Ferriss scattered 14 hits to beat Philadelphia 5-2. Ferris, 8-0 on the year, tied the AL mark held by Chicago’s John Whitehead for wins at the start of a career.
1975 — Cleveland manager Frank Robinson hit two three-run homers in a 7-5 win over the Texas Rangers.
1986 — San Diego Padres manager Steve Boros was ejected before the first pitch of the game with the Atlanta Braves when he tried to give umpire Charlie Williams a videotape of a disputed play in the previous night’s 4-2 loss to Atlanta.
1992 — Eddie Murray drove in two runs at Pittsburgh to pass Mickey Mantle (1,509) as the all-time RBI leader among switch-hitters.
1995 — J.D. Drew of Florida State hit a record-setting three homers in his final three at-bats in a 16-11 loss to Southern California in the College World Series. Drew finished 3-for-5 with five RBIs and 12 total bases, also a series record.
1996 — For the second time in major league history and first in the AL, a cycle and a triple play took place in the same game. Boston’s John Valentin hit for the cycle, while Chicago turned a triple play in the Red Sox’s 7-4 victory. In 1931, Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hit for the cycle in the same game that the Phillies turned a triple play against the Chicago Cubs.
2000 — The Rally Monkey is born, thanks to the Anaheim Angels’ video crew playing a clip from the 1994 film Ace Ventura, Pet Detective on the JumboTron. With the words Rally Monkey superimposed over a monkey jumping up and down in the Jim Carrey movie, the crowd goes wild as the Angels score two runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat the San Francisco Giants, 6-5.
2003 — Insisting the corked bat, designed to put on home run displays during batting practice, was accidentally used in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa is suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball. Bob Watson, baseball’s vice president of on-field operations, agrees that the Cubs outfielder’s use of an illegal bat was an “isolated incident,” but one that still deserves a penalty.
2007 — Trevor Hoffman became the first major leaguer with 500 career saves when he closed out the San Diego Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2017 — Scooter Gennett hit four home runs, matching the major league record, and finished with 10 RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds routed the St. Louis Cardinals 13-1. Gennett became the 17th player to homer four times in one game.
2022 — Eduardo Escobar hits for the cycle in an 11-5 win over the Padres; he is the first Mets player to do so since Scott Hairston in 2012, and the first player for any team to accomplish the feat at Petco Park.
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher.
1927 — The United States wins the first Ryder Cup golf tournament by beating Britain 9½-2½.
1932 — Faireno, ridden by Tommy Malley, wins the Belmont Stakes by 1½ lengths over Osculator. Burgoo King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, doesn’t race.
1966 — Ameroid, ridden by Bill Boland, wins the Belmont Stakes by 2½ lengths over Buffle. Kauai King, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, finishes fourth.
1974 — NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks.
1984 — 1960 champion Arnold Palmer fails to qualify for the US Open Golf Championship for the first time in 32 years.
1987 — Danny Harris defeats Edwin Moses in the 400 hurdles at a meet in Madrid, ending the longest winning streak in track and field. Moses, had won 122 consecutive races dating to Aug. 26, 1977.
1988 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf beats 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union in 32 minutes with a 6-0, 6-0 victory to win the French Open for the second straight year.
1990 — Penn State is voted into the Big Ten. The school becomes the 11th member of the league and first addition to the Midwest-based conference since Michigan State in 1949.
1994 — Haile Gebrselassie becomes the first Ethiopian to set a world track record with a time of 12:56.96 in the men’s 5,000 meters at Hengelo, Netherlands.
1998 — Harut Karapetyan of the LA Galaxy scores three goals in five minutes for the fastest hat trick in MLS history in an 8-1 rout of the Dallas Burn. The seven-goal margin sets an MLS record.
2005 — Justine Henin-Hardenne beats a rattled and fumbling Mary Pierce 6-1, 6-1 to win the French Open, capping a comeback from a blood virus with her fourth Grand Slam title and her second at Roland Garros.
2005 — Eddie Castro sets a North American record for most wins by a jockey in one day at one track, winning nine races on the 13-race card at Miami’s Calder Race Course.
2008 — The Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 .
2009 — Randy Johnson earns his 300th win, becoming the 24th major league pitcher to reach the milestone by leading San Francisco to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals in the first game of a doubleheader.
2011 — Li Na becomes the first Chinese — man or woman — to win a Grand Slam singles title. She beats Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 (0) in the French Open final for her fifth career title and first on clay.
2016 — Garbine Muguruza wins her first Grand Slam title by beating defending champion Serena Williams 7-5, 6-4 at the French Open, denying the American her record-equaling 22nd major trophy.
2019 — San Francisco Giant Manager Bruce Bochy wins his 1,000th game as the manager of the Giants with a 9-3 victory over the New York Mets.
June 5
1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to win three straight Belmont Stakes when he rides Panique to victory. He won with George Kinney (1883) and Forester (1882). McLaughlin repeats his feat in 1886-88. McLaughlin’s triple is matched by jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. in 1984.
1925 — Willie McFarlane beats Bobby Jones by one stroke in the second round of a playoff to capture the U.S. Open. Macfarlane shoots a 291 at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club.
1927 — Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard & 200-yard free-style swim record.
1937 — War Admiral, ridden by Charles Kurtsinger, wins the Triple Crown with a three-length victory over Sceneshifter in the Belmont Stakes.
1943 — Count Fleet, ridden by Johnny Longden, wins the Triple Crown by 25 lengths in the Belmont Stakes. Count Fleet goes at off at 1-20 odds in a race with no place or show betting.
1952 — Jersey Joe Walcott scores a 15-round unanimous decision over Ezzard Charles in Philadelphia to retain the world heavyweight title.
1961 — The newly formed American Basketball League adopts the 3-point field goal.
1977 — The Portland Trail Blazers hold off the Philadelphia 76ers 109-107 to win the NBA championship in six games. Portland becomes the first team in the 31-year history of the league to win four straight after losing the first two games.
1985 — Steve Cauthen wins the Epsom Derby aboard Slip Anchor and became the only American jockey to win both the English Derby and Kentucky Derby. Cauthen had ridden Affirmed to victory in the 1978 Kentucky Derby.
1993 — Julie Krone guides Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race.
1994 — Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Sergi Bruguera produce the best day of tennis in Spanish history. Sanchez Vicario beats Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4 in the French Open final and Bruguera retains his title by defeating another Spaniard, Alberto Berasategui, 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.
1999 — Steffi Graf wins her sixth French Open title and her first Grand Slam championship in almost three years, beating top-ranked Martina Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
1999 — Charismatic loses his bid to become the 12th Triple Crown winner when he fractures his left front cannon bone and sesamoid while finishing third to Lemon Drop Kid in the Belmont Stakes.
2004 — Smarty Jones loses his Triple Crown bid and his perfect record when Birdstone runs him down near the finish of a thrilling Belmont Stakes. Birdstone, a 36-1 long shot ridden by Edgar Prado, returns $74, $14 and $8.60.
2005 — Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal beats unseeded Mariano Puerta of Argentina in four sets to win the French Open men’s singles title. The No. 4-seeded Nadal becomes the youngest men’s Grand Slam champion since Pete Sampras won the U.S. Open at 19 in 1990.
2011 — Rafael Nadal wins his record-equaling sixth French Open title, beating Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1 in the final.
2016 — Novak Djokovic becomes the first man in nearly a half-century to win four consecutive major championships and finally earned elusive French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Andy Murray 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4.
2021 — Luis Saez rides Essential Quality to wins the 153rd Belmont Stakes.
June 6
1919 — Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six lengths, covering the distance in 59 seconds.
1924 — Cyril Walker captures the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Bobby Jones.
1936 — Granville, ridden by James Stout, wins the Belmont Stakes by a neck over Mr. Bones. Bold Venture, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, does not run in the race.
1946 — The National Basketball Association is founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York.
1966 — NFL & AFL announce their merger.
1969 — Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar.
1976 — 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2.
1981 — Summing, ridden by George Martins, wins the Belmont Stakes, spoiling Pleasant Colony’s Triple Crown bid.
1987 — Bet Twice, ridden by Craig Perret, breezes to a 14-length victory in the Belmont Stakes to deny Alysheba the Triple Crown. Alysheba is a distant fourth.
1987 — West Germany’s Steffi Graf, eight days shy of her 18th birthday, becomes the youngest women’s champion of the French Open when she beats Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6.
1992 — NY Mets first baseman Eddie Murray records his 1,510th run batted in during 15-1 thrashing of Pittsburgh Pirates to pass Mickey Mantle as all-time RBI leader among MLB switch-hitters.
1998 — Real Quiet is denied the Triple Crown when Victory Gallop edges him at the wire in the Belmont Stakes.
1999 — Andre Agassi rallies to win the French Open and become the fifth man to complete a career Grand Slam. After losing the first two sets, Agassi surges back to beat Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Agassi won the 1992 Wimbledon, 1994 U.S. Open and 1995 Australian Open.
1999 — Juli Inkster wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a 16-under 272, the lowest 72-hole score in the championship’s 54-year history.
2007 — The Anaheim Ducks capture the Stanley Cup with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators, ending the series in five games.
2007 — Trevor Hoffman becomes the first major leaguer with 500 career saves when he closes out the San Diego Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2010 — Rafael Nadal wins his fifth French Open title and avenges his lone Roland Garros defeat, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves to 38-1 at Roland Garros, with the only loss to Soderling in the fourth round a year ago.
2011 — The Bowl Championship Series strips the Southern California Trojans of their 2004 title, leaving that season without a BCS champion. BCS officials vacated the championship after the Trojans were hit with heavy NCAA sanctions last year for rules violations committed during the 2004 and ’05 seasons.
2015 — American Pharoah leads all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5½ lengths, becoming the first horse in 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The bay colt, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Victor Espinoza, is the 12th horse and first since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown.
2015 — Serena Williams overcomes a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit to win her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.
2015 — Tiger Woods hits a new low with the highest score of his career — an 85 in the Memorial at Muirfield Village, the course where he has won eight times. Woods ends his front nine of the third round with back-to-back double bogeys and finishes with a quadruple-bogey 8.
2015 — UEFA Champions League Final, Berlin: FC Barcelona beats Juventus, 3-1 for 5th title and second treble (Spanish La Liga & Cup champions).
2018 — LeBron James passes Michael Jordan’s record of 109 for the most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in a 110-102 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
2023 — In a stunning development, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create its own for-profit entity to be run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
TV SPORTS TUESDAY
| MLB REGULAR SEASON | TIME ET | TV |
| MILWAUKEE AT PHILADELPHIA | 6:40PM | BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN NBC SPORTS PHILADELPHIA MLB.TV FUBO |
| LA DODGERS AT PITTSBURGH | 6:40PM | SNLA ATTSN-PITTSBURGH MLB.TV FUBO |
| TAMPA BAY AT MIAMI | 6:40PM | BALLY SPORTS SUN BALLY SPORTS FLORIDA MLB.TV FUBO |
| KANSAS CITY AT CLEVELAND | 6:40PM | BALLY SPORTS KANSAS CITY BALLY SPORTS GREAT LAKES MLB.TV FUBO |
| NY METS AT WASHINGTON | 6:45PM | SNY MASN MLB.TV FUBO |
| MINNESOTA AT NY YANKEES | 7:05PM | TBS BALLY SPORTS NORTH YES MLB.TV FUBO |
| BALTIMORE AT TORONTO | 7:07PM | MASN2 SPORTSNET1 MLB.TV FUBO |
| ATLANTA AT BOSTON | 7:10PM | BSSO NESN MLB.TV FUBO |
| DETROIT AT TEXAS | 8:05PM | BALLY SPORTS DETROIT BALLY SPORTS SOUTHWEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| CHI. WHITE SOX AT CHI. CUBS | 8:05PM | NBC SPORTS CHICAGO MARQ MLB.TV FUBO |
| ST. LOUIS AT HOUSTON | 8:10PM | BALLY SPORTS MIDWEST SCHN MLB.TV FUBO |
| CINCINNATI AT COLORADO | 8:40PM | BALLY SPORTS OHIO ROCKIES.TV MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN DIEGO AT LA ANGELS | 9:38PM | MLBN PADRES.TV BALLY SPORTS WEST MLB.TV FUBO |
| SAN FRANCISCO AT ARIZONA | 9:40PM | MLBN NBC SPORTS BAY AREA YURVIEW MLB.TV FUBO |
| SEATTLE AT OAKLAND | 9:40PM | ROOT SPORTS NBC SPORTS CALIFORNIA MLB.TV FUBO |
| NHL PLAYOFFS | TIME ET | TV |
| WEST FINALS GAME 7: EDMONTON AT DALLAS | – | TNT |
| SOCCER | TIME ET | TV |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: SLOVENIA VS ARMENIA | 12:00PM | FS2 FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: BARRACAS CENTRAL VS HURACÁN | 2:30PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: PORTUGAL VS FINLAND | 2:45PM | FS2 FUBO |
| MEN’S FRIENDLY: ITALY VS TURKEY | 3:00PM | VIX FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: BANFIELD VS NEWELL’S OLD BOYS | 7:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| ARGENTINA PRIMERA DIVISIÓN: INDEPENDIENTE RIVADAVIA VS UNIÓN SANTA FE | 7:00PM | PARAMOUNT+ FUBO |
| WOMEN’S FRIENDLY: CANADA VS MEXICO | 7:30PM | FS2 FUBO |
| WOMEN’S FRIENDLY: USA VS KOREA REPUBLIC | 8:00PM | TRUTV PEAco*ck MAX FUBO |
| WNBA | TIME ET | TV |
| WASHINGTON VS CONNECTICUT | 7:00PM | MNMT NBC SPORTS BOSTON |
| NEW YORK VS CHICAGO | 8:00PM | NBATV MY9 THE U |
| PHOENIX VS SEATTLE | 10:00PM | CBSSN AFSN PRIME-SEATTLE |
| TENNIS | TIME ET | TV |
| FRENCH OPEN | 5:00AM | TENNIS |
| FRENCH OPEN | 2:00PM | TENNIS |
