Podcast appearances and mentions of Ara Parseghian

There are many experts offering insight into the National Championship game with Notre Dame facing Ohio State on Monday, January 20th. Among them all, one person stands out.Meet Gerry DiNardo, a former Notre Dame All-American & 1973 National Champion, now a long-time analyst at the Big Ten Network. I call him “Coach” as his vibe, presence and commentary continues to reflect the role he had as the head coach at Vanderbilt, LSU, and Indiana. He joined us on Y-Option, thanks to our founding partner 76, to discuss what made his time in South Bend so powerful under the legendary Ara Parseghian as well as why the loss to Michigan might be the reason that Ohio State is 60 minutes away from hoisting the national championship trophy.We also reflect on his time with Bill McCartney at Colorado, having been on his staff for 9 seasons. Coach DiNardo will have you laughing and learning as he shares poignant and vivid stories as a Buff.In addition, Jim Thornby and I reflect on the semifinals and the duality of being at the Cotton Bowl while my mind was with those in Los Angeles.As always, if you'd like to help those impacted by the raging fires visit this link: (https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-08/how-to-help-victims-of-pacific-palisades-eaton-and-hurst-fires)Much love and please stay safe,YogiThis episode was executive produced by Jim Thornby and edited by Victor Ren.This podcast is a Best Coast Media production.Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Y-Option: College Football with Yogi Roth at www.y-option.com/subscribe

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Mark O. Hubbard, seasoned broadcasting executive and author, to discuss the impact Coach Ara Parseghian had on those around him. The author of four books, including Ara-The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend, Mark spent more than 25 years in the broadcasting industry, including serving as President of Flagship Broadcasting, President of Fairmont Communications, and Senior Vice President for Corporate Development at Clear Channel.  Mark was most recently an independent consultant providing services exclusively to senior management at established companies and to entrepreneurs at start-up ventures.  Mark also has served as an Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Notre Dame, where he was awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, and he received an MBA from Wharton. Mark is also a registered Architect.   Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here! SHOW NOTES: MARK O. HUBBARD: BIO: FEATURED BOOK: Ara-The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend: The Authorized Biography of Coach Ara Parseghian, by Mark O. Hubbard ADDITIONAL BOOKS: Business Wise Guide, 80 Powerful Insights You Can't Get in Business School, by Mark O. Hubbard Undisputed, Notre Dame National Champions 1966, by Mark O. Hubbard, Roger Valdiserri, et. al. Forgotten Four, Notre Dame's Greatest Backfield and the Undefeated 1953 Team, by Donald J. and Mark O. Hubbard (brothers) ARTICLES: Hubbard's biography ‘ARA' reveals true greatness of legendary Irish football coach, South Bend Times ‘Ara' Review: The Savior of Notre Dame Football, Wall Street Journal The MacArthur Bowl

2 time national champion coach Ara Parseghian is in studio to impart his wisdom, view of how the program is trending, and specific X's and O's for Saturday's contest vs the Cardinal.

December 31, 1973... The Fighting Irish taking on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Sugar Bowl with the National Championship hanging in the balance. Ara Parseghian coaches his Notre Dame kids to a 24-23 upset win over Bear Bryant with Tom Clements leading the way and Frank Allocco on the sidelines, as usual, rooting on the starting QB. That was Allocco's job as the backup quarterback and he did it the way he did everything... with grace and enthusiasm. And after the 1974 season ended, Alloco's patience and work ethic would pay off. He would be the starting QB for Notre Dame. And then he wasn't. A separated shoulder before the season began ended his senior year. He would never start a game while playing at South Bend. Most would be devastated that the dream they had worked so hard to fulfill only to have it taken away when they were so close to achieving it. But not Frank. He admired greatly his coach Ara Parseghian who would often say, ‘Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents that which under prosperous conditions may have remained dormant.” Allocco graduated from ND and started a coaches clinic for basketball. Years later, that turned into a high school coaches job in California in Walnut Creek where he won a state championship in 1995. From there, he went to Concord De La Salle High School and won a 2nd state championship there. He would go on to win 600 games faster than any coach in the history of California and ended his 24 year coaching career 2nd all-time in winning percentage and is the only coach to win state titles with 2 different schools. Now at the University of San Francisco, Allocco is still changing young people lives, just like his coach and mentor Parseghian did at Notre Dame. He relishes his time in South Bend and tells us how he went from 9th on the depth chart to the backup. How he admired the tenacity of another player at Notre Dame just looking for a chance: Rudy Ruettiger. And how a chance meeting with an 86-year old "Angel" changed his life. 50 years ago he was the backup to the man on the cover of the 9/30/74 issue of Sports Illustrated, Tom Clements, but on the Past Our Prime podcast he's the starter and the winner. Give it a listen on any and all podcast formats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark O. Hubbard discusses his new book "Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend" .... the authorized biography of renowned football coach Ara Parseghian.

In this episode, Tom Noie, Mike Berardino and Jackon Neill set the stage for Notre Dame's home game against Miami (Ohio) - can the Irish handle success two weeks in a row. They look back on the wipeout of Purdue and rewind to this week's Pod of Old - Notre Dame's road win in 1996 at Texas in the final seconds thanks to the right leg of Jim Sanson. Author Mark O. Hubbard joins them to discuss his authorized biography on Notre Dame legend Ara Parseghian. They close with the question of the week before hot takes and predictions for the Miami (Ohio) game.

It's "We In/We Out" day on IB Nation Sports Talk! That means Irish Breakdown is answering questions about Notre Dame football and more, with all questions submitted by our Champions Lounge premium board subscribers. Today's questions include: * Marcus freeman will end up being a more legendary coach than Lou Holtz and Ara Parseghian at ND. We In or We Out? * Jayden Harrison has a kickoff return, a punt return and a receiving TD this year. We In or We Out? * CJ Carr sees meaningful playing time (not mop up) in '24. We In or We Out? * Jadarian Price has more carries than Jeremiyah Love but Love has more receptions. We In or We Out? * Oklahoma St wins the Big 12. We In or We Out? * The National Champion will come from seeds 1-5 but will beat a 6-12 in the final. We In or We Out? * One quarterback will enter the transfer portal in December and it won't be who you expect. We In or We Out? * ND men's basketball make the tourney this upcoming season. We In or We Out? * KVA will score 2 touchdowns this season- an interception & fumble return. We in or out? * Florida State is not in the ACC for 2025 season and joins the Big Ten. We In or We Out? * Al Golden is a top candidate for the Penn State job during/after the season. We In or We Out? * Jeremiyah Love shakes a couple a&m defenders to score a 20 plus yard touchdown for the first TD of the season. We In or We Out? * Christian Gray leads the team in interceptions. We In or We Out? * Just rewatched last year's game against USC and realized that though the defense played lights out, the offense was sort of ‘just good enough.' With that in mind, this year, the ND offense will have multiple games where it will actually out-perform the defense. We in or we out?? * IF ND plays Ohio St this year, we finally get the W? Hopfully for the national championship game. That would be epic. We in or we out? * A 10-3 team makes the playoffs this year. We In or We Out? * The SEC gets 4 teams into the playoffs. We In or We Out? Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Terence Moore joins us again to share more stories from his 45 years as a ground-breaking and award-winning sports journalist. He takes us behind the scenes of his encounters with Paul Brown, Woody Hayes, Ara Parseghian, John McVay, Walter Alston and other legends who are featured in Moore's new book, “Red Brick Magic: Sean McVay, John Harbaugh and Miami University's Cradle of Coaches."    This is Moore's second appearance on Press Box Access. Check out his first episode with us from Aug. 18, 2021 when Terence discussed challenges that he faced in breaking down racial barriers in sports media, being a pallbearer at Hank Aaron's funeral, covering the epic Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns brawl, watching Billy Martin trash his office, and more. You can listen to that first episode here:   https://evergreenpodcasts.com/press-box-access/terence-moore-you-could-almost-feel-the-punches#episodeContent   Moore has covered 30 Super Bowls, numerous World Series and NBA Finals games, Final Fours, several Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and other auto races, major prize fights and golf tournaments, college football bowl games and more. In 1999, he was honored by the National Association of Black Journalists for ranking as the longest-running black sports columnist in the history of major newspapers. Terence currently works as a national columnist for Forbes.com, writes opinion pieces for CNN.com, and is a contributor to ESPN.com, MLB.com and MSNBC.com. He also does work for the NFL Network, has a YouTube channel called Atlanta Sports Unlimited, and makes TV appearances every week on Sports Zone Sunday for the local ABC affiliate in Atlanta, the most-watched ABC affiliate in the country. That's the city's top-rated sports show. His national TV appearances include a guest spot on The Oprah Winfrey Show, regular commentaries on CNN-SI, and five years as a panelist on ESPN's Rome is Burning. Terence spent 25 years as a general sports columnist for the Atlanta-Journal Constitution before becoming a national sports columnist for AOL Sports in 2009. He later served as a national columnist for SportsonEarth.com. Before moving to Atlanta in January 1985, Terence spent five years as a reporter at the San Francisco Examiner, where he covered the San Francisco Giants, the Oakland Raiders, the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco 49ers. That followed three years as a sports reporter at the Cincinnati Enquirer, which hired him eight days after he graduated from Miami (Ohio) University in 1978. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Theismann is a former NFL Quarterback for the Washington Redskins. He is now a professional and corporate speaker all over the United States, a sports commentator, an author and owner of Theismann's Restaurant and Bar in Alexandria, VA. He played football for the legendary Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame, where he set 23 school records in just 3 seasons. Joe is a two-time Pro Bowler and led Washington to 2 straight Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XVII over the Miami Dolphins in 1982.

Former Notre Dame All-American and national championship quarterback Terry Hanratty discusses ND's big win over Clemson, the season QB Drew Pyne is having, being a first-time starter at ND, how Marcus Freeman is handling being head coach, OL coach Harry Hiestand's impact, what made Ara Parseghian great, his battles with COVID and more. Then Tyler James and Eric Hansen answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (24:38).

Our dear friend Roger Valdiserri passed away last week at the age of 95. Roger was a legend in our industry, serving as the Sports Information Director at Notre Dame for 3 decades. Throughout his career, he worked 22 men's basketball Final Fours, 2 Olympic Games, and even a World Cup. He was a part of 2 national championships in football under head coach Ara Parseghian.  We published a podcast with Roger back in January of 2021, and selected some of our favorite moments to include here in honor of such a renowned figure in the world of sports.  Our condolences are with the entire Valdiserri family at this time.    Listen to the full episode here: https://nvgt.com/podcast?ppplayer=98f56b6dd6dca41729f186d12a4d1251&ppepisode=1b442ef51a297a93127e7ad32dba776ahttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/roger-valdiserri-notre-dame/id1544529117?i=1000504498184 For more insights, visit our LinkedIn page or learn more about Navigate at https://nvgt.com/.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron’s HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron’s 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division’s only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He’s 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes ‘parity of opportunity’ for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn’t care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 0                        (COL Leads 2-0) Avalanche 4, Oilers 0 – Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2 Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless opening period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series — defense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. Tonight Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, 8:00 p.m.          (NYR Leads 1-0) NHL – Flames’ Sutter wins Jack Adams as NHL coach of the year Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames is this season’s recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.  Sutter oversaw the biggest one-year improvement by any team in the league guiding the Flames to the Pacific Division title a year after they missed the playoffs.  Sutter received 54 first-place votes to beat Florida’s Andrew Brunette and New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant for the honor. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m. WNBA – Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players through an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.  The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyers after being vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to email. She’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response.  The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Tennis – French Open – Gauff to face Swiatek in final It will be top-ranked Iga Swiatek against American Coco Gauff for the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek won her 34th straight match today, dominating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1. NCAAFB – CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023 The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season and beyond will restart the task in the coming weeks. Keenum is the chairman of the CFP board of managers. He added that he intends to meet with his fellow presidents and chancellors in August to discuss what comes next for the playoff. An attempt to expand the playoff from the current four-team format to 12 teams before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season fell apart last fall. NCAA – Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95 Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame’s greatest football teams as the school’s sports information director for three decades, has died. He was 95. Valdiserri’s family says he died of natural causes at a retirement community outside Chicago. The family said he was surrounded by his five children at the time of his death. Valdiserri was a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from Notre Dame in 1954. His first job at the school was an administrative assistant for football coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. He took over as the school’s sports information director in 1966 under coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame won the first of four national titles in football during Valdiserri’s tenure that season. NBAGL – NBA G League – Grand Rapids Gold moving to Van Andel Arena One month after officials decided that the DeltaPlex Arena will close, the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G-League have had to search for a new home venue.  The team will move to the downtown Van Andel Arena starting this upcoming season.  Van Andel Arena is the 4th largest arena in the state of Michigan and is currently the home of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, who are the Detroit Red Wings primary affiliate.  Van Andel Arena holds just under 11,000 for hockey, and 11, 500 for basketball.  The Gold, who are the affiliated of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, won’t be the first professional basketball team to call Van Andel Arena home, the Grand Rapids Hoops of the now defunct CBA played there from 1996-2001.  The 2001 Big Ten Women’s Basketball tournament was also held at Van Andel Arena. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday South Bend Cubs 5, Dayton Dragons 1 – Game 1 Dayton Dragons 7, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 West Michigan Whitecaps 16, Lake County Captains 8 Lansing Lugnuts 7, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Great Lakes Loons 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 Today West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 7:00 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Championships Division 3 (Delton-Kellogg) Otsego 2, Portland 0 – OT Today Baseball Division 1 (Hudsonville) St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 1:00 p.m. Hudsonville vs. Holland West Ottawa, 1:00 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Lutheran vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 6:00 p.m. Softball Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake vs. Marshall, 6:00 p.m. Division 2 (Zeeland East) Plainwell vs. Zeeland West, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 (Berrien Springs) Three Rivers vs. South Haven, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Buchanan) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Hartford) Saugatuck vs. Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday Girls Tennis – State Finals Division 2 at Hope College & Holland Christian HS St. Joseph, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Central, Mattawan, Berkley, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Seaholm, Dexter, East Lansing, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Grosse Pointe, North Grosse Pointe, South Holly, , Midland, Petoskey, South Lyon, Temperance Bedford, Trenton Division 3 at Midland Tennis Center & Midland HS Lakeshore, Edwardsburg, Allegan, Otsego, Ada Forest Hills, Eastern Armada, BH Cranbrook Kingswood, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Chelsea, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grosse Ile, Haslett, Holland Christian, Ludington, Parma Western, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, St. Johns, Whitehall, Williamston MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday (Continued) Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Mattawan, 10:00 a.m. Division 1 (Portage Northern) Portage Central vs. Kal. Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Baseball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Portage Northern) Kalamazoo Central vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Portage Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Sturgis vs. Coldwater, 10:00 a.m. BC Lakeview vs. Jackson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Edwardsburg) Berrien Springs vs. Dowagiac, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Edwardsburg, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Holland Christian) South Haven vs. Hamilton, 10:00 a.m. Holland Christian vs. Zeeland East, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (Gull Lake) Gull Lake vs. Olivet, 10:00 a.m. Marshall vs. BC Pennfield, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 2 (Parchment) Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Paw Paw vs. Parchment, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (GR South Christian) Otsego vs. Wayland, 10:00 a.m. Hopkins vs. GR South Christian, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Lawton, 10:00 a.m. Bridgman vs. Constantine, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 10:00 a.m. Watervliet vs. Hartford, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Centreville vs. Climax-Scotts, 10:00 a.m. Schoolcraft vs. Comstock, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Calvin Christian) Calvin Christian vs. Covenant Chr., 10:00 a.m. Fennville vs. Saugatuck, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Decatur) Decatur vs. Marcellus, 10:00 a.m. Cassopolis (Bye) -Championship game, 12:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Hackett) Kal. Hackett vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Lawrence vs. Gobles, 12:15 p.m. -Championship game, 2:45 p.m. Softball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Coldwater vs. BC Lakeview, 10:00 a.m. Sturgis vs. BC Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Berrien Springs) Niles vs. Edwardsburg, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:00 p.m. Division 2 (Paw Paw) Plainwell vs. Otsego, 10:00 a.m. South Haven vs. Paw Paw, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (BC Pennfield) Gull Lake vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Vicksburg vs. Harper Creek, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Brandywine, 10:00 a.m. Lawton vs. Schoolcraft, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Watervliet vs. Bangor, 10:00 a.m. Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. -Championship game, 1:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Homer vs. Quincy, 10:00 a.m. Centreville vs. Bronson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Parchment) Parchment vs. Galesburg-Augusta, 10:00 a.m. Comstock vs. Climax-Scotts, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Lawrence) Gobles vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Decatur vs. Lawrence, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Marcellus) Marcellus vs. Howardsville Chr., 10:00 a.m. White Pigeon vs. Mendon, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron’s HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron’s 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division’s only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He’s 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes ‘parity of opportunity’ for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn’t care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 0                        (COL Leads 2-0) Avalanche 4, Oilers 0 – Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2 Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless opening period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series — defense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. Tonight Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, 8:00 p.m.          (NYR Leads 1-0) NHL – Flames’ Sutter wins Jack Adams as NHL coach of the year Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames is this season’s recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.  Sutter oversaw the biggest one-year improvement by any team in the league guiding the Flames to the Pacific Division title a year after they missed the playoffs.  Sutter received 54 first-place votes to beat Florida’s Andrew Brunette and New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant for the honor. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m. WNBA – Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players through an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.  The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyers after being vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to email. She’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response.  The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Tennis – French Open – Gauff to face Swiatek in final It will be top-ranked Iga Swiatek against American Coco Gauff for the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek won her 34th straight match today, dominating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1. NCAAFB – CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023 The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season and beyond will restart the task in the coming weeks. Keenum is the chairman of the CFP board of managers. He added that he intends to meet with his fellow presidents and chancellors in August to discuss what comes next for the playoff. An attempt to expand the playoff from the current four-team format to 12 teams before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season fell apart last fall. NCAA – Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95 Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame’s greatest football teams as the school’s sports information director for three decades, has died. He was 95. Valdiserri’s family says he died of natural causes at a retirement community outside Chicago. The family said he was surrounded by his five children at the time of his death. Valdiserri was a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from Notre Dame in 1954. His first job at the school was an administrative assistant for football coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. He took over as the school’s sports information director in 1966 under coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame won the first of four national titles in football during Valdiserri’s tenure that season. NBAGL – NBA G League – Grand Rapids Gold moving to Van Andel Arena One month after officials decided that the DeltaPlex Arena will close, the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G-League have had to search for a new home venue.  The team will move to the downtown Van Andel Arena starting this upcoming season.  Van Andel Arena is the 4th largest arena in the state of Michigan and is currently the home of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, who are the Detroit Red Wings primary affiliate.  Van Andel Arena holds just under 11,000 for hockey, and 11, 500 for basketball.  The Gold, who are the affiliated of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, won’t be the first professional basketball team to call Van Andel Arena home, the Grand Rapids Hoops of the now defunct CBA played there from 1996-2001.  The 2001 Big Ten Women’s Basketball tournament was also held at Van Andel Arena. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday South Bend Cubs 5, Dayton Dragons 1 – Game 1 Dayton Dragons 7, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 West Michigan Whitecaps 16, Lake County Captains 8 Lansing Lugnuts 7, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Great Lakes Loons 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 Today West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 7:00 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Championships Division 3 (Delton-Kellogg) Otsego 2, Portland 0 – OT Today Baseball Division 1 (Hudsonville) St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 1:00 p.m. Hudsonville vs. Holland West Ottawa, 1:00 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Lutheran vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 6:00 p.m. Softball Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake vs. Marshall, 6:00 p.m. Division 2 (Zeeland East) Plainwell vs. Zeeland West, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 (Berrien Springs) Three Rivers vs. South Haven, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Buchanan) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Hartford) Saugatuck vs. Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday Girls Tennis – State Finals Division 2 at Hope College & Holland Christian HS St. Joseph, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Central, Mattawan, Berkley, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Seaholm, Dexter, East Lansing, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Grosse Pointe, North Grosse Pointe, South Holly, , Midland, Petoskey, South Lyon, Temperance Bedford, Trenton Division 3 at Midland Tennis Center & Midland HS Lakeshore, Edwardsburg, Allegan, Otsego, Ada Forest Hills, Eastern Armada, BH Cranbrook Kingswood, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Chelsea, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grosse Ile, Haslett, Holland Christian, Ludington, Parma Western, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, St. Johns, Whitehall, Williamston MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday (Continued) Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Mattawan, 10:00 a.m. Division 1 (Portage Northern) Portage Central vs. Kal. Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Baseball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Portage Northern) Kalamazoo Central vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Portage Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Sturgis vs. Coldwater, 10:00 a.m. BC Lakeview vs. Jackson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Edwardsburg) Berrien Springs vs. Dowagiac, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Edwardsburg, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Holland Christian) South Haven vs. Hamilton, 10:00 a.m. Holland Christian vs. Zeeland East, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (Gull Lake) Gull Lake vs. Olivet, 10:00 a.m. Marshall vs. BC Pennfield, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 2 (Parchment) Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Paw Paw vs. Parchment, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (GR South Christian) Otsego vs. Wayland, 10:00 a.m. Hopkins vs. GR South Christian, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Lawton, 10:00 a.m. Bridgman vs. Constantine, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 10:00 a.m. Watervliet vs. Hartford, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Centreville vs. Climax-Scotts, 10:00 a.m. Schoolcraft vs. Comstock, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Calvin Christian) Calvin Christian vs. Covenant Chr., 10:00 a.m. Fennville vs. Saugatuck, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Decatur) Decatur vs. Marcellus, 10:00 a.m. Cassopolis (Bye) -Championship game, 12:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Hackett) Kal. Hackett vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Lawrence vs. Gobles, 12:15 p.m. -Championship game, 2:45 p.m. Softball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Coldwater vs. BC Lakeview, 10:00 a.m. Sturgis vs. BC Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Berrien Springs) Niles vs. Edwardsburg, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:00 p.m. Division 2 (Paw Paw) Plainwell vs. Otsego, 10:00 a.m. South Haven vs. Paw Paw, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (BC Pennfield) Gull Lake vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Vicksburg vs. Harper Creek, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Brandywine, 10:00 a.m. Lawton vs. Schoolcraft, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Watervliet vs. Bangor, 10:00 a.m. Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. -Championship game, 1:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Homer vs. Quincy, 10:00 a.m. Centreville vs. Bronson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Parchment) Parchment vs. Galesburg-Augusta, 10:00 a.m. Comstock vs. Climax-Scotts, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Lawrence) Gobles vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Decatur vs. Lawrence, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Marcellus) Marcellus vs. Howardsville Chr., 10:00 a.m. White Pigeon vs. Mendon, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron’s HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron’s 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division’s only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He’s 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes ‘parity of opportunity’ for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn’t care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 0                        (COL Leads 2-0) Avalanche 4, Oilers 0 – Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2 Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless opening period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series — defense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. Tonight Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, 8:00 p.m.          (NYR Leads 1-0) NHL – Flames’ Sutter wins Jack Adams as NHL coach of the year Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames is this season’s recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.  Sutter oversaw the biggest one-year improvement by any team in the league guiding the Flames to the Pacific Division title a year after they missed the playoffs.  Sutter received 54 first-place votes to beat Florida’s Andrew Brunette and New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant for the honor. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m. WNBA – Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players through an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.  The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyers after being vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to email. She’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response.  The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Tennis – French Open – Gauff to face Swiatek in final It will be top-ranked Iga Swiatek against American Coco Gauff for the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek won her 34th straight match today, dominating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1. NCAAFB – CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023 The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season and beyond will restart the task in the coming weeks. Keenum is the chairman of the CFP board of managers. He added that he intends to meet with his fellow presidents and chancellors in August to discuss what comes next for the playoff. An attempt to expand the playoff from the current four-team format to 12 teams before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season fell apart last fall. NCAA – Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95 Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame’s greatest football teams as the school’s sports information director for three decades, has died. He was 95. Valdiserri’s family says he died of natural causes at a retirement community outside Chicago. The family said he was surrounded by his five children at the time of his death. Valdiserri was a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from Notre Dame in 1954. His first job at the school was an administrative assistant for football coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. He took over as the school’s sports information director in 1966 under coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame won the first of four national titles in football during Valdiserri’s tenure that season. NBAGL – NBA G League – Grand Rapids Gold moving to Van Andel Arena One month after officials decided that the DeltaPlex Arena will close, the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G-League have had to search for a new home venue.  The team will move to the downtown Van Andel Arena starting this upcoming season.  Van Andel Arena is the 4th largest arena in the state of Michigan and is currently the home of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, who are the Detroit Red Wings primary affiliate.  Van Andel Arena holds just under 11,000 for hockey, and 11, 500 for basketball.  The Gold, who are the affiliated of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, won’t be the first professional basketball team to call Van Andel Arena home, the Grand Rapids Hoops of the now defunct CBA played there from 1996-2001.  The 2001 Big Ten Women’s Basketball tournament was also held at Van Andel Arena. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday South Bend Cubs 5, Dayton Dragons 1 – Game 1 Dayton Dragons 7, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 West Michigan Whitecaps 16, Lake County Captains 8 Lansing Lugnuts 7, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Great Lakes Loons 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 Today West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 7:00 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Championships Division 3 (Delton-Kellogg) Otsego 2, Portland 0 – OT Today Baseball Division 1 (Hudsonville) St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 1:00 p.m. Hudsonville vs. Holland West Ottawa, 1:00 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Lutheran vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 6:00 p.m. Softball Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake vs. Marshall, 6:00 p.m. Division 2 (Zeeland East) Plainwell vs. Zeeland West, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 (Berrien Springs) Three Rivers vs. South Haven, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Buchanan) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Hartford) Saugatuck vs. Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday Girls Tennis – State Finals Division 2 at Hope College & Holland Christian HS St. Joseph, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Central, Mattawan, Berkley, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Seaholm, Dexter, East Lansing, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Grosse Pointe, North Grosse Pointe, South Holly, , Midland, Petoskey, South Lyon, Temperance Bedford, Trenton Division 3 at Midland Tennis Center & Midland HS Lakeshore, Edwardsburg, Allegan, Otsego, Ada Forest Hills, Eastern Armada, BH Cranbrook Kingswood, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Chelsea, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grosse Ile, Haslett, Holland Christian, Ludington, Parma Western, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, St. Johns, Whitehall, Williamston MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday (Continued) Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Mattawan, 10:00 a.m. Division 1 (Portage Northern) Portage Central vs. Kal. Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Baseball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Portage Northern) Kalamazoo Central vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Portage Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Sturgis vs. Coldwater, 10:00 a.m. BC Lakeview vs. Jackson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Edwardsburg) Berrien Springs vs. Dowagiac, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Edwardsburg, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Holland Christian) South Haven vs. Hamilton, 10:00 a.m. Holland Christian vs. Zeeland East, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (Gull Lake) Gull Lake vs. Olivet, 10:00 a.m. Marshall vs. BC Pennfield, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 2 (Parchment) Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Paw Paw vs. Parchment, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (GR South Christian) Otsego vs. Wayland, 10:00 a.m. Hopkins vs. GR South Christian, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Lawton, 10:00 a.m. Bridgman vs. Constantine, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 10:00 a.m. Watervliet vs. Hartford, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Centreville vs. Climax-Scotts, 10:00 a.m. Schoolcraft vs. Comstock, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Calvin Christian) Calvin Christian vs. Covenant Chr., 10:00 a.m. Fennville vs. Saugatuck, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Decatur) Decatur vs. Marcellus, 10:00 a.m. Cassopolis (Bye) -Championship game, 12:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Hackett) Kal. Hackett vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Lawrence vs. Gobles, 12:15 p.m. -Championship game, 2:45 p.m. Softball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Coldwater vs. BC Lakeview, 10:00 a.m. Sturgis vs. BC Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Berrien Springs) Niles vs. Edwardsburg, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:00 p.m. Division 2 (Paw Paw) Plainwell vs. Otsego, 10:00 a.m. South Haven vs. Paw Paw, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (BC Pennfield) Gull Lake vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Vicksburg vs. Harper Creek, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Brandywine, 10:00 a.m. Lawton vs. Schoolcraft, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Watervliet vs. Bangor, 10:00 a.m. Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. -Championship game, 1:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Homer vs. Quincy, 10:00 a.m. Centreville vs. Bronson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Parchment) Parchment vs. Galesburg-Augusta, 10:00 a.m. Comstock vs. Climax-Scotts, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Lawrence) Gobles vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Decatur vs. Lawrence, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Marcellus) Marcellus vs. Howardsville Chr., 10:00 a.m. White Pigeon vs. Mendon, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron’s HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron’s 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division’s only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He’s 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes ‘parity of opportunity’ for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn’t care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 0                        (COL Leads 2-0) Avalanche 4, Oilers 0 – Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2 Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless opening period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series — defense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. Tonight Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, 8:00 p.m.          (NYR Leads 1-0) NHL – Flames’ Sutter wins Jack Adams as NHL coach of the year Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames is this season’s recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.  Sutter oversaw the biggest one-year improvement by any team in the league guiding the Flames to the Pacific Division title a year after they missed the playoffs.  Sutter received 54 first-place votes to beat Florida’s Andrew Brunette and New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant for the honor. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m. WNBA – Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players through an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.  The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyers after being vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to email. She’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response.  The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Tennis – French Open – Gauff to face Swiatek in final It will be top-ranked Iga Swiatek against American Coco Gauff for the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek won her 34th straight match today, dominating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1. NCAAFB – CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023 The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season and beyond will restart the task in the coming weeks. Keenum is the chairman of the CFP board of managers. He added that he intends to meet with his fellow presidents and chancellors in August to discuss what comes next for the playoff. An attempt to expand the playoff from the current four-team format to 12 teams before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season fell apart last fall. NCAA – Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95 Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame’s greatest football teams as the school’s sports information director for three decades, has died. He was 95. Valdiserri’s family says he died of natural causes at a retirement community outside Chicago. The family said he was surrounded by his five children at the time of his death. Valdiserri was a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from Notre Dame in 1954. His first job at the school was an administrative assistant for football coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. He took over as the school’s sports information director in 1966 under coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame won the first of four national titles in football during Valdiserri’s tenure that season. NBAGL – NBA G League – Grand Rapids Gold moving to Van Andel Arena One month after officials decided that the DeltaPlex Arena will close, the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G-League have had to search for a new home venue.  The team will move to the downtown Van Andel Arena starting this upcoming season.  Van Andel Arena is the 4th largest arena in the state of Michigan and is currently the home of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, who are the Detroit Red Wings primary affiliate.  Van Andel Arena holds just under 11,000 for hockey, and 11, 500 for basketball.  The Gold, who are the affiliated of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, won’t be the first professional basketball team to call Van Andel Arena home, the Grand Rapids Hoops of the now defunct CBA played there from 1996-2001.  The 2001 Big Ten Women’s Basketball tournament was also held at Van Andel Arena. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday South Bend Cubs 5, Dayton Dragons 1 – Game 1 Dayton Dragons 7, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 West Michigan Whitecaps 16, Lake County Captains 8 Lansing Lugnuts 7, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Great Lakes Loons 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 Today West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 7:00 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Championships Division 3 (Delton-Kellogg) Otsego 2, Portland 0 – OT Today Baseball Division 1 (Hudsonville) St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 1:00 p.m. Hudsonville vs. Holland West Ottawa, 1:00 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Lutheran vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 6:00 p.m. Softball Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake vs. Marshall, 6:00 p.m. Division 2 (Zeeland East) Plainwell vs. Zeeland West, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 (Berrien Springs) Three Rivers vs. South Haven, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Buchanan) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Hartford) Saugatuck vs. Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday Girls Tennis – State Finals Division 2 at Hope College & Holland Christian HS St. Joseph, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Central, Mattawan, Berkley, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Seaholm, Dexter, East Lansing, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Grosse Pointe, North Grosse Pointe, South Holly, , Midland, Petoskey, South Lyon, Temperance Bedford, Trenton Division 3 at Midland Tennis Center & Midland HS Lakeshore, Edwardsburg, Allegan, Otsego, Ada Forest Hills, Eastern Armada, BH Cranbrook Kingswood, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Chelsea, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grosse Ile, Haslett, Holland Christian, Ludington, Parma Western, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, St. Johns, Whitehall, Williamston MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday (Continued) Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Mattawan, 10:00 a.m. Division 1 (Portage Northern) Portage Central vs. Kal. Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Baseball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Portage Northern) Kalamazoo Central vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Portage Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Sturgis vs. Coldwater, 10:00 a.m. BC Lakeview vs. Jackson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Edwardsburg) Berrien Springs vs. Dowagiac, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Edwardsburg, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Holland Christian) South Haven vs. Hamilton, 10:00 a.m. Holland Christian vs. Zeeland East, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (Gull Lake) Gull Lake vs. Olivet, 10:00 a.m. Marshall vs. BC Pennfield, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 2 (Parchment) Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Paw Paw vs. Parchment, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (GR South Christian) Otsego vs. Wayland, 10:00 a.m. Hopkins vs. GR South Christian, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Lawton, 10:00 a.m. Bridgman vs. Constantine, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 10:00 a.m. Watervliet vs. Hartford, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Centreville vs. Climax-Scotts, 10:00 a.m. Schoolcraft vs. Comstock, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Calvin Christian) Calvin Christian vs. Covenant Chr., 10:00 a.m. Fennville vs. Saugatuck, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Decatur) Decatur vs. Marcellus, 10:00 a.m. Cassopolis (Bye) -Championship game, 12:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Hackett) Kal. Hackett vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Lawrence vs. Gobles, 12:15 p.m. -Championship game, 2:45 p.m. Softball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Coldwater vs. BC Lakeview, 10:00 a.m. Sturgis vs. BC Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Berrien Springs) Niles vs. Edwardsburg, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:00 p.m. Division 2 (Paw Paw) Plainwell vs. Otsego, 10:00 a.m. South Haven vs. Paw Paw, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (BC Pennfield) Gull Lake vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Vicksburg vs. Harper Creek, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Brandywine, 10:00 a.m. Lawton vs. Schoolcraft, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Watervliet vs. Bangor, 10:00 a.m. Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. -Championship game, 1:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Homer vs. Quincy, 10:00 a.m. Centreville vs. Bronson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Parchment) Parchment vs. Galesburg-Augusta, 10:00 a.m. Comstock vs. Climax-Scotts, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Lawrence) Gobles vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Decatur vs. Lawrence, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Marcellus) Marcellus vs. Howardsville Chr., 10:00 a.m. White Pigeon vs. Mendon, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron’s HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron’s 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division’s only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He’s 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals’ three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes ‘parity of opportunity’ for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won’t be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn’t care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Conference Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 4, Edmonton Oilers 0                        (COL Leads 2-0) Avalanche 4, Oilers 0 – Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2 Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thursday night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals. The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless opening period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series — defense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on Kadri’s third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. Tonight Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Rangers, 8:00 p.m.          (NYR Leads 1-0) NHL – Flames’ Sutter wins Jack Adams as NHL coach of the year Darryl Sutter of the Calgary Flames is this season’s recipient of the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s top head coach.  Sutter oversaw the biggest one-year improvement by any team in the league guiding the Flames to the Pacific Division title a year after they missed the playoffs.  Sutter received 54 first-place votes to beat Florida’s Andrew Brunette and New York Rangers coach Gerard Gallant for the honor. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Tonight Chicago Sky at Atlanta Dream, 7:30 p.m. WNBA – Griner receiving, answering WNBA players’ emails Brittney Griner has been able to receive emails and letters from WNBA players through an account Griner’s agent set up to allow them to communicate with her.  The emails are printed out and delivered sporadically in bunches to Griner by her lawyers after being vetted by Russian officials. Griner doesn’t have access to email. She’ll either write a response on paper and her lawyers will take a photo of it or she’ll dictate a response.  The two-time Olympic gold medalist has been detained in Russia for more than 100 days after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage at an airport near Moscow. Tennis – French Open – Gauff to face Swiatek in final It will be top-ranked Iga Swiatek against American Coco Gauff for the French Open women’s singles title on Saturday. Swiatek won her 34th straight match today, dominating Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1. NCAAFB – CFP board chair: New format ideally in place by June 2023 The university leaders who oversee the College Football Playoff want the next format for determining a champion settled by this time next year. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum says the conference commissioners in charge of building the postseason system for the 2026 season and beyond will restart the task in the coming weeks. Keenum is the chairman of the CFP board of managers. He added that he intends to meet with his fellow presidents and chancellors in August to discuss what comes next for the playoff. An attempt to expand the playoff from the current four-team format to 12 teams before the current 12-year contract with ESPN expires after the 2025 season fell apart last fall. NCAA – Roger Valdiserri, Notre Dame SID for 3 decades, dies at 95 Roger Valdiserri, who helped tell the story of some of Notre Dame’s greatest football teams as the school’s sports information director for three decades, has died. He was 95. Valdiserri’s family says he died of natural causes at a retirement community outside Chicago. The family said he was surrounded by his five children at the time of his death. Valdiserri was a native of Pennsylvania who graduated from Notre Dame in 1954. His first job at the school was an administrative assistant for football coaches Frank Leahy and Terry Brennan. He took over as the school’s sports information director in 1966 under coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame won the first of four national titles in football during Valdiserri’s tenure that season. NBAGL – NBA G League – Grand Rapids Gold moving to Van Andel Arena One month after officials decided that the DeltaPlex Arena will close, the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G-League have had to search for a new home venue.  The team will move to the downtown Van Andel Arena starting this upcoming season.  Van Andel Arena is the 4th largest arena in the state of Michigan and is currently the home of the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins, who are the Detroit Red Wings primary affiliate.  Van Andel Arena holds just under 11,000 for hockey, and 11, 500 for basketball.  The Gold, who are the affiliated of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, won’t be the first professional basketball team to call Van Andel Arena home, the Grand Rapids Hoops of the now defunct CBA played there from 1996-2001.  The 2001 Big Ten Women’s Basketball tournament was also held at Van Andel Arena. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday South Bend Cubs 5, Dayton Dragons 1 – Game 1 Dayton Dragons 7, South Bend Cubs 2 – Game 2 West Michigan Whitecaps 16, Lake County Captains 8 Lansing Lugnuts 7, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Great Lakes Loons 5, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 2 Today West Michigan Whitecaps at Lake County Captains, 7:00 p.m. Cedar Rapids Kernels at Lansing Lugnuts, 7:05 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Dayton Dragons, 7:05 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer – District Championships Division 3 (Delton-Kellogg) Otsego 2, Portland 0 – OT Today Baseball Division 1 (Hudsonville) St. Joseph vs. Zeeland West, 1:00 p.m. Hudsonville vs. Holland West Ottawa, 1:00 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Michigan Lutheran vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 6:00 p.m. Softball Division 4 (River Valley) River Valley vs. Eau Claire, 2:00 p.m. Bridgman vs. New Buffalo, 4:00 p.m. -Championship game, 5:30 p.m. Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Marshall) Gull Lake vs. Marshall, 6:00 p.m. Division 2 (Zeeland East) Plainwell vs. Zeeland West, 6:00 p.m. Division 3 (Berrien Springs) Three Rivers vs. South Haven, 6:00 p.m. Division 4 (Buchanan) Our Lady of the Lake vs. Michigan Lutheran, 5:00 p.m. Division 4 (Hartford) Saugatuck vs. Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday Girls Tennis – State Finals Division 2 at Hope College & Holland Christian HS St. Joseph, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Central, Mattawan, Berkley, Birmingham Groves, Birmingham Seaholm, Dexter, East Lansing, Forest Hills Central, Forest Hills Northern, Grosse Pointe, North Grosse Pointe, South Holly, , Midland, Petoskey, South Lyon, Temperance Bedford, Trenton Division 3 at Midland Tennis Center & Midland HS Lakeshore, Edwardsburg, Allegan, Otsego, Ada Forest Hills, Eastern Armada, BH Cranbrook Kingswood, Bloomfield Hills Marian, Chelsea, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grosse Ile, Haslett, Holland Christian, Ludington, Parma Western, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, St. Johns, Whitehall, Williamston MHSAA – High School Sports Saturday (Continued) Girls Soccer – District Finals Division 2 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Mattawan, 10:00 a.m. Division 1 (Portage Northern) Portage Central vs. Kal. Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Baseball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Portage Northern) Kalamazoo Central vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Portage Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Sturgis vs. Coldwater, 10:00 a.m. BC Lakeview vs. Jackson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Edwardsburg) Berrien Springs vs. Dowagiac, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Edwardsburg, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Holland Christian) South Haven vs. Hamilton, 10:00 a.m. Holland Christian vs. Zeeland East, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (Gull Lake) Gull Lake vs. Olivet, 10:00 a.m. Marshall vs. BC Pennfield, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:30 p.m. Division 2 (Parchment) Vicksburg vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Paw Paw vs. Parchment, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (GR South Christian) Otsego vs. Wayland, 10:00 a.m. Hopkins vs. GR South Christian, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Lawton, 10:00 a.m. Bridgman vs. Constantine, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 10:00 a.m. Watervliet vs. Hartford, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Centreville vs. Climax-Scotts, 10:00 a.m. Schoolcraft vs. Comstock, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Calvin Christian) Calvin Christian vs. Covenant Chr., 10:00 a.m. Fennville vs. Saugatuck, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Decatur) Decatur vs. Marcellus, 10:00 a.m. Cassopolis (Bye) -Championship game, 12:00 p.m. Division 4 (Kalamazoo Hackett) Kal. Hackett vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Lawrence vs. Gobles, 12:15 p.m. -Championship game, 2:45 p.m. Softball – District Semifinals/Final Division 1 (Mattawan) St. Joseph vs. Portage Northern, 10:00 a.m. Mattawan vs. Kalamazoo Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 1 (Coldwater) Coldwater vs. BC Lakeview, 10:00 a.m. Sturgis vs. BC Central, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:30 p.m. Division 2 (Berrien Springs) Niles vs. Edwardsburg, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore vs. Berrien Springs, 12:30 p.m. -Championship game, 3:00 p.m. Division 2 (Paw Paw) Plainwell vs. Otsego, 10:00 a.m. South Haven vs. Paw Paw, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 2 (BC Pennfield) Gull Lake vs. Three Rivers, 10:00 a.m. Vicksburg vs. Harper Creek, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Buchanan) Buchanan vs. Brandywine, 10:00 a.m. Lawton vs. Schoolcraft, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Bangor) Watervliet vs. Bangor, 10:00 a.m. Coloma vs. Bloomingdale, 11:30 a.m. -Championship game, 1:00 p.m. Division 3 (Centreville) Homer vs. Quincy, 10:00 a.m. Centreville vs. Bronson, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 3 (Parchment) Parchment vs. Galesburg-Augusta, 10:00 a.m. Comstock vs. Climax-Scotts, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Lawrence) Gobles vs. Kal. Christian, 10:00 a.m. Decatur vs. Lawrence, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m. Division 4 (Marcellus) Marcellus vs. Howardsville Chr., 10:00 a.m. White Pigeon vs. Mendon, 12:00 p.m. -Championship game, 2:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 412, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Parts Of The Whole 1: End zones,50-yard line,goalposts. a football field. 2: Cap,gills,stem. a mushroom. 3: Handrails,belt and flywheel,display console. a treadmill. 4: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin. a cello. 5: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin. a cello. Round 2. Category: Experiments 1: NASA's passive seismic experiment detected thousands of lunar seismic events, called these. moonquakes. 2: Galen's neighbors heard the squeals of stuck pigs when he proved that veins carry this, not air. blood. 3: In 1952 Hershey and Chase used a Waring model of this machine to study bacteria-eating viruses. blender. 4: Josef Stefan heated up physics by showing that radiation from a glowing wire was proportional to this. temperature. 5: 1887's Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of this medium that supposedly conducted light. aether. Round 3. Category: College Sports Films 1: "Rudy" featured Jason Miller as this university's coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame. 2: Bear Bryant puts this speedy title character of a 1994 movie on the Crimson Tide. Forrest Gump. 3: Shot at University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Back to School" features Rodney Dangerfield competing in this aquatic sport. high-diving. 4: The premiere for this 2006 film featured a green carpet, to honor the Thundering Herd. We Are Marshall. 5: In "Glory Road", Jon Voight played this school's legendary coach Adolph Rupp. University of Kentucky. Round 4. Category: Rock Music 1: In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the U.S. Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly on concert sales. Ticketmaster. 2: In her first top 10 hit, this singer-guitarist gave them "Something to Talk About". Bonnie Raitt. 3: 5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are". Billy Joel. 4: "Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It". Devo. 5: He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home. Bruce Springsteen. Round 5. Category: 1970s Tv 1: The "M.E." in "Quincy, M.E." stood for this. medical examiner. 2: In 1973 Richard Thomas, M. Learned and Ellen Corby won Emmys for their performances in this CBS drama. The Waltons. 3: Esther Rolle played Florida Evans in "Maude" and then in this spin-off series. Good Times. 4: In the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" he was the only character at WJM who wasn't fired. Ted Baxter. 5: "Barney Miller"s 12th precinct police station was located in this part of New York City. Greenwich Village. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 412, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Parts Of The Whole 1: End zones,50-yard line,goalposts. a football field. 2: Cap,gills,stem. a mushroom. 3: Handrails,belt and flywheel,display console. a treadmill. 4: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin. a cello. 5: F holes,scroll,12-inch endpin. a cello. Round 2. Category: Experiments 1: NASA's passive seismic experiment detected thousands of lunar seismic events, called these. moonquakes. 2: Galen's neighbors heard the squeals of stuck pigs when he proved that veins carry this, not air. blood. 3: In 1952 Hershey and Chase used a Waring model of this machine to study bacteria-eating viruses. blender. 4: Josef Stefan heated up physics by showing that radiation from a glowing wire was proportional to this. temperature. 5: 1887's Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of this medium that supposedly conducted light. aether. Round 3. Category: College Sports Films 1: "Rudy" featured Jason Miller as this university's coach Ara Parseghian. Notre Dame. 2: Bear Bryant puts this speedy title character of a 1994 movie on the Crimson Tide. Forrest Gump. 3: Shot at University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Back to School" features Rodney Dangerfield competing in this aquatic sport. high-diving. 4: The premiere for this 2006 film featured a green carpet, to honor the Thundering Herd. We Are Marshall. 5: In "Glory Road", Jon Voight played this school's legendary coach Adolph Rupp. University of Kentucky. Round 4. Category: Rock Music 1: In 1994 Pearl Jam complained to the U.S. Justice Dept. that this company held a monopoly on concert sales. Ticketmaster. 2: In her first top 10 hit, this singer-guitarist gave them "Something to Talk About". Bonnie Raitt. 3: 5 years after the release of his first album, he had his first top 10 hit with "Just The Way You Are". Billy Joel. 4: "Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It". Devo. 5: He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home. Bruce Springsteen. Round 5. Category: 1970s Tv 1: The "M.E." in "Quincy, M.E." stood for this. medical examiner. 2: In 1973 Richard Thomas, M. Learned and Ellen Corby won Emmys for their performances in this CBS drama. The Waltons. 3: Esther Rolle played Florida Evans in "Maude" and then in this spin-off series. Good Times. 4: In the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" he was the only character at WJM who wasn't fired. Ted Baxter. 5: "Barney Miller"s 12th precinct police station was located in this part of New York City. Greenwich Village. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

Madeline Smothers was born in Rockville, Illinois, in 1917. By 1935, she joined members of her extended family living in South Bend's east side, soon befriending people in power like lawyers J. Chester and Elizabeth Fletcher Allen. At this time, South Bend was rapidly evolving—but for African Americans who left the South to chase factory jobs up north, they were still confronting the entrenched racism they hoped they were fleeing when they left the South. As entrenched as racism was, many people still pushed for change—including Ms. Smothers' friends, the Allens. And the Allens' young, fair complected friend Madeline was a palatable candidate for some of the first jobs held by African Americans downtown. The trust she built led Ara Parseghian, the University of Notre Dame's football coach in the late 1960s and early ‘70s, to ask Madeline and her husband for help recruiting and retaining Black athletes. In 2003, David Healey sat down with Madeline in the east side home she lived in for decades. Madeline talked about the early days of South Bend's growing African American community, her time with the Allen family, and how different her experience was as a light-skinned African American woman in South Bend. This episode was produced by Jweetu Pangani from the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts at IU South Bend, and by George Garner from the Civil Rights Heritage Center. Full transcript of this episode available here. Want to learn more about South Bend's history? View the photographs and documents that helped create it. Visit Michiana Memory at http://michianamemory.sjcpl.org/. Title music, “History Explains Itself,” from Josh Spacek. Visit his page on the Free Music Archive, http://www.freemusicarchive.org/.

This week's guest represents three hallowed traditions. On the football field, he won a National Championship at Notre Dame and four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and on the battlefield, he won a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart while fighting with the US Army in Vietnam. Join Bernie as he welcomes Steelers Hall Of Honor member Rocky Bleier to the program to discuss growing up as the son of a bar owner in Appleton, WI, the origin of his nickname and the myriad of emotions he experienced when being drafted into the NFL, and then, into the armed forces. Plus: details of the extraction operation during which Rocky was wounded in Vietnam; playing for Ara Parseghian and Chuck Noll; the games and plays that defined his role on the great Steelers teams of the 70s, and the enduring bond shared by those teams and the city of Pittsburgh. Later, Rocky gives insight on his many charitable endeavors, including his Beating The Odds Foundation, which helps students be successful outside their school's curriculum, before telling Bernie what really happened at the end of the 2019 E60 documentary, The Return, and more!

On the October 3rd, 2020 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo chats with Frank Pomarico in our Focus on Faith interview. Frank was captain of the 1973 Notre Dame national championship team but his journey to get there is a special one. As a senior in high school, there wasn't a spot for Frank on the team. But he hope and he prayed and ended up receiving the final scholarship in the 1970 Notre Dame football freshman class. 4 years later, he led ND to a national title. Frank shares memories of now returning to live in South Bend 50 years from when he first set on campus, why Notre Dame is such a special and great stories about his coach Ara Parseghian. Thank you to Notre Dame Federal Credit Union for being the title sponsor of Irish Sports Saturday: notredamefcu.com/ ----- Live: www.redeemerradio.com or download the Redeemer Radio App Follow Redeemer Radio 95.7 Sports on social media:www.facebook.com/957Sports www.twitter.com/957Sports Follow Redeemer Radio on Social Media:www.Facebook.com/RedeemerRadio www.Twitter.com/RedeemerRadio Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple | Google Play | AnchorFM | Spotify | RSS Redeemer Radio is the non-profit Catholic radio station serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

On the October 3rd, 2020 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, hosts Angelo Di Carlo and Kevin Downey breakdown the latest surrounding the Irish football program after a Covid breakout within the team following the South Florida game. We discuss what the Irish are doing to get back on track and ready to play Florida state on October 10th. Plus, MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE! The guys pay their respects to the late Sgt. Tim McCarthy. Our Focus on Faith interview is with former Irish captain Frank Pomarico, who as an offensive lineman, helped lead Notre Dame to the national championship in 1973. Great conversation about his faith and also the inspiration that his coach Ara Parseghian provided. Thank you to Notre Dame Federal Credit Union for being the title sponsor of Irish Sports Saturday: notredamefcu.com/ ----- Live: www.redeemerradio.com or download the Redeemer Radio App Follow Redeemer Radio 95.7 Sports on social media:www.facebook.com/957Sports www.twitter.com/957Sports Follow Redeemer Radio on Social Media:www.Facebook.com/RedeemerRadio www.Twitter.com/RedeemerRadio Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple | Google Play | AnchorFM | Spotify | RSS Redeemer Radio is the non-profit Catholic radio station serving the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend.

Reggie Brooks (‘93, football) chats with former Monogram Club president Mike Heaton (‘68, ‘71, football & golf) about the creation and impact of the Catastrophic Relief/Heaton Fund, the strength of the Monogram Club family, playing for Ara Parseghian and his career in law.

What do Jim Brown, Eddie Robinson, Yogi Berra, Archie Manning, Ara Parseghian, Don Shula, Otto Graham and Chuck Knoll all have in common? They're each connected in one way or another to former NFL MVP, Bert Jones. Today, Bernie welcomes The Ruston Rifle to the show to connect all of those dots, as well as the ones leading back to his All-Pro father and All-American Grandfather. You'll hear tales of summer vacations spent at Cleveland Browns training camp in the 60s; friendly timekeeping methods at LSU in the 70s; following Johnny Unitas in Baltimore; the injuries that cut Bert's career short, and the Quarterback Challenge that almost dragged him out of retirement. Bert also talks about the time he almost transferred to Notre Dame, the Lite Beer ads that helped put his kids through college and the time Bill Belichick called him the best “pure passer” he'd ever seen. Finally, Bert expresses his love of today's NFL game and his immense pride in running his family's lumber company.

We are moving forward with Notre Dame's Greatest Coaches by Steven Singular and Moose Krause - even if that means in a different way. After some bad takes, I finally decided to just read chapters 12 and 14. Within those chapters, we get a reveal about Ara and his particular coaching style. There was a tremendous amount of intensity that Parseghian put out, but it was controlled and used for singular purposes. Hear how Ara's determination to win lead to innovations for him as a coach that ultimately lead to a lot of victories for Notre Dame. There's also some very flowery language about the University of Notre Dame, the football program, and a call to violence. Please forgive my raspy voice as it's a little (like a lot) more noticeable with lengthy readings. Don't forget to rate and review. All reviews left on Apple Podcasts will be read on the next OFD Podcast. Go Irish! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s Rebel 5ive podcast interview is with two very familiar faces at Roncalli, Jan and Chick Lauck. Chick shares some memories from his playing days at Notre Dame under the tutelage of coach Ara Parseghian, and Jan discusses how fortunate she is to have taught at Roncalli for 21 years. Their gifts to the Roncalli community are many, but they are most proud of their 5 children, all Rebels, and their 19 grandchildren.Read the full transcript

On the November 2nd, 2019 edition of Notre Dame Federal Credit Union's Irish Sports Saturdays, host Angelo Di Carlo interviews former Irish All American defensive lineman Mike McCoy in the Focus on Faith segment. Mike was a star defensive lineman on Ara Parseghian's 1969 squad. He says athletics was his gift from God, but his purpose in life is to share his story with Catholic school kids throughout the country. That's what Mike does more than 100 times a year as he travels the country speaking to Catholic schools. Hear why it means so much to him. Plus, Mike reflects on what it was like playing for Ara and the famed game in 1968 when the Irish shutdown OJ Simpson. Learn more about Mike McCoy Ministries at www.mccoy77.com Thank you to Notre Dame Federal Credit Union for being the title sponsor of Irish Sports Saturday: notredamefcu.com/ ----- Live: www.redeemerradio.com or download the Redeemer Radio App Follow Redeemer Radio 95.7 Sports on social media:www.facebook.com/957Sports www.twitter.com/957Sports Follow Redeemer Radio on Social Media:www.Facebook.com/RedeemerRadio www.Twitter.com/RedeemerRadio Subscribe to the Podcast: Apple | Google Play | AnchorFM | Spotify | RSS Redeemer Radio is the non-profit Catholic radio station serving South Bend, IN.

(Full Audio) - University Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick sits down to discuss the latest in Fighting Irish Athletics. Segment 1: From the new baseball team room at Frank Eck Baseball Stadium, special guest host Jack Nolan and senior offensive lineman Sam Bush catch up with graduate student offensive lineman Mike McGlinchey. Segment 2: Jack and Sam talk with Notre Dame baseball head coach Mik Aoki and junior outfielder/infielder Eric Gilgenbach Segment 3: Jack and Sam sit down with College Football Hall of Famer Thom Gatewood to discuss the late Ara Parseghian, who will be recognized this weekend during the football game against Miami (Ohio). Segment 4: Conclusion Jack and Sam give final thoughts on this weekend's football matchup with Miami (Ohio). The Jack Swarbrick Show podcast is a presentation of Fighting Irish Media and is sponsored by Nissan, the official partner of Notre Dame Athletics podcasts.

(Full Audio) - University Vice President and Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick sits down to discuss the latest in Fighting Irish Athletics. Segment 1: From the new baseball team room at Frank Eck Baseball Stadium, special guest host Jack Nolan and senior offensive lineman Sam Bush catch up with graduate student offensive lineman Mike McGlinchey. Segment 2: Jack and Sam talk with Notre Dame baseball head coach Mik Aoki and junior outfielder/infielder Eric Gilgenbach Segment 3: Jack and Sam sit down with College Football Hall of Famer Thom Gatewood to discuss the late Ara Parseghian, who will be recognized this weekend during the football game against Miami (Ohio). Segment 4: Conclusion Jack and Sam give final thoughts on this weekend's football matchup with Miami (Ohio). The Jack Swarbrick Show podcast is a presentation of Fighting Irish Media and is sponsored by Nissan, the official partner of Notre Dame Athletics podcasts.

Reaction to the McLemore news, Joe Theisman joins to talk NFL, Ara Parseghian, Kaepernick and more

Sam Shephard, Ara Parseghian, Judith Jones.  Teaching Kids to Write and Americans to Cook.  MJ Andersen looks at John Singer Sargent.  Talking back to Playwrights. Top quarterback chooses Ol' Nassau!  Why? Credits: Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineers: Tamsen Granger and Ellie Suttmeier Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

The Aggies get no respect at the Mountain West Media Summit. 5 things to look for as we head into fall camp. Then, Micah shares his thoughts on the death of Ara Parseghian and how his influence is even felt today on the Utah State football program.

Topics: Pete Rose, Tuesday night’s crazy Cleveland/Boston game and the death of Ara Parseghian.  Guest: Steelers beat writer Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) checks in from training camp at St. Vincent College.

Topics: Pete Rose, Tuesday night’s crazy Cleveland/Boston game and the death of Ara Parseghian.  Guest: Steelers beat writer Ray Fittipaldo (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) checks in from training camp at St. Vincent College.

The Media Guides at TMGcollegesports.com, Chris Dufresne, Mark Blaudschun and Herb Gould talk College Football, the death of Ara Parseghian and the start of camp...

Huge show this week with a lot of content for you. Matt and Hank are back on Episode 46 to talk Peru and Pisco! We have some great stuff about the country and its national spirit from Tales of the Cocktail. We'll be bringing you interviews through the show. We also have our AFC North preview segment, and thoughts on the MLB trade deadline. Here's a breakdown of this week's episode:  6:00- Tony Abou Ganim. The Modern Mixologist talks with us about Pisco and breaks down all you need to know. Plus what makes Peru special and why he fell in love with the spirit. Find Tony on twitter at https://twitter.com/MdrnMixologist  21:00- Our NFL previews continue this week with the AFC North. Our thoughts on the Ravens, Bengals, Browns, and Steelers in that order plus our predictions for the season for each team.  47:45- Back to Tales of the Cocktail and Peruvian Pisco with Diego Loret de Mola, Founder of Barsol Pisco. He gives us some background on the company, what makes it special, plus what it's like leading the charge to bring Pisco back to the United States. Also some great history on Peru and what makes it special. http://www.barsolpisco.com/  1:06:00- Our thoughts on the MLB trade deadline. Who made the biggest moves and what teams look better going forward. Right after that we talk about the great Ara Parseghian, who passed away this week at the age of 94.  1:12:45- We'll wrap it up talking Pisco with Jean Pual Desmaison of Pisco 100 about their product and about Peru in general. http://www.pisco100.com/  As always thanks for listening! 

Vince Lombardi, Geno Auriemma & John Wooden are generally recognized by all as the most legendary coaches on the planet. On Episode 178 of the Doc and Jock Podcast we are lucky enough to be joined by one of their coaching equals, Mike Burgener, who is regarded as the Godfather of American Weightlifting. If you aren't familiar with Coach B his story goes like this: While playing football for Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame he worked with a strength coach by the name of Father Lang. Coach Lang introduced Mike and his friends to The Lifts and used them to make them stronger for Football. In the offseason Mike would travel around the midwest competing in Weightlifting meets. After college Coach B joined the Marine Crop. afterwards he stayed in SoCal where he became the US National Team Coach which earned him a Level 5 status within USA Weightlifting. To help further the sport of Weightlifting Coach B founded the CrossFit Weightlifting program which helps train CrossFitters in the lifts. (If you want to learn more about Mike's life watch this great piece http://daily.barbellshrugged.com/full-depth-005/ that Chris Moore of Barbell Shrugged did) On this Episode we have a great conversation that covers the span of Mike's life in coaching. We start at the beginning with how Ara Parseghian and Father Lang shaped Mike to be the man he is today. We move into the Marine's what impact that had on his coaching style. From there we talk about parenting and how Mike parented his kids in the sport of Weightlifting and we finish up with CrossFit and geezers and how they are continuing to make Mike the man he is. Here are some topics we cover on this episode: -How it's important to coach Men & Women hard -Are we soft as a nation? -How weightlifting translates to basketball -The importance of auxiliary work in targeting weaknesses for all athletes -Why the posterior chain of American's are so weak (specifically the lower back) -How to kick someone's ass with PVC pipe and make them like it -How to train the aging athlete Where to find out more about Coach B: http://crossfitweightlifting.com http://mikesgym.com @crossfitweightlifting on social media @mikeburgener on social media

This week on Thursday Night Tailgate our guests are: former Bengals NT Gary Burley, former Patriots Pro Bowl RB Tony Collins, former Steelers QB Terry Hanratty, former Rams & Bucs WR/KR Vernon Turner and former Vikings Pro Bowl DT Keith Millard. Gary Burley - We'll talk with Gary about his time playing at Pitt in the mid 70's and what it was building that program with Head Coach Johnny Major and alongside Tony Dorsett. We'll also get his take on the Steelers/Bengals rivalry. Tony Collins - We'll hear Tony's 5 Stars Picks of the Week for Week 4 in the NFL. Terry Hanratty - We'll talk with Terry about his time playing for Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame and winning the 1966 National Championship. We'll also talk about him being drafted in the 2nd round by the Steelers in 1969, Chuck Noll's first season as Head Coach. We'll hear what it was like for him as they turned around and drafted Terry Bradshaw #1 the following year. We'll see what it was like going through the QB carousel the Steelers had in the early 70's with Bradshaw, Joe Gilliam and Hanratty. We'll also talk about the pranks he used to pull on Jack Lambert. Vernon Turner - We'll get an update from Vernon on how the movie about his life is progressing. Derek Jeter's movie company, The Player's Tribute, has taken on the project. Keith Millard - We'll talk with Keith about the Vikings stellar defense this season and what he expects from them and the team this season. We'll also get this thoughts on his alma mater Washington State.

Week 3 is huge, and so is this PAPN. Bill and Godfrey talk about Notre Dame-MIchigan State 1966, The Perfect Pass, Alabama (and it's iffy run game) against the crazy guy in the fight, Ohio State-Oklahoma, 11am kickoffs, Lamar Jackson's amazing ceiling, and the angry ghost of Jefferson Pilot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Wisdom-Unplugged2.png () Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy Welcome to Day 422 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Adversity = Opportunity – Wisdom Unplugged Thank you for joining us for our 5 days per week wisdom and legacy building podcast. This is day 422 of our trek, and it is Thursday and time for our 2-3 minute mini-trek called Wisdom Unplugged. This short nugget of wisdom includes an inspirational quote with a little additional content for today's trek. Consider this your vitamin supplement of wisdom on Tuesday & Thursday. So let's jump right in with today's nugget. Today's quote is from Ara Parseghian, the famous coach of Notre Dame. His quote is “Adversity affords unique opportunities to elicit superior performance from hidden talent that would otherwise remain dormant.” https://wisdom-trek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/overcoming-adversity-1-2-2.jpg () Adversity tends to become a refining fire in many people's lives. When you are pushed and tested, your true resolve will become evident.  Talents that you did not realize were part of the very fabric of your soul will come to the surface and will be your strength. This new found strength will take you to new heights so that you can boldly grow where few have chosen to grow before. Every biography that you will read about a person who has achieved any type of success or recognition shows a life filled with adversity, trials, and failures. We should not only welcome these times of adversity, but find joy in them. Jesus's half-brother James put it well when he wrote in his letter in Chapter 1:2-4, “Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.” That is a wrap for Wisdom Unplugged for today. Thank you for allowing me to be your guide, mentor, and most importantly your friend as I serve you through the Wisdom-Trek podcast and journal each day. As we take this trek of life together, let us always: Live Abundantly (Fully) Love Unconditionally Listen Intentionally Learn Continuously Lend to others Generously Lead with Integrity Leave a Living Legacy Each Day This is Guthrie Chamberlain reminding you to Keep Moving Forward, Enjoy Your Journey, and Create a Great Day Every Day! See you tomorrow for Philosophy Friday!

The legendary Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian lost three of his grandchildren to Niemann-Pick Type C, a rare and fatal genetic disease. Parseghian’s story has helped mobilize members of the Notre Dame community, and in particular, Greg Crawford, Dean of the College of Science and professor of physics, in a fight against the disease. Crawford has been named a finalist in the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s Everyday Superheros contest in recognition for his work in raising funding and awareness to combat Niemann-Pick Type C. We spoke to Crawford about his involvement with the disease, his series of cross country bike rides for the cause, and what advice he’d offer other patient advocates looking to raise money and awareness.

Real Sports Guys Where Real Guys Talk Real Sports! We are thrilled to announce that Author, Professor, and Drake Group President, Dr. Allen Sack, will follow up his January 2012 visit, with another feature interview on RSG Radio on May 8th.  Dr. Sack played on Ara Parseghian's 1966 National Championship football team at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. Dr. Sack is the author of Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism and has discussed his views on college sport on TV shows such as Good Morning America, ESPN Outside the Lines, ESPN Classics, and the Big Ten Network. Dr. Sack has also published columns in distinguished mediums such as the New York Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Los Angeles Times. Our NBA analyst, Justin Page, also will drop by to give his take on the ongoing NBA playoffs AND to unveil his All-NBA 1st & 2nd Team's! www.realsportsguys.com

Real Sports Guys Where Real Guys Talk Real Sports! Listen to our January 2012 conversation with Author and Professor- Dr. Allen Sack who talks about the state of College Sports on RSG. Dr. Sack played on Ara Parseghian's 1966 National Championship football team at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams. Dr. Sack is the author of Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism and has discussed his views on college sport on TV shows such as Good Morning America, ESPN Outside the Lines, ESPN Classics, and the Big Ten Network. Dr. Sack has also published columns in distinguished mediums such as the New York Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Los Angeles Times. www.realsportsguys.com

Real Sports Guys Where Real Guys Talk Real Sports! Author and Professor- Dr. Allen Sack talks about the state of College Sports on RSG. Dr. Sack played on Ara Parseghian's 1966 National Championship football team at Notre Dame and was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams.  Dr. Sack is the author of Counterfeit Amateurs: An Athlete's Journey Through the Sixties to the Age of Academic Capitalism and has discussed his views on college sport on TV shows such as Good Morning America, ESPN Outside the Lines, ESPN Classics, and the Big Ten Network. Dr. Sack has also published columns in distinguished mediums such as the New York Times, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the Los Angeles Times.  Join us live on January 10th at 8:30 (CST) as Dr. Sack sits down with the Real Sports Guys to discuss the state of College Sports! 

Terry Hanratty played in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s. He earned two Super Bowl rings as the backup quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Also a National Championship ring with the University of Notre Dame. Terry is our guest on National Signing Day. What was it like to be recruited by Ara Parseghian, what was it like playing with Terry Bradshaw, and more.