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In this episode, Cam & Jim dive into an exciting and historic win for the Winnipeg Jets, as they secure their 10th consecutive victory, edging out the San Jose Sharks in dramatic fashion. The Jets continue to break records, including becoming the first team to win back-to-back games when trailing with less than a minute remaining. In addition, Mark Scheifele's game-winning goal makes him the all-time leader in goals for both the Jets 2.0 and the Thrashers. The guys explore the key moments from Monday night's game, including the bond between Josh Morrissey and Scheifele. Ken Wiebe, respected Jets writer and reporter for the Free Press, joins the conversation to offer his insights on the team's trajectory, their needs moving forward, and the significance of the final 24 games of the regular season. Finally, the hosts discuss some notable stories from around the league, including Commissioner Gary Bettman's decision to reduce Ryan Hartman's suspension from 10 to 8 games and with all the rumours swirling around, could Mikko Rantanen be on the move again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In Part Two of this interview, Canadian hockey legend Shane Doan's mom talks about the after-game conversation in the car, billets and the impact they have on your player's experience, learning beyond the game itself, Commissioner Gary Bettman's public praise of Shane's role in the 2004/05 NHL lockout, and more.
Si apre alla grande la stagione delle trade in NHL con Carolina che affonda il primo incredibile colpo: la superstar Mikko Rantanen. Ma aggiunge anche Taylor Hall. La contropartita per Colorado è sufficiente?Gianvito e Nicola analizzano la trade e parlano anche di altre notizie interessanti: è vero che il Commissioner Gary Bettman è vicinissimo alla pensione?
Connor McDavid and Commissioner Gary Bettman are both in town today, Senators are Oilers aren't scoring enough, OV scores twice but leaves injured and the Cowboys continue to crumble.
Commissioner Gary Bettman is in town today, drastic increase to the NHL salary cap, Oilers arrive in Ottawa upset after a 3-0 loss in Montreal, Canada's goaltending at the 4 Nations Face-off and Senators tix.
It's an honor and pleasure to introduce a new sponsor to the podcast. If you need to speak to someone to get you through a tough time, period or stretch, look no further than the good folks at Better Help. Go to betterhelp.com/JAYREELZ for 10% off of your first month of therapy. Don't forget about OLIPOP soda. It's good for your gut with prebiotics, non GMO, no artificial sweeteners, with plenty of great flavors. From the classics (Cola, Root Beer, Ginger Ale, Grape & Orange) perfect change up of refreshers (Tropical Punch, Watermelon Lime and Banana Cream) Please go to drinkolipop.com use promo code JAYREELZ for 15% off of your purchase. One of the best sports months on the calendar has arrived and so is the latest podcast delivering all of what is, has and will take place throughout the landscape. On deck: (6:40) October has us sports fans ready to witness the beginning of two new seasons (NHL & NBA), the height of two others (NFL & college football) and the conclusion of another (MLB) and that's where I'll begin. Leave it to the Mets to be the only team NOT to sweep the Wild Card round. I'll recap the first two matchups vs. the Brewers and delve into tonight's do or die game and who this'll fall squarely on ESPECIALLY, if they lose (ahem, Pete Alonso). I'll unpack the rest of the Wild Card Series which includes the red hot Detroit Tigers, the puzzling Houston Astros, the gritty Kansas City Royals, the disappointing Baltimore Orioles in the AL. The Padres look to be on a mission as they dispose the Atlanta Braves with ease. I'll preview the Division Series in both leagues with the big picture question, which team is facing the most pressure? The Yankees, Dodgers or Phillies? There's news regarding front office moves in STL & SF. Sending out prayers to former Dodgers legend Fernando Valenzuela as he needs to step away from the microphone to battle some health issues. And I'll remember Pete Rose as he passed away on Monday at 83. (55:43) Davante Adams wants out of Las Vegas. Where does he go? Is there a landing spot for him? What about Tyreek Hill? Does he want to go back to Kansas City? I'll see what the Week 5 schedule in the NFL looks like as there are a few games to look forward to. Also, the four game suspension handed down to Bills LB Von Miller. (1:08:33) College Football Week 6 is quite feeble, although you do have a National Championship rematch where #10 Michigan visits Washington on Saturday. (1:10:14) I'll look back at the life of Dikembe Mutombo who passed away on Monday at the age of 58. With training camps open, LeBron James had an interesting comment on the expectations of the Lakers heading into the season. (1:16:13) The NHL will begin the 2024-25 season tomorrow, but in earnest starts on Tuesday. Commissioner Gary Bettman is already looking to open discussions on a new CBA that's not set to expire until September of 2026! I'll go over the over/under point totals of the year in light of an NHL preview next week. (1:20:57) There's a UFC light heavyweight fight Saturday night where Alex Pereira & Khalil Rountree will square off for the title in Salt Lake City, Utah. Please subscribe, leave a rating and post a review on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Audacy, Amazon Music and iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts. For daily shorts, weekly vlogs and then some, please subscribe to my YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMucZq-BQrUrpuQzQ-jYF7w If you'd like to contribute to the production of the podcast, please visit my Patreon page at: www.patreon.com/TheJAYREELZPodcast Many thanks for all of your love and support. Intro/outro music by Cyklonus. LINKS TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE & REVIEW: APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jayreelz-podcast/id1354797894 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7jtCQwuPOg334jmZ0xiA2D?si=22c9a582ef7a4566 AUDACY: https://www.audacy.com/podcast/the-jayreelz-podcast-d9f50 iHEARTRADIO: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-the-jayreelz-podcast-43104270/ AMAZON MUSIC: https://www.amazon.com/The-JAYREELZ-Podcast/dp/B08K58SW24/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+jayreelz+podcast&qid=1606319520&sr=8-1
Media Q&A with NHL Commissioner + Utah Hockey team owners Ryan & Ashley Smith
NHL to SLC Introductory Press Conference - Commissioner Gary Bettman, Ryan & Ashley Smith, Governor Spencer Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall + Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman joined Alexis Downie in the Paul Kariya Studio to chat about his visit to Honda Center, his role as commissioner, up-coming tentpole NHL events, potential events in SoCal and more!
So, Ridly Grieg did a thing. Then Morgan Rielly did a thing. And then Player Safety did a thing. Now Rielly has appealed that thing. DOPS hands out $10k in fines to the Boston Bruins, with Matt Grzelcyk getting a major penalty and a fine for spearing the Caps' Max Pacioretty and goaltender Linus Ullmark picking up a fine for high-sticking Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mikey Eyssimont. Vancouver Canucks defenseman Nikita Zadorov gets a two-game suspension for a hit to the head of Detroit Red Wings forward Lucas Raymond that Zadorov admitted was "a bad hit." We'll also dive into Rielly vs. Grieg, the five game suspension, and all the strong opinions on both sides of the incident as we await the results of Rielly's appeal to Commissioner Gary Bettman. We review a continuous play goal where the Tampa Bay Lightning scored a goal even after referee Kelly Sutherland blew the whistle. Plus, Todd and Josh check out the latest Down Goes Brown post over at The Athletic on the NHL's unwritten rules. Visit scoutingtherefs.com and follow @scoutingtherefs and @toddlewissports on Twitter/X, Instagram, and Threads. Email us your questions - heyref@scoutingtherefs.com #RefsPodcast Questions? Comments? Just looking to vent? Call the RefLine and leave us a message at 585-484-REFS! #RefsPodcast The Scouting The Refs Podcast is a weekly look at the world of officiating and player safety within the National Hockey League, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world. We'll break down the calls and the rules behind them to help understand why a penalty or suspension was - or wasn't - handed out. Todd Lewis is a veteran broadcaster covering the NHL and other major league sports. Lewis is a former host on the NHL Network and on NHL Network Radio. He's also worked for TSN, Sportsnet as a host/anchor and is a producer of other programs. Josh Smith is the founder of Scouting the Refs, the leading independent site related to hockey officiating which follows hockey officials across the NHL, AHL, ECHL, and other leagues around the world, including news, rule changes and interpretations, suspensions, and statistics on officials and penalty calls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The NHL All-Star weekend is usually a quiet time where the league is focused more on taking time off or showing their sponsors a good time than they are on making news happen. Well, that was not the case this weekend.We had two big trades, a coach firing, and some juicy press conferences from both Commissioner Gary Bettman and Marty Walsh from the NHLPA.Walsh blasted the Arizona Coyotes on a handful of issues and that's led to even more speculation about the future of the Coyotes in the desert. Frank outlined two potential scenarios that he could see play out over the next six months.Bettman unveiled the next plans for the NHL when it comes to international hockey. Frank and Jason gave their thoughts on the Four Nations Face-Off and the plans for the world's best players to return to the Olympics in 2026.They also hit on the Todd McLellan firing in Los Angeles before getting to Tyler with a new edition of Buy or Sell where he got the guys takes on the Lindholm trade and the Jets adding Sean Monahan.They wrapped up the show with some talk about Frank's viral moment from the weekend. He clarified his take on Sidney Crosby and gave a longer explanation of things.4:15 - Future of the Coyotes13:05 - Upcoming international events21:00 - New look All-Star weekend23:15 - McLellan out in LA29:10 - Fill in the Blank41:25 - Dubas & the PenguinsWant to hear more from Frank, Jason and the entire DFO team? Subscribe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dailyfaceoff2563Check out our friends at Betano and the latest NHL odds here: https://www.betano.ca/sport/hockey/north-america/nhl/10118/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jared is joined by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss the NHL draft. Caroline and Robby join for a trade questioning session as well.
NBA – Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brandon Miller of Alabama was the No. 2 pick by the Charlotte Hornets and Scoot Henderson went third to the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA – Pistons, Pacers banking on lottery selections to provide immediate help on defense The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers used lottery picks on players who should make their biggest early impact on defense while the rest of the Central Division teams sat out the first round of Thursday’s draft. Detroit selected wing Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite developmental program with the fifth overall selection. Indiana took Houston forward Jarace Walker, who went eighth. Both the Pistons and Pacers ended up with two first-round picks. The Pistons added Houston guard Marcus Sasser and the Pacers landed Belmont forward Ben Sheppard later in the first round. The Pistons received some tough luck in the lottery when they got stuck with the fifth pick despite having the NBA’s worst record at 17-65. But they believe they found a keeper in Thompson. The Bulls traded into the second round with Washington to acquire Tennessee forward Julian Phillips at No. 35. NBA – Jett Howard follows his father Juwan’s path from Michigan to NBA lottery pick Jett Howard can only hope he keeps following in his father’s footsteps as he goes from Michigan to the NBA. He joined his father Juwan as an NBA draft lottery pick Thursday night. Juwan still has bragging rights as the fifth pick overall in the 1994 draft out of Michigan. His son went at No. 11 overall to Orlando after playing his lone college season for his father at Michigan. Jett credited all the time spent learning from his father on and off the court for preparing him. The two-time NBA champ played 1,208 games over 19 years with eight different teams. NBA – Bulls expect Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of left knee injury The Chicago Bulls expect point guard Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of his left knee injury. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas says the Bulls do not expect him back next season. He says it “would be great” if Ball does return in 2023-24. Ball hasn’t played since Jan. 14, 2022. He had a cartilage transplant in March, his third operation on the knee in a little more than a year. Karnisovas said Ball stopped using crutches last month. NBA – Chris Paul traded to Warriors, Jordan Poole sent to Wizards, source tells AP Chris Paul’s pursuit of an NBA championship is taking him to the Golden State Warriors, after they agreed to the framework of a trade on Thursday that will send Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The trade also includes a package of draft capital, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized and approved by the NBA. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox were off Tonight Minnesota (Maeda 0-4) at Detroit (Wentz 1-7), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Bello 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cubs are off MLB – Overturned outs prompting confusion, frustration over blocking-the-plate rule The rules have changed since Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy were big league catchers when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game. The rules are intended to protect catchers. But runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out and without any collision. San Diego manager Melvin and Texas manager Bochy both had outs recorded by their teams this week become runs after replay viewed that their catchers obstructed the runner. Both managers were irate because their catchers were standing when they made sweeping tags. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Washington Mystics 80, Chicago Sky 59 Indiana Fever 80, Seattle Storm 68 Mystics 80, Sky 59 – Elena Delle Donne scores 18 points to help Mystics beat Sky 80-59 Elena Delle Donne had 18 points and eight rebounds, Natasha Cloud added 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat Chicago 80-59 on Thursday night for the Sky’s fifth straight loss. Washington (8-4) beat Chicago for the second time in four days, winning 77-69 on Sunday. The Mystics also beat the Sky 71-69 on May 26. Cloud became the fourth player in team history to make 200 career 3-pointers. Alanna Smith had 13 points for Chicago (5-8). Kahleah Copper was 2 of 13 from the field and Marina Mabrey went 2 of 11 as the Sky shot 30%. Fever 80, Storm 68 – Mitchell hits 7-3s, scores a season-high 25 points to help the Fever beat the Storm 80-68 Kelsey Mitchell made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 80-68 on Thursday night. NaLyssa Smith had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana (5-7). Emma Cannon and Erica Wheeler each scored 10 points, and rookie Aliyah Boston had nine points and 11 rebounds. WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd was held to 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting for Seattle (3-9). Ezi Magbegor added 18 points and Ivana Dojkic had 11. NHL – Theme-night jerseys banned after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions NHL teams won’t have players wear themed jerseys during pregame warmups next season. That decision was made after the league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman that a handful of players refusing to wear Pride jerseys distracted from teams’ efforts. Seven players citing various reasons declined to take part in warmups when their team donned rainbow-colored Pride jerseys for warmups. Teams will still host Pride and other theme nights and are expected to continue making and auctioning off jerseys even though players won’t wear them. A group that has worked with the NHL on inclusivity said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision. NCAABSB – White’s homer in 11th sends LSU to College World Series finals Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest and clinching a spot in the College World Series finals. The win sends the Tigers to the best-of-three CWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night. It will be a rematch of the 2017 All-SEC College World Series final the Gators won for their first national title. LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest consecutive losses this season. The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder. Golf – PGA –McCarthy shoots 60, McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott also made runs at golf’s magic number but faltered late. Each shot 62 at the TPC River Highlands, where Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in 2016. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, finished with a 7-under 63. McCarthy started on the back nine. He had 5 birdies on his first six holes and five more coming in. Golf – LPGA – Lee-Anne Pace shoots 66 for the first-round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players. The 42-year-old Pace won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2014 in China. Rose Zhang, the two-time NCAA individual champion at Stanford who became the first player in 72 years to win an LPGA Tour event in her pro debut this month at nearby Liberty National, opened with a 70. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 9, West Michigan 4 South Bend 5, Fort Wayne 1 Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3 Tonight Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NBA – Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brandon Miller of Alabama was the No. 2 pick by the Charlotte Hornets and Scoot Henderson went third to the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA – Pistons, Pacers banking on lottery selections to provide immediate help on defense The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers used lottery picks on players who should make their biggest early impact on defense while the rest of the Central Division teams sat out the first round of Thursday’s draft. Detroit selected wing Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite developmental program with the fifth overall selection. Indiana took Houston forward Jarace Walker, who went eighth. Both the Pistons and Pacers ended up with two first-round picks. The Pistons added Houston guard Marcus Sasser and the Pacers landed Belmont forward Ben Sheppard later in the first round. The Pistons received some tough luck in the lottery when they got stuck with the fifth pick despite having the NBA’s worst record at 17-65. But they believe they found a keeper in Thompson. The Bulls traded into the second round with Washington to acquire Tennessee forward Julian Phillips at No. 35. NBA – Jett Howard follows his father Juwan’s path from Michigan to NBA lottery pick Jett Howard can only hope he keeps following in his father’s footsteps as he goes from Michigan to the NBA. He joined his father Juwan as an NBA draft lottery pick Thursday night. Juwan still has bragging rights as the fifth pick overall in the 1994 draft out of Michigan. His son went at No. 11 overall to Orlando after playing his lone college season for his father at Michigan. Jett credited all the time spent learning from his father on and off the court for preparing him. The two-time NBA champ played 1,208 games over 19 years with eight different teams. NBA – Bulls expect Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of left knee injury The Chicago Bulls expect point guard Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of his left knee injury. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas says the Bulls do not expect him back next season. He says it “would be great” if Ball does return in 2023-24. Ball hasn’t played since Jan. 14, 2022. He had a cartilage transplant in March, his third operation on the knee in a little more than a year. Karnisovas said Ball stopped using crutches last month. NBA – Chris Paul traded to Warriors, Jordan Poole sent to Wizards, source tells AP Chris Paul’s pursuit of an NBA championship is taking him to the Golden State Warriors, after they agreed to the framework of a trade on Thursday that will send Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The trade also includes a package of draft capital, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized and approved by the NBA. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox were off Tonight Minnesota (Maeda 0-4) at Detroit (Wentz 1-7), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Bello 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cubs are off MLB – Overturned outs prompting confusion, frustration over blocking-the-plate rule The rules have changed since Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy were big league catchers when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game. The rules are intended to protect catchers. But runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out and without any collision. San Diego manager Melvin and Texas manager Bochy both had outs recorded by their teams this week become runs after replay viewed that their catchers obstructed the runner. Both managers were irate because their catchers were standing when they made sweeping tags. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Washington Mystics 80, Chicago Sky 59 Indiana Fever 80, Seattle Storm 68 Mystics 80, Sky 59 – Elena Delle Donne scores 18 points to help Mystics beat Sky 80-59 Elena Delle Donne had 18 points and eight rebounds, Natasha Cloud added 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat Chicago 80-59 on Thursday night for the Sky’s fifth straight loss. Washington (8-4) beat Chicago for the second time in four days, winning 77-69 on Sunday. The Mystics also beat the Sky 71-69 on May 26. Cloud became the fourth player in team history to make 200 career 3-pointers. Alanna Smith had 13 points for Chicago (5-8). Kahleah Copper was 2 of 13 from the field and Marina Mabrey went 2 of 11 as the Sky shot 30%. Fever 80, Storm 68 – Mitchell hits 7-3s, scores a season-high 25 points to help the Fever beat the Storm 80-68 Kelsey Mitchell made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 80-68 on Thursday night. NaLyssa Smith had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana (5-7). Emma Cannon and Erica Wheeler each scored 10 points, and rookie Aliyah Boston had nine points and 11 rebounds. WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd was held to 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting for Seattle (3-9). Ezi Magbegor added 18 points and Ivana Dojkic had 11. NHL – Theme-night jerseys banned after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions NHL teams won’t have players wear themed jerseys during pregame warmups next season. That decision was made after the league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman that a handful of players refusing to wear Pride jerseys distracted from teams’ efforts. Seven players citing various reasons declined to take part in warmups when their team donned rainbow-colored Pride jerseys for warmups. Teams will still host Pride and other theme nights and are expected to continue making and auctioning off jerseys even though players won’t wear them. A group that has worked with the NHL on inclusivity said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision. NCAABSB – White’s homer in 11th sends LSU to College World Series finals Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest and clinching a spot in the College World Series finals. The win sends the Tigers to the best-of-three CWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night. It will be a rematch of the 2017 All-SEC College World Series final the Gators won for their first national title. LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest consecutive losses this season. The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder. Golf – PGA –McCarthy shoots 60, McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott also made runs at golf’s magic number but faltered late. Each shot 62 at the TPC River Highlands, where Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in 2016. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, finished with a 7-under 63. McCarthy started on the back nine. He had 5 birdies on his first six holes and five more coming in. Golf – LPGA – Lee-Anne Pace shoots 66 for the first-round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players. The 42-year-old Pace won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2014 in China. Rose Zhang, the two-time NCAA individual champion at Stanford who became the first player in 72 years to win an LPGA Tour event in her pro debut this month at nearby Liberty National, opened with a 70. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 9, West Michigan 4 South Bend 5, Fort Wayne 1 Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3 Tonight Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NBA – Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brandon Miller of Alabama was the No. 2 pick by the Charlotte Hornets and Scoot Henderson went third to the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA – Pistons, Pacers banking on lottery selections to provide immediate help on defense The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers used lottery picks on players who should make their biggest early impact on defense while the rest of the Central Division teams sat out the first round of Thursday’s draft. Detroit selected wing Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite developmental program with the fifth overall selection. Indiana took Houston forward Jarace Walker, who went eighth. Both the Pistons and Pacers ended up with two first-round picks. The Pistons added Houston guard Marcus Sasser and the Pacers landed Belmont forward Ben Sheppard later in the first round. The Pistons received some tough luck in the lottery when they got stuck with the fifth pick despite having the NBA’s worst record at 17-65. But they believe they found a keeper in Thompson. The Bulls traded into the second round with Washington to acquire Tennessee forward Julian Phillips at No. 35. NBA – Jett Howard follows his father Juwan’s path from Michigan to NBA lottery pick Jett Howard can only hope he keeps following in his father’s footsteps as he goes from Michigan to the NBA. He joined his father Juwan as an NBA draft lottery pick Thursday night. Juwan still has bragging rights as the fifth pick overall in the 1994 draft out of Michigan. His son went at No. 11 overall to Orlando after playing his lone college season for his father at Michigan. Jett credited all the time spent learning from his father on and off the court for preparing him. The two-time NBA champ played 1,208 games over 19 years with eight different teams. NBA – Bulls expect Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of left knee injury The Chicago Bulls expect point guard Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of his left knee injury. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas says the Bulls do not expect him back next season. He says it “would be great” if Ball does return in 2023-24. Ball hasn’t played since Jan. 14, 2022. He had a cartilage transplant in March, his third operation on the knee in a little more than a year. Karnisovas said Ball stopped using crutches last month. NBA – Chris Paul traded to Warriors, Jordan Poole sent to Wizards, source tells AP Chris Paul’s pursuit of an NBA championship is taking him to the Golden State Warriors, after they agreed to the framework of a trade on Thursday that will send Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The trade also includes a package of draft capital, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized and approved by the NBA. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox were off Tonight Minnesota (Maeda 0-4) at Detroit (Wentz 1-7), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Bello 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cubs are off MLB – Overturned outs prompting confusion, frustration over blocking-the-plate rule The rules have changed since Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy were big league catchers when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game. The rules are intended to protect catchers. But runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out and without any collision. San Diego manager Melvin and Texas manager Bochy both had outs recorded by their teams this week become runs after replay viewed that their catchers obstructed the runner. Both managers were irate because their catchers were standing when they made sweeping tags. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Washington Mystics 80, Chicago Sky 59 Indiana Fever 80, Seattle Storm 68 Mystics 80, Sky 59 – Elena Delle Donne scores 18 points to help Mystics beat Sky 80-59 Elena Delle Donne had 18 points and eight rebounds, Natasha Cloud added 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat Chicago 80-59 on Thursday night for the Sky’s fifth straight loss. Washington (8-4) beat Chicago for the second time in four days, winning 77-69 on Sunday. The Mystics also beat the Sky 71-69 on May 26. Cloud became the fourth player in team history to make 200 career 3-pointers. Alanna Smith had 13 points for Chicago (5-8). Kahleah Copper was 2 of 13 from the field and Marina Mabrey went 2 of 11 as the Sky shot 30%. Fever 80, Storm 68 – Mitchell hits 7-3s, scores a season-high 25 points to help the Fever beat the Storm 80-68 Kelsey Mitchell made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 80-68 on Thursday night. NaLyssa Smith had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana (5-7). Emma Cannon and Erica Wheeler each scored 10 points, and rookie Aliyah Boston had nine points and 11 rebounds. WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd was held to 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting for Seattle (3-9). Ezi Magbegor added 18 points and Ivana Dojkic had 11. NHL – Theme-night jerseys banned after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions NHL teams won’t have players wear themed jerseys during pregame warmups next season. That decision was made after the league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman that a handful of players refusing to wear Pride jerseys distracted from teams’ efforts. Seven players citing various reasons declined to take part in warmups when their team donned rainbow-colored Pride jerseys for warmups. Teams will still host Pride and other theme nights and are expected to continue making and auctioning off jerseys even though players won’t wear them. A group that has worked with the NHL on inclusivity said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision. NCAABSB – White’s homer in 11th sends LSU to College World Series finals Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest and clinching a spot in the College World Series finals. The win sends the Tigers to the best-of-three CWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night. It will be a rematch of the 2017 All-SEC College World Series final the Gators won for their first national title. LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest consecutive losses this season. The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder. Golf – PGA –McCarthy shoots 60, McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott also made runs at golf’s magic number but faltered late. Each shot 62 at the TPC River Highlands, where Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in 2016. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, finished with a 7-under 63. McCarthy started on the back nine. He had 5 birdies on his first six holes and five more coming in. Golf – LPGA – Lee-Anne Pace shoots 66 for the first-round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players. The 42-year-old Pace won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2014 in China. Rose Zhang, the two-time NCAA individual champion at Stanford who became the first player in 72 years to win an LPGA Tour event in her pro debut this month at nearby Liberty National, opened with a 70. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 9, West Michigan 4 South Bend 5, Fort Wayne 1 Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3 Tonight Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NBA – Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brandon Miller of Alabama was the No. 2 pick by the Charlotte Hornets and Scoot Henderson went third to the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA – Pistons, Pacers banking on lottery selections to provide immediate help on defense The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers used lottery picks on players who should make their biggest early impact on defense while the rest of the Central Division teams sat out the first round of Thursday’s draft. Detroit selected wing Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite developmental program with the fifth overall selection. Indiana took Houston forward Jarace Walker, who went eighth. Both the Pistons and Pacers ended up with two first-round picks. The Pistons added Houston guard Marcus Sasser and the Pacers landed Belmont forward Ben Sheppard later in the first round. The Pistons received some tough luck in the lottery when they got stuck with the fifth pick despite having the NBA’s worst record at 17-65. But they believe they found a keeper in Thompson. The Bulls traded into the second round with Washington to acquire Tennessee forward Julian Phillips at No. 35. NBA – Jett Howard follows his father Juwan’s path from Michigan to NBA lottery pick Jett Howard can only hope he keeps following in his father’s footsteps as he goes from Michigan to the NBA. He joined his father Juwan as an NBA draft lottery pick Thursday night. Juwan still has bragging rights as the fifth pick overall in the 1994 draft out of Michigan. His son went at No. 11 overall to Orlando after playing his lone college season for his father at Michigan. Jett credited all the time spent learning from his father on and off the court for preparing him. The two-time NBA champ played 1,208 games over 19 years with eight different teams. NBA – Bulls expect Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of left knee injury The Chicago Bulls expect point guard Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of his left knee injury. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas says the Bulls do not expect him back next season. He says it “would be great” if Ball does return in 2023-24. Ball hasn’t played since Jan. 14, 2022. He had a cartilage transplant in March, his third operation on the knee in a little more than a year. Karnisovas said Ball stopped using crutches last month. NBA – Chris Paul traded to Warriors, Jordan Poole sent to Wizards, source tells AP Chris Paul’s pursuit of an NBA championship is taking him to the Golden State Warriors, after they agreed to the framework of a trade on Thursday that will send Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The trade also includes a package of draft capital, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized and approved by the NBA. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox were off Tonight Minnesota (Maeda 0-4) at Detroit (Wentz 1-7), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Bello 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cubs are off MLB – Overturned outs prompting confusion, frustration over blocking-the-plate rule The rules have changed since Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy were big league catchers when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game. The rules are intended to protect catchers. But runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out and without any collision. San Diego manager Melvin and Texas manager Bochy both had outs recorded by their teams this week become runs after replay viewed that their catchers obstructed the runner. Both managers were irate because their catchers were standing when they made sweeping tags. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Washington Mystics 80, Chicago Sky 59 Indiana Fever 80, Seattle Storm 68 Mystics 80, Sky 59 – Elena Delle Donne scores 18 points to help Mystics beat Sky 80-59 Elena Delle Donne had 18 points and eight rebounds, Natasha Cloud added 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat Chicago 80-59 on Thursday night for the Sky’s fifth straight loss. Washington (8-4) beat Chicago for the second time in four days, winning 77-69 on Sunday. The Mystics also beat the Sky 71-69 on May 26. Cloud became the fourth player in team history to make 200 career 3-pointers. Alanna Smith had 13 points for Chicago (5-8). Kahleah Copper was 2 of 13 from the field and Marina Mabrey went 2 of 11 as the Sky shot 30%. Fever 80, Storm 68 – Mitchell hits 7-3s, scores a season-high 25 points to help the Fever beat the Storm 80-68 Kelsey Mitchell made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 80-68 on Thursday night. NaLyssa Smith had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana (5-7). Emma Cannon and Erica Wheeler each scored 10 points, and rookie Aliyah Boston had nine points and 11 rebounds. WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd was held to 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting for Seattle (3-9). Ezi Magbegor added 18 points and Ivana Dojkic had 11. NHL – Theme-night jerseys banned after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions NHL teams won’t have players wear themed jerseys during pregame warmups next season. That decision was made after the league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman that a handful of players refusing to wear Pride jerseys distracted from teams’ efforts. Seven players citing various reasons declined to take part in warmups when their team donned rainbow-colored Pride jerseys for warmups. Teams will still host Pride and other theme nights and are expected to continue making and auctioning off jerseys even though players won’t wear them. A group that has worked with the NHL on inclusivity said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision. NCAABSB – White’s homer in 11th sends LSU to College World Series finals Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest and clinching a spot in the College World Series finals. The win sends the Tigers to the best-of-three CWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night. It will be a rematch of the 2017 All-SEC College World Series final the Gators won for their first national title. LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest consecutive losses this season. The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder. Golf – PGA –McCarthy shoots 60, McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott also made runs at golf’s magic number but faltered late. Each shot 62 at the TPC River Highlands, where Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in 2016. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, finished with a 7-under 63. McCarthy started on the back nine. He had 5 birdies on his first six holes and five more coming in. Golf – LPGA – Lee-Anne Pace shoots 66 for the first-round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players. The 42-year-old Pace won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2014 in China. Rose Zhang, the two-time NCAA individual champion at Stanford who became the first player in 72 years to win an LPGA Tour event in her pro debut this month at nearby Liberty National, opened with a 70. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 9, West Michigan 4 South Bend 5, Fort Wayne 1 Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3 Tonight Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NBA – Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, with expectations of stardom Victor Wembanyama is the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, headed to San Antonio with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation. The selection of the 19-year-old from France that had been a foregone conclusion for months was announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver on Thursday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Wembanyama arrives with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots. Brandon Miller of Alabama was the No. 2 pick by the Charlotte Hornets and Scoot Henderson went third to the Portland Trail Blazers. NBA – Pistons, Pacers banking on lottery selections to provide immediate help on defense The Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers used lottery picks on players who should make their biggest early impact on defense while the rest of the Central Division teams sat out the first round of Thursday’s draft. Detroit selected wing Ausar Thompson of the Overtime Elite developmental program with the fifth overall selection. Indiana took Houston forward Jarace Walker, who went eighth. Both the Pistons and Pacers ended up with two first-round picks. The Pistons added Houston guard Marcus Sasser and the Pacers landed Belmont forward Ben Sheppard later in the first round. The Pistons received some tough luck in the lottery when they got stuck with the fifth pick despite having the NBA’s worst record at 17-65. But they believe they found a keeper in Thompson. The Bulls traded into the second round with Washington to acquire Tennessee forward Julian Phillips at No. 35. NBA – Jett Howard follows his father Juwan’s path from Michigan to NBA lottery pick Jett Howard can only hope he keeps following in his father’s footsteps as he goes from Michigan to the NBA. He joined his father Juwan as an NBA draft lottery pick Thursday night. Juwan still has bragging rights as the fifth pick overall in the 1994 draft out of Michigan. His son went at No. 11 overall to Orlando after playing his lone college season for his father at Michigan. Jett credited all the time spent learning from his father on and off the court for preparing him. The two-time NBA champ played 1,208 games over 19 years with eight different teams. NBA – Bulls expect Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of left knee injury The Chicago Bulls expect point guard Lonzo Ball to miss another season because of his left knee injury. Executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas says the Bulls do not expect him back next season. He says it “would be great” if Ball does return in 2023-24. Ball hasn’t played since Jan. 14, 2022. He had a cartilage transplant in March, his third operation on the knee in a little more than a year. Karnisovas said Ball stopped using crutches last month. NBA – Chris Paul traded to Warriors, Jordan Poole sent to Wizards, source tells AP Chris Paul’s pursuit of an NBA championship is taking him to the Golden State Warriors, after they agreed to the framework of a trade on Thursday that will send Jordan Poole to the Washington Wizards, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The trade also includes a package of draft capital, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has not been finalized and approved by the NBA. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox were off Tonight Minnesota (Maeda 0-4) at Detroit (Wentz 1-7), 6:40 p.m. Boston (Bello 4-4) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-4), 8:10 p.m. Cubs are off MLB – Overturned outs prompting confusion, frustration over blocking-the-plate rule The rules have changed since Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy were big league catchers when big collisions with runners trying to score were just part of the game. The rules are intended to protect catchers. But runners are now sometimes safe even after being tagged out and without any collision. San Diego manager Melvin and Texas manager Bochy both had outs recorded by their teams this week become runs after replay viewed that their catchers obstructed the runner. Both managers were irate because their catchers were standing when they made sweeping tags. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Washington Mystics 80, Chicago Sky 59 Indiana Fever 80, Seattle Storm 68 Mystics 80, Sky 59 – Elena Delle Donne scores 18 points to help Mystics beat Sky 80-59 Elena Delle Donne had 18 points and eight rebounds, Natasha Cloud added 16 points and the Washington Mystics beat Chicago 80-59 on Thursday night for the Sky’s fifth straight loss. Washington (8-4) beat Chicago for the second time in four days, winning 77-69 on Sunday. The Mystics also beat the Sky 71-69 on May 26. Cloud became the fourth player in team history to make 200 career 3-pointers. Alanna Smith had 13 points for Chicago (5-8). Kahleah Copper was 2 of 13 from the field and Marina Mabrey went 2 of 11 as the Sky shot 30%. Fever 80, Storm 68 – Mitchell hits 7-3s, scores a season-high 25 points to help the Fever beat the Storm 80-68 Kelsey Mitchell made seven 3-pointers and scored a season-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever used a 17-0 run in the second half to beat the Seattle Storm 80-68 on Thursday night. NaLyssa Smith had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Indiana (5-7). Emma Cannon and Erica Wheeler each scored 10 points, and rookie Aliyah Boston had nine points and 11 rebounds. WNBA scoring leader Jewell Loyd was held to 19 points on 5-of-21 shooting for Seattle (3-9). Ezi Magbegor added 18 points and Ivana Dojkic had 11. NHL – Theme-night jerseys banned after players’ Pride refusals caused distractions NHL teams won’t have players wear themed jerseys during pregame warmups next season. That decision was made after the league’s Board of Governors agreed with Commissioner Gary Bettman that a handful of players refusing to wear Pride jerseys distracted from teams’ efforts. Seven players citing various reasons declined to take part in warmups when their team donned rainbow-colored Pride jerseys for warmups. Teams will still host Pride and other theme nights and are expected to continue making and auctioning off jerseys even though players won’t wear them. A group that has worked with the NHL on inclusivity said it was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision. NCAABSB – White’s homer in 11th sends LSU to College World Series finals Tommy White hit Camden Minacci’s first pitch into the left-field seats for a two-run homer in the 11th inning, giving LSU a 2-0 walk-off victory over No. 1 national seed Wake Forest and clinching a spot in the College World Series finals. The win sends the Tigers to the best-of-three CWS championship series against Florida beginning Saturday night. It will be a rematch of the 2017 All-SEC College World Series final the Gators won for their first national title. LSU became the first team to hand Wake Forest consecutive losses this season. The game was a classic pitcher’s duel between LSU’s Paul Skenes and Wake Forest’s Rhett Lowder. Golf – PGA –McCarthy shoots 60, McIlroy has his first ace on PGA Tour in the Travelers Denny McCarthy came inches from shooting a 59, settling for a 10-under 60 for the lowest round of his PGA Tour career, and Rory McIlroy made his first ace on tour on a day of low numbers at the Travelers Championship. Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott also made runs at golf’s magic number but faltered late. Each shot 62 at the TPC River Highlands, where Jim Furyk set the PGA Tour record with a 58 in 2016. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, finished with a 7-under 63. McCarthy started on the back nine. He had 5 birdies on his first six holes and five more coming in. Golf – LPGA – Lee-Anne Pace shoots 66 for the first-round lead in the KPMG Women’s PGA Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa made a two-putt birdie on the final hole in fading daylight for a 5-under 66 and the first-round lead Thursday in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. Two-time major winner Brooke Henderson of Canada and Ruoning Yin and Xiyi Lin of China were a shot back as Baltusrol’s historic Lower Course yielded 16 under-par rounds to the field of 156 players. The 42-year-old Pace won her lone LPGA Tour title in 2014 in China. Rose Zhang, the two-time NCAA individual champion at Stanford who became the first player in 72 years to win an LPGA Tour event in her pro debut this month at nearby Liberty National, opened with a 70. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 9, West Michigan 4 South Bend 5, Fort Wayne 1 Lansing 4, Wisconsin 3 Tonight Great Lakes Loons at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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The Vegas Golden Knights are now just three wins away from winning The Stanley Cup after taking down the Florida Panthers in game one of their series. Jason and Frank kicked off today's episode by talking about the Golden Knights scoring five goals, the goaltending matchup in this series, and how Florida can bounce back.From there, they talked about some of the high-end goalies that are on the trade market this summer. Frank gave some insight into the futures of both Connor Hellebuyck and John Gibson while Gregor speculated on where each of those two could land. The Penguins and Kings are two teams that could be looking for upgrades between the pipes.Tyler then hopped in for a new edition of Fill in the Blank presented by UFC 289. He asked them about how busy the Jets will be this summer and who will be the starting goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs.To wrap things up, they talked about the hiring of Mike Babcock in Columbus. Has he changed his ways? They debated that and talked about the fit between the Stanley Cup Champion and the group of players that the Blue Jackets have. We also heard from Commissioner Gary Bettman about a handful of topics including the Salary Cap not going up very much this summer, the future of the Coyotes, and the investigation into the 2018 World Junior team.0:25 - Stanley Cup Final13:45 - Goalies on the trade market22:30 - Fill in the Blank pres. by UFC 28936:25 - Babcock to CBJ43:40 - Dubas' next steps in PIT50:55 - Bettman's Press Conference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Major averages closed higher today. It was the best day for the indices since May 5. Wells Fargo's Chris Harvey breaks down what's behind the surge. ServiceNow and NHL announce a partnership; CEO Bill McDermott and Commissioner Gary Bettman join to discuss. McDermott talks the company's Knowledge conference and its plans for AI in enterprise. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sat down with our Jon Fortt in an exclusive interview talking the promise and peril of AI and scaling software. As questions swirl the regional banks, Todd Harper, Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, discusses how to strengthen belief in the system. Smith Point Capital CEO Keith Block on spending levels in enterprise software and what it means for global demand. Earnings from Take-Two Interactive and Cisco.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 0 Chicago White Sox 4, Kansas City Royals 2 St. Louis Cardinals 6, Chicago Cubs 4 Guardians 2, Tigers 0 – Bieber strikes out 9, Guardians blank Tigers 2-0 Shane Bieber struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Amed Rosario had an RBI triple among his four hits, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0. Bieber scattered seven hits and walked one. Relievers James Karinchak, Sam Hentges, Trevor Stephan and Emmanuel Clase completed Cleveland’s third shutout of the season. Clase leads the majors with 13 saves in 16 chances. Rosario singled in each of his three at-bats against Detroit starter Michael Lorenzen, then tripled home Will Brennan in the ninth against José Cisnero. The Tigers were shut out for the first time since opening day. White Sox 4, Royals 2 – Vaughn’s homer lifts White Sox over Royals, 4-2 Andrew Vaughn’s two-run homer in the sixth inning broke a 1-1 tie and lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals. Lucas Giolito picked up the win in a game that started two hours late because of rain. He allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. Kendall Graveman worked the ninth for his first save. Jordan Lyles threw a complete game, the first by a Royals pitcher in more than two years, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks. Lyles fell to 0-6 on the season. Cardinals 6, Cubs 4 – DeJong hits tiebreaking homer as Cardinals beat Cubs 6-4 Paul DeJong, Nolan Gorman and Lars Nootbaar homered, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 6-4 for their third consecutive win. DeJong put St. Louis in front when he opened the ninth inning with a drive to left-center off Javier Assad for his third homer this season. Dylan Carlson then tripled and scored on Andrew Knizner’s bloop double into shallow right field. Chris Stratton got four outs for the win, and Giovanny Gallegos worked the ninth for his second save. The Cardinals had dropped eight in a row and 15 of 18 overall before their win streak. Today Detroit (Rodriguez 3-2) at Cleveland (Battenfield 0-3), 1:10 p.m. News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 12:45 Chicago White Sox (Lynn 1-4) at Kansas City (Keller 2-3), 7:40 p.m. St. Louis (Montgomery 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 5-0), 7:40 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Philadelphia 76ers 115, Boston Celtics 103 (PHI leads 3-2) Denver Nuggets 118, Phoenix Suns 102 (DEN leads 3-2) Sixers 115, Celtics 103 – Embiid scores 33, 76ers beat Celtics 115-103 for 3-2 lead Joel Embiid scored 33 points and the Philadelphia 76ers easily took a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals, beating the Boston Celtics 115-103. It was the third straight game 30-point game of the series for Embiid, who also had seven rebounds and four blocks. Philadelphia will have chance to close out the series and advance to the conference finals when they host Game 6 on Thursday. Tyrese Maxey added 30 points and six 3s. James Harden finished with 17 points and 10 assists and eight rebounds. The 76ers led by as many as 21 in the fourth quarter. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 36 points but was just 11 of 27 from the field. Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points. Nuggets 118, Suns 102 – Nuggets beat Suns 118-102 in Game 5 to regain series lead Nikola Jokic had a triple-double after making up with Suns owner Mat Ishbia and Michael Porter Jr. sank five 3-pointers to help the Denver Nuggets beat Phoenix 118-102 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 series lead. Joker had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for his 10th career playoff triple-double, breaking a tie with Wilt Chamberlain for most by a center in NBA history. Game 6 is Thursday night in Phoenix. The home team has won every game in the series. If that holds true again, the decisive winner-take-all clash will come Sunday back in Denver, where the top-seeded Nuggets own the NBA’s best home record at 39-7, including 5-0 in the playoffs. Tonight Miami Heat at New York Knicks, 7:30 p.m. (MIA leads 3-1) Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:00 p.m. (LAL leads 3-1) NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 (Best of 7) Last Night Carolina Hurricanes 6, New Jersey Devils 1 (CAR leads 3-1) Dallas Stars 6, Seattle Kraken 3 (Series tied 2-2) Hurricanes 6, Devils 1 – Hurricanes have 5-goal 2nd, rout Devils 6-1 for 3-1 lead Jordan Martinook had a goal and two assists and the Carolina Hurricanes scored five times in the second period to beat the New Jersey Devils 6-1 on Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal. Martin Necas scored twice and Brett Pesce, Jesper Fast and Brent Burns added goals as the Hurricanes routed the young Devils for the third time in four games. Frederik Andersen made 21 saves in a relatively easy game after giving up an early goal to Jack Hughes. The Hurricanes have outscored New Jersey 17-3 in their three wins. The five goals in the second period were the most the Devils have given up in a period this season. Stars 6, Kraken 3 – Joe Pavelski scores 6th of series, Stars top Kraken 6-3 Joe Pavelski scored his sixth goal of the series as part of a four-goal second period for Dallas, and the Stars routed the Seattle Kraken 6-3 on Tuesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference semifinal series. After a pair of tight games in Dallas to open the series, Games 3 and 4 in Seattle were blowouts. The Kraken rolled to a 7-2 win in Game 3 and the Stars responded with their best performance of the series in a dominant Game 4 victory. Game 5 is Thursday night in Dallas. Pavelski scored four goals in the series opener, added a fifth in Game 2 and gave the Stars a 4-0 lead midway through the second period of Game 4. Tonight Toronto Maple Leafs at Florida Panthers, 7:00 p.m. (FLA leads 3-0) Vegas Golden Knights at Edmonton Oilers, 10:00 p.m. (VGK leads 2-1) NHL – Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television. The final lottery ball giving the Blackhawks the opportunity to draft Bedard popped out of a machine 80 minutes earlier. The roughly 20 people in the room to witness the drawing were sequestered there without access to phones or other communication devices until Daly revealed the card with the Blackhawks logo. The entire process emceed by Commissioner Gary Bettman is filmed for posterity. Anaheim, San Jose, Arizona, Washington and St. Louis also had a chance down to the final lottery ball. NFL – Bears get QB Justin Fields assistance on draft’s last day The Chicago Bears completed their draft with more help for quarterback Justin Fields but no defensive ends to help the pass rush. They drafted Texas running back Roschon Johnson in Round 4 and then speedy Cincinnati slot Tyler Johnson in the same round before turning their attention to defense for the rest of the draft. Minnesota cornerback Terell Smith and Oregon linebacker Noah Sewell went in Round 5 and Kennesaw State defensive tackle Travis Bell and Stanford safety Kendall Williamson were next. GM Ryan Poles said they’ll keep an eye out for chances to acquire a needed defensive end. Golf – Judge seems skeptical of Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend’s claims A Florida judge appeared skeptical during a court hearing of claims made by Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend. Florida Judge Elizabeth Metzger repeatedly questioned Erica Herman’s attorney during Tuesday’s hearing. Benjamin Hodas tried to argue that a nondisclosure agreement between the two should be invalidated, questioning whether her signature on the 2017 contract was legitimate or forged. Metzger appeared to side with Woods’ attorney that the agreement requires that any legal disputes between the two be handled in private by an arbitrator, not in court. Herman is seeking $30 million, saying she was illegally evicted from Woods’ mansion after their breakup last October. She has also claimed sexual harassment, an allegation Woods’ attorney denies. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Great Lakes 4, Lake County 1 West Michigan 14, Lansing 5 South Bend 10, Wisconsin 1 Today Great Lakes Loons at Lake County Captains, 11:00 a.m. Lansing Lugnuts at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Baseball Brandywine 12, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 1 Brandywine 19, Benton Harbor 0 – Game 2 Michigan Lutheran 12, Eau Claire 0 – Game 1 Michigan Lutheran 19, Eau Claire 0 – Game 2 Our Lady of the Lake 7, New Buffalo 1 – Game 1 Our Lady of the Lake 12, New Buffalo 1 – Game 2 Watervliet 15, South Haven 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 4, South Haven 3 – Game 2 Allegan 2, Coloma 1 – Game 1 Allegan 5, Coloma 2 – Game 1 Plainwell 10, Otsego 7 – Game 1 Plainwell 4, Otsego 1 – Game 2 Vicksburg 6, Sturgis 5 – Game 1 Vicksburg 13, Sturgis 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 8, Paw Paw 7 – Game 1 Three Rivers 7, Paw Paw 2 – Game 2 Berrien Springs 3, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 8, Dowagiac 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 10, Lawton 0 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Hackett 12, Lawton 2 – Game 2 Marcellus 16, White Pigeon 6 – Game 1 White Pigeon 16, Marcellus 8 – Game 2 Softball Watervliet 9, South Haven 0 – Game 1 South Haven 16, Watervliet 4 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 5, Niles 0 – Game 1 Edwardsburg 3, Niles 0 – Game 2 Three Rivers 6, Paw Paw 5 – Game 1 Three Rivers 11, Paw Paw 0 – Game 2 Dowagiac 9, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 1 Dowagiac 14, Berrien Springs 4 – Game 2 Kalamazoo Christian 9, Constantine 3 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Christian 13, Constantine 3 – Game 2 Lawton 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 3 – Game 1 Lawton 15, Kalamazoo Hackett 8 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Otsego 7, Paw Paw 1 Edwardsburg 7, Three Rivers 1 Sturgis 7, Three Rivers 1 Girls Soccer Mattawan 0, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 – TIE Lowell 1, Allegan 0 Bangor 2, Bloomingdale 1 Today Girls Soccer St. Joseph at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Buchanan at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. Parchment at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Edwardsburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. Plainwell at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. Three Rivers at Paw Paw, 6:00 p.m. Sturgis at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. Fennville at Constantine, 5:00 p.m. Bridgman at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. Marcellus at Bloomingdale, 6:30 p.m. Bangor at Wyoming-Lee, 6:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m. Battle Creek Central at BC Lakeview, 6:30 p.m. Gull Lake at Portage Northern, 6:30 p.m. Softball Buchanan at Kalamazoo Central, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Otsego, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Three Rivers, 4:00 p.m. Lansing Waverly at Mattawan, 4:00 p.m. Saugatuck at Schoolcraft, 4:30 p.m. Girls Tennis St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 4:00 p.m. Boys Golf SMAC at Bedford Valley, 10:00 a.m. (Gull Lake)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Commissioner Gary Bettman joins John from the Stadium Series, the losing streak hits four after an outdoor loss to Carolina, and the latest on the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Detroit in town tomorrow.
New York Mets come awfully close to making a $300 million dollar offer to a 12 yr old... Rusty breaks down Commissioner Gary Bettman's press conference on the future of the elague and changes players want. Courtnall played in an all-star game...it's the only one he's ever liked...go figure!! And a bunch of other shit I can't remember.
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MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1 (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0 (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m. (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD. NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began. NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1 (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0 (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m. (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD. NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began. NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1 (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0 (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m. (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD. NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began. NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1 (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0 (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m. (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD. NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began. NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs Last Night ALDS – Best of 5 New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Guardians 1 (NYY wins 3-2) Yankees 5, Guardians 1 – Stanton, Judge HR, Yankees beat Guards, into ALCS vs Astros Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4. NLCS – Best of 7 Philadelphia Phillies 2, San Diego Padres 0 (PHI leads 1-0) Phillies 2, Padres 0 – Harper, Schwarber HR as Wheeler, Phils top Pads to open NLCS Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game. Today League Championship Series – Best of 7 Philadelphia (Nola 11-13) at San Diego (Snell 8-10), 4:35 p.m. (PHI leads 1-0) New York (Taillon 14-5) at Houston (Verlander 18-4), 7:37 p.m. (Game 1) NBA – National Basketball Association – Regular Season Openers Last Night Boston Celtics 126, Philadelphia 76ers 117 Golden State Warriors 123, Los Angeles Lakers 109 Celtics 126, Sixers 117 – Tatum, Brown each score 35, Celtics beat 76ers 126-117 Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown each scored 35 points and the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 126-117 in the opening game of the NBA regular season. Malcolm Brogdon added 16 points and Grant Williams finished with 15 as the defending Eastern Conference champions gave interim coach Joe Mazzulla a victory in his debut. James Harden had 35 points — his most since joining the 76ers last season — including 12 of 12 from the free throw line. He also had five 3s. Joel Embiid added 26 points and 15 rebounds. Tyrese Maxey finished with 21 points. Warriors 123, Lakers 109 – Stephen Curry, Warriors celebrate championship, beat Lakers Stephen Curry opened the season with 33 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and the Golden State Warriors beat LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 123-109 after receiving their championship rings in a pregame ceremony. Jordan Poole made a pretty bounce pass assist to a driving Draymond Green for a layup and all seemed perfectly well with the defending champions almost two weeks after Green punched Poole at practice Oct. 5 then took a brief leave of absence from the team to work on his emotions. Poole wound up with 12 points and seven assists. Tonight Orlando Magic at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. Washington Wizards at Indiana Pacers, 7:00 p.m. Chicago Bulls at Miami Heat, 7:30 p.m. NBA/WNBA – Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner Stephen Curry took the microphone in the middle of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night to make an impassioned plea in support of Brittney Griner as the WNBA star spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison. The Warriors, long committed to social issues far beyond basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years. Griner is awaiting a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. NFL – Colts owner Irsay says there’s "merit to remove" Snyder Colts owner Jim Irsay says there’s “merit to remove” Dan Snyder as owner of the Washington Commanders. Irsay is the first NFL owner to publicly state that his controversial counterpart should go. Snyder’s status has been widely debated for years amid several scandals and investigations into workplace conduct in Washington. The league has been investigating allegations of sexual misconduct and financial impropriety, a probe conducted by attorney Mary Jo White that is ongoing. Removing Snyder would requires 24 votes from the other owners. NFL – NFL says it’s not backing down on protecting quarterbacks The NFL isn’t backing down on protecting quarterbacks. League executive Troy Vincent said there was a healthy and spirited conversation with owners about roughing-the-passer penalties at the league’s fall meeting. A pair of disputed roughing penalties in Week 5 frustrated defensive players and had players, coaches and fans questioning what constitutes a legal hit. NFL competition committee chairman Rich McKay said the conversation on making roughing-the-passer calls reviewable lasted about 30 seconds and needs more discussion. NFL – Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in ’23 The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, and will kick off at 3 p.m. ET. The teams will be announced in early May when the regular-season schedule is expected to be released. Prime Video is in its first season as the exclusive carrier of “Thursday Night Football” and will expand to 16 games next season. The package goes through the 2033 season. NFL – Bears waive backup receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette The Chicago Bears have waived receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette. Smith-Marsette got his first significant playing time in the offense in Chicago’s 29-22 loss at Minnesota two weeks ago and committed two costly mistakes. He had the ball taken away from behind by Cameron Dantzler at the Vikings 39 following a reception on the Bears’ final drive to decide the game. He also got flagged for an illegal block from behind on a 52-yard scramble by quarterback Justin Fields, negating a TD. NHL – Bettman: NHL salary cap may get nice bump for ’23-24 season The NHL salary cap could be going up more than expected sooner than expected. Commissioner Gary Bettman says there’s a chance players could be finished paying off what they owe owners from pandemic revenue losses as soon as this season. That would mean the cap going up $4 million or more next summer after being mostly flat for several years. Bettman expects the players’ debt to certainly be paid off next season, allowing for a significant cap increase going into 2023-24. The cap has only gone up $1 million to $82.5 million since the pandemic began. NHL – NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity The NHL for the first time has done an internal demographic study of its staff and all 32 teams. The results suggest hockey has a lot of work to do to increase diversity. It found that 83.6% of the NHL’s workforce is white and that men make up nearly 62% of the total. That mirrors the situation on the ice. More than 90% of players and nearly all coaches and officials are white. NHL executive Kim Davis called the study a good start and a baseline from which the league can improve. NCAAFB – Big Ten – Ohio State, Michigan making Big Ten look like Big Two Ohio State and Michigan are making the Big Ten look like the Big Two, rekindling memories or some of Woody Hayes and Bo Schembechler turning the chase for a conference championship into a two-team race. The second-ranked Buckeyes and fourth-ranked Wolverines are the Big Ten’s only undefeated teams. No other team in the conference is ranked among the top 15. Penn State can potentially be a factor in the because it hosts Ohio State on Oct. 29. The 16th-ranked Nittany Lions will have to play much better than they did while getting pummeled at Michigan. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina women unanimous No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 South Carolina is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll. The defending national champions went wire-to-wire as the No. 1 team last year and have been the top team for 20 straight weeks. Stanford, Texas, Iowa and Tennessee round out the top five. UConn is sixth, the first time since 2006 that the Huskies aren’t in the first five in the preseason poll. Louisville, Iowa State, Notre Dame and N.C. State is the rest of the top 10. NASCAR – NASCAR suspends Bubba Wallace 1 race for Las Vegas crash NASCAR has suspended driver Bubba Wallace for one race following his fracas at Las Vegas Motor Speedway over the weekend. NASCAR determined that Wallace deliberately spun reigning champion Kyle Larson in a dangerous move of retaliation. Wallace will miss Sunday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Golf – PGA – Elevated events show a divide among PGA Tour events for ’23 A person with direct knowledge of the plans says the PGA Tour is announcing that four tournaments will have elevated status and $20 million purses next year. The four additions are the WM Phoenix Open, the RBC Heritage at Hilton Head, the Wells Fargo Championship and the Travelers Championship. That leads to an incredibly crowded schedule. Texas-born Jordan Spieth figures to play five straight weeks in May and seven out of eight weeks. And that includes two majors. Two of the events are the week after a major. Not since Tiger Woods in 2006 has someone won a tournament the week after winning a major. AHL – American Hockey League Tonight Milwaukee Admirals at Grand Rapids Griffins, 7:00 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Women’s Volleyball Kalamazoo Valley Community College 3, Southwestern Michigan College 0 Today Women’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer Jackson College at Lake Michigan College, 4:00 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, PPD at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, PPD at St. Joseph Division 3 (South Haven) Holland Christian 5, Allegan 0 Fennville 2, Delton-Kellogg 1 Division 4 (Our Lady of the Lake) Howardsville Christian 1, Cassopolis 0 Bridgman 2, Brandywine 1 Division 4 (Hartford) Hartford 8, Bangor 2 Holland Black River 2, Bloomingdale 1 Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Kalamazoo Hackett 3, Battle Creek Academy 1 Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, PPD Division 1 (Kalamazoo Loy Norrix) Portage Central 3, Portage Northern 1 Battle Creek Lakeview 3, Kalamazoo Central 1 Volleyball Our Lady of the Lake 3, Howardsville Christian 1 Mendon 3, Decatur 0 Girls Swimming and Diving Portage Central 109, St. Joseph 72 Today Boys Soccer – Districts (Semifinals) Division 2 (St. Joseph) Edwardsburg vs. Sturgis, 5:00 p.m. at St. Joseph St. Joseph vs. Vicksburg, 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Division 4 (Kalamazoo Christian) Battle Creek Calhoun Christian at Schoolcraft, 7:00 p.m. Boys Soccer – Districts (Championship) Division 2 (Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg) Gull Lake vs. Parma Western, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Lakeshore at Battle Creek Central, 6:30 p.m. St. Joseph at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Michigan Lutheran at Grace Christian, 6:00 p.m. Brandywine at Niles, 6:00 p.m. New Buffalo at River Valley, 6:00 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL’s first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado’s core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It’s the franchise’s third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He’s only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman’s absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman’s absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It’s the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona’s 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho’s homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight Chicago White Sox (Giolito 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Syndergaard 4-6), 9:38 p.m. Cubs and Tigers are off WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Yesterday Chicago Sky 88, Minnesota Lynx 85 Sky 88, Lynx 85 – Vandersloot’s buzzer-beater gives Sky 88-85 win over Lynx Courtney Vandersloot scored 18 points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, to help the Chicago Sky edge the Minnesota Lynx 88-85. Chicago inbounded in the frontcourt with 7.6 seconds to go. Vandersloot attempted to drive the right side, was stopped and handed off to Emma Meesseman, got the ball back and hit the winning shot from about 25 feet. Meesseman scored 15 points, Candace Parker 13, Rebekah Gardner 12 and Allie Quigley and Julie Allemand 11 each for the Sky (13-5). Vandersloot added six assists and five rebounds. Jessica Shepard and Kayla McBride scored 15 points each for the Lynx (5-14). Tonight Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury, 10:00 p.m. NCAABSB – Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals with a 4-2 victory. The Rebels became the eighth national champion since 2009 to come out of the Southeastern Conference. The trophy will stay in the Magnolia State for a second straight year. Mississippi State won last year. Ole Miss benefited from a runner interference call that took a run away from Oklahoma in the sixth inning. It also overcame a spectacular pitching performance by Cade Horton, who set a CWS finals record with 13 strikeouts. Golf – PGA – Schauffele wins at Travelers after Theegala’s double bogey Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands to beat Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes. The Olympic champion had a 19-under 261 total. Theegala shot a 67, and Poston had a 64. Schauffele won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour and the second this season after teaming with Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Golf – LPGA – Chun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women’s PGA In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women’s PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson faltered with her putter. Chun shot a 3-over 75 for the second consecutive day at Congressional, but that was enough to win her third major title by a stroke over Thompson and Minjee Lee. Chun led by six at the tournament’s midway point. Then she lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. But Thompson botched a short par putt on No. 14, bogeyed the 16th and three-putted on No. 17. Tennis – Wimbledon – Could this be the year for a new Wimbledon men’s champion? It’s been two decades since the Wimbledon men’s singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Could this be the year someone else earns that trophy? If that streak of titles collected by the so-called Big Four of men’s tennis does come to an end following this fortnight, 2021 runner-up Matteo Berrettini and Hubert Hurkacz are among those who have demonstrated they are among the other contenders with a chance. There has been more variety among the women’s title winners lately, with seven players dividing the past eight Wimbledon trophies, including Serena Williams. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 0 Great Lakes Loons 11, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 3 South Bend Cubs 10, Peoria Chiefs 7 West Michigan Whitecaps 4, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Tonight No games tonightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL's first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado's core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It's the franchise's third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He's only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman's absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman's absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It's the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona's 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho's homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL’s first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado’s core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It’s the franchise’s third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He’s only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman’s absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman’s absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It’s the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona’s 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho’s homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight Chicago White Sox (Giolito 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Syndergaard 4-6), 9:38 p.m. Cubs and Tigers are off WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Yesterday Chicago Sky 88, Minnesota Lynx 85 Sky 88, Lynx 85 – Vandersloot’s buzzer-beater gives Sky 88-85 win over Lynx Courtney Vandersloot scored 18 points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, to help the Chicago Sky edge the Minnesota Lynx 88-85. Chicago inbounded in the frontcourt with 7.6 seconds to go. Vandersloot attempted to drive the right side, was stopped and handed off to Emma Meesseman, got the ball back and hit the winning shot from about 25 feet. Meesseman scored 15 points, Candace Parker 13, Rebekah Gardner 12 and Allie Quigley and Julie Allemand 11 each for the Sky (13-5). Vandersloot added six assists and five rebounds. Jessica Shepard and Kayla McBride scored 15 points each for the Lynx (5-14). Tonight Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury, 10:00 p.m. NCAABSB – Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals with a 4-2 victory. The Rebels became the eighth national champion since 2009 to come out of the Southeastern Conference. The trophy will stay in the Magnolia State for a second straight year. Mississippi State won last year. Ole Miss benefited from a runner interference call that took a run away from Oklahoma in the sixth inning. It also overcame a spectacular pitching performance by Cade Horton, who set a CWS finals record with 13 strikeouts. Golf – PGA – Schauffele wins at Travelers after Theegala’s double bogey Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands to beat Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes. The Olympic champion had a 19-under 261 total. Theegala shot a 67, and Poston had a 64. Schauffele won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour and the second this season after teaming with Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Golf – LPGA – Chun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women’s PGA In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women’s PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson faltered with her putter. Chun shot a 3-over 75 for the second consecutive day at Congressional, but that was enough to win her third major title by a stroke over Thompson and Minjee Lee. Chun led by six at the tournament’s midway point. Then she lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. But Thompson botched a short par putt on No. 14, bogeyed the 16th and three-putted on No. 17. Tennis – Wimbledon – Could this be the year for a new Wimbledon men’s champion? It’s been two decades since the Wimbledon men’s singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Could this be the year someone else earns that trophy? If that streak of titles collected by the so-called Big Four of men’s tennis does come to an end following this fortnight, 2021 runner-up Matteo Berrettini and Hubert Hurkacz are among those who have demonstrated they are among the other contenders with a chance. There has been more variety among the women’s title winners lately, with seven players dividing the past eight Wimbledon trophies, including Serena Williams. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 0 Great Lakes Loons 11, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 3 South Bend Cubs 10, Peoria Chiefs 7 West Michigan Whitecaps 4, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Tonight No games tonightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL’s first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado’s core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It’s the franchise’s third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He’s only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman’s absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman’s absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It’s the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona’s 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho’s homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight Chicago White Sox (Giolito 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Syndergaard 4-6), 9:38 p.m. Cubs and Tigers are off WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Yesterday Chicago Sky 88, Minnesota Lynx 85 Sky 88, Lynx 85 – Vandersloot’s buzzer-beater gives Sky 88-85 win over Lynx Courtney Vandersloot scored 18 points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, to help the Chicago Sky edge the Minnesota Lynx 88-85. Chicago inbounded in the frontcourt with 7.6 seconds to go. Vandersloot attempted to drive the right side, was stopped and handed off to Emma Meesseman, got the ball back and hit the winning shot from about 25 feet. Meesseman scored 15 points, Candace Parker 13, Rebekah Gardner 12 and Allie Quigley and Julie Allemand 11 each for the Sky (13-5). Vandersloot added six assists and five rebounds. Jessica Shepard and Kayla McBride scored 15 points each for the Lynx (5-14). Tonight Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury, 10:00 p.m. NCAABSB – Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals with a 4-2 victory. The Rebels became the eighth national champion since 2009 to come out of the Southeastern Conference. The trophy will stay in the Magnolia State for a second straight year. Mississippi State won last year. Ole Miss benefited from a runner interference call that took a run away from Oklahoma in the sixth inning. It also overcame a spectacular pitching performance by Cade Horton, who set a CWS finals record with 13 strikeouts. Golf – PGA – Schauffele wins at Travelers after Theegala’s double bogey Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands to beat Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes. The Olympic champion had a 19-under 261 total. Theegala shot a 67, and Poston had a 64. Schauffele won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour and the second this season after teaming with Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Golf – LPGA – Chun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women’s PGA In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women’s PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson faltered with her putter. Chun shot a 3-over 75 for the second consecutive day at Congressional, but that was enough to win her third major title by a stroke over Thompson and Minjee Lee. Chun led by six at the tournament’s midway point. Then she lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. But Thompson botched a short par putt on No. 14, bogeyed the 16th and three-putted on No. 17. Tennis – Wimbledon – Could this be the year for a new Wimbledon men’s champion? It’s been two decades since the Wimbledon men’s singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Could this be the year someone else earns that trophy? If that streak of titles collected by the so-called Big Four of men’s tennis does come to an end following this fortnight, 2021 runner-up Matteo Berrettini and Hubert Hurkacz are among those who have demonstrated they are among the other contenders with a chance. There has been more variety among the women’s title winners lately, with seven players dividing the past eight Wimbledon trophies, including Serena Williams. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 0 Great Lakes Loons 11, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 3 South Bend Cubs 10, Peoria Chiefs 7 West Michigan Whitecaps 4, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Tonight No games tonightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL’s first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado’s core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It’s the franchise’s third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He’s only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman’s absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman’s absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It’s the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona’s 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho’s homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight Chicago White Sox (Giolito 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Syndergaard 4-6), 9:38 p.m. Cubs and Tigers are off WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Yesterday Chicago Sky 88, Minnesota Lynx 85 Sky 88, Lynx 85 – Vandersloot’s buzzer-beater gives Sky 88-85 win over Lynx Courtney Vandersloot scored 18 points, including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer, to help the Chicago Sky edge the Minnesota Lynx 88-85. Chicago inbounded in the frontcourt with 7.6 seconds to go. Vandersloot attempted to drive the right side, was stopped and handed off to Emma Meesseman, got the ball back and hit the winning shot from about 25 feet. Meesseman scored 15 points, Candace Parker 13, Rebekah Gardner 12 and Allie Quigley and Julie Allemand 11 each for the Sky (13-5). Vandersloot added six assists and five rebounds. Jessica Shepard and Kayla McBride scored 15 points each for the Lynx (5-14). Tonight Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury, 10:00 p.m. NCAABSB – Mississippi wins first CWS title by sweeping Oklahoma Mississippi scored twice on wild pitches in a three-run eighth inning and the Rebels won their first national baseball title, sweeping Oklahoma in the College World Series finals with a 4-2 victory. The Rebels became the eighth national champion since 2009 to come out of the Southeastern Conference. The trophy will stay in the Magnolia State for a second straight year. Mississippi State won last year. Ole Miss benefited from a runner interference call that took a run away from Oklahoma in the sixth inning. It also overcame a spectacular pitching performance by Cade Horton, who set a CWS finals record with 13 strikeouts. Golf – PGA – Schauffele wins at Travelers after Theegala’s double bogey Xander Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under 68 at TPC River Highlands to beat Theegala and J.T. Poston by two strokes. The Olympic champion had a 19-under 261 total. Theegala shot a 67, and Poston had a 64. Schauffele won for the sixth time on the PGA Tour and the second this season after teaming with Patrick Cantlay to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans in April. Golf – LPGA – Chun perseveres, holds off Thompson to win Women’s PGA In Gee Chun rallied after losing the rest of her once-sizeable lead, overcoming a bogey-filled front nine to win the Women’s PGA Championship when Lexi Thompson faltered with her putter. Chun shot a 3-over 75 for the second consecutive day at Congressional, but that was enough to win her third major title by a stroke over Thompson and Minjee Lee. Chun led by six at the tournament’s midway point. Then she lost a three-shot advantage in the first three holes of the final round. But Thompson botched a short par putt on No. 14, bogeyed the 16th and three-putted on No. 17. Tennis – Wimbledon – Could this be the year for a new Wimbledon men’s champion? It’s been two decades since the Wimbledon men’s singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Could this be the year someone else earns that trophy? If that streak of titles collected by the so-called Big Four of men’s tennis does come to an end following this fortnight, 2021 runner-up Matteo Berrettini and Hubert Hurkacz are among those who have demonstrated they are among the other contenders with a chance. There has been more variety among the women’s title winners lately, with seven players dividing the past eight Wimbledon trophies, including Serena Williams. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Yesterday Beloit Sky Carp 11, Lansing Lugnuts 0 Great Lakes Loons 11, Fort Wayne Tin Caps 3 South Bend Cubs 10, Peoria Chiefs 7 West Michigan Whitecaps 4, Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 Tonight No games tonightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Finals Last Night Colorado Avalanche 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 1 (COL Wins 4-2) Avalanche 2, Lightning 1 – Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time The Colorado Avalanche have won the Stanley Cup after dethroning the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Avalanche beat the Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon and the cup clinching goal from Artturi Lehkonen. Tampa Bay fell two victories short of becoming the NHL's first three-peat champion since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty. Colorado's core led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and longest-tenured player Erik Johnson finally got the job done after years of playoff disappointments. It's the franchise's third championship and first since 2001. Colorado Defenseman Cale Makar, who won the Norris Trophy, also wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He's only the third player to do that and first since Nicklas Lidstrom won both in 2002 for the Detroit Red Wings. NHL – Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman's absence NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog in Commissioner Gary Bettman's absence. Bettman previously tested positive for the coronavirus and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. It's the first time someone other than Bettman has handed out the Cup and Conn Smythe trophy since Bettman became commissioner in the 1993 season. MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Detroit Tigers 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 10 Diamondback 11, Tigers 7 – Varsho, Smith help drive Arizona's 11-7 win over Detroit Daulton Varsho hit a three-run homer, Pavin Smith had a career-high four hits and three RBIs and the Arizona Diamondbacks avoided a series sweep with a 11-7 win over the Detroit Tigers. David Peralta also had three hits for Arizona, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Varsho's homer was his 10th of the season, and came in a five-run sixth inning for Arizona. Former American League Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel made his debut for the Diamondbacks and gave up six hits and four earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Reliever J.B. Wendelken (2-1) got the win for Arizona. Detroit starter Beau Brieske allowed five hits and five earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. Eric Haase homered and had three RBIs for Detroit. White Sox 4, Orioles 3 – Cease strikes out 13, White Sox hold off Orioles 4-3 Dylan Cease struck out a career-high 13 over seven innings, Gavin Sheets homered and the Chicago White Sox avoided a four-game sweep, hanging on to beat Baltimore 4-3 after the Orioles scored twice in the ninth inning. The Orioles, aided by two errors by first baseman José Abreu, loaded the bases against Kendall Graveman with none out before Jonathan Araúz lined an RBI single. After pinch hitter Rougned Odor struck out, Cedric Mullins cut it to 4-3 with a sacrifice fly. Graveman struck out Trey Mancini, and the White Sox came away with the win after losing four straight. Cubs 6, Cardinals 5 – F/10 – Cubs overcome 5-run deficit to beat Cards 6-5, Flaherty hurt Willson Contreras hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning to drive in his third run of the game, and the Chicago Cubs overcame a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. St. Louis led 5-0 but starter Jack Flaherty left after two innings because of right shoulder tightness, and the Cubs tied the score with a five-run fourth. The Cardinals have lost three of their last four games and seven of their last 10. Contreras hit a tying two-run single in the fourth and led off the 10th with an RBI single off Zack Thompson. Tonight
The Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning will be played Saturday and Rachel Donner and Gil Martin preview the game and why things could be different after Game 1. Plus, a potential team sale in Nashville, Commissioner Gary Bettman addresses the state of the NHL, Shea Weber's contract gives Vegas some cap relief and the Philadelphia Flyers hire John Tororella as their new head coach. All this and more on the Friday edition of the Locked On NHL Podcast. Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BetOnline BetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning will be played Saturday and Rachel Donner and Gil Martin preview the game and why things could be different after Game 1.Plus, a potential team sale in Nashville, Commissioner Gary Bettman addresses the state of the NHL, Shea Weber's contract gives Vegas some cap relief and the Philadelphia Flyers hire John Tororella as their new head coach.All this and more on the Friday edition of the Locked On NHL Podcast.Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!BetOnlineBetOnline.net has you covered this season with more props, odds and lines than ever before. BetOnline – Where The Game Starts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne open up Friday's edition by deciphering Canada's changing sports betting regulations and anticipate what to expect from Commissioner Gary Bettman after Rocky Wirtz' comments earlier this week (00:22). Then, former player, coach & executive Doug MacLean weighs in on Wirtz' outburst, discusses how involved an owner should be in hockey relations, before looking ahead to this weekend's All-Star festivities and if we could see the same intensity as the 1996 All-Star game he coached (21:19). The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Media Inc. or any affiliate.
On this week's show, we bask in the glory of Adam Fox's newly-signed 7-year contract extension. Becky, Rob and Dave break down the contract (spoiler alert: it's all good news) and discuss how the contract fits into the bigger picture for the Rangers as they look to build a Stanley Cup contender. Also, the gang attempts to figure out why the Rangers have been so inconsistent to start the season, despite their 6-2-1 record.Lastly, the discussion turns to a much more serious subject: how the Chicago Blackhawks and the NHL failed Kyle Beach in 2010, and how they've continued to let him down. The response from Commissioner Gary Bettman in particular has been unacceptable.IMPORTANT: If you have been a victim of sexual assault, or if you know someone who has, there are resources for you. We've linked to a few that were mentioned during the podcast.RAINN: https://www.rainn.org/resources1in6: (for men who have been victims of sexual assault): https://1in6.org/The National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Chicago Blackhawks 5, Ottawa Senators 1 Blackhawks 5, Senators 1 – Kane gets hat trick as Blackhawks beat Senators for 1st win Patrick Kane had three goals and an assist in his return to the lineup, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 for their first win of the season. Chicago improved to 1-7-2 in front of a half-full United Center. Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves, Brandon Hagel scored twice and captain Jonathan Toews had three assists. Kane was sidelined for the previous four games because of the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. Tonight Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Canadiens, 7:00 p.m. NHL – NHL defends disciplinary decisions in Blackhawks scandal Commissioner Gary Bettman has defended the NHL's decisions and discipline meted out following an investigation into the Chicago Blackhawks' handling of sexual assault allegations in 2010. Bettman called the organization's $2 million fine significant. He stood by decisions to let Joel Quenneville coach one more game for Florida and not discipline Winnipeg general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff based on his limited role in Chicago's front office at the time. NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Bulls 128, Boston Celtics 114 Indiana Pacers 131, San Antonio Spurs 118 Bulls 128, Celtics 114 – DeRozan scores 37 as Bulls beat Celtics 128-114 to reach 6-1 DeMar DeRozan scored 37 points and the Chicago Bulls rallied from a 19-point, second-half deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 128-114 and improve to 6-1 for the season. Zach LaVine scored 26 points and Nikola Vucevic had 11 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists for the Bulls. Chicago outscored Boston 39-11 in the fourth quarter to turn a 14-point lead into a 14-point victory. Jaylen Brown scored 28 for the Celtics, who have lost three in a row. Al Horford had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and Jayson Tatum scored 20 for Boston. Pacers 131, Spurs 118 – Pacers snap 4-game losing streak, rout Spurs 131-118 Domantas Sabonis scored 24 points and Myles Turner added 19 to lead the Indiana Pacers past struggling San Antonio 131-118. The Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak. It's just their second win in eight games under new coach Rick Carlisle. Dejounte Murray led the Spurs with 16 points. San Antonio has lost four of five and never had a chance after Indiana took a 43-31 lead at the end of the first quarter. Tonight Milwaukee Bucks at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. NFL – National Football League – Week 8 Yesterday Kansas City Chiefs 20, New York Giants 17 Chiefs 20, Giants 17 – Butker hits go-ahead FG with 1:07 left as KC beats Giants Harrison Butker hit a pair of fourth-quarter field goals, including the go-ahead 34-yarder with 1:07 left, and the Kansas City Chiefs scrambled their way to a 20-17 comeback win over the New York Giants. Patrick Mahomes threw for 275 yards with a touchdown and an interception for the Chiefs. They overcame two more turnovers along with 12 penalties for more than 100 yards on a cold, wet night at Arrowhead Stadium. Daniel Jones had 222 yards passing with two touchdowns and a pick for the Giants. But he also was sacked three times, including twice after the Chiefs kicked off with just over a minute left in the game. NFL – Winston done for year...Surgery for Henry New Orleans Saints quarterback Jameis Winston is done for the season after suffering a major left knee injury during the second quarter of yesterday's win over the Buccaneers. An MRI shows a torn ACL and damage to the MCL in Winston's left knee. Saints coach Sean Payton says he's content to stick with the three remaining healthy QBs on his roster. NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry will undergo surgery on his right foot on Tuesday, a damaging blow to the Titans' offense. Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel says the team isn't putting a timetable on Henry's return.
On this edition of Kyper and Bourne, the guys further the conversation from Chicago after Commissioner Gary Bettman's press conference Monday afternoon, and what the future holds for Donald Fehr within the NHLPA (01:29). The fellas shift gears to discuss the Leafs' win Saturday over Detroit, Sheldon Keefe's favourite phrases, and the defensive concerns early […]
Nick Kypreos and Justin Bourne open this edition of Real Kyper and Bourne by addressing Kyle Beach's courage and bravery for speaking out, what's next for Joel Quenneville as he is set to meet with Commissioner Gary Bettman today, and what to make of Jonathan Toews' comments on the situation (00:09). Then, the fellas move […]
Sekeres & Price kicked off with a huge announcement as Matt and Blake welcome the Rink Wide - Post Game to the family. Hosted by Andrew Wadden and Jeff Paterson, they will have a podcast-only version for Canucks fans to consume. The guys roll through their thoughts on opening night, including a great game between Vegas and the debut of the Seattle Kraken. Matt was not impressed with Commissioner Gary Bettman and his dig at ESPN. TSN Insider, Darren Dreger joined the program. Started off with a bit of a dig at Ray Ferraro. Moved from that to the kicking motion in last nights game winning goal for Vegas. Says that if you are skilled enough to make that kind of play, it should count. Talked about what he is hearing with the Canucks and how they will do this year. DD says it’s all positive, speaking with brass around the league. GM’s around the league think they are a playoff worthy team, despite some questions on defence. There is a lot of faith in Demko and the tandem as a whole with Halak. Talked about Hamonic and Sutter and the latest on them. Jeff Paterson in his regular slot and started chatting about the big post game announcement today. Talked about the stars and how they make up the core and that is something to be excited about. Talked about the lack of experience on the d-line. JPat says this doesn’t look like the makings of a contending D-care. Talked about Kyle Burroughs. Talked about MacEwen being claimed on Waivers. Be sure to check out the first ever Rink Wide Post Game edition follow the game!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sekeres & Price kicked off with a huge announcement as Matt and Blake welcome the Rink Wide - Post Game to the family. Hosted by Andrew Wadden and Jeff Paterson, they will have a podcast-only version for Canucks fans to consume. The guys roll through their thoughts on opening night, including a great game between Vegas and the debut of the Seattle Kraken. Matt was not impressed with Commissioner Gary Bettman and his dig at ESPN. TSN Insider, Darren Dreger joined the program. Started off with a bit of a dig at Ray Ferraro. Moved from that to the kicking motion in last nights game winning goal for Vegas. Says that if you are skilled enough to make that kind of play, it should count. Talked about what he is hearing with the Canucks and how they will do this year. DD says it's all positive, speaking with brass around the league. GM's around the league think they are a playoff worthy team, despite some questions on defence. There is a lot of faith in Demko and the tandem as a whole with Halak. Talked about Hamonic and Sutter and the latest on them. Jeff Paterson in his regular slot and started chatting about the big post game announcement today. Talked about the stars and how they make up the core and that is something to be excited about. Talked about the lack of experience on the d-line. JPat says this doesn't look like the makings of a contending D-care. Talked about Kyle Burroughs. Talked about MacEwen being claimed on Waivers. Be sure to check out the first ever Rink Wide Post Game edition follow the game! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 4, Texas Rangers 2 Minnesota Twins 7, Chicago White Sox 2 St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 2 – F/10 Innings Tigers 4, Rangers 2 – Manning, Tigers win 6th in row, hand Texas 8th straight loss Matt Manning pitched six strong innings and the Detroit Tigers won their sixth straight game, beating the skidding Texas Rangers 4-2. Robbie Grossman, Zack Short and Akil Baddoo hit home runs as the Tigers matched their longest winning streak since an eight-game run in 2016. Detroit has allowed a total of seven runs during this success string. The Rangers have lost eight in a row. They've been outscored 47-5 in six games since the All-Star break and have played 69 straight innings without holding a lead. Twins 7, White Sox 2 – Kepler, Polanco power Twins past AL Central-leading Chicago Max Kepler homered in his second straight game, Jorge Polanco also went deep, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 7-2 on Wednesday night. The Twins beat the AL Central leaders for just the fourth time in 16 games. They bounced back after Chicago rallied late to win Tuesday's game and came out on top after losing five of six. Michael Pineda (4-5) went five innings, allowing one run and four hits, in his first win since May 26. Cardinals 3, Cubs 2 – F/10 – Molina lifts Cards to 3-2 win over Cubs in 10 innings Yadier Molina doubled home the winning run against All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning to give the St. Louis Cardinals a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Adam Wainwright pitched seven strong innings for the Cardinals. Harrison Bader and Dylan Carlson each hit an RBI double in the seventh to put St. Louis ahead 2-1. Bader also robbed Willson Contreras of an early two-run homer. Chicago tied it in the ninth on pinch-hitter Eric Sogard's run-scoring double off Giovanny Gallegos. Today Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers, 1:10 p.m. 94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 12:50 Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals, 7:15 p.m. White Sox are off MLB – White Sox rookie catcher Mercedes says he's leaving baseball Yermín Mercedes, the surprising rookie who helped carry the Chicago White Sox with his booming bat early in the season and got sent to the minors following a prolonged slump, says he is stepping away from baseball. Mercedes announced his decision on Instagram on Wednesday. He posted an image of the words “it's over.” NBA – NBA Finals up over last year, but post 4th-lowest average Television ratings for the NBA Finals and playoffs posted sizable increases over last year. But that was the only good news for the NBA as far as viewer numbers. The six-game series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns averaged 9.91 million viewers, a 32% increase over last year's series between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, which also went six games. However, the average makes it the fourth-lowest since 1997. Milwaukee's 105-98 victory over Phoenix on Tuesday night attracted the most viewers in the series, averaging 12.52 million. NBA – Title rewards Antetokounmpo's decision to commit to Bucks This could have been the offseason in which Giannis Antetokounmpo entered the free-agent market and potentially joined forces with another superstar player to try winning multiple titles together. Antetokounmpo will spend the summer celebrating a title instead. Leading the Milwaukee Bucks to their first championship in half century rewarded Antetokounmpo for his December decision to sign a supermax extension with them. Antetokounmpo averaged 35.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5 assists to help the Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 4-2 in the NBA Finals. NHL – Seattle Kraken sets first roster, will open season at Vegas The Seattle Kraken have set their initial roster. The NHL's newest expansion team unveiled all 30 picks at a ceremony near Lake Union with Commissioner Gary Bettman in attendance.
On Friday's Rush, Tony C recaps Day 3 of the West Virginia boys' state basketball tournament in Charleston, as Pendleton County kept its dream of a perfect season and state championship alive. Joe Shuta has another Rush Friday Feature, as he catches up with Altoona Curve bench coach Gary Green (0:48:40 mark). Tony says the NHL and Commissioner Gary Bettman continue to embarrass themselves over their handling of the Tom Wilson situation.
After Tom Wilson's cheap shot against the Rangers did not result in a suspension, and the New York Rangers subsequently got fined $250,000 for their condemning statement against NHL's front office, Sal rips Commissioner Gary Bettman for his ineptitude in handling the situation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
With the NHL back on the ice -- albeit realigned, geographically restricted and enforcing reams of health rules -- Commissioner Gary Bettman joins the show to discuss the economics of another strange season of hockey. New, novel sponsorship deals (naming divisions, helmet decals) are all about "revenue retention" as half the normal money is coming in -- since fans have to stay home. Still, the longest serving commissioner across the major sports -- who's seen revenue grow from $400 million to more than $5 billion during his tenure -- says growth is only interrupted, not evaporated.
Locked On Capitals - Daily Podcast On The Washington Capitals
A look around the league at the news, including Willie O'Ree getting his number retired, as well as Commissioner Gary Bettman's outlook on the season ahead. Then we get to the good stuff - over 100 players hit the waiver wire yesterday and we'll talk about who the Caps put out there, as well as the decision on this season's goalie tandem!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you'll get 20% off your next order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Locked On Capitals - Daily Podcast On The Washington Capitals
A look around the league at the news, including Willie O'Ree getting his number retired, as well as Commissioner Gary Bettman's outlook on the season ahead. Then we get to the good stuff - over 100 players hit the waiver wire yesterday and we'll talk about who the Caps put out there, as well as the decision on this season's goalie tandem! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON,” and you’ll get 20% off your next order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hour 2 – Guests: Neal Coolong USA Today/Steelers Wire, on why the Titans-Steelers game should still be played, why the NFL is still looking to play the game, and more; Bob Brookover, Phillies Columnist Phiadelphia Inquirer, on the disastrous ending to the Phillies season, how Matt Klentak could be back, John Middleton’s slow decision making, and more.Topics: Steve says NHL fans should give Commissioner Gary Bettman a standing ovation, plus reaction to the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup.
Hour 2 – Guests: Neal Coolong USA Today/Steelers Wire, on why the Titans-Steelers game should still be played, why the NFL is still looking to play the game, and more; Bob Brookover, Phillies Columnist Phiadelphia Inquirer, on the disastrous ending to the Phillies season, how Matt Klentak could be back, John Middleton’s slow decision making, and more.Topics: Steve says NHL fans should give Commissioner Gary Bettman a standing ovation, plus reaction to the Lightning winning the Stanley Cup.
Flyers Daily with Jason Myrtetus: The Latest NHL News from Commissioner Gary Bettman's press conference. Plus Scott Laughton joins to talk about the season, the Playoffs, this unique offseason and more.
As the VGK depart for Edmonton, Daren Millard navigates comments from NHL officials about postseason details. Hear from chief medical officer Dr. Winne Meeuwisse on health logistics, senior VP of hockey operations Kris King on ice conditions and senior executive VP of events and entertainment Steve Mayer on game presentation. Also hear from VP of hockey operations Colin Campbell and senior VP and head of officiating Stephen Walkom. Commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy commissioner Bill Daly also comment.
Allan Walsh, one of the most respected, and at times controversial agents in the hockey business. If he isn't controversial, at the very least he's super opinionated. Which is why we wanted him on the Cam and Strick Podcast. Walsh has a no holds bar approach to representing his clients. You cross him or one of his players, expected to be dealt with. Walsh doesn't hesitate to call you out publicly. He isn't afraid to take on Commissioner Gary Bettman, former NHL All-Star Jeremy Roenick, Boston Bruins announcer Jack Edwards, or anyone else who delivers an opinion or news that he disagrees with. Walsh puts himself out there so it's obvious he doesn't mind the attention, as good or as bad as that might be. He believes what he stands for and for that you can't help but respect his willingness to defend his clients or the NHLPA. He also has an interesting story. A former prosecutor in southern California Walsh at one time chased down some of the most dangerous criminals and gang members in Los Angeles. How did he transition his life into becoming an NHL player agent? He tells us in the longest answer ever given in hockey podcast history. Be patient, enjoy a unique story by one of the more interesting individuals in hockey. Everything is addressed in this edition of the Cam and Strick Podcast.
Kimberly Davis is a trailblazer and change agent, positively disrupting the financial industry and wide world of sports over her illustrious 30+ year career. Well-regarded as a resilient and visionary leader, Davis brings change to life through sound strategic planning and strong organizational development. She is an inspirational storyteller, an architect of coalitions and a culture builder, with a style that empowers others and a belief that successful business contributes to healthy, vibrant communities. Driven by both data and a passion for progress, she has consistently provided structure and glide paths for organizations to realize their potential for sustainable business growth. Currently, as Executive Vice President of Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs at the National Hockey League – the premier professional ice hockey league in the world – Davis has set the League on a new course to attract, retain and develop fans, with a specific focus on multi-cultural audiences. Reporting to Commissioner Gary Bettman, she is positively influencing and impacting the decisions of 31 NHL Club owners and executives relating to culture, youth participation, social impact, and sustainability, in an effort to improve access and availability of the sport and grow the League’s business for the long-term. As Commissioner Bettman said, “Kim ensures that our League is growing the game responsibly, through the demonstration of leadership principles and core values that connect hockey’s stakeholders and improves our communities in ways that will lead us to new and increased fandom.” Davis has been recognized by Hockey News’ 2019 Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in the sport, Adweek’s 30 Most Powerful Women in Sports, Sports Business Journal’s GameChangers, and Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Women in Corporate America. She has received other notable recognitions including Savoy Magazine’s 2018 Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and showcased in Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business. In 2012, she was profiled with First Lady Michelle Obama in Essence magazine’s 28 Most Influential Black Women in America. Davis earned a B.A. in Economics from Spelman College and has completed the Aspen Institute’s Executive Leadership Program and the Stanford University Executive E-learning Program.
The NHL unveiled its Return To Play Plan on Tuesday with a formal announcement from Commissioner Gary Bettman. Tom Gazzola takes us through the pertinent components of the plan and how the Oilers and possibly the City of Edmonton could be affected. Tom also brings up a special yet bittersweet anniversary in Oilers history with the help of some classic audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Yesterday, Commissioner Gary Bettman unveiled a plan for an unprecedented 24-team playoff. With all of the various intricacies, the boys break down what this playoff might look like and what we as fans can expect going forward. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We have the opportunity to talk with the legend himself, Jeremy Roenick about the state of the NHL, what Commissioner Gary Bettman had to say yesterday and about how far the Avs can go in the playoffs.
In this newest episode of 15 on Broadway: Talking Blueshirts, we have a Two 4 Roughing takeover! Nick and Chris are joined by special guest Brian to talk New York Rangers and the playoffs! The NHL Return to Play was announced via a teleconference by Commissioner Gary Bettman yesterday afternoon which had us jump into a full on NHL show after talking Rangers hockey. Stick around for this 2 part episode as we tackle both 15 on Broadway and Two 4 Roughing! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/faceoffhockeynetwork/support
Commissioner Gary Bettman is set to make an announcement on the NHL's return-to-play protocol, and we break down what details it may cover.
Big news from the NHL today as Commissioner Gary Bettman unveiled the “Return to Play” format and the Draft Lottery. Ryan Leslie drops by to breakdown the 24-team playoff format, Flames vs. Jets, and what the broadcast might look like. NHL insider Chris Johnston shares his reaction following today’s announcement, potential hub-cities, timeline for puck […]
The NHL unveiled its Return To Play Plan on Tuesday with a formal announcement from Commissioner Gary Bettman. Tom Gazzola takes us through the pertinent components of the plan and how the Oilers and possibly the City of Edmonton could be affected. Tom also brings up a special yet bittersweet anniversary in Oilers history with the help of some classic audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In the second installment of Social Distance Central, Bik and Batch talk the NHL’s return to play plan in advance of Commissioner Gary Bettman’s official announcement, and are joined by former Canucks winger Jannik Hansen to answer your questions in the first edition of a weekly mailbag.
Rob is joined by Nick Cotsonika from NHL.com to discuss Commissioner Gary Bettman's recent statements at a Digital Keynote Interview With Leaders on the return of the NHL season. Nick gives his thoughts on the likelihood of the season coming back, what it would look like, where it would take place and what he took away from what the Commissioner had to say.
The NHL and commissioner Gary Bettman are still trying to find ways and figure out scenarios to restart the season. Host Pat Boyle is joined by NBCS Chicago Blackhawks content team of Charlie Roumeliotis, Nick Gismondi, Scott King, and Slavko Bekovic to discuss the options the NHL has considered, and they take a couple of your mailbag questions.(1:18) - Playing the remainder of the season in remote locations based on division(9:16) - Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks on some solutions(20:30) - Will the NHL finish the regular season or go straight to a unique playoff?(28:55) - Who would the Hawks most likely buy out(38:50) - Shoutout to the good people are doing during the pandemic
With the NHL season having been "paused" indefinitely due to the coronavirus, we're bringing you the latest information from Commissioner Gary Bettman & others. What sort of a timeline - if any - is there for a return to action? And what might that return to action look like?
Scott Rintoul and Bik Nizzar discuss Commissioner Gary Bettman’s interview with Hockey Central and discuss if the NHL has an alternative to award Lord Stanley’s Cup.
Please enjoy our final round of interviews from the NHL Awards! This week we're featuring Victor Hedman, Commissioner Gary Bettman, Willie O'Ree, Sean Monahan, Dan Milstein, Kenan Thompson, Kurt Busch, Jesse Robitaille, Alexa Lemeuix, Simon Pagenuad, and James Holzhauer! Thanks to our sponsors Blue Chew & Caimon Oil!! NEW MERCH HERE: https://drhockeyshop.com/
The docs hit the red carpet! Dr. Jay Calvert & Dr. Jason Berkley recap their trip to the NHL Awards in Las Vegas, and discuss this year's major award winners! Stay tuned for interviews with Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid, Commissioner Gary Bettman, and more! Everything was great... except for #Jasonsbadhairday :( sorry buddy NEW MERCH HERE: https://drhockeyshop.com/ This episode of the Dr. Hockey podcast is sponsored by Blew Chew !! Use promo code 'DRHOCKEY' to try it FREE!
Scott King is both sick and silly (or maybe just loopy) recognizing the 100th Blackhawks Crazy Podcast. He and Chris Boden break down the Winter Classic games and experiences, and hear from Stan Bowman on a variety of topics after Monday's trade with Edmonton. Plus, we'll hear Chris talk with Commissioner Gary Bettman on the Hawks' popularity, and other issues in the game.
On the first episode of NHL Executive Suite, Deb Placey sits down with Commissioner Gary Bettman. During their wide-ranging discussion, Bettman describes his wife’s reaction to his upcoming Hall of Fame induction (12:15), his time at the NBA working under David Stern (19:33), what it was like to interview for the Commissioner’s position in 1993 (21:45) and explains how he knew Las Vegas was ready for an NHL franchise (29:45). He also reveals his favorite music (32:07), what he looks for when watching hockey games (34:28) and how he’d like to be remembered when his time as the NHL Commissioner is up (37:45)
Deb Placey provides a unique look at the people who own, build, cover and manage our favorite teams by engaging in candid interviews with National Hockey League executives, including appearances from Commissioner Gary Bettman, general managers, owners and notable brass from League partners. How they got into the game, why they pursued their career, how they see the future of the sport evolving and much more.
TSN Hockey Analyst Ray Ferraro joins OverDrive to discuss the latest on John Tavares' meetings in L.A., weighs in on how Tavares' decision will affect the rest of the free agent market, plus his thoughts on Commissioner Gary Bettman being announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee.
With Erika galavanting through the U.K. Deb brings on a guest, Rachel Donner of the Hockey Feels Podcast, to talk about the NHL Awards, the Expansion Draft and what to expect from that OTHER draft. In a new “What the Puck” Deb pick’s Rachel’s brain in order to determine where all of the baby hockey players (aka “Prospects”) come from and where they go if they’re not quite ready for prime time. And Rachel give us a delightful Hockey Tidbit: The grand tradition of booing Commissioner Gary Bettman. Were there any surprises in the Expansion Draft? What do you think is the strategy behind the Vegas Golden Knight’s first round of picks? Hit us up on Twitter or email and let us know what you think! Twitter: @BeginnersPuck Email: beginnerspuck@gmail.com Host Deborah Stanish and Rachel Donner.
The "Star Spangled Banner" didn't become our national anthem until 1931. But two decades before that, we began to sing it before sporting events. Michael Gibbons of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum checks in with the fascinating story of how the Bambino is tied to the origins of the song at baseball games. Plus, we break down the logistics of NHL expansion into Las Vegas with Bleacher Report National Columnist Adrian Dater. Dater examines the Vegas sports market and looks at Commissioner Gary Bettman's role in the growth of the league.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was a guest on the 102.5 The Game pre-game radio show prior to Nashville's WCQFs Game 1 vs. Detroit
Mike Vogel sits down with Commissioner Gary Bettman on this trade deadline edition of PreCap