Podcasts about Florida State League

In Episode 408, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about youth sports and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.1. Not Everybody Gets to Go To Space, and That's Okay: Not everybody gets to go the playoffs either, and some teams are struggling to get there more than others.2. How to Get to Heaven from Fort Myers, FL: One of the weirder baseball topics we've had on the pod, as a Twins draft pick gets cut for tipping pitches to the other team in a Florida State League pennant race. 3. Here We Are Now Going to the South Side: One of the lest surpriing topics we've had on the pod, as the White Sox announce they will be cutting payroll 4. Around the Horn: Brands on helmets, extension updates for a star and a GM, and Chase Anderson starts to get ready for his 2025 season.5. Craig once again forgets the name of a game he hates, so it's an unplesant surprise for him.Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple MusicSpotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_SpotifyApple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

On this episode of Around The Nest, the Toronto Blue Jays minor league podcast, host Tyler Zickel checks in on double-A New Hampshire and low-A Dunedin coming out of the roster upheavals after the trade deadline and speaks with Altoona Curve broadcaster Jon Mozes about Charles McAdoo, the return for Isiah Kiner-Falefa. Broadcaster Chris Jared is thankful we are into August because July saw the Fisher Cats record the worst record in team history. Eleven new players had been added to their roster since July 27, including starter Rafael Sánchez, who had a great start in double-A, and Johnathan Lavallee, who was immaculate on August 15. New draftees, like catcher Aaron Parker (6th round pick), have injected energy into the Dunedin Blue Jays' roster, according to D-Jays broadcaster Larry Larson. On the mound, Daniel Guerra demonstrated his ability to deal with adversity by retiring 13 of his last 14 batters faced after giving up an early grand slam, while Eliander Alcalde has been a key member of the bullpen. Last year's first-round pick Arjun Nimmala had spent some time on the development list and down in Rookie league ball this season, but has come back to the Florida State League like a thunderstorm, hitting slugging 10 homers, 11 doubles, and 4 triples over 37 games. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Eric and Bailey reunite to discuss their highlights from Spring Training, as well as prospects they are excited to see in the Florida State League this season.

Jamal Allen wasted no time in becoming a professional baseball umpire.  Six months after graduating from Longwood, he headed to the Wendelstedt Umpire School and completed a season in the Northwoods League, a collegiate wooden bat circuit.  Last season, Jamal started his professional career in the Florida Complex Rooke League and is expected to umpire in Class A baseball in either the California League, Carolina League, or Florida State League for the 2024 season.  Special commentary from Kyle Nichol, Longwood '14 and  former minor league umpire.          

Palm Beach GM Andrew Seymour chats about his club's intrastadium Florida State League postseason series with Jupiter. Also, Sam and Tyler look at top High-A and Single-A performers, Ben recaps visits to Bowling Green and Louisville and Josh starts a discourse in Ghosts of the Minors. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brents hosts this episode of the podcast with Chris in the analyst seat, discussing prospects he's recently scouted in the Florida State League, including Phillies prospect Justin Crawford, Mets prospect Jett Williams, Pirates prospect Termarr Johnson, Blue Jays prospect Kendy Rojas and Reds prospects Cam Collier, Carlos Jorge and Hector Rodriguez. 

In this episode, Eric and Bailey recap their baseball highlights from May 2023, including Orioles Extended Spring Training, the Florida State League, and FGCU Baseball.

Mick Gillispie, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Kevin Reichard discuss the beginning of spring training and preview MLB rule changes in the Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat. None of the 2023 MLB changes are new to Mick and Jesse, who spent the past few seasons watching these changes in action in the minor leagues. Discussed are the rule changes one by one, in order of impact:No shifts, as two fielders must be positioned on each side of second base. Mick likes the ban on shifts only because batters today lack the skills to take advantage of a shift; former greats could address the shift, but today's players seemingly lack those skills. Taking away the shift levels the playing field. Jesse goes a step further and discusses the 2022 Florida State League “pie wedge” experiment, where a pie-slice shape was drawn into the outfield and fielders couldn't be positioned within the shape of the pie wedge. This rewards balls hit up the middle. A larger base, nicknamed the pizza box base. In theory, the larger bags should lead to more action on the bases—more steals, more adventurous baserunning—but the rationale for the larger base was to improve safety. In the end, Mick didn't notice much impact from the base tinkering; Jesse noted that the issue was less the size of the base and more the positioning.The pitch clock has been receiving the most attention at the start of the 2023 spring training season, as it's had the most visible impact on play. Despite a flurry of stories showing shortened game tunes as spring training starts, these are fairly meaningless tests: the real test will be game times at the end of spring training, when almost all games are televised and players are more used to the clock routines. The interesting factor will how teams and players take advantage of the new rules. Some pitchers used to working fast should thrive; some teams built around fielding and speed, like the Miami Marlins, should thrive. We will see more games within games with these rule changes.Also discussed; teams tackling renovations in their spring-training facilities not this year, but next.The discussion ends with a look at what's shaping up to be a huge existential issue for baseball: the rapid decline of RSNs—and the budgeted payments to teams—and how MLB will be stepping in to create their own broadcast networks from scratch. One big issue, Mick points out, is that MLB is seemingly basing their efforts on the cable TV structure of 20 years ago and not in the modern age of streaming media. Other sports have adjusted their broadcast efforts to the digital age, like MLS totally dropping local broadcasts in favor of a national Apple TV deal. But MLB seems to be stuck in the past and not looking to the future at a time when consumers habits are changing, when sports wagering is becoming a huge factor, and when consumers are interested more in what individual players are doing vs. team results—for better or for worse.Mick Gillispie of Voice of the Tennessee Smokies. Jesse Goldberg-Strassler is Voice of the Lansing Lugnuts and author of The Baseball Thesaurus. Kevin Reichard is publisher of Ballpark Digest

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin' Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets' minor league system. First up this week, Steve, Lukas, Ken, and Thomas discuss bad baseball nicknames in Promote, Extend, Trade. Next, they review the Mets' Arizona Fall League contingent and how they did in this fourth week of the AFL season. Following that, they quickly touch on some breaking news and how it will affect the Mets minor league system. Lastly, they share their thoughts about the 2022 St. Lucie Mets season. The team had a ton of highly-regarded Mets prospects and farmhands rostered in the first half and they took care of business, winning the Florida State League East division. Promotions cost them some of their higher profile players in the second half, but 2022 draftees provided reinforcements late and the team went on to sweep the playoffs, winning their sixth Florida State League championship! As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Spencer McCann is a Rays fan who lives just outside of Clearwater, Florida. Currently a college senior, he studies Sports Management and Theology and hopes to find a job for a team in the Florida State League after graduation. Spencer recently held an internship with the Clearwater Threshers (Single-A affiliate of the Phillies) and became one of the team's photographers. We chat about how Moneyball and SABRmetrics got him interested in baseball, and how his love of the game has evolved over the past several years. Spencer also shares how Mike Brosseau's  2020 ALDS home run made him a more positive person and changed his entire outlook on life. You'll hear Spencer talk about a video he created to commemorate Brosseau's home run and explain why that moment matters so much to him. You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBsntj4ybAFind Spencer Online: Instagram: @_spencermccann_Find Baseball Bucket List Online:Twitter: @BaseballBucketFacebook: @BaseballBucketListInstagram: @Baseball.Bucket.ListWebsite: baseballbucketlist.comThis podcast is part of the Curved Brim Media Network:Twitter: @CurvedBrimWebsite: curvedbrimmedia.com

Welcome to From Complex to Queens, the Amazin' Avenue podcast focusing on the Mets' minor league system. With Star Wars: Andor just released, Steve, Lukas, and Thomas rank some of the other more notable scoundrels in the Star Wars universe. After, they review how the Mets' minor league affiliates did this past week, with a focus on St. Lucie's playoff run. As always, you can listen or subscribe to the podcast through Apple Podcasts, where we encourage you to leave a review if you enjoy the show. It really helps! And you can find us on the Stitcher app, Spotify, or listen wherever you get podcasts. Got questions? Comments? Concerns? You can email the show at fromcomplextoqueens at gmail dot com, and follow us on Twitter: Steve is (@stevesypa), Lukas is (@lvlahos343), Ken is (@kenlavin91), and Thomas is (@sadmetsszn). Until next week, #lovethemets #lovethemets! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fort Myers broadcaster John Vittas reviews the pie slice rule and the challenge system in the Florida State League. Also, Ben takes listeners to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, Tyler and Sam break down Project Birmingham and Josh ships out the latest edition of Ghosts of the Minors. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode features Lisa Pride, the play by play voice of the Jupiter Hammerheads and Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League. The wife of former MLB player Curtis Pride, she is one of a handful of female play by play broadcasters. Here is her amazing story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-leahy/message

The Blue Jays are back in the win column after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 at home. Jeff and Kevin delve into Jose Berrios' 13 strikeout performance (matching his career-high), if they would make any changes to the batting order, and the play involving Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at first base which the Jays decided to challenge despite Vlad's reluctance to do so. Later on, MLB analyst with ESPN & Marquee Doug Glanville shares how he sees the AL East shaking out with Orioles now reaching the .500 mark, and how a new rule implemented in the Florida State League that would restrict the use of the shift could make it's way to MLB soon. (28:42) The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 Cleveland Guardians 4, Chicago White Sox 1 – Game 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Cleveland Guardians 0 – Game 2 Baltimore Orioles 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Tigers 7, Royals 5 – Cabrera drives in 2 to tie Williams, Tigers beat Royals 7-5 Miguel Cabrera drove in the tying and go-ahead runs, matching Ted Williams for 14th place on the career RBI list, and the Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 to snap a four-game skid. Cabrera’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning made it 3-3, and he had an RBI grounder for the Tigers’ first run in a four-run seventh. He equaled Williams with 1,838 RBIs. Later in the seventh, Cabrera stole third and scored on a wild throw. It was just his second stolen base in the past seven seasons. The Royals committed four errors as their three-game winning streak ended. Guardians 4, White Sox 1 & White Sox 7, Guardians 0 – Cease strikes out nine, White Sox split DH with Guardians Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-0 for a doubleheader split. José Abreu, Luis Robert and Josh Harrison homered for Chicago, which had dropped four of six before its sorely needed victory in the nightcap. Cease allowed five hits and walked three. In the opener, Shane Bieber tossed a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season, leading Cleveland to a a 4-1 victory. José Ramírez and Amed Rosario each drove in two runs. Orioles 4, Cubs 2 – Urías stars as Orioles beat Cubs 4-2 for 9th straight win Ramón Urías hit a two-run homer and made a big defensive play, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago Cubs 4-2 for their ninth straight victory. Jorge Mateo also homered as Baltimore reached .500 for the first time this season. It’s the longest win streak for the Orioles since the franchise won 13 straight in September 1999. Baltimore right-hander Jordan Lyles pitched seven innings of two-run ball in his second straight win. All-Star Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which dropped its fifth in a row. Today Detroit (Skubal 6-7) at Kansas City (Singer 3-3), 2:10 p.m.                  WSJM/WCSY 1:50 Chicago White Sox (Giolito 5-5) at Cleveland (Civale 2-5), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Watkins 2-1) at Chicago Cubs (Steele 3-5), 8:05 p.m. MLB – MLB testing modified "pie slice" infield shift ban in minors The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area pre-pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has been testing shift limits all season at Double-A and Class A, requiring teams to have four players on the infield, including two on each side of second base. The experiment in the Class A FSL was first reported by The Athletic and confirmed by MLB. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association Last Night Chicago Sky 99, Atlanta Dreams 75 Sky 99, Dream 75 – Parker scores 31, Copper adds 23 as Sky beat Dream 90-75 Candace Parker had 31 points and 11 rebounds, Kahleah Copper scored 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting and the Chicago Sky pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Atlanta Dream 90-75. Emma Meesseman added 10 points, six rebounds and a season-high eight assists for Chicago (17-6). Aari McDonald hit a 3-pointer that gave the Dream a 70-65 lead with 7:50 to play, but Chicago scored the next 15 points. Atlanta went scoreless for nearly five minutes and the Sky never trailed again. Meesseman either scored or assisted on 18 of Chicago’s 30 fourth-quarter points. Today Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. WNBA – LeBron critical on his show of US efforts to get Griner home LeBron James is publicly criticizing the United States’ handling of WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner’s case in a trailer for an upcoming episode of his television show: “The Shop: Uninterrupted.” Griner is on trial in Russia for drug possession. She pleaded guilty last week and will appear again in court on Thursday. James tweeted Tuesday night that his comments in the trailer weren’t intended to be critical of the U.S. efforts to get Griner back. It’s unclear when the show was filmed, although in the trailer it’s mentioned she had been in Russia for over 110 days which would be roughly five weeks ago. NBA – NBA stiffens take foul penalty, will keep play-in tournament The NBA has completed the process of changing the transition take foul rule, ending years of discussion about what to do with the long-maligned tactic. And the play-in tournament is going to be around for the foreseeable future. The league’s board of governors finalized those two matters Tuesday by approving a plan to award one free throw when teams are disadvantaged by the take foul. They also removed the “experimental” designation from the play-in element to the postseason. NBASL – NBA Summer League Yesterday Chicago Bulls 93, Toronto Raptors 83 Indiana Pacers 101, Detroit Pistons 87 NHL – Scotty Bowman moves on from job as Blackhawks adviser Scotty Bowman says he no longer works for the Chicago Blackhawks. The Hockey Hall of Famer who won the Stanley Cup nine times as a coach had been a senior hockey operations adviser since 2008. The 88-year-old says it is time to move on but he is not ready to retire just yet. Bowman’s son Stan resigned as general manager in October after an investigation into the team’s mishandling of sexual assault allegations against an assistant coach by a player revealed he knew about the situation. Scotty says he left the team on good terms after what he called a pretty uncomfortable year. NHL – Former Red Wings coach Blashill joins Lightning as assistant Former Detroit Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill is joining the Tampa Bay Lightning as an assistant. Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois announced the move, selecting Blashill to replace Derek Lalonde on Jon Cooper’s staff. Lalonde had been hired to replace Blashill. The 48-year-old Blashill coached the Red Wings the past seven seasons. Detroit missed the playoffs in six of the seven seasons. Blashill joins a staff that includes assistant coaches Jeff Halpern and Rob Zettler and goaltender coach Frantz Jean. The two-time defending champion Lightning were dethroned by Colorado last month in the Stanley Cup Final. NHL – Duncan Keith announces retirement after 17 NHL seasons Duncan Keith is retiring after 17 seasons in the NHL, three Stanley Cups and two Norris Trophy awards as the league’s top defenseman. He spent 16 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks and joined Edmonton last season. Keith will turn 39 on Saturday, and said there’s a noticeable change in how he’s felt in recent postseasons. That, coupled with the desire to spend more time with his son Colton, helped him reach a difficult decision. Keith finished his career with 106 goals, 540 assists and 675 penalty minutes over 1,256 games. He also helped Canada win Olympic gold at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games and played two years of college hockey at Michigan State. NHL – Gaudreau leaving Flames, joins deep NHL free agent class Johnny Gaudreau told the Calgary Flames he’s leaving to test NHL free agency. He’s likely to receive the biggest contract handed out when the market opens Wednesday. Colorado Avalanche Stanley Cup champions Nazem Kadri and Darcy Kuemper, and Dallas Stars defenseman John Klingberg are also part of a deep class with the most high-end talent available in several years. Evgeni Malkin is not after re-signing with the Pittsburgh Penguins for $24.4 million over four years. There’s significant money to spend with the salary cap going up slightly in the first increase in three years. And some teams have already made moves to free up more cap space to go shopping. Note: NHL Free Agency begins today Golf – British Open returns to home of golf at St. Andrews Golf’s oldest championship returns to the home of golf. There’s always something special about a British Open at St. Andrews. This one rises to an even greater occasion as the 150th edition. Tiger Woods is playing his third major of the year. Xander Schauffele is coming off his second straight win. Rory McIlroy tries to end eight years without a major. All the elements are in place. Elsewhere, the PGA Tour stages its only modified Stableford scoring tournament in Lake Tahoe. The LPGA Tour has its only official team event in Michigan. But it’s all about St. Andrews this week. Golf – Tiger Woods unsure how many Opens he has left at St. Andrews Tiger Woods will be crossing the Swilcan Bridge for the last time at some point this week at St. Andrews. He just doesn’t know if it will be the last time this year or forever. Woods doesn’t know how many British Opens he has left at the home of golf. All that matters is playing this one. That explains why he has walked more holes ahead of the opening round than the previous two majors combined. Woods is a two-time Open champion at St. Andrews. Winning another is a tall order. He has played only seven competitive rounds this year. NCAABSB – Notre Dame hires VCU’s Shawn Stiffler as new baseball coach Shawn Stiffler is the new baseball coach at Notre Dame. The Irish hired Stiffler away from VCU to replace Link Jarrett. Jarrett took the Florida State job after leading Notre Dame to the College World Series. Stiffler was 340-198 in 10 seasons at VCU. The Rams reached their first NCAA super regional in 2015 and made regional appearances in 2021 and 2022. Stiffler takes over a program that went 41-17 for its first 40-win season since 2006. The Irish beat No. 1 national seed Tennessee in super regionals and went 1-2 in its first CWS appearance since 2002. NFL – Judge says blood test results can be used in Ruggs’ DUI case A judge has ruled that results of a blood-alcohol test taken from former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III can be used as evidence in his DUI crash case. Authorities say the 23-year-old Ruggs allegedly was driving 156 mph just before the fiery November 2021 crash that left a woman dead. Prosecutors say Ruggs’ blood alcohol level after the crash in Las Vegas was 0.16%, which is twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs could be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison if he’s convicted of all four felony charges in the case. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 7. NFL – House committee accepts Snyder’s offer to testify virtually The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform has accepted an offer for Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify virtually July 28. Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney wrote a letter to attorney Karen Patton Seymour saying Snyder would be allowed to testify via Zoom under the conditions set out by the committee’s initial subpoena. The committee is set to give Snyder access to exhibitions used in prior depositions and interview transcripts as well as descriptions of redacted information. Snyder refused to testify when first invited along with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. His camp has until Wednesday at noon EDT to confirm Snyder will appear before the committee. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 1, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0 Fort Wayne Tin Caps 7, Lansing Lugnuts 1 Great Lakes Loons 14, Quad Cities River Bandits 9 South Bend Cubs 6, Peoria Chiefs 0 Today Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at West Michigan Whitecaps, 12:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 12:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Quad Cities River Bandits, 7:30 p.m. South Bend Cubs at Peoria Chiefs, 7:35 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ben Verlander, FOXSports.com baseball analyst and host of FOX Sports' award-winning podcast 'Flippin' Bats,' joins the Best Podcast in Baseball to discuss how joy and personality are ways to promote the game of baseball, not grumbling and nostalgia. Nominated for two Hashtag Sports Award for his coverage of the 2021 World Series, Verlander also discusses his minor-league career, the imposing Ty Cobb picture in Lakeland, Fla., a change in June urgency in the 2022 season, and what it was like watching his brother, Justin, face the Cardinals during the 2006 World Series. He also recalls the scouting report he saw on Alex Reyes when the two played against each other in the Florida State League. Verlander, a top-rated player for MLB The Show, can be found on Twitch, Twitter (@BenVerlander), and his podcast (@FllippinBatsPod) is available where you found this podcast, plus it has a spot in YouTube. The Best Podcast in Baseball, sponsored by Closets by Design of St. Louis, is a production of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, StlToday.com, and Derrick Goold. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Minor league baseball is filled with new experimental rules: the strict enforcement of a Pitch Clock, a minimum of two pickoff attempts per at-bat, the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) in the Pacific Coast League, a challenge system of the ABS in the Florida State League, bigger bases, and a ban of the shift (in Low-A, High-A and Double-A). To understand why these rules are being studied, we interviewed former Major League pitcher Joe Martinez, who is now a Senior Director of On-Field Operations for MLB, focusing on experimental rules and equipment changes. We discussed the purpose of the new rules, what the data is showing on the effectiveness (or unintended consequences), what defines a successful new rule, and which rules are most likely to be used in the Major Leagues in the future.    

It was a fantastic week on the field for the Tampa Bay rays, and St. Pete Nine's Steve Carney gives you all the highs (with very few lows) after taking a series from the Cubs in Chicago, and returning home to beat the Boston Red Sox two out of three. Steve also has gotten an up-close view at a number of rules changes that are being tested in the minors for possible use in the big leagues sooner than you think. Hear his takes on how the larger bases, the ban on shifts, and the automatic ball and strike system (aka robo-umps) have worked in the Florida State League of the last couple of weeks. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/utorpodcast/support

On this episode we are discussing strength and conditioning training with special guest, Alex Puskarich. Alex has spent time with the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League, a Reds Rookie Level affiliate, with the Class A-Advanced Daytona Tortugas in the Florida State League, with the Greenville Reds of the Appalachian League, and interned at Cressey Sports Performance in Hudson, MA. Alex is currently the Assistant Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coordinator with the Cincinnati Reds. This is his 5th year with the Reds. In Alex's free time, he is assisting strength and conditioning for a local high school baseball team. We discuss:His baseball experience growing up.Working with the Cincinnati Reds Baseball team.Strength and mobility training for your youth player.Improving measurables at Showcases.If you would like to contact Alex you can email him at pftraingaz@gmail.comYou can also follow him on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook  @Alex_PuskarichOn Deck: Diana and Stephanie discuss more tournament baseball reviews.Follow Moms and Baseball:Keep up with Moms and Baseball on our website: https://momsandbaseball.comFollow us on Facebook, Instagram, and TwitterJoin our Facebook group, Parents and BaseballMentions:https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/tommy-john-surgery-ulnar-collateral-ligament-reconstructionhttp://baseballstrength.org/interview-with-alex-puskarich/

Daniel R. Epstein and Jason Takefman talk about Manuel Margot stealing home as well as upcoming Game 6 (and maybe 7). Armand Rosamilia interviews Bailey Srebnik, who covers the Rays' farm system and the Florida State League for Prospects 1500.

Careers in Baseball with Terry Reynolds, President of the Florida State League. Fred Claire joins Terry and Jake to talk about his career spanning across minor league and Major League Baseball. We dive into how the game is changing and what you need to know if you are trying to get into the game.

Charleston Riverdogs Director of Promotions, Nate Kurant, joins the show. Nate and Brandon discuss Kurant's early years of announcing and emceeing, first introduction to Minor League Baseball, Florida State League life and the transition to Charleston. Since Nate joined the Riverdogs, they have gotten national recognition for some of the promotions they have executed, including a record-breaking silly string fight. Nate talks about Charleston's religious demographic, some of the neat promotions the team has done and plans to do in 2019 and why going to the MiLB Innovator's Summit is so beneficial. Check out the Riverdogs promotional schedule and more at Riverdogs.com. For more information on the MiLB Innovators Summit, visit milbinnovatorssummit.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/apter-hours/support

By Thor's hammer, there is going to be some positive talk about the Blue Jays around here, and we at Locked On will make sure of it!Host Ryan Andrews manages to fulfill said requirements by focusing on anything but the major league team. They discuss how quickly the Blue Jays were able to secure their draft signings and how important it was to get someone like Kendall Williams to commit. It bodes well.Andrews also comes with news of Bo Bichette tearing up the Florida State League again, and just how likely fans will get to see him in Toronto at some point this season!Follow the podcast on Twitter @LockedOnJays and follow the host @NeoAC18!Subscribe on Himalaya, Google Play, Spotify, and iTunes!This episode is sponsored by Jays From the Couch, Himalaya and Hotels.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

By Thor's hammer, there is going to be some positive talk about the Blue Jays around here, and we at Locked On will make sure of it! Host Ryan Andrews manages to fulfill said requirements by focusing on anything but the major league team. They discuss how quickly the Blue Jays were able to secure their draft signings and how important it was to get someone like Kendall Williams to commit. It bodes well. Andrews also comes with news of Bo Bichette tearing up the Florida State League again, and just how likely fans will get to see him in Toronto at some point this season! Follow the podcast on Twitter @LockedOnJays and follow the host @NeoAC18! Subscribe on Himalaya, Google Play, Spotify, and iTunes! This episode is sponsored by Jays From the Couch, Himalaya and Hotels.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken shares stories spanning his career as an athletic trainer for Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, then for the expansion Toronto Blue Jays in 1977, then director of spring training for the Blue Jays in Dunedin, and ultimately to the president of the Florida State League.  Ken reveals that he is also to the answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit Canadian edition.

Ken shares stories spanning his career as an athletic trainer for Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, then for the expansion Toronto Blue Jays in 1977, then director of spring training for the Blue Jays in Dunedin, and ultimately to the president of the Florida State League.  Ken reveals that he is also to the answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit Canadian edition.

Bradenton Marauaders general manager Craig Warzecha joins the show! The Marauders, Advanced 'A' affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, play in one of the most challenging leagues to work in for front office executives -- the Florida State League. Craig and Brandon discuss the challenges of working in the FSL from the weather to the older demographic, getting to work big league spring training and more! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/apter-hours/support

Dann shares what it was like to have to step into the shoes of future Hall of Famer Johnny Bench in his rookie year with the Cincinnati Reds. You'll also hear about the respect and friendship he developed with another Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn with the San Diego Padres.  Dann is currently the Manager of the Palm Beach Cardinals in the Florida State League at Roger Dean Chevrolet in Jupiter, FL.

Dann shares what it was like to have to step into the shoes of future Hall of Famer Johnny Bench in his rookie year with the Cincinnati Reds. You'll also hear about the respect and friendship he developed with another Hall of Famer, Tony Gwynn with the San Diego Padres.  Dann is currently the Manager of the Palm Beach Cardinals in the Florida State League at Roger Dean Chevrolet in Jupiter, FL.

In this episode me and @fslnetwork Will be making three expansion teams for the Florida State league. We will also go into a little bit of news about probable pitchefs and tigers prospect news

Jim Tarabocchia, play-by-play announcer of the Dunedin Blue Jays joins Jason to discuss attack angle, the Florida State League, and Blue Jays prospect Kevin Smith.

Episode 159 Alex Kirilloff was selected in the first round of 2016 MLB Amateur Draft by the Minnesota Twins out of high school. He is one of the top prospects in baseball and at the top of the list of players to watch for in the next few years as he continues his pro baseball journey. In 2017, he missed the entire season due to recovery from Tommy John surgery but returned to the diamond in 2018 where he tore up Class A ball both in Cedar Rapids and then Fort Myers. His total stats for 2018 included a .348 average, with 20 home runs and 101 RBI. He also helped Fort Myers to the Florida State League championship after hitting .362 in just 65 games with the Miracle. On this episode of the podcast, we talk with the highly touted prospect about his dominant 2018 season, dealing with the hype of being a top prospect, playing in the 2018 MLB Futures Game, how Jesus Christ guides him each day, what marriage has been like for him after tying the knot at age 18 and the time he got "star struck" as a pro player. For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com 

On this edition of our Black & Gold Banneret Podcast Summer Sessions, Eric Lopez shares his conversation with former UCF star and MLB pitcher Mike Maroth. Maroth is now the pitching coach for the Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State League, the Class A Advanced affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox out of UCF in 1998, and reached the majors in 2002 with the Detroit Tigers. he last threw in an MLB game in 2007 with the St. Louis Cardinals. Since then, he has coached in the Tigers' minor league organization before joining the Braves in the same capacity. The Black & Gold Banneret Podcast is sponsored by The Unger Real Estate Group, serving Orange, Seminole and Lake Counties. Call 407-790-9957 or visit facebook.com/wesellorlando or www.WeSellOrlando.net. Subscribe to the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and at www.blackandgoldbanneret.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennings and Damian are back at it again this week highlighting the Daytona Tortugas of the Florida State League, reflecting where they were the day Dale Earnhardt died, and discussing the importance of Warped Tour.

Alex enters his second season as a Minor League Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Cincinnati Reds. He spent 2017 with the Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League, a Reds Rookie Level affiliate, and will be with the Class A-Advanced Daytona Tortugas in the Florida State League for 2018. Prior to joining the Reds, he spent time as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator at Prospect Training Academy in Wisconsin and interned at Cressey Sports Performance in Hudson, MA. Alex received his undergraduate degree in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University and his Master of Business Administration, emphasis in Leadership, from Grand Canyon University. Alex resides in Peoria, AZ in the off season with his wife Ashley. If you would like to learn more from Alex, you can follow him on social media: Instagram: @alex_puskarich Twitter: @Alex_Puskarich

A jellyfish invasion hits Florida's East Coast beaches, new details are coming out on the upcoming Harry Potter roller coaster at Universal's Islands of Adventure, our favorite 4th of July destination and where else to find Florida fun this 4th of July. This show includes: Over 1,200 people stung as jellyfish bloom invades Florida's East Coast https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/state/1-200-florida-beach-goers-stung-by-jellyfish-within-days-local-officials New details on Harry Potter roller coaster at Universal Island of Adventure http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/attractions/theme-park-rangers-blog/os-et-universal-harry-potter-roller-coaster-20180612-story.html Track layout and details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Q9-CG8AxM Our Fourth of July tradition at Siesta Beach More Fourth of July celebrations across Florida https://www.floridatravellife.com/articles/4th-july-celebrations-florida Panama City Beach: Star Spangled Spectacular Napes fireworks at the pier Key West: The Key Lime Festival Fourth of July at Florida State League minor league ballparks Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix Festival http://sarasotapowerboatgrandprix.org/ Contact us! Twitter: @FloridaPodcast  Follow us on Facebook Email: Contact@sunshinestatepodcast.com

On this edition of the On Deck Podcast, Jon Harder and David Conde talk to Andrew Seymour, General Manager of the Palm Beach Cardinals, the Single-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Mr. Seymour discusses his history of working in baseball, how being a General Manager in Minor League baseball is different from working in the MLB front office, different strategies on how to attract fans to the Florida State League, Tim Tebow's drawing power, and so much more. http://legendsondeck.com http://hardwayhq.com

Ryan is entering his 6th season with the Toronto Blue Jays. Ryan spent last season in the Florida State League with the Dunedin Blue Jays. The Dunedin Blue Jays went on to win Co-Champions of the League in 2017. Maedel has won the S&C coach of the year award twice during his time in professional baseball. In his spare time Ryan enjoys fishing and training Jiu Jitsu.

Jays Journal Podcast - September 1. "Back to the Future."After finding themselves hot on the heels of a rather humiliating but not entirely surprising sweep at the hands of the Red Sox, the Blue Jays went into Baltimore searching for answers on the road. Kendrys Morales was more than happy to oblige as he slammed a trio of monster home runs against the Orioles in an action-packed antithesis to a pitcher's game, prevailing 11-8. Host Ari Shapiro is joined by three magnificent baseball minds who are all experts in their appreciation for the minor league system and have unique perspectives on the full scope of talent on the horizon; Jays Journal minor league guru and writer, Craig Borden (@Craigers1221), sportscaster for the Florida State League and prospects1500.com, Jason Woodell (@JasonAtTheGame), and baseball author, podcaster, and the voice of the Lansing Lugnuts, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (@jgoldstrass). Together, they discuss:What to expect from an infusion of youthful talent with the expanded roster (4:30), which specific players the round table is eager to see in September (5:51), the disturbing reality that is a lack of speed (9:32), the Jose Bautista leadoff experiment (15:41), on the black hole at second base (19:51), if there's anyone besides Bichette and Guerrero Jr. who should be considered untouchable (24:51), and which elite prospect will be a starter first (28:11).Tonight's episode was brought to you by: Cloudwifi (cloudwifi.ca). Do you live in a condominium and are paying too much for internet? Surf faster and save money by getting your building on-board for a chance to win a pair of season tickets for the 2018 Toronto Blue Jays regular season. E-mail bluejays@cloudwifi.ca today and see if you qualify.

Sam Fuld was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2004. He was an All Star two years later in the Florida State League. A year after that, he was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Arizona Fall League. In the minors, as a result of his defensive play, he was referred to as "a crash test dummy with a death wish", a "human wrecking ball act", a "wall magnet", and a "manager's dream and a trainer's worst nightmare." Fuld made his major league debut with the Cubs in 2007. He became a fan favorite for his defense and his tendency to run into outfield walls while making catches. He batted .299 in his longest stint with the Cubs, but he appeared only in late-season call-ups over three years. After the 2010 season, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays. Fuld made the Rays' 2011 opening day roster, and won the jobs of starting left fielder and leadoff hitter by mid-April. Due to early-season heroics, including a "Superman-esque" catch, he was dubbed "Superman", "Super Sam", and "The Legendary Sam Fuld". His catch was put to Superman-theme music in a YouTube video, and tweets about him went viral. In late April, he led the American League in both batting average and steals. He played with the Rays through 2013, and in 2014 he played for the Oakland Athletics (for two stints) and Minnesota Twins. In January 2017 Fuld was confirmed to be on the roster for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Fresh off winning a Florida State League title, Pirates No. 5 prospect Mitch Keller joins the Minor League Baseball podcast to discuss getting the late call to Bradenton and his breakout 2016 season. Also, Tyler and Sam break down the rest of the remaining postseasons, and Ben presents two tales he collected from his trip to California.

Tyler and Jake chat with Toronto righty Jeff Hoffman, who has recently returned from Tommy John surgery to pitch well in the Florida State League. They also discuss the ugly injury for the Rockies' David Dahl and Joey Gallo's call-up to the Rangers. Finally, they bring in Ben Hill to chat about Lehigh Valley's obsession with bacon.