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 January 19, 2025Today St. Paul celebrates the confirmation of five adults.  (Confirmation is a public affirmation by a teen or adult of their baptism, which typically happened at a younger age).The story of Jesus turning water into wine at Cana (John 2:1-11) provides a framework for thinking through:  What then are we confirming?We are confirming that God is a God who turns water into wine.We are confirming that we are not gods who can turn water into wine, but we can fill the cup to the brim, trusting that God in Jesus Christ will make water into wine, for God's glory.

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​OUR TOP 18 PODCASTS FIND THEM on the APPLE PODCASTS APP or the SPOTIFY APP.Just search by the titles shown below, in the app you are using. 1. ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN DAILY PRAYER 2. DAILY ORTHODOX MATINS AND VESPERS3. DAILY PRAYER WITH HOLY CROSS MONASTERY4. DAILY HOURS OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH: THE HOROLOGION5. THE PSALTER WITH HOLY CROSS MONASTERY6. DAILY PSALTER WITH HOLY CROSS MONASTERY7. DAILY ORTHODOX STUDY BIBLE READING8. DAILY ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY: THE OLD TESTAMENT9. DAILY ORTHODOX BIBLE STUDY: THE NEW TESTAMENT 10. DAILY CATECHISM OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH11. WORDS OF LIFE: DAILY ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP12. THE NEW TESTAMENT AUDIO BIBLE (NKJV AUDIO BIBLE)13. THE NEW TESTAMENT (ESV AUDIO BIBLE)14. THE NEW TESTAMENT DRAMATISED (ESV AUDIO BIBLE)15. ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN LITURGICAL CATECHESIS16. HOMILIES OF FR SERAPHIM ROSE 17. THE LOGOS ORTHODOX GOSPEL OUTREACH 18. FR LAZARUS MOORE TEACHING ARCHIVE

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Join me to pray together every morning this powerful prayer known as "The Breastplate of St. Patrick," which was written in the 9th century in Ireland. I invite you to pray this prayer every morning with passion, surrender, and eagerness, believing that God will transform your day. This prayer is not for the timid or half-hearted, as it requires genuine conviction and a belief that our prayers can reach beyond the walls of our room. How big is your faith? How big are your goals and aspirations? Pray this prayer with all your heart for seven days and be amazed. Listen to more prayers and important topics and stories at www.radiantwhispers.com. Also, please support me by subscribing, commenting, and sharing this content with others. Thank you! Programme voiced, recorded and produced by Gabriel Porras at www.gabrielvoice.com and www.radiantwhispers.com Music: The circle of life, by The Circle of Life @artlist.io. Used with license. Photo: Morning Sunrise at Lake Kawaguchi and Mount Fuji. Yamanashi, Japan Copyright © 2022 Wallpapers13.com Cover design by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Again: Listen to more prayers like this and other important stories and topics at www.radiantwhispers.com Please support me by subscribing, commenting and sharing this content with others.

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Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, New York First Sunday in Lent, Year B February 18, 2024 Gen 9:8-15, Ps 25, 1 Pet 3:18-22, Mk 1:12-15   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/2.18.24_CCM_Homily_1.mp3   The following text guided the homily:  Today St. Mark tells […] The post A Special Forty Days in the Desert with Jesus, First Sunday of Lent (B), February 18, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

In today's deep dive, we’ll learn more about how one neighboring Midwestern state wants to help relocate  migrants in Chicago.

Today St. Paul continues to elucidate about the primary importance we need to attach to faith in Jesus Christ. Not by anything we do are we saved or justified before God. It is by sheer goodness and mercy of God that we are saved. We only need to have faith in that.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Convent of the Missionaries of Charity, Bronx, NY Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A September 10, 2023 Ezek 33:7-9, Ps 95, Rom 13:8-10, Mt 18:15-20   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/9.10.23_Homily_1.mp3   The following text guided the homily:  Today St. Paul tells […] The post The Fulfillment of the Law, Twenty-Third Sunday (A), September 10, 2023 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Wednesday of the 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year I August 30, 2023 1 Thess 2:9-13, Ps 139, Mt 23:27-32   To listen to an audio of this homily, please click:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/8.30.23_Homily_1.mp3   The following points were attempted in the homily:  Today St. Paul […] The post Receiving, Living and Transmitting the Word of God As It Truly Is, 21st Wednesday (I), August 30, 2023 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr Toby considers purity and chastity in light of Maria's martyrdom.

Fr Toby on the gift of the Church's teaching and the unity its acceptance brings.

Fr Toby on a time to keep silence and a time to speak.

In every age Christians are called to defeat evil. Fr Toby looks at the particular evils of our day - and what it is to be human and what makes for a life well-lived.

Fr Toby reflects on the extraordinary life of the Dominican saint, St Agnes of Montepulciano.

Fr Toby reflects on how St Joseph finds his fulfilment in lovingly doing his duty to others

NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Portland Trailblazers 110, Detroit Pistons 104 Philadelphia 76ers 147, Indiana Pacers 143 Blazers 110, Pistons 104 – Lillard’s triple-double helps Blazers beat Pistons 110-104 Damian Lillard had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, securing his second triple-double of the season before the end of the third quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 110-104. The dynamic guard scored 16 points in the first quarter to give the Trail Blazers a 31-18 lead, and they had little trouble keeping a comfortable margin against a banged-up and slumping team for most of the night. Detroit pulled within six points with 1:39 left to fire up the previously quiet fans, and Jerami Grant quieted them with a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. Grant finished with 26 points against his former team.  Former Kalamazoo Central and University of Michigan player Isaiah Livers matched a career high with 17 points for the Pistons, who have lost a season-high eight straight games. The Pistons were without injured starters Bojan Bogdanovic, Isaiah Stewart and rookie center Jalen Duran, along with key reserve Killian Hayes. Sixers 147, Pacers 143 – Embiid scores 42, Sixers beat Pacers 147-143 without much D Joel Embiid scored 42 points, James Harden added 14 points, 20 assists and nine rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers pulled away late for a 147-143 victory over the Indiana Pacers in a game virtually devoid of defense. Embiid made 11 of 16 field goals and all 19 free-throw attempts. Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points and Jalen McDaniels added 20 for the 76ers, who have won two straight. Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 40 points and 16 assists. Neither team led by more than six points through the first three quarters. The Sixers finally took control with a late 10-0 run. Tonight Washington Wizards at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Chicago Blackhawks 5, Ottawa Senators 0 Blackhawks 5, Senators 0 – Seth Jones scores twice as Blackhawks beat Senators 5-0 Seth Jones scored two of Chicago’s three second-period goals, and the Blackhawks stopped Ottawa’s five-game win streak with a 5-0 victory over the Senators. Anders Bjork had three primary assists, and Alex Stalock made 35 saves in his 11th career shutout. Lukas Reichel, Phillipp Kurashev and Jason Dickinson also scored as last-place Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak. Ottawa remained three points back of idle Pittsburgh for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, wasting a prime opportunity to gain ground in the playoff race. MLB – Major League Baseball – Spring Training Yesterday Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Seattle Mariners 2 White Sox were off Today St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. MLB – Red Sox infielder Justin Turner hit in face by pitch Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner needed 16 stitches after he was hit in the face by a pitch during a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old Turner fell to the ground after getting drilled by right-hander Matt Manning. Turner’s wife, Kourtney, posted to Instagram that the infielder had “16 stitches and a lot of swelling but we are thanking God for no fractures & clear scans.” MLB – MLB shift limits raising batter spirits and averages so far Major League Baseball’s new limits on infield shifts are raising batter spirits this spring. They might be bosltering batting averages, too. Batting averages across the league are up slightly from last spring training, from .259 to .263. Left-handed hitters seem to be benefitting most, with their collected average up from .255 to .274. Sluggers like the New York Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo are enjoying taking at-bats without a wall of defenders in shallow right field. Rizzo says that "young left-handed hitters will be introduced to the 3-4 hole that’s been gone for about seven to eight years.” NFL – Ex-Raider Derek Carr agrees to 4-year contract with Saints The New Orleans Saints say former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has agreed to a four-year contract. A person familiar with the situation said the deal could be worth up to $150 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press about the contract’s value on condition of anonymity because financial terms were not released. Carr turns 32 this month. He played nine seasons for the Raiders and holds team records for yards and touchdowns passing. Saints coach Dennis Allen was the Raiders’ coach when the team selected Carr in the second round of the 2014 draft. Las Vegas released Carr on Feb. 14 to avoid guaranteeing him $40.4 million of his contract over the next two years. NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs’ felony DUI case stalled by fight over judge A Nevada judge will again be asked to decide which justice of the peace should handle a preliminary hearing in the case against former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, who is accused of killing a woman in drunken car crash in 2021. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia told Ruggs and his attorneys on Monday that she lacks the authority to decide whether she or another judge should preside over the hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to warrant that Ruggs stand trial on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence causing death. Ruggs’ attorneys said they will again take the issue to Clark County District Court. NFL – NFL reinstates Jaguars WR Ridley after gambling suspension The NFL reinstated suspended receiver Calvin Ridley and cleared the way for him to join his new team in Jacksonville. The league says Ridley is eligible to participate in all team activities beginning immediately. He had been suspended indefinitely since March 2022 for violating the NFL’s gambling policy. He is expected to join the Jaguars for offseason workouts beginning April 17. The Jaguars traded a fifth-round pick in 2023 and a conditional fourth-rounder in 2024 to get Ridley from Atlanta at the trading deadline in November. NCAAMBKB – Houston, UCLA, Kansas top latest AP Top 25; Duke back in UCLA has climbed to No. 2 behind Houston in the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The Cougars earned 58 first-place votes to remain on top for a third straight weekl. The Bruins’ move to No. 2 represented their highest ranking this season. They received the other three first-place votes. Kansas, Alabama and Purdue rounded out the top five. Texas A&M climbed six spots to No. 18 for the week’s biggest jump. No. 21 Duke, No. 24 Creighton and No. 25 Missouri were this week’s new additions. Providence, Pittsburgh and Maryland fell out. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina No. 1 for 37th straight week, Iowa now No. 2 South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a 37th consecutive week. That breaks a second-place tie with Louisiana Tech for the longest streak all time. Only UConn has a longer run atop the poll with 51 consecutive weeks. Big Ten Tournament champion Iowa moved up five spots to No. 2, its highest ranking since 1994. Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford round out the top five. Washington State jumped in at No. 22 after winning the Pac-12 Tournament. Tennessee also joined the poll at No. 24. South Florida and Iowa State fell out. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Men’s Baseball Century College 16, Lake Michigan College 13 Today Women’s Softball Penn State of Greater Allegheny vs. Lake Michigan College, 11:30 p.m. Lake Michigan College vs. Minnesota North College of Itasca, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Baseball Lake Michigan College vs. Erie Community College, 12:00 p.m.. Women’s Basketball NJCAA Great Lakes District B Women’s Basketball Quarterfinals Lake Michigan College at Glen Oaks Community College, 5:30 p.m. Southwestern Michigan at Marian Ancilla, 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball NJCAA Great Lakes District A Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals Southwestern Michigan at Glen Oaks Community College, 7:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball – District Quarterfinals Division 1 at Kal. Loy Norrix (1st round at local sites) St. Joseph 66, Portage Northern 58 St. Joseph broke a four games losing streak with a 66-58 win in the opening round of the districts at Portage Northern.  Chase Sanders had a team high 17 points for St. Joe and Matt Lanier had 16.  St. Joe finished 30 of 36 at the free throw line.   JR Scott added 10 points for the Bears who improve to 16-7 and will face Kalamazoo Central on Wednesday at 5:30 in the district semifinals at Loy Norrix, Wednesday at 5:30.  Cane Mack led Portage Northern with a game high 21 points. Portage Central 53, Lakeshore 26 Portage Central jumped out to a 15-2 lead after the first quarter and never trailed in the Mustangs 53-26 win over Lakeshore in the district quarter-finals at Lakeshore.  Alex Beachnau had a game high 22 points for PC and Nathan Long had 12. Jake Chellman and Jack Carlisle had 8 points each in the Lancers season ending loss.   Lakeshore’s season ends with a record of 7-15. Mattawan 78, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 73 Noah VanLaningham had 29 points and Ryan Kiesling had 20 as Mattawan beat Loy Norrix 78-73.  Cedric Huntley had 21 to lead Loy Norrix.  Mattawan will face Portage Central on Wednesday at 7:00 at Loy Norrix. Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake Countryside Academy 59, New Buffalo 21 Isaiah Woods scored a game high 23 points as Countryside defeated New Buffalo 59-21 in the opening round game. Ja’Vrius Gordon added 11 points for Countryside. Nick Haskins led New Buffalo with 7. Michigan Lutheran 39, Our Lady of the Lake 30 Micah Herbst had a game high 17 points, including 5 three pointers as Michigan Lutheran advanced to Wednesday’s district semifinal against River Valley with a 39-30 win over Our Lady of the Lake.  Owen McLoughlin had 11 points to lead the Lakers.  Other Districts Division 1 at Battle Creek Central Harper Creek 44, Coldwater 39 Gull Lake 63, Sturgis 30 Division 2 at Niles Buchanan 45, Dowagiac 44 Niles 44, Edwardsburg 43 Division 2 at Paw Paw (1st round at local sites) Three Rivers 69, Paw Paw 61 Vicksburg 71, Constantine 61 Parchment 63, Battle Creek Pennfield 64 Division 2 at Hamilton Hamilton 62, Holland Christian 55 Division 2 at Plainwell Hastings 65, Kentwood Grand River 56 Wayland 74, Plainwell 56 Division 3 at Fennville Fennville 65, Holland Black River 60 Wyoming Potter’s House 78, Saugatuck 39 Division 3 at Watervliet Cassopolis 63, Coloma 42 Division 3 at Hartford Bloomingdale 67, Bangor 53 Hartford 50, Gobles 48 Division 3 at Galesburg-Augusta Comstock 69, Delton-Kellogg 51 Kal. Christian 58, Galesburg-Augusta 36 Division 3 at Union City Centreville 46, Quincy 26 Union City 45, White Pigeon 36 Division 4 at Lawrence Marcellus 56, Kalamazoo Heritage 32 Division 4 at Colon Burr Oak 58, Athens 39 Mendon 95, Coldwater Pansophia 11 Division 4 at Battle Creek St. Philip Calhoun Christian 60, Battle Creek Academy 42 Climax-Scotts 45, Battle Creek St. Philip 43 Division 4 at Martin Martin 46, Wyoming West Michigan Lutheran 35 Tonight Girls Basketball – Regionals Semifinals Division 1 at Coldwater Kalamazoo Central vs. DeWitt, 5:30 p.m. Holt vs. Coldwater, 7:00 p.m. Division 2 at Three Rivers Holland Christian vs. Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Olivet vs. Plainwell, 7:00 p.m. Division 3 at Centreville Watervliet vs. Kalamazoo Christian, 5:30 p.m. Bronson vs. Buchanan, 7:00 p.m. Division 3 at Shelby Hart vs. Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian, 5:30 p.m. Saugatuck vs. Kent City, 7:00 p.m. Division 4 at New Buffalo Fruitport Calvary Christian vs. Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:45 p.m. River Valley vs. Colon, 7:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBA – National Basketball Association Last Night Portland Trailblazers 110, Detroit Pistons 104 Philadelphia 76ers 147, Indiana Pacers 143 Blazers 110, Pistons 104 – Lillard’s triple-double helps Blazers beat Pistons 110-104 Damian Lillard had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, securing his second triple-double of the season before the end of the third quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Detroit Pistons 110-104. The dynamic guard scored 16 points in the first quarter to give the Trail Blazers a 31-18 lead, and they had little trouble keeping a comfortable margin against a banged-up and slumping team for most of the night. Detroit pulled within six points with 1:39 left to fire up the previously quiet fans, and Jerami Grant quieted them with a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession. Grant finished with 26 points against his former team.  Former Kalamazoo Central and University of Michigan player Isaiah Livers matched a career high with 17 points for the Pistons, who have lost a season-high eight straight games. The Pistons were without injured starters Bojan Bogdanovic, Isaiah Stewart and rookie center Jalen Duran, along with key reserve Killian Hayes. Sixers 147, Pacers 143 – Embiid scores 42, Sixers beat Pacers 147-143 without much D Joel Embiid scored 42 points, James Harden added 14 points, 20 assists and nine rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers pulled away late for a 147-143 victory over the Indiana Pacers in a game virtually devoid of defense. Embiid made 11 of 16 field goals and all 19 free-throw attempts. Tyrese Maxey scored 24 points and Jalen McDaniels added 20 for the 76ers, who have won two straight. Tyrese Haliburton led the Pacers with 40 points and 16 assists. Neither team led by more than six points through the first three quarters. The Sixers finally took control with a late 10-0 run. Tonight Washington Wizards at Detroit Pistons, 7:00 p.m. NHL – National Hockey League Last Night Chicago Blackhawks 5, Ottawa Senators 0 Blackhawks 5, Senators 0 – Seth Jones scores twice as Blackhawks beat Senators 5-0 Seth Jones scored two of Chicago’s three second-period goals, and the Blackhawks stopped Ottawa’s five-game win streak with a 5-0 victory over the Senators. Anders Bjork had three primary assists, and Alex Stalock made 35 saves in his 11th career shutout. Lukas Reichel, Phillipp Kurashev and Jason Dickinson also scored as last-place Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak. Ottawa remained three points back of idle Pittsburgh for the second wild card in the Eastern Conference, wasting a prime opportunity to gain ground in the playoff race. MLB – Major League Baseball – Spring Training Yesterday Boston Red Sox 7, Detroit Tigers 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Seattle Mariners 2 White Sox were off Today St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Tigers, 1:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Texas Rangers, 3:05 p.m. Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago White Sox, 3:05 p.m. MLB – Red Sox infielder Justin Turner hit in face by pitch Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner needed 16 stitches after he was hit in the face by a pitch during a spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old Turner fell to the ground after getting drilled by right-hander Matt Manning. Turner’s wife, Kourtney, posted to Instagram that the infielder had “16 stitches and a lot of swelling but we are thanking God for no fractures & clear scans.” MLB – MLB shift limits raising batter spirits and averages so far Major League Baseball’s new limits on infield shifts are raising batter spirits this spring. They might be bosltering batting averages, too. Batting averages across the league are up slightly from last spring training, from .259 to .263. Left-handed hitters seem to be benefitting most, with their collected average up from .255 to .274. Sluggers like the New York Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo are enjoying taking at-bats without a wall of defenders in shallow right field. Rizzo says that "young left-handed hitters will be introduced to the 3-4 hole that’s been gone for about seven to eight years.” NFL – Ex-Raider Derek Carr agrees to 4-year contract with Saints The New Orleans Saints say former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has agreed to a four-year contract. A person familiar with the situation said the deal could be worth up to $150 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press about the contract’s value on condition of anonymity because financial terms were not released. Carr turns 32 this month. He played nine seasons for the Raiders and holds team records for yards and touchdowns passing. Saints coach Dennis Allen was the Raiders’ coach when the team selected Carr in the second round of the 2014 draft. Las Vegas released Carr on Feb. 14 to avoid guaranteeing him $40.4 million of his contract over the next two years. NFL – Ex-Raider Ruggs’ felony DUI case stalled by fight over judge A Nevada judge will again be asked to decide which justice of the peace should handle a preliminary hearing in the case against former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, who is accused of killing a woman in drunken car crash in 2021. Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Harmony Letizia told Ruggs and his attorneys on Monday that she lacks the authority to decide whether she or another judge should preside over the hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to warrant that Ruggs stand trial on charges of reckless driving and driving under the influence causing death. Ruggs’ attorneys said they will again take the issue to Clark County District Court. NFL – NFL reinstates Jaguars WR Ridley after gambling suspension The NFL reinstated suspended receiver Calvin Ridley and cleared the way for him to join his new team in Jacksonville. The league says Ridley is eligible to participate in all team activities beginning immediately. He had been suspended indefinitely since March 2022 for violating the NFL’s gambling policy. He is expected to join the Jaguars for offseason workouts beginning April 17. The Jaguars traded a fifth-round pick in 2023 and a conditional fourth-rounder in 2024 to get Ridley from Atlanta at the trading deadline in November. NCAAMBKB – Houston, UCLA, Kansas top latest AP Top 25; Duke back in UCLA has climbed to No. 2 behind Houston in the latest Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. The Cougars earned 58 first-place votes to remain on top for a third straight weekl. The Bruins’ move to No. 2 represented their highest ranking this season. They received the other three first-place votes. Kansas, Alabama and Purdue rounded out the top five. Texas A&M climbed six spots to No. 18 for the week’s biggest jump. No. 21 Duke, No. 24 Creighton and No. 25 Missouri were this week’s new additions. Providence, Pittsburgh and Maryland fell out. NCAAWBKB – South Carolina No. 1 for 37th straight week, Iowa now No. 2 South Carolina remains No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for a 37th consecutive week. That breaks a second-place tie with Louisiana Tech for the longest streak all time. Only UConn has a longer run atop the poll with 51 consecutive weeks. Big Ten Tournament champion Iowa moved up five spots to No. 2, its highest ranking since 1994. Indiana, Virginia Tech and Stanford round out the top five. Washington State jumped in at No. 22 after winning the Pac-12 Tournament. Tennessee also joined the poll at No. 24. South Florida and Iowa State fell out. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Men’s Baseball Century College 16, Lake Michigan College 13 Today Women’s Softball Penn State of Greater Allegheny vs. Lake Michigan College, 11:30 p.m. Lake Michigan College vs. Minnesota North College of Itasca, 2:00 p.m. Men’s Baseball Lake Michigan College vs. Erie Community College, 12:00 p.m.. Women’s Basketball NJCAA Great Lakes District B Women’s Basketball Quarterfinals Lake Michigan College at Glen Oaks Community College, 5:30 p.m. Southwestern Michigan at Marian Ancilla, 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball NJCAA Great Lakes District A Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals Southwestern Michigan at Glen Oaks Community College, 7:30 p.m. MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Basketball – District Quarterfinals Division 1 at Kal. Loy Norrix (1st round at local sites) St. Joseph 66, Portage Northern 58 St. Joseph broke a four games losing streak with a 66-58 win in the opening round of the districts at Portage Northern.  Chase Sanders had a team high 17 points for St. Joe and Matt Lanier had 16.  St. Joe finished 30 of 36 at the free throw line.   JR Scott added 10 points for the Bears who improve to 16-7 and will face Kalamazoo Central on Wednesday at 5:30 in the district semifinals at Loy Norrix, Wednesday at 5:30.  Cane Mack led Portage Northern with a game high 21 points. Portage Central 53, Lakeshore 26 Portage Central jumped out to a 15-2 lead after the first quarter and never trailed in the Mustangs 53-26 win over Lakeshore in the district quarter-finals at Lakeshore.  Alex Beachnau had a game high 22 points for PC and Nathan Long had 12. Jake Chellman and Jack Carlisle had 8 points each in the Lancers season ending loss.   Lakeshore’s season ends with a record of 7-15. Mattawan 78, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 73 Noah VanLaningham had 29 points and Ryan Kiesling had 20 as Mattawan beat Loy Norrix 78-73.  Cedric Huntley had 21 to lead Loy Norrix.  Mattawan will face Portage Central on Wednesday at 7:00 at Loy Norrix. Division 4 at Our Lady of the Lake Countryside Academy 59, New Buffalo 21 Isaiah Woods scored a game high 23 points as Countryside defeated New Buffalo 59-21 in the opening round game. Ja’Vrius Gordon added 11 points for Countryside. Nick Haskins led New Buffalo with 7. Michigan Lutheran 39, Our Lady of the Lake 30 Micah Herbst had a game high 17 points, including 5 three pointers as Michigan Lutheran advanced to Wednesday’s district semifinal against River Valley with a 39-30 win over Our Lady of the Lake.  Owen McLoughlin had 11 points to lead the Lakers.  Other Districts Division 1 at Battle Creek Central Harper Creek 44, Coldwater 39 Gull Lake 63, Sturgis 30 Division 2 at Niles Buchanan 45, Dowagiac 44 Niles 44, Edwardsburg 43 Division 2 at Paw Paw (1st round at local sites) Three Rivers 69, Paw Paw 61 Vicksburg 71, Constantine 61 Parchment 63, Battle Creek Pennfield 64 Division 2 at Hamilton Hamilton 62, Holland Christian 55 Division 2 at Plainwell Hastings 65, Kentwood Grand River 56 Wayland 74, Plainwell 56 Division 3 at Fennville Fennville 65, Holland Black River 60 Wyoming Potter’s House 78, Saugatuck 39 Division 3 at Watervliet Cassopolis 63, Coloma 42 Division 3 at Hartford Bloomingdale 67, Bangor 53 Hartford 50, Gobles 48 Division 3 at Galesburg-Augusta Comstock 69, Delton-Kellogg 51 Kal. Christian 58, Galesburg-Augusta 36 Division 3 at Union City Centreville 46, Quincy 26 Union City 45, White Pigeon 36 Division 4 at Lawrence Marcellus 56, Kalamazoo Heritage 32 Division 4 at Colon Burr Oak 58, Athens 39 Mendon 95, Coldwater Pansophia 11 Division 4 at Battle Creek St. Philip Calhoun Christian 60, Battle Creek Academy 42 Climax-Scotts 45, Battle Creek St. Philip 43 Division 4 at Martin Martin 46, Wyoming West Michigan Lutheran 35 Tonight Girls Basketball – Regionals Semifinals Division 1 at Coldwater Kalamazoo Central vs. DeWitt, 5:30 p.m. Holt vs. Coldwater, 7:00 p.m. Division 2 at Three Rivers Holland Christian vs. Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Olivet vs. Plainwell, 7:00 p.m. Division 3 at Centreville Watervliet vs. Kalamazoo Christian, 5:30 p.m. Bronson vs. Buchanan, 7:00 p.m. Division 3 at Shelby Hart vs. Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian, 5:30 p.m. Saugatuck vs. Kent City, 7:00 p.m. Division 4 at New Buffalo Fruitport Calvary Christian vs. Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:45 p.m. River Valley vs. Colon, 7:30 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fr Toby reflects on the Gospel reading from the Second Sunday of Lent.

Fr Toby on the transfigured suffering of St Stephen.

Hosts: Fr. Greg Sakowicz and Mark Teresi. Segment I: St. Damian School Hosted a Culture Fair. Guests: Jennifer Jermano Miller, Gail Werr. Segment II: St. Procopius School Wins National Spanish Spelling Bee. Guests: Dr. Robert Bassett Jr., Ana Gonzalez

St. Edward School Committed to Students for More Than 110 Years

Today St. Paul uses the analogy of a soldier's battlegear to explain what type of spiritual battlegear the Christian needs to withstand the “tactics of the devil.” Listen as Fr. Mattingly keys in on three elements of our spiritual weaponry highlighted by St. Paul in today's 1st reading.

Today St. Paul tells us that his life is poured out like a libation. He has reached the end of his life, and now the race is coming to an end. Another saint whose memorial we celebrated this weekend also ran the race all the way to the end, St. John Paul II. He allowed the world to accompany him as his physical health and appearance declined. May we run the race all the way to the end as these saints have!

Fr Toby on the Beatitudes, Edward the Confessor and prawn cocktail crisps.

St John 8 is our Bible reading for today I will be reading the whole chapter if St John 8. So please get your Bible and let us read together ok I love you all.

Fr Toby looks at the love of St Margaret Clitherow that refused to be crushed.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, San Francisco Giants 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Tigers 6, Giants 1 – Manning throws 6 scoreless, Tigers beat Giants 6-1 for split Matt Manning threw six scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fifth to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 and split a two-game series. Manning allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a career-high eight in his first win since last Sept. 15 against Milwaukee. Victor Reyes and Willi Castro each drove in two runs while Kody Clemens and Harold Castro each drove in one with two out in the bottom of the fifth. All six runs were charged to Logan Webb, who was pulled after Harold Castro’s single made it 4-0. White Sox 5, Orioles 3 – Giolito, Sheets lift White Sox to 5-3 win over Orioles  Lucas Giolito pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Gavin Sheets twice came through with the bases loaded and Yoán Moncada pulled off a slick double play to help the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Giolito allowed one run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Then Kendall Graveman was helped out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh thanks to Moncada’s play at third. The bases were loaded with one out and Chicago up 3-1. Moncada lunged to his right to snag a grounder. Then he touched third for the force and threw to first to complete the play. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1 – Zach McKinstry homers as Cubs beat Cardinals 7-1 Zach McKinstry homered and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago, and Yan Gomes added two RBIs. Rowan Wick got five outs for the win, leading a solid performance by the Cubs bullpen. Lars Nootbaar homered for NL Central-leading St. Louis, and Corey Dickerson went 4 for 4. The Cardinals dropped to 17-5 in August. Today St. Louis (Hudson 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 3-5), 2:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lynn 3-5) at Baltimore (Lyles 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – MLB teams to play all 29 opponents under ’23 balanced sked Every Major League Baseball team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000. As a result of the format switch agreed to in the March lockout settlement, high-profile games between division rivals such as Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants and Cubs-Cardinals will be reduced from 19 and intradivision games will drop from 47% to 32%. A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons. The season opens March 30 with all teams scheduled. NBA – Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The jurors who returned the verdict Wednesday agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that her privacy was invaded when they took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her grief after losing her husband and daughter. County attorneys argued that the photos were necessary to assess the scene. NCAASB – Michigan’s Hutchins retires as NCAA softball victory leader Carol Hutchins has retired after 38 seasons as Michigan’s softball coach after winning a record number of games. The school made the announcement Wednesday, signaling the end of a career that included 1,707 wins. Bonnie Tholl was promoted to lead the program after she serving as Hutchins’ top assistant for 29 years. Hutchins won a national title in 2005 and led the Wolverines to the NCAA championship game in 2015. She won 22 Big Ten regular-season titles, 10 conference tournament championships and never had a losing season. NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 3 Tonight Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans, 8:15 p.m. NFL – Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87 Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, died Wednesday. The MVP of the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings in January 1970 had been in declining health for years. He entered hospice care on Aug. 12. “Lenny the Cool” went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1987. He also was inducted as a broadcaster in 2012. Dawson spent several decades working on local TV and radio broadcasts while also doing color analysis for NBC and hosting HBO’s iconic "Inside the NFL.” The Chiefs intend to honor him during their preseason finale against Green Bay on Thursday night. Len Dawson was 87. NFL – Lions Preview – Lions may have double digits in losses for 5th year in a row The Detroit Lions seem destined for another rough season. If the defense struggles, it will likely lead to at least 10 losses for the fifth straight year, and second in a row under coach Dan Campbell. Rookie defensive end Aiden Hutchinson appears to be a player to build around, but there isn’t much help behind him right now. The Lions should be able to move the ball and score behind a strong offensive line in Jared Goff’s second season with the team. The veteran quarterback is surrounded by an improved group of receivers, a solid duo of running backs and standout tight end T.J. Hockenson. NFL – Bears Preview – Bears enter new era, look to make jump under Poles, Eberflus The Chicago Bears are prepared to enter a new era under new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Chicago comes into the season with few established playmakers on offense and questions to answer on defense, starting with the opener against San Francisco on Sept. 11. The Bears went 6-11 last season and missed the playoffs for the ninth time in 11 years. They are counting on quarterback Justin Fields to make big strides after a shaky rookie year. On defense, the Bears had an offseason contract standoff with star linebacker Roquan Smith that ended without a new deal. Golf – PGA – Top PGA Tour players to commit to 20-event big money slate The PGA Tour is making its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has announced a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule starting next year. That means they will be competing against one another up to 17 times and maybe more. That involves elevating four additional tournaments that will offer $20 million or more to go along with the tournaments already announced. Monahan says top players will be determined by a new Player Impact Program criteria. The PIP will double in money to $100 million. Golf – Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour. Woods and McIlroy are part of a new media group called TMRW (pronounced “tomorrow”) Sports. Former Golf Channel president Mike McCarley is the CEO. The first project is called TGL. It’s a tech-infused golf league that will feature six teams of three players for matches on Monday night. The broadcast partner hasn’t been announced. It will be played in a custom-built arena. The long shots will be using a simulator. The short shots will be live. The 18-hole matches take two hours. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 2, South Bend Cubs 1 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, PPD,  DH on 8/25 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 13, Lansing Lugnuts 2 Today Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.  (Doublheader) South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Edwardsburg 3, Lakeshore 1 Michigan Lutheran 1, New Buffalo 0 South Haven 5, Bridgman 2 Niles 9, Brandywine 0 Constantine 2, Coloma 0 Vicksburg 5, Dowagiac 0 Hartford 8, Saugatuck 0 Kalamazoo Christian 7, Lawton 1 Mattawan 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 Fennville 5, Schoolcraft 0 Battle Creek Lakeview 8, Three Rivers 0 Delton-Kellogg 9, Parchment 2 Portage Northern 4, East Kentwood 0 Gull Lake 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 1 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 Volleyball Michigan Lutheran 3, New Buffalo 1 Our Lady of the Lake 3, Wtvl. Grace Christian 0 Niles 3, Sturgis 0 Three Rivers 3, Paw Paw 1 Tonight Football – All games at 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Zeeland West at Lakeshore   97.5 Y Country 6:45 Benton Harbor at Lawton South Haven at Dowagiac Watervliet at Brandywine Saugatuck at Buchanan Vicksburg at Portage Northern Edwardsburg at GR West Catholic Lowell at Mattawan East Lansing at Portage Central BC Lakeview at Harper Creek Allegan at Cassopolis Galesburg-Augusta at Decatur Comstock at Schoolcraft Union City at Centreville Reading at White Pigeon Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Delton-Kellogg Gull Lake at Marshall Wolverine Conference Plainwell at Otsego Three Rivers at Paw Paw Niles at Sturgis 8-Man Football Bangor at Twin Cities Sharks    (Twin Cities Sharks is Our Lady of the Lake, Michigan Lutheran and Countryside) Fennville at Red Arrow Raiders (Red Arrow Raiders is New Buffalo at River Valley) Bridgman at Vermontville Maple Valley Marcellus at Gobles Marion at Lawrence Farwell at Wyoming-Lee Vandercook Lake at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian Boys Soccer Byron Center at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. GR Covenant Christian at Allegan, 5:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at East Kentwood, 6:45 p.m. Plainwell at Wayland, 6:45 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, San Francisco Giants 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Tigers 6, Giants 1 – Manning throws 6 scoreless, Tigers beat Giants 6-1 for split Matt Manning threw six scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fifth to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 and split a two-game series. Manning allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a career-high eight in his first win since last Sept. 15 against Milwaukee. Victor Reyes and Willi Castro each drove in two runs while Kody Clemens and Harold Castro each drove in one with two out in the bottom of the fifth. All six runs were charged to Logan Webb, who was pulled after Harold Castro’s single made it 4-0. White Sox 5, Orioles 3 – Giolito, Sheets lift White Sox to 5-3 win over Orioles  Lucas Giolito pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Gavin Sheets twice came through with the bases loaded and Yoán Moncada pulled off a slick double play to help the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Giolito allowed one run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Then Kendall Graveman was helped out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh thanks to Moncada’s play at third. The bases were loaded with one out and Chicago up 3-1. Moncada lunged to his right to snag a grounder. Then he touched third for the force and threw to first to complete the play. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1 – Zach McKinstry homers as Cubs beat Cardinals 7-1 Zach McKinstry homered and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago, and Yan Gomes added two RBIs. Rowan Wick got five outs for the win, leading a solid performance by the Cubs bullpen. Lars Nootbaar homered for NL Central-leading St. Louis, and Corey Dickerson went 4 for 4. The Cardinals dropped to 17-5 in August. Today St. Louis (Hudson 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 3-5), 2:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lynn 3-5) at Baltimore (Lyles 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – MLB teams to play all 29 opponents under ’23 balanced sked Every Major League Baseball team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000. As a result of the format switch agreed to in the March lockout settlement, high-profile games between division rivals such as Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants and Cubs-Cardinals will be reduced from 19 and intradivision games will drop from 47% to 32%. A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons. The season opens March 30 with all teams scheduled. NBA – Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The jurors who returned the verdict Wednesday agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that her privacy was invaded when they took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her grief after losing her husband and daughter. County attorneys argued that the photos were necessary to assess the scene. NCAASB – Michigan’s Hutchins retires as NCAA softball victory leader Carol Hutchins has retired after 38 seasons as Michigan’s softball coach after winning a record number of games. The school made the announcement Wednesday, signaling the end of a career that included 1,707 wins. Bonnie Tholl was promoted to lead the program after she serving as Hutchins’ top assistant for 29 years. Hutchins won a national title in 2005 and led the Wolverines to the NCAA championship game in 2015. She won 22 Big Ten regular-season titles, 10 conference tournament championships and never had a losing season. NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 3 Tonight Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans, 8:15 p.m. NFL – Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87 Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, died Wednesday. The MVP of the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings in January 1970 had been in declining health for years. He entered hospice care on Aug. 12. “Lenny the Cool” went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1987. He also was inducted as a broadcaster in 2012. Dawson spent several decades working on local TV and radio broadcasts while also doing color analysis for NBC and hosting HBO’s iconic "Inside the NFL.” The Chiefs intend to honor him during their preseason finale against Green Bay on Thursday night. Len Dawson was 87. NFL – Lions Preview – Lions may have double digits in losses for 5th year in a row The Detroit Lions seem destined for another rough season. If the defense struggles, it will likely lead to at least 10 losses for the fifth straight year, and second in a row under coach Dan Campbell. Rookie defensive end Aiden Hutchinson appears to be a player to build around, but there isn’t much help behind him right now. The Lions should be able to move the ball and score behind a strong offensive line in Jared Goff’s second season with the team. The veteran quarterback is surrounded by an improved group of receivers, a solid duo of running backs and standout tight end T.J. Hockenson. NFL – Bears Preview – Bears enter new era, look to make jump under Poles, Eberflus The Chicago Bears are prepared to enter a new era under new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Chicago comes into the season with few established playmakers on offense and questions to answer on defense, starting with the opener against San Francisco on Sept. 11. The Bears went 6-11 last season and missed the playoffs for the ninth time in 11 years. They are counting on quarterback Justin Fields to make big strides after a shaky rookie year. On defense, the Bears had an offseason contract standoff with star linebacker Roquan Smith that ended without a new deal. Golf – PGA – Top PGA Tour players to commit to 20-event big money slate The PGA Tour is making its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has announced a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule starting next year. That means they will be competing against one another up to 17 times and maybe more. That involves elevating four additional tournaments that will offer $20 million or more to go along with the tournaments already announced. Monahan says top players will be determined by a new Player Impact Program criteria. The PIP will double in money to $100 million. Golf – Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour. Woods and McIlroy are part of a new media group called TMRW (pronounced “tomorrow”) Sports. Former Golf Channel president Mike McCarley is the CEO. The first project is called TGL. It’s a tech-infused golf league that will feature six teams of three players for matches on Monday night. The broadcast partner hasn’t been announced. It will be played in a custom-built arena. The long shots will be using a simulator. The short shots will be live. The 18-hole matches take two hours. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 2, South Bend Cubs 1 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, PPD,  DH on 8/25 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 13, Lansing Lugnuts 2 Today Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.  (Doublheader) South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Edwardsburg 3, Lakeshore 1 Michigan Lutheran 1, New Buffalo 0 South Haven 5, Bridgman 2 Niles 9, Brandywine 0 Constantine 2, Coloma 0 Vicksburg 5, Dowagiac 0 Hartford 8, Saugatuck 0 Kalamazoo Christian 7, Lawton 1 Mattawan 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 Fennville 5, Schoolcraft 0 Battle Creek Lakeview 8, Three Rivers 0 Delton-Kellogg 9, Parchment 2 Portage Northern 4, East Kentwood 0 Gull Lake 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 1 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 Volleyball Michigan Lutheran 3, New Buffalo 1 Our Lady of the Lake 3, Wtvl. Grace Christian 0 Niles 3, Sturgis 0 Three Rivers 3, Paw Paw 1 Tonight Football – All games at 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Zeeland West at Lakeshore   97.5 Y Country 6:45 Benton Harbor at Lawton South Haven at Dowagiac Watervliet at Brandywine Saugatuck at Buchanan Vicksburg at Portage Northern Edwardsburg at GR West Catholic Lowell at Mattawan East Lansing at Portage Central BC Lakeview at Harper Creek Allegan at Cassopolis Galesburg-Augusta at Decatur Comstock at Schoolcraft Union City at Centreville Reading at White Pigeon Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Delton-Kellogg Gull Lake at Marshall Wolverine Conference Plainwell at Otsego Three Rivers at Paw Paw Niles at Sturgis 8-Man Football Bangor at Twin Cities Sharks    (Twin Cities Sharks is Our Lady of the Lake, Michigan Lutheran and Countryside) Fennville at Red Arrow Raiders (Red Arrow Raiders is New Buffalo at River Valley) Bridgman at Vermontville Maple Valley Marcellus at Gobles Marion at Lawrence Farwell at Wyoming-Lee Vandercook Lake at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian Boys Soccer Byron Center at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. GR Covenant Christian at Allegan, 5:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at East Kentwood, 6:45 p.m. Plainwell at Wayland, 6:45 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, San Francisco Giants 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Tigers 6, Giants 1 – Manning throws 6 scoreless, Tigers beat Giants 6-1 for split Matt Manning threw six scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fifth to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 and split a two-game series. Manning allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a career-high eight in his first win since last Sept. 15 against Milwaukee. Victor Reyes and Willi Castro each drove in two runs while Kody Clemens and Harold Castro each drove in one with two out in the bottom of the fifth. All six runs were charged to Logan Webb, who was pulled after Harold Castro’s single made it 4-0. White Sox 5, Orioles 3 – Giolito, Sheets lift White Sox to 5-3 win over Orioles  Lucas Giolito pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Gavin Sheets twice came through with the bases loaded and Yoán Moncada pulled off a slick double play to help the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Giolito allowed one run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Then Kendall Graveman was helped out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh thanks to Moncada’s play at third. The bases were loaded with one out and Chicago up 3-1. Moncada lunged to his right to snag a grounder. Then he touched third for the force and threw to first to complete the play. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1 – Zach McKinstry homers as Cubs beat Cardinals 7-1 Zach McKinstry homered and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago, and Yan Gomes added two RBIs. Rowan Wick got five outs for the win, leading a solid performance by the Cubs bullpen. Lars Nootbaar homered for NL Central-leading St. Louis, and Corey Dickerson went 4 for 4. The Cardinals dropped to 17-5 in August. Today St. Louis (Hudson 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 3-5), 2:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lynn 3-5) at Baltimore (Lyles 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – MLB teams to play all 29 opponents under ’23 balanced sked Every Major League Baseball team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000. As a result of the format switch agreed to in the March lockout settlement, high-profile games between division rivals such as Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants and Cubs-Cardinals will be reduced from 19 and intradivision games will drop from 47% to 32%. A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons. The season opens March 30 with all teams scheduled. NBA – Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The jurors who returned the verdict Wednesday agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that her privacy was invaded when they took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her grief after losing her husband and daughter. County attorneys argued that the photos were necessary to assess the scene. NCAASB – Michigan’s Hutchins retires as NCAA softball victory leader Carol Hutchins has retired after 38 seasons as Michigan’s softball coach after winning a record number of games. The school made the announcement Wednesday, signaling the end of a career that included 1,707 wins. Bonnie Tholl was promoted to lead the program after she serving as Hutchins’ top assistant for 29 years. Hutchins won a national title in 2005 and led the Wolverines to the NCAA championship game in 2015. She won 22 Big Ten regular-season titles, 10 conference tournament championships and never had a losing season. NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 3 Tonight Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans, 8:15 p.m. NFL – Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87 Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, died Wednesday. The MVP of the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings in January 1970 had been in declining health for years. He entered hospice care on Aug. 12. “Lenny the Cool” went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1987. He also was inducted as a broadcaster in 2012. Dawson spent several decades working on local TV and radio broadcasts while also doing color analysis for NBC and hosting HBO’s iconic "Inside the NFL.” The Chiefs intend to honor him during their preseason finale against Green Bay on Thursday night. Len Dawson was 87. NFL – Lions Preview – Lions may have double digits in losses for 5th year in a row The Detroit Lions seem destined for another rough season. If the defense struggles, it will likely lead to at least 10 losses for the fifth straight year, and second in a row under coach Dan Campbell. Rookie defensive end Aiden Hutchinson appears to be a player to build around, but there isn’t much help behind him right now. The Lions should be able to move the ball and score behind a strong offensive line in Jared Goff’s second season with the team. The veteran quarterback is surrounded by an improved group of receivers, a solid duo of running backs and standout tight end T.J. Hockenson. NFL – Bears Preview – Bears enter new era, look to make jump under Poles, Eberflus The Chicago Bears are prepared to enter a new era under new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Chicago comes into the season with few established playmakers on offense and questions to answer on defense, starting with the opener against San Francisco on Sept. 11. The Bears went 6-11 last season and missed the playoffs for the ninth time in 11 years. They are counting on quarterback Justin Fields to make big strides after a shaky rookie year. On defense, the Bears had an offseason contract standoff with star linebacker Roquan Smith that ended without a new deal. Golf – PGA – Top PGA Tour players to commit to 20-event big money slate The PGA Tour is making its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has announced a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule starting next year. That means they will be competing against one another up to 17 times and maybe more. That involves elevating four additional tournaments that will offer $20 million or more to go along with the tournaments already announced. Monahan says top players will be determined by a new Player Impact Program criteria. The PIP will double in money to $100 million. Golf – Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour. Woods and McIlroy are part of a new media group called TMRW (pronounced “tomorrow”) Sports. Former Golf Channel president Mike McCarley is the CEO. The first project is called TGL. It’s a tech-infused golf league that will feature six teams of three players for matches on Monday night. The broadcast partner hasn’t been announced. It will be played in a custom-built arena. The long shots will be using a simulator. The short shots will be live. The 18-hole matches take two hours. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 2, South Bend Cubs 1 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, PPD,  DH on 8/25 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 13, Lansing Lugnuts 2 Today Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.  (Doublheader) South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Edwardsburg 3, Lakeshore 1 Michigan Lutheran 1, New Buffalo 0 South Haven 5, Bridgman 2 Niles 9, Brandywine 0 Constantine 2, Coloma 0 Vicksburg 5, Dowagiac 0 Hartford 8, Saugatuck 0 Kalamazoo Christian 7, Lawton 1 Mattawan 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 Fennville 5, Schoolcraft 0 Battle Creek Lakeview 8, Three Rivers 0 Delton-Kellogg 9, Parchment 2 Portage Northern 4, East Kentwood 0 Gull Lake 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 1 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 Volleyball Michigan Lutheran 3, New Buffalo 1 Our Lady of the Lake 3, Wtvl. Grace Christian 0 Niles 3, Sturgis 0 Three Rivers 3, Paw Paw 1 Tonight Football – All games at 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Zeeland West at Lakeshore   97.5 Y Country 6:45 Benton Harbor at Lawton South Haven at Dowagiac Watervliet at Brandywine Saugatuck at Buchanan Vicksburg at Portage Northern Edwardsburg at GR West Catholic Lowell at Mattawan East Lansing at Portage Central BC Lakeview at Harper Creek Allegan at Cassopolis Galesburg-Augusta at Decatur Comstock at Schoolcraft Union City at Centreville Reading at White Pigeon Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Delton-Kellogg Gull Lake at Marshall Wolverine Conference Plainwell at Otsego Three Rivers at Paw Paw Niles at Sturgis 8-Man Football Bangor at Twin Cities Sharks    (Twin Cities Sharks is Our Lady of the Lake, Michigan Lutheran and Countryside) Fennville at Red Arrow Raiders (Red Arrow Raiders is New Buffalo at River Valley) Bridgman at Vermontville Maple Valley Marcellus at Gobles Marion at Lawrence Farwell at Wyoming-Lee Vandercook Lake at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian Boys Soccer Byron Center at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. GR Covenant Christian at Allegan, 5:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at East Kentwood, 6:45 p.m. Plainwell at Wayland, 6:45 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Detroit Tigers 6, San Francisco Giants 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 1 Tigers 6, Giants 1 – Manning throws 6 scoreless, Tigers beat Giants 6-1 for split Matt Manning threw six scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fifth to beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 and split a two-game series. Manning allowed five hits, walked none and struck out a career-high eight in his first win since last Sept. 15 against Milwaukee. Victor Reyes and Willi Castro each drove in two runs while Kody Clemens and Harold Castro each drove in one with two out in the bottom of the fifth. All six runs were charged to Logan Webb, who was pulled after Harold Castro’s single made it 4-0. White Sox 5, Orioles 3 – Giolito, Sheets lift White Sox to 5-3 win over Orioles  Lucas Giolito pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Gavin Sheets twice came through with the bases loaded and Yoán Moncada pulled off a slick double play to help the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Giolito allowed one run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Then Kendall Graveman was helped out of a bases-loaded jam in the seventh thanks to Moncada’s play at third. The bases were loaded with one out and Chicago up 3-1. Moncada lunged to his right to snag a grounder. Then he touched third for the force and threw to first to complete the play. Cubs 7, Cardinals 1 – Zach McKinstry homers as Cubs beat Cardinals 7-1 Zach McKinstry homered and drove in three runs, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1. Nico Hoerner had three hits for Chicago, and Yan Gomes added two RBIs. Rowan Wick got five outs for the win, leading a solid performance by the Cubs bullpen. Lars Nootbaar homered for NL Central-leading St. Louis, and Corey Dickerson went 4 for 4. The Cardinals dropped to 17-5 in August. Today St. Louis (Hudson 6-6) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 3-5), 2:20 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Lynn 3-5) at Baltimore (Lyles 9-9), 7:05 p.m. Tigers are off MLB – MLB teams to play all 29 opponents under ’23 balanced sked Every Major League Baseball team will play each other in the same season for the first time next year as the sport switches to its first balanced schedule since 2000. As a result of the format switch agreed to in the March lockout settlement, high-profile games between division rivals such as Yankees-Red Sox, Dodgers-Giants and Cubs-Cardinals will be reduced from 19 and intradivision games will drop from 47% to 32%. A team will host all of the other 29 clubs at least once every two seasons. The season opens March 30 with all teams scheduled. NBA – Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos A federal jury has found that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million for emotional distress caused by deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the bodies of the NBA star and his daughter taken at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed them. The jurors who returned the verdict Wednesday agreed with Vanessa Bryant and her attorneys that her privacy was invaded when they took and shared photos of the remains of Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna. Vanessa Bryant tearfully testified during the 11-day trial that news of the photos compounded her grief after losing her husband and daughter. County attorneys argued that the photos were necessary to assess the scene. NCAASB – Michigan’s Hutchins retires as NCAA softball victory leader Carol Hutchins has retired after 38 seasons as Michigan’s softball coach after winning a record number of games. The school made the announcement Wednesday, signaling the end of a career that included 1,707 wins. Bonnie Tholl was promoted to lead the program after she serving as Hutchins’ top assistant for 29 years. Hutchins won a national title in 2005 and led the Wolverines to the NCAA championship game in 2015. She won 22 Big Ten regular-season titles, 10 conference tournament championships and never had a losing season. NFL – National Football League – Preseason week 3 Tonight Green Bay Packers at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:00 p.m. San Francisco 49ers at Houston Texans, 8:15 p.m. NFL – Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87 Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, died Wednesday. The MVP of the Chiefs’ victory over the Vikings in January 1970 had been in declining health for years. He entered hospice care on Aug. 12. “Lenny the Cool” went into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1987. He also was inducted as a broadcaster in 2012. Dawson spent several decades working on local TV and radio broadcasts while also doing color analysis for NBC and hosting HBO’s iconic "Inside the NFL.” The Chiefs intend to honor him during their preseason finale against Green Bay on Thursday night. Len Dawson was 87. NFL – Lions Preview – Lions may have double digits in losses for 5th year in a row The Detroit Lions seem destined for another rough season. If the defense struggles, it will likely lead to at least 10 losses for the fifth straight year, and second in a row under coach Dan Campbell. Rookie defensive end Aiden Hutchinson appears to be a player to build around, but there isn’t much help behind him right now. The Lions should be able to move the ball and score behind a strong offensive line in Jared Goff’s second season with the team. The veteran quarterback is surrounded by an improved group of receivers, a solid duo of running backs and standout tight end T.J. Hockenson. NFL – Bears Preview – Bears enter new era, look to make jump under Poles, Eberflus The Chicago Bears are prepared to enter a new era under new general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus. Chicago comes into the season with few established playmakers on offense and questions to answer on defense, starting with the opener against San Francisco on Sept. 11. The Bears went 6-11 last season and missed the playoffs for the ninth time in 11 years. They are counting on quarterback Justin Fields to make big strides after a shaky rookie year. On defense, the Bears had an offseason contract standoff with star linebacker Roquan Smith that ended without a new deal. Golf – PGA – Top PGA Tour players to commit to 20-event big money slate The PGA Tour is making its boldest response yet to the rival Saudi-funded league. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan has announced a plan for the best players to commit to a 20-tournament schedule starting next year. That means they will be competing against one another up to 17 times and maybe more. That involves elevating four additional tournaments that will offer $20 million or more to go along with the tournaments already announced. Monahan says top players will be determined by a new Player Impact Program criteria. The PIP will double in money to $100 million. Golf – Woods, McIlroy behind tech-infused golf league in TV venture Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour. Woods and McIlroy are part of a new media group called TMRW (pronounced “tomorrow”) Sports. Former Golf Channel president Mike McCarley is the CEO. The first project is called TGL. It’s a tech-infused golf league that will feature six teams of three players for matches on Monday night. The broadcast partner hasn’t been announced. It will be played in a custom-built arena. The long shots will be using a simulator. The short shots will be live. The 18-hole matches take two hours. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night West Michigan Whitecaps 2, South Bend Cubs 1 Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, PPD,  DH on 8/25 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 13, Lansing Lugnuts 2 Today Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 6:05 p.m.  (Doublheader) South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Edwardsburg 3, Lakeshore 1 Michigan Lutheran 1, New Buffalo 0 South Haven 5, Bridgman 2 Niles 9, Brandywine 0 Constantine 2, Coloma 0 Vicksburg 5, Dowagiac 0 Hartford 8, Saugatuck 0 Kalamazoo Christian 7, Lawton 1 Mattawan 5, Kalamazoo Hackett 0 Fennville 5, Schoolcraft 0 Battle Creek Lakeview 8, Three Rivers 0 Delton-Kellogg 9, Parchment 2 Portage Northern 4, East Kentwood 0 Gull Lake 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 1 Boys Tennis St. Joseph 8, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0 Volleyball Michigan Lutheran 3, New Buffalo 1 Our Lady of the Lake 3, Wtvl. Grace Christian 0 Niles 3, Sturgis 0 Three Rivers 3, Paw Paw 1 Tonight Football – All games at 7:00 p.m. Non-Conference Zeeland West at Lakeshore   97.5 Y Country 6:45 Benton Harbor at Lawton South Haven at Dowagiac Watervliet at Brandywine Saugatuck at Buchanan Vicksburg at Portage Northern Edwardsburg at GR West Catholic Lowell at Mattawan East Lansing at Portage Central BC Lakeview at Harper Creek Allegan at Cassopolis Galesburg-Augusta at Decatur Comstock at Schoolcraft Union City at Centreville Reading at White Pigeon Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Delton-Kellogg Gull Lake at Marshall Wolverine Conference Plainwell at Otsego Three Rivers at Paw Paw Niles at Sturgis 8-Man Football Bangor at Twin Cities Sharks    (Twin Cities Sharks is Our Lady of the Lake, Michigan Lutheran and Countryside) Fennville at Red Arrow Raiders (Red Arrow Raiders is New Buffalo at River Valley) Bridgman at Vermontville Maple Valley Marcellus at Gobles Marion at Lawrence Farwell at Wyoming-Lee Vandercook Lake at Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian Boys Soccer Byron Center at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. GR Covenant Christian at Allegan, 5:30 p.m. Schoolcraft at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Central at East Kentwood, 6:45 p.m. Plainwell at Wayland, 6:45 p.m.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tigers were off Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game, Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk, Royals beat White Sox 6-4 Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness. Today St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1 St. Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2 Chicago White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50 MLB – Cubs’ Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a 4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn’t think he is going to need surgery to fix the issue. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Last Night New York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16 Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series. Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to give New York the victory. The Jets’ Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards for a score. NCAAHKY – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland The University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.  The game at the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL’s Winter Classic.   The two teams will face each other two days prior in Columbus.  The game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3) Tonight Chicago Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) NCAAFB – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3 showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the premier matchups to anticipate. NCAAFB – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches Mississippi, Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs. USC’s Lincoln Riley and LSU’s Brian Kelly went in looking for star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska’s Scott Frost is simply trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but Kiffin is right behind at No. 2. NCAAFB – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back. Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73 Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family says the former coach died in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines. Tennis – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves Kyrgios’ former girlfriend. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night No games last night Tonight South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Andrews Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Edwardsburg 9, Bangor 1 Schoolcraft 2, Watervliet 1 Allegan 8, Coloma 0 Bridgman 7, Saugatuck 1 Hartford 8, Niles 0 Howardsville Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2 South Haven 3, Constantine 2 Three Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1 Delton-Kellogg 8, Lawton 1 Plainwell 5, Dowagiac 2 Kal. Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE Gull Lake 7, Otsego 0 Vicksburg 8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0 Volleyball Buchanan 3, Cassopolis 0 Girls Golf SMAC West at Mattawan Team Standings Portage Northern    178 St. Joseph                180 Lakeshore                185 Portage Central       190 Mattawan                194 Top 10 Finishers KT Leinwand             (PN)      39 Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40 Abby Liddell               (PC)      41 Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42 Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43 Brook Randall         (PN)      43 Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44 Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44 Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46 Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47 Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47 St. Joseph Margaret Cox    42 Morgan Guzzo   43 Grace Rommell   47 Clara Berry       48 Regan Igoe        51 Tess Kapelke      56 Lakeshore Lydia Bixby        44 Natalia Najera   46 Paige Benedict   47 Megan Wurster 48 Today Boys Soccer Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Caledonia at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. Okemos at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Berrien Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m. Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Niles at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m. Boys Tennis Kalamazoo Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman/Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m. Cross Country St. Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at Riverview Park) St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis, Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa, Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tigers were off Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game, Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk, Royals beat White Sox 6-4 Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness. Today St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1 St. Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2 Chicago White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50 MLB – Cubs’ Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a 4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn’t think he is going to need surgery to fix the issue. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Last Night New York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16 Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series. Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to give New York the victory. The Jets’ Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards for a score. NCAAHKY – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland The University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.  The game at the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL’s Winter Classic.   The two teams will face each other two days prior in Columbus.  The game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3) Tonight Chicago Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) NCAAFB – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3 showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the premier matchups to anticipate. NCAAFB – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches Mississippi, Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs. USC’s Lincoln Riley and LSU’s Brian Kelly went in looking for star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska’s Scott Frost is simply trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but Kiffin is right behind at No. 2. NCAAFB – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back. Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73 Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family says the former coach died in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines. Tennis – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves Kyrgios’ former girlfriend. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night No games last night Tonight South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Andrews Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Edwardsburg 9, Bangor 1 Schoolcraft 2, Watervliet 1 Allegan 8, Coloma 0 Bridgman 7, Saugatuck 1 Hartford 8, Niles 0 Howardsville Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2 South Haven 3, Constantine 2 Three Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1 Delton-Kellogg 8, Lawton 1 Plainwell 5, Dowagiac 2 Kal. Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE Gull Lake 7, Otsego 0 Vicksburg 8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0 Volleyball Buchanan 3, Cassopolis 0 Girls Golf SMAC West at Mattawan Team Standings Portage Northern    178 St. Joseph                180 Lakeshore                185 Portage Central       190 Mattawan                194 Top 10 Finishers KT Leinwand             (PN)      39 Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40 Abby Liddell               (PC)      41 Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42 Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43 Brook Randall         (PN)      43 Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44 Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44 Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46 Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47 Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47 St. Joseph Margaret Cox    42 Morgan Guzzo   43 Grace Rommell   47 Clara Berry       48 Regan Igoe        51 Tess Kapelke      56 Lakeshore Lydia Bixby        44 Natalia Najera   46 Paige Benedict   47 Megan Wurster 48 Today Boys Soccer Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Caledonia at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. Okemos at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Berrien Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m. Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Niles at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m. Boys Tennis Kalamazoo Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman/Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m. Cross Country St. Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at Riverview Park) St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis, Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa, Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tigers were off Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game, Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk, Royals beat White Sox 6-4 Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness. Today St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1 St. Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2 Chicago White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50 MLB – Cubs’ Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a 4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn’t think he is going to need surgery to fix the issue. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Last Night New York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16 Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series. Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to give New York the victory. The Jets’ Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards for a score. NCAAHKY – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland The University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.  The game at the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL’s Winter Classic.   The two teams will face each other two days prior in Columbus.  The game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3) Tonight Chicago Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) NCAAFB – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3 showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the premier matchups to anticipate. NCAAFB – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches Mississippi, Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs. USC’s Lincoln Riley and LSU’s Brian Kelly went in looking for star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska’s Scott Frost is simply trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but Kiffin is right behind at No. 2. NCAAFB – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back. Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73 Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family says the former coach died in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines. Tennis – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves Kyrgios’ former girlfriend. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night No games last night Tonight South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Andrews Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Edwardsburg 9, Bangor 1 Schoolcraft 2, Watervliet 1 Allegan 8, Coloma 0 Bridgman 7, Saugatuck 1 Hartford 8, Niles 0 Howardsville Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2 South Haven 3, Constantine 2 Three Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1 Delton-Kellogg 8, Lawton 1 Plainwell 5, Dowagiac 2 Kal. Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE Gull Lake 7, Otsego 0 Vicksburg 8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0 Volleyball Buchanan 3, Cassopolis 0 Girls Golf SMAC West at Mattawan Team Standings Portage Northern    178 St. Joseph                180 Lakeshore                185 Portage Central       190 Mattawan                194 Top 10 Finishers KT Leinwand             (PN)      39 Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40 Abby Liddell               (PC)      41 Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42 Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43 Brook Randall         (PN)      43 Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44 Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44 Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46 Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47 Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47 St. Joseph Margaret Cox    42 Morgan Guzzo   43 Grace Rommell   47 Clara Berry       48 Regan Igoe        51 Tess Kapelke      56 Lakeshore Lydia Bixby        44 Natalia Najera   46 Paige Benedict   47 Megan Wurster 48 Today Boys Soccer Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Caledonia at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. Okemos at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Berrien Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m. Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Niles at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m. Boys Tennis Kalamazoo Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman/Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m. Cross Country St. Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at Riverview Park) St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis, Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa, Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 4 Tigers were off Cardinals 1, Cubs 0 – Pujols homers as Montgomery, Cardinals blank Cubs 1-0 Albert Pujols hit career homer No. 693, Jordan Montgomery pitched a one-hitter and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0 for their season-high eighth straight victory. Pujols led off the seventh with a drive to left-center for his seventh homer in his last 10 games and No. 14 overall in his final big league season. There was a noticeable round of cheers from the Wrigley Field crowd of 29,719 as the three-time NL MVP rounded the bases on his second hit of the night. That one run was all Montgomery needed. The left-hander struck out seven and walked none in his first career complete game, Royals 6, White Sox 4 – Waters breaks tie with walk, Royals beat White Sox 6-4 Drew Waters drew a bases-loaded walk to break an eighth-inning tie in his major league debut, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 win over the Chicago White Sox in a game rescheduled because of the lockout in April. Joe Kelly, the seventh of eight White Sox pitchers, hit a pair of batters to start the inning. Ryan O’Hearn singled, and Waters drew a five-pitch walk with one out to break a 4-all tie. The White Sox rallied from a four-run deficit after their starter, Michael Kopech, exited the game having faced just four hitters. The team said he departed with left knee soreness. Today St. Louis (Wainwright 9-8) at Chicago Cubs (Assad 0-0), 2:20 p.m. – Game 1 St. Louis (Woodford 2-0) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 1-3), 8:05 p.m. – Game 2 Chicago White Sox (Cease 12-5) at Baltimore (Voth 3-1), 7:05 p.m. San Francisco (Rodón 11-6) at Detroit (Hutchison 1-6), 7:10 p.m.        WSJM/WCSY 6:50 MLB – Cubs’ Hendricks to miss rest of season with shoulder issue Chicago Cubs right-hander Kyle Hendricks will not return this season after he was hampered by shoulder trouble for much of the year. Hendricks finishes with a 4-6 record and a career-high 4.80 ERA in 16 starts. The 32-year-old Hendricks says he was first diagnosed with tendinitis. But another MRI showed a capsular tear. Hendricks says the injury is from years of usage, and he doesn’t think he is going to need surgery to fix the issue. NFL – National Football League – Preseason Week 2 Last Night New York Jets 24, Atlanta Falcons 16 Jets 24, Falcons 16 – Mariota, Ridder solid for Falcons in 24-16 loss to Jets Marcus Mariota led Atlanta to scores on two of his three drives in the Falcons’ 24-16 loss against mostly New York Jets backups. Mariota strengthened his hold on the starting job by going 6 of 10 for 132 yards and a touchdown to Olamide Zaccheaus before giving way to rookie Desmond Ridder with a 10-0 lead in the second quarter. Ridder went 10 of 13 for 143 yards and leading the Falcons to two field goals in three series. Fourth-stringer Chris Streveler led the Jets on two late touchdown drives to give New York the victory. The Jets’ Bradlee Anae returned a fumble 30 yards for a score. NCAAHKY – Michigan and Ohio State to face off outside in Cleveland The University of Michigan and rival Ohio State will face off against each other in an outdoor game to be held on Saturday February 18 at First Energy Stadium in Cleveland.  The game at the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns will be the 9th such outdoors game for the University of Michigan and first since the 2018-19 season when they defeated Norte Dame in South Bend at Notre Dame Stadium as part of the NHL’s Winter Classic.   The two teams will face each other two days prior in Columbus.  The game was announced as the 2022-23 Big Ten hockey schedule was made public.  Michigan has a 4-2-2 record in playing outside. WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association – 2022 Playoffs – Round 1 (best of 3) Tonight Chicago Sky at New York Liberty, 9:00 p.m.                                 (Series Tied 1-1) NCAAFB – Pick Six: Critical games dot the schedule as 2022 commences The college football schedule offers a weekly selection of marquee games between top teams, and some will hit the ground running this year. Two September 3 showdowns will shuffle the preseason Top 25 quickly as No. 5 Notre Dame and new coach Marcus Freeman play at No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Georgia, the defending national champion, plays No. 11 Oregon in Atlanta. Reaching across Power Five lines ends, eventually, and then long-held bitter rivalries take over later as teams grapple for championships and bowl positioning. Here are some of the premier matchups to anticipate. NCAAFB – Transfer portal provides more hits, fewer misses for coaches Mississippi, Southern California, LSU and Nebraska were among the most active teams recruiting players from the transfer portal ahead of the college football season. Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin sought experienced players who could fill immediate needs. USC’s Lincoln Riley and LSU’s Brian Kelly went in looking for star power as they attempt quick rebuilds. Nebraska’s Scott Frost is simply trying to save his job. The top-ranked portal class belongs to Riley at USC but Kiffin is right behind at No. 2. NCAAFB – 2 Indiana State football players among 3 killed in crash Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The crash happened at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a highway and struck a tree about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus. Those killed were identified as 18-year-old Christian Eubanks of Waukegan, Illinois; 19-year-old Jayden Musili of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and 19-year-old Caleb VanHooser of Liberty Township, Ohio. Eubanks was a freshman linebacker, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back. Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73 Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family says the former coach died in Lubbock after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Gaines made many stops in West Texas during a 30-year coaching career. He was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian. His 1988 team was chronicled in Buzz Bissinger’s bestselling book. It portrayed a program that favored football over academics but had a sympathetic view of Gaines. Tennis – Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has court case adjourned to October Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has not had to appear in an Australian court when a charge of common assault was listed for the first time. The 27-year-old Kyrgios was represented by his lawyer Michael Kukulies-Smith in the Australian Capital Territory Magistrates Court. He was not required to enter a plea or apply for bail. Magistrate Louise Taylor adjourned the case to Oct. 4. Kyrgios remains in the United States preparing for the U.S. Open which begins next week. The charge relates to an incident in January 2021 that was reported to Australian Capital Territory Police in December. Australian media has reported it involves Kyrgios’ former girlfriend. MILB – Midwest League Baseball Last Night No games last night Tonight South Bend Cubs at West Michigan Whitecaps, 6:35 p.m. Fort Wayne Tin Caps at Great Lakes Loons, 7:05 p.m. Lansing Lugnuts at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 7:40 p.m.   MHSAA – High School Sports Last Night Boys Soccer Andrews Academy 9, Our Lady of the Lake 1 Edwardsburg 9, Bangor 1 Schoolcraft 2, Watervliet 1 Allegan 8, Coloma 0 Bridgman 7, Saugatuck 1 Hartford 8, Niles 0 Howardsville Christian 6, Berrien Springs 2 South Haven 3, Constantine 2 Three Rivers 7, Cassopolis 1 Delton-Kellogg 8, Lawton 1 Plainwell 5, Dowagiac 2 Kal. Hackett 1, Kal. Christian 1 – TIE Gull Lake 7, Otsego 0 Vicksburg 8, Battle Creek Pennfield 0 Volleyball Buchanan 3, Cassopolis 0 Girls Golf SMAC West at Mattawan Team Standings Portage Northern    178 St. Joseph                180 Lakeshore                185 Portage Central       190 Mattawan                194 Top 10 Finishers KT Leinwand             (PN)      39 Charlotte Stenger      (MAT)   40 Abby Liddell               (PC)      41 Margaret Cox             (SJ)      42 Morgan Guzzo            (SJ)      43 Brook Randall         (PN)      43 Zoey Quinn              (PN)      44 Lydia Bixby               (LKS)    44 Natalia Najera         (LKS)    46 Grace Rommell         (SJ)      47 Paige Benedict         (LKS)    47 St. Joseph Margaret Cox    42 Morgan Guzzo   43 Grace Rommell   47 Clara Berry       48 Regan Igoe        51 Tess Kapelke      56 Lakeshore Lydia Bixby        44 Natalia Najera   46 Paige Benedict   47 Megan Wurster 48 Today Boys Soccer Our Lady of the Lake at Howardsville Christian, 6:00 p.m. Paw Paw at Bloomingdale, 6:00 p.m. Caledonia at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. Okemos at Portage Central, 6:30 p.m. Volleyball Berrien Springs at Coloma, 6:30 p.m. Comstock at Galesburg-Augusta, 6:00 p.m. Kalamazoo Heritage at Kalamazoo Hackett, 6:30 p.m. Battle Creek Academy at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. Niles at Hamilton Tournament, 4:00 p.m. Boys Tennis Kalamazoo Hackett at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:30 p.m. Girls Swimming and Diving Kalamazoo Central at St. Joseph, 6:00 p.m. Bridgman/Lakeshore at Portage Northern, 6:00 p.m. Cross Country St. Joseph Invitational, 4:30 p.m.                  (at Riverview Park) St. Joseph, Lakeshore, Kalamazoo Central, Kalamazoo Hackett, Kalamazoo Christian, Battle Creek Lakeview, Portage Northern, Mattawan, South Haven, Sturgis, Vicksburg, Berrien Springs, Holland Black River, Holland, Holland West Ottawa, Hudsonville, Saugatuck, GR South Christian, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Hobart (IN), Sturgis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night Detroit Tigers 3, Minnesota Twins 2 Toronto Blue Jays 8, Chicago White Sox 3 Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5 Tigers 3, Twins 2 – Daz Cameron's HR in 8th lifts surging Tigers past Twins 3-2 Daz Cameron hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning and the surging Detroit Tigers held on to beat the slumping Minnesota Twins 3-2. Cameron's 416-foot shot to left-center came off Emilio Pagan. Alex Lange gave up two walks and struck out one in the pivotal eighth inning and Gregory Soto earned his 10th save. AL Central-leading Minnesota has lost seven of 10 games and is still the division's only team with a winning record. The fourth-place Tigers have won seven of their last nine games after a poor start this season. Blue Jays 8 White Sox 3 – Manoah sharp as Blue Jays beat White Sox, win 8th straight Alek Manoah pitched into the eighth inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to eight games by beating the Chicago White Sox 8-3. Santiago Espinal had three hits and three RBIs as the surging Blue Jays won for the 12th time in 15 games. Chicago was swept in the three-game series and has lost six of eight. Manoah allowed three runs and six hits, walked one and struck out five in 7 2/3 innings. He's 9-0 with a 2.12 ERA in 13 career home starts. Cubs 7, Cardinals 5 – Schwindel, Contreras and Happ homer as Cubs top Cards 7-5 Frank Schwindel launched a long solo homer and doubled among his three hits and the Chicago Cubs topped the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 for their third straight victory. Willson Contreras went deep for the third time in four games and Ian Happ also homered to help Chicago end the Cardinals' three-game winning streak. St. Louis has also won five in a row at Wrigley Field dating to last July. Paul Goldschmidt doubled to extend his hitting streak to 24 games and reached safely for a career-best 38th consecutive game. Keegan Thompson allowed three runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings for a win in his fourth straight outing. Today St. Louis (Mikolas 3-3) at Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-4), 2:20 p.m. Detroit (Rodriguez 0-0) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-1), 7:05 p.m.               WSJM/WCSY 6:45 Chicago White Sox (Velasquez 2-3) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 5-2), 7:10 p.m. NBA – National Basketball Association – 2022 NBA Finals Last Night Boston Celtics 120, Golden State Warriors 108              (BOS Leads 1-0) Celtics 120, Warriors 108 – Celtics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals Jaylen Brown fueled a comeback charge and scored 24 points, Al Horford hit six 3-pointers and the Boston Celtics rode the most lopsided fourth quarter in NBA Finals history to a 120-108 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 1. Horford finished with 26 points and the Celtics outscored the Warriors 40-16 in the final 12 minutes after trailing by 15 points late in the third quarter. Boston made its first seven tries from long distance in the fourth and wound up 9 of 12 beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes as almost everybody got involved in the 3-point flurry. NBA – Silver says NBA likes 'parity of opportunity' for its teams Over the last three seasons, six franchises have reached the NBA Finals. The league has seen five Eastern Conference champions in the last five seasons. This will be the fourth consecutive year that the team which hoists the trophy won't be the same as the one who did the year before. Adam Silver likes all these numbers. The NBA Commissioner, in his annual pre-NBA Finals address Thursday night held just before Game 1 of the series between the Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics, repeated his familiar refrain that he doesn't care who wins. But he also sees the value in some unpredictability from one year to the next as far as which teams make it to the title round. NHL – National Hockey League – 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs...

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

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

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

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