BRADY DEMARS PITCHED A COMPLETE 7 INNINGS, FOR A ROSEAU AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL VICTORY OVER WARROAD 6-4. IT WAS THE BOTTOM HALF OF ROSEAU’S BATTING ORDER THAT DID MOST OF THE OFFENSIVE WORK, WITH LYLE LISELL, RACE KNOCHENMUS, GRANT HELGELAND, AND GAVIN GUNDERSON ALL DRIVING IN A RUN.
ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER TOOK A DEFENSIVE ZONE TURNOVER AND SCORED 78 SECONDS INTO OVERTIME TO GIVE THE ISLANDERS A 3-2 VICTORY AND FORCE A GAME 7 IN THE STANLEY CUP SEMIFINALS AGAINST TAMPA BAY. JORDAN EBERLE AND SCOTT MAYFIELD ALSO TALLIED AFTER THE LIGHTNING TOOK A 2-0 LEAD IN THE SECOND PERIOD.
NIKITA KUCHEROV WAS LOST IN THAT GAME TO INJURY, HIS STATUS IS UNCLEAR.
TRAE YOUNG PUMPED IN 48 POINTS AND THE ATLANTA HAWKS TOOK GAME 1 OF THE NBA’S EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BY DOWNING THE BUCKS, 116-113 IN MILWAUKEE.
NEW YORK METS FIRST BASEMAN PETE ALONSO SAYS HE WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE IN NEXT MONTH’S HOME RUN DERBY. ALONSO WON THE EVENT IN 2019 BY DEFEATING TORONTO’S VLADIMIR GUERRERO JR., 23-22 IN THE FINAL AT CLEVELAND. GUERRERO HAS DECIDED NOT TO TAKE PART IN THE UPCOMING DERBY, WHICH ALSO FEATURES ANGELS SLUGGING PITCHER SHOHEI OHTANI.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC AND ASH BARTY ARE THE TOP SEEDS IN THE MENS AND WOMENS DRAW WIMBELDON WHICH STARTS ON MONDAY.
THE NFL SAYS PLAYERS HAVE UNTIL JULY 2ND TO DECIDE IF THEY PLAN TO VOLUNTARILY OPT OUT OF THE SEASON DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS FROM THE PANDEMIC. THE LEAGUE HAS SAID THAT PLAYERS WHO VOLUNTARILY SIT OUT THIS YEAR, WILL NOT BE PAID A STIPEND, WHILE THOSE WHO CAN SHOW “HIGH RISK FACTORS” WILL BE PAID $350,000.
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