Odds
MLB
Favorite Line Underdog
Friday
American League
at NY Yankees -166/+140 Boston
at Cleveland -118/+100 Houston
Kansas City -188/+158 at Chicago WS
at Minnesota Off/Off Toronto
Seattle -146/+124 at LA Angels
at Athletics Off/Off Baltimore
National League
at Pittsburgh Off/Off Philadelphia
at Cincinnati Off/Off Arizona
at Milwaukee -148/+126 San Diego
at St. Louis Off/Off LA Dodgers
NY Mets -330/+265 at Colorado
Atlanta -136/+116 at San Fran.
Interleague
at Tampa Bay Off/Off Miami
at Washington Off/Off Texas
at Detroit Off/Off Chic. Cubs
NHL
Favorite Line Underdog
Friday
at Edmonton -126/+105 Florida
For the latest odds, go to BetMGM Sportsbook
MLB
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 39 23 .629 —
Philadelphia 37 24 .607 1 1/2
Washington 29 32 .475 9 1/2
Atlanta 27 34 .443 11 1/2
Miami 23 37 .383 15
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 38 23 .623 —
St. Louis 33 27 .550 4 1/2
Milwaukee 34 29 .540 5
Cincinnati 30 33 .476 9
Pittsburgh 23 39 .371 15 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 37 25 .597 —
San Diego 35 25 .583 1
San Francisco 34 28 .548 3
Arizona 31 31 .500 6
Colorado 12 50 .194 25
Wednesday’s games
Colorado 3, Miami 2
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 1
Pittsburgh 3, Houston 0
Washington 2, Chicago Cubs 0
Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1
Arizona 2, Atlanta 1
San Francisco 6, San Diego 5
N.Y. Mets 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd.
Thursday’s games
Arizona 11, Atlanta 10
Kansas City at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m., 1st game
Philadelphia at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.
San Diego at San Francisco, 3:45 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.
Houston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Washington, 6:45 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 7:45 p.m., 2nd game
Friday’s games
Miami (Cabrera 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Littell 5-5), 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (TBD) at Pittsburgh (Falter 4-3), 6:40 p.m.
Texas (Corbin 3-4) at Washington (Soroka 2-3), 6:45 p.m.
Arizona (TBD) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 4-4), 7:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Brown 3-3) at Detroit (Skubal 5-2), 7:10 p.m.
San Diego (Vásquez 3-4) at Milwaukee (Patrick 3-4), 8:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (TBD) at St. Louis (Gray 6-1), 8:15 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Senga 6-3) at Colorado (Senzatela 1-10), 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta (Schwellenbach 4-4) at San Francisco (Birdsong 3-1), 10:15 p.m.
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 37 23 .617 —
Tampa Bay 32 29 .525 5 1/2
Toronto 32 29 .525 5 1/2
Boston 30 34 .469 9
Baltimore 24 36 .400 13
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 41 22 .651 —
Minnesota 34 27 .557 6
Cleveland 33 27 .550 6 1/2
Kansas City 32 29 .525 8
Chicago 19 43 .306 21 1/2
West Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 33 28 .541 —
Seattle 32 28 .533 1/2
Texas 29 33 .468 4 1/2
Los Angeles 28 33 .459 5
Athletics 23 40 .365 11
Wednesday’s games
Boston 11, L.A. Angels 9
Pittsburgh 3, Houston 0
Toronto 2, Philadelphia 1
Cleveland 4, N.Y. Yankees 0
Tampa Bay 5, Texas 4
Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Baltimore 3, Seattle 2
Minnesota 6, Athletics 1
Kansas City at St. Louis, ppd.
Thursday’s games
Kansas City at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m., 1st game
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 3:07 p.m.
Minnesota at Athletics, 3:35 p.m.
Baltimore at Seattle, 3:40 p.m.
Houston at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Texas at Tampa Bay, 7:35 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 7:45 p.m., 2nd game
Friday’s games
Miami (Cabrera 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Littell 5-5), 1:10 p.m.
Texas (Corbin 3-4) at Washington (Soroka 2-3), 6:45 p.m.
Boston (Buehler 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Warren 3-3), 7:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Brown 3-3) at Detroit (Skubal 5-2), 7:10 p.m.
Houston (Gordon 0-1) at Cleveland (TBD), 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City (Lugo 3-5) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 2-6), 7:40 p.m.
Toronto (Gausman 5-4) at Minnesota (Ober 4-1), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Miller 2-4) at L.A. Angels (Hendricks 2-6), 9:38 p.m.
Baltimore (Kremer 5-5) at Athletics (Sears 4-5), 10:05 p.m.
Baseball
International League
W L Pct GB
Lehigh Valley (PHI) 42 17 .712 —
Nashville (MIL) 35 23 .603 6½
Jacksonville (MIA) 35 24 .593 7
Indianapolis (PIT) 32 25 .561 9
Memphis (STL) 32 25 .561 9
Durham (TB) 33 26 .559 9
Toledo (DET) 33 26 .559 9
Iowa (CHC) 30 26 .536 10½
St. Paul (MIN) 29 27 .518 11½
Worcester (BOS) 30 28 .517 11½
Charlotte (CHW) 28 31 .475 14
Syracuse (NYM) 28 31 .475 14
Scranton/W-B (NYY) 26 30 .464 14½
Columbus (CLE) 24 32 .429 16½
Louisville (CIN) 24 34 .414 17½
Buffalo (TOR) 23 34 .404 18
Omaha (KC) 23 34 .404 18
Gwinnett (ATL) 23 36 .390 19
Rochester (WAS) 22 35 .386 19
Norfolk (BAL) 22 36 .379 19½
Wednesday’s Games
Worcester 9, Rochester 1
Iowa 1, Omaha 0, 1st game
Iowa 4, Omaha 0, 2nd game
Syracuse 7, Buffalo 6
Norfolk 14, Louisville 10
Charlotte 8, Lehigh Valley 3
Columbus 5, Toledo 2
Jacksonville 7, Durham 4
Nashville 6, Gwinnett 2
Indianapolis 10, Memphis 3
St. Paul 7, Scranton/WB 5
Thursday’s Games
Rochester at Worcester, 6:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Syracuse, 6:35 p.m.
Norfolk at Louisville, 6:35 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Charlotte, 7:04 p.m.
Toledo at Columbus, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Jacksonville, 7:05 p.m.
Gwinnett at Nashville, 7:35 p.m.
Indianapolis at Memphis, 8:05 p.m.
Iowa at Omaha, 8:05 p.m.
Scranton/WB at St. Paul, 8:07 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Rochester at Worcester, 6:05 p.m.
Iowa at Omaha, 2, 6:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Charlotte, 6:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Syracuse, 6:35 p.m.
Toledo at Columbus, 7:05 p.m.
Durham at Jacksonville, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Louisville, 7:15 p.m.
Gwinnett at Nashville, 7:35 p.m.
Indianapolis at Memphis, 8:05 p.m.
Scranton/WB at St. Paul, 8:07 p.m.
Eastern League
Northeast W L Pct GB
Binghamton (NYM) 35 17 .673 --
Portland (BOS) 28 22 .560 6
Hartford (COL) 26 27 .491 9½
Somerset (NYY) 24 28 .462 11
New Hampshire (TOR) 23 30 .434 12½
Reading (PHI) 18 33 .353 16½
Southwest W L Pct GB
Erie (DET) 36 17 679 —
Akron (CLE) 35 18 .660 1
Harrisburg (WAS) 26 27 .491 10
Chesapeake (BAL) 24 28 .462 11½
Altoona (PIT) 24 29 .453 12
Richmond (SF) 15 38 .283 21
Wednesday’s Games
Binghamton 4, Somerset 3
Hartford 4, Portland 2
Erie 7, Richmond 6
Harrisburg 7, Reading 6
Akron 4, Chesapeake 2, 10 innings
New Hampshire 3, Altoona 0
Thursday’s Games
Hartford at Portland, 11 a.m.
Richmond at Erie, 6:05 p.m.
Somerset at Binghamton, 6:07 p.m.
Reading at Harrisburg, 6:30 p.m.
Chesapeake at Akron, 6:35 p.m.
Altoona at New Hampshire, 6:35 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Hartford at Portland, 6 p.m.
Altoona at New Hampshire, 6:35 p.m.
Richmond at Erie, 6:35 p.m.
Reading at Harrisburg, 7 p.m.
Chesapeake at Akron, 7:05 p.m.
Somerset at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Midwest League
East W L Pct GB
West Michigan (DET) 37 16 .698 —
Lansing (A’s) 30 23 .566 7
Great Lakes (LAD) 27 25 .519 9½
Fort Wayne (SD) 27 26 .509 10
Lake County (CLE) 26 27 .491 11
Dayton (CIN) 17 36 .321 20
West W L Pct GB
Quad Cities (KC) 33 19 .635 —
Cedar Rapids (MIN) 31 21 .596 2
Beloit (MIA) 27 26 .509 6½
Wisconsin (MIL) 26 27 .491 7½
Peoria (STL) 19 32 .373 13½
South Bend (CHC) 15 37 .288 18
Wednesday’s Games
Wisconsin 8, Cedar Rapids 2, 1st game
Cedar Rapids 15, Wisconsin 2, 2nd game
Lake County 4, West Michigan 1
Lansing 6, Dayton 3
Great Lakes at South Bend, ppd. to June 5
Fort Wayne 5, Beloit 3
Quad Cities at Peoria, ppd. to June 5
Thursday’s Games
Great Lakes at South Bend, 2, 6:05 p.m.
Lake County at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m.
Lansing at Dayton, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Beloit, 7:05 p.m.
Quad Cities at Peoria, 7:35 p.m.
Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin, 7:40 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Lake County at West Michigan, 6:35 p.m.
Lansing at Dayton, 7:05 p.m.
Great Lakes at South Bend, 7:05 p.m.
Fort Wayne at Beloit, 7:05 p.m.
Cedar Rapids at Wisconsin, 7:40 p.m.
Quad Cities at Peoria, 8:05 p.m.
NBA playoffs
FINALS
Oklahoma City vs. Indiana
Thursday, June 5: Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 8: Indiana at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 11: Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, June 13: Oklahoma City at Indiana, 8:30 p.m.
x-Monday, June 16: Indiana at Oklahoma City, TBA
x-Thursday, June 19: Oklahoma City at Indiana, TBA
x-Sunday, June 22: Indiana at Oklahoma City, TBA
NHL playoffs
FINALS
Edmonton 1, Florida 0
Wednesday, June 4: Edmonton 4, Florida 3, OT
Friday, June 6: Florida at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Monday, June 9: Edmonton at Florida, 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 12: Edmonton at Florida, 8 p.m.
x-Saturday, June 14: Florida at Edmonton, TBA
x-Tuesday, June 17: Edmonton at Florida, TBA
x-Friday, June 20: Florida at Edmonton, TBA
Oilers 4, Panthers 3, OT
Florida 2 1 0 0 — 3 Edmonton 1 1 1 1 — 4
First Period: 1, Edmonton, Draisaitl 8 (Walman, Kapanen), 1:06. 2, Florida, Bennett 11 (Tkachuk, Verhaeghe), 10:49. 3, Florida, Marchand 5 (Rodrigues, Schmidt), 12:30 (pp). Penalties: Perry, EDM (High Sticking), 6:53. Edmonton bench, served by Perry (Delay of Game), 10:49. Lundell, FLA (Interference), 12:40. Perry, EDM (Tripping), 12:46. Ekblad, FLA (Holding), 13:04.
Second Period: 4, Florida, Bennett 12 (Schmidt, Verhaeghe), 2:00. 5, Edmonton, Arvidsson 2 (Podkolzin, Bouchard), 3:17. Penalties: Rodrigues, FLA (High Sticking), 18:47.
Third Period: 6, Edmonton, Ekholm 1 (McDavid, Kapanen), 6:33. Penalties: None.
Overtime: 7, Edmonton, Draisaitl 9 (McDavid, Perry), 19:29 (pp). Penalties: Nosek, FLA (Delay of Game), 18:17.
Shots on goal: Florida 7-17-2-6: 32. Edmonton 14-8-14-10: 46.
Power-play opportunities: Florida 1 of 2. Edmonton 1 of 4.
Goalies: Florida, Bobrovsky 12-6-0 (46 shots-42 saves). Edmonton, Skinner 7-4-0 (32-29).
A: 18,347 (18,641). T: 3:24.
Referees: Francis Charron, Wes McCauley; Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Trent Knorr.
Tennis
French Open
Thursday
At Paris
Surface: Red clay
Women’s Singles
Semifinals
Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Iga Swiatek (5), Poland, 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-0.
Coco Gauff (2), United States, def. Lois Boisson, France, 6-1, 6-2.
Men’s Doubles
Semifinals
Marcel Granollers, Spain, and Horacio Zeballos (5), Argentina, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, and Hugo Nys (16), Monaco, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4.
Mixed Doubles
Championship
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori (3), Italy, def. Evan King and Taylor Townsend (4), United States, 6-4, 6-2.
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
New York 7 0 100 —
Atlanta 5 2 .714 2
Indiana 3 4 .429 4
Washington 3 5 .375 4 1/2
Chicago 2 4 .333 4 1/2
Connecticut 1 6 .143 6
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 8 0 100 —
Las Vegas 4 2 .667 3
Phoenix 5 3 .625 3
Seattle 4 4 .500 4
Golden State 2 4 .333 5
Los Angeles 2 6 .250 6
Dallas 1 7 .125 7
Wednesday’s games
No games scheduled.
Thursday’s games
New York at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Golden State at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Friday’s games
Atlanta at Connecticut, 7:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Las Vegas at Golden State, 3 p.m.
Indiana at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Seattle at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Connecticut at Washington, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 4 p.m.
MLS
Eastern Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 10 3 4 34 32 18
Cincinnati 9 5 3 30 25 24
Miami 8 3 5 29 36 27
Nashville 8 4 5 29 30 21
Columbus 7 3 7 28 27 24
NY R. Bulls 8 6 3 27 28 19
Orlando 7 4 6 27 31 22
Charlotte 8 8 1 25 28 27
NYC 7 6 4 25 20 20
N. England 6 4 5 23 19 14
Chicago 6 5 4 22 28 28
D.C. United 4 7 6 18 16 29
Atlanta 4 8 5 17 21 30
Toronto 3 10 4 13 18 24
Montréal 1 11 5 8 12 32
Western Conference
W L T Pts GF GA
Vancouver 9 1 5 32 27 12
San Diego 9 5 3 30 29 18
Minnesota 8 3 6 30 26 16
Seattle 7 5 5 26 25 22
Portland 7 4 5 26 25 22
LA 6 4 5 23 27 22
San Jose 6 7 4 22 34 28
Colorado 6 6 4 22 18 22
Houston 5 7 5 20 22 25
Austin 5 7 5 20 11 20
Dallas 4 6 6 18 18 26
Kansas City 4 8 4 16 25 28
Salt Lake 4 10 3 15 16 25
St Louis City 3 8 5 14 13 21
LA Galaxy 1 12 4 7 15 36
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Saturday, June 7
Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Austin FC at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 8
St Louis City at Portland, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 9 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at Los Angeles FC, 9 p.m.
Thursday, June 12
Atlanta at New York City FC, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, June 13
Toronto FC at Los Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 14
LA Galaxy at St Louis City, 4:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte FC at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Austin FC, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
CF Montréal at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
San Diego FC at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando City at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Real Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
NWSL
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 8 2 0 24 22 7
San Diego 6 2 2 20 21 12
Orlando 6 3 1 19 18 8
Washington 6 3 1 19 18 16
Portland 4 2 4 16 16 11
Seattle 4 4 2 14 9 9
Angel City 4 4 2 14 17 19
Louisville 4 4 2 14 12 16
Gotham 3 4 3 12 12 10
N. Carolina 3 4 3 12 13 15
Bay 3 4 3 12 12 14
Houston 3 5 2 11 10 16
Utah Royals 1 7 2 5 8 19
Chicago 1 8 1 4 6 22
Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Friday, June 6
Utah Royals FC at Louisville, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m.
Saturday, June 7
Kansas City at Gotham FC, 1 p.m.
Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Portland at Bay FC, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Angel City, 10 p.m.
Sunday, June 8
North Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB
American League
ATHLETICS: Designated 1B CJ Alexander for assignment. Reinstated LHP T.J. McFarland from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Justin Sterner to Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned RHP Elvis Alvarado to Las Vegas. Reinstated RHP Michael Kelly from the suspended list.
BOSTON RED SOX: Sent C Blake Sabol outright to Worcester (IL).
CHICAGO WHITE SOX: Recalled RHP Owen White from Charlotte (IL). Optioned RHP Caleb Freeman to Charlotte. Agreed to terms with RHP Alexander Martinez on a minor league contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS: Transferred RHP Hunter Harvey from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. Recalled RHP Andrew Hoffmann from Omaha (IL). Selected the contract of RHP Thomas Hatch from Omaha.
MINNESOTA TWINS: Recalled RHP David Festa from St. Paul (IL). Placed RHP Pablo López on the 15-day IL.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Designated RHP Scott McGough for assignment. Reinstated LHP Andrew Saalfrank from the ineligible list and optioned him to ACL Diamondbacks.
COLORADO ROCKIES: Optioned RHP Angel Chivilli to Albuquerque (PCL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS: Recalled RHP Riley O’Brien from Memphis (IL).
FOOTBALL
NFL
BALTIMORE RAVENS: Signed WR Rashod Bateman to a three-year contract extension.
MIAMI DOLPHINS: Signed DT Ben Stille to a contract.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS: Released DB Joshua Bledsoe.
On this date
June 6
1919: Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six lengths, covering the distance in 59 seconds.
1924: Cyril Walker captures the U.S. Open with a three-stroke victory over Bobby Jones.
1936: Granville, ridden by James Stout, wins the Belmont Stakes by a neck over Mr. Bones. Bold Venture, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, does not run in the race.
1946: The National Basketball Association is founded at the Commodore Hotel in New York.
1966: NFL & AFL announce their merger.
1969: Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar.
1976: 30th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Phoenix Suns, 4 games to 2.
1981: Summing, ridden by George Martins, wins the Belmont Stakes, spoiling Pleasant Colony’s Triple Crown bid.
1987: Bet Twice, ridden by Craig Perret, breezes to a 14-length victory in the Belmont Stakes to deny Alysheba the Triple Crown. Alysheba is a distant fourth.
1987: West Germany’s Steffi Graf, eight days shy of her 18th birthday, becomes the youngest women’s champion of the French Open when she beats Martina Navratilova 6-4, 4-6, 8-6.
1992: NY Mets first baseman Eddie Murray records his 1,510th run batted in during 15-1 thrashing of Pittsburgh Pirates to pass Mickey Mantle as all-time RBI leader among MLB switch-hitters.
1998: Real Quiet is denied the Triple Crown when Victory Gallop edges him at the wire in the Belmont Stakes.
1999: Andre Agassi rallies to win the French Open and become the fifth man to complete a career Grand Slam. After losing the first two sets, Agassi surges back to beat Andrei Medvedev 1-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Agassi won the 1992 Wimbledon, 1994 U.S. Open and 1995 Australian Open.
1999: Juli Inkster wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a 16-under 272, the lowest 72-hole score in the championship’s 54-year history.
2007: The Anaheim Ducks capture the Stanley Cup with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators, ending the series in five games.
2007: Trevor Hoffman becomes the first major leaguer with 500 career saves when he closes out the San Diego Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
2010: Rafael Nadal wins his fifth French Open title and avenges his lone Roland Garros defeat, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improves to 38-1 at Roland Garros, with the only loss to Soderling in the fourth round a year ago.
2011: The Bowl Championship Series strips the Southern California Trojans of their 2004 title, leaving that season without a BCS champion. BCS officials vacated the championship after the Trojans were hit with heavy NCAA sanctions last year for rules violations committed during the 2004 and ‘05 seasons.
2015: American Pharoah leads all the way to win the Belmont Stakes by 5½ lengths, becoming the first horse in 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The bay colt, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Victor Espinoza, is the 12th horse and first since Affirmed in 1978 to win the Triple Crown.
2015: Serena Williams overcomes a mid-match lull and a third-set deficit to win her third French Open title and 20th major singles trophy by beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-2.
2015: Tiger Woods hits a new low with the highest score of his career — an 85 in the Memorial at Muirfield Village, the course where he has won eight times. Woods ends his front nine of the third round with back-to-back double bogeys and finishes with a quadruple-bogey 8.
2015: UEFA Champions League Final, Berlin: FC Barcelona beats Juventus, 3-1 for 5th title and second treble (Spanish La Liga & Cup champions).
2018: LeBron James passes Michael Jordan’s record of 109 for the most 30-point games in NBA playoff history in a 110-102 loss to the Golden State Warriors.
2023: In a stunning development, the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and LIV Golf League agree to unify to create its own for-profit entity to be run by the PGA Tour and funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund.
Motorsports
NASCAR Cup Series Schedule
Feb. 2: Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray (Chase Elliott)
Feb. 13: x-Duel 1 at DAYTONA (Bubba Wallace)
Feb. 13: x-Duel 2 at DAYTONA (Austin Cindric)
Feb. 16: DAYTONA 500 (William Byron)
Feb. 23: Ambetter Health 400 (Christopher Bell)
March 2: EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix (Christopher Bell)
March 9: Shriners Children’s 500 (Christopher Bell)
March 16: Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube (Josh Berry)
March 23: Straight Talk Wireless 400 (Kyle Larson)
March 30: Cook Out 400 (Denny Hamlin)
April 6: Goodyear 400 (Denny Hamlin)
April 13: Food City 500 (Kyle Larson)
April 27: Jack Link’s 500 (Austin Cindric)
May 4: Würth 400 presented by LIQUI MOLY (Joey Logano)
May 11: AdventHealth 400 (Kyle Larson)
May 17: x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 1 (Brad Keselowski)
May 17: x-NASCAR All-Star Race Heat 2 (Christopher Bell)
May 18: x-NASCAR All-Star Open (Carson Hocevar)
May 18: NASCAR All-Star Race (Christopher Bell)
May 25: Coca-Cola 600 (Ross Chastain)
June 1: Cracker Barrel 400 (Ryan Blaney)
June 8: Firekeepers Casino 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
June 15: Viva Mexico 250, Mexico City
June 22: The Great American Getaway 400 Presented by VISITPA.COM, Long Pond, Pa.
June 28: Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart, Hampton, Ga.
July 6: Grant Park 165, Chicago
July 13: Toyota / Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.
July 20: Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400, Dover, Del.
July 27: Brickyard 400, Speedway, Ind.
Aug. 3: Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, Newton, Iowa
Aug. 10: Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Aug. 16: Cook Out 400, Richmond, Va.
Aug. 23: Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.
Aug. 31: Cook Out Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.
Sept. 7: Enjoy Illinois 300, Madison, Ill.
Sept. 13: Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.
Sept. 21: NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Race at New Hampshire, Loudon, N.H.
Sept. 28: Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.
Oct. 5: Bank of America ROVAL 400, Concord, N.C.
Oct. 12: South Point 400, Las Vegas
Oct. 19: YellaWood 500, Talladega, Ala.
Oct. 26: Xfinity 500, Ridgeway, Va.
Nov. 2: NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Avondale, Ariz.
x-non-points race
NASCAR Cup Series Points Leaders
1. William Byron 547
2. Kyle Larson 499
3. Christopher Bell 459
4. Denny Hamlin 443
5. Chase Elliott 442
6. Tyler Reddick 429
7. Ryan Blaney 417
8. Joey Logano 380
9. Ross Chastain 377
10. Bubba Wallace 343
11. Chase Briscoe 342
12. Alex Bowman 334
13. Austin Cindric 303
14. Chris Buescher 297
15. Kyle Busch 291
16. Ryan Preece 289
17. Carson Hocevar 287
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 285
19. AJ Allmendinger 284
20. Josh Berry 278
21. Michael McDowell 278
22. John H. Nemechek 267
23. Todd Gilliland 261
24. Erik Jones 259
25. Zane Smith 255
26. Austin Dillon 252
27. Ty Gibbs 236
28. Daniel Suárez 231
29. Justin Haley 218
30. Ty Dillon 217
31. Noah Gragson 214
32. Brad Keselowski 194
33. Shane Van Gisbergen 173
34. Cole Custer 173
35. Riley Herbst 173
36. Cody Ware 84
37. Jimmie Johnson 35
38. Corey LaJoie 24
39. Katherine Legge 7
40. Derek Kraus 5
41. Chad Finchum 3
42. Casey Mears 2
43. Burt Myers 1
44. Martin Truex Jr 1
Formula One Schedule
March 16: Australian Grand Prix 2025 (Lando Norris)
March 23: Chinese Grand Prix 2025 (Oscar Piastri)
April 6: Japanese Grand Prix 2025 (Max Verstappen)
April 13: Bahrain Grand Prix 2025 (Oscar Piastri)
April 20: Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2025 (Oscar Piastri)
May 4: Miami Grand Prix 2025 (Oscar Piastri)
May 18: Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2025 (Max Verstappen)
May 25: Monaco Grand Prix 2025 (Lando Norris)
June 1: Spanish Grand Prix 2025 (Oscar Piastri)
June 15: Canadian Grand Prix 2025, Montreal.
June 29: Austrian Grand Prix 2025, Spielberg, Austria.
July 6: British Grand Prix 2025, Silverstone.
July 27: Belgian Grand Prix 2025, Spa-Francorchamps.
Aug. 3: Hungarian Grand Prix 2025, Budapest.
Aug. 31: Dutch Grand Prix 2025, Zandvoort, Netherlands.
Sept. 7: Italian Grand Prix 2025, Monza.
Sept. 21: Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2025, Baku.
Oct. 5: Singapore Grand Prix 2025, Singapore City.
Oct. 19: United States Grand Prix 2025, Austin, Texas.
Oct. 26: Gran Premio de Mexico 2025, Mexico City.
Nov. 9: Sao Paulo Grand Prix 2025, Sao Paulo.
Nov. 23: Las Vegas Grand Prix 2025, Las Vegas.
Nov. 30: Qatar Grand Prix 2025, Doha, Qatar.
Dec. 7: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2025, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Formula One Points Leaders
1. Oscar Piastri 186
2. Lando Norris 176
3. Max Verstappen 137
4. George Russell 111
5. Charles Leclerc 94
6. Lewis Hamilton 71
7. Andrea Kimi Antonelli 48
8. Alexander Albon 42
9. Isack Hadjar 21
10. Esteban Ocon 20
11. Nico Hulkenberg 16
12. Lance Stroll 14
13. Carlos Sainz Jr. 12
14. Pierre Gasly 11
15. Yuki Tsunoda 10
16. Oliver Bearman 6
17. Liam Lawson 4
18. Fernando Alonso 2
19. Gabriel Bortoleto 0
20. Jack Doohan 0
21. Franco Colapinto 0
IndyCar Schedule
March 2: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (Alex Palou)
March 23: The Thermal Club Indycar Grand Prix (Alex Palou)
April 13: Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach (Kyle Kirkwood)
May 4: Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix (Alex Palou)
May 10: Sonsio Grand Prix (Alex Palou)
May 25: 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 (Alex Palou)
June 1: Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix (Kyle Kirkwood)
June 14: Bommarito Automotive Group 500, Madison, Ill.
June 22: XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, Plymouth, Wis.
July 6: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Lexington, Ohio.
July 12: Indycar Race Weekend Race 1, Newton, Iowa.
July 13: Indycar Race Weekend Race 2, Newton, Iowa.
July 20: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto, Toronto.
July 27: Indycar Grand Prix of Monterey, Monterey, Calif.
Aug. 10: BITNILE.COM Grand Prix of Portland, Portland, Ore.
Aug. 24: Snap-on Milwaukee Mile 250, Milwaukee.
Aug. 31: Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, Lebanon, Tenn.
IndyCar Points Leaders
1. Alex Palou 311
2. Pato O’Ward 221
3. Kyle Kirkwood 209
4. Christian Lundgaard 205
5. Felix Rosenqvist 175
5. Will Power 175
7. Scott Dixon 173
8. Scott McLaughlin 164
9. Colton Herta 157
10. Santino Ferrucci 144
11. Marcus Armstrong 131
12. David Malukas 126
12. Josef Newgarden 126
14. Alexander Rossi 124
15. Graham Rahal 115
16. Rinus VeeKay 110
17. Christian Rasmussen 102
18. Kyffin Simpson 97
19. Conor Daly 96
19. Marcus Ericsson 96
21. Nolan Siegel 93
22. Robert Shwartzman 79
23. Sting Ray Robb 78
24. Louis Foster 76
25. Devlin DeFrancesco 71
26. Callum Ilott 50
27. Jacob Abel 40
28. Takuma Sato 36
29. Helio Castroneves 20
30. Ed Carpenter 16
31. Jack Harvey 12
32. Ryan Hunter-Reay 10
33. Kyle Larson 6
34. Marco Andretti 5
Golf
PGA Tour Schedule
Jan. 2-5: The Sentry (Hideki Matsuyama)
Jan. 9-12: Sony Open in Hawaii (Nick Taylor)
Jan. 16-19: The American Express (Sepp Straka)
Jan. 22-25: Farmers Insurance Open (Harris English)
Jan. 30-Feb. 2: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Rory McIlroy)
Feb. 6-9: WM Phoenix Open (Thomas Detry)
Feb. 13-16: The Genesis Invitational (Ludvig Aberg)
Feb. 20-23: Mexico Open at VidantaWorld (Brian Campbell)
Feb. 27-March 2: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches (Joe Highsmith)
March 6-9: Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard (Russell Henley)
March 6-9: Puerto Rico Open (Karl Vilips)
March 13-17: THE PLAYERS Championship (Rory McIlroy)
March 20-23: Valspar Championship (Viktor Hovland)
March 27-30: Texas Children’s Houston Open (Min Woo Lee)
April 3-6: Valero Texas Open (Brian Harman)
April 10-13: Masters Tournament (Rory McIlroy)
April 17-20: RBC Heritage (Justin Thomas)
April 17-20: Corales Puntacana Championship (Garrick Higgo)
April 24-27: Zurich Classic of New Orleans (B.Griffin/A.Novak)
May 1-4: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson (Scottie Scheffler)
May 8-11: Truist Championship (Sepp Straka)
May 8-11: ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic (Ryan Fox)
May 15-18: PGA Championship (Scottie Scheffler)
May 22-25: Charles Schwab Challenge (Ben Griffin)
May 29-June 1: the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday (Scottie Scheffler)
June 5-8: RBC Canadian Open, Alton, Ontario
June 12-15: U.S. Open, Oakmont, Pa.
June 19-22: Travelers Championship, Cromwell, Conn.
June 26-29: Rocket Classic, Detroit
July 3-6: John Deere Classic, Silvis, Ill.
July 10-13: Genesis Scottish Open, North Berwick, United Kingdom
July 10-13: ISCO Championship, Louisville, Ky.
July 17-20: The Open Championship, Portrush, United Kingdom
July 17-20: Barracuda Championship, Truckee, Calif.
July 24-27: 3M Open, Blaine, Minn.
July 31-Aug. 3: Wyndham Championship, Greensboro, N.C.
Aug. 7-10: FedEx St. Jude Championship, Memphis, Tenn.
Aug. 14-17: BMW Championship, Owings Mills, Md.
Aug. 21-24: TOUR Championship, Atlanta
Sept. 11-14: Procore Championship, Napa, Calif.
Sept. 26-28: Ryder Cup, Farmingdale, N.Y.
Oct. 2-5: Sanderson Farms Championship, Jackson, Miss.
Oct. 9-12: Baycurrent Classic, Kanagawa, Japan
Oct. 23-26: Black Desert Championship, Ivins, Utah
Nov. 6-9: World Wide Technology Championship, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Nov. 13-16: Butterfield Bermuda Championship, Southampton, Bermuda
Nov. 20-23: The RSM Classic, Sea Island, Ga.
Dec. 4-7: Hero World Challenge, Nassau, Bahamas
Dec. 12-14: Grant Thornton Invitational, Naples, Fla.
PGA Tour Statistics
FedExCup Season Points
1, Scottie Scheffler, 3,501. 2, Rory McIlroy, 2,666. 3, Sepp Straka, 2,479. 4, Justin Thomas, 2,071. 5, Ben Griffin, 1,903. 6, Russell Henley, 1,706. 7, Maverick McNealy, 1,514. 8, Andrew Novak, 1,512. 9, Corey Conners, 1,439. 10, Harris English, 1,379.
Scoring Average
1, Scottie Scheffler, 68.647. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.219. 3, Sepp Straka, 69.878. 4, Thorbjorn Olesen, 69.897. 5, Keith Mitchell, 70.043. 6, Tommy Fleetwood, 70.082. 7, Alex Smalley, 70.117. 8, Bud Cauley, 70.186. 9, Justin Thomas, 70.253. 10, Shane Lowry, 70.272.
Driving Distance
1, Aldrich Potgieter, 326.6. 2, Niklas Norgaard, 320. 3, Rory McIlroy, 319.3. 4, Jesper Svensson, 316.7. 5, Michael Thorbjornsen, 316. 6, Kurt Kitayama, 315.6. 7, Min Woo Lee, 314.7. 8, 3 tied with 314.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
1, Aaron Rai, 73.43%. 2, Collin Morikawa, 72.87%. 3, Paul Peterson, 71.24%. 4, Ben Kohles, 71.21%. 5, Takumi Kanaya, 70.95%. 6, Andrew Putnam, 69.07%. 7, Lucas Glover, 68.87%. 8, Sungjae Im, 68.67%. 9, Sepp Straka, 68.52%. 10, Daniel Berger, 68.27%.
Total Driving
1, Rico Hoey, 73. 2, Alex Smalley, 80. 3 (tie), Kevin Roy and Michael Thorbjornsen, 91. 5, Taylor Pendrith, 92. 6, Erik van Rooyen, 94. 7, Thomas Rosenmueller, 95. 8, Scottie Scheffler, 98. 9, 2 tied with 101.
SG-Putting
1, Sam Burns, 1.050. 2, Brandt Snedeker, .826. 3, Sam Ryder, .787. 4, Harry Hall, .785. 5, Nico Echavarria, .746. 6, Rory McIlroy, .627. 7, Denny McCarthy, .619. 8, Jacob Bridgeman, .617. 9, Sami Valimaki, .557. 10, Quade Cummins, .534.
Birdie Average
1, Sepp Straka, 4.72. 2, Justin Thomas, 4.7. 3, Collin Morikawa, 4.55. 4, Niklas Norgaard, 4.53. 5, Akshay Bhatia, 4.48. 6, Harry Hall, 4.47. 7, Scottie Scheffler, 4.46. 8, Keith Mitchell, 4.44. 9, Sam Burns, 4.33. 10, Matti Schmid, 4.32.
Eagles (Holes per)
1, David Skinns, 63. 2, Rory McIlroy, 64. 3, Alejandro Tosti, 66. 4, Steven Fisk, 67.1. 5, Cam Davis, 79.2. 6, Charley Hoffman, 85.5. 7, Scottie Scheffler, 86.4. 8, Antoine Rozner, 87.8. 9, Ryan Gerard, 90. 10, Kevin Yu, 91.8.
All-Around Ranking
1, Scottie Scheffler, 190. 2, Sepp Straka, 257. 3, Keith Mitchell, 282. 4, Rory McIlroy, 292. 5, Alex Smalley, 308. 6, Justin Thomas, 326. 7, Patrick Cantlay, 362. 8, Keegan Bradley, 411. 9, Jordan Spieth, 414. 10, Si Woo Kim, 415.
LPGA Tour Schedule
Jan. 30-Feb. 2: Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions (A Lim Kim)
Feb. 6-9: Founders Cup (Yealimi Noh)
Feb. 20-23: Honda LPGA Thailand (Angel Yin)
Feb. 27-March 2: HSBC Women’s World Championship (Lydia Ko)
March 6-9: Blue Bay LPGA (Rio Takeda)
March 27-30: Ford Championship presented by Wild Horse Pass (Hyo Joo Kim)
April 2-6: T-Mobile Match Play presented by MGM Rewards (Madelene Sagstrom)
April 17-20: JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro (Ingrid Lindblad)
April 24-27: The Chevron Championship (Mao Saigo)
May 1-4: Black Desert Championship presented by Greater Zion (Hae-Ran Ryu)
May 8-11: Mizuho Americas Open (Jeeno Thitikul)
May 22-25: MEXICO Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba (Chisato Iwai)
May 29-June 1: U.S. Women’s Open presented by Ally (Maja Stark)
June 6-8: ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, Galloway, N.J.
June 12-15: Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, Belmont, Mich.
June 19-22: KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Frisco, Texas
June 26-29: Dow Championship, Midland, Mich.
July 10-13: Amundi Evian Championship, Evian-les-Bains, France
July 24-27: ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open, Troon, United Kingdom
July 31-Aug. 3: AIG Women’s Open, Bridgend, United Kingdom
Aug. 14-17: The Standard Portland Classic, Portland, Ore.
Aug. 21-24: CPKC Women’s Open, Mississauga, Ontario
Aug. 28-31: FM Championship, Norton, Mass.
Sept. 11-14: Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G, Maineville, Ohio
Sept. 19-21: Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G, Rogers, Ark.
Oct. 1-4: LOTTE Championship presented by Hoakalei, Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Oct. 9-12: Buick LPGA Shanghai, Shanghai
Oct. 16-19: BMW Ladies Championship, TBD
Oct. 30-Nov. 2: Maybank Championship, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nov. 6-9: TOTO Japan Classic, Otsu, Japan
Nov. 13-16: The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican, Belleair, Fla.
Nov. 20-23: CME Group Tour Championship, Naples, Fla.
Dec. 12-14: Grant Thornton Invitational, Naples, Fla.
LPGA Tour Statistics
Scoring
1, Nelly Korda, 69.14. 2, Jeeno Thitikul, 69.2. 3, Yealimi Noh, 69.53. 4, Angel Yin, 69.63. 5, Jin Young Ko, 69.93. 6, Hyo Joo Kim, 69.97. 7, Rio Takeda, 70.02. 8, Somi Lee, 70.03. 9, 2 tied with 70.09.
Driving Distance
1, Polly Mack, 290.28. 2, Julia Lopez Ramirez, 286.77. 3, Auston Kim, 285.76. 4, Emily Kristine Pedersen, 283.34. 5, Weiwei Zhang, 281.13. 6, Maude-Aimee Leblanc, 278.68. 7, Bailey Tardy, 278.42. 8, Nelly Korda, 278.41. 9, Bianca Pagdanganan, 277.31. 10, Madison Young, 277.28.
Greens in Regulation
1 (tie), Yealimi Noh and Haeran Ryu, .78%. 3 (tie), Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Rio Takeda, .77%. 5 (tie), Allisen Corpuz, Hannah Green and Rose Zhang, .76%. 8, 3 tied with .75%.
Putts per GIR
1, Jeeno Thitikul, 1.69. 2 (tie), Minami Katsu and Yahui Zhang, 1.7. 4 (tie), Yuka Saso and Angel Yin, 1.73. 6, 8 tied with 1.74.
Birdies
1, Celine Boutier, 170. 2, Rio Takeda, 166. 3, Ayaka Furue, 155. 4, A Lim Kim, 152. 5, Auston Kim, 147. 6, Esther Henseleit, 145. 7 (tie), Minami Katsu and Jeeno Thitikul, 144. 9, 2 tied with 142.
Eagles
1 (tie), Stephanie Kyriacou, Mi Hyang Lee, Yealimi Noh, Rio Takeda, Chanettee Wannasaen and Angel Yin, 6. 7, 5 tied with 5.
Sand Save Percentage
1, Madelene Sagstrom, .70%. 2, Kumkang Park, .69%. 3 (tie), Miyu Yamashita and Xiaowen Yin, .67%. 5, Lydia Ko, .63%. 6 (tie), Mary Liu and Jenny Shin, .62%. 8, Danielle Kang, .61%. 9, Ariya Jutanugarn, .60%. 10, Jin Hee Im, .59%.
Rounds Under Par
1, Rio Takeda, .73%. 2, Celine Boutier, .62%. 3, Somi Lee, .72%. 4, Ayaka Furue, .65%. 5, Sarah Schmelzel, .62%. 6, Mi Hyang Lee, .63%. 7, Angel Yin, .75%. 8 (tie), Hye-Jin Choi and Mao Saigo, .71%. 10 (tie), Yealimi Noh and Jeeno Thitikul, .77%. 12, Ruoning Yin, .72%. 13, Jin Hee Im, .61%.
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