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MLB – Major League Baseball
Last Night
2016 MLB All Star Game – Petco Park, San Diego, CA
American League 4, National League 2
AL 4, NL 2 – Hosmer, Perez lift AL to 4-2 All-Star win, Series home field
Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez made sure the Kansas City Royals will start at home, sweet, home if they get a chance to defend their World Series title. The Royals duo homered off former Kansas City teammate Johnny Cueto during a six-pitch span in the second inning, Hosmer added an RBI single and the American League beat the Nationals 4-2 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win in the All-Star game. David Ortiz found himself in the middle of the most touching moment at Petco Park, embraced by his AL teammates near first base after exiting his final All-Star Game. The popular Big Papi plans to retire at 40 after this season with Boston. Kris Bryant of the Cubs led the parade of sparkling young talent with a first-inning home run. Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera went 0-1 at the plate.
MLB – MLB doesn’t think minor leaguers should get overtime
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says a lawsuit by minor leaguers claiming they don’t earn minimum wage shows the “irrationality” of applying standard workplace rules to ballplayers. Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos introduced legislation last month that would amend fair labor laws to exempt the minors from such rules but has since withdrawn her backing for the proposal.
MLB – A’s to stay in Oakland
The Athletics’ search for a new ballpark will be confined to Oakland, although Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says the exact site is up to team owners. The A’s considered building a ballpark in the southeast bay city of Fremont and then scrapped that plan in 2009. They hoped to move to San Jose but were blocked by the San Francisco Giants, whose territory includes that Silicon Valley city.
NBA – Pistons sign Boban Marjanovic to $21 million, 3-year deal
The Detroit Pistons have signed center Boban Marjanovic to a $21 million, three-year contract. Detroit announced the deal Tuesday after the San Antonio Spurs didn’t match Detroit’s offer for the restricted free agent. Marjanovic, who turns 28 in August, averaged 5.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 9.4 minutes in 54 games last season for the Spurs in his first NBA season. He scored a career-high 22 points in April against Dallas. He was the first player in San Antonio history to have at least 12 rebounds in 15 or fewer minutes in December against Phoenix. The 7-foot-3, 290-pound Marjanovic is a three-time MVP of the Serbian Super League.
NBA – No decision on All-Star game
NBA owners have yet to reach a decision on whether to move next year’s All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina’s law limiting protections for LGBT people. However, Commissioner Adam Silver said that the league realizes a decision has to come fairly quickly. He said once again that the law is inconsistent with the values of the league, and he was disappointed North Carolina legislators didn’t modify it enough to make the discussion moot.
NBA – Popovich on Duncan retirement: “Irreplaceable”
Gregg Popovich bade an emotional farewell to Tim Duncan’s playing career. The longtime San Antonio coach called the now-retired Spurs star the best teammate anyone could have known. Sounding as if he were choking up at times and wearing a T-shirt with Duncan’s face printed on the front, Popovich spoke at the Spurs’ practice facility in San Antonio. Duncan announced his retirement after 19 seasons on Monday. Popovich called the five-time NBA champion: “Irreplaceable” Pop and Duncan teamed for five NBA championships during Duncan’s run.
WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Today
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Sparks at Chicago Sky, 12:30 p.m.
WNBA – Lynx players ditch BLM t-shirts
Minnesota Lynx players did not wear T-shirts supporting the Black Lives Matter movement ahead of Tuesday’s game in San Antonio. That came after four off-duty police officers walked away from security jobs at a Lynx game over the weekend because of the garb. The shirts worn before Saturday’s game in Minneapolis listed the names of two black men fatally shot by police in Minnesota and Louisiana. The shirts also showed the Dallas police shield above the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” Five officers in Dallas were fatally shot last Thursday by a sniper during a protest over the two slayings. In a statement, Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau was critical of the officers that walked off the job. Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he commends the officers.
Olympics – Golf – McIlroy disses golf at Olympics
Rory McIlroy is not only not going to golf at the Olympics, he probably won’t even watch it. McIlroy is one of the top four golfers in the world to skip the game’s return to the Olympics for the first time since 1902. McIlroy says he’ll likely watch athletics, swimming and diving. He called those sports “the stuff that matters.” McIlroy goes on to say he didn’t become a golfer “to grow the game.” That’s one of the reasons often cited by boosters of Olympic golf as a reason to
support their efforts. He says his main goal is to win major championships.
Olympics – Women’s Soccer – Lloyd tops US soccer squad
World Cup hero Carli Lloyd heads up the U.S. women’s soccer team for the Rio Olympics. She has scored the gold-medal winning goal for the Americans in the last two Olympics. Among others named to the squad are goalkeeper Hope Solo, three-time Olympian Tobin Heath and Megan Rapinoe (ra’-PEE’-noh). Rapinoe is coming off knee surgery in December.
Cycling – Tour de France – Aussie wins 10th stage
The Tour de France has resumed after the first rest day of the competition. Michael Matthews won the 10th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish after a long breakaway on Tuesday. Defending champion Chris Froome has the yellow jersey retained a 16-second lead over Adam Yates.
NCAA Football – Document: Boy told Paterno of Sandusky abuse in 1976
Unsealed court documents say Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was told by a teen boy in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested him in the shower but showed no interest in dealing with the issue. The man identified as John Doe 150 testified Paterno responded that he didn’t want to hear what the boy had to say and that he had a football season to worry about. The documents are part of Penn State’s suit against an insurance company over payments of claims for abuse by Sandusky, who is serving decades in prison for child abuse. A lawyer for Paterno’s family issued a statement claiming there is evidence that “stands in stark contrast” to John Doe 150’s story. Sandusky’s lawyer has also denied the allegation.
NFHS – US high school federation calls for pitch limits in 2017
The National Federation of State High School Associations has told state athletics bodies to adopt a pitch limit for high school pitchers to help ease a surge of overworked young arms. Every state is a federation members with Michigan the only state that doesn’t also have its own sports medicine advisory panel that would be looking at the issue.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Tonight
South Bend Cubs at Clinton Lumberkings, 7:30 p.m.
West Michigan Whitecaps at Kane County Cougars, 7:30 p.m.
Great Lakes Loons at Burlington Bees, 7:30 p.m.
Lansing Lugnuts at Peoria Chiefs, 8:00 p.m.
