Category: Sports

Woke Sports? Consider the Big Leagues’ Longstanding Great Awakening

Commentary When the University of Oklahoma softball team showed up for the College World Series last week, reporters expected to hear pride and camaraderie from a squad on the way to winning its third consecutive national championship. But several star Sooners players startled the press and went viral online by declaring that their joy in Christianity trumped their…


PGA Tour Will Appear Before a Senate Panel Investigating Its Deal With Saudi Backers of LIV

WASHINGTON—The PGA Tour said Wednesday, June 21, that it would appear next month before a Senate subcommittee whose leader asked executives from the tour, Saudi golf interests and LIV Golf to testify as Congress investigates the business agreement. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced that the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations would hold a hearing on…


LSU Tops No. 1 Wake Forest 5–2 to Set up a Rematch for a Spot in the College World Series Finals

OMAHA, Neb.—LSU staved off elimination from the College World Series for a second time. And now the Tigers are right where they expected to be all along. Cade Beloso hit a go-ahead three-run homer, freshman Griffin Herring pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief in his longest outing and LSU forced a second bracket final…


MLB Scores—Reds Extend Winning Streak to 11 Games Which Is Team’s Longest Since 1957

CINCINNATI—Jake Fraley hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds extended their majors-best winning streak to 11 games, rallying past the Colorado Rockies 5–3 on Wednesday for a three-game sweep. Rookie sensation Elly De La Cruz hit a one-out bloop to left that fell for a double against Daniel Bard…


Patriots Defensive Back Jack Jones Pleads Not Guilty to 9 Gun Charges

New England Patriots defensive back Jack Jones pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to nine counts of weapons violations in connection with his arrest at a Logan Airport security checkpoint with two loaded guns in his carry-on bag. Jones was charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, possession…


American Teenager Arreola Becomes Youngest Individual Medallist at Archery World Cup

American Liko Arreola made history by becoming, at 15 years and 330 days, the youngest ever medallist in an individual event at the Archery World Cup. The teenager beat local multiple world champion Sara Lopez in a one-on-one duel in Medellin, Colombia, on Sunday that ended tied at 145–145 before Arreola won a one-arrow shoot-off…


Former Oklahoma and MLB pitcher George Frazier dies at age 68

Oklahoma has announced that former pitcher George Frazier, a World Series champion who had a nearly three-decade run as a television broadcaster, has died at age 68. The Denver Post reported he died Monday in Tulsa after a recent illness. In two seasons at Oklahoma, he played on College World Series teams in 1975 and…


Freeman Homers Off Ohtani, and Dodgers Sweep Angels With 2–0 Victory

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Freddie Freeman hit his 14th homer off Shohei Ohtani in the fourth inning, and seven relievers combined on a two-hitter in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ second straight shutout victory in the Freeway Series, 2–0 over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, June 21. Ohtani (6–3) pitched seven innings of five-hit ball with two…


Rose Zhang Seeking to Follow Win in Her Pro Debut With a Major at the Women’s PGA Championship

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. —After stunning women’s golf by winning in her first event as professional, Rose Zhang will try to take the next big step when she goes for her first major victory in the Women’s PGA Championship at Baltusrol. And it’s been just a month in the making for the 20-year-old from Irvine, Calif., who…


Florida Locks up Spot in the College World Series Finals With a 3–2 Win Over TCU

Cade Kurland’s ninth-inning infield single drove in the tiebreaking run, and Florida claimed a spot in the College World Series finals with a 3–2 victory over TCU on Wednesday, June 21. The Gators (53–15) will play No. 1 national seed Wake Forest or LSU in the best-of-three championship series starting Saturday. Wake Forest would advance…