Posted on July 5, 2022

Weekly Update – July 5, 2022

Weekly Update

Baseball-MLB: Bradley breaks elbow in brawl. Harper TBD on timing. Standings update.

Football: UCLA and USC leave Pac 12 for Big Ten. Birmingham Stallions win USFL.

Golf: Grace wins LIV – Portland. JT Poston wins John Deere. Casey defects.

Motorsports: Sainz wins first and Zhou is ok!

Olympic Sports: Tour de France begins! Lochte donates silver and bronze medals.

Tennis: Semifinals are being played and there’s only 2 Americans left.

Baseball:

Following up on a story from last week: Angels pitcher Archie Bradley broke elbow during his brawl with the Mariners after he fell over the railing.
Bryce Harper had pins inserted into his broken thumb after being hit by Snell’s pitch last week. There is no timetable for his return.
Robot umpires could be used for the 2024 MLB season. They have been used in Triple A for the 2022 season with some teams on a trial basis.
Let’s catch up on the standings since the All Star Game is coming up (July 19):
- American: Yankees lead with 58 wins so far followed by the Astros
  - The A’s are in last with 27 wins
- National: The Dodgers and the Mets are tied at the top with 50 wins a piece however the Mets also have 1 more loss.
  - The Reds bottom out that league.

UCLA and USC have jumped off the Pac 12 ship to the Big Ten for the 2024 season. It’s rumored that Oregon and Washington will follow. The Pac 12 is now following the Big 12’s steps and said they are wide open to whomever wants to join. This might also speed up the timeline for departure of Oklahoma and Texas to the SEC. Remember the Big 12 is adding Houston, UCF, BYU and Cincinnati. Now the Big 12 might target Utah, Arizona, Arizona St and Colorado (again). Major re-alignment coming and is now officially in progress! The ACC doesn’t look like it will be the landing spot for most of those schools since they just redid their TV deal and the Big 12 schools are geographically a lot closer. The Pac 12 TV deal is up in 2023, making a split of the conference a little bit easier.

The 2^nd event of the LIV Tour was this weekend in Portland, OR at Pumpkin Ridge GC and now South African Branden Grace is $4.3MM richer. Grace had a killer final day, shooting 7-under to culminate in a total score of 13-under in just 54 holes. Carlos Ortiz, who joined the league this week, took 2^nd by 2. The Four Aces, led by Dustin Johnson, won the team competition this week.

ENG Paul Casey is the latest defector to the LIV tour. He is #27 in the OWGR. LIV players will be allowed to play in the Open in 2 weeks.

JT Poston led the entire time at the John Deere Classic to earn his 2^nd PGA Tour victory. His only other win was the 2019 Wyndham Championship so it has been a while. This win also qualifies him for the Open Championship next week. Poston started the final round 3 strokes ahead and finished 3 strokes ahead. He is the 3^rd wire-to-wire winner of this tournament in it’s history.
Adrian Meronk became the first Polish winner on the European Tour after claiming the Irish Open.

This weekend was the British GP for Formula 1. And from the get go, it was insane. Alfa Romeo driver, Guanyu Zhou was saved by his halo on his car after his car hit the catch-fencing during this crazy start. That crash took out 3 cars. Protestors forced their way onto the track at one point. And then ESP Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz won his first F1 race. Championship leader, Max Verstappen, dropped down in place after his car was damaged. Sainz has started in 151 F1 races before claiming his victory.

The Tour de France is off and running! We’re through Stage 4 and so far BEL Wout Van Aert is wearing the yellow jersey, ahead by 25 seconds.
Ryan Lochte is putting all of his silver and bronze medals up for auction. All the proceeds will go to charity for children. He does plan to keep his 6 golds that he has so far.
Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe have both earned the Presidential Medal of Honor.

Wimbledon has begun! Serena Williams lost in the first round and Coco Gauff is out in round 3. Djokovic rallied from 2 sets down to beat ITA Sinner; this will be his 11^th Semifinal at Wimbledon, playing GBR Norrie. There is one American on each side: for the women, its Amanda Anisimova (who beat Coco Gauff in the 3^rd round) and for the men, it’s Taylor Fritz but he has to face Nadal tomorrow for a spot in the Semifinal. Anisimova has to play Halep to get to the Semi’s. TUR Jabeur will play GER Maria on the other side of the bracket. This is Maria’s first GS Semi at the age of 34 and less than a year after the birth of her 2^nd daughter.
- Men’s Bracket
- Women’s Bracket

Tues 7/5
- Rays at Red Sox @ 6:10pm on TBS
  - Springs vs Pivetta
Wed 7/6
- Cardinals at Braves @ 6pm on ESPN
  - Mikolas vs Fried
Sat 7/9
- Rays at Reds @ 3:10pm on FS1
  - Baz vs Greene
- Yankees at Red Sox – or – Giants at Padres @ 6:15pm on FOX
Sun 7/10
- Angels at Orioles @ 11:05am on Peacock
- Yankees at Red Sox @ 6pm on ESPN
  - Taillon vs Pivetta

Thurs 7/7
- Genesis Scottish Open – Round 1 @ 7:30am on Golf Channel
- Barbasol Championship – Round 1 @ 3pm on Golf Channel
Fri 7/8
- Genesis Scottish Open – Round 2 @ 7:30am on Golf Channel
- Barbasol Championship – Round 2 @ 3pm on Golf Channel
Sat 7/9
- Genesis Scottish Open – Round 3
  - @ 9am on Golf Channel
  - @ 11am on CBS
- Golf @ 1:30pm on NBC
- Barbasol Championship – Round 3 @ 3pm on Golf Channel
Sun 7/10
- Genesis Scottish Open – Final Round
  - @ 9am on Golf Channel
  - @ 11am on CBS
- Golf @ 1:30pm on NBC
- Barbasol Championship – Final Round @ 3pm on Golf Channel

Wed 7/6
- UEFA W Euro Championship: ENG vs AUT @ 2pm on ESPN2 and ESPNU
Thurs 7/7
- CONCACAF W Championship: JAM vs USA @ 6pm on Paramount+
- UEFA W Euro Championship: NOR vs NIL @ 2pm on ESPN2
Fri 7/8
- UEFA W Euro Championship: GER vs DEN @ 2pm on ESPN2
- MLS: Phili Union vs DC United @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Copa America Femenina: COL vs PAR @ 6:50pm on FS1
- MLS: LA FC vs LA Galaxy @ 9pm on ESPN
- Liga MX: Tijuana vs Juarez @ 9pm on FS1
Sat 7/9
- UEFA W Euro Championship: NED vs SWE @ 2pm on ESPN2
- MLS: Charlotte FC vs Nashville SC @ 6pm on FS1
- Liga MX: Monterrey vs Club America @ 9pm on FS1
Sun 7/10
- UEFA W Euro Championship: BEL vs ICE @ 11am on ESPN2

Wed 7/6
- Wimbledon: Quarterfinals @ 7am on ESPN & ESPN2
Thurs 7/7
- Wimbledon: W Semifinal @ 7am on ESPN
- Wimbledon: Mixed Doubles Championship @ 12pm on ESPN
Fri 7/8
- Wimbledon: M Semifinal @ 7am on ESPN
Sat 7/9
- Wimbledon: W Championship @ 8am on ESPN
- Wimbledon: M Doubles @ 10:30am on ESPN
Sun 7/10
- Wimbledon: M Championship @ 8am on ESPN
- Wimbledon: W Doubles @ 11am on ESPN