Weekly Update – Week of June 17th, 2019

Baseball – MLB: Padres/Rockies set run record. Upton is back. Syndergaard is out.

Baseball – NCAA: CWS is underway.

Basketball – NBA: Raptors are National Champions and the Drake curse is broken.

Football: Arkansas’ HC gets a Father’s Day gift. Texas A&M gets boozy. Vols McBride calls it quits and McCoy goes back to USC.

Golf: Woodland claims first major title.

Hockey: Blues are National Champions for the first time.

Olympic Sports: Kirwa banned for 4 years but retains medal. Froome’s successful surgery but out of the Tour de France.

Soccer: Team USA off to a dream start and will advance from group play.

Baseball – MLB:

• The Padres and Rockies set a new record of a combined 92 run record in their 4 game series this past week. The final score of Sunday’s game was 14-13 Rockies. Charlie Blackmon was the first players since 1900 to score 15 runs in a 4 game series.
• The Angels will activate Justin Upton from the IL on Monday for his season debut against the Blue Jays.
• Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard is on the 10 day IL with a strained hamstring. However they did get to activate 2B Robinson Cano from the IL.

Baseball/Softball – NCAA:

• NCAA Baseball College World Series will start June 15^th – 26^th (if needed 27^th) in Omaha, NE. The tournament is double elimination until the final series which is best of 3. The Final will start on Monday 6/24

Basketball – NBA:

• The Raptors won their first NBA title over the Warriors in Game 6 with a score of 114-110. Game 6 was also the final game to ever be played in Oracle stadium.
  • Kevin Durant went out during game 5 with a different injury than his calf. After an MRI, he suffered a ruptured his right Achilles. This means that KD will be out for the entire 2019-2020 season.

• Raptors coach Nick Nurse will coach the Canadian national team for the World Cup this summer.

Football – NCAA/NFL:

• Here’s a day late Father’s Day gift: Arkansas gained the head coach’s favorite recruit as Chandler Morris committed to the Razorbacks to be coached by his dad, Chad Morris.
• Texas A&M becomes the first school to lift the ban on alcohol after the SEC allowed it. Kyle Field will sell beer and wine to the general public until the end of the 3^rd
• Tennessee OL Melvin McBride is giving up football due to health reasons.
• Treasured recruit Bru McCoy who originally was Texas’ highest recruit has now committed to USC. We will see if this one sticks since he’s been back and forth with Texas & USC for a year now.

Golf:

• Gary Woodland won his first major title at the US Open this weekend by 3 strokes over 2 time defending champion Brooks Koepka. Gary could not have done this at a better time as he and his wife struggled with a miscarriage, a son who was born very premature (but he’s fine now) and are now pregnant with twin girls.
• Viktor Hovland played his last tournament as an amateur in his OSU clothes and ended it in style. He scored a -4 score (total of 280) at the US Open, breaking Jack Nicklaus’ amateur US Open record of 282 from 1960. His future in golf is bright.

Hockey:

• The St. Louis Blues won the Stanley Cup for the first time in program history! The Blues won in game 7 with a score of 4-1.

Olympic Sports:

• Eunice Kirwa, Olympic silver medalist in the marathon for Bahrain, has been found guilty of doping and has been banned for 4 years; she will be 38 when the ban lifts. She will keep her silver medal as the DQ is from April 1 – May 7.

• Chris Froome underwent surgery and remains in the hospital after a high speed crash in a training ride. He suffered multiple fractures and will not compete in the Tour de France, which begins on July 6^th.

Soccer:

• The Women’s World Cup is still in group play. #ICYMI Team USA won 13-0 against Thailand, which caused some uproar about running up the score. However the tie breakers in group play is score differential, which can be a pretty convincing argument on why they did so.
  • This was the highest score in World Cup history.
• The USA beat Chile on Saturday 3-0. The score would’ve been a lot higher but Chile’s goalie, Christiane Endler, was on fire saving 23 shots on goal.
  • Carli Lloyd became the first woman to score a goal in 6 consecutive World Cup games.

• The USA plays Sweden on Thursday. But both of these teams will move out of Group Play.

What to watch this week:

Baseball – MLB:

• Mon 6/17 – Giants at Dodgers @ 9pm on ESPN
  • Beede vs Maeda
• Wed 6/19 – Giants at Dodgers @ 9pm on ESPN
  • Pomeranz vs Hill
• Sat 6/22
  • Tigers at Indians @ 3:10pm on FS1
    • Turnbull vs Clevinger
  • 3 games @ 6:15pm on FOX depending on location
    • Braves at Nationals
    • Rockies at Dodgers
    • Astros at Yankees
• Sun 6/23 – Angels at Cardinals @ 6pm on ESPN
  • Skaggs vs Flaherty

College World Series:

• Mon 6/17
  • Game 5: Arkansas vs Texas Tech @ 1pm on ESPN
    • Both teams have 1 loss so this will be an elimination game
  • Game 6: Michigan vs Florida St @ 6pm on ESPN
• Tues 6/18
  • Louisville vs Auburn @ 1pm on ESPN
    • Both teams have 1 loss so this is an elimination game
  • Vanderbilt vs Mississippi St @ 6pm on ESPN
• Wed 6/19
  • Game 9: Winner of Arkansas/Texas Tech and Loser of Michigan/Florida St @ 6pm on ESPN
• Thurs 6/20
  • Game 10: Winner of Louisville/Auburn and Loser of Vanderbilt/Mississippi St @ 7pm on ESPN2
• Fri 6/21
  • Game 11: Winner of Game 9 and Winner of Michigan/Florida St game @ 1pm on ESPN
  • Game 12: Winner of Game 10 and Winner of Vanderbilt/Mississippi St @ 6pm on ESPN
• Sat 6/22 – if necessary games
  • Bracket 1: Loser of Game 11 if first loss vs winner of Game 11  @ 1pm or 6pm on ESPN
  • Bracket 2: Loser of Game 12 if first loss vs winner of Game 12 @ 6pm on ESPN

Golf:

• Thurs 6/20 – Travelers Championship – Round 1
  • 2 – 5pm on Golf Channel
• Fri 6/21 – Travelers Championship – Round 2
  • 2 – 5pm on Golf Channel
• Sat 6/22 – Travelers Championship – Round 3
  • 12 – 1:45pm on Golf Channel
  • 2 – 5pm on CBS
• Sun 6/23 – Travelers Championship – Round 4
  • 12 – 1:45pm on Golf Channel
  • 2 – 5pm on CBS

Olympic Sports:

• Wed 6/19 – Track & Field: IAAF World Challenge @ 2pm on NBCSN
• Thurs 6/20 – Hockey: NHL Draft Round 1 @ 8pm on NBCSN
• Sat 6/22
  • Equestrian: US Championships @ 12pm on NBCSN
  • Rowing: FISA World Rowing Cup @ 2:30pm on NBCSN
  • FIVB Volleyball Men’s National League: USA vs China @ 5:30pm on NBCSN
  • Beach Volleyball @ 7pm on NBCSN

Soccer:

• Tues 6/18
  • UEFA: England U21 vs France U21 @ 2pm on ESPNU
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – ITA vs BRA @ 2pm on FS1
• Wed 6/19
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Spain U21 vs Belgium U21 @ 11:30am on ESPNU
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – Japan vs England @ 2pm on FS1
• Thurs 6/20 – FIFA Women’s World Cup
  • Cameroon vs New Zealand @ 11am on FS1
  • Netherlands vs Canada @ 11am on Fox
  • Sweden vs USA @ 2pm on Fox
  • Thailand vs Chile @ 2pm on FS1
• Sat 6/22
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Italy vs Spain @ 2pm on ESPNU
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – Germany vs 3^rd place Group A/C/D @ 10:30am on FS1
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – 2A vs 2C @ 2pm on Fox
• Sun 6/23
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – 1D vs 3^rd place Group B/E/F @ 10:30am on FS1
  • FIFA Women’s World Cup – 1A vs 3^rd place Group C/D/E @ 2pm on Fox
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship: Austria vs Germany @ 2pm on ESPNU