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MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Detroit Tigers 5, Seattle Mariners 3

Chicago White Sox 6, Toronto Blue Jays 1

Chicago Cubs 7, San Diego Padres 1

Tigers 5, Mariners 3 – Eric Haase homers in 1st and helps Tigers beat Mariners 5-3

Eric Haase hit a two-run homer in the first inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3. Matthew Boyd allowed an unearned run, six hits and a walk over six innings. Daniel Norris inherited the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth and limited Seattle to two runs. Jose Cisnero pitched the ninth for his second save. Marco Gonzales gave up four runs and five hits over four innings in his second start since coming back from a strained left forearm. The Tigers took advantage of Gonzales early, scoring four runs in two innings.

White Sox 6, Blue Jays 1 – Andrew Vaughn helps White Sox rally past Blue Jays 6-1

Andrew Vaughn homered in the seventh inning and delivered a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth, helping the Chicago White Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1. Shut out by Robbie Ray for most of the game, Chicago got on the board on Vaughn’s fifth homer and then broke it open with five runs in the eighth. After Vaughn made it 2-1 with a bases-loaded fly ball to deep center against Trent Thornton, Adam Eaton drove in Yermín Mercedes with a pinch-hit single. Leury García added a two-run triple, and Tim Anderson capped the rally with a sac fly.

Cubs 7, Padres 1 – Davies strong, Rizzo, Wisdom homer in Cubs' 7-1 win vs Pads

Zach Davies allowed just one hit in six scoreless innings, Anthony Rizzo homered and drove in four runs, and Patrick Wisdom went deep again for the Chicago Cubs as they defeated the San Diego Padres 7-1. Willson Contreras also homered for the Cubs, who have beaten the Padres four times in five games in a span of nine days. Chicago swept the Padres at Wrigley Field last week, when Wisdom homered three times, including twice in the first game. San Diego won the opener of this series 9-4 on Monday night. Wisdom has eight homers in 15 games.

Tonight

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 7:10 p.m.          94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 6:50

Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, 10:00 p.m.

NHL – 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Carolina Hurricanes 0                             (TBL wins 4-2)

Vegas Golden Knights 3, Colorado Avalanche 2 – OT                  (VGK leads 3-2)

Tonight

Boston Bruins at New York Islanders, 7:30 p.m.                         (NYI leads 3-2)

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Philadelphia 76ers 118, Atlanta Hawks 102                                (Series tied 1-1)

Utah Jazz 112, Los Angeles Clippers 109                                    (UTA leads 1-0)

Tonight

Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns, 9:30 p.m.                                 (PHX leads 1-0)

NBA – Jokic takes MVP honors

Nikola Jokic wasn't highly regarded when he was taken in the NBA draft. He's now the league's reigning MVP. The Nuggets’ big man has been revealed as the NBA’s top player making him by far the lowest draft pick ever to win the award.  The Serbian product has become a dominant force since being selected 41st overall in the 2014 draft.  Jokic’s scoring average jumped from 19.9 points per game last season to 26.4. He tied his career high with 10.8 rebounds per game, and his average of 8.3 assists was just shy of Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time season average for a center.  Jokic was the runaway winner, getting 91 of the 101 first-place ballots cast

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association

Tonight

Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky, 8:00 p.m.

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MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

San Diego Padres 9, Chicago Cubs 4

Tigers and White Sox are off

Padres 9, Cubs 4 – Machado, O’Grady power Padres past Cubs 9-4 in series opener

Manny Machado and Brian O’Grady each homered and had three RBIs to lead the San Diego Padres over the Chicago Cubs 9-4 in the opener of a three-game series between National League contenders. Machado hit a solo home run and two sacrifice flies. O’Grady had a two-run homer and an RBI single. Ryan Weathers lasted five innings for the win, giving up three runs and five hits. Chicago starter Adbert Alzolay left in the fourth with a blister on his right middle finger after walking leadoff batter Tommy Pham, who reached base four times.

Tonight

Seattle Mariners at Detroit Tigers, 7:10 p.m.          94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 6:50

Toronto Blue Jays at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, 10:00 p.m.

NHL – 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Montreal Canadiens 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 – OT                               (MTL wins 4-0)

New York Islanders 5, Boston Bruins 4                                      (NYI leads 3-2)

Tonight

Tampa Bay Lightning at Carolina Hurricanes, 6:30 p.m.                (TBL leads 3-1)

Vegas Golden Knights at Colorado Avalanche, 9:00 p.m.             (Series tied 2-2)

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Brooklyn Nets 125, Milwaukee Bucks 86                                    (BKN leads 2-0)

Phoenix Suns 122, Denver Nuggets 105                                      (PHX leads 1-0)

Tonight

Atlanta Hawks at Philadelphia 76ers, 7:30 p.m.                           (ATL leads 1-0)

Los Angeles Clippers at Utah Jazz, 10:00 p.m.                             (Game 1)

NCAAMBB – Tom Izzo promotes Wojcik, hires 3 ex-Michigan State players

Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo has promoted Doug Wojcik to assistant coach to replace Dane Fife and hired three former Spartans Monday. Fife left the program in April to be the associate head coach at Indiana under Mike Woodson. Wojcik returned to Michigan State in 2018 to be Izzo's recruiting coordinator after a run as an assistant coach for the Spartans led to him being the head coach at Tulsa and College of Charleston. Mark Montgomery was hired as recruiting coordinator.  Austin Thornton is the team's video coordinator and Matt McQuaid is its director of basketball operations.

NCAAMBB – Former Michigan State basketball star charged with murder

A former captain of the Michigan State University basketball team has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a man in Detroit. Keith Appling is accused of killing 66-year-old Clyde Edmonds on May 22. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Appling and Edmonds had an argument over a gun. Appling has been in custody since his arrest on May 24. He played for Michigan State from 2010 to 2014. Appling also played basketball overseas and had two brief contracts with the NBA’s Orlando Magic.

IndyCar – Helio doesn't parlay Indy 500 win into seat at Detroit

Helio Castroneves is trying to get back into the IndyCar Series fulltime. He hoped his fourth win in the Indianapolis 500 would lead to more races. But it didn't payoff with a ride this weekend at the doubleheader at Detroit. Castroneves will instead debut Saturday night in Tony Stewart’s All-Star Superstar Racing Experience in Connecticut as previously scheduled. He still has five more IndyCar races on his calendar for Michael Shank Racing this season but the team did not expand those plans following his surprise victory.

NCAAFB – Notre Dame-Wisconsin game at Lambeau rescheduled for 2026

MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Chicago White Sox 3, Detroit Tigers 0

Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco Giants 3

White Sox 3, Tigers 0 – La Russa passes McGraw on wins list as White Sox beat Tigers

Tony La Russa moved into sole possession of second on baseball’s career manager wins list, snapping a tie with John McGraw by directing the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. It was win No. 2,764 for La Russa, who was hired by Chicago in October for his first managerial job since he led St. Louis to the World Series championship in 2011. Dylan Cease struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings for the White Sox, and Tim Anderson had two RBIs. The Tigers finished with five hits. They dropped three of four in the series.

Cubs 4, Giants 3 – Wisdom homers twice for Cubs, who avoid sweep with 4-3 win

Patrick Wisdom hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs in helping the Chicago Cubs avoid a four-game sweep with a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Wisdom has seven home runs in 13 games this season. He has a hit in nine of 11 games since his May 25 recalled from Triple-A Iowa. Kyle Hendricks won his fifth straight start, allowing three runs and seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out five. Craig Kimbrel struck out two in a perfect ninth for his 14th save.

Tonight

Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, 10:00 p.m.

Tigers and White Sox are off

NHL – 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Montreal Canadiens 5, Winnipeg Jets 1                                       (MTL leads 3-0)

Vegas Golden Knights 5, Colorado Avalanche 1                          (Series tied 2-2)

Tonight

New York Islanders at Boston Bruins, 6:30 p.m.                         (Series tied 2-2)

Winnipeg Jets at Montreal Canadiens, 8:00 p.m.                          (MTL leads 3-0)

NHL – Canada grants NHL cross-border travel exemption for playoffs

The NHL has received an exemption from Canadian health officials to allow cross-border travel for teams starting in the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. When in Canada, teams will be required to stay in a bubble and be tested daily for COVID-19, similar to the tight restrictions that allowed the NHL to stage and complete its playoffs in two hub cities last year. Teams will be assigned designated hotels and have no interaction with the public. The exemption means the winner of the NHL’s West Division second-round playoff series between Colorado and Vegas will be allowed to travel to face the winner of the North Division second-round series between Winnipeg and Montreal.

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night – Round 1

Los Angeles Clippers 126, Dallas Mavericks 111                         (LAC wins 4-3)

Last Night – Round 2

Atlanta Hawks 128, Philadelphia 76ers 124                                (ATL leads 1-0)

Tonight – Round 2

Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets, 7:30 p.m.                              (Game 1)

Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns, 10:00 p.m.                               (Game 1)

NFL – Titans agree to deal with Falcons for Julio Jones

The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Falcons for seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones. The Falcons will receive the Titans’ second-round pick in 2022 and their fourth in 2023 with Atlanta sending Jones and a sixth-round pick in 2023 to Tennessee.

NASCAR – Larson wins again as Hendrick continues month of dominance

Kyle Larson beat teammate Chase Elliott in overtime at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday to win his second consecutive race. It continued a month of dominance for Hendrick Motorsports. Hendrick drivers have won four straight races dating to Alex Bowm...

 

 

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Sam Ebbert of St. Joseph High School Track is the WSJM Sports Berrien County Student Athlete of the Week for the week of May 23, 2021.

At the Division 1 MITCA Team State Meet, Sam placed 3rd overall in the Pole Vault at 10’3”. She also placed 10th overall in the 300 Meter Hurdles with a time of :51.29 and 17th in the 100 Meter Hurdles with a time of :18.27. She also ran a leg for the 400 Meter Relay Team. Earlier in the season, she broke the school record in the Pole Vault with a mark of 10’10”.

Sam is an academic letter winner at St. Joe and has won a Silver Key for her digital art at the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. In the classroom, she carries a 4.0 grade point average.

Sam is the daughter of Kris and Sean Ebbert of St. Joe.

Another finalist for the week was Lauren Koch of St. Joe Track.

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MLB – Major League Baseball

Last Night

Chicago White Sox 4, Detroit Tigers 1

San Francisco Giants 7, Chicago Cubs 2

White Sox 4, Tigers 1 – Moncada, Lamb homer as White Sox beat Tigers 4-1 behind Lynn

Yoán Moncada and Jake Lamb hit two of Chicago’s four home runs to back Lance Lynn, Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa closed in on John McGraw for second on baseball’s career wins list, and the White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1. Moncada and Lynn connected in the first two innings as Chicago grabbed a 2-0 lead. Yasmani Grandal made it 3-1 with a 457-foot drive to right-center against Casey Mize. Tim Anderson added a solo shot in the eighth off Daniel Norris. La Russa picked up career victory No. 2,762 to move within one of McGraw, and the White Sox won for the eighth time in 11 games.

Giants 7, Cubs 2 – Crawford's 3-run HR propels Giants past Cubs 7-2

Brandon Crawford homered and drove in four runs, Anthony DeSclafani pitched six solid innings and hit an RBI double, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Chicago Cubs 7-2. Buster Posey and Alex Dickerson added two hits apiece to help the Giants win the opener of the four-game series between two of the hottest teams in the National League. San Francisco has won seven of nine to improve to an NL-best 35-21.

Tonight

Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.                 94.9 WSJM/103.7 Cosy-FM 7:50

Chicago Cubs at San Francisco Giants, 9:45 p.m.

MLB – Name game: Final list set of possible successor to Indians

The Cleveland Indians now have a final list of new names for their team. They are vetting them for legal purposes after months of research and discussions with fans. The team announced in December it is changing its name for the first time since 1915. The move came after an acknowledgment that the existing name was racist and demeaning to some people. The team began meeting with groups of fans in February. Nearly 1,200 potential names were offered. That list was whittled down, although it's not clear how many made the final cut. Owner Paul Dolan told The Associated Press in December the new name will not have any Native American themes. Among the most popular names pushed on social media are the Spiders, Guardians and Avengers.

NHL – 2021 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 2 – Best of 7

Last Night

Boston Bruins 2, New York Islanders 1 – OT                               (BOS leads 2-1)

Carolina Hurricanes 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 2 – OT                    (TBL leads 2-1)

Tonight

Montreal Canadiens at Winnipeg Jets, 7:30 p.m.                          (MTL leads 1-0)

Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights, 10:00 p.m.           (COL leads 2-0)

NHL – Scheifele gets four-game ban

The NHL has handed down a four-game suspension to Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele for charging Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans during Game 1 of the Stanley Cup second round series on Wednesday.  The incident occurred as Evans scored an empty-net goal in the final minute of the Canadiens’ 5-3 victory. Scheifele was assessed a major penalty for charging and game misconduct.  If the term of the suspension is not fully served during the playoffs, the remaining game will be served at the beginning of next season.

NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 – Best of 7

Last Night

Denver Nuggets 126, Portland Trailblazers 115                        (DEN wins 4-2)

Phoenix Suns 113, Los Angeles Lakers 100                                 (PHX wins 4-2)

Last Night

Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks, 10:00 p.m.                  (PHX leads 3-2)

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association

Last Night

Phoenix Mercury 77, Chicago Sky 74 – OT

Los Angeles Sparks 98, Indiana Fever 63

Even though the school year hasn't officially ended yet, spot are filling up for next season for St. Joe Rocket Football.  Camps and training activities are planned for the coming weeks.  Phil McDonald talks with members of St. Joe Rocket Football as they look ahead to the upcoming season...

 

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