THURSDAY SPORTS, JULY 9, 2026
PALACE CITY LEGION BASEBALL
— Palace City Post 18 competes at the Gopher Classic in the Twin Cities this weekend. Palace City faces Elk River on Friday at 2 pm, followed by the Invictus Eagles (Omaha) at 4 pm. On Saturday, Palace City faces Bloomington (Minn.) at 9 am, followed by Rosemount (Minn.)
— Palace City 14-and-under baseball competes at the Mid Summer Classic Tournament at Harmodon Park in Sioux Falls starting on Thursday vs. Yankton at 5 pm.
— Palace City 13-and-under baseball was swept in a doubleheader on Wednesday vs. Aberdeen 14-1 in four innings and 9-1 in five innings. Palace City 13U baseball competes at the Mid Summer Classic Tournament at Harmodon Park in Sioux Falls starting on Thursday vs. Volga at 5:30 pm before facing Tea Area at 7:30 pm.
AMATEUR BASEBALL – THURSDAY
Dimock-Emery vs. Alexandria – 7:30 pm
Corsica vs. Parkston Mudcats – 7:30 pm
Freeman vs. Lesterville – 7:30 pm
Parkston Rays vs. Winner/Colome – 8 pm
Burke vs. Kimball/White Lake – 8 pm
Colome vs. Wessington Springs – 8 pm
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Alan Roden hit a game-winning RBI single in the ninth inning in his season debut as the Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland 6-5 for their fourth straight win over the Guardians. The Twins have won four in a row overall and five of six overall. Roden singled twice and drove in two runs. Kody Clemens went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI, and Brooks Lee singled twice and drove in a pair of runs. Twins starter Connor Prielipp allowed three runs and had six strikeouts in five innings in a no decision. With the win, Minnesota is now two games behind the Chicago White Sox for first place in the AL Central and a ½ game behind the Texas Rangers for the final wild card spot in the American League.
— The Minnesota Twins are expected to welcome back starting pitcher Bailey Ober from the injured list on Thursday. Ober has been sidelined since late May with elbow inflammation. Twins manager Derek Shelton said that Ober will “most likely” pitch Thursday against the Cleveland Guardians. To open up a roster spot, Minnesota placed reliever Marco Raya on the injured list with a shoulder injury.
WORLD CUP
France vs. Morocco – Thursday at 3 pm on FOX
Spain vs. Belgium – Friday at 2 pm on FOX
England vs. Norway – Saturday at 4 pm on FOX
Argentina vs. Switzerland – Saturday at 8 pm on FOX
— The match between England and Mexico in the round of 16 has become the most-watched World Cup game not involving the U.S. broadcast in English in the country’s history, according to Fox. An average of more than 21.7 million tuned in to watch England’s 3-2 victory in Mexico City on Sunday night. Fox said the audience peaked at more than 25.7 million. The U.S.-Belgium game on Monday is the most-watched at 30 million.
NFL
— The Indianapolis Colts announced that the NFL’s all-time leading scorer, Adam Vinatieri, will be inducted into the team’s Ring of Honor this season. The ceremony will take place on Oct. 18 during the Colts’ home game against the Tennessee Titans. This honor comes just 2 months after Vinatieri’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Vinatieri will become the 21st member of the Colts’ Ring of Honor. He retired with 2,673 career points and 4 Super Bowl rings, playing 10 seasons with New England and 14 seasons with Indianapolis.
— Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage CTE, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, his family announced Tuesday. The Boston University CTE Center, which investigates the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and others, analyzed Kneeland’s brain tissue after his death. Researchers determined Kneeland, who was 24, was in stage one of four of CTE.
NBA
— Former Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier wants to play in the NBA while he fights sports gambling charges that sidelined him last season. Bail conditions that bar him from contact with certain players and limit his travel could complicate his potential return. The U.S. District Judge denied a defense request to modify Rozier’s bail conditions so he can practice and play with potential witnesses as long as they don’t talk about the case. The judge said it would be impossible to police Rozier’s on-court conversations. The Judge admonished Rozier for already violating the no-contact provision of his $3 million bond by sending a text message to a person he was told not to communicate with. Rozier was contacting the person to tell the person he was on the no-contact list.
— Former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban is accusing team governor Patrick Dumont of freezing him out of business opportunities regarding the team’s proposed arena relocation. Cuban alleges that Dumont has engaged in adversarial business practices. The dispute stems from a plan to move the Mavericks 10 miles north of downtown to a new arena scheduled to open in 2031. Cuban, who still owns 27 percent of the franchise, claims his businesses are contractually entitled to participate in the development.
MLB
— Boston’s Willson Contreras and Kansas City’s Jac Caglianone are the latest sluggers to commit to participating in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Philadelphia. Contreras and the 23-year-old Caglianone join Ben Rice from the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero in the competition. The other four participants have not yet been announced.
— Justin Verlander plans to call it a career later this year. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP will retire after this season with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander made the announcement on Wednesday, shortly after he was added as a Legend Pick to the American League All-Star roster. The 43-year-old Verlander is the oldest player in Major League Baseball. He allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings at Arizona on March 30. That was his only start this year. Verlander went on the injured list with hip inflammation early in the season and when he was nearing a return last month, he pulled a hamstring during a bullpen session. Verlander has a career record of 266-159 with a 3.33 ERA and 3,554 strikeouts in 556 starts across 21 Major League seasons with the Tigers, Astros, Mets and Giants.
WNBA
— Kayla McBride scored 23 points as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 86-80 to give head coach Cheryl Reeve the WNBA record for career wins. Reeve has 380 regular-season wins, one more than Mike Thibault. A four-time WNBA coach of the year, Reeve was hired by the Lynx in 2010 and has led the franchise to each of its four championships.
MLB
— Toronto’s Dylan Cease worked eight no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants before allowing a single to Heliot Ramos leading off the ninth as the Blue Jays rolled to a 10-0 victory. Cease threw a career-high 118 pitches and struck out 11 to increase his American League-leading total to 148.
— Jonathan Aranda drove in three runs, while Shane McClanahan pitched 6 1/3 innings as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 3-0 to extend their AL East lead to five games. Yandy Diaz went 4-for-4 to raise his batting average to .327.
— Jake Bennett allowed four hits in seven shutout innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 for their fifth straight victory. Boston has won 10 of 12 and 13 of its last 18.
— Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two of Chicago’s five home runs as the Cubs defeated the Baltimore Orioles 9-7. Michael Conforto and Carson Kelly also went deep. Chicago then scored five runs in the seventh, including a three-run HR by Seiya Suzuki.
— Jake Rogers and Spencer Torkelson homered as the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight game, beating the Athletics 6-1.
— Joey Bart hit a two-run home run with two outs in the eighth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 3-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pittsburgh starter Jared Jones pitched six perfect innings before being lifted and getting a no decision.
— Jared Young was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, sparking a five-run rally that lifted the New York Mets to a 6-2 win over the Kansas City Royals.
— Alec Burleson and José Fermín homered, Michael McGreevy worked 6 1/3 strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a seven-game losing streak against Milwaukee with a 5-1 win over the Brewers.
— Mookie Betts singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
— Sal Stewart hit two homers, including one when Cincinnati went deep four times in the fourth inning, while Noelvi Marte drove in four runs as the Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 11-5.
— Mike Trout hit a two-run homer in his return from the injured list, while Jo Adell had two home runs and drove in a career-high five runs as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 13-1.
— Luis Campusano homered, while Miguel Andujar had a career-high three doubles along with two RBIs as the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 to get back to .500.
— Kyle Stowers homered, while major league batting leader Otto López had his 40th multi-hit game of the season as the Miami Marlins beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0. The Marlins are a major league-best 25-8 since June 1.
— CJ Abrams and Luis García Jr. both hit their 20th homers of the season as the Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros 8-2.