WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JUNE 25, 2025
AMATEUR BASEBALL
Alexandria 7, Mount Vernon 1 – The Angels Jack Gray had 13 strikeouts over 6 innings. Cole Wenande and Tyson Gau combined for four hits and five RBIs for the Angels
Winner/Colome 11, Mitchell Aces 9 – The Pheasants scored six runs in the 8th inning after Mitchell took an early 8-0 lead with six runs in the 3rd inning. Winner/Colome’s Reed Harter had three hits, scored three times and hit a three-run HR. Connor Hopkins got the win, going 8 2/3 innings, allowing seven earned runs with 10 strikeouts.
Four Corners 6, Kimball/White Lake 4 – Jack Van Camp with 10 strikeouts over six innings for Four Corners. Dylanger Pierson with a solo HR for Kimball/White Lake.
Parkston Rays vs. Dimock/Emery – Thursday
Mitchell Aces vs. Parkston Mudcats – Thursday
Platte vs. Winner/Colome – Thursday
MITCHELL KERNELS
— Mitchell Black 14-and-under baseball (10-9 on the season) will be at Renner on Wednesday for a doubleheader.
— Mitchell Gold 16-and-under baseball (11-5 on the season) hosts Renner for a 4 p.m. doubleheader on Wednesday at Drake Field.
— Mitchell 18-and-under baseball (3-4 on the season) heads to its next tournament July 4-6, in Jamestown, North Dakota.
— Mitchell will host a Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) football camp on Wednesday, June 25th from 9 am to 3 pm at Joe Quintal Field. Camp is for players entering grades 5-8 this fall and the cost is $20.
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
— South Dakota State football has announced game times for their seven home games this fall. The 2025 season kicks off Aug. 30, when the Jackrabbits host Sacramento State in the Precision Ag Bowl. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. The Jackrabbits return home to face Drake on Sept. 13 in the 58th edition of the Beef Bowl at 6 p.m. SDSU closes out the nonconference portion of its schedule with a Sept. 27 Dairy Drive matchup against Mercyhurst at 2 p.m. Hobo Day will be on October 11 vs. Northern Iowa, while the kickoff time of the Dakota Marker Game vs. North Dakota State on October 25 will be determined at a later date due to national television coverage.
MINNESOTA TWINS
— Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez drove in the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning after Twins closer Jhoan Duran hit a pair of batters with pitches, giving the Mariners a 6-5 win over Minnesota. The Twins fell behind 5-0 before tying the score in the fourth. They have lost five straight and 15 of 18. Game three of the four game series is tonight at 6:40 pm.
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
— The $1.5 billion sale of the Minnesota Timberwolves from Glen Taylor to an investment group led by e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore and former baseball star Alex Rodriguez gained NBA approval on Tuesday, finalizing a process that took more than four years after the deal was reached. The ownership transfer that Taylor tried to stop last year received an unanimous vote from the league’s board of governors that comprises the 30 team owners. The deal, which is expected to close this week nearly 51 months and more than 1,500 days after the initial agreement, includes also includes the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.
NBA
— Kristaps Porzingis is being traded from the Boston Celtics to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal also involving the Brooklyn Nets. The Celtics will receive Georges Niang and a second-round pick, while the Nets receive guard Terance Mann and the Hawks’ first-round draft pick at No. 22. This trade follows Boston’s recent move sending point guard Jrue Holiday to Portland. Porzingis, who helped Boston win the 2024 NBA title, is on an expiring $30 million contract. The Nets now hold five first-round picks in tonight’s NBA draft.
— Dallas All-Star guard Kyrie Irving is declining his $43 million player option and intends to sign a three-year, $119 million contract to stay with the Mavericks. The new deal keeps Irving out of free agency and in Dallas long term. The new deal includes a player option in the 2027-28 season. Irving is expected to miss the first half of next season with a torn ACL.
— The New Orleans Pelicans have agreed to trade veteran guard CJ McCollum, center Kelly Olynyk and a future second-round pick to the Washington Wizards for guard Jordan Poole, Saddiq Bey and the 40th overall pick in the second round of the NBA draft.
— Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is expected to go No. 1 overall to the Dallas Mavericks during tonight’s NBA Draft. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged over 19 points and earning National Player of the Year honors. Flagg led Duke to the Final Four. The draft begins Wednesday night at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on ESPN.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
— A decision on whether or not to expand the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will be made in the upcoming weeks, sources told ESPN. If the decision is made to expand, the expansion would begin in the 2025-26 season, and the tournament would expand to no more than 76 teams. Sources have indicated for months that 76 is the more likely expansion option than 72, as the current format for the men’s and women’s tournament is 68 teams.
NFL
— An arbiter has ruled that the NFL did not collude to block fully guaranteed player contracts following Deshaun Watson’s record-setting $230 million deal with the Cleveland Browns. The ruling, made in January but recently revealed, stems from a 2022 grievance filed by the NFL Players Association. While arbiter Christopher Droney dismissed the NFLPA’s case and awarded no damages, he acknowledged that league officials, with Commissioner Roger Goodell’s support, urged team owners in March 2022 to limit guaranteed deals. However, he found no proof that teams formed an agreement, a key requirement for proving collusion under the collective bargaining agreement. Top quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson, Russell Wilson, and Kyler Murray all pursued fully guaranteed deals after Watson’s contract, but none received one.
— Aaron Rodgers is “pretty sure” the 2025 season will be his last in the NFL. The 41-year-old quarterback signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh earlier this month after two seasons with the New York Jets. In an appearance Tuesday on “The Pat McAfee Show,” Rodgers said, “I’m pretty sure this is it. That’s why we just did a one-year deal.” Rodgers agreed to sign with Pittsburgh after regular conversations with coach Mike Tomlin over a few months.
OLYMPICS
— France’s court of auditors provided the first official estimate of public spending tied to the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics, with the global public expenditure estimated at $6.8 billion. The spending includes $3.2 billion for the event organization and 3.6 billion for infrastructure investments.
MLB
— Spencer Steer and pinch-hitter Gavin Lux hit run-scoring singles in the 11th inning as Cincinnati rallied from a three-run deficit for a 5-4 win over the Yankees. Cincinnati rookie Chase Burns made an impressive major league debut striking out the first five batter he faced, allowing three runs and six hits in five innings with eight strike outs.
— Matt Olson had three RBIs, including a tiebreaking single that capped a five-run sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves defeated the New York Mets 7-4. The Mets have lost for the 10th time in 11 games.
— Joey Ortiz homered twice and Caleb Durbin added a three-run shot as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-3.
— Masyn Winn homered, drove in four runs and scored twice to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the Chicago Cubs, their seventh win their last eight games. The Cubs lost their third straight, tying a season high.
— Detroit’s Dillon Dingler hit a three-run home run and Kerry Carpenter added a two-run shot as the Tigers beat the Athletics 11-4. Riley Greene had four hits, including a double, two RBIs and scored twice for Detroit.
— Christian Moore hit a tying homer in the eighth inning and a two-run walk-off shot in the 10th, sending the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Garrett Crochet struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings of three-hit ball for the Red Sox, who have lost four straight.
— Michael Conforto hit a three-run homer, while Shohei Ohtani added a two-run shot as the Dodgers defeated the Colorado Rockies 9-7.
— Tampa Bay’s Danny Jansen hit a two-run home run and finished with three RBIs, while Taj Bradley pitched two-hit ball for 6 2/3 scoreless innings as the Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1. Yandy Díaz and Jonathan Aranda had three hits apiece for Tampa.
— Houston’s Cooper Hummel hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, while Framber Valdez and two relievers combined for a four-hit shutout in the Astros’ 1-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Ranger Suárez gave up just four hits and a run with seven strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings for the Phillies.
— Ketel Marte hit a solo homer in the first inning, while Alek Thomas and Geraldo Perdomo each had a seventh-inning RBI single as Arizona beat the White Sox 4-1 for Chicago’s sixth consecutive home loss.
— Toronto’s George Springer broke the game open with a grand slam in the eighth inning as the Blue Jays beat Cleveland 10-6. It was Springer’s eighth career slam. He went 3 for 5 with three runs scored.
— The Rangers Evan Carter slid safely home in the top of the 10th inning, giving Texas a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Carter was initially called out, but he was ruled safe on a replay review. Gary Sanchez, Ramón Urías and Ryan O’Hearn hit consecutive homers in the seventh, turning a 4-0 deficit into a 5-4 lead, but Baltimore couldn’t hold on.
— San Diego’s Martín Maldonado hit a tying home run in the fifth inning and Jose Iglesias brought in the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded groundout in the sixth as the Padres beat the Washington Nationals 4-3.
— Otto Lopez had two hits and an RBI as the Miami Marlins kept Justin Verlander winless this season with a 4-2 win over the San Francisco Giants. Verlander fell to 0-5 after making his 538th career start (tied for 34th most in history). The 42-year-old allowed three runs and five hits in five innings. He had five strikeouts and one walk.