(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
LA Angels 3, Milwaukee 0
Oakland 5, Cincinnati 4
Houston 4, Philadelphia 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 7, Cleveland 1
Baltimore 5, Detroit 3
Seattle 10, Toronto 8
Minnesota 8, Kansas City 4
Texas 15, NY Yankees 2
Chi White Sox 12, Tampa Bay 9
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta at NY Mets (Postponed)
Miami 4, Chi Cubs 3
Washington 7, Pittsburgh 2
Colorado 12, Arizona 4
LA Dodgers 6, St. Louis 3
San Diego 6, San Francisco 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Miami 108, New York 101 (Miami leads 1-0)
Golden State 120, Sacramento 100 (Golden State wins 4-3)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Florida 4 Boston 3 (OT) (Florida wins 4-3)
Seattle 2 Colorado 1 (Seattle wins 4-3)
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The first round of the NFL Draft is in the books and Alabama quarterback Bryce Young was selected first from the 2023 class.
The 21-year-old former Heisman Trophy winner joined Good Morning America Friday morning after a night of celebration at the draft site in Kansas City, Missouri.
When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell called his name, Young said, “It was surreal.”
“That’s something that you dream of. For that to come to fruition, I was super blessed to have my parents there and my family around me and be able to share that with them,” Young said, smiling. “It’s a moment I’ll never forget.”
While most mock drafts had Young as the preferred top pick, there were some lingering questions of if it would actually happen.
“Just being No. 1 was not something I was too focused on. I want to be in the right fit,” he said. “In big picture things like this in my life, I feel like that’s not up to me, I feel like God leads those things and I knew I was going to end up wherever he wanted me to be.”
Young continued, “For me to be a Carolina Panther, it’s surreal. I couldn’t ask for a better situation, so I’m super blessed with how things turned out.”
Young also made history as the first Alabama player in the school’s storied football program to go No. 1 in the draft.
“For me to be able do something that hasn’t been done at the university, that means a lot. I take a lot of pride in that, it’s a huge honor,” he said. “But it doesn’t entitle me to anything at the next level. I’m super excited and ready for the work that it’s going to take and ready to get to work in my new place.”
While the 5-foot-10, 204-pound quarterback doesn’t fit the prototypical size of a successful NFL quarterback, he said “everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.” He said he is confident he can stand up to the hits he will take on the field.
“I have been this size relative to everyone around me my entire life. I know who I am. I know it’s gonna take a lot of work to be able have success at the next level and this is a new environment for me, I’m just blessed to have this opportunity — I’m ready to help the Carolina panthers win some football games.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Philadelphia 1, Seattle 0
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LA Angels 8, Oakland 7
Tampa Bay 14, Chi White Sox 5
Baltimore 7, Detroit 4
Minnesota 7, Kansas City 1
NY Yankees 4, Texas 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 6, LA Dodgers 2
Miami 5, Atlanta 4
Chi Cubs 5, San Diego 2
St. Louis 6, San Francisco 0
NY Mets 9, Washington 8
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Boston 128, Atlanta 120 (Boston wins 4-2)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2 (Toronto leads 3-2)
New Jersey 4, NY Rangers 0 (New Jersey leads 3-2)
Vegas 4, Winnipeg 1 (Vegas wins 4-1)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cincinnati 5, Texas 3
Cleveland 4, Colorado 1
Milwaukee 6, Detroit 2
Arizona 2, Kansas City 0
Philadelphia 6, Seattle 5
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NY Yankees 12, Minnesota 6
Toronto 8, Chi White Sox 0
Baltimore 6, Boston 2
Houston 1, Tampa Bay 0
LA Angels 11, Oakland 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pittsburgh 8, LA Dodgers 1
Atlanta 6, Miami 4
Washington 4, NY Mets 1
San Diego 5, Chi Cubs 3
San Francisco 7, St. Louis 3
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
New York 106, Cleveland 95 (NY wins 4-1)
Memphis 116, L.A. Lakers 99 (LA leads 3-2)
Miami 128, Milwaukee 126 (OT) (Miami wins 4-1)
Golden State 123, Sacramento 116 (Golden State leads 3-2)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Florida 4, Boston 3 (OT) (Boston leads 3-2)
Seattle 3, Colorado 2 (Seattle leads 3-2)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Kansas City 5, Arizona 4
Seattle 5, Philadelphia 3
Cincinnati 7, Texas 6
Detroit 4, Milwaukee 3
Colorado 5, Cleveland 1
AMERICAN LEAGUE
LA Angels 5, Oakland 3
Boston 8, Baltimore 6
Houston 5, Tampa Bay 0
Toronto 7, Chi White Sox 0
Minnesota 6, NY Yankees 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Francisco 5, St. Louis 4
LA Dodgers 8, Pittsburgh 7
Washington 5, NY Mets 0
Atlanta 7, Miami 4
Chi Cubs 6, San Diego 0
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Denver 112, Minnesota 109 (Denver wins 4-1)
Phoenix 136, LA Clippers 130 (Phoenix leads 4-1)
Atlanta 119, Boston 117 (Boston leads 3-2)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Edmonton 6, Los Angeles 3 (Edmonton leads 3-2)
NY Islanders 3, Carolina 2 (Carolina leads 3-2)
Dallas 4, Minnesota 0 (Dallas leads 3-2)
(NEW YORK) — Little League season is underway and one New Jersey town is introducing an ingenious new rule to crack down on misbehavior after parents were caught on camera berating and yelling at referees and umpires at youth games.
Referees and umpires are often volunteers and there’s been an increase in resignations with the rise in shouting matches. It’s an issue impacting the Little League players in Deptford Township, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia, where two volunteer umpires have quit in the last week.
“They’re coming here, they’re being abused, they don’t need that. So they’re walking away,” Deptford Township Little League President Don Bozzuffi told Philadelphia ABC station WPVI-TV.
So now, the Little League officials in Deptford Township have created an innovative new solution to combat the trend. If a parent or another spectator fights with an umpire, they have to volunteer to officiate themselves for at least three upcoming games.
“You’re not allowed to come onto our complex until you complete three umpire assignments. Once you do that, then we’ll let you come back,” Bozzuffi explained.
“People are very comfortable making officials uncomfortable, so it’s about time that we’ve reversed the trend and started making people uncomfortable who are harassing officials,” said Brian Barlow, who founded Offside, a Facebook page that calls out bad behavior among youth sports parents.
Some parents in Deptford Township seem to be on board with the new rule.
“If the parents are going to be sitting there, yelling the whole entire game, they might as well use that energy out on the field,” Kateland Tokley, a local resident and mother, told WPVI.
Little League International President and CEO Stephen Keener said he thinks the solution is a home run idea.
“Little League International expects its participants and fans to adhere to the highest level of sportsmanship while attending local league events. … We applaud the volunteers at Deptford Township Little League for coming up with a creative, fun solution to shine a light on the importance of treating everyone with respect, on and off the Little League field,” Keener said.
If the rule goes into effect and someone has to volunteer to suit up, Deptford Little League officials say a certified umpire will also be on the baseball field to make sure any calls are correct. The local organizers say the point is for parents to see what it’s like on the field and how the job might not be as easy as it looks.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Colorado 6, Cleveland 0
Cincinnati 7, Texas 6
Detroit 4, Milwaukee 2
Arizona 5, Kansas City 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Oakland 11, LA Angels 10 (10)
Baltimore 5, Boston 4
Tampa Bay 8, Houston 3
Toronto 5, Chi White Sox 2
Minnesota 6, NY Yankees 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta 11, Miami 0
San Francisco 4, St. Louis 0
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
LA Lakers 117, Memphis 111 (OT) (LA leads 3-1)
Miami 119, Milwaukee 114 (Miami leads 3-1)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Seattle 3, Colorado 2 (OT) (Series tied 2-2)
New Jersey 3, NY Rangers 1 (Series tied 2-2)
Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT) (Toronto leads 3-1)
Vegas 4, Winnipeg 2 (Vegas leads 3-1)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INTERLEAGUE
Cleveland 7, Miami 4
Minnesota 3, Washington 1
Houston 5, Atlanta 2
Boston 12, Milwaukee 5
Final St. Louis 7, Seattle 3
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 4, Chicago White Sox 1
Toronto 5, NY Yankees 1
Baltimore 2, Detroit 1
Texas 5, Oakland 2
LA Angels 4, Kansas City 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 9, Colorado 3
Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 0
LA Dodgers 7, Chi Cubs 3
San Diego 7, Arizona 5
San Francisco 5, NY Mets 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Minnesota 114, Denver 108 (OT) (Denver leads 3-1
New York 102, Cleveland 93 (New York leads 3-1)
Golden State 126, Sacramento 125 (Series tied 2-2)
Boston 129, Atlanta 121 (Boston leads 3-1)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 4 (OT) (Series tied 2-2)
Carolina 5, NY Islanders 2 (Carolina leads 3-1)
Boston 6, Florida 2 (Boston leads 3-1)
Dallas 3, Minnesota 2 (Series tied 2-2)
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 11, Minnesota 5
NY Yankees 9, LA Angels 3
NATIONAL LEAGUE
San Diego 7, Arizona 5
Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 3
Colorado 5, Philadelphia 0
LA Dodgers 6, Chi Cubs 2
NY Mets 9, San Francisco 4
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS
Golden State 114, Sacramento 97 (Sacramento leads 2-1)
Phoenix 129, LA Clippers 124 (Phoenix leads 2-1)
Philadelphia 102, Brooklyn 97 (Philadelphia leads 3-0)
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Vegas 5, Winnipeg 2 (Series tied 1-1)
Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 2 (Series tied 1-1)
NY Rangers 5, New Jersey 1 (New York lead 2-0)
Colorado 3, Seattle 2 (Series tied 1-1)
(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans passed first-of-its-kind federal legislation on Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams with women and girls — a political messaging priority for the GOP despite the bill having no chance of passing the Senate and facing a presidential veto threat.
Outside the Capitol, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy lauded the “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” after the bill passed by a 219-203 vote along party lines.
“This is a great day for America, and a great day for girls and women, and for fairness in sports,” McCarthy said. “House Republicans pledged before the last election or commitment to American women and girls in sports. Today we kept that,” he added.
The bill would change Title IX’s definition of sex to one “based solely on a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth.” Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., introduced the legislation in February after it failed to pass out of committee during the last two sessions of Congress, when Democrats controlled the House.
“House Republicans today passed this bill to protect the safety and fairness that we should have in women’s sports and to make sure that no female athlete is ever forced to compete against a biological male, period,” said House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer as he stood with McCarthy and other GOP leaders.
Inside the Capitol, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries slammed the bill as an example of Republicans “trying to sensationalize an issue that doesn’t really exist in the way that they are falsely portraying.”
“The NCAA already has a policy as it relates to this issue, so does the International Olympic Committee, so does the Track and Field Association, and many high school athletic associations have this issue addressed,” he said. “So what this is about, again, extreme MAGA Republicans doing everything possible to jam their right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people.”
Jeffries also warned of the potential consequences the legislation could have on the well-being of transgender children.
“I believe in the fundamental goodness and decency and integrity and respectfulness of the American people. And for me, this is not about politics. This is about being there for all of America’s children, including transgender children, who just want to be able to live and to belong and to make friends,” he said.
The bill is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate, and the White House has also warned that President Joe Biden would veto the legislation if it made it to his desk.
“As a national ban that does not account for competitiveness or grade level, H.R. 734 targets people for who they are and therefore is discriminatory,” the White House said in a statement Monday. “Politicians should not dictate a one-size-fits-all requirement that forces coaches to remove kids from their teams.”
Still, the move serves as a messaging bill for House Republicans who are working to highlight LGBTQ issues, as states across the country try to pass similar bills restricting transgender athletes from participating in school sports.
“We kept our promise,” McCarthy said. “Last year we pledged if we had the opportunity to be in the majority we would bring this bill forward. We would stand up fairness. We would stand up for you. We would stand up for Title XI. That’s exactly what we did today.”
Since 2020, at least 21 states have enacted laws or policies that ban transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams with women and girls, according to the Movement Advancement Project.
