US OPEN

Wyndham Clark is the U.S. Open champion and positively performed the half. All he did was maintain his nerve towards a world-class assortment of contenders. Clark held off Rory McIlroy to win by one shot at Los Angeles Country Club. And to suppose two months in the past the 29-year-old from Denver was searching for his first PGA Tour title. Now he has two wins and is a serious champion. And he possible might be a part of the Ryder Cup group this fall. It was extra disappointment for McIlroy. He birdied his first gap and that was his solely birdie.

Rory McIlroy acquired the type of break most gamers have to win a U.S. Open. If solely he may’ve made a putt or two to go along with it. The golf gods, to say nothing of the golf rulebook, gave McIlroy an opportunity to save lots of par after his method shot on the 14th gap embedded within the deep grass above a greenside bunker. But McIlroy missed the putt (on the 14^th gap) — a typical theme all through the ultimate spherical — and ended up along with his solely bogey of the day. That single shot price him in a one-stroke loss to Wyndham Clark. McIlroy’s drought within the majors is now at 33, a dry spell that’s nearing 9 full years.

Rickie Fowler confirmed off nearly all the things throughout the 123rd U.S. Open that after made him one of the vital compelling figures in golf. Unfortunately for Fowler, that additionally consists of one other painful fade from title competition after he took a share of the lead into the ultimate spherical. Fowler stumbled to a 75 Sunday, ending in a three-way tie for fifth at Los Angeles Country Club with the worst ultimate spherical among the many high 19 finishers. Fowler nonetheless set a U.S. Open file with 23 birdies over his 4 rounds.

Tommy Fleetwood has shot 63 within the ultimate spherical of the U.S. Open for the second time in 5 years. Fleetwood missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap Sunday that may have given him a 62 and a share of this event’s new single-round file. Rickie Fowler and Xander Schauffele each shot 62 on Thursday at Los Angeles Country Club. Fleetwood turned the fourth participant with a number of rounds of 63 in main championships, becoming a member of Greg Norman, Vijay Singh and Brooks Koepka. The 32-year-old Englishman completed at 5-under 275.

SOCCER

Folarin Balogun and Chris Richards scored their first worldwide targets, each off assists from Gio Reyna, and the United States beat Canada 2-0 for the Americans’ second straight CONCACAF Nations League title. Richards scored within the twelfth minute from a nook kick and Balogun doubled the lead within the thirty fourth, He debuted in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Mexico after selecting to play the U.S. over England. The Americans have been once more led by interim coach B.J. Callaghan, who took over May 30 and in addition will run the group within the CONCACAF Gold Cup beginning subsequent weekend.

MLB

Alex Verdugo scored on a catcher’s interference to interrupt a fourth-inning tie after which scored once more within the fifth after reaching on a dropped popup and the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1 to finish a doubleheader and sequence sweep of their AL East archrivals. Connor Wong and Verdugo hit consecutive RBI doubles off the Green Monster with two outs in a three-run sixth inning to guide the Red Sox to a 6-2 win within the opener. The Red Sox gained the sequence opener 15-5 on Friday. It’s Boston’s first sweep of the Yankees in a doubleheader at Fenway since 1976.

Nolan Arenado hit two homers Sunday, together with a tiebreaking shot within the ninth inning that lifted the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-7 win over the New York Mets and a uncommon sequence win. Arenado hit a two-run homer within the first inning for the Cardinals, who blew an early 5-1 lead. Paul DeJong and Jordan Walker additionally homered whereas Paul Goldschmidt had a two-run double for St. Louis, which was 0-5-1 in its earlier six sequence.

Kyle Schwarber opened the sport along with his twentieth dwelling run and added an RBI single amongst his three hits to guide the scorching Philadelphia Phillies to a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. The Phillies swept the three-game sequence and have gained six in a row. The A’s misplaced their fifth in a row after a six-game win streak and have been swept in a sequence for the tenth time this yr. Former Athletic Cristian Pache doubled twice and scored two runs for the Phillies. Aledmys Diaz homered for the A’s towards reliever Matt Strahm. Oakland scored one other run within the eighth off Jose Alvarado earlier than Yunior Marte struck out the facet within the ninth and recorded his first save.

The Boston Red Sox are among the many groups in main league baseball commemorating Juneteenth. The Red Sox honored Ben Haith earlier than the second sport of their doubleheader towards the New York Yankees on Synday. He’s the designer of the purple and blue Juneteenth flag with an exploding white star. Haith threw out a ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park and stated he felt like he was “living a miracle.” The Red Sox have been the final group within the majors to combine. Ceremonies in Arizona and Oakland additionally marked Juneteenth, which was the day that slavery resulted in Texas. Juneteenth turned a federal vacation in 2021.

The Atlanta Braves have designated infielder Charlie Culberson for project earlier than his father was set to throw out a ceremonial first pitch on Father’s Day. Culberson was minimize earlier than the group’s sport towards Colorado. The 34-year-old from Rome, Georgia, was introduced up from Triple-A Gwinnett on May 19 however had not appeared in any video games since his promotion. After Culberson was let go, the daddy of Braves outfielder Michael Harris II took care of the primary pitch Sunday at Truist Park. Catcher Chadwick Tromp was recalled from Gwinnett.

WNBA

Breanna Stewart rebounded from one of many worst video games of her profession with a stellar effort, scoring 28 factors with 14 rebounds and 7 assists to elevate the New York Liberty to an 89-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury, who have been enjoying with out an injured Brittney Griner. Griner missed her second straight sport with a hip damage she suffered towards Seattle on Tuesday. The All-Star middle obtained a heat standing ovation from the group when a video was performed of her on the first timeout. With Griner doubtlessly enjoying in her first sport in New York since returning to the U.S. after being detained for 10 months in Russia final yr, the Liberty drew a sellout crowd of 9,278.

DeWanna Bonner scored 20 factors and grabbed 9 rebounds, Alyssa Thomas added 16 factors, 12 assists and 5 steals to assist the Connecticut Sun beat the Los Angeles Sparks 83-74. Brionna Jones scored 17 factors on 8-of-12 taking pictures and grabbed eight rebounds for Connecticut. Thomas moved previous Taj McWilliams-Franklin into third on the Sun’s profession scoring checklist with 3,027 factors. DiJonai Carrington hit two free throws with 2:48 remaining to provide Connecticut the lead for good and spark a 9-0 closing run. The Sparks went 0 for six from the sphere over the ultimate three minutes. Nneka Ogwumike had her sixth double-double of the season and led Los Angeles with 19 factors, a season-high 15 rebounds and 5 assists. Jordin Canada added 14 factors and 6 assists.

NBA

Bradley Beal is being traded to Phoenix, the place he’ll kind a brand new energy trio alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. The Washington Wizards and the Suns agreed to the deal on Sunday, based on an individual with information of the negotiations. The individual says Phoenix has agreed to ship Chris Paul, Landry Shamet and a bundle of future second-round picks to Washington for Beal, a three-time All-Star. The individual spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of the commerce is pending league approval. Beal’s agent says he waived his no-trade clause to make the deal occur.

NHL

Marty Walsh was lower than midway by his time period within the Biden administration as labor secretary when the cellphone rang with an fascinating alternative. The name was a couple of job working the NHL Players’ Association. The former mayor of Boston and longtime Bruins fan was intrigued, interviewed and earlier this yr acquired the position as govt director. Now three months into the job, Walsh is making an attempt to get to know gamers and what they care probably the most about. His most urgent situation is the Arizona Coyotes and their 5,000-seat enviornment after a referendum for a brand new constructing failed.