Adrian, MI – Here is today’s Sports Update on Inside The Cave…
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Little League Baseball (Hosted by Tecumseh Area Little League)
Plymouth Canton defeated Ash Carleton 1-0 in the District 16 Little League Baseball Championship game Monday.
Plymouth Canton will represent District 16 at the state finals that begin on July 18th hosted by District 14, Saginaw Little League. Their first game will be against District 2, South Portage.
8-10 Year Old Baseball (Hosted by Tecumseh Area Little League)
Ash Carleton beat Blissfield American, 15-0. Blissfield National defeated Plymouth Canton National, 9-1.
Lenawee Christian will play Tecumseh National and Clinton will play Hudson today.
9-11 Baseball (Hosted by Plymouth Canton Little League)
Plymouth Canton defeated Tecumseh, 9-2. Ash Carleton beat Lenawee Christian, 14-4.
Tecumseh will take on Ash Carleton today.
9-11 Softball (Hosted by Clinton Little League)
Plymouth Canton defeated Clinton, with no score posted online. If Plymouth Canton wins again today, they will take the title. If Clinton wins today, there will be a deciding game later this week.
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Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater said he has been suspended from coaching his former high school team in Miami because he provided players with financial benefits that he says he’d reported to the school.
The 32-year-old Bridgewater publicized action taken against him by Miami Northwestern High School in a social media post in which he also reaffirmed his desire to continue coaching the team for which he once played.
A message left for school administrators on Monday was not returned.
Last fall was Bridgewater’s first season coaching his former school, which he led to a Class 3A state championship before signing with Detroit in late December to serve as a backup for the playoff-bound Lions.
Bridgewater had written in an earlier social media post that he paid for rides, meals and treatment for players last season. This year, he solicited donations to help cover those costs.
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Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh defeated Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round of the MLB Home Run Derby Monday night.
His father Todd Raleigh, former coach of Tennessee and Western Carolina, threw the pitches and Cal’s 15-year-old brother, Todd Raleigh Jr., did the catching. A first-time All-Star at age 28, Cal became the first switch-hitter and first catcher to win the title.
He’s the second Mariners player to take the title after three-time winner Ken Griffey Jr.
Leading the major leagues with 38 home runs at the All-Star break, Cal almost didn’t make it past the first round. The Mariners’ breakout slugger nicknamed Big Dumper leads the league with 38 home runs at the All-Star Break.
Raleigh totaled 54 homers. He won his semifinal 19-13 over Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz, whose 513-foot first-round drive over the right-center field seats was the longest of the night.
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Raleigh has agreed to play for the U.S. team at next year’s World Baseball Classic, joining captain Aaron Judge, Paul Skenes and Bobby Witt Jr.
USA Baseball announced the decision Monday before Raleigh participated in the All-Star Home Run Derby.
The 20-nation WBC will be played from March 5th-17th. Japan is the defending champion.
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MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an All-Star Game for the first time this summer. Each team gets two challenges and retains the challenge if it is successful.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred anticipates the system will be considered by the sport’s 11-man competition committee, which includes six management representatives.
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Cooper Flagg’s first and likely only NBA Summer League is over.
The Dallas Mavericks have shut down the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft after two summer league games, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had not revealed the move publicly.
Flagg — who spent his lone college season at Duke before making the leap to the NBA — averaged 20.5 points and five rebounds in his two games in Las Vegas.
Summer League in Las Vegas runs through July 20th.
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Jaren Jackson Jr.’s signing of a $239.9 million deal that keeps him under contract for the next five seasons with the Memphis Grizzlies has finally become official, one day after the team reached a buyout agreement with guard Cole Anthony to facilitate the move.
Jackson is now under contract through 2029-30, after renegotiating the final year of his current deal and getting a raise to $33 million for the coming season. The extension kicks in in 2026-27, starting with a salary of $46.2 million.
A three-time All-Defensive team pick — and the 2023 NBA defensive player of the year — the former Michigan State Spartan has averaged 18.5 points and 5.5 rebounds in 407 career games with Memphis.
Locking up Jackson is part of a plan by Memphis to continue building around him and star point guard Ja Morant. Memphis was swept by eventual champion Oklahoma City in the first round of the playoffs in April.
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Authorities say that NFL Hall of Famer John Elway won’t be charged after his business partner Jeffrey Sperbeck was fatally injured falling out of his golf cart at a Southern California golf resort community last April.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that investigators found nothing criminal and ruled it a tragic accident.
Sperbeck, Elway’s partner and former agent, died after suffering an injury when he tumbled out of the golf cart driven by the former quarterback on April 26th at The Madison Club in La Quinta, east of Los Angeles. Sperbeck was 62.
Elway didn’t immediately comment on the findings. He said in an April statement that he was devastated by the death of his close friend. Elway’s April statement did not address his presence at the scene.
Sperbeck began managing Elway in 1990, when Elway was quarterback for the Denver Broncos. He represented more than 100 NFL players during a three-decade career as an agent and business adviser.
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The Florida Panthers are set to raise their second consecutive Stanley Cup banner before beginning the NHL season against the Chicago Blackhawks.
The league announced Monday that back-to-back champions play at 5 p.m. on October 7th to lead off an opening night tripleheader. Florida defeated Edmonton in the teams’ Cup final rematch and is aiming for the NHL’s first threepeat since the New York Islanders’ dynasty from 1980-83.
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The United States will play Ecuador and Australia in October friendlies as preparation for next year’s World Cup.
The U.S. Soccer Federation said Monday that the Americans will meet Ecuador on October 10th at Austin, Texas, and Australia four days later at Commerce City, Colorado.
The U.S. plays South Korea on September 6th at Harrison, New Jersey, then faces Japan three days later at Columbus, Ohio.
Following the October friendlies, the U.S. will have a pair of exhibitions in both November and March.
After coach Mauricio Pochettino selects his roster ahead of the World Cup being held at stadiums in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, the Americans will have a pair of send-off matches in June.