MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night
2023 MLB All-Star Game – T-Mobile Park, Seattle

National  League 3, American League 2

National 3, American 2 – National League snaps  All-Star Game losing streak, tops AL 3-2 behind Elias Díaz homer 

  Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in  the eighth inning, and the National League snapped a nine-game losing streak in  the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League. The NL won for the  first time since an 8-0 victory in 2012 in Kansas City thanks to Díaz, a  catcher who became the first Rockies player to win the All-Star MVP award.  Díaz, who was non-tendered by the Pirates at the end of 2019, drove a 2-2 pitch  from Baltimore’s hard-throwing closer deep to left to put the NL in front. Díaz  was the lone representative for Colorado in his first All-Star Game appearance.

Friday

  Chicago  White Sox at Atlanta Braves, 7:20 p.m.

  Boston  Red Sox at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

  Detroit  Tigers at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m.

MLB – Díaz becomes unlikely All-Star MVP, 3 ½ years  after cut loose by Pirates

  Elias Díaz may be the most unlikely All-Star MVP. Just  3 1/2 years after Pittsburgh failed to offer a contract and allowed him to  become a free agent, his go-ahead, two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the  eighth inning lifted the National League over the American 3-2. A first-time  All-Star at age 32, the Colorado catcher put his name on an award won by Willie  Mays, Joe Morgan, Frank and Brooks Robinson, both Ken Griffeys and Mike Trout.  Díaz says: “I honestly can’t believe that my name is going to be next to some  of those names."

MLB – White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. out of  All-Star Game due to calf tightness

  Chicago White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. did not play  in the All-Star Game after feeling tightness in his right calf during the Home  Run Derby. The White Sox said that Robert underwent an MRI in Seattle and is  listed as day-to-day. The team said Robert felt the tightness in the calf  during the opening round and did not play in the All-Star Game as a precaution.  Robert will be evaluated before the White Sox restart the season on Friday in  Atlanta. Robert was the No. 1 seed in the Home Run Derby and beat Baltimore’s  Adley Rutschman 28-27 in the opening round. Robert lost to Tampa Bay’s Randy  Arozarena in the semifinals 35-22.

MLB – Atlanta’s Truist Park and Chicago’s Wrigley  Field under consideration for ASG

  The Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs are under  consideration for upcoming All-Star Games. Next year’s game is scheduled for  the Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field in Arlington, and the 2026 game will be at  Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park. The 2021 All-Star Game was awarded to  Atlanta’s Truist Park by Major League Baseball in 2019 but in April 2021 was  moved to Denver’s Coors Field following objections to sweeping changes to  Georgia’s voting laws. Commissioner Rob Manfred says “Atlanta is in the mix of  clubs for the ‘25 All-Star Game.”

MLB – Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose’s  lifetime ban from baseball

  Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has no intention of  altering Pete Rose’s lifetime ban from baseball and said the sport’s commercial  deals with gambling companies have no impact on the status of the career hits  leader. Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation found Rose  placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing  for and managing the team. Manfred rejected Rose’s application in 2015. Manfred  says: “Pete Rose violated what is sort of rule one in baseball, and the  consequences of that are clear in the rule.”

MLB – MLB open to consider increasing time on pitch  clock in postseason

  Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred will consider  increasing time on the pitch clock for the postseason but is reluctant to  adjust an innovation the sport considers a great success. In the first season  of the clock, the average time of a nine-inning game is 2:38, on track to be  the fastest since 1984. It is down from 3:04 last year and 3:09 in 2021, the  last season before PitchCom was introduced. Manfred says "we’re going to  continue to talk to the players and adds: “I think you ought to play the  postseason the way you play the regular season. There’s exceptions.”

NBASL – NBA Summer League
Last Night

  Chicago  Bulls 107, Sacramento Kings 99

Tonight

  Detroit  Pistons vs. Toronto Raptors, 6:00 p.m.              (at  Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas) 

  Indiana  Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 p.m.        (at  Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas) 

NBA – Flopping, challenge rules changed by NBA’s Board  of Governors

  The NBA’s Board of Governors approved two rule changes  for the coming season Tuesday. One change gives coaches a second challenge if  their first one is successful. The other will mean a technical foul will be  called against players who flop. The challenge rule change is something that  coaches have wanted for some time. Coaches who challenge a call and are successful  will get the chance to make a second challenge. Teams must have a timeout in  order to call for a challenge; that timeout would not be retained even if a  coach won that first challenge.

WNBA – Women’s National Basketball Association
Today

  New  York Liberty at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m.

  Connecticut  Sun at Chicago Sky, 12:00 p.m.

WNBA – WNBA All-Star skills competition now features  teammates partnering up

  The WNBA is changing its All-Star skills challenge  with the new format pitting four sets of teammates against each other in a  head-to-head competition. The league announced the two-round competition on  Tuesday that will include a timed obstacle course relay competition that  showcases players’ agility, dribbling, passing and shooting skills. The four  teams are Atlanta’s Allisha Gray and Cheyenne Parker, who are both making their  All-Star debuts; Dallas’ Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally; New York’s Sabrina  Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot; and Las Vegas’ Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum.

NCAAFB – Northwestern retains assistants after firing  coach Pat Fitzgerald

  Northwestern has decided to retain its assistant  coaches and support staff for the 2023 season after it fired head coach Pat  Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal. Athletic director Derrick Gragg informed the  coaches and staff of the decision during a meeting. There was no announcement  by the school when it comes to the leadership of the program after Fitzgerald’s  dismissal. The first game of the season is Sept. 3 at Rutgers. The 48-year-old  Fitzgerald was fired on Monday by Northwestern President Michael Schill.

Tennis – Elina Svitolina has the Ukraine war and her  baby in mind as she beats Iga Swiatek 

  Elina Svitolina is back in her first Grand Slam  semifinal since 2019. She got there at Wimbledon by beating No. 1 Iga Swiatek  in three sets Tuesday. Things are much different for Svitolina now than they  were the last time she made it to the final four at a major tournament. She is  a mother who gave birth to a daughter nine months ago and returned to the tour  three months ago. And she is concerned about the war in her native Ukraine,  which was invaded by Russia in February 2022. Svitolina will face Marketa  Vondrousova for a berth in Saturday’s final. Novak Djokovic will play Jannik  Sinner in the men’s semifinals.

Golf – Saudi investment in PGA Tour will top $1  billion. And Norman will exit as CEO

  A PGA Tour executive has told Congress that Saudi  Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new  commercial entity controlled by the tour. Ron Price, the tour’s chief operating  officer, also said at a hearing Tuesday that Greg Norman will be ousted as the  CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is  finalized. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is looking into the  negotiations between the tour and the Saudis and the geopolitical implications  of Saudi investment in American sports. However, there was no indication that  Congress would block the tour from going into business with the Saudi Public  Investment Fund.

MWL – Midwest League Baseball
Yesterday

No games last night 

Tonight

  No games tonight

MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 2023 MLB All-Star Game – T-Mobile Park, Seattle 
National League 3, American League 2
National 3, American 2 – National League snaps All-Star Game losing streak, tops AL 3-2 behind Elias Díaz homer 
 Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the National League snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League. The NL won for the first time since an 8-0 victory in 2012 in Kansas City thanks to Díaz, a catcher who became the first Rockies player to win the All-Star MVP award. Díaz, who was non-tendered by the Pirates at the end of 2019, drove a 2-2 pitch from Baltimore&rsquo;s hard-throwing closer deep to left to put the NL in front. Díaz was the lone representative for Colorado in his first All-Star Game appearance.
Friday 
 Chicago White Sox at Atlanta Braves, 7:20 p.m. 
 Boston Red Sox at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. 
 Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners, 10:10 p.m.
MLB – Díaz becomes unlikely All-Star MVP, 3 ½ years after cut loose by Pirates 
 Elias Díaz may be the most unlikely All-Star MVP. Just 3 1/2 years after Pittsburgh failed to offer a contract and allowed him to become a free agent, his go-ahead, two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning lifted the National League over the American 3-2. A first-time All-Star at age 32, the Colorado catcher put his name on an award won by Willie Mays, Joe Morgan, Frank and Brooks Robinson, both Ken Griffeys and Mike Trout. Díaz says: &ldquo;I honestly can&rsquo;t believe that my name is going to be next to some of those names.&quot;
MLB – White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. out of All-Star Game due to calf tightness 
 Chicago White Sox slugger Luis Robert Jr. did not play in the All-Star Game after feeling tightness in his right calf during the Home Run Derby. The White Sox said that Robert underwent an MRI in Seattle and is listed as day-to-day. The team said Robert felt the tightness in the calf during the opening round and did not play in the All-Star Game as a precaution. Robert will be evaluated before the White Sox restart the season on Friday in Atlanta. Robert was the No. 1 seed in the Home Run Derby and beat Baltimore&rsquo;s Adley Rutschman 28-27 in the opening round. Robert lost to Tampa Bay&rsquo;s Randy Arozarena in the semifinals 35-22.
MLB – Atlanta&#8217;s Truist Park and Chicago&#8217;s Wrigley Field under consideration for ASG 
 The Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs are under consideration for upcoming All-Star Games. Next year&rsquo;s game is scheduled for the Texas Rangers&rsquo; Globe Life Field in Arlington, and the 2026 game will be at Philadelphia&rsquo;s Citizens Bank Park. The 2021 All-Star Game was awarded to Atlanta&rsquo;s Truist Park by Major League Baseball in 2019 but in April 2021 was moved to Denver&rsquo;s Coors Field following objections to sweeping changes to Georgia&rsquo;s voting laws. Commissioner Rob Manfred says &ldquo;Atlanta is in the mix of clubs for the &lsquo;25 All-Star Game.&rdquo;
MLB – Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose&#8217;s lifetime ban from baseball 
 Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has no intention of altering Pete Rose&rsquo;s lifetime ban from baseball and said the sport&rsquo;s commercial deals with gambling companies have no impact on the status of the career hits leader. Rose agreed to a lifetime ban in 1989 after an investigation found Rose placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. Manfred rejected Rose&rsquo;s application in 2015. Manfred says: &ldquo;Pete Rose violated what is sort of rule one in baseball, and the consequences of that are clear in the rule.&rdquo;
MLB – MLB open to consider increasing time on pitch clock in postseason 
 Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred will consider increasing time on the pitch clock for the postseason but is reluctant to adjust an innovation the sport considers a great success. In the first season of the clock, the average time of a nine-inning game is 2:38, on track to be the fastest since 1984. It is down from 3:04 last year and 3:09 in 2021, the last season before PitchCom was introduced. Manfred says &quot;we&rsquo;re going to continue to talk to the players and adds: &ldquo;I think you ought to play the postseason the way you play the regular season. There&rsquo;s exceptions.&rdquo;
NBASL – NBA Summer League 
 Last Night 
 Chicago Bulls 107, Sacramento Kings 99
Tonight 
 Detroit Pistons vs. Toronto Raptors, 6:00 p.m.              (at Thomas and Mack Center, Las Vegas) 
 Indiana Pacers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 7:30 p.m.        (at Cox Pavilion, Las Vegas) 
NBA – Flopping, challenge rules changed by NBA&#8217;s Board of Governors 
 The NBA&rsquo;s Board of Governors approved two rule changes for the coming season Tuesday. One change gives coaches a second challenge if their first one is successful. The other will mean a technical foul will be called against players who flop. The challenge rule change is something that coaches have wanted for some time. Coaches who challenge a call and are successful will get the chance to make a second challenge. Teams must have a timeout in order to call for a challenge; that timeout would not be retained even if a coach won that first challenge.
WNBA – Women&rsquo;s National Basketball Association 
 Today 
 New York Liberty at Indiana Fever, 12:00 p.m. 
 Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky, 12:00 p.m.
WNBA – WNBA All-Star skills competition now features teammates partnering up 
 The WNBA is changing its All-Star skills challenge with the new format pitting four sets of teammates against each other in a head-to-head competition. The league announced the two-round competition on Tuesday that will include a timed obstacle course relay competition that showcases players&rsquo; agility, dribbling, passing and shooting skills. The four teams are Atlanta&rsquo;s Allisha Gray and Cheyenne Parker, who are both making their All-Star debuts; Dallas&rsquo; Arike Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally; New York&rsquo;s Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot; and Las Vegas&rsquo; Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum.
NCAAFB – Northwestern retains assistants after firing coach Pat Fitzgerald 
 Northwestern has decided to retain its assistant coaches and support staff for the 2023 season after it fired head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid a hazing scandal. Athletic director Derrick Gragg informed the coaches and staff of the decision during a meeting. There was no announcement by the school when it comes to the leadership of the program after Fitzgerald&rsquo;s dismissal. The first game of the season is Sept. 3 at Rutgers. The 48-year-old Fitzgerald was fired on Monday by Northwestern President Michael Schill.
Tennis – Elina Svitolina has the Ukraine war and her baby in mind as she beats Iga Swiatek 
 Elina Svitolina is back in her first Grand Slam semifinal since 2019. She got there at Wimbledon by beating No. 1 Iga Swiatek in three sets Tuesday. Things are much different for Svitolina now than they were the last time she made it to the final four at a major tournament. She is a mother who gave birth to a daughter nine months ago and returned to the tour three months ago. And she is concerned about the war in her native Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in February 2022. Svitolina will face Marketa Vondrousova for a berth in Saturday&#8217;s final. Novak Djokovic will play Jannik Sinner in the men&#8217;s semifinals.
Golf – Saudi investment in PGA Tour will top $1 billion. And Norman will exit as CEO 
 A PGA Tour executive has told Congress that Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s sovereign wealth fund agreed to invest more than $1 billion in a new commercial entity controlled by the tour. Ron Price, the tour&#8217;s chief operating officer, also said at a hearing Tuesday that Greg Norman will be ousted as the CEO of LIV Golf if the business deal between the Saudis and the tour is finalized. The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is looking into the negotiations between the tour and the Saudis and the geopolitical implications of Saudi investment in American sports. However, there was no indication that Congress would block the tour from going into business with the Saudi Public Investment Fund.
MWL – Midwest League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
No games last night 
Tonight 
 No games tonight

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MLB – Major League Baseball Last Night 2023 MLB All-Star Game – T-Mobile Park, Seattle National League 3, American League 2 National 3, American 2 – National League snaps All-Star Game losing streak, tops AL 3-2 behind