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2D EWS -L EADER WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 COLLEGE BASEBALL 7p.m. ESPN NCAA College World Series, Finals, Game 3, LSU vs. Florida (if necessary), at Omaha, Neb. GOLF 3:30 a.m. (Thursday) GOLF European PGA Tour, HNA Open de France, first round, at Paris MLB BASEBALL 6:10 p.m.

Fox Sports Kansas City, KICK 1340 AM, 92.3 FM Kansas City at Detroit 8:40 p.m. Fox Sports Midwest, KTXR 101.3 FM St. Louis at Arizona SOCCER 1p.m. FS1 FIFA Confederations Cup, semifinal, teams TBA, at Kazan, Russia SWIMMING 6p.m. NBCSN Phillips 66 National Championships, at Indianapolis TEXAS LEAGUE At A Glance All Times EDT North Division WLPct.GB Tulsa Northwest Arkansas Springfield Arkansas South Division WLPct.GB San Antonio Corpus Christi Frisco Midland Games Texas League South 10, Texas League North 3 Games No games scheduled Games Springfield at Midland, 8 p.m.

Corpus Christi at Northwest Arkansas, 8:05 p.m. Tulsa at Frisco, 8:05 p.m. San Antonio at Arkansas, 8:10 p.m. MLS All times CDT EASTERN CONFERENCE WLTPtsGFGA Toronto FC1025353015 Chicago1034343117 NY City FC953303120 Orlando City765262026 Columbus891252930 Atlanta United FC 773243325 New York782231723 New England575202725 Philadelphia574192120 Montreal456182426 D.C. United593181225 WESTERN CONFERENCE WLTPtsGFGA Sporting KC846302212 FC Dallas637252315 Houston764253025 Portland774253128 San Jose665231821 Los Angeles664222524 Vancouver663212121 Seattle576212227 Minnesota United 593182438 Real Salt Lake5112171737 Colorado5101161523 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Thursday, June 29 Minnesota United at NY City FC, 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 30 Orlando City at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. WNBA All times CDT EASTERN CONFERENCE WLPctGB Washington95.643— New York75.5831 Atlanta56.4552½ Connecticut67.4622½ Indiana67.4622½ Chicago310.2315½ WESTERN CONFERENCE WLPctGB Minnesota111.917— Los Angeles103.7691½ Phoenix75.5834 Dallas88.5005 Seattle67.4625½ San Antonio014.00012 Games Washington 100, Seattle 70 Los Angeles 87, Connecticut 79 Games Indiana at Chicago, 11:30 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL NCAA College World Series Glance At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha Omaha, Neb. Championship Series (Best-of-3) Florida 4, LSU 3 Florida 6, LSU 1, Florida wins series 2-0 NBA NBA Awards Winners Most Valuable Player Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Coach of the Year Mike Houston Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee Most Improved Player Giannis Anteto- kounmpo, Milwaukee Basketball Executive of the Year Bob Myers, Golden State Defensive Player of the Year Draymond Green, Golden State Sixth Man Award Eric Gordon, Houston Sportsmanship Award Kemba Walker, Charlotte Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas Lifetime Achievement Award Bill Russell Sager Strong Award Monty Williams All-Rookie Team Malcolm Brogdon, Milwaukee; Dario Saric, Philadelphia; Joel Em- biid, Philadelphia; Buddy Hield, Sacramento; Willy Hernangomez, New York.

All-Defensive Team Draymond Green, Golden State; Rudy Gobert, Utah; Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio; Chris Paul, L.A. Clippers; Patrick Beverley, Houston. NBA Cares Community Assist Award Isaiah Thomas, Boston Fan-voted Awards Dunk of the Year Oklahoma Victor Oladipo vs. Atlanta Best Style Oklahoma Russell Westbrook Block of the Year San Kawhi Leonard vs. Houston Assist of the Year Golden Draymond Green to Stephen Curry to Kevin Durant Game Winner of the Year Oklahoma Russell Westbrook vs.

Denver Top Performance of the Year Golden KlayThompson scores 60 in three quarters vs. Indiana Best Playoff Moment Golden Kevin Durant hits pull-up 3-pointer late in Game 3 of The Finals Calendar July 7-17 NBA Summer League, Las Vegas. GOLF World Golf Ranking Through June 25 1. Dustin JohnsonUSA12.61 2. Hideki MatsuyamaJPN8.14 3.

Jordan SpiethUSA7.74 4. Rory McIlroyNIR7.72 5. Jason DayAUS7.28 6. Sergio GarciaESP7.19 7. Henrik StensonSWE6.74 8.

Alex NorenSWE6.24 9. Rickie FowlerUSA5.79 10. Brooks KoepkaUSA5.60 11. Jon RahmESP5.34 12. Justin ThomasUSA5.25 13.

Justin RoseENG5.16 14. Adam ScottAUS4.96 15. Paul CaseyENG4.30 PGA Tour Statistics Through June 25 FedExCup Season Points 1, Dustin Johnson, 2,269.650. 2, Hideki Matsuyama, 2,145.380. 3, Justin Thomas, 2,059.706.

4, Jordan Spieth, 1,978.946. 5, Jon Rahm, 1,707.826. 6, Brooks Koepka, 1,533.707. 7, Kevin Kisner, 1,457.507. 8, Daniel Berger, 1,450.368.

9, Rickie Fowler, 1,429.196. 10, Pat Perez, 1,425.591. Scoring Average 1, Rickie Fowler, 69.322. 2, Jordan Spieth, 69.349. 3, Sergio Garcia, 69.359.

4, Justin Thomas, 69.711. 5, Francesco Molinari, 69.779. 6, Marc Leishman, 69.784. 7, Hideki Matsuyama, 69.798. 8, Jon Rahm, 69.891.

9, Paul Casey, 69.897. 10, Dustin Johnson, 69.898. Driving Distance 1, Dustin Johnson, 312.1. 2, Luke List, 311.4. 3, Brandon Hagy, 310.4.

4, Andrew Loupe, 309.6. 5, Ryan Brehm, 308.3. 6, Brooks Koepka, 307.6. 7 (tie), Kevin Tway and Grayson Murray, 307.0. 9, Justin Thomas, 306.2.

10, Tony Finau, 306.1. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Steve Stricker, 74.34%. 2, Jim Furyk, 72.93%. 3, Francesco Molinari, 72.12%. 4 (tie), Chez Reavie and Brian Stuard, 70.95%.

6, William McGirt, 70.41%. 7, Graeme McDowell, 70.40%. 8, Ryan Armour, 70.38%. 9, Boo Weekley, 70.19%. 10, Kevin Kisner, 69.96%.

Greens in Regulation Percentage 1, Dustin Johnson, 72.22%. 2, Kyle Stanley, 71.55%. 3, Tony Finau, 70.83%. 4, Paul Casey, 70.70%. 5, Jordan Spieth, 70.67%.

6, Jim Herman, 70.47%. 7, Sergio Garcia, 70.42%. 8, Bill Haas, 70.37%. 9, Lucas Glover, 70.34%. 10, Martin Flores, 70.13%.

Total Driving 1, Rickie Fowler, 54. 2, Sergio Garcia, 57. 3, Kyle Stanley, 71. 4, Keegan Bradley, 82. 5, Brendan Steele, 85.

6, Lucas Glover, 86. 7, Graham DeLaet, 88. 8, Shane Lowry, 90. 9 (tie), Bubba Watson and Russell Henley, 93. SG-Putting 1, Tyrrell Hatton, 1.075.

2, Matthew Fitzpatrick, .899. 3, Rafa Cabrera Bello, .861. 4, Luke Donald, .842. 5, Michael Thompson, .840. 6, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano, .731.

7, Rickie Fowler, .728. 8, Mackenzie Hughes, .727. 9, Graeme McDowell, .725. 10, Steve Wheatcroft, .675. Birdie Average 1, Justin Thomas, 4.69.

2, Jordan Spieth, 4.64. 3, Hideki Matsuyama, 4.46. 4, Rickie Fowler, 4.45. 5, Justin Rose, 4.26. 6 (tie), Anir- ban Lahiri and Jon Rahm, 4.20.

8, Brooks Koepka, 4.19. 9, Phil Mickelson, 4.18. 10, Tony Finau, 4.09. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Justin Thomas, 91.8. 2, Martin Laird, 93.0.

3 (tie), Jason Dufner and Hideki Matsuyama, 100.0. 5, Sergio Garcia, 102.9. 6, Brooks Koepka, 104.0. 7, Phil Mickelson, 112.0. 8, Wesley Bryan, 113.4.

9 (tie), Justin Rose and Jason Day, 114.0. Sand Save Percentage 1, Rickie Fowler, 73.75%. 2, Luke Donald, 71.23%. 3, Gary Woodland, 65.22%. 4, Webb Simpson, 65.14%.

5, Adam Hadwin, 63.85%. 6, Tim Wilkinson, 63.01%. 7, Jimmy Walker, 62.50%. 8, Geoff Ogilvy, 62.07%. 9 (tie), Louis Oosthuizen and Seung-Yul Noh, 61.82%.

All-Around Ranking 1, Hideki Matsuyama, 184. 2, Rickie Fowler, 207. 3 (tie), Justin Rose and Jon Rahm, 300. 5, Tony Finau, 307. 6, Jordan Spieth, 325.

7, Sergio Garcia, 341. 8, Kyle Stanley, 342. 9, Justin Thomas, 358. 10, Adam Scott, 371. AUTO RACING NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Schedule-Winners July 1 Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.

July 8 Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Points Leaders Through June 25 1. Kyle Larson, 659. 2. Martin Truex 646.

3. Kevin Harvick, 548. 4. Kyle Busch, 542. 5.

Brad Keselowski, 519. 6. Chase Elliott, 509. 7. Jimmie Johnson, 483.

8. Jamie McMurray, 477. 9. Denny Hamlin, 476. 10.

Joey Logano, 434. 11. Clint Bowyer, 427. 12. Matt Kenseth, 423.

13. Ryan Blaney, 415. 14. Kurt Busch, 389. 15.

Ryan Newman, 367. 16. Erik Jones, 358. 17. Ricky Stenhouse 355.

18. Trevor Bayne, 337. 19. Daniel Suarez, 334. 20.

Austin Dillon, 322. BETTING LINE Pregame.com Line Major League Baseball Wednesday National League FavoriteLineUnderdogLine Colorado-107SAN FRANCISCO-103 New ARIZONA-132St. SAN DIEGOOFFAtlantaOFF American League FavoriteLineUnderdogLine DETROIT-135Kansas New Interleague FavoriteLineUnderdogLine PITTSBURGH-134Tampa LA Dodgers-128LA TRANSACTIONS BASEBALL OFFICE Suspended Boston manager John Farrell one game for his actions during an argument with umpire Bill Miller during game against the L.A. Angels. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES Sent LHP Zach Britton to Bowie (EL) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX Optioned RHP Gregory Infante to Charlotte (IL). Recalled RHP Juan Minaya from Charlotte. Agreed to terms with INF Alex Maloney on a minor league contract. CLEVELAND INDIANS Placed OF Austin Jackson on the 10-day DL. Recalled RHP Shawn Armstrong from Columbus (IL).

HOUSTON ASTROS Optioned RHP Jordan Jankowski to Fresno (PCL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS Optioned LHP Brian Flynn to Omaha (PCL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS Optioned 3B Kaleb Cowart to Salt Lake (PCL). Recalled 1B Jefry Marte from Salt Lake. MINNESOTA TWINS Sent RHP Justin Haley to the GCL Twins for a rehab assignment.

NEW YORK YANKEES Placed 2B Starlin Castro on the 10-day DL. Optioned OF Mason Williams and LHP Tyler Webb to Wilkes-Barre (IL). Recalled INF Tyler Wade from Agreed to terms with SS Ricky Surum, OF Canaan Smith, 1B Steven Sensley, LHP Dalton Lehnen and RHPs Austin Gardner, Aaron McGarity, Harold Cortijo and Ron Marinaccio on minor league contracts. TAMPA BAY RAYS Released Derek Norris. Transferred RHP Diego Moreno to the 60-day DL.

Sent RHP Brad Boxberger to Charlotte (FSL) for a rehab assignment. TEXAS RANGERS Activated LHP Cole Hamels from the 10-day DL. Optioned OF Drew Robinson to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS Sent OF Ezequiel Carrera to Buffalo (IL) for a rehab assignment. National League CINCINNATI REDS Optioned RHP Lisal- verto Bonilla to Louisville (IL).

Reinstated LHP Brandon Finnegan from the 60-day DL. Transferred RHP Bronson Arroyo to the 60-day DL. COLORADO ROCKIES Selected the contract of OF Mike Tauchman from Albuquerque (PCL). Optioned RHP Jairo Diaz to Albuquerque. Transferred OF David Dahl to the 60-day DL.

LOS ANGELES DODGERS Placed RHP Brandon McCarthy on the 10-day DL. Optioned RHP Ross Stripling to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled OF Trayce Thompson and RHP Brock Stewart from Oklahoma City. Sent LHP Scott Kazmir to Rancho Cucamonga (Cal) for arehab assignment. MIAMI MARLINS Assigned 2B Christian Colon outright to New Orleans (PCL).

Agreed to terms with RHP Josh Roberson on a minor league contract. MILWAUKEE BREWERS Optioned OF Lewis Brinson and Jett Bandy to Colorado Springs (PCL). Designated Nick Franklin for assignment. Reinstated OF Ryan Braun and 2B Jonathan Villar from the 10-day DL. NEW YORK METS Agreed to terms with RHP Yadiel Flores and SS Mark Vientos on minor league contracts.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES Optioned RHP Edubray Ramos to Lehigh Valley (IL). Recalled RHP Ricardo Pinto from Lehigh Valley. PITTSBURGH PIRATES Optioned Jacob Stallings to Indianapolis (IL). ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Agreed to terms with RHP Alex Gallegos on a minor league contract.

SAN DIEGO PADRES Placed INF Chase on paternity leave. Reinstated OF Manuel Margot from the 10-day DL. Sent RHP Trevor Cahill to El Paso (PCL) for a rehab assignment. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Assigned RHP Bryan Morris outright to Sacramento (PCL). HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES Agreed to terms with Jake Chelios on a one-year, two- way contract.

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Agreed to terms with Ville Pokka on a one-year contract. DALLAS STARS Bought out final year of GAntti contract. DETROIT RED WINGS Signed Ben Street to a one-year contract extension. MINNESOTA WILD Re-signed Pat Cannone to a one-year, two-way contract. SCOREBOARD St.

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15 just as he did when he was a national title-winning, Heisman Trophy-hoisting quarterback for the Gators. A shirt with his name and number was already for sale on the St. Lucie team website early Tuesday. Cheryl home is just outside of West Palm Beach, or about 45 minutes by car from Port St. Lucie.

She was attending a St. Lucie Mets game for the first time on Tuesday. know they had asummer team until I heard it on the news on Sunday night. I thought they were just there for said Arcadi, who bought six tickets for family and friends and was even planning to tailgate in the 98-degree late- afternoon heat. Gators.

a Gator football family. We had to come see this. Tim Tebow has earned our support in whatever he For debut, team officials were expecting around 5,000 fans. More workers were brought in to handle the much-bigger-than-usual crowd. be people cheering your name in the first Tebow said.

wait until they have a couple drinks in the seventh inning, they might be booing you. And guess what? had a lot of Root for him, root against him, Tebow mind. He views baseball as another platform to inspire people, and gotten them to turn out in droves in the minor league sense, anyway. average home attendance for Tebow games was 5,308, a 40 percent increase over what the Fireflies averaged a year ago. St.

Lucie came into Tuesday averaging 1,745 fans per game, fifth-best in the FSL. The most recent home game on Sunday had an attendance of 789. All that is about to change. The big league Mets were playing two hours south in Miami on Tuesday night. a short drive, but Tebow knows a long way from the majors.

would be a great Tebow said. not something that I focus Tebow Continued from Page 1D enters its fourth year as a charity beneficiary. positive impact that this tournament has on the community is phenomenal. Many people only see what it does on the surface, they see what happens after the Hankins said. Some of the charity organizations are required to invest in the tournament up front in order to fund event organization.

They get that money back plus part of the net proceeds when the tournament is over. On top of the money, Hankins said charities that serve children and families in need are able to improve by networking. been able to partner with organizations that met through this tournament and help families in ways that we never would have Hankins said. tournament is so much more than just a tournament, a tournament with a Aseries of pro-am golf events and other charity gatherings will be held in the weeks leading to the tournament. Andrews suggests the PGA Tour as one of the most charity-minded organizations in professional sports.

year alone, the Tour gifted away $166 million, all of the tournaments Andrews said. $166 million, folks, is more than the NFL, Major League Baseball, the NBA and the National Hockey League all combined to give for charity last year. what separates the PGA Tour from all over national level-type The 2017 tournament theme is We Stand for In 2016, organizers began admitting military veterans, active duty personnel, law enforcement agents and first responders for free. An estimated 1,400 people took advantage of the free admission in 2016. The policy returns this year.

RANCE The John Q. Hammons Foundation commissioned a piece of art by Columbia, Missouri, artist Cindy Scott depicting Highland Springs Country Club alongside such American golf destinations as Pebble Beach and Augusta National. NEWS-LEADER FILE PHOTO Large crowds were on hand at the Price Cutter Charity Championship at Highland Springs Country Club. Golf Continued from Page 1D OMAHA, Nebraska Florida scored four runs in the eighth inning to pull away from LSU, and the Gators beat their Southeastern Conference rival 6-1 Tuesday night to complete a two-game sweep in the College World Series finals for their first national title in baseball. The Gators (52-19) posted the eighth sweep in the 15 years of the best-of-three finals format, and first since 2013.

LSU (52-20) lost for the first time in seven appearances in a championship game. Freshman Tyler Dyson (4-0) limited the Tigers to three hits in six innings in only his second start, and the Gators capitalized on LSU errors in the first and second innings to go up 2-0 against Jared Poche (12-4). Things got interesting after Mi- chael Byrne relieved Dyson in the seventh. LSU pulled to 2-1 and would have tied it if not for Jake Slaughter being called for runner interference at second base for sliding into shortstop Dalton leg as he was throwing to first to turn a double play. Josh Smith, who had run home, was sent back to third, and Beau Jordan flew out to end the inning.

Kramer Robertson punched a single into right field leading off the eighth and took second on a wild pitch. The Tigers had runners on the corners when Cole Freeman beat throw to first for a bunt single. After Byrne struck out Antoine Duplantis, Jackson Kowar, who would have been starter in Game 3, came on to face Greg Deichmann. Deichmann grounded first pitch to first, and JJ Schwarz threw out Robertson at the plate on aplay that stood after a video review. Zach Watson, the hottest hitter in the CWS, then flew out to end the inning.

The Gators scored four times in the bottom of the eighth. LSU reliever Zack Hess hit a batter with the bases loaded, Liput hit a two-run single and Schwarz had a sacrifice fly. Kowar pitched around a single in the top of the ninth, with the championship locked up when Beau Jordan grounded out to second, prompting the Gators to empty their dugout and start dogpiling. Florida was in the CWS for the 11th time and previously had made it to the finals in 2005 and 2011, getting swept each time. Kevin van, the 10th-year coach, had brought the Gators to six of the last eight College World Series.

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Florida wins national title over LSU ASSOCIATED PRESS.