Rays stay hot, get much-needed series win over Diamondbacks • Chris Perkins: Ten wins? Tua in MVP race? One sportsbook not sold on Dolphins
 Sentinel Sports Final Friday, June 30, 2023 | | |
| | | | | The first move to preempt free agency has taken place for the Magic: Goga Bitadze stays. The options on two other players were declined. Next up today? Stay tuned to Sentinel Sports to find out if the guarantees of Markelle Fultz, Bol Bol and Gary Harris are picked up. ... The summer league team for Las Vegas is set. ... UCF football has a new non-conference opponent for 2029. ...The Rays have two All-Star starters for the second time in their 26-year existence. ... James Harden opted into his deal in Philadelphia (likely prelude to a trade), Harrison Barnes will stay in Sacramento and the Lakers already have waived former Magic center Mo Bamba. A new CBA is in place that'll change the NBA landscape and an unpredictable free agency season is less than 24 hours away. | | | | The Magic declined options on Admiral Schofield and Michael Carter-Williams, league sources said Thursday. They will become unrestricted free agents — meaning they can sign with any team — when free agency starts at 6 p.m. Friday. | | | | | It marked their first back-to-back victories since June 15-16 and their first series win after splitting or losing the previous four. It also ended a season-high run of four consecutive games with 4 or fewer runs. | | | | | One oddsmaker doesn't have high expectations for the 2023 Miami Dolphins with training camp just weeks away. | | | | | It will be the third meeting between the two programs and the first since a home-and-home series in 1991-92. James Madison won the first game in Harrisonburg, Va., 49-31, with UCF earning the split with a 41-37 win in Orlando. | | | | | The Magic summer league team, which includes lottery picks Anthony Black and Jett Howard, will play at least five games in Las Vegas. The top four teams will participate in the semifinals on July 16. The two winning teams from the semifinal games will meet in the championship game the next night. | | | | | Expectations are high for Florida State after a breakthrough season in which the Seminoles won 10 games for the first time since 2016. Even so, the players aren't focused on what could be, choosing to focus on what they can control. | | | | | Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout has been elected to his 11th All-Star Game and four Texas Rangers were chosen by fans for the American League's lineup for the July 11 game at Seattle's T-Mobile Park. Trout was voted to start for the 10th time and will be joined in the AL lineup by teammate Shohei Ohtani, who last week was chosen at designated hitter as the league's top-vote getter in the first round. Nine first-time starters were picked by fans, including three Rangers: catcher Jonah Heim, shortstop Corey Seager and third baseman Josh Jung. Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien was chosen for his second start. | | | | | The Associated Press takes a look at some of the top women at Wimbledon in 2023. Play in the year's third Grand Slam tournament begins on the grass courts of the All England Club on Monday. The field is led by top-ranked Iga Swiatek. She has won four major titles but has never been past the fourth round at Wimbledon. Aryna Sabalenka is seeded second. She won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January. Reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina is seeded third. The top two American women are fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula and seventh-seeded Coco Gauff. | | | | | Some of the players to watch in NBA free agency, which starts tonight: This one will be interesting. Irving is one of the best players in the NBA. He also tends to be a challenge. | | | | | Gregg Berhalter's first matches in his return as United States men's national soccer coach will be exhibitions against Uzbekistan on Sept. 9 at St. Louis and Oman three days later at St. Paul, Minnesota. Oman is ranked 73rd and Uzbekistan 74th, while the U.S. is No. 13. Many nations are unavailable for friendlies because of 2024 European Championship qualifying and the start of 2026 World Cup qualifying in South America. The U.S. also plays No. 15 Germany on Oct. 14 at East Hartford, Connecticut, and 59th-ranked Ghana three days later at Nashville, Tennessee. | | | |
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