D2 | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020 CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE WIDE WORLD OFNO SPORTS

A DAILY FIX UNTIL THE REAL GAMES RETURN

YOU’D HAVE MEMORY LANE THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY WATCHED THIS 1935: In the first major league night game, the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 before EVENTS THAT WERE 25,000 fans in Cincinnati. SCHEDULED FOR TODAY 1980: Bobby Nystrom’s over- time goal gave the New York Ashleigh Barty Islanders a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 for their first title. 1984: Jack Morris led the Ti- gers to their 17th straight road win, setting an AL record. Morris allowed four hits, and 2006: Cardinals pitcher Detroit beat the California ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Adam Wainwright hom- Angels 5-1. 2009: Brazil’s Helio Castroneves became the ninth driver ered in his first major TENNIS 1988: The fourth game of the to win the three times. Above: Castro- league at-bat and pitched three innings of relief to French Open: The iconic clay-court Stanley Cup Finals between neves climbs the fence to celebrate with his pit crew. earn the win in St. Louis’ major was set to begin its run through the and 10-4 victory over San June 7 at Roland Garros in Paris but the was postponed won the the most in the French Open Francisco. Wainwright, two-week tournament was postponed since tiebreakers were insti- with the score tied 3-3 and as the playoffs’ top performer. who had no batting prac- by the coronavirus until Sept. 20. De- 3:27 left in the second period tuted in 1973. Lacko won 4-6, fending singles champions are 12-time 1992: Jr. won the clos- tice since spring training, when a power failure hit Bos- 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 12-10 hit the first pitch he saw champion Rafael Nadal of Spain and ton Garden. est finish at the Indianapolis in a first-round match that Ashleigh Barty of Australia, who scored 500, beating Scott Goodyear by out to left in the fifth for a took two days to complete. solo homer. her first grand slam victory a year ago. 1990: The Edmonton Oilers 43-thousandths of a second, 2014: MLB won their fifth Stanley Cup in barely half a car length. Maya Moore scored 30 seven seasons by beating the points on a record-setting the first WNBA player ever to Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox: The Bruins 4-1 in Game 5. Goalie 2010: Lukas Lacko of Slovakia night as the Minnesota Lynx score at least 30 points in four coronavirus shutdown likely did each Bill Ranford, who limited Bos- beat American Michael Yani in defeated the New York Lib- straight games. of these teams a favor. The Astros were ton to eight goals in the series, a 71-game match that tied for erty 87-82. Moore became — Associated Press prepping to feel the wrath of players and fans after they were sanctioned for a sign-stealing scandal en route to winning the World Series in 2017. The Red Sox also had to contend with a sign-stealing flap, though on a lesser THE LIST DIGGING DEEPER INTO HISTORY scale. Women racers at the Indy 500 TRIVIA has six top-10 finishes among eight career starts at the Indianapolis 500, including a fourth-place finish in her rookie year of 2005 and a career-best third on May 24, 2009. Who is the youngest winner in the history of NASCAR’s Cup Series (19 years, 35 days) Driver Starts Best start Best finish

and Xfinity Series (18 years, 21 days)? Janet Guthrie 3 14th, 1979 9th, 1978

Joey Logano Joey A: Lyn St. James 7 6th, 1994 11th, 1992 9 9th, 2002 17th, 2009 BIRTHDAYS Danica Patrick 8 4th, 2005 3rd, 2009 Milka Duno 3 27th, 2008 19th, 2008 Simona de Silvestro 5 18th, 2015 14th, 2010 Ana Beatriz 4 13th, 2012 15th, 2013 7 25th, 2015 16th, 2019

Joe Tracy Joey Katherine Legge 2 30th, 2012 22nd, 2012 Dumars, 57 McGrady, 41 Logano, 30 SOURCE: Indianapolis Motor Speedway

KEEPING THE MOMENTUM and it’s going to be intense out NASCAR Even with rain disruptions, NA- there from lap one. It’s 100% from From D1 SCAR had a good first week back lap one. We’re hammer down ev- at . Kevin ery lap.” It means NASCAR is alone in Harvick got his first win of the the spotlight Sunday night, just season and 50th of his career in BUSCH VS. ELLIOTT as NASCAR has been for the last the first race, and flipped Busch the week. The stock car series, using won for the third time at Darling- bird after Busch wrecked Elliott a tight health screening plan and ton in the first Wednesday race in racing for the win Wednesday aided by its close proximity to 34 years. night. states with relaxed restrictions. Both races at Darlington were Elliott has twice been voted by has already completed three compelling and the Xfinity Series fans as NASCAR’s most popular races in the last week. finish Thursday came down to a driver and Busch is notoriously The next one is a crown last-lap battle Chase Briscoe won disliked, so the on-track inci- jewel event that doubles as an over . dent has the makings for a good, elaborate salute to the United Now comes the 600, which old-fashioned feud. Instead, States military. The dusk-to- often turns into green-flag runs Busch has publicly accepted dark race is an actual Memo- where cars are stretched into a blame and called Elliott to apol- rial Day party as fallen heroes long parade lap. Strategy, tire ogize. are honored on each car and conservation and luck can fac- Elliott accepted that Busch Speedway Motorsports prides tor into the race in a combination made a mistake but can’t help be- itself on productions that con- STEVE REED, AP that often doesn’t make for for ing bitter. Busch went on to finish clude with a post-race fireworks is shown Wednesday in Concord, N.C. good television. That’s the only second in a 1-2 with Hamlin for spectacular. viewing option though because Joe Gibbs Racing; Elliott was 38th. The race itself is one of the an aerodynamic package capable “I think for our hardcore fans spectators are no t permitted, so “I get that mistakes happen, most grueling of the season. It’s of compelling competition. and for the people that appreci- NASCAR must hope the casual that’s part of life and I get it,” almost always hot, the race is Still, drivers love this event and ate the history of NASCAR, the sports fan sticks with the racing. Elliott said. “He’s just not a guy 100 miles longer than any other many teams thrive in the chal- 600 is it’s own kind of animal A snoozer of a race could spoil that makes many mistakes, so for and it is a true battle of attri- lenge of tackling a 600-miler. and it’s own show,” said Martin NASCAR’s current high. me to be on the poor end of a rare tion. It’s not always the most They also respect what the Co- Truex Jr. “For us in the sport and “It’s the Coca-Cola 600 and mistake on his end is, at the end exciting event and NASCAR has ca-Cola 600 has become over drivers especially, it’s a big one you cannot change that,” Joey Lo- of the day, unfortunate for me and struggled over the years to find the last 61 years. and it’s one we all want to win.” gano said. “It’s a good race track my team.”

able to turn a negative into a pos- like last week at Seminole. One into technical problems and was Woods, however, captured the Charity itive and been able to train a lot difference is the players will be free for all. Lefty won in a playoff streak that mattered, holding off From D1 and get my body to where I think in their own carts, whereas the under the lights for $9 million in Mickelson in the final group at it should be.” four PGA Tour players last week a winner-take-all match. the Masters in 2001 to hold all Dustin Johnson, Rickie Fowler Mickelson has missed the cut carried their bags. He also has a 5-3-1 advantage four professional majors at the and Matthew Wolff ushered golf’s in four of his five tournaments But this is as much about en- over Woods in the nine times they same time. return to live television. this year — the exception was tertainment as competition. have played in the final round on The banter was lacking in Las What to make of Woods? third place at Pebble Beach, It’s the second edition of a the PGA Tour, most recently in Vegas, and perhaps having Man- His only interviews were with where he started the final round match between Woods and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am ning and Brady will change the GolfTV, the Discovery-owned one shot behind Nick Taylor and Mickelson, the dominant play- in 2012 when Mickelson shot 64 dynamics. The broadcast in- channel with whom Woods has a closed with a 75. ers of their generation and rivals to a 75 for Woods. cludes Charles Barkley providing financial deal, and a playful Zoom Just like last week, rust is to be by name, but not necessarily by He also stopped two streaks. commentary and Justin Thomas, call with the other match partic- expected for players who haven’t record. Woods has 82 career vic- Woods was going for his seventh whom Woods has embraced, on ipants hosted by Ernie Johnson of competed in two months — three, tories to 44 for Mickelson, leads straight PGA Tour victory when the course as a reporter in his Turner Sports, which is televising in the case of Woods. 15-5 in major championships and Mickelson beat him at Torrey television debut. the match. Manning, meanwhile, is re- 11-0 in winning PGA Tour player Pines in 2000. Later that year, After this exhibition, golf has He described his health in the tired and is a golf junkie. Brady of the year. Woods had won 19 consecutive two weeks before the PGA Tour April 9 interview with GolfTV as remains employed, and this week Mickelson won their firsttimes on the PGA Tour when he is set to return at Colonial in Fort “night and day.” had some informal work in with made-for-TV match over had at least a share of the 54-hole Worth, Texas. Mickelson plans to “I feel a lot better than I did his new teammates in Tampa Bay. Thanksgiving weekend in 2018, lead until Mickelson beat him at play. Woods has not said when he then,” Woods said. “I’ve been No fans will be allowed, just a pay-per-view event that ran the Tour Championship. will return.

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