AP Sports Report for June 1st, 2024:
Wembley Stadium beefs up security for Champions League final
LONDON (AP) — Wembley Stadium has significantly beefed up its security operation for the Champions League final. It is intent on avoiding a repeat of the lawlessness that tarnished the Euro 2020 final. Real Madrid faces Borussia Dortmund at England's national stadium, where three years ago 2,000 ticketless English fans stormed past stewards to get inside to watch their men's national team play Italy in the European Championship final. The past two Champions League finals have also been marred by problems. Saturday's match will feature the largest deployment of stewards — 2,500 — in Wembley Stadium history and follows $6.3 million of security upgrades.
Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after Tyson's health episode
Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul has been postponed after the 57-year-old Tyson fell ill on a flight last weekend. Tyson and Paul say they'll announce a new date for their fight next week. They were scheduled to meet July 20 in Arlington, Texas. Tyson fell ill on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles last Sunday, and his flight was met by first responders. Tyson's camp attributed the episode to an ulcer problem. Tyson's camp says his doctors have advised him to lay off heavy training for a few weeks. The 27-year-old Paul says he supports the decision.
Nugent-Hopkins scores 2 power-play goals and Oilers beat Stars 3-1 to move a win away from Cup final
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two quick power-play goals, Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 3-1 in the Western Conference Final to take a 3-2 series lead. There hadn't been a power-play goal by either team in this series until Nugent-Hopkins scored on a rebound only 18 seconds after a penalty in the first period Friday night. That was 2 seconds longer than it took for him to score when the Oilers got a man advantage after a penalty just a minute into the second period. Game 6 is Sunday night in Edmonton with the Oilers a win from advancing to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2006.
Ben Shelton's painful shoulder and slower serve speeds hurt during a French Open loss
PARIS (AP) — Ben Shelton has compared himself to a Major League Baseball pitcher after a painful shoulder prevented him from playing his best in a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 third-round loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime at the French Open. The match concluded Saturday after being suspended a night earlier late in the first set because of rain. The 21st-seeded Auger-Aliassime took the initial five games when play resumed in Court Suzanne Lenglen. The 15th-seeded Shelton's service speeds dropped considerably from the first set to the second and he only had one ace on Saturday. The 21-year-old American reached the U.S. Open semifinals last September.
With his transgender identity public, skier Jay Riccomini finds success on and off the slopes
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Jay Riccomini is increasingly well known in the world of slopestyle skiing. He finished third overall in last season's World Cup slopestyle standings, and is now mentioned as an Olympic hopeful in 2026. But he has also achieved a different kind of victory: publicly embracing his identity as a gay transgender man. Riccomini kept his identity a secret for years, but broke his silence in an Instagram post in 2021, when he was 17. In one of his first interviews with a national news outlet, Riccomini recently shared with The Associated Press the long road he followed to get where he is today.
Aaron Judge caps huge May by hitting 2 more homers to lead the Yankees past the Giants 6-2
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aaron Judge capped a spectacular May by homering twice in his first game ever in San Francisco and the New York Yankees beat the Giants 6-2. Judge grew up about 100 miles away in Linden and was heavily recruited in free agency by the Giants in December 2022, but decided to remain with the Yankees. Judge hit a single in the first inning and then launched a three-run shot to left field in the third inning against Jordan Hicks and then another solo shot in the sixth to give him a major league-leading 20 homers.
Kings agree to a contract extension with coach Mike Brown, AP source says
A person familiar with the deal says the Sacramento Kings have agreed to a extension with coach Mike Brown to keep him under contract through the 2026-27 season. The person tells The Associated Press the two sides reached agreement on the extension Friday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract hadn't been announced by the team. ESPN first reported the deal and said Brown will get a $4 million raise to $8.5 million for next season and then $8.5 million a year for two additional seasons added on to his previous deal. Brown has a 94-70 record in two seasons with Sacramento.
Kyrie Irving said late in the season that the Mavs were just getting started. He was right
Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had just clinched a division title and Irving was asked to talk about what that means. He didn't look back. He looked ahead and said the Mavs were just getting started. Turns out, he was right. The Mavericks spent most of February and March looking destined for the play-in tournament. But they figured things out just in time, and a trip to the NBA Finals is their reward.
Simone Biles, looking perhaps better than ever, surges to early lead at US Championships
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Simone Biles put herself in position to win a ninth national gymnastics title, stringing together four occasionally brilliant rotations to take a massive lead at the U.S. Championships. The 27-year-old, eyeing a third Olympic trip this summer, posted an all-around total of 60.450, the highest by any gymnast in the world since the beginning of 2022. It was also more than three points clear of Skye Blakely in second at 57.050 and Kayla DiCello in third at 56.850. Biles posted the highest score on all four events two months away from the women's all-around final in Paris on Aug. 1.
France files preliminary terrorism charges against teenager accused of plan to attack Olympic fans
PARIS (AP) — French authorities have handed preliminary terrorism charges to an 18-year-old accused of a plot targeting spectators attending Olympic soccer games. The man is accused of planning a ''violent action'' on behalf of the Islamic State group's jihadist ideology. That's according to a statement on Friday from the national counterterrorism prosecutor's office. The man, who was not identified, is behind held in custody pending further investigation. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement earlier in the day that members of the General Directorate of Internal Security arrested an 18-year-old man from Chechnya on May 22 on suspicion of being behind a plan to attack soccer events that will be held in the southern city of Saint-Etienne.
AP-Scorecard
TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Atlanta 4 Oakland 2
Final Miami 8 Texas 2
Final Cleveland 7 Washington 1
Final Toronto 5 Pittsburgh 3
Final San Diego 11 Kansas City 8
Final Milwaukee 12 Chicago White Sox 5
Final N.Y. Yankees 6 San Francisco 2
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Boston 7 Detroit 3
Final Baltimore 3 Tampa Bay 1
Final Minnesota 6 Houston 1
Final Seattle 5 L.A. Angels 4
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Cincinnati 5 Chicago Cubs 4
Final Philadelphia 4 St. Louis 2
Final N.Y. Mets 10 Arizona 9
Final Colorado 4 L.A. Dodgers 1
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final Edmonton 3 Dallas 1
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WOMEN'S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Connecticut 74 Dallas 72
Final New York 90 Washington 79
Final Atlanta 78 Las Vegas 74
Final Minnesota 95 Phoenix 71
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Final New York City FC 5 San Jose 1
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