In the Majors, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched his first no hitter, striking out a career-high 15 and allowing his only baserunner on a throwing error by shortstop Hanley Ramirez in an 8-0 win over Colorado.
Brian McCann drove in five runs as the Yankees beat up on the Blue Jays 7-3 and now trail Toronto in the A-L East by two and a half games. Mike Napoli and David Ortiz hit consecutive homers with one out in the 10th inning as the Red Sox rallied past Minnesota 2-1.
In the River Valley Oldtimers League, the Exit Realty Aces defeating Desaulnier Surveys 13-9.
At the World Cup, defending champion Spain is out after losing to Chile 2-0……Australia is also out after a 3-2 loss to the Netherlands and Croatia shut out Cameroon 4-0.
In what might be the most significant pressure put on Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team’s name, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has canceled the team’s trademarks on the basis that the name is “disparaging to Native Americans.”
