National Football League: The league announces that
NFL Europa, its European developmental league, will be immediately shut down after 16 years of operation.
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Bashir Levingston of the
Toronto Argonauts returns a missed field goal from the back of the 20-yard end zone and traverses the 110-yard field for a 129-yard touchdown, the longest play in the history of professional gridiron football. (
TSN)
Houston Astrossecond basemanCraig Biggio collects his
3000th career hit, a seventh-inning single off the
Colorado Rockies'
Aaron Cook at
Minute Maid Park in
Houston. Biggio was thrown out trying to stretch the hit to a double. He is the 27th member of the 3000-hit club, and only the ninth player to record all 3000 hits with the same club. This was the third of his five hits in the game, tying his career record. The Astros won 8–5 on
Carlos Lee's
walk-off grand slam in the 11th inning, with Biggio on third base at the time of the shot.
Philadelphia Phillies first baseman
Ryan Howard hit his 100th career home run – a 505-foot three-run blast into the Ashburn Alley at
Citizens Bank Park – becoming the fastest player to reach that milestone (325 games). However, the Phillies lost to the
Cincinnati Reds, 9–6.
Real Madrid secure their first league championship in four years when they defeat
Real Mallorca on the last day of the season by 3–1, edging out
FC Barcelona who beat relegated
Gimnàstic 5–1 because of Real's better head-to-head record.
Utah Blaze (
AFL) wide receiver and former
NFL player
Justin Skaggs passes away due to complications from
brain cancer. He was taken in for emergency surgery the previous day after his brain tumors expanded and built
intracranial pressure, and he rapidly deteriorated from there. He never awoke, and was rendered
brain dead. He was 28.
The Spurs win their fourth NBA title in nine seasons. The Cavs mount a furious rally at the beginning of the fourth quarter to go ahead by three, but San Antonio pulls away thanks to
Manu Ginóbili, who scores 13 of his team-leading 27 points in the last 5:24.
Tony Parker, who scores 24 in game 4, is named
MVP of the finals.
With
LeBron James in foul trouble and the Spurs' frontcourt dominant in the
paint, San Antonio takes a 28-point lead in the first half and holds on to go up 2–0. (
AP via Yahoo)
UEFA holds a hearing on the
fan attack incident that occurred during the
Euro 2008 qualifying match between Denmark and Sweden on June 2. They officially disqualify Denmark and award the match to Sweden, 3–0. In addition, Denmark was fined
CHF100,000 (€61,000), and will be forced to play its next four home Euro 2008 qualifier matches at least 250 km away from
Copenhagen. Its next home qualifier, against Liechtenstein, will be held behind closed doors.
Christian Poulsen, who threw the punch against a Swedish player that led to his expulsion and the fan attack, will be suspended for three games.
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The
University of Florida re-signs its
football and
basketball head coaches.
Urban Meyer will be paid $3.25 million per year for six years, and
Billy Donovan will be paid $3.5 million per year for six years. Both contracts have options for a seventh year. The deals come a week after Donovan signed on to coach the
Orlando Magic, then later asked for the deal to be rescinded. They are now the highest paid college football/basketball coaching tandem in NCAA history.
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San Antonio's tough defense holds
LeBron James to four field goals in 16 attempts, while
Tony Parker and
Tim Duncan lead the Spurs with 27 and 24 points, respectively. (
AP via Yahoo)
After agreeing to rescind their contract with
Billy Donovan, the
Orlando Magic sign
Stan Van Gundy to replace
Brian Hill as their head coach. Donovan will return to the
Florida Gators, though the Magic will retain his
NBA rights for five years. The Magic will give the
Miami Heat a second-round draft pick in exchange for Van Gundy's rights.
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(Game abandoned in the 89th minute after a Danish fan attacked the referee who had just awarded a penalty to Sweden. At the time of the abandonment, the game was tied, 3–3. Sweden was awarded the match after an investigation, June 8.)
Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa and, in a surprise, the homestanding Scotland top the four pools.
Current season leaders Fiji need only defeat Wales in their Cup quarterfinal tomorrow to secure the season crown.