
Game Time
Published 12:26 am, Sunday, May 27, 2018
Upcoming games for our pro and NCAA teams
YANKEES
Sunday: vs. L.A. Angels, 1:05, YES
Monday: vs. Houston, 1:05
Tuesday: vs. Houston, 7:05
METS
Sunday: at Milwaukee, 2:10, CW-45
Monday: at Atlanta (2), 1:10 and 7:10
Tuesday: at Atlanta, 7:35
RED SOX
Sunday: vs. Atlanta, 1:05, 980 AM
Monday: vs. Toronto, 1:05
Tuesday: vs. Toronto, 7:10
EMPIRE
Saturday: vs. Baltimore, 7, 105.7 FM
June 9: vs. Baltimore, 7
June 16: vs. Philadelphia, 6
WORTH A LOOK
INDIANAPOLIS 500
TV: ABC-10, noon
Scoop: Coverage begins at 11 a.m., with the green flag scheduled to drop at 12:19 p.m. as Danica Patrick ends her 14-year driving career and ABC televises the Greatest Spectacle in Racing for the 54th and final time (NBC takes over next year).
TV/RADIO
AUTO RACING
9 a.m.: Formula One: Monaco Grand Prix, ESPN
Noon: Indianapolis 500, ABC-10
6:00: NASCAR Cup: Coca-Cola 600, Fox-23, WSDE 1190 AM/94.3 FM
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Noon: ACC championship: Florida St. vs. Louisville, ESPN2
1:00: Big 12 championship: Baylor vs. Texas Christian, FoxCen
1:00: Big East championship: St. John's vs. Seton Hall, FS2
2:00: Big Ten championship: Minnesota. vs. Purdue, BTN
2:00: Conference USA championship: Charlotte vs. Southern Miss, if nec. CBSSN
3:00: SEC championship: Mississippi vs. LSU, ESPN2
4:00: Mountain West championship: Nevada-Las Vegas vs. San Diego St., if nec., Stadium-45.4
4:30: Big East championship: St. John's vs. Seton Hall, FS2
COLLEGE LACROSSE/WOMEN
Noon: NCAA championship: James Madison vs. Boston College, ESPNU
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
NCAA SUPER REGIONALS
3:00: LSU at Florida St., ESPNU
HORSE RACING
4:00: Belmont Park, MSG+
6:00: Desert Stormer Handicap (Santa Anita), MSG+
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1:00: Houston at Cleveland, MLB
1:00: L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees, YES, WSDE 1190 AM/ 94.3 FM, WENT 1340 AM/105.1 FM, WTMM 104.5 FM
1:00: Atlanta at Boston, WOFX 980 AM, WCSS 1490 AM/106.9 FM
2:00: N.Y. Mets at Milwaukee, CW-45, WROW 590 AM/100.5 FM, WMML 1230 AM/97.9 FM
8:00: San Francisco at Chicago Cubs, ESPN2
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
11 a.m.: UFC prelims: Claudio Silva vs. Nordine Taleb, FS1
1:00: UFC: Stephen Thompson vs. Darren Till, FS1
PRO BASKETBALL
8:30: NBA playoffs: Cleveland at Boston, ESPN
PRO GOLF
7:30 a.m.: European PGA: BMW Championship, GLF
1:00: PGA: Fort Worth Invitational, GLF
3:00: PGA: Fort Worth Invitational, CBS-6
3:00: Senior PGA Championship, NBC-13
3:00: LPGA: Volvik Championship, GLF
PRO SOCCER
6:00: MLS: Columbus at Kansas City, FS1
PRO TENNIS
Noon: French Open, NBC-13
5 a.m.:^ French Open, Tennis
WOMEN'S PRO BASKETBALL
8:30: WNBA: Seattle at Las Vegas, NBA
All times p.m. unless noted.
^ — early morning Monday telecast.
Stations reserve the right to make last-minute changes.
On this date
1823: A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long Island. American Eclipse wins in two of three heats, after his original jockey, William Crafts, is replaced by Samuel Purdy before the second heat. The race, witnessed by 60,000 spectators, is the first to have been timed by split-second chronometers, which were imported for the event.
1873: Survivor is the winner of the first Preakness Stakes.
1882: Trainer Robert Walden wins his fifth consecutive Preakness Stakes, with Vanguard. Walden would win a total of seven Preaknesses, a record for a trainer.
1968: "Papa Bear" George Halas retires as head coach of the Chicago Bears. Halas finishes with 318 regular-season wins and six NFL titles.
1972: Mark Donohue wins the Indianapolis 500 over two-time defending champion Al Unser with a record average speed of 162.962 mph.
1975: Philadelphia goaltender Bernie Parent blanks Buffalo 2-0 in Game 6 to give the Flyers their second straight Stanley Cup title. Parent earns the Conn Smythe Trophy to become the first back-to-back winner of the award and the second player, after Bobby Orr, to win it twice.
1981: Willie Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race and then three more. Shoemaker gets the milestone on top of War Allied in the first race at Hollywood Park.
1981: Julius Erving of the 76ers wins MVP, making him the only player to win MVP in both the NBA and ABA.
1984: Rick Mears wins the Indy 500 by the largest margin in 17 years (two laps) with a record-setting 163.612 mph.