UPDATE
UPDATE
BASEBALL
American League
CLEV. INDIANS—Placed LHP Aaron Fultz on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 24. Recalled RHP Edward Mujica from Buffalo (IL).
National League
FLORIDA MARLINS—Placed INF Aaron Boone on 15-day DL, retroactive to June 22. Purchased the contract of OF Todd Linden from Albuquerque (PCL). Transferred OF Cody Ross from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Optioned INF Chase Headley to San Antonio (Texas). Recalled RHP Mike Thompson from Portland (PCL).
American Association
SHREVEPORT SPORTS—Released INF Ryan Hamilton.
Can-Am League
QUEBEC CAPITALES—Agreed to terms with OF Ivan Rojas.
Northern League
WINNIPEG GOLDEYES—Traded OF Jimmy Hurst to Camden (Atlantic) for a player to be named.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS—Agreed to terms with D Matt Hunwick.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Acquired D Kevin Goldthwaite from Toronto for D Todd Dunivant.
COLLEGE
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE—Named Andy Bradshaw men’s assistant basketball coach.
ARMY—Named Tony Coaxum assistant football coach.
BELMONT ABBEY—Named Dick Dull athletic director.
COLUMBIA—Named Jana Woolley assistant field hockey coach and Wendy Andreatta volunteer assistant field hockey coach.
CORTLAND STATE—Named Mike Discenza women’s golf coach.
DAVIDSON—Named Jon Mackey men’s assistant soccer coach.
FELICIAN—Promoted Del Harrison to men’s basketball coach and game day operations and recreation coordinator.
LOUISIANA-MONROE—Announced men’s basketball F Lawrence Gilbert will transfer from Miami.
SAMFORD—Named Greg McLain academic advisor.
SAN DIEGO—Named Booker T. Harris director of men’s basketball operations.
WESTERN MICHIGAN—Named Phil Sayers coordinator of basketball operations.
AP SPORTLIGHT
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
June 28
1939 — Joe Louis stops Tony Galento in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium to retain the world heavyweight title.
1953 — Betsy Rawls wins the U.S. Women’s Open with a six-stroke playoff victory over Jacqueline Pung.
1966 — Ernie Terrell scores a unanimous 15-round decision over Doug Jones in Houston to win the WBA title, which had been stripped from Muhammad Ali.
1971 — Muhammad Ali wins a four-year legal battle to overturn his 1967 conviction for draft evasion in an 8-0 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1992 — Connie Price-Smith, who earlier won the discus, wins the shot put at 62 feet, 6 inches to become the first woman to win both events at the U.S. Olympic trials since Earlene Brown in 1960.
1994 — Oleg Salenko scores a World Cup record five goals as Russia beats Cameroon 6-1.
FOOTBALL
CFL
Today’s Games
British Columbia at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Friday’s Game
Saskatchewan at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
ARENA FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
WILD CARD
National Conference
Friday, June 29: Orlando at Philadelphia, 7:30
Saturday, June 30: Columbus at Tampa Bay, noon
American Conference
Saturday, June 30: Colorado at Kansas City, 3.
Monday, July 2: Utah at Los Angeles, 11 p.m.
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