Brad Pye’s National Sports Beat (6/14-6/20/18)

The USC women’s track team captured the National Track and Field championship last Sunday in Eugene, Oregon. Some of the Trojans’ Big Winners included Kendall Ellis, who was in fifth place going into the 4x400m anchor leg after a mangled handoff. Ellis, the fourth-fastest 400m runner in the world this year, made up a staggering deficit on Purdue’s Jahneya Mitchell in the last 100 meters to win by .07. The Big Ladies on Campus this week are the USC National Track and field team picked at Eugene, Oregon, Saturday. Included in the group Kendall Elli (relay anchor), USC won the relay in 3 minute 27.06 seconds. USC got a win from Anglerne Annelus in the 200 (20.76 seconds) and second from Twanisha Terry (100 and 400) that gave USC one more point than Georgia and Stanford which didn’t have relays. USC locked up the title with one more point than the pair had with 53 points. And the beat continues!

Simona Halep was a happy warrior after upsetting Sloane Stephens for her first French Open and Grand Slam wins!

Tiger Woods is stuck on his 14 grand slam win, four behind Jack Nicklaus’ record of 18. Tiger tied for 17th at Shinnecock in 2004 and Woods will be appearing since failing to make the cut at Chambers Bay in 2015. Yet all the eyes will be on Tiger! Phil Mickelson told Golf Magazine “I just need to hit better. I hit a lot of good putts and my lines were a little bit off!”

Yasiel Puig is causing some negative talk again. Nevertheless, Manager Dave Roberts says: “He’s fine, it was just an in-house thing we’re dealing with. He will be in there Saturday.”

The Phoenix Suns can use their No. 1 pick on Deandre Ayton, 7-1 and 250-pound wonder boy from the University of Arizona and Marvin Bagley the Marvel from Duke University.

Here is how Kevin Durant says he knows why the Warriors is a great team. “It makes you a great team when everyone is coming after us. It makes us better.” For the record, Kevin Durant won his second back-to-back MVP award. When Kevin Durant torched the Cavs for 43 points in game 3 to lift the Warriors to a 111-85 triumph. The only Warriors finals lost in the last four years came in 2016 because of the stellar play of LeBron James.

Of the two or three riders of color, Mike Smith was the back-to-back winner of the Belmont Stakes for second straight Year.

Serena Williams had to pull out of the French Open this week because of injuries!

ABC is getting a pat on the back because a Black woman and the network were trying to be inclusive and stand up for things that are right. The lady of color which started the ball rolling is Channing Dungey.

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