After two hours and six minutes, Coco Gauff, the 19-year-old phenom, won the 2023 U.S. Open, her first Grand Slam title. Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka, 25, in three sets, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY.
The Los Angeles Sparks started their season strong with a 94-71 victory over the Phoenix Mercury. The matchup was the first in-season game for Mercury center Brittney Griner since her 10-month detainment in Russia last year.
Long dreamed about and in development for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children.
The celebration was moved online after a major league-wide tribute to baseball’s Black pioneers scheduled for June 27 was shelved because of the coronavirus pandemic.