The daily pitch from Sports Editor : June 20, 2026

Jun. 20—➜ on Monday, June 29.
➜ . Hope to see a good crowd there to recognize the Spartans, who went 40-2 and won their first baseball state title.
➜ , with insight from Haley, the players and their families on the season.
is how much it’ll cost to buy, either in-person or online through Gameday Spirit, an official No. 12 Illinois football jersey with a familiar local name on the back: former Unity standout quarterback . The 2025 News-Gazette All-Area football player of the year and The News-Gazette’s high school Male Athlete of the Year for the 2025-26 school year signed with the Illini last week.
➜ . Bismarck-Henning graduate and the rest of his Braves teammates opened a three-game series against the NL Central leaders on Friday night. The series continues at 3:10 p.m. on Saturday and 12:35 p.m. on Sunday from Truist Park.
➜ . The three-game series concludes at 1:10 p.m. on Sunday after no game on Saturday because of the World Cup taking place at nearby Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.
➜ . Can the White Sox maintain first place in the AL Central? Find out when the series resumes at 12:10 p.m. Saturday.
➜ Roger Federer, Kyle Fan and Jannik Sinner.
➜ “Friends.”
➜ people that group together in hallways and walk really slow.



