Days in Sports
What Happened in Sports: June 17, 2022
See what happened in sports on June 17, 2022 ft. Rendon missing rest of 2022 with wrist surgery, Phils winning despite Bell's big day, and more!
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June 17th, 2022 was highlighted by the news that Angels star third-basemen Anthony Rendon will miss all of 2022 after undergoing wrist surgery. LAA also broke up a no-hitter in the seventh inning or later for a record third time this month during a loss vs. Seattle, Philadelphia swept their doubleheader against Washington despite Josh Bell’s three-HR, five-RBI day behind Matt Vierling’s two homers and J.T. Realmuto’s GW-single in the tenth. Clayton Kershaw showcased that pitchers are athletes too with a slick sliding play off the mound.
See what happened in sports on June 17th last year, headlined by Milwaukee sending their series with Brooklyn to Game 7 behind big performances from Middleton and Giannis, San Diego’s walk-off win after Cincinnati’s epic comeback, the NBA 2020-21 All-Rookie Teams being released as well as what happened in sports on June 17th, 2020 ft. Kelly Oubre deciding to forgo a return in the NBA bubble to rehab his knee (that didn’t stop the Suns from going 8-0) and MLB’s latest proposal to the MLBPA that included a 60-game season.
WHAT HAPPENED IN SPORTS OVERVIEW: This daily sports post includes real headlines only (no clickbait rumors), all of the best highlights, interesting facts & records from around the NFL, NBA, & MLB, the main games to watch, notable birthdays, and a quick recap of significant events on this day in sports history.
Amari Cooper's career resume:
– 4x Pro Bowl
– 2015 PFWA All-Rookie Team
– Most rookie REC YDS (1,070) in #Raiders historypic.twitter.com/sfIfhOdA1B
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 21, 2022
Amari Cooper's #Raiders records:
– REC (155), REC YDS (2,223) & REC YPG (69.5) in 1st 2 seasons
– Rookie with 1,000+ REC YDS (1,070) or 50+ REC (72)
– Top2 REC YDS (1,153 & 1,070) in 1st 2 seasons
– REC YDS in 1st 3 (2,903) & 4 (3,183) seasons
pic.twitter.com/oAqdBn48ym
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 21, 2022
Most REC YDS during a rookie season in #Raiders franchise history:
1. 2015 Amari Cooper (1,070)
2. 1993 James Jett (771)
3. 1988 Tim Brown (725)
4. 1985 Jessie Hester (665)
5. 2011 Denarius Moore (618)pic.twitter.com/vDhoycsmqR
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 21, 2022
Immanuel Quickley's career resume:
– 2021 NBA All-Rookie 2nd Team
– Highest #Knicks career FT% (90.1) off the bench [min 200 FTM]
– Highest Knicks season FT% (91.5) off the bench [min 125 FTM]
– Highest Knicks rookie FT% (89.1) [min 125 FTM]pic.twitter.com/fCmXoTEdvt
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 21, 2022
Immanuel Quickley's #Knicks single-GP records:
– Youngest (22) with a 30-pt Triple-Double
– 30+ PTS & 5+ 3PM or 25+ PTS/5+ REB/5+ 3PM by a Rookie off the bench
– Rookie FTM (12) off the bench
– T-most Rookie PTS (31) & 3PM (6) off the benchpic.twitter.com/BxBLFUlNNt
— Pro Sports Outlook (@PSO_Sports) June 21, 2022
Twice as nice for Matty V! #RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/oSlcIjiPdI
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) June 18, 2022
J.T. with the HUGE two-run hit to put the Phils back on top! pic.twitter.com/JwRq4IT7ar
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) June 18, 2022
Pitchers are athletes feat. Clayton Kershaw
(MLB x @ZipRecruiter) pic.twitter.com/M5FwK5io9c
— MLB (@MLB) June 18, 2022
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7:07 PM: New York Yankees (47-16) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (37-26)
7:10 PM: St. Louis Cardinals (37-28) vs. Boston Red Sox (34-30)
8:10 PM: Chicago White Sox (30-31) vs. Houston Astros (39-24)
10:10 PM: Cleveland Guardians (32-27) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (39-23)
NFL: OL Alijah Vera-Tucker, New York Jets (turns 23)
NBA: PG Immanuel Quickley, New York Knicks (23)
MLB: SP Shane Baz, Tampa Bay Rays (23)
NBA: SG Amir Coffey, Los Angeles Clippers (25)
NFL: DE Romeo Okwara, Detroit Lions (27)
NFL: WR Amari Cooper, Cleveland Browns (28)
NFL: DE Shaq Lawson, Buffalo Bills (28)
NFL: WR Jamison Crowder, Buffalo Bills (29)
NBA: PF Georges Niang, Philadelphia 76ers (29)
MLB: SP Yusei Kikuchi, Toronto Blue Jays (31)
MLB: RP Matt Barnes, Boston Red Sox (32)
MLB: RP Andrew Chafin, Detroit Tigers (32)
2010: Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 to win their 16th NBA Championship in franchise history, 1 shy of Boston’s record of 17 Championships thanks to Metta World Peace‘s clutch dagger with an iconic post-game press conference from Kobe Bryant joking about having 1 more ring than Shaq
2008: Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 in Game 6, the most lopsided closeout victory in NBA Finals history, as Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen led the way with KG iconically declaring “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE” after winning his only title
1992: Philadelphia 76ers traded future HOF PF Charles Barkley to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for PG Jeff Hornacek, C Tim Perry, and C Andrew Lang; Barkley would go on to win MVP the next season and led the Suns to just their 2nd-ever NBA Finals appearance
1976: 4 former ABA teams — the Nets, Spurs, Pacers, and Nuggets — joined the NBA, marking the official NBA-ABA merger, bringing the NBA’s total to 22 teams
1960: Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame OF Ted Williams became just the 4th player to hit 500 career HRs in MLB history during a victory over the Cleveland Indians
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