The BulleTin • Friday, July 22, 2022 B5
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
TODAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
89°
LOW
51°
Plenty of sunshine
Clear
92°
53°
96°
60°
Hot with plenty of sunshine
Hot with plenty of sunshine
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURE
High
Low
Normal
Record
86° 102° in 1938
50° 30° in 1954
PRECIPITATION
24-hour total
0.00"
Record
0.33" in 1918
Month to date (normal)
0.02" (0.31")
Year to date (normal)
2.34" (5.85")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.01"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Saturday
Sun
5:43am/8:40pm 5:44am/8:39pm
Moon
1:02am/4:03pm 1:29am/5:07pm
Mercury 6:15am/9:10pm 6:21am/9:11pm
Venus
3:48am/7:08pm 3:49am/7:09pm
Mars
12:46am/2:42pm 12:44am/2:42pm
Jupiter 11:27pm/11:50am 11:23pm/11:46am
Saturn
9:46pm/7:54am 9:42pm/7:50am
Uranus 12:56am/3:21pm 12:52am/3:17pm
New
First
Full
Last
Jul 28
Aug 5
Aug 11
Aug 18
Tonight's sky: Waning crescent near Uranus.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
5
9
9
5
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
Low
Trees
Moderate
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
MONDAY
TUESDAY
99°
59°
103°
60°
Partly sunny; record-
breaking temperatures
Sunshine and very hot
Weeds
Moderate
EAST: Sunny today;
pleasant in central
parts. Clear tonight.
Plenty of sunshine
tomorrow.
WATER REPORT
As of 7 a.m. Thursday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47583
86%
Wickiup
43437
22%
Crescent Lake
16683
19%
Ochoco Reservoir
9562
22%
Prineville
34775
23%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
282
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1180
Deschutes R. below Bend
128
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1460
Little Deschutes near La Pine
79
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
58
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
1
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
185
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
13
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
15
Thursday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
86/61/0.00
97/50/0.00
99/55/0.00
87/58/0.00
85/57/0.00
92/47/0.00
98/70/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
78/58/c
91/48/s
91/47/s
83/55/pc
82/55/pc
90/48/s
88/61/s
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
80/60/pc
92/50/s
93/50/s
85/56/s
84/57/pc
92/54/s
89/63/s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL WEATHER
541-683-1577
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
THURSDAY (for the
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
T-storms
Thursday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
95/84/Tr
Akron
89/70/0.00
Albany
96/77/0.00
Albuquerque
99/70/0.00
Anchorage
58/52/0.07
Atlanta
79/77/0.27
Atlantic City
87/74/0.11
Austin
103/75/0.00
Baltimore
94/79/0.00
Billings
95/62/0.00
Birmingham
94/80/0.93
Bismarck
92/56/0.01
Boise
100/66/0.00
Boston
94/71/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 90/74/0.00
Buffalo
80/73/0.11
Burlington, VT
92/80/0.42
Caribou, ME
87/56/0.05
Charleston, SC 89/74/0.00
Charlotte
91/74/Tr
Chattanooga
88/70/0.97
Cheyenne
96/61/0.00
Chicago
92/69/0.00
Cincinnati
89/69/0.00
Cleveland
88/71/Tr
Colorado Springs 90/59/Tr
Columbia, MO
100/67/0.00
Columbia, SC
87/76/0.19
Columbus, GA
91/77/0.07
Columbus, OH
88/72/0.26
Concord, NH
93/69/0.05
Corpus Christi
95/79/0.00
Dallas
101/85/Tr
Dayton
91/70/Tr
Denver
98/64/0.03
Des Moines
93/68/0.00
Detroit
90/71/0.00
Duluth
80/63/0.00
El Paso
105/81/0.00
Fairbanks
67/50/0.00
Fargo
84/58/0.02
Flagstaff
87/63/0.45
Grand Rapids
88/69/0.22
Green Bay
87/67/0.00
Greensboro
89/75/1.97
Harrisburg
93/76/0.00
Hartford, CT
95/74/Tr
Helena
94/54/0.00
Honolulu
87/73/0.04
Houston
100/78/0.00
Huntsville
96/80/0.08
Indianapolis
90/69/0.00
Jackson, MS
94/80/0.00
Jacksonville
94/72/0.05
Today
Hi/Lo/W
100/77/pc
89/68/s
91/67/pc
97/72/c
58/50/sh
89/73/t
90/79/s
101/73/pc
96/73/s
97/62/pc
93/75/t
95/64/pc
98/61/s
93/75/s
91/75/s
83/70/t
90/66/s
86/61/s
89/75/t
93/72/pc
96/72/pc
91/64/c
87/70/pc
91/71/s
87/68/pc
94/65/pc
101/75/s
89/73/t
87/74/t
89/68/s
92/62/s
94/77/pc
99/80/pc
89/69/s
98/68/c
92/73/t
90/69/pc
85/62/pc
99/76/c
60/45/c
89/65/pc
87/59/c
87/69/pc
89/68/pc
92/72/s
94/71/s
95/69/s
90/55/pc
87/75/sh
98/78/pc
98/73/pc
90/70/s
92/73/t
93/73/t
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
71/56/c
96/79/s
56/43/s
113/81/s
89/78/t
92/72/c
87/76/s
79/63/pc
64/48/sh
98/67/s
59/53/s
96/78/c
96/74/s
70/52/t
90/76/t
67/55/c
64/55/c
94/65/pc
67/49/pc
94/84/s
87/69/s
87/64/s
62/46/pc
63/59/pc
87/64/s
72/60/c
102/69/s
93/81/t
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
102/77/s
88/74/pc
96/70/s
98/72/pc
60/49/pc
91/75/t
89/75/s
100/73/s
98/73/s
87/61/s
93/76/t
84/55/pc
96/61/s
91/75/s
90/75/s
84/72/c
90/71/pc
86/64/pc
88/74/t
97/72/s
98/75/s
87/59/pc
91/76/t
90/76/pc
86/74/pc
96/64/c
103/79/s
93/73/t
88/74/t
86/74/pc
94/65/s
95/75/pc
101/81/s
87/76/pc
97/64/pc
98/70/t
89/73/pc
76/61/sh
100/75/c
62/46/c
79/57/sh
85/60/pc
87/74/pc
88/69/t
94/73/s
96/72/pc
98/73/s
89/57/s
86/75/pc
98/79/s
98/74/s
90/78/pc
92/75/t
91/73/t
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Thursday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
59/51/0.32
97/63/0.00
90/70/0.00
111/91/0.00
91/73/0.02
95/66/0.00
98/79/0.00
87/64/0.00
93/76/0.00
89/67/0.00
100/81/0.00
91/82/0.00
93/73/0.03
87/73/0.00
95/79/0.01
95/80/0.27
92/79/0.16
100/78/Tr
91/77/0.02
98/77/0.00
92/65/Tr
96/74/0.11
113/86/0.00
94/68/0.00
97/79/0.00
110/91/0.00
86/67/0.21
85/66/0.02
93/73/0.00
89/75/0.65
97/59/0.00
101/62/0.00
98/77/0.19
92/72/Tr
96/58/0.00
98/72/0.00
102/74/0.00
102/80/0.00
78/68/0.00
65/53/0.00
81/57/0.00
89/58/0.01
90/73/Tr
81/57/0.00
90/69/0.00
92/63/0.00
102/66/0.00
93/80/0.00
106/80/Tr
103/76/0.00
95/79/0.08
99/71/0.00
98/57/0.00
110/85/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
56/51/r
98/78/s
89/68/pc
113/89/pc
94/71/s
96/73/s
101/76/s
84/63/pc
96/75/s
85/67/t
103/79/s
91/81/t
88/71/pc
90/71/s
99/73/s
91/77/t
94/77/s
98/78/s
93/76/s
94/75/pc
97/75/s
96/76/t
115/86/pc
89/71/s
96/77/s
114/92/pc
87/66/s
90/64/s
94/72/s
95/73/pc
98/67/pc
98/63/s
96/73/s
87/67/t
95/58/s
100/80/s
103/74/pc
100/77/pc
73/65/pc
66/54/pc
80/56/pc
91/63/c
92/74/t
75/57/pc
92/70/s
87/58/s
100/75/s
94/80/t
107/82/pc
98/78/sh
96/77/s
98/75/pc
93/55/s
114/85/pc
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
56/50/r
101/80/s
88/72/pc
110/85/pc
96/74/s
99/71/t
98/79/s
83/62/pc
99/80/s
91/73/t
100/81/s
91/81/t
89/72/pc
88/67/t
98/77/s
91/79/t
94/79/s
97/78/s
94/76/s
99/76/pc
99/71/t
95/75/t
111/83/s
97/77/s
98/79/s
109/87/pc
88/71/pc
90/66/s
93/74/s
97/75/t
89/59/pc
100/63/s
96/74/s
91/70/pc
94/58/s
104/85/s
100/77/pc
100/77/s
73/66/pc
68/56/pc
79/57/pc
92/64/pc
90/72/t
77/57/pc
91/63/pc
88/60/s
101/79/s
95/80/t
101/76/c
104/82/pc
98/77/s
103/77/s
92/57/s
106/85/pc
107/85/0.00
83/58/0.00
87/79/0.09
70/57/0.07
72/55/0.00
88/78/0.03
90/79/0.00
89/75/0.27
79/61/0.08
82/72/0.16
79/63/0.00
77/68/0.00
89/70/0.00
66/37/0.00
77/58/0.00
81/68/0.02
81/67/0.02
91/82/0.42
90/79/0.02
88/59/0.05
59/47/0.53
99/82/0.00
89/74/0.00
88/77/0.42
89/72/Tr
72/59/0.00
94/64/0.00
86/61/0.00
104/81/s
79/58/pc
87/67/s
77/62/s
70/53/c
88/80/t
89/80/t
88/74/t
66/56/r
86/65/s
82/63/t
78/68/s
91/70/s
69/41/s
80/57/s
82/69/r
83/72/sh
94/83/sh
88/77/t
71/57/t
62/52/sh
102/82/s
89/73/s
88/78/t
87/69/pc
71/57/pc
95/70/t
89/64/t
105/81/s
75/58/c
88/71/t
81/63/s
72/52/c
88/78/pc
88/81/t
88/72/pc
71/56/c
89/67/t
82/62/pc
80/68/s
90/69/s
65/41/pc
81/58/pc
75/69/sh
84/72/r
101/81/pc
88/77/t
66/54/c
63/51/sh
102/82/pc
89/74/s
88/77/t
90/71/pc
71/59/pc
92/67/t
90/62/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 122°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: 34°
at Yellowstone N.P., WY
Precipitation: 4.77"
at Sallisaw, OK
FIRE INDEX
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
Mostly sunny and very hot
NATIONAL
Hood
River
Thursday
Today Saturday
Thursday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Portland
Astoria
67/56/0.00 67/56/c 69/55/pc
La Grande
98/53/0.00 88/53/s 89/56/s
Prineville
La Pine
93/44/0.00 89/47/s 90/50/s
Baker City
94/46/0.00 87/43/s 87/45/s
Redmond
Medford
97/61/0.00 90/58/s 92/61/s
Brookings
62/52/0.03 66/53/pc 70/55/s
Roseburg
Newport
63/52/0.00 63/49/pc 63/50/pc
Burns
96/51/0.00 92/47/s 92/49/s
Salem
North Bend
67/55/0.00 66/52/s 67/53/s
Eugene
84/58/0.00 82/53/pc 84/54/pc
Sisters
Ontario
105/67/0.00 98/63/s 99/64/s
Klamath Falls
93/48/0.00 89/47/s 90/50/s
The Dalles
Pendleton
98/57/0.00 91/57/s 93/58/s
Lakeview
92/51/0.00 91/45/s 92/46/s
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace
-10s
Sunshine and very hot
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
94/60
Rufus
Hermiston
81/58
93/61
89/61
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
90/61
77/52 78/58
84/47
Wasco
86/51 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Plenty
Tillamook
85/49
85/59
91/57
Sandy
88/61
McMinnville
70/51
of sunshine today;
Joseph
Heppner
La Grande
75/55
Maupin
Government
79/51
pleasant in the north.
88/53
85/51
Camp
88/56 Condon 88/56
Union
Clear tonight. Plenty of Lincoln City
83/55
69/51
89/49
Salem
66/51
Spray
sunshine tomorrow.
Granite
Warm Springs
82/55
Madras
90/53
Albany
81/46
Newport
Baker City
90/51
92/50
Mitchell
63/49
81/52
87/43
WEST: Partly sunny
Camp Sherman
90/52
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
and pleasant today;
89/49
91/47
80/51
Day
Prineville
64/50
88/46
however, sunnier in
Ontario
Sisters
92/49
Paulina
90/51
98/63
the south. Clear to
Florence
Eugene 90/48
Brothers 91/49
Bend
Vale
partly cloudy tonight.
64/51
82/53
88/48
Sunriver 89/51
97/63
Nyssa
88/47
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
97/62
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
89/47
90/48
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
97/54
80/54
81/53
Fort Rock
67/51
Riley 92/47
THURSDAY
Crescent
91/48
91/47
High: 105°
88/47
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
64/52
83/55
89/43
92/56
Low: 41°
Marsh
Lake
94/52
Port Orford
86/46
89/42
at Meacham
Grants
Burns
Junction
Paisley
66/52
Pass
96/57
Chiloquin
91/44
88/56
Rome
Medford
88/50
Gold Beach
90/58
97/57
66/55
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
95/57
88/56
89/47
96/56
66/53
91/45
Seaside
68/55
Cannon Beach
67/55
104°
62°
102°
61°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
67/56
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. Thu.
Thursday
97°
61°
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
67/66/0.94
93/77/0.00
55/48/0.20
115/86/0.00
84/75/0.39
92/70/0.00
95/75/0.00
84/73/0.30
63/48/0.07
100/64/0.00
68/53/0.00
99/79/0.00
96/75/0.00
82/55/0.00
90/77/0.04
64/52/0.00
68/55/0.00
86/70/0.00
66/53/0.00
95/83/0.04
88/64/0.00
87/65/0.00
61/49/0.00
63/59/0.00
82/64/0.00
75/61/0.12
102/72/0.00
86/81/0.06
73/59/pc
97/80/s
56/50/c
110/80/s
90/78/t
90/71/s
87/77/s
75/55/r
65/50/r
101/70/pc
65/57/pc
89/76/pc
98/75/s
70/54/t
91/77/t
72/61/r
70/61/r
85/62/t
70/50/s
94/84/s
89/70/s
87/64/s
61/47/pc
63/59/c
91/64/s
79/63/pc
103/71/s
92/80/t
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
COLLEGE SPORTS
NCAA makes progress on gender inequality at tourneys
BY ERIC OLSON
associated Press
The NCAA has adequately
addressed nine of 23 recom-
mendations for creating com-
parable NCAA Tournament
experiences for men’s and
women’s basketball players,
according to a progress report
released Wednesday.
College sports’ largest gov-
erning body hired a third
party to evaluate its response
to a scathing report issued al-
most a year ago that criticized
gender inequality in the tour-
naments.
Among the most visible
changes noted in the progress
report were “March Mad-
ness” branding and increased
cross-promotion for both
tournaments in 2022, as well
as the addition of four teams
to the women’s tournament to
create a “First Four” event to
bring it in line with the men’s
tournament structure.
The NCAA men’s and
women’s basketball commit-
tees jointly rejected a recom-
mendation to hold simul-
taneous Final Fours in the
same city, the report said, and
NCAA leadership decided
against changing the Division
I basketball administrative
structure.
An outside firm was hired
to conduct the assessment and
that the NCAA was honor-
ing the firm’s request to not
be identified, as per company
policy, NCAA Associate Di-
rector of Communications
Meghan Durham told The As-
sociated Press in an email.
“The findings of this assess-
ment illustrate our commit-
ment to advance gender eq-
uity at NCAA championships.
Thanks to a collaborative
spirit, significant accomplish-
ments were achieved this past
year,” NCAA President Mark
Emmert said. “We have said
it before — our work is not
finished. Gender equity must
remain a priority for leaders
throughout college sports and
we look forward to continuing
to support these efforts mov-
ing forward.”
The initial report published
in August was done by Kaplan
Hecker & Fink LLP, which was
hired after the NCAA failed
to provide similar amenities
to the teams in the 2021 men’s
and women’s Division I tour-
naments.
The tournaments were
played in “bubbles” because
of the pandemic, and play-
ers blew up social media with
complaints that showed dis-
parities between men’s and
women’s weight-training fa-
cilities, food, lounge areas and
gifts — prompting apologies
from NCAA executives.
The Kaplan report said the
NCAA failed to uphold its
commitment to gender equity
by prioritizing its cash-cow
men’s tournament “over ev-
erything else” and put forth
the recommendations that the
NCAA has enacted or con-
sidered.
The issues that women’s
players drew attention to have
been addressed, the progress
report noted. And in addi-
tion to the branding improve-
ments, the NCAA increased
full-time staff working on
women’s tournament; im-
proved communication be-
tween men’s and women’s bas-
ketball committees; began a
program to identify and track
areas that need to be the same,
comparable and different in
men’s and women’s tourna-
ment experiences; hired a
third party to produce an an-
nual report on gender-equity
initiatives; and issued state-
ments on how gender-equity
issues are or will be addressed.
The progress report also
pointed out the NCAA in-
creased the 2022 women’s
tournament expenses budget
by $6.1 million and that an ad-
ditional $1 million would be
added.
Among areas in progress:
hiring a full-time employee
to focus on women’s and gen-
der-equity issues; initiating
third-party assessments of
MLB
to beat them,” Houston man-
ager Dusty Baker said. “They
are not going to beat them-
selves.”
The AL East has been the
best division in baseball but
that hasn’t affected New York
very much at all. The Yankees
begin the second half with
a gaudy 64-28 record and a
whopping 13-game lead over
Tampa Bay.
While Giancarlo Stanton
has delivered his usual power
and Clay Holmes has been one
of the game’s most dominant
relievers, it’s Judge leading
the way for the Bronx Bomb-
ers. He is batting .284 with
33 homers and 70 RBIs, join-
ing Shohei Ohtani among the
frontrunners for AL MVP.
“I think he continues to get
better and better as a leader,
which has always been, I
think, a positive trait of his,”
New York manager Aaron
Boone said. “But I would just
say he’s a more complete, re-
fined, veteran player that is
also in the prime of his career.”
Judge and the Yankees are
trying to chase down the fran-
chise’s first championship
since 2009 and No. 28 overall.
But there are all sorts of poten-
tial roadblocks — both nearby
and further away.
The crosstown Mets are on
top of the NL East, looking to
hold off the Braves and take
the franchise’s first division
title since 2015. Each of base-
ball’s Central divisions had a
mediocre first half, but Mil-
waukee and St. Louis have an
array of stars, and Carlos Cor-
rea could power Minnesota
back into the playoffs after it
finished last in the AL Central
in 2021.
Even the Chicago White
Sox, who underperformed
early on, showed some posi-
tive signs while taking three
of four at the division-lead-
ing Twins in the runup to the
break.
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ing a March NCAA women’s basketball championship game against
Drexel in the Colonial Athletic Association Conference Tournament.
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Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez (44) jumps to catch a
fly out at the wall Sunday against Texas Rangers Adolis Garcia during
the second inning in Arlington, Texas.
Roberts’ club is one of three
teams with at least a nine-
game lead in their respective
divisions heading into the
second half. Led by Betts and
Freddie Freeman, Los Ange-
les is 10 games up on Manny
Machado and the San Diego
Padres in the NL West.
“Just a lot of good things
happened in the first half for
us,” Freeman said.
Altuve and Houston still
have a nine-game lead in the
AL West, even with the win
streak for Seattle. The Astros
and Mariners close out their
season series with seven more
games this month, beginning
Friday night in Seattle.
“I thought the Mariners had
a good team from the very be-
ginning, and I told everybody
that then at the time, they fin-
ished extremely strong last
year, and you know, you have
gender-equity progress every
five years; emphasizing new
corporate sponsorships for the
women’s tournament; pursu-
ing promotional and market-
ing opportunities that benefit
both tournaments; building
on the increased branding vis-
ibility with “March Madness”
courts and hoops at the wom-
en’s First Four and first and
second rounds.
NCAA revenue surpassed
$1 billion in the year before
the pandemic and almost
$900 million of that was tied
to the media rights deal with
CBS and Turner for the men’s
tournament.
The women’s tournament
is part of a package with more
than two dozen other NCAA
championships that ESPN
owns and pays about $34
million per year for through
2023-24.
But according to an as-
sessment done for Kaplan by
a team of sports media and
marketing experts, the wom-
en’s tournament will be worth
between $81 and $112 million
annually beginning in 2025.
The return of switch-hit-
ting catcher Yasmani Gran-
dal could provide a lift for the
White Sox, who are looking
for their third consecutive
playoff appearance. The in-
jured list might have a more
dramatic effect on the pennant
races than the trade deadline.
Mets ace Jacob deGrom is
coming back after he was side-
lined by a stress reaction in his
right scapula. Second base-
man Ozzie Albies could rejoin
Atlanta’s loaded lineup next
month after he broke his left
foot on June 14. Philadelphia
slugger Bryce Harper, San Di-
ego shortstop Fernando Tatis
Jr. and Houston right-hander
Lance McCullers Jr. also could
return in time to help their
teams down the stretch.
DeGrom, a two-time NL Cy
Young Award winner, hasn’t
pitched all year. He could
team with Max Scherzer to
give New York a dominant 1-2
punch at the top of its rotation.