June 28, 2025 Issue, Page 9 of 10

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The Elk City News SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025 • 9 Weekly Oklahoma Oil and Gas Proudly Brought to you by: Oil & Gas Report for the State of Oklahoma for June 17 - 23, 2025 SPORTS TIDBITS By Alex Alvarez Three-time major winner, Jordan Spieth Philadelphia 76’ers to draft Ace Bailey. “If he is who has seen some good improvement the last not fully committed to be in Philadelphia, we BASEBALL: two months after a long battle with a wrist in- don’t want him”. Okay! Rays pitcher Hunter Bigge, who was struck jury, withdrew from the last tournament with by a 105 mph foul ball while standing in the a neck injury. There we go again? TRACK & FIELD, SWIMING & OTHER team’s dugout during Thursday night’s game Phillip Hambrick, a retired Army helicop- against the Baltimore Orioles, has been re- TENNIS: ter pilot, set a Guinness World Record for leased from the hospital after undergoing sur- Maria Sakkari told Yulia Putintseva “no- bench pressing on his 71st birthday. Ham- gery to address multiple facial fractures. We body likes you” during a heated post-match brick achieved his goal of lifting 335 pounds wish full recovery. argument. The argument began after Sakkari’s for the world record and his personal goal of victory when she expressed frustration that 350-pound lifts. Triple wow! GOLF: Putintseva did not look her in the eye during Becca Mann, after missing her third shot Tommy Fleetwood continues to have the the handshake. Wow! For the record, I never at the Olympic team, took into another goal: “best player without a PGA Tour win” label heard of these two, so I can’t say I like or dislike swimming in the ocean for 21 straight hours! with 42 top 10’s in his career, his latest one may either one! She is an author: buy “Outside the Lanes” a have been the most painful loss when, on the Joao Fonseca plays an outrageous tweener memoir that offers a powerful reminder that last hole of the tournament, he three-putted after an air shot to help him win a rally against the end of one dream can be the beginning of while Keegan Bradley, who was one behind Zizou Bergs something even greater. birdied, handing him the victory by one. Ouch! NBA: INTERNATIONAL SOCCER Maja Stark, from Sweeden who is the cur- Kevin Durant who is no longer a favorite in The FIFA Club World Cup has not had rent U.S. Women’s Open Champion, was not Oklahoma, sent a message after the Thunder’s much publicity, but if you are a soccer fan, having a good time with her putter at the first ever Championship: “Lil Hartenstein is there are great games to watch. Most teams Women’s PGA Championship in Texas, so, she slumped. Congrats OKC!”. He was referring have played 2 and three games, where the top broke it and finished putting with her wedge. to Isaiah Hartenstein’s baby as he was asleep two of each group will advance to the knock- She learned that from other Europeans, Seve during his father’s interview during the trophy out round. Atletico Madrid, one of the favor- Ballesteros and Colin Montgomery did that presentation. ites, was eliminated! years back. Don’t worry, PING will send you Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro is Sources: ESPN, Wikipedia, Personal Li- a new one! added to the list of people who don’t want the brary, MSN Sports, On-Line media.