In Ocean 100 Sports:
Kings County Baseball League action has Cardigan hosting the Northside, Morell meets Charlottetown at Memorial Field, and the Action Aeros Expos take on Stratford at MacNeill Field. All games go at 6:30 this evening.
Governor’s Plate Week racing continues tonight at Red Shores at the Summerside Raceway with post time at 7 for the 10-dash card. Three $9,460 Atlantic Sires Stakes A-divisions are lining up in races 4, 6 and 8 as the two-year-old pacing fillies make their stakes debut.
Saturday nights 49th running of the $22,000 Governors Plate will see Forever Paradise at the rail and elimination winner Do Over Hanover in post position 2. Allstar Seelster leaves from the third spot, followed by Junebugs Baby, Invictus Hanover, Good Friday Three, Hot Deuce, and Crombie A on the outside.
Once again, Canada’s Milos Raonic faces Roger Federer at Wimbledon, this time in a quarter-final match. It’s the third time in four years they’ll face each other at the tournament.
Derek Jeter’s bid for the Miami Marlins now includes a new investor: Michael Jordan. Jeter’s group is among three seeking to buy the team. Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says the groups are working on financial structuring, legal issues and due diligence in preparation for a purchase.
Rick Tocchet is back with the Arizona Coyotes, this time as head coach. He returns to the desert after helping the Pittsburgh Penguins win the past two Stanley Cups. He spent one season as an assistant to Coyotes coach Wayne Gretzky in 2005-0