JACKSONVILLE, N.C. \u2014 The Jacksonville Ospreys, in their second year as a collegiate summer league baseball team, have soared to the top of the Coastal Division in the Old North State League. With an impressive 11-3 record, the Ospreys are set to host the league’s All-Star game this Saturday at Jack Amyette Park. Team owner Eli Patino expressed his excitement about the team’s progress and the upcoming event.<\/p>\n
In other sports news, former South Central and N.C. A&T star Xavier Meachem has returned from a shoulder injury. Meachem, pitching for the Beloit Sky Carp, the Miami Marlins’ High-A affiliate, has appeared in 15 games this season, boasting 19 strikeouts over 19 innings with a 1-0 record and a 3.66 ERA.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the NBA Draft kicks off Wednesday night, with former Duke star Cooper Flagg expected to be the number one pick. The 7-footer is already in New York City for the event, where the Mavericks hold the top pick. The first round will air on WCTI News12 at 8 p.m., with the second round on Thursday on ESPN.<\/p>\n
In Oklahoma City, the Thunder celebrated their first championship title since moving to Oklahoma with a parade. The Thunder defeated the Pacers in seven games, and thousands of fans braved the heat to line the streets in celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, N.C. \u2014 The Jacksonville Ospreys, in their second year as a collegiate summer league baseball team, have…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[12615,5229,12620,12616,12618,3188,723,7310,12614,2629,12617,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,12619],"class_list":{"0":"post-11869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-all-star-game","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-beloit-sky-carp","11":"tag-coastal-division","12":"tag-eli-patino","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-jacksonville","16":"tag-jacksonville-ospreys","17":"tag-nba-draft","18":"tag-old-north-state-league","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa","25":"tag-xavier-meachem"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114740708401929100","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}