• Jay-Z is in, Frank Sinatra is out. At least that's how it was at the 142nd running of the Belmont Stakes. Hova's "Empire State of Mind" replaced Sinatra's version of "New York, New York", which had been the pre-stakes song since 1997. With the threat of thunderstorms, Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky both sitting out, only 45,243 race fans were on hand to witness Drosselmeyer win the 1.5 mile "Test of the Champion". Trainer Bill Mott and jockey Mike Smith, both Hall of Famers, combined to lead the 13-1 Drosselmeyer for the win. Fly Down placed and First Dude showed.
  • Mets 6, Marlins 1: It took all of 56 games in 2010 for David Wright to match his home run output of 2009. In the 3rd inning, Wright hit a two-run home run, his 10th of the season. Wright had three RBI in the game, and Ike Davis broke an 0-9 slump by going 4-4. Jonathon Niese, back from the DL with a hamstring injury, allowed only one run over seven innings. Bonus news for Mets fans: to make room for Niese, Oliver Perez was banished from the bullpen by taking a trip to the DL with tendinitis in his right knee.And if that's not enough excitement for you, Mets fans set a Guinness World Record for Most People Crocheting Simultaneously before the game.
  • Blue Jays 3, Yankees 2 (14 innings): The Yankees and Jays booth used home runs to score, except Toronto didn't need to leave the yard to win. Derek Jeter had a two-run home run in the 5th inning and Vernon Wells and Alex Gonzalez both had solo homers against Andy Pettitte. Neither team scored until Aaron Hill drove in Edwin Encarnacion, who reached on a lead-off walk, to end the game.
  • With the Yankees in Toronto, Yankee Stadium hosted its first non-baseball event since opening last year, the WBA Super Welterweight title fight between defending champ Yuri Foreman and Miguel Cotto. At one point during the fight, Forman's corner threw in the towel, but the fighter insisted on continuing, until the referee declared a TKO in the 9th round, making Cotto the new champion. While "New York, New York" didn't have a place in Belmont Park, Frank Sinatra still has a home at Yankee Stadium, as the song played after boxing at the stadium ended.