Anchor Drop, June 15, 2021: 81 Days to Kickoff

Good morning.

Optional Musical Accompaniment

We are now 81 days away from Vanderbilt football’s season opener against ETSU. 81 for Vanderbilt is wide receiver Will Sheppard. The 6’3”, 190-pound sophomore from Mandeville, Louisiana, was a late addition to the 2020 signing class and impressed enough in camp to get into eight games as a true freshman in 2020, mostly on special teams though he did have two catches on the season including a ridiculous 24-yard catch against Florida. Sheppard was one of those late-bloomers with ridiculous numbers and tape during his senior year of high school, and that late take seems like it may pay off in the future.

And, we now have a game time for Vanderbilt baseball’s first game of the College World Series. Vanderbilt will open against Arizona at 6 PM CT on Saturday; that game will be televised on ESPN, after the conclusion of the first game between Stanford and NC State, which starts at 1 PM.

Also, Andrew answered questions from Arizona blog Arizona Desert Swarm. (If you’re wondering, their answers to our questions are coming later today.)

Scoreboard

MLB: Mets 5, Cubs 2 ... Nationals 3, Pirates 2 ... Cleveland 4, Orioles 3 ... Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1 ... Reds 10, Brewers 2 ... Tigers 10, Royals 3 ... Rays 5, White Sox 2 ... Cardinals 4, Marlins 2 ... Rockies 3, Padres 2 ... A’s 8, Angels 5 ... Giants 5, Diamondbacks 2 ... Mariners 4, Twins 3 ... Dodgers 3, Phillies 1.

NBA: Hawks 103, 76ers 100 ... Clippers 118, Jazz 104.

NHL: Golden Knights 4, Canadiens 1.

Euro 2020: Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic ... Poland 1-2 Slovakia ... Spain 0-0 Sweden.

Copa America: Argentina 1-1 Chile ... Paraguay 3-1 Bolivia.

World Cup Qualifiers: Japan 5-1 Kyrgyzstan ... Tajikistan 4-0 Myanmar.

Sports on TV

All times Central.

• 11:00 AM: Euro 2020: Hungary v. Portugal (ESPN)
• 11:00 AM: FIBA: Virgin Islands v. El Salvador (ESPN+)
• 2:00 PM: Euro 2020: France v. Germany (ESPN)
• 2:00 PM: FIBA: Canada v. Colombia (ESPN+)
• 5:00 PM: FIBA: Dominican Republic v. Venezuela (ESPN+)
• 6:00 PM: MLB: Cubs at Mets (ESPN)
• 6:20 PM: MLB: Red Sox at Braves (MLB.tv free game)
• 7:00 PM: NHL: Islanders at Lightning (NBC Sports)
• 7:30 PM: NBA: Bucks at Nets (TNT)
• 8:45 PM: MLB: Diamondbacks at Giants (ESPN+)