With the popularity of sports like soccer and baseball throughout Latin America, men’s sports leagues like La Liga and MLB are investing heavily in marketing toward Latinx fans in the U.S. It’s also a strategy the NWSL and franchises with sizable Latinx communities like L.A.’s Angel City FC have been in on since the get-go.

To celebrate the first Sunday of June, today’s scroll is all about the LGBTQIA+ sports community — from the trailblazers who bravely paved the way to the progress made so far. Plenty to celebrate, but lots of work still to be done.

Baseball’s regional round is on deck, with 64 teams hoping to survive the weekend.

You can’t make a diamond without serious pressure — no wonder the NBA and NHL Conference Finals stars are making the whole place postseason shimmer.

The contenders kicked things off with four games last night.

As the NWSL considers charter flights, it’s worth noting that private travel in pro sports produces an enormous carbon footprint. As sports become increasingly global and women’s sports secure more resources, a new report from the UK women’s soccer space found that 95% of players think the beautiful game must reduce its carbon footprint.

Unrivaled — the 3x3 pro women’s hoops league launched by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier — rolled out some game-changing announcements yesterday. The league confirmed an oversubscribed seed round of all-star investors, which enables Unrivaled to offer a six-figure salary that will be the highest in pro women’s sports league history.

Five months, six world record-setting crowds, and one unforgettable overturned goal later, it all comes down to this — the inaugural PWHL champion will be crowned during tonight’s 7 p.m. ET winner-take-all Game 5 between No. 4 Minnesota and No. 3 Boston. So ready for it.

There’s no season like the postseason, with thrillers everywhere you look in both the NBA and NHL Conference Finals.

Superstars dominated the storylines at the long weekend’s Super Regionals.

The national tournament’s 64-team field is officially set.

The U.S. Women’s Open — the second of five LPGA majors — takes flight from the Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania tomorrow, featuring a star-studded field and a $12M purse (the largest ever for a women’s golf tournament!).