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“THE SCOREBOARD”
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WNBA SCORES
LOS ANGELES 101 NEW YORK 99
WASHINGTON 69 SEATTLE 58
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MLB SCORES
PHILADELPHIA 9 NY YANKEES 4
KANSAS CITY 5 CLEVELAND 3 (10)
TORONTO 6 DETROIT 1
PITTSBURGH 2 ARIZONA 0
CINCINNATI 6 TAMPA BAY 2
TEXAS 6 ATLANTA 5 (10)
BALTIMORE 18 COLORADO 0
WASHINGTON 9 MINNESOTA 3
LAS VEGAS 5 HOUSTON 1
CHICAGO CUBS 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1
MIAMI 7 MILWAUKEE 4
SAN DIEGO 3 ST. LOUIS 1
CLEVELAND 6 KANSAS CITY 4
BOSTON 4 LA DODGERS 2
NY METS 2 SAN FRANCISCO 1
SEATTLE 7 LA ANGELS 2
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS 5 TOLEDO 4
SOUTH BEND 4 DAYTON 1
CEDAR RAPIDS 7 FT. WAYNE 0
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
MIAMI 0 CINCINNATI 0
PHILADELPHIA 3 COLORADO 1
AUSTIN 4 DC UNITED 2
CHARLOTTE 2 TORONTO 0
ATLANTA 2 SEATTLE 2
MINNESOTA 2 ST. LOUIS 1
CHICAGO 1 NY RED BULLS 0
SALT LAKE 2 SAN JOSE 1
VANCOUVER 3 KANSAS CITY 0
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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
MON., JULY 28: PRACTICE (10-11:15 A.M.)
TUE., JULY 29: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)
THUR., JULY 31: PRACTICE (8-10 P.M.)
SAT., AUG. 2: PRACTICE (10-11:35 A.M.)
SUN., AUG. 3: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)
SAT., AUG. 9: PRACTICE (4-5:10 P.M.)
SUN., AUG. 10: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)
MON., AUG. 11: PRACTICE (4-5:40 P.M.)
THUR., AUG. 14: PRACTICE (3-5 P.M.)
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2025 NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – JULY 31
L.A. CHARGERS VS. DETROIT (NBC), 8:00
*****WEEK 1*****
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
INDIANAPOLIS AT BALTIMORE, 7:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA, 7:30
LAS VEGAS AT SEATTLE, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
DETROIT AT ATLANTA, 7:00
CLEVELAND AT CAROLINA, 7:00
WASHINGTON AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:30
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
N.Y. GIANTS AT BUFFALO, 1:00
HOUSTON AT MINNESOTA, 4:00
PITTSBURGH AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
TENNESSEE AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
KANSAS CITY AT ARIZONA, 8:00
N.Y. JETS AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
DENVER AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
MIAMI AT CHICAGO, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 4:05
*****WEEK 2*****
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15
TENNESSEE AT ATLANTA, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT SEATTLE, 10:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
MIAMI AT DETROIT, 1:00
CAROLINA AT HOUSTON, 1:00
GREEN BAY AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
NEW ENGLAND AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
CLEVELAND AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 4:00
BALTIMORE AT DALLAS, 7:00
L.A. CHARGERS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
N.Y. JETS AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 9:30
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17
JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
BUFFALO AT CHICAGO (FOX), 8:00
MONDAY, AUGUST 18
CINCINNATI AT WASHINGTON (ESPN), 8:00
*****WEEK 3*****
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
PITTSBURGH AT CAROLINA, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT N.Y. GIANTS (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
PHILADELPHIA AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
ATLANTA AT DALLAS, 8:00
MINNESOTA AT TENNESSEE (CBS), 8:00
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON, NOON
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 1:00
L.A. RAMS AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
HOUSTON AT DETROIT, 1:00
DENVER AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
SEATTLE AT GREEN BAY, 4:00
JACKSONVILLE AT MIAMI, 7:00
BUFFALO AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
L.A. CHARGERS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30
LAS VEGAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00
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WEEK ONE SCHEDULE
| THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 2025 | |||
| DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES | 8:20P (ET) | 8:20P | NBC |
| FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 2025 | |||
| KANSAS CITY CHIEFS VS LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (SAO PAULO) | 9:00P (BRT) | 8:00P | YOUTUBE |
| SUNDAY, SEPT. 07, 2025 | |||
| TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | FOX |
| CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | FOX |
| MIAMI DOLPHINS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | CBS |
| CAROLINA PANTHERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | FOX |
| LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | CBS |
| ARIZONA CARDINALS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS | 12:00P (CT) | 1:00P | CBS |
| PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT NEW YORK JETS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | CBS |
| NEW YORK GIANTS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS | 1:00P (ET) | 1:00P | FOX |
| TENNESSEE TITANS AT DENVER BRONCOS | 2:05P (MT) | 4:05P | FOX |
| SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS | 1:05P (PT) | 4:05P | FOX |
| DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS | 3:25P (CT) | 4:25P | CBS |
| HOUSTON TEXANS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS | 1:25P (PT) | 4:25P | CBS |
| BALTIMORE RAVENS AT BUFFALO BILLS | 8:20P (ET) | 8:20P | NBC |
| MONDAY, SEPT. 8, 2025 | |||
| MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS | 7:15P (CT) | 8:15P | ABC/ESPN |
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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
NFL NEWS
JUSTIN FIELDS PARTICIPATES IN 7-ON-7 DRILLS AT JETS PRACTICE, 2 DAYS AFTER DISLOCATING TOE
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields participated in 7-on-7 drills at training camp Saturday, two days after being carted from the field with a dislocated toe.
Fields threw passes during quarterback positional drills and then again in a session with wide receivers, including tossing a perfectly placed deep ball to Tyler Johnson for a big gain that drew cheers from the fans in the stands.
Fields didn’t participate in team drills and will continue to be evaluated on a daily basis.
“Just trying to ease him in,” coach Aaron Glenn said.
The Jets have their first day off from practice Sunday.
“I thought he did a good job in 7-on-7s,” Glenn said of Fields. “And the thing is, he has a ways to go until we get him out there and we’re going to make sure we keep the process going, keep the protocol going to make sure he’s ready.”
Fields sent fans and social media into a frenzy Thursday when he dislocated a toe on his right foot early in practice. He was carted from the field to the facility, where he had multiple tests before the team announced the diagnosis — relieving fears that it could be an even more significant injury.
Fields watched practice Friday from the sideline while wearing his helmet but had progressed enough Saturday to take part in some of the practice.
Glenn didn’t think Fields, expected to be the starter in his first season with the Jets, would fall behind because of the injury.
“He’s going to be just fine,” the coach said. “He missed one day. He’s been in meetings, so he’s going to be just fine.”
Backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor continues to lead the offense during team drills while Fields is sidelined.
Tackling the issues
While Fields got big cheers when he participated in practice, an addition to the drills got the fans — and players — fired up.
Glenn ran a tackling drill in which an offensive player goes 1-on-1 against a defensive player. The offensive player tries to get around the defensive player, who attempts to stop him in his tracks by wrapping him up.
It wasn’t full tackling — there’s no pads yet — but it’s something Glenn started in organized team activities and brought with him from his coaching days in Detroit.
“I modified it a little bit to fit the way that I wanted it to go,” he said. “I love the drill. It gets the players excited. You get a chance to teach and you get a chance to work on the things that you have to work on to be good as far as tackling and also, offensively, just alluding guys in space.”
The Jets’ defense was plagued at times last season by missing open-field tackles. The loudest cheers Saturday came when cornerback Sauce Gardner squared up wide receiver Garrett Wilson and forced him out of bounds as the defense celebrated wildly.
“Man, this league is about making open-field tackles,” Glenn said. “I think we all know it’s a spacious league right now. So, the more you can make tackles in space, the better we are going to be as a team.”
49ERS EMBRACE YOUTH MOVEMENT WITH POTENTIAL INFLUX OF ROOKIES IN STARTING LINEUP
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers went into the past few training camps with one of the NFL’s deepest rosters filled with established stars that left little opportunity for rookies to contribute.
That’s far from the case this year as San Francisco underwent a roster reset in the offseason that has infused the team with more youth and the most opportunities for rookies to compete since 2019 when draft picks like Nick Bosa, Deebo Samuel and Dre Greenlaw helped the Niners reach the Super Bowl.
That’s especially true on defense, where at least five rookies are in the mix for starting roles on a unit that has been overhauled completely in the offseason.
“There’s a chance we could have six new guys starting. There’s a chance we could have eight, we’ll see how it plays out,” coach Kyle Shanahan said, referring to rookies, offseason additions and former backups. “Any time you say that, that’s different. That is a different team, that is a different side of the ball so that does take some time.”
The 49ers have had only four rookies start a season opener over the past five seasons, tied for the fifth fewest in the NFL in that span. They could match that this season with first-round pick Mykel Williams and fellow draft picks Alfred Collins, C.J. West, Nick Martin and Upton Stout all in the mix.
The Niners have started at least three rookies in a season opener just five times since the NFL-AFL merger, with the last time coming in 2006 when Vernon Davis, Manny Lawson and Melvin Oliver all got the nod. It also happened three times early in Bill Walsh’s tenure in 1980, the Super Bowl-winning season in 1981 and 1983. The most rookies to start an opener for San Francisco since the merger was four in 1978.
That’s a challenge to a coaching staff that also includes a new defensive coordinator, with Robert Saleh returning after a stint as head coach of the New York Jets from 2021-24.
“With youth, the challenge is that a veteran never makes mistakes, but sometimes they might be a step slow,” Saleh said. “They’re not running that 40 time that they ran back in the combine, right? Where a rookie is going to make a lot of mistakes, but he’s flat fast, and explosive. So, the trick is, how quickly can you get that football player to play like a veteran while he’s still connected to his 40 time that he ran back at the combine. So that youthful energy, that youthful explosiveness. With youth comes lumps because they’re learning.”
Saleh said even though his scheme isn’t overly complex, he might need to simplify some things initially to help the young players acclimate.
The problem is the opposing offenses won’t be doing the same and they will hope to confuse the rookies who aren’t used to dealing with NFL offenses.
“They don’t just stand there and make it easy for us,” Saleh said. “They’re motioning, they’re moving, they’re jetting, they’re doing all kinds of stuff pre-snap. So there are going to be some moments where it’s like, oh God. But, you prick your finger, you fight through it, you get them to a point where they see it over and over and over again, and your hope is that that youthful explosiveness comes out as they continue to gain experience.”
The 49ers have liked what they have seen so far, with the young players being attentive in meetings and knowing their assignments on the field.
Shanahan said they have brought needed energy to the team starting in the offseason and the veterans have been impressed.
“I like the group,” Bosa said. “I think we have a lot of talent. I think when you look out on the field, you see NFL bodies out there that look impressive, which is a good thing. Obviously, we’re young, but I think just because nobody knows them now, if they play a good couple games, then the whole world will know them. It’ll be exciting.”
REPORT: SEAHAWKS RB KENNY MCINTOSH’S LEG INJURY THOUGHT TO BE TORN ACL
Seattle Seahawks running back Kenny McIntosh suffered a left leg injury on Saturday that is thought to be a torn ACL, according to an ESPN report.
The Seahawks said on their website that McIntosh injured his knee on a return drill, had to be helped off the field by athletic trainers and missed the rest of practice. Head coach Mike Macdonald did not meet with the media on Saturday and the team did not update McIntosh’s status.
McIntosh, 25, played in all 17 regular-season games last season, rushing 31 times for 172 yards and catching three passes on four targets for 22 yards. Primarily a special teams player, he returned six kicks for 153 yards (25.5-yard average).
He appeared in three games as a rookie in 2023 after spending most of the season on injured reserve. Seattle selected McIntosh in the seventh round of the 2023 NFL Draft out of Georgia.
ROOKIE QB CAM WARD GIVES TANTALIZING PREVIEW IN PRACTICE OF WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TITANS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fans clamored for Cam Ward’s autograph as he worked his way along the wall at Nissan Stadium.
Even with no pads and no tackling allowed, the Tennessee Titans rookie quarterback put on a show Saturday.
Ward connected early and often with his new favorite wide receiver Calvin Ridley, starting with a touchdown pass in a 7-on-7 drill, and Ward’s best play came on a scramble to his left and finding Ridley for a big TD catch as long as people ignore Jeffery Simmons likely would’ve had a sack.
Everything was fresh and new Saturday for a steamy, midday practice.
“I don’t even remember the record, but it was bad,” Ridley said during the session.
The veteran wide receiver looks to be the biggest winner from the Titans using the No. 1 overall draft pick on Ward out of Miami. Coach Brian Callahan put their lockers together this offseason, and the connection has been growing steadily.
Ridley laid out to put two hands on a pass from Ward in one drill, and he caught a handful of throws from the rookie Saturday.
The Titans landed the No. 1 overall draft pick after going 3-14 last season and finishing on a six-game skid.
“We’re going to bring some fun to Nashville,” said Ridley, who had 1,017 yards receiving but only four TD catches in his first season with the Titans.
How Ward does as a rookie will be a big key for how much fun the Titans are responsible for this season. Ward is getting more work in training camp with the first-team offense after Will Levis’ decision to have season-ending surgery Tuesday.
The Titans used Saturday’s session to focus on third down, scoring when within 20 yards of the goal line and a silent count with fans trying to find some shade doing their best to bring the noise.
Callahan said Ward has been impressive in handling the different calls to run third down plays depending how defenses line up against the offense.
“Every time he goes out, he sees something new and and makes an adjustment and gets better for it,” Callahan said. “So as many third down periods and work that we can get for Cam’s is going to put him in a place where he should be ready to go for the regular season.”
The Titans could use that. They ranked 19th on third downs last season, converting 37.6%. Staying on the field is key for a team that was 27th in scoring just 18.3 points per game last season.
Simmons said he’ll be the first one to have Ward’s back on game day.
“You can’t help but to rally behind him,” Simmons said.
Burks injured
Wide receiver Treylon Burks hurt his right shoulder on a diving catch out of bounds. He got up and immediately grabbed at his right shoulder before walking to the locker room with training staff.
Callahan said in a statement that Burks was being evaluated for a shoulder injury and the Titans will have an update at the appropriate time. NFL Network reported that Burks broke his collarbone.
Burks was the 18th pick overall in 2022. He has 27 of 51 possible games because of injuries.
TITANS’ TREYLON BURKS SUFFERS RIGHT SHOULDER INJURY DURING DIVING CATCH
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Titans wide receiver Treylon Burks hurt his right shoulder on a diving catch out of bounds Saturday in a practice at Nissan Stadium.
He got up and immediately grabbed at his right shoulder. Burks then walked to the locker room with training staff.
Coach Brian Callahan said in a statement that Burks was being evaluated for a shoulder injury: “We’ll have an update on his status at the appropriate time.”
NFL Network reported that Burks broke his collarbone and will have more tests.
Burks was the Titans’ first-round draft pick at No. 18 overall in 2022, a selection acquired by trading Pro Bowl wide receiver A.J. Brown to Philadelphia. Burks has been injured more often than not in his first three seasons out of Arkansas.
The 6-foot-2, 222-pound receiver has started 17 of 27 games played out of a possible 51 since being drafted. Burks has caught 53 of 94 passes thrown to him for 699 yards and one touchdown catch.
Burks was knocked out on that TD catch in Philadelphia in 2022 and missed the next two games. He was carted off the field with a concussion in 2023 after trying to make a leaping catch late in a blowout loss to Pittsburgh.
He started training camp healthy and in good shape after being placed on injured reserve last October with a partially torn ACL.
BRONCOS LINEBACKER DREW SANDERS CARTED OFF PRACTICE FIELD WITH RIGHT LEG INJURY
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Third-year linebacker Drew Sanders was carted off the Denver Broncos’ football fields Saturday after injuring his right leg during drills.
Sanders began hopping around right after the play and then went to the ground in pain. Team medical personnel looked at his right foot and ankle before putting him on a cart and taking him inside team headquarters for an MRI.
The injury happened with about 15 minutes left in practice and coach Sean Payton said afterward that he had no update other than to say it wasn’t another Achilles tendon injury like the one Sanders sustained in the 2024 offseason.
Sanders played in all 17 games as a rookie but missed much of last season after tearing his Achilles tendon in May 2024. He returned in November and played in four games, making eight tackles.
Sanders has bounced back and forth between inside and outside linebacker ever since the Broncos selected him in the third round out of Arkansas in the 2023 draft.
He’s a key backup with Alex Singleton returning from an ACL tear in Week 3 last year and free agent addition Dre Greenlaw returning from a strained thigh this spring and a torn Achilles tendon he suffered in the Super Bowl after the 2023 season, which limited him to two games with the San Francisco 49ers last season.
Also Saturday, right tackle Mike McGlinchey missed his third consecutive practice. He watched practice with a sleeve on his right leg.
VIKINGS, VERSATILE SAFETY JOSH METELLUS AGREE TO 3-YEAR, $36M EXTENSION, AP SOURCE SAYS
The Minnesota Vikings and versatile safety Josh Metellus agreed Saturday on a three-year, $36 million contract extension, according to a person familiar with details of the deal.
Metellus, a 2020 sixth-round draft pick out of Michigan, is a key piece of coordinator Brian Flores’ defense and has started 27 games the past two seasons while playing in multiple spots.
The Vikings announced the extension for Metellus, but didn’t provide financial terms. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because terms weren’t announced, said the contract includes $25 million in guaranteed money.
Metellus was entering the final year of his deal, so the extension keeps him with the Vikings through 2028.
“Minnesota, I’m here, baby,” a smiling Metellus said at a news conference announcing the deal. “I love it here. … This place is home for me.”
The 27-year-old Metellus has four career interceptions, five forced fumbles, 2 1/2 sacks and nearly 300 combined tackles in five NFL seasons.
“Josh, since he got here has become a program player for us,” general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said. “He embodies the relentlessness and work ethic that we value in this team.”
Metellus played primarily on special teams during his first two seasons, but saw an increased role on defense after Kevin O’Connell took over as the Vikings’ head coach in 2022. Flores made Metellus a key contributor on defense when he joined O’Connell’s staff in 2023, with O’Connell saying Metellus lined up in seven different spots last season.
“I don’t like to get into the positions,” Metellus said. “I just think I’m a damn good football player.”
Metellus has also been a team captain for the Vikings.
“Such a vital part of our success on and off the field,” O’Connell said. “It’s hard to imagine them making them any better as a player and person than Josh Metellus. What he means to me, personally, our friendship, our bond we’ve formed, I’m absolutely thrilled for Josh, his family and Vikings fans that they get to see him for years to come in a role that’s become really special to him and how he’s attacked it and helped us become what we are defensively.”
JETS’ BREECE HALL ‘FEELS A LOT BETTER’ COMING TO WORK, BUT ISN’T EXPECTING EXTENSION BEFORE SEASON
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Breece Hall is happy coming to work these days, focused on helping the New York Jets win games.
That has been a tough task the past few years for the star running back. But Hall has some reason for optimism as he prepares for his fourth NFL season.
New coach Aaron Glenn has his players believing in the messaging about changing the culture of a franchise that has the league’s longest active playoff drought at 14 seasons. The thought of a new system on offense that maximizes his abilities also has Hall thinking he could have more opportunities to shine.
“Yeah, I honestly do,” Hall said Saturday after the Jets’ fourth practice of training camp. “In the past, there’s been a lot of instability and stuff around just the whole operation. And I feel like this year, everybody’s bought in to this coaching staff. Everybody’s bought in to our GM. Everybody’s bought in to our owner still.
“So it’s like, it just feels a lot better around here coming in every day.”
The Jets went 5-12 last season, when coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas were fired in the middle of all the losing.
Hall’s comments echo those of other young Jets players including cornerback Sauce Gardner, wide receiver Garrett Wilson and right guard Alijah Vera-Tucker.
“I can see this thing turning around, for sure, especially with Glenn, the type of coach he is,” Vera-Tucker said. “He praises physicality, but even more, like, accountability. I think that’s very important for a head coach to do. You know, it’s something I haven’t seen as much of in my career.”
Hall is coming off a disappointing individual season during which he rushed for just 876 yards with a career-low 4.2 yards per carry. But Glenn has made it clear to Hall that he’s the Jets’ starting running back and the leader of what New York hopes will be a three-headed attack with Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis.
New offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand is running an offense similar to the one in Detroit for which he was the passing game coordinator. And that’s good news for Hall.
“I think from a whole offensive standpoint, we’ve all really bought in to this run scheme,” he said. “I think it fits our backs more. I think it makes a lot of more sense to the guys up front and the reasoning why we’re doing everything and what we’re doing it for — how we’re going to set other plays up with our run game. So I think to see how much we’ve all bought in to it and trusting our coaches now has been good.”
Hall is entering a contract year after being a second-round pick in the 2022 draft out of Iowa State. Two of the Jets’ three first-round selections from that year — cornerback Sauce Gardner and wide receiver Garrett Wilson — received huge extensions shortly before training camp.
Hall said he’s not expecting to receive one himself before the regular season. And he’s OK with that.
“We’ve got a new head coach, new GM and obviously I wasn’t drafted by them,” Hall said. “I’m not their guy. So for me, I’ve got to prove it every day. I think for me, I’ve got a chip on my shoulder. I feel like right now, OK, it’s my last chance. You know, for me, it’s always been, oh, he’s got potential, he’s got potential, but I want to be the product. So now it’s all just about putting my head down and working.
“So I feel like I don’t really want to discuss all the other stuff. For me, I just try to worry about ball right now.”
FALCONS LOSE STARTING WR DARNELL MOONEY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WITH SHOULDER INJURY AND SIGN D.J. CHARK
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Darnell Mooney’s status for the start of the season is uncertain as the Atlanta Falcons’ second-leading receiver in 2024 is expected to miss several weeks of training camp with a shoulder injury.
Mooney suffered the injury in Thursday’s first practice of training camp.
The Falcons bolstered their depth chart at wide receiver by signing veteran D.J. Chark Jr., who joined the team for Saturday’s practice. Chark worked out for the Falcons on Friday.
“That workout was already set up,” assistant general manager Kyle Smith said Saturday, referring to the visit from Chark being scheduled before Mooney’s injury.
Smith said Mooney’s injury is “part of the deal” and the front office is “always ready to find solutions and add to the roster whenever we can.”
Smith provided no details on the severity of Mooney’s injury.
Chark, 29, began the 2024 season on injured reserve with a hip injury and was limited to four catches for 31 yards with one touchdown in seven games with the Los Angeles Chargers.
A second-round draft pick by Jacksonville in 2018, Chark set career highs with 73 catches for 1,008 yards and eight touchdowns for the Jaguars in 2019. Following four seasons with Jacksonville, Chark played for Detroit in 2022 and Carolina in 2023.
Mooney had 64 catches for 992 yards and five touchdowns in 2024. Drake London led the team with 100 receptions for 1,271 yards and nine touchdowns.
London drew a big cheer from more than 4,000 fans when he made a one-handed sideline catch early in the practice.
London, Mooney and Ray-Ray McCloud III opened training camp as Atlanta’s top wide receivers. KhaDarel Hodge returns as a top backup after starting two games last season.
The injury will force Mooney to miss valuable practice time with second-year quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who is entering his first full season as the starter following a three-game audition to close the 2024 season.
Arthur Blank entering his 24th season as owner
Falcons owner Arthur Blank, who is entering his 24th season since buying the team in 2002, acknowledged that a streak of seven consecutive losing seasons has been difficult to endure.
Blank, 82, said he believes the 2025 team is ready to win with second-year coach Raheem Morris and Penix following an 8-9 finish last season.
“It’s been a difficult seven years, certainly for our fans and for me,” Blank said.
He recalled his first training camp at Furman University when former coach Dan Reeves provided cautionary words.
“I remember the first practices I went to seeing a lot of these young men running around,” Blank said. “My vision was every one of these guys was going to be an All-Pro. Coach Reeves said to me, ‘Well you’ve got to see them in pads.’”
Added Blank: “I’m still impatient to win. I’m a very competitive guy. … Aspirations haven’t changed.”
Caution for Kyle Pitts and Kaleb McGary
Morris showed on the second day of camp that he will follow through on his promise to limit the early work for some veterans returning from injuries.
Tight end Kyle Pitts, returning from a foot injury, worked for about half of Saturday’s practice while right tackle Kaleb McGary, who had an offseason arthroscopic procedure on his ankle, was held out.
MCVAY: RAMS QB MATTHEW STAFFORD (BACK) WILL NOT PRACTICE NEXT WEEK
The Los Angeles Rams will hold quarterback Matthew Stafford out of practice next week because of back soreness, head coach Sean McVay said on Saturday.
McVay said he had “probably spoke a little bit too soon” last Tuesday when he anticipated Stafford will be practicing but maintained that there was no setback and the 37-year-old QB should be ready for the season opener on Sept. 7 at home against the Houston Texans.
“He’s doing really well. We’ve got a good plan in place,” McVay said after Saturday’s practice. “We are going to still take some more time with him, though. Nothing that’s changed in terms of a setback. I probably spoke a little bit too soon, but the ultimate goal is Houston and being mindful of that. So we’ll take it a week at a time with him. So I did want to be able to let you guys know about that.”
The coach said that after talking with the team’s medical staff, it was “the smart thing to do.”
“I don’t have any reason to be concerned based on the information that’s been given,” McVay said. “I don’t think we can be smart enough with somebody like Matthew, and I think it’s best for him, best for our football team and that’s kind of the plan that we’ll have moving forward.”
Stafford has been in attendance for the first week of training camp but mostly away from the field and working with the training staff.
He completed 340 of 517 passes (65.8 percent) for 3,762 yards, 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions in starting 16 regular-season games in 2024. He also was 45 of 71 for 533 yards, four TDs and no interceptions in two playoff games last season.
For his career, Stafford has completed 63.4 percent of his passes for 59,809 yards, 377 TDs and 188 picks in 222 regular-season games (all starts) with the Detroit Lions (2009-2020) and Rams (2021-present).
He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2014 and 2023, and won the Super Bowl with the Rams in the 2021 season. The Lions selected him with the first overall pick of the 2009 NFL Draft out of Georgia.
McVay also said on Saturday that linebacker Chris Paul Jr. was held out of practice because of a calf injury, and cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was also sidelined by a calf injury and his status is “day-to-day.”
DOLPHINS SIGN FORMER RAIDERS AND PATRIOTS CORNERBACK JACK JONES TO ONE-YEAR DEAL
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins added needed help to their secondary on Saturday, signing cornerback Jack Jones to a one-year deal.
Jones had 69 tackles, three interceptions— one returned for a touchdown — and 15 pass breakups in 16 starts for the Raiders last season. The Raiders released him earlier this year.
A fourth-round draft pick by New England in 2022, Jones played two up-and-down seasons for the Patriots before being released and claimed off waivers by Las Vegas in 2023.
Jones played in 24 games and started 19 for Las Vegas, intercepting five passes and returning three for touchdowns. He also found himself out of position several times and allowed opposing receivers to make big plays.
His four defensive touchdowns are the second most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2022.
The Raiders released him earlier this year.
Miami was in the market for a starting-caliber cornerback after trading All-Pro Jalen Ramsey to the Pittsburgh Steelers last month.
The Dolphins this offseason added several cornerbacks that are expected to compete for roster spots. One, veteran Artie Burns, went on injured reserve this week after suffering a torn ACL on the first day of training camp.
Also Saturday, the Dolphins waived cornerback Ryan Cooper Jr.
REPORT: TEXANS’ MIXON FACING EXTENDED ABSENCE DUE TO FOOT INJURY
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon is expected to be out for an extended period due to a foot injury, sources told NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.
Mixon, who’s on the non-football injury list, will be re-evaluated closer to the regular season, Rapoport adds.
The 29-year-old rushed for 1,016 yards and 11 touchdowns in 2024, earning him a trip to the Pro Bowl in his first season in Houston after being traded by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Texans signed former Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb this offseason. They also have Dameon Pierce and rookie running back Woody Marks.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
YANKEES CAPTAIN AARON JUDGE TO GO ON INJURED LIST WITH FLEXOR STRAIN BUT NO DAMAGE TO UCL IN ELBOW
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees captain Aaron Judge, his teammates and New York’s fan base exhaled Saturday when the two-time AL MVP learned he has a flexor strain in his right elbow but no acute damage to his ulnar collateral ligament that might cause a long-term layoff.
Judge was sent for an MRI on Saturday and missed just his second game this season, a 9-4 loss to Philadelphia. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection and will go on the injured list but hopes to return to action in 10 days to two weeks, initially as a designated hitter.
“You never want to go in the tube. It’s never fun. You don’t know what’s going to show up,” Judge said. “That’s why I kind of pushed off a lot of that imaging and stuff like that because if I don’t what’s going on, it can’t hurt you, I guess.”
Judge leads the major leagues with a .342 batting average and 1.160 OPS. He has 37 home runs and 85 RBIs for a New York team that opened a seven-game AL East lead by late May but started Saturday a season-high 5 1/2 games back of first-place Toronto.
“All in all, we got good news today,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “I think all of us kind of feared the worst.”
Knowing how tough Judge is, Boone had been worried. Judge told Boone of throwing difficulty during Friday’s 12-5 loss to Philadelphia.
“I couldn’t throw past 60 feet,” Judge said. “We’re going up against a Phillies team, they can hit the ball over the park. I just didn’t want to put our pitchers in jeopardy, just not be able to come up and make a play for them.”
Boone received results of the scan just before the start of Saturday’s game, when team officials were getting some more evaluation. Because pain impacted his throwing but not hitting, Judge fought going on the IL.
“With that strain, then if you go out there and play with it you put the UCL in jeopardy, so we got to get that healed up,” Boone said.
Boone said it was too soon to determine whether highly regarded prospect Spencer Jones will be brought up from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Judge likely won’t throw for 10 to 14 days, then will need a few days throwing to build back arm strength before returning to the outfield.
“I really was reluctant about going on any IL or anything like that,” Judge said. “I was like, ‘If I can hit, let me hit.’” he said. “I’ll start DHing, I think, once this 10th day is up.”
Giancarlo Stanton, the team’s primary DH, will start to work out in the outfield.
Judge said he first felt the pain in the sixth inning of Tuesday’s game at Toronto, when George Springer singled to right in the sixth inning off Jonathan Loáisiga. Judge made a strong throw home in an attempt to prevent the tying run, but Davis Schneider just beat catcher Austin Wells’ tag.
An inning later, Judge winced after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third. Judge was seen by a YES Network camera clenching his right hand in a fist.
“He’s about as tough as they come and for him to even show any vulnerability or pain or whatever,” Boone said. “I knew we had an issue probably. And so any time you can fear the worst with that, but that’s why you wait to react, though. … We got the MRI and got a clear diagnosis with it.”
ICHIRO SUZUKI, CC SABATHIA AND BILLY WAGNER ARE SET FOR HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki was always known for his meticulous preparation during his 19-year Major League Baseball career.
For his induction into the Hall of Fame? Not so much.
“Of course, I’m nervous and I probably should be preparing more, but this morning I actually went to the field, long tossed and kind of ran and did my workout, so I guess for me that was more important,” Suzuki said Saturday through an interpreter on the eve of his enshrinement.
Suzuki is the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall and fell one vote shy of becoming the second unanimous selection. He will be joined Sunday by CC Sabathia, a six-time All-Star who won the 2007 AL Cy Young Award, and relief pitcher Billy Wagner. Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen will be honored posthumously. They were voted in by the classic era committee.
MLB has been profoundly impacted by Japan since Suzuki’s arrival in 2001. His induction coincided with the opening of an exhibit at the Hall on Thursday entitled Yakyu/Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game, which celebrates the ways Japanese and American baseball are interconnected. It honors not just Suzuki but also pitcher Hideo Nomoi and current two-way star Shohei Otani.
As interconnected as the two countries are, Suzuki does not want Japanese baseball to become a carbon copy of MLB.
“I don’t think Japan should copy what MLB does. I think Japanese baseball should be Japanese baseball and the way they do things, and MLB should be the way they are. I think they should be different and not the same,” he said.
Suzuki received 393 of 394 votes (99.7%) from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Sabathia was on 342 ballots (86.8%) and Wagner on 325 (82.5%), which was 29 votes more than the 296 needed for the required 75%.
Suzuki was a two-time AL batting champion and 10-time All-Star and Gold Glove outfielder, hitting .311 with 117 homers, 780 RBIs and 509 stolen bases with Seattle, the New York Yankees and Miami.
He is perhaps the best contact hitter ever, with 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball and 3,089 in MLB, including a season-record 262 in 2004. His combined total of 4,367 exceeds Pete Rose’s MLB record of 4,256.
Suzuki visited the Hall seven times during his career, but this time is different.
“I had a purpose. I would come to the basement and look at some of the artifacts. This time around, though, I didn’t come to have one purpose to see something. I just wanted to experience Cooperstown, take it all in. That’s the difference this time around.
“This is the place where I’d come (during the season) and kind of cleanse myself and get a great feeling again,” he said.
For Sabathia, his induction represents a full-circle moment because his plaque will have him sporting a Yankees cap with the interlocking NY.
A native of Vallejo, California, Sabathia “thought I wanted to be close to home,” but after “pretending” the Yankees didn’t offer him a contract on the first day of free agency, his wife persuaded him to sign with the Bronx Bombers following an in-home meeting with general manager Brian Cashman.
“My wife was the one that said: ‘You’re trying to do all these different things, figure out all these contracts. You need to go where they want you. All you talk about is you want to win, be a winner and all these things. How can you not go to New York? That’s the one place they try to win every single year.’ When she put it that way, it was like I was born to be a Yankee,” Sabathia said.
“And I think for the longest time I tried to run away from that because my father would always tell me I was going to play for the Yankees. He passed away when I was 23, so he wasn’t there to tell me it was OK if I failed. I think I was scared to go there and fail. But it ended up being the best decision I ever made. I ran from that decision for a long time. I thought I wanted to play on the other coast, but I think I was born to play with the pinstripes.”
Suzuki and Sabathia were teammates for more than two seasons, which makes their induction extra special.
“It feels like we’re teammates. Obviously, Ichi and I were rookies together. I always say he stole my Rookie of the Year award (in 2001) so it’s great to be able to go in the HOF with him and Billy,” Sabathia said.
Sabathia went 251-161 with a 3.74 ERA and 3,093 strikeouts, third among left-handers behind Randy Johnson and Steve Carlton, during 19 seasons with Cleveland, Milwaukee and the Yankees.
While Sabathia and Suzuki were elected in their first appearance on the ballot, Wagner made it on his 10th and final try.
“Well, after seeing how a lot of guys like Lee Smith and Ted Simmons and (other) guys had to wait their turn to get to this point and go through the veterans committee, and how hard it is to get in here, you know, it’s well worth the wait,” Wagner said.
Wagner, a seven-time All-Star, became the ninth pitcher in the Hall who was primarily a reliever, after Hoyt Wilhelm, Rollie Fingers, Dennis Eckersley, Bruce Sutter, Goose Gossage, Trevor Hoffman, Lee Smith and Mariano Rivera. Wagner is the only left-hander.
Two others honored Saturday were longtime Cleveland Guardians broadcaster Tom Hamilton, winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting, and retired Washington Post sports writer and columnist Tom Boswell, who received the BBWAA Career Excellence Award.
CC SABATHIA AND HIS FAMILY HAVE A BUMPY RIDE TO COOPERSTOWN
COOPERSTOWN, NY (AP) — For CC Sabathia, getting elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame was much easier than actually getting to the Hall of Fame.
Sabathia, whose career spanned 19 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Yankees, was voted in on his first year of eligibility.
Getting to Cooperstown for Hall of Fame weekend activities to be capped by his induction Sunday proved a tad more difficult.
“It was an adventure,” Sabathia said Saturday.
Sabathia, wife Amber and their four children left their Alpine, New Jersey, home at about 4 p.m. Thursday. They traveled in two vehicles as is their family custom and were about 75 miles (120 kilometers) into their 177-mile trip when things got interesting.
“We stopped to get food. Everything’s going great,” Sabathia said. “We tried to get on the on-ramp on (Route) 17 and the car just stopped. I was behind her (Amber). Most of the time when we’re driving, I’m gone. I’m never driving behind her, but for some reason I was taking my time riding behind her.”
Sabathia had a clear view of what was happening. They called for assistance. The family piled into Sabathia’s car and returned home to grab another vehicle as a tow truck towed their broken-down Escalade back to Alpine.
The Sabathias arrived in Cooperstown at about midnight. What should have been a drive of about three hours became an eight-hour journey.
“It was pretty funny. I was taking pictures. My kids were doing TikToks and Amber was in the back like the super serious person she is getting everything done,” Sabathia said. “People were honking at us and recognizing us on the side of the road. It was fun for us.
“For her it was a nightmare.”
The Sabathias, including Amber, will certainly be all smiles Sunday.
RAYS ACQUIRE TRISTAN GRAY FROM WHITE SOX, DESIGNATE COCO MONTES FOR ASSIGNMENT
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays acquired minor league infielder Tristan Gray from the Chicago White Sox for cash and designated utilityman Coco Montes for assignment on Saturday.
Gray, 29, was batting .270 with a .333 on-base percentage, nine homers and 44 RBIs in 72 games with Triple-A Charlotte.
Gray appeared in two games for the Rays in 2023, and he played 24 games for Oakland and seven for Miami in 2024. He has batted .152 with a .222 on-base percentage and a homer in 17 career major league games.
Montes, 28, had hit .200 with one RBI in five games with Tampa Bay this season. He also has batted .221 with a .272 on-base percentage, six homers, 26 RBIs and seven steals in 68 games with Triple-A Durham.
REPORTS: DIAMONDBACKS TRADE OF RANDAL GRICHUK TO ROYALS
The Arizona Diamondbacks are trading outfielder Randal Grichuk to the Kansas City Royals, per multiple reports.
Grichuk, a 12-year veteran, has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Toronto Blue Jays, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, and the Diamondbacks. This season, he has posted seven home runs and 22 RBIs with a .243/.280/.462 batting line. He logged time at all three outfield positions.
The Diamondbacks continue to be sellers at the deadline. They shipped veteran first baseman Josh Naylor to the Seattle Mariners earlier this week.
Meanwhile, the Royals made a bold choice to become buyers. At 51-53, the squad is 3.5 games behind in the AL wild card race. Grichuk adds an established bat to an outfield that has been relying on rookies Jac Caglianone and John Rave.
Caglianone exited Saturday’s game against the Guardians with a left hamstring injury and is considered day to day.
YANKEES ACQUIRE INF AMED ROSARIO FROM NATIONALS
The New York Yankees have acquired veteran infielder Amed Rosario from the Washington Nationals in exchange for right-hander Clayton Beeter and outfielder Browm Martinez.
In 46 games, the 29-year-old Rosario has posted a .270/.310/.426 slash line, with five home runs and 18 RBIs for Washington. Perhaps his best asset is his versatility, as Rosario has played second base, third base, shortstop, right field and even pitching an inning.
Rosario, who has played in 988 games in his nine-year career for six MLB teams, is set to become a free agent after this season.
Beeter was ranked as the Yankees’ No. 20 prospect by MLB Pipeline. Formerly a starter out of Texas Tech, the Yankees have developed him as a reliever this season. The 26-year-old former second-round in the 2020 draft has performed well in the minors with a career 3.64 ERA in 113 appearances (83 starts).
Over the last two seasons, Beeter has made five major league appearances, allowing eight runs on nine hits and five walks while striking out five in 7 1/3 innings.
Martinez is an 18-year-old outfielder from the Dominican Republic. This season, he has hit an eye-popping .404 with three home runs, 16 RBIs and 13 stolen bases in 18 games in the Dominican Summer League.
MLB ROUNDUP: CAL RALEIGH HITS 40TH HR IN M’S WIN
Cal Raleigh hit his major league-leading 40th home run to highlight a four-run sixth inning and Julio Rodriguez homered for the fourth time in three games to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.
Randy Arozarena also homered and Dominic Canzone added a two-run single for the Mariners, who moved within four games of the first-place Houston Astros in the American League West.
Raleigh became the first catcher and switch-hitter in major league history to hit 40 homers before the end of July. He also became the seventh different catcher to hit 40 home runs in a season, joining Johnny Bench and Mike Piazza — who both did it twice — Roy Campanella, Todd Hundley, Javy Lopez and Salvador Perez.
George Kirby (5-5) picked up the win, allowing two runs on five hits in six innings while striking out nine. Reliever Jose Fermin (2-2) was handed the loss, allowing three runs on one hit and two walks without recording an out.
Phillies 9, Yankees 4
Bryce Harper homered in the third inning and Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run double, one pitch after an error by second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. in the seventh as visiting Philadelphia rolled past struggling New York.
The Phillies sent the Yankees to their seventh loss in 10 games following New York’s five-game winning streak July 6-11. Philadelphia also earned the win after the Yankees held Aaron Judge out of the lineup because of a right elbow injury.
Tests showed later Saturday that Judge has a flexor strain. He will go on the 10-day injured list, though he suffered no damage to his UCL, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after the loss.
Red Sox 4, Dodgers 2
Garrett Crochet allowed two solo home runs in the top of the first but then pitched five shutout innings to help Boston defeat visiting Los Angeles to split the first two games of a three-game series.
Crochet (12-4) limited the Dodgers to two runs on eight hits in six innings. He struck out 10 and walked two. It was the fifth time this season Crochet has recorded 10 or more strikeouts and allowed no more than two earned runs in at least six innings.
Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez each homered against Crochet. Ohtani opened the game by hitting his 38th home run of the season. Two batters later Hernandez hit his 16th home run, which was his second in as many games.
Blue Jays 6, Tigers 1
Bo Bichette broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the eighth inning and Toronto downed host Detroit to take the first three games of the series and stretch its winning streak to four.
Nathan Lukes supplied a two-run homer and George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added solo homers for Toronto, which has won four straight and eight of nine since the All-Star break. Braydon Fisher (4-0) notched the win in relief.
The game featured a pitchers’ duel between starters Kevin Gausman and Tarik Skubal. Gausman limited the Tigers to one hit and one walk with 10 strikeouts in six innings. Skubal allowed five hits and three walks with seven strikeouts in six innings.
Reds 6, Rays 2
Elly De La Cruz broke a tie with a two-run single in the seventh inning to help Cincinnati beat visiting Tampa Bay for the Reds’ third straight win.
Starting pitcher Andrew Abbott gave up one run on two hits and struck out seven in six innings for the Reds. Rays starter Ryan Pepiot also went six, allowing two runs on two hits. He struck out six and walked four. Tampa Bay has lost five of its past six games.
With the bases loaded and two out, De La Cruz lifted a slider off reliever Garrett Cleavinger into the gap in center field, scoring Spencer Steer and TJ Friedl to put Cincinnati in front 4-2. Cleavinger replaced Bryan Baker (3-4), who departed after 2/3 of the inning because of an injury.
Marlins 7, Brewers 4
Heriberto Hernandez, Dane Myers, and Agustin Ramirez each homered as visiting Miami pounded out a victory over Milwaukee.
Miami’s Janson Junk (5-2), who pitched for Milwaukee in parts of 2023 and 2024, allowed three runs on eight hits in five innings, striking out five with no walks in his first outing against his former team. Tyler Phillips allowed one run over the final four innings for his first save.
Milwaukee’s Jose Quintana (7-4) allowed five runs (two earned) on seven hits in five innings, striking out two and walking two.
Pirates 2, Diamondbacks 0
Oneil Cruz’s second-inning, two-run home run proved to be the difference as host Pittsburgh blanked Arizona to even up a three-game series.
Cruz’s 410-foot homer to center off Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly was his 17th of the season and lifted the Pirates to their fourth win in their past five games. Closer David Bednar picked up his 16th save in as many opportunities and nailed down Pittsburgh’s 12th shutout of the season with a perfect ninth inning. He capped a stellar effort by Pirates pitchers, beginning with starter Andrew Heaney, who combined with five relievers to allow only four total hits.
The Diamondbacks lost for the fourth time in their past five games and were shut out for only the fourth time this season. Kelly, who has been the subject of trade speculation, gave up two runs, but only one earned, over 6 2/3 innings.
Orioles 18, Rockies 0
Baltimore’s Trevor Rogers held visiting Colorado to one hit across seven shutout innings and the Orioles belted three home runs in a rout to even the series.
Cedric Mullins smashed a three-run home run and Tyler O’Neill drilled a two-run homer to spark Baltimore’s offense. Ryan O’Hearn provided a pair of run-scoring singles — the latter part of a nine-run seventh inning — and Alex Jackson added a solo home run. Rogers (4-1) struck out five in the combined two-hitter, with Yaramil Hiraldo and Kade Strowd each working one inning.
The Rockies’ only hit through eight innings was Thairo Estrada’s one-out single in the second. Starter Antonio Senzatela (4-14) gave up six runs on six hits in four innings as his major league-worst loss total grew.
Cubs 6, White Sox 1
Ian Happ and Matt Shaw homered to back 6 1/3 strong innings from Cade Horton as the visiting Cubs defeated the South Siders to even the crosstown series at one game apiece.
Dansby Swanson delivered a two-out, two-run single in the eighth to stretch the advantage to 5-0 before Shaw worked a bases-loaded walk to drive in a run. Shaw had three RBIs and Happ had two hits. Mike Tauchman paced the White Sox with two hits, including a solo home run to lead off the ninth and avoid a shutout.
Starters Horton and Aaron Civale of the White Sox matched zeros over the first five innings, setting a brisk pace. Civale scattered three hits and didn’t walk a batter while matching a season high with six strikeouts over five shutout innings. Horton allowed four hits and one walk in 6 1/3 innings.
Nationals 9, Twins 3
CJ Abrams and Alex Call drove in three runs apiece and Washington pulled away in a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.
Call and Luis Garcia Jr. each homered for the Nationals, who evened the series at one win apiece. Drew Millas finished with a team-high three hits and scored a pair of runs. Lefty Mitchell Parker held the Twins to two runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Center fielder Jacob Young left the game early for Washington because of a right index finger contusion after a pitch hit him in the finger while he was trying to bunt.
Ty France went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI for Minnesota. Royce Lewis finished 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Right-hander Joe Ryan allowed five runs (four earned) on six hits in five innings. Outfielder Byron Buxton left the game early because of left side soreness. The Twins said Buxton is day-to-day.
Rangers 6, Braves 5 (10 innings)
Marcus Semien’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning proved the difference as host Texas stayed hot by edging Atlanta in the middle game of a three-game interleague series in Arlington, Texas.
Semien’s hit off the Braves’ Enyel De Los Santos (3-3) drove home Josh Smith from second base and came after De Los Santos, the Braves’ sixth pitcher of the day, intentionally walked Corey Seager. Reliever Shawn Armstrong (4-3) was the beneficiary of Semien’s game-winner as the Rangers won their fifth straight and seven of eight since the All-Star break.
Michael Harris II had a solo home run, a double and two triples, accounting for four of Atlanta’s eight hits.
Royals 5, Guardians 3, 10 innings (Game 1)
Jonathan India hit a three-run, walk-off homer in the 10th inning against Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase as host Kansas City won the first game of a split doubleheader.
India came to the plate against Clase (5-3) with one out and deposited a 1-2 slider into the left field seats for his first career walk-off homer. The Royals rallied after the Guardians moved ahead in the top of the 10th on Kyle Manzardo’s RBI single against Steven Cruz (3-1).
Maikel Garcia hit a two-run homer for Kansas City. Bo Naylor had two RBIs for Cleveland, which left 10 runners on base and went 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
Guardians 6, Royals 4 (Game 2)
Steven Kwan continued his power surge with his third home run in his last three games to help Cleveland beat host Kansas City to earn a doubleheader split.
Johnathan Rodriguez doubled in two runs and Brayan Rocchio doubled twice for the Guardians. Tanner Bibee (7-9) allowed four runs on seven hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over five innings. Nic Enright and Hunter Gaddis combined for three scoreless innings before Emmanuel Clase retired the Royals in order in the ninth for his 24th save.
Bobby Witt Jr. and Freddy Fermin each hit two-run homers for Kansas City, which was held to one hit in the final four innings. Kris Bubic (8-7) allowed four runs (three earned) on three hits with four walks and one strikeout over 2 2/3 innings.
Padres 3, Cardinals 1
Jake Cronenworth hit a double and scored twice to lead San Diego past host St. Louis. Five batters were hit by pitches in the game, which led to a brief benches-clearing skirmish in the ninth inning after Padres slugger Manny Machado was plunked for the second time in the game.
San Diego starter Randy Vasquez held the Cardinals to one run on one hit in 4 2/3 innings. He was followed by four relievers, with Robert Suarez closing out the game for his 30th save. St. Louis starter Matthew Liberatore allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.
After Cardinals reliever Andre Granillo brought players from both teams onto the field by hitting Machado with a pitch, Machado had a confrontation with Cardinals coach Jon Jay, who earned an ejection. But the incident deescalated after some pushing and shoving.
Mets 2, Giants 1
Mark Vientos’ two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning gave New York the lead and four pitchers combined to make it stand up as the Mets made it two straight over host San Francisco.
Robbie Ray, whose National League All-Star spot went to New York starter David Peterson when the Giants starter became ineligible to pitch, took a four-hit shutout and 1-0 lead into the sixth before walking Juan Soto and Starling Marte. After a groundout advanced the runners, Vientos doubled to left field, giving the Mets the lead for good.
Peterson allowed the only San Francisco run while surrendering eight hits in his six innings. Relievers Reed Garrett and Ryne Stanek both pitched scoreless innings, then Edwin Diaz recorded his 22nd save. The Giants went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in the loss, which was their eighth in their last 10 games.
Athletics 5, Astros 1
Shea Langeliers homered for the second consecutive game and a quartet of pitchers paced the Athletics past host Houston to clinch this four-game series for the visitors.
Athletics starter Jacob Lopez and relievers Justin Sterner (3-3), Sean Newcomb and Mason Miller limited the Astros to four hits, including Christian Walker’s double. Newcomb notched four strikeouts over two innings. Teammate Lawrence Butler hit a three-run blast in the ninth off Houston reliever Hector Neris.
The Astros started All-Star right-hander Hunter Brown (9-5), who needed 98 pitches, with only 54 strikes, to complete five innings as he allowed one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
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MYSTICS DOMINATE BOARDS, TAKE DOWN STORM
Four Washington starters scored in double figures, the Seattle Storm were outrebounded 44-28 and the host Mystics claimed a 69-58 victory on Saturday night.
Shakira Austin had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Sug Sutton scored 13, and Brittney Sykes and Sonia Citron notched 11 points each for the Mystics.
Storm All-Star guard Skylar Diggins continued a recent stretch of spotty scoring. She shot 2-for-10 and tallied five points, her third time shooting below 30 percent and scoring less than her season average (17.7) in the last four games.
Seattle started the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run, including six from rookie Dominique Malonga. Washington’s Kiki Iriafen ended the streak and scored the team’s first fourth-quarter point at the free-throw line with 4:03 remaining.
After Seattle drew within five, Mystics leading scorer Sykes responded with consecutive layups to make it 67-58 with 51 seconds left, and Washington held on from there.
Seattle forward Nneka Ogwumike was held scoreless in the second half and finished with 18 points.
The Mystics dominated the middle two quarters, outscoring the Storm 44-24 in the two frames.
Washington outscored Seattle 24-14 overall in the second frame. Ogwumike cooled off in the second, notching only four points and shooting zero free throws, down from the five she attempted and made in the first.
Citron notched nine points in the first half and surpassed her scoring output in the past two games. She shot a combined 5-for-16 from the field in those contests.
The Mystics extended their lead in the third quarter while the Storm couldn’t buy a basket.
An Austin layup with 1:36 left in the frame grew Washington’s lead to 58-39. Seattle totaled only 10 points in the quarter and shot 3-for-17 from the field, while the Mystics outrebounded them 13-5.
Seattle sank two quick baskets in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to 60-49 and force a Washington timeout at the 8:56 mark.
Much like the first matchup between these teams, the Mystics played hounding defense to open the game. Washington didn’t allow clean possessions for much of the first quarter, but Ogwumike still converted on tough shots and drew fouls.
Ogwumike took over the game early on, scoring 14 of the Storm’s 21 first-quarter points and giving Seattle a five-point lead after the first frame.
Washington was sluggish to begin the game, shooting 7-for-22 from the field (31.8 percent) and 1 of 7 from three (14.3 percent).
SPARKS WIN AT BUZZER AFTER LIBERTY LOSE BREANNA STEWART TO LEG INJURY
Rickea Jackson scored on a tightly-contested layup at the buzzer, leading the Los Angeles Sparks to a 101-99 win over the host New York Liberty on Saturday night in Brooklyn.
New York’s seven-time All-Star forward Breanna Stewart left the game in the first quarter and did not return due to an injury to the lower part of her right leg. She played just over three minutes and scored three points — 16 below her average – and pulled down one rebound. Kennedy Burke replaced her and finished with two points in six minutes.
It was the fifth straight win for the Sparks, who have scored at least 90 points in each of those contests.
Jackson had 17 of her team-high 24 points in the first quarter, but she cooled off after that … until she made the game-winner in the lane, flipping the ball in with her back to the basket.
Kelsey Plum added 20 points, and Dearica Hamby and Azura Stevens added 17 points each for the Sparks. Stevens added a game-high 11 rebounds, and Hamby had 10 boards.
Also for the Sparks, Julie Allemand had a game-high 10 assists — one short of her career high.
Sabrina Ionescu scored a game-high 30 points for the Liberty, who had their five-game win streak snapped.
The Liberty trailed by 15 points in the first half and battled back to tie the score late in the fourth quarter, but their defense could not contain the Sparks.
Natasha Cloud played inspired ball for the Liberty with 22 points and nine assists.
The Liberty finished 6-2 in an eight-game homestand.
The Sparks were the more rested team as they hadn’t played since Thursday. New York, meanwhile, played its second game in two nights.
Los Angeles won the first quarter, 35-20, including a 13-0 run. The Sparks shot 68.4 percent, including 7 of 10 on 3-pointers.
The Sparks remained hot in the second quarter and went into halftime with a 58-45 lead.
With 3:08 left in the third quarter, Ionescu hit a 3-pointer that appeared to cut New York’s deficit to 65-64. However, Jonquel Jones was called for an illegal screen, negating the 3-pointer. Ionescu screamed at the referee and was hit with a technical foul, which Plum sank for a 66-61 advantage.
That stunted New York’s momentum, and the Sparks led 74-69 after three periods. The Sparks shot just 29 percent in the third, including 0-for-6 on 3-pointers.
In the fourth quarter, New York tied the score at 95 on a three-point play by Ionescu with 2:18 left, and she sank a 17-footer to even the score at 99 with 23.1 seconds left before Jackson’s winning shot on Hamby’s assist.
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NASCAR NEWS
CHASE BRISCOE WINS THIRD STRAIGHT CROWN JEWEL POLE AT INDY OVAL
INDIANAPOLIS — Five was the magic number for Toyota at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Saturday’s NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session for Sunday’s Brickyard 400.
Indiana native Chase Briscoe won his fifth pole of the season with a lap at 183.165 mph (49.136 seconds), edging Bubba Wallace of 23XI Racing (183.117 mph) for the top starting spot by 0.013 seconds.
Briscoe, driving the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Camry, and Wallace led a Toyota sweep of the first five starting positions, the first time the car maker has claimed the top five spots for any Cup Series race at any track.
Erik Jones of LEGACY Motor Club qualified third at 182.749 mph, followed by Tyler Reddick (182.678 mph) and Ty Gibbs (182.445 mph).
William Byron (182.031 mph) was sixth in the fastest Chevrolet, and seventh-place starter Chris Buescher led the Ford contingent with a lap at 182.013 mph.
In Sunday’s race, Briscoe will start from the front row for the seventh time this season, having been second on the grid for the previous two races, at Sonoma and Dover. Briscoe has claimed the Busch Light Pole Award for all three Crown Jewel races this season — the Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 and the Brickyard 400.
For a driver who spent his childhood as a spectator at Indianapolis, the pole is a dream fulfilled.
“I thought I was going to lose it a couple times, but I was able to hold onto it,” Briscoe said of his edgy qualifying lap. “I’m holding back tears. This is such a special moment for me. Even hearing the crowd as I got the pole is just super cool.
“Hopefully, I can keep it up there (Sunday). That’s the one that we want to win. … Just being from literally 70 miles down the road (in Mitchell, Ind.) and coming here as a kid … and just dreaming of being able to come to this place, sitting in the same grandstands as the fans are, I dreamed of being on the other side of the fence, and now to do that is just unbelievable.”
The seventh pole of Briscoe’s career wasn’t secure, however, until his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin (the final qualifier) caromed off the Safer barrier in Turn 2 and nosed into the inside wall, destroying his No. 11 Camry.
Hamlin had an edge of more than 0.2 seconds over Briscoe through the first corner before his car stepped out in the second turn at the 2.5-mile track. Hamlin will start at the rear in a backup car on Sunday.
Gibbs will start 21 positions ahead of Ty Dillon as the two drivers battle for the $1 million top prize in the In-Season Challenge. The higher finisher will take home the check.
Series leader Chase Elliott made an adroit save in Turn 2 on his qualifying lap but lost time in the corner and will start 30th. Elliott has a 16-point lead over Byron with five races left in the regular season.
Wallace, the last driver above the current elimination line for the Cup Series Playoffs, will start Sunday’s race with a 16-point edge over Ryan Preece, who qualified 23rd.
Carson Hocevar, AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric completed the top 10 on the grid.
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GOLF NEWS
THORBJORN OLESEN, AKSHAY BHATIA DEADLOCKED AT 3M OPEN; KURT KITAYAMA’S 60 KEEPS PRESSURE ON
Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen, with a hole-in-one on the eighth hole, and Akshay Bhatia co-lead the 3M Open after the third round Saturday in Blaine, Minn.
Bhatia shot 8-under-par 63 to surge into the lead before Olesen, who was the second-round leader, caught up and posted 67. They’re at 18-under 195 going into Sunday’s final round.
Kurt Kitayama tied the TPC Twin Cities course record with 60 to top the group one shot back at 17 under. He’s joined by Jake Knapp (67), Sam Stevens (66) and Japan’s Takumi Kanaya (65).
Chris Gotterup (65), aiming for his second victory in three weeks, Pierceson Coody (67) and Sweden’s Alex Noren (65) are at 16 under. William Mouw (66) and Sweden’s Jesper Svensson (63) are at 15 under.
Fifteen golfers are within four shots of the top spot. The leaderboard was so packed that five golfers were tied for the lead by late in the afternoon.
Kitayama rose from eight strokes back of the lead at the beginning of the day into the lead for much of the day until golfers who began the round near the top got deeper into their rounds.
Olesen, with three birdies across a four-hole stretch on the back nine, had a chance to take the solo lead, but missed a birdie attempt from 10 1/2 feet on the final hole.
Kitayama played the last eight holes in 4 under even with a bogey on the par-3 17th hole — his only bogey of the round.
Kitayama became the second golfer in the tournament to post 60 this week. Canada’s Adam Svensson did it in the first round, though followed that with rounds of 75 and 68 and goes into the final round at 10 under.
Amateur Michael La Sasso, this year’s NCAA individual champion for Mississippi, shot 63 on Saturday to move to 13 under for the tournament.
PADRAIG HARRINGTON LEADS ISPS HANDA SENIOR OPEN BY TWO SHOTS
Padraig Harrington carded his second consecutive 5-under 65 on Saturday and holds a two-shot lead over Justin Leonard after three rounds of the ISPS Handa Senior Open at Berkshire, England.
Harrington is at 13-under 197 entering the final round at Sunningdale Golf Course. Leonard also shot his second straight 65 on Saturday.
Thomas Bjorn, of Denmark, shot a 67 and is in third place at 10-under 200.
Harrington, of Ireland, had six birdies and one bogey on Saturday but wasn’t overly enamored of his play.
“I still wasn’t comfortable,” he told Sky Sports after Saturday’s round. “I don’t think I rode my luck as much today. I certainly didn’t play much better than yesterday. Maybe a bit more cautious today.
“I don’t feel very good about how I’m hitting the ball. I’m trying to get away from that and not worry about that because clearly I’m scoring well. Better off shooting 13-under par and not feeling so good about it than thinking you’re swinging it great and being level par.”
Harrington is looking for his third senior major title. He won the 2022 and 2025 U.S. Senior Open events, with the latter win coming last month.
Leonard had seven birdies and two bogeys on Saturday and is looking for his second win of the season. He prevailed at the Chubb Classic in February.
“Guys love to win, as I do, so putting a lot of work in,” Leonard said in a video interview after the round.
Bjorn had six birdies and three bogeys during his round on Saturday.
Clark Dennis fired a blistering 64 to move up 21 spots into a tie for fourth at 8 under. Kevin Sutherland (66), Australia’s Greg Chalmers (66) and New Zealand’s Steven Alker (66) also are part of that tie.
Dennis had seven birdies and one bogey on Saturday.
South Africa’s Ernie Els (69) and Australia’s Scott Hend (64) are tied for eighth at 203. Hend moved up 28 spots with his stellar round.
JOAQUIN NIEMANN RUNNING AWAY FROM FIELD IN UK
Joaquin Niemann of Chile has opened up a six-stroke lead heading into Sunday’s final round at LIV Golf United Kingdom.
The Torque GC captain moved to 14-under par with an 8-under 65 on Saturday at the JCB Golf and Country Club in Rocester, England. He racked up nine birdies with a lone bogey at the par-4 15th hole.
Bubba Watson is in solo second at 8-under after a second-round 68. England’s Paul Casey (68), Caleb Surratt (68) and Poland’s Adrian Meronk (70) are tied for third at 7-under.
Niemann, already a four-time winner on the LIV Golf tour this season, is looking to add his to his titles at Adelaide, Singapore, Mexico City and Virginia.
“I had a great time. I made a lot of putts,” Niemann said. “I was laughing at it sometimes because I’m not used to seeing so many of those going in, and it’s kind of cool to see that.
“Other than that, I hit some good shots. Everything felt pretty much under control, off the tee, irons, putting. Yeah, just pretty happy the way I’ve been going through the last two days.”
Niemann had five birdies on the front nine, including three in a row at Nos. 1-3.
“I think it’s a great course for my eyes,” said Niemann, who was T2 here last year. “I feel like there’s a lot of blind shots. There’s a lot of left-to-right shots, left-to-right, right-to-left. You’ve got to move it around. You’ve got to use different types of shots off the tee, as well. I feel pretty confident on this course. Hopefully I can improve one position from last year, and I’ll be pretty happy.”
Niemann’s Torque GC is also in front for the team championship at 24-under, three shots ahead of Legion XIII as it seeks its first team title since 2023.
“We know we can do it. We’ve been close for a few chances,” Niemann said. “… I think it’s going to be an exciting day for all of us tomorrow and hopefully see low scores from the four of us.”
Watson knows it will take a hot round and perhaps poor weather to keep Niemann off the top of the podium.
“He’s playing so good, you don’t expect him to do anything, like come backwards,” Watson said. “Wind direction — I haven’t looked at the weather. That can change a golf course or how we play it, pin setups.
“But we’re going to give it our all and then hopefully that’s good enough, have a round like he’s having (Saturday). He shoots like even or 1-under, whatever it is — but we’re just going to go out there and do the same thing and hopefully that’s good enough or have a really high finish.”
Five golfers are tied for sixth at 6-under, including Niemann’s Torque GC teammate Carlos Ortiz of Mexico.
LOTTIE WOAD MAINTAINS 2-STROKE LEAD AT SCOTTISH OPEN
Lottie Woad enters the final round of her first tournament as a professional with a two-stroke lead at the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open in Ayrshire, Scotland.
The 21-year-old Englishwoman began Saturday at the top of the leaderboard and stayed there with a 5-under 67 at Dundonald Links, moving to 17-under with a round of six birdies and one bogey.
“I’ll take it overall, but I feel like I probably played better than I did the last two days,” Woad said. “Just didn’t really score too well. Gave myself a lot of chances. Happy with how I played tee-to-green. Could have maybe holed a few more putts.”
Sharing second place at 15-under are South Korea’s Sei Young Kim (66 on Saturday) and Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen (67). South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim (66) is in fourth at 14-under and World No. 1 Nelly Korda (70) is in fifth at 12-under.
Woad turned pro after finishing in a tie for third at the Evian Championship two weeks ago. She began the month with a victory at the Women’s Irish Open, where she became the first amateur to win on the Ladies European Tour since 2022.
Including her showing at the Evian Championship, Woad competed in seven majors as an amateur. She said her time in the spotlight prepared her for this moment.
“I had some experience sleeping on the leads … so yeah, I know what to expect and obviously there will be some nerves but looking forward to get going,” she said.
Woad was asked about the possibility of claiming a trophy in her pro debut.
“Yeah that would definitely be cool,” she said. “Obviously you can’t control what people are doing. I’m just going to try and play well, and if I play well, I’ll be happy tomorrow.”
Sei Young Kim’s round included an eagle at the par-5 14th hole and a birdie at the par-4 18th.
She has 12 career wins on the LPGA Tour but none since 2020.
“I’m waiting long time,” she said. “I’m still working hard and always, always goal is to reach and win the tournament. So yeah, we are all like working hard for this. We’ll see.”
Koerstz Madsen chipped in for eagle on the par-5 third hole and posted three straight birdies at Nos. 14-16.
“I need to go work on my driver right now,” Koerstz Madsen said. “I need that to work if I will have a shot tomorrow. So yeah, I’m going to spend half an hour on the range and hopefully it will work.”
South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi moved into a tie for seventh at 8-under with a 7-under 65, the low round of the day.
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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
INDIANA FEVER
GAME PREVIEW: FEVER, SKY SET TO SQUARE OFF SUNDAY IN CHICAGO
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
Sunday, July 27
United Center | 3:00 p.m. ET
Broadcast Information
TV: ABC
Radio: 93.1 WIBC
Probable Starters
Indiana Fever (13-12)
Guard – Aari McDonald
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Sophie Cunningham
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston
Chicago Sky (7-17)
Guard – Rachel Banham
Guard – Kia Nurse
Forward – Rebecca Allen
Forward – Elizabeth Williams
Center – Kamilla Cardoso
GAME PREVIEW:
The Fever and Sky will meet for the third time this season on Sunday afternoon in Chicago. Indiana is 2-0 against the Sky so far this season, with two more games between the two Midwest rivals scheduled later this season (the Fever are set to host the Sky on Aug. 9 and Sept. 5 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse).
Indiana is coming off an 80-70 win over the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday night. The Fever’s five starters combined for all but four of Indiana’s points, with All-Star guard Kelsey Mitchell scoring a game-high 21 points and Natasha Howard (18 points and 13 rebounds) and All-Star center Aliyah Boston (13 points and 10 boards) both recording double-doubles.
Mitchell is now fourth in the WNBA in scoring, averaging 19.6 points per contest. Howard and Boston are third and fourth, respectively, in field goal percentage, with Howard making 55.6 percent of her shots and Boston shooting 54.7 percent from the field. Boston also ranks 18th in scoring (15.4 points per game) and sixth in rebounding (7.8 per contest)
It’s been a rough stretch recently for the Sky, who have lost their last four straight games by an average margin of 27.8 points. Leading scorer Ariel Atkins (13.9 points per game) has missed three of those games due to injury, while second-year forward Angel Reese, who averages 13.8 points per game and leads the WNBA in rebounding at 12.5 per contest, missed two of those contests.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
FLURRY OF FOURTH-FRAME RUNS CLINCHES INDIANS’ SERIES VICTORY
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians overcame an early deficit with a five-run fourth inning to take down the Toledo Mud Hens, 5-4, and secure their fourth straight six-game series win on Saturday night at Victory Field.
Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the fifth, the Indians (18-8, 60-40) stormed back with their huge inning. Indy loaded the bases with two walks and a single and scratched across their first run when Shawn Ross was hit by a pitch. Tsung-Che Cheng and Ronny Simon then drew back-to-back walks to put the Indians ahead, 3-2. Billy Cook eventually capped the frame with a two-run single to give Indy its fifth run, which proved to be all they would need for the victory. All Indians’ runs in the inning were tagged to Alex Lange (L, 0-1), who left with the bases loaded after allowing two Indians’ runs.
Trei Cruz led off the second inning for Toledo (13-13, 52-49) with a walk and came around to score on a Brian Serven double to open the game’s scoring. The Mud Hens tacked on another run with a Hao-Yu Lee solo shot in the top of the fourth, extending Toledo’s lead to 2-0 before Indy’s offensive explosion in the bottom half. Rehabber Kerry Carpenter managed to pull the Mud Hens within one with a two-run, opposite-field home run in the sixth, which capped both team’s scoring.
Hunter Barco started the game for Indy but was pulled after tossing 55 pitches across 2.0 innings of work. Five Indians pitchers combined for the final seven frames. Randy Labaut (W, 5-1) earned the win with 2.0 innings of one-run relief and Eddy Yean (S, 6) twirled his ninth consecutive scoreless appearance in the ninth inning for the save.
Cook has now driven in a run in a career-high six straight games since July 20, which matches Liover Peguero for the longest run by an Indian this season. Across his streak, Cook is hitting .385 (10-for-26) with four homers, 11 RBI and a 1.253 OPS.
The Indians and Mud Hens wrap up their six-game series with a matinee from Victory Field on Sunday at 1:35 PM. Thomas Harrington (7-8, 5.34), who has a 3-0 record with a 2.75 ERA (6er/19.2ip) in four July starts, is set to make his second start of the series. Toledo has not yet named a starter.
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INDY ELEVEN
USL JÄGERMEISTER CUP RECAP-IND 2:1 TUL
Indianapolis – Indy Eleven won the USL Jägermeister Cup Group 3 with a 2-1 victory over FC Tulsa in the final round of group play on Saturday at Carroll Stadium. The Boys in Blue advance to the quarterfinals of the 38-team tournament on Wed. Aug. 20 at Group 6 winner Greenville Triumph SC of USL League One.
In his two seasons, coach Sean McAuley has guided his Indy Eleven teams to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-finals and the 2025 USL Jägermeister Cup quarterfinals in their first-ever appearance. The Boys in Blue are 4-0-2 in Cup play this season (Open Cup & Jägermeister Cup). In the Jager Cup, Indy Eleven recorded a 3-0-1 mark in group play for 11 points, including a key shootout victory over Birmingham Legion FC on June 28.
With his team leading 2-1, Boys in Blue goalkeeper Hunter Sulte made a key play in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, deflecting a cross from FC Tulsa’s Harvey St Clair out of the area with his right foot. Sulte made a key stop in the 15th minute off a header from Kalil ElMedkhar inside the six with a reflex save with his left arm inside the right post.
Indy Eleven scored first in the 38th minute with midfielder James Murphy initiating the scoring sequence with a long diagonal ball to Bruno Rendon on the right side. Rendon showed his speed going deep inside the area, delivering a cross to forward Romario Williams. Williams stopped the ball with his right foot and finished with a toe ball off FC Tulsa keeper Johan Penaranda inside the left post.
Early in the second half, the Boys in Blue nearly extended their lead in the 48th minute with midfielder Jack Blake made a nifty move inside the area to create space for a left-footed toe ball chip that caromed off the crossbar.
In the 51st, the second goal came for Indy Eleven when midfielder Cam Lindley played a ball outside to Rendon on the right side. Rendon took one touch and played it into the six where it was deflected by defender Lamar Batista for an own goal that gave the Boys in Blue a 2-0 lead.
Sulte made another key save in the 55th, punching away a blast from inside the area by Patrick Seagrist heading toward the left corner of the goal.
The Boys in Blue return to USL Championship play with “Block Party” on Saturday, August 2 at 7 p.m. at Carroll Stadium vs. Eastern Conference rival Tampa Bay Rowdies.
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- USL Jägermeister Cup
- Indy Eleven 2:1 FC Tulsa
- Sat., July 26, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
- Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
- Weather: Partly sunny, 90 degrees
- Attendance: 9,065
2025 USL Jägermeister Cup Records
Indy Eleven: 3-0-1 (8 GF), 11 pts; #1 in Group 3
FC Tulsa: 1-2-1 (8 GF), 4 pts; #4 in Group 3
| Score | 1 | 2 | F |
| Indy Eleven | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| FC Tulsa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- Scoring Summary
- IND – Romario Williams (Bruno Rendón) 38’
- IND – Own Goal 51’
- TUL – Giordano Colli (Jamie Webber) 72’
- Discipline Summary
- TUL – Patrick Seagrist (caution) 7’
- IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 33’
- TUL – Lamar Batista (caution) 35’
- IND – James Murphy (caution) 73’
- TUL – Bench (caution) 73’
- TUL – Lucas Stauffer (caution) 90’+1
- IND – Bruno Rendón (caution) 90’+5
Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, James Musa, Josh O’Brien, Ben Ofeimu, Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy (Logan Neidlinger 77’), Cam Lindley (Pat Hogan 84’), Bruno Rendón, Jack Blake (Brem Soumaoro 84’), Elliot Collier (Maalique Foster 62’), Romario Williams (Edward Kizza 77’).
Indy Eleven Subs not used: Finn McRobb, Reice Charles-Cook.
FC Tulsa line-up: Johan Peñaranda (captain), Lamar Batista (Alex Dalou 60’), Delentz Pierre, Arthur Rogers, Patrick Seagrist (Lucas Stauffer 60’), Boubacar Diallo, Giordano Colli, Harvey St Clair, Eliot Goldthorp (Taylor Calheira 45’), Kalil ElMedkhar (Andrew Booth 67’), Jamie Webber.
FC Tulsa subs not used: Michael Creek, Owen Damm, Anthony Harper.
Indy Eleven Quotes
Coach Sean McAuley
Q: How does it feel to reach the quarterfinals?
“We’re now two years in a row in quarterfinals (2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup), and we want to go another step further and try to get to the semi and final.”
Q: What stood out to you most in tonight’s performance?
“The fight, the energy, creating chances — that’s what I was most pleased with. We didn’t convert all of them, which is disappointing, but the intent was there.”
Q: What are your thoughts on Romario’s current form?
“He’s a good player. If we can get him chances, he usually finishes. Sometimes he does everything correctly except the last touch.”
Q: How do you feel about the team’s readiness moving forward?
“They’re a good, hard-working group. As long as I can keep them healthy, I don’t mind about fixture congestion.”
Bruno Rendon
Q: Talk us through your goal and how you approached the assist play.
“Coach told me, ‘Next time, just put it on the ground, and someone has to be there to score.’ I tried that — first with Romario, and the second time I got lucky and scored.”
Q: What’s your mindset when you get the ball in attacking areas?
“I always try to sprint to the line and cross the ball. It’s always in my mind to create opportunities.”
Q: What does reaching the quarterfinals mean to you and the squad?
“After last year’s trophy (with USL League One Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC), I’m trying to do my best so we can win the tournament again. It’s an incredible experience.”
Q: How have you adapted to your role this season?
“At the start of the season, I was a bit tired trying to be in the right spot. But as we keep playing, I feel more comfortable, and the coach seems excited and happy.”
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
July 27
1918 — Brooklyn rookie Henry Heitman completed one of the shortest careers in major league history. Heitman appeared on the mound against the St. Louis Cardinals, gave up four consecutive hits and then left the game, never to play a major league game again.
1930 — Ken Ash of Cincinnati got his last major league victory by throwing one pitch. Ash came into relieve in the fifth inning and got Chicago’s Charlie Grimm to hit into a triple play. Ash was removed for a pinch hitter and the Reds beat the Cubs 6-5.
1946 — Rudy York of Boston hit two grand slams and drove in 10 runs as the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 13-6.
1950 — Del Ennis of the Philadelphia Phillies drove in seven runs in the seventh and eighth innings of a 13-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Ennis doubled with the bases loaded in the seventh and hit a grand slam in the eighth.
1959 — New York lawyer William Shea announced the formation of the Continental League. New York, Houston, Toronto, Denver and Minneapolis-St. Paul were the five cities named and Branch Rickey was named league president.
1978 — Duane Kuiper of Cleveland tied a major league record by becoming the third player in the 20th century to hit two triples in a game. Both came with the bases loaded as the Indians beat the New York Yankees 17-5.
1984 — Montreal’s Pete Rose passed Ty Cobb for the most singles in a career with No. 3,053, against the Philadelphia Phillies.
1986 — Two 300-game winners faced each other , with Don Sutton going six strong innings to outpitch Tom Seaver and give the California Angels a 3-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
1996 — The San Diego Padres pounded the Florida Marlins 20-12. Wally Joyner led the way with five RBIs and John Flaherty hit a grand slam. The Padres were the sixth club to score 20 runs in a game this season. The last time that happened was 1929.
2008 — Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler recorded six outs to set a major league record with 27 scoreless innings to begin his career. Ziegler broke the previous mark of 25 innings set by Philadelphia Phillies right-hander George McQuillan in 1907.
2009 — Washington’s Josh Willingham became the 13th player to hit two grand slams in a game, doing so in the Nationals’ 14-6 win at Milwaukee. Willingham’s eight RBIs were the most in Nationals history and tied the franchise mark.
2011 — Major League Baseball acknowledged umpire Jerry Meals made the wrong call in Atlanta’s 4-3, 19th-inning win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates filed a complaint hours after the longest game in team history.
2011 — Ervin Santana pitched the first solo no-hitter for the Angels in nearly 27 years, striking out 10 and leading Los Angeles over Cleveland 3-1. Santana allowed two runners — an error on the leadoff batter that resulted in a first-inning run and a walk in the eighth.
2011 — The Tampa Bay Rays broke one of baseball’s oldest records when they played their 705th consecutive game with a starting pitcher younger than 30 years old. The Rays lost to Oakland 13-4.
2013 — Tampa Bay Rays rookie Chris Archer helped American League teams pitch a trio of 1-0 games, the first time that’s happened on the same day in nearly a half-century. The last time three AL games ended 1-0 on the same day was Sept. 4, 1965. Archer and Tampa Bay edged New York at Yankee Stadium, Justin Masterson and the Cleveland bullpen blanked Texas and Wade Davis and Royals relievers shut out the Chicago White Sox by the same 1-0 score.
2014 — A huge crowd estimated at 48,000 is on hand for the annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. This year’s class is unusually large and prestigious, featuring three players elected on the first ballot: 300-game winnersGreg Maddux and Tom Glavine and slugger Frank Thomas, a member of the 500 home run club. Joining them are three managers who stand at #3, 4 and 5 on the all-time win list in Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox and Joe Torre. Maddux, Glavine and Cox all found their greatest success in the great Atlanta Braves teams of the late 1990s.
2015 — Alex Rodriguez became the fourth player in major league history to homer as a teen and in his 40s, marking his birthday by lining an opposite-field shot to right against his former team to help the New York Yankees beat the Texas Rangers 6-2. Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub and Gary Sheffield are the only other players to achieve the feat.
2017 — The Nationals tied a franchise record with eight home runs, including two apiece by Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman, in a 15-2 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers. Washington matched two major league records in a seven-run third inning: Most consecutive home runs (four) and most home runs in an inning (five).
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July 28
1931 — Bob Fothergill of Chicago hit a home run and a triple in an 11-run eighth inning. The White Sox set an American League record with 12 hits in the inning and beat the New York Yankees 14-12.
1940 — King Kong Keller hit three homers to give the New York Yankees a 10-9 win over Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader split.
1951 — Clyde Vollmer of Boston hit a grand slam in the 16th inning, the latest ever hit in a major league game. The Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-4.
1971 — Sixteen-time Gold Glove winner Brooks Robinson committed three errors in the sixth inning against the Oakland A’s. Frank Robinson’s three-run homer in the ninth won the game for the Orioles.
1976 — John Odom (five innings) and Francisco Barrios (four innings) combined on a no-hitter, and the Chicago White Sox defeated Oakland 2-1.
1983 — AL President Lee McPhail ruled that George Brett’s “pine tar” home run against New York on July 24 should count. The umpires had disallowed the homer because the pine tar on Brett’s bat exceeded the 18-inch limit. The rest of the game was played Aug. 18 with the Kansas City Royals beating the Yankees, 5-4.
1989 — Atlanta’s Dale Murphy tied two major league records by hitting two homers and driving in six runs in the sixth inning in the Braves’ 10-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. Murphy’s two home runs equaled the record shared by 13 others and the six runs batted in matched a record shared by nine players.
1990 — Shawon Dunston tied a major league record with three triples and led the Chicago Cubs to a 10-7 win over the Montreal Expos.
1990 — Cal Ripken’s errorless streak ends at 95 consecutive games, as Baltimore loses to Kansas City, 10 – 9. The streak is a new major-league record for a shortstop, eclipsing Kevin Elster’s 89-game mark.
1991 — Dennis Martinez pitched a perfect game for the Montreal Expos, who topped Los Angeles 2-0 at Dodger Stadium.
1993 — Ken Griffey Jr. tied a major league record by homering in his eighth consecutive game, but it wasn’t enough for the Seattle Mariners in a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
1994 — On the night the baseball players set an Aug. 12 strike date, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitched a perfect game for a 4-0 victory over California.
2004 — Troy Percival recorded his 300th save after John Lackey allowed three hits over 8 1-3 innings to help Anaheim beat Texas 2-0.
2006 — Houston rookie Luke Scott hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, but the Astros lost to Arizona 8-7.
2018 — Rookie Francisco Arcia had a homer and six RBIs, giving him a major league-record 10 RBIs in two career games, and Los Angeles Angels rolled past Seattle 11-5.
2021 — In the first Olympic baseball game in thirteen years, Japan rallies to defeat the Dominican Republic 4-3.
July 29
1908 — Rube Waddell struck out 16, sending the St. Louis Browns past the Philadelphia A’s 5-4.
1911 — Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns with a 5-0 no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader. Wood fanned 12 and allowed three baserunners on two walks and a hit batsman.
1915 — Honus Wagner, 41, became the oldest player to hit a grand slam as Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 8-2. The grand slam was an inside-the-park homer. Wagner remained the record holder until 1985, when Tony Perez hit one the day before his 43rd birthday.
1928 — The Cleveland Indians scored eight runs in the first inning and nine more in the second and went on to beat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field. Johnny Hodapp singled twice in the second and sixth innings.
1936 — The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 22-7 in the first game of a doubleheader, then lost the second game 5-4.
1955 — Smoky Burgess of the Cincinnati Reds hit three home runs and drove in nine runs in a 16-5 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field.
1968 — George Culver of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 6-1 no-hitter against the Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader at Philadelphia.
1983 — Steve Garvey of the San Diego Padres ended his NL record of 1,207 consecutive games. The streak ended when he dislocated his thumb in a collision with Atlanta pitcher Pascual Perez while trying to score.
2000 — Eddie Taubensee hit a game-tying homer with two outs in the ninth and homered again in the 11th to lead Cincinnati to a 4-3 win over Montreal.
2001 — Craig Monroe homered in his first major league at-bat, and the Texas Rangers beat Tampa Bay 2-0.
2003 — Boston’s Bill Mueller became the first player in major league history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a game and connected for three homers in a 14-7 win at Texas.
2006 — Tomas Perez tied a major league record with four doubles, going 5-for-5 and leading the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a 19-6 rout of the New York Yankees.
2010 — Anibal Sanchez pitched a one-hitter, leading the Florida Marlins past the San Francisco Giants 5-0. Sanchez retired his first 13 batters and matched a career high with eight strikeouts.
2018 — The Hall of Fame inducts one of the largest classes in its history. Honored are Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones, Jack Morris, Jim Thome and Alan Trammell.
2022 — Aaron Judge hits two more homers in leading the Yankees to an 11 – 5 win over the Royals. He now has 41 on the season, tying the American League record for most before the end of July held by Hall of FamersBabe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Ken Griffey Jr. Judge will set a new record with another homer tomorrow.
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July 30
1917 — Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Ossie Vitt, each went 5-for-5 in Detroit’s 16-4 romp over Washington.
1933 — Dizzy Dean struck out 17 Cubs for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat Chicago 8-2.
1947 — The New York Giants defeated Ewell Blackwell and the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 in 10 innings, ending Blackwell’s 16-game winning streak.
1959 — Willie McCovey had four hits in four at-bats in his major league debut, with the San Francisco Giants. His hits included two triples in a 7-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
1962 — The American League, led by homers from Leon Wagner, Pete Runnels and Rocky Colavito, powered past the National League 9-4, in the second All-Star Game of the year. Wagner of the Angels was named MVP.
1968 — Washington shortstop Ron Hansen pulled off an unassisted triple play, but the Cleveland Indians still won the game 10-1.
1969 — Houston, behind grand slams by Denis Menke and Jim Wynn, scored 11 runs in the ninth inning to pound the New York Mets 16-3 in a doubleheader opener at Shea Stadium. Mets pitchers Cal Koonce and Ron Taylor gave up the slams, marking the first time this century that two grand slams were hit in the same inning of a National League game.
1973 — Jim Bibby of the Texas Rangers pitched a 6-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s.
1980 — Houston Astros pitcher J.R. Richard had a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome and underwent surgery to remove a blood clot behind his right collarbone.
1982 — The Atlanta Braves returned Chief Noc-A-Homa and his teepee to left field after losing 19 of 21 games and blowing a 10½-game lead. The teepee was removed for more seats. The team recovered to regain first place.
1988 — John Franco of the Cincinnati Reds set a major league record with 13 saves in one month. Franco was tied with Sparky Lyle, Bruce Sutter and Bob Stanley.
1990 — George Steinbrenner was forced to resign as general partner of the New York Yankees by Commissioner Fay Vincent.
2008 — Kelly Shoppach of Cleveland tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including a game-tying homer in the ninth, but Detroit beat the Indians 14-12 in 13 innings. Shoppach had two homers and three doubles.
2009 — A story in the New York Times states that sluggers David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are among the 104 major leaguers who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. The test results were supposed to be kept secret, but Alex Rodriguez’s presence on the list of those who tested positive had already been leaked earlier this year. Ortiz states that he was not aware he had tested positive six years earlier and denies using steroids.
2011 — The New York Yankees broke loose for 12 runs in the first inning of the nightcap of a day-night doubleheader, setting a franchise record en route to a 17-3 rout of Baltimore.
2012 — Kendrys Morales homered from both sides of the plate during a nine-run sixth inning, capping the burst with a grand slam that sent the Los Angeles Angels romping past the Texas Rangers 15-8. Morales became the third switch-hitter in major league history to homer as a lefty and righty in the same inning. Carlos Baerga did it for Cleveland in 1993 and Mark Bellhorn of the Chicago Cubs duplicated the feat in 2002.
2017 — Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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July 31
1930 — Lou Gehrig drove in eight runs with a grand slam and two doubles, and the New York Yankees outlasted the Boston Red Sox 14-13.
1932 — Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium opened and Lefty Grove and the Philadelphia A’s beat the Indians 1-0 before 76,979 fans.
1934 — The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds 8-6 in 18 innings at Cincinnati as Dizzy Dean and Tony Freitas both went the distance.
1954 — Joe Adcock hit four home runs and a double to lead the Milwaukee Braves to a 15-7 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Adcock’s 18 total bases set a major league record at the time. Adcock homered in the second inning off Don Newcombe, doubled in the third and homered in the fifth off Erv Palica. He connected off Pete Wojey in the seventh and off Johnny Podres in the ninth. Adcock saw only seven pitches and his double off the left-center field fence just missed going out by inches.
1961 — The All-Star Game ended in a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park because of heavy rain.
1981 — The second baseball strike ended after 42 days.
1990 — Nolan Ryan, 43, won his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.
2002 — Mike Mussina became the second pitcher in major league history to give up six doubles in one inning, during the New York Yankees’ 17-6 loss to Texas. Hall of Famer Lefty Grove allowed that many with Boston in 1934 against Washington.
2003 — John Smoltz broke his own record as the fastest pitcher to record 40 saves by pitching a scoreless ninth in Atlanta’s 7-4 win over Houston. Last year, he got his 40th save on Aug. 8, en route to breaking the NL record with 55.
2007 — The New York Yankees tied a franchise record by hitting eight home runs, including two by Hideki Matsui, in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox. New York last hit eight homers in a game in a doubleheader opener at the Philadelphia Athletics on June 28, 1939.
2010 — Carlos Gonzalez hit a game-ending home run to complete the cycle, and Colorado rallied to a 6-5 win after blowing a three-run lead in the eighth inning to the Chicago Cubs.
2011 — Ricky Nolasco scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifacio homered and Florida handed the Atlanta Braves the 10,000th loss in franchise history. With the 3-1 loss, the Braves become the second big league team with 10,000 losses. The Phillies reached that mark in 2007.
2015 — New York’s Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate for the record 14th time, hitting his 10th grand slam and a two-run homer that led the Yankees past the Chicago White Sox 13-6.
2021 — Seby Zavala becomes the first player in MLB history to record his first three home runs in the same game.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
July 27
1920 — Resolute defeats Shamrock IV of Britain to defend the America’s Cup title for the United States.
1937 — The United States wins the Davis Cup by beating Britain four matches to one.
1954 — Chick Harbart beats Walter Burkemo 4 and 3 in the final round to win the PGA championship.
1969 — Betsy Rawls wins the LPGA championship by four strokes over Sue Berning and Carol Mann.
1973 — The Miami Dolphins beat the College All-Stars 14-3 in Chicago.
1986 — Greg Lemond becomes the first American to win the Tour de France. LeMond’s teammate, Bernard Hinault of France, finishes second.
1986 — Pat Bradley sinks a 12-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat hard-charging Japanese veteran Ayako Okamoto in the LPGA-du Maurier tournament. Bradley birdied five of the first six holes and finishes at 6-under 66 for a 72-hole total of 276.
1986 — Speedskater Bonnie Blair sets a U.S. Olympic Festival record for total medals won with 16 and total golds with 10 by taking two titles.
1986 — Bobby Hillin Jr. becomes the youngest winner in the history of NASCAR stock car racing, surviving the Talladega 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Hillin, 22, takes the lead from Tim Richmond eight laps from the end of the 188-lap event.
1987 — The Salt Lake Trappers, an independent team in the Pioneer League, have their record 29-game winning streak snapped with a 7-5 loss to Billings.
1992 — Patty Sheehan shoots a 1-over 72 for a two-stroke victory over Juli Inkster in their 18-hole playoff in the U.S. Women’s Open.
1993 — Reggie Lewis, the 27-year-old Boston Celtics star who collapsed during a playoff game on April 29 from a heart ailment, dies after a light workout at the team’s practice facility at Brandeis University.
1996 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey sets the world record to win the 100 meters in 9.84 seconds at the Summer Olympics. The Atlanta Games are later marred by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing that kills Alice Hawthorne, wounds 111 others.
1999 — Tony Hawk is the first skateboarder to land a “900”.
2002 — John Ruiz retains the WBA heavyweight title he won from Evander Holyfield, this time getting off the canvas three times — all after low blows — and lasting long enough for Kirk Johnson to be disqualified.
2005 — Grant Hackett bumps off one of swimmimg’s most enduring world records, eclipsing Ian Thorpe’s mark in the 800-meter freestyle. The 6-foot-6 Hackett claims his second gold and third medal of the World Swimming Championships with a time of 7:38.65, breaking the mark set four years earlier by his countryman Thorpe.
2006 — Floyd Landis’ stunning Tour de France victory just four days earlier is thrown into question when he tests positive for high levels of testosterone during the race.
2008 — Carlos Sastre wins the Tour de France in one of the closest finishes in the 105-year-old race. The third Spaniard in a row to win cycling’s premier event, Sastre holds his 65-second lead over Cadel Evans of Australia. As in the last two years, this year’s Tour is plagued by doping.
2013 — Candace Parker scores a record 23 points to lead the West to a 102-98 win over the East and earn MVP honors in the WNBA All-Star game.
2013 — Hunter Mahan withdraws from the RBC Canadian Open after his wife went into labor. Mahan, the tournament leader at 13 under after 36 holes, had yet to tee off for the third round.
2014 — Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali wins the Tour de France, becoming the first Italian to win cycling’s greatest race in 16 years. Nibali is the sixth rider to win all three Grand Tours — France, Italy and Spain— and is the first Italian to win the Tour de France since Marco Pantani in 1998.
2014 — Martina Hingis leads Washington to its fourth straight World TeamTennis title and fifth in six years, beating Olga Govortsova 5-2 in singles in the Kastles’ 25-13 victory over the Springfield Lasers.
2015 — The Arizona Cardinals hire Jen Welter to coach inside linebackers through their upcoming training camp and preseason. The Cardinals say Welter is believed to be the first woman to hold a coaching position of any kind in the NFL.
2019 — Israel qualifies for their first European Baseball Championship.
2021 — Four-time Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles withdraws from the women’s team final at the Tokyo Games citing needs to focus on her mental health.
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July 28
1913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two.
1928 — The Summer Olympics open in Amsterdam and the Olympic flame is lit for the first time.
1929 — The Chicago Cardinals become the first NFL team to train out of state, holding camp in Michigan.
1972 — The American Basketball Association announces that San Diego will receive a franchise and the NBA’s Buffalo Braves relocate to San Diego and are renamed the San Diego Clippers.
1972 — The Dallas Cowboys beat the College All-Stars in Chicago 20-7.
1984 — The Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles with a record 140 nations competing. The Soviet Union and 13 Communist allies, including Cuba and East Germany, boycott the games.
1987 — Laura Davies shoots a 1-under 71 to defeat Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1987 — Angel Cordero Jr. becomes the fourth U.S. jockey to win 6,000 races when he rides Lost Kitty to victory at Monmouth Park, N.J.
1991 — Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game for the Montreal Expos, who beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
1992 — American Mike Barrowman sets a world record in winning the 200-meter breaststroke, and Russian Evgueni Sadovyi becomes the Summer Olympics’ first triple gold medalist, also smashing a world record in the men’s 400-meter freestyle.
1994 — On the night baseball players set an Aug. 12 strike date, Kenny Rogers of the Texas Rangers pitches a perfect game for a 4-0 victory over California.
2000 — Blaine Wilson, America’s pre-eminent gymnast, wins his fifth straight championship in St. Louis. He becomes the first gymnast to win five straight national titles since George Wheeler did it from 1937-41.
2009 — Germany’s Paul Biedermann hands Michael Phelps his first major individual loss in four years, setting a world record in the 200-meter freestyle at the world championships in Rome. Phelps, a body length behind, loses for the first time in a major international meet since Ian Crocker beat him in the 100 butterfly final at the 2005 worlds.
2011 — Ryan Lochte celebrates the first world record set since high-tech bodysuits were banned 1 1/2 years ago. Lochte edges Michael Phelps in 200-meter individual medley at the world championships at Shanghai.
2013 — Brek Shea scores less than a minute after entering the game as a second-half substitute, giving the United States a 1-0 victory over Panama in the Gold Cup final. It’s the fifth Gold Cup title for the Americans but their first since 2007.
2016 — Mirim Lee shoots a 10-under 62 to match the Women’s British Open record and take a three-stroke lead in the major championship at tree-lined Woburn (England) Golf Club.
2016 — Stephan Jaeger shoots a 12-under 58 in the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic in Hayward, Calif., for the lowest score in major tour play. The German finishes with a 10-foot birdie putt.
2019 — 22-year-old Egan Bernal becomes the first Colombian and Latin American cyclist to win the Tour de France.
July 29
1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats the challenger, M. Petit of France, in 25 minutes.
1934 — Paul Runyan beats Craig Wood on the 38th hole to win the PGA Championship at Park Country Club in Williamsville, N.Y.
1956 — Cathy Cornelius wins a playoff over Barbara McIntyre to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1957 — At the Polo Grounds in New York, Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson at 1:52 of the 10th round to retain the heavyweight title.
1960 — The first American Football League preseason game is played in Buffalo, N.Y. The Boston Patriots, led by quarterback Butch Songin, beat the Bills 28-7 before 16,474 fans at War Memorial Stadium .
1979 — Amy Alcott shoots a 7-under 285 to beat Nancy Lopez in the Peter Jackson Classic, later named The du Maurier Classic. The du Maurier is one of the LPGA Tour’s major championships from 1979-2000.
1986 — The U.S. Football League wins and loses in its lawsuit against the NFL. The jury finds the NFL violated antitrust laws, as the USFL claimed, but awards the USFL only $1 in damages.
1989 — Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor becomes the first person to high jump 8 feet, breaking his world record at the Caribbean Championship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He surpasses his mark of 7-11½.
1990 — Beth Daniel shoots a 66 to overcome a 5-shot deficit and win the LPGA Championship — her first major title in 12 years on the tour. Daniel beats Rosie Jones by one stroke and pockets $150,000, the largest in LPGA Tour history.
1992 — The U.S. 400-meter freestyle relay team wins the gold medal, with Matt Biondi and Tom Jager becoming the first U.S. male swimmers to win golds in three Olympics.
1996 — Michael Johnson sweeps to victory in an Olympic 400-meter record 43.49 seconds, while Carl Lewis leaps into history in Atlanta. Lewis’ long jump of 27 feet, 10¾ inches earns him his ninth gold medal, equaling the American mark held by swimmer Mark Spitz.
2001 — Copa América Final, Estadio El Campín, Bogotá: Defender Iván Córdoba scores winner as home team Columbia edge Mexico, 1-0.
2008 — Disgraced ex-NBA official Tim Donaghy admits he brought shame on his profession as a federal judge sentenced him to 15 months behind bars for a gambling scandal.
2012 — Kimberly Rhode wins the Olympic gold medal in women’s skeet shooting, becoming the first American to take an individual-sport medal in five consecutive Olympics.
2012 — Dana Vollmer of the U.S. sets a world record to win the 100-meter butterfly at the London Olympics. Vollmer hits the wall in 55.98 seconds to shave 0.08 off the mark set by Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden at the 2009 world championships in Rome.
2015 — Russia’s Natalya Ishchenko wins a record 18th career synchronized swimming gold medal at the world championships at Kazan, Russia.
2021 — Sunisa Lee wins the women’s all-around gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo.
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July 30
1870 — Monmouth Park opens with a five-day meet.
1930 — Host Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer’s first World Cup in Montevideo.
1932 — The 10th modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles.
1961 — Jerry Barber edges Don January by one stroke in a playoff to win the PGA title at Olympia Fields in Illinois.
1966 — England beats West Germany 4-2 at London’s Wembley Stadium to capture soccer’s World Cup.
1968 — Washington’s Ron Hansen pulls off an unassisted triple play in a 10-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians.
1971 — In the NFL Chicago All-Star Game, the Baltimore Colts beat the All-Stars 24-17.
1976 — Bruce Jenner sets the world record in the Olympic decathlon with 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov’s mark by 164 points.
1980 — Houston pitcher J.R. Richard suffers a stroke during a workout at the Astrodome.
1984 — Michael Gross of West Germany sets a world record in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:47.44 at a meet in Munich.
1996 — The American softball team wins the gold medal, beating China 3-1 behind a controversial two-run homer from Dot Richardson in the first Olympic competition in that sport.
2009 — Seven more world records on the fifth night of the world swimming championships in Rome are set, pushing the total to 29 and moving past last summer’s Beijing Olympics. Ryan Lochte gets things rolling by breaking Phelps’ mark in the 200-meter individual medley. The Chinese women finish it off, eclipsing the 800 freestyle relay mark by more than two seconds, with the Americans also breaking the previous record but only getting silver.
2012 — In London, Missy Franklin, a 17-year-old from Colorado, wins the women’s 100-meter backstroke. Franklin has a brief 13-minute break after taking the final qualifying spot in the 200 freestyle semifinals before she had to get back into the water for the backstroke final. Ruta Meilutyte, 15, becomes the first Lithuanian to win an Olympic swimming medal by holding off a late charge from world champion Rebecca Soni of the U.S. in the 100 breaststroke.
2013 — Katie Ledecky crushes the world record in the 1,500 freestyle for her second gold medal at the world swimming championships in Barcelona, Spain. The 16-year-old American finishes with a time of 15:36.53 to beat the previous mark by more than 6 seconds — Kate Ziegler’s 15:42.54 in 2007.
2015 — North Korea wins its first gold medal at the world aquatics championships through 16-year-old Kim Kuk Hyang in women’s 10-meter diving. In her first international competition, Kim produces a stunning final dive, earning two perfect 10 scores from the seven judges, for a total of 397.05 points. On the next dive, the leader up to that point, world champion Si Yajie of China, makes an error to drop to fourth.
2021 — South African swimmer Tatjana Shoemaker sets a new women’s 200m breaststroke world record of 2:18.95 at the Tokyo Olympics.
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July 31
1932 — France beats the U.S. 3-2 for its sixth consecutive Davis Cup championship.
1934 — Britain, led by Fred Perry and Bunny Austin, defeats the U.S. 4-1 at Wimbledon to win the Davis Cup title.
1942 — Jockey Bill Turnbull wins seven of nine races at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H.
1954 — Joe Adcock hits four homers and a double to lift the Milwaukee Braves a 15-7 victory over Brooklyn.
1963 — The Cleveland Indians become the first American League club to hit four straight home runs. No. 8 hitter Woody Held hits a two-out homer off Paul Foytack and pitcher Pedro Ramos follows with his second homer of the game before Tito Francona and Larry Brown’s first major league homer finish this odd power surge. Foytack is the only major league pitcher to give up four straight home runs.
1973 — Julius Erving, the American Basketball Association’s leading scorer, is traded by the cash-strapped Virginia Squires to the New York Nets for forward George Carter and cash.
1983 — Jan Stephenson beats JoAnne Carner and Patty Sheehan by one stroke to win the U.S. Women’s Open.
1990 — Nolan Ryan wins his 300th game, reaching the milestone in his second try, as the Texas Rangers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 11-3.
1993 — Mike Aulby becomes the third player in PBA history to win a tournament by rolling a 300 game in the title game. Aulby beats David Ozio 300-279 in the Wichita Open.
1994 — Sergei Bubka sets a world pole vault record for the 35th time in his career at a meet in Sestriere, Italy. Bubka soars 20 feet, 1¾ inches, adding a half-inch to his mark set in Tokyo in 1992.
2000 — Dorothy Delasin becomes the LPGA’s youngest winner in 25 years by beating Pat Hurst on the second extra hole to win the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic. The 19-year-old Delasin is the youngest winner on the tour since Amy Alcott took the Orange Blossom Classic at age 19 in 1975.
2005 — Grant Hackett becomes the first swimmer to win four straight world titles in the same event, capturing another 1,500-meter freestyle. The Aussie stretches out his own record for world championship medals to 17.
2007 — All-Star Kevin Garnett is traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to Boston for five players and two draft picks. The Celtics obtain the former MVP and 10-time All-Star from Minnesota for forwards Al Jefferson, Ryan Gomes and Gerald Green, guard Sebastian Telfair and center Theo Ratliff and two first-round draft picks.
2011 — Yani Tseng wins the Women’s British Open for the second straight year, beating Brittany Lang by four strokes and becoming the youngest woman to capture a fifth major title. The 22-year-old top-ranked Taiwanese shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 16-under 272.
2012 — Michael Phelps breaks the Olympic medals record with his 19th, helping the U.S. romp to a 4×200-meter freestyle relay victory at the London Games. With 19 medals spanning three Olympics, Phelps moves one ahead of Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina, who got her haul in 1956, 1960 and 1964.
2012 — The team of Gabrielle Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Jordyn Wieber lives up to all the hype, winning the first U.S. Olympic title in women’s gymnastics since 1996.
2021 — Katie Ledecky wins the women’s 800m gold in Tokyo. This is the third consecutive Olympics she has won the race.
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TV SPORTS
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
SUNDAY, JULY 27
AUTO RACING
8:55 a.m.
ESPN — Formula 1: The Moet & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
10 a.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross World Championship: The MX2, Loket, Czechia
11 a.m.
CBSSN — FIM Motocross World Championship: The MXGP, Loket, Czechia
Noon
CBS — ABB FIA Formula E World Championship: The Fantastic 4 London E-Prix – Round 16, London
CBSSN — FIM Junior Motocross: World Championship, Loket, Czechia
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
1 p.m.
FS1 — Indy NXT Series: The Grand Prix of Monterey – Race 2, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
2 p.m.
TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: The Championship Round – Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind.
TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: The Championship Round – Brickyard 400 Presented by PPG, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. (In-Season Challenge Alt-Cast)
3 p.m.
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The Java House Grand Prix of Monterey, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. (Taped)
4 p.m.
FS1 — NHRA: The Denso Sonoma Nationals presented by PowerEdge, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.
BASKETBALL (MEN’S)
7 p.m.
FS1 — The Basketball Tournament: Fail Harder vs. We Are D3, Quarterfinal, Wichita, Kan.
9 p.m.
FS1 — The Basketball Tournament: AfterShocks vs. Heartfire, Quarterfinal, Wichita, Kan.
CYCLING
9:30 a.m.
PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Final Stage, Mantes-la-Ville/ Paris Champs-Elysees, France
2 p.m.
NBC — UCI: The Tour de France, Final Stage, Mantes-la-Ville/ Paris Champs-Elysees, France (Taped)
GOLF
8 a.m.
FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, JCB Golf and Country Club, Derbyshire, England
8:30 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Berkshire, England
10 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, JCB Golf and Country Club, Derbyshire, England
Noon
NBC — PGA Tour Champions: The ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Sunningdale Golf Club (Old Course), Berkshire, England
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: The 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn.
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
2 p.m.
FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
3 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races
MLB BASEBALL
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — 2025 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: From Cooperstown, N.Y.
7 p.m.
ESPN — N.Y. Mets at San Francisco
ESPN2 — N.Y. Mets at San Francisco (StatCast)
RODEO
1:30 p.m.
CBS — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Duluth, Ga. (Taped)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:25 a.m.
CBSSN — Club Friendly: Arsenal vs. Newcastle, Singapore
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
Noon
FOX — UEFA Euro 2025 Championship: England vs. Spain, Final, Basel, Switzerland
SOFTBALL
2 p.m.
ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: Talons vs. Bandits, Championship – Game 2, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
TENNIS
10 a.m.
TENNIS — Umag-ATP Final
Noon
TENNIS — Washington-ATP Doubles Final
2:30 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington-WTA Final
5 p.m.
TENNIS — Washington-ATP Final
7 p.m.
TENNIS — Canada-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
TRACK AND FIELD
4 p.m.
NBC — Grand Slam Track: Day 3, Los Angeles
VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
3 p.m.
CBSSN — FIVB Nations League: TBD, Final, Lodz, Poland
WNBA BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBSSN — Golden State at Connecticut
3 p.m.
ABC — Indiana at Chicago
7 p.m.
NBATV — Atlanta at Minnesota
YOUTH SOCCER
7:30 a.m.
ESPNU — U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: TBD, U-19 Boys Finals, Orlando, Fla.
10:30 a.m.ESPNU — U.S. Youth Soccer National Championships: TBD, U-19 Girls Finals, Orlando, Fla.
