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“THE SCOREBOARD”
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WNBA SCORES
GOLDEN STATE 68 WASHINGTON 67
MLB SCORES
NY YANKEES 7 TAMPA BAY 4
ATLANTA 12 CINCINNATI 11 (10)
SEATTLE 6 TEXAS 0
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
IOWA 6 INDIANAPOLIS 2
SOUTH BEND 5 QUAD CITIES 1
GREAT LAKES 2 FT. WAYNE 0
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
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
HALL OF FAME GAME
LA CHARGERS 34 DETROIT 7
*****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
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS & LOSERS: PADRES, M’S SERIOUS ABOUT SERIES PUSH
The World Series is always the motivator when teams pursue trades at the deadline. The chance at a first title in franchise history only serves to double that inspiration.
Neither the Seattle Mariners nor San Diego Padres have won it all, and both acted as if they were ready to part with decades of futility this past week. The Mariners have never even appeared in a World Series, much less win one.
The Houston Astros, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets and New York Yankees all have titles but showed at the deadline they are ready to add to the trophy case.
Another arresting deadline day unfolded Thursday with twists, turns and a blockbuster reunion. But starting pitching, which is always valued at trade season, was not a big mover in recent days outside of a few solid arms.
WINNERS
Houston Astros
The Astros did not land the largest haul at the deadline but ended up making the most earth-shaking move when shortstop Carlos Correa was reacquired. Correa not only felt it was time to move on when the Minnesota front office hatched a plan to sell off talent, he had just one team he wanted to join — and credit to the Twins for making it happen. Correa is set to move to third base when Jeremy Pena returns from a rib injury. Houston also added the left-handed bat it was looking for in Jesus Sanchez from the Miami Marlins and infielder Ramon Urias also was acquired from the Baltimore Orioles.
San Diego Padres
One day the Padres will run out of desirable prospects in order to make trades, but Thursday was not that day. San Diego also was a deadline winner last season but flamed out in the division series. The front office showed it is not deterred, getting one of the top available closers in right-hander Mason Miller, along with lefty JP Sears, from the Athletics. On the offensive side, Ryan O’Hearn and Ramon Laureano are on the way from the Orioles, and catcher Freddy Fermin was acquired from the Kansas City Royals. They even added veteran lefty Nestor Cortes. The championship chase is wide open, and the Padres are in it.
Seattle Mariners
One of the top starting staffs in baseball now has one of the top run producers supporting it, as the Mariners added the best power bat available in Eugenio Suarez and his 36 homers. Suarez hit 53 home runs across 2022 and 2023 with Seattle and could match that number this year alone, and he leads the majors with 87 RBIs. First baseman Josh Naylor arrived from the Cleveland Guardians last week and left-hander Caleb Ferguson was added to the bullpen Thursday in a deal with the Pirates. The Mariners went into the weekend 12th in MLB in runs scored and should only get better.
Honorable mentions: The Phillies added some Twins talent in right-hander Jhoan Duran and outfielder Harrison Bader to a club in the mix for an NL East title. … The New York Mets added center fielder Cedric Mullins, right-handed closer Ryan Helsey and right-handed setup man Tyler Rogers in an impressive haul. … The New York Yankees now have more closers than anybody with the additions of David Bednar and Camilo Doval, to add to Devin Williams and Luke Weaver.
LOSERS
Los Angeles Angels
Stuck in the mud at another deadline, the Angels were neither buyers nor sellers again, unless the additions of relievers Andrew Chafin and Luis Garcia count. The Angels sent Garcia to the Boston Red Sox at last year’s deadline. They also added Yankees infielder Oswald Peraza in a move that isn’t expected to be impactful. What they didn’t do is find a buyer for a number of players on expiring contracts, like right-hander Kenley Jansen, left-hander Tyler Anderson and infielder Luis Rengifo. Power-hitting left fielder Taylor Ward should have been desirable with another year of club control remaining. Imagine if the Angels traded Shohei Ohtani when they had the chance. They would be further along than their current nine games out of first place.
Milwaukee Brewers
In a season when the Brewers added dynamic right-hander Jacob Misiorowski to the rotation, are battling the Cubs for a division title and went 6-0 against the defending champion Dodgers, there is excitement in Brew City. Milwaukee could have used a power bat but an offensive upgrade was not to be found. They did land a reliever in Shelby Miller for a taxed bullpen and starter Jordan Montgomery, but he’s out for the year. The Brewers will have to be happy with earlier additions like right-hander Quinn Priester in April, first baseman Andrew Vaughn in June and catcher Danny Jansen earlier in the week.
Los Angeles Dodgers
With left field and the back end of the bullpen glaring needs during an injury-riddled season, the Dodgers showed rare deadline restraint and made only modest moves in both areas. Right-hander Brock Stewart will return to the organization to help a shaky bullpen, while they turned to Washington’s Alex Call in the outfield. They traded starter Dustin May to the Red Sox for prospects. The Dodgers do have a number of stars set to return from injury in Max Muncy, Blake Snell, Tanner Scott, Michael Kopech and Enrique Hernandez, after Blake Treinen came back this week. But only two months remain to find somebody they trust in the ninth inning.
Honorable mentions: The Detroit Tigers went into deadline day with one of the best records in baseball yet still needed some rotation help. Were Chris Paddack and 41-year-old Charlie Morton enough? … Twins outfielder Byron Buxton expressed his loyalty to the Twins, so he stayed while half of the roster around him was traded away. … With no desire to sell during a dead-end season, when the pitching staff was crushed by injuries, the Atlanta Braves stood still and bid farewell to October in the process.
MLB TRADE DEADLINE TRACKER: PADRES ADD MASON MILLER, JAYS TRADE FOR SHANE BIEBER IN FINAL HOURS
The San Diego Padres added hard-throwing closer Mason Miller and the Toronto Blue Jays dealt for former Cy Young award winner Shane Bieber in a flurry of moves before Major League Baseball’s trade deadline on Thursday.
The recent swaps are on top of several deals over the past few days — including the Mariners landing slugger Eugenio Suarez — but several big names could still be on the move, including Pittsburgh right-hander Mitch Keller, Cleveland’s Steven Kwan and Arizona pitchers Zac Gallen and Merrill Kelly.
MLB’s trade deadline is at 6 p.m. EDT. on Thursday.
Padres add All-Star Mason Miller, lefty JP Sears from Athletics
The 26-year-old Miller is one of the game’s top relievers and has a fastball that averages more than 101 mph. The 2024 All-Star has 20 saves in 23 opportunities, a 3.76 ERA and 59 strikeouts this season. He’s under team control through 2029.
The Padres also added JP Sears, a lefty who has a 7-9 record and 4.95 ERA this season, striking out 95 batters over 22 starts.
San Diego sent the A’s a package of prospects, including highly-regarded shortstop Leo De Vries and right-handed pitchers Henry Baez, Braden Nett and Eduarniel Nunez.
Shane Bieber off to Blue Jays, nearing MLB return
Bieber is headed to the AL East-leading Blue Jays in a deal with the rebuilding Cleveland Guardians, who also dealt right-hander Paul Sewald in the division to the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers.
Bieber, who is working his way back from April 2024 Tommy John surgery, has made five rehab starts. His most recent outing was Tuesday for Double-A Akron, in which he allowed one run on three hits and struck out seven in four innings. His next rehab start was scheduled for Sunday.
The Guardians are getting right-hander Khal Stephen from the Blue Jays.
Bieber had spent his entire career in Cleveland, including winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2020. He has a career record of 62-32 with a 3.22 ERA and 958 strikeouts in 136 games, with 134 starts since his debut in 2018.
He agreed to a one-year, $14 million contract last fall with a $16 million player option for 2026.
Tigers pry closer Kyle Finnegan from Nationals
AL Central-leading Detroit acquired Kyle Finnegan from Washington for two prospects, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade wasn’t announced.
The 33-year-old Finnegan was an All-Star in 2024 but his velocity has been down this season. He has 20 saves with a 4.38 ERA in 2025.
The Nats received minor league pitchers Josh Randall and R.J. Sales, Detroit’s third and 10th round draft picks from 2024, respectively.
Cubs add more pitching, trade for Andrew Kittredge from Orioles
The Cubs continued seek help on the mound, adding right-hander Andrew Kittredge from the Baltimore Orioles one day after agreeing to a deal with the Washington Nationals for righty Michael Soroka.
The 35-year-old Kittredge was an All-Star in 2021 and has a 3.44 ERA over nine seasons. The reliever has a 3.45 ERA in 31 games this season. He signed a $9 million, one-year deal with Baltimore last offseason that includes a $9 million club option for 2026 with a $1 million buyout.
Other deals, notes
— The Tampa Bay Rays acquired catcher Hunter Feduccia from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Paul Gervase, catcher Ben Rortvedt and left-handed pitcher Adam Serwinowski.
— The 35-year-old Sewald — who is headed to Detroit in a trade with Cleveland — is eligible to return from the injured list on Sunday after being shut down with a strained right shoulder. He is 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in 18 games this season, averaging more than one strikeout each inning.
— Baltimore put right-hander Zach Eflin on the injured list with lower back discomfort Thursday. Eflin was a potential trade target, but has made only 14 starts this year and is on an expiring contract.
TIGERS BOLSTER BULLPEN AT TRADE DEADLINE, ACQUIRING FINNEGAN FROM NATS AND SEWALD FROM GUARDIANS
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers are making moves, hoping to increase their chances of winning a World Series for the first time in more than four decades.
Detroit acquired Kyle Finnegan from Washington for two prospects, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press just hours before the trade deadline on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the trade wasn’t announced.
The 33-year-old Finnegan was an All-Star in 2024, but his velocity has been down this season. He has 20 saves with a 4.38 ERA in 2025.
Detroit added Paul Sewald earlier in the day, giving the rebuilding Cleveland Guardians cash for the right-handed reliever.
The AL Central-leading Tigers won their fourth straight game with newly acquired starting pitcher Chris Paddack on Wednesday, two days after he was added in a trade with the Minnesota Twins.
Detroit has nearly a double-digit game lead in the division and is vying with Toronto and Houston for the best record in the league.
The Tigers, trying to take advantage of ace Tarik Skubal and a balanced lineup, are aiming for their first World Series title since 1984. Detroit earned a spot in the playoffs last year for the first time in the decade after a late-season surge.
In the trade for Finnegan, the Tigers sent minor league pitchers Josh Randall and R.J. Sales, Detroit’s third and 10th round draft picks from 2024, respectively, to Washington.
The 35-year-old Sewald is eligible to return from the injured list on Sunday after being shut down with a strained right shoulder, but he isn’t expected to pitch until September. He is 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in 18 games this season, averaging more than one strikeout each inning.
Detroit opens a three-game series Friday night at Philadelphia.
MLB ROUNDUP: BRAVES BEAT REDS AFTER 16-RUN EIGHTH INNING
Marcell Ozuna’s sacrifice fly drove in Matt Olson with the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the visiting Atlanta Braves beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-11 on Thursday night in a wild game in Cincinnati.
After the Braves scored eight runs in the top of the eighth, the Reds followed with eight runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. It was just the third time in major league history that both teams scored eight-plus runs in the same frame, per Elias Sports Bureau.
Pierce Johnson (2-3) didn’t surrender any hits in the ninth to collect the win, and Raisel Iglesias was perfect in the 10th to earn his 13th save in 18 chances. Atlanta’s Ozzie Albies had four hits and two RBIs, and Ozuna contributed a single, three walks and three runs.
Ke’Bryan Hayes and Spencer Steer each had three-run home runs in the Reds’ eight-run eighth inning while Elly De La Cruz hit his first home run since June 23 in the third inning, snapping the longest homer drought of his career.
Yankees 7, Rays 4
Ben Rice hit a three-run homer in the second inning after Giancarlo Stanton blasted a two-run shot in the first as host New York raced out to a seven-run lead and recorded a victory over sliding Tampa Bay.
Yankees starter Marcus Stroman (3-2) allowed four runs on six hits in five innings. Jonathan Loaisiga converted his first save with a shutout ninth as New York won the last three games of the four-game series.
Brandon Lowe had two hits for the Rays, who have lost seven of eight. Ryan Pepiot (6-9) gave up seven runs on six hits in four innings.
Mariners 6, Rangers 0
Cal Raleigh hit his major-league-leading 42nd home run of the season and George Kirby pitched six strong innings as Seattle defeated visiting Texas in the opener of a four-game series.
Kirby (6-5) continued his mastery of the Rangers by allowing just three hits. In 10 career starts against Texas, Kirby is 8-0 with a 1.04 ERA. Rookie Cole Young hit a solo shot and a run-scoring triple for the Mariners.
Texas starter Kumar Rocker (4-5), who was 3-0 over his previous seven starts, gave up three runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings.
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NFL NEWS
LANCE TOSSES 2 TDS TO LEAD CHARGERS PAST LIONS IN HALL OF FAME GAME
CANTON, Ohio (AP) — On his third team in his fifth season, Trey Lance played like a No. 3 overall pick.
Lance threw for 120 yards and two touchdowns, and the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Detroit Lions 34-7 in the Hall of Fame game that kicked off the NFL’s preseason Thursday night.
“Big night for Trey. Just played calm, cool, collected, ran the operation, threw the ball really well,” Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh said.
The game opened with a moment of silence for the four people killed earlier this week by a shooter who was targeting league headquarters in New York.
The gunman also wounded a league employee in the shooting Monday night. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told NBC he visited the employee for an hour on Wednesday and said the man was improving.
There was increased security around Tom Benson Stadium and the Pro Football Hall of Fame village.
Jared Goff, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Penei Sewell and the rest of Detroit’s star-studded offense didn’t see any action against Los Angeles.
Coach Dan Campbell’s Lions, who went one-and-done in the playoffs last season after winning a franchise-record 15 games, also sat their top two draft picks.
“It’s the first one out of the gate,” Campbell said. “We turned it over five times and had zero takeaways. That’s hard. Can’t put the defense in that kind of a position. It’s hard to get a rhythm when you turn the ball over.”
Justin Herbert was among many of the Chargers starters rested by coach Harbaugh, who led the team to a six-win turnaround and a playoff berth in his first season. Rookie running back Omarion Hampton, a first-round pick, carried twice for 9 yards.
The Chargers recovered a fumble on the opening kickoff at the Lions 28 and converted the short field into a 7-0 lead.
Lance made a perfect touch pass on fourth-and-2 to Will Dissly, who caught a 5-yard touchdown over a defender’s outstretched hand.
“I feel good. Some good. Some bad. Left some plays out there,” Lance said.
After undrafted rookie cornerback Nikko Reed stepped in front of Kyle Allen’s sideline pass and returned it 60 yards to the Lions 6, Kimani Vidal ran in from the 2 to make it 14-0.
Allen threw another pick on the next possession to Tony Jefferson after driving the Lions to the Chargers 23.
Craig Reynolds’ 3-yard TD run cut Detroit’s deficit in half.
But Lance fired a 19-yard pass to Tucker Fisk to the Lions 19 and connected with KeAndre Lambert-Smith on a 15-yard TD pass for a 21-7 halftime lead.
Lance has started just five games in four NFL seasons after playing in only 19 games at North Dakota State. He spent just two seasons with the 49ers, who selected Brock Purdy with the last pick the same year they traded three first-round picks and a third-rounder to move up to get Lance.
After two years with Dallas, Lance joined the Chargers to compete with veteran Taylor Heinicke for the backup job. He completed 13 of 20 passes before giving way to rookie DJ Uiagalelei.
“I’m excited to play,” Lance said. “Every place is different. Every coaching staff is different. Every team is different. It’s been fun to be here. I’ve really enjoyed being here, just the joy the guys around the building have. It’s a joyful place to be.”
Allen and Hendon Hooker are battling for the Lions’ backup job behind Goff. Allen was 9 of 14 with two picks. Hooker, a third-round pick in 2023, has thrown nine passes in his first two seasons. He also tossed an interception against the Chargers.
“You get caught in needing to see some of these guys getting put out there and want them loose and also want to win and play well. We didn’t do it,” Campbell said.
Detroit’s sloppy special teams turned it over again in the third quarter. Jakobie Keeney-James dropped a punt inside the 10 and the Chargers recovered at the 5. But Los Angeles had to settle for Cameron Dicker’s 23-yard field goal.
The Chargers capped the scoring on Vidal’s 2-yard TD run late in the fourth quarter.
Hutchinson’s return
Lions star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson told NBC in the second half he can’t wait for Week 1 against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field.
Hutchinson had 7 1/2 sacks in five games last season before he went down with a leg injury.
Before the game, Hutchinson spent time signing autographs for Lions fans who made the trip.
Preseason rust
Dicker, who was 39 of 42 on field goals last year and 9 of 11 from 50 yards or beyond, hit the left upright on a 50-yard try. He made his next two field goals.
Gold jackets
Cornerback Eric Allen, defensive end Jared Allen, tight end Antonio Gates and wide receiver Sterling Sharpe will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Up next
Chargers: Host the New Orleans Saints on Aug. 10.
Lions: Visit the Atlanta Falcons on Aug. 8.
CHARGERS-LIONS 2025 HALL OF FAME GAME: WHAT WE LEARNED FROM LOS ANGELES’ 34-7 WIN
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CANTON, Ohio — Lance produces quality tape. Trey Lance’s NFL journey has been anything but memorable to this point, but on Thursday night, Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh gave him three quarters to prove he’s worth a roster spot. Lance unquestionably delivered, completing 13 of 20 passes for 120 yards and two touchdowns, including a beautiful rollout toss to tight end Will Dissly on fourth-and-goal and a 15-yard pass on a hard slant to KeAndre Lambert-Smith. Lance performed surprisingly well from the pocket, reading coverage and finding open receivers while also accepting checkdowns when necessary. He was rarely frazzled by the rush and sustained Chargers drives deep into Lions territory, and while they struggled to finish off a pair of red zone trips, Lance exceeded expectations in total, earning respect while producing evidence in his case to be Justin Herbert’s backup.
The Lions’ backup quarterback situation isn’t looking pretty. Kyle Allen was first up in the order and delivered a very up-and-down performance, completing 9 of 14 passes for 91 yards, but throwing two horrendous interceptions that tanked any goodwill he’d built up with his arm. Making matters worse, Hendon Hooker didn’t fare any better, struggling with accuracy (he sailed a pass down the middle of the field that nearly resulted in an interception and tossed a pick late in the fourth quarter) and failing to find a rhythm while playing with a cast of roster bubble candidates. We’ll see if Dan Campbell reverses the rotation next week and if that helps Hooker, because he could use it — and in another highly anticipated season, the Lions would feel much better if a quality, reliable backup emerged.
Reed backs up his camp buzz. Nikko Reed has been one of the stars in Chargers training camp so far and made an excellent, instinctive play that further bolstered his case for a roster spot Thursday night. Amid a promising Lions drive, Allen dropped to pass and spotted receiver Tom Kennedy running an out toward the sideline at the sticks. Allen planted and fired, but instead of gaining a first down for his Lions, he watched Reed read the play the entire way, sliding underneath Kennedy to snatch Allen’s pass out of the air before taking off down the sideline in the opposite direction, nearly scoring a touchdown. With a number of unproven candidates vying for roster spots at cornerback, Reed has a legitimate opportunity to earn a place on the final 53-man roster. Plays like that will certainly help him.
Veteran defensive backs step up. Detroit has already learned how fleeting defensive backfield depth can be in the last week after Terrion Arnold suffered a hamstring injury in camp and Kerby Joseph exited practice with a knee issue. With this in mind, they need players located further down the depth chart to prove they can be counted on. Rock Ya-Sin did that twice Thursday night, proving to be an excellent run defender. He cut down an off-tackle run by rookie Omarion Hampton that appeared to be destined to finish in the end zone and instead finished at Detroit’s 5-yard line, then one-upped himself by stonewalling Kimani Vidal on a similar run, keeping him out of the end zone at Detroit’s 2. On the other sideline, Tony Jefferson is in his second year after unretiring and joining the Chargers. He managed to make a great play in the first quarter Thursday, closing the gap from his spot as one of two deep safeties and erasing Allen’s attempt to lob a touchdown pass to rookie Isaac TeSlaa, tracking the ball, leaping and snagging it out of the air for an interception. As every NFL team knows, depth is vital for those pursuing a Lombardi Trophy. Each team received a reason to consider keeping seasoned defenders on Thursday night.
REPORT: MCLAURIN REQUESTS TRADE FROM COMMANDERS
Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin requested a trade, sources told NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
McLaurin, who earned a second-team All-Pro nod in 2024, is entering the last year of his contract and hasn’t reached an agreement on an extension.
Multiple teams have considered acquiring McLaurin, but Washington has no interest in dealing its leading pass-catcher, reports ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Commanders general manager Adam Peters said in March that he wanted to sign McLaurin to a long-term deal, but negotiations haven’t progressed the way both sides expected.
McLaurin, who’s said he wanted to play for Washington his entire career, skipped minicamp and missed the start of training camp amid the stalled contract talks. The 29-year-old joined the team at camp Sunday, but the Commanders later placed him on the physically unable to perform list with an ankle injury designation while the two sides continued to negotiate.
A two-time Pro Bowler, McLaurin has a base salary of $15.5 million in 2025.
The Ohio State product has led Washington in receiving yards every year since being drafted in the third round in 2019. He has five 1,000-yard seasons under his belt.
McLaurin caught 82 passes for 1,096 yards and a career-high 13 touchdowns last year en route to earning his first All-Pro selection and helping the Commanders reach the NFC title game with Jayden Daniels under center.
BENGALS EXPECTED TO SIGN TIGHT END NOAH FANT
CINCINNATI (AP) — Tight end Noah Fant is expected to sign with the Cincinnati Bengals.
The team has not announced the signing, but coach Zac Taylor said before Thursday’s practice “we potentially have a good signing there” when asked about reports of a deal. ESPN reported the sides were working on a one-year contract.
“You’ve got a player that’s really a plus player in both the run and the pass. At the point of attack blocking, back side of blocking. Protection, can help you. Also really explosive as a receiver,” Taylor said about Fant. “Great size, great explosiveness, really good hands. Tough to bring down. We really feel good about where our tight end room will be.”
Fant visited the Bengals last week after being released by the Seattle Seahawks on July 20. He had 48 receptions for 500 yards and a touchdown in 14 games last season. Fant also visited New Orleans and Miami after his trip to Cincinnati.
The addition of Fant will give quarterback Joe Burrow a solid tight end duo. Mike Gesicki is expected to the starter.
Fant will be going into his seventh season. He was a first-round pick by the Denver Broncos in 2019 and spent three seasons there before going to Seattle.
BILLS BACKUP OFFENSIVE LINEMAN ALEC ANDERSON WEEK TO WEEK AFTER KNEE SURGERY
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills backup offensive lineman Alec Anderson is listed week to week after having surgery for a knee injury, the team announced Thursday.
Anderson was hurt during practice on Monday. Though a backup, Anderson played an extensive role last year in being used as a tackle-eligible when Buffalo went to a six-lineman formation. He finished with four starts in 17 games, while also contributing on special teams.
He first signed with the Bills in 2022 as an undrafted rookie free agent following four years at UCLA.
Second-year safety Cole Bishop did not practice Thursday because of a quadriceps injury sustained in practice on Tuesday.
Buffalo also signed defensive end Kameron Cline, who rejoins the Bills after spending much of the previous two seasons on the team’s practice squad. Cline filled the roster spot left open after defensive end Hayden Harris was waived because of a hamstring injury.
JETS’ QUINNEN WILLIAMS LEAVES PRACTICE AFTER TWEAKING CALF, BRAELON ALLEN SITS OUT WITH SORE KNEE
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams left practice early Thursday after tweaking a calf muscle.
Williams was participating in individual drills when he felt discomfort in his lower leg. He walked into the facility under his own power, but sat out the rest of the practice session.
There was no immediate update from the Jets on Williams’ injury or if he might miss any time. Coach Aaron Glenn wasn’t scheduled to speak to reporters until Friday morning after practice.
The 27-year-old Williams is a key part of New York’s defense and a three-time Pro Bowl selection who was also an All-Pro during the 2022 season. He had six sacks last season, giving him 39 for his career since being drafted with the third overall pick in 2019 out of Alabama.
Williams anchors a new-look D-line for the Jets, who also have Micheal Clemons, Will McDonald, Rashad Weaver, Jay Tufele, Derrick Nnadi, Byron Cowart and youngsters such as Payton Page, Leonard Taylor and Eric Watts competing for spots.
Second-year running back Braelon Allen missed his second consecutive practice with soreness in his left knee.
Allen, who ran for 334 yards and two touchdowns last season as a complement to Breece Hall, was having a standout camp before the knee issue.
Glenn said Tuesday the Jets held him out that day since the team had off Wednesday and that would give Allen two days to rest “and then we will reevaluate as we go forward and see when he will be available for practice.” Allen spent Thursday on the sideline with his left leg in a sleeve.
Good Folk
Nick Folk, reunited with the Jets after signing Wednesday, had a perfect practice debut.
The 40-year-old kicker, who played for the franchise from 2010 through 2016, made all six of his field goal attempts during practice. He’s competing with Harrison Mevis, who missed two of his six tries.
Folk, nicknamed “Folk Hero” by former coach Rex Ryan for his penchant for making big kicks, looked right at home back in New Jersey except for one thing: his jersey number. After wearing No. 2 throughout his previous stint with the Jets, Folk is wearing No. 18 this time around because backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor is wearing No. 2.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
DEAL ON ‘VALID BUSINESS PURPOSE’ AVOIDS THREAT OF COLLEGE NIL SETTLEMENT HEADING BACK TO COURT
The new agency vetting name, image and likeness deals in college sports reached an agreement Thursday that relaxes standards on player agreements with third-party collectives and avoids taking the issue back to court after years of legal wrangling.
The College Sports Commission said it will now consider a third-party company that seeks to pay a player to have a “valid business purpose” if the deal “is related to the promotion or endorsement of goods or services provided to the general public for profit.”
It did away with the concept that collectives established simply to pay players did not have a valid business purpose even if they sold products for profit.
That guidance, issued earlier in July, threatened to fundamentally change the concept of third-party collectives, which were established in 2021 as the main source of NIL deals for players. With schools now allowed to pay players directly under terms of the industry-changing House settlement, the role of collectives was thrown into limbo.
The CSC, in charge of vetting third-party deals worth $600 or more, was trying to make it more difficult for schools to use collectives as a workaround to the $20.5 million cap that the schools are allowed to pay players.
Plaintiff attorneys threatened to take the case back to court, arguing the CSC guidance amounted to an incorrect reading of the lawsuit settlement that made the payments possible.
The CSC’s new guidance provides a more liberal view of what third-party collectives can do.
“With this new guidance, student-athletes can now devote more of their energy to their sport, knowing that the House settlement provides that NIL opportunities from collectives can be available to them as long as the NIL deals comply with the settlement terms,” plaintiff attorneys Steve Berman and Jeffrey Kessler said in a statement.
Part of the CSC’s requirements include athletes needing to, in certain cases, provide documentation showing the entity’s efforts to profit from the deal.
In a joint statement, the defendants and plaintiffs reiterated that “the traditional purpose of many NIL collectives — raising money to induce student-athletes to attend or play at an institution — does not satisfy the valid business purpose requirement.”
But, the statement said, “In evaluating such payments, the Settlement’s requirements focus on substance, not labels” — an indication that the focus should not be on whether the organization making the deal is considered a ”collective,” but only whether it sells something to the public for profit.
CSC commissioner Bryan Seeley reiterated that the main point of the settlement was to make sure “pay-for-play” payments, long forbidden by the NCAA, weren’t being made to players.
“Pay-for-play will not be permitted and every NIL deal done with a student-athlete must be a legitimate NIL deal, not pay-for-play in disguise,” he said.
Parts of the arrangement that don’t change are the CSC’s task of determining fair market value for the goods and services provided and the collectives’ ability to match athletes with other businesses offering NIL opportunities.
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NBA NEWS
REPORTS: MIKAL BRIDGES AGREES TO 4-YEAR, $150 MILLION EXTENSION WITH KNICKS
Fresh off playing an integral role in the New York Knicks reaching their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years, forward Mikal Bridges agreed to a four-year, $150 million contract with the team on Thursday, according to multiple media reports.
The deal reportedly includes a player option for 2029-30 and a trade kicker, making Bridges, 28, ineligible to be traded for six months after the signing extension. His previous deal was set to expire following the 2025-26 season.
The new contract is reportedly a slight discount from his potential max extension of $156 million. By agreeing to a reduced salary, though, the Knicks gain more flexibility to continue building out the roster and potentially make another deep playoff run.
New York acquired Bridges last summer as part of a massive trade that included sending four unprotected first-round picks and one protected first-rounder to the Brooklyn Nets.
In 82 regular-season games last season for the Knicks, all starts, Bridges averaged 17.6 points on 50 percent shooting from the floor, including a 35.4 percent clip from 3-point range. During the playoffs, Bridges contributed 15.6 points on 45.6 percent shooting as well as 1.7 steals per game.
He has averaged 14.8 points during his seven-year career that includes stops with Phoenix (2018-23), Brooklyn (2022-24) and New York.
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WNBA NEWS
LATE BUCKET LIFTS VALKYRIES OVER MYSTICS, INTO PLAYOFF POSITION
Kate Martin scored 14 points and Iliana Rupert added 11 as the visiting Golden State Valkyries leaned into their defense to earn a key 68-67 victory over the Washington Mystics that could have playoff implications.
Veronica Burton had 10 points with 10 assists while Temi Fagbenle had 10 points for the short-handed Valkyries (13-13), who held the Mystics to one field goal over the final 7:20 of the game.
Janelle Salaun scored the go-ahead basket with one minute remaining as Golden State moved ahead of Washington (13-14) for eighth place and the final playoff spot with just over a month remaining in the regular season. The expansion Valkyries are 2-0 against the Mystics.
Sonia Citron scored 16 points, while Kiki Iriafen and Shakira Austin added 10 each as the Mystics lost for the fourth time in their past six games. Austin had nine rebounds as Washington went 2-3 on a run of five consecutive home games.
The Valkyries jumped out to a 15-9 lead four minutes into the game and went up by as many as 12 in the opening quarter en route to a 30-20 lead heading into the second. It was their second-highest-scoring first quarter of the season following a 32-point effort against the New York Liberty in May.
Golden State pushed the advantage to 46-34 at halftime by shooting 51.7 percent from the floor and holding the Mystics to 38.9 percent.
The Mystics got back into the game late in the third quarter to pull within 59-55 after a 7-0 run, but the Valkyries carried a 62-55 lead into the fourth after a 3-pointer from Kate Martin with 2.8 seconds left in the period.
The Mystics used another 7-0 run to open the fourth and tie the game 62-62 after a 3-pointer from Lucy Olsen with 8:07 remaining. They grabbed their first lead of the game at 65-64 with 7:20 left after a 3-pointer from Emily Engstler.
Washington, though, went the next six minutes without a field goal until Austin scored inside for a 67-66 lead with 1:15 to go. Brittney Sykes’ game-winning shot attempt inside with less than a second remaining was off target for Washington.
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INDYCAR NEWS
FOX ACQUIRES 1/3 INTEREST IN PENSKE ENTERTAINMENT, INCLUDING INDYCAR
Fox Sports on Thursday acquired a one-third interest in Penske Entertainment, owner of the IndyCar Series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The announcement also included a multi-year extension of IndyCar’s media rights deal with Fox.
Financial terms off the deal were not disclosed. A Wall Street Journal report valued the stake between $125 and $135 million.
“This partnership is built on long-standing trust and a shared vision for the future,” said Roger Penske, the founder and chairman of the Penske corporation. “Fox sees the incredible potential across our sport and wants to play an active role in building our growth trajectory.
“Lachlan Murdoch and his team, starting with Eric Shanks, are committed to our success and will bring incredible energy and innovation to IndyCar.”
Fox Sports acquired the IndyCar media rights in June 2024, starting with the 2025 season. This year’s Indianapolis 500 averaged 7.01 million viewers on Fox, a 41 percent increase over the previous year.
The deal between a media company and its racing partner is similar to Liberty Media’s purchase of a controlling interest in Formula One in 2017.
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GOLF NEWS
CHARLIE WOODS TIED FOR 2ND ENTERING FINAL ROUND OF JR. PGA
Charlie Woods is in a strong position to earn a spot on the U.S. Junior Ryder Cup team as he enters the final round of the Junior PGA Championships in West Lafayette, Ind.
The 16-year-old son of Tiger Woods is tied for second place at 12-under-par 202 after shooting a 5-under 66 at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex’s Ackerman-Allen Course on Thursday.
Lunden Esterline is the runaway leader at 19 under after also carding a third-round 66.
Woods is tied with Pennson Badgett, who produced a 67 on Thursday.
The players are vying for two automatic spots on the Junior Ryder Cup team, which will go to the top two finishers this week. There is also one captain’s pick, although Woods is likely not in line to be selected for it.
The tournament’s first and third rounds were played at the par-71 Ackerman-Allen Course. The second round was played at the par-72 Kampen-Cosler Course.
Woods endured an up-and-down third round. He had three runs of back-to-back birdies and made nine birdies altogether, but he mixed in four bogeys.
A rising junior at the Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Fla., Woods won the AJGA’s Team TaylorMade Invitational in May. He has not yet made a college commitment.
Esterline, from Andover, Kan., is a 2027 Auburn commit.
Badgett, from Pilot Mountain, N.C., is a 2026 Tennessee commit.
Ayden Fynaut of Fresno, Calif.; Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island, Fla.; and Zenghao Hou of China are tied for fourth place at 11 under. Sam Carraher of Crown Point, Ind., sits alone in seventh at 10 under.
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JOEL DAHMEN FIRES 61 TO TAKE WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Joel Dahmen needs a minor miracle to make the FedEx Cup playoffs and revitalize his career. He got a perfect head start toward making that happen.
Dahmen tied the lowest round of his career with a 9-under-par 61 to set the early pace at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
The Wyndham is the regular-season finale and the last chance to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs that begin next week. A win would vault Dahmen from No. 101 in the standings all the way to 48th, according to the PGA Tour. The top 70 in points after this weekend will reach the playoffs.
Dahmen holds just a one-stroke advantage over Sweden’s Alex Noren, who turned in an 8-under 62. Four players were tied for third at 63: Cameron Young, Mark Hubbard, Colombia’s Nico Echavarria and defending champ Aaron Rai of England. South Korea’s Sungjae Im (64) is alone in seventh.
Dahmen made 131 1/2 feet of putts Thursday, ranking fourth in the field. His first two birdies (Nos. 10 and 12) came from outside 10 feet, and he made the turn at 3 under.
That’s when he shot a sterling 6-under 29 on the course’s front nine, making six of his 10 birdies there. He finished his round with three straight birdies, including a 46-footer at the par-3 seventh.
“I don’t know if you ever see 61 coming, but I saw good golf coming,” Dahmen said. “… If you take like four holes away last week (at the 3M Open), it was kind of going to be a top-five. Trending as we like to say in golf, we’re always trending, right, but we’re actually trending, which is nice.”
A fan favorite from his appearances on the Netflix series “Full Swing,” Dahmen is trying to turn his career around and made the difficult decision this summer to part with longtime caddie Geno Bonnalie.
“I love Geno. We still text almost daily,” Dahmen said. “… Look, it wasn’t an easy decision. I won’t say I’m not happy about it but like it’s hard. He’s my best friend, he’s still my best friend. But I had to change something with me. It was more about me. It was my mentality, it was what I was doing and I need to take ownership of what I was doing. I was not doing a good job of that.”
Noren shot his second 62 in as many weeks after carding that score in the second round of the 3M Open, where he tied for seventh. He went 5 under in a four-hole stretch Thursday, going birdie-eagle-birdie-birdie at Nos. 4-7.
“We spent a lot of time (in practice) on the putting and that really went well, but the short shots, the irons were better than they have been in a long time,” Noren said.
Rai made five of his eight birdies on his second nine, the front nine.
“As long as I take the good things from what happened last year and the confidence from that performance, that stands me in great stead for this year and in the future,” Rai said.
Part of a large tie at 5-under 65 were Jordan Spieth and Australian Adam Scott. Spieth (No. 50 entering the week) is comfortably in the playoff field, but Scott needs a very high finish to jump from 85th into the top 70.
Max Homa shot a 4-under 66 as he clings to hope of vaulting from No. 106 in the standings into the top 70.
JAPAN’S RIO TAKEDA, ERI OKAYAMA IN COMMAND AT WOMEN’S OPEN
Rio Takeda and Eri Okayama of Japan shot matching rounds of 67 to take the lead after one round of the AIG Women’s Open on Thursday in Porthcawl, Wales.
Takeda and Okayama are 5 under par after one trip around Royal Porthcawl, and Miyu Yamashita made it an all-Japanese top three on the leaderboard as she turned in a 4-under 68.
Behind them is a 10-way tie at 3-under 69 that features three more Japanese players — Chisato Iwai, Shiho Kuwaki and Mao Saigo, who won the Chevron Championship earlier this year. The only American in that tie is Alexa Pano.
Takeda is vying for her first major title after finishing in a tie for second at the U.S. Women’s Open in June.
Takeda shot her 67 despite committing a double bogey at the par-5 ninth, a hole where other players were making birdie or even eagle Thursday. Takeda made seven birdies, including at four of her last seven holes.
It was a similar story for Okayama, who’s ranked No. 139 in the world and whose only previous wins have come in Japan. Okayama’s lone blemish was a bogey on her first hole, but she responded by making five birdies on the rest of the front nine before getting one final birdie to drop at No. 17.
Yamashita’s round was highlighted by a four-birdie run at Nos. 4-7, followed by eagle at No. 9.
Pano also eagled the ninth to wrap up a 3-under front nine. The 20-year-old had two bogeys and two birdies the rest of the way.
“When it comes to links golf, you’re just trying to stay focused on the shot in front of you,” Pano said. “I think that’s the biggest thing is trying to control what you can control. For me, it’s all mental out here.”
The two star players who commanded the most attention were World No. 1 Nelly Korda and British phenom Lottie Woad.
Korda, still looking for her first win of any kind in 2025, is just three back of the lead following a 2-under 70. She rolled in a birdie at the par-5 18th after a quiet but steady round that included a run of nine straight pars.
“Sometimes you’re like, ‘Well, scorecard doesn’t have pictures so doesn’t matter that you kind of (play a hole) from left to right,’ which that did happen to me a couple times,” Korda said. “You know, you kind of do hit it — once you’re in one of those bunkers you’re having a 6- or 7-iron into the green and having to scramble. So that’s what this type of golf is about.”
Several other notable names are tied at 70, including World No. 2 Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand and former major winners Ayaka Furue of Japan, Minjee Lee of Australia and Koreans Amy Yang and A Lim Kim.
Then there was Woad, whose even-par 72 featured four birdies and four bogeys. She was never better than 1 under or worse than 1 over during her round.
“It was a bit mixed,” Woad said of her round. “Had a good amount of birdies; just few poor bogeys on the front nine that could have definitely been avoided.”
The 21-year-old came in on a heater — wins at the Women’s Irish Open and Women’s Scottish Open sandwiching a T3 finish at the Evian Championship, the most recent major. Woad turned pro earlier this month after a decorated amateur career.
“Obviously coming off Scottish it was coming straight into this which is a big week, so just trying to move on from that as much as possible, treat this as its own event,” Woad said.
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TENNIS NEWS
ON 7TH MATCH POINT, ALEX MICHELSEN PREVAILS IN TORONTO
Alex Michelsen pulled off a comeback for a notable upset in the third round of the National Bank Open at Toronto on Thursday, but getting to the finish was no easy feat.
The 26th-seeded U.S. player emerged with a 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over third-seeded Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, closing it out on his seventh match point.
Up 5-3 in the third set, Michelsen squandered two match points on Musetti’s serve, then needed five more match points on his own serve (while turning aside two break points for Musetti) before finally ending the 2-hour, 32-minute contest.
The ending reflected a match in which Michelsen, 20, took advantage of just 2 of 9 break-point opportunities while Musetti, 23, was 2 of 12 on break-point chances.
Michelsen leaned on his groundstrokes for the win.
“I am a big guy, I have got to play offensive tennis,” he said. “Especially today, you can’t give a guy like Lorenzo time to bully you around from the baseline, so I was trying to bully him around and I think in the second and third sets I did a really good job. Taking shots early. I was missing a couple but you can’t make them all and I was doing a really good job executing.”
Michelsen moves on to the fourth round of an ATP 1000 event for the first time. Next, he will meet fellow U.S. player Learner Tien, who beat countryman Reilly Opelka 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Thursday.
“The first time in the fourth round feels really good,” Michelsen said. “I have put a lot of hard work in and it is finally starting to pay off a little bit. I was wondering when it would happen and I guess it is starting to happen right now.”
The day’s other matches all saw the higher-seeded players come out on top.
No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 32 Matteo Arnaldi of Italy. No. 5 Holger Rune of Denmark downed No. 29 Alexandre Muller of France 6-2, 6-4, and No. 8 Casper Ruud of Norway beat No. 30 Nuno Borges of Portugal 7-5, 6-4.
No. 11 Karen Khachanov of Russia defeated the United States’ Emilio Nava 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-1, and No. 14 Francisco Cerundolo won an all-Argentine matchup with Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 6-3, 6-4.
In the final match of the night, No. 10 Daniil Medvedev of Russia squared off with No. 18 Alexei Popyrin of Australia.
COCO GAUFF RALLIES FOR THIRD-ROUND VICTORY IN MONTREAL
Top-seeded Coco Gauff overcame a slow start to earn a 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 win over Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova on Thursday in the third round of the National Bank Open in Montreal.
Kudermetova, after winning the first set, broke serve to open the second set. She had another break point at 1-3 but couldn’t take advantage, and Gauff soon broke back to pull level at 3-3.
Gauff broke again in the final game of the set to pull even, then won the first three games of the final set and cruised to the finish.
Regarding the second-set rally, Gauff said, “I just think I got really upset with myself and I was just like, ‘You know, just try to hit the ball hard and deep in the court.’ Eventually I was able to turn that anger into something more positive.”
The 21-year-old Floridian added, “It was a tough match today. I thought I did well mentally, especially on the return. I was playing an opponent that served really well.
“Obviously I would like to serve better on my end, but overall, just happy to get through.”
The result sends the reigning French Open champion to a fourth-round matchup against Canadian Victoria Mboko, who also won Thursday after dropping the first set. Mboko prevailed 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 against the Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova.
In the final two sets combined, Mboko saved four of the five break points she faced.
No. 30 seed Dayana Yastremska, the Ukrainian who upset Gauff in the first round at Wimbledon, knocked off another seeded U.S. player on Thursday. She got past No. 8 Emma Navarro 7-5, 6-4.
No. 28 McCartney Kessler emerged with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory over No. 4 Mirra Andreeva of Russia in a match that featured 13 service breaks.
No. 24 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine logged the day’s tightest win, slipping past No. 15 Daria Kasatkina of Australia 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4). Kostyuk will oppose Kessler in the fourth round.
Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro overtook Japan’s Aoi Ito 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, and China’s Lin Zhu downed the Netherlands’ Suzan Lamens 6-2, 6-2.
In the final match of the night, No. 9 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 6-0, 7-6 (5).
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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
CENTRAL INDIANA’S TOP WR’S/TE’S/ATH’S
WIDE RECEIVERS
BRANDEN SHARPE, BROWNSBURG
AVIN ROBINSON, BROWNSBURG
KASMIR HICKS, DECATUR CENTRAL
KALEB HURT, EASTERN GREENTOWN
TREVIN LONG, GREENCASTLE
ANDREW SLOAN, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
TAYSHON BARDO, PENN
DRAKE MCCLURG, CENTER GROVE
OMAR WILLIAMS, LAFAYETTE JEFF
BRYCE VANOSTRAN, LAFAYETTE JEFF
REESE BREVEARD, CONCORD
DEONDRAY MONROE, NORTHWOOD
CONNOR PARKER, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
EDWIN WATSON, BREBEUF JESUIT
CARTER DOZIER, FRANKLIN COUNTY
PAUL OLIVER, LINTON-STOCKTON
ZEKE ROBERTSON, TRITON CENTRAL
GAGE BROADY, KNIGHTSTOWN
KEYSHAWN GALLOWAY, TAYLOR
DEREK MCKEAN, SOUTH ADAMS
MASON FULLER, ALEXANDRIA MONROE
PAUL OLIVER, LINTON STOCKTON
KEYAN ARROYO, LAKELAND
MADDOX PRITCHETT, CENTERVILLE
BRANSYN ENSORE, SOUTH PUTNAM
ARMANI JACKSON, NORTHWESTERN
JAXON CRIPE, LAPEL
ATHLETE
MYKUL CAMPBELL, DECATUR CENTRAL
JETT GOLDSBERRY, HERITAGE HILLS
JOSE BUTLER, FRANKLIN CENTRAL
RYAN MINGES, EAST CENTRAL
TYLER SIMEK, PLAINFIELD
LUCAS DEWEY, MARTINSVILLE
DARRELL TAYLOR, CRISPUS ATTUCKS
COOPER HINTON, GREENFIELD CENTRAL
BRYCE FESSEL, NORTH HARRISON
MAC MCCORMICK, VINCENNES LINCOLN
JAMISON ROACH, ADAM CENTRAL
BRADEN BROWN, TRITON CENTRAL
JARRETT HELMAN, SHENANDOAH
WESTON OTT, CHURUBUSCO
TYTUS LEHMAN SOUTH ADAMS
WYATT MARSH, MILAN
AIDEN WILES, CARROLL
JAYDEN OVERMYER, TRITON
ELI GUFFEY, PIONEER
TIGHT ENDS
DOM BERRY, CENTER GROVE
JALEN WILLIAMS, BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
PARKER ELMORE, COLUMBUS NORTH
TYLER RUXER, HERITAGE HILLS
TYLER KLANER, BOONEVILLE
ETHAN VECERA, CENTERVILLE
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INDIANAPOLIS COLTS
COLTS SIGN VETERAN CBS TRE HERNDON, DUKE SHELLEY
The Indianapolis Colts addressed their thinning secondary by signing free agent cornerbacks Tre Herndon and Duke Shelley on Thursday.
Indianapolis also placed cornerback David Long Jr. on injured reserve and released tight end Albert Okwuegbunam Jr.
In addition to Long’s groin injury, the Colts have been navigating training camp hamstring injuries to cornerbacks Jaylon Jones and JuJu Brents.
Herndon, 29, saw action in one game for the New Orleans Saints last season. He has 243 tackles, 32 passes defensed and three interceptions in 84 games (34 starts) for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2018-23) and New Orleans.
Shelley, 28, appeared in one game for the New York Giants last season. He has 93 tackles, 14 passes defensed and one pick in 53 games (11 starts) with the Chicago Bears (2019-21), Minnesota Vikings (2022), Los Angeles Rams (2023) and New York.
Long, 27, played in 13 games (no starts) with the Colts in 2024. He has 96 tackles and one interception in 79 career games (12 starts) with the Rams (2019-22), Las Vegas Raiders (2023), Carolina Panthers (2023), Green Bay Packers (2023) and Colts.
Okwuegbunam, 27, spent part of last season on the Indianapolis practice squad and last appeared in an NFL game in 2023. He has 54 catches for 546 yards and four touchdowns in 30 career games (seven starts) with the Denver Broncos (2020-22) and Philadelphia Eagles (2023).
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INDIANA FEVER
FEVER’S SOPHIE CUNNINGHAM: CAITLIN CLARK CRITICS ‘DUMB AS F—‘
When it comes to the face of the WNBA and the player taking the league to new heights, the Indiana Fever’s Sophie Cunningham minces no words.
Cunningham says critics of teammate Caitlin Clark don’t just come from the stands or via social media either. There is a resentment from players in the league that the seventh-year guard finds abhorrent.
“It literally pisses me off when people are like, ‘She’s not the face of the league.’ What?” Cunningham said on her new podcast, ‘Show Me Something.’ “There’s really good, well-known people in our league. I’m not discrediting them. We have a lot of badasses in our league. Hell yeah to that. I’m all for that. But when people try to argue that she’s not the face of our league or our league would be where we’re at without her, you’re dumb as s—. You’re literally dumb as f—.”
Cunningham was on the other side with the Phoenix Mercury last season, when Clark was a rookie, and said teammates planned to zero in on the young star player.
“I know the talks Phoenix had in their locker room of, like, ‘We’re gonna show her what the W really is,’” Cunningham said. “I get it to a certain extent. Every rookie coming into the league, that’s how you’re going to treat them. But there’s just more for her. It’s her second year. Now being on her team and seeing it, I’m like, ‘What are people doing?’ It’s just too much.”
Cunningham came to Clark’s defense on the court earlier this season in an incident with the Connecticut Sun’s Jacy Sheldon and Marina Mabrey.
Clark has been limited to just 13 games because of multiple leg injuries and her 16.5 points per game are below her 19.2 mark over 40 games last season when she was named WNBA Rookie of the Year.
But within those 13 games was a matchup with Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky that drew 2.7 million viewers that was the most watched WNBA game in 25 years. Teams in smaller home arenas also move their games to bigger arenas for matchups with Clark and the Fever.
“This is what we’ve always wanted as a league so like, who cares who gets the credit,” Cunningham said. “And if you’re smart (you know) you’re making money off them. … Just be nice. Why can’t people be nice?”
GAME PREVIEW: FEVER TIP OFF FOUR-GAME ROAD TRIP IN DALLAS
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings
Friday, August 1
American Airlines Center | 7:30 p.m. ET
Broadcast Information
TV: ION
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan
Probable Starters
Indiana Fever (15-12)
Guard – Aari McDonald
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Sophie Cunningham
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston
Dallas Wings (8-20)
Guard – Paige Bueckers
Guard – Arike Ogunbowale
Guard – JJ Quinerly
Forward – Haley Jones
Center – Luisa Geiselsoder
GAME PREVIEW:
The Fever (15-12) embark on their longest road trip of the regular season over the next week, a four-game trip that tips off on Friday night in Dallas against Rookie of the Year favorite Paige Bueckers and the Wings.
Indiana heads on the road riding a three-game win streak, their most recent victory an impressive 107-101 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Even with All-Star guard and leading scorer Kelsey Mitchell battling foul trouble much of the night, the Fever offense was rolling on Wednesday.
Point guard Aari McDonald scored a career-high 27 points and All-Star center Aliyah Boston tallied 17 of her 22 points in the fourth quarter. The Fever’s 107 points were the third-most ever scored by the franchise in a regular season game.
Victories have been hard to come by this season for the Wings (8-20), but they have collected two impressive victories over their last five games. They won 87-63 in Seattle on July 22 and beat the Liberty 92-82 on Monday night.
Bueckers leads Dallas in scoring (18.3 points per game), assists (5.5 per contest), and steals (1.8 per game). Arike Ogunbowale contributes 16 points and 4.2 assists per game.
After Friday, the Fever will continue out West for the remainder of their road trip, playing in Seattle on Sunday, Los Angeles on Tuesday, and Phoenix on Thursday.
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INDIANA ATHLETICS
IU ATHLETICS ANNOUNCES 2025 HALL OF FAME CLASS
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana – Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson announced today that IU Athletics will welcome six new members to its Athletics Hall of Fame. The six individuals comprise the 40th class, bringing the roster of inductees to 261.
Meradith Dickensheets (Rowing, 2012-15), Angel Escobedo (Wrestling, 2007-10), Mel Groomes (Football, 1944-47), Peggy Martin (Field Hockey/Women’s Basketball/Softball, 1969-72), Glenn Terry (Men’s Track and Field, 1990-93) and Cody Zeller (Men’s Basketball, 2012-13) will be officially inducted at the annual Hall of Fame dinner on Sept. 5, and will be recognized at halftime of the Indiana-Kennesaw State football game at Memorial Stadium the following day.
In addition to those six 2025 inductees, Kyle Schwarber (Baseball, 2012-14) was also selected for inclusion in the IU Athletics Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Due to the requirement that all living Hall of Fame inductees attend the ceremonies, Schwarber has deferred his induction this year and will be officially welcomed to the Hall of Fame in a future year when his Major League Baseball schedule permits him to return to Bloomington for the Hall of Fame festivities.
“Indiana University has a rich history of success in a wide variety of sports, which is highlighted in this year’s Hall of Fame class that touches on eight of our programs and includes representation from six different decades,” Dolson said. “We are excited to welcome these six individuals to the Hall of Fame and congratulate them and their families on this well-deserved honor. We continue to have an abundance of highly-qualified candidates to consider each year, which goes to highlight the extraordinary achievements of these six and their impact on our department, their sports, and Indiana University.”
The IU Athletics Hall of Fame, established in 1982 by the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics in conjunction with the Varsity Club and the I-Association, recognizes individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the prestige of IU both on and off the field of competition.
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INDIANA FOOTBALL
CURT CIGNETTI
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Press Conference
CURT CIGNETTI: Practice one in the books. It was hot, and it was humid, but I thought the older guys, experienced guys, pushed through it well. The team, in general, did push through it well.
We got our work done. Took a business-like approach. Haven’t watched the tape yet. We’ll do that after this press conference with the staff, but it’s good to be back and good to get going.
Q. Curt, you mentioned having those veterans. When you have so much continuity on the coaching staff and you bring back key guys kind of across the roster, does that eliminate some uncertainty you might otherwise have going into fall camp about kind of the team or the roster at all?
CURT CIGNETTI: I think the staff, we know what to expect from one another. The experienced guys that we have a long history with, the same. To bring in experienced guys from other programs is good. We just have assimilate them into our way of doing things, which we began doing last January.
You know, you’re as good as you are today. Your résumé, your body of work in the past is sort of an indicator, a predictor of what the team is capable of doing, or the staff, but you got to put the work in. You got to find the edge every day.
It’s that kind of business where the margin for error is very slim, and that’s what makes it such a great game and such a great profession. It’s challenging.
Q. Curt, I recognize some of this probably you only find out with experience, but this is the start of kind of only having 105. Normally you have more walk-ons, which I imagine allows you to do a little bit more in terms of the way you plan scout team and things like that, and of course, you’ve had success with guys like James Carpenter that joined you as walk-ons and wound up becoming really important players. What are the differences in the way you plan around how you manage your roster in the preseason if you don’t have the complement you once did?
CURT CIGNETTI: Truthfully I’ve always been a small roster guy. I don’t think we’ve ever had 110 guys on our roster, and most years we’ve been at or below 105. So really it’s business as usual.
I don’t like a huge support staff, coaching staff. I don’t like a real big team, 130 guys. I want everybody in the organization on the football team to have a role and be the right kind of people because everybody affects somebody else positively or negatively. For us it’s business as usual, and the size of our roster is really no different than it’s been most years. Probably a little bigger. There are a number of years I’ve been in the 90s.
Q. There were a couple of linemen out there that were obviously missing spring in Benson and Evans. I know it’s just one day in, but just your thoughts on how they looked out there getting back in the groove of things and your confidence level and the depth that you guys have built on the O-line?
CURT CIGNETTI: Yeah, well, until I watch the tape, I can’t really say. We’re also practicing without pads, so give us three or four days, but it’s good to have both those guys back.
They’ve played successful physical. Gives us more depth. I’m very high on the potential of our offensive line, and Bob Bostad does a good job of coaching those guys. A tough, old-school guy. I think we’ve got a chance to be good.
Q. What are the differences and challenges from a year one like last year to a year two of a program? What becomes, I don’t want to say, easier, but more routine, and what new challenges do you have to see to make sure you guys are improving?
CURT CIGNETTI: Well, to me every year you’ve got to start over regardless of how long your tenure has been or what your record was the previous year. You always start at ground zero and build it from the foundation up.
The expectation level, you know, on the outside, some of the noise, is a little different, but I think one of the things we really got to do a great job of is staying focused on the things that affect positive development individually and collectively and kind of block all the other stuff out.
It’s a great game. It’s entertainment. I think taking a business-like approach, checking your ego at the door when you enter the building, being totally focused, being where your feet are, controlling the controllables is the key to the drill.
Like I’ve said before, the season is a marathon. It’s not a sprint. You’ve got to be able to handle success, failure, overcome obstacles, and you have to do that during the game too, good game, bad game. You have to be able to compartmentalize, rip off the rearview mirror, and play the next play. To me it’s more of the same than different.
Q. Curt, this is only day one, but we’re only four weeks away from game one. What do you guys have to do every day to get to the point where you want to be with this short time frame?
CURT CIGNETTI: I think we have to have a great sense of urgency, have great focus, and maximize our opportunities across the board and really develop these guys, identify roles, who can do what, build depth, promote competition and then get ready to play the opener against Old Dominion, a Sun Belt team that we’re familiar with from JMU.
I addressed Old Dominion in the team meeting, the first team meeting, because these Sun Belt teams are very capable. They have a history of knocking off P4, or in the past they were called FBS teams. We beat Virginia. Marshall beat Notre Dame. App State beat A&M. Louisiana beat Mississippi State and on and on and on. They’re good teams. When you play them early in the year when they’re healthy and they’re at full strength, they’re especially dangerous.
Throw in the first game, certainly the first game what’s changed, what’s different from last year. So we have to be ready to go, but we will be.
Q. Just continuing on that with Old Dominion and the early nonconference games, what’s your message to the fan base to kind of generate more enthusiasm about those early games?
CURT CIGNETTI: Well, I just addressed Old Dominion. I’m not worried about anybody else. My focus is on camp, developing this football team, but we are 20 practices away from the opener, which creates a sense of urgency to get a lot done in a short amount of time with an eye on ODU. I really don’t have an eye on anybody else.
I mean, we did our opponent scout in the spring in the offseason. I expect us to sell out. I know one of those games is a Friday night game. It gets a little tougher to get to the stadium for some people on a Friday night, but we create a lot of excitement around here, and I expect us to have great crowds.
The focus right now is getting in the room with the coaches, watching practice tape, evaluating who did what, how we did, putting tomorrow’s practice together, installation, and having a great practice tomorrow, all leading toward running out of the tunnel for the first game.
Q. Your receiving corps, really good players coming back. Preseason accolades on paper looks really good. What are the key things for Cooper and the whole group to go from really good to maybe moving in toward that elite territory?
CURT CIGNETTI: I think they’ve got to, number one, commit and have the discipline to achieve their goals and understand that you can’t rest on your laurels. That just doesn’t happen on its own.
I always talk about that margin for error, the difference between winning and losing, and how small it is. Every day you’ve got to relentlessly pursue the edge, what gives you the edge, and discipline, commitment, and work ethic, purposeful preparation create an edge. That’s what we need from those guys and all the other key guys that they’re going to be playing a lot of football for us.
Q. Rolijah Hardy was a pretty late add last year. I want to say it was May 24. When did he land on your radar? Where did he grow last year?
CURT CIGNETTI: Coach Haines found him, evaluated him. I believe we brought him in for a late spring or early summer visit. After the Northwestern game, which was in the middle of the season, he became the third linebacker in our trio package, which we use against two tight ends, 12 personnel. He’s got a great future.
Q. You mentioned in Vegas about Jamari Sharpe positioning himself to start opposite of D’Angelo Ponds. What has he shown you in the spring and then at the end of last season that has put him in that position to be that?
CURT CIGNETTI: I think he’s grown up a lot and improved as a football player. He has a couple of guys breathing down his neck that have a chance to be good players too, so we’ve got good competition at that field corner spot.
Q. How has your life changed in Indiana from a year ago when you got here and not that many people knew much about you, and now can you even walk down the street without being recognized or applauded, so to speak?
CURT CIGNETTI: Yeah, well, we did go through that phase. You know, gas at 5:00 a.m., and two or three selfies at 5:00 a.m. People waiting for you outside the office when you leave.
So that’s all part of being successful, I understand. I grew up in this business and been in it a long time. But you don’t meet expectations and you don’t do as well as you would like, things can turn real fast the other way.
I think what’s changed the most besides the familiarity with all the people in town — and it’s a great town, great college town — is everything in my house works now. We bought a house from a guy named Tom Martin, who was friends of Bobby Knight, and it had a lot of toys in it. It took my wife about a year to get everything to work. Not that he neglected it because he didn’t.
So we have a lot of new faces on the football team too. That’s changed, but I think that’s most people across the country now.
Q. Coach, with Pat Coogan, what was it that really intrigued you about him to have him come here, and then has the center position — how much has that evolved over the years? Maybe more responsibilities, more to do?
CURT CIGNETTI: Yeah, well, you know, Pat started at Notre Dame, a great program. Played a lot of football for them. Was an older guy, was looking for a home. He had a girlfriend that went to school here. We were looking for a center. Mike Katic had graduated. It was a perfect fit. Sure glad we got him, and I think he’s going to be a great leader for us.
I think the center position, like most of the other positions on the football team, have evolved quite a bit as technology has improved and the game has become more sophisticated. I think offense, defense, special teams are more complex than they used to be, but the learning tools and the teaching tools available to the student-athletes have improved also, so their ability to learn faster, quicker, and more has changed as the game has changed.
Q. You talk about avoiding complacency time and time again. 20 practices, how do you avoid that from day in and day out?
CURT CIGNETTI: Well, right now we’re looking for consistency in performance. A lot of the older guys have been to it. Some of the guys went through last season, and some of the older guys that are projected to start joined us in January and had a taste of it in the spring. So they’re still learning too.
But what you’re looking for is consistency in performance individually and collectively day in, day out. You want to stay on that kind of a trajectory and keep improving, every play, every drill, every day. When you get 11 guys doing their job the way you want them to do it and teach our brand of ball, there’s really no limits on what you can accomplish.
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BALL STATE FOOTBALL
QB KELLY NAMED TO ALLSTATE WUERFFEL TROPHY PRESEASON WATCHLIST
MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State quarterback Kiael Kelly has been named to the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Preseason Watchlist, which recognizes Division I nominees from the AFCA Good Works Team for their leadership and service.
Kelly, entering his redshirt senior campaign with the Cardinals, was named a summer nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team on the basis of his community service and, specifically, his work with area youth.
Kelly emerged as Ball State’s starting quarterback in Week 7 of the 2023 college football season, and led the Cardinals to a 3-3 record over their final six games. Over just those six games, he broke the program record for season rushing yards by a quarterback and he enters the 2025 season ranked third among Cardinals career rushing leaders by a quarterback.
Off the field, he is committed to helping children as part of a “Kelly’s Krewe” youth program he sponsors himself. He also conducts local football camps for youth and has represented Ball State in community service programs directed towards youth.
The Wuerffel Foundation announced a record 116 nominees to the 2025 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watchlist, recognizing college football players from across the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) who exemplify community service, academic excellence and athletic achievement. Widely regarded as college football’s premier award for community service, the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy celebrates student-athletes who use their platforms to serve others and create positive change. Named after 1996 Heisman Trophy winner and University of Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel, who turned his football success into a lifelong mission of service, the award reflects his legacy of leadership and humanitarianism. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the trophy’s founding.
Kelly was earlier recognized as a nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team which reflects the same theme of community service and leadership.
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BALL STATE WOMEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S GOLF COACH CAMERON ANDRY SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2026-27 SEASON
MUNCIE, Ind. – – Ball State University Director of Athletics Jeff Mitchell announced Thursday (July 31) that head women’s golf coach Cameron Andry has signed a contract extension which will run through the 2026-27 season.
“Coach Andry continues to elevate our women’s golf team,” Mitchell said. “His commitment to the academic success and competitive excellence of our talented student-athletes resonates within our campus community, and I look forward to the program’s continued development.”
Entering his fourth season as head coach in 2025-26, Andry has already helped rewrite the program’s record book. The Cardinals have set a new team scoring average in each of the past two seasons. The 2023-24 squad posted a program-best 303.61, nearly three strokes better than the previous record of 306.59 set in 2020-21. That mark was topped again in 2024-25, with the team finishing at 301.66.
Leading that charge was junior Jasmine Driscoll, who became just the third player in program history to earn both medalist honors at the Mid-American Conference Championship and an individual berth to the NCAA Regional.
“I’m honored and grateful for the opportunity to continue leading this outstanding group of student-athletes,” Andry said. “Our team’s growth and achievements have been a collective effort, and I’m excited about what lies ahead.”
Along with the season scoring average, Andry’s Cardinals have also established program records for lowest team round (285 / -3), lowest 36-hole total (580 / +4) and lowest 54-hole total (865 / +1). Andry also mentored standout Kiah Parrott (2020–24), who set the individual career scoring average at 76.06; a mark that Driscoll is currently on pace to surpass, entering her senior season with a 75.97 average.
During Andry’s tenure, the Cardinals have earned three tournament victories, while boasting one First Team All-MAC selection, one Second Team All-MAC honoree, and seven MAC Golfer of the Week recognitions.
Off the course, the Cardinals have excelled academically. Most notably, the squad earned the 2024-25 WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award for holding the highest cumulative team GPA in the nation. Under Andry, the program’s student-athletes have collected 19 WGCA All-American Scholar honors, 10 Academic All-MAC accolades and five CSC Academic All-District awards.
The women’s golf program has also led all Ball State athletic teams in term GPA in three of the last six semesters and has maintained a team GPA of 3.72 or higher in each semester under Andry’s leadership.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF
WOMEN’S GOLF 2025 FALL SLATE ANNOUNCED
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf team has its fall schedule on the books.
Coming off their best Horizon League Championship finish since joining the league, the Mastodons will play in five tournaments in the fall to prepare for the 2026 championship.
The season opens with a three-day event with the Bucknell Invitational (Sept. 5-7) before a trip to the familiar Roseann Schwartz Invitational (Sept. 22-23), hosted by Youngstown State. To wrap up September, the Mastodons will visit Notre Dame for the Women’s Fighting Irish Classic (Sept. 28).
In October, the ‘Dons will play in a pair of events they competed in last year, the Rocket Classic (Oct. 5-6) and Red Flash Invitational (Oct. 20-21). The Mastodons won the Red Flash Invitational last season by four strokes.
The spring schedule will be released at a later date, but the Horizon League Championship date of April 25-27 is already set.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
Aug. 1
1906 — Harry McIntire of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitched 10 2-3 innings of no-hit ball before Claude Ritchey of Pittsburgh singled. McIntire weakened in the 13th and lost 1-0 to the Pirates on an unearned run, finishing with a four-hitter.
1937 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees hit for the cycle in a 14-5 rout of the St. Louis Browns. It was the second cycle of Gehrig’s career. Gehrig hit a two-run homer in the first inning, doubled in the second, singled in the fourth and tripled in the seventh.
1941 — New York Yankees pitcher Lefty Gomez walked 11 St. Louis batters in a 9-0 victory to set a major league record for walks in a shutout.
1962 — Bill Monbouquette of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter to beat the White Sox 1-0 at Chicago.
1970 — Willie Stargell of Pittsburgh hit three doubles and two home runs to power the Pirates to a 20-10 rout of the Braves in Atlanta.
1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader with five home runs and two singles. San Diego beat the Atlanta Braves in both games, 9-0 and 11-7.
1977 — Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants hit two home runs, including his 18th career grand slam, a total that still leads the National League.
1978 — Pete Rose went 0-for-4 against Atlanta pitchers Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber to end his 44-game hitting streak as the Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 16-4.
1986 — Bert Blyleven threw a two-hitter and struck out 15 to become the 10th major league pitcher with 3,000 career strikeouts and Kirby Puckett hit for the cycle to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 10-1 victory over the Oakland A’s. Puckett tripled in the first inning, doubled in the fifth, singled in the sixth homered in the eighth. Puckett finished 4 for 5 with three runs and two RBIs. It was the first cycle to happen at the Metrodome.
1994 — Baltimore’s Cal Ripken became the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games, and the Orioles edged Minnesota 1-0.
1998 — Switch-hitter Tony Clark set an AL record by homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this year, powering the Detroit Tigers past Tampa Bay 8-0.
2005 — Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days following a positive test for steroids, less than five months after the Baltimore Orioles first baseman emphatically told Congress: “I have never used steroids. Period.”
2006 — Carlos Guillen hit for the cycle in Detroit’s 10-4 victory over Tampa Bay.
2009 — The Oakland A’s retire Rickey Henderson’s uniform number 24.
2017 — Evan Longoria hits for the cycle, becoming the second player in team history to pull off the feat, as the Rays defeat the Astros, 6 – 4. It takes a video review to confirm that he slid safely into second base in the 9th for the missing double that completes the quartet of hits.
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Aug. 2
1906 — The “Hitless Wonder” Chicago White Sox began their AL record 19-game winning streak with a 3-0 win over Boston. The record would be tied by the 1947 New York Yankees.
1907 — Walter Johnson made his major league debut with the Washington Senators and lost 3-2 to the Detroit Tigers. The first hit he yielded was a bunt single by Ty Cobb. The Tigers beat “The Big Train” 7-6 exactly 20 years later on Walter Johnson Day in the nation’s capital.
1933 — Mickey Cochrane of the Philadelphia A’s hit for the cycle, the second of his career, in a 16-3 win over the New York Yankees.
1938 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals used a yellow baseball in the first game of a doubleheader as an experiment. The two teams went back to the white ball in the second game as the Dodgers swept the doubleheader 6-2 and 9-3.
1940 — Joe Cronin of the Boston Red Sox hit for the cycle in a 12-9 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle for Cronin. Cronin cycled in 1929 to become the first player ever to cycle in two different games a decade apart.
1959 — Bill Bruton of Milwaukee hit three triples, including two with the bases-loaded, to lead the Braves to an 11-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the nightcap of a doubleheader.
1979 — New York Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in the crash of his private plane while practicing takeoffs and landings at the Canton, Ohio, airport.
1982 — Oakland’s Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season in a 6 – 5 win over Seattle, tying the American League record he set last season and leaving him with 56 games to break Lou Brock’s single-season record of 118. Henderson is the first player ever to steal 100 bases twice since the modern definition of a stolen base was put in place.
1987 — Kevin Seitzer went 6-for-6, hit two homers and drove in seven runs to pace a 20-hit Kansas City attack as the Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 13-5 in 102-degree heat.
1998 — The Cuban national team claimed its 22nd gold medal at the World Baseball Championships, beating South Korea 7-1 and extending its winning streak at the event to 41 games since 1986.
2007 — Jermaine Dye homered twice and doubled twice, including a go-ahead drive that led the Chicago White Sox to a 13-9 victory over the New York Yankees. The White Sox and Yankees each scored eight runs in the second inning. It was the second time in major league history both teams scored eight or more in an inning.
2009 — Melky Cabrera became the first Yankees player in 14 years to hit for the cycle, leading New York to an 8-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2010 — Travis Snider hit two of an AL record-tying six doubles in a seven-run fifth inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays an a 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees. Snider began the barrage of doubles with a leadoff hit against A.J. Burnett and finished it with a drive off Sergio Mitre. In between, Fred Lewis, Jose Bautista, Vernon Wells and Aaron Hill all doubled off Burnett.
2011 — New York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira set a major league record when he homered from both sides of the plate in a 6-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 12th time the switch-hitting Teixeira has homered from both sides in a game, breaking a tie with Eddie Murray and Chili Davis. Teixeira hit a two-run homer batting right-handed against John Danks in the third and added a slot shot batting left-handed against Jason Frasor in the seventh.
2018 — Cody Bellinger hit a grand slam, Joc Pederson and Yasiel Puig hit two homers each, and the Los Angeles Dodgers cruised past the Milwaukee Brewers 21-5. Brian Dozier and Justin Turner also went deep as the Dodgers finished with their highest scoring total at Dodger Stadium. Los Angeles hit a season high-tying seven homers, and also set season highs for runs in a game, and in an inning when they had nine in the seventh.
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Aug. 3
1901 — Cleveland pitcher Ed Scott pitched a complete game and hit a solo home run off Bill Reidy in the top of the 10th for an 8-7 win against Milwaukee. It was the last game of Scott’s major league career.
1906 — Washington pitcher Tom Hughes hit a solo home run off Fred Glade in the tenth inning for 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. He became the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his own home run.
1914 — New York Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three Detroit Tigers trying to steal second base on one inning. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished this feat this century.
1923 — Major League Baseball canceled all games following the death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding in San Francisco on Aug. 2.
1933 — Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s became the first pitcher since Aug. 2, 1931 — a span of 308 games — to shut out the New York Yankees, winning 7-0.
1944 — Tommy Brown, 16 years and 8 months old, played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in both games of a doubleheader loss, 6-2 and 7-1, to the Chicago Cubs. He had a double and scored a run.
1948 — Cleveland’s Satchel Paige made his first major league start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.
1959 — The second game of All-Star play this year was won by the AL 5-3 at Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium. Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox singled in the deciding run in the seventh inning.
1961 — The Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for the largest shutout score in an NL night game.
1969 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 in a wild game at Connie Mack Stadium. Trailing 9-6, the Reds scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to take a seven-run lead. The Reds tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning for an 18-9 lead. The Phillies responded with seven runs on the home half of the sixth and another run in the seventh to get within one run. Cincinnati’s Tony Perez homered in the eighth to make it 19-17. The Phillies two-out rally in the ninth ended with Ron Stone lining out to right with runners on first and second.
1969 — Pinch-hitter Rich Reese hit a grand slam to power the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and end Dave McNally’s 15-game winning streak. His two victories at the end of 1968 had given him 17 straight wins.
1982 — Frank White of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle of his career.
1987 — Minnesota’s Joe Niekro was caught with a file on the mound and was ejected during the fourth inning of the Twins’ 11-3 win over the California Angels. Niekro would be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who didn’t believe Niekro’s story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.
2004 — Tony Batista hit a grand slam in the 12th inning after tying the game with a two-run homer in the ninth, leading Montreal over St. Louis 10-6.
2006 — Chase Utley singled in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 8-1 win at St. Louis to extend his hitting streak to 35 games.
2006 — Matt Murton tied a major league record with four doubles and drove in five runs to help the Chicago Cubs salvage a split of a doubleheader with Arizona 7-3.
2015 — Adrian Beltre became the first major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle and the Texas Rangers held on for a wild 12-9 victory over Houston. Beltre hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Texas Rangers, completing the cycle in his first four at-bats.
2024 — By stealing three bases in a 10 – 0 Dodgers win over the Athletics, Shohei Ohtani becomes the first member of the 30-30 club this season (he has already hit 33 homers). In reaching the two marks in 108 games, he is the third fastest to do so in history, beaten only by Eric Davis (90 games in 1987) and Alex Rodriguez (107 games in 1998).
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Aug. 4
1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.
1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.
1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs.
1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning.
1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Detroit Tigers.
1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.
1973 — John Briggs of the Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 in a 9-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.
1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.
1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.
2007 — In the 2nd inning of a 3 – 2 loss to the Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run to tie Hank Aaron for the all-time record.
2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.
2010 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.
2021 — Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.
2022 — The Angels tie a record by hitting seven homers but still losing the game, 8 – 7 to the A’s, also setting a record for most runs scored in a game, all on solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times in the 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano in the 4th to negate the Angels’ long balls.
2024 — With a 13 – 7 loss to the Twins, the White Sox’s losing streak reaches historic proportion at 20 games. It is a new franchise record and tied for third all-time, trailing only the 21 losses by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles to start that season, and the 23 consecutive losses by the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies.
Aug. 5
1921 — Pittsburgh radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provided listeners with the first broadcast of a major league game. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.
1927 — Philadelphia’s Cy Williams hit for the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times to lead the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1931 — For the second time in his career, Jim Bottomley got six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 16-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.
1932 — Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single by the 27th Washington batter, pinch-hitter Dave Harris. The Tigers beat the Senators 13-0.
1933 — Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns had four extra-base hits in a 10-9, 12-inning win over the Chicago White Sox.
1942 — Don Kolloway’s two-out steal of home in the fifth inning was the only run as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.
1969 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell became the only player to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Stargell’s shot off of Los Angeles’ Alan Foster cleared the right-field pavilion and landed 506 feet from home plate.
1973 — Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He walked three and struck out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta.
1975 — The first eight batters for Philadelphia Phillies got hits for a major league record, en route to a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.
1984 — Cliff Johnson of the Blue Jays hit his 19th career pinch homer to set a major league record as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium.
1999 — Mark McGwire became the 16th member of the 500-home run club, hitting two homers — Nos. 500 and 501 — in the St. Louis Cardinals’ loss to San Diego.
2001 — The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record and became the first team in 76 years to overcome a 12-run deficit to win, defeating the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings.
2005 — Albert Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3.
2006 — Trevor Hoffman set a major league record with his 11th 30-save season and the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3.
2007 — Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The 41-year-old left-hander became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories and only the fifth lefty to win 300.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous punishments bring to 18 the total number of players disciplined for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida accused of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.
2019 — Jonathon Villar of the Orioles hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.
2021 — Team USA is headed to the Olympic Gold Medal Game for the first time in 21 years, beating South Korea, 7 – 2 at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Teenager Eui-lee Lee holds the US to two runs in five innings, one a mammoth homer by Jamie Westbrook, but five relievers are called on in the 6th when the US scores five times. Jack López drives in two for the US while Hye-seong Kim goes 3 for 3 in a losing cause. Ryder Ryan gets the win in relief of Joe Ryan.
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Aug. 6
1908 — John Lush threw a six-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. It was Lush’s second no-hitter against the Dodgers.
1933 — Pinky Higgins of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 12-8 win over the Washington Senators.
1952 — Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings.
1972 — Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.
1981 — As a result of a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.
1985 — The Major League Baseball Players’ Association went on strike.
1986 — The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-11 in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas’ Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore’s nine-run fourth.
1988 — Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.
1999 — Tony Gwynn went 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Boston’s Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one at-bat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-7. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.
2002 — At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 11-10. Nen became the 16th member of the 300-save club.
2007 — St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over San Diego.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1922 — Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hit two home runs in the sixth inning of rout over the Washington Senators.
1923 — Cleveland’s Frank Bower went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.
1956 — The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 50-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game at the Orange Bowl.
1963 — Jim Hickman of the New York Mets hit for the cycle in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. Hickman’s cycle came in single-double-triple-homer order.
1985 — The strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association ended with the announcement of a tentative agreement. The season resumed Aug. 8.
1999 — Wade Boggs became the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland. Boggs already had a pair of RBI singles when he homered off Chris Haney in the sixth inning.
2004 — Greg Maddux became the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph fastball from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Noticeably absent were Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron. The Nationals won 8-6.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki tripled off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over Chicago.
2018 — Bartolo Colon of Texas became the winningest pitcher from Latin America in the Rangers’ 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. After six tries, the 45-year-old right-hander got his 246th career victory and finally broke the tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Colon gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings and improved his record to 6-10.
2021 — Host nation Japan wins its first ever gold medal in Olympic baseball by defeating the United States 2-0.
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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Aug. 1
1936 — The Berlin Olympics begin.
1945 — New York’s Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the Polo Grounds. Only Babe Ruth with 714 and Jimmie Foxx with 527 have more.
1963 — Arthur Ashe becomes first African-American tennis player to be named in the US Davis Cup team.
1972 — Nate Colbert of the San Diego Padres drives in 13 runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Atlanta Braves, 9-0 and 11-7.
1982 — American Greg Louganis becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives in winning 3m springboard gold, World Championships in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1987 — Mike Tyson wins the undisputed heavyweight championship with a 12-round unanimous decision over IBF champion Tony Tucker in Las Vegas.
1992 — Eric Griffin, a two-time world champion at 106 pounds, loses to Rafael Lozano of Spain under the new electronic scoring system at the Olympics. All five judges credit him with more blows than his opponent as did five jury members used as a backup in case the computer failed.
1994 — Baltimore’s Cal Ripken becomes the second major leaguer to play 2,000 straight games when the Orioles beat Minnesota 1-0.
1996 — Michael Johnson wins Olympic gold in the 200 meters in a record 19.32 seconds, becoming the first male Olympian to win the 200 and 400 in a single games. Dan O’Brien wins gold in the decathlon, four years after failing to make the U.S. Olympic team.
2002 — In signing star linebacker Ray Lewis to a 5-year contract extension the Baltimore Ravens give him a $19m signing bonus, then the largest in NFL history.
2004 — Karen Stupples wins her first major title with a record-tying 19-under 269 at the Women’s British Open. Stupples ties the low score in a major, set by Dottie Pepper at the 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore.
2009 — Rachel Alexandra rolls past the boys again to win the $1.25 million Haskell Ivitational at Monmouth Park, establishing herself as one of the greatest fillies. Ridden by Calvin Borel, she beats Belmont Stakes winner Summer Bird by six lengths.
2010 — Stuart Appleby hits golf’s magic number, shooting a 59 to win the Greenbrier Classic. He is the fifth PGA Tour player to reach the milestone.
2010 — Yani Tseng of Taiwan wins the Women’s British Open by one stroke for her third major title and second of the year to go with the Kraft Nabisco.
2010 — Bob and Mike Bryan win their record 62nd career doubles title on the ATP Tour. The twins were tied with Hall of Famers Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde of Australia.
2012 — Four teams are kicked out of the women’s badminton doubles at the London Games for trying to lose on purpose. The eight players from China, South Korea and Indonesia are cited for conduct “clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport.”
2021 — Marcel Jacobs becomes the first Italian athlete to win the 100m dash in 9.80 at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Aug. 2
1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories.
1912 — John McDermott wins the U.S. Open golf championship for the second straight year with a 294 total.
1952 — Five American boxers win gold medals at the Olympics, marking the first time the U.S. wins the unofficial team title. The five medalists are flyweight Nate Brooks; light welterweight Charley Adkins; middleweight Floyd Patterson; light heavyweight Norvell Lee and heavyweight Eddie Sanders.
1967 — The New Orleans Saints play their first preseason game and lose to the Los Angeles Rams, 77-16.
1979 — New York Yankees catcher Thurman Munson is killed in a plane crash practicing takeoffs and landings near his Ohio home.
1982 — Oakland outfielder Rickey Henderson steals his 100th MLB base of the season in 6-5 win vs. Seattle, first to steal 100 twice in modern era.
1986 — Jackie Joyner sets the world record in the heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Houston with 7,158 points.
1992 — Vitaly Scherbo of the Unified Team wins gold medals in the vault, rings, pommel horse and parallel bars to give him a total of six gold, the most won by a gymnast in a single Olympic Games.
1996 — The star-studded United States men’s basketball team, Dream Team III, beat Yugoslavia 95-69 to win the gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics.
1996 — Down to her final long jump attempt and fighting an injured hamstring, Jackie Joyner-Kersee leaps out of sixth place and ends her Olympic career with a bronze medal. Joyner Kersee jumps 22 feet, 11 3-4 inches for her sixth Olympic medal.
1998 — Brandie Burton closes with an even-par 72 for a tournament-record 18-under 270 to win the du Maurier Classic by one stroke over Annika Sorenstam. It’s the lowest score in relation to par at a women’s major, breaking Betsy King’s 17-under 267 in the 1992 LPGA Championship.
2005 — In the largest trade in NBA history, Antoine Walker is dealt from Boston to Miami in a transaction involving five teams and 13 players. The Heat acquire point guard Jason Williams and small forward James Posey from Memphis, while the Grizzlies receive guard Eddie Jones from the Heat. The New Orleans Hornets and Utah Jazz also are involved in the deal.
2009 — Catriona Matthew wins the Women’s British Open for her first major title, beating Karrie Webb by three strokes just 10 weeks after giving birth to her second child.
2012 — Carmelo Anthony and the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team rewrite the record books in a 156-73 romp over Nigeria. Anthony scores 37 points, including 10 of 12 3-pointers, to break the U.S. single-game scoring record in less than three quarters. When Andre Iguodala hits a 3-pointer with 4:37 left, the Americans surpass the previous Olympic record of 138 points set by Brazil against Egypt in 1988.
2012 — Gabby Douglas becomes the third straight American to win gymnastics’ biggest prize when she wins the all-around Olympic title.
2012 — Michael Phelps wins his first individual gold medal of the London Games in the 200-meter individual medley. The U.S. star becomes the first male swimmer to win the same individual event at three straight Olympics, capturing his 20th career medal — and 16th gold.
2015 — American Pharoah delivers an encore performance in his first race since winning the Triple Crown, by cruising to a 2 1/4-length victory in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.
2015 — Inbee Park rallies to win the Women’s British Open to become the seventh women to win four different major championships.
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Aug. 3
1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course.
1936 — American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, first of 4 gold medals at the Games.
1949 — The National Basketball Association is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.
1955 — Scott Frost, driven by Joe O’Brien, wins the Hambletonian at Good Time Park in Goshen, N.Y. He goes on to become the first trotting Triple Crown winner.
1985 — France’s Lutin D’Isigny becomes the first trotter to sweep the International Trot and Challenge Cup in consecutive years with a 3:03.1 time in the 1½-mile test.
1990 — The Professional Golfers Association Tour announces it will not hold tournaments at golf clubs that have all-white memberships or show any other signs of discrimination.
1996 — Andre Agassi, the Dream Team and the U.S. women’s 400-meter relay team win Olympic gold medals, while the American men’s 400 relay settles for silver. With Carl Lewis idled by a coach’s decision and Leroy Burrell injured, the men’s 400 team is shocked by Canada — the first time the U.S. lost the event at the Olympics.
2003 — Annika Sorenstam completes a career Grand Slam at the Women’s British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown.
2006 — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needs surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head after his race car collides with a deer that wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.
2012 — Michael Phelps rallies to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold of the London Games and No. 17 of his career. It’s Phelps’ third consecutive win in the event at the Olympics, and his 21st career medal. Missy Franklin sets a world record in the 200 backstroke for the 17-year-old’s third gold in London.
2013 — Sixteen-year-old Katie Ledecky wraps up a brilliant performance at the world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal and second world record. The youngster turns it on over the final four laps of the 800 freestyle to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds and take down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Adlington at the 2008 Olympics.
2016 — The International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Games.
2016 — Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins the 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to win the 100/200 double in consecutive games.
2017 — Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of $222M on a 5-year deal.
2023 — Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream.
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Aug. 4
1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.
1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drives in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he’s traded to the Montreal Expos and plays that night in Philadelphia. He enters the game in right field in the fourth inning and later gets a single.
1984 — Carl Lewis wins the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds at the Los Angeles Summer Games. US teammate Sam Graddy wins the silver in 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets the bronze with a time of 10.22.
1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, becomes the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1.
1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels gets his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.
1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb in the du Maurier Classic.
1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games end with U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while the U.S. women roll to a 111-87 victory behind Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A record 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it the biggest Olympics.
2007 — 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.
2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and the Liberty hold the Sky to a WNBA-record one point in the fourth quarter.
2012 — Michael Phelps wins another gold medal as the United States wins the medley relay at the London Olympics. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins four golds and two silvers.
2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro in a 19-17 final set and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing in his 10th games — the most of any athlete.
2013 — Missy Franklin claims her record sixth gold medal on the final day of the world championships in Barcelona, becoming the most successful female swimmer ever at a world meet. Franklin eclipses the record shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won five times in 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it in 2007.
2013 — Stacy Lewis wins the Women’s British Open after a marathon final day. Lewis finishes with a pair of birdies on the Old Course at St. Andrews and closes with an even-par 72. It’s her second major on the LPGA Tour, and it ends a record streak of 10 straight majors won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is the only player at par or better from the last 21 groups that tee off.
2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his own world record in the 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record in in the women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
2024 — At the Paris Olympics Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win the 100m gold medal in 20 years; his time 9.784s edges Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by 0.005s
1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at Pittsburgh.
1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds.
1954 — The first election for the Boxing Hall of Fame is held. Twenty-four fighters are elected, with the most noteworthy from the modern era Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong. Fifteen are selected from the pioneer era including John L. Sullivan, Gentleman Jim Corbett and Jack Johnson.
1967 — The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in a preseason game, for the first AFL victory over an NFL team.
1984 — American Joan Benoit wins the first Olympic marathon for women in 2:24:52, finishing 400 meters ahead of Norway’s Grete Waitz.
1991 — Sergei Bubka becomes the first to clear 20 feet outdoors in the pole vault, breaking his own world record by a half-inch at the Galan track meet in Malmo, Sweden.
1997 — Michael Johnson wins his third straight 400-meter title at the world championships in Athens, Greece, capturing the gold medal in 44.12 seconds.
2005 — Jason Gore shoots a 12-under 59 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska.
2006 — Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson and Reggie White.
2007 — Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.
2007 — Lorena Ochoa wins the Women’s British Open — the first women’s professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews — for her first major title.
2012 — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt claims consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games in London. Only about fifth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark, Bolt erases that deficit and overtakes a star-studded field to win the 100-meter dash final in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that lets him join Carl Lewis as the only men to win the event twice.
2012 — Britain’s Andy Murray cruises past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic tennis singles final at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams win the doubles title, as Serena becomes tennis’ first double-gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ben Ainslie earns another gold medal in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.
2013 — Alex Rodriguez is suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera are banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplines 13 players in a drug case.
2014 — The San Antonio Spurs hire WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first woman to join an NBA coaching staff.
2017 — Justin Gatlin spoils Usain Bolt’s farewell beating him in the 100 meters at the world track championships in London. Bolt gets off to a slow start and Gatlin holds him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman takes silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95.
2018 — The Springfield Lasers win their first World TeamTennis title edging the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18. The Lasers were 0-5 in WTT championship finals and winless in three meetings with the Freedoms during the 2018 regular season.
2018 — Georgia Hall of England catches Pornanong Phatlum in a final-round duel at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the Women’s British Open for her first major title.
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Aug. 6
1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.
1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Brian London in the third round to retain his world heavyweight title.
1972 — South African Gary Player wins his second PGA golf championship with a two-stroke victory over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.
1978 — John Mahaffey beats Tom Watson and Jerry Pate on the second playoff hole to win the PGA Championship.
1984 — American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics.
1991 — Debbie Doom of the U.S. pitches her second consecutive perfect game in women’s softball at the Pan American Games. Doom threw a perfect game at the Netherlands Antilles in the opener and matches that performance against Nicaragua, winning 8-0.
1992 — Carl Lewis leads a U.S. sweep in the long jump in the Olympics with a mark of 28 feet, 5 1-2 inches on his first attempt. Mike Powell takes the silver and Joe Greene the bronze. Kevin Young demolishes one of track’s oldest records with a time of 46.78 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American wrestler to win medals in three straight Olympics, taking the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division.
1994 — Jeff Gordon wins the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1995 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins the 100 meters at World Track and Field Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, marking the first time since 1976 an American fails to win a medal in the event at a major meet.
1999 — Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.
2001 — Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada.
2006 — Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open.
2006 — Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone.
2006 — Sherri Steinhauer wins the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since it became a major.
2008 — Sammy Villegas, a former University of Toledo basketball player, is charged with point shaving. Villegas is accused of shaving points during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.
2008 — Kim Terrell-Kearney wins the first professional championship match featuring two black bowlers, beating Trisha Reid 216-189 in the U.S. Bowling Congress’ U.S. Women’s Open. Terrell-Kearney collects her second U.S. Women’s Open title and third career major title.
2010 — Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history. Gay beats the Jamaican at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. Bolt finishes second in 9.97.
2015 — Ryan Lochte becomes the first man to win the 200-meter individual medley four consecutive times at the world swimming championships. Lochte comes home strong on the freestyle lap and touches first in 1:55.81 in Kazan, Russia.
2017 — I.K. Kim won the Women’s British Open, hanging on with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff and her first major championship.
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Aug. 7
1907 — Walter Johnson wins the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.
1952 — Bion Shively, 74, drives Sharp Note to victory in the third heat of the Hambletonian Stakes.
1982 — Speed Bowl wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats with 25-year-old Tom Haughton in the sulky, the youngest to win the Hambletonian.
1983 — Norway’s Grete Waitz takes the women’s marathon in the first world track and field championships at Helsinki, Finland.
1992 — Sergei Bubka, the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion, fails to clear a height in the pole vault.
1999 — Wade Boggs becomes the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, connecting with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland.
2004 — Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.
2005 — Justin Gatlin dominates the 100 meters at the track and field championships in Helsinki. The Olympic champion wins in 9.88 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Michael Frater of Jamaica. The margin of victory is the largest in the 10 world championships held since the meet’s inception in 1983.
2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record. Noticeably absent are Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron.
2012 — Aly Raisman becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on floor. She picks up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of gymnastics at the London Olympics and just misses a medal in the all-around.
2016 — Jim Furyk becomes the first golfer to shoot a 58 in PGA Tour history. Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he takes it even lower in the Travelers Championship with a 12-under 58 in the final round.
2016 — Ichiro Suzuki triples off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.
2016 — Manny Machado becomes the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
2021 — Kevin Durant with 29 points leads USA to his third and the team’s 4th consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo.
2021 — Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.
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TV SPORTS
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Friday, August 1
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)
5:35 a.m.
FS1 — AFL: Hawthorn at Adelaide
2 a.m. (Saturday)
FS2 — AFL: Essendon at Sydney
5:30 a.m. (Saturday)
FS1 — AFL: Brisbane at Collingwood
AUTO RACING
7:25 a.m.
ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary
10:55 a.m.
ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary
7 p.m.
FS1 — ARCA Menards Series: The Atlas 150, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa
6:25 a.m. (Saturday)
ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
9 p.m.
CBSSN — AVP League: Week 7 – Day 1, Austin, Texas
GOLF
7 a.m.
USA — LPGA Tour: The AIG Women’s Open, Second Round, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Second Round, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.
6 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The Utah Championship, Second Round, Ogden Golf & Country Club, Ogden, Utah
HORSE RACING
1 p.m.
FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
9 p.m.
ESPN — PFL World Tournament Main Card: Welterweights & Featherweights – Finals, Atlantic City, N.J.
MLB BASEBALL
12:30 p.m.
MLBN — Atlanta at Cincinnati (12:40 p.m.)
3:30 p.m.
MLBN — Baltimore at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)
6:45 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Milwaukee at Washington
7:10 p.m.
APPLE TV+ — Houston at Boston
7:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Tampa Bay (7:35 p.m.) OR San Francisco at N.Y. Mets (7:10 p.m.)
10:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Seattle (10:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Athletics (10:05 p.m.)
RUGBY (MEN’S)
6 a.m. (Saturday)
CBSSN — International Union: Australia vs. British & Irish Lions, Sydney
RUGBY (WOMEN’S)
10:10 p.m.
FS2 — NRL: Canterbury-Bankstown at Gold Coast
12:10 a.m. (Saturday)
FS2 — NRL: Sydney at Wests
SOCCER (MEN’S)
11 p.m.
FS1 — Leagues Cup Group Stage: Tigres UANL at San Diego FC, Phase One
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
8 p.m.
FS2 — Conmebol Copa America: Argentina vs. Uruguay, Third-Place Match, Quito, Ecuador
TENNIS
11 a.m.
TENNIS — Canada-ATP/WTA Early Rounds
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — Indiana at Dallas
10 p.m.ION — Los Angeles at Seattle
