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“THE SCOREBOARD”
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WNBA SCORES
NEW YORK 87 CONNECTICUT 78
ATLANTA 99 WASHINGTON 83
INDIANA 78 SEATTLE 74
PHOENIX 83 CHICAGO 67
LAS VEGAS 101 GOLDEN STATE 77
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MLB SCORES
BOSTON 6 HOUSTON 1
LA DODGERS 3 TAMPA BAY 0
ATLANTA 4 CINCINNATI 2
MILWAUKEE 14 WASHINGTON 3
KANSAS CITY 7 TORONTO 4 (10)
SAN FRANCISCO 12 NY METS 4
MINNESOTA 5 CLEVELAND 4
MIAMI 7 NY YANKEES 3
CHICAGO CUBS 5 BALTIMORE 3
PITTSBURGH 9 COLORADO 5
ARIZONA 6 LAS VEGAS 4
LA ANGELS 8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5
SAN DIEGO 7 ST. LOUIS 3
SEATTLE 5 TEXAS 4
PHILADELPHIA 2 DETROIT 0
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
INDIANAPOLIS 12 IOWA 4
FT. WAYNE 5 GREAT LAKES 2
SOUTH BEND 6 QUAD CITIES 2
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
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
*****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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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES
NFL NEWS
NFLPA HIRES DAVID WHITE AS INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Less than three weeks after NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell Jr. resigned amid numerous allegations of impropriety, the union elected David White as it interim executive director on Sunday.
White is the chief executive officer of consulting firm 3CG Ventures and the former national executive director and chief negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA). He was a finalist for the NFLPA post when a the board of 32 player representatives elected Howell in June 2023, according to multiple media reports.
NFLPA president Jalen Reeves-Maybin said in a statement regarding the move by the Board of Player Representatives to appoint White, “This decision is the result of a comprehensive, player-led process. We understood the urgency to fill this role and did our due diligence to identify the right person to lead our union in this moment.
“We have full faith in David to take the union forward and operate in the best interests of our membership. David has spent much of his career fighting for collectively bargained rights in the labor movement and is committed to putting players first in all the union does. We are confident that he will inspire solidarity and provide the necessary stability during this period of transition.”
White added in a statement, “I am grateful to the NFLPA’s player leadership for entrusting me with the privilege and responsibility to guide their union as interim executive director. It’s a duty I do not take lightly, and I’m committed to reestablishing trust and ensuring the union is serving its members best. I look forward to working with the entire NFLPA team to protect players’ health and safety, secure their financial well-being, and further strengthen their voice to shape their futures.”
Howell stepped down on July 17 to no longer be a “distraction” for the NFLPA. During his tenure, he allegedly reached a confidentiality agreement with the NFL over a collusion case, worked for a private equity firm approved to pursue NFL minority ownership stakes and made inappropriate charges to the union, include a strip club visit.
Former NFLPA president JC Tretter, considered a possible replacement for Howell, resigned from his job as the NFLPA’s chief strategy officer after Howell’s exit. Tretter was viewed as instrumental in getting the union to hire Howell, who also left a previous job at Booz Allen, where he was reportedly accused of sexual discrimination.
GUS BRADLEY’S SON JOINS 49ERS, CREATING A UNIQUE FATHER-SON DYNAMIC
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — As a longtime NFL coach, Gus Bradley rarely got the opportunity to watch his son, Carter, play football in person during his career in high school and college.
Fall weekends were spent preparing his teams for games as either an assistant or head coach as Carter played quarterback in high school in Florida and then college at Toledo and South Alabama.
Now the two are part of the same team after Carter Bradley signed a contract last week with San Francisco, where Gus is in his first season as a defensive assistant.
“He’s really excited. I can tell you that,” Gus said Sunday. “We haven’t had much conversation. It’s kind of been a whirlwind when that happened. But I know he’s really excited to be here.”
Gus Bradley said his relationship with Carter has always been more father-son than coach-player with the focus being more in life lessons such as how to respond to being cut than how to decipher a quarters defense.
They had those types of conversations just after Carter was waived by the Raiders before the start of training camp. Gus got a heads up that the Niners planned to bring Carter in for a tryout last week, asking if he would be OK with it.
“I said, ‘Yeah. But as far as you know, that’s Carter Bradley and I’m Gus Bradley and we’re separate,’” Gus said. “You never want to put the organization in a tough position and that’s not how this organization operates. It’s too competitive. You only have so many roster spots.”
Carter Bradley took part in the tryout with several other players last Wednesday. Gus and Carter talked briefly after the workout and Gus said goodbye before he headed into a meeting, figuring that Carter would be sent on a plane home right away.
Gus came out of the meeting later that day and Carter was still at the facility waiting for word for what would come next. Carter got the news later that day that he had made the team. Coach Kyle Shanahan said Carter looked so good in the tryout and on a few dozen plays last preseason with Las Vegas that he earned the spot as the team’s fourth QB.
“That’s what I appreciate about them,” Gus said. “It wasn’t like ‘Gus, hey we’ll give you a heads up. Here’s what we’re going to do.’ It was truly he’s Carter Bradley, I’m over on the defensive side and we’ll handle it that way.”
Gus Bradley acknowledges he has more interest in Carter’s performance than other offensive players but is able to compartmentalize it during practices when he is focused so intently on the defensive side of the ball.
Sometimes it will take until film review later for him to see what Carter did on a certain play.
“I’m not going to lie. I’m still a parent, and he’s here,” Gus said. “But I thought it would be where you would be constantly looking. How’s he doing? It it really is not that. It’s Gus, where did that play hit. You can’t watch what’s happening on the offense and watch the whole defensive and do that.”
Notes
The Niners had the day off from practice headed into their first week with an exhibition game. San Francisco will practice on Monday and Tuesday and then take a day off before hosting a joint practice on Thursday against Denver. The teams will then play Saturday night. … The 49ers signed WR Robbie Chosen and released WR Marquez Callaway.
BILLS DECLINE COMMENT, WHILE RB COOK CITES ‘BUSINESS’ AS REASON HE DIDN’T PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills aren’t commenting on the reason behind James Cook not participating in practice on Sunday in what could be viewed as the running back’s next step in escalating his bid to extend the final year of his contract.
Cook, who watched the two-hour session from the sideline in an all-white track suit, was not included in a lengthy list of injured players coach Sean McDermott provided reporters before practice.
While the Bills declined comment on the player’s status in a text to The Associated Press, Cook reiterated the word “business” numerous times following practice in explaining his status to reporters from The Buffalo News and ESPN.
“Business,” was Cook’s one-word response when asked if it was his choice to not practice, The Buffalo News reported.
As for whether he anticipated practicing on Monday, Cook said: “Business. That’s all I’m going to say. Business.”
Messages left with Cook’s representatives were not returned.
A second-round pick in the 2022 draft, Cook was the NFL’s co-leader with 16 touchdowns rushing in his second full season as a starter.
The 25-year-old has made no secret this offseason of his desire for a new contract that would pay him in the range of $15 million a year in what would make him among the league’s highest-paid players at his position.
Though Cook skipped all of the team’s voluntary sessions this spring, he had previously taken part in each of the Bills mandatory practices, including their first eight of training camp before Sunday.
Cook said “I like my money, that’s why I’m here,” upon reporting for Buffalo’s three-day mandatory camp in June.
He provided a similar answer to open training camp, while insisting he’s confident he’ll get his payday whether it’s in Buffalo or elsewhere. Cook said he didn’t want his contract situation to become a distraction.
Bills general manager Brandon Beane opened camp by saying the two sides remained in contact. He reiterated how he wanted nothing more than to reach an agreement while acknowledging the team had limited room under the salary cap.
TITANS COACH BRIAN CALLAHAN CALLS OUT HIS OFFENSE AFTER SLOPPY PRACTICE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans and rookie quarterback Cam Ward turned in a sluggish performance Sunday, earning a profanity-laced tirade from head coach Brian Callahan as the session concluded.
The No. 1 overall pick followed two solid practices with a rough showing Sunday in team drills. Ward completed just 4 of 13 passes in team drills and was off the mark on several throws.
The Titans also had penalties and a play that would have been a sack as the defense pressured the young quarterback.
Ward’s final rep of the day was a pass that sailed far over the head of receiver Van Jefferson and out of bounds.
That’s when Callahan unleashed on the offense.
The second-year Titans coach spoke before practice. After practice, Callahan stood near midfield talking with Ward, offensive coordinator Nick Holz and quarterbacks coach Bo Hardegree for about 20 minutes. Tennessee opens preseason play Saturday night at Tampa Bay with a joint practice on Thursday.
Before practice, Callahan said some self-inflicted mistakes Saturday had him concerned because of the emphasis he has put on correcting those all offseason.
“The progress obviously isn’t always going to be linear, we’re going to have ups and downs,” Callahan said before practice.
The Titans have NFL officials on hand to make clear when players commit penalties. Callahan said that’s great to have that experience.
The Titans called Callahan’s outburst warranted because of a lack of focus and intensity on offense.
“He’s not really an outburst-type of coach for the most part,” left guard Peter Skoronski said. “So I think so I think the practice kind of warranted it. It just felt kind of low and juice-less from an offensive end and lacking execution.”
Skoronski said Sunday’s session was disappointing and he could feel the frustration before Callahan went off.
‘When he started yelling, I said, ‘Oh there it is,’” Skoronski said. “We just didn’t move the ball the way we needed to. I think it was warranted. We shouldn’t need that to bring out the intensity. We shouldn’t need the head coach to be like that. It should be player driven. We’ve got to be better and more on that.”
LIONS’ HENDON HOOKER, KYLE ALLEN LOOKING FOR BETTER RESULTS IN BACKUP QB COMPETITION
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Hendon Hooker provided a blunt assessment of his first preseason performance.
“A zero out of 10,” the Detroit Lions quarterback said. “It wasn’t to my standards, it wasn’t to the team’s standards of just being productive and controlling the huddle and making plays.”
Hooker and Kyle Allen, who are competing for the No. 2 spot on the depth chart behind starting quarterback Jared Goff, are both looking for vast improvement in the offense’s performance when the Lions play at Atlanta on Friday.
Detroit committed five turnovers and generated just 197 yards in a 34-7 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in the Hall of Fame game on Thursday. Allen, who started the game, was 9 of 14 for 91 yards but was intercepted twice. Hooker was 3 of 6 for 18 yards and was picked off once.
They’ll switch roles on Friday with Hooker playing the first half and Allen taking over after halftime.
Durability hasn’t been an issue for Goff since he was acquired from the Los Angeles Rams in 2021. He hasn’t missed a game the past three seasons.
If that streak ends this season, the Lions will need to have a reliable option. They’re looking for either Hooker or Allen to establish themselves as the clear backup.
“I can tell you both of those guys are, it goes without saying, they’re frustrated with the way that went and they both want to improve and get better,” coach Dan Campbell said. “And they will.”
Hooker was selected in the third round of the 2023 draft despite a knee injury suffered late in his college career that turned his rookie season essentially into a redshirt year.
Hooker had 58 touchdown passes and five interceptions in two seasons at Tennessee. The 27-year-old Hendon also spent three seasons with Virginia Tech.
Hooker made three brief appearances last season, going 6 of 9 for 62 yards. This preseason is pivotal to show he was worthy of his draft status.
“Very key. Every play is important,” he said. “So just taking advantage of every play, every throw, every decision and just putting my best foot forward every time.”
Allen, 29, has bounced around the league since making Carolina’s roster as an undrafted free agent in 2018. The Lions are the sixth organization he’s suited up for and fifth in the past five seasons. He appeared in one game with Pittsburgh last season.
Allen has made 19 starts, including 12 of 13 appearances during the 2019 season with the Panthers when he passed for 3,322 yards with 17 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He was sacked 46 times.
The Lions signed him to a one-year, $1.27 million contract with a $100,000 signing bonus in March. The second half against the Falcons gives Allen another extended opportunity to secure his spot on the depth chart.
“Obviously (looking to) correct the interceptions and the mistakes, play a little cleaner football,” he said after Sunday morning’s practice. “Just keep executing the offense, getting more comfortable in it and take it play by play.”
Hendon has similar goals on Friday.
“We’ve just got to come out and execute,” he said. “Point back, period. No excuses and leave it at that.”
RAIDERS SAFETY LONNIE JOHNSON JR. SUFFERED BROKEN LEG IN MOCK GAME, AP SOURCE SAYS
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Raiders safety Lonnie Johnson Jr. broke his right leg in Las Vegas’ mock game on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on Sunday on condition of anonymity because the specifics of the injury were not announced.
That person also said more information was needed to determine how long Johnson, who fractured his fibula, would be sidelined.
Johnson has been competing on the second team in practices, but has been with the starters when the Raiders have gone to nickel defenses.
This is his seventh season in the NFL. Johnson signed as a free agent after playing last season in Carolina. He started once for the Panthers and played in 15 games, making seven tackles.
He also has played for New Orleans, Tennessee and Houston and has 20 career starts with 199 tackles and four interceptions.
BILLS MOUNTING LIST OF INJURIES GROWS TO 15 PLAYERS, WITH ADDITIONS OF WRS SHAKIR AND PALMER
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills coach Sean McDermott put aside his concerns over the team’s growing injury list, which now includes starting receiver Khalil Shakir, by saying he has no choice but to move forward in returning to training camp on Sunday.
McDermott followed the Bills day off by opening his pre-practice news conference listing 15 members of Buffalo’s 91-player roster as either being limited or not practicing.
Shakir was among the latest additions and listed week to week with a high ankle sprain after he was hurt during the Bills annual Red and Blue scrimmage at their home stadium on Friday.
Also injured Friday were receiver Josh Palmer (groin), one of the team’s prized offseason free agent additions, and linebacker Shaq Thompson (groin).
The injuries have particularly hit Buffalo’s receivers, with Curtis Samuel (hamstring) and backup Kaden Prather also sidelined. That leaves Keon Coleman as the only projected starter still healthy with Buffalo preparing to open the preseason by hosting the New York Giants on Saturday.
“What we’ve tried to do is pull back on some things in hopes of getting some numbers back. And that hasn’t helped,” McDermott added, in reference to cutting back on the number and length of padded practices. “We’re moving forward. It’s time for us to go and we got to get some work done and move this team forward.”
The most serious injury has been to rookie cornerback Maxwell Hairston, who is out indefinitely after spraining a ligament in his right knee last week. Hairston is watching practice on crutches with no definitive timetable for his return.
“It’s going to take some time. He’s week to week,” McDermott said of the first-round draft pick who was competing for a starting job opposite Christian Benford.
“Here’s a young player that is not only missing just the moving around, but also the mental part of the experience you get with through the reps,” he added. “So there’s no way to avoid it, he’s going to be behind when he comes back.”
Injuries have been an issue for the five-time defending AFC East champions since opening training camp with four players on injured lists, including tight end Dawson Knox (calf) and right tackle Spencer Brown (back). Of those four, backup center Sedrick Van Pran-Granger (calf) remains sidelined with McDermott hoping the player will be available to return in time for Buffalo’s preseason finale at Tampa Bay on Aug. 23.
Brown resumed practicing on Sunday as did starting linebacker Terrel Bernard, who missed a week with a hamstring injury.
The rash of injuries has also affected Buffalo’s special teams unit with kicker Tyler Bass sidelined with a pelvis issue.
EAGLES WR A.J. BROWN (HAMSTRING) MISSES PRACTICE
Philadelphia Eagles standout wide receiver A.J. Brown did not practice Sunday due to a hamstring injury.
He left practice early Friday because of the issue. There was no timetable provided for his return.
A three-time second-team All-Pro and a three-time Pro Bowl selection, Brown is entering his seventh NFL season — fourth with the Eagles.
In 13 games (all starts) last season, Brown caught 67 passes for a team-leading 1,079 yards and seven touchdowns.
Brown, 28, has appeared in 90 games (82 starts) with the Tennessee Titans (2019-21) and Eagles. He has five 1,000-yard seasons and 446 receptions for 7,026 yards with 49 scores. He also has one rushing touchdown.
The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles open preseason play Thursday night against the Cincinnati Bengals. They will host the NFC East-rival Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener on Thursday, Sept. 4.
RT AUSTIN JACKSON, FB ALEC INGOLD LATEST INJURIES FOR DOLPHINS
The Miami Dolphins endured a rough few days on the practice field as they ramp up for their preseason opener next week.
Right tackle Austin Jackson sustained a lower leg injury on Friday, knocking him out for a matter of weeks, and fullback Alec Ingold wound up in concussion protocol after getting hurt in practice on Sunday.
Jackson missed more than half of the 2024 season due to a knee injury, but coach Mike McDaniel emphasized on Sunday that the latest ailment is unrelated.
“He got the (new) injury playing football and got stepped on. It has nothing to do with anything but that,” McDaniel said Sunday. “And with Austin, the bottom line for me where he’s at … he knocked some rust off, he got back and, in my opinion, exceeded where he was playing before. So we’re fortunate that that timetable (for his absence) doesn’t seem to be into the regular season.”
Jackson, 25, has started 54 of his 56 NFL games for the Dolphins since they selected him with the 18th overall pick in the 2020 draft out of Southern California.
The Dolphins added to their offensive line depth on Sunday by signing Germain Ifedi. A first-round pick of Seattle in 2016, he has played for the Seahawks (2016-19), the Chicago Bears (2020-21), the Atlanta Falcons (2022) and the Cleveland Browns (2024). Last year, he appeared in 15 games and made five starts.
Ingold, 29, played three seasons with the Raiders before spending the past three years in Miami, including a Pro Bowl season in 2023. Last year, he had 10 carries for 17 yards and a touchdown to go with 11 receptions for 96 yards.
Miami’s exhibition opener is at Chicago on Aug. 10. The Dolphins begin the regular season at Indianapolis on Sept. 7.
REPORTS: DOLPHINS SIGN DT ZACH SIELER TO 3-YEAR EXTENSION
Defensive tackle Zach Sieler agreed to a three-year, $67.75 million contract extension with the Miami Dolphins, ESPN and NFL.com reported on Sunday.
The contract reportedly includes $44 million in guaranteed money.
Sieler, 29, is a seven-year NFL veteran who began his career with the Baltimore Ravens. He joined the Dolphins in 2019, and he had a breakout campaign in 2023, recording 10 sacks.
Last season, Sieler continued his high-level play, posting 55 combined tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 10 sacks and one forced fumble. Pro Football Focus gave him a 78.6 overall grade, ranking him 12th among 219 qualifying interior defenders.
Zieler is now set to become the highest-paid defensive player on the Dolphins and ninth-highest paid defensive tackle in the league by average annual value.
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: M’S JULIO RODRIGUEZ SETS 20-20 RECORD IN WIN
Julio Rodriguez hit a milestone home run as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Texas Rangers 5-4 on Sunday.
Jorge Polanco and J.P. Crawford also went deep for the Mariners, who took three of four games in the series. Rodriguez’s two-run homer in the third inning off Jacob deGrom (10-4) was the 100th of his career and made him the first player in major league history to have 20 homers and 20 stolen bases in each of their first four years.
Logan Evans (5-4) allowed three runs on five hits over five innings, and Andres Munoz pitched a scoreless ninth for his 25th save.
Adolis Garcia went 3-for-3 with a double and home run for the Rangers, and Corey Seager also homered. deGrom gave up five runs on four hits in five innings.
Red Sox 6, Astros 1
Lucas Giolito gave up just one run and three hits over eight innings as host Boston swept Houston.
Giolito (8-2) struck out four and walked one in his longest start since Aug. 9, 2021. Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-3 for the Red Sox, who pieced together four hits, two sacrifices, one error, one balk, one wild pitch and one passed ball to score all six of their runs in the fourth.
Carlos Correa, who was re-acquired by the Astros at the trade deadline, hit his first homer in a Houston uniform since Oct. 15, 2021. Starter Framber Valdez (11-5) allowed seven hits and six runs (four earned) in six innings.
Dodgers 3, Rays 0
Freddie Freeman went 3-for-5 and drove in the game’s first run to extend his hot streak and give Los Angeles the rubber-match win over host Tampa Bay.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-7) scattered five hits over 5 2/3 innings and struck out six with no walks. Ben Casparius entered with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth and induced a Yandy Diaz groundout.
Rays starter Joe Boyle allowed three hits over five scoreless innings before giving way to Mason Englert (0-1), who allowed Freeman’s go-ahead single in the sixth. Junior Caminero and Jake Mangum notched two hits apiece for the Rays.
Angels 8, White Sox 5
Taylor Ward hit a three-run home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth, as Los Angeles rallied from a 5-0 deficit for a walk-off victory over Chicago in Anaheim, Calif.
Ward, who finished with four RBIs, hit a 3-2 sweeper from Chicago reliever Tyler Alexander (4-10) 397-feet into the left field bullpen for his career-high 26th homer. It was the eighth walk-off win for the Angels this season. Zach Neto homered and doubled, while driving in three runs. Nolan Schanuel doubled and had two hits, while scoring two runs as the Angels snapped a three-game losing streak.
For the White Sox, Colson Montgomery went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, Brooks Baldwin had three hits, Luis Robert Jr. went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, and Lenyn Sosa scored two runs. Chicago had a three-game winning streak snapped.
Phillies 2, Tigers 0
Kyle Schwarber belted his 38th homer of the year and threw eight scoreless innings to help host Philadelphia to a shutout victory over Detroit.
Sanchez (10-3) allowed five hits and struck out six over eight innings. It is the 17th time this season that the left-hander has allowed two or fewer runs. Jhoan Duran came on in the ninth inning to register his 18th save of the season and second on the weekend since being obtained from Minnesota on Wednesday.
Tigers starter Charlie Morton (7-9), a 41-year-old right-hander who was obtained from Baltimore on Thursday shortly before the trade deadline, struck out six while allowing one run on four hits over six innings.
Giants 12, Mets 4
Carson Whisenhunt recorded his first career win by combining with three relievers on an eight-hitter for visiting San Francisco, which beat New York in the rubber game of a three-game series.
Rafael Devers was 3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs for the Giants, who improved to 4-11 since the All-Star Break. Patrick Bailey and Dominic Smith had two RBIs each while Casey Schmitt drilled a three-run homer in the ninth. Jung Hoo Lee was 4-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
Francisco Lindor homered in the first for the Mets, who are 10-10 in their last 20 games. Francisco Alvarez was 2-for-3 with a two-run ninth-inning single.
Braves 4, Reds 2
Eli White hit a pair of home runs to help Atlanta beat Cincinnati in the Speedway Classic held at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway before an MLB-record crowd of 91,032.
It was the completion of a game that began Saturday and suspended in the bottom of the first inning. The winning pitcher was Hurston Waldrep, who was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett. He took over from Austin Cox, who was the opener on Saturday and allowed three hits and a run in one third of an inning before the game was suspended. Waldrep (1-0) worked 5 2/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits in his first major league appearance of the season.
White connected on a three-run shot in the second inning off Brent Suter and added a solo homer in the seventh off Scott Barlow, giving him six for the season. It was the second multi-home run game of White’s career.
Brewers 14, Nationals 3
Brice Turang homered twice and drove in four runs, and the Brewers routed the Nationals to complete a sweep of the three-game series.
Milwaukee’s scheduled starter, rookie Jacob Misiorowski, was placed on the injured list Sunday morning with a left tibia contusion. Logan Henderson was recalled from Triple-A Nashville and pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing a run on three hits.
Brad Lord (2-6) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings. Drew Millas had two doubles for Washington.
Royals 7, Blue Jays 4
The visiting Royals rallied with a five-run 10th inning to take the rubber match against the Blue Jays.
Kyle Isbel started the late-game run with an RBI double against Seranthony Dominguez (2-4). Isbel had two hits for the Royals, who started a nine-game road trip with the series win. Tyler Tolbert delivered a two-RBI single, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Maikel Garcia.
Ernie Clement and Joey Loperfido had two hits each for the Blue Jays. Toronto drove in two runs in the bottom of the 10th but still came up short.
Marlins 7, Yankees 3
All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers launched a three-run homer as the host Marlins swept the Yankees for the first time in franchise history.
Stowers, whose fourth-inning blast pushed the Marlins’ lead to 6-1, finished with two homers and eight RBIs in the three-game series. Starter Edward Cabrera (5-5) pitched six strong innings on Sunday, allowing just two hits, one walk, and one run while striking out seven.
New York was led by former Marlins star Jazz Chisholm Jr., who slugged a two-run homer. Luis Gil (0-1) made his 2025 season debut. In 3 1/3 innings, he allowed four runs and five hits.
Twins 5, Guardians 4
Trevor Larnach singled in two runs to cap a four-run first inning as Minnesota beat host Cleveland to salvage a win in the three-game series.
Twins starter Jose Urena went four innings in his spot start. The right-hander reliever gave up two runs and five hits. Kody Funderbuck (2-1) picked up the win, relieving Urena and throwing two scoreless innings, giving up three hits and striking out two. Erasmo Ramirez, 35, earned his first save in his first appearance of the season.
The Guardians also started a reliever in Joey Cantillo (2-2). After giving up the four runs in the first, he settled to go 5 2/3 innings, giving up six hits, walking two and striking out nine in 91 pitches.
Cubs 5, Orioles 3
Justin Turner delivered a pinch-hit two-run homer in the ninth to lift Chicago past visiting Baltimore in the rubber game of their three-game series.
On the first pitch after Orioles third baseman Jordan Westburg threw high to first on a Dansby Swanson grounder to open the ninth, Turner belted a fastball from Keegan Akin (3-1) over the wall in left-center field for the first regular-season walk-off homer of the 40-year-old’s career.
Seiya Suzuki had two hits, one RBI and one run while Kyle Tucker and Nico Hoerner added two hits apiece for the Cubs, who have won three of four. Cubs starter Colin Rea allowed two runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Daniel Palencia (1-2) blew the save in the ninth but got the win.
Diamondbacks 6, Athletics 4
Corbin Carroll capped a three-run second with an RBI single, Eduardo Rodriguez threw five effective innings and Arizona won a road series over the Athletics in West Sacramento, Calif.
Blaze Alexander hit his first home run of the season, while Alek Thomas and Geraldo Perdomo had three hits apiece for the Diamondbacks. Rodriguez (4-7) was charged with two runs on six hits in his five innings.
Athletics rookie starter Jack Perkins (0-2) was pulled after three innings, having allowed four runs and five hits. Teammate JJ Bleday was 4-for-4 with a home run, double, two singles, three runs scored and one RBI.
Pirates 9, Rockies 5
Spencer Horwitz homered twice, doubled and drove in a career-high six runs, Tommy Pham also went deep, and Pittsburgh beat Colorado in Denver.
Nick Gonzales had four hits for Pittsburgh, which salvaged the finale of the three-game series. Mitch Keller (5-10) allowed five runs on seven hits in five-plus innings.
Mickey Moniak, Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning, but it wasn’t enough for the Rockies. Colorado starter Bradley Blalock (1-3) gave up seven runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Padres 7, Cardinals 3
Jake Cronenworth cracked a two-run homer and Dylan Cease tossed five scoreless innings as host San Diego defeated St. Louis.
Cease (4-10) allowed just one hit, a first-inning single to Ivan Herrera, and one walk while striking out nine. It was the first win since June 21 for Cease, who was kept by San Diego general manager A.J. Preller at the trading deadline despite rumors he would be dealt.
Cardinals starter Andre Pallante (6-8) worked in and out of trouble for most of his five innings, permitting two runs on five hits, including Cronenworth’s ninth homer of the season in the fourth.
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WNBA NEWS
FEVER KNOCK OFF STORM FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT VICTORY
Natasha Howard scored 21 points and Sophie Cunningham added a season-high 17 as the visiting Indiana Fever extended their winning streak to a season-high five games by holding on for a 78-74 victory over the Seattle Storm on Sunday.
Aliyah Boston amassed 16 points, 12 rebounds and three steals as the Fever (17-12) solidified their playoff credentials after winning the first two games of a four-game road trip. Indiana leading scorer Kelsey Mitchell was held to nine points, well below her 19.9 per-game average, on 3-of-16 shooting.
Indiana’s recent success has come without star guard Caitlin Clark, who has missed the past seven games with a groin injury and has missed 16 of the team’s 29 games this season with multiple ailments.
Aari McDonald, who has been starting for the Fever in place of Clark, scored nine points and handed out nine assists.
Nneka Ogwumike scored 16 points and Skylar Diggins added 13 as the Storm (16-13) lost for the third time in their past four games. Gabby Williams and Dominique Malonga each had 12 points for Seattle, which is on a three-game home losing streak.
The Fever appeared to be in control, leading 57-44 lead with 4:25 remaining in the third quarter after a jumper from Howard capped a 9-2 run. The Storm followed a timeout by closing the quarter on a 10-1 run to cut the deficit to 58-54.
Indiana found its stride again with an 8-2 run to open the fourth quarter and push the advantage back to 66-56 with 7:53 remaining.
The Storm made a late push with an 11-0 run to pull within 73-72 with 2:14 remaining after a three-point play from Diggins.
Trailing 75-72, Seattle missed four consecutive 3-point attempts that would have tied the game until Malonga scored as Seattle pulled within 75-74 with 12.2 seconds remaining. With another chance for the Storm to tie the game late, Williams missed a 3-pointer with 5.1 seconds remaining.
Indiana led by as many as 10 in the second quarter before taking a 42-34 lead into halftime. Howard led all scorers with 12 points in the first half.
JEWELL LOYD CATCHES FIRE, ACES BOUNCE BACK VS. VALKYRIES
Jewell Loyd established season highs of 27 points and seven 3-pointers off the bench and the Las Vegas Aces rebounded from a horrifying loss one day earlier to rout the visiting Golden State Valkyries 101-77 on Sunday.
Jackie Young recorded 20 points and eight assists and A’ja Wilson added 14 points, 14 rebounds and four steals to help Las Vegas (15-14) move forward after being pounded 111-58 by the Minnesota Lynx for the second worst loss in WNBA history.
Chelsea Gray had 11 points, six assists and five rebounds as the Aces led by as many as 28 points in the first of a home-and-home between the teams. The rematch is Wednesday in San Francisco.
Iliana Rupert scored a season-high 17 points as the Valkyries (14-14) had a three-game winning streak halted. Golden State finished 3-2 on a five-game road trip.
Laeticia Amihere had 14 points and nine rebounds off the bench and Carla Leite also scored 14 for the Valkyries. Kaila Charles added 13 points.
Golden State again played without Monique Billings (ankle), Tiffany Hayes (ankle) and Cecilia Zandalasini (foot); the attrition continued when Janelle Salaun was ejected for a flagrant 2 foul in the final seconds of the first half.
Earlier this season, the Valkyries lost All-Star Kayla Thornton to a season-ending knee injury.
The Aces shot 46.1 percent from the field, including 18 of 40 from 3-point range. Loyd was 7 of 11 from long distance.
Golden State made just 34.2 percent of its field goal attempts and was 10 of 34 from behind the arc.
Las Vegas took control by scoring 20 of the final 27 points in the first quarter for a 27-14 lead.
A three-point play by Wilson pushed the advantage to 43-22 with 2:31 left in the half. The score was 50-25 at halftime.
Loyd made three first-half 3-pointers and had 13 points at the break.
Then she turned her shooting into overdrive late in the third quarter when she buried three treys in 84 seconds to boost the lead to 76-48 with 31 seconds to play. The score was 76-50 entering the fourth quarter.
Loyd achieved her season high by hitting trey No. 7 with 7:03 remaining in the game. Her career high is nine.
MERCURY CRUISE PAST SKY BEHIND KAHLEAH COPPER’S 25, ALYSSA THOMAS’ TRIPLE-DOUBLE
Kahleah Copper scored a game-high 25 points and Alyssa Thomas registered a triple-double of 10 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to lift the visiting Phoenix Mercury to an 83-67 win against the skidding Chicago Sky on Sunday.
Phoenix (17-11) salvaged the finale of a five-game road trip in which it finished 2-3. The Mercury led by as many as 26 points after trailing by nine in the first half.
Phoenix regained the advantage to stay on Monique Akoa Makani’s pullup jumper with 4:31 left in the second quarter. The Mercury led 42-34 at the break before limiting the Sky to 33 second-half points. The Sky committed eight of their 12 turnovers after halftime.
Short-handed Chicago lost its eighth straight game to fall to 7-21. Angel Reese, the team leader in points, rebounds and assists, remained out with a leg injury while second-leading scorer Ariel Atkins (calf) also was sidelined.
The Sky shot 37.1 percent compared to 45.2 percent for the Mercury, who shot just 7-for-25 from beyond the arc.
Copper shined against her former team, finishing 8-for-14 from the floor, including a 4-for-6 effort from long range.
Sami Whitcomb chipped in 11 points for Phoenix while Kalani Brown grabbed nine boards. Thomas notched her second triple-double of the season and first since July 7.
The Mercury finished plus-five on the glass and outscored the Sky 30-3 on the fast break.
Elizabeth Williams paced the Sky with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Kamilla Cardoso had 12 points and 10 rebounds for her fifth double-double in six games while Michaela Onyenwere chipped in 13 points. Sevgi Uzun dished four assists for Chicago but also led the team with five turnovers.
The Mercury were without top scorer Satou Sabally, who missed the game due to personal reasons. Phoenix coach Nate Tibbetts said the absence was not related to Sabally’s benching during the season half of Friday’s loss in Atlanta.
Phoenix improved to 3-0 against Chicago this season. The teams are set to close the season series in Phoenix on Aug. 28.
DREAM OVERCOME SLOPPY START, CRUISE TO WIN OVER MYSTICS
Brionna Jones scored a game-high 23 points on 9-of-10 field goal shooting Sunday and the Atlanta Dream shrugged off a ragged start to stop the visiting Washington Mystics 99-83.
Allisha Gray added 22 for Atlanta (18-11), which won for the fifth time in six games and accomplished a season high in scoring for a second straight game. Jordin Canada contributed 16 points and nine assists, while Naz Hillmon chipped in a 14-point, 13-rebound double-double. Nia Coffey came off the bench to tally 15 points.
Rookie Kiki Iriafen scored 22 points to pace Washington (13-15), connecting on 9 of 15 attempts from the field. Shakira Austin added 16 but also committed seven of the Mystics’ 22 turnovers. Sonia Citron also hit for 16 points, and Sug Sutton finished with 13 points.
The game was rife with mistakes as the teams combined for 43 turnovers. But the main difference was what the teams did with the opponent’s mistakes. The Dream cashed in Washington’s turnovers for 33 points and the Mystics managed just 20 points off Atlanta’s 21 miscues.
The Dream made 56.3 percent of their field goal attempts and earned a 33-19 rebounding advantage. They led by as many as 21 points in the fourth quarter.
Looking for a win to help its playoff chances, Washington jumped out to a fast start, forcing five turnovers in the first four minutes and scoring the first 10 points. The Mystics pushed the lead as high as 13 before settling for a 23-12 advantage going to the second quarter.
Atlanta turned the tide late in the second quarter when it started forcing turnovers at a rapid clip. Down 35-23, the Dream went on a 17-2 run, taking the lead for good on Canada’s layup with 51.7 seconds left. They got to the half up 40-39.
Atlanta kept expanding the lead in the third quarter, making it double figures for the first time on Jones’ 3-point play at the 3:11 mark. Jones added a layup with 6.6 seconds remaining to send the Dream to the fourth quarter with a 71-60 cushion.
SABRINA IONESCU ERUPTS FOR SEASON-HIGH 36 AS LIBERTY DOWN SUN
Sabrina Ionescu scored a season-high 36 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the visiting New York Liberty waved goodbye to a four-game losing streak with an 87-78 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday.
Ionescu recorded her first double-double of the year and her lone made 3-pointer was the 445th of her career, the most in franchise history, as the Liberty (18-10) ended their longest losing streak since 2022.
Jonquel Jones was also impressive, scoring 21 points and grabbing nine rebounds for New York, which won its 500th game in franchise history and is 2-1 against Connecticut this season.
The Liberty won despite still being without Breanna Stewart, who is averaging 18.3 points per game but missed her fourth game in a row with a knee bruise.
Adding Emma Meesseman to the roster helped, however. Signed on Friday, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP chipped in 11 points.
Connecticut (5-22) was looking for back-to-back wins for the first time this season but couldn’t pull it off despite 17 points and eight rebounds from Tina Charles.
Aneesah Morrow added 16 points and nine boards, Bria Hartley scored 12 and Marina Mabrey contributed 10 points for the Sun, who have lost six of eight.
New York led 45-38 at halftime and took its first double-digit when Meesseman, playing in the league for the first time since 2022, hit two free throws for a 54-43 lead at the 6:24 mark.
The Liberty led 66-57 going into the final period and went on to avenge Friday’s 78-62 loss to the Sun in Uncasville.
Ionescu was on fire in the opening quarter with 16 points, giving her team a 20-19 lead with a layup while sparking a 6-0 run that gave the reigning WNBA champions a 25-19 edge after one.
Connecticut got as close as 39-36 on a 3-pointer by Bria Hartley with 2:57 remaining in the half.
But the Liberty responded with a 6-0 run, capped by Jones’ layup with 1:49 to go as New York went up 43-36.
New York scored 13 of its points off turnovers and shot 54.1 percent (20-of-37) from the field on its way to a seven-point advantage.
New York and Connecticut will play one final time this year when they meet Aug. 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
LYNX ACQUIRE DIJONAI CARRINGTON IN TRADE WITH WINGS
The Minnesota Lynx acquired guard DiJonai Carrington on Sunday from the Dallas Wings, sending forward Diamond Miller, guard Karlie Samuelson and a 2027 second-round draft pick in exchange.
With the move, Carrington goes from the No. 11 team in the league in Dallas (8-21) to a franchise that is running away from the pack in the league standings. The Lynx (24-5) have a six-game lead on the second-place New York Liberty.
Dallas acquired the 5-foot-11 Carrington on Feb. 2 from the Connecticut Sun, with whom she played four seasons. The move was part of a massive 10-team trade.
In 20 games with the Wings, the 27-year-old averaged 10.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists over 24.9 minutes per game.
All are above her career averages of 8.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 20.2 minutes per contest. She has appeared in 151 career games with Dallas and Connecticut.
Carrington was named the WNBA’s Most Improved Player in 2024 and also was selected to the league’s All-Defensive first team.
The Lynx selected Miller with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft. She has averages of 7.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists over 16.3 minutes over 78 career games.
Samuelson was in her first season with Dallas after being acquired April 14 in a trade with the Washington Mystics. In 16 games this season, she averaged 3.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 16.5 minutes per game. She is a career 39.2 percent shooter from 3-point territory.
The Lynx next play on Tuesday against the Storm in Seattle.
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GOLF NEWS
MIYU YAMASHITA CLAIMS WOMEN’S OPEN TITLE FOR 1ST CAREER VICTORY
Heading into the week, foreign players had taken each of the previous eight LPGA Tour major championships, including three from Japan.
At the AIG Women’s Open on Sunday, rookie Miyu Yamashita continued the trend.
A day after celebrating her 24th birthday, Yamashita carded a 2-under-par 70 at Royal Porthcawl in Wales to finish at 11-under 277 for the tournament to record her first victory on tour and become the sixth-ever major champion from Japan — and the fourth in two years.
“To win such a historic tournament in front of all these amazing fans is such an incredible feeling,” Yamashita said after the round, “and to have my family around me to have so much support from everyone here is just amazing. To be part of such a moment in history is something very, very special.”
The Osaka native finished two shots clear of Japan’s Minami Katsu and England’s Charley Hull, who both carded 69s.
Yamashita became the second player this season to make a major championship her first win and joined Hinako Shibuno (2019) to win the AIG Women’s Open.
“Being my first win as well is something that’s very special,” Yamashita said, “and to celebrate with everyone is just an amazing feeling.”
Yamashita has certainly made the most of her first season on tour. In addition to Sunday’s victory, she has made 13 other cuts in 15 starts with six top-10 finishes, including two in major championships. With 840 points, Yamashita sits 68 back of fellow countrywoman Rio Takeda for the LPGA’s Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award.
The leader since Friday, Yamashita was bogey-free until the par-4 17th. Fortunately, she already enjoyed some cushion from Hull. After closing to within a shot with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 14th, Hull found a pot bunker off the tee at 16 en route to a bogey. She carded another on the 17th that set the stage for Yamashita, whose made par on the 18th to secure the win.
“It was a bit unfortunate, but I felt like I was very much in control of my game today,” Hull said. “I don’t feel like I mis-hit any shots out there. I hit it pretty pure today.”
Hull added that she was unsure if she was going to even make the cut this week, noting that she was not hitting the ball well — especially after collapsing several times during July’s Evian Championship. She conceded that she “still wasn’t feeling well” until Sunday leading up to the AIG Women’s Open.
“So I think I done pretty well,” Hull said, “and considering my mindset coming into it, I’m pretty proud of myself.”
Takeda, who carded a 1-under 71 on Sunday to finish at 7 under for the tournament, shared fourth place with South Korea’s A Lim Kim, who shot a 73.
Chinese Taipei’s Wei-Ling Hsu and American Megan Khan each finished at 6 under, while Spanish amateur Paula Martin Sampedro, Australia’s Stephanie Kyriacou and England’s Lottie Woad — who won last week’s Women’s Scottish Open in her first professional tournament — rounded out the top 10 at 4 under.
CAMERON YOUNG CRUISES TO HISTORIC FIRST VICTORY, TIES SCORING RECORD AT WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Cameron Young shot 2-under-par 68 in the final round of the Wyndham Championship and wasn’t challenged on his way to his first PGA Tour victory Sunday at Greensboro, N.C.
Young strung together five consecutive early birdies and cruised to a six-stroke triumph at 22-under 258 at Sedgefield Country Club, where he matched the tournament scoring record.
Young, who began the day with a five-stroke advantage and held the 54-hole lead for the first time on the tour, became the 1,000th different winner in the history of the PGA Tour. He was a seven-time runner-up on the tour.
Mac Meissner posted 66 to finish as the runner-up at 16 under. Mark Hubbard (63) and Sweden’s Alex Noren (64) tied for third place at 15 under. Amateur Jackson Koivun (67), a junior golfer at Auburn University, Chris Kirk (68), and defending champion Aaron Rai (68) of England shared fifth place at 14 under.
Playing not far from the Wake Forest campus where he went to college, Young was in control for most of the tournament.
After a bogey on the first hole Sunday, Young put together his string of birdies for what became a nine-stroke advantage. Young then had pars on nine consecutive holes before bogeys on the par-3 16th and par-4 17th. He barely missed a birdie attempt on the last hole.
Colombia’s Nico Echavarria, who was in the final pairing with Young, tumbled from the leaderboard with a disastrous stretch on the back nine. After a bogey at No. 10, he carded double-bogeys on the next two holes. His 75 left him tied for 19th place at 10 under.
Denny McCarthy matched Hubbard’s 63 for the best score Sunday and ended up at 12 under and tied for 11th place.
Rookie Karl Vilips posted his first hole-in-one with a 179-yard shot on the third hole. His 67 put him at 10 under.
The tournament marks the final regular-season event on the tour, with golfers needing to finish in the top 70 of the season standings to advance to the FedEx Cup playoffs beginning Thursday.
Kirk played his way into the tournament by jumping 12 spots since the beginning of the tournament.
Davis Thompson (68) nded at 12 under, missing the top-70 position by one spot. Gary Woodland was on the bubble, but his final-day 70 left him at 9 under for the tournament and sharing 23rd place, so he was projected to finish 72nd.
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AUTO RACING
WILLIAM BYRON HOLDS OFF CHASE BRISCOE, CAPTURES SECOND WIN OF SEASON AT IOWA CORN 350
William Byron nursed his No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet home on fuel to win Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Ia.
With a 1 1/2-secord lead over polesitter Chase Briscoe in the final 20 laps, the 27-year-old Charlotte, N.C., native beat Briscoe by 1.192 seconds for his second win after capturing the season-opening Daytona 500 for the second straight time.
Brad Keselowski, Ryan Blaney and Ryan Preece rounded out the top five in the race, which had 12 cautions for 72 laps.
A Chevrolet driver won for the fourth time in the past six races.
In his 100th career NASCAR Cup Series start, John Hunter Nemechek was 15th.
Driving a backup car and starting last after wrecking in Saturday’s practice, two-time Cup champ Kyle Busch was 20th.
In NASCAR’s return to the Hawkeye State for the second straight time, Byron gapped Briscoe right from the start and led the first 67 laps, but Keselowski’s No. 6 Ford came alive and put pressure on Byron.
With Byron’s car getting tight and lacking full braking, Keselowski, a three-time winner at Iowa in the Xfinity Series, passed the No. 24 for the 10 bonus points for winning Stage 1.
Austin Cindric, Byron, Blaney and Briscoe filled the top five finishers in the first segment of the 350-lap race.
In Stage 2, Briscoe displayed the speed he had in qualifying and took the point, while defending Iowa winner Blaney stayed within a half-second behind the first-year Joe Gibbs Racing driver.
With Keselowski leading on Lap 170, the first caution for incident occurred when Shane van Gisbergen looped his Chevrolet between Turns 1 and 2.
After Ty Dillon’s spin set up a shootout to decide Stage 2, Keselowski won another segment, this time with Carson Hocevar wrecking back in the field. Blaney, Cindric and Ty Gibbs took the next three spots.
The second half of the race featured a slew of cautions after only two in the first 170 laps. In all, 10 more yellows flew as much of the final 180 circuits were slowed and pit stops became more frequent.
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COLTS NEWS
COLTS BACKUP RUNNING BACK SALVON AHMED CARTED OFF THE FIELD WITH RIGHT LEG INJURY
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Indianapolis Colts backup running back Salvon Ahmed was carted off the field near the end of Sunday’s practice with what coach Shane Steichen described as a severe injury to his right leg.
Ahmed screamed when he was dragged down in the end zone by Trey Washington’s hip-drop tackle, bringing an immediate hush to a near-capacity training camp crowd. Players dropped to one knee as trainers worked to immobilize Ahmed’s lower leg.
The Colts then gathered around Ahmed as he was placed onto a stretcher.
“Never want to see that happen,” Steichen said. “We don’t encourage hip-drop tackles. I know Trey is down in the dumps. I don’t think he’s trying to do that. We’re just trying to create that edge, especially in the developmental (guys) — those guys are going to have to tackle come preseason. So thoughts and prayers go out to Salvon. Hopefully he has a speedy recovery.”
Ahmed went undrafted in 2020 out of the University of Washington, but was claimed off waivers by the Miami Dolphins in late August and started the season on Miami’s practice squad.
He appeared in 38 games with the Dolphins, with 163 carries, 593 yards and five TDs from 2020-23 while catching 40 passes for 274 yards and another score.
Ahmed was cut by Miami during last year’s training camp and wound up on Denver’s practice squad. Indy added him to its practice squad in mid-October and he spent the rest of the season with the Colts and was re-signed to a reserve-futures contract in January.
Following the injury, Indy briefly stopped practice to huddle on the field before deciding to finish its final practice of the day.
“I knew him back when he was at UW when I was training in Seattle,” starting linebacker Zaire Franklin said. “It’s a tough situation. He’s competing for a job. He’s out here trying to compete and trying to get better. We’re warriors on the field, we understand what the possibilities are when we step on the field. Obviously, we’re a team so we’re not trying to hurt each other. Definitely, tough.”
Franklin, a four-time team captain, was participating in his second training camp practice after missing most of the first two weeks recovering from offseason ankle surgery.
He finished last season with a league-high 173 tackles.
Staying away wasn’t easy for the former Syracuse star, either.
“I can’t lie, I almost shed a tear yesterday because I’ve never missed that much time before,” Franklin said. “I got back there today and introduced myself to (rookie tight end) Tyler (Warren). Introduced myself to a couple of other guys that I needed to introduce myself to. I’m just glad to be out there.”
And disappointed Ahmed probably won’t be back on the field for some time — even though he was one of the players who thought the Colts needed to finish practice.
“Some things are part of the game and as sad as that stuff — we all hurt, we all love Salvon,” Franklin said. “So like, obviously, we are feeling that emotionally, but at the end of the day, we’ve got to win. We’ve got to compete. We’ve got to keep going.”
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INDIANA FEVER
GAME RECAP: INDIANA FEVER HOLD OFF SEATTLE FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY
SEATTLE (Aug. 3, 2025) — The Indiana Fever (17-12) secured a fifth-consecutive victory, tying the longest win record for the franchise in the last decade, with a tightly-contested 78-74 result at the Seattle Storm.
A back-and-forth first quarter saw the Indiana Fever with a one-point advantage, taking a narrow 17-16 lead with six points from Natasha Howard and five from Sophie Cunningham. Another six points from Howard and five from Cunningham in the second quarter, along with six from Damiris Dantas, put the Fever ahead 42-34 heading into the halftime break.
Indiana maintained their lead throughout the third quarter with Cunningham leading the Fever with seven points to put her team out in front 58-54 with one quarter remaining. Seattle pulled the game within one point with 10.7 seconds remaining, but a clutch layup from Kelsey Mitchell gave Indiana a three-point advantage, with Aliyah Boston making a late free throw with 2.3 seconds remaining to secure the win.
Howard finished the night with a team-leading 21 points, while Cunningham recorded a season-high 17.
Indiana Fever Notes:
- Aliyah Boston’s 12 rebounds brings her to 932 career rebounds, surpassing Tammy Sutton-Brown for the fourth most in Fever franchise history, doing so in just 109 games.
- Sophie Cunningham recorded a season-high 17 points, including a perfect 3/3 field goals, 2/2 three-point attempts and 2/2 free throws for 10 points in the first half.
- Aari McDonald recorded a season-high nine assists, just one shy of her career high of 10 assists set on June 28, 2024, with LA Sparks against the Phoenix Mercury.
- Boston recorded her 38th career double-double, ending the night with 16 points and 12 rebounds, her 14th of the season. Since joining the league in 2023 only four players have recorded more double doubles than Boston, including A’ja Wilson (56), Alyssa Thomas (55), Angel Reese (43) and Breanna Stewart (41). This season Boston’s 14 double-doubles are the second most in the entire WNBA only behind Reese (17).
Up Next: The Indiana Fever continue their four-game road trip on Tuesday, Aug. 5 against the LA Sparks at Crypto.com Arena, broadcast nationally on CBS Sports Network at 10 p.m. ET.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANS SEVEN EARLY RUNS SEAL SERIES WIN OVER IOWA
DES MOINES, Iowa – Alika Williams’ solo home run in the fourth inning was the deciding run in the Indianapolis Indians 12-4 win over the Iowa Cubs on Sunday afternoon at Principal Park. The Indians secured their second consecutive series win at Iowa since July 23, 2024.
Nick Yorke kicked off the scoring for the Indians (23-10, 65-42) with a solo home run in the second inning. Following a pair of groundouts, Williams was hit by a pitch. Darick Hall then singled, with Tsung-Che Cheng bringing them both home via his third triple of the campaign. Ronny Simon smacked a double into the gap to plate Cheng, putting Indy up 4-0. Billy Cook was hit by a pitch before the inning concluded and was replaced by Cam Devanney.
Iowa’s (14-19, 53-54) Ben Cowles cut the deficit, 4-1, with a solo home run in the bottom half of the second frame.
Williams answered back in the fourth inning with his solo home run, his third of the season. Following back-to-back singles from Hall and Cheng, and a strikeout by Simon, Devanney doubled home Hall for a 6-1 lead. Nick Solak reached on a fielder’s choice where Cheng was cut down at home, but Yorke singled after to score Devanney for a 7-1 advantage.
Simon picked up another RBI knock in the fifth frame, plating Matt Fraizer to extend the lead, 8-1. Moises Ballesteros drove in the final three runs for the I-Cubs, with a solo homer in the eighth inning and a two-run single in the ninth.
Ronny Simon launched his eighth home run of the season, a three-run blast, in the top of the ninth inning. His five RBI were his most since May 12, 2022, with High-A Bowling Green vs. Jersey Shore. Rafael Flores drove in the 12th run of the game with an RBI single later in the frame.
Nick Dombkowski tossed 4.2 innings of one-run ball, his longest professional outing since 6.0 innings on Sept. 7, 2024, with Double-A Altoona at Hartford. Blake Townsend (W, 1-0) earned his first Triple-A win with 2.1 scoreless frames following Dombkowski.
I-Cubs major league rehabber Jameson Taillon (L, 0-1) allowed seven earned runs across 3.0 innings.
Indy has an off day on Monday before beginning a six-game series against the Omaha Storm Chasers on Tuesday at Victory Field with first pitch set for 6:35 PM. Both teams are yet to name a starting pitcher.
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“SPORTS EXTRA”
TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
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. 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
Monday, August 4
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, New England Region, Bristol, Conn.
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southeast Region, Warner Robins, Ga.
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Metro Region, Bristol, Conn.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southwest Region, Waco, Texas
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Great Lakes Region, Whitestown, Ind.
9 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, West Region, San Bernardino, Calif.
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: Asia-Pacific Region vs. TBD, Greenville, N.C.
MLB BASEBALL
9:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Diego at Arizona (9:40 p.m.) OR Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
FS2 — Canadian Premier League: Vancouver FC at HFX Wanderers FC
6 p.m.
FS2 — Canadian Premier League: Cavalry FC at Pacific FC
TENNIS
6 p.m.
TENNIS — Canada-ATP/WTA Quarterfinals
