THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 6

ADAMS CENTRAL 35 SOUTH ADAMS 7

ALEXANDRIA 27 OAK HILL 21

ANDREAN 52 HIGHLAND 13

ANDREW (ILL.) 52 HAMMOND CENTRAL 0

ANGOLA 35 FAIRFIELD 8

ARSENAL TECH 16 INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 6

ATTICA 26 NORTH VERMILLION 20

BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 63 JENNINGS COUNTY 0

BEECH GROVE 12 EDGEWOOD 0

BLOOMINGTON NORTH 36 JEFFERSONVILLE 3

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH 54 SOUTHPORT 7

BLUFFTON 47 SOUTHERN WELLS 14

BOONE GROVE 42 RIVER FOREST 24

BOWMAN ACADEMY 30 NORTH WHITE 0

BREMEN 15 JOHN GLENN 14

BROWNSBURG 14 WESTFIELD 10

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL 59 SEYMOUR 13

CALUMET 59 WHITING 7

CARMEL 63 NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) 14

CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 42 FORT WAYNE SOUTH 6

CASCADE 55 CRAWFORDSVILLE 3

CASTLE 28 EVANSVILLE REITZ 25

CENTER GROVE 36 LAWRENCE CENTRAL 0

CHARLESTOWN 20 SCOTTSBURG 17

CHESTERTON 36 PORTAGE 16

CHURUBUSCO 36 FREMONT 14

CLARKSVILLE 34 PERRY CENTRAL 32

CLINTON PRAIRIE 38 DELPHI 0

CLOVERDALE 47 SOUTH DECATUR 3

COLUMBIA CITY 42 NEW HAVEN 13

COLUMBUS NORTH 42 TERRE HAUTE NORTH 0

CONCORD 44 NORTHWOOD 34

CROWN POINT 35 VALPARAISO 14

CULVER ACADEMY 14 KANKAKEE VALLEY 3

CULVER 12 CASTON 7

DANVILLE 37 CINCINNATI BACON (OHIO) 13

DEKALB 42 HUNTINGTON NORTH 28

DECATUR CENTRAL 37 PLAINFIELD 19

DELTA 27 NEW CASTLE 20

EAST CENTRAL 66 SOUTH DEARBORN 6

EAST NOBLE 35 NORWELL 0

EASTBROOK 42 ELWOOD 0

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 63 CLINTON CENTRAL 6

EASTERN HANCOCK 52 PARK TUDOR 0

EASTSIDE 42 PRAIRIE HEIGHTS 0

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL 56 EVANSVILLE BOSSE 6

EVANSVILLE NORTH 49 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 18

FISHERS 29 AVON 15

FLOYD CENTRAL 56 COLUMBUS EAST 28

FOREST PARK 34 PIKE CENTRAL 26

FORT WAYNE LUERS 42 FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 0

FORT WAYNE NORTH 51 FORT WAYNE WAYNE 7

FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 21 FORT WAYNE DWENGER 18

FRANKLIN CENTRAL 37 NOBLESVILLE 10

FRANKLIN COUNTY 21 GREENSBURG 7

FRANKLIN 28 MOORESVILLE 17

FRONTIER 55 NORTH NEWTON 19

GIBSON SOUTHERN 38 HERITAGE HILLS 34

GOSHEN 24 WAWASEE 15

GREENCASTLE 48 NORTH MONTGOMERY 42

GREENWOOD 35 PERRY MERIDIAN 20

GRIFFITH 44 EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 8

HAMILTON HEIGHTS 22 LOGANSPORT 14

HANOVER CENTRAL 30 MUNSTER 10

HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 21 MCCUTCHEON 7

HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 40 INDIANAPOLIS RITTER 14

HERITAGE 30 TIPTON 20

HOMESTEAD 38 FORT WAYNE SNIDER 0

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 30 CONNERSVILLE 6

INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL 32 TROTWOOD-MADISON (OHIO) 28

INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD 56 GUERIN CATHOLIC 14

INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 24 COVENANT CHRISTIAN 7

INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 44 BREBEUF JESUIT 7

INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA 50 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN 29

INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 55 CHRISTEL HOUSE 0

JASPER 47 EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 12

JAY COUNTY 21 WOODLAN 7

KNIGHTSTOWN 89 CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 0

KNOX 62 LAVILLE 16

KOKOMO 50 MARION 22

LAFAYETTE JEFF 77 ANDERSON 0

LAKE STATION 36 HAMMOND NOLL 31

LAKELAND 42 CENTRAL NOBLE 8

LAPEL 41 RUSHVILLE 8

LAWRENCE NORTH 48 BEN DAVIS 19

LAWRENCEBURG 48 BATESVILLE 6

LEBANON 21 TRITON CENTRAL 14

LEO 47 BELLMONT 0

LEWIS CASS 48 WHITKO 13

LINTON 38 NORTH DECATUR 20

LOWELL 20 HOBART 17

MACONAQUAH 42 NORTHWESTERN 28

MADISON-GRANT 26 FRANKTON 6

MANCHESTER 46 SOUTHWOOD 7

MERRILLVILLE 38 LAPORTE 0

MICHIGAN CITY 37 LAKE CENTRAL 17

MILAN 68 BROWN COUNTY 8

MISHAWAKA 35 NORTHRIDGE 20

MISSISSINEWA 56 BLACKFORD 13

MONROE CENTRAL 21 WES-DEL 14

MONROVIA 27 SPEEDWAY 6

MUNCIE CENTRAL 54 RICHMOND 20

NEW PALESTINE 49 GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 0

NEW PRAIRIE 45 SOUTH BEND RILEY 42

NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 41 MITCHELL 6

NORTH DAVIESS 26 WEST WASHINGTON 14

NORTH HARRISON 48 EASTERN (PEKIN) 6

NORTH JUDSON 10 TRITON 7

NORTH MIAMI 44 WINAMAC 14

NORTH POSEY 49 SOUTH SPENCER 28

NORTHEASTERN 29 CENTERVILLE 27

NORTHFIELD 47 WABASH 41

PAOLI 63 EASTERN GREENE 20

PARKE HERITAGE 28 COVINGTON 15

PENDLETON HEIGHTS 56 MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) 13

PENN 42 SOUTH BEND ADAMS 7

PIONEER 49 SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) 7

PRINCETON 33 NORTH KNOX 29

PROVIDENCE 49 MADISON 0

PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 18 INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY 0

RENSSELAER CENTRAL 40 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC 7

RIVERTON PARKE 61 SOUTH VERMILLION 6

ROCHESTER 50 PERU 0

SALEM 53 CORYDON CENTRAL 33

SEEGER 31 FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 14

SHENANDOAH 48 HAGERSTOWN 27

SHERIDAN 22 TAYLOR 13

SILVER CREEK 23 NEW ALBANY 22

SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 21 ELKHART 14

SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 28 MISHAWAKA MARIAN 21

SOUTH PUTNAM 69 WEST VIGO 13

SOUTHMONT 40 NORTH PUTNAM 14

SOUTHRIDGE 21 MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 6

SPRINGS VALLEY 47 CRAWFORD COUNTY 6

SULLIVAN 63 OWEN VALLEY 0

SWITZERLAND COUNTY 48 EDINBURGH 6

TECUMSEH 24 TELL CITY 0

TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 37 NORTHVIEW 26

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 33 JIMTOWN 0

TOLEDO CHRISTIAN (OHIO) 27 FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 0

TRI-COUNTY 50 FAITH CHRISTIAN 48

TRI-WEST 31 INDIAN CREEK 24

TWIN LAKES 75 BENTON CENTRAL 6

UNION CITY 63 UNION COUNTY 8

VINCENNES LINCOLN 49 EVANSVILLE HARRISON 7

WARREN CENTRAL 31 PIKE 28 OT

WARSAW 42 PLYMOUTH 14

WASHINGTON 26 BOONVILLE 14

WEST CENTRAL 52 SOUTH NEWTON 6

WEST NOBLE 17 GARRETT 6

WESTERN BOONE 61 FRANKFORT 0

WESTERN 34 WEST LAFAYETTE 20

WHEELER 42 GARY WEST 26

WHITELAND 41 MARTINSVILLE 13

WINCHESTER 22 TRI 14

YORKTOWN 48 SHELBYVILLE 28

ZIONSVILLE 35 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN 29

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+++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL SCORES:+++

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+++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER SCORES:+++

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=9/26/2025

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+++INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER SCORES:+++

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=9/26/2025

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF REGIONALS

1. LAKE CENTRAL | SANDY PINES GC | SAT, 8 AM CT | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 1-5

2. EAST NOBLE | NOBLE HAWK GC | FRI, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 6-10

3. LAFAYETTE JEFFERSON | BATTLEGROUND GC | SAT, 9 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 11-15

4. LAPEL | EDGEWOOD GC | SAT, 9 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 16-20

5. WASHINGTON | COUNTRY OAKS GC | SAT, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 21-25

6. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY | THE LEGENDS GC | SAT, 8:30 AM ET | RESULTS
FEEDER SECTIONALS: SECTIONALS 26-30

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+++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS:+++

NO RACES SCHEDULED

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+++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS SCORES:+++

NO SCORES REPORTED

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+++INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL UNIFIED FLAG FOOTBALL+++

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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+++MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL+++

CHICAGO CUBS 12 ST. LOUIS 1

PHILADELPHIA 3 MINNESOTA 1

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10 WASHINGTON 9

NY YANKEES 8 BALTIMORE 4

TORONTO 4 TAMPA BAY 2

TEXAS 7 CLEVELAND 3

BOSTON 4 DETROIT 3

MIAMI 6 NY METS 2

PITTSBURGH 9 ATLANTA 3

CINCINNATI 3 MILWAUKEE 1

LA ANGELS 4 HOUSTON 3

SAN DIEGO 7 ARIZONA 4

LA DODGERS 3 SEATTLE 2

LAS VEGAS 4 KANSAS CITY 3

SAN FRANCISCO 6 COLORADO 3

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+++COLLEGE FOOTBALL+++

WEEK 5

VIRGINIA 46 #8 FLORIDA STATE 38 2OT

ARIZONA STATE 27 #24 TCU 24

HOUSTON 27 OREGON STATE 24 OT

SATURDAY, SEPT. 27

12 P.M. | NO. 21 USC AT NO. 23 ILLINOIS | FOX

12 P.M. | NO. 16 GEORGIA TECH AT WAKE FOREST | ESPN

12 P.M. |NO. 22 NOTRE DAME AT ARKANSAS | ABC

12:00 P.M. | RUTGERS AT MINNESOTA | BTN

12:00 P.M. | DUKE AT SYRACUSE | ACCN

12:00 P.M. | LOUISVILLE AT PITTSBURGH | ESPN2

12:00 P.M. | CINCINNATI AT KANSAS | TNT

12:00 P.M. | UCF AT KANSAS STATE | FS1

12:00 P.M. | SOUTH ALABAMA AT NORTH TEXAS | ESPNU

12:00 P.M. | BOWLING GREEN AT OHIO | CBSSN

12:00 P.M. | STETSON AT DAYTON | YOUTUBE

12:00 P.M. | NEW HAVEN AT DUQUESNE |

12:00 P.M. | DELAWARE STATE AT SACRED HEART | ESPN+

12:00 P.M. | CORNELL AT YALE | ESPN+

12:00 P.M. | NORFOLK STATE AT WAGNER |

12:00 P.M. | DARTMOUTH AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE |

12:00 P.M. | PENN AT LEHIGH | ESPN+

12:00 P.M. | GEORGETOWN AT COLUMBIA | ESPN+

12:45 P.M. | UTAH STATE AT NO. 18 VANDERBILT | SEC NETWORK

1:00 P.M. | EASTERN MICHIGAN AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | ESPN+

1:00 P.M. | MARIST AT BUTLER |

1:00 P.M. | LIU AT STONEHILL |

1:00 P.M. | HOLY CROSS AT FORDHAM | ESPN+

1:00 P.M. | UALBANY AT NEW HAMPSHIRE |

1:00 P.M. | TOWSON AT BRYANT |

1:00 P.M. | MOREHEAD STATE AT PRESBYTERIAN | ESPN+

1:30 P.M. | GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT JAMES MADISON | ESPN+

2:00 P.M. | MILES AT MORGAN STATE |

2:00 P.M. | UTAH TECH AT AUSTIN PEAY | ESPN+

2:00 P.M. | SOUTH DAKOTA AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+

2:00 P.M. | HAMPTON AT ELON |

2:00 P.M. | HOWARD AT RICHMOND | ESPN+

2:00 P.M. | ST. THOMAS (MN) AT SAN DIEGO | ESPN+

3:00 P.M. | ARKANSAS STATE AT UL MONROE | ESPN+

3:00 P.M. | ALABAMA A&M AT BETHUNE-COOKMAN |

3:00 P.M. | ALABAMA STATE AT FLORIDA A&M |

3:00 P.M. | IDAHO STATE AT NORTHERN COLORADO | ESPN+

3:00 P.M. | MERCYHURST AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 1 OHIO STATE AT WASHINGTON | CBS / PARAMOUNT+

3:30 P.M. | NO. 4 LSU AT NO. 13 OLE MISS | ABC

3:30 P.M. | AUBURN AT NO. 9 TEXAS A&M | ESPN

3:30 P.M. | UTAH AT WEST VIRGINIA | FOX

3:30 P.M. | NO. 11 INDIANA AT IOWA | PEACOCK

3:30 P.M. | UCLA AT NORTHWESTERN | BTN

3:30 P.M. | CALIFORNIA AT BOSTON COLLEGE | ACCN

3:30 P.M. | BAYLOR AT OKLAHOMA STATE | ESPN2

3:30 P.M. | UCONN AT BUFFALO | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | SAN DIEGO STATE AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | RICE AT NAVY | CBSSN

3:30 P.M. | AKRON AT TOLEDO | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | WESTERN CAROLINA AT CAMPBELL |

3:30 P.M. | PRINCETON AT LAFAYETTE | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | FURMAN AT SAMFORD | ESPN+

3:30 P.M. | MERRIMACK AT STONY BROOK |

3:30 P.M. | WILLIAM & MARY AT VILLANOVA |

3:30 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT MAINE |

3:30 P.M. | LINDENWOOD AT MIAMI (OH) |

4:00 P.M. | NEW MEXICO STATE AT NEW MEXICO |

4:00 P.M. | TULANE AT TULSA | ESPNU

4:00 P.M. | EASTERN ILLINOIS AT WESTERN ILLINOIS | ESPN+

4:00 P.M. | EASTERN WASHINGTON AT MONTANA STATE | ESPN+

4:10 P.M. | HAWAI‘I AT AIR FORCE | FS1

4:15 P.M. | NO. 15 TENNESSEE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | SEC NETWORK

4:30 P.M. | TENNESSEE TECH AT TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+

5:00 P.M. | NORTHERN ARIZONA AT PORTLAND STATE | ESPN+

5:00 P.M. | TEXAS SOUTHERN AT MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE |

5:30 P.M. | MERCER AT EAST TENNESSEE STATE | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | MIDDLE TENNESSEE AT KENNESAW STATE | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | LIBERTY AT OLD DOMINION | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | SAINT FRANCIS (PA) AT BUCKNELL | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | BROWN AT HARVARD | ESPN+

6:00 P.M. | NICHOLLS AT EASTERN KENTUCKY |

6:00 P.M. | THE CITADEL AT CHATTANOOGA | ESPN+

6:30 P.M. | RHODE ISLAND AT WESTERN MICHIGAN | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | ARIZONA AT NO. 14 IOWA STATE | ESPN

7:00 P.M. | VIRGINIA TECH AT NC STATE | THE CW

7:00 P.M. | SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE AT UT MARTIN | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | JACKSONVILLE STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | WESTERN KENTUCKY AT MISSOURI STATE | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | MEMPHIS AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | ESPN2

7:00 P.M. | UTRGV AT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT UIW | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL AT TEXAS A&M–COMMERCE | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | CENTRAL ARKANSAS AT LAMAR | ESPN+

7:00 P.M. | PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT GRAMBLING |

7:00 P.M. | ALCORN STATE AT ARKANSAS–PINE BLUFF |

7:00 P.M. | JACKSON STATE AT SOUTHERN | ESPN+

7:30 P.M. | NO. 6 OREGON AT NO. 3 PENN STATE | NBC / PEACOCK

7:30 P.M. | NO. 17 ALABAMA AT NO. 5 GEORGIA | ABC

7:30 P.M. | MASSACHUSETTS AT NO. 20 MISSOURI | ESPNU

7:30 P.M. | WASHINGTON STATE AT COLORADO STATE | CBSSN

7:30 P.M. | SAN JOSE STATE AT STANFORD | ACCN

7:45 P.M. | KENTUCKY AT SOUTH CAROLINA | SEC NETWORK

8:00 P.M. | MCNEESE AT STEPHEN F. AUSTIN | ESPN+

8:30 P.M. | WEST GEORGIA AT SOUTHERN UTAH | ESPN+

9:00 P.M. | CAL POLY AT SACRAMENTO STATE | ESPN+

10:00 P.M. | WEBER STATE AT UC DAVIS | ESPN+

10:15 P.M. | NO. 25 BYU AT COLORADO | ESPN

10:15 P.M. | IDAHO AT MONTANA | ESPN+

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+++NFL SCHEDULE+++

SUNDAY, SEPT. 28

MINNESOTA VS. PITTSBURGH AT DUBLIN, IRELAND, 9:30 A.M. (NFLN)

NEW ORLEANS AT BUFFALO, 1 P.M. (CBS)

WASHINGTON AT ATLANTA, 1 P.M. (CBS)

LA CHARGERS AT NY GIANTS, 1 P.M. (CBS)

TENNESSEE AT HOUSTON, 1 P.M. (CBS)

CLEVELAND AT DETROIT, 1 P.M. (FOX)

CAROLINA AT NEW ENGLAND, 1 P.M. (FOX)

PHILADELPHIA AT TAMPA BAY, 1 P.M. (FOX)

JACKSONVILLE AT SAN FRANCISCO, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)

INDIANAPOLIS AT LA RAMS, 4:05 P.M. (FOX)

CHICAGO AT LAS VEGAS, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

BALTIMORE AT KANSAS CITY, 4:25 P.M. (CBS)

GREEN BAY AT DALLAS, 8:20 P.M. (NBC)

MONDAY, SEPT. 29

NY JETS AT MIAMI, 7:15 P.M. (ESPN)

CINCINNATI AT DENVER, 8:15 P.M. (ABC)

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+++WNBA SCORES+++

LAS VEGAS 84 INDIANA 72

PHOENIX 84 MINNESOTA 76

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+++MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER+++

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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+++TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/NEWS RELEASES+++

NFL NEWS

ALREADY A MUST-WIN WEEK FOR SEVERAL NFL TEAMS THAT ENTERED THE SEASON WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS

Four 2024 playoff teams are already facing a must-win in Week 4.

The two-time defending AFC South champion Houston Texans (0-3) are in the most desperate position. They can’t afford another loss. Only the 1992 Chargers made the playoffs after an 0-4 start.

The Texans host the winless Tennessee Titans on Sunday. If they don’t figure things out against a rebuilding team, Houston has a problem.

The Kansas City Chiefs (1-2), Baltimore Ravens (1-2) and Denver Broncos (1-2) also are in danger of falling further back with another loss.

The Chiefs host the Ravens so one of them will drop to 1-3 unless they tie. Both teams entered the season with Super Bowl-or-bust aspirations. For the loser, it’ll be a tough task to achieve. Only the 2001 Patriots started 1-3 and won the Super Bowl.

The Broncos are home against the Cincinnati Bengals (2-1) on Monday night. They’re already two games behind the Chargers and lost to Los Angeles last week so they would dig a deeper hole in the AFC West with another loss.

Who needs to win more between the Ravens and Chiefs?

Kansas City plays in a tougher division and already lost to the Chargers (3-0) in Brazil in Week 1. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs also have a tough schedule upcoming. They face the Jaguars (2-1), Lions (2-1), Commanders (2-1), and Bills (3-0) in four of their next five games with the Raiders in between.

The Ravens only trail the Steelers (2-1) and Bengals by one game and have a softer schedule ahead so they have a better chance to rebound from a 1-3 start. They play the Texans, Rams (2-1), Bears (1-2) and Dolphins (0-3) in their next four games.

“We have to tighten up. Even though we’re 1-2, and we were there last year, but that’s not pretty to be sitting at,” Lamar Jackson said. “It’s a long season ahead of us, but we have to just lock in.”

The Texans already trail Indianapolis (3-0) by three games. They overcame an 0-3 start in 2018 and ended up winning the division at 11-5 under Bill O’Brien.

“I just want us to get back to the basics of what is going to take to win the game, not get into all the noise that goes on the outside,” coach DeMeco Ryans said after a tumultuous week that included releasing veteran safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson.

“Whatever that is, whatever is written, whatever is said about our team, I just want our guys to get back to the basics of what it takes to win. That’s how you prepare. It’s how you execute. How do you own your fundamentals? How do you own your techniques? When we do those things the right way, that’s all that matters. … If we are detailed in our preparation, if we execute well, if we play the right way, we attack the ball, we protect the ball, we protect the team, we’re going to be just fine.”

The Broncos are a few plays away from being 3-0. They lost to the Colts in Week 2 after a penalty gave Indianapolis a second chance to kick the game-winning field goal. They blew a fourth-quarter lead last week and lost to the Chargers on a game-ending field goal.

“I think we’re in a really good spot mentally,” quarterback Bo Nix said. “It’s not like we’re getting blown out. We’ve played really good teams, and we’ve led until the literal last play. Sometimes that’s how the ball bounces. You just got to make sure that you’re doing what you’re supposed to do to not only make your team better, but to grow as yourself. Ultimately, we’re just here to win football games. You can throw everything out the window; all that matters is the end of the game. Did you win or did you lose? How do you not lose the next time? So that’s what we’re focused on this week is just finding a win.”

Other teams that entered this season with high aspirations who also need wins this week include Chicago and Atlanta.

The Bears (1-2) were a popular pick for a breakout season under new coach Ben Johnson. They lost their first two games before routing Dallas last week behind Caleb Williams’ best game in the NFL. Chicago visits Las Vegas (1-2) on Sunday.

The Falcons (1-2) were supposed to compete with Tampa Bay in the NFC South. They lost to the Buccaneers in Week 1 and were embarrassed by Carolina last week, 30-0. Atlanta hosts Washington (2-1) this week.

It’s only September but teams can ruin their chances of playing in February if they don’t win now.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

DOWN 17, ARIZONA STATE STORMS BACK TO STUN NO. 24 TCU

Jesus Gomez atoned for two earlier missed field goal attempts with a 23-yard kick with 1:14 left to play, and Arizona State’s defense delivered in a 27-24 upset of No. 24 TCU on Friday night in Tempe, Ariz.

After trailing by 17 in the first half, the Sun Devils (4-1, 2-0 in Big 12) sealed the win with Martell Hughes’ interception of Josh Hoover with 44 seconds left.

Arizona State tied the game with a Sam Leavitt-to-Jordyn Tyson 4-yard touchdown pass with 1:50 to go. Then defensive lineman Prince Dorbah sacked Hoover and recovered the quarterback’s fumble.

That set up Gomez for the go-ahead kick, even though two penalties on Arizona State stopped the clock and gave TCU another chance to get the ball back.

Two turnovers on downs, including one in the red zone early in the fourth quarter, hurt Arizona State, which outgained TCU 498-269.

TCU (3-1, 0-1) was held to 10 rushing yards, but came up big when the Sun Devils gambled on fourth down. The Horned Frogs started fast, scoring on three consecutive possessions in the first half to take a 17-0 lead.

Running backs Trent Battle and Jeremy Payne scored rushing touchdowns for a 14-0 second quarter lead, and after the Horned Frogs made their first fourth-down stop, Nate McCashland kicked a 27-yard field for a 17-point lead midway the first half.

The Sun Devils rallied quickly. Leavitt found Tyson, his favorite target this season, for a 57-yard touchdown pass. Leavitt ran 8 yards for a touchdown before halftime to make it 17-14.

Down seven, Arizona State staged a late fourth-quarter drive, helped by a pass interference call on fourth down and a roughing-the-passer call inside the Horned Frogs’ 20-yard line. The Sun Devils went for it again on fourth-and-goal from the 4-yard line with under two minutes to play, and Leavitt found Tyson again for the game-tying score.

CHANDLER MORRIS (5 TDS) LEADS VIRGINIA PAST NO. 8 FLORIDA STATE IN 2OT

Chandler Morris ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more as Virginia came away with a wild 46-38 double-overtime win over No. 8 Florida State on Friday night in Charlottesville, Va.

Morris’ third rushing score, from 4 yards, out and the ensuing two-point conversion pass served as the game-winner after the Virginia defense followed it up with a stop of the Seminoles.

The teams exchanged field goals in the first OT period.

Led by 99 rushing yards from J’Mari Taylor, 60 from Xavier Brown and 37 from Morris, Virginia (4-1, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) ran for 211 yards and four scores against a Florida State defense that had allowed 235 rushing yards and no rushing TDs all season.

This is Virginia’s seventh win all-time against an AP top-10 opponent and its second in the past three years.

Heroic individual efforts from Duce Robinson (nine catches for 147 yards and a touchdown) and Randy Pittman Jr. (third Florida State player to pass, rush and catch a touchdown in the same game) were not enough to keep the Seminoles (3-1, 0-1) unbeaten.

The Seminoles got an 11-yard diving catch from Pittman on fourth-and-goal with 36 seconds left to force overtime.

In its first road game of the season, Florida State got off to an incredibly inauspicious start, digging itself into an early 14-0 hole with 9:43 left in the first half. The Cavaliers turned two Seminoles turnovers, one in the red zone, into two touchdowns.

The Seminoles responded in tremendous fashion, though, roaring back with three touchdowns over a span of 4:20 to take a 21-14 lead late in the first half.

After Florida State’s Gavin Sawchuk ran for a 2-yard score to redeem an earlier fumble, the Seminoles turned two interceptions on the ensuing drives into two touchdowns.

The Cavaliers bounced back with a 75-yard drive, tying the game on a 26-yard touchdown by Taylor 48 seconds before halftime.

Virginia reclaimed the lead with a 12-play, 74-yard drive that lasted more than six minutes and was capped off by Morris’ second rushing touchdown. Eleven of the 12 plays on the drive were runs.

Florida State responded with a touchdown drive to tie the game. A handoff to Pittman turned into a jump pass to Robinson for a 4-yard touchdown to level the game again with 18 seconds left in the third quarter.

But Virginia once again pieced together an extended drive, taking nearly eight minutes off the clock and scoring on Brown’s 15-yard touchdown catch to reclaim the lead with 7:20 left.

Morris completed 26 of 35 passes for 229 yards with three interceptions. Nine different Virginia players caught passes, and none had more than 45 yards.

Florida State QB Tommy Castellanos finished 18 of 32 for 254 yards with two interceptions and one touchdown. He also ran for a team-high 78 yards and a TD on 14 carries. Sawchuk finished with 74 yards and a score on 17 carries.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

REDS LIMIT BREWERS TO 3 HITS, MOVE INTO PLAYOFF POSITION

Gavin Lux doubled twice to start two rallies as the visiting Cincinnati Reds pulled into a tie for the final National League wild-card spot with a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday.

Cincinnati (82-78) is now level with the New York Mets (82-78), who lost at Miami 6-2 on Friday. The Arizona Diamondbacks (80-79), who entered the day a game behind the Reds, played at San Diego late. Cincinnati owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over both the Mets and Diamondbacks.

Milwaukee (96-64), which previously won the NL Central and clinched a first-round bye, has a magic number of one over Philadelphia (95-65) to secure the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage for the entire postseason. The NL East champion Phillies defeated the Minnesota Twins 3-1 on Friday.

The Reds broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the sixth inning off Brewers starter Quinn Priester thanks in part to a fortunate bounce.

Lux doubled to open the frame and continued to third on an error by left fielder Jake Bauers. Miguel Andujar followed with an RBI single to center. Elly De La Cruz appeared to bounce into a tailor-made double play, but the ball ricocheted off the bag at second for a single, putting runners at the corners and ending Priester’s night.

Tyler Stephenson’s sacrifice fly off Nick Mears made it 3-1.

Zack Littell and four Cincinnati relievers combined on a three-hitter. Littell allowed one run on three hits in 4 23 innings during an 85-pitch outing. He struck out three and walked two.

Reliever Connor Phillips (5-0) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Emilio Pagan tossed a perfect ninth for his 31st save in 37 opportunities.

Priester (13-3), who had won a franchise-record 12 consecutive decisions, gave up three runs on nine hits in five-plus innings. He fanned four and walked one.

The Brewers took a 1-0 lead in the third when Christian Yelich doubled and scored on Brice Turang’s two-out single to center.

The Reds answered in the fourth. Lux hit a leadoff doubled and took third on Andujar’s single. Spencer Steer’s one-out single scored Lux. Stephenson singled to load the bases, but Priester escaped further damage when Ke’Bryan Hayes bounced into an inning-ending double play.

RED SOX WALK OFF TIGERS TO CLINCH PLAYOFF SPOT

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a walk-off triple off the center-field wall in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving the Red Sox a 4-3 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers and clinching a playoff berth for Boston on Friday night.

The Red Sox (88-72) scored in each of the last three innings while overcoming a 3-0 deficit and ending a three-year postseason drought with the win.

Romy Gonzalez hit a one-out single into center field and scored the winning run. It was Boston’s 12th walk-off win of the season, tied for the second most in franchise history.

Rafaela (2-for-4) had a pair of extra-base hits, while Masataka Yoshida was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

Aroldis Chapman (5-3) allowed a leadoff double to pinch hitter Justyn-Henry Malloy in the ninth inning, but stranded the go-ahead run on third to post the win.

Yoshida sparked Boston in the seventh with a single and reached third on Rafaela’s double to left. With Kyle Finnegan entering in relief, Nathaniel Lowe hit a sacrifice fly to center field to make it a one-run game.

In the eighth, Carlos Narvaez hit a leadoff single before pinch runner Nate Eaton stole second and reached third when catcher Dillon Dingler’s throw kicked into the outfield. Jarren Duran then tied the game with an RBI knock to left.

Spencer Torkelson, Dingler and Javier Baez each had two hits for Detroit (86-74), which has lost nine of 10. Tommy Kahnle (1-5) allowed two hits, including the deciding run in the ninth.

Tigers starter Casey Mize struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings of two-run ball.

Boston’s Kyle Harrison escaped trouble with two-on, no-out and bases-loaded, one-out situations in the first, striking out a pair before Duran made a leaping catch at the left-field wall.

Harrison completed three scoreless frames with six strikeouts before the Tigers batted around during a three-run fourth.

Ibanez drew a leadoff walk before back-to-back singles by Dingler and Parker Meadows loaded the bases, and Baez’s RBI single through a hole in the right side of the infield gave the visitors a 1-0 lead. Jahmai Jones’ double extended the advantage to 3, ending Harrison’s evening.

Justin Slaten and Steven Matz worked out of the fourth without any further damage, allowing the Red Sox offense to get a run back when they came back to bat. Alex Bregman began the bottom of the fourth with a ground-rule double into right-center field and scored on Yoshida’s single.

A line-drive double play helped Mize finish the frame with a 3-1 lead, beginning a stretch of eight straight retired through the middle innings. The Detroit righty struck out the side in the fifth.

ASTROS FALL TO ANGELS AS POSTSEASON HOPES TAKE MAJOR HIT

Mike Trout hit a pair of solo homers, including a tiebreaking shot to begin the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels dealt the Houston Astros a critical blow to their playoff hopes with a 4-3 victory in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday night.

Trout has homered three times in his last two games for Los Angeles (72-88), which battled back from an early 3-0 deficit in the opener of a three-game series. Denzer Guzman had two hits, including an RBI double.

Houston (85-75) lost for the sixth time in its last seven games and trails the Detroit Tigers (86-74) by one game for the final American League wild-card spot with two games to play.

The Astros must win both of their final regular season games and have either Detroit or the Cleveland Guardians (86-74) lose their last two games in order to reach the postseason.

Brock Burke (7-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the win. Kenley Jansen struck out the side in the ninth for his 29th save.

Trout gave the Angels their first lead of the night in the eighth with his second leadoff homer of the night. The three-time MVP turned on a 2-0 fastball from Bryan King (5-4) and blasted it over the right-center-field wall for his 25th homer of the season.

Christian Walker broke a scoreless tie with a one-out solo homer in the fourth against Kyle Hendricks. The homer was Walker’s 25th of the season and second in as many games.

Houston tacked on another run in the inning on back-to-back doubles by Yainer Diaz and Zach Cole. With two outs and runners on the corners, the Astros executed a double steal to move ahead 3-0.

Hendricks pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits with no walks and eight strikeouts.

Trout put the Angels on the board when he deposited Jason Alexander’s first pitch in the bottom of the fourth over the center field wall.

The Angels pulled within 3-2 with one out in the fifth on back-to-back doubles by Christian Moore and Guzman.

Alexander allowed two runs on four hits over 4 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four.

Los Angeles tied the game with a run in the seventh when Guzman scored from second base on Chris Taylor’s two-out single off King.

YANKEES POUND ORIOLES, REMAIN TIED FOR FIRST IN AL EAST

Giancarlo Stanton hit two-run homers in consecutive at-bats and drove in five runs Friday night as the host New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 and remained tied for first place in the American League East.

The Yankees (92-68) won their sixth straight and are tied with the Toronto Blue Jays in first place for the third straight day. Toronto won eight of 13 meetings and would win the head-to-head tiebreaker should the teams finish with the same win total.

Stanton homered to right-center four batters into the bottom of the first off Baltimore’s Trevor Rogers (9-3) to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. He homered again in the third, a 451-foot drive to a gathering area above the loading dock in left field to give the Yankees a 6-3 lead.

Aaron Judge preceded Stanton’s second homer with a go-ahead two-run drive onto the netting above Monument Park in center field.

Including the postseason, Stanton and Judge homered in the same game for the 58th time. The Yankees are 51-7 when the sluggers go deep in the same game.

Stanton had his second multi-homer game this season and 39th of his career, including the postseason. His second homer was the 453rd of his career, moving past Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame outfielder Carl Yastrzemski into sole possession of 40th on the all-time list.

Judge hit his 52nd homer of the season and 50th career homer against the Orioles. The two-time MVP ended the night with a major league-best .330 average.

Austin Wells added an RBI single in the sixth and Stanton hit a bases-loaded groundout in the seventh.

Jordan Westburg hit a three-run homer to left in the third off New York rookie Will Warren (9-8) to give the Orioles (75-85) a short-lived 3-2 lead. Tyler O’Neill opened the sixth with a homer to chase Warren.

Warren allowed four runs on six hits in five-plus innings. The right-hander struck out seven and walked one.

Tim Hill inherited a bases-loaded jam from Mark Leiter Jr. and retired Jackson Holliday on a grounder to end the sixth. After Hill notched the first two outs of the seventh, Fernando Cruz stranded two to finish the inning.

Camilo Doval struck out the side in the eighth and David Bednar worked around a walk and a single to seal the win.

Rogers allowed a season-high six runs on three hits in three innings to snap a personal five-game winning streak. Rogers, who walked three and struck out three, had his second-shortest outing this season and took his first loss since Aug. 1.

CUBS GO INTO POWER MODE IN 12-1 ROUT OVER CARDINALS

Powered by four home runs, the Chicago Cubs crushed the visiting St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Friday and moved closer to securing home-field advantage in next week’s National League wild-card series.

Colin Rea (11-7) allowed just two hits and a walk over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. The right-hander also struck out seven in earning his first win since Aug. 20.

The Cubs (90-70) took full advantage of the wind blowing out to center field, with Nico Hoerner, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki all going deep. Three of those blasts came off Miles Mikolas (8-11), who gave up six homers in a July 4 loss, also in Chicago.

Hoerner hit his seventh homer of the season with one out in the first. Crow-Armstrong followed in the fourth with a two-run shot. With his 30th homer of the season, to go along with 35 steals, he joined Sammy Sosa as the only Cubs players to join the 30-30 club.

Busch, who hit two of his three July 4 homers off Mikolas, made it 4-0 with his 32nd in the fifth.

Mikolas went five innings. He allowed four hits and a walk while striking out four.

Rea departed after giving up a two-out walk to Lars Nootbaar and a single from Ivan Herrera in the Cardinals’ sixth. Caleb Thielbar walked Alex Burleson to load the bases but got Nolan Arenado swinging to end the threat.

St. Louis (78-82) got on the board in the seventh. Nolan Gorman, who had two of the team’s five hits, led off with a double against Thielbar. Andrew Kittredge entered for the Cubs and Gorman scored on a Jordan Walker single.

The Cubs answered with a seven-run seventh highlighted by Suzuki’s grand slam off Chris Roycroft to make it 11-1. It was Suzuki’s 30th of the season, giving Chicago three players with 30-home runs for the first time since 2004 when they had four.

Ian Happ went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI for the Cubs. Kyle Tucker, in his first game back after missing more than three weeks with a calf injury, went 1-for-4 and scored twice.

With Friday’s win, the Cubs’ magic number to earn the top NL wild-card seed is one.

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WNBA NEWS

LYNX COACH CHERYL REEVE BLASTS WNBA REFS AFTER NAPHEESA COLLIER HURT LATE IN PLAYOFF LOSS

PHOENIX (AP) — A furious Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve lost her cool and maybe her best player in the span of a few seconds during the Lynx’s 84-76 loss to the Phoenix Mercury on Friday night in Game 3 of the WNBA playoff semifinals.

The top-seeded Lynx are in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series with Game 4 looming Sunday in Phoenix.

Reeve was ejected after getting her second technical foul in the final minute. The play that set her off is when Alyssa Thomas stole the ball from Napheesa Collier near the 3-point line and sprinted toward the other end of the court for the game-sealing layup.

Coller injured her leg on the play and had to be helped to the locker room. Reeve said that Collier “probably has a fracture” though she didn’t elaborate on the injury.

Collier is a five-time All-Star who averaged 22.9 points during the regular season. She scored 17 points on Friday before the injury.

“When you let the physicality happen, people get hurt, there’s fights, and this is the look that our league wants for some reason,” Reeve said. “We were trying to play through it, trying not to make excuses.”

The Mercury were whistled for 15 fouls on Friday night, while the Lynx were called for 14. The Mercury did shoot more free throws with a 22-11 advantage.

Reeve took no questions after thes loss, instead going on a two-minute rant on the officiating. She called for the WNBA to make changes at the league level when it comes to officiating and then focused her ire on the three officials on the floor Friday — Isaac Barnett, Randy Richardson and Jenna Reneau.

“The officiating crew that we had tonight — for the leadership to deem those three people semifinals playoff worthy — is (expletive) malpractice,” Reeve said.

JACKIE YOUNG AND NALYSSA SMITH LEAD ACES PAST FEVER 84-72 FOR 2-1 LEAD IN WNBA SEMIFINAL SERIES

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jackie Young scored 25 points in her home state, NaLyssa Smith added 16 points against her former team and the Las Vegas Aces beat the short-handed Indiana Fever 84-72 on Friday night in Game 3 of a best-of-five WNBA semifinal series.

The Aces lead 2-1 and would reach their third WNBA Finals in four years with a win Sunday in Indianapolis.

“We just have to get the job done Sunday,” said Young, who played on Las Vegas’ championship teams in 2022 and 2023 and finished her prep career as the Indiana girls’ basketball career scoring leader with 3,268 points. “The job’s not finished yet. Second round, right?”

To achieve its biggest goal, Las Vegas will need A’ja Wilson to shoot better than she did Friday. Wilson opened the game with a 3-pointer, then missed her next 11 shots. The four-time MVP finished with 13 points on 6-of-20 shooting and had eight rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Chelsea Gray had 15 points and six assists.

Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 21 points and Lexie Hull finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Aliyah Boston had 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists for the Fever, who held a 16-4 edge in offensive rebounds.

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GOLF NEWS

RAHM AND HATTON TAKE DOWN US POWER PAIR AS RYDER CUP’S MAIN EVENT TURNS INTO A BIG EURO WIN

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Everyone wanted to see the first shot. The last one told the story better.

Justin Thomas needed to make a 5-foot putt on the 15th green to keep the biggest match of Friday morning going at the Ryder Cup. But that putt — like so many others — skimmed the edge.

Thomas slumped his shoulders and headed over to shake hands with Jon Rahm and Tyrell Hatton after the European team’s 4-and-3 win over the U.S. power pairing of Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau.

A match that was supposed to build momentum did just that — but for Europe, not the United States.

“Not exactly what we wanted,” U.S. captain Keegan Bradley said, summing up a morning that left the U.S. staring at a 3-1 deficit on home turf heading into the afternoon.

It started with so much promise. With the sun still coming up over Long Island, DeChambeau and Thomas walked to the first tee draping an American flag over their shoulders.

DeChambeau took out driver and, just as he’d been practicing all week, hit it over the trees on the right and tried to drive the green. It was the shot American fans woke up early to see — the shot captain Keegan Bradley hoped would spark the Americans to a victory on home turf. The ball landed in the fairway, about 40 yards short of the putting surface. A few minutes later, DeChambeau made a 10-foot birdie to go 1-up.

Bradley couldn’t have drawn it up better. He also probably couldn’t have imagined it would be the only hole his lead team would win all round.

It was a loss punctuated not by great drives, but by putters that did not cooperate. The U.S. missed seven putts from 15 feet and closer, any of which would have won or tied holes.

Europe, meanwhile, got breaks and took advantage of them.

The best picture of the day was Hatton in a plank position in the seventh rough, checking out Rahm’s errant drive that was perched awkwardly behind a stick. Hatton sized it up and hit onto the green from that tricky lie and Europe made par. Thomas missed a 7-footer to tie and America’s 1-up lead was gone.

“A bit of a hit-and-hope,” Hatton called the approach on No. 7. “Thankfully it went straight. I was happy to have a clean line and to see that the stick wouldn’t affect it.”

A fan blurted out “Let’s Go Europe” after that hole — a cheer briefly drowned out by boos from an American crowd still holding out hope.

A hole later, Rahm made a 12-footer to give the Europeans the lead for good. Most of the rest of this match was played in near silence on what’s supposed to be one of America’s most raucous golf courses, Bethpage Black.

One exception came on No. 12, when Hatton lined up a putt, then stepped away to flick away a gnat. Fans showered him with boos. Then, Hatton lined it up again and made the 20-footer to make it 3-up, Europe.

Rahm improved to 5-0 lifetime in Ryder Cup foursomes. The Rahm-Hatton duo is now 3-0-1.

Rahm conceded the start was a bit intimidating — all that shouting and DeChambeau hitting a perfect shot under pressure.

“We stayed in it and started hitting good shots and getting positive vibes,” he said. “Tyrell is very, very dependable when things get difficult. I’ve got full confidence in him every single time.”

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INDIANA FEVER

GAME RECAP: FEVER DROP GAME 3 OF WNBA SEMIFINALS TO ACES

The Las Vegas Aces used an 18-3 run spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter to take control of Game 3 of the WNBA Semifinals against the Indiana Fever on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. That proved to be the decisive run as the Aces prevailed 84-72 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.

The Aces jumped out to a 10-point lead in the first half on Friday, but the Fever rallied and closed the first half with an 11-4 run that featured three straight 3-pointers, the first by Lexie Hull and the final two by Kelsey Mitchell, to trim the deficit to 35-34 at halftime.

Indiana took the lead for the first time all evening on Aliyah Boston’s basket on the first possession of the second half. The Fever remained in front for the vast majority of the third quarter, but Las Vegas closed the frame with six unanswered points to take a 59-56 lead into the fourth quarter.

But the Fever offense sputtered in the fourth quarter. They missed their first eight shots and only mustered three points from the free throw line over the first 7:35 of the fourth quarter. The Aces capitalized, scoring 12 points over that stretch to push their lead to 11 and held on for the win.

Mitchell scored a team-high 21 points for the Fever, but went just 8-for-26 from the field and 3-for-11 from the 3-point line. Hull recorded her first career postseason double-double, finishing with 16 points on 6-of-10 shooting (3-of-6 from 3-point range), 10 rebounds, and four assists. Boston was the only other Fever player to reach double figures, tallying 12 points, eight boards, and four assists.

Jackie Young led the Aces with 25 points on 9-of-14 shooting to go along with five rebounds and four assists. NaLyssa Smith added 16 points and four blocks, while Chelsea Gray had 15 points and six assists. Four-time MVP A’ja Wilson was 1-for-12 from the field to start the game, but finished strong, ending up with 13 points on 6-of-20 shooting, eight boards, and three blocks.

Game 4 will be on Sunday at 3:00 PM ET at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Fever need to win to extend the series and force a winner-take-all Game 5 on Tuesday in Las Vegas.

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INDY ELEVEN

GAME PREVIEW

Indy Eleven vs. FC Tulsa
Sat., Sept. 27, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis

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2025 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 8-12-5 (-6), 29 pts; #9 in Eastern Conference
FC Tulsa: 13-4-8 (13), 47 pts; #1 in Western Conference

Setting the Scene

Indy Eleven hosts USL Championship Western Conference leader FC Tulsa for the second time in 2+ months on Saturday.

IND		TUL
25	Games	25
38	Goals	40
92	SOT	106
27	Assists	22
44	Goals Conceded	27
111	Shots Faced	79
5	Clean Sheets	7

Series

Saturday is the 11th meeting between the two sides with FC Tulsa leading the series 5-3-2.

TUL 5-3-2 | GF 10, GA 13

Recent Meetings
July 26, 2025 | W, 2-1 | Home (USL Jägermeister Cup)
July 26, 2024 | D, 0-0 | Away
Oct. 7, 2023 | W, 2-1 | Away
July 8, 2023 | L, 1-0 | Home

July 26 Jägermeister Cup vs. FC Tulsa

Indy Eleven won USL Jägermeister Cup Group 3 with a 2-1 victory over FC Tulsa in the final round of group play at Carroll Stadium.

Coach Sean McAuley has guided his Indy Eleven teams to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-finals and now to the 2025 USL Jägermeister Cup quarterfinals in their first-ever appearance. The Boys in Blue are 4-0-2 in Cup play this season (Open Cup & Jägermeister Cup).

In the Jäger Cup, Indy Eleven recorded a 3-0-1 mark in group play for a league-best 11 points, including a key shootout victory over eventual wildcard Birmingham Legion FC on June 28.

With his team leading 2-1, Boys in Blue goalkeeper Hunter Sulte made a key play in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time, deflecting a cross from FC Tulsa’s Harvey St Clair out of the area with his right foot.

Sulte made a key stop in the 15th minute off a header from Kalil ElMedkhar inside the six with a reflex save with his left arm inside the right post.

Indy Eleven scored first in the 38th minute with midfielder James Murphy initiating the scoring sequence with a long diagonal ball to Bruno Rendon on the right side. Rendon showed his speed going deep inside the area, delivering a cross to forward Romario Williams. Williams stopped the ball with his right foot and finished with a toe ball off FC Tulsa keeper Johan Penaranda inside the left post.

Early in the second half, the Boys in Blue nearly extended their lead in the 48th minute with midfielder Jack Blake made a nifty move inside the area to create space for a left-footed toe ball chip that caromed off the crossbar.

In the 51st, the second Indy Eleven goal came when midfielder Cam Lindley played a ball outside to Rendon on the right side. Rendon took one touch and played it into the six where it was deflected by defender Lamar Batista for an own goal that gave the Boys in Blue a 2-0 lead.

Sulte made another key save in the 55th, punching away a blast from inside the area by Patrick Seagrist heading toward the left corner of the goal.

USL Jägermeister Cup
Indy Eleven 2:1 FC Tulsa
Sat., July 26, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
Weather: Partly sunny, 90 degrees
Attendance: 9,065

Scoring Summary
IND – Romario Williams (Bruno Rendón) 38’
IND – Own Goal 51’
TUL – Giordano Colli (Jamie Webber) 72’

Discipline Summary
TUL – Patrick Seagrist (caution) 7’
IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 33’
TUL – Lamar Batista (caution) 35’
IND – James Murphy (caution) 73’
TUL – Bench (caution) 73’
TUL – Lucas Stauffer (caution) 90’+1
IND – Bruno Rendón (caution) 90’+5

Indy Eleven Line-Up: Hunter Sulte, James Musa, Josh O’Brien, Ben Ofeimu, Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy (Logan Neidlinger 77’), Cam Lindley (Pat Hogan 84’), Bruno Rendón, Jack Blake (Brem Soumaoro 84’), Elliot Collier (Maalique Foster 62’), Romario Williams (Edward Kizza 77’).

Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Finn McRobb, Reice Charles-Cook.

FC Tulsa Line-Up: Johan Peñaranda (captain), Lamar Batista (Alex Dalou 60’), Delentz Pierre, Arthur Rogers, Patrick Seagrist (Lucas Stauffer 60’), Boubacar Diallo, Giordano Colli, Harvey St Clair, Eliot Goldthorp (Taylor Calheira 45’), Kalil ElMedkhar (Andrew Booth 67’), Jamie Webber.

FC Tulsa Subs Not Used: Michael Creek, Owen Damm, Anthony Harper.

Schaeffer, Ofeimu, Quinn “Team of the Week”

Indy Eleven defenders Brian Schaefer and Ben Ofeimu and captain Aodhan Quinn have earned USL Championship “Team of the Week” honors after helping the Boys in Blue to a key 2-1 comeback victory vs. Birmingham Legion FC on Sunday.

It has been an impressive first three weeks for the 23-year-old Schaefer with Indy Eleven. The Atlantic Beach, Florida, native was loaned from FC Cincinnati 2 to the Boys in Blue on Sept. 3. He made his USLC debut that night at Hartford Athletic, helping his new team to a 2-0 road win with two aerial duels and a tackle.

The 2024 MLS SuperDraft first-round selection was inserted into the starting lineup on Sept. 6 at Charleston Battery and he has started the past three matches, helping the Boys in Blue hold opponents to 1.0 goals per game in four outings this month.

On Sunday vs. Birmingham, Schaefer started the game-tying goal sequence from midfield in the 54th minute with a long ball to the edge of the area off a free kick, where forward Romario Williams headed it down to Quinn. That duo then executed a give-and-go with Quinn giving it to Williams on the edge of the area and getting it back inside the six. Quinn then centered it to forward Edward Kizza who finished it into the bottom right corner.

For Quinn, it is his team-high eighth assist of the campaign and the 58th in the USLC regular season, good for a tie for second on the USLC all-time list with former Indy Eleven player Solomon Asante. Quinn, who is tied for third in the league in assists and 12th in crosses (101) this season, was playing his first match since the birth of his second child, Lochlann, on Sept. 12.

Six minutes later, Schaefer, Quinn, and Ofeimu combined for the game winner. After a Birmingham hand ball, Quinn took the ensuing free kick from just inside the right sideline and played it to the edge of the six, where Schaefer went high to flick it to Ofeimu, who volleyed it home. It is Ofeimu’s career-best third goal this season and it is the first Boys in Blue point for Schaefer.

Against Birmingham, Schaefer won all 10 of his duels and he recorded 10 clearances, a team-best seven recoveries, 3 of 4 tackles, and two interceptions.

The 24-year-old Ofeimu leads Indy Eleven and is tied for ninth in the USLC in blocks with 17 this season. The West Bloomfield Township, native is tied for second on the team and tied for ninth in the league in clearances with 124.

Against Birmingham, Quinn led the team in completed passes in the final third (11), crosses attempted (7), and tackles won (4). His eight assists in 2025 are the third-highest of his career, trailing only 14 for Orange County in 2018 and 11 for Phoenix Rising in 2021.

The Boys in Blue have had 10 different players earn USLC “Team of the Week” honors this season.

Comeback win over Birmingham Legion FC

Indy Eleven scored two second-half goals in a six-minute span to rally to a key 2-1 victory over USL Championship Eastern Conference opponent Birmingham Legion FC on Sunday in front of 10,375 at Carroll Stadium. The win moves the Boys in Blue to one point out of playoff position behind Rhode Island FC with five games remaining in the regular season.

Indy Eleven tied the match at 1-1 in the 54th minute off a well-executed free kick. Defender Brian Schaefer started the sequence from midfield with a long ball to the edge of the area, where forward Romario Williams headed it down to captain Aodhan Quinn. That duo then executed a give-and-go with Quinn giving it to Williams on the edge of the area and getting it back inside the six. Quinn then centered it to forward Edward Kizza who finished it into the bottom right corner.

It is Kizza’s third goal this season and the 20th of his USLC regular season career. For Quinn, it is his team-high eighth assist of the campaign and the 58th in the USLC regular season, good for a tie for second on the USLC all-time list with former Indy Eleven player Solomon Asante.

Quinn recorded a hockey assist on the game-winning goal in the 60th minute. After a Birmingham hand ball, Quinn took the ensuing free kick from just inside the right sideline and played it to the edge of the six, where Schaefer went high to flick it to defender Ben Ofeimu, who volleyed it home. It is Ofeimu’s career-best third this season and it is the first Indy Eleven point for Schaefer, who joined the Boys in Blue on September 3 on loan from FC Cincinnati 2.

The Indy Eleven defense limited Birmingham to just one shot on target, a free kick goal by Peter-Lee Vassell in the 12th minute.

Aodhan Quinn USLC All-Time Rankings
Minutes | 23,776 | 1st
Games Started | 271 | 1st
Assists | 58 | T 2nd
Appearances | 285 | 3rd

USL Championship Regular Season Goal Contributions
1. Dane Kelly 132 (106 goals, 26 assists)
2. Enzo Martinez (BHM) 131 (78 goals, 53 assists)
3. Aodhan Quinn 115 (57 goals, 58 assists)

USL Championship Regular Season 50 Goals & 50 Assists
1.Enzo Martinez (BHM) – 78 goals, 53 assists
2. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 57 goals, 58 assists
3.Solomon Asante – 52 goals, 58 assists

USL Championship Assists in Consecutive Games Streaks
2. Aodhan Quinn (PHX) 5 2021
4. Aodhan Quinn (OC) 4 2018
Aodhan Quinn (IND) 4 May 3-28, 2025

Indy Eleven USL Championship Goals (All Competitions)
1. Jack Blake 24 2023-
Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20
3. Sebastian Guenzatti 16 2023-24
4. Manuel Arteaga 15 2021-22
5. Aodhan Quinn 13 2023-
Stéfano Pinho 13 2022-23
Ayoze 13 2018-22

Indy Eleven Appearances (All Competitions)
1. Ayoze 126 2018-22
2. Brad Ring 115 2014-18
3. Cam Lindley 109 2020, 2023-
4. Karl Ouimette 108 2018-22

USLC 50+ Regular Season Goals Best Strike Rate
3. Romario Williams – 65 goals, 167 app., 161.6 mins/goal

USL Championship Career Regular-Season Goals
13. Chandler Hoffman 66
14. Romario Williams 65

Indy Eleven Goals in a 5-Game Stretch
Elvis Amoh 7 Apr. 19-May 10, 2025
Tyler Pasher 6 Nov. 2, 2019-July 22, 2020
Augi Williams 5 May 8-22, 2024
Manuel Arteaga 5 June 4-18, 2022
Eamon Zayed 5 July 13-Aug. 3, 2016
Eamon Zayed 5 May 21-June 11, 2016
Blake Smith 5 May 28-June 17, 2014

Indy Eleven Goals in Consecutive Games Streaks
Tyler Pasher 6 Nov. 2, 2019-July 22, 2020
Elvis Amoh 5 Apr. 19-May 10, 2025
Augi Williams 4 May 8-22, 2024
Sebastian Guenzatti 3 Aug. 26-Sept. 15, 2023
Stefano Pinho 3 May 28-June 8, 2022
Tyler Pasher 3 June 1-15, 2019
Dane Kelly 3 Apr. 15-28, 2019
Dane Richards 3 Aug. 19-29, 2015
Kleberson 3 July 19-Aug. 2, 2014

Indy Eleven USLC Championship Saves
1. Hunter Sulte 131 2024-
2. Evan Newton 115 2019-20
3. Jordan Farr 101 2018-21
4. Owain Fon Williams 97 2018
5. Tim Trilk 87 2022-23

Indy Eleven USLC Championship Clean Sheets
1. Hunter Sulte 13 2024-
2. Evan Newton 12 2019-20
3. Owain Fon Williams 11 2018
4. Jordan Farr 10 2018-21
5. Tim Trilk 9 2022-23

Indy Eleven Saves, Game
11, Yannik Oettl at Chicago Fire FC II, 4/17/24, USOC 3rd Round
10, Sean Lewis at Birmingham Legion FC, 10/12/22
10, Reice Charles-Cook at Philadelphia Union, 5/7/25, USOC Rd. of 32
9, Jon Busch at Minnesota United, 7/16/16
8, Owain Fon Williams at Louisville City, 10/13/18
8, Bobby Edwards at Sporting KC II, 6/20/21
8, Kristian Nicht vs. San Antonio Scorpions, 5/30/14
8, Kristian Nicht vs. Minnesota United, 10/11/14

USL Championship Stats

Individual

Category Player Rank Total
Assists Aodhan Quinn T3 8
Jack Blake T19 4
Clearances James Musa 6 145
Pat Hogan T9 124
Ben Ofeimu T9 124
Saves Hunter Sulte T8 58
Shots Jack Blake T9 39
Interceptions James Musa T9 28
James Murphy 16 26
Blocks Ben Ofeimu T9 17
Crosses Aodhan Quinn 12 101
Clean Sheets Hunter Sulte T12 4
Goals Jack Blake T14 9

Team

Category Rank Total
First-Half Goals T4 19
Goals T6 38
Conversion Rate T7 18%
Clean Sheets T14 5
Shots T16 264

USL Career Regular Season Rankings

Individual Rankings

Goals
14. Romario Williams – 65
T22. Aodhan Quinn – 57

Assists
1. Kenardo Forbes – 66
2. Solomon Asante – 58
Aodhan Quinn – 58
T23. Cam Lindley – 30

Games Started
1. Aodhan Quinn – 271
2. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 263
20. James Musa – 213

Minutes
1.Aodhan Quinn – 23,776
2. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 23,700
22. James Musa – 18,779

Appearances
3. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 285

Team Leaders

Stat Player #
Goals Jack Blake 9
Assists Aodhan Quinn 8
Shots Jack Blake 39
Shots on Target Jack Blake 21
Chances Created Aodhan Quinn 29
Crosses Aodhan Quinn 101
Fouls Won Jack Blake 39
Duels Won James Musa 114
Aerial Duels Won James Musa 54
Clearances James Musa 145
Blocks Ben Ofeimu 17
Interceptions James Musa 28
Tackles Won James Murphy 26
Passes James Murphy 975
Minutes James Musa 2,149

USL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS

Elvis Amoh
Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round-Bench (4/29)
Team of the Week (Week 8/9 – 5/6)

Jack Blake
Team of the Week (Week 2 – 3/18)
Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round (4/29)
Player of the Week (Week 17/18 – 7/7)
Team of the Week (Week 17/18 – 7/7)
Goal of the Week nominee (Week 25 – 8/25)
Team of the Week (Week 25 – 8/26)
Goal of the Week nominee (Week 27 – 9/9)
Team of the Week (Week 27 – 9/9)

Maalique Foster
Team of the Week – Bench (Week 4 – 4/1)
Team of the Week (Week 5 – 4/8)
Goal of the Week nominee (Week 17/18 – 7/7)

Pat Hogan
Team of the Week (Week 2 – 3/18)

Ben Ofeimu
Team of the Week (Week 15 – 6/17)
Team of the Week – Bench (Week 29 – 9/23)

Aodhan Quinn
Goal of the Week nominee (Week 4 – 4/1)
Team of the Week – Bench (Week 17/18 – 7/7)
Team of the Week – Bench (Week 29 – 9/23)

Bruno Rendon
Team of the Week (Week 3 – 3/25)

Brian Schaefer
Team of the Week (Week 29 – 9/23)

Hunter Sulte
Team of the Week (Weeks 13/14 – 6/10)
Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round (7/1)
Jägermeister Cup “Save of the Round” (7/1)
“Save of the Week” (Week 23 – 8/12)
Team of the Week – Bench (Week 27 – 9/9)
“Save of the Week” (Week 27 – 9/9)

Romario Williams
Team of the Week (Weeks 13/14 – 6/10)

COACH SEAN McAULEY

Head coach Sean McAuley earned the USLC “Coach of the Month” last May and he was a nominee for USLC Midseason “Coach of the Year” after leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten streak in a two-month span from April 17 through June 15.

The Sheffield, England, native led Indy Eleven to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals with four straight wins, including a 2-1 victory at MLS-side Atlanta United.

McAuley is in his second season in Indy after previously serving as interim head coach/assistant at MLS-side Minnesota United FC. McAuley helped Minnesota to playoff appearances in his first three seasons, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2020.

In 2015, he hoisted the MLS Cup with the Portland Timbers. McAuley began his playing career with Manchester United and played for Portland Timbers and the Scottish U-21 National Team.

ALL: 30-25-17 (.535) | USOC: 5-1-1 | JC: 3-0-2 | USLC: 22-23-14

TEAM HIGH/LOWS

Single-Match Highs
Shots: 17 | May 28 vs HFD
SOT: 8 | Mar. 15 at MIA
Possession: 58.4% | May 28 vs HFD
Corners: 11 | Mar. 29 vs COS

Single-Match Lows
Shots: 4 | June 4 at BHM
SOT: 1 | June 4 at BHM, Aug. 9 at DET
Possession: 22.4% | Sept. 6 at CHS
Corners: 0 | Sept. 21 vs. BHM

Opponent Highs
Shots: 26 | Aug. 16 at LDN
SOT: 9 | July 18 at NC
Possession: 77.6% | Sept. 6 at CHS
Corners: 12 | Sept. 3 at HFD

Opponent Lows
Shots: 4 | June 14 vs PIT
SOT: 0 | June 14 vs PIT, July 12 vs. RI
Possession: 41.6% | May 28 vs HFD
Corners: 2 | 3x, last Sept. 13 at RI

USL Championship Regular-Season Player Milestones

60 Goals
Romario Williams – 65

50 Goals
Aodhan Quinn – 57

40 Goals
Elvis Amoh – 45
Jack Blake – 41

20 Goals
Maalique Foster – 22
Edward Kizza – 20
Elliot Collier – (18)

50 Assists
Aodhan Quinn – 58

30 Assists
Cam Lindley – 30

20 Assists
Jack Blake – 25

15 Assists
James Murphy – 18
Maalique Foster – 17
Aedan Stanley – 15

110 Goals+Assists
Aodhan Quinn – 115 (57 goals, 58 assists)

70 Goals+Assists
Romario Williams – 77 (65 goals, 12 assists)

60 Goals+Assists
Jack Blake – 66 (41 goals, 25 assists)

50 Goals+Assists
Elvis Amoh – 54 (45 goals, 9 assists)

30 Goals+Assists
Maalique Foster – 39 (22 goals, 17 assists)
Cam Lindley – 35 (5 goals, 30 assists)

20 Goals+Assists
Elliot Collier – 25 (18 goals, 7 assists)
Edward Kizza – 22 (20 goals, 2 assists)

10 Penalties Converted (attempted)
Aodhan Quinn – 25 (28)
Jack Blake – 14 (16)
Romario Williams – 8 (10)

250 Appearances
Aodhan Quinn – 285

200 Appearances
James Musa – 226

150 Appearances
Jack Blake – 194
Cam Lindley – 183
Romario Williams – 167
James Murphy – 157
Elvis Amoh – 151

100 Appearances
Ben Ofeimu – 149
Aedan Stanley – 138
Elliot Collier – 129
Pat Hogan – 107
Edward Kizza – 104

250 Games Started
Aodhan Quinn – 271

200 Games Started
James Musa – 213

150 Games Started
Jack Blake – 164
Cam Lindley – 156
100 Games Started
Aedan Stanley – 134
James Murphy – 131
Romario Williams – 124

20,000 Minutes
Aodhan Quinn – 23,776

15,000 Minutes
James Musa – 18,779

10,000 Minutes
Jack Blake – 14,031
Cam Lindley – 13,692
Aedan Stanley – 12,025
James Murphy – 11,755
Ben Ofeimu – 11,295
Romario Williams – 10,507

ROSTER BREAKDOWN (9/8/25)

Goalkeepers (4): Reice Charles-Cook, ^Ryan Hunsucker, *Luke Pruter, *Hunter Sulte

Defenders (11): Pat Hogan, ^Maverick McCoy, Finn McRobb, James Musa, Josh O’Brien, Ben Ofeimu, Bruno Rendon, *Brian Schaefer, Aedan Stanley, Hayden White, *Joey Zalinsky

Midfielders (7): Jack Blake, Oliver Brynéus, Cam Lindley, James Murphy, Logan Neidlinger, Aodhan Quinn, Brem Soumaoro

Forwards (5): Elvis Amoh, Elliot Collier, Maalique Foster, Edward Kizza, Romario Williams

*On loan. ^USL Academy Contract.

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+++TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY+++

Sept. 27

1914 — Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Naps collected his 3,000th hit in the opening game of a doubleheader, a 5-3 win over the New York Yankees at League Park II. Lajoie doubled off of Marty McHale for the milestone hit.

1923 — Lou Gehrig hit his first homer in the majors off Bill Piercy of the Boston Red Sox. On the same date 15 years later, he hit his 493rd and last off Dutch Leonard of the Senators.

1930 — Hack Wilson hit two home runs for the Chicago Cubs, giving him an NL-record 56 for the season.

1935 — The Chicago Cubs clinched the NL pennant and won their 21st consecutive game with a doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cubs won the pennant with the opening-game victory.

1936 — Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston played in his only major league game as a late-inning substitute at first base for Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals. He made one error in two chances and struck out in his only at-bat.

1940 — Rookie Floyd Giebell pitched the Detroit Tigers to a pennant-clinching 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians. It was Giebell’s second and last major league win.

1967 — Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning tied the National League record with his fifth 1-0 loss of the season.

1968 — Bob Gibson of St. Louis pitched his 13th shutout of the season for a 1-0 win over the Houston Astros. Gibson (22-9) struck out 11, walked none and held the Astros to six singles.

1973 — The California Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in 11 innings as Nolan Ryan struck out 16, including No. 383 of the season, a modern major league record.

1993 — Randy Myers became the first NL reliever with 50 saves in a season as the Chicago Cubs beat Los Angeles 7-3.

1996 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds became the second player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in a season. Jose Canseco was the other. Bonds, who had 42 homers, stole his 40th base in a 9-3 win over Colorado.

1998 — Mark McGwire gave baseball a new magic number, hitting two homers to reach No. 70 in the St. Louis Cardinals’ season finale against Montreal. It was McGwire’s fifth homer in the season-ending, three-game series. McGwire’s 70th and final home run of the season was a line shot over the left-field wall on a first-pitch fastball from Carl Pavano in the seventh.

1998 — The New York Yankees won their seventh straight game and ended their incredible regular season with 114 victories. With a .704 winning percentage, the Yankees (114-48) became the first team since the 1954 Cleveland Indians (111-43) to play .700 ball over an entire season.

2000 — Anaheim’s Darin Erstad was 4-for-5 with an RBI in a 9-7 loss to Oakland. Erstad with 99 RBIs, broke the major league record for RBIs in a season by a leadoff batter set by Boston’s Nomar Garciaparra (98) in 1997.

2005 — The Atlanta Braves clinched their 14th straight division title thanks to Philadelphia’s loss to the New York Mets. The Braves began their record-setting streak in 1991 — when they were in the NL West.

2012 — R.A. Dickey became the first knuckleballer to win 20 games in more than three decades, matching his career high with 13 strikeouts and leading the New York Mets to a 6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

2017 — J.D. Martinez hit his 16th homer in September during a three-run rally in the ninth inning that lifted Arizona to a 4-3 win over San Francisco. Martinez tied Ralph Kiner’s 1949 NL record for home runs in September.

2017 — From worst to wild card, the Minnesota Twins completed a most remarkable reversal. A couple hours after losing 4-2 to Cleveland, the Twins earned an AL wild-card berth the Angels lost 6-4 in 10 innings to White Sox. A season after winning just 59 games, the Twins became the first team to lose at least 100 and then make the postseason the following year.

2020 — Major League Baseball concludes its abbreviated 2020 season, with the postseason field set as the Phillies and Giants are eliminated with losses today. For the first time, two postseason teams have sub-.500 records: the Astros who finish second in the AL West, and the Brewers, who limp into the final wild card slot in the NL, both with records of 29-31. Happiest are the Cardinals whose 5 – 2 win over the Brewers means they won’t need to play a make-up doubleheader against the Tigers today, their place in the postseason having been secured by finishing second in the NL Central.

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Sept. 28

1919 — In the shortest nine-inning game in major league history, 51 minutes, the New York Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.

1920 — A grand jury indicted eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series in the “Black Sox Scandal.”

1938 — Gabby Hartnett hit his famous “Homer in the Gloamin’” in the ninth inning against Mace Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their ninth straight, at Wrigley Field. It was a key triumph en route to the Cubs’ NL pennant.

1941 — Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a doubleheader against the Philadelphia A’s to finish the season with a .406 average. No player has batted .400 since.

1951 — Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter of the season as the New York Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the opener of a doubleheader. The Yankees clinched the AL pennant with an 11-3 victory in the nightcap.

1960 — Ted Williams homered in his final major league plate appearance, against Baltimore’s Jack Fisher. Williams did not take a curtain call, but he trotted out to left field in the ninth and was replaced immediately by Carroll Hardy and retired to a standing ovation. It was Williams’ 521st career home run. The Red Sox rallied for two runs in the ninth for a 5-4 victory.

1974 — Nolan Ryan pitched his third of seven career no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beating the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.

1975 — Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers of the Oakland A’s combined to no-hit the California Angels, 5-0, on the final day of the season.

1995 — Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos became the first pitcher in major league history to pitch with both hands. Harris faced four batters, two from his usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth inning of a 9-7 loss to Cincinnati.

1997 — San Diego’s Tony Gwynn tied Honus Wagner’s record by winning his eighth NL batting title. Gwynn finished at .372, becoming the first player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since Rogers Hornsby won six straight from 1920-25.

2001 — Alex Rodriguez of Texas hit his 50th homer in an 11-2 victory over Anaheim and became the 20th player to hit 50 homers in a season.

2006 — James Loney tied a franchise record with nine RBIs, including a grand slam and a two-run homer, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 19-11 victory at Colorado.

2012 — Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds threw the season’s seventh no-hitter, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0. The seven no-hitters matched the modern record (since 1900) for one season, tying 1990 and 1991. Pittsburgh (76-81) assured itself of a 20th consecutive non-winning season with the loss, extending its major North American professional sports record.

2016 — John Jaso hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in Pittsburgh’s 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

2017 — Giancarlo Stanton homered twice to become the first player to hit 59 in a season since 2001, and the Miami Marlins opened the last series of Jeffrey Loria’s tenure as owner by beating the Braves 7-1.

2022 — Aaron Judge ties one of the most hallowed records in baseball – the 61 home runs hit by Roger Maris in 1961, which still stands as the American League record six decades later. He takes Tim Mayza deep with a man on base in the 6th inning of a game at Rogers Centre, breaking a 3 – 3 tie to lead the Yankees to an 8 – 3 win. While three players have exceeded that total in the National League, all were active in the steroids era and their accomplishment has been tainted as a result – which is not the case for Judge.

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Sept. 29

1913 — Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators finished the season with 36 victories by virtue of a 1-0 decision over the Philadelphia A’s.

1915 — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their first NL pennant, beating the Boston Braves, 5-0, behind Grover Alexander’s one-hitter.

1954 — Willie Mays made his famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz’s long drive to center field and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes homered off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.

1963 — John Paciorek of the Houston Colt .45s, in his only major league appearance, went 3-for-3 with three RBIs and four runs scored against the New York Mets. A back injury ended his baseball career the next season.

1976 — John Montefusco of the San Francisco Giants pitched a 9-0 no-hitter over the Braves in Atlanta.

1983 — Mike Warren of the Oakland A’s pitched a no-hitter to beat the Chicago White Sox, 3-0.

1986 — Minnesota’s Bert Blyleven broke Robin Roberts’ 1956 record of 46 home run pitches in a season when he gave up a two-out, third-inning homer to Cleveland rookie Jay Bell. It was the first major league pitch Bell had seen. Despite giving up two more homers, Blyleven was the winner when the Twins rallied in the eighth for a 6-5 victory.

1986 — Chicago Cubs rookie Greg Maddux defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 8-3 in the City of Brotherly Love. The losing pitcher was his brother, Mike, also a rookie. It was the first time brothers faced each other as rookie pitchers.

1996 — Brady Anderson of the Baltimore Orioles became the 14th player to reach the 50-homer mark in a 4-1 loss at Toronto. Anderson’s previous season high was 21.

2001 — Seattle’s Ichiro Suzuki set the major league rookie record for hits in a season but the Mariners fell to Oakland 8-4. Suzuki got his 234th hit, breaking the previous rookie mark set by Shoeless Joe Jackson with Cleveland in 1911.

2004 — Major League Baseball announces that the Montreal Expos franchise will move to Washington D.C.

2011 — The Tampa Bay Rays clinched the AL wild card with a stunning rally, overcoming a late seven-run deficit and then beating the New York Yankees 8-7 on Evan Longoria’s home run in the 12th inning. The Rays’ win came four minutes after Boston blew a one-run lead in the ninth at Baltimore and lost 4-3. The Red Sox held a nine-game lead over the Rays in early September. Boston became the first team to miss the postseason after leading by as many as nine games for a playoff spot entering September.

2011 — Chris Carpenter and St. Louis completed one of the more remarkable comebacks in baseball history, clinching the NL wild card with an 8-0 win over Houston and a later loss by Atlanta. The Cardinals got their playoff spot when the Braves fell to Philadelphia 4-3 in 13 innings. St. Louis trailed Atlanta by 10 1/2 games on Aug. 25. The Cardinals won 23 of their last 31 games.

2013 — On the last day of the season, Miami’s Henderson Alvarez pitched one of baseball’s most bizarre no-hitters. Alvarez celebrated in the on-deck circle when the Marlins score on a two-out wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.

2017 — Rockies OF Charlie Blackmon set a new record for RBIs by a leadoff hitter, 101, with a two-run home run in the second inning.

2018 — The Yankees set a new record for home runs in a season with #265 hit by Gleyber Torres in the 5th inning against the Red Sox. It eclipses the mark set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners, but will be topped again next season.

2022 — Another day, another incredible performance by Shohei Ohtani. Today, he takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning before giving up a single to Conner Capel with two outs, on his way to winning his 15th of the year, 4 – 2 over the Athletics. The Angels’two-way superstar also shines at the plate, going 2 for 4 with an RBI and extending his hitting streak to 14 games – the longest in the majors at this time.

Sept. 30

1904 — Doc White of the Chicago White Sox pitched his fifth shutout in eighteen days, a 4-0 win over the New York Yankees.

1915 — The Boston Red Sox clinched the American League pennant when St. Louis beat Detroit 8-2, giving Boston a 2 1/2-game margin.

1916 — New York’s Rube Benton pitched a 4-0 one-hitter over the Boston Braves to give the Giants their record 26th straight win in the first game of a doubleheader.

1927 — Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1934 — Dizzy Dean beat the Cincinnati Reds, 9-0, for his 30th victory of the year as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the NL pennant.

1934 — New York’s Babe Ruth played his final game as a Yankee, going 0 for 3 with a walk, in a 5-3 loss to the Washington Senators at Griffith Stadium.

1945 — Hank Greenberg’s grand slam in the top of the ninth inning gave the Detroit Tigers a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Browns and the American League pennant on the last day of the season.

1947 — In the first televised World Series, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-3, in the opening game.

1951 — Jackie Robinson homered in the 14th inning to give the Brooklyn Dodgers a 9-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies, tying the New York Giants for first place in the National League and forcing a playoff.

1962 — Willie Mays homered to give the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 victory over the Houston Colt 45s in the season’s final day. That, coupled with the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 1-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, forced a playoff for the NL pennant.

1972 — Roberto Clemente doubled off Jon Matlack during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory over the New York Mets. The hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star, who was killed in a plane crash during the offseason.

1984 — California’s Mike Witt tossed 97 pitches in a perfect game against the Texas Rangers, winning 1-0.

1988 — Dave Stieb of the Toronto Blue Jays lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth for the second consecutive start and finished with a 4-0 one-hitter over the Baltimore Orioles.

1992 — George Brett became the 18th player to get 3,000 hits in the Kansas City Royals’ 4-0 win over the California Angels at Anaheim. Brett went 4-for-5 and got the milestone with a single in the seventh off rookie reliever Tim Fortugno.

2007 — The New York Mets missed the playoffs when Tom Glavine was tagged for seven runs during the first inning of a season-ending 8-1 loss to Florida. No major league team had owned a lead of seven games or more with 17 to play and failed to finish in first place. New York, which had that margin on Sept. 12, matched the largest lead blown in September.

2014 — The Kansas City Royals overcame a 7-3 lead to force extra innings and outlasted Oakland 9-8 in 12 innings in the AL Wild Card playoff. This was the first wild card game to go extra innings.

2017 — Detroit’s Andrew Romine became the fifth player in baseball history to play all nine positions in one game, helping the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Minnesota.

2022 — Pinch-hitting for Luis Torrens with two outs in the 9th, Cal Raleigh blasts a 406-foot homer against Domingo Acevedo to give Seattle a 2-1 win over Oakland and clinch a postseason spot for the first time since 2001 – the longest active drought in the majors.

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Oct. 1

1903 — The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-3 in the first World Series game. Jimmy Sebring hit the first series home run. Deacon Phillippe was the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.

1932 — Babe Ruth, as legend has it, called his home run against Chicago’s Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, won by the New York Yankees 7-5 at Wrigley Field. Ruth and Lou Gehrig each hit two homers for the Yankees.

1946 — For the first time in major league history, a playoff series to determine a league’s championship was played between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Cardinals won the first game 4-2, with Howie Pollet holding the Dodgers to two hits — a homer and RBI single by Howie Schultz.

1950 — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched the NL pennant with a 4-1 10-inning victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers on the season’s last day. Dick Sisler’s three-run homer off Don Newcombe in the top of the 10th inning came after outfielder Richie Ashburn saved the game in the ninth.

1961 — Roger Maris hit his 61st home run against Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The homer eclipsed Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single-season home run record. The Yankees won 1-0.

1967 — The Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant with a 5-3 win over the Twins on the final day of the season. Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski went 4-for-4 and finished with 44 home runs, 121 RBIs and a .326 average to win the Triple Crown.

1973 — The New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 6-1 to win the National League East. It was the first game of a scheduled make-up doubleheader at Wrigley Field, a day after the regular season ended. The Mets, 11 1/2 games behind and in last place on Aug. 5, won their 82nd game, the lowest number of victories to win a title.

1978 — The Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 9-2 on the last day of the season to force a one-game playoff between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox won their eighth straight game with a 5-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.

1988 — Tony Gwynn went 2-for-3 to raise his league-leading batting average to .313 but hurt his hand in a 6-3 victory over the Houston Astros. Gwynn is the first NL batting champion to win the title with an average below .320. The previous low was Larry Doyle’s .320 in 1915.

2000 — Detroit’s Shane Halter became the fourth major leaguer to play all nine positions in a game. He capped his adventure by scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Tigers over Minnesota 12-11.

2004 — Ichiro Suzuki set the major league record for hits in a season. He broke George Sisler’s 84-year-old mark with two early singles, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3. Sisler set the hits record of 257 in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns over a 154-game schedule. Suzuki broke it in the Mariners’ 160th game.

2007 — Matt Holliday and the Colorado Rockies scored on Jamey Carroll’s shallow fly, capping a three-run rally in the 13th inning against Trevor Hoffman. He led the Rockies past the San Diego Padres 9-8 in a tiebreaker for the NL wild card.

2018 — Lorenzo Cain hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, Christian Yelich had three more hits, sending the Milwaukee Brewers to their first NL Central title since 2011 by downing the Chicago Cubs 3-1 in a tiebreaker game. Yelich won the NL batting title with a .326 average. He fell one home run and one RBI short of what would’ve been the NL’s first Triple Crown since Joe Medwick in 1937.

2022 — The Dodgers become only the third team in the history of the National League (and seventh in the majors) to win 110 games in a season with a 6 – 4 win over the Rockies. Only the 1906 Cubs and 1909 Pirates have preceded them in the senior circuit.

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Oct. 2

1908 — Addie Joss of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game, defeating the Chicago White Sox, 1-0.

1916 — Grover Alexander pitched a 2-0 three-hitter against the Boston Braves for his 16th shutout and 33rd victory of the season.

1920 — The only tripleheader in this century was played, with the Cincinnati Reds defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first two games. The Pirates won the nightcap, which was called after six innings because of darkness.

1938 — Bob Feller struck out 18 Detroit Tigers to set a single-game record that stood until Steve Carlton broke it in 1969.

1968 — Bob Gibson set a World Series record by striking out 17 Detroit Tigers in Game 1.

1978 — In a one-game playoff for the AL East title, Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer off Mike Torrez to lead the New York Yankees to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

1986 — Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets became the first pitcher in baseball to strike out 200 batters in each of his first three seasons as he fanned seven en route to an 8-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1991 — The Toronto Blue Jays clinched the American League East title and became the first team in sports history to draw four million fans in one season.

1995 — The Seattle Mariners, behind Randy Johnson’s three-hitter, beat California 9-1 in a one-game playoff for the AL West title.

2001 — Sammy Sosa, Chicago Cube, becomes the first player in MLB history to total 60 home runs in three seasons.

2005 — Roy Oswalt got his 20th win to lead the Houston Astros over the Chicago Cubs 6-4, clinching the NL wild-card berth and capping a historic comeback. Houston started the season 15-30 and became the first team since the 1914 Boston Braves to make the postseason after falling 15 games under .500.

2009 — B.J. Upton became the first player in Tampa Bay history to hit for the cycle. He went 5 for 5 with a career-high six RBIs in a 13-4 win over the New York Yankees.

2013 — Tampa Bay posted another must-have win on the road, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-0 in the AL wild-card game. The Rays playing in their third city over four days advanced to the best-of-five division series.

2016 — Baltimore’s Matt Wieters homered from both sides of the plate and Kevin Gausman gave the Orioles a clutch pitching performance to beat the New York Yankees 5-2 and snag a playoff spot on the final day of the regular season.

2018 — Tony Wolters hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the 13th inning, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 in an epic NL wild-card game.

+++TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY+++

Sept. 27

1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959.

1947 — Armed, then the world’s leading money-winning thoroughbred, meets 1946 Kentucky Derby winner Assault in the first $100,000 winner-take-all match race, held at Belmont Park. Armed earns an easy victory over Assault, who was not in peak racing condition.

1950 — Ezzard Charles wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Joe Louis at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1973 — Nolan Ryan strikes out 16 in 11 innings, for record 383 of season.

1975 — Kansas quarterback Nolan Cromwell rushes for an NCAA record 294 yards in a 20-0 victory over Oregon State.

1987 — NFL players’ strike begins in the U.S.

1988 — American diver Greg Louganis wins the 10m platform gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; wraps up diving double after also taking out the 3m springboard gold.

1988 — Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is disqualified from the Seoul Olympics 100m after his urine sample found to contain steroid stanozolol; American Carl Lewis awarded gold medal and world record 9.92.

1992 — World champion Nigel Mansell sets a single-season victory record, leading from start to finish in the Portuguese Grand Prix for his ninth win of the Formula One season.

1998 — Mark McGwire gives baseball a new magic number, hitting two homers to reach No. 70 in the St. Louis Cardinals’ season finale against Montreal. It’s McGwire’s fifth homer in the season-ending, three-game series. McGwire’s 70th and final home run of the season was a line shot over the left-field wall on a first-pitch fastball from Carl Pavano in the seventh.

2000 — The Women’s British Open is elevated to major championship status on the LPGA Tour, replacing the du Maurier Classic. The other majors are the Nabisco Championship, the LPGA Championship and the U.S. Open.

2000 — United States baseball team, managed by Tommy Lasorda, wins Olympic Gold Medal in Sydney, Australia.

2003 — B.J. Symons of Texas Tech throws for 661 yards — a school and Big 12 record — and six touchdowns, in the Red Raiders’ 49-45 win over Mississippi.

2009 — Japan’s Kimiko Date Krumm becomes the oldest winner of a WTA Tour tournament since Billie Jean King in 1983. Date Krumm, who turns 39 on Sept. 28, beats second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3, 6-3 for the Korea Open title. King was 39 years, 7 months, 23 days when she won at Birmingham, England.

2009 — With rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford leading the way, Detroit ends a 19-game losing streak with a 19-14 victory over the Washington Redskins. The Lions had not won since Dec. 23, 2007, and their skid matched the second longest in NFL history.

2009 — New England beats Atlanta 26-10 for the 16th straight regular-season victory of the NFC. It’s the longest steak any team has posted against the opposite conference since the 1970 merger.

2014 — Watson Brown becomes the first head coach in NCAA history to lose 200 games when Tennessee Tech dropped a 50-7 decision to Northern Iowa. Amos Alonzo Stagg had held the record since 1946, going 314-199-35 in 57 seasons. Brown is 128-200-1 in 30 seasons as head coach.

2018 — Jared Goff passes for career highs of 465 yards and five touchdowns, winning a scintillating duel with his Minnesota counterpart Kirk Cousins and leading the unbeaten Los Angeles Rams to a 38-31 victory over the Vikings. Cousins passes for 422 yards and three touchdowns.

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Sept. 28

1920 — A Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, known as the “Black Sox Scandal.” White Sox owner Charles Comiskey immediately suspends the eight players.

1940 — Bud Brennan, a spectator at Memorial Stadium, races out of the stands and attempts to tackle Michigan’s Tom Harmon at the 3-yard line. Harmon easily evades Brennan and completes an 86-yard touchdown run, his third return for a touchdown, in a 41-0 rout of California.

1941 — Ted Williams ends the season with a .406 batting average.

1951 — Norm Van Brocklin of Los Angeles throws for an NFL-record 554 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 54-14 rout of the New York Yankees. Elroy Hirsch catches four of the touchdown passes and finishes with 173 yards receiving and teammate Tom Fears has 162 yards receiving.

1964 — Australia beats the Unites States 3-2 to win the Davis Cup, the first time it’s played on clay courts.

1968 — The Atlanta Chiefs beat the San Diego Toros 3-0 to win the first NASL championship.

1969 — Minnesota’s Joe Kapp throws for 449 yards and ties an NFL record with seven touchdown passes to give the Vikings a 52-14 victory over the Baltimore Colts.

1976 — Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.

1979 — Larry Holmes knocks out Earnie Shavers in the 11th round at Las Vegas to retain his WBC heavyweight title.

1985 — Tight end Brian Foster of Rhode Island catches 18 passes for 327 yards to set an NCAA record in a 32-27 loss Brown.

1996 — Troy Davis of Iowa State rushes for 378 yards, the third highest total in major-college history, to lead the Cyclones past Missouri 45-31.

1997 — Wendy Ward records the lowest total in relation to par in the 47-year history of the LPGA tour for her first victory. Ward’s 23-under 265 gives her a two-shot victory in the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic. Ward, who made just one bogey all week, closes with 13 consecutive pars to match Kelly Robbins’ LPGA record for the lowest 72-hole total.

2000 — Tampa Bay forward Gordie Dwyer is suspended for 23 games by the NHL for manhandling two officials in attempts to fight opponents during an exhibition game on Sept. 19 against Washington.

2008 — Brett Favre throws a career-high and Jets-record six touchdown passes, three to Laveranues Coles, and New York takes advantage of mistakes by Arizona in a big second quarter of a 56-35 victory. Kurt Warner completes 40 of 57 passes for 472 yards and two TDs for Arizona.

2012 — Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds throws the season’s seventh no-hitter, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 1-0. The seven no-hitters match the modern record (since 1900) for one season, tying 1990 and 1991.

2017 — Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer’s grandson, shoots a 12-under 59 in the first round of the Web.com Tour Championship. Saunders closes with six straight birdies at Atlantic Beach Country Club for the seventh sub-60 round in Web.com Tour history. Stephan Jaeger set the tour record of 58 last year in the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, California. Saunders has 13 birdies and a bogey.

2018 — Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo accused of rape in 2009 in US lawsuit filed in Nevada; case dismissed based on improper breach of attorney-client privileged communications.

2020 — Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup for the second time with a 4-2 series win over the Dallas Stars in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Sept. 29

1920 — Yankees slugger Babe Ruth sets then-MLB home run season record at 54.

1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1 up to capture the PGA championship.

1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou Nova in the sixth round at the Polo Grounds in New York to retain the world heavyweight title.

1954 — Willie Mays makes his over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz’ long drive to center field and pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes homers off Bob Lemon in the 10th inning to lead the New York Giants to a 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Game 1 of the World Series.

1967 — American boxer Emile Griffith regains his world middleweight crown on points in a brawling re-match with Italian Nino Benvenuti at Shea Stadium, NY; second of famous trilogy of fights.

1974 — Dr. Norbert Sander Jr. wins the New York City Marathon in 2:26:30 and Kathy Switzer capture the women’s division in 3:07:29.

1976 — Tommy Lasorda replaces Walter Alston as Los Angeles Dodgers manager.

1977 — Muhammad Ali wins a unanimous 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers at Madison Square Garden in New York to retain his world heavyweight title.

1984 — Mike Prindle of Western Michigan sets an NCAA record by kicking seven field goals in a 42-7 rout over Marshall.

1985 — Houston Oilers quarterback Warren Moon is sacked 12 times in a 17-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys to tie an NFL record.

1988 — American athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee wins her second gold medal of the Seoul Olympics by taking the long jump with an Olympic record leap of 7.40m; previously won the heptathlon.

1988 — American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner sets women’s 200m world record 21.34; completes sprint double at the Seoul Olympics.

1988 — U.S. men’s basketball team beats Australia 78-49 to take the bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics; last time US represented by a team that doesn’t feature NBA players.

1988 — U.S. retain women’s basketball title at he Seoul Olympics with a 77-70 win over Yugoslavia; star guard Teresa Edwards top scores for the Americans with 18 points.

1991 — Pat Bradley wins the MBS LPGA Classic by one shot over Michelle Estill for her 30th career victory, qualifying her for the LPGA Hall of Fame.

1995 — The NHL and NHL Players Association strike a deal to allow league players to participate in the 1998 Winter Olympics.

2000 — At the Sydney Olympics, the U.S. men’s basketball team escapes the humiliation of playing for a bronze medal with an 85-83 victory over Lithuania in the semifinals. It’s the closest victory and biggest scare for a U.S. Olympic team since NBA players started competing in 1992.

2002 — After losing to Iowa State, Nebraska drops out of the Associated Press Top 25 football poll after being ranked for 348 consecutive weeks. The last time Nebraska was missing from the poll was Oct. 5, 1981.

2002 — Seattle’s Shaun Alexander scores an NFL-record five touchdowns in the first half of a 48-23 rout of Minnesota. He finishes with 139 yards rushing and 92 receiving and one TD short of the league mark of six in a game.

2004 — Major League Baseball announces the Montreal Expos will move to Washington to begin play at RFK Stadium in the 2005 season.

2012 — Geno Smith throws for 656 yards and ties a Big 12 record with eight touchdown passes to lead No. 9 West Virginia to a 70-63 win over No. 25 Baylor. Smith outduels Baylor’s Nick Florence, who has a standout game of his own with 581 yards and five TDs. Baylor’s Terrance Williams sets a Big 12 record with 314 yards receiving. The old mark was set minutes earlier by West Virginia’s Stedman Bailey, who had 303 yards and five TDs.

2015 — NCAA bans the SMU men’s basketball team from the postseason and suspends coach Larry Brown for nine games, saying he lied to investigators and ignored a case of academic fraud by a player.

2018 — Seventeen-year-old Hailie Deegan uses a bump-and-run on her teammate to become the first female winner of a NASCAR K&N West Series race. Her last-lap shove of Cole Rouse at Meridian Speedway in Idaho gives her the victory.

2020 — Ben Ainslie wins the Olympic gold medal in the Laser class, beating previous Laser Olympic champion Robert Scheidt.

Sept. 30

1916 — The Boston Braves snap the 26-game winning streak of the New York Giants with an 8-3 victory in the second game of a doubleheader.

1927 — Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to lead the New York Yankees to a 4-2 victory over the Washington Senators.

1939 — Fordham participates in the world’s first televised American football game. In front of the sport’s first live TV audience, the Rams defeats Waynesburg College, 34-7.

1972 — Roberto Clemente hits a double against New York Mets left-hander Jon Matlack during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium. The hit is the 3,000th and last for the Pirates’ star, who dies in a plane crash during the offseason.

1984 — The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record with three safeties in a 33-12 victory over the New York Giants. Two of the safeties are on blocked punts in the end zone.

1992 — George Brett becomes the 18th player to get 3,000 hits in the Kansas City Royals’ 4-0 win over the California Angels.

1995 — Prairie View A&M sets the college football record for consecutive losses with a 64-0 loss to Grambling State. It is the team’s 51st straight defeat, an NCAA record for any level.

2007 — Osi Umenyiora has six of the New York Giants’ NFL record-tying 12 sacks in a 16-3 victory over Philadelphia.

2007 — Detroit scores an NFL-record, 34 points in the fourth quarter of a 37-27 victory over Chicago. The Lions combine with Bears for 48 points — also a league record.

2007 — Brett Favre passes Dan Marino to become the NFL leader in career touchdown passes, throwing Nos. 421 and 422 in Green Bay’s 23-16 victory over Minnesota.

2007 — Germany defeats Brazil 2-0 in the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup held in Shanghai, China.

2012 — New England beats Buffalo 52-28 to become the first team since the 1950 New York Giants (48 points) to score at least 45 second-half points in a game in which it trailed at halftime (14-7). The Patriots become the second team in NFL history with a 300-yard passer (Tom Brady, 340 Yards), two 100-yard rushers (Brandon Bolden, 137 and Steven Ridley, 106) and two 100-yard receivers (Wes Welker, 129 and Rob Gronkowski, 104). The only other team to accomplish the feat was the 2008 Packers on December 28.

2015 — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agrees that the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ names, images and likenesses in video games and TV broadcasts violate antitrust laws but strikes down a plan to allow schools to pay players up to $5,000.

2017 — Troy’s defense forces four turnovers and the surging Trojans upset No. 25 LSU 24-21. Troy is the first team from outside the Southeastern Conference to win in LSU’s Death Valley since UAB in 2000.

2017 — Detroit’s Andrew Romine becomes the fifth player in baseball history to play all nine positions in one game, helping the Tigers to a 3-2 win over Minnesota.

2018 — The Ryder Cup is won by Europe 17½-10½ at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France. The home team secures the victory when Phil Mickelson knocks one in the water at the par-3 16th hole, conceding his match to Francesco Molinari right on the tee box. Molinari becomes the first European player to go 5-0 in the competition since the current format was adapted in 1979. Tiger Woods loses all four of his matches, capped by a 2-and-1 loss to 23-year-old Jon Rahm of Spain, the youngest player in the event.

2018 — Brittney Griner scores 15 points to help the United States beat Australia 73-56 and win the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

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Oct. 1

1903 — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Pilgrims 7-3 in the first World Series game. Jimmy Sebring hits the first Series homer, Deacon Phillippe is the winning pitcher and Cy Young the loser.

1932 — Babe Ruth made his legendary “call” as he points to center field before hitting a home run into the Wrigley Field bleachers in the 5th inning of Game 3 of the World Series. Yankees go on to win, 7-5.

1945 — World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis is discharged from US army after being awarded the Legion of Merit.

1961 — Roger Maris hits his 61st home run of the season, against Tracy Stallard of the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. The blow gives New York a 1-0 victory and eclipses Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old single-season home run record.

1967 — Richard Petty continues phenomenal NASCAR winning streak by taking the Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway; unprecedented 10th consecutive victory.

1975 — In the “Thrilla in Manila,” Muhammad Ali beats Joe Frazier in 14 rounds to retain his world heavyweight title.

1977 — 75,646 fans come to the Meadowlands to see soccer great Pele play his farewell game. Pele plays the first half with the New York Cosmos and the second half with his former team, Santos of Brazil.

1988 — Flamboyant American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins her third gold medal of the Seoul Olympics anchoring the victorious US 4 x 100m relay team.

1988 — Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini 6-3, 6-3 to win the women’s singles tennis gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; clinches first and only Golden Slam in history (Grand Slam & Olympics).

1993 — In his first World Boxing Council heavyweight title defense Lennox Lewis beats fellow Londoner Frank Bruno by TKO in 7 at the National Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

1997 — Kevin Garnett agrees to terms with the Minnesota Timberwolves on the richest long-term contract in professional sports history, a six-year deal worth more than $125 million.

1999 — In a blockbuster NBA trade, the Houston Rockets move All Star forward Scottie Pippen to Portland Trail Blazers for Kelvin Cato, Stacey Augmon, Walt Williams, Carlos Rogers, Ed Gray and Brian Shaw.

2000 — NBA stars Ray Allen and Vince Carter each score 13 points as the U.S. beats France 85-75 to win the men’s basketball gold medal at the Sydney Olympics.

2000 — United States wins the most medals (97), and the most gold medals (40) in Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia.

2004 — Ichiro Suzuki sets the major league record for hits in a season, breaking George Sisler’s 84-year-old mark with a pair of early singles as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 8-3. Sisler set the hits record of 257 in 1920 with the St. Louis Browns over a 154-game schedule. Suzuki breaks it in the Mariners’ 160th game of the year.

2006 — Tiger Woods matches his longest PGA Tour winning streak of six at the American Express Championship. Woods finishes with a 4-under 67 for an eight-shot victory. It’s also his eighth victory of the year, making him the first player in PGA Tour history to win at least eight times in three seasons.

2011 — Tyler Wilson throws for a school-record 510 yards and Jarius Wright catches 13 passes for a school-record 281 yards as Arkansas turns an 18-point halftime deficit into a 42-38 victory over Texas A&M.

2017 — Frankie Dettori wins an unprecedented fifth Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe as Enable caps a memorable season. Enable, the 10-11 favorite, leads for most of Europe’s richest horse race to claim her fifth consecutive victory after wins in the Epsom Oaks, the Irish Oaks, the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Yorkshire Oaks. The filly wins by 2 1/2 lengths over Cloth Of Stars.

2017 — Houston’s Deshaun Watson becomes the first rookie to throw four touchdowns and run for another one, since Fran Tarkenton in 1961 and tied an NFL record for most TDs by a rookie quarterback in Houston’s 57-14 victory.

2017 — Todd Gurley scores the go-ahead touchdown on a 53-yard catch-and-run, and Greg Zuerlein kicks a career-high seven field goals to lead the Los Angeles Rams to a 35-30 win over Dallas.

2017 — Former NFL star O.J. Simpson is released from Nevada’s Lovelock Prison after less than 9 years of detention of his 33 year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping.

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Oct. 2

1906 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs American challenger ‘Fireman’ Jim Flynn in 15 rounds to retain his title in Los Angeles, California.

1950 — Jim Hardy throws six touchdown passes, including five to Bob Shaw, as the Chicago Cardinals pound the Baltimore Colts 55-13.

1969 — Seattle Pilots’ last game in Seattle; crash to 98th season loss, 3-1 to Oakland in front of just 5,473; move to Milwaukee as the Brewers next season.

1970 — Fourteen members of the Wichita State football team are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains.

1980 — Larry Holmes registers a technical knockout in the 11th round against Muhammad Ali to win the world heavyweight title in Las Vegas.

1983 — The Green Bay Packers score 49 points in the first half, including 35 in the second quarter, in a 55-14 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

1988 — Future world heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis, representing Canada, wins super-heavyweight gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; beats American Riddick Bowe by 2nd round TKO.

1991 — Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 matches as a professional when she beats Petra Langrova of Czechoslovakia 6-0, 6-1 in the Leipzig International Tournament.

1993 — In the first all-British world heavyweight title fight, Lennox Lewis retains his WBC heavyweight title with a seven-round knockout of Frank Bruno in Cardiff, Wales.

1993 — California rallies from a 30-0 deficit to beat Oregon 42-41. Dave Barr throws three second-half touchdowns, including a 26-yarder to Iheanyi Uwaezuoke with 1:17 left in the game.

1994 — North Carolina’s 92-game winning streak in women’s soccer ends with a scoreless tie in overtime against Notre Dame.

1994 — Don Shula’s Miami Dolphins beat son Dave’s Cincinnati Bengals 23-7 in the first meeting between father and son coaches in professional sports.

2001 — Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history with three 60-homer seasons, but the Reds hold on for a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Sosa’s solo shot comes in the first inning.

2004 — Rice and San Jose State play in the highest-scoring regulation game in Division I-A history, with the Spartans winning 70-63. The 133 points surpass the total from Middle Tennessee’s 70-58 victory over Idaho on Oct. 6, 2001. The schools combine for 19 touchdowns to break the Division I-A record of 18.

2004 — Jeff Kent becomes all-time home run leader for MLB 2nd basemen when he hits 2 in Astros’ 9-3 win v Rockies; 302 overall HR to break Ryne Sandberg’s major league record established in 1997.

2004 — Montreal Expos earn the last win in the franchise’s MLB history, beating New York Mets, 6 – 3 at Shea Stadium; Brad Wilkerson hits the Expos’ final home run in 9th inning, his 32nd of the year.

2006 — Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth is given a five-game suspension — the longest for on-field behavior in NFL history — for stomping on Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode’s head and kicking him in the face.

2009 — Ninth-grader Alexis Thompson shoots a 3-under 69 for a share of the lead with top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and three others after the second round of the Navistar LPGA Classic.

2011 — Dallas has its largest lead blown in a loss in franchise history, frittering away a 24-point third-quarter cushion in a 34-30 loss to Detroit. The Lions turned a 20-point halftime deficit into an overtime win at Minnesota the previous week.

2016 — The United States win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008. Ryan Moore two-putts on No. 18 for a 1-up victory over Lee Westwood, giving the Americans a 15-10 lead that seals the win over Europe. The 17-11 victory over Europe is their biggest rout in 35 years at the Ryder Cup.

2016 — Atlanta’s Matt Ryan passes for 503 yards and four touchdowns, while wide receiver Julio Jones has 12 catches for 300 yards and a touchdown in Atlanta’s 48-33 win over Carolina.

2016 — Veteran broadcaster Vin Scully called his final LA Dodgers game after a record 67 MLB Seasons.

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+++TV SPORTS+++

(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, Sept. 27

AUTO RACING

1 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.

2:10 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.

4 p.m.

CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Kansas Lottery 300, Playoffs – Round of 12, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.

12:30 a.m. (Sunday)

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Motul Grand Prix of Japan, Motegi, Japan

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Noon

ABC — Notre Dame at Arkansas

ACCN — Duke at Syracuse

BTN — Rutgers at Minnesota

CBSSN — Bowling Green at Ohio

ESPN — TBA

ESPN2 — TBA

ESPNU — South Alabama at North Texas

FOX — Southern Cal at Illinois

FS1 — UCF at Kansas St.

TNT — Cincinnati at Kansas

12:45 p.m.

SECN — Utah St. at Vanderbilt

3:30 p.m.

ABC — LSU at Mississippi

ACCN — California at Boston College

BTN — UCLA at Northwestern

CBS — Ohio St. at Washington

CBSSN — Rice at Navy

ESPN — Auburn at Texas A&M

ESPN2 — Baylor at Oklahoma St.

FOX — Utah at West Virginia

4 p.m.

ESPNU — TBA

FS1 — Hawaii at Air Force

4:15 p.m.

SECN — Tennessee at Mississippi St.

7 p.m.

CW — Virginia Tech at NC State

ESPN — Arizona at Iowa St.

ESPN2 — TBA

7:30 p.m.

ABC — Alabama at Georgia

ACCN — San Jose St. at Stanford

CBSSN — Washington St. at Colorado

ESPNU — UMass at Missouri

FS1 — Appalachian St. vs. Boise St.

NBC — Oregon at Penn St.

PEACOCK — Oregon at Penn St.

7:45 p.m.

SECN — Kentucky at South Carolina

10:15 p.m.

ESPN — BYU at Colorado

ESPN2 — Idaho at Montana

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

8 p.m.

BTN — Michigan at Michigan St.

GOLF

7 a.m.

NBC — 2025 Ryder Cup: U.S. vs. Europe – Day 2, Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, N.Y.

HORSE RACING

12:30 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MILB BASEBALL

8 p.m.

MLBN — TBA

MLB BASEBALL

1 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees (1:05 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)

4 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Detroit at Boston (4:10 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.)

7 p.m.

FOX — TBA

11 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Seattle (9:40 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Athletics (10:05 p.m.)

NHL HOCKEY

7 p.m.

NHLN — Preseason: Columbus at Pittsburgh

RUGBY (MEN’S)

6 a.m.

FS2 — NRL Postseason: TBD

RUGBY (WOMEN’S)

7:30 a.m.

CBSSN — 2025 World Cup: TBD, Bronze-Medal Game, Twickenham, England

Midnight

FS2 — NRL: TBA

2 a.m. (Sunday)

FS2 — NRL: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:30 a.m.

CBSSN — English League Championship: Norwich City at Stoke City

USA — English Premier League: Manchester United at Brentford

10 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Burnley at Manchester City

Noon

CBS — Serie A: Atalanta at Juventus

12:30 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Sunderland at Nottingham Forest

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Wolverhampton at Tottenham Hotspur

6:45 p.m.

FS2 — FIFA U-20 World Cup Group Stage: Chile vs. New Zealand, Group A, Nunoa, Chile

11 p.m.

CBSSN — Liga MX: Pumas UNAM at Club America

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

7:30 p.m.

ION — NWSL: Angel City at Louisville

10 p.m.

ION — NWSL: Utah at Bay

TENNIS

6 a.m.

TENNIS — Beijing-ATP/WTA 2nd Round

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Sunday, Sept. 28

AUTO RACING

1:30 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill. (Taped)

3 p.m.

FS1 — NHRA: The NAPA Auto Parts NHRA Midwest Nationals, World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway, Madison, Ill.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Hollywood Casino 400, Playoffs – Round of 12, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan.

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY

Noon

ACCN — North Carolina at Boston College

COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

4 p.m.

BTN — Rutgers at Southern Cal

6 p.m.

ACCN — Notre Dame at Clemson

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

11 a.m.

SECN — Alabama at Auburn

Noon

BTN — UCLA at Penn St.

1 p.m.

ESPN — Arizona at Kansas

SECN — Mississippi at Oklahoma

1:30 p.m.

ACCN — California at Virginia

2 p.m.

BTN — Illinois at Purdue

3 p.m.

ESPN — SMU at Pittsburgh

GOLF

Noon

NBC — 2025 Ryder Cup: U.S. vs. Europe – Final Day, Bethpage Black Course, Farmingdale, N.Y.

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

2 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

NFL FOOTBALL

9:30 a.m.

NFLN — Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh, Dublin

1 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Washington at Atlanta, New Orleans at Buffalo, L.A. Chargers at N.Y. Giants, Tennessee at Houston

FOX — Regional Coverage: Cleveland at Detroit, Carolina at New England, Philadelphia at Tampa Bay

4:05 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Indianapolis at L.A. Rams OR Jacksonville at San Francisco

4:25 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Baltimore at Kansas City OR Chicago at Chicago at Las Vegas

8:20 p.m.

NBC — Green Bay at Dallas

NHL HOCKEY

3 p.m.

NHLN — Preseason: Washington at New Jersey

8 p.m.

NHLN — Preseason: Vancouver at Edmonton

RODEO

3 p.m.

CW — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Springfield, Mo.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Fulham at Aston Villa

10 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: Rangers at Livingston

11:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Newcastle United

12:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Serie A: TBA

6 p.m.

CBSSN — USL Championship: TBA

6:45 p.m.

FS2 — FIFA U-20 World Cup Group Stage: TBA

6:55 p.m.

FS1 — FIFA U-20 World Cup Group Stage: TBA

WNBA BASKETBALL

3 p.m.

ABC — Playoffs: TBD, Semifinal – Game 4 (If Necessary)

5 p.m.

ESPN — Playoffs: TBD, Semifinal – Game 4 (If Necessary)

THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

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