“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD NO GAMES SCHEDULED =========================== MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD NO GAMES SCHEDULED =========================== WNBA SCOREBOARD SKY 95 STORM 90 LYNX 96 SPARKS 87 VALKYRIES 88 FEVER 75 =========================== NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCOREBOARD TIMBERWOLVES 114 PACERS 98 MAGIC 99 SIXERS 92 CAVS 82 PELICANS 77 SUNS 100 PISTONS 88 BUCKS 110 HORNETS 91 CELTICS 82 KINGS 76 SPURS 94 JAZZ 82 CLIPPERS 108 WIZARDS 94 =========================== WORLD CUP SOCCER SCOREBOARD ARGENTINA 2 ENGLAND 1 =========================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULES https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load =========================== NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS ARIZONA CARDINALS STATE FARM STADIUM GLENDALE, ARIZ. 7/22 7/22 ATLANTA FALCONS ATLANTA FALCONS TRAINING FACILITY FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. 7/24 7/28 BALTIMORE RAVENS UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER OWINGS MILLS, MD. 7/24 7/28 BUFFALO BILLS ST. JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ROCHESTER, N.Y. 7/21 7/28 CAROLINA PANTHERS BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM CHARLOTTE, N.C. 7/21 7/22 CHICAGO BEARS HALAS HALL LAKE FOREST, ILL. 7/25 7/28 CINCINNATI BENGALS PAYCOR STADIUM CINCINNATI 7/25 7/28 CLEVELAND BROWNS CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS BEREA, OHIO 7/23 7/28 DALLAS COWBOYS MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN OXNARD, CALIF. 7/28 7/28 DENVER BRONCOS BRONCOS PARK POWERED BY COMMONSPIRIT ENGLEWOOD, COLO. 7/22 7/28 DETROIT LIONS MEIJER PERFORMANCE CENTER ALLEN PARK, MICH. 7/25 7/28 GREEN BAY PACKERS LAMBEAU FIELD GREEN BAY, WIS. 7/27 7/28 HOUSTON TEXANS HOUSTON METHODIST TRAINING CENTER HOUSTON 7/21 7/28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GRAND PARK WESTFIELD, IND. 7/27 7/28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS MILLER ELECTRIC CENTER JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7/25 7/28 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY ST. JOSEPH, MO. 7/24 7/28 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PERFORMANCE CENTER HENDERSON, NEV. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS THE BOLT EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES RAMS LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES 7/25 7/25 MIAMI DOLPHINS BAPTIST HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. 7/21 7/28 MINNESOTA VIKINGS TCO PERFORMANCE CENTER EAGAN, MINN. 7/26 7/28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS CENTER FOXBOROUGH, MASS. 7/21 7/24 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS OCHSNER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER METAIRIE, LA. 7/28 7/28 NEW YORK GIANTS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TRAINING CENTER/THE GREENBRIER EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J./WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.V. 7/23 7/28 NEW YORK JETS ATLANTIC HEALTH JETS TRAINING CENTER FLORHAM PARK, N.J. 7/25 7/28 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES JEFFERSON HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX PHILADELPHIA 7/28 7/28 PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LATROBE, PA. 7/28 7/28 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SAP PERFORMANCE FACILITY SANTA CLARA, CALIF. 7/18 7/25 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTER RENTON, WASH. 7/17 7/24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER TAMPA, FLA. 7/27 7/28 TENNESSEE TITANS VANDERBILT HEALTH FOOTBALL CENTER NASHVILLE, TENN. 7/23 7/28 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS COMMANDERS PARK ASHBURN, VA. 7/24 7/28 ====== 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) ===== 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING 1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS 2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC 3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS 4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET 5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS 6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX 7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS 8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS 9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX 10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS 11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO 12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX 13 BYE WEEK 14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX 15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS 16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD 17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX 18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD ======================================= NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES WORLD CUP NEWS MESSI LEADS ARGENTINA RALLY, EXTENDS ENGLAND’S DECADES OF DISAPPOINTMENT ATLANTA — Five minutes from erasing decades of anguish, England turned passive. The painful result: two more assists for Lionel Messi, one more World Cup final for Argentina. “We were so close,” England coach Thomas Tuchel said following the 2-1 defeat Wednesday at Atlanta Stadium during a dour postgame session rolling on as Argentina celebrated with song, dance and degrees of disbelief alongside home fans seated behind the winner’s goal. “But couldn’t keep the level after we scored. We deserved to be up 1-0. … we got passive.” Defense dominated in the first World Cup semifinal without a shot in goal in the first half since 1966 as sparring — and a little extra — led to 19 total fouls. Then the defending, three-time world champs blitzed England with goals in the 85th and 92nd minutes, sparking a party in Atlanta Stadium and advancing to the World Cup final on Sunday for the seventh time in the country’s history. “Enjoy it,” Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said. “Everybody should be thanking the players. This group is difficult to explain. Honestly. … I know that you recognize and acknowledge and are very well aware of how special this team is. This is all thanks to them. I want to thank them.”Soccer Messi, 39, attempted only one shot in the match and spent most of the post-game, on-field party as a passive observer seated near the spot on the pitch where Enzo Fernandez changed England’s weekend plans a short time earlier. Following Fernandez’s lead, Lautaro Martinez secured Argentina’s place in the World Cup final with the game-winning goal seven minutes later, in another dramatic comeback for a 2-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon. Two possessions after he fired a rising missile deflected over the net by England keeper Jordan Pickford, Fernandez used a Messi assist for a replay of almost the same shot, but planted this one into the left corner of the net in the 85th minute. In the first two minutes of extra time, Martinez settled in front of Pickford at the left edge of the goal and headed a Messi pass by Pickford to cap a stirring rally. “We conceded too many chances,” England’s 6-foot-7 supersub Dan Burn said. “When you get that close to the World Cup final after so many years, yeah, it hurts.” Argentina will meet Spain on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J., with a chance to claim a fourth title.Sports Coaching & Training “It’s a dream to play in the World Cup final again,” Argentina midfielder Leandro Paredes said. “If this next game goes well, we’re going to be the champion of the Americas and champions of the world.” Messi has eight goals and four assists in this World Cup and a tournament-record 12 career assists after two on Wednesday. For more than 80 minutes, all signs were pointing to England getting its first World Cup championship bid in decades. With Argentina’s defense backpedaling, Anthony Gordon broke the deadlock in the 55th minute. It was one of only five shots on goal Wednesday for England. He tallied the game’s first goal on a brilliant assist from Morgan Rogers, who was fed by Declan Rice. Rogers recovered the ball outside the box right of the goal and found Gordon streaking ahead of defenders to deflect the pass with the side of his right foot for the score. But England’s euphoria ended in familiar fashion. “I wish I had the answer,” Pickford said. “Obviously very, very proud of what we’ve done in this tournament. But there’s very fine lines in this tournament.” Moments later, England defender Djed Spence caught up to Giuliano Simeone, who had space and pace behind coverage on what would have been a clean shot from close range. The maligned Spence delivered one of the tackles of the tournament, covering significant distance to dislodge the ball inside the box. Before a hydration break as the 70th minute approached, Pickford made his own bid for England’s gold star defensive play of the game. He got his right hand on a ball sailing for the right corner of the goal to make a deflection and diving save to his right, keeping the score 1-0. Only inches spared the Three Lions and Pickford from the equalizer courtesy of Alexis Mac Allister in the 76th minute when he met a cross from Rodrigo DePaul near the penalty spot but the shot cannoned off the right post. La Scaloneta tested Pickford immediately out of the halftime break. Julian Alvarez ripped two shots approaching from Pickford’s left to spike the energy and decibel level in the dome, but missed both. The second sank into the outside of the net. “I think this team plays the best when we are facing challenging situations, when we’re facing adversity,” Scaloni said. “We had a challenging game. A challenging situation. There was blood in the water and we went for it. That’s what I saw in the players as well.” Messi and Argentina also threatened late in the first half, first when Messi danced free of Harry Kane near midfield and drew a yellow card on midfielder Elliot Anderson. The possession nearly ended in a goal by Fernandez, who tallied the decisive quarterfinal goal to eliminate Egypt last week in the round of 16. His clean strike from outside the box whizzed over the top right corner of the bar in the 39th minute and the first half ended in a 0-0 stalemate. Kane paid homage to Messi’s role in directing Argentina’s rally and playing as you’d expect from “the greatest player of all-time.” The second-half wizardry was no surprise in the winner’s locker room. “They don’t feel the weight on their shoulders. Messi today, the last 15, 20, 25 minutes, anytime he could, he just got the ball,” Scaloni said. “When you see that kind of grit, that kind of show. They’re playing like their 7- or 8-year-olds. They’re not thinking about if they miss. They’re not thinking about anything else. They’re thinking about football.”Soccer Messi appeared to gain some extra motivation from a contentious war of words with England. Referee Ismail Elfath helped separate England’s Jude Bellingham and Messi when the match opened with a no-call on a forearm from Fernandez to the back of Anderson’s head, one of multiple chest-thumping exchanges between the teams in the first half. Bellingham also appeared to provoke Argentina at the end of the game as the team started celebrating near midfield, moving toward the group huddle and slapping Argentina defender Valentin Barco on the back of his head. England missed three chances in the first half. The initial shot could’ve been confused for a pass. It came when right back Reece James one-touched a pass from Rogers and looked for his first score of the World Cup. His low, soft try from right of the penalty area was easily smothered at ankle height by Emiliano Martinez. Before the late onslaught, Messi, playing in his sixth World Cup and 206th international match for Argentina, had a clean look outside the box in the 83rd minute but pushed it wide left. Argentina finished with 15 attempts on goal to five for England, which squares off with France in the third-place match in Miami Gardens, Fla. on Saturday. Spain can break a tie with Italy with a victory. La Roja carries a 37-match unbeaten streak — 30 wins, seven draws — into the championship match, vying to win the World Cup for the second time (2010). ==================================== BASEBALL NEWS REPORTS: ASTROS TRADING RHP LANCE MCCULLERS JR. TO BREWERS The Houston Astros are finalizing a trade to send right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. to the Milwaukee Brewers, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. The two-time World Series winner and former American League All-Star has pitched only 39 1/3 innings this season, posting a 2-3 record with a 6.86 ERA in eight starts. McCullers, 32, has been on the 15-day injured list since May 21 with right shoulder inflammation. He earns $17 million this season in the final campaign of his five-year, $85 million contract. The Athletic reported McCullers has waived his no-trade clause. The Astros will pay down a portion of what’s remaining on his contract, USA Today reported. The New York Post reported that left-hander Colton Gordon, 27, also will move to Milwaukee in the deal. Gordon has surrendered 12 earned runs in 9 1/3 innings this season. McCullers is 53-40 with a 3.85 ERA in 154 career games (148 starts) with the Astros since 2015. He was an All-Star in 2017 and won World Series titles in 2017 and 2022, but missed three entire seasons (2019, 2023-24) due to injuries. The Brewers’ starting rotation has been affected by several injuries recently. Kyle Harrison (8-2, 3.01) sits on the 15-day IL while Brandon Woodruff (2-2, 2.98) recently joined the 60-day IL. Logan Henderson (3-1, 3.18) returned to active duty July 9 after missing six weeks. ===== A’S DFA RHP AARON CIVALE, REPORTEDLY CALL UP PROSPECT TOMMY WHITE The Athletics designated veteran pitcher Aaron Civale for assignment on a busy day of moves that were announced on MLB.com’s transactions log on Wednesday ahead of their return from the All-Star break on Friday. Right-handed reliever Yunior Tur was selected to the major league roster in Civale’s place, lining the organization’s No. 27 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, up for a potential big league debut this weekend when the Athletics host the Washington Nationals in West Sacramento, Calif. According to an MLB.com report, the Athletics are also calling up No. 7 prospect Tommy White from Las Vegas to make his major league debut this weekend. Civale, 31, signed as a free agent with the Athletics in February. His season started well with a 5-1 record and 2.70 ERA over his first nine starts. But he had an 8.25 ERA in three June starts and a 10.29 ERA through two July starts and has lost his last six starts. He has a 48-51 record and 4.26 ERA with 723 strikeouts and 226 walks over 156 appearances (150 starts) for the Cleveland Guardians (2019-23), Tampa Bay Rays (2023-24), Milwaukee Brewers (2024-25), Chicago White Sox (2025), Chicago Cubs (2025) and Athletics. ===== BUZZING PHILLIES, STRUGGLING METS KICK OFF SEASON’S SECOND HALF After an eventful All-Star break in their hometown, the Philadelphia Phillies have an early start to the second half as they host the New York Mets on Thursday. As it’s the only game on the MLB schedule, it puts the Phillies right back in the spotlight. Philadelphia hosted the All-Star Game on Tuesday — a 4-0 American League victory in which six Phillies players took the field for the National League. Citizens Bank Park was rocking on Monday, too, as Kyle Schwarber nearly won the Home Run Derby before Jordan Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals edged him in the finals. “They erupted. That’s what you live for, right?” Schwarber said on Monday. “You want your hometown to be behind you, and they were every second of it. From when we got introduced to the first pitch to all the way to the end. So I tip my cap to the Philadelphia faithful. They showed out tonight.” The Phillies wrapped up the first half of the season by winning two of three in Detroit. They sit at 54-43 heading into the second half — good for the National League’s second wild card while sitting just two games behind the Atlanta Braves in the division race.MLB news “I got that October feeling,” Phillies outfielder Brandon Marsh said of his first All-Star experience. “(I want to get back to October) more than anything. I’ll do just about anything to get there. … We put ourselves in a better position right before the break. We started slow but we’re back in the fight. We’re within striking distance. We just have to keep it day to day and enjoy it.” Meanwhile, the Mets endured a nightmarish first half. They hit the break at 40-57 — the fourth-worst record in baseball — and are miles behind the other four NL East teams. “It’s frustrating for everybody in that clubhouse. … Those guys want to win,” interim Mets manager Andy Green said after his team was swept by the Boston Red Sox last weekend. “That was a tough first half in many respects. … Everybody on that team has a level of responsibility to flip the script going into the second half.” Aaron Nola (3-6, 5.75 ERA), who’s expected to get the ball for Philadelphia, also had a rough first half. However, the veteran right-hander has shown improvement in July. Though the Phils lost both of his outings, he posted a 3.75 ERA and a 15-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 12 innings. “I felt like we were mixing pretty well tonight,” Nola said Friday after allowing two runs and three hits in five innings against the Tigers. “Got behind on several guys, but overall, I felt pretty good.” Nola is 11-10 with a 3.42 ERA in 31 lifetime starts against the Mets. New York turns to Christian Scott (2-1, 3.17), who concluded his first half with a crisp performance against the Kansas City Royals. The right-hander gave up just three hits and one walk over five scoreless innings, although he needed 90 pitches to reach the minimum to qualify for the win. “There’s always something to get better at,” Scott said. “For me, I know it’s going deeper in games. I take that to heart; I take that personally. Being able to go out and do that consistently is my goal.” Scott has faced the Phillies once in his career — a 6-2 win on June 27 in which he allowed two runs over 4 1/3 innings. His six strikeouts included whiffs of All-Stars Schwarber, Marsh and Bryce Harper. ===== REPORTS: MLB WANTS STIFF PENALTIES FOR PLAYERS WHO SKIP 2028 OLYMPICS Major League Baseball players who decline to participate in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles without an approved excuse could face a lengthy league suspension, multiple outlets reported. Such players would be placed on a restricted list — without earning pay or service time — from as early as July 10 through Aug. 3, 2028, according to a copy of the MLB proposal reviewed by The Athletic. That’s a 25-day span. Placement on the injured list would count as an approved excuse, and those players would receive salary and service time. However, they would not be allowed to return to regular-season action until after Aug. 3. MLB Player Association head Bruce Meyer called the league’s proposal “extreme.” Commissioner Rob Manfred countered Tuesday that the 2028 Summer Games are “a unique opportunity to market the sport with our very, very best players.”MLB content “It is a disruptive undertaking for us,” Manfred said. “Put money to one side. You’re disrupting an entire season, and if we’re going to undertake that effort, we want our very best out there so that people see how great our game really is.” The participation of MLB players in the L.A. Games is still being hammered out between the MLB, MLBPA, the LA28 organizing committee, the International Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. According to Front Office Sports, the unresolved issues include player accommodations, insurance and tickets. The baseball portion of the 2028 Olympics — consisting of the United States, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and three countries determined by upcoming qualifiers — is scheduled for July 13-19. The first half of the MLB regular season would wrap up on July 9, with the All-Star Game on July 11 and the regular season resuming on July 21. ============================================ COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS ACC REVAMPS TIEBREAKERS FOR CONFERENCE TITLE GAME AFTER 5-LOSS DUKE TEAM GOT IN OVER NO. 10 MIAMI CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference is revamping the tiebreaker format for its football championship game following a controversial finish last season that allowed a five-loss Duke team to get in over then-No. 10-ranked Miami — a situation that put the Hurricanes at risk of missing the expanded College Football Playoff. Miami, which had been the ACC’s most dominant team during the regular season, wound up being selected for the playoff and went on to reach the national title game, where it fell short to No. 1 Indiana 27-21. Duke beat No. 20 Virginia in the ACC championship game last year for its first outright ACC title since 1962 but was not selected for the CFP, much to the dismay of Blue Devils coach Manny Diaz. The new football championship tiebreaker policy will take effect beginning with the 2026 season, reflecting the league’s transition to a nine-game conference schedule and ensuring a fair and equitable process for determining participants in the ACC championship game, the league said. The updated tiebreaking procedure is built on three guiding principles: — Head-to-head results always will matter most. — No team will be overly rewarded or penalized based on the number of conference games it played. — When head-to-head competition cannot separate tied teams, the team with the strongest overall body of work will earn the opportunity to compete for the ACC championship and the conference’s automatic qualifier to the College Football Playoff. “Our game will feature the two most deserving teams,” ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips said at ACC Kickoff on Wednesday in Charlotte. Phillips said the third tier of that tiebreaker will be based on a SportSource Analytics metric used by the CFP. The updated policy was developed to reward head-to-head results and account for the league’s teams playing an alternate number of conference games while also identifying the two most deserving teams to compete for the ACC championship and the conference’s automatic berth into the CFP. The conference said the evaluation included more than 10,000 simulated season outcomes to ensure the model fairly addressed a wide range of championship scenarios. The revised policy was approved following a comprehensive review by the ACC’s athletics directors. In December, the ACC announced that 12 of its 17 football-playing members would be playing a nine-game football schedule beginning in 2026 while five teams would play eight games. That made the head-to-head tiebreakers even more complicated than in the past. The policy will operate as a bridge to accommodate conference games already on the books, with the plan to have 16 of 17 teams playing nine football games regularly by 2027. ===== FLORIDA STATE LANDS PLEDGE FROM 4-STAR DB ZA’KARI JOHNSON With the season less than two months away, the Florida State football team got some good news Tuesday night when four-star recruit Za’Kari Johnson committed to the Seminoles over other finalists Miami, Auburn, Syracuse and Georgia Tech. Johnson, who plays for Miami (Fla.) Carol City High, recently reclassified from the 2028 recruiting class to 2027. He ranks as the No. 349 overall recruit, No. 21 athlete and No. 31 prospect from Florida in the 2027 class, according to 247Sports’ composite rankings. While there was some debate about Johnson’s position at the next level. He played both quarterback and defensive back last season for Plantation (Fla.) High School before transferring. Johnson told 247Sports that the Seminoles intend to use him in the secondary. Johnson is Florida State’s 14th commit in its 2027 class, the fourth of which is a four-star recruit. The Seminoles’ 2027 class ranks 53rd in the 247Sports recruiting class rankings. Since being left out of the College Football Playoff in 2023 with a 13-0 record, Florida State has gone 7-17 the last two years under Mike Norvell, creating a hot seat entering his seventh season leading the program in 2026. ===== ACC NOTEBOOK: MIAMI ENTERS 2026 DETERMINED TO PROVE TITLE RUN WAS NO FLUKE Miami came within one victory of completing its return to college football’s biggest stage last season.Soccer The Hurricanes’ message entering 2026, however, is that getting close does not mean they have arrived. At the Atlantic Coast Conference Kickoff media event in Charlotte on Wednesday, Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal pushed back against any suggestion that last season’s run to the national championship game represented the completion of the program’s rebuild. “We just got to shut up and work because we haven’t proven anything yet,” Cristobal said. Miami has improved in each of Cristobal’s four seasons, going from 5-7 in 2022 to 13-3 last year, when it entered the College Football Playoff as the final at-large selection before winning three games and losing 27-21 to Indiana in the title game. “We’re winning more, and we feel like we’re just getting started,” Cristobal said. Maintaining that progress will require another successful quarterback transition. Darian Mensah, who transferred from ACC champion Duke, follows Cam Ward and Carson Beck as the third veteran transfer to take over the Hurricanes’ offense in as many seasons. Mensah led the ACC with 3,973 passing yards and 34 touchdowns last season. He said watching Ward and Beck succeed in offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson’s system helped sell him on Miami. “This is my team,” Mensah said. “This is my offense. I’m excited to go compete with the guys.” The Hurricanes open the season Sept. 4 at Stanford. –ACC changes championship game tiebreaker The ACC has revised its tiebreaking procedure after last season’s five-team second-place logjam resulted in Duke reaching the conference championship game instead of a higher-ranked Miami team. Head-to-head results will remain the primary tiebreaker. If teams are still tied after that, the conference will use the Team Success Ranking developed by SportSource Analytics, a measurement designed to compare each team’s overall body of work. The change comes as the ACC moves to a nine-game conference schedule. Twelve teams will play nine league games this season, while five will play eight because of previously scheduled nonconference matchups. The conference said teams will not receive an excessive advantage or penalty based on the number of ACC games they play. Duke advanced last season through the fifth tiebreaker, conference opponents’ winning percentage, after five teams finished tied for second place. With each Power 4 champion now guaranteed a spot in the College Football Playoff, commissioner Jim Phillips said the league needed a system more likely to place its strongest two teams in Charlotte. “You have to do everything you can to position your championship game with those two best teams,” Phillips said. “Head-to-head matters. That’s always most important. Then we will look at the grouping and how teams fared. It will come down to body of work.” –Pressure mounting on Norvell, Florida State Florida State coach Mike Norvell did not try to sugarcoat the pressure of his seventh season. The Seminoles are 7-17 over the past two years, a stunning reversal after they won 19 consecutive games and started 13-0 as ACC champions in 2023. “In reality, the words don’t matter, it’s about the action,” Norvell said. “That’s our focus.” Norvell believes Florida State has the elements to improve after 19 true freshmen appeared in at least four games last season. He also highlighted the defense entering its second year under coordinator Tony White and the recent addition of former Texas coach Tom Herman to the staff. The Seminoles showed flashes during a 5-7 season in 2025, including an opening win over Alabama, but struggled to close out several tight games. Norvell said the program’s previous climb provides a blueprint, even if repeating it will require more than a persuasive offseason speech. “The last two years, as college football has changed, continuing to evolve, we have to be better,” Norvell said. “This past season we showed glimpses of playing at a very high level. Big wins, some great moments, but also had some disappointing results in some close games and opportunities we did not capitalize on.”Soccer –Virginia names Pribula starting quarterback Virginia removed one question from its preseason checklist when coach Tony Elliott confirmed Missouri transfer Beau Pribula will begin the season as the starting quarterback. Pribula beat out fellow transfer Eli Holstein after passing for 1,941 yards with 11 touchdowns and nine interceptions while adding 297 yards and six scores on the ground in 10 games for the Tigers last season. Elliott said Pribula earned the job based on his full body of work and informed the team of the decision at the beginning of the summer. The Cavaliers, who won double-digit games for the first time since 1989 and reached last season’s ACC championship game, open at home against NC State on Aug. 29, a game which was originally slated to be played in Brazil. ======================================== NHL NEWS STEVE YZERMAN ABRUPTLY STEPS DOWN AS GENERAL MANAGER OF THE DETROIT RED WINGS Steve Yzerman abruptly stepped down as general manager of the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, a stunning midsummer change by a franchise great leaving the job after seven seasons and zero playoff appearances. Yzerman’s transition to an advisory role to owner and CEO Chris Ilitch comes several weeks after captain and No. 1 center Dylan Larkin’s trade request came to light. The Red Wings’ decade-long playoff drought is the longest in the storied history of the organization and the longest active drought in the NHL. The team said its search for a new head of hockey operations has begun and that Yzerman will continue to be in charge on a day-to-day basis until his successor is determined. “Clearly, we are not where we and our fans expect to be as an organization,” Ilitch said in a statement. “Steve’s lifetime of contributions to the Red Wings has meant more to this franchise than words can truly express, and I have the highest level of respect for his continued commitment to our organization.” Yzerman spent his entire 22-year Hall of Fame playing career with Detroit from 1983-2006, captaining it to the Stanley Cup three times. He has the three highest-scoring seasons in franchise history and is second only to Gordie Howe on the Red Wings’ all-time points list. “This organization has given me incredible opportunities, from my time as a player to the privilege of returning as general manager,” Yzerman said. “My commitment to the Red Wings and this community will never waver, and I look forward to supporting the organization in whatever role is needed to achieve our collective goals.” But he did not get hired just for his on-ice performance. Yzerman was an accomplished GM with Tampa Bay, building the core group of players and leadership that eventually won back-to-back championships. He took over in Detroit in 2019, where success on the ice has not materialized. Yzerman’s moves or lack thereof have contributed to the struggles, including failing to adequately address goaltending. Trading Tyler Bertuzzi to Boston and Filip Hronek to Vancouver for draft picks at the trade deadline in March 2023 and giving up a second-rounder to unload Jake Walman on a deal with San Jose 15 months later are among the questionable decisions. Larkin also criticized Yzerman for not doing more at the 2024 deadline, and the team struggled down the stretch without reinforcements. Acquiring Justin Faulk and David Perron this past season also was not enough to get the Red Wings into the top eight in the Eastern Conference. Larkin asking to be traded — with Minnesota, Florida and Vegas initially the only teams on his list — threatened the direction of the team at a time when it looked like Yzerman’s position was safe. Yzerman last month said he could not guarantee granting Larkin’s wish because the player is signed for five more seasons at an average annual salary of $8.7 million. Figuring out that situation will now be someone else’s call, as will improving a roster that has perennially underacheived expectations. “I’m looking forward to bringing in new leadership to build the championship-caliber organization (Detroit) deserves,” Ilitch said. ===== CANES RAISING STANLEY CUP BANNER AT SEPT. 29 OPENER The Carolina Hurricanes will raise their second Stanley Cup championship banner ahead of their Sept. 29 season opener against the Florida Panthers. The 5 p.m. ET matchup in Raleigh, N.C., pits the two most recent league champions and kicks off the league’s opening-night tripleheader on ESPN. The New York Rangers and Boston Bruins follow at 8 p.m. ET before the Chicago Blackhawks and Vegas Golden Knights cap the action at 10:30 p.m. ET. The Hurricanes claimed their first championship since the 2005-06 season by defeating the Golden Knights in six games in June. The NHL announced the home openers for all 32 teams on Wednesday and the full schedule is set to be released on Thursday. Play begins in September as the league moves to an 84-game season for the first time since 1993-94. There will be a record 1,344 games played during the regular season.Sports media ===== DEVILS SIGN F ANTHONY MANTHA TO 2-YEAR, $9.5M CONTRACT The New Jersey Devils signed free agent forward Anthony Mantha to a two-year, $9.5 million contract. Mantha, 31, will earn $5.4 million in 2026-27 and $4.1 million in 2027-28, the team announced Wednesday. He is coming off his first 30-goal campaign with Pittsburgh in 2025-26, tallying 64 points (33 goals, 31 assists) in 81 games. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound veteran owns 367 points (179 goals, 188 assists) in 588 career games with five teams. He has zero goals and seven assists to show for his 20 Stanley Cup playoff appearances. The Detroit Red Wings selected the Quebec native in the first round (20th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft. ===== FLYERS SIGN RESTRICTED FREE AGENT F TREVOR ZEGRAS TO 4-YEAR DEAL The Philadelphia Flyers announced a four-year, $36.5 million contract for forward Trevor Zegras on Wednesday, avoiding arbitration for the restricted free agent. Zegras, 25, was acquired via trade with the Anaheim Ducks last June. In his first season with Philadelphia, he set career highs of goals (26), points (67), power-play goals (10) and power-play points (23), helping the Flyers snap a five-year playoff drought. His $9.125 average annual salary on the new contract makes him the highest-paid player on the Flyers’ roster “We’re thrilled to have Trevor committed to our organization for the next four years,” Flyers general manager Daniel Briere said in a news release. “The growth he showed this past season, proving that he is the skilled player he entered the league as, reinforced our belief that he will be an impact player for the Flyers for the years to come. He’s the type of player who can help take our team to the next level, and we’re excited to continue building alongside him.” The ninth overall pick in the 2019 NHL Draft by the Ducks, Zegras has tallied 253 points (93 goals, 160 assists) in 349 career regular-season games with Anaheim (2021-25) and Philadelphia. He was a finalist for the Calder Trophy (Rookie of the Year) in 2021-22, finishing with 61 points (23 goals, 38 assists) in 75 games during his first full season. ===== JETS, F COLE PERFETTI AVOID ARBITRATION WITH 5-YEAR, $30M DEAL The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Cole Perfetti to a five-year, $30 million contract on Wednesday and avoided an arbitration hearing. Perfetti, 24, filed for arbitration as a restricted free agent on July 5, with a hearing date to be announced. Perfetti recorded 32 points (12 goals, 20 assists) with a minus-9 rating, 20 penalty minutes, 33 blocks and 54 hits in 68 games last season while dealing with a high ankle sprain. For his career, Perfetti has 157 points (59 goals, 98 assists), a plus-29 rating, 68 penalty minutes, 125 blocks and 203 hits in 290 regular-season games since the 2021-22 season. He also has six points (three goals, three assists) in 14 career playoff games. Winnipeg selected Perfetti with the 10th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft. ================================ INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES INDIANA PACERS The Pacers took the floor for the fourth time in the 2026 Las Vegas Summer League on Wednesday, falling to Minnesota at the Pavilion, 114-98. Two-way forward Jalen Slawson led Indiana with 20 points on 6-of-11 shooting, nine rebounds, and three assists in the loss. Indiana fell to 1-3 in Summer League play, while Minnesota improved to 2-2. Both teams will play one additional game (date, time, and opponent to be announced) this weekend before leaving Vegas. Slawson scored eight points in the opening frame, but foul trouble plagued Indiana early. The Pacers committed 13 fouls in the first 10 minutes and Minnesota capitalized, scoring 10 points from the free throw line during a 14-2 run to close the first quarter. The Timberwolves led 35-21 after one and 62-51 at halftime. They remained in front the rest of the way, stretching the margin as high as 18 points. Gabe McGlothan tallied 12 points for Indiana in the loss. Cameron Hildreth, who played last season for the Noblesville Boom, scored 11 points off the bench while going 2-for-2 from 3-point range. Rookie center Keba Keita added 10 points and five rebounds for the Pacers. 2026 second-round draft pick Braden Smith tallied eight points, six boards, and eight assists for the Blue & Gold. The Purdue All-American faced off against his college teammate, Timberwolves rookie Trey Kaufman-Renn, for the first time. Kaufman-Renn scored 14 points off the bench in 15 minutes. Zyon Pullin led all scorers with 23 points for Minnesota, Isaiah Evans scored 22, and former Pacer Enrique Freeman recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. ================================================ INDIANA FEVER The Fever found themselves trailing by 15 points with under four minutes to play in the opening contest of a four-game homestand, but Indiana wasn’t going to go down without a fight. An 8-0 run in crunch time had the Fever within seven points of the lead, 80-73, heading into the final two minutes of play. Indiana went on to score just two points in the final 1:43, and fell to Golden State, 88-75. The Valkyries entered Gainbridge Fieldhouse with a seven-game winning streak in tow, but Indiana came into the contest on the heels of a 34-point victory in Las Vegas on Sunday. Indiana couldn’t translate that win into momentum on Wednesday, and struggled to find a groove in the first half. “Our mentality to start the ball game needed to be better,” Coach Stephanie White said postgame. “And when you spend all of that energy trying to come back at multiple points in the game, it becomes a hard road.” The Golden State defense held the Fever to their worst offensive half on Wednesday as it limited Indiana to just 30 first-half points. A third quarter rally had the Fever trailing by seven heading into the fourth quarter, 58-51, but Indiana needed a boost of energy. Kelsey Mitchell was often Indiana’s response in the Fever’s loss to the Valkyries, and led the Fever with 20 points. Mitchell extended a personal streak of double-digit scoring to 39 straight games in double figures as she notched 20 points against Golden State. Her streak is the second longest active streak in the WNBA, second only to reigning MVP A’ja Wilson. Mitchell’s eight points in the fourth quarter were critical to Indiana’s attempt at a comeback, but the Fever couldn’t overcome their offensive challenges down the stretch. Indiana committed 16 turnovers – six in the fourth quarter – that led to 22 Golden State points. “The turnovers kill you when you’re trying to mount a comeback, and when you’re trying to give yourself an opportunity against a team that doesn’t typically give you those possessions back,” White said on Wednesday. The Valkyries’ defense overwhelmed the Fever – Indiana recorded its lowest point total on Wednesday, and shot 40 percent from the floor to Golden State’s 51 percent. Golden State was successful in slowing down the high-pace Fever, and it resulted in a franchise record eighth straight win for the visitors. “They definitely slowed the pace down, and at the end of the day, we’ve got to play what works for us,” Sophie Cunningham said. “We’ve got to keep our pace high, we’ve got to play our defensive schemes, take care of business on the defensive end, get boards, and run. That’s what we’re good at. We have great people who are awesome in the open court, and so I just think we lacked pace tonight, honestly.” The Fever will look to bounce back on Friday as they host the Seattle Storm in the first night of back-to-back contests. After the Storm visit Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, the New York Liberty come to town for a matchup on Saturday. Indiana’s homestand concludes with a clash with the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, July 22. ======================================== INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Suddenly Aiden Sherrell was a 3-point basketball force of nature when this 6-foot-11 forward wasn’t blocking and altering shots, grabbing rebounds, and dominating in his Indiana debut. Except, on Wednesday night at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, it wasn’t IU but Team USA, a metamorphosis against Team Canada caused by participation in the upcoming International University Sports Federation America Games in Peru. The 98-64 exhibition victory was a Peru warmup that generated “USA” chants in the public debut of the Hoosiers’ rebuilt roster in which only sophomore forward Trent Sisley returns from last season. Sherrell, a heralded transfer from Alabama, made a big impression with 16 points, six rebounds, and three blocks, his head on a swivel to stay defensively alert. “We want him to be that guy who does everything,” coach Darian DeVries said. “He got the ball on the perimeter and inside. We want to take advantage of mismatches. “There’s not a lot he can’t do. We want him to be that dominate guy every night, and we’ve challenged him to do that. He’s done a great job. He’s worked incredibly hard. He’s Improved a lot from June to now.” Sherrell wasn’t the only impact newcomer. Point guard Markus Burton, a Notre Dame transfer, had 11 points, six rebounds, six assists, and three steals. Freshman guard Prince-Alexander Moody had 13 points and five steals, hustling all over the court, diving when necessary, disrupting when appropriate. Guard Darren Harris, a Duke transfer, had 11 points and three 3-pointers. Bryce Lindsay, a Villanova transfer, had 11 points. Freshman forward Trevor Manhertz had 10 points. The Hoosiers made 11-of-40 3-point attempts, shot 48.6% overall, had 20 assists, and had a 45-30 rebound advantage. “I loved the unselfishness,” DeVries said. “Our ball movement was pretty good.” Finished product? Not with the defense showing some perimeter vulnerability by giving up seven 3-pointers, and the offense totaling 14 turnovers, but the potential was obvious entering the eight-team Peru event, set to start on Monday. “It was good to play somebody else,” DeVries said. “Our No. 1 thing we have to improve is we’re not great in our talking. We have to be more vocal. With the communication breakdowns, sometimes that comes from not being confident in knowing where you have to be. That will get better. “Our rebounding was not as good as we want it to be. We want to be an elite rebounding team.” Hall of Fame broadcaster Joe Smith, who passed away this week, was recognized before the game. National anthems for both nations were sung. IU arrived wearing blue USA warmup t-shirts, and then white uniforms trimmed in blue and red uniforms. “The chance to represent our country was part of the reason why we wanted to do this,” DeVries said. “How many times do you get the chance to wear a USA jersey? It has a little different meaning to it. Now it feels like we’re representing the whole country. We’re playing for something. We know that. It’s a cool opportunity for our program.” Canada had no player taller than 6-foot-7. IU listed four 6-foot-10 or taller, highlighted by 7-foot-2 Samet Yigitoglu (who finished with six points, five rebounds, and a block) and Sherrell. Team USA starters were Lindsay, Burton, Harris, Yigitoglu and Sherrell. The game was divided into four 10-minute quarters. Team USA opened with a pair of missed shots and a turnover. Canada capitalized for a 4-0 lead. Yigitoglu countered with a dunk. Canada cut its way to an 8-4 lead. Team USA responded with a Harris 3-pointer and layups from Burton and Lindsay for an 11-8 lead. A Moody strip led to a Manhertz fastbreak layup and an 18-15 lead. Moody followed with another steal and lob pass for freshman wing Vaughn Karvala basket. A Manhertz 3-pointer made it 23-15. Team USA led 23-19 after the first quarter. Harris, Sherrell, and Karvala each had five points. Consecutive Sherrell 3-pointers boosted Team USA to a 36-24 lead midway through the second quarter. The lead grew to 41-28. By halftime, it was 46-32. Sherrell led with 14 points along with four rebounds and three blocks. Burton had nine points and five assists. Manhertz eight points. Team USA shot 52 percent from the field. Burton opened the second half by blocking a shot, grabbing a rebound, and igniting a fastbreak. He passed inside for Yogitoglu’s third dunk. Moody followed with a steal and a fastbreak dunk. Team USA ended the third quarter leading 69-51. A Lindsay basket followed by a Harris 3-pointer pushed Team USA ahead 74-51 early in the fourth quarter. It cruised from there, mostly with younger players. A 30-minute autograph session concluded the event. As far as next week’s tournament, DeVries said they will open with Brazil, “which is typically a good team. We expect some good competition. We will get challenged. We want to see how our guys respond. “This should be a great trip. We’re try go mix in some fun, but we’ll play five to six games in eight days. This will be more about basketball. I’m excited to see how our growth.” ============================================ PURDUE ATHLETICS WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Big Ten Conference unveiled the Outstanding Sportsmanship Award recipients, honoring a male and female athlete per each institution, including Purdue volleyball’s Bianka Lulić and baseball’s Aaron Manias. The pair were among the 36 student-athletes across the Big Ten receiving the honor, having distinguished themselves through sportsmanship and ethical behavior. To be considered for this elite award, they must have received their respective team’s Sportsmanship award, announced as part of the All-Big Ten release. In addition, these honorees must be in good academic standing and must have demonstrated good citizenship outside of the sports competition setting. Lulić, a 6-5 redshirt sophomore in her first year at Purdue, came to West Lafayette from Miami (Florida). During the middle blocker’s inaugural year with the program, Lulić exemplified a positive attitude and a team-first mentality, helping to set the tone for one of the best seasons in program history. Starting in 15 matches and coming off the bench in five more, Lulić continuously stepped up when her number was called, including at the NCAA Regional Semifinal vs. SMU. As the difference-maker off the bench, she contributed five major blocks, a perfect 1-for-1 on the attack, and a dig as the No. 3 seeded Boilermakers took down the No. 2 seeded Mustangs to advance to Purdue’s third Regional Final in the last six years. Manias, recently named an Academic All-American and a two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, competed through a back injury for much of the season. Despite injury, the redshirt senior averaged an 1.000 OPS with 22 of his 47 starts at designated hitter. The senior also made eight starts in left field and 17 at first base, including the last 14 games of the season. As a respected team leader and consistent performer wherever he was asked to play, Manias guided the Boilermakers on and off the field as the squad finished the 2026 campaign with a 37-20 (18-12 Big Ten) record, including 20-6 at home. ================================ PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Succeeding on and off the court, the Purdue men’s basketball team was honored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for academic excellence in the classroom. Three members of the squad were named to the Honors Court, while the entire squad earned Team Academic Excellence Awards. To be named to the NABC Honors Court, players must own a cumulative 3.2 GPA and be a junior, senior or graduate student academically. For a team to earn an Academic Excellence Award, the program must have completed the 2025-26 academic year with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Players earning the distinction are Fletcher Loyer (3.34 GPA; Organizational Leadership), Sam King (3.38 GPA; Finance degree) and Jace Rayl (3.45 GPA; Kinesiology). Meanwhile, the squad posted an impressive 3.10 GPA during the 2025-26 academic year and finished both semesters over 3.00 GPA. Six returnees currently on the roster own a 3.0 cumulative GPA or better. Purdue was one of five teams to reach the Elite Eight and earn the NABC’S Team Academic Excellence Award. ================================== BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL Butler is among the list of recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards. The NABC announced both the team accolades and the NABC Honors Court Wednesday, representing achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Butler had five members of its 2025-26 roster recognized with Honors Court awards: Michael Ajayi, Jalen Jackson, Jamie Kaiser Jr., Ethan McComb, and Yohan Traore. The NABC’s academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball. “College basketball student-athletes do incredible things on the court, but their achievements in the classroom are equally worthy of celebration,” said NABC Executive Director Craig Robinson. “Education is one of the NABC’s core values, and the hundreds of programs and thousands of athletes represented on these awards reinforce the commitment to academic success that exists across all levels of our sport.” Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and over 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26. ======================================== IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NABC announced the recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court on Thursday (July 9), representing achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players. IU Indianapolis was honored with a Team Academic Excellence Awards while five members of last year’s squad were selected to the NABC Honors Court. Corey Boston, Lav Cvetkovic, Kyler D’Augustino, Ajay Holubar and Finley Woodward all earned individual honors for this past season. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2025-26 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The NABC Honors Court, meanwhile, includes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2025-26 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. “Our guys work incredibly hard in the classroom and take pride in their academic work,” head coach Ben Howlett said. “Kim Kile from the academic staff does a great job of keeping the guys focused and is a big part of our success. I’m incredibly proud of these guys and they’re deserving of the honor.” Boston, a graduate student, earned a 3.92 GPA while majoring in Education. On the court, he made seven appearances in an IU Indy uniform, totaling 11 points, three rebounds and an assist for the season. Cvetkovic, a graduate student, maintained a 3.62 mark while studying Health Sciences. In his lone season with the program he made 12 appearances as a reserve, totaling 17 points, 10 rebounds and two assists. D’Augustino, a junior, held a 3.81 grade point average while majoring in Sport Management. In his lone season with the program, D’Augustino earned Third Team All-Horizon League honors after averaging a team-high 18.5 points per game and shooting 53.1 percent from the field. Holubar, a senior, finished with a 3.88 mark while studying Health Administration. Holubar was a two-year letterwinner with the Jaguars, making 18 appearances and totaling 22 points spaced over two seasons. It marked Holubar’s second straight year being named to the NABC Honors Court. Woodward, a senior, closed with a 3.88 GPA while majoring in General Studies. In his only season with the program, Woodward broke the school record for total assists (201) and assists per game (6.3) while also averaging 8.8 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest. ========================================= BALL STATE TRACK AND FIELD MUNCIE, Ind.— Ball State Track & Field has announced four new signings to complement six already committed, bringing the total of new student-athletes for the upcoming season to 10 for head coach Adrian Wheatley. “We’re excited to welcome this group to Ball State because they bring success across every area of our program,” Wheatley said. “This class includes state champions, state medalists and athletes who have consistently competed at a high level in their respective states. More importantly, they’ve demonstrated the work ethic, competitiveness and character that fit the culture we have built.” The signings include nine true freshmen and represent three different states around the Midwest. They also include athletes for five of the six categories of events; five for distance events, two for throwing events, two for sprints, one for hurdles and one for multi-events. Ball State Track & Field 2026-27 Signing Class Emma Behrmann — Multi-Event, Nashville, Ill. / Nashville Community High School Mikaylah Chandler — Sprints / Hurdles, Cincinnati, Ohio / Lakota East High School Ava Dickenson — Distance, Cincinnati, Ohio / Lakota East High School Jayla Gathing — Throws, Edwardsville, Ill. / Edwardsville High School Elaina Lahmers — Distance, Marysville, Ohio / University of Kentucky Madalyn Marx — Sprints, Mahomet, Ill. / Mahomet-Seymour High School Abra Mills — Distance, Oxford, Ohio / Talawanda High School Gemma Pusateri — Distance, Hilliard, Ohio / Hilliard Davidson High School Carla Rodriguez — Distance, Lafayette, Ind. / Harrison High School Ellyse Walden — Throws, Russiaville, Ind. / Western High School ============================================= PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced the recipients of the 2025-26 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards and NABC Honors Court on Wednesday (July 15), honoring achievement in the classroom by men’s college basketball teams and individual players. Purdue Fort Wayne and IU Indianapolis were the only programs in the Horizon League to earn the NABC Team Excellence Award. The NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards recognize programs that completed the 2024-25 academic year with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. Three Mastodons were named to the NABC Honors Court. The distinction recognizes junior, senior and graduate student men’s basketball players who finished the 2024-25 year with a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher. Chris Morgan, DeAndre Craig Jr. and Mikale Stevenson took home the honor. It is the second NABC honor for Morgan. This is Craig’s second academic honor for his work in the classroom in 2025-26. He also took home College Sports Communicators Academic All-District accolades. The NABC’s academic awards are presented annually to teams and athletes from all levels of college basketball. Over 2,300 players earned spots on the NABC Honors Court and nearly 400 programs received NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards for 2025-26. ====================================== PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S GOLF FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s golf head coach Billy King announced his program’s schedule for the 2026-27 season. The Mastodons will start the season with the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational on September 14-15 in Huntington, West Virginia, a tournament they have played in each of the last five seasons. A shorter trip to Muncie, Indiana will lead into the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational on September 26-27. This is also a repeat tournament for the ‘Dons, as they’ve played in the event 10 times over the years. October will feature the Tom Tontimonia Invitational (Oct. 5-6), Purdue Fall Invitational (Oct. 12-13) and the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 19-20). The ‘Dons played in all five of this fall’s tournaments last season. The spring will kick off with UNC Greensboro’s Palmas del Mar Collegiate, a three-day event in Puerto Rico on February 12-14. After returning from the Island of Enchantment, the ‘Dons will play in Columbia’s In Good Standing Class’ic, a Saturday/Sunday (Feb. 27-28) event in Fripp Island, South Carolina focused on making it back for classes on Monday. After that, the ‘Dons will visit Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for the Surf Club Invitational on Spring Break (March 8-9). To wrap up March, Purdue Fort Wayne will head to Indianapolis to compete in the Don Benbow Butler Spring Invitational (March 29-30), the last tournament the ‘Dons won as a team (April 1, 2024). When the calendar turns to April, the Austin Peay Intercollegiate in Dickson, Tennessee will be a first-time host of the Mastodons (April 12-13). As a final tuneup for the Horizon League Championship, the Mastodons will visit the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex for the Boilermaker Invitational (April 17). The Horizon League Championship will be at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida again in 2027 for the sixth year in a row. The ‘Dons will compete for their second #HLGolf title on April 25-27. ====================================== INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/ ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ============================================= TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1853 – The New York Clipper publishes what is believed to be the first tabulated boxscore of a baseball game. The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York defeated the Gotham Club, 21 – 12, on July 5th. 1897 – At the age of 45, Chicago’s Cap Anson becomes the first major leaguer to amass 3,000 hits when he singles off Baltimore’s George Blackburn. 1901 – In Cleveland, Boston’s Cy Young notches his 12th straight win, staggering to a 10 – 8 victory over the Blues. Buck Freeman has three hits including a triple off losing pitcher Earl Moore. 1902 – Giants owner Andrew Freedman announces he has purchased controlling interest in the Baltimore club and releases Dan McGann, Roger Bresnahan, Joe McGinnity, and Jack Cronin to sign with New York. Mike Donlin, Joe Kelley and Cy Seymour go to the Reds, where Kelley will take over as manager. At Cincinnati’s Palace of the Fans, John McGraw begins his 30-year tenure as manager of the Giants in another fallout from the takeover of the Orioles. “Little Napoleon”, the team’s third skipper of the season, loses his debut to the Reds, 7 – 2. 1903: The Americans score seven runs in the 1st inning, four coming after a third out is disallowed because the umpire had turned to the bench to ask for new baseballs. Boston rolls to an 11 – 4 win over Cleveland. Roger Bresnahan, playing center field for the Giants, starts a triple play against the Pirates with the bases loaded. The future Hall of Fame catcher snags a line drive and his throw to home holds the runner at third base. Catcher John Warner throws to second base to get the runner advancing and the return home nabs the runner from third. Pittsburgh gets two inside-the-park homers from Ginger Beaumont but New York wins. 1904 – At New York, Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro swipes home in the bottom of the 10th to win his own game, 9 – 8. 1905 – The Pirates edge the Giants, 2 – 1, overcoming the pitching of Christy Mathewson, who is knocked over by Fred Clarke in a play at first base. Six Giants are tossed out of the coaching box during the game. Pittsburgh now trails New York by six games. 1907 – Ed Walsh sets another major league record for fielding chances for pitchers, handling 12 assists and three putouts in a 13-inning game. 1908 – At Chicago, manager Frank Chance figures to rattle Giants rookie Otis “Doc” Crandall and elects to bat the Cubs first (this option for the home team will only be stricken from the rules in 1951). But Crandall is a rock and nurses a 4 – 1 lead into the last of the 9th. After one out, Christy Mathewson, warming in the bullpen, decides the game is well in hand and goes into the clubhouse to shower. Crandall promptly walks three straight, wherein John McGraw looks in vain for Matty. The Giants’ ace quickly dries off, throws on a uniform, and puts his street shoes on. By the time he arrives on the mound, reliever Joe McGinnity has walked in a run. Matty gets a ground out, then a strikeout, and the Giants win, 4 – 3. Ed Reulbach takes the loss for Chicago. 1909: The Phillies send righthanded pitchers Buster Brown and Lew Richie and 2B Dave Shean to the Boston Nationals for OF Johnny Bates and IF Charlie Starr. The Giants sweep the Reds, winning the last game, 2 – 1, behind Christy Mathewson. Jack Rowan takes the loss for Cincy. At Bennett Park, the Tigers and Senators play the longest scoreless game in American League history. Ed Summers pitches the complete game, holding the Nationals to seven hits, two walks (one intentional), while fanning ten. The Nationals’ 30-year-old rookie, Bill “Dolly” Gray, allows only one hit before leaving with an injury after eight innings. He is replaced by Bob Groom. Gray will put another entry in the record books next month when he walks seven straight batters. The 0 – 0 contest is called after the 18th inning. 1913 – In a game against the Cubs, Superbas second baseman George Cutshaw handles 14 chances without an error. 1914: The Red Sox acquire 1B Dick Hoblitzel from Cincinnati. The Tigers, minus Ty Cobb who is nursing a sore thumb, knock out rookie Babe Ruth in the 4th inning and trip the Red Sox, 5 – 2. It is Ruth’s first career loss. 1916 – At Chicago, the Cubs and Brooklyn play a 16-inning, 7 – 7 tie, called on account of darkness. In the 10th inning, the Cubs’ George Cutshaw swipes home to knot the score. 1920: The Pirates’ Earl Hamilton runs out of steam after pitching 16 scoreless innings against the Giants, and loses, 7 – 0, in 17. Babe Ruth becomes the first major leaguer to hit 30 home runs in a season. He will end the year with 54, as the live ball era is under way. 1921 – At age 63, Arthur Irwin, pioneer player, manager, and executive who began in the National League in 1880, jumps to his death from a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. 1922 – George Sisler drives in the first run with a sacrifice fly against Walter Johnson and the Browns top the Senators, 2 – 0. 1924 – Giants 1B George Kelly hits his seventh homer and becomes the first to hit home runs in six consecutive games. He will finish with 21. 1933 – Red Lucas of the Reds pitches a 15-inning, 1 – 0, win over Roy Parmelee and the Giants in the opener of a doubleheader. 1936: The Reds call off their game with the Dodgers because of intense heat. Bees C Al Lopez reaches first three times on errors, the third player to do so. It is little help though as the Cubs edge the Braves, 1 – 0, in ten innings. Lon Warneke is the winner over hard-luck Ben Cantwell. 1939 – Bees All-Star SS Eddie Miller collides with teammate OF Al Simmons and fractures a bone in his ankle. He will be out for the season. 1941 – Joe DiMaggio singles off Al Milnar in the 1st inning to extend his hitting streak to 56 games. He has three hits in the game as the Yankees beat the Indians, 10 – 3 in Cleveland. DiMaggio’s streak will be snapped tomorrow night. 1944: The Dodgers score eight unearned runs against the Braves to win, 8 – 5, and break their 16-game losing streak. They will lose another five in a row. Pitcher Porter Moss of the Memphis Red Sox is hit by a stray bullet when a fight breaks out on a train in which he is traveling. He is taken to a doctor who refuses to treat him because he is black, and dies a short time later. 1948: There are three managerial changes today. Ben Chapman is fired by the Phillies (though owner Bob Carpenter insists he was “not fired” saying “I’d like to make it clear that there is a difference between firing a man and concluding business with him.”) and Dusty Cooke takes over on an interim basis. Eddie Sawyer, with no major league experience as a player or manager, will get the job after Cooke goes 6-6. But the big news is from New York. The Giants remove Mel Ott and replace him with Leo Durocher, who obtains his release from Brooklyn. The Dodgers bring back mild-mannered Burt Shotton, who replaced Durocher once before. In a newspaper poll over the winter, an overwhelming majority voted for the gentlemanly Shotton to replace The Lip. The changes today portend those at the end of the season: Bucky Harris of the Yankees, Ted Lyons of the White Sox, and Steve O’Neill of the Tigers will be released. The Browns frustrate the third-place Yanks, whipping Allie Reynolds, 10 – 4. Bob Dillinger leads the way with a bases-loaded triple, three singles, two stolen bases and five RBI. Cliff Fannin holds the Yanks scoreless until Phil Rizzuto’s homer in the 8th. Ordered by Bill Veeck to pass up the All-Star Game, a well-rested Bob Feller is shelled from the mound by the A’s with only one out in the 1st inning. The A’s score first when Feller absent-mindedly goes into a wind-up with two on, and Ray Coleman and Barney McCosky pull a double steal. The Mackmen then jump on Bob Muncrief and roll to a 10 – 5 win over the American League-leading Indians. Lou Brissie wins his fourth straight. Joe Coleman will shut out the Tribe, 5 – 0, tomorrow to split the series. Rookie Granny Hamner drives in seven runs to lead the Phils to an 11 – 10 squeaker over the Cardinals. Hamner has a pair of doubles and a single to go along with spectacular fielding, starting double plays in the 8th and 9th. Ken Heintzelman, who relieves Blix Donnelly after Stan Musial’s grand slam in the 2nd, is the winner. 1950: The Cubs knock the Phillies out of a tie for first place, sweeping a doubleheder, 8 – 0 and 10 – 3. The Cubs lose Phil Cavarretta when he is hit by a Ken Johnson pitch in the first game, fracturing his forearm. Hank Sauer takes over at 1B. Walt Dubiel fires the shutout and Doyle Lade is the complete game winner in the second game. The loss in the second contest goes to Bob Miller, the first defeat for the rookie after eight straight wins. Ex-Bruin Russ Meyer loses the first game after defeating the Cubs five straight times. The Mad Monk, the greatest ever Cubs killer, will win his next 17 decisions against Chicago before losing on May 11, 1955. Major League players connect for 37 home runs today for a new record. Leading the offense is Cincinnati with two wins over the Giants, 16 – 4 and 11 – 10. In the American League, the Red Sox and Indians hit seven home runs in their doubleheader split: Moose Dropo collects three homers. Arguably the most memorable of today’s record-breaking home run total comes off the bat of career bench player Ted Beard, helping his cellar-bound Bucs salvage a split with the still contending Braves. At 5 foot, 8 inches, en route to a career .285 slugging percentage (albeit in the midst of his career year, with 4 HR, 12 RBI, and an OPS of nearly .700), Beard launches one over Forbes Field’s 86-foot high right field grandstand roof, just the second time in the grandstand’s 25-year existence this feat has been accomplished, its sole predecessor being Babe Ruth’s final major league home run on May 25, 1935. 1951 – While in Detroit, the Yanks option rookie Mickey Mantle to Kansas City (AA). Mantle, plagued with strikeouts – three on the 13th – and in a slump, will go 0-for-22 in his start with the Blues, before ending with a tear at .361. The Yankees will recall him on August 20th. Art Schallock takes Mickey’s place on the Yankee roster and gives up seven hits in 2 1/3 innings in today’s 8 – 6 win. 1952 – Walt Dropo gets two more hits, giving him 15 in four games, which ties the American League record. 1953 – The Browns tie a record with three successive home runs – by Clint Courtney, Dick Kryhoski and Jim Dyck – in the 1st inning. Their five bases-empty home runs in three innings establish a new mark. It’s enough to beat the Yankees, 8 – 6. 1956 – A group headed by Fred Knorr and John Fetzer buys the Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium for a record $5.5 million. 1958 – P Jack Harshman of the Orioles hits two homers in a 6 – 5 win against the White Sox in the nitecap of a doubleheader. 1959 – After beating the Indians, yesterday, the Yanks sweep a doubleheader today to knock the Tribe out of first place. New York wins the opener when Yogi Berra ties the game in the 9th with a homer, and Mickey Mantle wins it, 7 – 5, in the 10th with a two-run shot off Gary Bell. Bobby Shantz wins the nitecap, 4 – 0. New York is 5 1/2 games out of first. 1961: Detroit regains first place with two complete game victories from Phil Regan and Don Mossi. Hiromu Fujii hits the first come-from-behind sayonara home run in Hiroshima Carp history, taking Masaichi Kaneda deep. 1964: Steve Barber regains first place for the Orioles with a successful 6 – 1 outing against the Yankees and Jim Bouton. Masaichi Kaneda whiffs Mike Krsnich for his 4,000th career strikeout, the first player in NPB history to that level. 1967 – At Yankee Stadium, Baltimore outlasts the Yankees to win, 2 – 1, in 14 innings. New York manages just four hits, including a solo homer by Mickey Mantle, off Bill Dillman. 1968 – Cleveland CF Jose Cardenal becomes the fourth outfielder in major league history with two unassisted double plays in one season as he helps the Tribe to a 2 – 1 win over the Angels. He also pulled one off on June 8th versus the Tigers. 1969: Despite four homers by Montreal, the Pirates beat the Expos, 8 – 7, scoring three in the 8th and three in the 9th. The Pirates’ only homer comes in the 8th inning with Matty Alou on second base and Dan McGinn pitching, when Willie Stargell splashes a pitch over the RF fence into the municipal swimming pool at Jarry Park. After White Sox lefty Jerry Nyman walks in a run with the bases loaded, Rod Carew steals home for the seventh time, as the American League West-leading Twins sweep a twin bill, winning 9 – 8 and 6 – 3 from the White Sox. Carew ties Pete Reiser’s major league record for steals of home in a season, a record since given back to Ty Cobb (8 steals in 1912) in 1991 after further research. 1970: In precisely the same spot as Exposition Park, the home of the Pirates from 1891 to 1909, Three Rivers Stadium makes its debut. Cincinnati first baseman Tony Perez hits the park’s first home run as the Pirates lose to the Reds, 3 – 2. The Pirates parade their new uniforms of stretchable cotton and nylon. Willie Stargell homers for the Bucs. Chicago’s Ken Holtzman gives up two hits and two Astro runs – both unearned – and drops a 2 – 1 decision at Houston. Billy Williams makes a bid for a game-tying homer in the 9th but his long fly hits an Astrodome speaker and drops foul. 1971: Until today, only three balls have been hit into the 70-foot high right field upper deck at Three Rivers Stadium, and Willie Stargell hit all of them (he’ll hit another on May 31, 1973). Today, Bob Robertson joins Stargell when he connects with a cannon shot off Padres P Steve Arlin in a Bucs victory. Vida Blue boosts his record to 18-3 with a one-hit, 4 – 0, victory over Detroit. Tony Taylor’s single in the 4th is the only hit. 1975 – Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a seven-year term. 1976 Outfielder Kory DeHaan was born on this date. 1978: After the Mariners tie the game at three apiece in the top of the 8th, Fred Lynn hits a two-out double to drive in two runs and the Red Sox hold on for a 6 – 3 win, their eighth in a row at Fenway Park, giving them a record of 27-4 in their last 31 games. The M’s lose their ninth in a row with the loss going to former Hubman Dick Pole. Tulsa’s Dave Righetti strikes out 21 Midland batters in nine innings to set a Texas League record. A Tulsa reliever loses the game, 4 – 2, in extra innings. 1980: The California Supreme Court rules that Ted Giannoulas, better known as the man inside the San Diego Chicken suit, can appear publicly in chicken suits similar to the one that brought him fame, but not bearing the call letters of San Diego’s KGB radio station. The station had fired Giannoulas when he began appearing publicly in the suit without permission, and claimed it had all rights to the costume, which was first used as a promotional device in 1975. Despite much speculation that he is simply malingering, the Astros place star pitcher J.R. Richard on the 21-day disabled list with a mysterious arm problem. The 6′ 8″ right-hander is 10-4 with a 1.89 ERA and 119 strikeouts in 114 innings, but has removed himself from ten games this year complaining of fatigue and a “dead arm.” On July 23rd, Richard will check into a hospital for a series of physical and psychological tests to determine the cause of his “erratic” behavior. 1985 – In the 1985 All-Star Game, the National League beats the American League, 6 – 1, at Minnesota’s Metrodome for its 13th win in the last 14 All-Star Games. San Diego’s LaMarr Hoyt allows one unearned run in three innings and is named MVP. 1988 – In the longest game ever played in Texas League history, the San Antonio Missions beat the visiting Jackson Mets in 26 innings, 1 – 0. The Keefe Stadium contest, which started on July 14th, was suspended at 2:25 a.m. the following day and continued today, taking a total of 7 hours and 23 minutes to complete. 1990 – Steve Lyons slides head first into first base to beat out a bunt. The play becomes memorable when the White Sox first baseman drops his pants to brush away the dirt inside his uniform in front of 14,770 fans at Tiger Stadium. 1992 – At a press conference in Pittsburgh, Greg Maddux announces that he has broken off negotiations with Cubs management and will become a free agent after the season. Maddux is playing on a one-year contract. “I’ve given them two opportunities to sign me. I really think it should have been taken care of.” Tomorrow, Maddux will beat the first-place Pirates and he will move to the Atlanta Braves after the season. 1993 – Giants OF Darren Lewis sets a major league record by playing his 267th consecutive game without an error. He snaps Don Demeter’s record. The Giants defeat the Mets, 4 – 2. 1994: Detroit defeats Kansas City, 13 – 7, despite five hits, all singles, by Royals 1B Wally Joyner. Travis Fryman’s grand slam powers the Tigers. At New Comiskey Park, the Indians win their second straight game, 2 – 0, behind Dennis Martinez. 1995 – Cleveland defeats Oakland, 5 – 4, in 12 innings, as Indians 2B Carlos Baerga lashes out five hits, including a double. The win opens up Cleveland’s lead in the American League Central to 14 1/2 games. 1996 – After failing to score in the first two innings, the Brewers proceed to score in each of their remaining turns at the plate to punch out Detroit by a score of 20 – 7. Greg Vaughn drives home five runs for Milwaukee, and now leads the American League with 88 RBI, while Jose Valentin knocks out four hits. 1997: In Oakland, Mark McGwire hits his 33rd and 34th homers to lead the A’s to an 11 – 3 win over the hapless Royals. Jose Canseco strikes out in all five at-bats for the Athletics, tying an Oakland record. Combined with his three strikeouts on Monday, he ties a major league record with eight whiffs in two consecutive games. Kevin Brown tosses his first career one-hitter, leading Florida over Los Angeles, 5 – 1. Brown, who no-hit San Francisco on June 10th, faces just two batters over the minimum, allowing a lead-off single to left by Raul Mondesi in the 5th. He strikes out eight and retires his final 15 batters to hand the loss to Hideo Nomo. At Shea Stadium, RF Sammy Sosa’s running catch with the bases loaded in the 7th, and catcher Scott Servais’s pickoff in the 8th, key Chicago to a 6 – 5 win over the Mets. Before the game, New York reassigns general manager Joe McIlvaine and replaces him with his assistant, Steve Phillips. 1998: Randy Johnson tosses a one-hitter as he leads Seattle to a 3 – 0 win over Minnesota. Johnson fans 11 and gives up only a single to 3B Brent Gates. Red Sox SS Nomar Garciaparra goes 4 for 4, with two doubles and a home run, driving in five runs and scoring three as he leads Boston to a 15 – 5 win over the Indians. The Sox ice the game with seven runs in the 8th inning. 2000: The Rockies obtain OF Butch Huskey and 2B Todd Walker from the Twins for IF Todd Sears and cash. Dodgers manager Davey Johnson is hospitalized after experiencing dizziness as a result of an irregular heartbeat. The Twins are looking into the possibility of playing a home series outdoors in a temporary stadium next season. The move away from the Metrodome, which would require approval of Major League Baseball, the Players’ Association, the opponents, broadcast affiliates and the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, will not materialize. 2001: Fred McGriff invokes his no-trade clause blocking a deal that would have sent him to the first-place Cubs from the last-place Devil Rays. Later in the day, the “Crime Dog” homers, helping Tampa Bay to beat the Braves, 6 – 5. Ichiro Suzuki and Kazuhiro Sasaki call off their boycott of the Japanese press. 2002 – The Red Sox defeat the Tigers, 9 – 4, as OF Manny Ramirez gets a career-high five hits, including a double and home run. Detroit 2B Damion Easley ties a major league record by being hit by pitches three times. 2003: The Yankees send pitching prospects Jason Anderson, Anderson Garcia and Ryan Bicondoa to the Mets for hard-throwing embattled closer, Armando Benitez. The 30-year-old All-Star reliever, who is slated to be the set-up man for closer Mariano Rivera, has blown seven of 28 save opportunities this year and has been object of much booing at Shea Stadium. At the age of 77, Minnie Minoso becomes the first player to play professional baseball in seven decades. The Cuban native, who had a 16-year big league career which ended in 1964 (with brief resumptions in 1976 and 1980), walks as the designated hitter for the St. Paul Saints against the Gary SouthShore RailCats in independent Northern League action. 2005: In an effort to bolster their injured pitching rotation, the Yankees acquire recently released Al Leiter, formerly of the Marlins. The 39-year-old, $8-million, southpaw, who posted a disappointing 3-7 record and a 6.64 ERA with the Fish, will quickly pay dividends limiting the Red Sox to one run and three hits in his first start back as a Bronx Bomber. The Northern League initially approves the idea of having fans watch the 16-by-24-foot video stadium monitor, alongside the Kansas City T-Bones and Schaumburg Flyers players looking on from their respective dugouts, as two kids using an X-Box and the MVP Baseball 2005 software determine the outcome of the first two innings of tonight’s scheduled game. The individual player statistics generated by the video game would not have counted, but league officials later decide against the promotion, and instead replay the final two innings of the game on the game system. 2006 – Chipper Jones collects an extra-base hit for the 14th consecutive game, tying the major league record held by Paul Waner for 79 years. 2009 – The Phillies do it with the long ball in beating Florida, 4 – 0. Raul Ibanez homers twice and Ryan Howard once. For Howard, it is the 200th home run of his career, in his 658th game; he is fastest to reach that mark, beating Ralph Kiner who took 706 games to hit 200 dingers. Jamie Moyer allows one hit over seven innings for the win. 2010: 35-year-old catcher Bengie Molina hits one of the unlikeliest cycles in history in the Rangers’ 8 – 4 win over the Red Sox. Having already hit a grand slam in the 5th, he comes up in the 8th needing a triple to complete the rare feat and somehow delivers by hitting a ball over CF Eric Patterson’s head and seeing it roll to the notch in deep center at Fenway Park, giving him time to lumber into third for only the sixth – and final – time of his career. 2011: Chris Hatcher makes his debut as a major league pitcher, pitching a perfect inning for the Marlins as they defeat the Cubs, 13 – 3, at Wrigley Field. Hatcher’s first outing on the mound comes the year after he played his first major league game as a catcher; Art Doll, with the Boston Bees in 1936 was the last person to debut as a pitcher the year after breaking into the big leagues as a catcher. The Minnesota Twins retire Bert Blyleven’s uniform number 28, a week before the pitcher is to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, NY. 2012 – The Twins set a Target Field record for runs in defeating Baltimore, 19 – 7. They stake starter Scott Diamond to an early lead with a seven-run outburst against Chris Tillman in the 1st inning, capitalizing on a costly error by 1B Mark Reynolds who lets a ground ball skip by him with the bases loaded and two outs. Justin Morneau goes 4 for 5 with three runs and a pair of doubles for the Twins. 2013: The American League wins the All-Star Game, 3 – 0, over the National League, as batters from the senior circuit only manage three hits. Mariano Rivera, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, is named the MVP. The New York Yankees sign lefthander Artur Strzalka. He becomes the first player born and raised in Poland to sign with a major league team. 2014 – The Royals acquire veteran reliever Jason Frasor from the Rangers, in return for minor league P Spencer Patton. 2016: The Astros sign IF Yulieski Gurriel, one of the top Cuban players of the past decade, to a five-year deal, six months after his defection following the 2016 Caribbean Series. He will suit up for the team before the end of the season. 2016 NPB All-Star Game 2 ends in a 5 – 5 tie, giving the Central League a 1-0-1 win in this year’s series. Game 1 MVP Yoshitomo Tsutsugo again goes 2 for 3 with a homer for the CL, but the MVP goes to the Pacific League’s Shohei Otani, who is 3 for 4 with a home run, two runs and two RBI. PL second baseman Hideto Asamura hits the 400th NPB All-Star Game home run. 2017 – The Nationals move to address the team’s main area of concern – the bullpen – by sending P Blake Treinen and prospects Sheldon Neuse and Jesus Luzardo to the Athletics in return for two relievers with proven track records, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle. 2018 – Hitting off his father in front of hometown fans, Bryce Harper wins the Home Run Derby by defeating Kyle Schwarber in the final round. He puts on a tremendous show to connect on nine straight pitches in a span of 47 seconds to tie Schwarber, then hits the winning 19th shot in the bonus round. 2019 – Four Indians pitchers combine on a one-hitter in an 8 – 0 win over the Tigers. Reliever Tyler Clippard allows the sole hit, a single by Nicholas Castellanos in the 5th. Rookie Zach Plesac starts the game and allows just one walk in three innings, but has to give way to the bullpen after a rain delay of 2 hours and 7 minutes. Nick Goody and Tyler Olson, with two innings of work each, are the other two pitchers in the feat. 2020 – In the first trade of players since the opening of “summer camp” after the long layoff caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Padres send OF Franchy Cordero and P Ronald Bolanos to the Royals in exchange for P Tim Hill. 2021: After a year and a half of wanderings, the Blue Jays receive permission to reintegrate their normal digs at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON starting on July 30th. This is thanks to soaring vaccination rates in Canada, and the easing of restrictions on public gatherings. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jays had been forced to play their home games either on the road, or in temporary homes in Buffalo, NY and Dunedin, FL. The Jays then celebrate the good news by defeating the Rangers, 10 – 2, hitting five homers in the process, two of them by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The Padres set a team record for most runs in a game as they demolish the Nationals, 24 – 8. Jake Cronenworth hits the third cycle in team history, Wil Myers hits a grand slam and Tommy Pham goes 4 for 6 with five runs scored, one of them on a steal of home, to lead the offense. It’s also the most runs ever surrendered by the Nats. In 2021 NPB All-Star Game 1, Ryosuke Kikuchi goes 4 for 4 with a two-run homer to win MVP honors as the Central League tops the Pacific League, 5 – 4. Robert Suárez saves it for Thyago Vieira. The winning run comes in the top of the 9th when Takumu Nakano draws a bases-loaded walk from Naoya Masuda to score Zelous Wheeler. 2022 – The American League wins the 2022 Futures Game, played at Dodger Stadium, 6 – 4, over the National League. C Shea Langeliers wins the Larry Doby Award as the game’s MVP with a homer in the 4th and by throwing out Corbin Carroll on a steal attempt of third base. Jasson Dominguez and Matt Wallner both hit two-run homers for the AL in the 3rd to give it the lead for good, Dominguez’s blast atoning for dropping a fly ball at the warning track with two outs in the 2nd that resulted in two runs. 2023 – The Orioles win their eighth straight with a 5 – 4 victory over Miami, bringing them to within one game of the first-place Rays in the AL East, in spite of the Rays’ historically strong start. Kyle Bradish pitches 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Daniel Coulombe earns the save with the O’s top two relievers unavailable. 2024 – The American League wins the 2024 All-Star Game at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX, 5 – 3 over the National League, for its tenth win in the last 11 contests. Jarren Duran is the winner of the Ted Williams Award after hitting a go-ahead two-run homer off Hunter Greene in the 5th, while Mason Miller is only the third rookie to be the winning pitcher in the game. Births[edit] 1838 – Dave Birdsall, outfielder (d. 1896) 1850 – Bill Allison, infielder (d. 1887) 1863 – John Foster, writer (d. 1941) 1864 – John Rainey, infielder (d. 1912) 1873 – Dad Clark, infielder (d. 1956) 1875 – Harry Felix, pitcher (d. 1961) 1886 – Genaro Casas, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (d. 1974) 1886 – Judy Gans, outfieldr, manager (d. 1949) 1887 – Joe Jackson, outfielder (d. 1951) 1889 – Marv Peasley, pitcher (d. 1948) 1889 – Johnnie Williams, pitcher (d. 1963) 1893 – Doc Prothro, infielder, manager (d. 1971) 1894 – Howdy Caton, infielder (d. 1948) 1894 – Rich Gee, catcher (d. 1968) 1897 – Hi Bell, pitcher (d. 1949) 1899 – Nellie Pott, pitcher (d. 1963) 1904 – Neil Caldwell, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1997) 1905 – Lou Garland, pitcher (d. 1990) 1907 – Reggie Grabowski, pitcher (d. 1955) 1908 – Granville Lyons, infielder (d. 1953) 1908 – Floyd Newkirk, pitcher (d. 1976) 1910 – Bill Norman, outfielder, manager (d. 1962) 1912 – Larry Bleach, infielder (d. 1991) 1912 – Milt Bocek, outfielder (d. 2007) 1912 – Joe Rogalski, pitcher (d. 1951) 1914 – Don Ross, infielder (d. 1996) 1919 – Art Johnson, pitcher (d. 2008) 1919 – Tommy Tatum, outfielder (d. 1989) 1920 – Larry Jansen, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2009) 1921 – Jim Odom, umpire (d. 1989) 1923 – Len Okrie, catcher (d. 2018) 1925 – Frank Jobe, surgeon (d. 2014) 1927 – Frank Ensley, minor league outfielder (d. 2011) 1929 – Jim Martin, minor league catcher (d. 2019) 1931 – Norm Sherry, catcher, manager (d. 2021) 1936 – Eddie Fisher, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2025) 1937 – Lee Elia, infielder, manager (d. 2025) 1937 – Michinori Nishimoto, NPB pitcher 1938 – Bob Burda, infielder 1940 – Tom Metcalf, pitcher 1941 – Hiromoto Murase, NPB pitcher 1942 – John Purdin, pitcher (d. 2010) 1942 – Fujio Yamaguchi, NPB infielder 1944 – Hiromichi Murakami, NPB pitcher 1946 – Paul Click, minor league pitcher 1952 – Ron Broaddus, minor league pitcher 1952 – Norio Ichimura, NPB pitcher 1953 – Sheldon Mallory, outfielder 1954 – Jim Lentine, outfielder 1955 – Paul Semall, minor league pitcher 1957 – Kazunori Shinozuka, NPB infielder 1960 – Terry Pendleton, infielder; All-Star 1961 – DeMarlo Hale, manager 1961 – Yukihiro Narita, NPB pitcher 1961 – Hirohisa Takada, NPB pitcher 1967 – Clemente Acosta, minor league pitcher (d. 2024) 1968 – Hidetsugu Nishimura, NPB pitcher 1969 – Yoshinari Uenaka, NPB outfielder 1970 – Niklas Eriksson, Elitserien pitcher 1970 – Tommy Taylor, minor league pitcher 1970 – William Van Landingham, pitcher 1972 – Robbie Beckett, pitcher 1974 – Alex Eckelman, minor league infielder 1974 – Keigo Imai, NPB pitcher 1974 – Jonathan Johnson, pitcher 1975 – Takao Inoue, NPB pitcher 1976 – Kory DeHaan, outfielder 1977 – Masayuki Hasegawa, NPB pitcher 1978 – Mike Abate, minor league outfielder 1978 – Jorge Vasquez, pitcher 1979 – Michal Müller, Extraliga infielder 1980 – Matt McCarthy, minor league pitcher 1980 – Barth Morreale, Italian Baseball League pitcher 1982 – Jim Brauer, minor league pitcher 1982 – Jason Windsor, pitcher 1983 – Michael DeJesus, minor league infielder 1983 – Yeong-dong Yang, KBO outfielder 1984 – Erold Andrus, minor league outfielder 1985 – Carmelo Jaime, minor league infielder and manager 1985 – Konrad Weitz, minor league catcher 1986 – Shawn Teufel, minor league pitcher 1987 – Anthony Aliotti, minor league infielder 1987 – Eric Surkamp, pitcher 1988 – Jake Loye, college coach 1988 – Jay Taylor, drafted pitcher (d. 2014) 1990 – Charles Basford, minor league pitcher 1990 – Nick Bucci, minor league pitcher 1991 – Tommy Joseph, infielder 1991 – Jenna Marston, USA womens’ national team infielder 1991 – Ildemaro Vargas, infielder 1992 – Ranfi Casimiro, minor league pitcher 1992 – Takuya Shindoh, NPB pitcher 1992 – Tetsuto Yamada, NPB infielder 1993 – Jakub Ižold, minor league pitcher 1994 – Phillip Diehl, pitcher 1994 – Juan Kelly, minor league infielder 1996 – Jake Bowey, minor league catcher 1996 – Juan Diaz, Great Britain national team infielder 1996 – Lane Ramsey, pitcher 1996 – Hyo-seung Ryu, KBO infielder 1996 – Chun-Pang Yuen, Hong Kong national team pitcher 1998 – Nick Robertson, pitcher 1998 – Yannick Wildenhain, Bundesliga pitcher 1999 – Jarred Kelenic, outfielder 1999 – Michael Siani, outfielder 2001 – Lorenzo Morresi, Serie A1 catcher 2001 – Freddy Trejo, Spanish Baseball League utility man 2002 – Shunpeita Yamashita, NPB pitcher 2005 – Shuna Hori, NPB catcher Deaths[edit] 1888 – Amos Cross, catcher (b. 1860) 1917 – Dick Butler, catcher (b. 1869) 1921 – Arthur Irwin, infielder, manager (b. 1858) 1930 – Zeke Rosebraugh, pitcher (b. 1875) 1936 – Robert Pender, minor league infielder and manager (b. ~1867) 1940 – Bill Leith, pitcher (b. 1873) 1944 – Hal Irelan, infielder (b. 1890) 1944 – Porter Moss, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1910) 1945 – Tuck Turner, outfielder (b. 1867) 1946 – James Lehan, infielder (b. 1856) 1947 – Bill Keen, infielder (b. 1892) 1954 – Jack Bracken, pitcher (b. 1881) 1957 – L.D. Livingston, outfielder (b. 1905) 1959 – Bob Coleman, catcher, manager (b. 1890) 1959 – Jimmy Ripple, outfielder (b. 1909) 1960 – Irene Ives, AAGPBL chaperone (b. 1907) 1961 – Mike Mitchell, outfielder (b. 1879) 1965 – Otis Starks, pitcher (b. 1897) 1966 – Ernie Calbert, minor league outfielder (b. 1887) 1968 – Bennie Rothstein, minor league infielder (b. 1907) 1969 – Doc Waldbauer, pitcher (b. 1892) 1970 – Frank Nelson, Olympic pitcher (b. 1887) 1971 – Earl McNeely, outfielder (b. 1898) 1971 – Harry Pattee, infielder (b. 1882) 1976 – Les Howe, pitcher (b. 1895) 1976 – Noboru Yamashita, NPB pitcher (b. 1934) 1977 – Milt Stock, infielder (b. 1893) 1980 – Ernie Vick, catcher (b. 1900) 1984 – Bernell Longest, infielder (b. 1918) 1987 – Rube Novotney, catcher (b. 1924) 1990 – Henry Dotterer, scout (b. 1904) 1997 – Rube Fischer, pitcher (b. 1916) 1997 – Masao Kondo, NPB outfielder (b. 1922) 1998 – Jess Dobernic, pitcher (b. 1917) 1999 – Whit Wyatt, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1907) 2000 – Shigeyoshi Morishita, NPB outfielder (b. 1920) 2001 – John Dagenhard, pitcher (b. 1917) 2007 – Carl McNabb, pinch hitter (b. 1917) 2007 – Herbert Ogden, US national team outfielder (b. 1916) 2010 – James Gammon, actor (b. 1940) 2010 – Kenny Kuhn, infielder (b. 1937) 2012 – Ed Kowalski, minor league pitcher (b. 1922) 2013 – Sidney Langston, minor league outfielder (b. 1928) 2013 – Marv Rotblatt, pitcher (b. 1927) 2014 – Frank Ujcich, minor league pitcher (b. 1943) 2016 – Gordon Massa, catcher (b. 1935) 2016 – Takahiro Oba, NPB pitcher (b. 1948) 2017 – Bill Wilson, outfielder (b. 1928) 2019 – Ernie Broglio, pitcher (b. 1935) 2020 – Rick Reed, umpire (b. 1950) 2020 – Tony Taylor, infielder; All-Star (b. 1935) 2023 – Dave Skaugstad, pitcher (b. 1940) ============================================= TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Thursday, July 16 GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, First Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Friday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Dallas vs. Oklahoma City, Las Vegas 4:30 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Brooklyn vs. Houston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Lakers vs. Chicago, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Golden State vs. New York, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Memphis vs. Atlanta, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Toronto vs. Miami, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Portland vs. Denver, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Blaze 10 p.m. MLBN — Talons at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBATV — Portland at Chicago 9 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — New York at Dallas _____ Friday, July 17 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Second Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 5 a.m. (Saturday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLBN — Tampa Bay at Boston (1:35 p.m.) 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.) 7:07 p.m. APPLE TV — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) OR Washington at Athletics (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — TBA 10 p.m. ION — Connecticut at Phoenix _____ Saturday, July 18 AUTO RACING 6 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 11:30 a.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 12:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Faith Fest 250, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. 3 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 4:30 p.m. FS2 — INDY NXT Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 6 p.m. FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Final Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn GOLF 5 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Third Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Sunday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England LACROSSE (MEN’S) 2 p.m. ABC — PLL: Carolina vs. Denver, Fairfield, Conn. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 8 p.m. ESPN2 — PFL: Main Card, Austin, Texas MLB BASEBALL 2 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (4:10 p.m.) 5:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Atlanta (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) 8 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (8:08 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Seattle (8:08 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 5 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) Noon CBS — USL Championship: TBA 5 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Third-Place Match, Miami Gardens, Fla. SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Noon ABC — NWSL: Seattle at NJ/NY Gotham FC 2 p.m. CBS — NWSL: Portland at Denver 4 p.m. NWSL: North Carolina at Bay FC SOFTBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits 6 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 10 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. CBS — New York at Indiana _____ Sunday, July 19 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Moët & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 1 p.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 5:30 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 7 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Window World 450, In-Season Challenge – Round 4, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. BEACH VOLLEYBALL 1 p.m. CBS — AVP: League Week 6, New York BIG3 BASKETBALL 2 p.m. CBS — Week 5: Detroit Amps vs. Houston Rig Hands, Chicago Triplets vs. LA Riot, DMV Trilogy vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Dallas Power vs. Miami 305, Chicago GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 4 p.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic LACROSSE (MEN’S) 3 p.m. ABC — PLL: New York vs. Boston, Fairfield, Conn. MLB BASEBALL 12:15 p.m. PEACOCK — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Detroit at L.A. Angels (4:07 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Championship, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Final, East Rutherford, N.J. SOFTBALL Noon ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits WNBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Los Angeles at Dallas 4 p.m. CBS — Chicago at Atlanta 7 p.m. ESPN — Connecticut at Phoenix About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” WEDNESDAY JULY 15, 2026
