“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
ASTROS 10, MARINERS 7 (10)
REDS 1, MARLINS 0
ORIOLES 6, RAYS 5
CUBS 3, CARDINALS 0
WHITE SOX 9, TIGERS 5
BLUE JAYS 3, YANKEES 1
PIRATES 8, RED SOX 4
METS 4, NATIONALS 1
DODGERS 3, BREWERS 1
PADRES 7, GUARDIANS 5
DIAMONDBACKS 2, BRAVES 0
ROYALS 7, ANGELS 6
ROCKIES 5, GIANTS 2
ATHLETICS 8, RANGERS 3
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
NASHVILLE 9 INDIANAPOLIS 1
QUAD CITIES 5 FT. WAYNE 4
SOUTH BEND 6 GREAT LAKES 2
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
FEVER 98 WINGS 87
FIRE 84 STORM 82
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MLS SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/girls/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/tennis
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ADAMS CENTRAL AT FORT WAYNE LUERS 7:00 PM
ALEXANDRIA AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7:00 PM
ANDREAN AT MERRILLVILLE 8:00 PM
ANGOLA AT GOSHEN 7:00 PM
ATTICA AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
AVON AT DECATUR CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BATESVILLE AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BELLMONT AT MADISON-GRANT 7:00 PM
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM
BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 7:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT OWEN VALLEY 7:00 PM
BROWNSBURG AT LAWRENCE NORTH 7:00 PM
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
CARROLL (FLORA) AT SEEGER 7:00 PM
CASCADE AT MONROVIA 7:00 PM
CASTLE AT EVANSVILLE NORTH 7:30 PM
CASTON AT WHITKO 7:00 PM
CENTRAL NOBLE AT CULVER 7:30 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT BOWMAN ACADEMY 7:30 PM
CHURUBUSCO AT BREMEN 7:00 PM
CLINTON CENTRAL AT FRANKFORT 7:00 PM
CLINTON PRAIRIE AT FRONTIER 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS EAST AT MOORESVILLE 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS NORTH AT WHITELAND 7:00 PM
COVENANT CHRISTIAN AT PARK TUDOR 7:00 PM
COVINGTON AT TRI-COUNTY 7:00 PM
CRAWFORDSVILLE AT PARKE HERITAGE 7:00 PM
DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
DELTA AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT OAK HILL 7:00 PM
EASTERN (PEKIN) AT WEST WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
ELKHART AT CONCORD 7:00 PM
ELWOOD AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:00 PM
EVANSVILLE HARRISON AT EVANSVILLE REITZ 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT JASPER 7:30 PM
FAIRFIELD AT CALUMET 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT CARMEL 7:00 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE NORTH AT EAST NOBLE 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT WARSAW 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT LEO 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN AT SOUTHPORT 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD 7:00 PM
FRANKTON AT TIPTON 7:00 PM
FREMONT AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 7:00 PM
GARRETT AT DEKALB 7:00 PM
GARY WEST AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7:00 PM
GREENCASTLE AT CLOVERDALE 7:00 PM
GREENSBURG AT SHELBYVILLE 7:00 PM
HAGERSTOWN AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:00 PM
HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LAPEL 7:00 PM
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:30 PM
HAMMOND CENTRAL AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 7:30 PM
HAMMOND MORTON AT PORTAGE 8:00 PM
HAMMOND NOLL AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 7:30 PM
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM
HENRYVILLE AT CLARKSVILLE 7:00 PM
HERITAGE HILLS AT SOUTH SPENCER 8:00 PM
HIGHLAND AT GRIFFITH 8:00 PM
HOBART AT CHESTERTON 8:00 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT EASTBROOK 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT NOBLESVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL AT BEN DAVIS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT LAFAYETTE JEFF 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER AT DANVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT EDINBURGH 7:00 PM
JAY COUNTY AT BLACKFORD 7:00 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7:00 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT PAOLI 7:00 PM
JOHN GLENN AT BOONE GROVE 7:30 PM
KNOX AT NORTH JUDSON 8:00 PM
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MITCHELL 7:30 PM
LAPORTE AT NEW PRAIRIE 8:00 PM
LAVILLE AT TRITON 7:00 PM
LAWRENCEBURG AT EAST CENTRAL 7:30 PM
LOGANSPORT AT PERU 7:00 PM
LOWELL AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM
MARION AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH 7:00 PM
MARTINSVILLE AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM
MCCUTCHEON AT GUERIN CATHOLIC 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN CITY AT HANOVER CENTRAL 8:00 PM
MILAN AT RUSHVILLE 7:00 PM
MISHAWAKA AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT KOKOMO 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM
MUNSTER AT LAKE CENTRAL 8:00 PM
NEW CASTLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:00 PM
NEW HAVEN AT HERITAGE 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT NORTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT BREBEUF JESUIT 7:00 PM
NORTH DAVIESS AT WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT SOUTH DECATUR 7:00 PM
NORTH HARRISON AT SALEM 7:00 PM
NORTH NEWTON AT WHITING 8:00 PM
NORTH POSEY AT SOUTHRIDGE 7:30 PM
NORTH PUTNAM AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM
NORTH WHITE AT TAYLOR 7:00 PM
NORTHEASTERN AT EASTERN HANCOCK 7:00 PM
NORTHFIELD AT NORTH MIAMI 7:00 PM
NORTHRIDGE AT WEST NOBLE 7:00 PM
NORTHVIEW AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH 7:00 PM
NORTHWESTERN AT MANCHESTER 7:00 PM
NORTHWOOD AT COLUMBIA CITY 7:00 PM
NORWELL AT MISSISSINEWA 7:00 PM
OSCEOLA GRACE AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 8:00 PM
PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT LEBANON 7:00 PM
PERRY MERIDIAN AT BEECH GROVE 7:00 PM
PHALEN ACADEMY AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
PIKE CENTRAL AT EASTERN GREENE 7:00 PM
PIONEER AT LEWIS CASS 7:00 PM
PLYMOUTH AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY 7:00 PM
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT WOODLAN 7:00 PM
PRINCETON AT TECUMSEH 8:00 PM
PROVIDENCE AT NEW ALBANY 7:00 PM
RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
RICHMOND AT CONNERSVILLE 7:00 PM
RIVER FOREST AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 8:00 PM
RIVERTON PARKE VS. LINTON 7:30 PM
SCOTTSBURG AT MADISON 7:00 PM
SEYMOUR AT GREENWOOD 7:00 PM
SHENANDOAH AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK AT CHARLESTOWN 7:00 PM
SOUTH ADAMS AT EASTSIDE 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT CULVER ACADEMY 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH AT LAKELAND 7:00 PM
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) AT WHEELER 8:00 PM
SOUTH NEWTON AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM
SOUTHMONT AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT ROCHESTER 7:00 PM
SPEEDWAY AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
SPRINGS VALLEY AT EDGEWOOD 7:00 PM
SULLIVAN AT NORTH KNOX 7:00 PM
SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 7:00 PM
TELL CITY AT PERRY CENTRAL 8:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT VINCENNES LINCOLN 7:00 PM
TRI-CENTRAL AT WES-DEL 7:00 PM
TRINITY LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 7:00 PM
TWIN LAKES AT NORTH MONTGOMERY 7:00 PM
UNION CITY AT TRI 7:00 PM
UNION COUNTY AT MONROE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
VALPARAISO AT PENN 7:30 PM
WABASH AT MACONAQUAH 7:00 PM
WALNUT HILLS (OHIO) AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:00 PM
WARREN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE 7:00 PM
WAWASEE AT JIMTOWN 7:00 PM
WEST CENTRAL AT WINAMAC 7:00 PM
WEST VIGO AT SOUTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
WESTERN AT INDIAN CREEK 7:00 PM
WESTERN BOONE AT TRI-WEST 7:00 PM
WESTFIELD AT HOMESTEAD 7:00 PM
WHEATON ST. FRANCIS (ILL.) AT NEW PALESTINE 7:00 PM
WINCHESTER AT CENTERVILLE 7:00 PM
YORKTOWN AT ANDERSON 7:00 PM
ZIONSVILLE AT PIKE 7:00 PM
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/TV
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
IDAHO AT CAL POLY | 10 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
TCU VS. NORTH CAROLINA (AVIVA STADIUM IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. | ESPN
SAN JOSE STATE AT USC | 3 P.M. | NBC
ALABAMA STATE VS. SOUTHERN (LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPNU
NC STATE AT VIRGINIA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 5:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
HAWAI’I AT STANFORD | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NEW MEXICO STATE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
EAST TEXAS A&M AT MERCER | 7 P.M. | ESPN
HOWARD VS. ALABAMA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT TARLETON STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN2
MEMPHIS AT UNLV | 10 P.M. | FOX
WEEK 1
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
UMASS AT RUTGERS | 6 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT UCF | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
AKRON AT WAKE FOREST | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
MERRIMACK AT DELAWARE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
WEST GEORGIA AT KENNESAW STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UALBANY AT BUFFALO | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT MISSOURI | 8 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ESPN
EASTERN ILLINOIS AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. | PEACOCK
IDAHO AT UTAH | 9 P.M. | ESPNU
UAB AT ILLINOIS | 9 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3
SAN JOSE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE AT PURDUE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT GEORGIA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UTEP AT OKLAHOMA | 8 P.M. | SECN+
LIU AT KANSAS | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
TOLEDO AT MICHIGAN STATE | 8 P.M. | FS1
MIAMI (FLA.) AT STANFORD | 9 P.M. | ESPN
FRESNO STATE AT USC | 9 P.M. | FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
EAST CAROLINA AT ALABAMA | 12 P.M. | ABC
OREGON STATE AT HOUSTON | 12 P.M. | ESPN
COASTAL CAROLINA AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | TNT/HBO MAX
NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SYRACUSE | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NORTH TEXAS AT INDIANA | 12 P.M. | FOX
OHIO AT NEBRASKA | 12 P.M. | FS1
BRYANT AT ARMY | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
TARLETON STATE AT BOWLING GREEN | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LIBERTY AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
MIAMI (OHIO) AT PITT | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
BALL STATE AT OHIO STATE | 12:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
KENT STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT KENTUCKY | 1 P.M. | SECN+
SE MISSOURI STATE AT IOWA STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DUQUESNE AT AIR FORCE | 1 P.M. | MW+
RHODE ISLAND AT TEMPLE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE STATE AT GEORGIA | 3 P.M. | SECN+
AUBURN VS. BAYLOR (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
FURMAN AT TENNESSEE | 3:30 P.M. | SECN+
TEXAS STATE AT TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT CINCINNATI | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
TULANE AT DUKE | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT OREGON | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MARSHALL AT PENN STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
THE CITADEL AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
TOWSON AT NAVY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT UTSA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FORDHAM AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
MAINE AT APP STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | 3:45 P.M. | ESPNU
NORTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT IOWA | 4:15 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
ALCORN STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
WYOMING AT COLORADO STATE | 6 P.M. | USA NETWORK
NORFOLK STATE AT OLD DOMINION | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT TEXAS A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN
AUSTIN PEAY AT VANDERBILT | 7 P.M. | SECN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT TEXAS TECH | 7 P.M. | FS1
NICHOLLS AT KANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT UTAH STATE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
ARKANSAS STATE AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
MURRAY STATE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SE LOUISIANA AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SAM HOUSTON AT TROY | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CLEMSON AT LSU | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
UL MONROE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
VMI AT VIRGINIA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NORTHWESTERN STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
UTAH TECH AT BYU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
HAMPTON AT MARYLAND | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTHWESTERN | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
LAMAR AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE AT ARIZONA STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
MERCYHURST AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN ARIZONA AT ARIZONA | 9:30 P.M. | ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 9:30 P.M. | USA NETWORK
UNLV AT HAWAI’I | 10 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT NEW MEXICO | 10 P.M. | FS1
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 10 P.M. | ESPN+
UCLA AT CAL | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEVADA | 10:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
TEXAS SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
FLORIDA A&M VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPN
WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | 4 P.M. | NBC
OLE MISS VS. LOUISVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENN.) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NOTRE DAME VS. WISCONSIN (LAMBEAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY, WIS.) | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
SMU AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
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NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
DOLPHINS 20, COMMANDERS 7
BRONCOS 27, FALCONS 7
BUCS 23, JETS 16
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO, 1:00
CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO, 1:00
MINNESOTA AT N.Y. GIANTS, 1:00
L.A. RAMS AT KANSAS CITY, 4:00
JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS, 4:00
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE, 7:00
DALLAS AT SEATTLE, 8:00
WEEK 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON (ESPN), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
N.Y. JETS AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
WASHINGTON AT DETROIT, NOON
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:00
N.Y. GIANTS AT MIAMI, 4:00
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI, 7:00
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
DALLAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE (FOX), 8:00
WEEK 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 8:00
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE, 6:00
HOUSTON AT CAROLINA, 7:00
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS, 8:00
ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY, 8:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA (CBS), 8:00
MINNESOTA AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE, 6:00
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS 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)
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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
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TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NFL NEWS
NFL PRESEASON ROUNDUP: NEW-LOOK DOLPHINS OFFENSE FINDS STRIDE
The Miami Dolphins showed exactly why coaches and players typically don’t care about final scores or wins and losses in the preseason.
Though the host Washington Commanders won the game 20-7 on Friday, the biggest moments of the game may have come on the first drive of the night. Playing their starters and treating the first drive very much like a regular-season game, the Dolphins drove 93 yards for a touchdown on their first march with their new quarterback.
Malik Willis, who joined Miami after excelling as the backup in Green Bay, went 4-for-5 for 43 yards on his only drive of the game, which ended with a 1-yard touchdown run by De’Von Achane — on his seventh carry of the drive.
While the Commanders kept their starters out of the game, the battle for Washington’s No. 3 running back spot took center stage, and both rookies angling for the job made big opening statements. Sixth-round pick Kaytron Allen out of Penn State ran for 85 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries while undrafted Robert Henry Jr. from UTSA posted 75 yards on 12 carries with another score.MLB news
Broncos 27, Falcons 7
The guy Willis is replacing in Miami, Tua Tagovailoa, had an underwhelming debut with Atlanta, throwing for just 22 yards and fumbling a snap across two drives that totaled 19 yards in a loss to visiting Denver.
Tagovailoa is expected to compete with Michael Penix Jr. for the starting job with the Falcons, but Penix is still recovering from knee surgery. The Broncos rested starter Bo Nix, and backup Jarrett Stidham — who started in place of an injured Nix in last season’s AFC title game — threw for 131 yards and a score.
Denver receiver Courtland Sutton gained 60 yards on three catches, including a dazzling 40-yard grab to the 1-yard line on the game’s opening drive. Adam Prentice ran for a touchdown on the next play.
Buccaneers 24, Jets 16
Getting the surprise start after Geno Smith was a late scratch with an ankle injury, rookie Cade Klubnik led New York to scores on both of his drives, but Tampa Bay outscored the Jets 24-6 the rest of the way to win in East Rutherford, N.J.
Klubnik, a fourth-round pick out of Clemson, completed 5 of 7 passes for 56 yards and led the Jets to 10 points, capped by a 31-yard scoring run by Braelon Allen.
Tampa Bay, which sat all of its starters, had the play of the game when rookie cornerback Ayden Garnes intercepted a Bailey Zappe pass and returned it 47 yards to tie the game at 10-10 in the second quarter. Zappe threw two interceptions on the night.
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TEXANS FEAR TORN ACL FOR BACKUP QB GRAHAM MERTZ
Texans second-year quarterback Graham Mertz likely tore his ACL during Thursday’s preseason opener, ESPN reported.
A sixth-round draft pick in 2025, Mertz sustained a knee injury during a scramble late in the second quarter. Before leaving, he completed 4 of 7 passes for 23 yards in the 27-7 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Chargers.
Mertz, 25, is No. 3 on the depth chart behind starter C.J. Stroud and veteran backup Davis Mills. He is expected to undergo additional testing Friday to confirm the ACL tear, which would be a season-ending injury.
Mertz spent most of his rookie season on the injured list. He dealt with a leg injury during his senior season at Florida.
Mertz, who played at Wisconsin (2019-22) and Florida (2023-24), did not appear in a regular season game in 2025.
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BILLS’ PHIDARIAN MATHIS BANNED 3 GAMES FOR SUBSTANCE VIOLATION
Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Phidarian Mathis received a three-game suspension on Friday from the NFL, which cited a violation of its substances of abuse policy.
According to ESPN, the punishment was in response to “an alcohol-related incident” from the spring of 2025 when Mathis was on the New York Jets’ roster. The Jets released him in the summer of 2025, and he signed with the Bills last fall.
Mathis, 28, came off the Buffalo bench to appear in six games last season, recording 13 tackles. He has been fighting to make the Bills’ roster this year, and he can play in the preseason until the suspension kicks in on Aug. 30 ahead of the team’s regular-season opener at the Houston Texans on Sept. 13.
A second-round pick of the Commanders in 2022, Mathis has played in 29 games, all as a reserve, for Washington (2022-24) and Buffalo (2025). He has amassed 38 tackles (two for loss), one pass defensed and one fumble recovery.
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REPORT: TROY AIKMAN FACES BRADY-LIKE RESTRICTIONS DUE TO MIAMI INVOLVEMENT
Troy Aikman, who began working with the Miami Dolphins in an advisory role this year, will face similar restrictions around the league in his broadcast role as Tom Brady does as a part-owner of the Las Vegas Raiders.
The news was first reported Friday by Front Office Sports, which received a written statement from NFL chief spokesperson Brian McCarthy on the subject of broadcasters who maintain a dual role with an NFL front office or ownership group.
“There have been no issues with Tom (Brady) over the last two seasons,” McCarthy told the outlet. “It is up to the coaches and clubs what they share with him. If they share information they shouldn’t, then that’s on them. The same parameters that pertained to Tom last season will continue this year and also will apply to Troy (Aikman).Sports news aggregation
“Both may attend production meetings virtually but will have no access to practice facilities or practices. They may conduct interviews outside team facilities with football personnel and players. They could conduct the interview at the team hotel in an area separate from other football personnel. They could broadcast games involving their own club.”
That last piece won’t apply to Aikman and the Dolphins this year. Aikman is Joe Buck’s color commentary partner on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” broadcasts, and Miami was not scheduled to play a Monday night game in 2026 as it enters a post-Tua Tagovailoa rebuild.
However, broadcast teams typically attend practices to meet with coaches and key players in the week leading up to their assigned game. When Brady started his role on Fox’s No. 1 NFL team while also pursuing a minority stake in the Raiders, the league put restrictions in place to lower the likelihood (or perceived likelihood) that Brady would use information gathered from other franchises to give the Raiders a competitive advantage.
Aikman, 59, took on a role with the Dolphins in January initially to help them hire their next general manager. Aikman said in a recent interview that he has no official title with the team.
The three-time Super Bowl champion as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys has worked with Buck in the broadcast booth since 2002. They joined ESPN to take on “Monday Night Football” duties in 2022. They’re slated to call Super Bowl LXI next February, ESPN’s first time carrying the game.
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FALCONS DE JAMES PEARCE JR. SUSPENDED EIGHT GAMES
Atlanta Falcons edge rusher James Pearce Jr. was suspended for eight games for violating the NFL personal conduct policy and won’t be in uniform before November.
Pearce, afforded an appeal of the punishment handed down Friday according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, declined his option to challenge the league ruling and will begin serving his suspension Aug. 30. Pearce cannot be reinstated until Nov. 2, but eligibility doesn’t guarantee he’ll be cleared to rejoin the roster.
The NFL banned Pearce due to his plea agreement and entry into a diversion program. Pearce, 22, was charged after using his vehicle to block ex-girlfriend and current WNBA player Rickea Jackson from reporting their domestic dispute to authorities, according to a police report from the incident in south Florida on Feb. 7.
Police arriving on the scene alleged Pearce had pursued Jackson in separate vehicles, intentionally struck the vehicle Jackson was driving and fled in his SUV when officers arrived.
As part of the plea agreement in Florida, Pearce faces strict probation for six months. He must pass random drug tests, attend counseling and is prohibited from contact with Jackson. Jackson told police they met at the University of Tennessee, where both were athletes, and that their relationship lasted three years.
If Pearce violates the terms of his court-approved program, he’s immediately subject to additional punishment from the NFL and faces the possible reinstatement of some or all charges related to the original incident. Those charges included misdemeanor stalking, felony aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, fleeing police and resisting arrest.
Atlanta will be in preparation for Week 9 and a game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Madrid if Pearce is reinstated to the roster Nov. 2.
A first-round pick in 2025, Pearce remains eligible for preseason games, including Friday’s opener against the Broncos, and can practice until the suspension start date. He had 10.5 sacks in 17 games last season.
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TITANS DB NAZEEH JOHNSON SUSPENDED 6 GAMES FOR PED VIOLATION
The NFL suspended Tennessee Titans defensive back Nazeeh Johnson six games on Friday for violation of the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.
Johnson, 28, will begin his suspension when the Titans open the regular season Sept. 13 at home against the New York Jets. He will be eligible to return Oct. 25 in a home game against the Cleveland Browns.
Johnson will be allowed to participate in practices with the Titans and is eligible to play in all preseason games.
Heading into his fourth full season, and his first with the Titans, the seventh-round draft pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2022 has 66 tackles (three for loss) and three passed defensed in 29 career games (six starts).
Johnson won a Super Bowl ring as a rookie with the Chiefs in 2022 but did not play in 2023, when Kansas City repeated as champion, because of an ACL injury. He signed a free-agent deal with the Titans in late July.
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: CHRISTIAN WALKER, ASTROS STUN M’S WITH 10TH-INNING RALLY
Christian Walker blasted a three-run, walk-off homer as the Houston Astros answered a three-run rally by the visiting Seattle Mariners in the top of the 10th with a five-run bottom half en route to a wild 10-7 victory on Friday.
Victor Robles plated automatic runner Brendan Donovan with a homer to the left-center-field gap off Astros reliever Enyel De Los Santos (2-3) to snap a 5-5 tie in the top of the 10th inning, then later scored on a sacrifice fly. Mariners closer Andres Munoz (5-5) surrendered RBI singles to Isaac Paredes and Daulton Varsho before Walker crushed his 23rd home run 405 feet to left field.
Astros starter Peter Lambert gave up two runs on four hits in five innings. Paredes had two hits and three RBIs, and Yordan Alvarez hit his American League-leading 36th homer.
Robles finished with three hits, and Dominic Canzone and Josh Naylor each had two hits and an RBI for the Mariners. Seattle starter George Kirby gave up five runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings.
Reds 1, Marlins 0
Chase Burns threw seven shutout innings and Eugenio Suarez drove in the game’s only run as Cincinnati edged visiting Miami.
Burns (14-2) allowed four hits, struck out eight and didn’t walk a batter. The right-hander avoided losing two in a row after winning 12 straight decisions. Brock Burke struck out the side in the eighth for the Reds, and Emilio Pagan pitched the ninth for his 15th save.
Miami starter Sandy Alcantara (13-7) came in with a 20-inning shutout streak and stretched it to 25 before Suarez delivered a two-out RBI double in the sixth inning. Alcantara yielded three hits with two strikeouts and four walks in seven innings.
Orioles 6, Rays 5
Gunnar Henderson went 4-for-4 with a two-run homer as Baltimore edged Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla., snapping the Rays’ nine-game winning streak.
Orioles right-hander Chris Bassitt threw 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on five hits in his return from back surgery. Josh Walker (1-0) picked up his first career win in relief. Dylan Beavers delivered a tiebreaking two-run single in the seventh inning for Baltimore.
Rays reliever Garrett Cleavinger (4-4) gave up two runs in one-third of an inning. Richie Palacios had two hits and an RBI.
Cubs 3, Cardinals 0
Clay Holmes allowed one hit over 6 2/3 scoreless innings and Seiya Suzuki belted a three-run homer to carry host Chicago past St. Louis.
Making his second start since being acquired from the New York Mets on Aug. 3, Holmes (5-5) retired the first 16 batters he faced before Jose Fermin singled to right field in the sixth inning. Jacob Webb threw a scoreless ninth inning for his ninth save.
Matthew Liberatore (5-10) fell to 0-4 in his past five outings despite being charged with just two runs on two hits in 5 1/3 innings.
White Sox 9, Tigers 5
Miguel Vargas homered twice, collected four hits, scored three runs and drove in three as visiting Chicago topped Detroit.
Braden Montgomery had three hits and three RBIs for the White Sox, who have won four of their past six games. Tristan Peters supplied a two-run homer for the White Sox, and Munetaka Murakami hit a solo shot. Jose Urquidy (1-1) threw 3 2/3 innings of three-run relief.
Ben Malgeri had two homers and drove in three runs for the Tigers. Jackson Jobe (1-1) gave up six runs on nine hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Blue Jays 3, Yankees 1
Alejandro Kirk hit the go-ahead double in a two-run sixth inning and added a homer in the eighth to help Toronto defeat New York for its fourth win in the first five games of a seven-game homestand.
Shane Bieber (4-2) allowed one run on four hits in six innings, outdueling Gerrit Cole (6-6). The Yankees starter pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits.
Trent Grisham hit a solo home run for the Yankees, who have scored only once while losing two straight. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected by plate umpire Vic Carapazza with two outs in the sixth for arguing balls and strikes, the 50th ejection of his career.
Pirates 8, Red Sox 4
Rafael Flores Jr. and Brandon Lowe homered to propel Pittsburgh past visiting Boston, handing the slumping Red Sox their sixth loss in seven games.
Flores, who had two three-run home runs Thursday, opened the scoring with a solo home run in the second. Lowe busted the game open with a three-run bomb in the fifth to make it 7-2. Bubba Chandler (6-8) limited Boston to two runs on four hits in five innings.
Boston starter Jake Bennett (7-6) was pulled after four innings, having allowed four runs on five hits. Nick Sogard had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Red Sox.
Mets 4, Nationals 1
Carson Benge laced a tiebreaking, run-scoring single in the sixth as host New York beat slumping Washington in the opener of a three-game series.
Francisco Lindor hit a game-tying homer earlier in the sixth for the Mets, who snapped a two-game losing streak. Jonathan Pintaro (1-0), the third of five Mets pitchers, was credited with the victory after giving up one hit over two scoreless innings.
Brady House went 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Nationals, who have lost 11 of their past 16. Andrew Alvarez (2-4) gave up two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Dodgers 3, Brewers 1
Andy Pages hit a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning, Yoshinobu Yamamoto had nine strikeouts over six innings and Los Angeles earned a victory over visiting Milwaukee.
Yamamoto (12-7) gave up one run on four hits as the Dodgers leveled the four-game series at one win apiece. Tommy Edman added a home run for Los Angeles. Edwin Diaz finished off his seventh save despite loading the bases in the ninth on a hit batter and two walks.
Brewers starter Robert Gasser (3-5) gave up three runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings. Joey Ortiz drove in Milwaukee’s run with a sacrifice fly.
Padres 7, Guardians 5
Xander Bogaerts slugged a two-run homer and Fernando Tatis Jr. added a solo shot as visiting San Diego beat Cleveland for its sixth straight win.
Luis Campusano doubled twice and drove in three runs for the Padres. Michael King (8-8) allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings, and Bradgley Rodriguez tossed a scoreless ninth inning for his first career save.
Brayan Rocchio and Nathaniel Lowe each hit a solo homer for the Guardians, who have lost five of their past six games. Gavin Williams (11-7) was tagged for five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Diamondbacks 2, Braves 0
Brandon Pfaadt outdueled Chris Sale as visiting Arizona defeated Atlanta. Pfaadt (7-1) allowed only two hits over seven scoreless innings.
Brandyn Garcia pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two, to earn his fourth save. Geraldo Perdomo went 4-for-5 and scored the Diamondbacks’ first run.
Arizona limited Atlanta to three singles and struck out 11, including Ronald Acuna Jr. three times. Sale (12-8) pitched six innings and allowed one run on five hits with nine strikeouts.
Royals 7, Angels 6
Jac Caglianone went 3-for-4 with a home run and a career-high five RBIs as Kansas City snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Michael Massey also homered and had three hits and two RBIs for the Royals, who improved to 4-0 against the Angels this season. Alex Lange (2-7) picked up the win after giving up a run on two hits in one inning of relief. Steven Cruz pitched a scoreless ninth to notch his fourth save.
Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a double and matched his career high with four RBIs for Los Angeles, which had a three-game winning streak snapped. Tayler Saucedo (0-1) allowed two runs on two hits in one-third of an inning of relief.
Rockies 5, Giants 2
Zac Veen splashed a home run into the San Francisco Bay, Kyle Freeland threw eight strong innings, and Colorado prevailed at San Francisco.
Troy Johnston chipped in with an RBI triple for the Rockies, who have won at least three straight for just the fifth time this season. Freeland (4-10) gave up one run on four hits.
Bryce Eldridge homered for the Giants, who fell to 2-5 on a nine-game homestand. Landen Roupp (7-12) surrendered four runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings.
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Jeff McNeil had a season-high four hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking homer, as the Athletics beat Texas in West Sacramento, Calif., handing the Rangers their fourth straight loss.
Lawrence Butler also went deep and Carlos Cortes laced a three-run double as the A’s won for just the fourth time in the past 19 games and halted an eight-game home losing streak. Jake Burger slugged a three-run homer for Texas.
Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson exited in the bottom of the second inning with a left hand contusion. He was plunked in the bottom of the first inning by a pitch from Rangers starter Kumar Rocker. After the game, the club said he is day-to-day.
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AWARDS 2028 ALL-STAR GAME TO SAN FRANCISCO, WHICH LAST HOSTED IN 2007
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The All-Star Game is returning to San Francisco in two years.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Friday that the 2028 Midsummer Classic will be at Oracle Park, home of the San Francisco Giants. The 2007 game was played in the picturesque waterfront ballpark, featuring Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki’s famous inside-the-park home run that bounced off the tricky wall in right-center field.
“With its passionate fanbase, world-class ballpark, and rich baseball history, San Francisco will be an outstanding host for All-Star Week, which culminates in one of Major League Baseball’s best traditions, the Midsummer Classic,” Manfred said in a statement. “We look forward to bringing the excitement of All-Star Week and the celebration of baseball to the Bay Area.”
This will mark another major sporting event for the Bay Area recently after the Super Bowl and World Cup this year and the NBA All-Star Game in February 2025.
The Giants will host the Midsummer Classic for a fourth time overall after Candlestick Park held the first All-Star Game of the 1961 season and also baseball’s summer showcase in 1984.
Oracle Park is set to become the eighth active ballpark to hold the All-Star Game multiple times, joining Fenway Park in 1946, 1961 and 1999, Wrigley Field (1947, 1962, 1990), Angel Stadium (1967, 1989, 2010), Dodger Stadium (1980, 2022), Progressive Field (1997, 2019), Coors Field (1998, 2021) and T-Mobile Park (2001, 2023).
Giants President and CEO Larry Baer said the club is “incredibly honored” and expressed his gratitude.
“This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase our organization, our city, and the incredible passion of our fans on baseball’s biggest summer stage,” he said in a statement.
“Hosting the All-Star Game is more than celebrating the game’s brightest stars, it’s a chance to highlight the people, neighborhoods, and culture that make our community so special. Few cities offer the unique combination of sports, culture, innovation, entertainment, and natural beauty that defines San Francisco. We look forward to welcoming players, families, fans, and visitors from around the world for a week that will create lasting memories and have a meaningful impact throughout our region.”
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FIELD OF DREAMS TO HOST ROYALS AND RED SOX IN 2027
The Kansas City Royals will play the Boston Red Sox at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 12, 2027.
Major League Baseball announced the participants and date for the fourth edition of the event on Friday.
The Philadelphia Phillies posted a 7-1 victory against the Minnesota Twins there on Thursday night.
The location is where Universal Pictures filmed the 1989 baseball film “Field of Dreams,” starring Kevin Costner.
“To have the Red Sox take the field in Iowa, in a place that reminds us why people fall in love with baseball, will be incredibly special,” Boston president and CEO Sam Kennedy said. “Part of what has allowed baseball to endure for generations is its ability to evolve while still holding onto the traditions, memories, and shared experiences that give the game its meaning. We can’t wait to experience that in Dyersville with our players, our fans, and baseball fans everywhere.”Olympics news
Said Kansas City president of business operations Cullen Maxey: “We are thrilled to showcase our athletes through one of Major League Baseball’s most cherished events and helping to grow the game to a worldwide audience. Royals territory already covers the Midwest, including Dyersville, so this is a natural fit that provides Royals fans a chance to cheer on the home team in a magical setting.”
The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees met in the first Field of Dreams game in 2021, followed by the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds in 2022.
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COLLEGE BASEBALL
SKIP BERTMAN, LSU’S 5-TIME NATIONAL TITLE-WINNING BASEBALL COACH, DIES AT 88
Stanley “Skip” Bertman, who turned LSU’s baseball program into a national powerhouse that won five national championships in the span of a decade, died at age 88 early Friday morning.
The former LSU coach and athletic director passed away in a Baton Rouge hospital, LSU spokesman Michael Bonnette said.
The LSU Tigers, now synonymous with college baseball’s elite and known for fielding numerous Major League Baseball prospects, had never won a national title when Bertman, a native of Miami, took over the program in 1983.
The College Baseball Hall of Famer’s legacy now includes the current Alex Box Stadium, which opened in 2009, holds about 11,000 and routinely is filled to capacity. The field in the stadium was named for Bertman in 2013. The Tigers also have won three national championships under two of Bertman’s successors, most recently in 2025.
Since 2013, the College Baseball Foundation’s annual award for the nation’s top coach has been named the Skip Bertman Coach of the Year Award. Bertman won it six times between 1986 and 2000.
Bertman coached a total of 18 seasons, retiring in 2001 with a record of 870-330-3 and 11 College World Series appearances. He then served as Athletic Director until 2008 and Athletic Director Emeritus after that, continuing to live in Baton Rouge, support the university and attend LSU events for the rest of his life.
Bertman coached the Tigers to their first five NCAA College World Series championships in 1991, ’93, ’96, ’97, ’00. His tenure as coach also included seven Southeastern Conference championships. His NCAA Tournament winning percentage of .754 is the highest in the history of the event.
Bertman also was head coach of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, which at that time included only amateur players and won a bronze medal in Atlanta.
Bertman played baseball at Miami before going into coaching, starting at the high school level in Miami Beach. His final job before taking over at LSU was as an assistant at Miami under then coach Ron Fraser.
Bertman was preceded in death by his wife, Sandy, and daughter, Lisa.
Funeral arrangements were pending Friday.
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NBA NEWS
10 MUST-WATCH MATCHUPS ON 2026-27 NBA SLATE
The NBA unveiled the 2026-27 schedule Thursday, and among the 1,200-plus games are a slew of matchups rife with potential storylines and drama.
Here’s a look at 10 of next season’s must-watch contests.
Oct. 20: 76ers at Knicks
LeBron James, Jaylen Brown, and the new-look Philadelphia 76ers will be in attendance as the New York Knicks celebrate Opening Night by raising their 2025-26 championship banner to the rafters of Madison Square Garden. James was linked to New York in free agency, and his agent, Rich Paul, claimed that the league’s all-time leading scorer would’ve signed with the Knicks if they hadn’t ended their 53-year title drought.
Oct. 20: Thunder at Spurs
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs cap a thrilling three-game slate on Opening Night by hosting two-time defending MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in a rematch of the Western Conference finals. The two sides needed seven games in their previous series, and the Spurs were responsible for eight of the Thunder’s 22 total losses last season.
Nov. 2: Raptors at Clippers
Kawhi Leonard will either be a member of the Los Angeles Clippers or the Toronto Raptors when the two sides convene in L.A. in early November. The NBA’s investigation into the Clippers’ alleged cap circumvention could extend into 2027, and some Raptors players involved in the agreed-upon trade for Leonard may have grounds for grievances if the deal continues to be stalled by the league’s probe.
Nov. 6: 76ers at Cavaliers
James returns to Cleveland, but not under the circumstances that many Cavaliers fans envisioned when the 22-time All-Star was linked to a third spell with the team in free agency. James boasts a 20-6 record (.769) against the franchise that drafted him first overall in 2003, averaging 26.9 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists on 53.8% shooting in those games.
Dec. 25: Spurs at Knicks
The Christmas Day schedule is intentionally crafted to target a broader audience, and a Finals rematch between the league’s emerging young superstar and a storied yet previously starved for success franchise checks all the boxes. The Knicks also hosted the Spurs at MSG in 2024, when Wembanyama recorded a monster 42-point, 18-rebound double-double in a 117-114 loss.
Dec. 25: 76ers at Lakers
Commissioner Adam Silver had publicly urged James to reach a decision as his free-agency saga neared a breaking point, with the league and networks eager to lock in national broadcasts. Perhaps it’s fitting that Hollywood will be the backdrop for a reunion that seems scripted. James returns to the scene of a celebrated eight-season stint with the Lakers to presumably face Bronny James in the NBA’s first-ever father-versus-son matchup.
Jan. 21: 76ers at Celtics
There are plenty of reasons why Jaylen Brown’s return to Boston is must-watch TV. Whether it’s the reported tension between Brown and the Celtics’ brass, former running mate Jayson Tatum’s unaffecting and potentially AI-generated goodbye, or the fact that Brown claims he and Tatum haven’t really spoken since the trade, there should be no shortage of drama with this matchup.
Jan. 28: Heat at Bucks
“The city of Milwaukee will always be in my heart,” Giannis Antetokounmpo wrote in a heartfelt farewell after his blockbuster trade to the Miami Heat. Despite some public tiffs in the tail end of Antetokounmpo’s 13-year tenure with the Bucks, the split between the two parties was amicable. A warm welcome should be in the cards for the franchise’s all-time leader in nearly every statistical category.
Feb. 15: Timberwolves at Hornets
The Charlotte Hornets will have a radically different look this season following the departures of LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges, and the former returns to the Spectrum Center in mid-February for the first time since his surprise trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves. If anything, Ball should be extra motivated, which should result in either an outstanding performance, something hilarious, or both.
Feb. 27: Wizards at Jazz
First overall selection AJ Dybantsa and second pick Darryn Peterson will lock horns when the Washington Wizards visit the Utah Jazz in late Februrary. The top two choices in the 2026 draft both project to become franchise-altering stars. Peterson’s assertion that the Wizards passing on him will forever be on his mind could make for a fascinating matchup between two of the league’s archetypal also-rans.
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GOLF NEWS
HOT-PUTTING ARPICHAYA YUBOL NABS LEAD AT STANDARD PORTLAND CLASSIC
Arpichaya Yubol, in search of her first LPGA tournament win, holds a one-shot lead midway through the Standard Portland (Ore.) Classic.
The 24-year-old Thai player shot a second consecutive 6-under-par 66 on Friday at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Her 12-under 132 total leaves her one stroke ahead of Sophia Schubert and Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn, who each carded a 66 on Friday, and South Korea’s Hye-Jin Choi, who shot a second-round 67.
Rose Zhang (second-round 65), Japan’s Erika Hara (66), Switzerland’s Morgane Metraux (67), Thailand’s Jeeno Thitikul (67), South Korea’s Haeran Ryu (68), Russia’s Nataliya Guseva (68) and Australia’s Grace Kim (69) are tied for fifth place at 9 under.
Yubol enjoyed a stellar day until she logged her lone bogey on the par-4 18th hole. Before that, she had seven birdies, including three in a row from No. 5 to No. 7.
“Pretty good day for my putter,” said Yubol, who recorded 24 putts on Friday after needing only 23 on Thursday. “Just the last hole (tripped me up) just a little bit. And, yeah, so it’s kind of same yesterday. I’m hit like my wedge, like short game pretty good and I can also make a birdie from par-5 (holes).”
Regarding her overall play, Yubol said, “For me, 36 holes (with) just one bogey is amazing. … Like you can make birdie, bogey or even like double, but just how to manage your thinking, just keep like positive thinking, you still have two more days, and, yeah, just keep playing.”
Yubol, 24, made the cut for the 10th time in 15 events this year. She finished as runner-up at the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba in April and the ShopRite LPGA in May.
Anannarukarn had a card similar to Yubol’s — seven birdies ahead of just one bogey, at the par-4 17th hole.
Schubert also produced seven birdies and one bogey, at the par-3 13th hole. She responded to that misstep by posting birdies on the next three holes.
Choi went birdie-birdie-eagle from No. 5 to No. 7 and added a birdie at No. 12 in a bogey-free round.
Mariel Galdiano, who held the first-round lead after shooting a 65, is tied for 12th at 8 under after registering a 71 on Friday.
Colombian amateur Maria Jose Marin, tied for second following a first-round 66, shot 75 in the second round. She and 13 others who finished the day at 3-under 141 missed the cut by one stroke.
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RORY SABBATINI RIDES BOGEY-FREE 65 TO BOEING CLASSIC LEAD
Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 to take the first-round lead at the Boeing Classic on Friday in Snoqualmie, Wash.
Sabbatini turned 50 on April 2 and made his PGA Tour Champions debut two weeks later. Now he enters the weekend in fine position for his first win on the senior circuit.
He leads Jerry Kelly and New Zealand’s Steven Alker by two shots after 18 holes at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.
“Honestly, I wasn’t sure what to expect coming here, I hadn’t been here before, but from tee to green, pretty simplistic layout,” Sabbatini said. “You know the keys, the things you have to do, just put the ball in the fairway. Greens are a little tricky out there and the bunkering is pretty severe, pretty deep. You know, the closer you get to the green, you have to be very particular, very precise on the shots you’re going to play.”
Sabbatini has had some close calls already. He placed third at a senior major in July, the Kaulig Companies Championship at famed Firestone Country Club, and was in the running after two rounds of the Portugal Invitational before a final-round 76 dropped him into a tie for 13th.
“Firestone gave me a glimpse in the final round, but Portugal kind of set me back again, definitely got under my skin, irritated me a little bit,” Sabbatini said. “I just realized that out here you’ve just got to make sure that you keep your foot down on the pedal all the way to the end because there’s too many good golfers out here.”
Kelly, the Boeing Classic champion in 2017, had six birdies and one bogey on his card. Alker matched Sabbatini’s seven birdies, but with two bogeys as part of the mix.
“I think my bogeys were just kind of like on the green, kind of hurt me a little bit,” Alker said. “Didn’t birdie the par-5s on the back nine, which is disappointing. All in all, yeah, solid day for not having played for two-and-a-half weeks.”
Six players shared fourth at 4-under 68: Steve Flesch, George McNeill, Tim Herron, Stewart Cink, Vaughn Taylor and Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke.
Defending champion Steve Allan of Australia opened with a 3-under-par 69. Michael Block, the teaching professional who famously tied for 15th at the 2023 PGA Championship, is in the field on a sponsor exemption and posted a 70 to join the group of 27 players in the 78-man field to break par.
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INDYCAR NEWS
INDYCAR’S MARKHAM WEEKEND TO BEGIN SATURDAY AT 10 A.M. ET
As the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham race promoter works to complete the track build for the Streets of Markham circuit, INDYCAR has announced an updated schedule (all times Eastern) and U.S. television programming for Saturday, Aug. 15:
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 1: 10-11:30 a.m. (FS2)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Practice 2: 2:30-4 p.m. (FS1)
NTT INDYCAR SERIES Qualifying: 6:30-7 p.m. (FOX One), 7-8 p.m. (FS2)
INDYCAR continues to monitor the ongoing circuit construction by Green Savoree Racing Promotions.
“INDYCAR is incredibly disappointed that our promoter was not able to complete the track build on time, despite significant support from our team on site,” INDYCAR President J. Douglas Boles said. “Ontario has always been a magnificent market for our sport and the number of spectators that attended today is a shining example of that. New events can always pose logistical challenges and we join in the frustration of our loyal fans and apologize.
“Once we hit the track, we believe the circuit will be spectacular. We would like to thank the city of Markham for the major support it has made to provide INDYCAR a layout, which is fast, technical and will put on a terrific show on Sunday.”
Due to time constraints in the early evening, NTT INDYCAR SERIES qualifying will be in its traditional “road course” knockout qualifying format as competitors vie for the NTT P1 award.
Coverage of Sunday’s Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham is scheduled to begin at noon on FOX and FOX One in the U.S. and TSN in Canada. Audio coverage of all on-track sessions also is available on INDYCAR Radio powered by OnlyBulls on SiriusXM channel 218 and the INDYCAR App powered by NTT DATA.
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NASCAR NEWS
WHAT TO WATCH: CHASE HOPEFULS AIM TO WRANGLE RICHMOND RESULTS
Track: Richmond Raceway
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Track length: 0.75 miles
When: 7 p.m. ET
Where to tune in: USA Network, HBO Max, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Race purse: $11,233,037
Race distance: 400 laps | 300 miles
Stages: 70 | 230 | 400
Saturday’s starting lineup | Pit-stall assignments
Pressure points build at Richmond as regular season winds down
RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Raceway’s second date of the season has long been laden with pressure and implications, back to the days when “Rock and Roll” was part of the race name. Next year, the 0.75-mile track will set the tone for the 10-race postseason as the Chase opener. This year, Richmond sits squarely in the late going of the regular season, when intensity gets the ratchet treatment.
The jockeying for Chase spots continues in earnest in Saturday night’s Cook Out 400, kicking off a three-race stretch before the 16-driver Chase field is set. Series points leader Denny Hamlin aims to keep his momentum churning at his home track, where he’s scored five of his 64 Cup Series victories and will again be a pre-race favorite.
Further down the list, the subplots are stirring. Team Penske’s Austin Cindric has a provisional hold on the final postseason slot, by just a 29-point margin over RFK Racing’s Ryan Preece — currently slotted as the first driver out. Last weekend’s event at Iowa Speedway left Cindric wanting more after a 29th-place finish trimmed his cushion above the elimination line by nine, and the two drivers in front of him — Shane van Gisbergen and Bubba Wallace — also lost crucial ground in the Hawkeye State.
Cindric — a former winner at Daytona International Speedway, site of the regular-season finale on Aug. 29 — says attention to detail will be crucial for his No. 2 Ford team in the trio of races ahead.
“It’s a position that I would say over the last couple months that we’ve earned one way or the other,” Cindric said. “So I think for us, it’s very important to continue to do each checkpoint of every race weekend, and be able to maximize every session, every call. You know, those are things that are going to be very important when you’re talking about single-digit points making a big difference over the course of three races.”
Behind Preece is a logjam of three drivers within a four-point span — Trackhouse’s Ross Chastain, minus-47 after a rejuvenating Iowa top five; Brad Keselowski, minus-48 and Preece’s teammate/boss at RFK; and Legacy Motor Club’s Erik Jones, minus-50 and staring uphill after an Iowa wipeout.
Keselowski — twice a victor at Richmond in his veteran career — said the formula for flipping his fate isn’t complicated, even while battling his teammate for the last remnants of postseason real estate.
“Yeah, we need to win. That’s what I feel like,” Keselowski said. “We have three races left. We need to win at least one of them. We need to have two good runs outside of that, and you know, the onus is on us to do it.”
Said Preece, who starts sixth Saturday night: “I mean, my entire life’s been pressure when it comes to my career, so it’s no different. Ultimately, I mean, the goal — if we win — that’ll take care of a lot of things. So for me, having good track position to start is going to be important, and then not giving that up throughout the night. We can’t afford to do that. So we need to play offense and look forward and make the 2 (Cindric) and the 97 (van Gisbergen) worry about us and not worry about anybody behind us.”
Van Gisbergen’s case may well be bolstered at Richmond by his growing prowess at short tracks, a development in his growth from road-racing specialist to a more well-rounded NASCAR driver. He made the postseason last year during the “win and you’re in” format era, and he stands to return to the Chase field on overall points under this year’s new procedures.
MORE: Goodyear tire notes: Richmond
Life on the postseason bubble might be new for SVG, but Wallace has been there in multiple years of his Cup Series career. This time around, Wallace says his situation feels distinctly dissimilar from previous go-rounds as he strives to qualify for the field of 16 for the third time in four years.
“No one on our team is happy about being 14th, and we definitely had higher expectations than that coming into the year, but as far as like the stress of ‘here we are again,’ it looks the same, but mentality-wise for me at least, it’s different,” Wallace said. “No stresses. The biggest oddball for us is next weekend at Loudon, just because it’s hit or miss there for us for some reason. So Charles (Denike, crew chief) has had that one circled since January 1. So yeah, if we can get through there, we should be fine. But Richmond’s a really good opportunity for us to continue to go in the upward direction.”
A handful of year-over-year changes have greeted drivers and teams in their Richmond returns — a new tire setup, the 750-horsepower output increase and a new placement for the pit-road commitment line, which moves 75 feet closer to the first timing line at pit entry. Drivers took turns finding the optimal entrance point further down the track during Friday’s sessions, with varying degrees of success.
“Yeah, I took two reps at it in practice, did two completely different approaches, and I know which one I like better,” Chastain said. “I’ll go back and look and see which one was actually faster. Yeah, it’s different. I think it’s a good move. It was, I think, too far back, but they can do whatever they want.”
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TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES
INDIANA FEVER
INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 14, 2026) — The Indiana Fever (22-12) defeated the Dallas Wings, 98-82, on Friday night at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, led by double-doubles from Aliyah Boston and Caitlin Clark, along with 23 points from Kelsey Mitchell.
The Fever claimed an early lead over the Wings in the first quarter, finishing 17-15 with six points from Mitchell. Despite seven points from Clark in the second quarter, Dallas gained a two-point advantage over Indiana going into the second half.
Although Clark contributed another 17 points in the third quarter, the Wings were able to maintain their lead, up 66-63, heading into the final quarter. With a 16-5 run to start the fourth quarter, Indiana jumped out in front, led by 12 points from Ty Harris and 10 from Boston to secure the double-digit victory.
Indiana Fever Notes:
Caitlin Clark’s 29 points helped her move past Candice Dupree (1,621) for the ninth most points in franchise history, now with 1,640 across her career.
Kelsey Mitchell recorded her 18th consecutive 20+ scoring game with 23 points scored, extending her WNBA lead for the longest 20+ scoring streak in a single season. Mitchell is now just two games shy of tying A’ja Wilson (20) for the most overall in WNBA history.
Kelsey Mitchell’s 23-point game marked her 26th 20+ point scoring game of the season, tying the fourth most in a single season in WNBA history with 10 games remaining.
Scoring 17 points in the third quarter, Caitlin Clark registered the third-most points scored by a Fever player in a single quarter in franchise history, two shy of the record of 19 points set by Kelsey Mitchell in 2022.
Kelsey Mitchell recorded her 49th consecutive double-digit scoring performance, once again extending her franchise-leading streak.
Aliyah Boston earned her 51st career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds, good for her 10th double-double of the season.
Caitlin Clark earned her 30th career double-double with 29 points and 10 assists, good for her 11th double-double of the season. With the double-double, Clark now has the third-most points/assists double-doubles in a single season in WNBA history.
With her third consecutive points/assists double-double, Caitlin Clark now holds the third longest points/assists double-double in WNBA history.
For the third consecutive game, Caitlin Clark scored 20+ points and provided 10+ assists, tying the league record for the longest streak in WNBA history.
Additionally, Caitlin Clark recorded her 20th career 20+ point and 10+ assist game, 10 more than any other player in the history of the WNBA.
Ty Harris set a career-high with five three-pointers made, surpassing her previous high of four, which she has accomplished four different times.
Shooting 100% from the three-point line, Ty Harris became one of only four players in Indiana Fever history to have a perfect night off five or more three-pointers made, joining Tully Bevilaqua, Tamika Catchings and Jeanette Pohlen-Mavunga.
With 10 assists tonight, Caitlin Clark recorded her 700th career double-double, becoming the fastest player in WNBA history to do so, doing so in her 83rd game played. Clark is currently averaging 8.4 assists per game, the highest in WNBA history on players with 500, or more assists.
The win marked the team’s 22nd of the season, tying the franchise record for the second-most wins in a season, matching the record from 2009 and 2012. The franchise’s record for most wins is 24, set in 2025, a record which took the Fever 43 games to do.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
The Indianapolis Indians lost to the Nashville Sounds 9-1 on Friday night at First Horizon Park. LHP Cy Nielson made his AAA debut with Indianapolis entering the game in the bottom of the fifth inning and went 3.0 innings without giving up a hit and recorded one strikeout. Nashville scored all of its runs in the first three innings and starting pitcher Coleman Crow (W, 7-1) went 6.2 innings and only gave up two hits against the Indians bats.
Indians (27-16, 58-60) infielder Enmanuel Valdez went 2-for-4 with his 15th home run of the season.
In the bottom of the first inning, Sounds (21-22, 64-54) catcher Bo Naylor hit his eighth home run of the season to center field to give Nashville an early 2-0 lead. Sounds infielder Ethan Murray blooped a single to right field and doubled the lead in the first inning to 4-0.
Naylor homerd his second time up to right field in the second inning to make it 5-0 Nashville. Naylor finished the night going 2-for-5. Nashville added three more runs in the third inning to extend the lead to 9-0 and was more than enough to hold off any Indianapolis rally on Friday night.
Noah Davis (L, 2-9) got the start on the mound for Indy and went 4.0 innings and struck out four batters before turning the ball over to RHP Derek Diamond, who exited the game in the bottom of the fifth inning after throwing only nine pitches.
The six-game series between Indianapolis and Nashville continues Saturday night at 7:35 PM ET. LHP Hunter Barco (4-6, 4.12) is scheduled to start for the Indians and RHP Brandon Sproat (0-1, 13.50) will take the mound for Nashville.
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INDY ELEVEN
Indy Eleven at Sporting JAX
Sat., Aug. 15, 2026 | 7:00 pm
Hodges Stadium | Jacksonville, Fla.
Follow Live
Watch: WRTV-ABC, ESPN+, Greg Rakestraw & Dan Kapsalis
In-game updates: IndyEleven
Stats: #JAXvIND MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com
Setting the Scene
Indy Eleven plays its first match at Sporting JAX in USL Championship Eastern Conference play on Saturday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. on WRTV-ABC and ESPN+.
Series
Indy leads 1-0-0 | GF 2, GA 1
Recent Meeting
May 9, 2026 W, 2-1 Home
Last Meeting
Indy Eleven defenders Logan Neidlinger and Aodhan Quinn, forward Bruno Rendon, and Coach Sean McAuley were selected to the USL Championship “Team of the Week” after helping the Boys in Blue extend their USL-C home unbeaten streak to seven with a 2-1 victory over Sporting JAX on May 9 at Carroll Stadium.
The 20-year-old Neidlinger earned “Team of the Week” honors for the first time in his career. The youngest non-Academy player on the Boys in Blue roster set up the game-winning goal in the 65th minute by fellow defender Anthony Herbert with a laser from 30 yards out that struck the crossbar near the right post, with Herbert heading the rebound home.
The Indy Eleven Academy product recorded two shots in the match, winning 8 of 11 duels and adding eight recoveries and four clearances in his third consecutive start.
Quinn earned “Team of the Week” accolades for the second time this season after recording his 62nd career assist in USL-C play (second on the league all-time list).
With his team trailing in the 51st minute, Quinn played a corner from the left side that Rendon headed between goalkeeper Christian Olivares’ arms for his team-high fourth goal in eight USL-C games this season and his fifth in all competitions.
In the match, Quinn had six chances created while winning seven of eight ground duels. Rendon surpassed his 2025 goal total of three with his fourth in USL-C play and fifth overall.
USL Championship
Indy Eleven 2:1 Sporting JAX
Sat., May 9, 2026 – 7:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
Weather: Sunny, 73 degrees
Attendance: 8,419
Scoring Summary
JAX – Ahmad Al Qaq (Emil Jääskeläinen) 45’
IND – Bruno Rendón (Aodhan Quinn) 51’
IND – Anthony Herbert 65’
Discipline Summary
JAX – Rafferty Pedder (caution) 10’
IND – Anthony Herbert (caution) 45’+1
JAX – Ahmad Al Qaq (caution) 45’+5
JAX – Harvey Neville (caution) 87’
Indy Eleven Lineup: Eric Dick, Aodhan Quinn (captain), Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Logan Neidlinger, Jack Blake, Cam Lindley, Josh O’Brien, Noble Okello (Edward Kizza 45’), Loïc Mesanvi (Hesron Barry 84’), Bruno Rendón (Dylan Sing 88’).
Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Kian Williams, Makel Rasheed, Reice Charles-Cook, Alejandro Mitrano.
Sporting JAX Line-Up: Christian Olivares, Antonio Gomez, Ryan Edwards, Harvey Neville, Wahab Ackwei (Wan Kuzain 80’), Ahmad Al Qaq, Jordan Rossiter, Thomas Roberts (Jacob Evans 80’), Rafferty Pedder (Kieran Sadlier 62’), Emil Jääskeläinen, Luc Granitur (Ezekiel Soto 66’).
Sporting JAX Subs Not Used: Jake McGuire, Ethan Dudley, Brem Soumaoro.
Sunday Recap
Edward Kizza scored the fastest league goal of the season for the Boys in Blue, who shared the spoils with USL-C Eastern Conference opponent Hartford Athletic in a 1-1 draw at Carroll Stadium on Sunday.
The Indy Eleven goal came in the third minute of Kizza’s first start since the birth of his first child in mid-July. Jack Blake won a duel in the left corner, then played a cross into the box toward the near post. Kizza arrived in time to flick a header toward the right post and beat goalkeeper Antony Siaha. As the new father headed to the corner flag to celebrate, he performed the rock-the-baby celebration with his arms while sporting a huge grin.
The goal was the 22nd of Kizza’s career and the assist marked Blake’s 28th. Blake is now tied for the team lead in USL-C assists with his third of the season.
At the end of the first half, Eric Dick — whose appearance was his 100th in the USL Championship — made a huge save to maintain Indy Eleven’s 1-0 lead. A long ball in stoppage time got behind the hosts’ back line, leaving the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. Dick got down and made himself large to block a chip attempt with his right elbow.
That stop earned Dick’s third “Save of the Week” nomination this season. The Carmel native and Butler product made four saves in the match to increase his USL-C regular-season career total to 298. Dick is sixth in the league in saves in 2026 (52), needing two stops to become the 19th player to reach the 300 plateau.
After the visitors equalized in the 74th minute, the Boys in Blue had their best chance to score a winner in the 89th. Kizza made a perfectly-timed run, and Nabi Kibunguchy played a well-weighted over-the-top ball to create a one-on-one for the striker. He controlled the ball with his left foot, but Kizza’s right-footed low shot at a tight angle was saved.
Sean McAuley became the longest-tenured Indy Eleven head coach with his 100th match, surpassing Martin Rennie, who managed 99 games between 2018 and 2021.
Cam Lindley surpassed 10,000 minutes in a Boys in Blue uniform (10,002) by playing the full 90 for the 17th consecutive USL-C match this season.
USL Championship
Indy Eleven 1:1 Hartford Athletic
Sun., Aug. 9, 2026 – 5:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
Weather: Sunny, 91 degrees
Attendance: 8,147
Scoring Summary
IND – Edward Kizza (Jack Blake) 3’
HFD – Jordan Scarlett (Sebastian Anderson) 74’
Discipline Summary
HFD – Bench (caution) 3’
IND – Anthony Herbert (caution) 24’
HFD – Jordan Scarlett (caution) 50’
HFD – Sadat Anaku (caution) 57’
IND – Logan Neidlinger (caution) 72’
IND – Nabi Kibunguchy (caution) 93’
Indy Eleven Lineup: Eric Dick, Alejandro Mitrano, Anthony Herbert, Paco Craig, Logan Neidlinger (Nabi Kibunguchy 74’), Jack Blake, Cam Lindley (captain), Josh O’Brien, Loïc Mesanvi (Makel Rasheed 83’), Edward Kizza, Bruno Rendón (Noble Okello 74’).
Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Kian Williams, Dylan Sing, Mohamed Omar, Reice Charles-Cook.
Indy Eleven Appearances (All Competitions)
1. Cam Lindley 136 2020, 2023-
2. Ayoze 126 2018-22
3. Jack Blake 118 2023-
4. Brad Ring 115 2014-18
5. Karl Ouimette 108 2018-22
6. Don Smart 101 2014-17
Indy Eleven Goals (All Competitions)
1. Jack Blake 28 2023-
2. Eamon Zayed 27 2016-17
3. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20
Indy Eleven USL Era (2018-) Goals (All Competitions)
1. Jack Blake 28 2023-
2. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20
3. Sebastian Guenzatti 16 2023-24
4. Manuel Arteaga 15 2021-22
5. Aodhan Quinn 14 2023-
Paco Craig USL Championship All-Time Rankings
Aerial Duels Won | 764 | 1st
Clearances | 1,053 | 1st
Blocks | 178 | 3rd
Duels Won | 1,294 | 4th
Interceptions | 341 | 4th
Games Started | 240 | 13th
Minutes | 21,267 | 12th
Aodhan Quinn USL Championship All-Time Rankings
Games Started | 291 | 1st
Assists | 64 | 2nd
Minutes | 25,487 | 2nd
Appearances | 305 | 2nd
Tackles Won | 214 | T17th
USL Championship Regular Season Goal Contributions
1. Dane Kelly 132 (106 goals, 26 assists)
2. Enzo Martinez 131 (78 goals, 53 assists)
3. Aodhan Quinn 121 (57 goals, 64 assists)
Most USLC Regular Seasons with 10 Assists
1. Aodhan Quinn – 3 (2018-OC, 2021-PHX, 2025-IND)
2. Kenardo Forbes – 2 (2022-PIT, 2023-PIT)
2. Antoine Hoppenot – 2 (2018-RNO; 2022-DET)
USL Championship Regular Season Shutout % (min. 30)
6. Eric Dick 34.0% 34 Clean Sheets, 100 Games Played
2026 USL Championship Stats
Saves-Eric Dick 6th, 52
Crosses-Aodhan Quinn 8th, 96
Cam Lindley 14th, 83
Chances Created-Aodhan Quinn T8th, 34
Bruno Rendon T20th, 26
Aerial Duels Won-Bruno Rendon 9th, 58
Paco Craig T10th, 55
Clearances-Paco Craig 9th, 100
Shots on Target-Bruno Rendon T10th, 18
Goals-Bruno Rendon T11th, 7
Shots-Bruno Rendon T14th, 29
Category Rank Total
Goals Conceded T9th, 21
Goals, Second Half T10th, 15
Shots 12th, 222
Team Leaders (USL Championship stats)
Goals-Bruno Rendon, 7
Assists-Jack Blake, Aodhan Quinn 3
Shots-Bruno Rendon, 30
Shots on Target-Bruno Rendon, 18
Chances Created-Aodhan Quinn, 34
Crosses-Aodhan Quinn, 96
Duels Won-Bruno Rendon, 105
Tackles Won-Aodhan Quinn, 15
Aerial Duels Won-Bruno Rendon, 58
Clearances-Paco Craig, 100
Fouls Won-Jack Blake, 26
Blocks-Aodhan Quinn, 9
Interceptions-Cam Lindley, 18
Minutes-Eric Dick, Cam Lindley, Josh O’Brien, 1530
USL Career Regular Season Individual Rankings
Clean Sheets
T14. Eric Dick – 34
Saves
19. Eric Dick – 298
Assists
2. Aodhan Quinn – 64
T20. Cam Lindley – 32
Goals
T23. Aodhan Quinn – 57
40 Goals
Jack Blake – 44
20 Goals
Edward Kizza – 22
Goals+Assists
3. Aodhan Quinn – 121 (57 goals, 64 assists)
20 Assists
Jack Blake – 28
70 Goals+Assists
Jack Blake – 72 (44 goals, 28 assists)
30 Goals+Assists
Cam Lindley – 37 (5 goals, 32 assists)
20 Goals+Assists
Edward Kizza – 25 (22 goals, 3 assists)
Penalties Converted (attempted)
1. Aodhan Quinn – 25 (28)
T5. Jack Blake – 15 (17)
20,000 Minutes
2. Aodhan Quinn – 25,487
12. Paco Craig – 21,267
15,000 Minutes
Cam Lindley – 15,672
Jack Blake – 15,543
200 Appearances
Paco Craig – 252
Jack Blake – 212
Cam Lindley – 205
100 Appearances
Edward Kizza – 121
Eric Dick – 100
Games Started
1. Aodhan Quinn – 291
13. Paco Craig – 240
150 Games Started
Jack Blake – 181
Cam Lindley – 178
Team Highs/Lows
Single-Match Highs
Shots: 26 | May 9 vs. JAX
SOT: 9 | May 9 vs. JAX, July 25 vs. LDN
Possession: 54.2% | May 9 vs. JAX
Corners: 12 | May 9 vs. JAX
Single-Match Lows
Shots: 7 | May 30 vs. RI
SOT: 2 | May 30 vs. RI, June 13 at PIT
Possession: 29% | Mar. 21 vs. DET
Corners: 2 | Mar. 28 at HFD, Apr. 4 vs. PIT, Apr. 19 at BHM, Aug. 9 vs. HFD
Opponent Highs
Shots: 26 | July 31 at SA
SOT: 8 | Apr. 4 vs. PIT, July 18 at DET, July 31 at SA
Possession: 71% | Mar. 21 vs. DET
Corners: 11 | Mar. 21 vs. DET
Opponent Lows
Shots: 6 | May 9 vs. JAX
SOT: 1 | May 9 vs. JAX
Possession: 45.8% | May 9 vs. JAX
Corners: 1 | July 15 at MIA
Coach Sean McAuley
Sean McAuley was named to the USL-C “Team of the Week” for Week 12 of 2026. His team was undefeated in league matches at Carroll Stadium from August 31, 2025 to July 24, 2026 (9-0-1).
McAuley earned USLC “Coach of the Month” in May 2024 and was nominated for USLC Midseason “Coach of the Year” after leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten streak (4/17-6/15).
The Sheffield, England, native led Indy Eleven to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals with four straight victories, including a 2-1 triumph at MLS-side Atlanta United on July 9.
In 2025, Indy Eleven continued its run of Cup success under McAuley with a 4-0-3 record in cup play. The Boys in Blue won their U.S. Open Cup Third Round match vs. Miami FC on Hayden’s White’s stoppage-time goal from Cam Lindley.
ALL: 40-37-23 (.515) | USL Championship: 30-33-18 | US Open Cup: 6-2-1 | USL Cup: 4-1-4
2026 Roster Breakdown (8/5/26)
Goalkeepers (2): Reice Charles-Cook, Eric Dick
Defenders (9): Hesron Barry, Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Pat Hogan, Nabi Kibunguchy, Alejandro Mitrano, Josh O’Brien, Makel Rasheed, Hayden White
Midfielders (6): Jack Blake, Cam Lindley, Logan Neidlinger, Noble Okello, Mohamed Omar, Aodhan Quinn
Forwards (7): Edward Kizza, Tyler Lowden, Loïc Mesanvi, Bruno Rendon, Charlie Sharp, Dylan Sing, Kian Williams
On Loan (1): Allen Gavilanes
Newcomers (15)
USL-C (7): Paco Craig (North Carolina), Eric Dick (Pittsburgh), Allen Gavilanes (Miami), Anthony Herbert (Las Vegas),
Alejandro Mitrano (Miami), Noble Okello (Phoenix), Mohamed Omar (San Antonio)
USL League One (1): Makel Rasheed (South Georgia Tormenta)
MLS NEXT Pro (4): Hesron Barry (New England), Loïc Mesanvi (Minnesota), Charlie Sharp (Toronto), Dylan Sing
(Charlotte)
Canadian Premier League (1): Kian Williams (Valour FC)
Singapore Premier League (1): Nabi Kibunguchy (Hougang United FC)
Indy Eleven Academy (1): Tyler Lowden
Player Transactions
Aug. 5, 2026: Recalled F Dylan Sing from Portland Hearts of Pine (USL1)
July 14, 2026: Signed D Nabi Kibunguchy from Hougang United FC
May 29, 2026: Signed F Tyler Lowden to USL Academy Contract.
May 15, 2026: Loaned M Allen Gavilanes to Union Omaha (USL1)
Apr. 9, 2026: Signed M Mo Omar from San Antonio FC (USL-C).
Mar. 16, 2026: Signed GK Ryan Hunsucker to Academy Contract
Mar. 12, 2026: Acquired D Mikah Thomas on loan from Charlotte
Mar. 2, 2026: Signed F Loïc Mesanvi from Minnesota United (MLS)
Jan. 21, 2026: Signed D Paco Craig from North Carolina (USL-C)
Jan. 20, 2026: Signed D Hesron Barry from New England (MLSN)
Jan. 15, 2026: Signed M Noble Okello from Phoenix (USL-C)
Jan. 12, 2026: Signed F Kian Williams from Valour FC (CPL)
Jan. 8, 2026: Signed D Alejandro Mitrano from Miami (USL-C)
Jan. 7, 2026: Signed D Anthony Herbert from Las Vegas (USL-C)
Dec. 18 2025: Signed M Allen Gavilanes from Miami (USL-C)
Dec. 11, 2025: Signed D Makel Rasheed from South Georgia Tormenta (USL League One)
Dec. 9, 2025: Signed GK Eric Dick from Pittsburgh (USL-C)
Dec. 4, 2025: Signed F Dylan Sing from Charlotte FC (MLS)
Dec. 2, 2025: Signed F Charlie Sharp from Toronto FC (MLS)
Nov. 26, 2025: Announced 10 players returning from 2025:
M Jack Blake, GK Reice Charles-Cook, D Pat Hogan, F Edward Kizza, M Cam Lindley, M Logan Neidlinger, D Josh O’Brien,
M Aodhan Quinn, F Bruno Rendon, and D Hayden White.
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PURDUE FOOTBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Stormy conditions moved Purdue Football into the Mollenkopf Athletic Center on Friday morning for its seventh practice of training camp.
The defensive ends were on tap for post-practice media availability. Led by second-year position coach Jake Trump, the room features a solid mix of returning veterans and impactful newcomers. Trump, a multi-year leader under head coach Barry Odom at Missouri, knows his group can help set the standard as one of the hardest playing teams in the country.
“I’ve played for Coach Odom, so I understand that,” Trump said. “It’s the standard we’ve set. It’s the standard we want to be. You go through Coach Odom’s teams through the years, that’s what his defense has been known for. We don’t shy away from that here. It starts at the line of scrimmage. It starts with knocking people back.”
The depth of the room has benefited from continued competition throughout camp. Trump has been able to keep the line fresh with different matchups and rotations.
“In my room, I say we have standards, not necessarily starters,” Trump added. “If you can uphold the standard, I’m going to rotate to see who produces and who can be trusted.”
CJ Madden, who enters his third year with the program, is one of Purdue’s most experienced ends. The Ellenwood, Ga., native started eight of his 12 games last year and made 16 tackles with 2.5 tackles-for-loss.
“CJ, his challenge for this year is that he has a lot of snaps under his belt where he played a lot last year,” Trump said. “Now, let’s see the production come along with it. That’s my daily challenge to him is finishing and seeing himself make plays. He knows it. He sees it. He owns it.”
In addition to his production on the field, Madden has been a leader within the program, serving as a captain last season. The senior has also spent his time off the field giving back to the community with his time and monetarily at the Hanna Center, a local community center that provides support for youth and senior citizens throughout the area. For his efforts, he was named to the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy.
“Giving back is everything to me,” Madden said. “I’m blessed to be in a position to give. I feel like having the influence as a Big Ten football player, it’s just good to give back to the kids that may need it. We’ve built a good relationship, me and the Hanna Center. I’m scheduled to make another donation next week. The watch list, that’s incredible. Being recognized on the field and off is a blessing.”
Elo Modozie joined the program this offseason after playing 12 games last year at Georgia, making seven tackles on the year to help win an SEC Championship. Modozie started his career at Army for two seasons, earning an American Athletic Conference Third Team nod in 2024.
“Elo has been a great anchor of experience,” Trump said. “You talk about an unbelievable person to have in your room. Super humble, and he’s been exactly what we need him to be at this point in terms of uplifting and being a great teammate. He has added to the room completely.”
While entering the program as one of the more experienced players, Modozie does not want to take anything for granted.
“I have a lot to prove,” Modozie said. “One is just continuing to stack that respect from my teammates. I want to continue to go out here every single day and not act like I’ve made it or done anything yet. I want to earn my reps and earn my right to be on the field.”
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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
MATCHDAY INFORMATION
#9 Purdue vs. Ball State (Exhibition)
Friday, August 14 | 5:30 p.m. ET | Holloway Gymnasium | West Lafayette, Ind.
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KELLI MILLER RETURNS HOME
One of the best defensive specialists in Purdue history turned Ball State HC Kelli Miller returns to Holloway Gymnasium for the exhibition.
Miller competed for Purdue from 2005-08 under Dave Shondell’s tutelage and holds the all-time digs record with 2,013 over her career, including the most in a single Purdue match: 40 at Indiana, 10/17/2007.
PRESEASON ACCOLADES
The three returning All-America and All-Big Ten first team selections were named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List and named preseason All-Big Ten.
As a team, Purdue was picked to finish fourth in the Big Ten.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
Purdue will be a part of what’s believed to be the first NCAA matches played outside the U.S. with the upcoming trip to the Bahamas.
In total, the Boilers will face either eight AVCA Player of the Year Watch List honorees (if they play SMU in the Paradise Invitational) or 10 (if they play Kentucky in the Paradise Invitational).
Fans can catch the Boilers on TV 13 times this season across BTN, FOX, FS1 AND ESPN or ESPN2.
Six of Purdue’s nine non-con matches will be at home.
Three matches are slated for Mackey Arena: 9/1 vs. #8 Texas A&M, 9/2 vs. Georgia and 9/27 vs. #6 Wisconsin.
BIG TEN SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
One of the toughest ends to the conference slate, Purdue is set the end the season with five of six contests on the road, the most in the league.
Purdue will spend the final 35 days leading up to the NCAA First Round with just one home match (from October 30-December 3).
The Big Ten announced the debut of the Big Ten Volleyball Tournament, running November 20-25 at the Fishers Event Center.
With the tournament announcement, the Big Ten season will move from 20 to 17 matches, with a single round-robin format.
LEADING THE B1G IN RETURNING ALL-BIG TEN AND PLAYER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST HONOREES
The program ties for first in the Big Ten with four returning All-Big Ten selections (joined by Nebraska and USC).
Purdue ties with Nebraska with the most honorees (3) in the Big Ten, and are second-most in the nation.
Purdue will play a total of 7 matches against teams with a Watch List honoree.
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BUTLER VOLLEYBALL
The Butler Bulldogs fell short against the preseason No. 6 Wisconsin Badgers in a three-plus-one format. The Bulldogs will have one more exhibition match before regular season play begins.
Bulldog Bites
Raegan Durbin led the Bulldogs offensively with six kills, including four in the fourth set.
Elise Ward provided a strong all-around performance with four kills, two blocks and one service ace.
Carly Slusser made an impact defensively at the net with four blocks, including a solo block in the first set and two additional blocks in the second.
Karen Dutro recorded four kills, including a kill to open the scoring for Butler in the third set and two more in the fourth set.
Maria Nix contributed two kills and one block, with her first kill coming in the opening set to help Butler stay within reach of Wisconsin.
Sarah Kempf sparked Butler’s strong start in the fourth set with a service ace during a three-point stretch that helped the Bulldogs build an early 10-2 lead.
Set 1 Wisconsin (25-14)
Butler opened the set with an early service ace from Ava Hunter and stayed within striking distance throughout the opening stretch. After Wisconsin took a 10-5 lead, Nix answered with a kill to help spark the Bulldogs. Butler continued to battle, with Ward and Sawyer Jones contributing defensively before Jones and Slusser teamed up for a block to bring the Bulldogs within five with the score being 16-11 Wisconsin. Slusser followed with a solo block as Butler continued to challenge Wisconsin at the net. The Bulldogs kept fighting late, but Wisconsin closed out the set 25-14.
Set 2 Wisconsin (25-10)
Butler battled early, with Jones and Durbin recording kills before Slusser and Nix teamed up for a block to keep the Bulldogs within reach. Butler continued to compete at the net, with a block from Slusser and Durbin along with a kill from Zoe McDonald. Ward added a service ace to bring Butler within 14-8, while Slusser added a late match kill. Wisconsin pulled away late to take the second set, 25-10.
Set 3 Wisconsin (25-13)
Butler continued to battle throughout the third set. Dutro opened the scoring for the Bulldogs with a kill, while Ward added two kills and a block as Butler worked to stay within reach. Durbin and Nix also contributed kills late, but Wisconsin pulled away in the closing points. Wisconsin took the set 25-13.
Set 4 Wisconsin (30-28)
Set four, which was guaranteed as part of the four-set format, saw a thrilling final set that ended 30-28 in favor of Wisconsin. The Bulldogs came out strong, building an early 10-2 lead behind kills from Durbin and Dutro, along with a service ace from Kempf. Butler continued to fight throughout the set, with Ward and Jones making key plays at the net and the Bulldogs battling back late to force extra points. Butler fought off several set points, but Wisconsin ultimately secured the set, 30-28.
Up Next
Butler will return to Indiana for one final preseason tune-up against preseason No. 9 Purdue. The match in West Lafayette, Ind. is scheduled for Aug. 21 with first serve slated for 6:30 p.m. at Holloway Gymnasium.
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BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER
The Butler women’s soccer team opens the 2026 regular season on the road. The Bulldogs will face Wright State on its campus in Dayton, Ohio.
Butler at Wright State
DATE/TIME: Sunday, August 16 / 5PM
LOCATION: Dayton, Ohio / Rinsler Sports Complex
LIVE VIDEO: N/A
Bulldog Bits
Chloe Brecht was chosen for the 2026 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team. The defender/midfielder was an All-BIG EAST Third Team selection in 2025 who notched a pair of goals and also dished out four assists.
Gemma Gillespie, a defender from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, represented the senior Puerto Rico women’s national team during the 2026 CONCACAF W Championship qualifiers this past spring. She tallied one goal in a win over Saint Vincent and also notched an assist.
Butler has replaced 11 players from the 2025 roster with three transfers (Lily Kiliski/Boston College, Riley Gumm/San Diego State, Isabella Ayau/San Francisco) and 10 freshmen.
2026 will be Co-Head Coach Tari St. John’s 21st at the helm of the Butler women’s soccer program. Co-Head Coach Rob Alman begins his 15th.
The Bulldogs were selected by BIG EAST coaches at No. 8 in the BIG EAST Preseason Poll. Georgetown received the most points, including 8 first-place votes. UConn was second with two first-place votes, followed by Xavier in the third spot with one first-place vote.
The Opponent
Wright State opened the 2026 season with a 0-0 draw at Southern Indiana on Thursday evening.
Last season, the Raiders produced an overall 7-7-5 record, going 4-1-5 in the Horizon League.
Head Coach Travis Sobers enters his sixth season in 2026.
WSU returns five players who scored multiple goals last season: #33 Caitlin Burger (4g, 4a), #29 Olivia Stroud (4g, 1a), #13 Ruby Dunlevy (3g, 5a), #28 Taliah Pellizzari (2g, 0a), and #7 Addy Canter (2g, 0a).
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IU INDY WOMEN’S GOLF
INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis Athletics Department and head golf coach Jamie Broce announced the hiring of Becky Williams as an assistant coach with both the men’s and women’s programs. Williams recently completed a standout playing career at DePauw University where she was a three-time All-American for the Tigers.
“We’re excited about adding Becky to our staff,” Broce said. “She’s a really accomplished player and we’re hoping some of that winning will rub off on the players. She knows how to navigate courses and grind out scores as a player and I think that’ll be beneficial to our student-athletes. She brings a fresh perspective and different set of eyes to the program and that’s only going to make us better.
“She’s super mature and we really enjoyed getting to know her better through the hiring process. Now we’re excited to all get to work.”
“I want to thank the IU Indianapolis Athletic Department and Coach Broce for this incredible opportunity,” Williams said. “I am excited to build meaningful relationships with the staff, players, and university community while contributing to the continued success of the IU Indy golf program.”
Williams was named DePauw’s recipient of the Amy Hasbrook Award in 2026 as the top senior student-athlete competing on a DePauw women’s team. She finished her playing career as DePauw’s career leader in scoring average (73.76) and tournament wins (14) while winning the North Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year award all three seasons. She was the conference tournament medalist in 2024 and 2025 and was the 2023 Ohio Athletic Conference medalist while playing at Otterbein.
She was a 14-time NCAC Athlete of the Week and set DePauw’s record for single-season scoring average at 72.84 in 2025.
Academically, she graduated summa cum laude and was a Chi Alpha Sigma honor society member. Additionally, she served on DePauw’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the Diverse Athletes Association.
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VALPO WOMEN’S GOLF
The Valparaiso University women’s golf team has announced its 2026-2027 schedule, with nine tournaments on the books including four in the fall and five in the spring.
Entering her ninth season as head coach, Jill McCoy brings back six golfers from last season and welcomes a pair of freshmen to the fold. The team will visit the states of Indiana, Missouri, Florida, Nevada and Illinois this year.
The season tees off with the Brittany Kelly Classic, hosted by Ball State, on Sept. 14-15 at The Players Club in Yorktown, Ind. This will mark the sixth straight season that Valpo will participate in the Cardinals’ fall tournament.
The autumn slate continues on Sept. 28-29 with the NKU Invite held at Belterra Golf Club in Florence, Ind. The Beacons will also play in Missouri State’s Payne Stewart Memorial (Oct. 12-13 at Twin Oaks CC in Springfield, Mo.) before finishing the fall with Evansville’s Braun Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-20 at Oak Meadow CC in Evansville, Ind.). This will mark Valpo’s fourth straight season playing in the Braun Intercollegiate and 12th total time participating in that event.
The spring gets underway with Howard’s Lady Bison Spring Invitational (March 8-9 at Hawkstone CC in Gainesville, Fla.) before South Dakota State’s Jackrabbits Invitational (March 15-16 at Boulder Creek GC in Boulder City, Nev.) and Missouri State’s Ozarks National Invitational (March 22-24 at Ozarks National GC in Hollister, Mo.). The Beacons will close out the regular season at the Indiana State Spring Invitational (April 11-12 at the Country Club of Terre Haute), the third straight year and seventh total time that Valpo has played in that event. The campaign will culminate with the MVC Championship, which will take place April 18-20 at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill.
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VALPO MEN’S GOLF
After finishing the 2025-26 season with its best round of the year in the final round of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, the Valparaiso University men’s golf team will look to carry that momentum over to the new academic calendar with the 2026-2027 season set to get underway.
Longtime head coach Dave Gring will helm a roster that features three seniors, a junior, two sophomores and a freshman. The Beacons have announced their 2026-2027 schedule, which will begin on Sept. 8-9 at the ANF Fall Classic, hosted by the University of Iowa at Blue Top Ridge in Riverside, Iowa.
“This is always an exciting time of the year, with our players returning to campus, commencing team practices and workouts and starting our competitive season,” Gring said. “It’s been four months since our team competed in the MVC Championship, so the guys are ready to roll with the new school year and season. We added a new player in Tyler Samaan, our incoming freshman, and our team returns six players from last year. We have a great core of players that finished this past spring season very strong, so we return to campus with great anticipation for this year!”
The season opener in Iowa begins a schedule that features six tournaments in the fall and seven in the spring. The fall journey continues with Rice’s Bayou City Collegiate Classic (Sept. 21-22) at Westwood in Houston before the Badger Invitational, hosted by Wisconsin, takes place on Sept. 27-29 at University Ridge in Madison, Wis. The Badger Individuals Tournament (Sept. 27-28, Pleasant View GC) will run concurrently with the Badger Invitational for individuals not participating in the team event. Belmont will host the Kemper Lakes Invitational (Oct. 5-6 at Kemper Lakes GC in Kildeer, Ill.) before Drake’s Zach Johnson Invitational (Oct. 19-20 at Glen Oaks CC in West Des Moines, Iowa) closes out the autumn docket for the Beacons.
Valpo will resume action with the Savannah Intercollegiate (Feb. 20-21, Club at Savannah Harbor, Savannah, Ga.) before the spring continues with Western Carolina’s Peoples Golf Championship (Feb. 26-27, Sea Palms Resort, St. Simons Island, Ga.) and Appalachian State’s Surf Club Invitational (March 8-9, Surf Golf & Beach Club, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.).
The Beacons’ spring slate continues with the Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (March 29-30, RTJ Magnolia Grove Falls, Mobile, Ala.) and the Racer Intercollegiate (April 5-6, Paducah, Ky., CC of Paducah) before the Boilermaker Shootout (April 17, Kampen Cosler, West Lafayette, Ind.) will mark the final tune-up for the MVC Championship (April 25-27, Dalhousie, Cape Girardeau, Mo.).
Some of the team’s tournaments will be return trips for the Beacons – the Bayou City Collegiate Classic (second straight year), Badger Invitational (second straight year), the Zach Johnson Invitational (fifth time but first since 2022), Savannah (sixth time but first since 2021), Peoples Golf Championship (second straight year) and Mobile Bay Intercollegiate (fourth straight year). The remaining events will be new to the schedule this year.
“I’m very excited about our schedule for this year, since we will play 13 tournaments, with six events this fall and seven in the spring,” Gring said. “This is one of the most competitive schedules that we have ever had, playing in three Big-10 tournaments and three tournaments hosted by fellow Missouri Valley Conference teams. We will travel to 10 different states, including Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and more. Quality preparation for each tournament will be imperative, since eight of our 13 tournaments will have us playing golf courses that we didn’t play last year. The team is thrilled to start our practices at Sand Creek Country Club soon.”
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1886 – Pitcher Guy Hecker has one of the greatest days ever – at the plate – in the second game of a doubleheader between Louisville and Baltimore in the American Association. In seven at-bats, he hits three singles and three homers, accumulating 15 total bases. He scores a record seven runs, as he reaches base on an error in his other at-bat. Louisville wins easily, 22 – 5.
1889 – The Cleveland Spiders defeat the Boston Beaneaters, 19 – 8, behind a great hitting performance by Larry Twitchell, who goes 6-for-6 with a walk. He hits for the cycle and accumulates a then-record 16 total bases, thanks to a single, a double, three triples and a homer, and scores five runs. Kid Madden pitches the whole game for Boston, surrendering 27 hits, but Twitchell also takes the mound, relieving Jersey Bakely in the 2nd inning after he has started the frame with four walks and a hit batsman. He then goes back to playing left field in the 3rd and Henry Gruber finishes the game on the mound.
1905 – The A’s Rube Waddell is the whole show today as he hurls a five-inning no-hitter over the Browns. The A’s are ahead, 2 – 0, when the rain starts pouring after the A’s bat in the 5th. Waddell strikes out nine batters, and three more bounce out to Waddell. The one runner reaches on Rube’s error.
1907:
At the Polo Grounds, Hooks Wiltse edges the Reds for a 4 – 3 Giants win. Christy Mathewson preserves the win with a scoreless 9th.
Charles Bender wins his 11th straight for the Athletics, 4 – 2, over Cleveland, to tighten the pennant race with the Tigers. Bender is helped by right fielder Socks Seybold who pulls off an unassisted double play. He’ll pull off another on September 10th against Boston.
1910:
Chicago coasts to a 14 – 0 pasting of Brooklyn. Three Finger Brown allows 11 hits in the shutout.
In the battle for second place in the National League, the Pirates and Giants split two, each by 2 – 1 scores. In the opener, Lefty Leifield and Christy Mathewson match goose eggs for ten innings, before the Pirates push across two runs on a double by Fred Clarke. The Giants score in the bottom of the 11th but come up short.
1911 – Cy Young, 3-4 at Cleveland, is given his release. He returns to Boston and signs with the National League’s Rustlers, where he will close out the year 4-5, and his pitching days with a 511-315 record, 750 complete games and 7,356 innings pitched.
1912 – Little-known Guy Zinn, New York outfielder, steals home twice in a 5 – 4 win at Detroit; this will add to last-place New York’s major-league record of 18 steals of home for the year.
1914:
At the Polo Grounds, 32,000 watch as Lefty Tyler and Christy Mathewson throw goose eggs for nine innings. In the 10th, Red Smith singles and Hank Gowdy triples him home. Matty then wild pitches Gowdy home for 2 – 0 lead. New York loads the bases in the 10th with no outs, but Tyler slams the door with no Giants scoring. The Braves now trail by 3 1/2.
Brooklyn’s Jake Daubert ties a major-league record by recording four sacrifice bunts in the second game of a doubleheader sweep against Philadelphia, 8 – 4, and 13 – 5. Daubert, who can’t run because of an injured ankle, also lays down two sacrifice bunts in the first game.
1915:
Hub Perdue of the Cardinals picks up a win with 2 1/3 innings of relief in the opener with the Giants, then pitches another seven innings of relief in the nitecap to win his second game of the day.
The Browns’ George Sisler pitches a complete game against the Indians, losing, 1 – 0, to Guy Morton.
1916 – At Fenway Park, Boston’s Babe Ruth outduels Nationals ace Walter Johnson, winning, 1 – 0, in 13 innings. Johnson allows just five hits through 12 innings, while, from the 7th inning on, Ruth surrenders just an infield single by Clyde Milan in the 11th. Milan also robs Ruth of a homer in the 12th by grabbing a ball heading into the right field stands. Ruth is now 3-0 in his meetings with Johnson.
1921 – A major-league record streak of ten straight hits by the Browns’ George Sisler is stopped by Detroit in the 4th inning, but he goes 2 for 3 with a two-run homer in the 6th. The Browns win, 3 – 2.
1922 – In a game between Chicago and Boston, 35 singles are hit – 21 by the White Sox, 14 by the Red Sox – an American League record. Chicago wins the hit parade, 19 – 11.
1923 – Senators southpaw George Mogridge becomes the only hurler to steal home in extra innings when he scores an insurance run in the 12th in a 5 – 1 win over the White Sox.
1925 – Little Dickie Kerr, the southpaw who won two games for the White Sox in the 1919 World Series, makes his first major league appearance since 1921. He has been playing semipro ball rather than accept Charles Comiskey’s salary offer. When he relieves Red Faber in the 3rd inning against the Tigers, play is stopped while admirers present him with a floral horseshoe. In two innings, he gives up three hits and walks two. The White Sox go on to win, 12 – 5.
1926 – The Braves are at Ebbets Field with Brooklyn’s Hank DeBerry on third base, Dazzy Vance on second, and Chick Fewster on first. Babe Herman drives the ball against the right field wall, and DeBerry scores. Vance holds up, then rounds third headed for home. Fewster stops at third base. The RF throws home and traps Vance, who heads back to third. Herman slides into the base as Fewster steps off. Herman is out for passing a baserunner. Fewster, thinking he’s out, too, walks off with Babe, and gets tagged out. Vance, still on third base, later admits it was his fault, but Herman, who doubles into a double play, gets the blame.
1927 – Leading 1 – 0 and one out from a complete game no-hitter over the Memphis Red Sox, Chicago American Giants pitcher Webster McDonald allows an unearned run to score on errors, tying the game at 1 – 1 in a Negro National League game. McDonald loses the no-hitter in the 10th when he surrenders a single, and he loses the game, 2 – 1, when the Red Sox score in the 11th on back-to-back doubles. McDonald’s near-classic just misses being part of the only back-to-back no-hitters in Negro Leagues history, as teammate Willie Powell had no-hit the Red Sox the day before.
1931 – Lefty Grove wins his 15th straight, beating the Indians, 4 – 3.
1935 – Phillies 3B Johnny Vergez starts four double plays to equal the major-league record set by Pie Traynor.
1940:
Chicago ace Claude Passeau tosses a five-hitter and doesn’t allow a runner past first base after the 1st inning as he beats the Reds, 1 – 0. Paul Derringer takes the loss.
Dodger SS Pee Wee Reese fractures his heel bone sliding into second base and is out for the rest of the season.
1941 – Because of rain, the game between the Red Sox and the Senators is stopped in the 8th inning, with Washington leading, 6 – 3. After a 40-minute wait the game is called. But because of Washington’s failure to cover the field in case play is resumed, Boston manager Joe Cronin protests the game. The protest is upheld by league president Will Harridge and the forfeit goes to Boston.
1942:
With two outs and two strikes in the last of the 9th, Dolph Camilli hits a two-run homer to give the Dodgers a 5 – 4 win over the Braves. With the homer, his 20th, Camilli takes over the National League lead.
Despite Bill Nicholson hitting three homers, two doubles and a single, the Cubs lose two games to the Pirates, 8 – 5 and 8 – 7, the nitecap in 11 innings.
At Fenway Park the Sox sweep a pair from the Senators, winning each by one run. In the opening 2 – 1 win, Ted Williams’ two-run homer backs Tex Hughson’s ninth straight win and 15th overall. The 7 – 6 nitecap win goes to Broadway Charlie Wagner, whose last six wins, since June 7th, have all been by one run, including a pair of 1 – 0 wins. Lou Finney drives in the tying and winning runs with a triple.
1945:
Umpire Ernie Stewart is canned by American League President Will Harridge for “disloyalty.” Stewart had complained about the pay and taken his case to Commissioner Happy Chandler. Bill McGowan is the top-paid umpire in the league at $9,000.
Commissioner Happy Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette. Ford had been the World Series sponsor since 1934, paying $100,000 annually.
The Cubs rack up 19 hits, including two homers by Paul Gillespie, one with the bases full, to swamp the Dodgers, 20 – 6. Chicago scores eight in the 4th inning with the first eight batters reaching base before an out is recorded. Hank Borowy coasts to the win.
1946 – In the first 1946 East-West Game, the East wins, 6 – 3. It is the first East-West Game since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in organized baseball (he has yet to make his debut in the major leagues). Howard Easterling gets three hits and Barney Brown tosses three perfect innings.
1948:
In the first of two at Philadelphia, Ken Heintzelman tosses a one-hitter to beat the Giants, 8 – 1. The only hit is Whitey Lockman’s 7th-inning triple. The Phils take the nitecap, 7 – 5, as Ed Heusser pitches five innings of relief to win. Larry Jansen and Clint Hartung take the losses.
Before 72,468 – the largest crowd of the season at Yankee Stadium – the A’s sweep a pair from the Yanks by 5 – 3 scores and regain second place in the American League. The A’s win the opener in ten innings after Joe DiMaggio ties the score with his 20th homer of the year. Joe D also triples home a run in the extra frame but Lou Brissie preserves the win for Carl Scheib. The A’s total 20 hits in the two games, including a triple and double by Sam Chapman. New York is now in fourth place, five games back.
1949 – Reports of clubhouse troubles trail the Braves all season. Owner Lou Perini prevails on manager Billy Southworth to take a leave of absence. The team spurts briefly under Johnny Cooney but will finish under .500 in fourth place. Braves players vote Southworth only a half-share of last year’s Series earnings but Happy Chandler restores the full share.
1950:
The Red Sox defeat the Athletics, 8 – 3 and 9 – 4, to begin a streak in which they reel off 27 of 30, propelling themselves back into the pennant race. Walt Dropo is hospitalized, however, after being beaned by the A’s Hank Wyse.
The last-place Bucs waste one of the longest home runs of Ralph Kiner’s career by blowing a 9th-inning lead to the next-to-last Reds, giving up six runs in the top of the frame. However, displaying great resilience, they come all the way back, scoring six and winning, 10 – 9, as Clyde McCullough lines one off pitcher John Hetki to score Wally Westlake with the game-ending tally. Kiner’s 5th-inning blast off Ewell Blackwell is estimated at 480 feet.
1951:
Al Rosen belts a 1st-inning grand slam to jump start the Indians to a 9 – 4 win over the Browns, their 13th in a row. For Rosen, it is his fourth slam of the year, just the ninth player to accomplish the feat. Ned Garver gives up seven runs in the 1st inning in losing to Early Wynn.
At Crosley Field, the Reds’ Ken Raffensberger tops the Cubs, 1 – 0, on Ted Kluszewski’s home run in the 4th off Cal McLish.
Giants P Jim Hearn defeats the Dodgers, 3 – 1, as Willie Mays makes a miraculous play in the 8th. With the score 1 – 1 and Billy Cox on third, Mays makes a running catch of a Carl Furillo drive in deep right center field and whirls counterclockwise to throw out the astonished Cox at home. Wes Westrum’s two-run homer off Ralph Branca in the 8th provides the two-run margin. Hearn allows just six hits, all singles, as the Giants move to 10 1/2 behind Brooklyn.
1952:
Dick Marlowe of the Buffalo Bisons pitches the second perfect game in the history of the International League, against Baltimore.
Phil Cavarretta signs his 1953 contract as manager of the Cubs.
1953 – 3B Ransom Jackson of the Cubs grounds into three double plays against the Braves as the Cubs lose, 2 – 0. Jackson ties a National League record, later eclipsed by Joe Torre.
1955:
Mickey Mantle homers from both sides of the plate in the same game for the second time in his career, tying the major-league mark. The Yanks beat the Orioles, 12 – 6, in the second game and sweep the doubleheader to move back into first place.
Brave hurler Warren Spahn hits a home run off Cardinal Mel Wright giving the crafty lefty at least one round tripper in every National League stadium.
1956 – The Dodgers and Giants draw 26,385 for a night-game record at Jersey City. A Willie Mays home run is the only scoring as Johnny Antonelli shuts out the Dodgers, 1 – 0.
1960:
In the first of two games at Crosley Field, Frank Robinson and Eddie Mathews exchange punches after Robbie slides in hard at third base in the 7th inning. Robbie comes out on the short end with a swollen eye, bloody nose, and jammed thumb, but comes back in the nitecap with a double and homer to lead the Reds to a 4 – 0 win. Bob Purkey wins the shutout, despite allowing 11 hits.
Behind Art Ditmar’s five-hitter and Mickey Mantle’s two home runs, off Jerry Walker and Hoyt Wilhelm, New York cops a 4 – 3 win and first place in the American League. The second home run comes after C Clint Courtney drops a Mantle foul pop-up. Baltimore’s loss is only its second in the last 15 games. Baltimore and Chicago now trail the Yankees by a half-game.
1961:
Roger Maris hits his 46th homer, off Chicago’s Juan Pizarro, for New York’s only run in a 2 – 1 loss to the visiting White Sox. Pizarro allows just four hits. Whitey Ford loses in his bid for his 21st win.
Frank Malzone is 5 for 5 with a pair of homers in the Red Sox’s 8 – 0 shellacking of the Indians. Gene Conley throws the shutout and hits a homer. Jackie Jensen and Carroll Hardy hit back-to-back home runs in the 5th.
At Los Angeles, the second-place Reds’ Joey Jay (17-7) gives up three singles and two runs in the 1st and just three hits after that in subduing the first-place Dodgers, 5 – 2. Losing pitcher Sandy Koufax (13-8) almost adds another hit but is thrown out at first base by RF Frank Robinson. Announcer Vin Scully says, “Sandy forgot to run.”
1962 – Pinch-hit home runs by the Mets’ Choo Choo Coleman (6th inning) and Jim Hickman (8th) tie the major-league record for pinch home runs by one club in one game, but the Mets still lose to the Phils, 8 – 7, in 13 innings. Winning pitcher Chris Short singles and scores the winning run. The Phils cop the opener, 9 – 3 behind a Johnny Callison homer and two by Don Demeter.
1964 – Mayor Richard Daley declares “Ernie Banks Day” in Chicago and 26,000 fans cheer the Cubs’ slugger. Banks then goes hitless as Pittsburgh wins, 5 – 4.
1965:
The Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor the first Japanese player to have reached the American major leagues. Ordinarily a reliever, Murakami makes his first big league start as the Giants outslug the Phillies, 15 – 9.
Pinch-hit home runs by Max Alvis in the 9th inning and Leon Wagner in the 11th give Cleveland a 6 – 4 win against Minnesota. Two pinch-hit home runs in one game ties the major league record.
Washington 3B Ken McMullen ties an American League record by starting four double plays in a 4 – 2 win, as the Senators complete a three-game sweep of Baltimore.
1968 – At Oakland, the Yanks edge the A’s, 4 – 3. Blue Moon Odom gives up a triple to Tom Tresh, a walk, then serves up a three-run homer to Mickey Mantle for the difference.
1969 – Don Sutton (15-11) opens a nine-game eastern swing for Los Angeles with a 9 – 2 win at Montreal. The Dodgers remain two games behind the first-place Reds. Montreal reliever Roy Face makes his final major league appearance, a record 657th consecutive relief effort.
1970 – In a 5 – 4 Reds win over the Phillies, Lee May drives in all the runs for Cincinnati. His second homer in the bottom of the 9th ties the game and his single in the 14th wins it. Pete Rose is 0-for-7 with five straight K’s. The Phils’ Billy Champion is the losing pitcher, but all is not lost for him: Champion picks up a Pacific Coast League win today as Eugene completes a suspended game in which he is the victor.
1971 – Vida Blue raises his record to 22-4 as the A’s beat the Yankees, 6 – 4. Blue scatters ten hits and scores the tie-breaking run on a wild pitch.
1973 – In Pittsburgh, Reds ace Jack Billingham wins, 1 – 0, notching his seventh shutout of the year. This ties the club record set by Hod Eller back in 1919.
1975:
Earl Weaver is ejected twice by umpire Ron Luciano. The fiery Baltimore manager is thrown out in the first game of a doubleheader and is tossed again before the start of the second game.
Frank Tanana pitches an 8 – 0 shutout as the Angels hand the Tigers their 19th straight loss.
1976 – On Bud Harrelson’s wedding day, he scores the only run as the Mets nip the Reds, 1 – 0. He gets married a few hours after the game.
1977:
In a 2 – 1 win over Kansas City, Boston’s Jim Rice hits a 3rd-inning double and becomes the first Boston player since Ted Williams in 1939 to hit 20 homers, 20 doubles and 10 triples in a season. Between Williams and Rice, only Charlie Keller (1946), Joe DiMaggio (1948 & 1950) and Mickey Mantle (1955) had reached those levels.
Mike Torrez throws his fifth straight complete game, a 6 – 2 win over the White Sox. New York is now just 4 1/2 games in back of Boston.
1978:
The Phils drop their fourth in a row, losing to the Dodgers, 5 – 2. The loss cuts the Phils’ lead to two games as the Cubs beat the Reds and Tom Seaver in an afternoon contest. After Reggie Smith had driven in the game-winner the previous two nights, it is Steve Garvey’s turn. His triple in the 8th off Tug McGraw with the bases loaded breaks a 2 – 2 tie.
The Blue Jays trade DH Rico Carty to the A’s for DH Willie Horton and minor league pitcher Phil Huffman.
1979 – Eddie Murray, no gazelle, surprises the White Sox with a 12th-inning steal of home to give Mike Flanagan and the Orioles a 2 – 1 win.
1980 – Oakland’s Rick Langford (13-9) defeats the Mariners, 11 – 3, for his 17th consecutive complete game, the most in the majors since Robin Roberts’ 20 in a row in 1953.
1982 – En route to an 8 – 0 win at Fenway Park over Baltimore, the Red Sox pick up three intentional walks in the 8th inning, tying the American League record.
1983 – The Braves’ Bob Horner, who is hitting .303 with 20 home runs and 68 RBI, breaks his right wrist sliding into second base during a 4 – 0 loss to the Padres and will be sidelined for the rest of the season. In Atlanta, the injury is widely attributed to the “Chief Noc-A-Homa Jinx,” which seems to strike whenever the Braves remove their mascot’s outfield teepee in order to sell more tickets.
1984:
After a 5 1/2 year absence, Pete Rose is reunited with his hometown Cincinnati Reds when the Expos trade him for infielder Tom Lawless. The Reds immediately name him player-manager, replacing Vern Rapp.
The Tigers cuff Tommy John for ten hits in six innings to beat the Angels, 8 – 3. Dan Petry (15-5) scatters eight hits in eight innings, and Dave Bergman backs him with two triples and three RBIs. With Cleveland beating Toronto twice, the Tigers’ lead is now nine games.
1987 – At the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, the U.S.A. and Cuba are tied 4 – 4 with two outs in the 9th when Ty Griffin hits a two-run home run off Pablo Abreu with Larry Lamphere aboard to win it. For Cuba it is their first loss in the Pan American Games since 1967.
1989:
In his second start after coming back from cancer surgery, Giant Dave Dravecky suffers a broken arm beating the Expos, 3 – 2. The Youngstown, Ohio native collapses to the ground and clutches his left arm in severe pain after throwing a wild pitch to Tim Raines. The bone will heal but Dravecky will break it again during the Giants on-field celebration when they clinch the pennant later that season. Dravecky will not pitch again in the major leagues.
The Rangers’ Charlie Hough pitches his second career one-hitter and gets his second career one-hit loss, as he loses, 2 – 0, to Seattle. Hough walks five, balks, and throws a wild pitch, while the Rangers collect 13 hits but no runs, one hit shy of the major-league record while being shut out.
1990:
The Phillies’ Terry Mulholland spins the major leagues’ eighth no-hitter of the season. Mulholland faces the minimum 27 batters in blanking the Giants, 6 – 0, as just one runner reaches base on a throwing error by Charlie Hayes. But Hayes makes the last putout by grabbing a Gary Carter line drive. John Kruk also makes a crucial play by reaching into the stands to pull back a one-out pop-up by Matt Williams in the 8th.
Mark McGwire hits a game-winning grand slam in the bottom of the 10th to give Oakland a 6 – 2 win over Boston. He becomes the first player to hit 30 home runs in each of his first four seasons.
1991 – Yankees 1B Don Mattingly is benched and fined $250 for refusing to cut his shoulder-length hair, but the Yankees still beat Kansas City, 5 – 1. He will get a haircut two days later, and the hair will eventually be auctioned off for $3,000 to benefit a children’s charity. Mattingly is not alone; Steve Farr, Matt Nokes, and Pascual Perez have all been told their hair length violates club policy. Mel Hall, who wears his hair in a small ponytail before and after games, is warned his appearance is “borderline.”
1992:
Expos P Mark Gardner becomes the first National League pitcher since 1954 to hit three batters in a single inning, as he plunks the Cardinals’ Ray Lankford, Andres Galarraga and Luis Alicea. The Cardinals win, 6 – 4.
Texas P Bobby Witt walks ten Tigers in 4 2/3 innings, as Detroit strolls past the Rangers, 10 – 3. No one has walked this many in this few innings: Randy Johnson walked ten on May 1st of this year and Witt passed ten on September 1, 1990.
1993:
The Twins trade 3B Mike Pagliarulo to the Orioles for P Erik Schullstrom.
Twins’ OF Kirby Puckett gets five hits, including a pair of two-run home runs, in Minnesota’s 12 – 5 win over Oakland.
1995 – Cincinnati OF Reggie Sanders hits three home runs to lead the Reds to an 11 – 3 victory over the Rockies. He drives home four runs with his blasts which help the Reds increase their lead in the National League Central division to seven games over Houston.
1996:
The Orioles score 15 runs over the final three innings on the way to an 18 – 5 win over the Athletics. Baltimore slugs five homers, including a pair by Chris Hoiles.
P Bobby Seay, the top pick of the Chicago White Sox in the June draft, is declared a free agent after the team failed to tender him a formal contract within 15 days of the draft, a violation of major league rules. Seay is the first player in the 32-year history of the draft to be declared a free agent in the summer he was selected; three more draftees – Travis Lee, John Patterson and Matt White – will also benefit from the ruling and sign lucrative contracts as a result.
Frank Thomas hits three homers for the White Sox, becoming the Sox career home run leader, but Boston wins, 9 – 8. Thomas hits his first two off Tim Wakefield to pass Carlton Fisk (214).
Larry Walker, out two months with a broken collarbone, makes his first start for the Rockies, but it doesn’t help as they lose for the tenth straight time at Joe Robbie Stadium, 7 – 6. The Marlins score three in the 8th to win. Gary Sheffield belts his 34th homer for the Fish.
The first-place Braves top Curt Schilling and the Phils, 8 – 5. Terrell Wade wins his fourth against no losses and collects his first major league hit. Marquis Grissom extends his hitting streak to 20 games with a single and double.
1997:
Mark McGwire cracks a two-run homer in the 9th to tie the game for St. Louis and Delino DeShields hits a leadoff homer in the 12th as the Cards edge the Braves, 3 – 2. For McGwire, who also walks four times, it is his fourth homer in four games.
The Orioles and Mariners split a day-night twinbill, the O’s taking the opener, 4 – 3 and the M’s the nitecap, 8 – 3. Randy Johnson drops the first game, despite striking out 13 batters; he has now struck out 32 in two games to tie Luis Tiant (1968), Nolan Ryan (1974) and Dwight Gooden (1984).
Los Angeles’s Mike Remlinger pitches six strong innings and belts a three-run double to beat the Reds, 5 – 3. Before the game, the Dodgers retire Tom Lasorda’s uniform number 2, the ninth number retired by the franchise.
1998:
There are seven extra-inning games out of 14 games played today, matching a mark set in 1918.
Toronto’s Roger Clemens strikes out 15 but gets a no-decision, as the Anaheim Angels win, 6 – 3.
In the Reds-Expos game, two pairs of brothers face each other, and three out of four go deep. Vladimir Guerrero and Wilton Guerrero homer for the Expos while Bret Boone hits a solo shot for the Reds. Aaron Boone follows with a strikeout, but the Reds win, 6 – 4.
Masahiro Kawai lays down the 452nd sacrifice hit of his career, setting a new NPB record. He will later break Eddie Collins’ world record.
1999:
The Angels defeat the Tigers, 10 – 2, as Chuck Finley becomes the first pitcher in history to strike out four batters in an inning twice in his career. Finley previously fanned four Yankees in Anaheim’s game with the New Yorkers on May 12th. Both instances occurred in the 1st inning.
The Mets defeat the Giants, 12 – 5, behind Kenny Rogers’ complete game victory. It is the first complete game of the year for the Mets, who have gone 139 consecutive games without a complete game. They fall one short of the major-league record of 140 set by the Angels earlier this season.
2000 – Club owner Ted Turner and two-time National League MVP Dale Murphy are inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame joining Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Phil Niekro and Warren Spahn.
2001:
OF Shawn Green hits three home runs and drives home seven runs to pace the Dodgers to a 13 – 1 victory over the Expos.
The Tigers defeat the Angels, 5 – 1, as Detroit OF Roger Cedeno leads the team with five hits.
The Cardinals defeat the Reds, 8 – 4, for their seventh straight win. St. Louis 1B Mark McGwire singles in the 5th inning, marking his first hit other than a home run in 72 at bats. McGwire’s last 11 hits had been homers, a run unprecedented in the last 25 years. Cleveland’s Albert Belle had eight straight hits for home runs in 1995.
The Mets lose their fifth straight game, falling to the Padres by a score of 2 – 1. San Diego’s Trevor Hoffman gets the save, becoming the 14th pitcher in history to reach the milestone of 300 saves. He also ties John Wetteland as the second-fastest to reach the mark.
2002:
The Yankees top the Royals, 7 – 5, as Bernie Williams gets five hits, including a double.
The Mets trade P Shawn Estes to the Reds for minor leaguers Pedro Feliciano and Elvin Beltre, and two players to be named.
2005:
Randy Winn becomes the 21st player in Giants history to hit for the cycle. The fleet flychaser, obtained from the Mariners two weeks earlier, singles in the 1st, homers in the 3rd, doubles in the 4th and completes the feat with a triple in the 6th inning.
Felix Hernandez becomes the first teenager to strike out at least ten batters since Doc Gooden accomplished the feat with the Mets in May of 1984. The 18-year-old Mariner rookie righty K’s 11 batters as the Mariners maul the Royals, 11 – 3.
2007 – Yankees slugger Shelley Duncan hits a dramatic three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie the game, but the Orioles rally with three runs of their own in the 10th off Mariano Rivera to win, 6 – 3.
2008:
Two games in the 2008 Olympics are decided by the new IBAF rule regarding extra innings: starting in the 11th inning, each team starts with men on first and second. Thanks to the new rule, China upsets Taiwan, 7 – 6. China does not score until the 8th but wild pitching from reliever Chia-Jen Lo and a two-run double by Wei Wang puts China on the board. After Taiwan scores three in the top of the 12th, China rallies for four. A two-out, two-run single by Fenglian Hou is the big hit and an error by RF Chien-Ming Chang lets in the winning run. Kuo-Hui Lo reaches base six times in the loss.
In the other game that requires the invocation of the IBAF’s new rule, Cuba tops the USA, 5 – 4. 3B Michel Enríquez drives in two in the 11th against Jeff Stevens, who falls to 0-2 in the Olympics. Jayson Nix, the 2007 Baseball World Cup MVP, is injured in the 11th when he bunts a Pedro Luis Lazo fastball back into his face.
South Korea edges Team Canada, 1 – 0. Hyun-jin Ryu goes the distance for a five-hit shutout and Keun-woo Jeong homers off Mike Johnson for the game’s lone run.
Japan beats the Netherlands, 6 – 0, behind Toshiya Sugiuchi and two relievers. The Netherlands, despite two ex-major leaguers and lots of internationally-experienced players, has yet to score after three games. A three-run triple by Takahiro Arai off Alexander Smit is the big hit.
2009:
Julio Borbon collects four hits and four stolen bases, out of a team record eight steals, as the Rangers beat Boston, 7 – 2. Elvis Andrus swipes three bases and Ian Kinsler one in what is the second time Boston has allowed eight stolen bases to an opponent this year.
Closer Brad Lidge’s difficult season continues, after his heroics of 2008. He commits two errors on one play and pick up his eighth blown save of the year in a 4 – 3 Phillies loss to the surging Atlanta Braves.
Kazuo Matsui collects the 2,000th hit of his combined Major League Baseball and Nippon Pro Baseball career, earning him entry into the meikyukai.
2010:
Kevin Slowey of the Twins pitches seven no-hit innings against the Oakland A’s, but is taken out of the game having reached his pitch count limit. Slowey skipped his last start because of elbow tendinitis and manager Ron Gardenhire is being careful with him. The Target Field crowd boos when Jon Rauch comes out to start the 8th, and the second batter Rauch faces, Cliff Pennington, breaks up the no-hit bid with a double. The Twins still come out ahead, 4 – 2, thanks to a three-run homer by Jim Thome in the 7th.
Albert Pujols becomes the first player to hit 30 homers in his first ten seasons with a 1st-inning shot off Ryan Dempster of the Cubs, but the Cardinals lose, 9 – 7, in spite of scoring five runs in the 9th. Pujols has also hit over .300 and driven in over 100 runs each season he has played so far, and is on pace to reach those totals once again. Meanwhile, the Reds complete a three-game sweep of the Marlins with a 2 – 0 win and retake first place by a game over the Cards in the NL Central.
2011:
The Minnesota Twins trade OF Delmon Young to the Detroit Tigers for Class A pitcher Cole Nelson and a player to be named later.
Jim Thome hits two home runs for the Twins in their 9 – 6 win over Detroit to become the eighth player to reach 600 home runs. Thome hits a two-run homer off Rick Porcello in the 6th for number 599, then a three-run shot against Daniel Schlereth in the 7th to reach the mark.
The Brewers turn the sixth triple play in team history in the 2nd inning of their 3 – 0 win over the Dodgers. With two on and none out, James Loney hits a ground ball up the middle that 2B Josh Wilson ranges to his right to field, and then flips to SS Yuniesky Betancourt with his glove for the first out. Betancourt throws to 1B Prince Fielder for the second out. Prince then sees Matt Kemp trying to score from third base and fires to C George Kottaras who tags out Kemp to end the inning. “You find weird ways to win when you’re hot”, comments winning pitcher Randy Wolf after the game.
With 23 of 33 first round picks in the 2011 amateur draft still unsigned when the last day to sign drafted players begins, there is a flurry of signings today. Both the top and second picks in the draft, Gerrit Cole and Danny Hultzen, accept deals. Cole gets $8 million from the Pirates in what becomes the largest minor league contract in history, and Hultzen agrees to $8.5 million from the Mariners and a major league contract. When the dust settles, only Tyler Beede, picked 21st by Toronto, has failed to sign.
2012:
Felix Hernandez tosses the first perfect game in Seattle Mariners history, and the record third perfect game in the majors this year. He dispenses of the Tampa Bay Rays, 1 – 0, using 113 pitches, while striking out 12, including five of the last six batters he faces. It is the third no-hitter – and the second perfect game – thrown in Safeco Field this season, the first time that one stadium had seen two perfect games in a season. Coming into 2012, there had never been a no-hitter at the ballpark.
All-Star OF Melky Cabrera of the Giants sees his outstanding season come to a crashing end with a 50-game suspension for testing positive for testosterone, a performance-enhancing drug. Cabrera is hitting .346 with a league-leading 159 hits, but will not be eligible to return to play this year unless the Giants make it to the second round of the postseason; the Giants will indeed make it all the way to the World Series, but will have cut off all remaining ties with their disgraced star by then. Without Cabrera, the Giants lose, 6 – 4, to the Nationals and fall out of first place in the NL West when the Dodgers defeat Pittsburgh, 9 – 3.
2013 – At the quarterly owners meeting held in Cooperstown, NY, Commissioner Bud Selig announces a plan to expand video review, which is now limited to home runs, significantly. Under the proposal, a manager will have the right to request up to three reviews per game – one in the first six innings and two in the last three – and will not otherwise be allowed to argue such “reviewable” calls. A number of decisions will remain non-reviewable, however. The plan still needs to be fleshed out, in particular by defining which calls are reviewable and which are not, before being submitted for formal approval at the next winter meetings. The Player’s Union and Umpires Association will also need to agree to the changes.
2014:
The Tampa Bay Rays shut out the Yankees, 5 – 0, behind Alex Cobb, to reach the .500 mark at 62-62. What is remarkable is that they were 18 games below .500 on June 10th, making them only the fourth team in history to return to parity from such a deficit. The 1899 Louisville Colonels were 22 games below before reaching .500 for the all-time record.
In the first game of the 2014 Italian Series, Fortitudo Bologna scores four runs in the 1st off former major leaguer Enrique Gonzalez and carry a 5 – 1 lead into the top of the 9th. Raul Rivero, who had a 0.40 ERA in the regular season, promptly blows it by giving up a walk and five singles. In the 11th, Leonardo Zileri homers off Manauris Baez to give ASD Rimini the comeback 6 – 5 win.
Mo’ne Davis of Philadelphia, PA strikes out eight in a two-hitter to beat Nashville, TN, 4 – 0, in the 2014 Little League World Series. She is the first girl to throw a shutout at a Little League World Series. Sports Illustrated will make her the first Little Leaguer to appear on its cover as a result.
2015 – The Red Sox put up a football score in defeating the Mariners, 22 – 10, at Fenway Park. The two teams combine for seven homers and 39 hits. The Red Sox chase Felix Hernandez with ten runs in 2 1/3 innings, then both teams go wild in their last two turns at bat, with seven runs for Boston and eight for Seattle. Jackie Bradley has a game for the ages, with three doubles, two homers, five runs and seven RBIs, while Blake Swihart has four hits, four runs and three RBIs and Xander Bogaerts also has four hits. Lost in all the scoring, Boston starter Wade Miley has a solid game, giving up only two runs in seven innings to earn the win. The Sox are the first big league team to have 15 runs and 20 hits in back-to-back games since they had done so in 1950, while the Mariners allow the most runs in team history.
2018 – Jose Urena of the Marlins decides that the only way to stop Ronald Acuna, who has led off his last three games with a homer and has homered in five straight, is to hit him with his first pitch of the game. He plunks the Braves’ 20-year-old budding superstar on the elbow, prompting a bench-clearing brawl. Urena is immediately ejected, as is Braves manager Brian Snitker. Most commentators call for exemplary punishment for a stupid and dangerous gesture that even manager Don Mattingly refuses to defend. The Braves go on to win again, 5 – 2, but Acuna has to leave in the 2nd inning with a bad bruise. Urena will be suspended six games and fined an undisclosed amount for his antics.
2019 – A game between the Athletics and Astros turns into a impromptu Home Run Derby as the two teams combine for ten homers in a 7 – 6 Oakland win. Four players hit a pair of long balls: Matt Chapman and Matt Olson for Oakland, and Michael Brantley and Carlos Correa for Houston, only the fifth time this has happened in the majors. The ten homers are a record for the Oakland Coliseum.
2021 – The Tenerife Marlins win the Spanish Baseball League for their seventh title in nine years. In Game 5, they beat the host and defending champ Astros Valencia to take the series, three games to two. The win is 14 – 8, as Ricardo van Grieken drives in five and fellow Venezuelan Julio Torrealba gets the win over Cuban Yosvani Torres. Emmanuel Febles goes 4 for 4 in a losing cause.
2022 – The Rangers fire manager Chris Woodward. While the club is in third place in the AL West after two consecutive last-place finishes, it is still 12 games below .500 and 23 games out of first after having spent some $500 million on free agents in the off-season. He is replaced on an interim basis by coach Tony Beasley.
2023 – The Braves and Yankees, who were both pre-seasons favorites to make it far this year, are headed in opposite directions. Today, the Braves consolidate their position as the owners of the best record in the majors with a 5 – 0 win over the Yankees, who fall to .500 on the season and are in last place in the AL East. Bryce Elder, A.J. Minter and Kirby Yates combine on a one-hit shutout with D.J. LeMahieu’s 2nd-inning single the only safety. Homers by Marcell Ozuna and Ronald Acuna account for all the runs.
2024 – Rookie Weston Wilson achieves the tenth cycle in franchise history in leading the Phillies to a 13 – 3 win over the Nationals.
2025 – Rookie phenom Jacob Misiorowski returns from the injured list to start for the Brewers against the Reds, but the rust is apparent as Milwaukee falls into an 8 – 1 deficit after two innings. However, led by Christian Yelich, who has four hits and five RBIs, they pull even by the end of the 4th inning, then score a couple more times in the middle innings to end up 10 – 8 winners. The Brewers’ 13th straight win ties a franchise record set by the 1987 edition of the team, which famously won its first 13 games that year.
Births[edit]
1853 – Billy West, infielder (d. 1928)
1856 – John Fischer, pitcher (d. 1942)
1857 – Walter Hackett, infielder (d. 1920)
1859 – Charlie Comiskey, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1931)
1861 – Elmer Foster, outfielder (d. 1946)
1864 – George Miller, catcher, manager (d. 1909)
1869 – Tom Morrison, infielder (d. 1902)
1871 – Bill Kissinger, pitcher (d. 1929)
1872 – Lew Carr, infielder (d. 1954)
1872 – Silk O’Loughlin, umpire (d. 1918)
1872 – John Warner, catcher (d. 1943)
1875 – Bob Becker, pitcher (d. 1951)
1877 – Willie Mills, pitcher (d. 1933)
1881 – Jimmie Heffernan, minor league pitcher and manager (d. 1940)
1885 – Ed Moyer, pitcher (d. 1962)
1887 – Joe Casey, catcher (d. 1966)
1888 – Ben Van Dyke, pitcher (d. 1973)
1888 – Sid Keener, writer (d. 1981)
1889 – Harry Smith, pitcher (d. 1964)
1891 – Tim Bowden, outfielder (d. 1949)
1895 – Don Jefferson, catcher (d. 1994)
1895 – Ad Lindsey, college coach (d. 1980)
1896 – Ben Rochefort, infielder (d. 1981)
1896 – Bill Sherdel, pitcher (d. 1968)
1901 – Les Sweetland, pitcher (d. 1974)
1906 – Red Peery, pitcher (d. 1985)
1908 – Bernie Walter, pitcher (d. 1988)
1911 – Mort Flohr, pitcher (d. 1994)
1914 – Dizzy Royal, pitcher (d. 1991)
1916 – Cecil Garriott, pinch-hitter (d. 1990)
1916 – Van Patrick, announcer (d. 1974)
1919 – Toshio Takamatsu, NPB pitcher (d. ????)
1919 – Ted Pawelek, catcher (d. 1964)
1922 – Shigeo Koike, NPB infielder (d. ????)
1922 – Jim McDonnell, catcher (d. 1993)
1923 – Herman Purcell, pitcher (d. 2005)
1924 – Thomas Hodges, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
1924 – Frank Whitman, infielder (d. 1994)
1925 – Herb Gluck, author
1925 – Chick Leahey, college coach (d. 2016)
1926 – Elmer Dashiell, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
1926 – Jim Goodwin, pitcher (d. 2008)
1926 – Tadahiko Mizuno, NPB infielder (d. 1998)
1926 – Barney Schultz, pitcher (d. 2015)
1927 – Robert Baumler, minor league infielder (d. 2009)
1928 – Shigeo Kubo, NPB pitcher
1928 – Tony Wesoloski, minor league pitcher
1929 – Sammie Taylor, Negro League catcher (d. 1963 or 2019)
1930 – Bob Martyn, outfielder (d. 2015)
1930 – Koichiro Numazawa, NPB catcher (d. 1989)
1931 – Bob Jenkins, NPB outfielder (d. 2015)
1932 – Jim Snyder, infielder, manager (d. 2021)
1933 – Aad Vuik, Hoofdklasse umpire (d. 2024)
1934 – Shinkichi Harada, NPB infielder
1934 – Seth Morehead, pitcher (d. 2006)
1934 – Yoshifumi Suzuki, NPB outfielder
1935 – Joey Jay, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2024)
1936 – John Hagemann, scout (d. 2017)
1937 – Kenshiro Saga, NPB pitcher (d. 2011)
1937 – Bill Thom, minor league pitcher
1939 – Masami Nishiyama, NPB catcher
1940 – Arlo Brunsberg, catcher
1940 – Jose Santiago, pitcher; All-Star
1941 – Tommie Reynolds, outfielder (d. 2025)
1942 – Cap Peterson, outfielder (d. 1980)
1944 – Mike Compton, catcher
1944 – John Matias, outfielder (d. 2020)
1945 – Duffy Dyer, catcher
1945 – Bobby Trevino, outfielder (d. 2018)
1946 – Joe Lis, infielder (d. 2010)
1946 – Ernie McAnally, pitcher
1947 – Billy Conigliaro, outfielder (d. 2021)
1948 – Ben de Brouwer, Hoofdklasse pitcher (d. 1996)
1949 – Terry Hankins, NPB infielder
1949 – Shinji Masaoka, NPB infielder
1949 – Tadakazu Oshima, NPB catcher
1950 – Tom Kelly, infielder, manager
1951 – Rubén García, minor league pitcher
1953 – Nino Espinosa, pitcher (d. 1987)
1955 – Tom McGough, minor league pitcher
1955 – Marty Scott, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2022)
1956 – Masao Tokunaga, college coach
1957 – Toru Takenouchi, NPB outfielder
1958 – Joe Cowley, pitcher
1958 – Tom Dodd, designated hitter
1958 – Bob James, pitcher
1958 – Randy Johnson, designated hitter
1960 – Hisashi Ono, NPB outfielder
1961 – Chris Brown, infielder; All-Star (d. 2006)
1961 – [{Gavin Erasmus]], South African national team pitcher
1962 – Bubby Brister, minor league outfielder
1963 – Eric Fox, outfielder
1963 – Chun-suh Koo, KBO infielder
1964 – Jeff Huson, infielder
1964 – Kent Willis, minor league pitcher
1966 – Scott Brosius, infielder; All-Star
1966 – Rafael Cruz, minor league infielder
1966 – Dan Walters, catcher (d. 2020)
1967 – Mike James, pitcher
1967 – John Kuehl, scout
1968 – Chad Allen, minor league player
1968 – Tomoyuki Uchiyama, NPB pitcher
1969 – Yon-kyu Ji, KBO pitcher
1970 – Oh-young Kwon, KBO catcher
1970 – Tony Rodriguez, infielder
1972 – Chris Singleton, outfielder
1973 – Jen-Wen Hsiao, CPBL pitcher
1973 – Yoshihiro Seo, NPB pitcher
1974 – Jason Davis, minor league pitcher
1974 – Ramon Morel, pitcher
1974 – Elvis Pena, infielder
1975 – Angel Espada, minor league infielder and manager
1975 – Ben Ford, pitcher
1975 – Aaron Scheffer, pitcher
1976 – Kazuhiko Iijima, NPB pitcher
1976 – Randy Meadows, minor league infielder
1976 – Enrique Ramirez, minor league pitcher
1976 – Brian Wiese, minor league outfielder
1977 – Scott Goodman, minor league outfielder
1977 – Takeshi Hidaka, NPB catcher
1977 – Allen Levrault, pitcher
1977 – Fulgencio Rances Jr., Philippines national team utility man
1978 – Santiago Ramirez, pitcher
1979 – Ryan Budde, catcher
1979 – Zafar Iqbal, Pakistani national team pitcher
1979 – Roberto Novoa, pitcher
1980 – Ubisney Bermúdez, Cuban league pitcher
1980 – Kwang-sam Kim, KBO pitcher
1980 – Brandon Powell, minor league infielder
1980 – Mel Stocker, outfielder
1981 – Oliver Perez, pitcher
1981 – Shaun Boyd, minor league infielder
1982 – Hun-ok Song, South Korea national team pitcher
1982 – Fujia Zhang, Chinese national team infielder
1983 – Juan Ciriaco, minor league infielder and manager
1983 – Michel Korzeniewski, Hoofdklasse catcher
1983 – Takeya Nakamura, NPB infielder
1984 – Tyson Brummett, pitcher (d. 2020)
1984 – Bambang Rachmat Dwitama, Indonesian national team infielder
1984 – Jarrod Dyson, outfielder
1984 – Chris Pettit, outfielder
1984 – Ryan Sterling, Bundesliga coach
1985 – Ryan Keedy, minor league infielder
1985 – Matt McSwain, minor league pitcher
1985 – Rámesis Rosa, Puerto Rican national team pitcher
1986 – Marin Farkas, Croatian national team pitcher
1986 – Beau Mills, minor league infielder
1986 – Ho-seong Lee, KBO outfielder
1987 – Jorge De Leon, pitcher
1987 – Hiroki Nishikawa, NPB outfielder
1990 – Kyle Arnsberg, coach
1990 – Adam Cimber, pitcher
1990 – Mason McVay, minor league pitcher
1991 – Felipe González, minor league pitcher
1991 – Joel McKeithan, coach
1991 – Jon Moscot, pitcher
1991 – Taiki Tojo, NPB pitcher
1992 – Tom Bailey, Australian national team pitcher
1992 – Jacques Boucheron, French Division I outfielder
1992 – Zach Regier, drafted outfielder
1992 – Yorman Rodriguez, outfielder
1992 – Haoyue Zhang, China Baseball League infielder
1993 – Nick Gardewine, pitcher
1993 – Jacob Webb, pitcher
1994 – Miwa Naraoka, Japanese women’s national team outfielder
1995 – Luis Rico, Bolivian national team infielder
1996 – Gédéon Coste, French Division I pitcher
1996 – Jose Martinez, minor league infielder
1996 – Lukas Ray, minor league manager
1996 – Marcus Wilson, outfielder
1997 – Isaiah Campbell, pitcher
1997 – Karl Kauffmann, pitcher
1998 – Eleyenni Estupiñán, Cuban women’s national team outfielder
1998 – Jordan Leasure, pitcher
1999 – Raf Cocu, hoofdklasse pitcher
1999 – Kousuke Sakaguchi, NPB pitcher
2000 – Zach Agnos, pitcher
2000 – Brooks Baldwin, infielder
2000 – McCade Brown, pitcher
2000 – Ho-Ki Bryan Tam, Hong Kong national team catcher
2001 – Robert Hassell, outfielder
2001 – Titus Von Kapff, Bundesliga pitcher
2002 – Luke Keaschall, infielder
2003 – Koichiro Oda, NPB infielder
Deaths[edit]
1885 – Louis Henke, minor league player (b. ????)
1901 – Gene Begley, catcher (b. 1861)
1901 – Milt Whitehead, infielder (b. 1862)
1912 – Lou Polchow, pitcher (b. 1880)
1916 – John Dyler, outfielder; umpire (b. 1852)
1923 – Marty Hogan, outfielder (b. 1869)
1925 – Arthur Soden, owner (b. 1843)
1929 – Jack Manning, outfielder, manager (b. 1853)
1930 – Guy Tutwiler, infielder (b. 1889)
1936 – Lew Richie, pitcher (b. 1883)
1941 – Jacob Doyle, infielder (b. 1855)
1943 – Art Whitney, infielder (b. 1858)
1947 – Bill Hall, pitcher (b. 1894)
1947 – Carlton Lord, infielder (b. 1900)
1957 – Ed Baecht, pitcher (b. 1907)
1960 – Ed Wheeler, infielder (b. 1878)
1963 – Karl Drews, pitcher (b. 1920)
1965 – Stan Pitula, pitcher (b. 1931)
1966 – George Burns, outfielder (b. 1889)
1967 – Karl Meister, outfielder (b. 1891)
1969 – James Washburn, minor league infielder (b. 1894)
1969 – Howie Williamson, pinch hitter (b. 1904)
1970 – Ray Bates, infielder (b. 1890)
1972 – Jeff Pfeffer, pitcher (b. 1888)
1973 – Wild Bill Luhrsen, pitcher (b. 1884)
1976 – Jim Henry, pitcher (b. 1910)
1976 – Dick Lajeskie, infielder (b. 1926)
1978 – Ed Chaplin, catcher (b. 1893)
1984 – Tom Gee, catcher (b. 1900)
1986 – Young-shin Kim, KBO catcher (b. 1961)
1990 – Bob Garbark, catcher (b. 1909)
1992 – Oran Frazier, infielder (b. 1908)
1994 – Joe Brovia, pinch-hitter (b. 1922)
1995 – Masahiro Nakane, NPB outfielder-pitcher (b. 1954)
1997 – Les Treitel, umpire (b. 1950)
1998 – Jack Brickhouse, broadcaster (b. 1916)
1998 – Dan Parra, minor league pitcher (b. 1920)
1999 – Greek George, catcher (b. 1912)
2002 – Arnie Moser, pinch hitter (b. 1915)
2002 – Kyle Rote, minor league outfielder (b. 1927)
2003 – Red Hardy, pitcher (b. 1923)
2007 – Toshiaki Sakai, Japanese national team catcher (b. 1934)
2008 – Darrin Winston, pitcher (b. 1966)
2010 – Joe Brown, general manager (b. 1918)
2010 – William Lander, minor league pitcher (b. 1923)
2012 – Masayoshi Hayase, NPB outfielder (b. 1940)
2014 – Jerry Lumpe, infielder; All-Star (b. 1933)
2014 – Mark Owings, minor league infielder (b. 1960)
2014 – Michihiro Sugawara, NPB outfielder (b. 1930)
2015 – Doc Daugherty, pinch hitter (b. 1927)
2015 – Bud Thomas, infielder (b. 1929)
2016 – Choo Choo Coleman, catcher (b. 1935)
2018 – Peter Box, Australian national team player (b. 1932)
2018 – Roy Chapman, Negro League pitcher (b. 1929)
2018 – Aaron Cox, minor league pitcher (b. 1994)
2022 – Bob Locker, pitcher (b. 1938)
2025 – Akira Kawahara, NPB pitcher (b. 1949)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, Aug. 15
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
2:25 p.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
7 p.m.
USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN — PLL: Maryland at Philadelphia
5 p.m.
ESPN — WLL Playoffs: TBD, Championship, Philadelphia
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Chicago White Sox at Detroit (1:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Atlanta (7:15 p.m), Boston at Pittsburgh (7:15 p.m) OR Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers (7:15 p.m)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Cleveland at Chicago
4 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: L.A. Rams at Kansas City
8 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Dallas at Seattle
SOCCER (MEN’S)
Noon
ABC — LaLiga: TBA
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Charleston at Pittsburgh
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
CBS — Minnesota at Las Vegas
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Sunday, Aug. 16
AUTO RACING
8:30 a.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
Noon
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ABC — PLL: New York at Philadelphia
MLB BASEBALL
Noon
NBCSN — Baltimore at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Baltimore at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.)
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (1:37 p.m.) OR Arizona at Atlanta (1:35 p.m.)
3 p.m.
ABC — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs
7 p.m.
NBCSN — Seattle at Houston (7:20 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Seattle at Houston (7:20 p.m.)
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
9 p.m.
ESPN — NWSL: Washington at Angel City
SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
MLBN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
ESPN — Indiana at Atlanta
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