“THE SCOREBOARD”
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
THE GAMES TO WATCH IN WEEK 3
ZIONSVILLE AT WESTFIELD (INDIANA SRN FOX 59 NOW GAME OF THE WEEK)
CROWN POINT AT MERRILLVILLE
BROWNSBURG AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL
CENTER GROVE AR CARMEL
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT AVON
LAWRENCE NORTH AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL
DECATUR CENTRAL AT WHITELAND
NEW PALESTINE AT YORKTOWN
MOORESVILLE AT PLAINFIELD
BISHOP CHATARD AT RONCALLI
GREENWOOD AT INDIAN CREEK
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI VS. LAVILLE
EASTBROOK AT ALEXANDRIA
NORTH DECATUR AT MILAN
BLUFFTON AT SOUTH ADAMS
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK THREE
THURSDAY
HAMMOND MORTON (1-1) AT UNITY CHRISTIAN (MICH.)
FRIDAY
ADAMS CENTRAL (1-1) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (2-0)
ANDERSON (0-2) AT DANVILLE (2-0)
ANDREAN (1-1) AT KANKAKEE VALLEY (0-2)
ANGOLA (1-1) AT FAIRFIELD (2-0)
BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-1) AT JEFFERSONVILLE (1-1)
BEECH GROVE (2-0) AT SHELBYVILLE (2-0)
BELLMONT (0-2) AT COLUMBIA CITY (1-1)
BEN DAVIS (1-1) AT PIKE (0-2)
BENTON CENTRAL (0-2) VS. MANCHESTER (0-2)
BLUFFTON (2-0) AT SOUTH ADAMS (1-1)
REMEN (2-0) AT BOONE GROVE (1-1)
BROWN COUNTY (1-1) AT TRINITY LUTHERAN (1-1)
BROWNSBURG (2-0) AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1-1)
CALUMET (1-1) AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-2)
CARROLL (FLORA) (1-1) AT TAYLOR (0-2)
CASTON (2-0) AT NORTH MIAMI (1-1)
CENTER GROVE (1-1) AT CARMEL (1-1)
CENTERVILLE (1-1) AT EASTERN HANCOCK (2-0)
CENTRAL NOBLE (1-1) AT EASTSIDE (2-0)
CHARLESTOWN (1-1) AT MADISON (2-0)
CHURUBUSCO (0-2) AT FREMONT (2-0)
CLINTON CENTRAL (2-0) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (2-0)
CLOVERDALE (1-1) AT OWEN VALLEY (2-0)
COLUMBUS NORTH (2-0) AT MARION (0-2)
CONCORD (1-1) AT WAWASEE (0-2)
CONNERSVILLE (1-1) AT GREENSBURG (1-1)
CROWN POINT (2-0) AT MERRILLVILLE (2-0)
CULVER (0-2) AT TRITON (0-2)
DELPHI (1-1) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (2-0)
DELTA (0-2) AT NORTHEASTERN (1-1)
EAST CENTRAL (2-0) AT CINCINNATI ELDER (OHIO)
EAST NOBLE (2-0) AT HUNTINGTON NORTH (2-0)
EASTBROOK (1-1) AT ALEXANDRIA (1-1)
EASTERN (PEKIN) (0-2) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (1-1)
EDGEWOOD (1-1) AT SOUTH PUTNAM (2-0)
ELWOOD (1-1) AT BLACKFORD (0-2)
EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-2) AT CASTLE (1-1)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (1-1) AT EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (2-0)
EVANSVILLE NORTH (0-2) AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-2)
FAITH CHRISTIAN (1-1) AT NORTH NEWTON (0-2)
FLOYD CENTRAL (2-0) AT SILVER CREEK (1-1)
FOREST PARK (2-0) AT WASHINGTON (0-2)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (1-1) AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (1-1)
FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-2) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (0-2)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (0-1) AT FORT WAYNE NORTH (1-1)
FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-1) AT HOMESTEAD (1-1)
FORT WAYNE WAYNE (0-2) AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER (2-0)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (0-2) AT RIVERTON PARKE (2-0)
FRANKFORT (0-2) AT GREENCASTLE (0-2)
FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-0) AT RUSHVILLE (0-2)
FRONTIER (0-2) AT NORTH WHITE (1-1)
GARRETT (0-2) AT WEST NOBLE (1-1)
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-1) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (1-1)
GREENWOOD (1-1) AT INDIAN CREEK (2-0)
GRIFFITH (2-0) AT LOWELL (1-1)
HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-2) AT LOGANSPORT (2-0)
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (1-1) AT AVON (2-0)
HAMMOND CENTRAL (1-1) AT GARY WEST (1-0)
HERITAGE (2-0) AT WOODLAN (2-0)
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (0-2) AT GUERIN CATHOLIC (1-1)
HIGHLAND (1-1) AT HANOVER CENTRAL (2-0)
HOBART (2-0) AT MUNSTER (1-1)
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH (0-2) AT SOUTHPORT (0-2)
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (0-2) AT CINCINNATI ST. XAVIER (OHIO)
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (2-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (1-1)
INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (0-2) AT PROVIDENCE (0-2)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (0-2) AT BREBEUF JESUIT (1-1)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (0-2) VS. PHALEN ACADEMY
INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (2-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-1)
JASPER (1-1) AT EVANSVILLE REITZ (2-0)
JIMTOWN (1-1) AT EDWARDSBURG (MICH.)
KNIGHTSTOWN (1-1) AT UNION COUNTY (1-1)
KNOX (0-2) AT CULVER ACADEMY (0-2)
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (2-0) AT TIPTON (2-0)
LAFAYETTE JEFF (0-2) AT MCCUTCHEON (1-1)
LAKE CENTRAL (0-2) AT PORTAGE (0-2)
LAKE STATION (0-1) AT BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-1)
LAKELAND (0-2) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-2)
LAPEL (2-0) AT SHENANDOAH (0-2)
LAPORTE (1-1) AT VALPARAISO (1-1)
LAWRENCE NORTH (1-1) AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-1)
LEBANON (1-1) AT WEST LAFAYETTE (0-2)
LINTON (0-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (2-0)
MARTINSVILLE (0-2) AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH (1-1)
MICHIGAN CITY (0-2) AT CHESTERTON (1-1)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (1-1) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-1)
MISSISSINEWA (1-1) AT FRANKTON (0-2)
MITCHELL (0-2) AT WEST WASHINGTON (1-1)
MOORESVILLE (2-0) AT PLAINFIELD (1-1)
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (0-2) AT GIBSON SOUTHERN (1-1)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-1) AT NEW CASTLE (1-1)
NEW ALBANY (1-1) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (2-0)
NEW HAVEN (0-2) AT DEKALB (2-0)
NEW PALESTINE (1-1) AT YORKTOWN (2-0)
NOBLESVILLE (1-1) AT FISHERS (0-2)
NORTH DAVIESS (2-0) AT EASTERN GREENE (1-1)
NORTH DECATUR (1-1) AT MILAN (1-1)
NORTH HARRISON (0-2) AT CORYDON CENTRAL (0-2)
NORTH JUDSON (2-0) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (0-2)
NORTH KNOX (1-1) AT NORTH POSEY (2-0)
NORTH MONTGOMERY (1-1) AT SOUTHMONT (1-1)
NORTH PUTNAM (1-1) AT CASCADE (1-1)
NORTHFIELD (1-1) AT MACONAQUAH (2-0)
NORTHRIDGE (2-0) AT GOSHEN (1-1)
NORWELL (2-0) AT LEO (1-1)
OAK HILL (0-2) AT MADISON-GRANT (2-0)
PAOLI (1-1) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (1-1)
PARK TUDOR (1-1) AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (1-1)
PENDLETON HEIGHTS (2-0) AT KOKOMO (0-2)
PENN (2-0) AT SOUTH BEND RILEY (1-1)
PERRY CENTRAL (0-2) AT CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-2)
PERRY MERIDIAN (1-1) AT FRANKLIN (2-0)
PERU (1-1) AT LEWIS CASS (1-1)
PLYMOUTH (1-1) AT MISHAWAKA (1-1)
PRINCETON (1-1) AT HERITAGE HILLS (1-1)
PURDUE ENGLEWOOD (1-1) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (2-0)
RENSSELAER CENTRAL (2-0) AT JOHN GLENN (1-1)
RICHMOND (0-2) AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (0-2)
SALEM (1-1) AT SCOTTSBURG (1-1)
SEEGER (1-1) AT ATTICA (1-1)
SEYMOUR (0-2) AT COLUMBUS EAST (0-2)
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (2-0) AT NEW PRAIRIE (0-2)
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-2) AT ELKHART (1-1)
SOUTH DEARBORN (1-1) AT BATESVILLE (2-0)
SOUTH DECATUR (0-2) AT EDINBURGH (1-1)
SOUTH SPENCER (0-2) AT TECUMSEH (1-1)
SOUTH VERMILLION (1-1) AT PARKE HERITAGE (1-1)
SOUTHERN WELLS (1-1) AT JAY COUNTY (1-1)
SOUTHRIDGE (1-1) AT BOONVILLE (2-0)
SOUTHWOOD (0-2) AT NORTHWESTERN (1-1)
SULLIVAN (2-0) AT NORTHVIEW (2-0)
SWITZERLAND COUNTY (1-1) AT CLARKSVILLE (2-0)
TAYLOR (OHIO) AT LAWRENCEBURG (1-1)
TELL CITY (2-0) AT PIKE CENTRAL (0-2)
TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-2) AT BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (2-0)
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (1-1) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (1-1)
TRI (1-1) AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-2)
TRI-CENTRAL (0-2) AT SHERIDAN (0-2)
TRI-COUNTY (0-2) AT WEST CENTRAL (1-1)
TRITON CENTRAL (1-1) AT SPEEDWAY (2-0)
TRI-WEST (1-1) AT MONROVIA (1-1)
TWIN LAKES (2-0) AT WESTERN (0-2)
UNION CITY (0-2) AT HAGERSTOWN (2-0)
VINCENNES LINCOLN (1-1) AT WEST VIGO (0-2)
WARREN CENTRAL (2-0) AT NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (1-1)
WARSAW (2-0) AT NORTHWOOD (1-1)
WES-DEL (2-0) AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (1-1)
WESTERN BOONE (0-2) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (2-0)
WHEELER (2-0) AT RIVER FOREST (1-1)
WHITELAND (0-2) AT DECATUR CENTRAL (1-1)
WHITING (1-1) AT HAMMOND NOLL (1-1)
WHITKO (0-2) AT ROCHESTER (1-1)
WINAMAC (2-0) AT PIONEER (2-0)
WINCHESTER (0-2) AT MONROE CENTRAL (2-0)
ZIONSVILLE (2-0) AT WESTFIELD (2-0)
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
TUESDAY SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=9/1/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
TUESDAY SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=9/1/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
TUESDAY SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=9/1/2026
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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 GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
TUESDAY SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/flag-football/girls/scores/?date=9/1/2026
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
NATIONALS 9, BRAVES 5
GUARDIANS 6, BLUE JAYS 1
YANKEES 7, ANGELS 3
CARDINALS 13, DODGERS 8
ROCKIES 4, ORIOLES 2
PHILLIES 7, DIAMONDBACKS 1
REDS 4, PADRES 3
RAYS 6, METS 2
MARINERS 9, RED SOX 6
PIRATES 13, GIANTS 12
MARLINS 6, ROYALS 3
RANGERS 8, ATHLETICS 5
TWINS 15, TIGERS 2
BREWERS 9, CUBS 4
WHITE SOX 5, ASTROS 1
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
TOLEDO 9 INDIANAPOLIS 7
FT. WAYNE 6 LANSING 4
SOUTH BEND 8 CEDAR RAPIDS 4
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/TV
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 WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2026
PATRIOTS @ SEAHAWKS 8:20 PM NBC / PEACOCK LUMEN FIELD, SEATTLE
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2026
49ERS @ RAMS 8:35 PM NETFLIX MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2026
BEARS @ PANTHERS 1:00 PM FOX BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM, CHARLOTTE
BUCCANEERS @ BENGALS 1:00 PM FOX PAYCOR STADIUM, CINCINNATI
SAINTS @ LIONS 1:00 PM FOX FORD FIELD, DETROIT
FALCONS @ STEELERS 1:00 PM FOX ACRISURE STADIUM, PITTSBURGH
BILLS @ TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS NRG STADIUM, HOUSTON
RAVENS @ COLTS 1:00 PM CBS LUCAS OIL STADIUM, INDIANAPOLIS
BROWNS @ JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS EVERBANK STADIUM, JACKSONVILLE
JETS @ TITANS 1:00 PM CBS NISSAN STADIUM, NASHVILLE
DOLPHINS @ RAIDERS 4:25 PM FOX ALLEGIANT STADIUM, LAS VEGAS
COMMANDERS @ EAGLES 4:25 PM FOX LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD, PHILADELPHIA
CARDINALS @ CHARGERS 4:25 PM CBS SOFI STADIUM, INGLEWOOD
PACKERS @ VIKINGS 4:25 PM CBS U.S. BANK STADIUM, MINNEAPOLIS
COWBOYS @ GIANTS 8:20 PM NBC / PEACOCK METLIFE STADIUM, EAST RUTHERFORD
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026
BRONCOS @ CHIEFS 8:15 PM ESPN / ABC GEHA FIELD AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM, KANSAS CITY
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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
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
NO. 4 NOTRE DAME SHARPENS OPENING FOCUS, TACKLES WISCONSIN AT LAMBEAU
Preparation is paramount for Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman, who understands the importance of the first game of the season and has plenty of first-hand knowledge of this week’s opponent, Wisconsin.
Notre Dame spent the offseason fuming about being left out of the College Football Playoff and packs plenty of motivation for the Sunday night visit to Lambeau Field, where the No. 4 Fighting Irish open the season as the home team against Wisconsin and Freeman’s one-time boss, Luke Fickell.
The opener has been underlined by Freeman. The Irish dropped their first two games in 2025, but were bypassed by the playoff selection committee despite a run of 10 consecutive wins. The spot instead went to Miami, which had defeated Notre Dame in the season opener.
“We didn’t earn that opportunity,” Freeman said. “We didn’t earn the right to play more than 12 games last year. That’s something that we’ve owned and we know we have aspirations to play beyond the regular season.”
Somewhere near the other end of the spectrum sits Fickell. He also resides on the hot seat after back-to-back losing seasons of 5-7 and 4-8. The rebuilt Badgers added 33 players in the transfer portal and 25 exited.
The Irish offense revolves around highly touted junior quarterback CJ Carr. He completed 66.6% of his passes for 2,741 yards with 24 touchdowns and six interceptions in 12 starts in 2025. Senior Jordan Faison had 49 receptions last season for 640 yards and four touchdowns. Senior Jaden Greathouse, limited to four games last season with a hamstring injury, had 42 catches for 592 yards and four scores in 2024.
Notre Dame is hitting reset at running back. A pair of first-round draft picks — Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price — are not easily replaced. But Aneyas Williams moves into the primary spot with a reputation for providing big plays. He has averaged 7.6 yards in 58 career attempts with seven touchdowns.
The Irish are loaded on defense in all phases with tremendous depth in the line, linebacker and secondary.
Safety Brauntae Johnson, cornerback Leonard Moore and linebackers Drayk Bowen and Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa received preseason All-American recognition, talent the Wisconsin offense has become well aware of in preparation for the opener.
“This week is going to be a lot of determining factors,” Fickell said Monday. “I think this is where we have to be smart in all the things that we’re doing. We know this is a huge game in game one, the way we’re kicking off in Lambeau against Notre Dame.”
Colton Joseph, a dual-threat junior transfer from Old Dominion, takes over at quarterback for the Badgers, who averaged just 12.8 points and 253.1 yards per game last season.
Joseph completed 59.8% of his passes for 4,251-yards for 32 touchdowns with 15 interceptions over two seasons as the starter. Joseph, the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year in 2025, also rushed for 1,654 yards and 24 touchdowns in two seasons, including 1,007 yards last season.
Abu Sama III, who rushed for 1,933 yards and 13 touchdowns in 38 games in three seasons at Iowa State, is expected to be the primary running back. Darrien Dupree, who ran for a team-high 363 yards in 10 games, also returns.
Wisconsin, whose punishing ground game that featured the likes of Ron Dayne and Jonathan Taylor earned it the moniker Running Back U., averaged just 116.7 yards per game last season and 3.3 yards per carry.
The Badgers allowed 21.6 points per game last season, limiting opponents to just 105.2 yards per contest on the ground, but allowing 218.3 through the air with 19 touchdowns.
Wisconsin was last in the country last season with just six takeaways.
Fickell, hired after going 57-18 in six seasons at Cincinnati, including a playoff berth in the old four-team format, is 17-21 in three seasons at Wisconsin. Freeman was the defensive coordinator at Cincinnati under Fickell.
“I was fortunate to work on Luke Fickell’s staff for four years at Cincinnati,” Freeman said Monday. “What I know about him and what you see on film is that his teams are going to be tough, and they’re going to play physical, they’re going to be aggressive, they’re going to be disciplined, and they’re going to play until all 60 minutes. And so, we have to be prepared for a battle.”
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WILL THE PURSUIT OF PLAYOFF BERTHS AT THE TOP OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL COST FCS TEAMS? NOT SO FAR
Overmatched FCS teams going into FBS stadiums to take a beating and leave with a half-million dollars is an annual rite of September, and there is no sign of a slowdown in the scheduling of so-called money games as the prospect of an expanded College Football Playoff looms.
This week alone, there will be 48 games pitting a team from the second-tier Championship Subdivision against a Bowl Subdivision program and 37 more will be played next week. In all, a total of 127 FCS-FBS games are set for 2026 and 57 will involve Power Four conference teams.
The expectation in some quarters was that the market for these games would tighten: The move from eight to nine league games across the major conferences, the requirement in the ACC, Big 12 and SEC that each of its teams play at least one Power Four nonconference opponent each year and a potential playoff expansion to 16 or 24 teams could make strength of schedule critical to teams eager to land in the CFP.
“There’s been a lot of discussion about whether an expanded 24-team FBS playoff could reduce opportunities for FCS schools to schedule FBS opponents,” said North Dakota athletic director Bill Chaves, whose school visits Nebraska on Sept. 19. “I have been scheduling these games for 20 years at the FCS level, and one thing I’ve learned is that the landscape is always changing. We’re not overly concerned. We’ll adapt, go with the flow, and continue to position our program for success regardless of how scheduling evolves.”
Pay days and limited success
College football matchmaker Dave Brown, founder of the Gridiron scheduling software firm, said economics win out in scheduling. Power Four teams are paying an average of $525,000 to opponents from the FCS this year — a significant amount for athletic departments on shoestring budgets — versus $1.3 million to Power Fuur opponents from the Group of Six. FCS schools make around $250,000 when they play a Group of Six team.
The height of FCS glory was Appalachian State’s 34-32 upset of then-No. 5 Michigan in 2007, seven years before App State joined the FBS. Mostly, the games turn into beat-downs. The FCS was 4-122 against the FBS last year and, according to FearTheFCS.com, has a .134 winning percentage in such matchups (497-3,708) since Division I football split into the FBS (then I-A) and FCS (I-AA) in 1978.
Mercyhurst, in its third and final year of moving to Division I, will make a combined $1 million for playing road games this month against Group of Six teams New Mexico State, New Mexico and Western Kentucky. The athletic department has gone through growing pains in the D1 transition, and athletic director Joe Spano said he plans to schedule two or three FBS opponents each year.
All programs say they need the money
UT Martin will play back-to-back games at West Virginia ($500,000) and Memphis ($350,000), and athletic director Kurt McGuffin plans to schedule two FBS opponents per year now that the NCAA is allowing FCS programs to play 12-game schedules every year.
“If you play two of those a year, that’s quite a bit of money and there are some things I can get done, maybe pay to replace our turf in our stadium,” said McGuffin, who has signed contracts for games at Iowa and Alabama in 2028 for a combined $1 million.
McGuffin said he foresees a limited impact from CFP expansion and the strength-of-schedule issue. McGuffin said Power Four teams at the top of their conferences probably would continue to schedule an FCS game most years because it makes financial sense and shouldn’t cost them a bid. Middle-of-the-pack power conference teams hoping to compete for one of the final at-large bids might think twice, he said.
Western Carolina athletic director Kyle Pifer said potential power conference realignment and the possibility of power conferences going to 10-game league schedules are the biggest threat to FCS-FBS matchups. The Catamounts have games against FBS teams scheduled five of the next six years, including a 2031 game at Georgia for $650,000.
“I don’t think Georgia is going to leave the SEC, necessarily, but if there’s something else that moves and I have to cancel a game we have scheduled four years out or something like that, that’s more of a concern I have with these money games,” Pifer said. “Right now, people are still open to scheduling us and we’ve been fortunate to have some good partners out there that have sent us contracts and we’ve agreed to the deal. Today I’m not as concerned as maybe I will in two or three years.”
Campbell has at least three power-conference opponents lined up, starting Sept. 12 at Florida. The Camels visit Wake Forest in 2027 and North Carolina State in 2029 and are working to finalize a deal with Duke for 2028.
“If ultimately the strength of schedule becomes even more important because of the possible playoff expansion, it’s possible some of those games will become less common,” Campbell athletic director Hannah Bazemore said. “For us, we’re paying attention, but we’re not panicking. Right now we’re talking about the possibilities and what-ifs.”
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CLEMSON COACH CALLS NFL PLAYERS RETURNING TO PLAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL ‘EMBARRASSING’ FOR THE SPORT
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson’s Dabo Swinney joined the list of football coaches bashing the possibility of former pros being allowed to return to play in college this season, calling it a “joke” and “embarrassing” as he prepares to play the team at the center of the controversy.
“I just think it’s embarrassing where we’re at in college football — and we’ve been there for a while, so,” Swinney said ahead of Clemson’s season opener at No. 11 LSU on Saturday night.
Former Cleveland Browns tight end Dae’Quan Wright began practicing this week at LSU under first-year head coach Lane Kiffin, although the former Ole Miss player is not expected to play this week because of the NCAA’s acclimatization protocol.
Whether Wright or other players who spent part of this offseason with NFL clubs — a list that also includes defensive lineman Zxavian Harris and defensive back Blake Cotton — will ever play for LSU or anyone else remains undecided. All Power Four conferences, along with three of the Group of Six conferences, have barred pro players from returning to college football. That stance has resulted in court challenges.
Kiffin, who left Ole Miss for LSU this offseason, has been criticized for the school’s decision to actively recruit former NFL players. He defended the decision Monday by saying his decisions are made in “the best interest of the players that sit in this team room and not for my reputation.”
Kiffin added that if college players are being paid like professionals, he is willing to make the case that college teams should be able to make late roster additions, declaring: “This is how the real world works.”
Swinney said he has only met Kiffin once and has no issues with him. He also said he doesn’t blame players for trying to find a home and continue their careers after being cut from NFL rosters. But he made it clear that he’s frustrated with the lack of governance in college football.
“I mean, it’s a joke,” Swinney said. “And when you enforce rules, somebody just goes and finds a judge to say, ‘No, you can’t enforce that rule.’ Never did I think I’d be living in an era like this … but that’s where we are.”
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian this week said bouncing a college student for someone who was on an NFL roster, briefly or otherwise, was “morally wrong” and Northwestern coach David Braun echoed Swinney, saying “I look forward to the day where there’s a consistent road map and consistency and common sense prevailing in college football.”
Aside from former NFL players, rosters around college football are also adding players who sued to get an extra year of eligibility by challenging the NCAA’s new 5-in-5 rule that excluded members of the high school Class of 2022. One of those players, former Notre Dame defensive lineman Junior Tuihalamaka, is expected to be available for LSU against Clemson.
Swinney joked that the Clemson staff has had to watch preseason film of NFL teams to prepare for this week’s game.
“I’m not really worried about it,” Swinney said. “I don’t judge anybody. Everybody can do whatever they want to do. I’m not going to sit here and judge somebody else on their decisions they make and how they want to run their program or whatever. Our focus is on us. That’s really all that matters. I can’t control any of that stuff.”
Swinney, however, couldn’t resist taking a final jab ahead of what should be one of the showcase games this weekend when he was asked how good running back Adam Randall was for Clemson last season.
“He’s playing for the (Baltimore) Ravens now,” Swinney said. “Maybe if they would’ve waived him, we could’ve gotten Adam back. That would’ve been nice.”
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NO. 13 KALEN DEBOER’S SECOND SEASON AT ALABAMA WAS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
After failing to lead his team to the College Football Playoff in his debut season in 2024, DeBoer saw the Crimson Tide break through in 2025 and make the postseason bracket as the No. 9 seed. Alabama won at Oklahoma in the first round before a lopsided defeat against eventual champion Indiana in the Rose Bowl.
DeBoer looks to take the next step this fall as his 13th-ranked Alabama side begins its campaign against East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Alabama turns to a third starting quarterback in as many seasons under DeBoer. Gone is 2025 starter Ty Simpson, drafted in the first round by the Los Angeles Rams one year after Jalen Milroe was selected by the Seattle Seahawks.
Sophomore Keelon Russell, who beat out Austin Mack to win the job, is the latest QB1. The No. 2 overall prospect in the 2025 recruiting class, per 247Sports, Russell completed 11 of 15 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns in limited action last season as a freshman.
“I am extremely excited with what Keelon can do with this offense moving forward and what he brings to the table,” DeBoer said when asked why Russell won the battle. ” … I think what he’s continuing to do is he’s continuing to feel comfortable with the offense, the command of the offense, the execution. He’s done a better job with more and more reps as you’d expect.”
It certainly won’t make things easier for the new Alabama quarterback that the Crimson Tide are replacing all five starting offensive linemen from last year’s team. But he does have preseason first-team All-Southeastern Conference wide receiver Ryan Coleman-Williams and a defense buoyed by four players receiving all-SEC preseason recognition.
The Crimson Tide were picked to finish sixth in a top-heavy SEC by media voters.
The Pirates are entering Blake Harrell’s second full season leading the program after he took over as the interim midway through the 2024 season. The program has gone on a strong run since he took over, salvaging a 3-4 start two seasons ago when Harrell took over with a 5-1 finish.
East Carolina won nine games last fall in Harrell’s first full season, its most since a 10-win season in 2013.
But with 21 starters from that team gone, this season marks a major test for Harrell’s squad and his reputation as a program builder.
North Texas running back transfer Ashton Gray (377 yards, five touchdowns in 2025) will anchor an offense helmed by sixth-year QB Mitch Griffis, who has thrown for 2,314 yards, 17 touchdowns and eight interceptions over his career at Wake Forest (2020-23) and Texas Tech (2025).
Harrell is preaching positivity to his team entering its daunting season-opening test.
“It’s really the man in the mirror every week that you’re playing. We’re playing a really good football team, very talented. Done some big things. Great tradition,” Harrell said. “Coach (DeBoer) has played for a national championship. All those things you can look at and come up with a million reasons why you can’t. But we got to look in the mirror and find reasons why we can.”
This will be Alabama and ECU’s second career matchup. The Crimson Tide eked out a 23-22 win in 1998.
East Carolina has won a game against a Power Four opponent in each of the last two posteasons, winning bowl games against Pitt in 2025 and North Carolina State in 2024.
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NATE FRAZIER IS SEEKING TO MAKE THE MOST OF HIS 2026 SEASON AS NO. 3 GEORGIA’S TOP RETURNING RUSHER
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Even though junior Nate Frazier has two years of eligibility remaining, he already feels time passing too quickly as he seeks to claim his place on No. 3 Georgia’s rich legacy of running backs.
Frazier returns as the leader of Georgia’s ground game as the Bulldogs prepare for Saturday’s season opener against Tennessee State. He says he is determined to make sure he continues the momentum gained from a strong finish to his 2025 season to capitalize on every opportunity this season.
Frazier just missed 1,000 rushing yards last season, leading the team with 947 yards and six touchdowns. He showed his star potential when he rushed for 181 yards on only 12 carries in a 41-21 win at Mississippi State. It was the most yards for a Georgia running back since D’Andre Swift ran for 186 yards in a 2018 win at Auburn.
Frazier wants to earn his spot beside such recent Georgia rushing leaders as Swift, Nick Chubb, Sony Michel and Todd Gurley. Frazier seems to feel his time is running out as he approaches his junior season.
Before the start of preseason practice, Georgia posted a video of an emotional Frazier standing on the steps of Sanford Stadium, wearing his uniform with his red No. 3 jersey. Frazier raised his hands and then clinched his fists as he loudly proclaimed “I don’t want to leave this place, bro! I love this place, bro! I love it here! I don’t want to go!”
Frazier said Monday his sentiments, which seemed to be delivered in an anguished tone, were real.
“Oh man, it’s just a blessing, man,” Frazier said. “We come and we put work in at this place, you know, Monday through Sunday, and then coming to the game on Saturday, it’s all worth it.”
Frazier said when he is playing for Georgia “I feel like it is no greater feeling than that that moment right there.”
Frazier said he cherishes such Georgia traditions as the Dawg Walk with fans before the game.
“The tradition of this place is crazy and it’s like something that’s unlike any other,” he said. “So it’s like it’s a special feeling, right? So when I said I don’t want to leave this place, it’s actually a true feeling, but I can only be here for so long.”
Georgia also returns running backs Chauncey Bowens, who rushed for 526 yards and six touchdowns, Bo Walker and Dwight Phillips Jr. Other key returning players on offense include quarterback Gunner Stockton and tight end Lawson Luckie.
Georgia linebacker Justin Williams said Frazier has “always been that twitchy guy” as a running back.
This year, Williams said he has seen Frazier “taking the extra mile to do the extra things, the little things after practice. I’ve seen that from him. He’s been doing that consistently. So he knows that his time is very limited, just like the rest of us. So he’s been taking that role very seriously.”
Coach Kirby Smart said Frazier has taken a lead role of the running back room even though Bowens and Phillips also are juniors.
“Leadership in that room, I think he takes personal ownership and energy,” Smart said of Frazier. “Those three guys are all came in together. He takes a lot of pride in having positive energy, stamina carrying the ball further downfield.”
After having 16 catches for 116 yards and a touchdown in 2025, Frazier has worked to become more of a factor as a target for Stockton.
“Pass (protection) and pass receiving becoming a weapon,” Smart said when asked how Frazier has improved. “Weapon catching the ball out of the backfield has been a big focus for him. All in all, he’s worked really hard in his game.”
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CHRISTOPHER VIZZINA TO START AT QB FOR CLEMSON AGAINST NO. 11 LSU, COACH DABO SWINNEY SAYS
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson coach Dabo Swinney said Christopher Vizzina will start at quarterback against No. 11 LSU in Saturday night’s season opener.
Vizzina’s job security beyond Week 1 is uncertain, and will largely depend on how he performs on the road in what is considered a tough environment.
Swinney is also high on true freshman quarterback Tait Reynolds, a two-sport star who played at Queen Creek High in Arizona.
While Swinney said Vizzina has “earned the job” with his consistency in practice, he’s not ready to anoint him the starter for the regular season or “give him a lifetime contract.”
“He’s got to go win some games, and play well,” Swinney said Tuesday.
Vizzina has spent the last three seasons as a backup at Clemson. He’s played in 14 games, completing 64 of 105 passes for 596 yards with four touchdowns and one interception.
Vizzina said he’s looking forward to playing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
“I don’t think you can write it up any better,” Vizzina said. “I see it as a blessing. That is one of the top places to play in the country.”
Swinney said Reynolds could see some action against LSU depending on how the game progresses.
“Vizzina had the pole position at the start, and Tate kind of closed the gap and C.V. kind of separated himself again,” Swinney said. “But I got to give Tate a ton of credit. This kid is a true freshman walking in here. He is really super talented.”
Added Swinney: “The good news for us is I think both of them can win.”
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NO. 11 LSU ENTERS GAME WEEK VS. CLEMSON WITH AN EX-NFL PLAYER PRACTICING AND MAYBE MORE TO COME
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns tight end Dae’Quan Wright participated in a walk-through practice conducted by first-year LSU coach Lane Kiffin on Monday as the 11th-ranked Tigers prepared for Saturday night’s season opener against Clemson.
Whether Wright or a couple other players who spent part of this offseason with NFL clubs — defensive lineman Zxavian Harris and defensive back Blake Cotton —- ever suit up for LSU remains in doubt because of litigation. Like other power leagues, the Southeastern Conference last week passed a rule barring pro players from returning to the league and it was promptly put on hold by a Texas judge.
Kiffin wasn’t about to allow any kind of criticism stop him from embracing the opportunity to bring in players like Wright, who played for him at Mississippi last season.
“I feel like my decisions should always be made in the best interest of the players that sit in this team room and not for my reputation, and how my decisions play in national media and other fan bases. I’ve never been that way and that could be wrong,” he said.
Kiffin said that if college players are being paid like professionals, he is willing to make the case that college teams should not hesitate to sieze opportunities to make late roster additions in much the same way NFL teams do. He also said he met with LSU team leaders about whether to welcome recent pros back to college just days before a season-opener.
“Every one of them was emphatic about, ‘If they can help us win, bring ’em,’” Kiffin said. “That made me feel a little better.”
“This is how it works at the next level,” Kiffin added. “This is how the real world works.”
Kiffin said the SEC knows that Wright — as star tight end for Kiffin at Ole Miss last season — had joined LSU at least for practice. His first day on the field was Monday, meaning he would not be permitted to play against Clemson under the NCAA’s mandated seven-day “acclimatization protocol.”
However, former Notre Dame defensive lineman Junior Tuihalamaka, who did not sign with an NFL team but is nonetheless suing for a fifth year of NCAA eligibility, started practicing earlier.
Defensive end Jack Pyburn, who spent training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after playing for LSU last season, was among the players suing the NCAA and was expected to come back to the Tigers after he was cut. Instead, he was claimed off of waivers on Monday by the Kansas City Chiefs.
Nearly 400 athletes have sued the NCAA and other defendants, seeking additional eligibility and claiming the organization’s 5-in-5 rule approved in June is unfair because it excludes members of the high school Class of 2022. More than 30 lawsuits, several of them in federal court, are in different stages of litigation. Some include a handful athletes who signed professional contracts, which prompted every Power Four conference to ban pros from returning to college – leading to even more court filings.
University presidents around the conference have expressed “a high level of frustration” with LSU since Friday, when a Louisiana judge included the SEC in his temporary restraining order against the NCAA, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity because those discussions were not public. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Baton Rouge.
Texas coach Steve Sarkisian, who previously worked on the same staff with Kiffin at Southern California, echoed those sentiments.
“Our presidents got this right in the Southeastern Conference,” Sarkisian said. “The fact that somebody out there is going to take a player off an NFL roster and tell somebody who’s been (on their college team) for nine months go kick rocks? That doesn’t sit well with me. I think that is wrong; that is morally wrong.”
Kiffin noted that LSU hasn’t broken any conference rules – yet. Conference teams have to submit their final 2026 rosters the day before their season openers, which for most SEC teams is Friday.
“We’ll wait until this week to see if there’s any more guidance” from the courts, Kiffin said, discounting whether the “chaos” surrounding LSU at the moment might servse as a distraction to him or his team.
“I’ve lived with chaos for a long time,” Kiffin said, noting that Ole Miss won the last five games he coached there while speculation swirled around whether and when he might leave to coach elsewhere.
“We’re going to have chaos, but we’re going to have controlled chaos and our team is going to understand why we do what we do,” Kiffin added. “It doesn’t matter if national media doesn’t understand, or other fan bases.”
New artwork has gone up in the lobby of LSU’s Football Operations Center. It shows the back of an LSU football player standing in the shadows of a tunnel entering a stadium. It states: “If you want to win at the highest level, you have to become a villain in someone else’s story.”
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WALK-ONS ARE ON THE DECLINE. THE ONES REMAINING LAMENT LOST OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRINDERS LIKE THEM
Carson Kolb is right where he wants to be in his football career. It just took him a couple years longer than he expected — and only because he was able to capitalize on an opportunity that’s become less available in this new era of college athletics.
Without a scholarship offer coming out of high school but determined to fulfill his dream of playing Division I football, Kolb walked on at Oregon State in 2024 and became a major contributor on special teams for two years. Believing he was capable of more, he entered the transfer portal in January and accepted an invitation to walk on at Oklahoma State.
He impressed his new coaches so much in the spring that he was put on scholarship in June. He’s in line to be the starting tight end when the Cowboys open the season Saturday at Tulsa.
“I achieved the dream,” he said, “and now I’ve got some further goals.”
A year ago, it was feared that walk-ons like Kolb would be a casualty of roster limits tied to the $2.8 billion House settlement. Their numbers are indeed in decline because Bowl Subdivision schools are reaching or getting closer to the 105-man limit.
Walk-ons are the stuff of legend dating to the 1960s at programs such as Nebraska and they probably won’t be wiped out altogether. Some austere programs at the bottom of the FBS and in lower divisions won’t be able to give even a partial scholarship to every player. Some Power Four programs might keep a few spots open and sweeten the deal with offers of revenue-sharing money, as was the case with Kolb at Oklahoma State.
Walk-ons who receive rev-share typically get enough to pay rent, buy groceries or a portion of their tuition. Instead of rev-share money, some might get a tax-free, $5,980 per year stipend for qualified educational expenses, so-called Alston money.
Iowa State has one of the larger rosters in the Bowl Subdivision. The Cyclones will carry 126 players, including 21 who don’t count against the limit because they are designated student-athletes allowed to complete their eligibility under the House settlement. All, if not most, of the 21 are among 35 walk-ons on the team.
First-year coach Jimmy Rogers, who in 2005 was set to walk on at Arizona State before he got a scholarship offer from South Dakota State, said he rues the day players in need of development won’t be given opportunities.
“There used to be more time where a player chose your school and was going to be a non-scholarship player,” Rogers said, “and it was his job to earn his keep and you were able to keep him in that spot and build over the years with that player. Now because of the cutthroat nature of college football and roster limit of 105, that’s going to be harder and harder in the future.”
One of those developmental players at Iowa State is Aiden Flora. He grinded for two years as a walk-on, turned into one of the top punt returners in the Big 12 last season and was put on scholarship in January. He’ll start at running back against Southeast Missouri State on Saturday, which wouldn’t happen if not for former coach Matt Campbell giving the kid from tiny Adel, Iowa, a chance.
“Whether they continue to do walk-ons, I really hope they do,” Flora said. “Just being a walk-on myself, it’s an opportunity for kids who may not have the (recruiting) stars or whatever.”
Kolb was one of those kids who had no star ranking coming out of Horizon High in Scottsdale, Arizona. He primarily was a linebacker in high school, but recruiters projected him as a tight end. His insistence on playing linebacker caused them to back away.
“April of my senior year in high school I was calling a bunch of coaches, texting every D1 coach I know or my coaches know, and I’m begging for a chance because for me it was D1 or bust,” he said. “There’s no going juco, there’s no going D2, D3. I knew I was good enough to play at the D1 level.”
Kolb was growing more frustrated by the day when he got a surprise call from then-Oregon State tight ends coach Jon Boyer inviting him to walk on. The Beavers wanted him as a tight end, and Kolb figured he could do that if he were given an opportunity to play linebacker down the road. Though he played six snaps at linebacker in one game last year, he didn’t see a future for himself at Oregon State.
He entered the transfer portal and landed partial scholarship offers from Hutchinson (Kansas) Community College, UC Davis of the FCS and the invitation to walk-on with rev-share money from Oklahoma State. With some urging by family and friends, Kolb headed to OSU.
Kolb said he understands the need for roster limits because costs associated with maintaining super-sized rosters post-House settlement aren’t sustainable. But he also knows players such as himself probably won’t be given a chance to get a foot in the door of college football going forward.
“That’s an unfortunate thing,” he said. “I think the walk-on is a beautiful part of this game. I think it’s a part of this game that should stay.”
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NO. 12 TEXAS TECH EXPECTS ANOTHER TOP DEFENSE, EVEN AFTER 6 NFL DRAFT PICKS FROM THAT SIDE
Texas Tech lost some big defensive dudes after winning its first Big 12 Conference championship and making the College Football Playoff.
Six of them were taken in the NFL draft last April, four in the first three rounds. Edge rusher David Bailey was picked No. 2 overall after an FBS-leading 14 1/2 sacks in his only season with the Red Raiders. He was on The Associated Press All-America first team with quarterback-turned-linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, their leading tackler the past two seasons who was fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting and drafted in the second round.
Even with all those players gone, the 12th-ranked Red Raiders could again have one of the nation’s top defenses. Coach Joey McGuire said they could actually be better because of their depth, including seven defensive tackles who have started college games.
“Yeah, I really do think the talent overall is way deeper. I mean, we’re three-deep on the D line. The whole secondary is back, way more experienced,” returning cornerback Brice Pollock said. “When you look at the linebackers, I think all of them can go to the league too. So I think we’re going to have even more draft picks this year.”
Well-funded Texas Tech again bolstered its roster with experienced players out of the transfer portal. It was similar to last year when adding the other since-departed draftees: third-team AP All-America defensive tackle Lee Hunter, edge rusher Romello Height, safety Cole Wisniewski and tackle Skyler Gill-Howard.
Bailey, after three seasons at Stanford, became the highest draft pick for the Red Raiders since tight end Dave Parks was their only first overall pick in 1964 by San Francisco. Three-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the 10th overall pick by Kansas City in 2017.
The Red Raiders are showing that they ‘play defense in Lubbock’
Tech, which is home for its season opener Saturday night against FCS team Abilene Christian, also has back second-team AP All-America defensive tackle A.J. Holmes Jr. and fourth-year starting linebacker Ben Roberts, the defensive MVP in last year’s Big 12 championship game when he had two interceptions.
“I think throughout the nation that we’re slowly earning that respect, is hey, we play defense in Lubbock, Texas,” Roberts said.
The Red Raiders were third nationally last season allowing 11.8 points and 258 total yards a game. That was 23 points and 203 yards less than 2024, the best year-by-year improvements by any FBS program since 2000. They had a national-best 32 takeaways last season, when 83.5% of the drives against them ended with a punt, turnover, or a turnover on downs.
“This year, all around, I think at every position, we have guys at an elite caliber,” Roberts said. “Sure, they don’t have the same freakness that some of those guys had last year, but we play with a different level of effort and a different level of like knowing your job beforehand. So I think in that area this might be a better defense than we’ve ever seen at Tech.”
Holmes came to the Red Raiders from Houston with defensive coordinator Shiel Wood, and said he knew during the first spring practice in 2025 that they were going to be a top defense because of all the talent.
“The same feeling I got last year, I’m getting it again,” Holmes said.
The Red Raiders have a lot of experience in their newcomers
There are a dozen defensive newcomers going into at least their fourth year in college, among them senior transfer edge rushers Adam Trick and Trey White.
Trick had 12 1/2 tackles for losses last season at Miami (Ohio), and White at his hometown school San Diego State was one of only two players nationally with at least 19 sacks and 29 TFLs the past two seasons.
Wake Forest transfer Mateen Ibirogba was one of the top interior defensive lineman in the portal. Linebacker Austin Romaine had 184 tackles (110 solo) the past three seasons at Kansas State.
The final result last season drives Tech’s returning defenders
While they set a school record with 12 wins, and got a first-round playoff bye as a top-four seed, the 23-0 loss to Oregon in the Orange Bowl playoff quarterfinal still stings for the returning players.
“You’re hungrier for more because the way we ended wasn’t well,” Holmes said. “So last year was just a stepping stone, now it’s time to take that next step.”
Pollock said they talk a lot more about that Orange Bowl loss than their overall success.
“Last year kind of feels like a bad dream. Not like a nightmare, like I’m having a good dream and it ended early,” Roberts said. “So you want to go back to sleep and finish the dream.”
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NFL NEWS
REPORTS: VIKINGS AGREE TO DEAL WITH LB KYLE VAN NOY
The Minnesota Vikings added veteran depth at linebacker on Tuesday, agreeing to a deal with Kyle Van Noy, multiple media outlets reported.
Van Noy, 35, visited the Vikings’ camp on Tuesday. He will begin on the team’s practice squad “to ramp up,” according to The Ringer.
A two-time Super Bowl champion with the New England Patriots, Van Noy spent the past three seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. He earned his first career Pro Bowl selection in 2024, when he logged a career-high 12.5 sacks.
Last year, in 15 games (13 starts), Van Noy produced 20 tackles, two sacks and one interception.
In 173 career regular-season NFL games (115 starts) with the Detroit Lions (2014-16), New England (2016-19, 2021), Miami Dolphins (2020), Los Angeles Chargers (2022) and Baltimore (2023-25), Van Noy has 561 tackles, 57 sacks, four interceptions, 14 forced fumbles and 10 fumble recoveries.
With the Vikings, he figures to back up Dallas Turner and Andrew Van Ginkel. Van Noy could fill the role of Tyler Batty, who landed on injured reserve on Sunday, two days after he tore an ACL in a preseason game against the Denver Broncos.
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RAIDERS RB ASHTON JEANTY (ANKLE) CLOSER TO RETURN THAN ‘SOME THINK’
Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty might be back in the lineup for the season opener against the Miami Dolphins, Las Vegas general manager John Spytek said.
Jeanty did not participate in Tuesday’s practice as he recovers from an ankle injury. Spytek said he could be back on the field sooner than expected.
“I expect him to be back as quick as he can, maybe quicker than some people would expect,” Spytek said Tuesday.
Jeanty suffered the injury during an indoor practice on Aug. 23. Jeanty stayed down for a period and observers initially feared a more serious injury.
If he’s not cleared, Jeanty would likely be replaced by Mike Washington Jr. against the Dolphins. Washington had 23 carries for 168 yards in the preseason.
Jeanty, 22, rushed for 975 yards and five touchdowns as a rookie last season.
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STEELERS CB JOEY PORTER JR. HINTS HE MAY SIT WITHOUT NEW DEAL
Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. hinted at the possibility of sitting out regular-season games without a new contract.
Porter Jr. is entering the final year of his contract but practiced Tuesday for the first time since being activated from the physically unable to perform list on Sunday. A back injury limited him during preseason after he tweaked his back on the first day of training camp.
Head coach Mike McCarthy said last week the two sides reached “an impasse” in contract talks, implying there would be no further discussions toward a long-term extension.
But with Porter Jr. back on the field, he was asked if he would play in the regular season without an extension.
“I don’t know. I got to talk to the guys upstairs and my agents about that,” he said.
McCarthy said the Steelers are not certain if Porter Jr. would be ready to suit up in Week 1 against the Atlanta Falcons. That decision, McCarthy said, would be based on his health after practicing the next week.
Porter Jr. didn’t mention his back when pressed about when he expects to play.
“Really can’t speak too much about the future,” Porter said. “But today I was out there today running with the guys, still trying to get back fully, but we’re going to take it day by day for the most part.”
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LIONS PLACE RB ISIAH PACHECO ON INJURED RESERVE
The Detroit Lions placed veteran running back Isiah Pacheco on injured reserve on Tuesday due to a back injury, sidelining the team’s primary backup for at least four weeks.
It has been an injury-plagued first summer in Detroit for the former Kansas City Chiefs starter. He suffered a sprained MCL in early August, but head coach Dan Campbell was confident he would be ready for the season opener on Sept. 13 against the visiting New Orleans Saints.
However, while working his way back from the injury, the back ailment cropped up and prompted the Lions to work out free agent Kareem Hunt last week.
Detroit has not signed Hunt, so Jacob Saylors, who had two rushing attempts for the Lions in 2025, is set to back up Jahmyr Gibbs for the start of the season. Pacheco must miss at least the first four games while on IR.
Saylors, 25, was a 2023 undrafted free agent who played at East Tennessee State.
On Sunday, Campbell expressed confidence in Saylors’ ability to get the job done.
“I just like the thought of having a guy in our system, think that’s important,” Campbell told the Detroit Free Press. “… knows our terminology, knows our guys, knows the protections. Just kind of knows it all, man. Understands our quarterback and how he thinks. I just think that’s important.”
Pacheco, 27, was brought in to replace David Montgomery, who was traded to the Houston Texas in March.
A week later, Pacheco signed a one-year, $1.81 million deal in March, spent his first four seasons with Kansas City and won two Super Bowls. He rushed for 462 yards and one touchdown and caught 19 passes for 101 yards and a score in 13 games (12 starts) last season for the Chiefs, who picked him in the seventh round (251st overall) in 2022.
Pacheco has accumulated 3,091 yards from scrimmage (2,537 rushing and 554 receiving) with 17 touchdowns in 51 games (42 starts). He has rushed for 547 yards and four TDs in 10 postseason starts, including victories in Super Bowls LVII and LVIII.
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BENGALS WRS JA’MARR CHASE (KNEE), TEE HIGGINS (HEEL) LIMITED THIS WEEK
Cincinnati Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said that his potent receiver duo of Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, neither of whom practiced Tuesday, will be limited this week but should be ready for the season opener.
Chase has dealt with a left knee issue since early last week, while Taylor said that Higgins has a bruised heel.
“(Chase) will be limited throughout the week, but I feel good about him,” Taylor said before Tuesday’s practice. “Tee has a little heel contusion that will limit him this week, but he and Ja’Marr will be good at the end of the week.”
Cincinnati opens the season on Sept. 13 against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Chase, 26, sustained what he called a “hyperextension” of his left knee when he fell to the turf while trying to catch a deep pass from Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow on Aug. 25. He stayed on the ground for a few seconds before trainers came out to examine him. He left the field but stayed on the sideline for the remainder of practice, The Athletic reported.
“I think Cincinnati had a scare today,” he later told reporters but added that he felt good.
Last season, he led the NFL with 185 targets and was third with 125 receptions, for 1,412 yards (11.3 yards per reception) and eight touchdowns in 16 games (all starts). Chase earned first-team All-Pro honors for a second consecutive season and a fifth Pro Bowl honor in as many seasons.
Cincinnati selected Chase with the fifth overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft out of LSU.
Higgins, 27, was selected to his first Pro Bowl last season, when he caught 59 passes for 846 yards and a career-high 11 touchdowns in 15 games (14 starts).
For his career, Higgins has 389 catches for 5,441 yards and 45 TDs in 85 regular-season games (76 starts). He also has 31 receptions for 457 yards and three TDs in seven playoff games (six starts).
The Bengals drafted Higgins in the second round (33rd overall) in 2020 out of Clemson.
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BEARS COACH BEN JOHNSON AND GM RYAN POLES SEE TEAM POISED FOR ANOTHER RUN DESPITE INJURIES
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — After trading 2023 second-round draft pick Gervon Dexter and going through a training camp with injuries to key players, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles still views his team as capable of defending the NFC North title.
The major reason is quarterback Caleb Williams’ development in his second season under coach Ben Johnson and third year overall.
“I think the first year, he was white-knuckling the whole time, trying to figure it out, trying to do it right,” Poles said Tuesday. “He continues to do that, wanting to do it right, but I think you see that joy back in his game where he’s playing free.”
Johnson backed that thought about Williams, who threw only five passes in preseason.
“I’ve seen a very composed person every time he steps into the building,” Johnson said. “This guy, you know, might have had a little bit of goofy to him a year ago. And I use that term with love.
“And now you just see a more serious player and intent every time I’m around him. And I think his teammates feel that as well.”
The Bears may need an explosive offense and more focused QB because their secondary is still in question coming out of training camp despite being an area Poles sees as loaded with versatile players.
Nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon’s injury situation is an issue. He suffered an offseason calf injury and hasn’t practiced all training camp, after missing 14 regular-season games last season with a groin injury.
Poles said he’s still hopeful of Gordon’s return.
“Any time you have an injury and you’re coming back from something, there’s discomfort that you have to push through and that’s what it comes down to,” Poles said. “So we haven’t been able to get over that hump and we’re not progressing as fast as we’d like. That’s really all I have to say about that.”
Up front on defense, the trade of Dexter for a fifth-round pick and cornerback Clark Phillips III allowed the Bears to set up budding young defensive tackles Jordan van den Berg and Jayden Loving with more potential playing time. They avoided a big pay day next year for a veteran player who hasn’t fit well into defensive coordinator Dennis Allen’s scheme.
“Those young guys started making a push when we got through camp, and along with obviously Grady (Jarrett), (Kentavius) Street and Neville Gallimore),” Poles said. “And we felt like the timing made sense for us. So really, it was about the shape in the room and really how well those young guys were doing, too. So, we feel really good and confident in our talent level at that position.”
Phillips could eventually fit their plans to replace Gordon, but he hasn’t played much slot cornerback in the NFL. For now, they’ll use fourth-round rookie Malik Muhammad in the slot. They’ve also considered Josh Blackwell, Xavier Woods, and even first-round rookie safety Dillon Thieneman.
Injuries hit the secondary during camp, starting with Gordon. Safety Coby Bryant is out until at least December. In addition, cornerbacks Tyrique Stevenson and Jaylon Johnson were hurt during a joint practice last week against the Titans, but both returned Tuesday from minor issues to practice.
The injuries were less severe on offense, with only running back Kyle Monangai a real question for the Sept. 13 opener against the Panthers.
The Bears fought through injury and consistency issues at left tackle to settle on Braxton Jones protecting Williams’ blind side, possibly until starter Ozzy Trapilo returns from knee surgery. It now appears Trapilo is well ahead of schedule and made it onto the 53-man roster.
“We’re going to be able to operate as an offense and I think we’ll be able to score points,” Johnson said. “It’s going to take all 11 of those guys out there in order to get that done.”
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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
MLB ROUNDUP: CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NEWCOMERS CARRY NATIONALS PAST BRAVES
Yohandy Morales singled, doubled and homered in his major league debut, Jared Simpson pitched three scoreless innings for the win in his big-league debut, and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 9-5 on Tuesday.
CJ Abrams, back in the Washington lineup after getting scratched Monday night due to back soreness, had two hits and drove in two runs. Brady House knocked in three runs for the Nationals, who have won five of six.
Morales, a 24-year-old infielder, went 3-for-5 while serving as the designated hitter. Simpson (1-0), a 26-year-old left-hander, did not allow a hit or a walk while striking out three.
Ozzie Albies and Michael Harris II homered, but the Braves took their second straight loss after winning seven in a row. AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1) was tagged for five runs on six hits in four innings.
Guardians 6, Blue Jays 1
Gavin Williams struck out a career-best 13 over seven strong innings and was supported by three homers as Cleveland topped visiting Toronto.
Williams (13-7) held the Blue Jays to one unearned run on two hits as Cleveland grew its lead over Toronto to 2 1/2 games in a tight race for the third American League wild card. Patrick Bailey, Angel Genao and Angel Martinez each socked a two-run homer for the Guardians.
Spencer Arrighetti (7-8) surrendered two runs on two hits in 3 2/3 innings of relief for the Blue Jays. Toronto, which had won four of its previous five games, managed only three hits.
Yankees 7, Angels 3
Spencer Jones and Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit back-to-back home runs during a three-run first inning and Cody Bellinger went 3-for-5 with two runs, propelling New York to a victory over Los Angeles in Anaheim, Calif.
Yankees starter Gerrit Cole (8-7) allowed three runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. New York clubbed 14 hits while evening the three-game series at a game apiece.
Christian Moore had a two-run triple and Wade Meckler went 3-for-4 with an RBI for the Angels, who lost for the eighth time in nine games. Grayson Rodriguez (4-6) gave up four runs on seven hits in six innings.
Cardinals 13, Dodgers 8
Thomas Saggese hit two home runs and St. Louis tied its season high with five long balls while prevailing at Los Angeles.
Jordan Walker, Ramon Urias and Joshua Baez added home runs and Leo Bernal had a two-run single in his major league debut for the Cardinals. Michael McGreevy (6-9) wobbled through five innings, allowing four runs on five hits.
Mookie Betts had two doubles and drove in four runs for the Dodgers, who lost for the fifth time in seven games. Eric Lauer (8-7) yielded seven runs on eight hits in three innings. Will Smith, back from the injured list, went 1-for-5 with two RBIs.
Rockies 4, Orioles 2
TJ Rumfield hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and Colorado beat Baltimore in Denver, snapping a franchise-worst 10-game home losing streak.
Adael Amador also went deep and singled and Jake McCarthy and Brett Sullivan had two hits each for the Rockies. Jaden Hill (1-3) pitched a scoreless inning of relief, and Jordan Romano picked up his 14th save by throwing a 1-2-3 ninth.
Jackson Holliday homered among his three hits for the Orioles, whose four-game winning streak ended. Baltimore reliever Luis De Leon (0-1) served up Rumfield’s homer.
Phillies 7, Diamondbacks 1
Bryce Harper had four singles and an RBI, Jesus Luzardo continued his road dominance, and Philadelphia beat Arizona in Phoenix for its sixth consecutive win.
Luzardo (13-5) gave up one run and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. He is 9-0 with a 1.76 ERA in 15 starts away from home this season. The left-hander has won his past four decisions and is 10-1 since May 25. Harper, who also drew a walk, has reached base in a career-high 34 straight games.
Jordan Lawlar went 2-for-3 with a homer for the D-backs, who have lost three in a row and have scored two or fewer runs in six of their past nine games. They are 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position through the first two games of the three-game series.
Reds 4, Padres 3
Jose Trevino singled home the go-ahead run with a bases-loaded single in the eighth to lead Cincinnati past visiting San Diego.
Elly De La Cruz opened the game-winning rally with a walk against reliever Adrian Morejon (9-3). Sal Stewart followed with a single to center to put runners at the corners. After a groundout and an intentional walk to the light-hitting Matt McLain to load the bases, Trevino delivered the tiebreaking hit to center.
Rookie Juan Brito, making his Reds debut, followed Trevino with a sacrifice fly to left for an insurance run. Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice for the Padres, who lost for the fourth time in five games.
Rays 6, Mets 2
Freddy Peralta spun six spectacular innings to beat his former club and Yandy Diaz homered in Tampa Bay’s three-run sixth as the Rays beat New York in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Following a slow start as the Mets scored and notched three hits in the first, Peralta (7-11) settled in, tossing five hitless frames and retiring his last 13 batters. The Rays acquired Peralta from the Mets for three prospects at the trade deadline.
Francisco Lindor led off the game with a home run and had both RBIs for the Mets.
Mariners 9, Red Sox 6
Lazaro Montes homered in his major league debut for visiting Seattle, which scored in each of the first five innings en route to a win over Boston.
All nine starters produced at least one hit for the Mariners, who snapped a five-game skid with a 14-hit attack. Randy Arozarena contributed a three-run homer, and Dominic Canzone also went deep. The early run support was more than enough for Bryan Woo (10-9), who allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits.
Mickey Gasper hit his seventh homer in his past 13 major league games for Boston. Jedixson Paez (0-1), recalled from Triple-A Worcester to make his first major league start and Red Sox debut, was tagged for eight runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Pirates 13, Giants 12
Brandon Lowe raced home from third base on a throwing error by substitute third baseman Osleivis Basabe with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, allowing Pittsburgh, after blowing a six-run lead, to outlast visiting San Francisco.
Lowe led off the ninth against the fifth Giants pitcher, Carson Seymour (0-1), with his fourth hit of the game, a single, then advanced a base at a time on a Nick Gonzales single and an Oneil Cruz infield out.
Cruz joined Lowe with a four-hit night and had a career-high-tying four RBIs for the Pirates, who won their third in a row. Turner Hill had four hits and Drew Cavanaugh three for the Giants, who were attempting to win a third game in three days at three different locations.
Marlins 6, Royals 3
Graham Pauley hit a two-run homer and a two-run triple while Tyler Phillips (4-6) allowed one hit over five scoreless innings as Miami won at Kansas City.
Pauley was recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville as major league rosters were expanded, and he recorded a career-high four RBIs. Kyle Stowers also homered for the Marlins, who had just dropped three of four at Washington.
Royals starter Randy Dobnak (2-3) was charged with a season-high six runs on seven hits over six-plus innings. Nick Loftin homered, but Kansas City’s season-best seven-game home winning streak ended.
Rangers 8, Athletics 5
Brandon Nimmo had four hits and five RBIs as Texas topped the Athletics in Arlington, Texas.
Corey Seager doubled twice and scored three runs for the Rangers, who have won three in a row. MacKenzie Gore (8-10) allowed one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings, and Jacob Latz struck out both batters he faced for his 28th save.
Jeff McNeil homered and doubled for the A’s, who have lost five in a row. Brady Basso (0-2) went 2 1/3 innings, allowing two runs and four hits.
Twins 15, Tigers 2
Royce Lewis went 3-for-4 and belted a three-run homer in a 10-run sixth inning as Minnesota smashed Detroit in Minneapolis.
The Twins have outscored the Tigers 26-3 in the first two games of the three-game series, with Kody Clemens and Ryan Jeffers homering in each contest. Jeffers has three long balls in the series. Connor Prielipp (4-7) permitted three hits in five scoreless innings as Minnesota’s bulk reliever.
The Tigers have lost seven straight road games and three games in a row overall. Troy Melton (7-4) allowed six hits and seven runs, five earned, in 5 1/3 innings.MLB baseball news
Brewers 9, Cubs 4
Christian Yelich and Joey Ortiz each hit two-run homers as visiting Milwaukee evened its four-game series against Chicago.
Jackson Chourio, Brice Turang, William Contreras and Ortiz each had two hits for the Brewers, who bounced back from a 17-3 loss in the series opener. Robert Gasser gave up three runs (two earned) over 4 1/3 innings.
The Brewers outhit Chicago 13-6 and moved eight games ahead of the second-place Cubs in the National League Central. Cubs starter Matthew Boyd allowed three runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings.
White Sox 5, Astros 1
Sean Burke threw 5 2/3 shutout innings as visiting Chicago defeated Houston, leaving each team with one win to begin a four-game series between division leaders.
Colson Montgomery produced his second multi-hit game in as many nights for the White Sox. Burke (8-6) recorded his fifth scoreless outing of the season, permitting just one hit.
The Astros fell for the seventh time in their past 10 home games. Ronel Blanco, recalled to make his first major league appearance since Aug. 15, labored but still tossed four shutout innings. Kai-Wei Teng (5-7) permitted three runs in two innings.
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GOLF NEWS
NEW PGA TOUR FORMAT MEANS A MONTH OR MORE OF MATCH PLAY ON THE GOLF CALENDAR
ATLANTA (AP) — The PGA Tour’s bold plan to end its season in 2028 with one tournament over two weeks in two cities is certain to define this part of the golf calendar as a month (or more) of match play.
The majors end in July. The regular season on the PGA Tour is done in the middle of August. And then for those fans who can’t get their fill of match play, there will be plenty of options.
While the PGA Tour’s schedule for 2028 is still being sorted out (including the dates), the heart of the match play season is likely to start with the consecutive weeks of the U.S. Women’s Amateur (Brae Burn) and the U.S. Amateur (Whistling Straits).
For elite tour professionals, there will be two weeks of match play to end the PGA Tour season, with either a Ryder Cup or a Presidents Cup right on its heels. That won’t be the case the first year of the revamped PGA Tour schedule because the Presidents Cup in 2028 is in Australia and likely won’t be played until after Thanksgiving.
As much as the PGA Tour is intrigued by team play, it would not be surprising for the old Dunhill Cup — medal matches for three-man teams from 16 countries — to be revived around that time.
For the women, the Solheim Cup in 2028 is set for Valhalla the first full week of September.
For the amateur game, which is getting more attention by the year with so many top players making an immediate impact as pros, the Walker Cup (Bandon Dunes) is the same week as the Solheim Cup in 2028. The week before is the Curtis Cup (Royal Dornoch).
The Curtis Cup was in June this year at Bel-Air in Los Angeles, and it will be in June when it goes to National Golf Links in New York in 2030. It still occasionally goes to September, such as 2034 when it is scheduled for Pine Valley.
The Ryder, Solheim and Presidents Cups have occupied the early fall for years, and typically the two amateur cups. Two additional weeks of match play for the PGA Tour finale only adds to that.
Ryan Gerard is a traveling man
Ryan Gerard first began to gain notoriety when he flew halfway around the world to a tiny island off the eastern coast of Africa to play in the Mauritius Open. At stake was a chance to move into the top 50 by the end of the year and qualify for the Masters, which he did.
And now he’s in Switzerland.
Gerard, who shared the 36-hole lead at the Tour Championship and finished third, is in the field this week for the Omega European Masters in Crans Montana in the Alps. He is the top-ranked player in the field at No. 22 in the world.
“Season’s not over for me,” said Gerard, who played 33 times last year and already is at 26 this year. “Frustrated with some of the results, a lot of positives, but still work left to do.”
Why Switzerland? Gerard became a European tour member by winning the co-sanctioned Barracuda Championship in July 2025. He finished the year playing the Irish Open and BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, and Mauritius counts toward the 2026 season. He said he needs two more events to fulfill his membership requirements.
Plus, there’s the Presidents Cup if he’s a captain’s pick.
“I’d love to kind of roll into there being a little bit more prepared,” Gerard said. “I like to play a lot of golf. And if I don’t, I’ll probably just stay over there and play Wentworth and the France Open. Yeah, a bit of a weird stretch of the year for me.”
LIV players headed to European tour Q-school
The first stage of Q-school for the European tour is underway, and perhaps the biggest surprise is only five players from LIV Golf are in the field.
The future of the LIV Golf League has never been more murky with the loss of Saudi Arabia funding, the push to finalize a deal with a lead investor, indications of bankruptcy for restructuring and whether LIV can keep its biggest stars.
One option is the European tour, where the leading 10 players not already exempt currently get a PGA Tour card. That’s the path Patrick Reed has taken this year.
Peter Uihlein, a past European tour winner, is in an England stage with fellow U.S. Amateur champion Josele Ballester and Luis Masaveu. Michael LaSasso, who won the final LIV event, and Yosuke Asaji are the other two LIV players.
Other notable players in the first stage are former Phoenix Open champion Kyle Stanley, former NCAA champion Hiroshi Tai and Daniel Choi, the youngest son of K.J. Choi.
TGL indoor league starts to prepare
Brooks Koepka is all the way back on the PGA Tour. He’s now part of the TGL indoor league, the first player announced for the Motor City Golf Club for the 2027 season. Motor City is the first expansion team in the tech-infused indoor league broadcast on ESPN platforms.
Koepka grew up and lives near the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, where the matches are played.
“I’ve had the chance to attend TGL matches, and they bring something completely new to the game,” said Koepka, formerly the captain of Smash Golf Club in the LIV Golf League.
The WTGL also is moving toward its debut season by announcing the rosters of the five teams that will start playing toward the end of this year.
The Japanese twins are split up — Chizzy Iwai plays for Boston Common, Aki Iwai for Los Angeles. True to the LPGA Tour membership, three of the teams have five players from five countries. Among them is Motor City with Jeeno Thitikul (Thailand), Albane Valenzuela (Switzerland), Brooke Henderson (Canada), Lexi Thompson (United States) and Ruoning Yin (China).
Missing from the WTGL is Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, who did not express interest when the women’s league was announced.
Divots
Xander Schauffele tied for 14th at the Tour Championship and earned $536,250, making him the 11th player to surpass $70 million in career PGA Tour earnings. This is his 10th year on tour. … Tim Clark of South Africa and Taylor Pendrith of Canada will be assistant captains to Geoff Ogilvy for the International team at the Presidents Cup. … Scottie Scheffler led in 24 statistical categories this year on the PGA Tour. That includes the money list and lowest scoring average for the fourth consecutive year. … Sankaty Head on Nantucket Island has been selected for the 2036 U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur.
Stat of the week
Nelly Korda has 23 wins worldwide. The other 11 Americans on the Solheim Cup team have combined for 18 victories.
Final word
“For me, I have a great sense of this is such a huge opportunity I’ve been given.” — Adam Scott, who at age 46 will be playing in his 12th straight Presidents Cup. He has yet to be on a winning team.
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THIS WEEK IN GOLF
European tour
OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS
Site: Crans Montana, Switzerland.
Course: Crans-sur-Sierre GC. Yardage: 6,814. Par: 70.
Prize money: $3.75 million. Winner’s share: $625,000.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 6:30-11:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 6-11 a.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: Thriston Lawrence.
Race to Dubai leader: Patrick Reed.
Last week: Joe Dean won the British Masters.
Notes: Ryan Gerard is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 22 after his third-place finish on Sunday in the Tour Championship at East Lake. … Patrick Reed is on a run of six straight starts. He is at No. 35 in the world and leads the Race to Dubai. He is playing the tournament for the first time in 11 years. … The field includes 10 of the top 100 players in the world. … The PGA Tour Champions is off this week, but not Miguel Angel Jimenez, who is in the field. … Sudarshan Yellamaraju is playing from a category that has a spot for players who were top 70 in the FedEx Cup. … This portion of the schedule is the “Back Nine,” with all but the final two events across continental Europe. … The course is regarded as among the most scenic on the European tour. … John Daly II is making his second European tour start having tied for 30th two weeks ago in the Nexo Championship in Scotland.
Royal & Ancient Golf Club
WALKER CUP
Site: County Clare, Ireland.
Course: Lahinch GC. Yardage: 6,950. Par: 72.
Television: Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 3:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. (Golf Channel), 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel).
Defending champion: United States.
Last year: The Americans won eight of the 10 singles matches for a 17-9 victory at Cypress Point.
Series: United States leads Great Britain and Ireland, 40-9-1.
Format: The 10-man teams will play four foursomes matches Saturday and Sunday, eight singles matches Saturday and 10 singles matches Sunday. The Americans as defending champions need 13 points to retain the cup. GB&I needs 13 1/2 points to win.
Notes: This is the second straight year for a Walker Cup as it transitions back to being played in even-numbered years. … Lahinch most recently hosted the Palmer Cup for college players in 2024, and the Irish Open in 2019 won by Jon Rahm. … Nathan Smith (U.S.) and Dean Robertson (GB&I) return as captains from the 2025 matches at Cypress Point. … Stewart Hagestad returns for his sixth consecutive Walker Cup for the United States. … GB&I returns six players from last year’s team. … U.S. Amateur champion Jack Whaley of England is making his first Walker Cup performance. … The Americans return three players from the Cypress Point team, led by top-ranked amateur Preston Stout of Oklahoma State. … The Americans have won the last five times. GB&I last won in 2015 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. … Luke Poulter, the son of Ryder Cup stalwart Ian Poulter, is playing in his second straight Walker Cup.
PGA Tour
Last week: Scottie Scheffler won the Tour Championship.
Next tournament: Biltmore Championship Asheville on Sept. 17-20.
FedEx Cup champion: Scottie Scheffler.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/
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LPGA Tour
Last week: Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship.
Next week: Solheim Cup.
Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda.
Online: https://www.lpga.com/
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PGA Tour Champions
Last week: Steven Alker won The Ally Challenge.
Next week: Sanford International.
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions
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Korn Ferry Tour
Last tournament: Yuta Sugiura won the AdventHealth Championship.
Next tournament: Simmons Bank Open.
Points leader: Ross Steelman.
Online: https://www.pgatour.com/korn-ferry-tour
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Other tours
Challenge Tour: Rosa Challenge Tour, Rosa GC, Konopiska, Poland. Previous winner: Hugo Townsend. Online: https://www.europeantour.com/hotelplanner-tour/
United States Golf Association: U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur, Montclair GC, West Orange, New Jersey. Defending champion: Ina Kim-Schaad. Online: https://championships.usga.org/uswomensmidamateur/
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COLTS FOOTBALL
COLTS EXPECT WR KEENAN ALLEN TO PLAY IN SEASON OPENER AND ARE HOPEFUL ALEC PIERCE ALSO RETURNS
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts expect receiver Keenan Allen to play in the season opener against the Baltimore Ravens on Sept. 13 despite his recent arrest and remain hopeful injured receiver Alec Pierce is also available.
Allen was arrested early Sunday morning on drunken driving charges, and general manager Chris Ballard told reporters Tuesday the team dealt with the incident internally. He did not say specifically what punishment, if any, had been applied.
“He’ll play, yes,” Ballard said, noting the team does offer players rideshare services. “Fourteen years in the league, no issues, OK? Decorated career, decorated teammate. You know our relationship with Philip Rivers — I know Philip holds him in extremely high regard and (coach) Shane (Steichen) was with him. After you meet his mom and dad, who are amazing people, we feel good about who he is. We unequivocally feel good about who Keenan Allen is.”
Allen has not spoken publicly since he was released from custody Sunday afternoon. He is facing preliminary misdemeanor charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated — endangering a person.
The arrest could lead to a league-imposed suspension though this is the first time in Allen’s 14-year pro career he’s been cited in a legal matter. He has a court date set for Sept. 16.
Allen was reunited with Steichen when he signed with the Colts on Aug. 18. The 34-year-old Allen is expected to provide a veteran presence as Indy’s No. 3 receiver with Pierce and Josh Downs holding the top two spots.
The six-time Pro Bowler played 12 of his first 13 NFL seasons for the Chargers, working with Steichen there for his first seven NFL seasons. In November, Allen surpassed Hall of Famer Antonio Gates as the franchise’s career reception leader with No. 956. He spent 2024 with the Chicago Bears before returning to the Chargers last year.
Allen’s career total of 1,055 receptions rank 13th on the league’s career list, and he begins this season needing 16 catches to pass Colts receivers coach Reggie Wayne for 11th. Among active players, Allen ranks fifth in yards receiving (12,051) and seventh in TD catches (70).
“I’m not going to comment on what happened,” Ballard said Tuesday. “But what I am going to tell you is, you know, good people make mistakes and he’s a tremendous human being. Give him some grace, and he’ll work through the process of the legal system.”
He added: “I think over time, he will prove to y’all in in this city of who he is, and I think he’ll do that in a short amount of time.”
Pierce update
Pierce worked out with the team Tuesday after being activated from the physically unable to perform list late last week. He missed all of training camp as he rehabbed from surgery in March for an injured left ankle.
That gives him nearly two weeks to ramp up his activity before the opener.
Will that give him enough time to get into game shape?
“It’s good to have him back out there, got a good day of work today,” Ballard said. “We’ll see going forward, but we’re hopeful. We’ll see how it ends up landing.”
Pierce had platelet-rich plasma injections in January and when that didn’t help with the pain, he opted for surgery after signing his four-year, $114 million contract extension.
Last season, Pierce had 47 receptions and 1,003 yards, both career highs, and six touchdowns in 2025. He’s led all NFL qualifiers in yards per catch each of the past two seasons.
Richardson’s future
Steichen is not scheduled to speak with reporters until Thursday, and Ballard deferred to his coach when asked which quarterback, Anthony Richardson or Riley Leonard, would be No. 2 on the depth chart behind incumbent starter Daniel Jones.
The competition remained close throughout camp and the preseason with Richardson and Leonard.
But Ballard insisted Richardson would remain with the Colts, for now, despite his earlier request to be traded. Richardson was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2023 draft and has dealt with a rash of injuries as well as accuracy problems throughout his career.
“We forget how young he is sometimes,” Ballard said. “I’m really proud of his growth, really proud of his growth. I thought there was a little bit of a rough start against New England, you know, with the turnovers. But there were two times in camp that I said ‘OK, he’s really starting to show some poise — the two-minute (drive) against New England and then during the Atlanta scrimmage he had a tremendous two-minute also. So it’s been fun to watch Anthony’s growth.”
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COLTS SIGN RB DAVON BOOTH, G REID HOLSKEY TO PRACTICE SQUAD; RELEASE RB ULYSSES BENTLEY IV FROM PRACTICE SQUAD
The Indianapolis Colts today signed running back Davon Booth and guard Reid Holskey to the practice squad and released running back Ulysses Bentley IV from the practice squad.
Booth, 5-8, 192 pounds, participated in the Cleveland Browns’ 2026 offseason program and training camp. He was originally signed by the Browns as an undrafted free agent on May 8, 2026. Collegiately, Booth played in 36 career games (25 starts) at Mississippi State (2024-25), Utah State (2023) and Cerritos College (2021-22). He compiled 408 carries for 2,117 yards (5.2 avg.) and 18 touchdowns. Booth also caught 40 passes for 379 yards (9.5 avg.) and six touchdowns. In 2025, he saw action in 12 games (eight starts) at Mississippi State and totaled 136 carries for 552 yards (4.1 avg.) and seven touchdowns. Booth also compiled 15 receptions for 165 receiving yards (11.0 avg.) and two touchdowns. He was a Third Team All-SEC choice in 2024. His first name is pronounced DUH-von.
Holskey, 6-6, 306 pounds, participated in the Denver Broncos’ 2026 offseason program and training camp. He also spent time with the New York Giants during the 2026 offseason program. In 2025, Holskey spent time on the practice squads of the Giants and Houston Texans. He participated in the Baltimore Ravens’ 2025 offseason program and training camp after originally being signed by the team as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2025. Collegiately, Holskey started 53-of-55 career games in five seasons (2020-24) at Miami (OH). He earned First Team All-MAC honors (2024) and Second Team All-MAC recognition (2023).
Bentley IV, 5-10, 200 pounds, was originally signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2025, out of Mississippi. As a rookie, he spent time on the team’s active roster and practice squad. Bentley IV appeared in one game.
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Consider this one of those storylines that doesn’t feel earth-shattering around Indianapolis – certainly not if you’ve been paying attention to the drumbeat of news from training camp and preseason practices – but might be surprising to those outside confines of central Indiana.
Daniel Jones has taken every single snap with the first-team offense since training camp began, save for a handful last Thursday when the Colts opted to have preseason Week 3 starter Anthony Richardson Sr. get some work with the guys he’d play with in that game. Maybe a better way to put it: Jones did not need a rest day, nor did he miss a practice due to an injury, nor did he need to even dial things over the last five weeks.
So what has been the tangible impact of Jones’ consistent availability less than nine months removed from sustaining a torn Achilles’?
“I think he had almost 450 more throws than he did a year ago at this time,” general manager Chris Ballard said, “because he’s getting all the reps.”
A year ago, Jones spent training camp competing with Richardson to be the Colts’ starting quarterback. With that, he shuttled between the first- and second-team offense until he was named the team’s QB1 on Aug. 19.
That lack of consistent first-team reps certainly didn’t negatively impact the Colts’ offense to start last season, as they scored on an outrageous 57.6 percent of their possessions over the first 10 weeks, easily the highest mark in the NFL. But as the 2026 Colts look to not only replicate that first-half success, but build on it, having their starting quarterback on the field for the entirety of preseason prep is a major step toward those goals.
And it shouldn’t be taken for granted that Jones got to that point of being consistently available (he also played well in those practices, which also shouldn’t be lost here). Jones, from the moment he underwent surgery, was determined to be fully cleared for the start of training camp. It took plenty of work to get to this point – and with a week and a half until the start of the 2026 season, Jones’ progression to get back on the field stands as one of the most important offseason developments for the Colts.
Even if everyone inside the Indiana Farm Bureau Football Center expected this out of Jones.
“I think that’s a credit to him and the work he put in and how diligent he was with each step of the rehab process and a determination to get back and be who he knows he can be,” Ballard said. “… We felt who he was and the work he would put in, we thought he was going to be – the percentages were high that he was going to get back.”
COLTS GM CHRIS BALLARD: https://www.colts.com/video/chris-ballard-discusses-roster-decisions-injury-news-and-team-updates-2026-general-manager-update
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INDIANA FEVER
(INDIANA FEVER RELEASE)
The WNBA is taking a multi-week break for the upcoming FIBA World Cup, but the conversation around the league is only heating up.
The playoff field is already set, but the eight teams that have secured a spot in the postseason still are jockeying for seeding with four games remaining in the regular season, which resumes on Sept. 17.
And there are several highly competitive awards races this year, highlighted by an MVP race that features not one but two candidates from the Indiana Fever backcourt in Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell.
Both players have strong cases for the award and are serious threats to dethrone Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson, who is vying to take home MVP honors for the third straight season and the fifth time in her career.
While it may seem unusual for a team to have multiple MVP candidates, it is not without precedent. In eight of the first 29 WNBA seasons, two teammates finished top five in MVP voting.
The most recent example was the 2022 season, when Wilson won her second MVP award while her then-teammate Kelsey Plum finished third.
It’s even happened before with the Fever in 2009, when Tamika Catchings finished second in MVP voting and Katie Douglas was third. Voters were so split between the two Indiana players that year that Douglas actually received more first-place votes (five to Catchings’ three), but Catchings was ranked higher on more ballots.
Catchings and Douglas would lead the Fever to the franchise’s first WNBA Finals that season, where they fell in five games to the Phoenix Mercury, led by 2009 MVP Diana Taurasi.
Clark and Mitchell hope to lead Indiana back to the Finals and ultimately capture a championship this season. If they both continue playing at the level they have been, that dream could very well become a reality.
The Fever duo power the most explosive offense in WNBA history. They rank second and third in the league in scoring and have Indiana on pace to set multiple league records.
With four games remaining, the Fever are averaging 97 points per game, which would shatter the previous league record of 93.9 points per game set by Phoenix in 2010. Indiana’s offensive rating (117.9 points per 100 possessions) is a full two points higher than the record set by Washington in 2019. The Fever’s .492 field goal percentage would also be a new WNBA record if the season ended today (the previous record is .491 by Chicago in 2020).
Mitchell and Clark are the twin engines that ignite Indiana’s historic offensive attack. Both have a compelling case to be named the league’s Most Valuable Player.
Let’s start with Mitchell, who is enjoying arguably the best scoring season by a guard in league history. A four-time All-Star, Mitchell has finished in the top 10 of the league in scoring in each of the past six seasons, including third in 2025, but has taken her scoring to a completely new level in 2026.
Mitchell’s scoring average has jumped nearly five full points year-over-year, from 20.2 points per game a year ago to 25.0 this season. Only two players in league history have ever finished with a higher scoring average — Wilson (26.9 points per game in 2024 and 26.0 points per game this season) and Taurasi (25.3 points per game in 2006).
The increase in Mitchell’s scoring average seems almost counterintuitive considering she shouldered more of an offensive burden in 2025, when injuries limited Clark to just 13 games. But even as Clark’s return has given the Fever another elite scorer, Mitchell’s numbers have nonetheless skyrocketed, largely because she is scoring with remarkable efficiency.
The 5-foot-8 Mitchell is shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 45.5 percent from 3-point range, eye-popping percentages for a guard. Both are career-best percentages by a wide margin — her previous highs were a .468 field goal percentage in 2024 and a .409 3-point percentage in 2022.
Mitchell shoots a high volume of 3-pointers (she ranks sixth in the league in 3-point attempts), but still leads the entire WNBA in 3-point percentage by nearly two full percentage points. Minnesota’s Antonia Delaere is second at 43.9 percent but has taken just 57 3-pointers. Mitchell has made 121 threes.
Mitchell’s elite efficiency has led to the most consistent scoring run in the history of the WNBA. She has scored 20 or more points in 24 consecutive games and counting, shattering Wilson’s records for the previous longest streaks in league history (Wilson scored 20+ points in 15 straight games to open the 2024 campaign and 20 total games spanning the end of the 2023 and start of the 2024 seasons).
With 34 points in Friday’s win over Connecticut, Mitchell now has 1,001 points this season, making her just the second player in league history to surpass 1,000 points in a single season (Wilson set the record with 1,021 points in 2024).
In addition to her scoring prowess, Mitchell has established herself as one of the WNBA’s most durable players. She has not missed a game over the last two seasons and ranks third in the league in total minutes in 2026. Mitchell (along with All-WNBA center Aliyah Boston) helped carry the Fever to Game 5 of the WNBA Semifinals last season despite season-ending injuries to Clark and several key role players. Her steady scoring has helped Indiana go 4-0 in games without Clark and 3-1 without Boston this season.
Clark, meanwhile, has an equally strong MVP case thanks to her historically great playmaking. While Mitchell is second in the league in scoring, Clark is right behind her in third at 22.5 points per game while also chasing the assists title (Clark currently ranks second in assists at 8.39 per game, narrowly trailing Phoenix’s Alyssa Thomas at 8.42 per game).
According to Hoops Junkie, Clark creates an additional 19 points per game through her assists. Add that to her scoring average and she is responsible for creating 41.4 points for the Fever per game, easily the highest average in the WNBA (Thomas is second with 35.0 points created per game).
The WNBA has seen its fair share of elite scorers and great passers over the years, but Clark is one-of-one with her ability to do both at the highest level.
In 2026 alone, Clark has tallied 20 or more points and 10 or more assists in 12 games. No other player in WNBA history has that many 20-point/10-assist games in their career (Courtney Vandersloot has the most games aside from Clark, with 10).
Even more impressive, Clark has scored 30+ points and dished out double-digit assists in five games this season. Every other player in WNBA history has combined for just four 30-point/10-assist games (Taurasi, Skylar Diggins, Sabrina Ionescu, and Jia Perkins each did it once). Clark has accomplished the feat in each of her last two games, tallying 37 points and 10 assists in a win at Chicago on Aug. 23 and following that up with 34 points and 12 assists in a victory over Connecticut on Friday.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
TOLEDO, Ohio – Indianapolis Indians infielder Nick Cimillo went 3-for-3 with two home runs, one triple and four RBI in Tuesday night’s 9-7 series-opening loss at the Toledo Mud Hens. Indians catcher Derek Berg launched his third home run of the season 440 feet in the fourth inning and ended his night 2-for-4 at the plate.
Toledo (29-29, 63-69) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning on a Jace Jung double to right field to score Max Anderson. Jung went 2-for-3 with five RBI to start his series. Cimillo’s first homer of the night in the top of the second inning tied it 1-1.
Toledo responded with a 4-four run third inning highlighted by a two-run single from Jung. Indy (34-24, 65-68) bounced back with a two-run triple from Cimillo scoring Duce Gourson and Joshua Palacios before Berg’s home run made it 5-5 going to the bottom of the fourth.
Toledo continued the offensive onslaught with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning led by a triple from outfielder Corey Julks to score Cal Stevenson to put Toledo back in front, 8-5. Jung walked in the bottom of the fifth with the bases loaded to score outfielder Trei Cruz, who went 4-for-5 with three runs scored on Tuesday night.
Cimillo’s second home run in the eighth and a double from Duce Gourson to score Jack Brannigan was the rest of Indy’s offensive production.
Indy starter Noah Davis (L, 2-11) went 3.0 innings and was replaced by Derek Diamond. Wilber Dotel came in for 1.0 inning and Brandon Neeck finished it off with 2.0 innings of work on the hill with two strikeouts.
Toledo’s starter Austin Gomber went 3.1 innings and gave up four earned runs. Andre Granillo (W, 2-1) went 1.2 innings and walked one batter. Brent Hurter and Brenan Hanifee appeared before Jack Little picked up his fourth save of the season.
The six-game series between Indianapolis and Toledo continues Wednesday night at 6:35 PM ET. LHP Hunter Barco (4-6, 3.94) is scheduled to start for the Indians and RHP Carl Edwards Jr. (4-10, 6.36) will take the mound for Toledo.
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INDIANA FOOTBALL
CURT CIGNETTI’S SUSTAINED SUCCESS HAS CHANGED THE GAME FOR NO. 6 INDIANA ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL
Branden Sharpe started his prep career with lots of potential and endless college options.
His athleticism was obvious even before he entered Brownsburg High School in suburban Indianapolis. It didn’t take long for the lean, 5-foot-9 receiver to go from Football Bowl Subdivision hopeful to Power Four recruit.
Three years ago, Sharpe and other in-state players had little interest in playing for Indiana. The Hoosiers had won just nine games and were 3-24 in the Big Ten from 2021-23. They played in front of half-full stadiums and carried the banner of FBS’ losingest program.
The program’s most successful back-to-back seasons has changed the whole equation.
Afte landing just two of the state’s top 12 recruits in 2025, the class of 2026 has three of the top seven and five of the top 20. And next year’s freshmen class already includes commitments from two of the top five in-state targets — Lawrence North receiver Monshun Sales, the nation’s No. 12 recruit according to Rivals.com and the highest rated prospect in school history, and, yes, even the surprised Sharpe.
“In 2023, you know, no one was really giving a thought to Indiana, no one was really talking about going to Indiana games,” Sharpe said before naming coach Curt Cignetti. “But then the Coach Cig effect, he gets there, they start winning a few games and it’s like everyone (likes) IU football. And the culture he’s built and the fan base that’s behind him, it’s great.”
A culture shift in Bloomington
Today’s college football landscape is rife with instability.
Players who thought they were out of eligibility are suddenly back at practice, players cut by NFL teams could soon resume their college careers, too, and coaches are trying to cope with the ever-evolving environment.
As Indiana has learned, the constant is there’s no substitute for winning.
The defending national champion Hoosiers open their season Saturday against North Texas. The nation’s sixth-ranked team will try to extend the FBS’ longest active winning streak to 17 and the nation’s longest active home winning streak to 16 after having a school record eight players selected in April’s NFL draft, including Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza.
And between all those victories, all those new titles and all those players off to the NFL, Indiana suddenly has become a destination stop as former Wisconsin guard Joe Brunner can attest.
“This is one of the best cultures in football, if not the best, and that makes it super easy to transition,” said Brunner, who transferred this year. “They know how to welcome guys with open arms, how to bring them into the culture and let them develop. It’s easier as an older guy. You want to win, right? You want to be a part of a winning culture? If you’re competitive enough, that’s all you want to do, and you can see it from afar. You can see it from anywhere.”
The new standard at Indiana
Cignetti didn’t become the first back-to-back winner of The Associated Press Coach of the Year Award by happenstance. Long before talking about winning Big Ten titles or challenging doubters to Google him, he had a plan.
Rather than building around five-star recruits or in-demand athletes, Cignetti valued smart, instinctive players who were selfless enough to allow his staff to unlock their full potential.
This year’s transfer class includes Brunner, quarterback Josh Hoover, the former TCU star, and record-setting receiver Nick Marsh from Michigan State. When Marsh wore a pair of gold shoes on the first day of spring practice, the blunt-talking Cignetti wasted no time calling out Marsh publicly. It was an old-school message designed to help recreate Indiana’s magic.
“It’s understanding the standard, the expectation level, the accountability, doing the things we preach that lead to winning football games and not doing the things that lose football games,” Cignetti said.
While Cignetti’s 15 straight winning seasons as a head coach leave no room to quibble with the results, his passion for excellence is why many came to Bloomington in the first place.
He teaches, challenges and develops players he knows fits the system wherever they may be. Mendoza came from California, All-American linebacker Aiden Fisher came from James Madison and Rose Bowl MVP Pat Coogan came from Notre Dame. This year, he has Hoover, Brunner and Marsh as well as a host of others from across the fruited plains.
It’s the in-state progress that has really resonated in the Hoosier State, and it’s changed the whole perception of Indiana football.
“If you would have asked me when I was a freshman, I would not have expected it. I mean, I should have known with Coach Cignetti being the coach, it was going to be like that,” Sharpe said, explaining how he chose Indiana. ”They are definitely well coached, I believe the best coached team in the country. Just being able to play for that, I think I can fit in their scheme, and I think I can really develop well there.”
ISAIAH JONES PRESSER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmyxBt6r-jA
CARTER SMITH PRESSER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUEIYh6U0w
TYRIQUE PRESSER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hAoEz2h7TA
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INDIANA TRACK AND FIELD
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University track and field head coach Ed Beathea announced the addition of 33 freshmen and two transfers to the 2026-27 track and field roster on Tuesday afternoon.
“The staff did a great job of adding outstanding talent to our roster for the fall,” said head coach Beathea. “This group will make us better on and off the track and I’m looking forward to getting started and seeing their development”.
This group of athletes covers all event groups including a highly accomplished freshmen class coming into Bloomington next season.
The Sprints and Hurdles group adds a talented group including four state champions. Anna Wile comes to Bloomington after becoming the all-time hurdle record holder for all three contested hurdle events. She will join local talent, Evan Williams of Indianapolis, Ind. Williams is the current indoor state champion for the 60-meter hurdle and indoor 60-meter events, holding the 5th best performance in the country in those events.
Katy Zang looks to make an immediate impact for the distance and mid-distance group. Zang comes to Indiana with a decorated senior season at Teays Valley. In the indoor season, she competed at the New Balance High School National meet, winning the mile and two-mile events. She was also able to break the two-mile national record that had stood for over a decade.
The jumps group looks to retool this upcoming season, adding five freshmen to the Indiana roster. The group adds three international students, including Daisy Burton (Britain), Elisavet Anastasiadi (Greece), and Emmie Weldin (Sweden).
The Hoosiers also add one pole vaulter to the roster. Annie McCracken of Granville, Ohio has a personal best mark of 4.27m through her high school career.
The throws team makes one addition in Talia Phangura. The Britain native comes to Indiana throwing in both the shot put and hammer events.
Indiana adds three freshmen to the combined events group. Ava Weiss joins as a former New York state champion in the 400-meter hurdles, along with Lexi Young who is a state champion in the high jump and long jump events.
LIST: https://iuhoosiers.com/documents/2026/9/1/Track___Field_Newcomers_List.pdf
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INDIANA BASEBALL
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Ninth-year skipper Jeff Mercer received a big boost to the depth of his infield with the addition of infielder Jayden Parker to this year’s squad. The San Diego, California native was named one of Prep Baseball’s “Top 150 Freshmen Who Made It to Campus” as fall practice gets underway across the country.
Parker was one of three top 500 national recruits in IU’s 2026 recruiting class. That includes fellow first-year players Johnson Dubose (Atlanta, Ga.) and Branson Crawford (Gainesville, Ga.). Parker, who’s dad played at UCLA and was an MLB draft pick of the New York Mets, was the number 273 overall recruit in the country by Perfect Game in this year’s class.
Through the transfer portal and incoming prep prospects, IU has built out a deep collection of talented infield options. Third-year infielder Will Moore and second-year infielder Landen Fry each played in over 50 games a season ago. Parker, Dubose and second-year transfer Kelvyn Paulino Jr. (Florida State) add extra juice to a deep room.
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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Things started to click late game four. Some late rips from second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager and great decision making from second-year setter Teodora Krickovic was the deciding factor in a 3-1 (26-24, 25-22, 22-25, 25-17) win for the Indiana volleyball team (1-1, 0-0 B1G) over Georgia on Tuesday (Sept. 1) evening at Mackey Arena.
IU’s offense found its footing in the fourth set, hitting a game-high .375 (16-4-32) to ice the first win of the season away. Jager led the team with 19 kills while third-year opposite hitter Ella Boersema (12) and first-year outside hitter Sara Snowbarger (10) joined her in double digits with respective career highs. Boersema hit .667 on the night with zero errors on 18 attempts. Krickovic dished out 50 assists in just four sets.
The Hoosiers won the serve-receive battle as the back row settled in through the night’s proceedings. Second-year libero Hannah Leftridge recorded a career-high 17 digs and added two aces. IU had more aces (6-5) and digs (55-48) than Georgia over the course of four sets. Fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry led the team with four blocks.
This is the seventh win over a non-conference, power four opponent during head coach Steve Aird’s tenure on the bench in Bloomington. It’s the fifth-straight year that IU has won a game during the non-conference against a team from the ACC or SEC (2022 – Texas A&M, 2023 – Miami (Fla.), 2024 – Notre Dame, 2025 – Miami (Fla.) and 2026 – Georgia).
IU will look to add another win to the tally in the Allstate Big Ten-SEC challenge on Wednesday (Sept. 2) evening when it plays 12th-ranked Texas A&M. It’s the second match of the year against a top-15 opponent and the second of three-straight games against SEC opposition. First serve is set for 5 p.m. on BTN from West Lafayette.
How it Happened
• The consistent ability to score points was massive for the Hoosiers in the four-set win. IU had at least 14 kills in all four sets. The fourth set of the contest was the cleanest of them all with the team hitting .375 (16-4-32). Jaidyn Jager and Ella Boersema combined for nine kills in the final set of the night.
• Service and reception also stepped up as the night went on. IU had just four service errors and three reception errors following the conclusion of the first set. An advantage (59-48) in kills, helped overcome some untimely mistakes early in the proceedings against Georgia.
Top Hoosier Performers
#12 Krickovic, Teodora
50 assists, 6 digs, 3 kills, 2 blocks
#24 Jager, Jaidyn
19 kills, 8 digs, 3 blocks
#27 Boersema, Ella
12 kills, .667 hitting percentage, 4 digs, 1 ace
Notes to Know
• Third-year opposite hitter Ella Boersema, who is transitioning to a new position on the right side, recorded a career-high in kills (12) and hitting percentage (.667). It was the first match in her time as an IU player with double-digit kills. She also added four dig and an ace in IU’s win over Georgia.
• At the same time, first-year outside hitter Sara Snowbarger continues to step up when her number is called. She added a career-high 10 kills and seven digs while playing six rotations for the first time in her time in college. She’s the third freshman (Jager, Gray) with at least 10 kills in the last two seasons.
• Over the last three years, IU is now 14-3 when three players have at least 10 kills. All three of the Hoosiers’ pin hitters were in double figures on Tuesday, led by 19 from second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager. It’s the first time IU has had all three pins with 10-or-more kills since a win over Maryland (Nov. 16, 2025) last season.
• Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic ran a great offense on Tuesday evening. All five primary attackers had at least seven kills. She dished out 50 assists in the win, the second match of her career with at least 50 helpers. She’s the first IU setter with 50 assists in a four-set match since former All-American Camryn Haworth (53 – vs. Maryland, Nov. 17, 2023).
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INDIANA MEN’S GOLF
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Indiana men’s golf team shot an 858 (286-285-283; +14) at the Visit Knoxville Collegiate hosted by the University of Tennessee at the Fox Den Country Club to open the week. The Hoosiers tied for 16th in the team standings.
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Visit Knoxville Collegiate • Knoxville, Tenn.
Fox Den Country Club
Par 70 • 6,962 yards
CHIP-INS
• Fourth-year Nick Piesen found himself atop the Hoosier lineup with a three-round scorecard of 208 (69-68-71; -2). He tied for 20th overall and ended the week with eight birdies.
• Third-year Bradley Chill Jr. shot a 213 (71-74-68; +3) with eight birdies. He made multiple birdie tries in each round.
• Second-year Jake Cesare, who made his official Indiana lineup debut, shot a 214 (74-70-70; +4) with seven total birdie conversions, which included the final three holes of Tuesday’s final round.
• First-year Duff McKay ended his collegiate debut at 222 (72-73-77; +12) with a team-best 10 birdies.
• Second-year Caleb Schnarr played a 226 (76-76-74; +16) with four birdies.
HOOSIERS IN THE STANDINGS
t-20. Nick Piesen – 208 (69-68-71; -2)
t-46. Bradley Chill Jr. – 213 (71-74-68; +3)
t-52. Jake Cesare – 214 (74-70-70; +4)
87. Duff McKay – 222 (72-73-77; +12)
95. Caleb Schnarr – 226 (76-76-74; +16)
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers return to competition for the Highlands Invitational from Sept. 21-22 at the Chicago Highlands Club. Indiana will also compete in the Windon Memorial Classic from Sept. 28-29 at the Onwensia Club in Lake Forest, Ill., this month.
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INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Indiana Hoosiers women’s golf team tied for ninth at the Boilermaker Classic played at the Kampen-Cosler Golf Course to open the season. IU shot a 903 (295-299-309; +39).
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Boilermaker Classic • West Lafayette, Ind.
Kampen-Cosler Golf Course
Par 72 • 6299 yards
CHIP-INS
• Second-year Saia Rampersaud paced the Hoosier attack with a 225 (74-73-78; +9) to finish 28th overall. She provided five birdies to Indiana’s total count.
• Fresh off her return from the KPMG Women’s Irish Open, fourth-year Katie Poots turned in a 227 (76-81-70; +11). She converted a team-best 10 birdies, which included six in the final round of play. Her third-round 70 (-2) was the lowest score produced by a Hoosier in the event.
• Fourth-year Sheridan Clancy shot a 229 (72-77-80; +13) with six total birdies.
• Fourth-year Harriet Lockley, a transfer from Alabama, played a 230 (74-76-80; +14) in her Hoosier debut. She finished six total birdie opportunities, two in each round.
• Third-year Cara Heisterkamp compiled a three-round score of 231 (75-73-83; +15) with five birdies.
• First-year Zoe Arcus, who played as an individual, ended the week at 246 (88-81-77; +30). Her final round consisted of two birdies as she improved her score in each round.
HOOSIERS IN THE STANDINGS
28. Saia Rampersaud – 225 (74-73-78; +9)
t-35. Katie Poots – 227 (76-81-70; +11)
t-43. Sheridan Clancy – 230 (72-77-81; +14)
t-43. Harriet Lockley – 230 (74-76-80; +14)
t-53. Cara Heisterkamp – 232 (75-73-84; +16)
INDIVIDUALS IN THE STANDINGS
90. Zoe Arcus – 246 (88-81-77; +30)
UP NEXT
Indiana will return to competition at the Bettie Lou Evans Invitational hosted by Kentucky from Sept. 21-22 at the Big Blue Course in Lexington.
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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Dave Shondell was dubbed the Purdue Athletics All-Time Winningest Head Coach following No. 14 Purdue’s (1-1) 3-0 takedown of No. 12 Texas A&M (3-3) in Mackey Arena (27-25, 25-23, 25-20). Shondell, in his 24th season with the program, eclipsed Purdue men’s basketball legend Gene Keady.
The win, which came before 10,086 fans, also marked the second consecutive year the Boilermakers have upended the defending national champions on their home court, Shondell’s 101st victory over a ranked opponent, and the 15th win against a ranked opponent over the last six seasons (2021-present).
Outside hitters Addy Tindall and Lameen Mambu combined for 28 kills, three attack errors on 58 attacks. Meanwhile, over Purdue’s two matches this season, Tindall has not hit below .460, setting a new career-best with a .536 clip, totaling 16 kills with just one error – which came on the penultimate match point – and three blocks.
The Boilermaker block came through in big moments, finishing with 11, while holding the Aggies to 5, an effort led by middle Kate Hansen (6) and Taylor Anderson (7, including two solo).
Anderson dished out 36 assists while keeping the Boilers steady at a .388 team clip. Meanwhile, she encroached on triple-double watch, adding an errorless five kills, seven total blocks and four digs in the performance.
As a team, Purdue held a pair of AVCA Player of the Year Watch List honorees each under a .215 hitting %.
Since Shondell took the reins in 2003, the Boilermakers have notched a top-25 victory every season.
UP NEXT
Today, the West Lafayette site for the Big Ten / SEC Challenge closes out. No. 14 Purdue will take on Georgia at 7 p.m. ET, or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the first match (No. 21 Indiana vs. No. 12 Texas A&M).
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PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue women’s golf team moved two spots up the leaderboard during the final round of the season-opening Boilermaker Classic. The team carded an 8-over 296 on Tuesday (Sept. 1) to leapfrog Indiana and North Florida and finish in fourth place behind a trio of preseason Top 25 teams.
Lauren Timpf fired a 1-under 71 in the final round to soar into the Top 10 of the individual leaderboard. With the help of 16 birdies through 54 holes, more than anyone else in the 93-player field, the junior placed ninth at 2-over (72-75-71—218) for her fourth career Top 10 performance. She also ranked fourth in the field in par-4 scoring, playing those holes 1-under par. After carding a 3-under 33 on the back nine of yesterday’s second round, Timpf matched the score with a bogey-free back nine that featured birdies on holes 11, 14 and 15.
Samantha Brown recorded her team-leading 11th career individual Top 20 showing, tying for 16th (+5). She paced Purdue through the first two rounds before contributing a 76 (+4) on Tuesday. A trio of double bogeys prevented the junior from posting another under-par round. Throughout the tournament, Brown went 2-under on the par 3s to lead the field in par-3 scoring.
Senior transfer Olivia Hemmila played her best golf as a Boilermaker by shooting a final round 73 (+1). The Troy, Michigan, native finished strong by going 2-under on her final five holes without committing a bogey. That included a birdie at the par-3 fifth, her last hole of the tournament.
Preseason No. 21 Miami (FL) won the event, claiming a five-shot victory over Ole Miss. The Hurricanes’ Scarlett Schremmer fired a 67 (-5) to jump to the top of the leaderboard and take home medalist honors.
After wrapping up the season-opening home tournament, Purdue heads to Tennessee to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship just outside of Nashville (Sept. 18-20).
BOILERMAKERS
T-9. Lauren Timpf: 72-75-71—218 (+2)
T-16. Samantha Brown: 71-74-76—221 (+5)
T-30. Olivia Hemmila: 74-79-73—226 (+10)
T-50. Ashley Kim: 76-77-78—231 (+15)
T-62. Luana Valero: 80-78-76—234 (+18)
*T-30. Ariana Urrea: 73-77-76—226 (+10)
*T-58. Michaela Headlee: 79-81-73—233 (+17)
*T-85. Ella Weber: 77-82-84—243 (+27)
*92. Ida Lindqvist: 81-86-82—249 (+33)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
#21 Miami (FL): 282-294-278—854 (-10)
2. #19 Ole Miss: 277-302-280—859 (-5)
3. #22 Mississippi State: 289-303-290—882 (+18)
4. Purdue: 293-304-296—893 (+29)
5. North Florida: 290-300-306—896 (+32)
6. Louisville: 302-301-297—900 (+36)
T-7. #28 Kent State: 299-310-292—901 (+37)
T-7: Rutgers: 298-303-300—901 (+37)
T-9. Western Kentucky: 296-303-304—903 (+39)
T-9. Indiana: 295-299-309—903 (+39)
11. Iowa: 300-308-304—912 (+48)
12. Georgia Southern: 315-303-302—920 (+56)
13. Little Rock: 317-315-295—927 (+63)
14. Ball State: 311-314-303—928 (+64)
T-15. Abilene Christian: 298-309-322—929 (+65)
T-15. Missouri State: 311-311-307—929 (+65)
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PURDUE MEN’S GOLF
BAYONNE, N.J. – Senior Jenson Forrester shared medalist honors and the Purdue men’s golf team finished as the runners-up at the inaugural New York Harbor Cup held at prestigious Bayonne Golf Club.
The Boilermakers finished with a 54-hole total of 23-under par 829 (277-270-282), two shots behind champion Kansas. Purdue entered round three one shot back of Kansas, but just couldn’t get over the hump against the Jayhawks as Purdue stayed in range of the Jayhawks until the final hole.
Little Rock and Michigan State finished tied for third 12 shots back at 11-under par.
Purdue’s 829 is the sixth-best, 54-hole score in Purdue history.
Purdue played the tournament without All-American candidate Sam Easterbrook, who is with the Great Britain and Ireland team for this weekend’s Walker Cup.
“I thought it was a really solid start to the season obviously with Sam at the Walker Cup. We needed guys to step up to compete to win this tournament and we were right there at the end. We would’ve liked to come home with the team trophy but hats off to Kansas. They played great golf over the last two days,” head coach Andrew Sapp said. “We’re proud of Jenson and the way he played today, picking up his first college victory. He played fantastic all week. Also thought Micah Sheffer played outstanding in his first career event, picking up a top-10 finish and playing the way he did.”
Forrester had an outstanding week to pace the Boilermakers, picking up his first collegiate win with a tally of 12-under par 201 (69-64-68). His 201 score is tied for the third-lowest, 54-hole score in Purdue history and he becomes the first Boilermaker to win a season-opening event since the 2008-09 season.
His 64 in the second round was a career-best round and his 201 was his best 54-hole score by four strokes.
Redshirt freshman Micah Sheffer also turned in an impressive performance during the week, finishing tied for sixth at 6-under par 207 (68-66-73). Sheffer’s 207 is the fourth-best, 54-hole score by a Purdue freshman in school history.
Supapon Amornchaichan picked up his second career top-10 finish, placing tied for 10th at 3-under par 210 (70-70-70), while Will Harvey was tied for 13th at 2-under par 211 (70-70-71). Andre Zhu was tied for 38th at 8-over par 221 (74-72-75), while playing as an individual, freshman Toku Fujiwara was tied for 30th at 5-over par 218 (72-76-70).
Purdue will next compete in the Inverness Intercollegiate in Toledo, Ohio, on Sept. 13 through 15.
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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
COACHING CONNECTIONS ADD INTRIGUE TO NO. 4 NOTRE DAME’S SEASON OPENER WITH WISCONSIN
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman played for Luke Fickell at Ohio State and coached on his staff at Cincinnati.
Fickell, whose Wisconsin team faces No. 4 Notre Dame on Sunday night, says he isn’t surprised at the way Freeman has developed into one of college football’s top head coaches in the years since they worked together.
“The ones who have the most success like Marcus has are ones who create an identity for themselves, not just where they’ve been, whether it’s his time with us at Cincinnati or his time at Ohio State or his time under (former Ohio State coach) Jim Tressel,” Fickell said Monday.
Freeman had Fickell as his position coach while playing linebacker at Ohio State from 2004-08. Freeman worked for Fickell at Cincinnati from 2017-20 as a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator.
“I’ve got a lot of respect for him,” Freeman said. “I wouldn’t be in this position without the investment he made in me.”
Their two programs are in very different positions as Fickell and Freeman get ready to face off at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Freeman has posted a combined 24-4 record with one College Football Playoff championship game appearance at Notre Dame over the last two seasons. Notre Dame has one of the nation’s top quarterbacks in CJ Carr and three preseason Associated Press All-America defensive players in first-team cornerback Leonard Moore, second-team linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and safety Brauntae Johnson.
Wisconsin is coming off a 4-8 finish in 2025 after going 5-7 in 2024, which snapped a streak of 22 consecutive winning seasons.
Their two programs are in very different positions as Fickell and Freeman get ready to face off at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Freeman has posted a combined 24-4 record with one College Football Playoff championship game appearance at Notre Dame over the last two seasons. Notre Dame has one of the nation’s top quarterbacks in CJ Carr and three preseason Associated Press All-America defensive players in first-team cornerback Leonard Moore, second-team linebacker Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and safety Brauntae Johnson.
Wisconsin is coming off a 4-8 finish in 2025 after going 5-7 in 2024, which snapped a streak of 22 consecutive winning seasons.
Freeman also already lost to Fickell once since leaving Cincinnati.
Cincinnati’s run to a 2021 playoff berth under Fickell included a 24-13 victory at Notre Dame when Freeman was the Irish’s defensive coordinator on Brian Kelly’s staff. Freeman took over Notre Dame’s program when Kelly left for LSU at the end of the 2021 regular season.
Freeman explained how his experience with Fickell helped shape him as a coach.
“There’s traits that every coach I’ve had a player, as a coach, that I have in me,” Freeman said. “When I think about Luke Fickell, I think about a tireless worker, I think about the demands that he has for his players, his coaches. And the mindset of, ‘This is the way we’re going to play. This is who we are. This is our identity, and we’re committed to it.’ “
The coaching connections between these two teams aren’t limited to Fickell and Freeman.
Notre Dame offensive line coach Joe Rudolph was Wisconsin’s offensive coordinator under former Badgers coach Paul Chryst from 2015-20 and remained on that staff as offensive line coach in 2021.
Irish offensive coordinator Mike Denbrock, quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli and wide receivers coach Mike Brown were all part of Fickell’s Cincinnati staff during that 2021 playoff season.
“It’s not just Marcus that we’ve got a long history with,” Fickell said. “There’s a lot of guys over there that in particular we’ve got great relationships with, and had great relationships with. Like I’ve always said, I wouldn’t be sitting here today if it wasn’t for not just (Freeman), but a lot of those guys over on that staff.”
BUTLER CROSS COUNTRY
The Butler men are ranked No. 16 nationally in the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) preseason poll that was announced Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Head coach Matt Roe’s Bulldogs return three men who ran at the 2025 NCAA Championships, headlined by William Zegarski, who finished 66th nationally. He is joined by Brendan Thomas and Matteo Rosio among that group.
Butler finished 16th at the 2025 NCAA Championships and 16th in the final national coaches poll of the 2025 season.
Butler has earned six consecutive appearances in the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Championships and won four of the past six BIG EAST Championships.
The Bulldogs were ranked third in the Great Lakes Region as the USTFCCCA released regional rankings Monday. Butler is the only BIG EAST team ranked among the Top 30 in the preseason national poll.
The Butler men and women open the 2026 season Friday evening at the Fighting Illini Invitational hosted by the University of Illinois.
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IU INDY MEN’S SOCCER
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The IU Indianapolis men’s soccer team will put a two-game winning streak on the line when the Jaguars head south to face Southern Indiana (0-0-2) on Wednesday night (Sept. 2). The game will now be played at 7:00 p.m. CT (8 Eastern) due to extreme heat. Defensively, the Jaguars come in hot with back-to-back 1-0 shutout wins over Lindenwood and Bowling Green. The Jaguars haven’t recorded three straight clean sheets since Sept. 28-Oct. 8, 2024 when they blanked Oakland, Detroit Mercy and Butler in succession.
The Jags are looking for the program’s first 3-1 start since 2006.
Against BGSU, freshman Peter Field dialed up four saves and rookie Thomas Weinrich tallied in the 80th minute for the game-winner. Fellow freshman Santiago Sanchez set Weinrich free before the freshman striker curled a shot inside the far post in his collegiate debut. Senior Jose Antonio Herrera continues to lead the squad with a pair of goals, both from the penalty spot, in the season’s first three games.
Defensively, Luke Gonda, Noah Kummrow and Jago Thompson-Roberts have played all 270 minutes in the defensive third while junior Jai Dindiyal has played every minute in the midfield. Herrera leads the attack with seven shot attempts while Sanchez and Tyson Aschliman have attempted four apiece.
QUOTABLE
“It feels, it feels great. It feels great. I think 90 minutes, the boys bought in. We were blue collar today, something that we’ve preached for a week, something that we’ve taught day one. I couldn’t be more proud of the boys,” head coach Keegan Boom said following the 1-0 win over Bowling Green.
RANKED
The Jaguars are now ranked in the United Soccer Coaches North Region, checking in at No. 10 this week. IU Indy is the lone non-Big Ten team in the polls as the top nine spots are occupied by B10 programs.
AWARDS
Freshman Peter Field was named the #HLMSOC Defensive Player of the Week after back-to-back shutouts over Lindenwood and Bowling Green. Lindenwood entered play as the reigning Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) champs while the win over BGSU was the Jaguars’ first victory over the Falcons since 2004. He was also named TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week honorable mention for his efforts and was named to the Unigol Team of the Week.
KNOW YOUR FOE
USI is 0-0-2 to start the year with road draws at Milwaukee (0-0) and at Northern Kentucky (2-2). Tony Murphy collected assists on both goals at NKU while Brian Novillo and Isaac Weidner scored for the Screaming Eagles. In goal, Jacob English has played all 180 minutes and owns a 1.00 goals against average and eight saves in two starts.
SERIES HISTORY
The series history is deadlocked at 2-2 in four meetings all-time. The Jaguars won 3-2 last season on Sept. 6 as Nathaniel Isom tallied the game-winner in the 88th minute and junior midfielder Bali Esquivel had a pair of assists.
UP NEXT
The Jaguars will open Horizon League play on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Northern Illinois at 4:00 p.m. CT (5 Eastern).
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BALL STATE WOMEN’S GOLF
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – – Freshman Taylor Larkins turned in the first sub-par round of the season for the Ball State women’s golf team Tuesday, helping the Cardinals climb one spot up the final leaderboard of the Boilermaker Classic on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex.
The Cardinals finished 14th as a team, with its final round score of +15 (303) being its best of the two-day event. Overall, Ball State shot +64 (928), battling a 16-team field which included 11 programs ranked in the top 100 nationally a year ago. The University of Miami won the event at -10 (854), while Ole Miss placed second at -5 (859).
In her strong final round, Larkins carded four birdies to shoot -2 (70) on the 6,299-yard course. The effort tied as the sixth-lowest round of the day and helped Larkins climb 24 spots in the final standings, finishing tied for 40th overall at +12 (228).
Starting on hole 14, Larkins opened the round with six straight pars, before collecting her first birdie on the par 3, 150-yard second. After two more pars, she picked up her second par 3 birdie on the 168-yard fifth. Larkins added birdies on the ninth and 12th, while also sinking four more par putts down the stretch.
Sophomore Ashley Kirkland boasted Ball State’s second-best score of the day, and her best of the event, finishing at +5 (77). Her final round included three birdies, raising her tournament total to nine which tied for 16th overall among the 93-golfer field. Kirkland would finish second on the squad at +18 (234).
The Cardinals also counted a pair of +6 (78)s from junior Sophie Korthuijs and freshman Lexi Ray Tuesday. While neither player collected a birdie on the day, the each played 13 holes at par. Korthuijs tied for 70th overall at +21 (237), while Ray finished tied for 75th at +22 (238).
Freshman Elizabeth Coleman also finished tied for 70th overall with a final score of +21 (237), while senior JJ Gregston placed 83rd at +25 (241). Both would card one birdie in their final rounds.
The Ball State women’s golf team returns to action Monday, Sept. 14, for the first two rounds of the Brittany Kelly Classic at The Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Indiana.
Ball State Results
T40th – Taylor Larkins: 228 (78-80-70; +12)
T62nd – Ashley Kirkland: 234 (79-78-77; +18)
T70th – Elizabeth Coleman: 237 (75-79-83; +21)
T70th – Sophie Korthuijs: 237 (79-80-78; +21)
T75th – Lexi Ray: 238 (83-77-78; +22)
83rd – JJ Gregston: 241 (81-82-78; +25)
Team Results
14th – Ball State: 928 (311-314-303; +64)
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INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Four Indiana State football alumni will line up on Sundays this fall as teams announced their 53-man rosters ahead of the 2026 National Football League (NFL) season.
Robert Tonyan Jr. (Pittsburgh Steelers), Johnathan Edwards (Indianapolis Colts), Bilhal Kone (Baltimore Ravens), and Keagen Trost (Los Angeles Rams) have all been selected to their official rosters heading into NFL season scheduled to start on Wednesday, September 9.
Tonyan Jr. begins his ninth NFL season after signing a free agent deal with the Steelers in the offseason. The tight end first appeared in the league in the 2018 season with the Green Bay Packers and has posted 149 career receptions for 1,550 yards and 17 touchdowns over his eight-year career. Tonyan has highlighted his career with a 52-catch, 586-yard, 11-touchdown season in 2020 while with the Packers, and recently has lined up for the Chicago Bears (2023), Minnesota Vikings (2024), and Kansas City Chiefs (2025) prior to signing with the Steelers.
Edwards heads into his second NFL season as the former undrafted free agent returns to the Indianapolis Colts after a standout rookie campaign. The only undrafted player to make the Colts’ 53-man roster, Edwards lined up in 14 games at cornerback, making 25 total tackles while adding three passes defended. He recorded at least four tackles in four games, including a season-high six stops against the Chargers.
Kone heads into his second NFL season as the former 6th-round pick returns to the Baltimore Ravens. The former Sycamore cornerback unfortunately saw his rookie season cut short following a season-ending injury suffered in the 2025 NFL preseason. He will start the regular season on the injured reserve list after suffering a quad injury late in the 2026 preseason that will sideline him for the first four weeks.
Trost heads into his rookie season in the NFL as the 2026 third-round pick was named to the Los Angeles Rams 53-man roster. Trost finished the NFL Combine as one of the top offensive tackle prospects. The former Sycamore will start the 2026 season on the Rams’ injured reserve list after suffering a hamstring injury in late August that will require him to miss the first four games of the regular season.
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State football continues the 2026 season with its first road trip of the year as the Sycamores head to Ross-Ade Stadium and West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Purdue University. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. ET and will be carried live on the Big Ten Network and 105.5 The Legend.
Game Preview
About the Matchup
Friday night’s contest marks the eighth meeting all-time between Indiana State and Purdue, and the third in the last five seasons. Purdue leads the all-time series with a 7-0 record against the Sycamores dating back to the inaugural contest in 1926.
The contest features the third time the Sycamores have lined up against the Boilermakers in the Curt Mallory coaching era with Indiana State previously traveling to Ross-Ade Stadium in both 2022 and 2024. Purdue topped Indiana State in both contests by scores of 56-0 (2022) and 49-0 (2024) to remain undefeated in the series.
Indiana State and Purdue will continue the series in the future with a date in 2029 on the schedule.
Against the Big Ten Conference
Indiana State is currently still searching for its first win all-time against current members of the Big Ten Conference, entering the Friday contest with a 0-21 mark. The Sycamores are 0-5 all-time against Big Ten opponents in the Mallory coaching era after taking on Indiana (twice), Purdue (twice), and Northwestern.
Overall, the Sycamores have lined up against Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, and Purdue. Indiana State has most frequently lined up against both Indiana (0-8) and Purdue (0-7) over their opponent history.
Last season, the Sycamores lined up against Indiana at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind. on September 12, 2025. The Hoosiers topped Indiana State 73-0 on their way to the eventual FBS national championship.
Owens Enters Top 10
Indiana State quarterback Elijah Owens continued his climb in the Sycamores’ career annals over this past weekend as the Jacksonville, Ill. native entered the program’s Top 10 list in career offensive yards. Owens posted 288 passing yards and 11 rushing yards, giving him 3,467 career offensive yards, achieving the feat in 18 collegiate games played.
Owens’ 3,467 career offensive yards moved him past David Wright (3,252 – 1992-94) to put him firmly 10th overall in the career category. Next on the list are former Indiana State quarterbacks Julian Reese (4,109 – 2001-02) and Ronnie Fouch (4,182 – 2011-12).
The redshirt junior quarterback is also nearing entry in Indiana State football’s all-time passing list entering the weekend with 2,632 career passing yards following a career-high 288-yard passing effort against SEMO. Pending game play against Purdue, Owens could pass Blayne Baggett (2,741 – 2005), Kyle Frondorf (2,778, 1986-88), Kevin Cox (2,885, 1993-96), and Julian Reese (2,961 – 2001-02) prior to the start of conference competition.
Hayes, Reed Score First Indiana State Touchdowns
Indiana State featured a number of new faces on the offensive side of the ball against SEMO as two Sycamores found paydirt for the first time in the Blue & White in the season opener against the Redhawks.
Ashton Hayes scored his first rushing touchdown of the 2026 season on a one-yard plunge in the third quarter to cap a 10-play, 84-yard drive to pull the Sycamores back within 17-14. Hayes recorded three consecutive carries at the end of the drive, moving the ball from the SEMO 11 into the end zone to record the touchdown.
Jayden Reed also recorded his first touchdown of the 2026 season as the freshman wide receiver hauled in the go-ahead 25-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter. Reed added a 16-yard reception in the third quarter to highlight his first collegiate game.
First Starts in 2026
Indiana State featured several players making their inaugural start on the field with the Sycamores in the 2026 season in the opener against SEMO.
The new starters included returners Andy Hertlein (OL), BJ Wuest (WR), Devin Johnson (DB), and Mason Keifer (DL) as the veteran group made their debut for the first snap of the 2026 season. Newcomers to the roster that earned their first starts included Prinz Guitian (OL), Ashton Hayes (RB), Tyler Nansel (TE), and Anthony Walk Jr. (DB).
INDIANA STATE NOTES: https://gosycamores.com/documents/2026/9/1/INSFB_Wk2_atPurdue_Notes.pdf
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE VOLLEYBALL
TOLEDO, Ohio – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s volleyball dropped a non-league matchup on Tuesday night (Sept. 1) to Toledo 3-1 (25-14, 25-17, 25-21).
The Rockets jumped out to a 5-0 start in the opening set and never trailed from there. The ‘Dons strung together three kills in a row from Riley Rosneck, Miona Dimitric and Lili Smith later in the set, but UT converted three of the last four points to go up 1-0.
The Mastodons built up a 10-7 lead in set two thanks to five kills and a block, but Toledo had a four-point run before a service error to meet at 11. Two more four-point runs ultimately gave the Rockets the 2-0 lead.
The third set was the tightest of the night, despite the Rockets going up 7-1. Back-to-back kills from Rosneck brought the ‘Dons back within one at 12-11, but UT pulled away again with a few mini-runs.
Dimitric racked up a career-high 11 digs to go with five kills. Becky Barrett had 20 digs, a match-high. Ava Siefke had a match-high 12 kills for Toledo. The Rockets hit .333, with Siefke’s .458 leading the way.
The Mastodons fell to 2-2, while Toledo stayed perfect at 4-0. The ‘Dons will head to Miami (OH) for the Miami/Best Western Invitational on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 4-5).
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF
JACKSON, Mich. – Lillian Gottman and Emily Gottman picked up victories over their opponents from Southern Indiana on Tuesday (Sept. 1), helping Purdue Fort Wayne to third place at the Midwest Match Play.
The Mastodons fell to Southern Indiana 3.5-2.5, with Gottman and Gottman winning their matches and Louise Ekesall halving her match.
Lillian Gottman won her match 2&1 thanks to a late push. She won holes 14, 15 and 17 to counteract Brianna Kirsch winning holes seven, eight, nine and 12.
Emily Gottman picked up a 2-up victory over Fernanda Vera. Vera went 1-up on hole 11, but Gottman responded with wins on holes 13, 14 and a birdie on 18 to clinch the match.
Ekesall halved her match with Tora Timinsky, despite falling behind two holes on 10. The two split the next five holes, then Ekesall parred the next two to even it up going into 18. The two both parred 18 to split the point.
Hunar Mittal fell to McKenna Lowe 2&1, falling behind two holes in the first four. Mittal won three holes from that point, but so did Lowe to take the match.
Amaya Wade fell to Kaidyn Wardlaw 4&3 thanks to Wardlaw winning five holes in the stretch from 9-14. Lillie Cone fell to Elizabeth Mercer 6&5.
The Mastodons are off next week, but will visit Paducah, Kentucky to play Murray State’s Velvet Classic on September 14-15.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE CROSS COUNTRY
NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Purdue Fort Wayne women’s cross country team was picked to finish third in 2026 per the Horizon League Preseason Poll released on Tuesday (Sept. 1).
The Mastodons earned 105 overall points in the poll, edged by Oakland (119) and Youngstown State (140).
Purdue Fort Wayne took home the runner-up trophy at the 2025 Horizon League Championships, marking the second runner-up finish in three seasons. The Mastodons recorded 74 points for second place at the Horizon League Championship. Youngstown State won the meet with 54 points.
Purdue Fort Wayne opens the season at the Mastodon Alumni Open on Saturday (Sept. 5).
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EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Freshman Wren Jones had her top performance of the young season in Tuesday’s home opener that saw the University of Evansville volleyball team fall to Southeast Missouri State by a final of 3-1 inside Meeks Family Fieldhouse.
Jones recorded 14 kills while hitting a solid .257. Ryan Scheu and Makenzie Miller tallied eight kills apiece. Kendall Agler led the way with 18 digs while Carsyn Kelley added 35 assists. SEMO was led by Lucy Arndt’s 15 kills with Paige Smith posting 11.
Set 1 – SEMO 25, UE 17
After the Redhawks scored three of the opening four points, the Aces tied it right up at 3-3. Back-to-back kills by Sabrina Ripple saw UE takes its first lead at 12-11. That is when SEMO turned the tables taking a 16-13 lead. Evansville rallied back with an ace from Lexi Owen that cut the deficit to 16-15. Up 17-16, the Redhawks regained control as they outscored the Aces by an 8-1 margin to take the first set.
Set 2 – SEMO 25, UE 19
Evansville took the early 2-1 lead while SEMO fought back to go up 9-5. Two kills pushed their lead to 13-7 and forced an Aces time out. The stoppage helped the Aces as an Angelica Gonzalez kill cut the Redhawk lead in half to three points at 14-11. Unfortunately, SEMO made another rally scoring seven in a row to go up 21-11. UE never gave up, getting within five points in the final stages before the Redhawks clinched the set.
Set 3 – UE 25, SEMO 17
Makenzie Miller and Wren Jones helped Evansville jump out to a 5-0 lead. Two solo blocks by Miller along with a pair of kills by Jones forced a Redhawk time out. The Aces continued to roll going up by as many as nine points at 13-4 on yet another solo block from Miller. McKenzie Laubach added two kills during the stretch.
SEMO closed within five points (15-10) before kills from Laubach and Jones put the Aces in front at 19-12. From there, UE forced a fourth set with Miller picking up the clinching kill.
Set 4 – SEMO 25, UE 17
Trailing 3-1 out of the gate, UE tied the game at 5-5 thanks to kills from Jones and Lyla Fisher along with a Brooke Herdes ace. Over the ensuing sequence, the Redhawks regained control going up 13-8 but it was a kill from Ryan Scheu that saw Evansville claw its way back within three at 17-14. SEMO had the answer, posting the next five to take their largest lead of the frame at 22-14. They would go on to clinch the match on the strength of a 25-17 decision.
Next up for the Aces is a trip to the Miami/Best Western Invitational this weekend where they are set to face Miami Ohio, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Kansas City.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S GOLF
JACKSON, Mich. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Golf opened its 2026-27 campaign by securing a pair of wins this week at the Midwest Match Play Championship at The Grande Golf Club in Jackson, Michigan.
Ultimately finishing as the championship runner-up, the Screaming Eagles went 2-1-0 in their three matches against the University of Illinois Chicago, University of Detroit Mercy, and host Purdue University Fort Wayne.
USI came up just short in its opening match on Monday against UIC, 3.5-2.5, before locking down a convincing 4.5-1.5 win against Detroit Mercy in the afternoon swing. USI closed out the event on Tuesday with a 3.5-2.5 win over Purdue Fort Wayne.
Match #1 vs. UIC (UIC 3.5-2.5 USI)
In Monday’s opening match against the UIC Flames, junior Brianna Kirsch earned half a point for the Screaming Eagles after coming back from 2-down following the first couple of holes on the back nine.
Freshman Kaidyn Wardlaw looked impressive in her USI debut with a win in her individual match, 6 & 4. Wardlaw quickly jumped out to a 4-up advantage through the first five holes, which included three birdies. The freshman added to her lead with birdies at holes nine and 10, and later clinched the win after hole 14.
Sophomore McKenna Lowe won her opening match, 3 & 2, in a close battle early. Lowe’s match was all square through hole 13 before she won three consecutive holes to seal the win. Lowe carded a clutch birdie on 15 before clinching on the 16th hole.
Match #2 vs. UDM (USI 4.5-1.5 UDM)
USI controlled most of its Monday afternoon match against Detroit Mercy, earning points in five of the six player matches.
Kirsch went 1-down early but quickly bounced back in the middle holes of the front nine. The junior birdied hole eight to grab a two-hole cushion, and then after the turn, Kirsch won three straight holes to go 4-up and held the lead the rest of the way for the 4 & 3 win.
Junior Elizabeth Mercer split the points after a back-and-forth affair in her individual match. Mercer was 1-down going into the final hole, and on hole 18, she sank her fourth birdie of the round to draw even and earn half a point for USI.
Following another win by Wardlaw, senior Tora Timinsky added a head-to-head win, 4 & 2. After a close match through the first eight holes, Timinsky built a 3-up advantage by taking holes nine through 11. A birdie on 11 gave the senior the three-hole lead. Timinsky clinched the match on the 16th hole.
Junior Fernanda Vera earned the final point of the day for the Screaming Eagles, birdieing two of the first four holes and jumping out to a 3-up lead in the early stages. While the difference shrunk to one after hole eight, Vera took back control and did not look back. The junior clinched the deal by going 5-up on the 14th hole for the 5 & 4 victory.
Match #3 vs. PFW (PFW 2.5-3.5 USI)
Mercer provided USI with its first win on Tuesday against the host Mastodons, as the junior was steady in her head-to-head match. Mercer led by one after the first three holes and later increased her advantage to 3-up after a birdie on six and a par on seven. Mercer essentially put the match away by winning three straight on holes nine through 11 to go 6-up and later clinched the victory, 6 & 5.
Wardlaw continued her stellar USI debut with a third win on Tuesday. The freshman flipped the score in her favor with a birdie on the ninth hole and doubled up to a 2-up lead after 10. After dropping hole 11, Wardlaw answered by winning holes 12-14 with three straight pars and then clinching the match win on the 15th hole, 4 & 3.
Timinsky earned half a point in her match before Lowe came through with the go-ahead point for the Screaming Eagles to conclude the day. After being 1-down after the first hole, Lowe responded by winning the next three holes, including two birdies, to grab a 2-up lead. After a seesaw stretch in the middle of the match, Lowe carried a one-hole advantage into the 17th hole. The sophomore delivered by taking hole 17 and clinching the match, 2 & 1.
USI’s second win in the four-team competition gave the Screaming Eagles a second-place finish in the match-play event.
Next, following a brief break during the Labor Day weekend, USI Women’s Golf returns to action September 14-15 at the Brittany Kelly Classic, hosted by Ball State University. The tournament will take place at The Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Indiana.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer will play its home opener at Strassweg Field against Indiana University Indianapolis on Wednesday, September 2 at 7 p.m. CT.
Wednesday’s match will be streamed on ESPN+. Live stats and coverage will be available on X (USIMSOC) and at usiscreamingeagles.com. Wednesday’s theme is Greek Appreciation Night.
USI (0-0-2) is coming off a come-from-behind 2-2 tie against Northern Kentucky University last Monday night. Despite trailing 2-0 and not taking a shot until the 67th minute of the match against Northern Kentucky, the Screaming Eagles fought back.
Sophomore midfielders Brian Novillo and Isaac Weidner led the Screaming Eagles offensively, scoring the team’s first goals of the season. Both goals were assisted by sophomore midfielder Tony Murphy, who gathered his sixth career assist as a Screaming Eagle and took his first two shots, one on goal, of the season.
Sophomore forward Kadiri Bello also added two shots, one on goal, to USI’s shot total, finishing with ten total shots as a team with five on goal. Only three USI players played the full 90 minutes: junior midfielder Ahiro Nakamae, sophomore goalkeeper Jacob English, and sophomore defender Zach Naessens. English added two saves in the defensive effort.
The Screaming Eagles’ 0-0-2 start is the best start to a season since 2016, when the team obtained a 2-0-0 record while still in the Division II ranks. A win or draw for USI on Wednesday would give it three opening-season results for the first time since 2015.
IU Indianapolis (2-1-0) beat Bowling Green State University last time out on Friday, 1-0, scoring the team’s only goal in the 79th minute of the match. IU Indy tied Bowling Green in shots, with each team taking 13 shots; however, Bowling Green took the upper hand in shots on goal with four. IU Indy had two.
Last season, the Jaguars finished 6-8-3 and 3-5-1 in Horizon League play. IU Indy returned two of the top four goal scorers from last season: senior forward Jose Antonio Herrera (three goals, one assist), and senior forward Nathaniel Isom (two goals, two assists). Herrera has already scored two of the three goals for the Jaguars this season. In goal for IU Indy is freshman Peter Field. Field has played the full 90 minutes in each game this season and has allowed only two goals, both against the University of Louisville, while posting 14 saves.
Wednesday’s meeting is the third meeting between the two teams in the past three years, with IU Indy taking a 2-0-0 lead. In the last meeting on September 6, 2025, the Jaguars scored a late goal in the 88th minute to win the in-state matchup 3-2. Overall, the all-time series between the two teams is tied 2-2-0.
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VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
Valpo (1-3-1, 0-0-0 MVC)
Thursday, Sept. 3 – at Purdue Fort Wayne (0-3-1) – 3 p.m. CT
Sunday, Sept. 6 – at Milwaukee (1-3-1) – 1 p.m.
Next Up in Valpo Soccer: The Valpo soccer team plays its final road matches of the nonconference slate this week, traveling to face Purdue Fort Wayne on Thursday and Milwaukee on Sunday.
Previously: Taking on a Western Michigan team which has not lost at home since 2023 and which was coming off a draw with #12 Colorado in its previous outing, the Beacons acquitted themselves well on Sunday, battling the Broncos before falling by a 2-0 final – the second goal coming late with Valpo pushing forward in search of the equalizer.
Looking Ahead: Valpo closes out nonconference action next week at Brown Field, hosting Oakland on Sept. 10 and Southern Indiana for Senior Day Sept. 13.
Following the Beacons: Thursday’s match will be broadcast live on ESPN+, while Sunday’s will not have a video stream. Live stats for both matches will be available at ValpoAthletics.com. All home matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+ as part of The Valley on ESPN, while select road fixtures will also have live video available.
Head Coach John Marovich: In his 19th season at the helm of the Valpo program, John Marovich holds a 142-142-54 (.500) record both overall and at Valpo as a head coach. The 2014 Horizon League Coach of the Year and the head of the 2022 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year, Marovich is Valpo’s all-time leader in victories.
Series Notes: Purdue Fort Wayne – Despite having never shared conference affiliation, Purdue Fort Wayne is one of Valpo’s most common opponents all-time. Valpo leads the all-time series 14-6-1, including a 3-0 win last season on Brown Field which saw Kiara Desiderio net a pair of goals – her first collegiate tallies. That win by the Beacons snapped a four-match winning streak in the series by the Mastodons.
Milwaukee – The Panthers lead the all-time series 16-3-0, but Valpo’s three wins have come in the last four meetings between the two sides, including in the only meeting between the two programs in the last decade – a 2-1 come-from-behind win on Brown Field Aug. 25, 2024 which saw Sam Gountounas net the tying goal in the 72nd minute before Addy Joiner’s 88th-minute winner. Valpo and Milwaukee shared conference affiliation in the Horizon League from 2007 through 2016, during which time Valpo earned its first win in the series – a 1-0 win in 2014 as part of its league title campaign.
Scouting the Opposition: Purdue Fort Wayne – The Mastodons enter Thursday’s fixture with an 0-3-1 record this season, most recently falling 3-0 at Eastern Illinois this past Sunday. Purdue Fort Wayne is coming off a 2025 campaign in which it posted a 2-15-1 overall record and went 1-9-0 in Horizon League play.
Milwaukee – The Panthers come into the week with a 1-3-1 overall record against a challenging early-season slate, as they have already played a pair of nationally-ranked opponents and will face another in #22 Wisconsin before Sunday’s matchup. Milwaukee captured its 24th Horizon League regular season title in the last 26 years last season (Valpo’s win in 2014 being one of the two non-Panther titles) and won its fifth consecutive Horizon League tournament title as well.
On the Horizon: Following this week’s pair of matches, Valpo returns home to take on Oakland next Thursday, making it three straight contests against Horizon League foes. This is actually the second straight season the Beacons have played three straight against teams out of the Horizon League, as the 2025 schedule opened with Detroit Mercy, Oakland and Purdue Fort Wayne. It is also the second time this season Valpo has played three consecutive fixtures against teams out of the same conference, as the season opened with OVC foes Eastern Illinois, SIUE and Western Michigan.
Returning Home: After Sunday, it will be nearly a month before Valpo’s next road trip, as the Beacons close nonconference play with a pair of home matches before opening the MVC schedule with two matches on Brown Field. It is the first time Valpo will have played four straight home matches since playing five in a row back in the Eastgate Field days in September and October 2008. The 28-day stretch between games away from home will be the longest such stretch in program history.
A Big Win: Valpo’s 4-0 victory over Western Illinois was the program’s largest margin of victory and most goals scored since downing the Leathernecks 5-1 last season. It also marked the program’s largest home victory since a 5-1 win over Chicago State Aug. 31, 2023.
Stringing Together Multiple Goals: The Beacons found the back of the net eight times over a three-match stretch, bookending the four-goal performance against WIU with multiple goals against SIUE and Detroit Mercy. It is the first time Valpo has scored at least two goals in three straight contests since doing so in a three-match stretch in MVC play versus Evansville, Belmont and Murray State in October 2022.
A Rare Defeat: The Beacons’ loss to Detroit Mercy was notable in that they fell despite finding the back of the net twice. Valpo entered the day 31-0-3 in its previous 34 matches when scoring at least two goals. Prior to the loss to the Titans, the last time Valpo had dropped such a match came in a 3-2 defeat at Indiana State Oct. 5, 2019.
Back-to-Back: Sophomore Brylie Walos entered the second weekend of play without a collegiate goal to her credit and having taken just 10 shot attempts in 19 career matches, but she made sure she wouldn’t exit the weekend that way. Walos found the back of the net in the eighth minute against Western Illinois for the eventual match-winner, and followed against UDM with a 71st-minute goal which brought the Beacons to within 3-2. She is the first Valpo player to net a goal in consecutive matches since Molly O’Rear did so against Western Illinois and Drake mid-September last season.
Brace Yourself: Sophomore Martha Goddard did a lot of things last year as a rookie on her way to MVC All-Freshman Team honors, but she added a new accomplishment to her resume in the Western Illinois win. Goddard stepped up to a penalty kick and dispatched it for her first goal of the season in the 67th minute, and then capped the scoring with a 75th-minute strike for her first career brace. The sophomore has now tallied five collegiate goals.
One, Two, Three Goal Involvements: Junior Ashley Trippeer came into the WIU match with one goal and no assists across her 37 collegiate matches before playing a part in three of Valpo’s four goals in the win. Trippeer delivered the primary assist on Walos’ match-winner, scored her second collegiate goal in the 13th minute and registered the assist on Goddard’s second goal to make it three goal involvements on the evening. Trippeer is the first Valpo player with a multi-assist match since Molly O’Rear did so at Western Illinois last year, and the first with three goal involvements in a match since O’Rear and Kiara Desiderio did so in the aforementioned match.
Just Helping Out: Junior Alyssa Thomas tallied one assist apiece in each of her first two collegiate seasons, but has outdone her career total already this season. Thomas assisted on Valpo’s second goal in the draw at SIUE, on the match-winning goal in the win over WIU and on the Beacons’ first goal against Detroit Mercy. She is the first Beacon to accomplish that since Martha Goddard did so last year in nonconference play — prior to that, you have to go back to 2017 to find a Valpo player with helpers in three consecutive contests.
Picking Up Where She Left Off: It’s no surprise to see sophomore Kiara Desiderio celebrating goals, and she has done so twice already this season, giving the Beacons the lead in the 81st minute at SIUE in the eventual draw and getting Valpo on the board late in the first half against Detroit Mercy. Desiderio now has nine goals in 22 collegiate matches, including seven in 13 matches in nonconference action. The sophomore also picked up an assist on Valpo’s second goal versus UDM, the third time in her career she has had multiple goal involvements in a match.
Long Time Coming: Scoring chances don’t come often for senior defender Daisy Boardman, as she had tallied just 17 total shots and just five on goal in the first 49 matches of her collegiate career. But match number 50 proved to be the charm, with Boardman giving Valpo its initial lead late in the first half at SIUE with a volley off a corner kick. It is the latest in terms of number of games played a Valpo player has scored their first goal since Chase Ray, who found the back of the net for the first time at Evansville Sept. 21, 2023 in her 57th career match.
Putting In Defensive Work: Given that team saves are not assigned to individual players in box scores historically, the rarity of what happened at SIUE would be near impossible to research, but it feels safe to say you don’t see this happen very often. Not only did Boardman and Desiderio each score a goal, both players had goal line clearances which registered as team saves – Desiderio headed a ball off the line off a shot from a corner in the 25th minute, while Boardman did her best goalkeeping impression in an open net to keep a shot out in the 67th minute.
Making Debuts: Ivy Barba and Adria Schultz both earned starts in their first collegiate matches as freshmen at Eastern Illinois, with Schultz becoming the first Valpo freshman goalkeeper to start in her first career match since Nikki Coryell debuted in goal to open the spring 2021 campaign. Raco, Sophia Bonacci and Kinly Rodell all made their collegiate debuts off the bench as well at EIU. This past week, the Western Illinois match featured the Valpo debut of Salange Bell, who played the second half in goal before starting at keeper against Detroit Mercy. Also against WIU, Meja Blomkvist and Payton Rofe made their respective collegiate debuts.
Preseason Honoree: Coming off a rookie campaign in which she was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, sophomore Kiara Desiderio was named to the Preseason All-MVC Team. Desiderio, who became Valpo’s first Freshman of the Year since joining the Valley and was also a Second Team All-MVC choice, kicked off her Beacon career with a team-high seven goals in 2025 — tied for third-most by a freshman in program history. She ranked third in the MVC in goals and fifth in points (15), while also being tied for seventh nationally in goals by a freshman.
Who’s Back: The Beacons return 16 players who saw action on the pitch last season, including eight regular starters. That group accounted for 73.4% of the team’s minutes played by field players in 2025, including six players who played over 1,000 minutes – led by junior Ashley Trippeer, who played 1,397 minutes.
Who’s Gone: Valpo graduated four seniors from last year’s squad and had five other offseason departures. Notably, Second Team All-MVC honoree Molly O’Rear and starting goalkeeper Kate Sheridan were among the group of seniors.
Who’s New: The Beacons welcome nine new players to the program this season: seven true freshmen, one Division I transfer and one Division III transfer.
New Faces in Goal: For the second time in three years, Valpo entered the season with a goalkeeping corps which has not played a minute at the Division I level. Two-time conference Goalkeeper of the Year Salange Bell joins the Beacons from Montclair State, while freshman Adria Schultz saw the first action of her collegiate career on opening weekend.
Good as Goddard: Sophomore forward Martha Goddard returns for her second season in the Brown and Gold after a strong rookie campaign. An MVC All-Freshman Team selection, Goddard tallied three goals and recorded five assists, the latter mark matching the program record for assists by a freshman. She was tied for second in the MVC in assists and tied for fourth on Valpo’s overall single-season chart. Goddard became the first Valpo player to register an assist in three consecutive contests since 2017.
Looking Back at Last Year: Valpo posted a 5-8-4 overall record in 2025 and went 2-4-3 in MVC play, earning eight more points in the Valley than the previous season despite playing one fewer conference game and raising its winning percentage 162 points year-over-year. The Beacons scored 21 goals while surrendering 28 goals, improving their goal differential by 21 goals over 2024. This all came with the vast majority of field player minutes coming from underclassmen, as the 2025 Beacons had 41.2% of their field player minutes played by freshman and 42.3% by sophomores. Kiara Desiderio was named the MVC Freshman of the Year and was joined by Molly O’Rear on the Second Team All-MVC, while Martha Goddard joined Desiderio on the MVC All-Freshman Team.
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MARIAN WOMEN’S SOCCER
NDIANAPOLIS – The Marian women’s soccer team faced a tough defensive battle against No. 2 Cumberlands on Tuesday evening. The top-5 matchup was full of suspense, ending in a 0-0 draw.
Marian opened up the match with a pair of shots from Sienna Mullen and Olivia Parmer, with Parmer’s on target and saved by the Patriots’ goalie. The Cumberlands was quick to push back, taking a shot that the Knights’ defensive line was able to block. Marian continued to attempt strikes, firing off a trio of shots before Cumberlands fired off their second. The remainder of the half was very corner kick heavy, with the Knights recording five and the Patriots recording one.
After a prolonged halftime due to a campus-wide power outage, the game got going again with Marian opening up the second half with five shots before The Cumberlands was able to record one in the 73rd minute of play. The Patriots took charge, controlling the ball for the next 10 minutes of play, recording three more shots. Marian made their final strides after the Cumberlands did not deliver, recording two more corner kicks and a pair of shots, but came up just shy, ending the match with a 0-0 draw.
Olivia Parmer led the way in the match, recording four shots with two on target, while Sienna Mullen was close behind with three. Sophia Dawson recorded a pair of shots with both on target, while Laney Harshany,Jordan Love, Allie Tredway, Liz Fischer, and Ava Sivadat each recorded one. Lily Ames spent all 90 minutes in goal, recording a pair of saves in the outing.
Marian will be back in action on Saturday, September 5th as they travel to Saint Xavier to take on the Cougars starting at 4 PM CT.
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MARIAN MEN’S GOLF
Newton, Kan. —- The 11th-ranked Marian University Men’s Golf team placed fifth at The Mid-South Classic, its first tournament of the fall season on Tuesday in Newton, Kansas.
HOW IT HAPPENED
– Drew Hardin turned in a final-round 74 for a T5 finish, recording a team-low 4-under par tournament
– Lane Zedrick picked up three birdies in the front nine of a one-under 71 round, reaching into the top 20 with a T16 finish at one-over
– Kai Warner shot an even-round 72, placing T30
– Ryan Cesare was the top individual for the Knights in his first collegiate tournament, finishing at 8-over after a 73 on Tuesday
– Drew Werkley bounced back with an under-par 71 on Tuesday
UP NEXT
– Marian returns to action in the Hoosier State next week, playing in Indiana Wesleyan’s Wildcat Invitational in West Lafayette
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ROSE HULMAN VOLLEYBALL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Rose-Hulman volleyball team started the season with a road win over Spalding University with a final score of 3-1 and set scores of 25-15, 22-25, 25-16, and 25-14.
The team had three players reach double figures in kills, led by Keira Ohse, totaling 16. Emma Blanton had a standout performance, recording a double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs in the match. Greta Carlson also reached double figures in kills with 10.
Defensively, Rose was led by Kennedy Otwell with 15 digs. Aurora Schmidt also made an impact on defense with 10 digs on the night.
The Fightin’ Engineers set the tone early, jumping to a 6-1 lead in the first set. The team closed out the first set on an 8-3 run to defeat the Golden Eagles 25-15.
Spalding bounced back in set number two to hold off the Fightin’ Engineers late comeback attempt and even the match at 1-1 with a score of 25-22.
Rose-Hulman dominated in the final two sets with scores of 25-16 and 25-14 to defeat the Golden Eagles and start their 2026 season at 1-0.
The Fightin’ Engineers will return to action on the road in the Rosalie Resch Invitational hosted by the University of Chicago this weekend. The team will face UChicago on Friday, September 4, at 6 PM CT to start the weekend. Then Rose will battle Concordia Wisconsin and Edgewood on Saturday, September 5, at 11 AM CT and 4 PM CT
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ROSE HULMAN MEN’S SOCCER
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Fightin’ Engineers kicked off the 2026 season in incredible fashion as they took down the Greenville Panthers by a score of 4-0.
It only took ten minutes for Rose-Hulman to score their opening goal of the game. Sophomore Pace Morel beat his defender off the dribble on the right side, and he fired a pass to junior Ryan Shapiro who tapped in Rose’s opening goal.
The Fightin’ Engineers would be awarded their second corner kick of the game in the 18th minute. Senior Oliver Fila’s lob connected with graduate student Wil Bell, who headed his shot into the back of the net, putting Rose-Hulman up 2-0.
The Fightin’ Engineers would also thrive on the defensive end, with sophomore Justin Burns catching a save in the 20th minute. He would add his second save nine minutes later, as he caught a deep shot that was aimed at the top of the goal.
Morel nearly extended Rose-Hulman’s lead early in the second half, as his 51st-minute shot from inside the box was deflected away. Sophomore Benjamin Murphy would add a shot on goal one minute later, and Fila’s 56th minute strike on target would also be saved by keeper Dominick Messer.
Rose-Hulman found themselves on the attack in the 63rd minute, with senior Chase Kedzior dribbling down the midfield. He made a cross to Shapiro on the right side, and Shapiro took multiple dribbles, forcing the goalie to slide and miss as he fired his second goal of the game into the back of the net.
The Fightin’ Engineers would secure their win by a score of 4-0, as a Greenville miscommunication resulted in an own goal in the 67th minute.
RHIT will look to continue their dominance on the road as they face the Spalding Golden Eagles on Friday, September 4 at 7:45 PM.
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WABASH MEN’S SOCCER
FRANKLIN, Ind. – Bryce Kinnaman’s two-goal performance, including a decisive strike at 81:01, propelled Wabash to a 3-2 victory over Franklin on Tuesday at Faught Stadium. The Little Giants put six of their eight shots on goal and held the Grizzlies to six shots, four on frame.
Wabash (1-0) built an early first-half lead, with Alfredo Campos scoring off a Danny Tkachuk assist just 38 seconds in and later setting up Kinnaman at 15:57 to extend the advantage to 2-0. Franklin (0-1) answered in the 23rd minute when Russell Bilohlavek scored, cutting the Little Giants’ lead to 2-1. Wabash continued to generate chances after that, earning a corner kick in the 30th minute before Campos missed just wide and Darinel Maus put a shot on goal that Austin White saved in the 38th minute. The Little Giants carried the 2-1 lead into halftime.
After the Grizzlies tied the match in the 70th minute, Kinnaman scored off a Campos assist at 81:01 to put Wabash ahead 3-2. Earlier, the Little Giants played through a physical stretch from 48:54 to 57:37 that included yellow cards to Ty Freedman and Danny Escobedo, while Campos put a shot on goal that Austin Horner saved. Gabe Sanich recorded saves on shots by Emilio Quintero in the 60th minute and Ulises Rivera in the 78th. The Little Giants also generated second-half chances through Ethan Simmons and Danny Tkachuk before Kinnaman’s late goal, and the 3-2 score held through the end of the match.
Kinnaman scored twice, including the game-winning goal, and put both of his shots on frame. Campos finished with a goal and two assists for four points while taking three shots, two on goal. Tkachuk added an assist and one shot. Sanich played all 90 minutes in goal and recorded two saves.
Russell Bilohlavek scored an unassisted goal and finished with two shots. Ulises Rivera tallied a goal and put both of his shots on frame. Tripp O’Brien recorded the Grizzlies’ lone assist.
Up next, the Little Giants host Bluffton University on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. at Fischer Field in Crawfordsville, Indiana.
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1880 – Using three towers illuminating light 100 feet above the playing field, teams from the department stores of Jordan Marsh and R.H. White stage the first night game in history.
1889 – In the afternoon game of a Labor Day doubleheader in Boston, Hardy Richardson hits a leadoff homer and P John Clarkson (36-13) makes it stand up for a 1 – 0 win.
1901 – Detroit sweeps a Labor Day doubleheader from Washington, picking up an American League record 21 infield assists in the second game. This is still the AL record. SS Kid Elberfeld has 12 assists to back up the pitching of Roscoe Miller.
1902 – Cleveland pounds the Orioles, 23 – 7, collecting 23 hits off Bird pitcher Jack Katoll, a ten-game winner with the White Sox last season. Katoll goes the route.
1903 – Christy Mathewson walks three Superbas in the 1st inning and all score as Brooklyn beats their cross-town rivals, 4 – 1. Bill Reidy allows no Giants to score until the 9th.
1908 – In Philadelphia, Frank Corridon goes all the way to defeat Brooklyn, 2 – 1, in 17 innings. Corridon does not walk a batter.
1909:
Boston’s Cliff Curtis pitches his first major league game and beats the Pirates, 1 – 0.
Detroit completes a sweep of every series against visiting eastern teams, winning its 14th in a row to regain first place by a half game en route to its third straight pennant.
1912:
In a rainy doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, Red Sox ace Joe Wood tops the Highlanders in the nitecap, 1 – 0, for his 30th win and his 13th straight victory. It is Wood’s eighth shutout and second in a row. Boston takes the opening squeaker, 2 – 1 to finish the year in New York with ten wins in ten tries. With three wins last year, and five wins in their first five road games with New York in 1913, Boston ties the major league record for most consecutive wins on the road against one team (18).
Walter Johnson goes ten innings against the A’s, who beat the Big Train, 9 – 7.
Brooklyn’s Tex Erwin cracks a 9th-inning homer off Grover Cleveland Alexander to tie and the Superbas tip the Phils, 2 – 1 in 11 innings. In the nitecap, Eppa Rixey outpitches Nap Rucker to give the Quakers a 2 – 1 win in 12 innings.
At Boston, Christy Mathewson wins both games for the Giants in a 5 – 2, 6 – 1, sweep of the Braves. In the opener, Matty relieves Rube Marquard in the 9th with the score at 2 – 2 and tosses three shutout innings. Larry Doyle ends it with a three-run homer in the 12th. Matty coasts to his 19th win in the nitecap after the Giants chase Ed Doheny with five runs in the 3rd.
1914 – The National League lead seesaws. Beaten by Brooklyn, 6 – 2, while the Braves win twice, the Giants drop out of first place for the first time since May 30th. Tomorrow they will sweep two from Brooklyn and retake the top spot.
1915:
Babe Ruth is hitless at bat, but pitches the Red Sox to an 8 – 3 win over the host Athletics. He strikes out five.
The visiting Phillies sweep two from the Giants, winning, 3 – 1 and 2 – 0. Jeff Tesreau and Christy Mathewson take the losses, while Grover Alexander is the shutout winner in the nitecap.
1917 – The first-place White Sox take a pair from the Tigers, winning, 7 – 2 and 6 – 5. The Sox bunch four in the 1st and three more in the 3rd to make the shine ball’s leading proponent, Ed Cicotte, a winner over Willie Mitchell. In the nitecap, the Sox snap a tie in the 9th when Eddie Collins, with one stolen base already, swipes second and third base after a walk. Joe Jackson’s sac fly brings him home.
1918:
In Washington, the Senators end the year on a light note, by splitting with the A’s. Philadelphia wins the opener and the Nats take the nitecap, 8 – 3. The second game is Washington’s traditional year-end laugher, and 43-year-old coach Nick Altrock finishes in relief, one of his five appearance this season. Altrock bats in the bottom of the 8th and Wickey McAvoy, a catcher playing first for the day, comes in to throw. Altrock finally lines one of his lobs into the outfield, rambles around the bases and neglects to touch second and third base. Ump Billy Evans calls Altrock safe at home for the only homer by a Senator hit at home this season. For Altrock, it’s been 14 years since his last round-tripper. The game ends with General Peyton March, Army Chief of Staff, throwing out the last ball; he’ll toss out the first next year.
Brooklyn ends the abbreviated season by splitting a doubleheader with the Phils, losing the first game, 4 – 2, before taking the nitecap, 5 – 3.
1919 – The National Commission recommends a best-of-nine World Series. The lengthier series is seen as a sign of greed and is abandoned after three years.
1920 – Shaken by the possible effects of the scandal surrounding baseball, club owners begin a series of meetings to reform the game. Albert D. Lasker, a Chicago advertising man and minority stockholder, of the Cubs, proposes a three-man board of non-baseball men, with the chairman to be paid $25,000 year. Among the names mentioned: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, former president William Howard Taft, General George Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, General Leonard Wood, and ex-treasury secretary William McAdoo.
1921 – In Cincinnati, the Cubs’ Grover Alexander outpitches his former teammate Eppa Rixey to win, 7 – 0. Chicago is mired in seventh place.
1922:
At Detroit, the Browns win their second in a row over the Tigers, 5 – 4. Hub Pruett allows three hits in four innings to win in relief. George Sisler hits in his 30th consecutive game.
Behind Alex Ferguson and Bill Piercy, the Red Sox twice shut out the Senators, winning, 3 – 0 and 1 – 0.
Carl Mays wins his American League record 23rd straight game over the Athletics, although the Mackmen knock him out of the box for the first time in his win streak. He leaves with one out in the 6th and the Yankees winning, 7 – 2. New York prevails, 11 – 6, in the first game, but the A’s win the nitecap, 4 – 0.
1925 – After losing the first game by a 6 – 3 score to the Phils, the Giants unload in a nitecap, a 24 – 9 shelling. The hits keep coming – 30 to be exact in a record 58 at-bats – at the Baker Bowl. Four New Yorkers each collect four hits apiece, while a major league record-tying ten batters collect two hits each. Doc Farrell (2 for 3) who takes over for Travis Jackson at short in the 6th is the tenth. Ex-Phil Bob Meusel drives home nine runs, while rookie Fred Fitzsimmons allows 14 hits, including homers by Cy Williams, Johnny Mokan and Hal Carlson in the 8th frame. Phils starter Art Decatur is the loser.
1926 – In the first game of a twinbill between Chicago and St. Louis, Grover Alexander exacts revenge on the Cubs, whipping them, 2 – 0. Charlie Root is the loser. The Cards take the nitecap, 9 – 1.
1927 – The Cardinals bring Rabbit Maranville back from the minors, buying him from Rochester (International League).
1928 – The Senators top the Yankees, 2 – 0, as Firpo Marberry does it all, shutting down the Yanks and driving in both Nat runs. Bob Meusel’s hit streak is stopped at six straight. The New York lead is now 1 1/2 games over the A’s, winners of an exhibition game in Williamsport, PA.
1929 – The Cubs beat the Cards twice, 11 – 7 and 12 – 10, before 81,000 fans at Wrigley Field. A crowd of 38,000 sees the morning game and 43,000 watch the afternoon game. Rogers Hornsby has two home runs and Hack Wilson has one.
1932:
The Yankees keep their scoring streak alive by scoring in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Senators, 1 – 0. Lou Gehrig triples off Firpo Marberry to score Babe Ruth.
In St. Louis, the Cubs’ win streak reaches 13 as Kiki Cuyler’s fifth homer in six games leads the way to an 8 – 5 victory. Mark Koenig adds a round-tripper for Chicago.
Lew Krausse of the A’s shuts out the Red Sox, 15 – 0. Five days later Krausse will injure his arm in an exhibition game against the Stroudsburg Poconos and though only 20 years old, his big league career will be over. In 1961, Lew Krausse, Jr. will pitch a shutout for the Kansas City A’s in his major league debut, giving the Krausses (father and son) back-to-back shutouts twenty-nine years apart.
1935:
With the Cubs splitting two with the seventh-place Reds at Wrigley Field, Chicago is just two and a half games back of the Cards. Chicago wins, 3 – 1, in the opener as Lon Warneke tops Tony Freitas, then lose, 4 – 2, to Gene Schott. Bill Lee takes the loss.
Veteran P Dick Coffman (5-11) and Browns manager Rogers Hornsby get into a shoving match shortly after their train leaves St. Louis for a road trip. Coffman is cut from the team and put off the train at Edwardsville, IL, and will not play again this year.
The first-place Cards open a 30-game home stand by sweeping a Labor Day doubleheader from the Pirates. Paul Dean wins his 16th game, 4 – 3, in the opener, then Dizzy cops his 23rd in the nitecap, 4 – 1. The Cards are two games up on the rained-out Giants.
1937 – For the second time this season, the first two batters in a game – the White Sox’s Boze Berger and Mike Kreevich – hit home runs.
1939 – Nine players hit homers, as the Giants beat the Dodgers, 10 – 6, in the opener of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, falling one short of the record for two teams in one game set in 1923.
1948 – Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Pirates $2,000 for violating the National League bonus rule. Pittsburgh signed M.L. Lynch as a scout while offering his son Danny Lynch a $6,000-a-year contract. Chandler interprets this as an attempt to influence the young second baseman’s decision. Danny is declared a free agent and signs with the Cubs.
1950:
Phil Cavarretta leads off the 9th with a single, the Cubs’ lone hit against the Reds’ Ewell Blackwell. The Whip strikes out ten in winning, 5 – 1.
At Philadelphia, Mel Parnell registers his ninth straight win over the A’s as the Red Sox win, 9 – 3.
1951:
Tony Ponce of the Phoenix Senators (Southwest International League) hurls his 38th consecutive complete game in beating Yuma, 4 – 2, for his 25th win of the season.
Ken Raffensberger fires a one-hitter at the Cubs to win, 7 – 0, and gain a split for the Reds. The only hit is a 3rd-inning scratch single by Eddie Miksis that arguably would have rolled foul. Bob Rush shuts out the Reds in the nitecap to top Howie Fox, 3 – 0.
The Cleveland Indians’ Harry Simpson, Al Rosen and Luke Easter hit consecutive home runs in the 1st inning, as Cleveland beats the Browns, 5 – 1.
Don Mueller hits two more home runs, giving him five in two days, to tie a major league mark. His second homer, again off Phil Haugstad, comes a minute after he learns he is a new father. Bobby Thomson adds his 25th homer and Jim Hearn beats the Dodgers, 11 – 2. After Mueller’s second homer, Haugstad decks Thomson and hits Willie Mays with a pitch, evoking a warning from umpire Al Barlick. Barlick had earlier thumbed Ralph Branca and Dick Williams in the 5th inning, Don Newcombe in the 6th when he objected to a call, and Jackie Robinson and rookie Clem Labine. Chuck Dressen then clears his bench to avoid any more thumbings. The Giants move to five games behind Brooklyn.
1952:
Yankee hurlers Tom Gorman and Ewell Blackwell shut out the Red Sox, 5 – 0 and 4 – 0, in a doubleheader.
In the second game of a doubleheader, Washington’s Mike Fornieles makes his major league debut and pitches a one-hit, 5 – 0 shutout against the A’s.
1954:
Dodger Russ Meyer beats the Cubs for the 16th consecutive time, dating back to 1950.
Mickey Vernon of the Senators gets his 2,000th hit. He also hits his 19th home run (he will add one more before the end of the season) for a team record for left-handers. Teammate Roy Sievers also sets a team record by hitting his 23rd homer. He will also hit one more before the end of the season.
1955:
After sitting out since August 7th with a broken rib, SS Alvin Dark of the Giants falls and breaks his shoulder in a game against the Phillies.
Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle celebrate Billy Martin’s return from the army; Ford throws six innings of no-hit ball against Washington before Carlos Paula spoils it in the 7th with Washington’s only hit. The Yanks win, 4 – 2, as Mantle hits his 36th home run, a three-run shot. Mantle is ten homers ahead of rivals Al Kaline and Ted Williams. New York stays a half-game behind the White Sox, who beat the third-place Indians. Billy Martin will hit .300 in September, and New York will go on a 17-6 tear to win the pennant by three games.
Cubs middle infielder Ernie Banks sets the record for home runs hit by a shortstop by hitting his 40th dinger in a 12 – 2 rout of the Cardinals. ‘Mr. Cub’ will extend the record finishing this season with 44 and will hit 48 in 1958.
1957 – The Braves sweep the Cubs, 23 – 10 and 4 – 0. The Braves’ Bob Hazle has four hits in the first game, and teammate Frank Torre scores six runs to tie the major league record.
1958:
At Yankee Stadium, New York snaps a scoreless tie with Boston when Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle crash back-to-back 6th-inning homers off Dave Sisler. Mantle has hit three this year off Sisler. New York wins, 6 – 1. Mantle, with 38 homers, leads the American League. Mantle and Berra will hit back-to-back homers 12 times together, and homer in the same game 50 times before they are through.
Minneapolis, MN approves a $9 million bond issue to expand Metropolitan Stadium to 41,000 seats. City alderman Byron Nelson predicts it is a “dead cinch” that Washington will move there.
1960:
Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams homers off Senator right-hander Don Lee. At the beginning of his career Williams hit several home runs off Lee’s dad, Thornton.
Milt Pappas stops New York on three hits – two by Tony Kubek – to give Baltimore a 5 – 0 lead in the first of a three-game showdown. The Orioles now trail New York by .003.
1961:
Against Detroit’s Frank Lary, Roger Maris doubles and takes third base on a misplay. Mickey Mantle, hurting from a pulled muscle in his forearm, lays down a perfect drag bunt to score Roger. Maris then blasts homers his next two trips to the plate, and Elston Howard adds a three-run homer, for a 7 – 2 win.
Milwaukee manager Chuck Dressen (71-58) is axed and executive vice president Birdie Tebbetts becomes the new skipper.
1962 – Stan Musial’s 3,516th hit jumps him over Tris Speaker and into second place behind Ty Cobb on the all-time list, but the Mets beat the Cards, 4 – 3. Although The Man will continue on to 3,630 hits, he cannot overtake Cobb and, in time, Pete Rose and Hank Aaron will surpass him.
1963:
At the Polo Grounds, Pete Rose hits the first pitch of the game from Jay Hook for a homer. It’s the only score as the Reds win, 1 – 0. Jim Maloney strikes out 13 Mets in the win.
With the Senators ahead, 5 – 3, on 4th-inning homers by Don Zimmer and Ed Brinkman, Nats starter Ed Hobaugh hits his only career home run in the same frame off Cleveland’s Jerry Walker. The Tribe knocks out Hobaugh but the Senators hold on to win, 8 – 7. Hobaugh’s homer comes on his last official at bat; in his one further plate appearance, he draws a walk. Hobaugh joins Buster Narum this year as the first pitchers to have more homers than wins in a year. It will be matched this century by Dave Eiland in 1992.
1965:
The Cubs beat St. Louis, 5 – 3, at Wrigley Field, as Ernie Banks hits his 400th home run, a three-run shot off Curt Simmons in the 3rd. Simmons teed up the 400th home run of Willie Mays in 1963. Banks will end the season with 28 home runs and 106 RBI. Ron Santo and Billy Williams will also knock in over 100 runs, the only team with three such sluggers, but the Cubs will still finish in eighth place.
The Twins beat the Red Sox, 8 – 7, but get little help from Bob Allison who strikes out five times.
The Dodgers’ Claude Osteen tops the Pirates, 7 – 1, beating 14-game winner Bob Veale. The Bucs will next lose a pair to the Braves to drop Pittsburgh from the race.
Mickey Mantle hits a 1st-inning homer with two on as New York scores five runs on their way to an 8 – 1 win over the Angels. Whitey Ford is the winner.
1966:
Phillies ace Jim Bunning continues his whammy over the Mets by shutting them out, 6 – 0. It’s Bunning’s eighth complete game in as many starts against them, and his fifth shutout. The Mets have scored a total of four runs off Bunning.
The Pirates behind Bob Veale take over first place by topping Fergie Jenkins and the Cubs, 7 – 5, on Roberto Clemente’s opposite-field upper deck home run. Besides being his 2,000th career hit, Clemente’s homer is his 23rd this season, tying his career high (he’ll end with 29), and gives him 101 RBI for the year, the first time he’s topped 100.
1967:
Washington’s Bob Priddy loses his 1 – 0 lead to the Yankees when Mickey Mantle clouts a two-run pinch homer in the 8th and New York wins, 2 – 1. Mel Stottlemyre is the winner, allowing six hits and no walks. For Mantle, it is his 14th game-winning hit of the year, eight of them home runs.
Minnesota takes the American League lead on Dave Boswell’s 5 – 0 victory over Denny McLain and Detroit.
1968:
In the last Pacific Coast League game played in Seattle, Jim Bouton of the Seattle Angels tops Spokane, 4 – 1.
With Julian Javier hitting a homer in the 10th, the Cardinals defeat the Reds, 1 – 0. Bob Gibson picks up his 12th shutout and 20th win. Gary Nolan pitches the first nine innings for the Reds, with Ted Abernathy taking the loss in relief.
1969 – Ralph Houk signs a new three-year contract with the Yankees at $65,000 a season, the highest managerial salary in either league, and Joe Pepitone is reinstated.
1970:
In the first six innings, Indians starter Sam McDowell walks six Nats batters, five intentionally. Three of the intentional passes go to Frank Howard in his first three at bats, twice when he leads off the inning. McDowell moves to 1B in the 6th inning, with two on and no outs, and Dean Chance comes in, allowing both runners to score. McDowell comes back to the mound to finish, losing 4 – 1 to Dick Bosman.
Detroit’s Gene Lamont homers in his first major league at bat, but the Red Sox this time hold the lead and beat the Tigers, 10 – 1, in the nitecap. Cal Koonce is the complete game winner, adding two RBI with his second hit of the year. The Tigers win the opener, 6 – 4, scoring two unearned runs in the 8th.
That old black magic works for Gary Nolan as he outpitches Juan Marichal to beat the Giants, 2 – 0. Before the game Reds teammate Angel Bravo gives Nolan a rubber ball to carry during the game, assuring him that he’ll pitch a low-hit game as a result. Nolan allows three hits.
1971:
Sonny Siebert hits and pitches the Red Sox to a 3 – 0 win over the Orioles. Siebert hits two home runs, the last American League pitcher to do so.
Cesar Cedeno’s 200-foot fly ball falls for a grand slam, following a collision of the Dodgers’ second baseman and right fielder. The Astros win, 9 – 3.
1972:
Rookie Dave Downs of the Phils stops the Braves, 3 – 0, in his first major league start.
Milt Pappas of the Cubs hurls a no-hit game in beating the Padres, 8 – 0. Pappas has a perfect game until pinch-hitter Larry Stahl walks with two outs in the 9th inning. Pappas and C Randy Hundley both say of the pitches to Stahl, “They were so close I don’t know how Stahl could take them, but they were balls.” Pappas later comments on the plate umpire: “he had a chance to become famous as the umpire in the twelfth perfect game in history, but he blew it.” Pappas retires former Cub Garry Jestadt to finish the game.
Coming to bat in the top of the 8th inning trailing 8 – 0, the Mets score seven runs and add another four tallies in the 9th to stun the Astros, 11 – 8. It’s the Amazin’s biggest come-from-behind victory in franchise history.
1973:
Montreal’s Hal Breeden gets two triples and two home runs in a 12 – 0 win over Philadelphia.
The Tigers fire Billy Martin due to continuous differences with the front office.
1974:
A controversial call against the Reds helps the Astros win, 4 – 3. Johnny Bench’s single in the 7th scores one run and the second baserunner, Joe Morgan, is called out, negating the tying run, though replays seem to show him safe. The Cincinnati City Council will pass a resolution stating their shock and dismay at the “atrocious call.”
Boston pitchers Luis Tiant and Bill Lee each allow just one run in a Labor Day doubleheader, yet both lose games to Baltimore. Ross Grimsley and Mike Cuellar toss twin 1 – 0 shutouts.
1975 – Johnnie LeMaster homers in his first major league at bat for the Giants during a 7 – 3 win over the Dodgers. In 12 years and 3,191 at bats, LeMaster will hit only 22 home runs, but this first hit is a record – an inside-the-park homer. Two years ago, Brian Downing was the first player to hit his first homer inside-the-park.
1978 – Ken Henderson’s three-run pinch homer in the 12th paces the Reds to a 6 – 3 win over the Cardinals.
1979 – With his 145th career pinch-hit, Dodger Manny Mota sets a major league record.
1981 – The Indians’ John Denny stops Oakland, 2 – 0, for his second straight shutout.
1985 – A’s Jose Canseco strikes out in his first major league at-bat.
1986 – The Astros and Cubs play 14 innings and use a major league record 53 players in the game.
1987:
In a game in which the Astros beat the Cubs, 10 – 1, Kevin Bass becomes the first National Leaguer to homer from both sides of the plate twice in one season.
Tom Candiotti pitches his second one-hitter of the season, but also walks seven batters and makes an error as the Indians lose to Detroit, 2 – 1. Matt Nokes’ single with two out in the 8th is the Tigers’ only hit.
The parent Phillies don’t find Dave Bresnahan’s potato gag this week funny either, and release him. Bresnahan, hitting .149, explains, “We were 27 games out, what the hell?” Tomorrow night, their last game of the season, the Williamsport Bills will admit any fan for $1 and a potato. On each potato, Bresnahan autographs, “this spud’s for you.”
1990 – Blue Jay Dave Stieb pitches the ninth no-hitter of the season – a major league record -, beating the Indians, 3 – 0. Stieb had previously lost three no-hit bids after two outs were recorded in the 9th.
1991 – Three months after an operation that replaced a vein in his arm with one from his leg, White Sox pitcher Roberto Hernández holds the Royals hitless for six innings before Bill Pecota leads off the 7th with a double, the only hit Hernandez allows in Chicago’s 5 – 1 win over Kansas City. In the same game, Bo Jackson makes his miraculous return to the majors following a career-threatening football injury. He hits a sacrifice fly to drive in a run against his former team. Bo will end the year hitting .225 in 23 games, with 3 homers and 14 RBIs.
1992 – Phillies P Terry Mulholland sets a major league record with his 14th pick-off of the season, as he catches Pete Incaviglia of the Astros off base in the 6th inning. Houston wins the game, 3 – 2.
1994 – According to acting commissioner Bud Selig, September 9th is the tentative deadline for canceling the rest of the season if no agreement is reached between the owners and players in the labor conflict.
1996:
David Cone makes a dramatic return to the mound after his May operation to remove an aneurysm in his pitching arm, by pitching seven no-hit innings. The Yankees beat the A’s, 4 – 0, as Mariano Rivera gives up one hit to Jose Herrera in the 8th.
Mike Greenwell of the Red Sox, who has spent much of the year on the disabled list, drives in all nine runs in Boston’s ten-inning, 9 – 8 win over the Mariners. No other player has ever driven in nine or more runs for his team’s total score.
It seems like old timers day as the Cardinals whip the NL Central-leading Astros, 8 – 7. Willie McGee, playing for Ron Gant, has four hits and three RBI, while Ozzie Smith has three hits, three RBI, and four runs.
1997 – Trailing 12 – 7, the Rangers score six runs in the bottom of the 9th to pull out a 13 – 12 victory over the Dodgers. Juan Gonzalez and Lee Stevens each poke four hits for Texas.
1998:
Sammy Sosa hits home run #56 as the Cubs defeat the Reds, 4 – 2.
At Pro Player Stadium, Cardinal slugging first baseman Mark McGwire hits home runs #58 and #59, surpassing Jimmie Foxx, who hit 58 in 1932 and Hank Greenberg who also hit 58 six years later.
Nomar Garciaparra’s 9th-inning grand slam gives the Red Sox a 7 – 3 victory over the Mariners. Boston’s slugging shortstop joins Mark McGwire as one of only five players to hit 30 homers in each of his first two seasons.
1999:
Setting off a very enthusiastic ovation at Camden Yards, Cal Ripken, Jr. becomes the 29th major leaguer to hit 400 career home runs. The Oriole third baseman connects off Devil Rays right-hander Rolando Arrojo.
Well drilling in Toronto. Starter David Wells of the Blue Jays is opposed by Bob Wells of the Minnesota Twins who strikes out Jays rookie Vernon Wells. Toronto wins, 6 – 1.
2000 – The White Sox defeat the Angels, 13 – 6, as C Charles Johnson drives home seven runs on a three-run homer, a three-run double, and an RBI single.
2001:
In the first game of a doubleheader, New Haven pitcher Jimmy Journell makes his first Eastern League start a memorable one, tossing a no-hitter to beat Bowie. Journell, co-pitcher of the year in the Carolina League, finishes the year with a 12-game win streak.
In a 11 – 7 loss to Columbus, Toledo gives up three runs on an unusual four-base error. With runners on first and second, catcher Dave Lindstrom pounces on a sacrifice bunt by Kary Bridges, starts to throw to third, then stops and rushes a too-high throw to first. The ball goes through the Toledo bullpen area to the fence about 60 feet from the foul pole allowing Bridges to easily circle the bases.
With two outs and two strikes, Red Sox pinch hitter Carl Everett singles in the bottom of the 9th to break up Mike Mussina’s bid for a perfect game. The Yankee right-hander beats Boston, 1 – 0, for his fourth career one-hitter.
2002:
The A’s defeat the Royals, 7 – 6, for their 19th straight victory to match the longest winning streak in American League history. The 1906 White Sox and the 1947 Yankees both reached 19. The streak, which will extend one more game, will be a key feature of hit movie Moneyball (2011) based on the book of the same name.
The Cubs beat the Brewers, 17 – 4, to salvage a split in their doubleheader after Milwaukee takes the opener by a score of 4 – 2 on solo homers by Ron Belliard (2), Eric Young and Jose Hernandez. Glendon Rusch wins his eighth straight over the Cubs. Chicago P Kerry Wood ties a major-league record in the second game by fanning four Brewers in the 4th inning. Wood also homers off Andrew Lorraine, one of five gophers he serves up. Another is Sammy Sosa’s 494th homer, moving him ahead of Lou Gehrig on the all-time list.
The Dodgers pummel the Diamondbacks, 19 – 1, with only a 9th-inning score preventing them from tying the team mark for most lopsided shutout ever. The 24 hits tie the mark for the team in Los Angeles. They score eight of their runs in the 7th inning. The last hit for L.A. is the first major league homer by Dave Ross, and it comes off Mark Grace, who pitches the 9th inning.
2003 – In an effort to make the perception of the team younger and hipper, the Blue Jays unveil the fourth logo in the franchise’s 27-year history. The new look for the 2004 season adds black and silver trimming to a newly stylized bird, while eliminating the red maple leaf backdrop and the word “Blue”. The new design will prove unpopular and the Blue Jays will return to their roots within a few years.
2007 – In a 5 – 3 win by the Orix Buffaloes, Tuffy Rhodes and Greg LaRocca both make history. Rhodes cracks his 400th home run, the 14th player and first foreigner in Nippon Pro Baseball history to reach that mark. LaRocca is plunked for the 23rd time this year to set a new Pacific League record.
2009:
The Pirates fall, 5 – 3, to the Reds. It is the first time they have been swept in Cincinnati since 1975, in the days of the Big Red Machine. On a positive note for the Bucs, Garrett Jones hits the club’s 10,000th home run since Pittsburgh joined the National League in 1887.
Alex Rodriguez pick up the 2,500th hit of his career as his Yankees defeat Baltimore, 10 – 2, to complete a sweep at Camden Yards. Eric Hinske’s home run is the Bronx Bombers’ 20th at the park this season, the most by a visiting team since the ballpark opened in 1992. CC Sabathia earns his American League-leading 16th win.
2010 – Chase Utley hits a grand slam and drives in six runs as the Phillies use a nine-run 7th inning to defeat Colorado, 12 – 11, in a make-up game for a May rainout. Both teams need to travel to Denver just for the occasion. The Rockies collect 20 hits, including a homer by Carlos Gonzalez, who hits an extra-base hit for the tenth consecutive game, but they waste a good start by Jhoulys Chacin, who gives up a single earned run in 5 1/3 innings. The Rox bullpen is ripped apart by the Phillies’ bats, with Manny Delcarmen giving up four hits and four runs while retiring only one batter in his first appearance after being acquired from Boston. Besides Utley, Ryan Howard and Jayson Werth hit homers for Philly, while Chris Iannetta and Dexter Fowler join Gonzalez for Colorado.
2011:
The Giants begin a key series with the Diamondbacks with a 6 – 2 victory. Carlos Beltran goes 4 for 4 with a homer and Cody Ross homers as well while Matt Cain bests Joe Saunders. The win pulls San Francisco to within five games of Arizona.
The Rangers crush the Red Sox, 10 – 0, to record a team-record 23rd shutout on the season. Derek Holland gives up only a pair of singles in seven innings, and relievers Merkin Valdez and Mike Gonzalez toss a hitless inning each to complete the job. The Rangers score six runs against loser Andrew Miller in the first two innings and never look back. The Rangers have scored an average of 7.52 runs per game in Holland’s starts, giving him the best run support in the majors, and he is now 13-5.
2012:
The Orioles move to within two games of the Yankees with an 8 – 3 win at New Yankee Stadium. Starter Chris Tillman has to leave the game after only three innings because of stiffness in his elbow, but the O’s rally behind Mark Reynolds, who hits two homers and drives in four runs; they then add three more runs in the 8th, as the Yankees use five pitchers in the inning in a vain attempt to keep within striking distance. Randy Wolf is the winner in his first game for the Birds.
Justin Verlander allows a homer to lead-off hitter Alejandro de Aza, but then settles down, as the Tigers win, 4 – 2, over the White Sox. They are now even with Chicago atop the AL Central. Delmon Young hits a three-run homer off Chris Sale, who is charged with the loss.
2013 – The Athletics defeat the Rangers, 4 – 2, to move into a tie with Texas for first place in the AL West. The game turns in the 5th inning, when David Murphy hits a game-tying two-run homer for Texas, only to see the A’s Coco Crisp hit a ball in the bottom of the frame that hits the bottom of the left field foul pole and is ruled a two-run homer after a video review.
2015 – Clayton Kershaw strikes out 15 batters, tying a career best for most in a game and setting a new personal best with 251 on the season. He pitches a complete game as the Dodgers defeat the Giants, 2 – 1, to increase their lead in the NL West to 6 1/2 games. Kershaw ends the game by striking out Marlon Byrd with two runners on base.
2017:
Back home at Minute Maid Park after having had to move their last series to Tropicana Field because of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Astros give their home city of Houston, TX some relief by sweeping a doubleheader from the Mets, 12 – 8 and 4 – 1.
The Indians win their tenth straight game, 5 – 2 over Detroit behind the pitching of Corey Kluber who improves to 14-4.
The first Women’s Baseball Asian Cup begins. Hong Kong beats Pakistan, 17 – 2, in the opener of the tournament. Iram Khalid of Pakistan gets the first hit in Cup history, Hong Kong’s Janice Chi-Kay Lau the first run and Wing-Hin Ng the first victory.
2018 – The Dodgers take over first place in the NL West as Matt Kemp hits a two-run game-ending double in the 9th for a 3 – 2 win over the Diamondbacks. Kemp victimizes Archie Bradley for the second straight night, as he had hit a go-ahead three-run homer off him in the 8th inning the previous day.
2019 – By shutting out the Yankees, 7 – 0, the Rangers put an end to a streak of 220 games during which the Bronx Bombers had not been shut out, the second longest in history, behind the Babe Ruth/Lou Gehrig team of 1931-1933 that still holds the all-time record with 308 games. Rangers ace Mike Minor does the bulk of the work, keeping the Yanks scoreless for 7 1/3 innings.
2020:
The family of Hall of Famer Tom Seaver announces that he has passed away on August 31st at 75, after suffering from Lewy body dementia for some time, a condition aggravated by COVID-19. One of the greatest pitchers of all time, he remains the biggest icon in the history of the New York Mets.
For the second straight game, a Braves batter hits three homers, Adam Duvall pulling off the trick one day after Marcell Ozuna in a 7 – 5 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park. It is the first time in history that teammates have hit three homers in consecutive games.
2021 – Today’s game between the Mets and Marlins starts off with a bang as both leadoff hitters – Miguel Rojas for Miami and Jonathan Villar for New York – homer on the first pitch they see, something unseen since at least 1985, which is the earliest year for which the Elias Sports Bureau has pitch-by-pitch records. The rest of the game is more tame, as the Mets prevail, 4 – 3.
2022 – Yu Darvish reaches a rare milestone with a strikeout of Cody Bellinger in the 5th inning of the Padres’ 7 – 1 win over the Dodgers: this gives him 1,750 Ks in ten major league seasons, and a total of 3,000 when the 1,250 he amassed in seven seasons in Japan are added. Among all pitchers who have struck out 1,000 or more batters on both sides of the Pacific Ocean, only Hideo Nomo has preceded Darvish in reaching the mark.
Births[edit]
1807 – William Ladd, pre-MLB player (d. 1889)
1848 – George Bechtel, outfielder (d. 1921)
1850 – Al Spalding, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1915)
1863 – John Henry, outfielder (d. 1939)
1864 – Harrison Pepper, pitcher (d. 1903)
1868 – Al Sauters, infielder (d. 1928)
1878 – Bill Yohe, infielder (d. 1938)
1879 – Rube DeGroff, outfielder (d. 1955)
1879 – Fred Payne, catcher (d. 1954)
1881 – Clyde Goodwin, pitcher (d. 1964)
1884 – Joe Ward, infielder (d. 1934)
1886 – Bennie Brownlow, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1944)
1889 – Bill Chouneau, pitcher (d. 1946)
1893 – Wray Query, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1959)
1894 – George Carr, infielder (d. 1948)
1896 – Paul Johnson, outfielder (d. 1973)
1898 – José Pérez, infielder (d. ????)
1896 – Harry Shriver, pitcher (d. 1970)
1899 – Torchy Torrance, minor league owner (d. 1990)
1900 – Joe Heving, pitcher (d. 1970)
1901 – Marty Griffin, pitcher (d. 1951)
1905 – Bernie James, infielder (d. 1994)
1907 – Andy Love, infielder (d. 1986)
1907 – Ben Sankey, infielder (d. 2001)
1908 – Monte Pearson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1978)
1911 – Sukeichi Takeda, NPB infielder (d. ????)
1916 – Ichiro Yoshikuni, NPB commissioner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2011)
1917 – Jushiro Abe, NPB outfielder
1918 – Len Rice, catcher (d. 1992)
1919 – Shinya Tsunashima, NPB outfielder (d. 1997)
1920 – Dave Shury, Baseball Canada Executive; Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2008)
1921 – Jay Beekmann, college coach (d. 2001)
1927 – Milo Hamilton, broadcaster (d. 2015)
1927 – Gene Rhodes, college coach (d. 2018)
1930 – Marion O’Neil, NPB pitcher
1933 – Sue Kidd, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2017)
1933 – Marv Throneberry, infielder (d. 1994)
1935 – David Glass, owner (d. 2020)
1935 – Gordon Massa, catcher (d. 2016)
1935 – Don Williams, pitcher (d. 1991)
1936 – Don Purvis, minor league pitcher
1936 – Mitsuo Tagashira, NPB pitcher
1937 – Junro Anan, NPB player and manager (d. 2024)
1938 – Kiyohiro Miura, NPB pitcher (d. 2016)
1941 – Jerry Crider, pitcher (d. 2008)
1941 – Seiji Nakamine, NPB catcher
1943 – Sachiko Korehisa, NPB infielder
1943 – Luke Walker, pitcher
1944 – Angel Macias, minor league pitcher (d. 2025)
1947 – Mel Behney, pitcher
1949 – Roger Schmuck, minor league infielder
1949 – Noboru Toshin, NPB infielder
1950 – Lamar Johnson, infielder
1951 – Dave Criscione, catcher
1951 – Takao Kanto, NPB infielder
1951 – Mark Mueller, minor league infielder
1952 – Nate Snell, pitcher
1953 – Danny Goodwin, designated hitter
1953 – Mitsuyasu Matsuda, NPB pitcher
1954 – John Flinn, pitcher
1954 – Rick Manning, outfielder
1955 – Kazuhiro Yamakura, NPB catcher
1956 – Fred Howard, pitcher
1956 – Bill Foley, minor league catcher
1959 – Drungo Hazewood, outfielder (d. 2013)
1960 – Rex Hudler, infielder
1960 – Chen-Hsien Lin, CPBL outfielder
1961 – Jeff Russell, pitcher; All-Star
1962 – Johnny Paredes, infielder (d. 2020)
1965 – José Meléndez, pitcher
1965 – Soichi Yokotani, NPB outfielder
1966 – Terry Jorgensen, infielder
1966 – Ming-Hung Tsai, CPBL pitcher
1966 – Ying-Wei Wu, CPBL outfielder
1967 – Jamie McAndrew, pitcher
1968 – Tommy Bates, minor league player
1968 – Enrique Esteban Díaz, Cuban league infielder
1969 – Chang-Hao Hu, CPBL outfielder and manager
1969 – Hiroshi Takamura, NPB pitcher
1969 – Mike Thomas, pitcher
1970 – Shinji Ando, NPB infielder
1970 – Alvin Brown, minor league pitcher
1970 – Wen-Sheng Chiu, TML pitcher
1970 – Sean Lawrence, pitcher
1971 – Rich Aurilia, infielder; All-Star
1972 – Kenya Hunt, minor league outfielder (d. 2007)
1972 – Pat Watkins, outfielder
1973 – Ji-hoon Kim, KBO catcher
1974 – Matt Brunson, minor league infielder
1974 – Julio Parra, minor league pitcher
1975 – Vaughn Berriman, South African national team pitcher
1975 – Lisandro Corba, minor league pitcher
1975 – Faizel Moosa, South African national team outfielder
1975 – Corey Pointer, minor league outfielder
1976 – Stevenson Agosto, minor league pitcher
1977 – Yamid Haad, catcher
1977 – Ruslan Nabiev, First Division infielder
1979 – Ben Margalski, minor league player
1980 – Yu-Chung Leung, Hong Kong national team pitcher
1980 – Weiliang Li, Chinese national team pitcher
1981 – Noah Jackson, scout
1982 – Jason Hammel, pitcher
1982 – Rommie Lewis, pitcher
1982 – Wes Littleton, pitcher
1982 – Grant Psomas, minor league infielder
1983 – Gaby Sanchez, infielder; All-Star
1983 – Ryota Sato, NPB pitcher
1984 – Luis Córdova, Venezuelan national team infielder
1984 – Tsz-Chun Heung, Hong Kong national team pitcher
1984 – Adrian Martin, minor league pitcher
1984 – Dusty Ryan, catcher
1984 – Alex Valdez, minor league infielder
1985 – Becky Hartley, Canadian women’s national team outfielder
1985 – Hiroyuki Oze, NPB outfielder (d. 2010)
1986 – Evan Crawford, pitcher
1986 – Roman Pena, minor league player
1987 – Tomoyuki Kaida, NPB pitcher
1987 – Travis Turek, minor league player
1988 – Andy Ferguson, minor league pitcher
1988 – Matt Leonard, minor league pitcher
1988 – Austin Wates, minor league outfielder
1989 – Lance Ray, minor league outfielder
1989 – Seiji Tahara, NPB pitcher
1989 – Kuan-Wei Yang, Taiwan national team catcher
1991 – Christian Bethancourt, catcher
1991 – Juan Duran, minor league outfielder
1991 – Shawn Larry, Bundesliga outfielder
1991 – Willi Martin, minor league infielder and manager
1991 – Ian Sommerville Jr., Chilean national team player
1992 – Ronald Torreyes, infielder
1992 – J.D. Underwood, minor league pitcher
1993 – Lindy Boland, Dutch women’s national team outfielder
1993 – Urving Kemp, Hoofdklasse infielder
1993 – A.J. Minter, pitcher
1994 – Johnny Adams, minor league infielder
1994 – Franchy Cordero, outfielder
1994 – Rob Kaminsky, pitcher
1994 – Luis Reynoso, minor league infielder
1995 – Willy Adames, infielder
1996 – Ryan Feltner, pitcher
1996 – Eric González, minor league catcher
1996 – Kodai Sano, NPB outfielder
1996 – Wen-Hua Sung, minor league pitcher
1996 – Aaron Whitefield, outfielder
1997 – Tyler Burch, minor league pitcher
1997 – Kerry Carpenter, outfielder
1997 – Oliver Dunn, infielder
1997 – Dominic Fletcher, outfielder
1998 – José Delgado, Bolivian national team infielder
1998 – Yukikazu Sano, NPB outfielder
1998 – Chun-Chang Su, CPBL pitcher
1999 – Max Hill, Elitserien player
1999 – Carson Lambert, minor league pitcher
1999 – Victor Lopez, minor league pitcher
1999 – Mizuki Miura, NPB pitcher
1999 – Haruto Watanabe, NPB outfielder
2000 – Jase Bowen, outfielder
2000 – Seung-kyu Park, KBO outfielder
2003 – Mariano Gómez Jr., Honduran national team pitcher
2003 – Steven Oliva, Guatemalan national team pitcher
2004 – Itua Ikhine, NPB infielder
2004 – Po-Yu Lin, CPBL pitcher
Deaths[edit]
1911 – Lew Simmons, manager (b. 1838)
1914 – Al Metcalf, infielder (b. 1852)
1916 – Chick Evans, pitcher (b. 1889)
1926 – Arthur Duchesnil, minor league pitcher (b. 1891)
1926 – Ed McDonough, catcher (b. 1886)
1929 – Bert Blue, catcher (b. 1877)
1940 – Johnny Welch, pitcher (b. 1906)
1942 – Frank Martin, infielder (b. 1878)
1942 – Henry Thielman, pitcher (b. 1880)
1954 – Fred Osborn, outfielder (b. 1883)
1954 – Butler White, infielder (b. 1892)
1957 – Don Hanski, infielder (b. 1916)
1960 – Billy Maloney, outfielder (b. 1878)
1965 – Joe Hoover, infielder (b. 1915)
1966 – Bill McCabe, infielder (b. 1892)
1967 – Jack Ryan, outfielder (b. 1905)
1968 – Lee Meyer, infielder (b. 1888)
1968 – Nish Williams, catcher, manager (b. 1904)
1969 – Jim West, infielder; All-Star (d. 1911)
1970 – Herbert Hill, pitcher (b. 1891)
1972 – Jim Brillheart, pitcher (b. 1903)
1976 – Bud Heine, infielder (b. 1900)
1977 – Chucho Ramos, outfielder (b. 1918)
1981 – George Lowe, pitcher (b. 1895)
1985 – Pete Cooper, minor league catcher and manager (b. 1903)
1986 – Jim Wilson, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1922)
1987 – Cam Carreon, catcher (b. 1937)
1988 – Jim Bagby, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1916)
1988 – Marshall Riddle, infielder; All-Star (b. 1918)
1990 – Nathaniel Clifton, minor league infielder (b. 1922)
1990 – Mark Mauldin, infielder (b. 1914)
1995 – Peter Konyar, minor league infielder (b. 1927)
1996 – Wes Livengood, pitcher (b. 1910)
1997 – James Abernathy, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1918)
2006 – Victor Bernal, pitcher (b. 1953)
2006 – Jerry Dahlke, pitcher (b. 1929)
2008 – Todd Cruz, infielder (b. 1955)
2011 – Ichiro Yoshikuni, NPB commissioner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1916)
2013 – Paul Dowd, minor league pitcher (b. 1946)
2013 – Todd Zacher, minor league infielder (b. 1959)
2015 – Takayoshi Tomita, NPB outfielder (b. 1940)
2016 – Don Minnick, pitcher (b. 1931)
2017 – Carlos Velásquez, Colombian national team infielder (b. ~1949)
2018 – Glenn Bott, minor league pitcher (b. 1981)
2019 – Chace Numata, minor league catcher (b. 1992)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Wednesday, Sept. 2
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — UCLA at Kentucky
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — Southern Cal at Texas
CYCLING
8:30 a.m.
NBCSN — UCI: 2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 11
MLB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
MLBN — Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (7:40 p.m.)
TENNIS
11:30 a.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Second Round, New York
7 p.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Second Round, New York
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Thursday, Sept. 3
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m. (Friday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6 p.m.
BTN — UMass at Rutgers
7 p.m.
ACCN — Akron at Wake Forest
8 p.m.
ESPN — Colorado at Georgia Tech
NBCSN — E. Illinois at Minnesota
PEACOCK — E. Illinois at Minnesota
SECN — Ark.-Pine Bluff at Missouri
9 p.m.
BTN — UAB at Illinois
ESPNU — Idaho at Utah
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
6:30 p.m.
ESPNU — Florida St. at Georgia
CYCLING
6:30 a.m.
NBCSN — UCI: 2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 12
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Omega European Masters, First Round, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Boston at Baltimore (7:15 p.m.) OR Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs (7:15 p.m.)
TENNIS
11:30 a.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Second Round, New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Second Round, New York
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Friday, Sept. 4
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
10 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
4 p.m.
FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Practice, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
5 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
6:30 p.m.
FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Practice, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
6:30 a.m. (Saturday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
BTN — Indiana St. at Purdue
8 p.m.
ESPNU — LIU at Kansas
FS1 — Toledo at Michigan St.
9 p.m.
ESPN — Miami at Stanford
ESPNU — Miami at Stanford (Command Center)
FOX — Fresno St. at Southern Cal
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ACCN — TCU at Louisville
CYCLING
8:30 a.m.
NBCSN — UCI: 2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 13
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Omega European Masters, Second Round, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland
3:30 a.m. (Saturday)
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
MLB BASEBALL
6:40 p.m.
APPLE TV — L.A. Angels at Pittsburgh
7 p.m.
MLBN — TBA
7:10 p.m.
APPLE TV — Detroit at Cleveland
10 p.m.
MLBN — TBA
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at Ipswich Town
TENNIS
11:30 a.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Third Round, New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Third Round, New York
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Saturday, Sept. 5
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
10 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
1 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
3 p.m.
FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Qualifying, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
4:30 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
6:30 p.m.
FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix of Monterey – Race 1, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
7:30 p.m.
CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Fleetio 200 – The Chase, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
8 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Final Practice, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ABC — East Carolina at Alabama
ACCN — New Hampshire at Syracuse
CBSSN — Bryant at Army
ESPN — Oregon St. at Houston
ESPNU — Liberty at James Madison
FOX — North Texas at Indiana
FS1 — Ohio at Nebraska
TNT — Coastal Carolina at West Virginia
12:30 p.m.
CW — Miami (Ohio) at Pittsburgh
12:45 p.m.
SECN — Kent St. at South Carolina
3:30 p.m.
ABC — Baylor vs. Auburn, Atlanta
ACCN — Tulane at Duke
CBS — Boise St. at Oregon
CBSSN — Towson at Navy
ESPN — Texas St. at Texas
FOX — Boston College at Cincinnati
FS1 — Marshall at Penn St.
3:45 p.m.
ESPNU — Oklahoma St. at Tulsa
4:15 p.m.
BTN — N. Illinois at Iowa
SECN — N. Alabama at Arkansas
6 p.m.
USA — Wyoming at Colorado St.
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Idaho St. at Utah St.
ESPN — Missouri St. at Texas A&M
FS1 — Abilene Christian at Texas Tech
7:30 p.m.
ABC — Clemson at LSU
ACCN — VMI at Virginia Tech
ESPNU — Louisiana-Monroe at Mississippi St.
NBC — W. Michigan at Michigan
PEACOCK — W. Michigan at Michigan
7:45 p.m.
SECN — FAU at Florida
8 p.m.
BTN — Regional Coverage: Hampton at Maryland OR S. Dakota St. at Northwestern
9:30 p.m.
USA — Portland St. at San Diego St.
10 p.m.
CW — UNLV at Hawaii
FS1 — Cent. Michigan at New Mexico
10:30 p.m.
CBSSN — W. Kentucky at Nevada
ESPN — UCLA at California
GOLF
3:30 a.m.
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
9 a.m.
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
4 p.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Omega European Masters, Third Round, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland (taped)
3 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
HORSE RACING
4 p.m.
NBC — TBA
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
MLBN — TBA
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Houston (7:15 p.m.) OR N.Y. Yankees at San Diego (7:15 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: AFC Bournemouth at Newcastle United
10 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Nottingham Forest
USA — English Premier League: Coventry City at Manchester City
Noon
CBS — Serie A: TBA
12:30 p.m.
NBC — English Premier League: Aston Villa at Hull City
USA — Bundesliga: Bayern Munich at Schalke 04
7 a.m.
ESPN2 — Bundesliga: TBA
TENNIS
11 a.m.
ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Third Round, New York
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Third Round, New York
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Sunday, Sept. 6
AUTO RACING
9 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Pirelli Gran Premio d’Italia 2026, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza Italy
12:30 p.m.
FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix of Monterey – Race 2, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
2:30 p.m.
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: INDYCAR Grand Prix of Monterey, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, Monterey, Calif.
5 p.m.
USA — Nascar Cup Series: Cook Out Southern 500 – The Chase, Darlington Raceway, Darlington, S.C.
COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
12:30 p.m.
ACCN — Princeton at North Carolina
2 p.m.
ACCN — Northwestern at Boston College
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Noon
ESPN2 — Texas Southern at Prairie View A&M
3 p.m.
ESPN — SC State at Florida A&M
4 p.m.
NBC — Washington St. at Washington
NFLN — Albany St. (Ga.) vs. Johnson C. Smith, Canton, Ohio
PEACOCK — Washington St. at Washington
7:30 p.m.
ABC — Louisville vs. Mississippi, Nashville, Tenn.
NBC — Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame, Green Bay, Wis.
PEACOCK — Wisconsin vs. Notre Dame, Green Bay, Wis.
COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)
3:30 p.m.
ACCN — Michigan at Notre Dame
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPNU — Stanford at Santa Clara
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
Noon
ABC — Louisville at Texas
3 p.m.
ESPN2 — Indiana at Tennessee
7 p.m.
FOX — Kentucky vs. Penn St., Chicago
9 p.m.
FOX — Missouri vs. Nebraska, Chicago
CYCLING
8:30 a.m.
NBCSN — UCI: 2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 15
GOLF
3 a.m.
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
8:30 a.m.
GOLF — 2026 Walker Cup: Team U.S. vs. Team GB&I, From Lahinch Golf Club in Lahinch, Clare, Ireland
3 p.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Omega European Masters, Final Round, Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Crans Montana, Switzerland (taped)
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
NBC — Atlanta at Philadelphia (1:10 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Atlanta at Philadelphia (1:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
MLBN — TBA
6 p.m.
NBCSN — Minnesota at Chicago White Sox (6:20 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Minnesota at Chicago White Sox (6:20 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: TBA
11:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Arsenal
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
2 p.m.
CBS — NWSL: NJ/NY Gotham at Denver
4 p.m.
CBS — NWSL: Washington at Portland
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: San Diego at Seattle
TENNIS
11 a.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Round of 16, New York
3 p.m.
ABC — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Round of 16, New York
7 p.m.
ESPN — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open, Round of 16, New York
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