THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 2026

“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION

6A

1 BROWNSBURG

2 WESTFIELD

3 WARREN CENTRAL

4 CENTER GROVE

5 LAWRENCE NORTH

6 CROWN POINT

7 PENN

8 CARMEL

9 FW CARROLL

10 AVON 

5A

1 NEW PALESTINE

2 CATHEDRAL

3 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

4 WARSAW

5 FLOYD CENTRAL

6 CONCORD

7 LAFAYETTE JEFF

8 PLAINFIELD

9 CASTLE

10 PENDLETON HEIGHTS

4A

1 EAST CENTRAL

2 BISHOP CHATARD

3 FW DWENGER

4 EAST NOBLE

5 HOBART

6 SB ST. JOSEPH

7 RONCALLI

8 EVANSVILLE REITZ

9 YORKTOWN

10 LOGANSPORT

3A

1 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL

2 LAWRENCEBURG

3 ANDREAN

4 GIBSON SOUTHERN

5 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

6 ADAMS CENTRAL

7 INDIAN CREEK

8 TRI WEST

9 TWIN LAKES

10 BLUFFTON

2A

1 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL

2 SOUTH PUTNAM

3 LUTHERAN

4 LAPEL

5 EASTSIDE

6 EASTERN GREENTOWN

7 CASCADE

8 NORTH POSEY

9 RENSSELEAR CENTRAL

10 EASTERN HANCOCK

1A

1 RIVERTON PARKE

2 PIONEER

3 NORTH JUDSON

4 MILAN

5 NORTH DAVIESS

6 MADISON GRANT

7 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC

8 FW CARROLL

9 SOUTH ADAMS

10 SPRINGS VALLEY

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USA/NETWORK INDIANA POLLS

CLASS 6A 

1. BROWNSBURG (17) 4-0 170 1

2. WESTFIELD 4-0 152 2

3. WARREN CENTRAL 4-0 135 3

4. CENTER GROVE 3-1 110 4

5. CROWN POINT 4-0 86 5

6. PENN 4-0 83 6

7. LAWRENCE NORTH 3-1 65 8

8. CARMEL 2-2 63 7

9. FW CARROLL 3-1 42 9

10. (TIE) AVON 3-1 10 10

10. (TIE) MERRILLVILLE 3-1 10 NR

CLASS 5A 

1. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (9) 4-0 160 1

2. NEW PALESTINE (6) 3-1 154 2

3. CATHEDRAL (1) 2-2 116 5

4. (TIE) WARSAW 4-0 109 4

4. (TIE) PENDLETON HEIGHTS (1) 4-0 109 3

6. FLOYD CENTRAL 4-0 91 6

7. CONCORD 3-1 64 7

8. PLAINFIELD 3-1 48 9

9. CASTLE 3-1 45 8

10. LAFAYETTE JEFF 2-2 25 10

CLASS 4A 

1. EAST CENTRAL (8) 3-1 153 3

2. BISHOP CHATARD (6) 3-1 148 1

3. FW DWENGER 3-1 125 2

4. EAST NOBLE (3) 4-0 116 4

5. SB ST. JOSEPH 4-0 101 5

6. HOBART 4-0 79 7

7. RONCALLI 2-2 64 6

8. EVANSVILLE REITZ 4-0 55 9

9. YORKTOWN 3-1 46 8

10. NORTHRIDGE 4-0 27 NR

CLASS 3A 

1. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (14) 4-0 164 1

2. ANDREAN (1) 3-1 145 2

3. GIBSON SOUTHERN 3-1 130 3

4. INDIAN CREEK (2) 4-0 91 6

5. ADAMS CENTRAL 3-1 83 5

6. TWIN LAKES 4-0 75 7

7. (TIE) EVANSVILLE MATER DEI 3-1 67 4

7. (TIE) LAWRENCEBURG 3-1 67 8

9. TRI-WEST 3-1 42 9

10. MACONAQUAH 4-0 28 10

CLASS 2A 

1. LAPEL (8) 4-0 158 1

2. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (6) 4-0 156 2

3. LUTHERAN (2) 4-0 131 3

4. EASTSIDE 4-0 110 4

5. SOUTH PUTNAM (1) 4-0 103 5

6. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) 4-0 78 6

7. NORTH POSEY 4-0 62 7

8. CASCADE 3-1 55 8

9. EASTERN HANCOCK 4-0 53 9

10. BREMEN 4-0 24 10

CLASS 1A 

1. RIVERTON PARKE (10) 4-0 160 1

2. PIONEER (4) 4-0 152 2

3. NORTH JUDSON (3) 4-0 147 3

4. NORTH DAVIESS 4-0 108 4

5. MILAN 3-1 102 5

6. SPRINGS VALLEY 3-1 73 6

7. MADISON-GRANT 4-0 56 10

8. SOUTH ADAMS 2-2 37 9

9. TRI 3-1 20 NR

10. LAF. CENTRAL CATHOLIC 2-2 19 8

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 5 SCHEDULE

ALL TIMES EASTERN

ADAMS CENTRAL AT HERITAGE 7:00 PM

ALEXANDRIA AT OAK HILL 7:00 PM

ANDERSON AT KOKOMO 7:00 PM

ANDREAN AT HOBART 8:00 PM

AVON AT FRANKLIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM

BATESVILLE AT EAST CENTRAL 7:30 PM

BELLMONT AT HUNTINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM

BEN DAVIS AT WARREN CENTRAL 7:00 PM

BLACKFORD AT MISSISSINEWA 7:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7:00 PM

BOWMAN ACADEMY AT ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL 8:00 PM

BREMEN AT JIMTOWN 7:00 PM

BROWN COUNTY AT SOUTH DECATUR 7:00 PM

BROWNSBURG AT FISHERS 7:00 PM

BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT NORTH HARRISON 7:00 PM

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT HAMMOND NOLL 8:00 PM

CARMEL AT LAWRENCE NORTH 7:00 PM

CASTLE AT BOONVILLE 8:00 PM

CENTERVILLE AT NORTHEASTERN 7:00 PM

CENTRAL NOBLE AT LAKELAND 7:00 PM

CHARLESTOWN AT PROVIDENCE 7:00 PM

CHESTERTON AT VALPARAISO 8:00 PM

CHURUBUSCO AT ANGOLA 7:00 PM

CLOVERDALE AT NORTH DAVIESS 7:00 PM

COLUMBIA CITY AT DEKALB 7:00 PM

COLUMBUS EAST AT NEW ALBANY 7:00 PM

CONCORD AT NORTHRIDGE 7:00 PM

CORYDON CENTRAL AT CLARKSVILLE 7:00 PM

COVINGTON AT SOUTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM

CRAWFORD COUNTY AT MITCHELL 7:00 PM

CULVER ACADEMY AT HAMMOND CENTRAL 7:30 PM

DANVILLE AT LEBANON 7:00 PM

DELPHI AT TRI-CENTRAL 7:00 PM

EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL AT MUNSTER 8:00 PM

EAST NOBLE AT LEO 7:00 PM

EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT CARROLL (FLORA) 7:00 PM

EASTERN GREENE AT EASTERN (PEKIN) 7:30 PM

EASTERN HANCOCK AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:00 PM

EASTSIDE AT FAIRFIELD 7:00 PM

EDINBURGH AT MILAN 7:00 PM

ELWOOD AT EASTBROOK 7:00 PM

EVANSVILLE CENTRAL AT EVANSVILLE REITZ 7:30 PM

EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT JASPER 7:30 PM

EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT EVANSVILLE HARRISON 7:30 PM

EVANSVILLE NORTH AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 7:30 PM

FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK AT SOUTH ADAMS 7:00 PM

FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7:00 PM

FORT WAYNE DWENGER AT HOMESTEAD 7:00 PM

FORT WAYNE LUERS AT FORT WAYNE NORTH 7:00 PM

FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:00 PM

FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH 7:00 PM

FOUNTAIN CENTRAL AT ATTICA 7:00 PM

FRANKFORT AT CASCADE 7:00 PM

FREMONT AT WEST NOBLE 7:00 PM

FRONTIER AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL 8:00 PM

GARY WEST AT CALUMET 8:00 PM

GREENCASTLE AT NORTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM

GREENSBURG AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:00 PM

GREENWOOD AT BEECH GROVE 7:00 PM

GRIFFITH AT RIVER FOREST 8:00 PM

GUERIN CATHOLIC AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI 7:00 PM

HAGERSTOWN AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 7:00 PM

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT WESTFIELD 7:00 PM

HANOVER CENTRAL AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM

HERITAGE HILLS AT WASHINGTON 7:30 PM

INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL AT SOUTHPORT 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT BREBEUF JESUIT 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS RITTER AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 7:00 PM

JAY COUNTY AT BLUFFTON 7:00 PM

JEFFERSONVILLE AT FLOYD CENTRAL 7:00 PM

JENNINGS COUNTY AT SPRINGS VALLEY 7:30 PM

JOHN GLENN AT KNOX 7:30 PM

LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT TWIN LAKES 7:00 PM

LAPORTE AT LAKE CENTRAL 8:00 PM

LAWRENCEBURG AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:00 PM

LINTON AT VINCENNES LINCOLN 7:00 PM

LOGANSPORT AT WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM

LOWELL AT HIGHLAND 8:00 PM

MACONAQUAH AT PERU 7:00 PM

MADISON-GRANT AT FRANKTON 7:00 PM

MANCHESTER AT NORTHFIELD 7:00 PM

MARION AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:00 PM

MARTINSVILLE AT FRANKLIN 7:00 PM

MCCUTCHEON AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) 7:00 PM

MICHIGAN CITY AT MERRILLVILLE 8:00 PM

MISHAWAKA MARIAN AT PENN 7:00 PM

MOORESVILLE AT DECATUR CENTRAL 7:00 PM

MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT DELTA 7:30 PM

NEW CASTLE AT LAPEL 7:00 PM

NEW HAVEN AT NORWELL 7:00 PM

NEW PALESTINE AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS 7:00 PM

NEW PRAIRIE AT ELKHART 7:30 PM

NOBLESVILLE AT ZIONSVILLE 7:00 PM

NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL AT CHRISTEL HOUSE 7:00 PM

NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT CENTER GROVE 7:00 PM

NORTH JUDSON AT CULVER 7:30 PM

NORTH KNOX AT NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) 7:00 PM

NORTH MIAMI AT PIONEER 7:00 PM

NORTH MONTGOMERY AT WESTERN BOONE 7:00 PM

NORTH NEWTON AT WEST CENTRAL 7:30 PM

NORTH VERMILLION AT RIVERTON PARKE 7:00 PM

NORTH WHITE AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM

NORTHVIEW AT OWEN VALLEY 7:00 PM

NORTHWOOD AT MISHAWAKA 7:00 PM

PAOLI AT WEST WASHINGTON 7:00 PM

PARK TUDOR AT UNION CITY 7:00 PM

PARKE HERITAGE AT SEEGER 7:00 PM

PERRY MERIDIAN AT WHITELAND 7:00 PM

PIKE AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7:00 PM

PIKE CENTRAL AT NORTH POSEY 7:30 PM

PLAINFIELD AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM

PLYMOUTH AT GOSHEN 7:00 PM

PORTAGE AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM

PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT GARRETT 7:00 PM

PRINCETON AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) 8:00 PM

RICHMOND AT LAFAYETTE JEFF 7:00 PM

ROCHESTER AT LEWIS CASS 7:00 PM

RUSHVILLE AT CONNERSVILLE 7:00 PM

SALEM AT MADISON 7:00 PM

SCOTTSBURG AT SILVER CREEK 7:00 PM

SEYMOUR AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM

SHERIDAN AT CLINTON PRAIRIE 7:00 PM

SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH 7:00 PM

SOUTH BEND RILEY AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 7:00 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) AT CASTON 7:30 PM

SOUTH PUTNAM AT SULLIVAN 7:00 PM

SOUTH SPENCER AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM

SOUTHERN WELLS AT WOODLAN 7:00 PM

SOUTHMONT AT CRAWFORDSVILLE 7:00 PM

SOUTHRIDGE AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 7:30 PM

SPEEDWAY AT MONROVIA 7:00 PM

SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT NORTH DECATUR 7:00 PM

TAYLOR AT CLINTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM

TECUMSEH AT PERRY CENTRAL 8:00 PM

TELL CITY AT HANCOCK COUNTY (KY.) 8:00 PM

TERRE HAUTE NORTH AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH 7:00 PM

TIPPECANOE VALLEY AT LAVILLE 7:00 PM

TIPTON AT BENTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM

TRI AT SHENANDOAH 7:00 PM

TRITON AT WINAMAC 7:00 PM

TRITON CENTRAL AT SHELBYVILLE 7:00 PM

TRI-WEST AT INDIAN CREEK 7:00 PM

UNION COUNTY AT WINCHESTER 7:00 PM

WABASH AT SOUTHWOOD 7:00 PM

WARSAW AT WAWASEE 7:00 PM

WES-DEL AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM

WEST VIGO AT EDGEWOOD 7:00 PM

WESTERN AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS 7:00 PM

WHEELER AT BOONE GROVE 8:00 PM

WHITING AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM

WHITKO AT NORTHWESTERN 7:00 PM

YORKTOWN AT COLUMBUS NORTH 7:00 PM

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL

Z-RATINGS

4A

1 FW CARROLL

2 WESTFIELD

3 HAMILTON SE

4 CHESTERTON

5 YORKTOWN

6 CARMEL

7 PENN

8 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

9 PLAINFIELD

10 HARRISON

3A

1 BATESVILLE

2 PROVIDENCE

3 GREENSBURG

4 NORTHVIEW

5 BARR REEVE

6 HERITAGE

7 BISHOP NOLL

8 CATHEDRAL

9 TRI-WEST

10 WEST NOBLE

2A

1 SOUTHWOOD

2 PERRY CENTRAL

3 BENTON CENTRAL

4 LAPEL

5 SOUTH ADAMS

6 MUNCIE BURRIS

7 WINCHESTER

8 TRINITY LUTHERAN

9 TELL CITY

10 ADAMS CENTRAL

1A

1 LUTHERAN

2 COVINGTON

3 TECUMSEH

4 SOUTHERN WELLS

5 MARQUETTE CATHOLIC

6 MORGAN TOWNSHIP

7 GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN

8 EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN

9 SOUTH NEWTON

10 SHOALS

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MONDAY VOLLEYBALL SCORES:

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=9/14/2026

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER

POLLS

3A ISCA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER POLL 9/14/2026 

1. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
2. CASTLE
3. GOSHEN
4. ZIONSVILLE
5. HAMILTON SE
6. FISHERS
7. VALPARAISO
8. EV. MEMORIAL
9. CHESTERTON
10. CONCORD
11. NOBLESVILLE
12. FW CARROLL
13. COLUMBUS NORTH
14. BROWNSBURG
15. LAWRENCE NORTH
16. EV. NORTH
17. CARMEL
18. JASPER
19. PENN
20. ELKHART

2A ISCA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER POLL 9/14/2026 

1. GUERIN CATHOLIC
2. MISHAWAKA MARIAN
3. BISHOP NOLL
4. PARK TUDOR
5. LEO
6. COVENANT CHRISTIAN (INDPLS)
7. ILLIANA CHRISTIAN
8. BISHOP LUERS
9. HERITAGE HILLS
10. CARDINAL RITTER
11. SOUTHRIDGE
12. HANOVER CENTRAL
13. SPEEDWAY
14. BREBEUF JESUIT
15. SB SAINT JOSEPH
16. WASHINGTON COMMUNITY
17. BREMEN
18. ANDREAN
19. GREENCASTLE
20. CHARLESTOWN

 
1A ISCA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER POLL 9/14/2026 

1. BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN
2. FAITH CHRISTIAN
3. SHAWE MEMORIAL
4. GREENWOOD CHRISTIAN
5. WESTVIEW
6. OLDENBURG ACADEMY
7. NORTHEAST DUBOIS
8. ARGOS
9. FOREST PARK
10. SCECINA
11. BETHESDA CHRISTIAN
12. WHITE RIVER VALLEY
13. SOUTHWESTERN (SHELBY)
14. SOUTH KNOX
15. CANTERBURY
16. TELL CITY
17. RISING SUN
18. CLARKSVILLE
19. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OF INDIANA
20. BARR-REEVE

MONDAY SCORES:

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=9/14/2026

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER 

POLLS
3A ISCA GIRLS POLL    

1. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
2. HOMESTEAD
3. CARMEL
4. WESTFIELD
5. CENTER GROVE
6. ZIONSVILLE
7. CATHEDRAL
8. NOBLESVILLE
9. LAWRENCE NORTH
10. CROWN POINT
11. PENN
12. MT VERNON
13. MISHAWAKA MARIAN
14. EVANSVILLE NORTH
15. COLUMBUS NORTH
16. EAST CENTRAL
17. WARSAW
18. NORTHROP
19. LAWRENCEBURG
20. VALPARAISO

2A ISCA GIRLS POLL 

1. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
2. BREBEUF JESUIT
3. PARK TUDOR
4. SB SAINT JOSEPH
5. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI
6. BATESVILLE
7. FW CONCORDIA LUTHERAN
8. GUERIN CATHOLIC
9. TRI-WEST
10. BISHOP DWENGER
11. BELLMONT
12. LEO
13. HANOVER CENTRAL
14. BISHOP CHATARD
15. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
16. HERITAGE HILLS
17. WASHINGTON
18. DELTA
19. DEKALB
20. KANKAKEE VALLEY

1A ISCA GIRLS POLL

1. WESTVIEW
2. OLDENBURG ACADEMY
3. FOREST PARK
4. FW BLACKHAWK
5. PROVIDENCE
6. OAK HILL
7. ELKHART CHRISTIAN
8. SWITZERLAND COUNTY
9. LAPEL
10. EVANSVILLE CHRISTIAN
11. SHERIDAN
12. BREMEN
13. TRINITY ACADEMY
14. LAKEWOOD PARK
15. WHITE RIVER VALLEY
16. SOUTH KNOX
17. GREENCASTLE
18. SHAWE MEMORIAL
19. TRINITY CENTRAL
20. SOUTH SPENCER

MONDAY SCORES:

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=9/14/2026

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

POLL

1. COLUMBUS NORTH
2. CARMEL
3. HOMESTEAD
4. FORT WAYNE CARROLL
5. BROWNSBURG
6. YORKTOWN
7. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
8. NOBLESVILLE
9. WESTFIELD
10. PENN
11. CENTER GROVE
12. NORTH CENTRAL
13. AVON
14. FISHERS
15. HARRISON
16. FRANKLIN CENTRAL
17. BLOOMINGTON NORTH
18. ZIONSVILLE
19. CROWN POINT
20. LAWRENCE NORTH
21. FRANKLIN COMMUNITY
22. NORTHRIDGE
23. CHESTERTON
24. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA
25. CHATARD

https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/cross-country

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

POLL

1. CARMEL
2. LAKE CENTRAL
3. HOMESTEAD
4. WESTFIELD
5. FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA
6. FLOYD CENTRAL
7. ZIONSVILLE
8. GUERIN CATHOLIC
9. FISHERS
10. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
11. WHITELAND
12. AVON
13. COLUMBUS NORTH
14. PENN
15. FORT WAYNE CARROLL
16. FRANKLIN CENTRAL
17. COLUMBIA CITY
18. MORGAN TOWNSHIP
19. MUNSTER
20. HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
21. BISHOP DWENGER
22. CENTER GROVE
23. NORTH CENTRAL
24. NORTHRIDGE
25. HARRISON

https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/girls/cross-country

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INDIANA BOYS TENNIS

RANKINGS

1.ZIONSVILLE

2.CARMEL

3.HSE

4.SB ST JOSEPH

5.CENTER GROVE

6.DELTA

7.BREBEUF

8.BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

9.GUERIN CATHOLIC

10.JASPER

11.WESTFIELD

12.PENN

13.BARR REEVE

14.AVON

15.PARK TUDOR

16.FW CARROLL

17.KOKOMO

18.WEST LAFAYETTE

19.WHITELAND

20.SEYMOUR

21.BROWNSBURG

22.NOBELSVILLE

23.FISHERS

24.NEW PALESTINE

25.GIBSON SOUTHERN

26.CATHEDRAL

27.PLAINFIELD

28.COLUMBUS NORTH

29.CASTLE

30.PROVIDENCE

https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/tennis

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INDIANA GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL

MONDAY SCORES: 

https://www.maxpreps.com/in/flag-football/girls/scores/?date=9/14/2026

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

DODGERS 4, REDS 1

YANKEES 8, TWINS 3

ORIOLES 2, METS 1

CUBS 7, BRAVES 3

WHITE SOX 7, GUARDIANS 3

PADRES 8, ROCKIES 7

TIGERS 6, BLUE JAYS 5

CARDINALS 2, GIANTS 1

ANGELS 6, MARINERS 4

DIAMONDBACKS 8, MARLINS 7

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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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 SCHEDULE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 3

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17

SYRACUSE AT PITT | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

MIAMI (FLA.) AT WAKE FOREST | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN

HOUSTON AT TEXAS TECH | 8 P.M. | FOX

PORTLAND STATE AT OREGON | 10:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

SATURDAY, SEPT. 19

COASTAL CAROLINA AT DELAWARE | 11:30 A.M. | CBSSN

KENT STATE AT OHIO STATE | 12 P.M. | FOX

GEORGIA AT ARKANSAS | 12 P.M. | ABC

BUFFALO AT PENN STATE | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

TULANE AT KANSAS STATE | 12 P.M. | ESPN2

BOWLING GREEN AT IOWA STATE | 12 P.M. | ESPNU

ARIZONA STATE AT KANSAS | 12 P.M. | FS1

MERCER AT GEORGIA TECH | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

NORTH CAROLINA AT CLEMSON | 12 P.M. | ESPN/DISNEY+

AKRON AT MINNESOTA | 12 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

NORTH TEXAS AT TEXAS STATE | 12 P.M. | USA NETWORK

EASTERN MICHIGAN AT WISCONSIN | 12:30 P.M. | PEACOCK

NC STATE AT VANDERBILT | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

WYOMING AT CENTRAL MICHIGAN | 1 P.M. | ESPN+

MAINE AT BOSTON COLLEGE | 2 P.M. | ACCNX

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AT ILLINOIS | 2 P.M. | PEACOCK

TEMPLE AT TOLEDO | 3 P.M. | CBSSN

KENTUCKY AT TEXAS A&M | 3:30 P.M.

FLORIDA STATE AT ALABAMA | 3:30 P.M. | ABC

USC AT RUTGERS | 3:30 P.M. | CBS

SMU AT LOUISVILLE | 3:30 P.M.

UTAH STATE AT UTAH | 3:30 P.M. | FOX

MIAMI (OHIO) AT CINCINNATI | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

WAGNER AT CAL | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

UTEP AT MICHIGAN | 3:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

DUQUESNE AT WASHINGTON STATE | 3:30 P.M. | USA NETWORK

STONEHILL AT UMASS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+

WESTERN KENTUCKY AT INDIANA | 4 P.M. | PEACOCK

UNI AT IOWA | 4 P.M. | FS1

STANFORD AT DUKE | 4 P.M. | CW

BALL STATE AT LIBERTY | 4 P.M. | ESPN+

LOUISIANA TECH AT BAYLOR | 4 P.M. | ESPNU

MISSISSIPPI STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

SE LOUISIANA AT UL MONROE | 4:30 P.M. | ESPN+

EAST CAROLINA AT OLD DOMINION | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

CHARLOTTE AT APPALACHIAN STATE | 6 P.M. | ESPN+

MARSHALL AT MISSOURI STATE | 6:30 P.M. | CBSSN

TROY AT MISSOURI | 7 P.M. | SECN+

FLORIDA AT AUBURN | 7 P.M. | ESPN

GEORGIA STATE AT UCF | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

MURRAY STATE AT OKLAHOMA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

UCONN AT SOUTHERN MISS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

UT MARTIN AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

WESTERN MICHIGAN AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

DELAWARE STATE AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

NEVADA AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

OHIO AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

NICHOLLS AT SAM HOUSTON | 7 P.M. | ESPN+

EASTERN WASHINGTON AT WASHINGTON | 7:15 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

MICHIGAN STATE AT NOTRE DAME | 7:30 P.M. | NBC

LSU AT OLE MISS | 7:30 P.M. | ABC

NEW MEXICO AT OKLAHOMA | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN2

BYU AT COLORADO STATE | 7:30 P.M. | CBS

WEST VIRGINIA VS. VIRGINIA (IN CHARLOTTE, N.C.) | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK

VIRGINIA TECH AT MARYLAND | 7:30 P.M. | FOX/FS1

KENNESAW STATE AT TENNESSEE | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK

UTSA AT TEXAS | 8 P.M. | SECN+

ARKANSAS STATE AT TCU | 8 P.M. | ESPNU

EAST TEXAS A&M AT TULSA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+

UAB AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+

SOUTH DAKOTA AT BOISE STATE | 10 P.M. | CBSSN

JAMES MADISON AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 10 P.M. | CW

NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT ARIZONA | 10:30 P.M. | TNT

NORTH DAKOTA STATE AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN

PURDUE AT UCLA | 11 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK

MONTANA AT OREGON STATE | 11 P.M. | USA NETWORK

FRESNO STATE AT SAN JOSE STATE | 11 P.M. | FS1

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NFL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/SCORES

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

KANSAS CITY 31 BRONCOS 10

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WEEK 2 SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

DETROIT LIONS AT BUFFALO BILLS – 8:15 PM ET, PRIME VIDEO, HIGHMARK STADIUM, ORCHARD PARK, NY. THIS IS THE FIRST REGULAR SEASON GAME AT THE NEW HIGHMARK STADIUM NFL PLAYOFF PASS, NFL PLAYOFF PASS +1

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 (EARLY AFTERNOON, 1:00 PM ET)

CAROLINA PANTHERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS – FOX, MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM, ATLANTA, GA

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS AT BALTIMORE RAVENS – CBS, M&T BANK STADIUM, BALTIMORE, MD

MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS – FOX, SOLDIER FIELD, CHICAGO, IL

CINCINNATI BENGALS AT HOUSTON TEXANS – CBS, NRG STADIUM, HOUSTON, TX

PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS – CBS, GILLETTE STADIUM, FOXBOROUGH, MA

GREEN BAY PACKERS AT NEW YORK JETS – FOX, METLIFE STADIUM, EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ

CLEVELAND BROWNS AT TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS – CBS, RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM, TAMPA, FL

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AT TENNESSEE TITANS – FOX, NISSAN STADIUM, NASHVILLE, TN

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2026 (LATE AFTERNOON)

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS AT DENVER BRONCOS – 4:05 PM ET, CBS, EMPOWER FIELD AT MILE HIGH, DENVER, CO

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT LOS ANGELES CHARGERS – 4:05 PM ET, CBS, SOFI STADIUM, INGLEWOOD, CA

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS – 4:25 PM ET, FOX, STATE FARM STADIUM, GLENDALE, AZ

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS AT DALLAS COWBOYS – 4:25 PM ET, FOX, AT&T STADIUM, ARLINGTON, TX

MIAMI DOLPHINS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS – 4:25 PM ET, FOX, LEVI’S STADIUM, SANTA CLARA, CA

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SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS AT KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – 8:20 PM ET, NBC AND PEACOCK, GEHA FIELD AT ARROWHEAD STADIUM, KANSAS CITY, MO

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2026

NEW YORK GIANTS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS – 8:15 PM ET, ESPN AND ABC, SOFI STADIUM, INGLEWOOD, CA

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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SCHEDULE

2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC

3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS

4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET

5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS

6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX

7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS

8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS

9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX

10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS

11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO

12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX

13 BYE WEEK

14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX

15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS

16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD

17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX

18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD

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TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES

NFL NEWS

KENNETH WALKER III DELIVERS KC MASTERPIECE, CHIEFS BLAST BRONCOS, 31-10

Kenneth Walker III delivered a K.C. masterpiece in his debut and the Chiefs announced their return to form with a 31-10 win over the visiting Denver Broncos on Monday night.

Signed as a free agent after winning Super Bowl MVP honors with the Seahawks in February, Walker wowed with a career-high 173 rushing yards and two total touchdowns.

Another Super Bowl MVP, Patrick Mahomes, threw TD passes to Walker and Rashee Rice, ran for a 15-yard score in the first half and worked through early cobwebs in his first game since sustaining a season-ending knee injury in December. He completed 15 of 27 passes for 184 yards with one interception.

Heat, wind and humidity hindered Broncos quarterback Bo Nix at different times in the game. He was intercepted on the third play from scrimmage of the game and Kansas City’s defense kept bringing the heat with four sacks and two forced fumbles.

In his first game with Davis Webb operating as the play-caller instead of head coach Sean Payton, Nix connected on 17 of 28 passes for 131 yards and a first-quarter touchdown pass to Evan Engram.

The Chiefs rushed for 220 yards. The Broncos had 176 total yards.

Walker boosted Kansas City’s lead to 21-7 with a 60-yard TD on the first possession of the second half. On his 16th carry of the game, Walker bounced a fourth-and-1 run left while eluding diving Broncos cornerback Riley Moss and found nothing but green grass in front of him. Walker also picked up first downs on three third-and-1 carries in the first half.

When Walker crossed the goal line with the clock showing 12:43 in the third, he had outgained the Broncos 165-113.

Kansas City limited Denver’s offense to nine first downs (including one via penalty) and two third-down conversions on 12 attempts.

Walker caught a misdirection toss from Mahomes and trailed an escort into the end zone to stake the Chiefs to a 31-10 lead 21 seconds into the fourth quarter.

The Broncos appeared to be already hanging by a thread in the third quarter when Brandon Jones came up with a gift interception courtesy of Mahomes.

Throwing from his own end zone, Mahomes was picked off on a pass intended for Xavier Worthy. Worthy cut up the field, and Mahomes threw the ball between the hashmarks where Jones stood alone at the 28. Jones returned the ball to the Kansas City 5, but the Broncos botched multiple plays, narrowly evading disaster when Nix lost the ball near the sideline while scrambling away from L’Jarius Sneed. Sneed recovered but was out of bounds. By rule, the Broncos retained possession.

Denver lost 8 yards on three plays and came away with a 31-yard field goal by Wil Lutz.

The Chiefs had first-and-goal at the 4 on the next possession only to put three on the board themselves. On that drive, the Chiefs made some history.

Mahomes hooked up with Travis Kelce for the second time in the game, a 59-yard reception that moved Kelce to second all-time in NFL history for most receiving yards by a tight end. He passed Jason Witten (13,046 yards) but still stands more than 2,000 yards behind former Chiefs and Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez (15,127).

With his three catches for 71 yards on Monday, Kelce now has 13,079 receiving yards.

Nix fumbled again to give Mahomes the ball right back. Nix moved up in the pocket on third-and-16, but the ball squirted out of his hands and Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones recovered at Denver’s 34.

Nix was intercepted by rookie Mansoor Delane on the opening drive of the game. Delane, the No. 6 pick in the 2026 draft, left the game with a shoulder injury and didn’t return.

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NFL OFFENSES PROVIDE ONE OF THE HIGHEST-SCORING OPENING WEEKS IN HISTORY

Offenses didn’t need any time to shake off the rust.

They lit up the scoreboard in one of the highest-scoring opening weeks in NFL history.

The Bears beat Carolina 59-37, falling three points shy of tying Atlanta’s 53-year-old record for the most in Week 1. The game featured 1,030 total yards and the most combined points (96) ever in an opener.

Josh Allen led the Bills to a stunning performance against Houston’s once-stingy defense in a 36-31 road win. The Texans allowed the second-fewest points (17.4 per game) and fewest yards (277.2 per game) in 2025. But Allen threw for 334 yards and Buffalo scored on eight of its 11 possessions before kneeling down to win coach Joe Brady’s first game.

Ten teams scored more than 30 points, and six had at least 24 in the first half.

Maybe starters don’t need to play in the preseason. Quarterbacks were in midseason form as 13 posted a passer rating over 100.

All those joint practices must have benefited offenses more than defenses.

One of Chicago’s team goals set by coach Ben Johnson is to break the NFL record for most points in a season. Johnson believes the Bears still have room to improve despite scoring touchdowns on their last four drives.

“There’s still a number of things on there that I didn’t love just from the sideline perspective,” Johnson said.

Entering the Broncos-Chiefs game on Monday night, teams have combined to score 750 points. The record in Week 1 is 791 in 2012.

Here are 10 takeaways from Sunday’s games:

Caleb in control

Caleb Williams kicked off his second season in Johnson’s offense playing like a guy who is going to be an MVP candidate. He made precision throws, big plays with his legs and was in command for Chicago’s offense from start to finish.

Ravens were dominant

Lamar Jackson, Derrick Henry and the Ravens were impressive in a 41-23 victory at Indianapolis, giving coach Jesse Minter his first win. Baltimore has high expectations and the team’s core players were spectacular.

Jackson, who dealt with injuries last season, played like a two-time MVP. The 32-year-old Henry ran like he’s 22. Zay Flowers had a career day.

The Colts have now lost eight straight games after starting 8-2 last year. Quarterback Daniel Jones was ineffective in his first game back from a torn Achilles, and the defense was poor.

Impressive debut for John Harbaugh’s Giants

John Harbaugh had a better day than brother Jim. Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and the New York Giants defeated Dallas 28-20 in their first game with their new coach. The Giants played like Harbaugh’s old Ravens teams. They controlled the ball for almost 37 minutes and kept Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’ playmakers off the field.

Mike McDaniel’s offense fizzled

Justin Herbert and the Chargers had an inconsistent start in Mike McDaniel’s first game as offensive coordinator and the Cardinals pulled off the biggest upset of the week with a 26-14 win in Los Angeles.

Rookie coach Mike LaFleur had an excellent game plan and QB Jacoby Brissett executed it well to lead Arizona, which was a 9 ½-point underdog.

Big plays boost Philly

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles were up and down in offensive coordinator Sean Mannion’s first game, relying on big plays to overcome inconsistency. Hurts made enough splash plays to lead Philadelphia to a 24-22 win that was secured by the defense stopping a 2-point conversion. Saquon Barkley got half of his 83 yards rushing on a 42-yard carry. He’s going to need more running lanes.

Packers still can’t win without Micah

The Packers knocked Kyler Murray out of the game and had a 12-point lead in the second half only to see Carson Wentz rally the Vikings to a 39-22 victory. Green Bay fell to 0-6 without All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons, who is still recovering from ACL surgery. Jordan Love and the offense can’t afford to continue having so many miscues.

Bengals torment Baker Mayfield

The Bengals bolstered a defense that desperately needed a makeover and it paid off early. Dexter Lawrence, Jonathan Allen and other new starters harassed Baker Mayfield throughout the game in a 33-27 victory. Mayfield lost three fumbles in his first game since signing a new contract. Joe Burrow didn’t have to be prolific thanks to Tampa Bay’s four turnovers.

Shough matures on the spot

The Saints’ comeback bid fell short in overtime when coach Kellen Moore went for the victory and the 2-point conversion was stopped by Detroit. But Shough’s performance is reason for optimism. He overcame a poor start, showed poise, maturity and had a strong finish to help New Orleans rally from a 21-0 deficit.

Same old Watson

Deshaun Watson’s stat line doesn’t tell the true story. The Browns were overmatched and overwhelmed by the Jaguars, 34-10. It’s hard to imagine Watson will start Cleveland’s home opener in Week 3.

Last ride needs help

Aaron Rodgers began his last season in the NFL with a win in his reunion with coach Mike McCarthy. The Steelers beat the injury-depleted Falcons and third-string QB Cooper Rush 20-13. Rodgers is clearly comfortable in McCarthy’s offense and the 42-year-old still is an elite passer. But DK Metcalf struggled and the run game was lackluster.

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SEAHAWKS SAY QB SAM DARNOLD HAS ‘UNIQUE’ SOFT TISSUE INJURY

Sam Darnold has a “very unique, soft tissue injury” and his hip joint is “unaffected,” a Seattle Seahawks spokesperson told media outlets Monday.

The Super Bowl-winning quarterback has “no firm timeline” to return to action, but the spokesperson said it was considered a short-term injury.

Seahawks general manager John Schneider previously said that Darnold avoided a fractured hip, but he did not offer details at the time. Previous reports said Darnold was expected to miss at least one game with what has been recast as a glute injury, which means he’ll be sidelined for Sunday’s visit to the Arizona Cardinals.

Darnold was at the Seahawks’ facility Monday, according to multiple reports.

Darnold injured what appeared to be his right hip on the first series of the NFL season opener, a Super Bowl rematch between the host Seahawks and the New England Patriots on Wednesday. He limped off the field after a third-down sack ended the opening drive.

Drew Lock stepped in for Darnold and guided the Seahawks to a 13-10 win. Lock completed 16 of 22 passes for 187 yards and one touchdown, and he is in line to get the start in Week 2. The Seahawks also have quarterback Jalen Milroe on their 53-man roster.

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REPORT: EAGLES PLACE LG LANDON DICKERSON ON IR

The Philadelphia Eagles are placing three-time Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson on injured reserve after he struggled through a knee injury in Sunday’s season opener, according to multiple reports.

Dickerson will miss at least four games after playing through the injury in Philadelphia’s 24-22 victory over the Washington Commanders.

The 27-year-old offered a harsh assessment of his performance Monday during his weekly appearance on Philadelphia radio station WIP.

“I was a complete liability,” Dickerson said. “It was my fault. I should not be out there until I feel healthy.”

Dickerson said he was rolled up on during a practice several weeks ago and hoped the knee would improve with time. He underwent further imaging Monday before the decision was made to give him an extended recovery period.

The injury is separate from the knee problem that hindered Dickerson last season. He underwent surgery in August 2025 to repair a meniscus injury, then returned to start 15 games, later acknowledging he came back before he was fully recovered.

Dickerson again lacked his usual mobility against Washington and allowed four pressures as Philadelphia’s offensive line endured an uneven afternoon.

Coach Nick Sirianni nevertheless defended his longtime starter, pointing to Dickerson’s power in the running game and his role in the Eagles’ success over the past several seasons.

“He’s tough as heck,” Sirianni said. “We’ve won a ton of games with Landon.”

Drew Kendall is among the leading candidates to take over at left guard. The 2025 fifth-round pick out of Boston College impressed during the offseason and gives Philadelphia a young in-house option while Dickerson recovers.

Dickerson said the goal is to avoid spending another season trying to play through an injury and return healthy for the latter portion of the schedule.

NO TIMELINE SET FOR MYLES GARRETT’S POST-SURGERY RETURN TO RAMS

Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay would not put a timeline on when outside linebacker Myles Garrett could return to action after knee surgery Monday.

Following an underwhelming debut with the Rams on Thursday, Garrett was placed on injured reserve Sunday and will miss a minimum of four games. His actual downtime is yet to be determined.

“I don’t really (have a timeline) yet,” McVay told reporters Monday. “It’s all contingent upon (surgery). You feel good about it. But I think it’d be unfair to him or really just without having the totality of all the information, to put any sort of timeline on it. We know that he’ll be available in four weeks potentially, so we’ll just take that a day at a time.”

Garrett, who broke the NFL single-season sack record last season with 23, was sent to the Rams in a blockbuster June trade for three draft picks — including a 2027 first-round selection — and edge rusher Jared Verse, a Pro Bowl selection in each of his first two seasons.

Garrett, 30, battled through his knee injury throughout training camp. After he didn’t record a sack or tackle in the Rams’ season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia, McVay said he knew Garrett was going to need to go to IR.

“We thought it was something that we’d be able to kinda manage,” McVay said. “That wasn’t necessarily the case. So having that evidence and being able to say, ‘What’s the next right thing?’ It was right after the game, just in terms of listening to how he felt, how he was able to impact the game and even just how limited we had to be with him. Obviously, we thought we were doing the right thing, but in hindsight, you’ll always be able to learn from it.”

Garrett is the first player in NFL history (since sacks started being recorded in 1982) to record at least 12 sacks in six straight seasons (2020-25). He is third among active players in career sacks (125.5) behind Von Miller (138.5) and Cameron Jordan (132).

One potential way for Los Angeles to fill the void on the defensive line would be the return of defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who came out of retirement ahead of this season but did not dress in Week 1. Donald’s status for Week 2 on Monday night against the New York Giants remains uncertain as he awaits his first game since the end of the 2023 season.

“We haven’t decided that yet,” McVay said. “He’s gonna continue to work his process, and we’ll see what it looks like.”

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BACK SURGERY TO KEEP LIONS RB ISIAH PACHECO OUT MUCH LONGER

Isiah Pacheco’s Detroit Lions debut has been delayed further, perhaps until December, after the running back underwent back surgery.

Detroit head coach Dan Campbell said Monday that Pacheco had the procedure and will be out for “a significant amount of time.” NFL Network reported that he will need 12 weeks to recover from a procedure to remove a loose body that was pressing on a nerve.

Pacheco was already slated to miss the first four games of Detroit’s season after being placed on injured reserve Sept. 1 with a designation to return. Campbell said at the time that Pacheco was dealing with a back injury, an unexpected development after Pacheco suffered an MCL injury in training camp.

The 27-year-old Pacheco signed with the Lions as a free agent in the offseason after playing four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs. Detroit brought him in to complement lead back Jahmyr Gibbs. Pacheco has 18 missed games in his career, counting the Lions’ Week 1 matchup against the New Orleans Saints.

When he has been on the field, he has produced 2,537 rushing yards and 14 rushing touchdowns in 51 games (42 starts). Pacheco has also been an effective receiver with 88 catches for 554 yards (6.3 per reception) and three touchdowns.

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DESHAUN WATSON EXPECTED TO REMAIN BROWNS’ QB1 IN WEEK 2

Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken said Monday he anticipates keeping Deshaun Watson as the starting quarterback for the team’s game at Tampa Bay next week despite his subpar return to action on Sunday.

Watson, who had been sidelined since October 2024 due to a pair of Achilles tears, completed 16 of 22 passes for 205 yards with a touchdown and an interception in the Browns’ season-opening 34-10 loss at Jacksonville. He also had six carries for a team-high 38 rushing yards,

The interception came on the opening series, while the touchdown pass came with 1:52 left in the game. Watson was also sacked five times while leading an offense that trailed 24-0 at halftime and managed one first down on its six first-half drives.

While Monken wasn’t willing to commit to Watson remaining the starter in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s game, he solidified his plan for Week 2 after watching game film.

Watson’s backup is second-year QB Shedeur Sanders, who had 1,400 passing yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions in eight games last season.

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REPORT: COWBOYS S MALIK HOOKER TO SEE SPECIALIST FOR FOREARM FRACTURE

Dallas Cowboys safety Malik Hooker has been diagnosed with a forearm fracture and is scheduled to meet with a specialist to determine a recovery timeline, ESPN reported Monday.

Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer said after Sunday’s game that a fractured forearm was a possibility.

Hooker was injured during Sunday night’s 28-20 road loss to the New York Giants when he stumbled to the ground and got caught up with Giants tight end Chris Manhertz late in the third quarter.

To start his 10th NFL season, Hooker had one tackle while playing 12 defensive snaps in the season opener. In 113 career games (89 starts), he has 414 tackles with 14 interceptions and 25 passes defended for the Indianapolis Colts (2017-20) and Cowboys.

Hooker was a first-round draft pick (15th overall) by the Colts in 2017 out of Ohio State.

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REPORT: FALCONS DL DA’SHAWN HAND BELIEVED TO HAVE TORN QUAD

Atlanta Falcons defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand could miss the rest of the season with a torn quad, NFL Network reported Monday.

The 30-year-old veteran is receiving multiple opinions before finalizing a diagnosis and determining whether surgery is warranted, per the report.

Hand played just seven defensive snaps and did not record a tackle in his Atlanta debut on Sunday, a 20-13 defeat at Pittsburgh.

In 78 career games (26 starts), Hand has recorded 6.5 sacks, 131 tackles, four forced fumbles and one interception for the Detroit Lions (2018-21), Tennessee Titans (2021-22), Miami Dolphins (2023-24), Los Angeles Chargers (2025) and Falcons. Detroit drafted him in the fourth round in 2018.

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TEXANS LB HENRY TO’OTO’O TO MISS TIME WITH SHOULDER INJURY

Houston Texans linebacker Henry To’oTo’o is expected to miss an undetermined amount of time with a left shoulder injury, head coach DeMeco Ryans told reporters Monday.

To’oTo’o walked off the field during Sunday’s season opener against the Buffalo Bills favoring his left arm. He reportedly had his arm in a sling following the 36-31 defeat.

“Unfortunately, Henry has a shoulder injury and will be out for some time,” Ryans said.

Ryans did not say if a trip to injured reserve was forthcoming.

In the opener of his fourth NFL season, To’oTo’o had two tackles on 51 snaps. In 48 career games (36 starts), all for the Texans, To’oTo’o has 263 tackles with four sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception.

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NFL SEASON OPENER RATINGS DOWN 11% FOR PATRIOTS-SEAHAWKS

The NFL’s decision to move its first game of the regular season up a day to Wednesday did not seem to pay off in terms of television ratings.

Wednesday’s Week 1 Super Bowl rematch between the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks and visiting New England Patriots drew 25.1 million viewers on NBC and Peacock.

The television ratings were down 11% from last year’s opening game between the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, which was played on a Thursday night and delayed over an hour due to inclement weather. That Cowboys-Eagles game was the least-viewed opening game of an NFL season since 2022.

The viewership numbers in the 18-49 age range were strong. This year’s Patriots-Seahawks game was the most-viewed in that age group for an NFL opener since 2021, according to NBC.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

NEBRASKA, MICHIGAN, IOWA AND USC CLAIM WEEKLY FOOTBALL HONORS

ROSEMONT, Ill. – Following Week 2 contests, the Big Ten Conference Football Players of the Week were announced Monday. Below are this week’s honorees:

Offensive Player of the Week

Anthony Colandrea, Nebraska

Sr. – QB – St. Petersburg, Fla. – Lakewood

• Threw a career-high four touchdown passes, all before halftime, in a 56-7 win over Bowling Green

• Totaled 222 passing and 33 rushing yards

• First Nebraska quarterback since 2016 to throw for at least three touchdowns in consecutive games

• Last Nebraska Offensive Player of the Week: Emmett Johnson (Nov. 10, 2025)

Defensive Player of the Week

John Henry Daley, Michigan

Sr. – DE – Alpine, Utah – Lone Peak

• Recorded first sack as a Wolverine along with 3.0 TFL to upset No. 11 Oklahoma, 17-10

• Finished the game with eight tackles

• Last Michigan Defensive Player of the Week: Jimmy Rolder (Oct. 27, 2025)

Special Teams Player of the Week

Caden Buhr, Iowa

So. – PK – Bettendorf, Iowa – Bettendorf

• Connected on a 42-yard game-winning field goal with 15 seconds remaining for a 16-13 victory over Iowa State

• Made field goals from 32, 45 and 42 yards for a new career high

• Last Iowa Special Teams Player of the Week: Kaden Wetjen (Nov. 24, 2025)

Freshman of the Week

Mark Bowman, USC

Fr. – TE – Castle Rock, Colo. – Mater Dei

• In a 49-30 win over Louisiana, recorded a team-best six receptions for 83 yards

• Most receiving yards by a Trojan tight end in a single game since 2009

• Tallied a pair of touchdowns, the first tight end to score two touchdowns in a game for USC since 2022

• Last USC Freshman of the Week: King Miller (Oct. 13, 2025)

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MAC ANNOUNCES WEEK 2 FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

MAC Football Offensive Player of the Week

Keldric Luster, Ball State, Quarterback

Fouth Year, McKinney, Texas (McKinney HS)      

Keldric Luster broke the Ball State passing record for completion percentage by a QB with at least 30 attempts, passing 27-of-32 for 256 yards and three touchdowns as the Cardinals got past Stony Brook, 41-17 on Saturday.

His .844 completion percentage matches the second-best among FBS QBs in the season’s first two weeks: Darian Mensah (Miami-FL) at Stanford (27-of-30, .900) and Caden Veltkamp (Florida Atlantic) vs. Navy (27-of-32, .844).

Luster’s three passing TDs, all in the first half, were the most by a Ball State QB the past two seasons. His 18 completions in the first half (18-of-21) were more than any Cardinals QB last season in any game.

MAC Football Defensive Player of the Week

Domanick Moon, Western Michigan, LB               

Senior, Fort Wayne, Ind.              

Domanick Moon had a career-high 12 tackles in the win over Monmouth.

On the first play on defense for WMU, Moon recorded a strip sack with the ball bouncing just out of bounds. He was a dominant force in the middle of the field as a run-stopper and in pass coverage, nearly picking off a pass in the third quarter.

MAC Football Special Teams Player of the Week

T.Y. Harding , Massachusetts, WR/Punt Returner             

Senior, Cambridge, Mass. (Buckingham Browne & Nichols)         

T.Y. Harding led Massachusetts to a 37-10 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday as the Minutemen started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2011.

Harding had a 48-yard touchdown grab on the game’s second play to give UMass an early 7-0 lead. He then posted an 82-yard punt return touchdown to put the Minutemen up 14-0. It marked his second career punt return touchdown. 

For the day, Harding finished with 141 yards on two punt returns to go along with 49-yards receiving for 190 all-purpose yards on the day.

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HCAC 2026 FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK, WEEK 2

Athletes of the Week: 

Offensive Player of the Week:

Jaxon Schreiber (Cincinnati, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Quarterback | Senior – Jaxon Schreiber led Mount St. Joseph to a 49-21 win at Aurora on Saturday. In the game, he completed 16 passes for 367 yards and five touchdowns without an interception. His season-long 72-yard touchdown came on the Lions first play from scrimmage. He also carried the ball eight times for 23 yards (including sacks), which included a 15-yard touchdown run with 5:18 to play that sealed the Lions victory.

Defensive Player of the Week:

William Fleck (Chillicothe, Ohio) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Defensive Line | Junior – William Fleck had an incredible individual performance in Rose-Hulman’s 27-7 win over Kalamazoo. He tied the school record for most sacks in a single game with 5.0. Fleck also totaled seven tackles and a forced fumble. Two of his sacks came in the fourth quarter, when Kalamazoo was driving to get back into the game. Fleck recorded back-to-back sacks on third and fourth down to turn the ball over on downs and protect the lead. Fleck now leads all of NCAA Division III with six sacks this season.

Special Teams Player of the Week:

Rudy Griffing (Plano, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Linebacker | Junior – Rudy Griffing made a huge play for Rose-Hulman on special teams in its big win over Kalamazoo. With the team ahead 21-7 in the fourth quarter, Griffing recovered a muffed punt in the back of the end zone for a Rose-Hulman touchdown that extended the lead to 27-7. Griffing also totaled two tackles and 0.5 tackle for loss.

Notable Performances:

Offense:

• Preston Yoder (Walhonding, Ohio) Anderson University | Wide Receiver | Senior – Preston Yoder produced 140 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns in Anderson’s win against Gallaudet.
• Kaleb Evans (Erlanger, Ky.) Bluffton University | Quarterback | Freshman – Kaleb Evans paced the Bluffton offense with 296 yards passing. He completed 29-of-48 of his throws and finished with two passing touchdowns against NAIA member Madonna.
• Eian Roudebush (New Palestine, Ind.) Hanover College | Quarterback | Senior – Eian Roudebush was dominant in helping Hanover defeat Maryville 43-26. The senior threw for 242 total yards and two touchdowns, including a 74-yard hook-up. He also dominated the ground game, rushing for 59 yards and two touchdowns. One of his touchdowns came on a 55-yard run and score. Hanover finished the contest with a game-high 368-yards of total offense.
• Alexander Marsteller (Lynchburg, Va.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Running Back | Senior – Alexander Marsteller led the Rose-Hulman offense in its first win of the season against Kalamazoo with a final score of 27-7. Marsteller totaled 66 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. Marsteller also added one catch for 10 yards.

Defense:

• Brayden Kelly (Indianapolis, Ind.) Anderson University | Defensive Back | Freshman – Brayden Kelly contributed on two interception plays in Saturday’s win against Gallaudet. Kelly tallied one interception. He also tipped the pass in the air that was intercepted by Shy Mackey. Kelly added three tackles.
• Zack Carter (Toledo, Ohio) Bluffton University | Defensive Back | Sophomore – Zack Carter tallied six total tackles, including five solo wrap ups in a 27-18 loss to Madonna.
• Drew Servies (Tipton, Ind.) Franklin College | Linebacker | Fifth-year – Drew Servies collected a game-high 14 tackles, including nine solo stops and half a tackle for loss, as Franklin played at Butler.
• Hosia Smith (Indianapolis, Ind.) Hanover College | Defensive Line | Junior – Hosia Smith helped lead Hanover past Maryville, 43-26. The junior was dominant defensively recording eight total tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a half sack. He also recorded a fumble recovery and one quarterback hurry. With the Panthers leading 36-26 late in the fourth quarter, Smith recovered a fumble at the Maryville four-yard line that he scooped and scored.
• De’Marreia Stephens (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Manchester University | Defensive Back | Senior – De’Marreia Stephens recorded 15 tackles in an away game against Hiram. Included was an unassisted tackle for loss. He also secured an interception and registered one pass breakup.

Special Teams:

• Corey Layton (Alexandria, Ind.) Anderson University | Kicker | Junior – Corey Layton converted 7-of-7 extra-point attempts in Anderson’s win against Gallaudet.
• Drew Michael (Eaton, Ohio) Bluffton University | Punter | Senior – Drew Michael punted seven times for 230 yards with a long of 51 yards. He pinned Madonna inside the 20 on four occasions with one touchback.
• Andrew Weitzel (Park Hills, Ky.) Hanover College | Kicker | Sophomore – Andrew Weitzel was key in helping lead Hanover to a victory at Maryville, 43-26. The sophomore went a perfect 5-for-5 on point after tries.
• Angel Estrada (Bremen, Ind.) Manchester University | Punter | Senior – Angel Estrada punted five times for a total of 204 yards in the game against Hiram with his longest punt of the game going for 50 yards. He also placed two punts inside the 20 and maintained a punt average of 40.8 yards.
• Liam Cox (Sunman, Ind.) Mount St. Joseph University | Kicker | Freshman – Liam Cox was a perfect 7-for-7 on PATs in Mount St. Joseph’s win over Aurora on Saturday. He also handled the kickoff duties, hitting eight kicks for 444 total yards (55.5 average) and one touchback.

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BYU, CU, OSU AND TTU CLAIM WEEK TWO MONSTER ENERGY BIG 12 FOOTBALL AWARDS

Offensive Player of the Week: Bear Bachmeier, QB, BYU and Drew Mestemaker, QB, Oklahoma State

Defensive Player of the Week: Tausili Akana, DE, BYU and Ethan Wesloski, LB, Oklahoma State

Special Teams Player of the Week: Will Karoll, P, Texas Tech and Sam Keltner, K, Oklahoma State

Freshman of the Week: Julian Lewis, QB, Colorado

Offensive Line of the Week: Oklahoma State

Defensive Line of the Week: Oklahoma State

IRVING, Texas – BYU and Oklahoma State had multiple players honored, with Colorado and Texas Tech also receiving accolades, in the second set of Monster Energy Big 12 Football weekly awards. The Cowboys received a majority of honors after defeating then-No. 6 Oregon, 39-31, on Saturday in Stillwater, and the Cougars took home two awards after beating Arizona 28-17 in the first Conference game of the season.

Bachmeier earned his first Offensive Player of the Week award after taking home freshman honors on seven occasions last season. He was 16 of 26 for 217 yards with three touchdowns and  no interceptions in then-No. 15 BYU’s victory. Bachmeier also became just the fourth player in Big 12 history to begin a season with two straight games of at least three passing touchdowns and one rushing touchdown, joining Baker Mayfield (2015), Patrick Mahomes (2016) and Mason Rudolph (2017).

With a career day in the Cowboys’ historic win over the Ducks, Mestemaker threw for 317 yards and two scores and ran for 109 yards and a touchdown. He was the first quarterback to pass for 300 yards and rush for 100 against the Ducks in a decade. The Austin, Texas native also extended his FBS-leading streak of consecutive games with 200 yards passing to 17 in the victory.

Akana had two-and-a-half sacks as part of a four-tackle day for BYU’s defense that limited a potent Arizona offense to just 17 points. He helped close out the win by picking up one-and-a-half sacks of returning First Team All-Big 12 quarterback Noah Fifita on consecutive plays to end the game.

Standing out in OSU’s defensive showing versus Oregon, Wesloski led all players with nine tackles to go along with a half of a sack. The defensive captain helped lead a unit that held UO to 3.0 yards per carry on 30 carries, marking just the seventh time that a Lanning-coached Ducks team has been held to that average or worse. The OSU defense also did not allow a rush longer than 14 yards in the game.

Karoll was called on to punt seven times in Texas Tech’s 35-24 victory at Oregon State, consistently flipping the field to the tune of a 44.4 average. The Beavers were unable to return any of Karoll’s punts and started each of their ensuing drives inside their own 30-yard line. Four of those drives started inside the 20, including three in the first half when Oregon State was forced to start drives at the 9, 10 and 16-yard lines.

Keltner connected on a career-high total of four field goals in the Cowboys’ win over Oregon, while also converting on both three points. Three of his field goals came in the second half, including his final one just over three minutes remaining in the game that gave OSU an eight-point lead to secure the win.

Establishing or tying 10 school records while guiding the Colorado offense to 52 points in a win over Weber State, Lewis posted a 17-of-23 passing day of 366 yards with four touchdowns, no interceptions, and a rushing touchdown before exiting the blowout after the first dive of the third quarter. The redshirt freshman’s 265.0 efficiency rating set a new CU record with at least 20 attempts, and his four touchdown passes are the most ever thrown by a Colorado freshman.

The Oklahoma State offensive line paved the way for a pair of 100-yard rushers, averaging six yards a carry, in the victory over then-No. 6 Oregon as part of a performance of 554 total yards of offense without allowing a sack. It was just the second time in FBS history that a team has had a 300-yard passer and multiple 100-yard rushers in a game against an AP top-10 team.

Dominating in the trenches on both sides of the ball, Oklahoma State’s front four tallied four sacks, five quarterback hurries and held Oregon’s Dante Moore to a QBR of 22.4, which was the lowest in a start during his Oregon career. The unit also held Oregon to 3.0 yards per carry on 30 carries.

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ACC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK 2

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced its Football Players of the Week following standout performances in Week 2. Honorees were selected by a vote of a select media panel.

QUARTERBACK – Gio Lopez, Sr., QB, Wake Forest (Madison, Alabama)

Pushed the Demon Deacons to a thrilling 38-36 double-overtime victory at Purdue.

Finished with three total touchdowns (two rushing, one passing), 225 passing yards and a team-high 59 rushing yards.

Scored the game-tying touchdown in double overtime, a three-yard keeper, before rushing for the game-winning two-point conversion.

Prior to the final scoring plays, he connected with Carlos Hernandez on a fourth-and-15 conversion with the game on the line.

Found Bryce Kania for a 24-yard touchdown for the wide receiver’s first career touchdown in the first overtime.

Marked the second time in his career he’s scored two rushing touchdowns in a single game (vs. Louisiana on Nov. 16, 2024).

Became just the sixth Wake Forest quarterback since 1996 to throw for more than 225 yards, rush for more than 55 yards and score two rushing touchdowns in a single game, and the first to accomplish the feat since 2023.

Is one of only two ACC quarterbacks – and 11 nationally – this season to throw for 225 yards, rush for 55 yards and total three touchdowns in a game.

One of only two quarterbacks in the country with 575 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns and zero turnovers thus far this season.

RUNNING BACK – Nate Sheppard, So., RB, Duke (Mandeville, Louisiana)

Rushed for 147 yards at Illinois to lift his season total to 374 yards, an average of 187.0 rushing yards per game, which leads all of FBS.

Scored on a two-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, giving him five consecutive games with at least one rushing touchdown.

Added a team-high five receptions for 41 yards and two touchdowns.

Recorded his first career game with multiple touchdown receptions, scoring through the air in both the second and third quarters.

Became the first Blue Devil with a rushing and receiving score in the same game since Peyton Jones did so at Miami in 2024.

With five touchdowns across two games, Sheppard has been responsible for 30 of the Blue Devils’ 48 points this season, accounting for 62.5% of the team’s scoring.

Ranks second nationally in total rushing yards (374), first in rushing yards per game (187.0), fourth in total touchdowns scored (five) and first in total all-purpose yards (434) this season.

The only FBS player over the last 30 seasons to record at least 350 rushing yards and multiple receiving touchdowns over his team’s first two games of a season.

The first ACC player to have 374 rushing yards or more and five touchdowns from scrimmage since Dalvin Cook in 2015 (422 rushing yards and five touchdowns).

This is his second ACC Running Back of the Week honor this season.

OFFENSIVE RECEIVER – Luke Reynolds, Jr., TE, Virginia Tech (Westford, Massachusetts)

Hauled in a career-high eight receptions for 108 yards and two touchdowns in a 44-21 win over Old Dominion.

Also averaged a career-high 13.5 yards per catch for the game.

The two-touchdown game was the first multi-touchdown game of his career.

VT’s offense was 7-for-7 scoring in the red zone and converted 10-of-21 third down attempts in the victory over the Monarchs.

The Hokies never trailed in the game and improved to 2-0 to start the James Franklin era.

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN – Nick Del Grande, 5th, LT, Duke (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Helped the Blue Devils to a 2-0 start with a 31-27 road win at Illinois.

Key part of an offensive line that cleared the way for running back Nate Sheppard to rush for 147 yards.

Helped provide protection for Walker Eget to throw a season-high three touchdown passes as Duke snapped Illinois’ 10-game non-conference winning streak.

Posted the ACC’s second-highest pass-blocking grade (87.7) against a Power Four opponent during Week 2, according to PFF.

Also posted Duke’s second-best run-blocking grade (61.3) according to PFF.

Did not allow a sack, hit or hurry against Illinois for the game.

Duke’s offensive line ranks tied for third nationally in tackles-for-loss allowed per game (1.50) and fourth in total yards lost (seven).

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN – Mylachi Williams, Jr., DE, Virginia Tech (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Tallied four tackles in a 44-21 win over Old Dominion.

Registered 3.5 tackles-for-loss, including 2.0 sacks in VT’s home win.

Also forced two fumbles in the contest, one of which led to a defensive touchdown for the Hokies.

Key part of the defense that recorded 14.0 tackles-for-loss and 7.0 sacks for the game.

LINEBACKER – Anthony Palano, Jr., LB, Boston College (Arlington Heights, Illinois)

Led Boston College defensively with nine tackles, 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, and two interceptions in the win over Rutgers in the 13th annual Red Bandanna Game.

Recorded the first two interceptions of his career in the fourth quarter, becoming the first Eagle since 2023 to record two interceptions in a game.

Sacked Rutgers quarterback AJ Surace for a 10-yard loss in the second quarter to pick up his first career sack.

Helped Boston College stop Rutgers twice on fourth down in the win.

BC’s defense forced two turnovers on downs and recorded four interceptions, its most in a game since November 3, 2023, against Syracuse.

DEFENSIVE BACK – Kingston Lopa, Jr., DB, California (Sacramento, California)

Recorded three interceptions in the Golden Bears’ road win at Syracuse.

His first interception came early in the second half, when he returned 53 yards and set up a short drive that ended in a touchdown for Cal.

Returned his second interception 24 yards for a go-ahead pick-six with 4:51 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Sealed the win with his third interception by picking off Steve Angeli on Syracuse’s final drive in the closing minute of the game.

Also added five tackles in the ACC win.

Leads the FBS in interceptions with four on the season.

SPECIALIST – Nolan Hauser, Jr., PK, Clemson (Cornelius, North Carolina)

Went 5-of-5 on field goals and 1-of-1 on PATs, accounting for 16 points in Clemson’s 15-point win over Georgia Southern.

Tied his single-game career high in made field goals, matching a five-field-goal game against Florida State in 2024.

With his second five-field-goal game, he joined Nelson Welch (three) as the only kickers in Clemson history to convert five field goals in multiple games in a career.

His 50-yard field goal in the fourth quarter was his fourth career field goal of 50 yards or more, giving him sole possession of the fourth-most in Clemson history.

Moved past Mark Buchholz (37 from 2007-08) into the top 10 in school history in career field goals made (41).

Passed Bob Paulling (209) for 10th in school history in kick scoring (222).

Surpassed Wayne Gallman (216) and Andre Ellington (218) to move into 14th in school history in career scoring.

ROOKIE – Javian Mallory, Fr., RB, Miami (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)

Delivered a breakout performance in Miami’s 77-7 win over Florida A&M, rushing for 142 yards and two touchdowns on just 10 carries.

Averaged 14.2 yards per attempt on the ground in the blowout win.

Ripped off a 52-yard run, the longest of his career.

Helped pace a Miami rushing attack that finished with 430 yards on the ground.

Miami piled up an incredible 856 yards of total offense, scored on 11 of their first 12 possessions and picked up 42 first downs in the home win.

Miami’s 42 first downs set an ACC single-game record, while its 856 yards of total offense were the second-most in ACC history, trailing only Florida State’s 858 yards against Maryland on November 7, 1992.

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SEC FOOTBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: SEP. 14

SEC Offensive Player of the Week

Arch Manning, Texas

Position: Quarterback

Class: Senior

Hometown: New Orleans, La.

Texas’ Arch Manning, a senior quarterback from New Orleans, La., led the first 20-plus-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a No. 1 team in 22 years in the Longhorns’ 24-23 win over top-ranked Ohio State. Manning orchestrated three consecutive touchdown drives to end the game — all of at least 12 plays and 72 yards — to rally from a 23-3 deficit. On those three drives, he completed 13-of-18 passes to seven different receivers for 125 yards and one touchdown and rushed three times for 26 yards. Two of his completions came on fourth downs in Texas territory that kept two of the scoring drives alive. The Longhorns became the only team in the past 15 years to close a victory with three straight touchdown drives of 12 or more plays.

It marked the third-largest comeback win by any FBS team against an AP No. 1 team this century, while Texas became the first non-conference opponent this century to score 21-plus points in the fourth quarter against Ohio State (first overall team since Michigan in 2022). Manning has now thrown a touchdown pass in four consecutive games against a Top 5 opponent, the longest streak by an FBS quarterback since a six-game run by Ohio State’s Will Howard in 2024. He holds a 5-2 record in seven games against Top 25 teams dating back to last season with a 3.33-to-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and four of those victories came against Top 10 teams. Manning has now led four fourth-quarter comebacks in his career after doing so against Kentucky, Mississippi State and Michigan last year.

During the game, Manning tossed a perfectly placed touchdown pass to wide receiver Ryan Wingo that started the comeback and capped a drive in which he converted a fourth-and-9 to tight end Emaree Winston from the Longhorns’ 42-yard line. On the next drive, Manning found wide receiver Emmett Mosley for a 12-yard gain on a fourth-and-6 from Texas’ own 32 before the Longhorns scored a touchdown nine plays later to pull within 23-17. The final drive was highlighted by a 19-yard pass play from Manning to Mosley to reach the Ohio State 1-yard line before Texas punched in the winning score from there three plays later. Manning improved his record to 14-3 as a starter across three seasons and in that time has passed for 4,632 yards and 40 touchdowns, while rushing for 544 yards and 14 scores and posting one receiving touchdown.

Austin Simmons, Missouri

Position: Quarterback

Class: Senior

Hometown: Miami, Fla.

Missouri’s Austin Simmons, a senior quarterback from Miami, Fla., was spectacular in a 17-point win at Kansas as the Tigers started 2-0. Simmons threw for a season-best 292 yards while completing 66 percent of his passes and connected on three more touchdown passes to give him seven in 48 attempts this season. His touchdown throws covered 27, 8 and 13 yards, with the final score coming on fourth down with just 2:46 left in the game to seal the victory. He posted a 184.2 collegiate passer rating with zero interceptions, ranking sixth nationally on the season. Ten of his 19 completions were at least 12 yards while he averaged 10.1 yards per attempt and 15.4 yards per completion.

SEC Defensive Player of the Week

Caleb Woodson, Alabama

Position: Linebacker

Class: Senior

Hometown: Haymarket, Va.

Alabama’s Caleb Woodson, a senior linebacker from Haymarket, Va., put together a dominant performance in the Crimson Tide’s 45-17 win at Kentucky to begin SEC play. Woodson helped Alabama limit the Wildcats to only 209 yards of offense and 17 points, and the Tide blanked Kentucky in the second half while allowing only 62 total yards in the final two quarters. He led all Alabama defenders with 12 total tackles, including two sacks for minus-13 yards. His 12 stops were a new career-high mark for the senior, spanning his time at Virginia Tech and two games with the Tide.

Luke Metz, Alabama

Position: Linebacker

Class: Sophomore

Hometown: Hoschton, Ga.

Alabama’s Luke Metz, a sophomore linebacker from Hoschton, Ga., put together a dominant performance in the Crimson Tide’s 45-17 win at Kentucky to begin SEC play. Metz directed an Alabama defense that limited the Wildcats to only 209 yards of offense and 17 points, with the Tide blanking Kentucky in the second half and allowing only 62 total yards in the final two quarters. He recorded a pick-six from 34 yards out midway through the first quarter for the Tide’s first score of the day, Alabama’s second pick-six in as many games. Metz added eight tackles, good for second on the team, to go with one quarterback hurry.

SEC Special Teams Player of the Week

Vernell Brown III, Florida

Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Sophomore

Hometown: Gainesville, Fla.

Florida’s Vernell Brown III, a sophomore wide receiver from Gainesville, Fla., set a career high with two punt return touchdowns, coming on back-to-back possessions, and 216 all-purpose yards — 173 yards coming off four punt returns (43.25 average) and 43 yards coming from three receptions. He returned a punt 64 yards near the beginning of the second quarter to give the Gators a 17-3 lead, and then on the following possession returned a punt 70 yards for a touchdown to become the second player in program history, joining Jacquez Green in 1996, to return back-to-back punts for touchdowns. His 173 punt return yards broke the program record of 155 punt return yards set by Brandon James in 2007 and tied the program record for punt return touchdowns in a season.

Vicari Swain, South Carolina

Vicari Swain

Position: Defensive Back

Class: Senior

Hometown: Carrollton, Ga.

South Carolina’s Vicari Swain, a senior defensive back from Carrollton, Ga., cemented his name in the record books Saturday night with the fourth and fifth punt return touchdowns of his career, breaking a 55-year-old school record for most career punt return touchdowns previously held by Dick Harris (1969-1971). The All-SEC punt returner went 58 yards for a score with 9:37 to go in the first quarter and 45 yards to the house just before the end of the third quarter in helping the Gamecocks to a 45-9 victory over Towson at Williams-Brice Stadium. Since 1995, 32 different players across FBS have returned multiple punts for touchdowns in a game, and Swain became the first player on that list to do it twice, having had two punt return touchdowns in a 38-10 win over SC State last season. He finished the game with three returns for 122 yards (40.7 average) and also blocked an extra point attempt by the Towson kicker with 7:03 remaining in the third quarter.

SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week

Canon Boone, Mississippi State

Position: Center

Class: Sixth Year

Hometown: Kemah, Texas

Mississippi State’s Canon Boone, a sixth-year center from Kemah, Texas, started at center and played 75 offensive snaps in the week two win at receiving-votes Minnesota. The Bulldogs rushed for 252 yards as a unit on Saturday, marking the second time in the Lebby era with 250-plus rushing yards in two consecutive games. Saturday’s game was also the second consecutive game that a Bulldog rusher ran for 100-plus yards and two-plus touchdowns. Boone helped lead the Bulldogs to end Minnesota’s eight-game home winning streak.

Trevor Goosby, Texas

Trevor Goosby

Position: Offensive Tackle

Class: Senior

Hometown: Melissa, Texas

Texas’ Trevor Goosby, a senior offensive tackle from Melissa, Texas, was the top-graded offensive lineman and allowed no sacks or pressures to help the Longhorns to the first 20-plus-point comeback in the fourth quarter against a No. 1 team in 22 years in a 24-23 victory over No. 1 Ohio State. The Texas offense manufactured three consecutive touchdown drives to end the game — all of at least 12 plays and 72 yards — to rally from a 23-3 deficit. Texas became the only team in the past 15 years to close a victory with three straight touchdown drives of 12 or more plays, which were 15, 13 and 12 plays, respectively, and those included fourth-down conversions in Texas territory that kept the first two of the scoring drives alive.

It marked the third-largest comeback win by any FBS team against an AP No. 1 team this century, while Texas became the first non-conference opponent this century to score 21-plus points in the fourth quarter against Ohio State (first overall team since Michigan in 2022). During the fourth quarter, the Longhorns compiled 150 yards of total offense, including 83 in the air and 67 on the ground, outgaining the Buckeyes 150-52. Including the final drive of the third quarter, Texas totaled 236 total yards in the last 21 minutes of the game.

SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week

Devan Thompkins, Alabama

Position: Defensive End

Class: Fifth Year

Hometown: Tracy, Calif.

Alabama’s Devan Thompkins, a fifth-year defensive end from Tracy, Calif., provided a powerful presence along the defensive line in the Tide’s 45-17 win at Kentucky to begin SEC play. He finished third on the defense with six total tackles, including a team-high-tying two sacks for minus-12 yards, and added a forced fumble on his sack midway through the third quarter. The forced fumble gave Alabama the ball back deep in Kentucky territory and led to the eventual go-ahead touchdown. Including the touchdown Thompkins set up, the Crimson Tide went on to score 26 unanswered points across the final two quarters for the dominant win.

Daeden Hopkins, Missouri

Position: Edge

Class: Sophomore

Hometown: Hermann, Mo.

Missouri’s Daeden Hopkins, a sophomore edge from Hermann, Mo., turned in the best performance of his young career in the Tigers’ win. Hopkins was credited with five total tackles by the Mizzou coaching staff with four solo stops, and he registered a career-best 1.5 sacks for minus-18 yards along with five quarterback pressures. He also accounted for a pass deflection and forced a Kansas fumble. Hopkins helped limit the Jayhawks to just 255 total yards, including a mere 81 yards on the ground, an average of just 3.8 yards per play for Kansas.

SEC Freshman of the Week

Faizon Brandon, Tennessee

Position: Quarterback

Class: Freshman

Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.

Tennessee’s Faizon Brandon, a freshman quarterback from Greensboro, N.C., made the first road start of his collegiate career and accounted for 170 yards of total offense with two touchdowns and no turnovers to lead the Volunteers past Georgia Tech, 45-24. Brandon was 10-of-21 through the air for 148 yards and two scores, firing touchdown passes of 25 yards to Ethan Davis and 20 yards to Braylon Staley in the first half. He added 22 yards on the ground, including a key fourth-down scramble in the first quarter.

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BIG TEN BLUES? WEEK 2 STUNNERS AS OHIO STATE AND OREGON COLLAPSE GIVE THE SEC A BOOST

The Big Ten took quite the gut punch in Week 2 with Ohio State blowing a 20-point fourth-quarter lead at Texas and Oregon getting embarrassed at Oklahoma State.

The conference that has won the last three national championships lost six of eight matchups against Power Four opponents last week and the two it won weren’t much to look at.

The SEC, meanwhile, won five of seven nonconference games against the Power Four, including two of three against the Big Ten. The SEC was rewarded with six of the top 10 spots in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Sunday.

The unprecedented comeback by Texas to beat Ohio State 24-23 and its ascent to No. 1 would be the talk of college football any other week. What happened seven hours north of Austin in Stillwater, Oklahoma, is every bit as big a topic.

No Oregon team had entered a season with so much hype. The Ducks’ No. 2 preseason ranking was the program’s highest ever and it seemed merited given the prodigious amount of talent Dan Lanning had assembled, and paid a premium for, in his fifth season.

The prognosticators who picked Oregon to win its first national championship might have downplayed the impact of Lanning having to replace both coordinators who left for head coaching jobs. He stayed in-house, promoting tight ends coach Drew Mehringer to take over for OC Will Stein and co-defensive coordinator Chris Hampton to replace DC Tosh Lupoi.

Asked about those hires after the game, Lanning said Mehringer and Hampton don’t exist on islands.

“No, it’s a combination of a staff, right? The decisions I make,” Lanning said. “The decisions we make as an offensive staff, the decisions we make as a defensive staff and then execution. All those things play into it, and every bit of that I own, I’m responsible for.”

When the Ducks failed to put away Boise State until late in the opener, it was written off as kinks they needed to work out like any other team after a first game and that they were playing a motivated and elite Group of Six team.

No one imagined the Oklahoma State debacle, though. The Cowboys had lost 21 straight against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents and were a week removed from a sound beating by Tulsa in coach Eric Morris’s first game. Oregon had also put a 69-3 beatdown on the Cowboys last year.

Instead, Dante Moore completed fewer than 50% of his passes for the first time in his 17 starts for Oregon and an offensive line that replaced three starters allowed him to get sacked four times and committed three penalties. The Ducks allowed 554 yards, most in a game in four years. They never sacked Drew Mestemaker and hurried him just three times.

Losing as a 24.5-point favorite caused the Ducks to drop from No. 6 to No. 21 for its lowest AP ranking in four years. The Ducks play Friday against Portland State of the second-tier Football Championship Subdivision and open Big Ten play the following week at 12th-ranked Southern California.

One loss certainly doesn’t douse Oregon’s playoff hopes, not with an entire Big Ten schedule left to play, but this does not appear to be the imposing team everyone expected, at least not yet.

Minnesota (Mississippi State), Illinois (Duke), Purdue (Wake Forest) and Rutgers (Boston College) joined Ohio State and Oregon as Big Ten losers against the Power Four in Week 2.

Michigan rebounded from its “extra second” win over Western Michigan to beat then-No. 11 Oklahoma at home and return to the Top 25 at No. 19. The Wolverines are 2-0, good enough on defense to stay in any game, but the offense is averaging a paltry 15 points per game and must do more than rely on Bryce Underwood’s running if they are going to be a factor in the Big Ten.

Iowa trailed in the fourth quarter against an Iowa State team picked 16th in the Big 12 and didn’t finish off the Cyclones until kicking a field goal with 15 seconds left. The Hawkeyes were rewarded with a three-rung promotion to No. 18.

More about that comeback

The Texas comeback from 20 points down against Ohio State tied for the Longhorns’ second-largest fourth-quarter comeback of all time. They trailed Oklahoma State 35-14 in the fourth quarter in 2007 and stormed back with 24 points to win 38-35. Ohio State was unable to provide records for its largest blown fourth-quarter leads. A publicist noted that the Buckeyes led at Nebraska by 21 points in the third quarter in 2011 before losing 34-27.

Extra points

Georgia is quietly lurking at No. 2 with a 133-23 scoring differential through two games. The Bulldogs opened with a 63-3 win over Tennessee State of the FCS and beat Western Kentucky 70-20. They visit Arkansas for an SEC opener Saturday. … No. 4 Indiana allowed Howard of the FCS just four first downs, fewest in a game since at least 1958. … No. 7 LSU’s win over Louisiana Tech stretched the Tigers’ win streak against teams from the Bayou State to 40. LSU hasn’t lost to an in-state team since it was beaten 31-28 by Tulane in 1982. … No. 9 Texas A&M returned two interceptions for touchdowns against Arizona State, the first time the Aggies’ have had two pick-6s in a game since 1999.

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TENNESSEE LOSES TOP TE ETHAN DAVIS (ACL) FOR SEASON

Tennessee starting tight end Ethan Davis will miss the remainder of the season with an ACL injury, head coach Josh Heupel confirmed on Monday.

The 6-foot-5, 247-pound senior from Atlanta caught touchdown passes in each of the first two games this season for the No. 15 Volunteers (2-0).

“I hate it for Ethan, the work that he put into it, the growth of the person and the player, that the season’s cut short, but the next guy’s got to be prepared and take advantage of their opportunity,” Heupel said.

Playing in his hometown, Davis sustained the injury during Saturday’s 45-24 victory at Georgia Tech. He scored the Volunteers’ first TD on a 25-yard pass from Faizon Brandon with 12:22 left in the first quarter.

Davis has recorded 39 receptions for 433 yards and six scores in 26 games since making his Tennessee debut in 2023. Injuries have repeatedly interrupted his career, including a broken collarbone in 2023 and a nerve issue in his shoulder in 2025.

The Volunteers host Kennesaw State (1-1) on Saturday night in Knoxville, Tenn. They open their SEC schedule at home against No. 1 Texas on Sept. 26.

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REPORT: UCF QB ALONZA BARNETT III (HAMSTRING) OUT MULTIPLE WEEKS

UCF quarterback Alonza Barnett III will miss “multiple weeks” with a hamstring injury, ESPN reported on Monday.

The James Madison transfer sustained the injury late in the Knights’ 12-7 loss at Pitt on Saturday.

Barnett has completed 31 of 49 passes for 344 yards with two touchdowns and one interception in two games this season for UCF (1-1). He has also rushed for 22 yards and a score.

Backup quarterback Keyone Jenkins completed all four of his pass attempts for 42 yards and a TD in mop-up duty in the Knights’ season-opening 73-6 win against Bethune-Cookman on Sept. 3.

UCF hosts Georgia State on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., before opening its Big 12 schedule at home against TCU on Sept. 26.

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COLLEGE ATHLETICS

FLORIDA STATE FIRES ATHLETICS DIRECTOR MICHAEL ALFORD, BRUCE WARWICK TAKES OVER ON INTERIM BASIS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State fired athletics director Michael Alford on Monday morning, school president Dr. Richard McCullough announced.

Alford had been Florida State’s athletics director since January 2022 after he was hired in the fall of 2020 to be the president of Seminole Boosters, Inc.

“Michael Alford has served the University and our student-athletes with dedication, and we thank him for his contributions to our athletics programs,” McCullough said in a statement.

The dismissal was without cause, McCullough said. It’s not clear how much Alford is owed by Florida State on a four-year deal that was announced in August 2024.

McCullough, speaking later Monday, said the decision to fire Alford was necessary to compete in a college sports landscape that “is changing incredibly rapidly.”

“This is a first step in working toward doing everything that we can to build revenue and take a look at the kind of administration that we need moving forward,” McCullough said. “We’re going through a time where the investments that we’re making in college football is rapidly increasing.

“People often say that we have a spending problem. But the spending problem is essentially a reality. The reality is that’s what it takes to be competitive at the highest level.”

McCullough appointed Bruce Warwick, currently senior associate athletics director, to serve as interim athletics director. There will be a national search for Alford’s replacement.

“It is important that we remain dedicated to providing continuity and support to our student-athletes, coaches and staff, who remain our top priority,” Warwick said in a statement.

Alford posted a statement on X saying he was proud of what he achieved at Florida State.

“We have won championships, developed outstanding young men and women and watched them earn their college degrees, built or enhanced facilities and always acted in the best interests of our student-athletes and our institution,” Alford wrote. “I believe there is a strong foundation in place for FSU Athletics and I am confident that the momentum will continue.”

The decision comes as football coach Mike Norvell is on the hot seat after two losing seasons and a lackluster 1-1 start. Florida State is a 20.5-point underdog at No. 10 Alabama on Saturday. If Norvell is replaced in the coming weeks or months, the hire will be made by a new athletics director as well as McCullough and Board of Trustees chairman Peter Collins.

McCullough has been Florida State’s president for five years. While often championing the Seminoles’ athletes at various events, he rarely holds news conferences. He was asked on Monday about Norvell, who is 39-35 in his seventh season at Florida State.

“I love Mike Norvell. He’s a great human being,” McCullough said. “I love what he does with our student-athletes. Our grades have never been better under his leadership. I love how he takes our student-athletes and helps them to be the best version of themselves. I love how he makes them competitive and we love all of that.

“And I have to tell you, nobody wants to win more than Mike Norvell. Except for maybe the players, me, chairman Collins. We want to win. Of course we want to win. College coaches are in the winning business. That’s what we’re working on.”

In his time at Florida State, Alford made significant head coach hires — men’s basketball’s Luke Loucks, baseball’s Link Jarrett, soccer’s Brian Pensky, women’s basketball’s Brooke Wyckoff and lacrosse’s Sara Tisdale. FSU launched a women’s lacrosse program in spring 2025.

Florida State also won a pair of soccer titles under Pensky’s leadership, including in December 2025.

Alford’s era at Florida State signaled massive facility projects for football, at a price tag of more than $400 million. Construction crews transformed the west side of Doak Campbell Stadium, and the football only facility that broke ground in December 2022 opened up in October 2025.

But Alford’s decision to take on the debt, do a football re-seat of Doak and drive ticket prices higher in sections of the stadium drew the ire of thousands of longtime Florida State fans.

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MLB NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: DODGERS, YANKEES SEW UP POSTSEASON BERTHS

Tarik Skubal threw seven scoreless innings while Teoscar Hernandez and Kyle Tucker homered as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 on Monday to clinch a playoff spot.

Skubal (10-7) allowed three hits, all singles, while striking out nine and walking one for Los Angeles, which earned a postseason berth for the 14th straight year and pulled within two games of the Milwaukee Brewers for the National League’s best record. Skubal is 2-0 with a 1.73 ERA in his past four starts.

Reds starter Nick Lodolo (3-5) gave up four runs on three hits in seven innings, his longest outing of the season.

Elly De La Cruz homered in the ninth inning for the Reds’ only run. Cincinnati has dropped six of its last seven, and its elimination number dropped to one.

Yankees 8, Twins 3

Aaron Judge blasted a three-run homer into the third deck of the left field bleachers and New York celebrated clinching a postseason berth by posting a win over Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Jose Caballero went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs for the Yankees, who are headed to the playoffs for the ninth time in the past 10 seasons. The Yankees learned during their game that they had reached the postseason because of a loss by the Toronto Blue Jays to the Detroit Tigers, and New York topped the Twins to punctuate the night.

Yankees reliever Tim Hill (5-2) allowed one run in his lone inning, and John Schreiber got the last four outs for his second save. Emmanuel Rodriguez hit a two-run triple for the Twins, and Josh Bell finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run.

Orioles 2, Mets 1

Gunnar Henderson hit a tiebreaking homer in the eighth inning as visiting Baltimore beat New York.

Dedniel Nunez (1-1) retired the first two batters of the eighth — including former Mets star Pete Alonso — before Henderson homered to right-center. Alonso went 0-for-3 with a walk in his first game at Citi Field since signing a five-year deal with the Orioles last December. He received multiple ovations from the New York fans.

Yennier Cano (3-3) got one out for the win, and Rico Garcia retired all three batters in the ninth for his ninth save. A.J. Ewing homered for the Mets, who were eliminated from postseason contention.

Cubs 7, Braves 3

Pete Crow-Armstrong continued his MVP push with a home run, four hits and four RBIs as host Chicago defeated Atlanta.

David Peterson (8-8) threw six-plus innings of one-run ball for the Cubs, who have won three of four. Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored twice.

Reynaldo Lopez (4-5) yielded six hits and five runs in three innings for the Braves, who have dropped two in a row. Mike Yastrzemski hit a two-run homer.

White Sox 7, Guardians 3

Miguel Vargas hit a two-run home run and Kyle Teel had a two-run double in a decisive six-run sixth inning to lead visiting Chicago past Cleveland.

Andrew Benintendi was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI, and Sean Burke (9-7) pitched five innings of relief, allowing one unearned run on four hits. Vargas finished with two hits and two runs as the White Sox extended their American League Central lead to 1 1/2 games over the Guardians.

Pinch hitter David Fry hit a two-run shot for the Guardians. Gavin Williams (13-8) allowed two runs on four hits over five-plus innings.

Padres 8, Rockies 7

Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. homered as surging San Diego won its eighth game in a row, defeating Colorado in Denver.

Ty France and Jackson Merrill had three hits each, Jake Cronenworth finished with two hits and Mason Miller earned his 37th save for the Padres, who moved within a game of the Philadelphia Phillies for the second NL wild card.

Cole Carrigg homered among his two hits and Hunter Goodman also had two hits before leaving the game in the seventh inning with right thumb soreness for the Rockies, who have lost eight straight.

Tigers 6, Blue Jays 5

Zach McKinstry scored the go-ahead run from second base on a ninth-inning error as visiting Detroit defeated Toronto.

McKinstry reached on a fielder’s choice, then stole second and later scored when Toronto closer Louis Varland (5-6) could not handle Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s long throw. Tigers reliever Tyler Kinley (7-5) pitched a perfect eighth inning, and Kenley Jansen tossed a scoreless bottom of the ninth for his 20th save.

Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays, who remained one game behind the Guardians in the race for the third AL wild card. Jose Soriano allowed four runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Cardinals 2, Giants 1

Quinn Mathews pitched 6 2/3 effective innings and another St. Louis rookie, catcher Leo Bernal, contributed three hits and an RBI in a victory against San Francisco.

Alec Burleson added a go-ahead single in the fifth, and the Cardinals’ bullpen pitched out of jams in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings to help St. Louis win for the third time in four games. Mathews allowed a run and four hits while striking out a season-best eight.

The Giants, who went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, have dropped four in a row. Landen Roupp (9-14) allowed two runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings.

Angels 6, Mariners 4

Reid Detmers allowed three runs and struck out eight over six innings and Jose Siri went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs as Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak with a victory over Seattle in Anaheim, Calif.

Detmers (6-8) gave up seven hits and walked one en route to his seventh straight quality start. Zach Neto tripled, singled, scored twice and had an RBI and Denzer Guzman hit a two-run single for the Angels. Ben Joyce pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his team-leading fifth save.

Cal Raleigh hit a three-run home run, J.P. Crawford homered among his two hits and Randy Arozarena had a double and a single for Seattle, which guaranteed itself a non-winning season with the loss. Seattle rookie Kade Anderson (1-2) permitted five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

Diamondbacks 8, Marlins 7

Corbin Carroll hit a two-run walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning for Arizona, which overcame two three-run deficits to beat Miami in Phoenix.

The D-backs remained 2 1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres for the third and final National League wild-card spot. Lars Nootbaar homered among his three hits and Carroll added a run-scoring single for Arizona. Jordan Lawlar had two hits.

Javier Sanoja and Jakob Marsee hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning and combined for five hits and four RBIs for the Marlins. Xavier Edwards had two hits and an RBI for the Marlins, who had won two in a row. Miami starter Sandy Alcantara gave up four runs on seven hits in five innings.

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TOP INDIANA PRESS RELEASES/HEADLINES

COLTS FOOTBALL

The Indianapolis Colts today waived cornerback Johnathan Edwards.

Edwards, 6-1, 201 pounds, was originally signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2025. As a rookie, he played in 14 games (five starts) and registered 24 tackles (18 solo), three passes defensed and two special teams stops. Collegiately, Edwards appeared in 45 career games at Tulane (2024) and Indiana State (2021-23) and recorded 124 tackles (86 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss, 22 passes defensed and one forced fumble.

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INDIANA FOOTBALL

MONDAY PRESSER: CURT CIGNETTI

COACH CIGNETTI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFz7d6mdk9U

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IU VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY GAME NOTES

GAME 3

Western Kentucky (0-2) at No. 4/4 Indiana (4-0)

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium | Bloomington, Ind.

Setting The Scene

• Indiana will host Western Kentucky in Week 3 on Saturday (Sept. 19) at 4 p.m. on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The game will stream on Peacock.

• This will be the sixth matchup in program history between Indiana and Western Kentucky with IU leading the all-time series, 5-0. It is also the first time the programs have met since 2022, when Indiana won 33-30 in overtime on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.

• The home contest marks the third of eight home games for the Hoosiers on Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium this season and the third of four in a row to start the 2026 ledger.

News & Notes

• In his three years as head coach at Indiana, Curt Cignetti owns a 29-2 record and is 17-1 against Big Ten competition. His 27 wins through his first two seasons are the most by an FBS head coach in his first two years at a school.

•Indiana’s 55-point performance in Week 2 against Howard (9/12) was the 13th time under Cignetti that the program has scored 50-or-more points in a game (4, 2024; 7, 2025; 2, 2026).

• The 41 first half points by the Hoosiers mark just the sixth 40-point half in program history – all coming in first halves of games.

• The Indiana defense allowed Howard just four first downs, the fewest allowec in a game since at least 1958. In that span, IU allowed five first downs on four occasions: Indiana State, 2025; Purdue, 2024; Eastern Illinois, 2019; Minnesota, 1958.

• IU’s 55-point performance in Week 2 against Howard was the 13th time under Cignetti that the program has scored 50-or-more points in a game (4, 2024; 7, 2025; 2, 2026).

• Indiana has produced the most 50-plus point wins by an FBS team since 2024 with seven. That is three more than the next closest team: Indiana (7), Tennessee (4), Alabama (3), Ohio State (3), Texas (3) and UCF (3).

• The 57 yards of total offense by Howard are the fewest allowed by an IU defense since at least 1950. It is the seventh time in program history Indiana allowed fewer than 100-yards of total offense in a game and the third time in the Cignetti era.

• With just 13 yards rushing allowed the Indiana defense posted the 10th game since at least 1958 with fewer than 15 yards rushing allowed in a game. It is the fewest yards rushing allowed by IU since 2 yards versus Illinois in 2025 and the fifth time under Cignetti. The 44 yards passing are the fewest allowed by an IU defense since 2023 against Rutgers (39).

• Indiana totaled 12.0 tackles for loss in the game against Howard for its eight double-digit tackle for loss game since 2024.

• Josh Hoover threw four touchdown passes for the second consecutive week and tied the program record for most touchdown passes in first two games of the season with eight. Nate Sudfeld also threw eight against Indiana State and Navy to begin 2013. Hoover became the sixth quarterback (ninth occasion) in program history with eight-plus touchdown passes in a two-game span. MORE ON PAGE 7

• Lee Beebe Jr. (117 yards) and Turbo Richard (108 yards) became IU’s first 100-yard rushing duo in the same game since a win over Rutgers in 2017 (Morgan Ellison, 149; Cole Gest, 104). MORE ON PAGE 8

• Charlie Becker had his first career three touchdown game with three receiving scores in the first half. He became the first IU player with multiple-touchdown catches in consecutive games since Ty Fryfogle (2, at Michigan State; 3, at Ohio State) in 2020 and the first Hoosier to record 3-plus touchdowns in a game since Omar Cooper Jr. had four against Indiana State (9/12) in Week 3 of 2025. MORE ON PAGE 9

• With Rolijah Hardy’s pick-6 against Howard, the Indiana defense has forced at least one turnover in 11 straight games dating back to 2025 and the 27th time in 31 games under defensive coordinator Bryant Haines.

• Keishaun Calhoun charted his first two career tackles on two solo sacks against the Bison. MORE ON PAGE 12

COMPLETE GAME NOTES: https://static.iuhoosiers.com/custompages/PDF/fb/2026/26-09-19-Notes_Western_Kentucky.pdf

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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL

VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL: CHANTICLEER CLASSIC

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The non-conference portion of this year’s schedule ends this weekend as the Indiana volleyball team (5-2, 0-0 B1G) heads down south to play Coastal Carolina and NC State. Since the beginning of 2023, IU is 33-9 against non-Big Ten opponents. The Hoosiers are riding a three-game winning streak into the action in South Carolina.

Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager continues to raise her play as she develops into the team’s primary attacker this year. She averaged 4.67 kills per set while hitting .415 in a pair of sweeps against Cal Poly and Eastern Illinois at last weekend’s Indiana Invitational. She’s top 10 in the conference in kills per set (3.72) over the first seven matches of the season.

Her second-year counterpart, setter Teodora Krickovic has raised the floor of her game as well. The Serbian guided IU’s offense to a pair of hitting percentages above .375 in the two wins in Bloomington. She has scored 36 points this season (23 kills, 7 aces and 12 blocks) while dishing out 10.28 assists per set.

IU has entered conference play with at least seven wins in the previous four seasons. It can do so again with a pair of wins against Coastal Carolina and NC State over the weekend. The contest with the host Chanticleers is set for 6 p.m. on Friday (Sept. 18) evening. The matchup with NC State (Sept. 19) is IU’s fifth against a power conference opponent this year.

Gameday Details

Coastal Carolina (4-3) vs. #21 Indiana (5-2)

Friday, September 18th | 6 p.m. ET | HTC Center (Conway, S.C.)

TV: ESPN+ (Jack Calhoun)

Live Video | Live Stats

NC State (7-1) vs. #21 Indiana (5-2)

Saturday, September 19th | 6 p.m. ET | HTC Center (Conway, S.C.)

TV: No Stream

Live Video | Live Stats

A Win Would

COASTAL CAROLINA: Be the fourth-straight win on the season for the Hoosiers and the second in program history against Coastal Carolina.

NC STATE: Be the fourth-straight year with a win over an ACC program. It would also be the third power-conference victory (Texas A&M, Georgia) of the year.

BOTH: Give IU at least seven wins heading into conference play for the fifth-straight year. On top of that, it would give IU a five-game winning streak heading into the Big Ten opener against UCLA.

Stats and Trends

• The Hoosiers will meet Coastal Carolina and NC State before conference play begins next week.

• IU has finished .500 or better in each of the last four seasons – the program has won 82 games since 2022.

• Head coach Steve Aird’s group has won five of the last six games its played.

Notable

TAKING THEM DOWN: IU has been accustomed to playing teams from the ACC over the last few years. The program has won a game against an ACC team in three-consecutive seasons. That includes a pair of victories against Miami (Fla.) (2023, 2025) and one against Notre Dame (2024).

OFFENSE HEATS UP: IU really got its offense going in a pair of wins over Cal Poly and Eastern Illinois in Bloomington. The Hoosiers hit above .375 in each sweep over the weekend. Since the beginning of last year, IU has had 10 different matches where it has hit .375 in a victory.

J MONEY: Second-year outside hitter Jaidyn Jager has picked up her play as the season gets rolling in 2026. She’s on a run of six-straight games with at least 10 kills, matching a career-long streak from last year. She averaged 4.67 kills per set while hitting .415 in two games at the Indiana Invitational.

THE TONE: If IU can pick up a pair of victories against Coastal Carolina and NC State this weekend, it will finish the non-conference portion of the schedule with a 7-2 record. It would be the fifth-straight season that the program heads into conference play with 7-or-more victories.

SERVING STEPS UP: IU’s service pressure has been really good over the last five years and has come to light this season. The Hoosiers have at least eight aces in four of the last five contests. Eight different players have an ace this year, led by nine from second-year libero Hannah Leftridge.

BIG KIKI: Fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry has reared her head as the best blocker on this year’s squad. She has a team-best 28 blocks (1.33 per set) in just six matches. Granberry has a pair of matches this season (vs. No. 12 Texas A&M, vs. Cal Poly) with seven blocks.

KEEP CLIMBING: Second-year setter Teodora Krickovic is closing in on 1,500 career assists during her time in Bloomington. She would only be the 12th setter in program history to hit that plateau. The Serbian has 1,469 over the last two years and is averaging 10.64 assists per set in her career.

TALLYING WINS: Since the 2022 campaign (four-plus years), Indiana has racked up 82 wins under head coach Steve Aird. That includes at least 15 wins in each full season during that stretch. IU will be looking to reach that plateau again for the 5th-straight year in 2026.

Scouting the Opponent

Coastal Carolina (4-3, 0-0 Sun Belt)

• The Chanticleers are coming off a week that saw them beat Wofford and lose to Tennessee. Coastal Carolina has been extremely balanced this year with seven players averaging between 1.83 and 3.00 kills per set. The team has spent time in a 6-2 offense. Setter Kaylee Musick is providing 7.18 assists per set.

• Coastal’s block has stepped up big this year. Hatteras Welker, a former standout at Eastern Michigan, has 32 total blocks (1.07) as part of a team that averages 2.37 rejections per set. Libero Jonna Spohn, who played against IU at Maryland, is at 4.30 digs per set early in the year.

NC State (7-1, 0-0 ACC)

• The Wolfpack have survived some early tests and are off to a great 7-1 start to the year. Outside hitter Britni Silver has carried a big load as a freshman and has turned in 3.90 kills per set (117 total) in her debut collegiate season. Silver had 20+ kills against Wofford (25) and LSU (22) this year.

• Another freshman, setter Eva Long, has been involved early in the proceedings for NC State. She is dishing out 10.43 assists per set (313 total) as her team hits .258 on the year. Five players have between 1.60 and 3.90 kills per set this season. Middle blocker Talia Francom is averaging 1.64 blocks per set.

Inside the Series

Coastal Carolina

• The brief history between these teams came in 2013 at a neutral site venue on the College of Charleston campus. IU won the lone meeting that season. IU has Sun Belt ties. Assistant coach Matt Kearns was the former head coach at Louisiana-Monroe in 2022 and 2023.

NC State

• IU and NC State have played once on each other’s home courts but will meet in a neutral venue for the first time. The Hoosiers have picked up a number of wins against teams from the league over the past few years including victories over Notre Dame (2024) and Miami (Fla.) (2023, 2025).

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ROSEMONT, Ill. – A brilliant all-around performance and a 3-0 week for the Indiana volleyball program helped second-year setter Teodora Krickovic be named the Big Ten’s Setter of the Week on Monday (Sept. 14) afternoon. This is the second time in two years that she has earned the honor from the league offices.

IU earned a trio of victories (Southern Indiana, Cal Poly and Eastern Illinois) in five days as its offense began humming at an elite rate. The Hoosiers were set to a .338 team hitting percentage last week as Krickovic dished out 11.60 assists per set (116 total). IU hit a season-best .391 against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 11). In all three victories, IU’s five primary attackers had at least five kills in each contest.

Her elite offensive decisions weren’t the only thing that helped IU last week. She added 18 digs, 11 kills, six blocks and five aces while keeping opposing defenses off guard. On the season, Krickovic is averaging 10.28 assists per set, 2.00 digs per set, 0.92 kills per set and 0.48 blocks per set. She is set to become the 12th setter in program history with 1,500 career assists this weekend.

The Hoosiers will ride a three-game winning streak into the final weekend of non-conference play on Friday (Sept. 18) evening. This is the 14th Big Ten weekly honor that IU has earned under the guidance of head coach Steve Aird and the third by the young Serbian setter.

Big Ten Weekly Honors (Sept. 14)

Player of the Week: Manaia Ogbechie, Nebraska

Defensive Player of the Week: Dior Charles, Purdue

Setter of the Week: Teodora Krickovic, Indiana

Freshman of the Week: Haley Burgdorf, Penn State

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PURDUE MEN’S GOLF

TOLEDO, Ohio – The Purdue men’s golf team faltered over the last seven holes during round two of the Inverness Intercollegiate held at the renowned Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.

The Boilermakers dropped six spots into 11th with a 36-hole total of 24-over par 592 (293-299). Iowa continues to lead at 4-over par 572, but its lead dwindled to one shot over Auburn and two shots over Texas Tech.

Purdue is nine shots out of sixth place behind Loyola Marymount and Ohio State at 15-over par. Vanderbilt is eighth at 18-over par, while Tennessee is ninth at 19-over par. Toledo (+19), Purdue (+24), Clemson (+25), LSU (+27), Michigan (+29) and Wake Forest (+31) round out the top 15.

Purdue was in sixth place until the final seven holes did in the Boilermakers. Purdue’s five-person team played the last seven holes in a combined 16-over par to drop off the pace. Purdue had 15 bogeys, one double-bogey and one birdie during that stretch.

Sam Easterbrook continues to play well for the Boilermakers, sitting in a tie for fifth at even-par 142 (71-73).

Micah Sheffer, Supapon Amornchaichan and Will Harvey are tied for 56th at 8-over par 150. Jenson Forrester is tied for 66th at 10-over par 153.

Purdue will tee off the final round from 9:40 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. ET off hole 1, while paired with Clemson and Toledo. 

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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Senior middle blocker Dior Charles earned Purdue’s first weekly award nod of the season after being named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week by the conference office.

The honor comes on the heels of a 3-0 week in which Purdue played IU Indy, Houston and No. 8 SMU – without dropping a set – and culminated in the Paradise Invitational Championship title.

Charles averaged 1.88 blocks per set over the three matches, an effort that included six blocks vs. IU Indy, four against Houston and five against SMU.

Her efforts ranked No. 4 in the nation last week in blocks per set, and also guided the Boilermakers to not only top the Big Ten, but rank No. 8 in the nation last week in team blocks per set (3.22).

Charles and Purdue’s defensive stamina helped hold opponents to a combined .145 attack % last week, and a forced 61 attack errors.

It is the first career Big Ten weekly award recognition for Charles and the first middle blocker to receive the defensive honor since Raven Colvin in September 2024.

The Boilermakers moved up in the AVCA rankings three spots, checking in at No. 11 following the wins. 

UP NEXT

No. 14 Purdue returns home to host the Stacey Clark Classic, which will begin Thursday vs. UAlbany at 6 p.m. ET for the Hammer Down Cancer match. Then, on Saturday Purdue will take on UCF at 1 p.m. ET and will Lace Up for Pediatric Cancer with a Toy Story theme-night. A special Purdue Volleyball Toy Story poster will be given away.

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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

MONDAY PRESSER: MARCUS FREEMAN

COACH FREEMAN: https://fightingirish.com/news/2026/09/14/michigan-state-marcus-freeman-weekly-press-conference-91426-notre-dame-football

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BUTLER BASEBALL

Head Coach Blake Beemer has announced the Butler Baseball fall schedule. BU will play a four-game slate in preparation for the 2027 season. 

The Bulldogs open the fall with a trip to Dayton, Ohio to take on Wright State on Saturday, Oct. 3. BU will then return to Bulldog Park on Sunday, Oct. 11 when they face Harper College.

The following week, BU will head north to play Ball State in Muncie on Sunday, Oct. 18. The Bulldogs will wrap up the fall with a home contest against UIC on Saturday, Oct. 24. 

Beemer enters his fifth season in charge at Butler. He and his staff retain 20 Bulldogs from a year ago who will be joined by an exciting group of newcomers. 

Matthew Rhoades returns to suit up for the Bulldogs in 2027. Rhoades started every game at first base for BU last year. The slugger clubbed a team-high 19 home runs and 43 RBIs, while batting .271 and reaching base at a .367 clip. Rhoades is joined by Charlie Schebler, who hit a team-best .329 in 2026.

Max Winders and Grayson Bradberry both return to anchor Butler’s pitching staff. Winders led the Bulldogs in ERA a season ago, posting a 4.48 mark. Bradberry, meanwhile, pitched valuable innings as a freshman, striking out 58 batters in 57.2 innings. 

The full 2027 schedule will be announced at a later date. 

Butler Baseball Fall Schedule

Oct. 3: at Wright State

Oct. 11: vs. Harper College

Oct. 18: at Ball State

Oct. 24: vs. UIC

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BUTLER MEN’S BASKETBALL

Butler’s 2026-27 men’s basketball schedule is now complete with the announcement of the Bulldogs’ 20 BIG EAST conference games.

The Bulldogs will open the conference portion of their schedule Saturday, Dec. 12, traveling to Providence.

Game times and television information will be announced at a later date.

The entire 2026-27 BIG EAST Conference men’s basketball schedule was announced Monday, a 110-game double round-robin slate for the seventh straight year.

Notes on Butler’s 2026-27 BIG EAST Schedule:

Butler’s home BIG EAST schedule includes four weekend games in addition to hosting contests at Hinkle Fieldhouse on New Year’s Eve and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Seven of Butler’s 10 road BIG EAST games are on Saturdays.

Butler’s BIG EAST schedule includes at least one game on each day of the week for the first time in the Bulldogs’ 14 seasons as a member of the conference.

Butler’s BIG EAST opener at Providence Dec. 12 is the earliest start to the conference schedule for the Bulldogs in their 14 seasons as a member of the conference.

Butler’s first home BIG EAST game is Wednesday, Dec. 23 when Marquette visits Hinkle Fieldhouse.

The Bulldogs close out the regular season Saturday, March 6, hosting Seton Hall.

For the 45th consecutive year, the BIG EAST Tournament will be held at Madison Square Garden. It is college basketball’s longest running conference postseason tournament played at the same venue. The 2027 tournament is scheduled March 10-13.

BIG EAST and Television Information:

The upcoming season marks the second of a six-year media agreement, which will span through 2030-31, encompassing coverage on FOX Sports (FOX, FS1), NBC Sports (NBC, Peacock), and TNT Sports (TNT, TBS, truTV and Max).  

Ticket Options for Bulldog Fans:

Season tickets for the upcoming 2026-27 basketball season are on sale now at butlersports.com/seasontickets. Fans can email tickets@butler.edu or call the ticket office at 317-940-3647 for more information on securing season tickets.

Non-conference mini-plans are customizable plans featuring 200-level chairback seats and include four games for only $165.

Mini-plans that include select BIG EAST conference games are expected to go on sale in the coming days.

Single-game tickets for both non-conference and BIG EAST games will go on sale later this month. In the days prior to that public on-sale, Butler season ticket holders, Bulldog Club members, mini-plan purchasers, and Butler faculty and staff will be offered presale access.

Fans can purchase online or in person at the Butler Athletics Ticket Office at Hinkle Fieldhouse (which is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.).

About the 2026-27 Bulldogs: Butler alum Ronald Nored takes over head coaching duties at his alma mater after spending the last decade on coaching staffs in the NBA. The Bulldogs return five players from last season’s roster, headlined by starters Jalen Jackson and Drayton Jones. Jackson helped the Bulldogs to the 2025 Greenbrier Tip-Off title and 5-1 start to the 2025-26 season before missing the remainder of the campaign due to injury. Butler’s newcomers include Asim Djulovic, who starred for Mega Superbet in his native Serbia, and Samu Adler, who led his Salon Vilpas team to the Korisliiga league title and earned Player of the Year honors in his native Finland. Three of the team’s incoming transfers averaged double figures last season: Treyson Anderson (North Dakota State), Jordan Ellerbee (Florida Gulf Coast), and Christian Moore (The Citadel); that trio joins two power conference additions in Eduardo Klafke (Ole Miss) and Samis Calderon (Kansas).

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BUTLER WOMEN’S SOCCER

Butler midfielder Chloe Brecht and goalkeeper Addison Ash were tabbed this week with two of the four major weekly awards in the BIG EAST, and teammates Lola Pepper and Kensey Teffner were each named to the Weekly Honor Roll. Brecht was named BIG EAST Offensive Player of the Week, while Ash was recognized as BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week.

The four Bulldogs were honored after Butler produced a pair of shutouts this week, defeating IU Indy on the road, 4-0, and beating Central Michigan at home, 3-0.

Brecht tallied two goals and an assist, earning the first brace of her career at IU Indy. The junior from Powell, Ohio, led the team with five points and tied for first with three shots on goal. She was second on the team with six total shots.

Ash, a sophomore from Fishers, Ind., was perfect between the pipes this week, making five saves over the two matches and producing two clean sheets.

Teffner helped lead the Butler defensive line, limiting both opponents to a combined 16 shots with only five on frame. The freshman from Linden, Mich., also notched her first collegiate assist on Butler’s first goal at IU Indy.

Pepper, a freshman from Winona Lake, Ind., dished out an assist at IU Indy and then punched in an unassisted goal versus Central Michigan.

Butler will host Western Illinois this weekend as a part of Butler Homecoming festivities. The Saturday kickoff at Varsity Field is set for 2 p.m.

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BUTLER MEN’S GOLF

Back-to-back sub-70 rounds from freshman Nicholas Brooks have the Bulldogs in third place after the opening 36 holes of the RedHawk Intercollegiate.

Making his collegiate debut, Brooks is tied for third individually at seven-under 135 after opening the tournament with a 68 (-3) in the first round and following with a 67 (-4) in the afternoon 18. He carded seven birdies across 36 holes and turned in two clean scorecards without a bogey registered.

Logan Sutto delivered the highlight of the second round, firing a 30 (-6) on the front nine before finishing with a 68 (-3). Sutto sits tied for seventh at four-under 138 after opening with a 70 (-1).

Ethan Blomme bounced back from an opening-round 73 (+2) with an even-par 71 in the second round, leaving him tied for 36th individually at the end of the day (two-over 144).

Luke Kruger is tied for 53rd at five-over 147 after carding rounds of 74 (+3) and 73 (+2).

Also making his collegiate debut, freshman Johnny Leaman improved by four strokes in his second round, shooting a 74 (+3) to move into 72nd place at 10-over 152.

Brooks is one stroke behind tournament leaders Jack Callahan of Miami (Ohio) and Quin Polin of Richmond, who are tied at eight-under 134. Callahan carded an eight-under 63 in the second round, which was the best round of the day by two strokes.

As a team, the Bulldogs posted a second-round 279 (-5) and paired that with a morning 285 for a 36-hole total of 564. That is good for third on the leaderboard behind only Ball State (557) and VCU (558). There are a total of 14 teams in the field and only six shots separate third-place Butler (564) from ninth-place Dayton (570) in the standings entering Tuesday’s final 18.

The Bulldogs will begin the final round of the RedHawk Intercollegiate Tuesday with a 9 a.m. shotgun start.

The Bulldog Men:

T3) Nicholas Brooks, 68-67 – 135 (-7)

T7) Logan Sutto, 70-68 – 138 (-4)

T36) Ethan Blomme, 73-71 – 144 (+2)

T53) Luke Kruger, 74-73 – 147 (+5)

T72) Johnny Leaman, 78-74 – 152 (+10)

82) Johnny Creamean (IND), 80-79 – 159 (+17)

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BUTLER WOMEN’S GOLF

The Bulldogs finished their first tournament of the season in fifth place overall at the Redbird Fall Invitational, carding a final-round 298 (+10) at Weibring Golf Club. Sophomore Addi Kooi led Butler with a fifth-place individual finish.

Kooi paced the Bulldogs on the individual leaderboard, carding a 74 (+2) in the final round to finish the tournament at 220 (+4). She led the team with five birdies in the final round and nine for the tournament (in addition to an eagle in Sunday’s second round).

Freshman Rachel Johnson delivered the lowest round of the day for the Bulldogs Monday, firing an even-par 72. Johnson climbed 18 spots on the leaderboard during the final round to finish tied for 18th at nine-over 225. Her round featured five birdies, including back-to-back birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. She finished the back nine at 1-under 35.

Junior Treva Dodd posted a standout back nine of her own, turning in a two-under 34 with two birdies and seven pars. Her final-round 73 (+1) moved her eight spots up the leaderboard, finishing tied for ninth alongside teammate Brooklynn Bohnert.

Bohnert, a freshman competing as an individual, carded a final-round 76 (+4) with four birdies to finish tied for ninth at six-over 222.

Senior Ashley Freitas bounced back with an even-par 36 on the back nine to card a final-round 79 (+7) and provide Butler’s fourth counting score.

St. Thomas, which held the 36-hole lead after Sunday’s play, held on to capture the team title at 877 (+13). That was two shots better than Augusta. Host Illinois State and Denver came in just ahead of fifth-place Butler (898, +34). The field included 13 teams. 

Kathryn VanArragon led the Tommies to the team championship by taking medalist honors at three-under 213, which was highlighted by a second-round, four-under 68 Sunday.

The Butler Women:

T5) Addi Kooi, 74-72-74 — 220 (+4)

T9) Brooklynn Bohnert (IND), 74-72-76 — 222 (+6)

T9) Treva Dodd, 75-74-73 — 222 (+6)

T18) Rachel Johnson, 76-77-72 — 225 (+9)

T44) Samantha Von Rohr, 78-74-81 — 233 (+17)

T66) Ashley Freitas, 80-84-79 — 243 (+27)

Up Next: The Bulldogs will return to action Sept. 28-29 for the NKU Invitational at Belterra Golf Club in Florence, Ind.

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IU INDY WOMEN’S GOLF

YORKTOWN, Ind. – The IU Indianapolis women’s golf team carded rounds of 304 and 305 on day one of Ball State’s Brittany Kelly Classic on Monday (Sept. 14) and sits fifth of 14 teams heading into Tuesday’s finale. 

Host Ball State leads the way at 577 and Morehead State is second at 586. Meanwhile, Green Bay’s Riley Pechinski is atop the leaderboard at 7-under 137 and has a five-shot lead over her closest competition. 

Sophomore Li (Sherry) Xia leads the Jaguars at 148 (72-76) and is tied for 13th among the 91-player field. 

“I felt really solid today and stayed patient throughout both rounds,” Xia said. “Overall, I’m happy with how I played.”

In the morning round, Xia led the way with an even par 72, including three birdies, while classmate Olivia Aronhalt shot 1-over 73. Junior Cassidy Ayres was 1-under at the turn before ultimately finishing at 6-over 78 and rookie Janelle Garcia rounded out the scoring group at 81. Emma Frauhiger saw her opening round 82 discarded in the 5-count-4 format while Nina Wojtczak was top among the three individual entries at 83. 

In round two, Garcia rebounded with a 1-over 73 and Xia shot 4-over 76. Aronhalt posted a second round 77 and Ayres and Frauhiger both shot 79. Both Wojtczak and junior Lexi Stuart shot 6-over 78 in the afternoon rounds. 

IU Indy finished the day tied for third overall with 23 birdies as Garcia made a team-high six. Xia had a team-high 23 pars in the opening 36 holes. 

The Jaguars will begin play on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. from The Players Club at Woodland Trails.

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BALL STATE MEN’S GOLF

PITTSBURGH – – In the program’s first two rounds at the Pittsburgh Field Club, the Ball State men’s team got off to a hot start, firing -11 (557) to hold a one stroke lead after the first 36 holes of the RedHawks Intercollegiate.

As a team, the Cardinals shot -2 (282) to tie for the best opening round of the day, while firing a -9 (275) to tie for the lowest second round of the day. VCU is currently second at -10 (558), followed by in-state rival Butler at -4 (564).

Individually, senior Cameron Young led the way and is currently tied for third overall with a score of -7 (135). His day included an opening round -4 (67) and a second round -3 (68) on the 71-par, 6,828-yard course.

Young would tie for third among the field in par 5 average at -6 (4.25), while ranking fourth among the field with a par 4 average of -3 (3.83). he also ranked second among the field in total birdies, with 11. 

While Young’s opening round -4 (67) tied as the lowest first round among the 84-player field, it was not Ball State’s lowest round of the day. That honor went to senior Avery Mahoney who carded a -5 (66) in the second round. The effort brought Mahoney to E (144) for the tournament and currently has him tied for 21st overall.

Junior Happy Gilmore continued his solid play, shooting -2 (69) in the opening round and is tied for 11th overall at -2 (140) after going even in his second.

Freshman Mattingly Upchurch also went sub-par in his second round, shooting -1 (70). He is tied with Mahoney for 21st overall at E (142).

As a team, the Cardinals tied for first among the field in par 4 average at +1 (4.01), while tying for third in both par 3 average (+9; 3.18) and par 5 average (-15; 4.63). Ball State also led all 14 teams with 40 total birdies.

Action in the RedHawk Intercollegiate concluded Tuesday with the final round starting at 9 a.m.

Ball State Team Results

T3 – Cameron Young: 135 (67-68; -7)

T11 – Happy Gilmore: 140 (69-71; -2)

T21 – Avery Mahoney: 142 (76-66; E)

T21 – Mattingly Upchurch: 142 (72-70; E)

52 – Luke Johnston: 146 (74-72; +4)

Ball State Individual Results

T36 – Brody Sorrell: 144 (71-73; +2)

Ball State Team

1 – Ball State: 557 (282-275; -11)

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BALL STATE WOMEN’S GOLF

YORKTOWN, Ind. – – The Ball State women’s golf team has five players in the top 10 and hold a nine-stroke lead as a team after the first two rounds of the Brittany Kelly Classic at The Players Club at Woodland Trails.

The Cardinals held a three-stroke lead after shooting +6 (294) in the opening round, then followed with a -5 (283) in the second to tie the second-lowest 18-hole team score in the now 24-year history of the event.

Ball State’s +1 (577) score is currently nine strokes ahead second place Morehead State which shot +10 (586) on the day. Overall, there are 14 teams competing for the tournament title.

Freshman Taylor Larkins provided Ball State’s lowest round Monday, shooting -4 (68) to lead the Cardinals charge over the second 18. She was not the only BSU golfer to go sub-par in the second round, however, as she was joined by junior Sophie Korthuijs at -2 (70), freshman Elizabeth Coleman at -1 (71) and senior JJ Gregston at -1 (71).

Throw in even-par rounds of 72 by Coleman and Gregston over the first tour of the 6,294-yard course and the pair are currently tied for third overall at -1 (141).

Larkins is currently tied for sixth overall at E (144), after shooting +4 (76) in her opening round. Also, in the top 10 among the 91-player field for Ball State are Korthuijs in eighth at +1 (145) and senior Jenna Estravillo who is tied for ninth at +3 (147), including shooting E (72) in her second round.

Estravillo is currently tied for second among the field in par 3 average at -1 (2.83), along with sophomore Skylar Dean. Gregston is tied for second in par 5 average at -2 (4.67), while Larkins is tied for fifth in par 4 average at E (4.00).

Ball State is second among the field in total birdies, at 28, including eight apiece from Coleman and Gregston. Korthuijs has one of the six eagles over the first 36 holes of competition, holing out on her third shot on the par 5, 435-yard 15th.

Play in the Brittany Kelly Classic concludes Tuesday with the final round starting at 9 a.m. back at The Players Club.

Ball State Team Players

T3 – Elizabeth Coleman: 143 (72-71; -1)

T6 – Taylor Larkins: 144 (76-68; E)

8 – Sophie Korthuijs: 145 (75-70; +1)

T13 – Ashley Kirkland: 148 (74-74; +4)

T17 – Skylar Dean: 149 (73-76; +5) 

Ball State Individual Players

T3 – JJ Gregston: 143 (72-71; -1)

T9 – Jenna Estravillo: 147 (75-72; +3)

T27 – Lexi Ray: 153 (77-76; +9)

Ball State Team Score

1st – Ball State: 577 (294-283; +1)

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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF

NORMAL, Ill. – Indiana State women’s golf finished in ninth at the Redbird Invitational, held from September 13-14.

The Sycamores shot a 921 (+57, 301-305-315) to place ahead of both Northern Iowa in 12th (954, +90) and Evansville (985, +121).

Louise Standtke recorded her sixth top 10 finish in her career, tying in ninth with a 222 (+6, 72-75-75). The junior had two bogeys in her first six holes of the tournament before turning around to finish two-under in the next 12 holes. In round two she opened with three birdies in the first eight holes before making eagle on hole 18. That was her first eagle recorded in collegiate golf. Adding in two birdies from the third round, she finished with seven.

Alana Gilbert was the next lowest finisher for Indiana State, tying for 39th place (231, +15, 75-79-77). She led the Sycamores in birdies with eight total. Gilbert helped the Sycamores stay competitive in the tournament ending her second round only one-over in her final 12 holes and by shooting one-under to open the third round.

Rosalie DiNunzio (+19, 77-74-84) shot a 235 in the tournament, good for a tie in 48th place. The senior shaved three strokes between the first and second rounds by making a double on second hole of round two then shot even the rest of the round.

Keira Brazeau’s 237 (+21, 77-77-83) placed her tied for 52nd, and she was followed by Ava Brumagin who played as an individual with a 241 (+25, 79-84-78). The freshman Brumagin closed out her tournament by shooting only one-over in her last 14 holes in round three.

Up Next

Indiana State plays in the NKU Fall Invitational from September 27-29 in Florence, Ind. at the Belterra Golf Club.

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INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State offensive lineman Griffin Hile was named this week’s Missouri Valley Football Conference Offensive Lineman of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday afternoon.

Hile records Indiana State’s first MVFC weekly recognition of the 2026 season and becomes the first Sycamore offensive lineman to receive the nod since Keagen Trost received recognition back on November 14, 2022, against Western Illinois.

Hile, the Sycamores’ starting left tackle, played every snap on the offensive side of the ball in Indiana State’s 42-35 win over Eastern Illinois this past Saturday night. The Jasper, Ind. native graded out as Indiana State’s top offensive lineman in the game and helped the Sycamore offense pave the way to 502 yards (284 passing, 218 rushing) of total offense in the win over the Panthers.

Up Next

Indiana State returns home on Saturday, September 19, as the Sycamores close out non-conference play at Memorial Stadium against Valparaiso University. Kickoff between Indiana State and the Beacons is set for 1 p.m. ET and will be carried live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.

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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S GOLF

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s golf turned in the fourth-best 36-hole day in program history on Monday (Sept. 14) thanks to a 281-279-560 (-8) opening day at the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational.

The Mastodons’ low score was in large part thanks to Brock Reschly and AJ Agnew, who were both 6-under with scores of 136. Those marks were both one shy of the Mastodon program record. Reschly’s 136 came by way of a 68 in both rounds. He was remarkably consistent, turning in a scorecard with seven birdies, six pars and four bogeys in round one. In the afternoon round, Reschly had four birdies, 13 pars and just one bogey. Agnew was a touch better in the morning, shooting 67-69-136. His 67 was just a bogey on his opening hole away from a bogey-free round, but he more than made up for it with five birdies scattered throughout the day. In round two, Agnew birdied 10 and 11, then after a bogey on 18, moved to 2-under with an eagle on the 558-yard par-5 first hole. He birdied three for good measure to join Reschly with career-lows. The two Mastodons are tied for fourth with 18 to play, just one shot off the lead.

Nick Bellush was the third Mastodon to go under par on Monday, shooting 71-69-140 (-2). He was 5-over on the front nine in the morning, but was stellar on the back, going 5-under for the even round. He birdied holes 11, 13, 14, 15 and 17. Later in the day, he birdied three more holes on the back nine for a 2-under effort, saving seven total shots on the back. Bellush finished his day with a birdie on one and three pars in a row. He is in 17th place through day one.

Justin Hicks, Landon Smith and Brady Moore all shot 158 to tie for 65th. Hicks shot 75-73, getting birdies to go on holes six and 14 in the morning and one, 14 and 18 in the afternoon. He added 21 pars throughout the day. Smith shot 75-73 as well, but he started 2-under with birdies on eight and nine. He added a birdie on hole six and was bogey-free on the front for a 33. He was bogey-free on the front again in the afternoon, turning in eight pars and a birdie on nine.

Moore played as an individual, shooting 73-75 with six birdies.

The Mastodons’ 8-under performance was good to tie for fourth through the opening 36 holes. Murray State led the 14-team field with a 553 (-15).

The final round of Marshall’s event will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday (Sept. 15).

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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF

PADUCAH, Ky. – Louise Ekesall and Emily Gottman both turned in two-round totals of 152 on the opening day of The Velvet Classic on Monday (Sept. 14) to lead the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf team in the Mastodons’ first stroke play event of the season.

Ekesall shot 79-73-152, turning in nothing worse than a bogey in the first round. She birdied holes five and nine, adding seven pars along the way. In the afternoon round, she was very steady, finding three birdies and 13 pars on her second time through. She birdied holes one, eight and 17, the first of which was a 462-yard par-5. 

Gottman shot 75-77-152 with bogeys or better the entire day. She birdied holes nine and 14 in round one, leading to an even first 15 holes. In round two, the sophomore went back-to-back with birdies on 16 and 17, helping her remain even over the last 10 holes. Gottman and Ekesall are both tied for 24th.

Three shots back of Ekesall and Gottman, Hunar Mittal shot 80-75-155 and is 37th with 18 to play. She started the day with four pars in a row. After an uneven back nine that was highlighted by a birdie on the 327-yard 15th, she parred five of her last six. The afternoon round was much calmer, as the former First Team All-Horizon Leaguer turned in 13 pars and a birdie on 16.

Lillian Gottman shot 83-79-163. She had 10 pars in both rounds with a birdie on hole 11 to highlight the second. She ended her day with three pars in a row.

In the first stroke play event of her career, freshman Amaya Wade shot 85-81-166. The brightest spot of her day was a birdie deuce on hole six. She strung together 17 pars, with 10 in round two.

Lillie Cone played as an individual, shooting 86-91-177. She birdied holes one and eight on her first trip through the course.

As a group, the Mastodons shot 317-304-621, which leaves them in 10th place with 18 holes left in the event. West Georgia leads the field at 591. 

The final round of The Velvet Classic will fire off on Tuesday morning (Sept. 15).

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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball head coach Jon Coffman has announced the non-league schedule for his program.

Prior to the regular season kicking off, the Mastodons will host the Purdue Boilermakers in a previously announced exhibition contest at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum on October 22. Limited tickets are still available here.

Purdue Fort Wayne will also play at Ball State in an exhibition game on October 28 in Worthen Arena.

The regular season non-league schedule features home games against Albion (Nov. 7), Western Michigan (Nov. 12), Calumet College of St. Joseph (Nov. 21), Wofford (Nov. 28) and Kuyper (Dec. 19).

The Mastodons’ regular season road slate is highlighted by trips to Xavier on December 9, Buffalo on December 12 and Wisconsin on December 22. The ‘Dons will also visit Duquesne (Nov. 3), Eastern Illinois (Nov. 15), Bradley (Nov. 18) and Southeast Missouri (Nov. 24).

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EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S GOLF

NORMAL, Ill. – Jane Grankina was the top finisher for the University of Evansville women’s golf team at the season-opening Redbird Invitational at Weibring Golf Club.

After opening with a score of 83 (+11), Grankina posted an even round of 72 to complete the first day. In Monday’s final round, Grankina finished at 4-over to secure a tie for 39th in the final standings.

Tying for second on the Purple Aces squad and 72nd on the individual leaderboard was the duo of Trinity Dubbs and Mia McGraw. Dubbs opened play with an 82 (+10) before finishing with scores of 87 and 83. McGraw posted a 94 in the opening round before making a huge improvement over the remainder of the event. She wrapped up the second round with a 78 (+6) before recording an 80 (+8) in the third round.

Adline Wittmer was next for UE. She began the weekend with an 85 (+13) and followed with her low score of the event – an 83 (+11). Wittmer finished the final round with a 19-over 91. Frankie Leigh Nicholes rounded out the team. Her low round of the tournament came in the second 18 where she shot an 11-over 83.

Evansville took 13th in the final standings while St. Thomas picked up the win. The Tommies finished the tournament at 13-over to defeat Augusta by two strokes. Kathryn VanArragon of St. Thomas was the medalist. She completed her three rounds at 3-under.

The Purple Aces return to the course for the NKU Fall Invitational from Sept. 28-29.

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EVANSVILLE VOLLEYBALL

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Looking for its third victory in a row, the University of Evansville volleyball team travels to Martin, Tenn. to take on UT Martin on Tuesday evening. Match time is 6 p.m. with ESPN+ having the broadcast.

Match Information

UE at UT Martin Tuesday, September 15 | 6PM CST | Live Stats | ESPN+

Last Time Out

– On Saturday, the Purple Aces earned a weekend sweep over Tennessee State taking a 3-1 win at Meeks Family Fieldhouse

– Lyla Fisher reset her career mark with 16 kills while Carlotta Pascual Centelles had her top season tally of 11 kills

Top Three

– Highlighted by a career-high 31 digs in the road win at Tennessee State, Kendall Agler is third in the MVC with her season average of 4.24 per set

– The effort surpassed her previous mark of 22 digs, which came just days earlier versus Kansas City

– Agler is averaging 5.33 digs per set over the last three matches

Leading the Way

– Lyla Fisher picked up a career-high 16 kills in Saturday’s win over Tennessee State surpassing her previous mark of 15, which came against Rutgers

– Fisher paced the offense in her first weekend of collegiate action; after posting 12 kills in the opener versus PFW, she added 15 against Rutgers before completing the weekend with 11 at Bellarmine

– Averaging 2.71 kills per set, Fisher is 10th in the MVC

Scouting the Opponent

– UT Martin has dropped its first six matches of the season after going 0-3 at the Noona Kennard Invitational over the weekend in Chattanooga

– The Skyhawks are led by the duo of Luli Arcucci and Sophie Diouf who average 2.88 and 2.81 kills per set, respectively

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EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville men’s soccer team is set to host Southern Indiana on Tuesday in the fifth annual Mayor’s Cup at Arad McCuthan Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT.

Evansville vs Southern Indiana | Tuesday, September 15 | 7 PM CT

Site | Location Arad McCutchan Stadium | Evansville, Ind.

Links 7 PM CT:  Live Stats | TV: ESPN+

Series History 

Tuesday marks the fifth all-time meeting between Evansville and Southern Indiana. The Aces hold a 3-1-0 advantage in the series and lead 1-1-0 in games played at Arad McCutchan Stadium. The teams met last year on the West Side, with Evansville earning the 3-0 victory.

Scouting Southern Indiana

Southern Indiana brings a 0-3-2 record into Tuesday’s match. The Screaming Eagles most recently fell to Marquette, 3-2, on Saturday in Milwaukee, Wis.

Last Time Out

Evansville earned its first win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Lindenwood Friday night on the road. Alejandro Fernandez opened the scoring in the 10th minute, finishing a pass from Izán Redondo, before Devin Shepherd doubled the lead in the 21st minute with a header assisted by Rodrigo Zambrana.

The Aces continued to create opportunities throughout the first half and took a 2-0 advantage into the break. Lindenwood generated several chances early in the second half, but Evansville’s defense continued to keep the Lions off the scoreboard.

Evansville added to its lead in the 64th minute when Etienne Ravelli scored his first career goal with a bicycle kick following a corner kick from Ben Zec and a header from Marc Martin. The spectacular goal was featured at No. 6 on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top Ten. The Aces’ defense held Lindenwood without a shot in the final 25 minutes of the match, while Hugo Amo made two saves to record Evansville’s first clean sheet of the season.

Follow Along

The match will be streamed live on ESPN+. Live stats are available at GoPurpleAces.com.

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SOUTHERN INDIANA VOLLEYBALL

EVANSVILLE, Ind.- University of Southern Indiana Volleyball earns two Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honors after finishing the week 2-2. Senior Ashby Willis earns her first Defensive Player of the Week honor, and sophomore Aysa Thomas is named Co-Setter of the Week.

Willis and Thomas earn their second Player of the Week honors together this season, after leading the Screaming Eagles to wins over Youngstown State University (3-1) and Winthrop University (3-2) at the Sports Imports Classic hosted by Ohio State University.

USI’s two losses this week come from Big Ten Conference opponents. The first loss (3-1) was on Monday, September 7 against No. 21 Indiana University, where the Screaming Eagles won the first set against a ranked Division I opponent in program history. The match also drew a record-breaking crowd of 2,125 fans, setting a new program record and marking the highest OVC attendance in the past decade. The second loss was to Ohio State on the second day at the Sports Imports Classic, where the team won the opening set but fell 3-1 in a competitive match.

Willis had a balanced all-around performance through the week, tallying 65 digs for 3.82 per set alongside her 55 kills. The senior had a season-high 22 digs in the win over Youngstown State, and with her 17 kills, she marked one of three double-doubles for the week. Against top-ranked Indiana, Willis covered the back row, picking up 18 digs to lead the team.

The outside hitter ranks second in the OVC for total digs, behind USI’s junior libero Audrey Small, and she is third for her 3.44 digs per set average. Willis’ efforts in the back row help put USI firmly in first place in the league for team total digs and per-set totals as well.

Co-Setter of the Week, Thomas tallies her second POTW honor this season and tenth of her career, as she shares this week’s title with Lindenwood University’s Kaci Johnson.

The sophomore dished out 154 assists in USI’s four games this week for 9.06 per set. She also tallied 37 digs, 12 kills, and 12 blocks. For her best game of the week, Thomas recorded a season-high 49 assists, met her season-high of five kills, and met her career-high with seven blocks in the five-set win over Winthrop.

The Screaming Eagles are back at home this week as they prep for the second annual Battle for the Lloyd match against crosstown rival University of Evansville on Friday, September 18, at 6:30 inside Liberty Arena. USI will then travel to UE’s campus on Saturday at 3 p.m. to complete the series.

For game updates on this week’s rivalry games, fans can follow USI Athletics and usivolleyball on Instagram, X, and Facebook, and online at usiscreamingeagles.com.

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SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Men’s Soccer will travel across town to the University of Evansville on Tuesday for the fifth annual Mayor’s Cup at Arad McCutchan Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.  

Tuesday’s match will be streamed on ESPN+. Live stats and coverage will be available on X (USIMSOC) and at usiscreamingeagles.com.

Saturday’s Recap:

USI (0-3-2) is coming off a 3-2 loss to Marquette University on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Screaming Eagles led for the majority of the match but fell in the final minutes.

Freshman midfielder Christian Rotundo and senior midfielder Garrett Morris each scored their first goals of the season. The goals were the first of their USI Men’s Soccer careers. Morris also paced the squad with three shots on Saturday. Sophomore midfielder Nolan Stevens notched his first assist of the season on Rotundo’s first-half goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Jacob English hauled in six saves for the fourth time this season, bringing his season total to 28. English’s 28 saves rank second in the Ohio Valley Conference.

The road trip to the University of Evansville (1-4-1) is the second match of a four-game road stretch. After the match against UE, the Screaming Eagles will travel to Belmont University (Sept. 18) and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (Sept. 26) before heading home to face Eastern Illinois University (Oct. 1).

Mayor’s Cup History:

The Mayor’s Cup began in 2022, after USI transitioned into an NCAA Division I program. In the inaugural matchup, USI managed its only result of the series, a 0-0 tie. Last year’s Mayor’s Cup was a 3-0 home loss for the Screaming Eagles. They were outshot 24 to five in the match.

Evansville leads the all-time series 3-0-1 with wins in each of the past three seasons. The Purple Aces have scored at least three goals in the Mayor’s Cup, except for the 0-0 tie in the inaugural season in 2022.

Mayor’s Cup matchup history:

Year:  Location:                   Score:          Result:

2022: @ Evansville            0-0                 T

2023: @ USI                         0-4                 L

2024: @ Evansville            1-3                 L

2025: @ USI                         0-3                 L

Scouting the University of Evansville:

The Aces faced Lindenwood University on Friday and managed a 3-0 win for their first win of the season, scoring in the 10th, 20th, and 63rd minutes. UE outshot Lindenwood 16 to five and had two saves.

Evansville has faced four teams inside the top 25 RPI (Rating Percentage Index) rankings (Indiana University #14, University of Louisville #22, and Northwestern University #24) this season. The Aces have also faced the 16th-strongest schedule thus far in Division I this season.  

UE’s two leading goal scorers are junior wing Alejandro “Casca” Fernandez and senior midfielder Pablo Calvete, both with two goals. The Aces’ net is protected by graduate student goalkeeper Hugo Amo, who has amassed 19 saves in six games while allowing 10 goals.

Fans can stay up to date on the action by following USI Men’s Soccer on X (@USIMSOC).

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VALPO WOMEN’S GOLF

A veteran and rookie shared the Valparaiso University women’s golf team’s top score on Monday as the Beacons played the first two rounds of Ball State’s Brittany Kelly Classic, hosted at the par-72, 6294-yard Players Club at Woodland Trails in Yorktown, Ind. Fifth-year senior Katelyn McCoy (Chesterton, Ind. / Chesterton) began her final collegiate campaign, while freshman Olivia Bailey (Rochester, Ind. / Rochester Community) made her collegiate debut.  

How It Happened

McCoy went sub-80 in both rounds on Monday, leading the team with a 79 in Round 1 before improving to 78 in Round 2 to finish the day at 157, tied for 45th in a 91-player field.

Buoyed by birdies on the 14th and 15th holes in both rounds, Bailey also finished Day 1 at 157 (t-45). She had the team’s best round of the day in Round 2, carding a 77 including an under par back nine.

Sophomore Katie Estridge (Biloxi, Miss. / Biloxi) was third on the team at 161 (81-80, t-63).

The Beacons posted a 640 (322-318) on the day, 14th on the team leaderboard.

Thoughts from Head Coach Jill McCoy

“Today was a pretty good start to the season. Katelyn had a good start to her last year and Olivia had a pretty good start to her college career. I look forward to watching everyone continue to improve!”  

Up Next

The Beacons will play the final round of the season-opening event on Tuesday. The action begins at 8 a.m. CT / 9 a.m. ET with a shotgun start. A link to live scoring via Clippd is available on ValpoAthletics.com.

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VALPO VOLLEYBALL

Valparaiso University volleyball junior Ava Helming (Johnston, Iowa / Johnston) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week for her performance at this past weekend’s CSU/Akron Invite in Ohio.

Helming led the MVC in kills/set (4.62) for the week and had a career-high 28 kills in the win over Cleveland State. She tied for the most kills by a Valpo player in the 25-point era and tied for the sixth-most in a match by a Valpo player across all eras.

Over the three matches this week, Helming accrued 60 kills and a .261 hitting percentage to go along with two aces, 22 digs, six blocks and 5.04 points per set.

Helming earned the MVC Player of the Week honor for the third time in her career, and this marked her fifth total weekly accolade from the league office.

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UINDY VOLLEYBALL

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following its impressive 10-1 start, the UIndy volleyball team returned to the AVCA-Taraflex DII national poll for the first time since 2021, the organization announced Monday.

The Greyhounds rattled off 10 consecutive wins, including eight sweeps, to open the 2026 season before battling now-No. 12 Lynn down in the Sunshine State over the weekend. 

Maddie Lynch leads the team with 3.77 kills per set, while senior libero Macy Bruton is averaging 5.2 digs per set in 11 contests this fall. Each athlete has earned GLVC Player of the Week honors already this season, which you can learn more about here (Lynch) and here (Bruton).

Midwest Region member Ferris State tops the national poll for the second straight week, with Grand Valley also represented at No. 17. 

AVCA DII poll

RK SCHOOL [1st-place votes] PTS REC PREV

1.

Ferris State [44]

1,170

10-0

1

2.

Wayne State (Neb.) [2]

1,105

9-1

2

3.

Tampa

1,068

8-1

3

4.

Fresno Pacific

981

9-0

T-5

5.

Concordia-St. Paul

974

7-2

T-5

6.

Angelo State

864

10-1

9

7.

Nebraska-Kearney

852

11-1

7

8.

Missouri Western

786

10-1

10

9.

Cal State San Bernardino [1]

770

9-0

14

10.

St. Cloud State

708

7-3

8

11.

Barry

654

5-2

11

12.

Lynn

641

8-1

15

13.

Washburn

623

10-2

4

14.

Southwest Minnesota State

549

7-2

12

15.

Cal Poly Pomona

542

8-1

17

16.

Point Loma

393

5-3

13

17.

Grand Valley State

357

8-2

19

18.

Emporia State

332

12-1

25

T-19.

Alaska-Fairbanks

284

9-3

16

T-19.

MSU Denver

284

5-4

18

21.

Simon Fraser

265

5-3

23

22.

Central Oklahoma

190

10-3

22

23.

Minnesota Duluth

101

9-1

RV

24.

UIndy

92

10-1

RV

25.

Central Missouri

84

7-4

RV

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MARIAN FOOTBALL

Indianapolis — Marian Football student-athletes Uriah Buchanan, Samirion Ford and Ashton Vogel swept the Mid-States Football Association Midwest League Players of the Week, the organization announced Monday afternoon.

Buchanan rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries with an additional catch for seven yards. The redshirt sophomore’s touchdown put the Knights in the lead for good in Saturday’s 30-6 win at 17th-ranked Saint Francis (Ind.).

Ford picked up MSFA Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording an interception, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery along with four tackles. Ford personally accounted for two of USF’s four turnovers on the night, helping MU retain the Franciscan Bowl trophy.

Vogel added MSFA Special Teams Player of the Week recognition after going a perfect 3-for-3 field goals on top of converting each of his three extra-point attempts in Saturday night’s win. Vogel matched a career high with a 48-yard field goal in the first half.

Marian, now ranked 11th in the NAIA football poll, makes its long-awaited home debut on Saturday, hosting Madonna at Ascension St. Vincent Field at 1:05 p.m.

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MARIAN MEN’S GOLF

Jackson, Mich. — Catawba College senior golfer Lane Zedrick was named the Crossroads League Men’s Golfer of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.

Zedrick earned a runner-up finish at the Wildcat Invitational, hosted by Indiana Wesleyan Sept. 7-8.

The Fishers native went 73-72-67 at Purdue University’s Birck Boilermaker Golf Course in West Lafayette to lead the Knights to a sixth-place finish. Zedrick’s 67 on Tuesday was good for the second lowest round in the field that day.

Marian Men’s Golf is off this week before returning to action at the Northwest Iowa National Invitational in Le Mars, Iowa, next Monday and Tuesday.

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MARIAN MEN’S SOCCER

JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League Athletes of the Week were announced on Monday, recognizing the league’s top individual performances from September 14 through September 20. Sports Information Directors from the league institutions nominate student-athletes for the awards and vote on each week’s winners.

For the second week in a row, and the fifth honor of his career, Samuel Wehaus earned the Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Week honor. Wehaus scored a season-high three goals in Marian’s 6-0 win over St. Mary of the Woods and finished the week atop the NAIA with 10 goals and 22 points on the season. Throughout the week, Wehaus held a .500 shot-on-goal percentage with five of his 10 shots on target. With Wehaus’ honor, the Knights recorded three straight weeks of capturing the Crossroads League Honor. 

The Knights are back in action as they host IU-East on Wednesday at 7 PM at Ascension St. Vincent Field in their last game of their six game home stand.

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

1889:

Brooklyn increases its lead over St. Louis to seven games as the Browns lose in Philadelphia while Brooklyn takes a pair from Louisville.

Sioux City (Western Association) sweeps a quadruple-header from visiting St. Joseph winning 6 – 1, 12 – 7, 12 – 5, and 5 – 4. The first three games are five innings apiece and the fourth game is seven innings.

1901:

In the second of two games with Milwaukee, the White Stockings hit a major-league record five triples in the 8th inning. Their total of six in the game is an American League record not duplicated until September 17, 1920. Chicago wins, 9 – 4, after taking the opener, 5 – 4, and hitting four triples.

The Detroit Tigers roll over Cleveland behind Ed Siever with what will be the most lopsided score in American League history: 21 – 0 (equaled on August 13, 1939) – until the Cleveland Indians beat the New York Yankees 22 – 0 on August 31, 2004 at Yankee Stadium. Detroit pounds out 24 hits off rookie Jack Bracken as Pop Dillon leads the way with four hits. The game is mercifully called after 7 1/2 innings to allow Cleveland to catch a train. Bracken’s ERA is not helped by this outing and he will end this season, his only one in the majors, with a 6.21 mark, the highest in the deadball era.

1903 – In Cincinnati, the Reds knock out Christy Mathewson after five innings and beat the Giants, 8 – 0.

1904:

Beating the Beaneaters, 3 – 2, Giant hurler Hooks Wiltse runs his career record to 12-0. “Hooks”‘ dozen consecutive victories establishes the record for the most wins at the start of a career for a starter.

Boston edges New York, 3 – 2, to move back into first place in the American League. Jesse Tannehill allows nine hits in besting Al Orth. The nitecap is called after nine innings with the score 1 – 1.

1907:

Boston slugger Dave Brain hits his tenth homer, off the Giants’ Red Ames. Brain’s ten round trippers will lead the National League this year, but he will never hit another. The same fate befell Fred Odwell two years ago. Brain will be sold to the Reds in February, the same route that will taken by the 1910 homer champion, Fred Beck.

At the Browns-Tigers game in St. Louis, a soda bottle thrown by a fan, Hugo Dusenberg, fells umpire Billy Evans. The crowd beats up Hugo before the police come to his rescue; he is fined $100. Evans is carried from the field and hospitalized, but is not very seriously injured.

1908:

The Highlanders’ Pete Wilson makes his major league debut by shutting out Boston, 1 – 0.

The Cardinals rattle Red Ames for five hits in the 8th inning to tie the Giants at 4 – 4. Cardinal killer Christy Mathewson relieves and when Al Bridwell scores the go-ahead run, Matty stops the Birds for his major-league record 24th consecutive win over St. Louis.

1910 – Cleveland tops Washington, 3 – 0, with Walter Johnson losing to the Naps after four straight wins against them. The victory goes to Fred Blanding in his major league debut. Nap Lajoie scores a run but is 0 for 3.

1911 – Washington manager Jimmy McAleer announces his resignation. Ban Johnson then arranges for McAleer and Robert R. McRoy to buy a half-interest in the Red Sox for $150,000. Clark Griffith will take over as manager and, by purchasing ten percent of the team, its largest single stock holder.

1912 – In the second game of a doubleheader, Boston’s Joe Wood wins his 16th straight game as he bests the Browns, 2 – 1, in a game called after eight innings because of darkness. Wood scores the winning run in the 8th, scoring from third base on a wild pitch by Earl Hamilton. Earlier in the year, Walter Johnson posted a streak of 16 straight wins.

1913 – Frank L. Hough, sports editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and one of two writers who owned 25 percent of the Philadelphia Athletics when the team was founded, dies.

1914 – Yankee SS Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, replaces Frank Chance and becomes the all-time youngest manager, and the seventh in the club’s 12-year existence. He will win 9 of 17 games and will manage next at Cleveland in 1928.

1915 – The Cubs edge the Braves, 1 – 0, behind Phil Douglas, with Lefty Tyler taking the tough loss. Tomorrow, the Cubs will win another 1 – 0 battle, but it will take them 12 innings to do it.

1916 – The Giants, sporting a nine-game winning streak, are losing 2 – 0 to Cincinnati in the 4th inning when rain washes out the game.

1917:

The Senators toss shutouts in both games today with the A’s. Harry Harper wins the opener 5 – 0, and Walter Johnson follows with a 4 – 0 victory.

At the Polo Grounds, Boston’s Babe Ruth takes an 8 – 0 lead into the 9th before allowing three Yankee runs. He finishes with a complete game 8 – 3 win and slugs his second and last homer of the season.

1920 – The Indians give Jim Bagby 14 runs on 22 hits and he coasts over the A’s, 14 – 0.

1921:

Babe Ruth hits home run No. 55 in New York’s 10 – 6 win over the Browns. The Yanks also take the second game, 13 – 5.

Four A’s pitchers help the Indians win 17 – 3, by contributing 16 walks. Among them is the starting pitcher Arlas Taylor, appearing in his only major league game. He fans one batter – Joe Sewell, the hardest batter to strike out in big league history.

1922:

C Butch Henline is the first National League player to hit three homers in a game since 1897, as the Phils beat the Cards 10 – 9. Henline’s third home run ties the game in the 9th inning and Cliff Lee then hits the game-winning home run. Lee ends the year with 17 homers – all at National League Park. Only Gavvy Cravath, in 1914, and Mel Ott will have more homers in a season this century coming all at home.

The Browns pull to within a half game of the Yankees – losers to the White Sox – by rallying to beat the Red Sox, 7 – 1. St. Louis trails 1 – 0 after 6 1/2 innings before coming back.

1923 – Paul Strand, RF for Salt Lake City (Pacific Coast League), makes his 290th hit, a pro baseball record. He will play in 194 games, make 325 hits, including 66 doubles, 13 triples, and 43 home runs, for a .394 BA, with 180 runs and 187 RBI. He also has 612 total chances in the OF. Strand, 30, had come up to the Boston Braves as a pitcher in 1913 and was 6 – 2 for the 1914 pennant winners, mostly in relief. The Athletics will pay a reported $100,000 (which Connie Mack later says was really $40,000) for him, but he will hit just .228.

1926 – The Yankees beat the Indians, 6 – 4, as Bob Meusel drives home three runs with three sacrifice flies. This ties the major-league record set by Harry Steinfeldt in 1909. Bob Shawkey is the winning hurler.

1928 – In a doubleheader with the Phils, the Cardinals leave 29 runners on base but still manage to win both games, 3 – 2 and 8 – 6. Stranding 29 is a record for two regulation-length games.

1929 – In a field day trial, former college track star Reds LF Evar Swanson circles the bases in 13.3 seconds. Two years later, with more sophisticated equipment timing him, he will do it in 13.2 while with Columbus (American Association).

1930:

The Robins win their 11th straight, although Babe Herman once again stops to watch a home run disappear for a record second time in one season. This time, Glenn Wright lopes past the awestruck Herman to reduce a homer to a single.

The Cubs split a pair in Philadelphia when Lefty O’Doul pinch-hits a home run to beat the Cubs 12 – 11 in the first game. It is the second consecutive game in which O’Doul has produced a pinch-hit homer. In the second game of the day’s doubleheader, Hack Wilson hits his 50th dinger to pace the Cubs to a 6 – 4 win.

Newspapers carry the story of the disappearance of Cardinals P Flint Rhem on the eve of a crucial series in Brooklyn.

1931 – The Philadelphia Athletics clinch the pennant, beating Cleveland at home, 14 – 3. Every starter for the A’s has a hit and RBI. Eddie Rommel, veteran knuckleball pitcher for the A’s, is the winning hurler, as Connie Mack wins his third successive pennant. It is Mack’s ninth, and last, American League championship. The A’s went into first place for good on May 5th, when they started a win streak of 17 straight games and 20 of their next 21. In mid-July they won 13 straight.

1932:

At the Polo Grounds, Kiki Cuyler continues to haunt the Giants by clouting an 11th-inning homer to give the Cubs the 8 – 7 win.

The Cardinals’ Ray Starr makes his first major league start, shutting out the Dodgers, 3 – 0.

1933 – The Giants sweep a pair from the Cubs at Wrigley Field, winning, 5 – 1 and 4 – 0. Reliever Hi Bell helps apply the whitewash in the second game, besting Lon Warneke. Starter Roy Parmelee is leading 3 – 0 when he hits Tuck Stainback on the arm, breaking it. He walks the bases full and Bell comes in.

1935 – Before an overflow crowd of 41,284 in St. Louis, the Giants’ Carl Hubbell outpitches Dizzy Dean to give New York a 7 – 3 win. It is the second time in four days the two aces have matched up. The Giants, winners of 14 out of their last 22 games, are now just one and a half games behind the Cardinals.

1936 – Johnny Allen wins his 20th for Cleveland, though he is forced to leave the game with a back injury, after hurling five innings of no-hit ball.

1937 – American League President Will Harridge upholds Cleveland’s protest of the August 6th Yankee win, and the entire game is replayed as the second game of a doubleheader. The protested game is called a tie with all stats retained except those following the disputed call.

1938 – Brothers Lloyd and Paul Waner of the Pirates hit consecutive homers off Cliff Melton in the 5th inning at the Polo Grounds. Pirates P Jim Tobin puts Mel Ott in the record book, hitting him with a pitch three times. Tobin wins 7 – 2. The Waners’ feat marks the first time in major league history that brothers have gone deep back-to-back; the next time will come on April 23, 2013, courtesy of B.J. and Justin Upton of the Atlanta Braves.

1941 – After 16 scoreless innings, the Dodgers score five in the top of the 17th and beat the Reds 5 – 1. Johnny Allen pitches 15 innings for Brooklyn, and Hugh Casey wins in relief.

1944 – Radio announcer Bill Stern reports on a scandal involving the Browns. A Chicago newspaper attributes the Browns’ recent slump to the fact that the team wants a larger park for the World Series. Four days later, Stern repudiates the story.

1946:

Notoriously slow-footed catcher Ernie Lombardi of the Giants slams the ball 483 feet under the stairway in right-center of the Polo Grounds, but barely makes third base. It is the third triple in seven years for Schnozz and the last of his career.

After dropping the opener, the Brooklyn Dodgers are stinging the Chicago Cubs 2 – 0 in the 5th inning when a swarm of gnats descends upon Ebbets Field and causes the game to be postponed.

In the first game at Griffith Stadium, Josh Gibson hits a home run into temporary bleachers that shorten the left-field fence, helping the Homestead Grays beat the New York Cubans, 8 – 3, to sweep a season-ending Negro League doubleheader. It is Gibson’s last career homer. After a few more games, the Grays will close out their season, and Gibson will die from a reported stroke four months later.

1949 – Pirates P Tiny Bonham dies following an appendectomy and stomach surgery, just 18 days after his last pitching performance, an 8 – 2 win over the Phillies. Mrs. Bonham will receive the first benefits under the players’ pension plan, $90 a month for ten years.

1950:

At Ebbets Field, Cardinal starter Cloyd Boyer hurts his arm while warming up and is replaced by Red Munger. The reliever goes the distance beating the Dodgers, 6 – 2, getting credit for a complete game, but not for a game started.

Ted Williams returns to the Red Sox lineup and raps a home run and three singles in a 12 – 9 defeat of the Browns. The Red Sox will come within two games of the first-place Yankees this week, but will end up in third place, behind both New York and Detroit.

In second game of a twinbill, Eddie Waitkus of the Phils gets five hits for the third time this season, as the Phillies beat the Reds, 8 – 7, in 19 innings. Teammate Del Ennis goes 5 for 10. The Reds lead 5 – 0 after five innings, but the Phils tie it up in regulation. Both teams score twice in the 18th, and the Phils score in the 19th on a bases-loaded hit by Ennis. The Phils also win the lid lifter, 2 – 1.

For a major league-record sixth time, Johnny Mize hits three home runs in one game, but the Yankees lose, 9 – 7, at Detroit. Mize matches Babe Ruth’s mark of doing it in both leagues, but the Babe only had two three-homer games. With the victory, the Tigers recapture first place from New York.

1951:

The first game of the first championship series (Los Grandes Finales) is played between Licey and Escogido in Santiago. Behind the hitting of Alonzo Perry (.400 series average) and the pitching of Marion “Sugar” Cain, Licey wins, 8 – 0, and will go on to take the series, four games to one, to become the first champion of Dominican Professional Baseball.

The seventh-place Pirates rise up and collect 15 hits to whip the first-place Dodgers, 11 – 2. Rookie Jack Merson drives home six runs on a triple, a double, and two singles.

The Giants trim the Dodger lead to five games when they cash in homers by Bobby Thomson, Willie Mays, and Don Mueller for a 5 – 2 win over Chicago. Sheldon Jones tops Paul Minner.

The Cardinals take 11 walks, a record-tying five by Solly Hemus, and beat the Braves 10 – 1. Boston’s starter Dave Cole walks the first three batters he faces, then hits Enos Slaughter to force in Hemus.

1952:

In a Cold War move, the Russians decry the American game of baseball by citing their own game of “lapka” as being the progenitor of baseball. They call American players “slaves.” The State Department links the Soviet claim as the founders of baseball as part of its “Hate America” campaign.

The Pirates become the first team to wear helmets in which the temples are protected. The headgear is worn both at the plate and in the field.

1959:

Dodger SS Maury Wills goes 5 for 5 in a ten-inning, 8 – 7 win over the Braves.

The Giants whip Warren Spahn and the Braves, 13 – 6, behind Jack Sanford. Willie Mays has four hits and five RBI. The Giants are now two games in front with eight to play.

Carl Yastrzemski plays for Minneapolis (American Association), but the game is protested by Omaha because Yaz is not eligible to play until OF Lee Howell leaves for military duty on the 18th.

1960 – Giants superstar Willie Mays ties a major league mark by hitting three triples in an 8 – 6 victory over the Phillies.

1961:

The Yankees set a new American League record for most homers in a season as they split a doubleheader in Detroit, winning 11 – 1 and losing 4 – 2. Circuit blows by Bill Skowron and Yogi Berra in the opener help Whitey Ford win his 24th and increase New York’s homer total to 222. This breaks the old mark set by the 1947 Giants and tied by the 1956 Reds. Norm Cash and Steve Boros homer in the nitecap to back Ron Kline’s seven-hitter.

With ten strikeouts in an 11 – 2 win against the Braves, Sandy Koufax has 243 strikeouts, most ever for a National League lefty.

1962:

The Pirates beat Jack Sanford 5 – 1, the first loss by the Giant hurler after 16 straight wins.

At Cleveland, 22-year-old Sudden Sam McDowell pitches six scoreless innings, striking out seven. He leaves after one out in the 7th after his hard throwing causes him to break two ribs. With two outs in the 9th, the Twins score three to win, 3 – 2. Lee Stange, in relief, gains his first major league win. McDowell, just recalled from Portland (Pacific Coast League), where he compiled an 8-0 record, including a one-hitter and no-hitter in consecutive starts, will go 11-4 this year.

1966:

Seven pitchers are used by Al Dark’s A’s in an 11-inning, 1 – 0 shutout of the Indians. Kansas City wins its seventh straight game.

Tom Phoebus of Baltimore begins his major league career with a 2 – 0 shutout of the Angels.

Don Drysdale (10-16) gives up two home runs with two outs in the 9th, to Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell, but holds on to give the Dodgers a 5 – 3 win over Pittsburgh. The Dodgers now lead the Bucs by two and a half games. The Bucs and Dodgers will split the next two games.

1967:

There are just two runs scored in the Phils-Dodgers doubleheader, and Los Angeles scores both, winning 1 – 0 in each game. In the opener, Phils OF Tony Gonzalez is 2 for 4, giving him 30 hits for his last 55 at bats.

At the spacious Astrodome, Jimmy Wynn becomes the first Astro to hit three homers in one game. The “Toy Cannon’s” performance isn’t enough as the Braves beat Houston, 9 – 8.

1968 – The Cardinals clinch the National League pennant with a 7 – 4 win at Houston. Roger Maris hits his 275th, and last, regular-season home run, off Don Wilson in the 3rd, and Curt Flood racks up five hits.

1969:

The Dodgers sweep a pair from the Reds, winning the nitecap in 12 innings. Jim Brewer wins both games with an inning of relief in the opener and four more in the second game.

Denny McLain records his ninth shutout, a Tiger record, beating New York, 2 – 0 at Yankee Stadium.

Steve Carlton of the Cardinals fans a major league-record 19 batters and still loses. Ron Swoboda hits a pair of two-run home runs, and New York beats St. Louis, 4 – 3.

1970:

The White Sox hire manager Chuck Tanner from the Pacific Coast League. He replaces Don Gutteridge, who had been fired on September 3rd. Coach Bill Adair ran the team in the interim.

Ken Holtzman wins his 15th, and the Cubs top the Cardinals, 5 – 3. Chicago moves into third place, just a game behind the first-place Mets and Pirates.

1971:

The Giants suffer their third straight loss and their tenth in 11 games, losing to the Reds, 4 – 2. The Giants maintain their one-game lead in the NL West.

Making his debut against the Braves, Astros’ hurler Larry Yount injures his right shoulder on his very first warm-up pitch and will never get another chance to pitch in the bigs. Robin’s older brother’s total major league experience will consist of just that one warm-up pitch.

At Shea Stadium, Mike Jorgensen hits a two-out single in the 7th to break Burt Hooton’s no-hit bid, and Ken Singleton follows with a homer to tie the match at 2 – 2. But Billy Williams clocks a pinch homer in the 9th and Hooton finishes the 3 – 2 victory with 15 strikeouts, notching his first major league win. In the opener of the twi-night doubleheader, Bill Hands beats Jerry Koosman, 6 – 2. Hands starts the Cubs’ scoring with a two-run single in the 2nd.

1972:

In a record-setting effort, the Reds and Padres combine for 28 strikeouts for a nine-inning game, the Padres winning 1 – 0, on Cito Gaston’s 4th-inning homer. Winning P Fred Norman strikes out 15, while Don Gullett fans 11 Pads. Pedro Borbon notches the other two.

Steve Carlton beats the Expos, 5 – 3, raising his record to 24-9. The rest of the Phillies pitchers have a combined record of 26-80.

1973 – With a runner aboard and the Braves already trailing, 2- 0, Dusty Baker makes what The Sporting News will call “the greatest catch in Atlanta Stadium history,” literally climbing the center field fence to prevent Pittsburgh’s Richie Hebner from doubling Atlanta’s deficit with one swing of the bat. Though coming in the 4th inning, the play will later prove pivotal when, thanks to Baker, the three runs finally pushed across by game’s end gives Atlanta a 3 – 2, walk-off win.

1974 – Cleveland’s Gaylord Perry works hard for his 20th win, beating Baltimore’s Ross Grimsley, 1 – 0. Perry will go 21-13 and will be the last Indian pitcher this century to win 20.

1975:

Red Sox lefty Roger Moret holds on for a 9 – 7 win over the visiting Brewers. Jim Colborn takes the loss. For Moret, this is his last win as a Red Sox as he’ll go to Atlanta over the winter after a 14-3 season. For the years 1970-1975 he finishes with an 18-7 record at Fenway Park, the second best Red Sox lefty at home.

Late-season call-up Mike Vail extends his hitting streak to a rookie-record 23 straight games as the Mets edge the Expos, 3 – 2.

1976 – Braves rookie Al Autry goes five innings and gets the win in a 4 – 3 decision over the Astros. Willie Montanez’s three-run homer is the big blow for Atlanta as a crowd of just 970 watches. For Autry, this is his only big league decision: Earl Huckleberry, of the 1935 Athletics, was the last pitcher to bow out with a 1-0 record in his only game.

1977:

The Orioles forfeit to the Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls his team off the field in the 5th inning citing a hazardous condition – a small tarpaulin held down by bricks on the bullpen mound. The Jays are ahead, 4 – 0, when the forfeit is called. The O’s will end the season tied for the second place with the Red Sox at 97-64.

The Reds come back from an 8 – 3 deficit to beat the Dodgers, 9 – 8. Cincy scores four in the 8th and two more in the 9th on Ken Griffey’s homer.

The Royals set a club record of 16 straight wins as they defeat the A’s in ten innings in the nightcap of a doubleheader, 5 – 4.

1978:

Phil Garner hits his second grand slam in two days as the Pirates beat the Expos, 6 – 1. Garner is the first National League player to have slams in consecutive games since Jimmy Sheckard (September 23-24, 1901) and the first major leaguer since Brooks Robinson, in 1962. Garner will end the season with 12 dingers.

The Yankees, now one and a half games in front of Boston, open a three-game series in the Bronx with the Red Sox. Ron Guidry again gives up two Boston hits and wins a 4 – 0 shutout. Chris Chambliss and Graig Nettles hit successive homers off Luis Tiant in the four-run 4th inning.

Tom Seaver pitches a two-hitter to give the Reds a 6 – 1 win over the Giants at Candlestick Park. A single and a Darrell Evans homer are the only safeties.

The White Sox score five runs in the 10th inning to top the Mariners, 8 – 3, and win their first extra-inning game of the year. The Sox had lost their previous eight. With the victory, Chicago avoids becoming the first team in history not to win an extra-inning game.

The Dodgers become the first major league team ever to draw three million fans. Jay Blood is the historic three millionth spectator as the Dodgers shut out the Braves, 5 – 0. The victory is dampened when coach Jim Gilliam suffers a brain hemorrhage; he will pass away on October 8th.

1979:

In a 10 – 2 victory over the Orioles, Red Sox Bob Watson becomes the first modern major leaguer to hit for the cycle in both leagues.

At Los Angeles, the Reds’ Dan Driessen hits a long drive to center field with two outs in the 9th that bounces off the glove off Derrel Thomas and over the wall for a home run. The Reds win it over the Dodgers, 2 – 1.

1985 – The Yankees trade pitcher Jim Deshaies and two other players to be named later to the Astros for 40-year-old Joe Niekro, reuniting the Niekro brothers as teammates for the first time since 1974 with the Braves.

1987 – Mets 1B Keith Hernandez collects his 2,000th major league hit as New York pounds Chicago, 12 – 4. Earlier in the day the second-place Mets obtained pitcher John Candelaria from the Angels for a pair of minor leaguers.

1990:

Despite solo homers in the 5th by brothers Billy Ripken and Cal Ripken, both off David Wells, the Orioles lose, 4 – 3, to Toronto. The Jays score three in the bottom of the 9th on Kelly Gruber’s home run to make a winner of reliever Willie Blair. The brothers Ripken will homer together one more time, in 1996, again in the same inning.

Striking out pinch-hitter Danny Heep, Bobby Thigpen saves his 50th game as the White Sox beat the Red Sox, 7 – 4. The Chicago closer played the outfield in college.

1991:

Cardinals rookie Ray Lankford hits for the cycle in a 7 – 2 win over the Mets.

In Baltimore’s 4 – 3 win over Cleveland, O’s OF Joe Orsulak – he starts today in LF and switches to RF – has an assist, his sixth in an 11-day stretch. He leads major league outfielders with 20 assists and will finish with 22.

1992:

Houston 1B Jeff Bagwell gets five hits in the Astros’ 9 – 6 victory over the Giants. His three-run homer in the 11th inning is the deciding blow.

At St. Louis, the Pirates edge the Cards, 4 – 2, behind homers by Jeff King, Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke. Mark Clark (3-10) is the loser. Bucs RF Alex Cole helps with a 9-3 putout in the 2nd inning to nip Clark.

1993 – The National League announces realignment of its teams into three divisions, with Pittsburgh agreeing to move into the Central Division.

1994 – The Mets are informed that P Dwight Gooden is in violation of his aftercare program for substance abuse.

1996:

Thanks to Andres Galarraga’s three-run homer, the Rockies establish a big league record for runs scored at home. Colorado, which will amass 658 tallies at Coors Field, scores its 626th, 627th and 628th runs of the season when the “Big Cat” goes deep, to surpass the 1950 Red Sox who crossed the plate 625 times.

Frank Thomas breaks the White Sox mark for home runs established by Carlton Fisk in 1993. His 215th homer comes off Tim Wakefield in a 9 – 8 loss to the Red Sox.

Philadelphia C Benito Santiago drives in all his team’s runs with three consecutive home runs in the Phillies’ 6 – 1 win over the Cubs At Wrigley Field. Santiago will hit a homer tomorrow in his first at bat to tie a record for consecutive homers.

In a 16 – 6 rout of the Tigers, the Orioles break the major league record for team home runs in a season passing the 1961 Yankees mark of 240.

1997:

The Braves beat the Giants, 5 – 4, on Fred McGriff’s two-out, two-run homer off Rod Beck in the 9th inning. The homer caps a four-run rally for the first-place Braves.

Ken Griffey, Jr powers homers #51 and #52 in Seattle’s 7 – 3 win over the Blue Jays. Junior has now hit 100 homers in a two-year span, just the sixth major leaguer to do so.

Baltimore OF Eric Davis returns to action in the Orioles’ 6 – 5 win over Cleveland only two months after having a cancerous tumor removed from his colon. Davis goes hitless in the contest, but rips a long fly out to deep right-center in his first at bat.

The Mets, 1 – 0 winners yesterday on a home run by diminutive Luis Lopez, use the long ball today to tie the Phils. New York collects four home runs in the 7th and 8th to tie the score at 5 apiece, then stitch six straight singles in the 10th to score five and win, 10 – 5. In the nitecap, the Mets lose, 2 – 1 to Darrin Winston, a 31-year-old rookie released by the Mets in the spring.

Anaheim Stadium, the Big A, gets a new name: Edison International Field of Anaheim. Edison, a utility giant, will pay $50 million over 20 years for a package that includes the name of the stadium, home to the Angels.

1998:

Rolando Arrojo (14-12) sets a record for wins by an expansion pitcher as the Devil Rays defeat the Angels, 8 – 1.

Ken Griffey, Jr. hits homer #52 and drives in the 1,000th run of his career in the Mariners’ 12 – 7 win over the Twins. He becomes the fourth-youngest player in history to reach the RBI milestone, after Mel Ott, Jimmie Foxx, and Lou Gehrig. Junior hit his 52nd on this date last year.

Ending a six-game drought without a homer, Mark McGwire, pinch-hitting in the 9th inning, hits his 63rd homer; the solo shot off Jason Christiansen in the Cardinals’ 8 – 6 loss to the Pirates allows “Big Mac” to regain the home run lead over Sammy Sosa.

OF Manny Ramirez hits home runs in his last three at bats to help the Indians to a 7 – 5 win over Toronto.

Working the 9th for his 40th save in the Rangers’ 6 – 5 win over the Orioles, John Wetteland joins three other pitchers in major league history to have three or more 40-save seasons. Dennis Eckersley, Jeff Reardon and Lee Smith have also accomplished the feat.

1999:

The Phillies defeat the Astros, 8 – 6, as OF Doug Glanville gets five hits, including a double and home run, for the victors. The loss snaps the Astros’ 12-game win streak, a club record.

Baseball approves the sale of the Cincinnati Reds to Carl Lindner for $67 million, ending Marge Schott’s 15-year reign as owner.

Baseball owners vote to merge the administrative operations of the American and National leagues. National League President Leonard Coleman, concluding his job has become irrelevant, announces his resignation effective after the World Series. He will become a senior adviser to Commissioner Bud Selig.

2000:

The Tigers outlast the Red Sox, 7 – 6. The two teams combine to use a league record-tying 42 players in the contest.

A’s 1B Jason Giambi sets a team record by hitting his fourth grand slam of the season as Oakland drubs the Devil Rays, 17 – 3. The bases-loaded shot also ties a major league record for the most grand slams by a team in a single season, 12.

In a 5 – 4 victory over the Giants, Padres’ closer Trevor Hoffman becomes the third player history to have four 40-save seasons.

Passing both Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron, Mariner Rickey Henderson scores two runs to take over second place on the career list for runs scored. Henderson with a total of 2,175 will need to tally 71 runs to pass all-time leader, Ty Cobb (2,245).

2002:

The Diamondbacks beat the Brewers, 6 – 5, as Curt Schilling fans eight batters to give him 300 on the season. He and Randy Johnson become the first teammates to record 300 strikeouts in the same season.

Defeating the Indians, 5 – 0, after a 67-minute rain delay, the Twins clinch the American League Central Division flag. Minnesota, which will be making its first playoff appearance since 1991, was almost eliminated during the off-season due to contraction.

The Angels trounce the Rangers, 13 – 4, as 3B Troy Glaus strokes three home runs.

The Cubs shut out the Reds, 6 – 0, as OF Sammy Sosa drives in his 100th run of the season on a three-run home run in the 8th inning. In doing so, he joins Mel Ott and Willie Mays as the only National League players to post eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons.

2003:

With his 2,063rd career base on balls, Barry Bonds passes Babe Ruth on the all-time walks list. The Giant left fielder now only trails Rickey Henderson, who has 2,190 free passes.

Rafael Palmeiro joins Jimmie Foxx as the only players to hit 35 homers and drive in 100 runs in nine consecutive seasons. The Hall of Fame member Foxx accomplished the feat playing for the A’s and Red Sox from 1932 to 1940.

Thousands of Hanshin Tigers fans jump off the Ebisubashi Bridge into the Dotonbori River in celebration as their hometown heros clinch the Central League title for first time in 18 years. It has become a local ritual to jump into the murky river when the team wins.

2007 – Prince Fielder’s 3rd-inning homer against Kirk Saarloos gives him 46 on the year – the first Milwaukee Brewers player to have hit so many. Gorman Thomas and Richie Sexson had each hit 45 in the past; Sexson had done so twice.

2008:

With his team tied for the lead in the National League Wild Card race, Ned Yost is fired as manager of the Brewers and replaced by Dale Sveum; Milwaukee is coming off being swept in four games at the hands of their main rivals, the Phillies.

Mariano Rivera passes Lee Smith for second on the all-time save list behind Trevor Hoffman as the Yankees top the Pale Hose, 4 – 2, to try to keep their playoff hopes alive; Chicago’s lead in the AL Central falls to a game and a half.

2009:

In Boston’s 4 – 1 win over the Angels, David Ortiz hits a home run, a record 270th as a designated hitter, breaking the mark held by Frank Thomas. Daisuke Matsuzaka, making his first start for the Red Sox after a three-month stay on the disabled list, pitches six scoreless innings for the win.

Andre Ethier of the Dodgers hits a two-run homer in the 13th inning as Los Angeles beats Pittsburgh, 5 – 4. It is his 6th walk-off home run of the season.

2010 – The Rays take back first place in their see-saw battle with the Yankees for top spot in the AL East with a 4 – 3 win at Tropicana Field. Dan Johnson hits a pair of two-run homers off Phil Hughes to account for all of Tampa Bay’s runs.

2012:

The Dodgers beat the Cardinals, 4 – 3, on a pair of runs in the bottom of the 9th. Closer Jason Motte is on the mound with two outs and no one on when the Dodgers start their winning rally. Andre Ethier singles and pinch-runner Dee Gordon steals second base. Luis Cruz doubles him in, then Juan Rivera singles, driving in another pinch-runner, Elian Herrera, with the game-winner.

Ivan Nova is a winner in his return from the disabled list, 5 – 3, over the Rays. Curtis Granderson and Eduardo Nunez hit back-to-back homers in the 2nd to give the Yankees a 3 – 0 lead, and they never look back. Out three weeks with a shoulder inflammation, Nova picks up his 12th win and puts the Bronx Bombers one game ahead of their main rivals, the Orioles, who lose to the A’s, 5 – 2. For their part, the Rays are now four games back and in danger of falling out of playoff contention altogether.

By flubbing a simple ground ball hit by the Reds’ Drew Stubbs, SS Jose Reyes of the Marlins is charged with the 500,000th error in major league baseball history.

Spain beats Germany, 8 – 6, for third place in the 2012 European Championship. American Paco Figueroa and Venezuelans Dewis Navarro and Jesús Golindano each get three hits for Spain, with Navarro contributing a three-run homer. In a losing cause, both Ludwig Glaser and Jendrick Speer go deep. Italy and the Netherlands, already set for a match tomorrow in the finale, play a close game. Italy wins, 4 – 3, as Dwayne Kemp just misses a grand slam in the 9th with a long foul. The Rotterdam native had already gone 3 for 4 with a homer before striking out following his long foul drive.

2013:

With a 1st-inning home run off Daiki Enokida at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, Wladimir Balentien breaks the all-time Japanese record for homers in a season. That shot is the 56th of the year for the Yakult Swallows slugger, breaking the mark of 55 held jointly by Sadaharu Oh, Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. Later in the game, he pads his record total with another long ball. Yakult wins, 9 – 0, over the Hanshin Tigers. Balentien also breaks the Asian record of 56, held by Seung-yeop Lee.

Nick Swisher homers from both sides of the plate to lead the Indians to a 7 – 1 win over the White Sox. The win brings Cleveland within a half-game of Tampa Bay and Texas for the second wild card spot in the American League. It is the 13th time that Swisher has accomplished the feat, tying him with former teammate Mark Teixeira for most ever.

In the Czech Republic, Draci Brno wins its 18th Extraliga title in 19 years, beating Kotlarka Prague, 5 – 1, to take this year’s finals, three games to one.

2014:

The Angels are the first team to clinch a postseason spot this year, securing at least a wild card berth after an 8 – 1 win over the Seattle Mariners. Rookie Matt Shoemaker wins his 16th of the year with another outstanding performance, but has to leave the game in the 8th with an apparent injury.

The Mets’ Jacob deGrom ties a major league record when he strikes out the first eight batters he faces before his opponent on the mound for the Marlins, Jarred Cosart, singles to right. DeGrom ties the record set by Jim Deshaies in 1986. He strikes out 13 in seven innings but ends up with a no-decision as the Marlins win, 6 – 5.

2015:

The Rangers move past Houston into first place in the AL West with a 6 – 5 win over their in-state rivals. Mitch Moreland drives in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 9th. The Rangers were eight games back of Houston on August 1st.

The Rockies set a major league record by using 30 players and 13 pitchers in a 5 – 4, 16-inning win over the Dodgers. The combined totals of 58 players and 24 pitchers are also records. Among the players is rookie P Jason Gurka who spends an inning in right field, taking over for an exhausted Carlos Gonzalez in the bottom of the 16th. David Hale is the winner and Gonzalez Germen is credited with a save, while Mat Latos, the 11th man to take the mound for Los Angeles, is charged with the loss.

2016 – Major League Baseball suspends Padres General Manager A.J. Preller for 30 days without pay for submitting false medical records in the trade of Drew Pomeranz to the Red Sox earlier this season.

2017:

The Indians’ record-breaking winning streak ends after 22 wins when they are beaten, 4 – 3, by the Royals.

The Red Sox set a team record with 24 strikeouts in a 15-inning, 13 – 6 win over the Rays. The game takes 6 hours and 5 minutes to play, and ends after the Sox score seven times in the top of the 15th and the Rays cannot reply. The game features 21 pitchers in all. Chris Sale strikes out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and all eight men who succeed him on the mound record at least one K.

2018:

The Indians become the first team to clinch a division title this season with a 15 – 0 win over Detroit. It’s a third straight AL Central title for the Indians.

One day after homering twice in a 3 – 0 win over the Cardinals, the Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig is at it again, with a three-homer game and a career-high seven RBIs in a 17 – 4 win which puts L.A. a half game ahead of the Rockies atop the NL West standings.

2019:

The Netherlands wins its third straight European Championship. In the finale, they top previously unbeaten Italy, 5 – 1. Kevin Kelly gets the win in relief of Donny Breek, while Kalian Sams hits a grand slam and John Polonius adds a solo homer. Alberto Mineo homers for the lone Italian run. The European Championship MVP is slugging outfielder Ademar Rifaela, who has six homers and 17 RBI in eight games for the Netherlands.

In the Bronze Medal Game, Spain holds off first-time entrant Israel in a 16 – 11 slugfest as nine players hit homers. Oscar Angulo drives in four for Spain, Danny Valencia four for Israel.

Also in the 2019 European Championship, Czechia beats host Germany, 4 – 3, for the final spot in the 2019 Europe/Africa Olympic Qualifier (the four teams in the Gold and Bronze Medal Games had made it alongside South Africa). Martin Červenka hits a three-run homer and Martin Schneider the game-winning homer, while Jan Novák gets the victory.

2021 – The Toros de Tijuana complete a remarkable comeback from losing the first three games of the Serie del Rey, the championship series of the Mexican League, against the Leones de Yucatan, by winning Game 7, 3 – 0. Peter O’Brien and Leandro Castro go deep to support Teddy Stankiewicz’s pitching, while 44-year-old Fernando Rodney, who led the Liga with 16 saves during the regular season, notches another one. Efrén Navarro is named MVP of the finals.

2022 – On Roberto Clemente Day, the Rays make history by fielding an all-Latino line-up (excluding starting pitcher Shane McClanahan). It consists of C René Pinto, 1B Harold Ramirez, 2B Isaac Paredes, SS Wander Franco, 3B Yandy Díaz, LF David Peralta, CF José Siri, RF Randy Arozarena and DH Manuel Margot, with five different countries being represented. All wear Roberto Clemente’s iconic uniform number, 21, as they go on to defeat the Blue Jays, 11 – 0.

2023:

Coors Field is the site of a rare low-hit game as San Francisco heads into the 9th inning hitless but leading 1 – 0 against the Rockies after scoring a run off Chase Anderson in the 2nd on two walks, a fly out and a ground out. For the Giants, Logan Webb keeps Colorado off the scoreboard on just two hits through the first seven innings, before the Rockies tie the game in the 8th on a double by Ryan McMahon and a single by Ezequiel Tovar. The Giants finally get a hit when J.D. Davis leads off the top of the 9th with a double off Nick Mears, then scores the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk. But Colorado is not done, as Charlie Blackmon also hits a lead-off double, off closer Camilo Doval, in the bottom of the 9th, and Nolan Jones draws a walk. Both score on a single to left by Elehuris Montero when Mike Yastrzemski’s throw hits a sliding Blackmon at home and gets away from C Patrick Bailey, allowing Jones to score as well. The Giants appeal that Blackmon’s slide prevented Bailey from catching the ball, but their claim is rejected, allowing Colorado’s 3 – 2 win to stand.

By hitting a grand slam off Jesse Scholtens of the White Sox in the 2nd inning of today’s 10 – 2 win, the Twins’ Royce Lewis sets a number of records. He is the first player with five grand slams among his first 16 career homers, he has hit four slams in the smallest number of games – 18, and is the first in Twins history with four in one season.

The Pericos de Puebla win their third Mexican League title, topping the Algodoneros del Unión Laguna, four games to two. It looks like the two teams are headed to a Game 7 when the Algodoneros take a 4 – 2 lead into the 9th, but the Pericos rally for three runs off Thomas McIlraith and Jesse Ibarra. The winning run comes home when Cristhian Adames singles in Miguel Guzman.

2024 – Heliot Ramos becomes the first right-handed batter in the 25-year history of Oracle Park to achieve a “splashdown hit” into McCovey Cove, a feat that requires a long blast to right field that clears both the fence and the bleachers. Ramos’s homer off Robert Suarez in the bottom of the 9th ties the game, but the Padres go on to defeat the Giants, 4 – 3, in ten innings.

2025 – Having made his professional pitching debut only this season in the Class A Florida State League, Trey Yesavage makes his first big league start for the Blue Jays in the middle of a pennant race and holds the Rays to one run in five innings while striking out nine – a franchise record for a starting pitcher in his major league debut. The Jays win the game, 2 – 1, in 11 innings with rookie Braydon Fisher picking up his third win in the last four games to improve to 7-0 on the season. The win increases Toronto’s lead in the AL East to five games over the Yankees.

Births[edit]

1847 – Jim Snyder, infielder (d. 1922)

1855 – Ed Hengel, manager (d. 1927)

1856 – Doc Bushong, catcher (d. 1908)

1858 – Charles Strick, catcher (d. 1933)

1861 – Ed Flanagan, infielder (d. 1926)

1862 – Elmer Cleveland, infielder (d. 1913)

1863 – Jim Brennan, catcher (d. 1914)

1868 – Frank O’Connor, pitcher (d. 1913)

1874 – George Rohe, infielder (d. 1957)

1876 – Nick Altrock, pitcher (d. 1965)

1881 – Slow Joe Doyle, pitcher (d. 1947)

1887 – Harry Suter, pitcher (d. 1971)

1888 – Jean Dubuc, pitcher (d. 1958)

1892 – Harry Lunte, infielder (d. 1965)

1892 – Aaron McCreary, college coach (d. 1984)

1893 – Speed Martin, pitcher (d. 1983)

1895 – Hugh McQuillan, pitcher (d. 1947)

1896 – Crush Holloway, outfielder (d. 1972)

1898 – Hulon Stamps, pitcher (d. ????)

1899 – Harry McCurdy, catcher (d. 1972)

1900 – Bud Clancy, infielder (d. 1968)

1900 – Roy Meeker, pitcher (d. 1929)

1902 – Rap Dixon, outfielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1944)

1902 – Charlie Hancock, catcher (d. 1974)

1902 – Russ Young, catcher (d. 1984)

1904 – Richard King “King Tut”, infielder and entertainer (d. 1966)

1905 – Vance Page, pitcher (d. 1951)

1905 – Henry Peploski, infielder (d. 1982)

1906 – Charlie Biggs, pitcher (d. 1954)

1906 – Emmett O’Donnell, Commissioner-elect (d. 1971)

1906 – Johnny Tobin, pinch hitter (d. 1983)

1907 – Fritz Ostermueller, pitcher (d. 1957)

1909 – Ed Katalinas, scout (d. 1988)

1910 – Edsall Walker, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1997)

1912 – Ted Alexander, pitcher (d. 1999)

1915 – Stan Katkaveck, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1980)

1915 – Dan Wilson, outfielder/infielder; All-Star (d. 1986)

1916 – Lou Haneles, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2006)

1919 – Mike Budnick, pitcher (d. 1999)

1919 – Walt Novick, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1989)

1920 – Dave Garcia, manager (d. 2018)

1922 – Phyllis Koehn, AAGPBL pitcher and utility player (d. 2007)

1924 – Jim Davis, pitcher (d. 1995)

1926 – Bob Turner, outfielder (d. 1962)

1927 – Duke Simpson, pitcher (d. 2021)

1928 – Bob Lennon, outfielder (d. 2005)

1929 – Lee Wheat, pitcher (d. 2008)

1933 – John Fitzgerald, pitcher

1934 – Frank Layana, minor league outfielder (d. 2020)

1934 – Mamoru Oki, NPB outfielder

1936 – Freddie Burdette, pitcher (d. 2010)

1936 – Bill Dial, minor league pitcher

1936 – Shuhei Munechika, NPB pitcher

1937 – Charley Smith, infielder (d. 1994)

1938 – Gaylord Perry, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2022)

1939 – Hide Koga, NPB outfielder and coach

1940 – Frank Linzy, pitcher

1941 – Jim Barbieri, outfielder

1946 – Billy Farmer, minor league pitcher

1946 – Alex Rowell, minor league outfielder

1949 – Don Carrithers, pitcher

1949 – Dave Pagan, pitcher

1950 – Dave Hilton, infielder (d. 2017)

1950 – Larry Unser, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)

1951 – Michio Irie, NPB infielder

1952 – Don Collins, pitcher (d. 2022)

1954 – Oswaldo Olivares, minor league outfielder

1955 – Koji Kanemitsu, Japanese national team infielder

1956 – John Pacella, pitcher

1959 – Kazuhiro Tanaka, NPB pitcher

1960 – Todd Fischer, pitcher

1962 – Peter Callenbach, Hoofdklasse pitcher

1965 – Santiago Bejerano, Serie Nacional outfielder

1965 – Satoru Komiyama, pitcher

1966 – Doug Simons, pitcher

1967 – Paul Abbott, pitcher

1967 – Dennis Moeller, pitcher

1967 – Takayasu Sakaemura, NPB umpire

1968 – Marc Griffin, minor league outfielder

1968 – Rich Robertson, pitcher

1969 – Herb Perry, infielder

1969 – Chris White, minor league pitcher

1970 – Jose Zapata, minor league player and manager

1971 – Jason Hardtke, infielder

1971 – Lloyd Peever, minor league pitcher

1972 – Michael Lindstrom, Swedish national team pitcher

1972 – Robert Nichols, Bundesliga pitcher

1972 – Craig Sides, minor league player

1973 – Ben Jones, minor league outfielder

1973 – Hyun-min Kim, Laotian national team coach

1973 – Koji Mitsui, NPB pitcher

1974 – Shinji Kurano, NPB pitcher

1975 – Javier Cardona, catcher

1975 – Dan Smith, pitcher

1976 – Tomas Eriksson, Elitserien pitcher

1976 – Long-Shui Tai, CPBL pitcher

1976 – Matt Thornton, pitcher; All-Star

1977 – Damian Rolls, infielder

1978 – Rob Garibaldi, drafted outfielder (d. 2002)

1978 – Rickie Morton, minor league player

1978 – Cameron Reimers, minor league pitcher

1979 – Brian Allen, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)

1979 – Patricia Landry, Canadian women’s national team outfielder

1979 – Luz Portobanco, minor league pitcher (d. 2008)

1979 – Edin Sadikovic, Slovenian national team outfielder

1980 – Kevin Alexander, minor league infielder

1980 – Ke-Fan Chen, CPBL catcher

1980 – Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, NPB umpire

1981 – Kyu-soo Cho, KBO pitcher

1981 – John Otness, minor league catcher

1981 – Kiyoshi Sasaki, NPB pitcher

1983 – Jonathan Figueroa, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)

1984 – Henderson Lugo, minor league pitcher

1984 – Sergio Valenzuela, minor league pitcher

1984 – Loek van Mil, NPB pitcher (d. 2019)

1985 – Guido Fonseca, minor league pitcher

1985 – Chayaphat Suanthong, Thai national team infielder

1986 – Owen Reid, Austrian national team coach

1987 – Mark Cohoon, minor league pitcher

1987 – Patrick Maat, minor league catcher

1987 – Roel Santos, NPB outfielder

1988 – Chih-Wei Teng, CPBL infielder

1988 – Andrey Filippov, Russian national team pitcher

1988 – Murilo Gouvea, minor league pitcher

1988 – Jordan Hershiser, minor league pitcher

1988 – Jason Stoffel, minor league pitcher

1989 – Jeff Barto, minor league pitcher

1989 – Ernesto Irizarry, minor league coach

1990 – Parker Markel, pitcher

1991 – Quentin Becquey, Division Elite player

1991 – Trevor Czerniawski‎‎, First Division infielder

1991 – Yu Liu, China Baseball League pitcher

1991 – Wander Suero, pitcher

1992 – Michael Holback, minor league pitcher

1993 – Steve Bean, minor league catcher

1993 – Connor Dawson , coach

1993 – Ariel Ovando, minor league outfielder-pitcher

1994 – Tres Barrera, catcher

1994 – Dakota Hudson, pitcher

1995 – Kaito Yoza, NPB pitcher

1996 – Daysbel Hernández, pitcher

1997 – Tyler Fitzgerald, outfielder

1997 – Hikaru Kawase, NPB infielder

1997 – Ryuji Komago, NPB pitcher

1997 – Justin Slaten, pitcher

1997 – Forrest Whitley, pitcher

1998 – Ulrich Bojarski, minor league outfielder

1998 – Hans Crouse, pitcher

1998 – Vladyslav Kosenko, Ukrainian national team outfielder

1998 – CJ Van Eyk, pitcher

1999 – Long-Ho York Sze, Hong Kong national team infielder

2000 – James González, minor league pitcher

2001 – Hyung-won Lim, KBO pitcher

2001 – Jacob Sharp, minor league catcher

2002 – Mika Tai, Japanese women’s national team pitcher

2003 – Nutdanai Pingti, Thai national team infielder

2005 – Yu-Hin Oscar Cheng, Hong Kong national team pitcher

2007 – Wilfri De La Cruz, minor league infielder

Deaths[edit]

1909 – Charles Pinkney, minor league infielder (b. 1887)

1912 – Al Barker, outfielder (b. 1839)

1913 – Frank L. Hough, owner (b. ~1858)

1922 – Charlie Jones, infielder (b. 1861)

1924 – Frank Chance, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (b. 1877)

1926 – Danny Richardson, infielder, manager (b. 1863)

1932 – Harry Kane, pitcher (b. 1883)

1935 – Joe Ardner, infielder (b. 1858)

1940 – Ed Yewell, infielder (b. 1862)

1946 – Tex Wilson, pitcher (b. 1901)

1947 – Kuei-Hsing Lin, Taiwan Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1899)

1947 – Thomas Maguire, pitcher (b. 1869)

1949 – Heinie Beckendorf, catcher (b. 1884)

1949 – Tiny Bonham, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1913)

1950 – Joe Knotts, catcher (b. 1884)

1952 – Bobby Winston, outfielder (b. 1878)

1953 – Seth Sigsby, pitcher (b. 1874)

1956 – Thomas Hickey, minor league executive (b. ????)

1957 – Max Butcher, pitcher (b. 1910)

1958 – Snuffy Stirnweiss, infielder; All-Star (b. 1918)

1961 – Leon Carlson, pitcher (b. 1895)

1963 – Ham Hyatt, infielder (b. 1884)

1963 – Ray Miner, pitcher (b. 1897)

1970 – Edgar Washington, infielder (b. 1898)

1971 – Roberto Ortiz, outfielder (b. 1915)

1973 – Felton Wilson, catcher (b. 1908)

1978 – Larry Bettencourt, outfielder (b. 1905)

1981 – Earl Caldwell, pitcher (b. 1905)

1991 – Smoky Burgess, catcher; All-Star (b. 1927)

1992 – Pedro Formental, outfielder (b. 1915)

1993 – Ethan Allen, outfielder (b. 1904)

1994 – Armando Paytuví, minor league player (b. 1910)

1995 – Nap Reyes, infielder (b. 1919)

1996 – Andy Pilney, pinch hitter (b. 1913)

1997 – Marino Castillo, minor league pitcher (b. 1971)

2004 – Mike Yastrzemski, minor league outfielder (b. 1961)

2010 – Felipe Leal, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1943)

2010 – Al LaMacchia, pitcher (b. 1921)

2011 – Dorothy Harrell, AAGPBL infielder (b. 1924)

2011 – Bill Taylor, outfielder (b. 1929)

2012 – Max Soriano, owner (b. 1925)

2014 – Fred Luciano, minor league pitcher (b. 1924)

2014 – Paul Speckenbach, minor league pitcher (b. 1944)

2015 – Randy Wiles, pitcher (b. 1951)

2016 – Toshiharu Nagare, NPB pitcher (b. 1948)

2017 – Ralph Guyton, minor league outfielder (b. 1928)

2017 – Dan Newman, minor league catcher (b. 1939)

2018 – Jack Rose, college coach (b. 1926)

2018 – Sheng-Feng Tsai, CPBL outfielder (b. 1963)

2020 – Shinji Kuroda, NPB pitcher (b. 1958)

2021 – Satoshi Hirayama, NPB outfielder (b. 1930)

2021 – Bill Sudakis, infielder (b. 1946)

2022 – Jae-hwan Lee, KBO manager (b. 1941)

2022 – John Stearns, catcher; All-Star (b. 1951)

2024 – Harry Chappas, infielder (b. 1957)

2024 – Eiji Iwakiri, NPB catcher (b. 1961)

2025 – Ted Ford, outfielder (b. 1947)

2025 – Bob Milano, college coach (b. ~1939)

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TV SPORTS TODAY

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Tuesday, Sept. 15

COLLEGE GOLF

4 p.m.

GOLF — 2026 Jackson T. Stephens Cup: Second Round, Fields Ranch East, Frisco, Texas

MLB BASEBALL

7:30 p.m.

TBS — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs (7:40 p.m.)

TRUTV — Atlanta at Chicago Cubs (7:40 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Miami at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)

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Wednesday, Sept. 16

COLLEGE GOLF

4 p.m.

GOLF — 2026 Jackson T. Stephens Cup: Third Round, Fields Ranch East, Frisco, Texas

MLB BASEBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago White Sox at Cleveland

7 p.m.

ESPN — Baltimore at N.Y. Mets

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Thursday, Sept. 17

AUTO RACING

8 p.m.

FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: UNOH 250 Presented by Ohio Logistics – The Chase, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m.

ESPN — Syracuse at Pittsburgh

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

6 p.m.

ACCN — SMU at NC State

8 p.m.

ACCN — Duke at North Carolina

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW PGA Championship, First Round, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England

1 p.m.

GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, First Round, Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio

3 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: Biltmore Championship Asheville, First Round, The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, Asheville, N.C.

MLB BASEBALL

12:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati (12:40 p.m.) OR Athletics at Tampa Bay (1:10 p.m.)

7 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets (7:15 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Houston (7:15 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Minnesota at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m.)

NFL FOOTBALL

8:15 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Detroit at Buffalo

WNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

USA — Los Angeles at Dallas

10 p.m.

CNBC — Las Vegas at Seattle

USA — Las Vegas at Seattle

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Friday, Sept. 18

AUTO RACING

7:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: Food City 300 – The Chase, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

7:30 p.m.

ESPN — Miami at Wake Forest

8 p.m.

FOX — Houston at Texas Tech

10:30 p.m.

BTN — Portland St. at Oregon

COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 p.m.

ACCN — NC State at SMU

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

7 p.m.

ACCN — Florida at Florida St.

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Kansas St. at Creighton

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW PGA Championship, Second Round, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England

1 p.m.

GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, Second Round, Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio

3 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: Biltmore Championship Asheville, Second Round, The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, Asheville, N.C.

6 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: PURE Insurance Championship, First Round, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.

MLB BASEBALL

7 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati (joined in progress) (6:40 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Pittsburgh (joined in progress) (6:40 p.m.)

7:10 p.m.

APPLE TV — Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets

10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Arizona (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) OR Miami at San Diego (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.)

10:10 p.m.

APPLE TV — San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Brentford FC

WNBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

ION — TBA

10 p.m.

ION — Portland at Golden State

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Saturday, Sept. 19

AUTO RACING

7:30 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Bass Pro Shops Night Race – The Chase, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

11:30 a.m.

CBSSN — Coast Carolina at Delaware

Noon

ABC — Georgia at Arkansas

ACCN — Mercer at Georgia Tech

BTN — Regional Coverage: Akron at Minnesota OR Buffalo at Penn St.

ESPN — North Carolina at Clemson

ESPN2 — Tulane at Kansas St.

ESPNU — Bowling Green at Iowa St.

FOX — Kent St. at Ohio St.

FS1 — Arizona St. at Kansas

USA — North Texas at Texas St.

12:30 p.m.

NBCSN — E. Michigan at Wisconsin

PEACOCK — E. Michigan at Wisconsin

12:45 p.m.

SECN — NC State at Vanderbilt

2 p.m.

PEACOCK — S. Illinois at Illinois

3 p.m.

CBSSN — Temple at Toledo

3:30 p.m.

ABC — Florida St. at Alabama

ACCN — Wagner at California

BTN — UTEP at Michigan

CBS — Southern Cal at Rutgers

ESPN — TBA

ESPN2 — TBA

FOX — Utah St. at Utah

USA — Duquesne at Washington St.

4 p.m.

CW — Stanford at Duke

ESPNU — Louisiana Tech at Baylor

FS1 — N. Iowa at Iowa

NBCSN — W. Kentucky at Indiana

PEACOCK — W. Kentucky at Indiana

4:15 p.m.

SECN — Mississippi St. at South Carolina

6:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Marshal at Missouri

7 p.m.

ESPN — Florida at Auburn

7:15 p.m.

BTN — Regional Coverage: E. Washington at Washington OR N. Dakota at Nebraska

7:30 p.m.

ABC — LSU at Mississippi

ACCN — West Virginia at Virginia

CBS — BYU at Colorado St.

ESPN2 — New Mexico at Oklahoma

NBC — Michigan St. at Notre Dame

PEACOCK — Michigan St. at Notre Dame

7:45 p.m.

SECN — Kennesaw St. at Tennessee

8 p.m.

ESPNU — Arkansas St. at TCU

10 p.m.

CBSSN — S. Dakota at Boise St.

CW — James Madison at San Diego St.

10:30 p.m.

ESPN — N. Dakota St. at Sacramento St.

TNT — N. Illinois at Arizona

11 p.m.

BTN — Purdue at UCLA

FS1 — Fresno St. at San Jose St.

USA — Montana at Oregon St.

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW PGA Championship, Third Round, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: Biltmore Championship Asheville, Third Round, The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, Asheville, N.C.

4 p.m.

GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, Third Round, Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio

6 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: PURE Insurance Championship, Second Round, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.

MLB BASEBALL

4 p.m.

MLBN — Milwaukee at Baltimore (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Atlanta at Houston (7:10 p.m.) OR Detroit at Chicago White Sox (7:10 p.m.)

10 p.m.

MLBN — San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers (joined in progress) (9:10 p.m.)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:30 a.m.

USA — English Premier League: Aston Villa at Tottenham Hotspur

10 a.m.

NBCSN — English Premier League: Hull City at Newcastle United

USA — English Premier League: Arsenal at Brighton & Hove Albion

12:30 p.m.

NBC — English Premier League: Coventry City at Nottingham Forest

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Phoenix at Dallas

7 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Chicago at Atlanta

9 p.m.

PRIME VIDEO — Seattle at Golden State

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Sunday, Sept. 20

AUTO RACING

3 p.m.

NBC — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: TireRack.com Battle On The Bricks, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis

COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY

Noon

ACCN — Virginia at North Carolina

ESPN — Virginia at North Carolina

COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)

3 p.m.

ABC — Louisville at Kentucky

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW PGA Championship, Final Round, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: Biltmore Championship Asheville, Final Round, The Cliffs at Walnut Cove, Asheville, N.C.

4 p.m.

GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, Final Round, Ohio State University Golf Club – Scarlet Course, Columbus, Ohio

6 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: PURE Insurance Championship, Final Round, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Pebble Beach, Calif.

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

12:30 p.m.

ABC — PLL Playoffs: Denver vs. Philadelphia, Championship, Harrison, N.J.

MLB BASEBALL

1 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets (1:10 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Pittsburgh (1:35 p.m.)

4 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y Yankees at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers (4:10 p.m.)

7 p.m.

NBCSN — Milwaukee at Baltimore

PEACOCK — Milwaukee at Baltimore

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at New England, Cleveland at Tampa Bay, New Orleans at Baltimore OR Cincinnati at Houston

FOX — Regional Coverage: Carolina at Atlanta, Minnesota at Chicago, Philadelphia at Tennessee OR Green Bay at N.Y. Jets

4:05 p.m.

CBS — Regional Coverage: Jacksonville at Denver OR Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers

4:25 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Washington at Dallas, Seattle at Arizona OR Miami at San Francisco

8:20 p.m.

NBC — Indianapolis at Kansas City

PEACOCK — Indianapolis at Kansas City

SOCCER (MEN’S)

9 a.m.

NBCSN — English Premier League: Sunderland at Manchester City

USA — English Premier League: Liverpool at AFC Bournemouth

11:30 a.m.

NBC — English Premier League: Manchester United at Fulham

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — USL Championship: San Antonio at Sacramento

WNBA BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

NBATV — Washington at Indiana

7 p.m.

USA — Portland at Los Angeles

9 p.m.

CNBC — Seattle at Las Vegas

USA — Seattle at Las Vegas

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