THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” FRIDAY JULY 3, 2026

“THE SCOREBOARD”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

MARINERS 1, ANGELS 0

GUARDIANS 6, WHITE SOX 5

REDS 7, BREWERS 2

PIRATES 6, PHILLIES 1

ROCKIES 14, MARLINS 4

CARDINALS 11, BRAVES 5

RANGERS 10, TIGERS 4

RAYS 5, ROYALS 2

DODGERS 12, PADRES 7

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

INDIANAPOLIS 4 OMAHA 2

GREAT LAKES 6 FT. WAYNE 2

BELOIT 13 SOUTH BEND 5

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WNBA SCOREBOARD

MYSTICS 81 DREAM 76

WINGS 86 SUN 83

MERCURY 90 STORM 67

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WORLD CUP SOCCER SCOREBOARD

SPAIN 3 AUSTRIA 0

PORTUGAL 2 CROATIA 1

SWITZERLAND 2 ALGERIA 0

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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

HOOSIER NORTH CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

CASTON AT WHITKO, 7 PM

CENTRAL NOBLE AT CULVER, 7:30 PM

KNOX AT NORTH JUDSON, 8 PM

LAVILLE AT TRITON, 7 PM

NORTHFIELD AT NORTH MIAMI, 7 PM

PIONEER AT CASS, 7 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL AT WHEELER, 8 PM

WEST CENTRAL AT WINAMAC, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

BOONE GROVE AT SOUTH CENTRAL, 8 PM

NORTH JUDSON AT LAVILLE, 7:30 PM

NORTH MIAMI AT WABASH, 7 PM

NORTH WHITE AT CASTON, 7 PM

PIONEER AT KNOX, 7:30 PM

TRITON AT BREMEN, 7 PM

WEST CENTRAL AT CULVER, 7 PM

WINAMAC AT FRONTIER, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

CASTON AT NORTH MIAMI ©, 7 PM

CULVER AT TRITON ©, 7 PM

NORTH JUDSON AT SOUTH CENTRAL ©, 8 PM

WINAMAC AT PIONEER ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

CULVER AT WINAMAC ©, 7 PM

NORTH MIAMI AT NORTH JUDSON ©, 7:30 PM

PIONEER AT CASTON ©, 7 PM

TRITON AT SOUTH CENTRAL ©, 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

NORTH JUDSON AT CULVER ©, 7:30 PM

NORTH MIAMI AT PIONEER ©, 7 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL AT CASTON ©, 7:30 PM

TRITON AT WINAMAC ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

CASTON AT CULVER ©, 7 PM

NORTH JUDSON AT TRITON ©, 7:30 PM

PIONEER AT SOUTH CENTRAL ©, 7:30 PM

WINAMAC AT NORTH MIAMI ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

CULVER AT PIONEER ©, 7 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL AT NORTH MIAMI ©, 7:30 PM

TRITON AT CASTON ©, 7 PM

WINAMAC AT NORTH JUDSON ©, 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

CASTON AT NORTH JUDSON ©, 7:30 PM

NORTH MIAMI AT CULVER ©, 7 PM

PIONEER AT TRITON ©, 7 PM

SOUTH CENTRAL AT WINAMAC ©, 7:30 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

CULVER AT SOUTH CENTRAL ©, 7:30 PM

NORTH JUDSON AT PIONEER ©, 7:30 PM

TRITON AT NORTH MIAMI ©, 7 PM

WINAMAC AT CASTON ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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CAPITAL CITY CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

CHRISTEL HOUSE AT BOWMAN, 7:30 PM

ARSENAL TECH AT NOBLESVILLE, 7 PM

LUTHERAN AT CRISPUS ATTUCKS, 7 PM

TINDLEY AT EDINBURGH, 7 PM

OSCEOLA GRACE AT ENGLEWOOD, 8 PM

PHALEN ACADEMY AT WASHINGTON, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

ANDERSON AT WASHINGTON, 7 PM

CALUMET CHRISTIAN AT ENGLEWOOD, 7 PM

EDINBURGH AT CHRISTEL HOUSE, 7 PM

ARSENAL TECH AT SPEEDWAY, 7 PM

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC, 7 PM

TINDLEY AT PARK TUDOR, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

ARSENAL TECH AT SOUTHPORT, 7 PM

INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CHRISTEL HOUSE, 7 PM

TINDLEY VS. PHALEN ACADEMY, 7 PM, BROAD RIPPLE

WASHINGTON AT SHORTRIDGE, 7 PM

ENGLEWOOD AT COVENANT, 7 PM

RICHMOND AT CRISPUS ATTUCKS, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

LINCOLN AT CHRISTEL HOUSE, 7 PM

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT WASHINGTON ©, 7 PM

TINDLEY AT ARSENAL TECH ©, 7 PM

NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL AT ENGLEWOOD, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

ARSENAL TECH AT SHORTRIDGE, 7 PM

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT ENGLEWOOD ©, 7 PM

TINDLEY AT WASHINGTON ©, 7 PM

NOBLESVILLE HOMESCHOOL AT CHRISTEL HOUSE, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT SOUTHPORT, 7 PM

SHORTRIDGE AT CHRISTEL HOUSE, 7 PM

WASHINGTON AT ARSENAL TECH ©, 7 PM

ENGLEWOOD AT TINDLEY ©, 7:30 PM, HOWE

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

TINDLEY AT CRISPUS ATTUCKS ©, 7 PM

PARK TUDOR AT WASHINGTON, 7 PM

ENGLEWOOD AT ARSENAL TECH ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

CHRISTEL HOUSE AT PARK TUDOR, 7 PM

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT ARSENAL TECH ©, 7 PM

TINDLEY AT MONROE CENTRAL, 7:30 PM

WASHINGTON AT ENGLEWOOD ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

BOWMAN AT WASHINGTON, 7 PM

CHRISTEL HOUSE AT TINDLEY ©, 7 PM, TBA

CRISPUS ATTUCKS AT SEYMOUR, 7 PM

PHALEN ACADEMY AT ARSENAL TECH, 7 PM

ENGLEWOOD AT PARK TUDOR, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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HOOSIER HEARTLAND CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, AUG. 21

CARROLL AT SEEGER, 7 PM

CLINTON CENTRAL AT FRANKFORT, 7 PM

CLINTON PRAIRIE AT FRONTIER, 7 PM

DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL, 7 PM

EASTERN AT OAK HILL, 7 PM

GCA AT SHERIDAN, 7 PM

NORTH WHITE AT TAYLOR, 7 PM

TRI-CENTRAL AT WES-DEL, 7 PM

FRIDAY, AUG. 28

DELPHI AT TWIN LAKES, 7 PM

ELWOOD AT TRI-CENTRAL, 7 PM

FAITH CHRISTIAN AT CLINTON CENTRAL, 7 PM

FRANKFORT AT CLINTON PRAIRIE, 7 PM

MACONAQUAH AT CARROLL, 7 PM

NORTHWESTERN AT EASTERN, 7 PM

SHERIDAN AT ALEXANDRIA, 7 PM

TAYLOR AT GCA, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 4

CARROLL AT TAYLOR ©, 7 PM

CLINTON CENTRAL AT CLINTON PRAIRIE ©, 7 PM

DELPHI AT EASTERN ©, 7 PM

TRI-CENTRAL AT SHERIDAN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 11

CARROLL AT DELPHI ©, 7 PM

CLINTON PRAIRIE AT TRI-CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

EASTERN AT TAYLOR ©, 7 PM

SHERIDAN AT CLINTON CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 18

DELPHI AT TRI-CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

EASTERN AT CARROLL ©, 7 PM

SHERIDAN AT CLINTON PRAIRIE ©, 7 PM

TAYLOR AT CLINTON CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, SEP. 25

CARROLL AT TRI-CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

CLINTON CENTRAL AT EASTERN ©, 7 PM

CLINTON PRAIRIE AT DELPHI ©, 7 PM

TAYLOR AT SHERIDAN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 2

CARROLL AT CLINTON CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

SHERIDAN AT DELPHI ©, 7 PM

TAYLOR AT CLINTON PRAIRIE ©, 7 PM

TRI-CENTRAL AT EASTERN ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 9

CLINTON CENTRAL AT DELPHI ©, 7 PM

CLINTON PRAIRIE AT CARROLL ©, 7 PM

EASTERN AT SHERIDAN ©, 7 PM

TRI-CENTRAL AT TAYLOR ©, 7 PM

FRIDAY, OCT. 16

CLINTON CENTRAL AT TRI-CENTRAL ©, 7 PM

CLINTON PRAIRIE AT EASTERN ©, 7 PM

DELPHI AT TAYLOR ©, 7 PM

SHERIDAN AT CARROLL ©, 7 PM

©CONFERENCE GAME

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NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES

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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

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NATIONAL SPORTS RELEASES

NBA NEWS

JAYLEN BROWN SET TO FORM ALL-STAR TRIO WITH JOEL EMBIID, TYRESE MAXEY IN PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Reeling from an early exit in the NBA playoffs, Jaylen Brown was still a Boston Celtics star when he dissed Joel Embiid and called him a flopper on a livestream.

“Joel Embiid is a great player, one of the best bigs in (expletive) basketball history,” Brown said. “Flops. He know it. This ain’t breaking news.”

Did someone say breaking news?

Brown might have to make awkward amends with Embiid now that they are teammates on the 76ers in the wake of an out-of-nowhere trade that rocked the NBA and again positions Philadelphia as an instant contender for the franchise’s first NBA title since 1983.

You know, because trying to win it all with a hired gun worked so well for the Sixers with Paul George. And James Harden. Or Jimmy Butler.

All flops of the postseason kind in Philly.

The Sixers have another superstar to pair with Embiid — and the true franchise cornerstones in All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey and second-year standout VJ Edgecombe — after new team president of basketball operations Mike Gansey pulled off a whale of a move in his first month on the job.

Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league’s fourth-leading scorer this past season — is getting traded by the Boston Celtics to the Philadelphia 76ers, a person with knowledge of the deal’s terms said Wednesday.

Boston is getting George, along with a slew of draft capital that could become two first-round picks and two second-round picks, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade does not yet have the required league approvals.

“The nba is doing that THING AGAIN,’” Maxey wrote on social media Wednesday night.

Without a game played, the Sixers are the early winners in this deal.

Gansey somehow shed the two years and $110 million left on the oft injured and aging George’s deal for a bona fide superstar who was sixth in the NBA MVP voting this past season. The 36-year-old George — who was suspended 25 games for flunking a drug test — played in only 78 total games for the Sixers and has played more than 56 games in a season only one time since 2019.

His contract seemed immovable.

Suddenly — as they say in Boston —- anything is possible in Philadelphia.

The Celtics had to move on from Brown after they dangled him as trade bait to Milwaukee in a failed bid to land Giannis Antetokounmpo from Milwaukee.

Following the first round of the NBA draft, Boston president of basketball operations Brad Stevens declined to say how close the team got to executing a trade for Brown. But he said he still views Brown to be part the Celtics’ future. It’s why the team sat down with Brown recently, who is currently overseas.

“Jaylen Brown is a big part of us. I don’t want to predict the future. I look at it as this is our team,” Stevens said.

He’s now a big part of Philadelphia’s plan and a franchise that seemed stuck in the mud after it was swept by the eventual NBA champion Knicks in the second round — after rallying from 3-1 down to topple Boston in the first round — and was now third among sportsbooks late Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference.

Gansey said at his first press conference last month that he wasn’t concerned the Sixers were traveling on two timelines — a win-now mode while Embiid and George were nearing the end of their deals versus dealing with the long-term of trying to find pieces that can still contribute in the future while Maxey is the undisputed leader of the team and Edgecombe is entering his prime.

“I just don’t look at it as two timelines,” Gansey said. “They’re our four guys. They’re under contract. We’ve got to do the best to get them to their best selves. I think every night, at 7 o’clock, we’ve got to get them to their best to help us.”

They’re going to get Brown at his best — and with a proverbial chip in his shoulder — trying to prove Boston wrong and that he can lead his former rivals to the NBA promised land. With Jayson Tatum playing in just 16 games during the regular season while he rehabbed from a ruptured Achilles tendon, the 29-year-old Brown averaged career highs in points (28.7), rebounds (6.9) and assists (5.1).

Brown still has three seasons and about $182 million left on what was then a record, five-year, $304 million supermax deal he signed in 2023.

Before Antetokounmpo was ultimately dealt to the Heat, Brown posted a video on Twitch in which he described his mood.

“To all the people that’s doubted me, that want me to do this, or want me, you’re turning me into a monster,” Brown said.

He’ll have his opportunity in Philly to unleash the beast with Embiid routinely sidelined big chunks of the season with injuries. Maxey had lamented how difficult it was to try and carry the Sixers without a 1B when Embiid was sidelined and now the Sixers have a sort of guardrail in Brown to steady the team during those absences.

The Sixers are transformed — just as they thought they would be when they traded for Harden, Butler and signed George, only to fail and fail again in the playoffs.

Now it’s up to Brown and Embiid and Maxey to form an All-Star trio that can do the improbable just as the Knicks finally did this season in winning their first title in 53 years.

Speaking of improbable, anyone in Philly have a number for LeBron James?

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JAYLEN BROWN STILL PROCESSING HOW HE BECAME A FORMER BOSTON CELTIC AFTER STUNNING TRADE WITH 76ERS

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jaylen Brown said he was still processing how the trade agreement went down that will send the former Boston Celtics star to one of its most storied rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers.

Brown — the 2024 NBA Finals MVP, a five-time All-Star and the league’s fourth-leading scorer this past season — is getting traded by the Celtics to the Sixers, a person with knowledge of the deal’s terms said Wednesday.

Boston is getting Paul George, along with a slew of draft capital that could become two first-round picks and two second-round picks, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade does not yet have the required league approvals.

“I’m still processing how this all went down,” Brown wrote on social media Thursday. “I’m excited and disappointed at the same time. I earned my respect from this city. I never asked for shortcuts or special treatment. I simply showed up every day, put my head down, and accepted every challenge.

The relationships I built here, the battles we fought together, the championship we brought to this city, and the connection I shared with the fans, I’ll carry on with me.”

Jayson Tatum missed most of this past season while recovering from an Achilles tendon tear that happened during the 2025 playoffs, meaning Brown had to carry even more of the load for Boston — and he wound up with career-best averages of 28.7 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game.

It seemed, though, that Brown has felt underappreciated, especially after it became known that Boston had included him in trade talks with Milwaukee when Giannis Antetokounmpo was on the market.

“Saying goodbye isn’t easy when you’ve invested your heart into something,” Brown wrote.

The Sixers have another star to pair with two-time NBA scoring champion Joel Embiid — and the true franchise cornerstones in All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey and second-year standout VJ Edgecombe — after new team president of basketball operations Mike Gansey pulled off a whale of a move in his first month on the job.

“I’m excited for what’s ahead and grateful for the opportunity to join Philadelphia,” Brown wrote. “Every city has its own identity, its own passion, and its own expectation. I respect that, and I’m looking forward to earning that respect the only way I know how, through the work.

“Philly — throw the ball up let’s get it!”

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REPORTS: ROCKETS F TARI EASON AGREES TO 5-YEAR, $81.5M CONTRACT

Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason has agreed to a five-year, $81.5 million contract to return to the team, according to multiple reports on Thursday night.

Eason, 25, is a restricted free agent. He earned $5.7 million for the 2025-26 season in the final team option year of his rookie deal, per ESPN, which first reported the contract agreement. The fifth year of the new contract is a player option, per The Athletic.

He averaged 10.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.2 steals and a career-high 25.8 minutes in 60 games (career-high 34 starts) last season. Eason averaged 13.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.5 steals and 32.5 minutes in six playoff games (four starts).

For his career, Eason averages 10.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 steals and 23.6 minutes in 221 regular-season games (55 starts) since 2022.

Houston selected Eason with the 17th overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft.

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REPORT: ANFERNEE SIMONS, 76ERS AGREE TO 2-YEAR CONTRACT

A day after reportedly acquiring former NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brown from the Boston Celtics, the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to a two-year, $12.3 million deal with free agent guard Anfernee Simons, ESPN reported on Thursday.

Simons, 27, who played with Brown in Boston last season, will have a player option in the second season, per the report.

In the reported Brown deal, the Sixers will send veteran forward Paul George to the Celtics along with first-round picks in 2028 and 2031 and second-round picks in 2028 and 2030.

Simons joined the Celtics last July in the trade that sent Jrue Holiday to the Portland Trail Blazers, and averaged 14.2 points per game while shooting 39.5% from 3-point range in 49 games.

Simons was on the move again in February, dealt to the Bulls in exchange for forward Nikola Vucevic, but a left wrist injury limited the guard to just six games with Chicago before ending his season. For the season, Simons averaged 14.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 55 games (five starts).

A first-round pick (No. 24 overall) of the Trail Blazers in the 2018 draft, Simons will give the Sixers’ bench an offensive lift it was lacking last season. He has averaged at least 17 ppg four times and is a career 38.5% 3-point shooter.

Over eight NBA seasons, Simons has averaged 14.9 ppg, 3.2 apg and 2.5 rpg in 444 games (218 starts).

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76ERS’ NBA TITLE ODDS SOAR, CELTICS’ PLUMMET WITH JAYLEN BROWN TRADE

The Boston Celtics’ trade of star Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers is the latest offseason blockbuster to send sportsbooks scrambling to adjust their NBA futures.

The Celtics were in the mix to land Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks late last month, but when the Greek Freak landed in Miami instead, the Heat’s odds of winning the 2026-27 NBA title shortened from +3000 to +1800. With the Celtics deciding to hold onto Brown at the time, their odds held steady at +650 at BetMGM.

That all changed after news broke Wednesday that Boston reversed course and traded Brown to division rival Philadelphia in exchange for aging veteran Paul George and a package of draft picks. The Celtics’ title odds immediately plummeted to +1400 while their odds of winning the Eastern Conference went from +260 to +450.

Conversely, the 76ers went from +6600 long shots to win the title next season to +2000 after acquiring Brown. BetMGM reported that 35% of all bets and 40% of all money wagered on next year’s champion has backed Philadelphia since the trade.

The 76ers also went from +2000 to +700 to win the Eastern Conference, with 54% of the bets and 68% of the money backing them. The reigning champion New York Knicks are the Eastern Conference favorites at +325, followed by the Celtics at +450 and then the 76ers ahead of the Detroit Pistons at +750.

The Los Angeles Lakers also made a flurry of moves Tuesday, led by the acquisition of center Walker Kessler from Utah. Los Angeles went from +4000 to +3000 to win the NBA title and from +2200 to +1600 to win the Western Conference, where they remain behind Oklahoma City and San Antonio at +150, Minnesota at +1200 and Denver at +1300.

Another significant shift saw the Toronto Raptors’ title odds shorten all the way to +2200 by agreeing to a deal earlier this week that will bring Kawhi Leonard back to the franchise.

2026-27 NBA TITLE ODDS*

Team | Opening Odds | Last Week | Wednesday | Current

Oklahoma City Thunder (+260), (+260), (+260), (+260)

San Antonio Spurs (+270), (+260), (+260), (+260)

New York Knicks (+700), (+750), (+800), (+900)

Boston Celtics (+700), (+650), (+700), (+1400)

Philadelphia 76ers (+6000), (+6000), (+6600), (+2000)

Toronto Raptors (+15000), (+12500), (+2200), (+2200)

Miami Heat (+3500), (+1800), (+2200), (+2500)

Detroit Pistons (+3300), (+2500), (+2500), (+2500)

Denver Nuggets (+2000), (+2500), (+2500), (+2500)

Minnesota Timberwolves (+2500), (+3000), (+2200), (+2500)

Golden State Warriors (+6600), (+6000), (+3000), (+3000)

Cleveland Cavaliers (+3300), (+4000), (+3000), (+3000)

Los Angeles Lakers (+2500), (+2500), (+4000), (+3000)

Indiana Pacers (+3000), (+4000), (+4000), (+4000)

Houston Rockets (+6600), (+6000), (+6000), (+6000)

Atlanta Hawks (+10000), (+8000), (+8000), (+8000)

Portland Trail Blazers (+8000), (+10000), (+8000), (+8000)

Orlando Magic, (+5000), (+8000), (+8000), (+8000)

Charlotte Hornets (+10000), (+8000), (+12500), (+12500)

Dallas Mavericks (+8000), (+15000), (+20000), (+20000)

Utah Jazz (+15000), (+25000), (+15000), (+20000)

Washington Wizards (+15000), (+20000), (+20000), (+20000)

Milwaukee Bucks (+25000), (+30000), (+50000), (+50000)

Chicago Bulls (+75000), (+75000), (+75000), (+75000)

Brooklyn Nets (+100000), (+50000), (+75000), (+75000)

Phoenix Suns (+8000), (+15000), (+12500), (+12500)

Los Angeles Clippers (+6600), (+10000), (+20000), (+50000)

New Orleans Pelicans (+25000), (+50000), (+50000), (+50000)

Memphis Grizzlies (+50000), (+50000), (+75000), (+75000)

Sacramento Kings (+75000), (+75000), (+100000), (+100000)

The next big seismic move in the NBA futures is likely to come with LeBron James’ decision on where he will play next season.

The Warriors have been backed by the most title bets (15.7%) and money (12.5%) following reports that James might be considering linking up with Stephen Curry in Golden State. However, several teams are reportedly in the running for James, with the other two most popular title futures backing the 76ers at 8.8% and 9.4%, respectively, and the Cleveland Cavaliers with 6.8% and 8.9% of the action.

While the book reported the Warriors being backed by the highest percentage of total title bets, the Thunder remain supported by the most total money at 32.0%.

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WNBA NEWS

CAITLIN CLARK VOTED TO START THIRD STRAIGHT WNBA ALL-STAR GAME, JOINED BY TWO FEVER TEAMMATES

NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark was voted to start her third straight All-Star Game and will be joined by Indiana Fever teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, the WNBA announced Thursday.

It’s the second time in four years that three players from the same team were chosen to start the game, with Las Vegas doing it in 2023. Clark wasn’t able to play in last year’s game that the Fever hosted because she was injured right before the All-Star break.

Clark and Mitchell will be joined this year in the backcourt by Dallas’ Paige Bueckers and Minnesota rookie Olivia Miles. It’s the fourth consecutive year that a rookie was chosen as an All-Star starter. Bueckers played last season.

A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Jessica Shepard, Natasha Howard and Gabby Williams were selected for the frontcourt for the game that will be played in Chicago on July 25. It will be Wilson’s and Stewart’s eighth All-Star appearance while Shepard will be making her first.

“It’s an honor to be an All-Star, even though I’ve had a few of them,” Stewart said. “Each one is really special and I’m not taking it lightly.”

Williams played in her first All-Star Game last season. Howard will play in her third.

Starters were chosen by a mixture of fan, player and media votes. The fan vote counted for 50% while media and player votes were 25% each. Each player’s score was calculated by averaging their weighted rank from all three areas.

The league’s head coaches will select the 12 reserves for the team, results that will be announced Tuesday. The 15 head coaches will vote for three guards, five frontcourt players and four players at either position regardless of conference. Coaches can’t vote for their own players.

New this year, WNBA greats Cynthia Cooper and Teresa Weatherspoon will serve as honorary general managers and select the two teams from the pool of All-Stars. Previously the top two fan vote-getters would serve as captains and select the squads.

Bueckers, Clark and Boston were the top three vote-getters among fans. All three received more than 1 million votes.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: BRYCE MILLER, MARINERS BLANK ANGELS TO COMPLETE SWEEP

Bryce Miller took a no-hitter into the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep of their American League West rivals.

Cal Raleigh drew a bases-loaded walk off Angels starter Walbert Urena (5-7) with two outs in the bottom of the sixth to score the game’s lone run.

Miller (4-2) allowed two hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out eight after he lost his previous two starts. Andres Munoz allowed a walk and two singles to load the bases in the ninth, but he got Wade Meckler to ground into a game-ending double play.

Neither team had a hit until Seattle’s J.P. Crawford led off the bottom of the sixth with a double into right-center field. Dominic Canzone and Randy Arozarena drew one-out walks before Urena struck out Josh Naylor on three pitches. Urena got ahead 0-2 in the count to Raleigh before last season’s home run champ rebounded to draw a walk.

Guardians 6, White Sox 5

Brayan Rocchio hit a two-run, walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning to lift host Cleveland over Chicago.

Tim Herrin (1-3) retired all three hitters in the top of the ninth for the victory, while the White Sox’s Grant Taylor (4-2) gave up two runs in 1 1/3 innings as he was being asked to record a six-out save.

Rocchio drove in three runs for the Guardians, who pulled into a virtual tie with the White Sox atop the American League Central. Cleveland has played two more games and has one more win and one more loss.

Reds 7, Brewers 2

Sal Stewart, Jose Trevino and T.J. Friedl homered to lead Cincinnati past flame-throwing Jacob Misiorowski and host Milwaukee.

Starting pitcher Chase Burns bested Misiorowski for the Reds, who snapped a four-game losing streak and averted a series sweep by salvaging the fourth contest. Burns (10-1), who won his ninth consecutive decision, gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.

Garrett Mitchell homered for the Brewers, who had their three-game winning streak end. Misiorowski (9-4) allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits in five innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out 10 to push his major-league-leading total to 156.

Pirates 6, Phillies 1

Rookie Esmerlyn Valdez drove in three runs and Nick Gonzales and Endy Rodriguez each homered, allowing Pittsburgh to split a four-game series with Philadelphia.

Valdez forged a 1-1 tie with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Two innings later, he recorded his first career triple after the ball sailed under the glove of Phillies center fielder Justin Crawford, allowing Brandon Lowe, giving Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead. Valdez came home on Gonzales’ bloop single and went on to add a sac fly.

Bryce Harper ripped an RBI double for the Phillies, who mustered just four hits to the Pirates’ 14.

Rockies 14, Marlins 4

Mickey Moniak singled, doubled, homered and scored three runs to help Colorado earn a split against the Miami with a win in the finale of a four-game series in Denver.

Jake McCarthy also homered and had four RBIs and three runs for the Rockies, and Willi Castro, Troy Johnston and Cole Carrigg each drove in a pair. McCarthy’s two-run single ignited a seven-run sixth for Colorado to break the game open.

Otto Lopez had three hits, including a triple and a double, and scored twice for the Marlins.

Cardinals 11, Braves 5

Nathan Church hit a two-run homer to ignite a seven-run rally and help visiting St. Louis register a come-from-behind win over Atlanta in the decisive game of a three-game series.

The Cardinals sent 11 men to the plate during the seventh-inning uprising and erased a 5-3 deficit to hand the Braves their 14th loss in 19 games. St. Louis has won three of its past four. St. Louis’ Gordon Graceffo (6-1) threw a spotless sixth inning.

Atlanta’s Hurston Waldrep made his first start of the season after undergoing elbow surgery in spring training to remove loose bodies. He worked 5 1/3 innings and gave up three runs on five hits.

Rangers 10, Tigers 4

Elias Diaz, Josh Smith and Evan Carter homered as Texas recorded a season-high 17 hits in a win over Detroit in Arlington, Texas.

Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) allowed three runs on six hits over five-plus innings. He improved to 6-0 in nine career starts against the Tigers. Alejandro Osuna and Nicky Lopez each had three hits and an RBI for the Rangers, who won for the seventh time in eight games.

Hao-Yu Lee hit a two-run homer and Colt Keith added a solo shot for Detroit, which had its three-game win streak snapped. Tigers starter Framber Valdez (4-6) yielded five runs on nine hits over five innings.

Rays 5, Royals 2

Ian Seymour struck out eight over six strong frames, Cedric Mullins clubbed a two-run homer among his two hits and visiting Tampa Bay capped a three-game sweep of Kansas City, its season-high eighth straight victory.

Chandler Simpson and Hunter Feduccia each had three hits for the American League East-leading Rays.

Seymour (5-1) gave up Carter Jensen’s leadoff home run, two other hits and a walk for Tampa Bay, which won the final five meetings with Kansas City this season. Isaac Collins also homered for the Royals.

Dodgers 12, Padres 7

Dalton Rushing had a home run among his four hits and drove in four runs for Los Angeles, which erased a six-run deficit for a victory over San Diego.

The Dodgers matched their season high with 17 hits and won for the eighth time in 10 games. Kyle Tucker matched his career best with four hits and also drew a walk. Andy Pages delivered a game-tying two-run double in the fourth inning for Los Angeles. Roki Sasaki yielded six runs on seven hits in a season-low three innings.

The Padres took their sixth loss in a row. Manny Machado hit a first-inning homer before Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth each went deep in the second as the Padres built a 6-0 lead. Randy Vasquez gave up four runs over three innings, and Wandy Peralta (1-1) was tagged for four runs on six hits in the fourth.

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NFL NEWS

LEROY IRVIN, RAMS ALL-PRO IN 1980S, DIES AT 68

LeRoy Irvin, who spent the 1980s at cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams, has died. He was 68.

The team announced his passing on Thursday with a short statement.

“We mourn the loss of Rams Legend LeRoy Irvin. We extend our condolences to his family and friends during this difficult time,” the team said.

No details, such as the date, location or cause of Irvin’s death, were shared.

Irvin, who played his college football at Kansas, joined the Rams after they selected him in the third round (70th overall) of the 1980 NFL Draft. He played the entire decade in Los Angeles before concluding his career with the 1990 Detroit Lions.

With the Rams, Irvin played in 143 games (104 starts). He intercepted 34 passes for 654 yards and scored five touchdowns. He also recovered 13 fumbles, returning one for a touchdown.

In Detroit, Irvin started all 16 games, making one interception and forcing a fumble.

Irvin was named a first-team All-Pro in 1981 and 1986. The two-time Pro Bowl selection played in 11 postseason games and nabbed four interceptions for 149 yards.

Pro Football Hall of Fame member Eric Dickerson played four full seasons with Irvin and posted this to social media on Thursday:

“Devastated to hear about the passing of my brother, teammate, and Rams legend Leroy Irvin,” Dickerson wrote. “Leroy wasn’t just a lockdown corner and a fierce competitor on the field; he was a true friend and a great man who always brought incredible energy. Rest in peace, my brother. Sending my thoughts and prayers to the Irvin family and all of Rams Nation.”

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

TOP WR JETT HARRISON, SON OF HALL OF FAMER, COMMITS TO OHIO STATE

Ohio State football is off to a strong start in recruiting the Class of 2028, adding the nation’s No. 2 wide receiver.

That’s Jett Harrison, the son of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Marvin Harrison Sr. Jett’s older brother, also named Marvin, starred at Ohio State and was a first-round draft pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2024.

Jett is a rising junior at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia. The 247Sports composite lists him as the No. 2 wide receiver and No. 4 player overall in the 2028 class.

Harrison announced his choice of Ohio State on Wednesday over numerous other suitors, including his father’s alma mater, Syracuse. Jett’s finalists were Miami, Oregon and Southern California, in addition to the Buckeyes.

Head coach Ryan Day and his staff also have secured commitments from a pair of four stars — edge Jameer Whyce of Dayton, Ohio, No. 4 at his position, and running back Elijah Newman-Hall from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.

With just those three players, the Buckeyes’ 2028 class is No. 1 in the nation at this very early state of recruiting.Sports

Jett Harrison, listed at 6-foot-1 and 175 pounds, will have big footsteps to follow.

His brother played three seasons in Columbus — 2021-23 — and carved out an All-America career. Marvin Jr. made 155 catches for 2,613 yards and 31 touchdowns and was a Heisman Trophy finalist in his final season.

Their father also was an All-American. After college, he played 13 NFL seasons, all with the Indianapolis Colts, and won the Super Bowl to cap the 2006 season. He was selected a first-team All-Pro for the third time that season after recording 95 catches for 1,366 yards and 12 touchdowns.

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MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

TRANSFER F J.P. ESTRELLA SAYS HE’S STICKING WITH MICHIGAN

Michigan transfer J.P. Estrella will remain with the Wolverines following head coach Dusty May’s departure to the NBA, the big man told ESPN on Thursday.Basketball

Estrella said he quickly has bonded with interim coach Mike Boynton and his new teammates since arriving on campus about two weeks ago.

May guided Michigan to the national championship last season and recruited a top transfer class including Estrella, center Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati) and forward Jalen Reed (LSU). On June 23, May was named the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.

The transfers will have a 15-day window to re-enter the transfer portal starting on July 24, 31 days after Boynton was appointed as interim coach. Thiam confirmed his intention to stay in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, per multiple reports.

The 6-foot-11 Estrella averaged 10.0 points on 59.6% shooting with 5.4 rebounds in 33 games (13 starts) last season at Tennessee. He averaged 6.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 12.4 minutes in 61 games (13 starts) over parts of three campaigns with the Volunteers. He played only three games in 2024-25 due to a foot injury and has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

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NHL NEWS

ALEX OVECHKIN RETURNING FOR A 22ND NHL SEASON AFTER RE-SIGNING WITH THE CAPITALS

Alex Ovechkin is returning for a 22nd NHL season after re-signing with the Washington Capitals on Thursday.

“I’m back!” Ovechkin said.

The league’s career goal-scoring record holder inked a deal with a $1 million salary and bonuses worth an additional $8 million. He receives a $3.25 million signing bonus and makes the additional $4.75 million if he plays 10 games, but the contract structure allows him to count just $4.25 million against the cap. Ovechkin turns 41 in September.

Ovechkin has 929 goals after scoring 32 last season. The Russian superstar passed Wayne Gretzky’s mark of 894 goals in April 2025, completing the so-called “GR8 Chase” that captivated hockey.

He had said in recent months he was waiting until the offseason to decide whether to return or retire, and management was working on contingency plans either way.

“Thank you to everyone for giving me and my family the time to make this decision,” Ovechkin said. “I’m healthy. I love playing hockey and competing to win. I’m excited to come back and join my teammates so we can fight for a playoff spot and have a chance to win.”

The Capitals missed the playoffs this spring but qualified 16 times in a stretch of 18 years, which included winning the franchise’s only Stanley Cup in 2018 when Ovechkin was playoff MVP.

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REPORTS: WILD ACQUIRING BLAKE COLEMAN, OLLI MAATTA FROM FLAMES

The Minnesota Wild are acquiring forward Blake Coleman and defenseman Olli Maatta from the Calgary Flames in exchange for blueliner Jake Middleton, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday.

ESPN reported that the Flames will retain 50% of Coleman’s $4.9 million cap hit on his contract that is set to expire next summer. The Athletic said Calgary will also receive three Minnesota draft picks in the deal, including a second-round selection in 2029.

Coleman, 34, recorded 35 points (20 goals, 15 assists) in 69 games last season with the Flames. He is entering the final season of a six-year, $29.4 million contract.

A two-time Stanley Cup champion with Tampa Bay, Coleman has totaled 325 points (170 goals, 155 assists) in 693 career games with the New Jersey Devils, Lightning and Flames.

Maatta, 31, had 15 points (two goals, 13 assists) in 43 games last season, split between the Utah Mammoth and the Flames. A two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Maatta has 210 points (44 goals, 166 assists) in 804 career games with six teams.

Middleton, 30, totaled 16 points (two goals, 14 assists) in 75 games last season. He has 94 points (24 goals, 70 assists) in 381 career games with the San Jose Sharks and Wild.

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WILD RE-SIGN F NICK FOLIGNO, 38, FOR HIS 20TH NHL SEASON

The Minnesota Wild are bringing back veteran forward Nick Foligno on a one-year, $900,000 contract to play his 20th NHL season in 2026-27, the team announced Thursday.

The Wild acquired the former Chicago and Columbus captain from the Blackhawks on March 6 in exchange for future considerations.

Foligno, who turns 39 in October, tallied a combined 15 points (four goals, 11 assists) in 54 games with the Wild and Blackhawks in 2025-26.

He has 612 points (251 goals, 361 assists) and 1,024 penalty minutes in 1,287 games with the Ottawa Senators (2007-12), Blue Jackets (2012-21), Toronto Maple Leafs (2021), Boston Bruins (2021-23) and Blackhawks.

Foligno was an All-Star in 2014-15 and won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award in 2016-17. Ottawa drafted the Buffalo native in the first round (28th overall) in 2006.

Foligno’s younger brother, Marcus, has been a forward with the Wild since the 2017-18 season.

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AVALANCHE SIGN F JADEN SCHWARTZ TO 3-YEAR CONTRACT

The Colorado Avalanche signed veteran forward Jaden Schwartz to a three-year contract through 2028-29 on Thursday.

Terms were not disclosed but multiple reports put the total value of the deal at $9.75 million ($3.25 million per season).

Schwartz, 34, won a Stanley Cup with St. Louis in 2018-19 and spent the past five seasons with Seattle.

He tallied 26 points (11 goals, 15 assists) in 50 games with the Kraken in 2025-26, missing 32 games with multiple lower-body, upper-body and facial injuries.

Schwartz has amassed 553 points (233 goals, 320 assists) in 861 career games with the Blues (2011-21) and Kraken. He has 64 points (31 goals, 33 assists) in 102 playoff games.

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CANADIENS SIGN G JAKUB DOBES TO 3-YEAR, $16.07M EXTENSION

The Montreal Canadiens’ Jakub Dobes, who led all rookie goaltenders with 29 wins this past season, signed a three-year, $16.07 million contract extension on Thursday.

Dobes, 25, who could have become a restricted free agent after this coming season, now is signed through the 2029-30 campaign. The new terms have an average annual value of $5.357 million beginning in 2027-28. He signed a two-year, $1.93 million contract in July 2025.

Dobes went 29-10-4 with a 2.78 goals-against average and a .901 save percentage in 43 games (42 starts) this season. He also went 9-10 with a 2.66 GAA and a .908 save percentage in the playoffs as the Canadiens advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

He made the NHL All-Rookie Team for 2025-26.

For his career, Dobes is 36-14-7 with a 2.77 GAA and a .904 save percentage in 59 regular-season games (57 starts) over two seasons.

Montreal selected Dobes in the fifth round of the 2020 NHL Draft.

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IS 2 BETTER THAN 1? TEAMS AROUND THE NHL LOOK TO EMBRACE THE NOTION OF SHARED GOALTENDING

Former Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy went with Adin Hill as his goaltender for the final stretch this past season.

Replacement coach John Tortorella quickly switched to Carter Hart.

And now current coach Ryan Craig, expected to have both goalies at his disposal, could divide their play.

“I feel really good about our goaltending with Adin Hill and Carter Hart,” general manager Kelly McCrimmon said.

The Golden Knights last season relied on multiple goalies when Akira Schmid started 29 games, Hill 27 and Hart 18. Other teams, notably Florida, New Jersey and Philadelphia, are expected to take a similar approach into next season, especially with it going from 82 to 84 games.

Vegas retaining Hill wasn’t necessarily expected. Hill, who has five years remaining on a contract that pays $6.25 million per year, had been rumored as someone the Golden Knights would try to deal after he lost his job to Hart. Vegas instead shipped Schmid to the Panthers.

“I think Adin is going to bounce back,” McCrimmon said. “He’s a good goalie that had a tough season. We need him to revert to form. I expect that he will. Carter, for me, made a great impression getting us to the Stanley Cup Final. I think we’re in good shape at that position.”

Hill was in net when the Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup in 2023, coming off the bench in the second round at Edmonton and carrying Vegas from there. He started a career-high 50 games a year ago, but never more than 35 in any other season. His .870 save percentage this past season was his career worst and the 3.04 goals allowed per game were his highest when starting at least 10 games.

Hart had his own struggles last season, not being allowed to play until at least Dec. 1 because of his role in a sexual-assault case. He and four other 2018 Canada world junior players were acquitted.

He went 5-3-3 with a 3.23 GAA and .874 save percentage before missing nearly three months with an injury. Hart was sensational upon his return, going 6-0 with a 1.67 GAA and .930 percentage to close the regular season and then 12-4 with a 2.22 GAA and a .924 percentage in the first three rounds of the playoffs.

Hart struggled in the Stanley Cup Final, becoming the first goalie to allow four goals in each of his first five games, forcing Tortorella to defend keeping him in net when he had a champion goalie on the bench.

How the starts are divvied will now be up to Craig and goalies coach Sean Burke, who also have Carl Lindbolm goaltending for the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in Henderson, Nevada.

“I think he’s on his way to becoming an NHL goaltender, whether that’s immediately or needs a little more time,” McCrimmon said. “When you look around the league with injuries, with things that happen, every team has to have a No. 3..”

Florida Panthers

Saying goodbye to Sergei Bobrovsky, who got a three-year deal for $21 million from Toronto, Florida acquired Jacob Markstrom from New Jersey and Schmid from Vegas for its tandem. The way the Panthers play, they just need solid goaltending to win.

“We think (Schmid has) got some upside, somebody that we’ve really liked for some time and we’re happy to be able to get him and to fit him into the mix,” Panthers GM Bill Zito said. “(Markstrom is) a veteran guy who has shown excellence and somebody we thought could fit with our team and come in and do his thing. I think the goaltending department is pretty excited and really looking forward to getting to work.”

New Jersey Devils

Moving on from Markstrom, who’s 36, before his new contract starts was what new GM Sunny Mehta thought was right at this time. Jake Allen remains, and it seems like the plan is to give 25-year-old Nico Daws a chance to serve as the 1B netminder with the Devils.

“We know what Jake can bring — we’ve seen that — outstanding guy, outstanding goaltender,” Mehta said. “I’m pretty excited about the opportunity in front of Nico because he really hasn’t been given that sort of runway and that path. And I think he has that now.”

Philadelphia Flyers

Dan Vladar is set as the starter, coming off a breakout season backstopping the Flyers to the playoffs and fresh off signing a five-year, $27.5 million extension through 2032. But after Vladar may have been overplayed down the stretch, GM Daniel Briere made a trade last month to get Joseph Woll from Toronto.

“I’m pretty sure that we are going to have great chemistry,” Vladar said. “We are going to need two, if not three, goalies over the next couple of years.”

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WINNERS AND LOSERS OF THE NHL OFFSEASON INCLUDE TEAMS IN BIG MARKETS SPENDING AND IMPROVING

NHL teams committed more than $862 million in salary to 102 players on the first day of free agency, not counting entry-level or minor-league contracts.

Chicago signed Bowen Byram to the biggest contract at $75 million, making him the highest-paid defenseman in the league at $12.5 million a year, at least for now. Philadelphia spent the most at just under $90 million, though like the Byram deal much of that does not go into effect until the 2027-28 season.

Some of that money will be well spent, and other dollars will be regretted for years to come. Here’s a look at the early returns on offseason winners and losers:

NHL free agency winners

NEW YORK RANGERS: Fundamentals-first coach Mike Sullivan should be happy because his blue line got better even if No. 5 pick Alberts Smits needs another year to make the leap. General manager Chris Drury acquired defensemen Sean Durzi and Marcus Pettersson in separate trades, which should ease the burden on Adam Fox, Vladislav Gavrikov and goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Trading Vincent Trocheck to Utah opens a hole at center, but the addition of winger Pavel Dorofeyev makes up for a talent deficiency up front enough to say the Rangers got better.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS : New GM John Chayka acknowledged: “We did a lot of buying and selling over the last month. And at times maybe it didn’t make a lot of sense in terms of the individual moves. But as we thought about kind of the bigger picture and what we’re trying to create, it all kind of lined up for us.” It’s hard to argue with remaking the roster by adding goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, defensemen Darren Raddysh and Emil Andrae, and forwards Nick Paul, Colton Sissons, Jack Roslovic, Brandon Duhaime and Teddy Bleuger. Gone are Joseph Woll, Simon Benoit, Brandon Carlo, Nick Robertson, Matias Maccelli and more. With Auston Matthews’ future in question, Chayka is off to a good start as far as personnel goes and he also has No. 1 pick Gavin McKenna to weave into the mix.

SAN JOSE SHARKS : Mike Grier got immediate help by trading for Darnell Nurse and signing Mason Marchment and Jacob Trouba. They are veteran players who could help the team make the playoffs next season. He also kept stocking the cupboard of high-end-potential prospects by drafting Ivar Stenberg and two others in the first round. The short-, medium- and long-term future is bright now that San Jose is a destination with Macklin Celebrini and the Sharks on the rise.

FLORIDA PANTHERS: Even losing Bobrovsky, the 2024 and ’25 Cup champions added Brady Tkachuk to play with brother Matthew, brought back Radko Gudas and extended Eetu Luostarinen. The Panthers look loaded for another run and have tons of future salary cap space to play with.

NHL free agency losers

DETROIT RED WINGS: Detroit has not made the playoffs since 2016, now the NHL’s longest drought. And there is lingering uncertainty with captain Dylan Larkin wanting out. The Red Wings’ muddled path forward was evident Wednesday with the signing of Viktor Arvidsson and trade pickup of Keegan Kolesar representing their most notable additions. GM Steve Yzerman has the leverage of time in waiting for the best offer for Larkin. And yet the situation has the potential of becoming a bigger distraction and handcuffing Yzerman from building the roster further.

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS: Hindsight might reveal the Flyers were smart in not spending big on assets and salary cap space to get Nurse, John Carlson (who signed with Tampa Bay) or Byram. But their biggest need was a No. 1 defenseman who could run the top power play unit, and that remains a giant void. GM Daniel Briere did make a big move for years down the road by locking up Tyson Foerster for almost the next decade.

NHL free agency jury’s out

BUFFALO SABRES: The Sabres lost more proven talent than they brought in during the past two weeks, trading Byram to the Blackhawks and Alex Tuch to Washington. Landing defensive prospect Daxon Rudolph with the fourth pick in exchange for Byram helps down the road, as do the acquisitions of promising young blue liners Olen Zellweger and Louis Crevier. Buffalo has so far struck out in trade talks to get Winnipeg goalie Connor Hellebuyck this summer, after St. Louis D-man Colton Parayko declined to a move at the deadline. That leaves Jarmo Kekalainen banking on Buffalo’s talented pipeline of youth to step up to build on a season in which the Sabres won their first Atlantic Division title and snapped a league-record 14-year playoff absence.

DALLAS STARS: This all depends on what happens with Jason Robertson, a restricted free agent in need of a new contract and one that could exceed $100 million. Jim Nill traded Mavrik Bourque to Nashville for picks and cleared cap space by including Ilya Lyubushkin in that deal. He also acknowledged he had something worked out with Seattle in a trade Robertson vetoed. Reigning Norris Trophy winner Zach Werenski declined to join Dallas. Everything hinges on making sure Robertson is signed or somehow recouping assets for a player in his prime coming off a 45-goal, 96-point season.

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GOLF NEWS

TIGER WOODS’ HOSPITAL RECORDS WILL BE HANDED OVER TO PROSECUTORS IN FLORIDA DUI CASE, JUDGE RULES

STUART, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors are allowed to review medical records related to Tiger Woods ‘ March vehicle crash and subsequent arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, a judge has ruled.

Judge Darren Steele approved an agreement last week between Woods’ defense attorney and the State Attorney’s Office that allows prosecutors to request records from Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital, where Woods was taken following the March 27 crash. The case is being tried in Martin County circuit court, just north of Palm Beach County.

The judge signed off on a similar agreement in May that grants prosecutors access to all prescription medication records for the legendary golfer at a Palm Beach pharmacy from the start of the year through the end of March. For both hospital and prescription records, prosecutors have agreed to defense attorney Doug Duncan’s request for a protective order limiting the release of records only to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, state experts and Woods’ defense team.

Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence. A sheriff’s office report said deputies found two pain pills in his pocket, and he showed signs of impairment after his SUV clipped a truck’s trailer and rolled onto its side.

Woods was traveling at high speeds on a beachside, residential road on Jupiter Island with a 30 mph (nearly 50 kph) speed limit when his Land Rover caused $5,000 in damage to the truck, according to an incident report. Woods agreed to a Breathalyzer test that showed no signs of alcohol, but refused a urine test, authorities said.

Woods has traveled outside of the United States to seek treatment at an inpatient treatment facility, according to court records.

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STEWART CINK, CHARLIE WI SHARE FIRST-ROUND LEAD AT U.S. SENIOR OPEN

Stewart Cink put himself in contention to win a third straight major, as he shares the lead after the first round of the U.S. Senior Open Championship on Thursday in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

Cink and co-leader Charlie Wi of South Korea each shot 3-under-par 67 at Scioto Country Club to sit atop a tightly bunched leaderboard. Wi got a boost from a five-birdie streak, while Cink shot 5-under 30 on the back nine after carding two bogeys among his first nine holes.

George McNeill, England’s Simon Griffiths and Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson are a stroke back as 15 players broke par.

Defending champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland is among 10 golfers tied for sixth at 1-under 69.

The others are Ben Crane, Tommy Gainey, Paul Stankowski, Wales’ Jamie Donaldson, Australia’s Richard Green and Greg Chalmers, Germany’s Alex Cejka, Denmark’s Soren Kjeldsen and Spain’s Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Cink opened with a bogey at the par-4 first hole and had another blemish with a bogey at No. 5 to make the turn at 2 over. He heated up on the back nine, with birdies at Nos. 10, 13, 14, 16 and 18 for a 30 and a 67 total.

“I don’t think I found anything,” Cink said of any adjustments when making the turn. “I just decided to start trusting what I’d already been in possession of. I’ve been off for a little while, and I started like I’ve been off for a little while. Middle of the fairway on 1, and I inexplicably lost my trust in the downswing and flared it out to the right in the bunker.

“I had to prove it to myself again that I could play decent golf a certain way. The back nine was really nice. I actually could have shot quite a bit lower on the back nine. I missed three very reasonably like inside — right around 10 feet or less birdie putts.”

Cink leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings after earning four wins in nine events. He captured the first two majors of the year, the Senior PGA Championship in April and the Regions Tradition in May. He also won the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in January and the Hoag Classic in March.

Wi, whose best result this year is a tie for third at the Insperity Invitational in May, has three top-10 finishes in 2026 as he pursues his first win on tour. He is 31st in the Charles Schwab Cup standings.

“I hit the ball pretty solid today, made a couple of putts,” Wi said. “It was a hot day. I just made sure that I stayed in the ballgame, meaning like mentally, because you could easily lose it out there. Yeah, overall it was just a solid day in the first round.”

Starting his round on the back nine, Wi carded birdies at par-4 holes Nos. 10 and 13 before a bogey at No. 18. He also bogeyed No. 1 before stringing together five consecutive birdies at Nos. 3-7 to get to 5 under.

“Today I was like, wait, did I just run off four in a row? On the fifth one I was thinking about it, come on, get it out of your brain, and I was able to make it,” said Wi, who had a five-birdie streak at the Regions Tradition.

However, disaster struck at No. 8. Wi had to take a penalty and drop on his third shot at the 496-yard par-4, which ranked the hardest hole of the round. Wi got to the green on his fourth shot and finished with a double bogey.

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LUCAS GLOVER, ZAC BLAIR SHARE EARLY LEAD AT JOHN DEERE CLASSIC

Lucas Glover and Zac Blair share the first-round lead at the John Deere Classic after posting bogey-free, 8-under 63s on Thursday in Silvis, Ill.

Zach Johnson, Lee Hodges and German Stephan Jaeger are one stroke behind the co-leaders after one trip around TPC Deere Run. Davis Riley used a hole-in-one and an eagle on consecutive holes to shoot a 6-under 65, where he’s tied with Ben Kohles and Patrick Fishburn.

Glover, 46, birdied seven of his first 11 holes before cooling down the rest of the way.

The 2009 U.S. Open champion won the John Deere in 2021 and has collected three of his six PGA Tour titles in this decade. He said the 63 — his lowest round of the year by four shots — showed him his game is “still there.”

“It’s easy to lose belief in that when you’ve been struggling,” Glover said. “Like I said, I saw some good things Sunday (at the Travelers Championship), even though I finished wherever I finished, way down there. Saw some good stuff. Been having just a lot of those days where my ball seemed to just roll away from the hole. Today it kind of rolled towards it, so maybe it’s turning.”

Blair, meanwhile, is searching for his first PGA Tour victory. The 35-year-old started his day on the back nine, then went birdie-eagle at Nos. 1-2 for a boost. He led the field in strokes gained on approach.

“Just trying not to chase every flag, maybe, and do dumb things and just get a lot of looks,” Blair said. “Felt like I did a pretty good job with that.”

Johnson’s eagle-birdie finish pushed him near the top of the leaderboard and all but ensured he will make the cut at the John Deere for an incredible 18th year in a row. The native of nearby Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has played the event every year since 2002 and skipped the U.S. Senior Open this week to keep that streak going.

“The outcome of my week from a golf standpoint, professionally speaking, just is irrelevant almost,” Johnson said. “I don’t know if it’s everything’s icing on the cake, but you could maybe say it’s kind of that way, as well.

“I just love being here, you know, and I’m comfortable obviously, so my scorecard — I know that’s an ingredient this week, but it’s not everything.”

Riley stood at 2 under for his round before sinking the first hole-in-one of his PGA Tour career at the par-3, 150-yard 16th hole. His 9-iron shot landed just behind the pin and slowly spun back to the cup. He followed that up with an 18 1/2-foot eagle putt at the par-5 17th.

“(On) the back nine I felt like I was hitting some high-quality shots,” Riley said. “Then obviously to get the hole-in-one and to eagle the next was the kicker for me and what made today what could have been a pretty average day into a really good day.”

Defending champion Brian Campbell and two-time John Deere winner Jordan Spieth opened with 1-under 70s.

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AUTO RACING

CHIP GANASSI RACING CONFIRMS SCOTT DIXON’S DEPARTURE

Six-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon is leaving Chip Ganassi Racing after 24 years.

CGR confirmed the 45-year-old New Zealander would exit one day after ESPN reported Dixon and Sweden’s Felix Rosenqvist are signing with Arrow McLaren for the 2027 season.

Dixon joined Chip Ganassi Racing in 2002 and won at least one race in every IndyCar season from 2005-25, including the 2008 Indianapolis 500. He has 32 poles, 58 wins and 143 podium finishes in his series career.

A statement from team owner Chip Ganassi said Dixon recently informed him of his decision to part ways. Ganassi said the team offered him a multi-year contract to finish his career at CGR.

“We respect that he’s chosen a different path and wish him nothing but continued success,” Ganassi said. “Scott will always be a special part of this team’s history, and we’re grateful for everything we’ve accomplished together.

“Our focus now is on finishing this season strong with the No. 9 PNC team while also preparing for the future at Chip Ganassi Racing.”

Dixon won the IndyCar Series titles in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2018 and 2020.

He currently sits 10th in the drivers’ standings with 211 points, trailing leader Alex Palou (374) of Spain by 163 points. He has one top-five finish and five top-10 finishes but no victories in 10 starts.

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INDIANA SPORTS RELEASES

INDIANA FEVER

For the third-consecutive year Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell have been named WNBA All-Stars, with all three this year representing the Indiana Fever as starters, as chosen by fans (50%), players (25%) and media (25%). The 2026 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game will be played in Chicago at United Center on Saturday, July 25, and broadcast on ABC (8:30 p.m. ET). 

Boston, Clark and Mitchell have been staples at the WNBA All-Star game for the past three years, all three appearing in 2024 and 2025, with Boston and Mitchell also being part of the 2023 team. However, this year will mark the first time all three have been voted as starters, with Boston previously earning the honor in 2023 and 2025, and Clark doing so in 2024 and 2025. Mitchell’s selection as a WNBA All-Star starter marks the first time in her career she has earned said achievement, after being named a replacement starter in 2025.  

The trio now join Tamika Catchings (10 time All-Star) as the only other players in Indiana Fever history to be named to a WNBA All-Star roster three or more times, with Boston and Mitchell earning their fourth selection, and Clark her third.  

This year Boston is currently averaging a career-high 17.0 points per game, while also averaging 8.6 rebounds per game, the ninth-best in the WNBA this season. Boston’s 2.9 assists per game are tied for the third-most in the WNBA among frontcourt players. From the three-point line Boston has already set a new career single-season record, recording 20 three-pointers made, more than her previous three seasons combined (17). Boston also made franchise history this year, moving into second place all-time with 1,198 rebounds, only behind Tamika Catchings. 

Since joining the league ahead of 2023, Boston’s All-Star selection is the fourth in four years as well as her third being chosen as an WNBA All-Star starter (2023, 2025, 2026).  

Clark is also averaging a career-high points per game with 21.2, good for the fifth highest in the WNBA this season. Meanwhile, Clark’s 8.2 assists per game are the second best in the league. Clark has hit several major milestones already this year, including surpassing 1,000 career points and 500 career assists, becoming the fastest player in the WNBA to do so. Recording her 14th 20+ point and 10+ assist game, Clark passed Courtney Vandersloot for the most in WNBA history. Additionally, Clark set a new WNBA record for most consecutive 20+ point and 5+ assists games with six.  

This year marks the third-consecutive year Clark has been named as a WNBA All-Star starter, being named in each of her three professional seasons since drafted into the league in 2024. Clark joins Catchings, Boston and Mitchell as the only four players in Fever history to earn three or more WNBA All-Star selections.  

Mitchell’s All-Star starter selection comes during a season in which she is averaging a career-high 21.6 points per game, the third highest within the league this year. Additionally, Mitchell leads the league in double-digit games, having scored 10+ points in all 19 games played this season. Earlier this year Mitchell became the second player in Fever history to eclipse 5,000 career points, joining Catchings, while also moving into eighth place all-time in WNBA history for three pointers made.  

This year marks the first time in Mitchell’s career she has been named as a WNBA All-Star starter, and the fourth overall time she has been selected.

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INDY ELEVEN

Indy Eleven vs. Charleston Battery

Sat., July 4, 2026 | 4:00 pm

Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis

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Watch:  ESPN+

In-game updates:  IndyEleven

Stats: #INDvCHS MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com

Setting the Scene

Indy Eleven puts its nine-match home unbeaten streak (8-0-1) in USL Championship play over the past 10 months on the line vs. Charleston Battery in a special 4:00 p.m. kickoff on Sat. July 4 on MyINDY-TV 23 and ESPN+.

The Boys in Blue are second in the USL-C in home wins (5) and tied for third in home goal differential (+7).

Indy Eleven USL-C Unbeaten Streak (8-0-1) at Home

2025 (3-0-0)

9/21 Birmingham Legion FC W, 2-1

9/27 FC Tulsa W, 2-1

10/18 Loudoun United FC W, 2-1

2026 (5-0-1)

3/21 Detroit City FC W, 2-1

4/4 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC D, 1-1

4/11 Monterey Bay FC W, 3-1

5/9 Sporting JAX W, 2-1

5/23 Lexington SC W, 3-1

5/30 Rhode Island FC W, 1-0

Series

IND CHS

11 Games 14

16 Goals 30

54 SOT 78

13 Assists 22

12 Goals Conceded 19

47 Shots Faced 57

1 Clean Sheets 3

Saturday is the 14th meeting between Indy Eleven and Charleston, with the Battery leading 7-4-2.

Series 4-7-2 | GF 22, GA 30

Last IND win: June 2, 2023 4-0 Away

Last Draw: July 12, 2023 1-1 Home

Last Meeting

Indy Eleven midfielder Jack Blake scored his second goal in four days and his third in the past four matches, but it wasn’t enough as the second-best team in the USL Championship this season Charleston Battery prevailed 2-1 on September 6, 2025.

With Charleston leading 2-0 in the second half, Josh O’Brien started the build-up to Blake’s goal after recovering a deflected pass just outside the area on the defensive end. O’Brien dribbled quickly toward the center circle and fired a perfect diagonal pass to forward Romario Williams on the left side. Williams took it toward the six where his shot was blocked to create a corner kick.

Captain James Murphy played a cross that was punched by Charleston goalkeeper Luis Zamudio inside the six, where defender Ben Ofeimu headed it back to Blake. Blake then volleyed it into the right corner of the net for his second highlight-reel goal this week.

It is Blake’s team-high ninth goal this season, one shy of his career-best 10 for the Boys in Blue last season. The goal is Blake’s 24th in three years playing for Indy Eleven, tying the franchise mark for most goals in the USL Championship era (2018-) with Tyler Pasher (2018-20). The Nottingham, England, native now has 41 career goals in USLC regular-season play.

Ofeimu’s assist is his first this season in addition to two goals. He helped the Boys in Blue defense contain the highest-scoring offense in the league with two tackles won, nine tackles won, and 31 touches.

Indy Eleven goalkeeper Hunter Sulte made five saves to follow his six-save effort in the second half on Wednesday’s shutout win at Hartford Athletic. The second-year Boys in Blue keeper now has 58 saves this season and a franchise USLC-era best 131 in his two years in Indy.

Indy Eleven 1:2 Charleston Battery

Sat., Sept. 6, 2025 – 7:30 p.m.

Patriots Point | Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Weather: Sunny, 81 degrees

Scoring Summary

CHS – Cal Jennings (penalty) 38’

CHS – Cal Jennings 67’

IND – Jack Blake (Ben Ofeimu) 72’

Discipline Summary

IND – Finn McRobb (caution) 30’

IND – James Murphy (caution) 38’

CHS – MD Myers (caution) 45’+4

CHS – Emilio Ycaza (caution) 57’

IND – Brian Schaefer (caution) 65’

IND – Maalique Foster (caution) 70’

Indy Eleven Lineup: Hunter Sulte, James Musa, Ben Ofeimu, Josh O’Brien, Brian Schaefer, James Murphy (captain) (Elliot Collier 88’), Finn McRobb (Maalique Foster 61’), Bruno Rendón, Brem Soumaoro (Cam Lindley 76’), Edward Kizza (Romario Williams 61’), Oliver Brynéus (Jack Blake 60’).

Indy Eleven Subs not used: Logan Neidlinger, Ryan Hunsucker.

Charleston Battery Lineup: Luis Zamudio, Langston Blackstock (Michael Edwards 90’), Leland Archer (captain), Joey Akpunonu, Douglas Martínez (Juan David Torres 32’), Jeremy Kelly (Emilio Ycaza 45’) (Nathan Dossantos 90’), Aaron Molloy, Houssou Landry, Arturo Rodríguez, MD Myers (Graham Smith 90’), Cal Jennings.

Charleston Battery Subs not used: Christian Garner, Mark Segbers, Viggo Ortiz, Diego Rodriguez.

Charles-Cook Stars in Shootout Victory

For the second time in five weeks, the Boys in Blue emerged victorious in a penalty shootout on the road in the Prinx Tires USL Cup, as goalkeeper Reice Charles-Cook capped his third clean sheet this season with two saves in a 7-6 victory on penalties at Lexington SC on June 20.

After the teams battled to a 0-0 draw through 90 minutes, Indy Eleven went first in the penalty shootout. Although the Boys in Blue missed their first penalty, they made their next four to set up a 4-4 tie as Lexington defender Joe Hafferty stepped up to the spot. Charles-Cook saved his low right-footed shot to the right center of the goal to keep Indy Eleven alive.

From there, the Boys in Blue stayed surgical, making three additional consecutive penalties. After center back Makel Rasheed gave Indy Eleven a 7-6 advantage, Charles-Cook dove to his left to stop Lexington midfielder Latif Blessing’s low-driven shot and deliver the Boys in Blue two points in their final group stage match.

The game extended Indy Eleven’s unbeaten away USL Cup streak to four (2-0-2) and moved them up to second in the Group 4 table.

Charles-Cook was dependable all night long, rising to the occasion each time that the team needed him. Five of his seven saves were in the second half. In the 62nd minute, he dove to his right to save a one-on-one low shot from the right side of the box, and he made a leaping stop in the 92nd to deny an outside-the-box Lexington effort from finding the top right corner of the goal.

Charles-Cook’s seven saves in his second-best in his two years with the Boys in Blue, only surpassed by his 10-save performance in the 2025 U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 at Philadelphia Union.

Hesron Barry and Dylan Sing both made their first start since March as Coach Sean McAuley opted for rotation in the final game of the USL Cup group stage. Mohamed Omar also made his first-ever Indy Eleven start, completing 24 passes, creating a chance, and converting a PK.

Bruno Rendon played the first half, posing an attacking threat. He leads all players by four in all-time USL Cup goals (11) and goals+assists (15) in 17 appearances

Indy Eleven 0 (7) : (6) 0 Lexington SC

Sat., June 20, 2026 – 7:00 p.m.

Lexington SC Stadium | Lexington, Ky.

Weather: Sunny, 80 degrees

Prinx Tires USL Cup Records

Indy Eleven: 1-1-2 (1), 7 pts, #2 in Group 4

Lexington SC: 1-0-2 (2), 6 pts, #4 in Group 4

Penalty Kicks Converted

IND – Josh O’Brien, Mohamed Omar, Alejandro Mitrano, Charlie Sharp, Paco Craig, Logan Neidlinger, Makel Rasheed

LEX – Aaron Molloy, Alfredo Midence, Arturo Ordóñez, Marcus Epps, Nicolas Firmino, Jacob Greene

Discipline Summary

IND – Logan Neidlinger (caution) 18’

LEX – Coach Mac Hemmi (caution) 69’

LEX – Nick Firmino (caution) 70’

LEX – Xavier Zengue (caution) 78’

IND – Makel Rasheed (caution) 88’

Indy Eleven Lineup: Reice Charles-Cook, Hesron Barry (Alejandro Mitrano 82’), Paco Craig (captain), Makel Rasheed, Logan Neidlinger, Josh O’Brien, Mohamed Omar, Noble Okello, Kian Williams (Jack Blake 61’), Dylan Sing (Charlie Sharp 61’), Bruno Rendón (Loïc Mesanvi 45’).

Indy Eleven Subs not used: Eric Dick, Edward Kizza.

Lexington SC Lineup: Oliver Semmle, Jacob Greene, Javain Brown, Arturo Ordóñez, Xavier Zengue (Joe Hafferty 81’), Aaron Molloy (captain), Blaine Ferri (Latif Blessing 69’), Marcus Epps, Nick Firmino, Michael Adedokun (Alfredo Midence 81’), Braudílio Rodrigues (Malik Henry-Scott 75’).

Lexington SC Subs not used: Andrew Caborn, Tarik Scott, Marqes Muir, Garrett Addams.

Indy Eleven Appearances (All Competitions)

1. Cam Lindley 130 2020, 2023-

2. Ayoze 126 2018-22

3. Brad Ring 115 2014-18

4. Jack Blake 113 2023-

5. Karl Ouimette 108 2018-22

6. Don Smart 101 2014-17

Indy Eleven Goals (All Competitions)

1. Jack Blake 28 2023-

2. Eamon Zayed 27 2016-17

3. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20

Indy Eleven USL Era (2018-) Goals (All Competitions)

1. Jack Blake 28 2023-

2. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20

3. Sebastian Guenzatti 16 2023-24

4. Manuel Arteaga 15 2021-22

5. Aodhan Quinn 14 2023-

Paco Craig USL Championship All-Time Rankings

Aerial Duels Won | 752 | 1st

Clearances | 1,030 | 1st

Blocks | 175 | 4th

Duels Won | 1,277 | 4th

Interceptions | 337 | 4th

Games Started | 236 | T 12th

Minutes | 20,923 | 15th

USL Championship Regular Season Shutout % (min. 30)

6. Eric Dick 35.1% 33 Clean Sheets, 94 Games Played

Aodhan Quinn USL Championship All-Time Rankings

Minutes | 25,068 | 2nd

Games Started | 286 | 1st

Assists | 64 | 2nd

Appearances | 300 | 2nd

Tackles Won | 210 | 18th

USL Championship Regular Season Goal Contributions

1. Dane Kelly 132 (106 goals, 26 assists)

2. Enzo Martinez 131 (78 goals, 53 assists)

3. Aodhan Quinn 121 (57 goals, 64 assists)

Most USLC Regular Seasons with 10 Assists

1. Aodhan Quinn – 3 (2018-OC, 2021-PHX, 2025-IND)

2. Kenardo Forbes – 2 (2022-PIT, 2023-PIT)

2. Antoine Hoppenot – 2 (2018-RNO; 2022-DET)

2026 USL Championship Stats

Individual

Category Player Rank Total

Chances Created Aodhan Quinn T4 27

Clearances Paco Craig T6 77

Saves Eric Dick T8 32

Goals Bruno Rendon T8 6

Aerial Duels Won Paco Craig T7 43

Bruno Rendon 14 36

Assists Aodhan Quinn T12 3

Crosses Aodhan Quinn T12 61

Cam Lindley T20 49

Shots on Target Bruno Rendon T13 12

Team

Category Rank Total

Goals Conceded T3 12

Goals, Second Half T8 12

Team Leaders (USL Championship stats)

Stat Player #

Goals-Bruno Rendon, 6

Assists-Aodhan Quinn 3

Shots-Bruno Rendon, 18

Shots on Target-Bruno Rendon, 12

Chances Created-Aodhan Quinn, 27

Crosses-Aodhan Quinn, 61

Fouls Won-Jack Blake, 19

Duels Won-Bruno Rendon, 65

Aerial Duels Won-Paco Craig, 43

Clearances-Paco Craig, 77

Blocks-Aodhan Quinn, 7

Interceptions-Cam Lindley, 10

Minutes-Eric Dick, Cam Lindley, Josh O’Brien, 990

USL Career Regular Season Individual Rankings

Penalties Converted (attempted)

1. Aodhan Quinn – 25 (28)

T5. Jack Blake – 15 (17)

Goals

T23. Aodhan Quinn – 57

40 Goals

Jack Blake – 44

20 Goals

Edward Kizza – 21

Assists

2. Aodhan Quinn – 64

T19. Cam Lindley – 32

Goals+Assists

3. Aodhan Quinn – 121 (57 goals, 64 assists)

20 Assists

Jack Blake – 26

60 Goals+Assists

Jack Blake – 70 (44 goals, 26 assists)

30 Goals+Assists

Cam Lindley – 37 (5 goals, 32 assists)

20 Goals+Assists

Edward Kizza – 24 (21 goals, 3 assists)

Clean Sheets

T14. Eric Dick – 33

Saves

T23. Eric Dick – 278

20,000 Minutes

2. Aodhan Quinn – 25,068

15. Paco Craig – 20,923

15,000 Minutes

Jack Blake – 15,190

Cam Lindley – 15,132

200 Appearances

Paco Craig – 248

Jack Blake – 207

150 Appearances

Cam Lindley – 199

100 Appearances

Edward Kizza – 118

Pat Hogan – 107

Games Started

1. Aodhan Quinn – 286

14. Paco Craig – 236

150 Games Started

Jack Blake – 177

Cam Lindley – 172

Team Highs/Lows

Single-Match Highs

Shots: 26 | May 9 vs. JAX

SOT: 9 | May 9 vs. JAX

Possession: 54.2% | May 9 vs. JAX

Corners: 12 | May 9 vs. JAX

Single-Match Lows

Shots: 7 | May 30 vs. RI

SOT: 2 | May 30 vs. RI, June 13 at PIT

Possession: 29% | Mar. 21 vs. DET

Corners: 2 | Mar. 28 at HFD, Apr. 4 vs. PIT, Apr. 19 at BHM

Opponent Highs

Shots: 20 | May 30 vs. RI

SOT: 8 | Apr. 4 vs. PIT

Possession: 71% | Mar. 21 vs. DET

Corners: 11 | Mar. 21 vs. DET

Opponent Lows

Shots: 6 | May 9 vs. JAX

SOT: 1 | May 9 vs. JAX

Possession: 45.8% | May 9 vs. JAX

Corners: 2 | May 9 vs. JAX, May 16 at FW (Prinx Tires USL Cup)

Coach Sean McAuley

Sean McAuley was named to the USL-C “Team of the Week” for Week 12 of 2026. His team is undefeated in league matches at Carroll Stadium since August 30, 2025 (8-0-1).

McAuley earned USLC “Coach of the Month” in May 2024 and was nominated for USLC Midseason “Coach of the Year” after leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten streak (4/17-6/15).

The Sheffield, England, native led Indy Eleven to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals with four straight victories, including a 2-1 triumph at MLS-side Atlanta United on July 9.

In 2025, Indy Eleven continued its run of Cup success under McAuley with a 4-0-3 record in cup play. The Boys in Blue won their U.S. Open Cup Third Round match vs. Miami FC on Hayden’s White’s stoppage-time goal from Cam Lindley.

ALL: 40-33-22 (.537) | US Open Cup: 6-2-1 | USL Cup: 4-1-4 | USL Championship: 30-29-17

2026 Roster Breakdown (7/1/26)

Goalkeepers (3): Reice Charles-Cook, Eric Dick, Ryan Hunsucker

Defenders (8): Hesron Barry, Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Pat Hogan, Alejandro Mitrano, Josh O’Brien, Makel Rasheed, Hayden White

Midfielders (6): Jack Blake, Cam Lindley, Logan Neidlinger, Noble Okello, Mohamed Omar, Aodhan Quinn

Forwards (6): Edward Kizza, Tyler Lowden, Loic Mesanvi, Bruno Rendon, Charlie Sharp, Kian Williams

On Loan (2): Allen Gavilanes, Dylan Sing

Newcomers (13)

USL-C (7): Paco Craig (North Carolina), Eric Dick (Pittsburgh), Allen Gavilanes (Miami), Anthony Herbert (Las Vegas),

Alejandro Mitrano (Miami), Noble Okello (Phoenix), Mohamed Omar (San Antonio)

USL League One (1): Makel Rasheed (South Georgia Tormenta)

MLS NEXT Pro (4): Hesron Barry (New England), Loic Mesanvi (Minnesota), Charlie Sharp (Toronto), Dylan Sing (Charlotte)

Canadian Premier League (1): Kian Williams (Valour FC)

Player Transactions

July 1, 2026: Loaned F Dylan Sing to Portland Hearts of Pine (USL League One)

June 5, 2026: D Mikah Thomas recalled by Charlotte FC

May 29, 2026: Signed F Tyler Lowden to USL Academy Contract.

May 15, 2026: Loaned M Allen Gavilanes to Union Omaha (USL League One)

Apr. 9, 2026: Signed M Mohamed Omar from San Antonio (USL-C)

Mar. 16, 2026: Signed GK Ryan Hunsucker to USL Academy Contract.

Mar. 12, 2026: Acquired D Mikah Thomas on loan from Charlotte

Mar. 2, 2026: Signed F Loic Mesanvi from Minnesota United (MLS)

Jan. 21, 2026: Signed D Paco Craig from North Carolina (USL-C)

Jan. 20, 2026: Signed D Hesron Barry from New England (MLSN)

Jan. 15, 2026: Signed M Noble Okello from Phoenix (USL-C)

Jan. 12, 2026: Signed F Kian Williams from Valour FC (CPL)

Jan. 8, 2026: Signed D Alejandro Mitrano from Miami (USL-C)

Jan. 7, 2026: Signed D Anthony Herbert from Las Vegas (USL-C)

Dec. 18 2025: Signed M Allen Gavilanes from Miami (USL-C)

Dec. 11, 2025: Signed D Makel Rasheed from South Georgia Tormenta (USL League One)

Dec. 9, 2025: Signed GK Eric Dick from Pittsburgh (USL-C)

Dec. 4, 2025: Signed F Dylan Sing from Charlotte FC (MLS)

Dec. 2, 2025: Signed F Charlie Sharp from Toronto FC (MLS)

Nov. 26, 2025: Announced 10 players returning from 2025: M Jack Blake, GK Reice Charles-Cook, D Pat Hogan, F Edward Kizza, M Cam Lindley, M Logan Neidlinger, D Josh O’Brien, M Aodhan Quinn, F Bruno Rendon, and D Hayden White.

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INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

‘OPTIMISTIC’ TRENT SISLEY READY FOR SOPHOMORE SEASON

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Trent Sisley sees the Indiana basketball future from the Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall locker room, and it is good. Very good.

“I’m really optimistic,” the 6-foot-8, 225-pound sophomore forward says. “I think the pieces we’ve brought in are great. The coaches are great. All of that put together will make for a special season.”

Twelve new players, including some of the nation’s best college transfers, have optimism soaring. That includes guards Markus Burton from Notre Dame, Darren Harris from Duke, Bryce Lindsay from Villanova, and Jaeden Mustaf from Georgia Tech, plus forward Aiden Sherrell from Alabama, and center Samet Yigitoglu from SMU.

READ MORE: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2026/7/2/mens-basketball-optimistic-trent-sisley-ready-for-sophomore-season

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‘Optimistic’ Trent Sisley Ready for Sophomore Season

BUTLER WOMEN’S LAX

Leah Rubino, the most decorated player in Butler women’s lacrosse history, has been named the head coach of the Bulldog program.

Rubino has been coaching club lacrosse with Circle City Lacrosse while working in the private sector in the Indianapolis area over the last few years.

“Leah’s incredible journey as a Butler student-athlete—graduating with Dean’s List accolades and earning all-conference honors—embodies everything we want for our Bulldogs,” said Butler Vice President and Director of Athletics Grant Leiendecker. “Throughout our conversations, Leah laid out a clear, passionate vision for how future student-athletes can thrive under her leadership. Her dedication to this university is unmistakable, and we are excited for her to play a defining role in the future of our program.”

Rubino finished her Butler career as a two-time All-BIG EAST First Team selection. The midfielder netted 93 goals, which is a program record. She twice scored seven goals in a single game, which is also a Butler record. Rubino started 50 of the 58 games she played in a Bulldog uniform. She graduated as the program’s career leader in not only goals but also points, caused turnovers, ground balls and draw controls.

“This program means the world to me and returning to help write its next chapter is a dream come true,” said Rubino. “Butler Lacrosse has so much potential, and I can’t wait to get to work alongside this great group of young women to achieve new heights together. I’m incredibly grateful for this opportunity and incredibly excited for what’s ahead.”

Rubino arrived at Butler as a student-athlete from Potomac, Md. During her time on the Butler campus, Rubino was Butler’s NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and the BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award recipient. In addition to completing an honors thesis, she was also recognized with the Lacy School of Business’s Most Outstanding Marketing Major Award. The 2024 graduate earned Dean’s List honors in each of her eight semesters.

She becomes the third head coach in the program’s history.

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BALL STATE BASKETBALL

The Mid-American Conference on Thursday afternoon announced the first round of matchups with the Sun Belt for the MAC-SBC Challenge.

The Ball State men’s basketball team is set to play at Georgia Southern on Monday, Nov. 2 for the regular season opener, while the Ball State women’s basketball team hosts Arkansas State the same day at Worthen Arena.

Game times will be announced at a later date. The second round of the MAC-SBC Challenge for the 2026-27 season is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6, when the MAC men will be at home and the MAC women on the road. Opponents for those games are determined in the weeks leading up to them.

The Chris Capko era officially begins when the men’s basketball team travels down to Statesboro, Ga., to take on the Eagles to begin the campaign.

Head coach Brady Sallee and the Ball State women’s team will look to get off to a good start coming off a 2025-26 season when they won the MAC regular season title.

2026-27 MAC-SBC Challenge Basketball November Matchups

Women’s Basketball

South Alabama at Akron

Arkansas State at Ball State

Georgia Southern at Bowling Green

Georgia State at Buffalo

Old Dominion at Central Michigan

Appalachian State at Eastern Michigan

Troy at Kent State

Marshall at Massachusetts

James Madison at Miami

Louisiana Monroe at Ohio

Louisiana Tech at Toledo

Coastal Carolina at Western Michigan

Men’s Basketball

Akron at Louisiana

Ball State at Georgia Southern

Bowling Green at Georgia State

Buffalo at Marshall

Central Michigan at Louisiana Monroe

Eastern Michigan at Coastal Carolina

Kent State at Louisiana Tech

Massachusetts at Troy

Miami at James Madison

Ohio at South Alabama

Toledo at Arkansas State

Western Michigan at Old Dominion

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BALL STATE FOOTBALL

MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State seniors Chris Hood and Justin Thomas have been selected to represent the Cardinals with other top players in the Mid-American Conference, at the MAC’s upcoming media kickoff event in Detroit, July 21 and 22. Two student-athletes from each institution will represent each of 12 MAC football programs in front of media at the annual event which is conducted this year at Ford Field.

Hood enters the 2026 season with 20 career starts under his belt, all at left tackle. His career starts are the most on the Cardinals team, and reflect an experienced offensive line with with three returning starters. Hood, center Cole Mosier (11) and right tackle Tristan Cook (12) boast 43 career starts among them. The trio started every game in 2025, their first in a new offensive system with Mike Uremovich as head coach and Alex Barr leading the offensive line.

Thomas, meanwhile, was not a 2025 starter while recovering from an ill-timed, season-ending leg injury during the 2024 preseason when he arrived as a transfer from the University of Indianapolis. A highly-touted rush linebacker, he saw regular time last season behind Nathan Voorhis who shared the MAC lead in sacks and signed a free agent deal with the New York Jets. Coming back from injury a year ago, he was a part of a defensive line rotation in all 12 games. He finished with seven tackles overall, including a tackle for loss at Auburn.

Following the MAC Media Kickoff in Detroit, the Cardinals open training camp on Wednesday, August 5, in anticipation of a season-opening game at Ohio State, September 5. The Cardinals host Stony Brook in their 2026 home opener on September 12 (2 p.m.).

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SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL

EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball Head Coach Stan Gouard announced that the Screaming Eagles have added 6-foot-10 senior forward Yuto Yamanouchi-Williams to the 2026-27 roster.

Yamanouchi-Williams is the 12th newcomer added the to the Screaming Eagles’ roster for the upcoming season, joining a list that includes 6-foot-2 junior guard Ari Gooch, 6-foot-6 senior guard LA Hayes, 6-foot-8 senior forward Donovan Hunter, 6-foot-9 sophomore guard Ebrahim Kaba, 6-foot-5 sophomore guard/forward Malachi Knight, 6-foot-9 senior forward Didier Maleng, 6-foot-10 junior forward/center Johann Pautsch, 6-foot-7 junior guard/forward Fredy-Salam Sylla, 6-foot-2 junior point guard Josh Smith, 6-foot-2 senior guard Afan Trnka and 6-foot-1 sophomore point guard Yesan Warren.

A native of Aizuwakamatsu, Japan, Yamanouchi-Williams spent the 2025-26 season at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he played in 32 games, making 18 starts. He averaged 6.9 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, reaching double-figures in the scoring column nine times, including a career-high 20 points in an 8-of-9 shooting effort against the University of North Dakota (1/1/26).

Prior to attending Oral Roberts, Yamanouchi-Williams spent a red-shirt year at the University of Nevada in 2024-25 after appearing in 13 games with 12 starts at the University of Portland in 2023-24. Yamanouchi-Williams averaged 8.6 points and 5.2 rebounds for the Pilots during his sophomore season, including a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in his season debut.

Yamanouchi-Williams began his collegiate career by playing in 28 games and making 24 starts as a freshman at Lamar University in 2022-23. He averaged 6.9 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds during his rookie campaign, including a season-high 18 points against Texas A&M-Commerce and 19 rebounds against Southeastern Louisiana University.

Prior to his collegiate career, Yamanouchi-Williams helped lead Ribet Academy in Los Angeles to back-to-back California Division IV State Championship appearances in 2019 and 2020. He played for Japan’s U19 National Team in 2021 and spent a season with Earth Friends Tokyo Z, a professional team in the Japanese B League.

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INDIANA COLLEGE SPORTS WEB SITES

UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/

MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/

INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/

EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/

WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/

FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

JULY 3

1900 – At Pittsburgh, Jack Chesbro beats the Beaneaters, 2 – 1; the Boston battery is Ted Lewis and Boileryard Clarke.

1906 – At Cleveland, the Naps top the Tigers, 5 – 0, in game called after six innings on account of rain. To underscore the soggy conditions, Detroit outfielder Germany Schaefer plays the last few innings wearing a raincoat over his uniform.

1909:

At a packed Washington Park, the Giants beat up Brooklyn, winning, 5 – 3 and 2 – 1, in a total of 23 innings. In the opener, Christy Mathewson relieves Bugs Raymond with the score knotted at 3 in the 9th. Matty shuts out the Superbas in the next six innings, and the Giants score two in the 14th off Harry McIntire for the win.

The Cardinals commit 17 errors in a doubleheader loss to the Reds, 10 – 2 and 13 – 7, to tie a modern major league record.

1911 – At Philadelphia, the A’s Frank Baker hits for the cycle in a 5 – 1 win over the Yankees in the second game of a doubleheader.

1912:

The Giants’ Rube Marquard nips Nap Rucker, 2 – 1, to capture his 19th straight game this season. With two end-of-year wins in 1911, he has 21 in a row in regular season play. Both marks are records. On the 8th, the Cubs will beat him, but he will ultimately compile a league-leading 26 victories against 11 defeats. Today’s game is the Giants’ 16th consecutive win. Brooklyn will end the streak tomorrow.

Walter Johnson picks up a win and is given a rare rest in the 6th inning as Washington coasts to a 10 – 2 win over the Highlanders. Johnson will rack up an American League record 16 straight wins before he is beaten.

1913:

The Giants hand Pete Alexander his third loss in the four-game series, as Jeff Tesreau wins, 4 – 2, in 11 innings. New York is now in first place by 3 1/2 games.

The Red Sox tally 15 hits off Washington’s Walter Johnson, but lose, 1 – 0, in 15 innings. This a major league frustration record for most hits in a shutout. Ray Collins takes the loss.

1914:

Charles Bender and Bob Shawkey whitewash the Yankees, 2 – 0 and 1 – 0, for an A’s sweep.

The Braves make their second trade in four days, acquiring OF Josh Devore from the Phils for IF Jack Martin.

1915:

The Browns lose to the Indians, 3 – 1. Despite walking nine, George Sisler pitches a complete game victory.

The Red Sox split with the A’s, losing the first game, 7 – 3, before taking the nitecap, 11 – 0. Jack Barry makes his first appearance for the Sox, playing the final two innings against his old mates.

1917 – After being at the helm for five games, Honus Wagner resigns as manager. Czech born Hugo Bezdek is named as his replacement, his qualifications include being the football coach at Penn State.

1922 – Bob Meusel hits for the cycle for the second time in his career to pace the Yankees to a 12 – 1 whipping of the Athletics. Meusel and Babe Ruth go back-to-back in the 7th as Carl Mays cruises to his 22nd straight win over the Athletics.

1925 – Brooklyn 2B Milt Stock sets a modern National League record by getting four hits in his fourth consecutive game.

1929 – The Cubs and Reds turn nine double plays, tying the Detroit-Washington 1925 mark. The 7 – 5 Chicago win is their seventh in a row, giving them a half-game lead over the Pirates.

1932 – With a Boston law restricting games within 1,000 feet of a church on Sundays having just been repealed, the first Sunday game is played at Fenway Park with the Red Sox losing to the Yankees, 13 – 2. The Sox had used Braves Field for Sunday games when the bylaw was in effect from 1929 until this season.

1935:

Giants SS Dick Bartell plays a ten-inning game with no fielding chances.

The Cubs drop Kiki Cuyler to cut their payroll. He will sign with the Reds in two days’ time.

1939:

Johnny Mize equals a National League record with four extra-base hits – a double, a triple, and two home runs – in the Cards’ 5 – 3 win over the Cubs.

Cleveland’s Ben Chapman ties the modern major-league record with three triples, as Bob Feller notches his 13th victory, 4 – 2.

1943 – OF Leon Culberson hits for the cycle in a 12 – 4 Red Sox win over the Indians. It is a natural cycle, as the four hits – single, double, triple and homer – are achieved in that order. Culberson is the last Red Sox rookie to have accomplished the feat, and the last player to have an inside-the-park homer as part of the quartet of hits.

1947:

The Indians purchase Larry Doby from the Newark Eagles. In two days, the twenty-two-year-old will become the first African-American to play in the American League.

Akira Noguchi, a pitcher, hits the first inside-the-park grand slam in Nippon Pro Baseball history.

1948 – Dick Lane, CF of Muskegon (Central League), hits five home runs in a game against Fort Wayne. Lane, who will get a trial with the Chicago White Sox in 1949, will hit only seven other home runs during the year and only 18 in a four-year minor league career.

1949 – Giants P Monte Kennedy hits a grand slam and shuts out the Dodgers, 16 – 0.

1950 – With rookie Joe Collins not hitting and Tommy Henrich still injured, Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1B in an experiment. In the 7 – 2 loss he handles 13 chances cleanly but is clearly not happy with the move. After this one-game experiment, Joe returns to the outfield.

1951:

Bill DiBenedetto of the Class D Hornell Dodgers walks 21 in a 5 – 1 loss to Corning. This number of walks breaks the 36-year-old record of Harry Harper of the Minneapolis Millers.

Giants rookie Willie Mays blasts a 13th-inning solo homer off the Phillies’ Jocko Thompson to give New York a win. It is Willie’s second extra-inning homer in two weeks: he will hit another on July 7th, against the Braves’ George Estock.

Former Dodger pitcher Hugh Casey, 37, kills himself with a shotgun blast to the neck.

1955 – Pittsburgh’s right fielder Roberto Clemente pounds Dodger pitching in the opener of a twin bill split, doing most of his damage against former Montreal Royals teammate Ed Roebuck. “Eddie was celebrating his 24th bithday,” reports Jack Hernon of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “but Roberto Clemente apparently didn’t know about it. The Buc rookie belted him for two triples, scoring the tying run on the first one in the 4th and driving home the run Ron Kline needed in the 5th.”

1959:

Boston fires manager Pinky Higgins, replacing him tomorrow with Billy Jurges. Coach Rudy York takes over for today’s game.

After giving up a grand slam to the A’s Bob Cerv, Herb Score settles down and strikes out 14 in Cleveland’s 8 – 4 win.

1960:

Before 50,556 fans in New York, the Yankees sweep two from the Tigers, winning 7 – 6 and 6 – 2. In the opener, Ryne Duren fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th. Detroit is ahead, 2 – 1, in the night cap when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at first base, and finally gets tossed. When play resumes, Pete Burnside serves up a three-run homer to Mickey Mantle, batting righty. The Yankees are 23-5 since June 5th and lead the American League by three games.

A day after his wedding in Chicago, Jim O’Toole pitches and loses, as the Cubs pound him for seven runs and nine hits in less than five innings. Chicago wins, 7 – 5. An unsympathetic manager Fred Hutchinson deadpans: “It was his turn to pitch. I didn’t tell him to get married.”

1962 – The Yankees need all five home runs – two each by Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, plus one by Bobby Richardson – to edge the A’s, 8 – 7. Mantle’s second homer, in the 8th, is the tie breaker.

1963:

In a split with the Orioles, Minnesota SS Zoilo Versalles ties an American League mark by making five errors. The Twins win, 7 – 5, then lose, 4 – 3.

At Houston, the Reds’ John Tsitouris allows just two hits in beating Houston, 2 – 1. Cincy collects just two hits in the win, scoring the first run on Johnny Edwards’ homer and the second when Rusty Staub misses a pickoff throw from Hal Woodeshick and Pete Rose scores from first base.

1964 – Birdie Tebbetts returns to limited duty as manager of the Indians.

1965 – Pre-game horseplay between Phillies teammates Frank Thomas and Richie Allen turns serious when Thomas swings a bat at Allen. Allen recovers enough to hit a three-run triple in the 7th and Thomas hits a pinch homer to tie the game in the 8th inning. But the Reds prevail, 10 – 8. Following the game, the Phils release Thomas, who has had a history of irritating players before the incident with Allen, and he signs with Houston.

1966:

Pitcher Tony Cloninger hits two grand slams and drives in nine runs, as the Braves rout the Giants at Candlestick Park, 17 – 3. Cloninger is the first National League player to slam two in a game, and the first pitcher ever, and his nine RBIs are a major-league record for pitchers, breaking Vic Raschi’s mark of seven. The National League record for pitchers was five, held by several; the last hurler to collect five RBIs in a game was Cloninger himself, who had five on June 16th against the Mets.

Mickey Mantle hits a 1st-inning homer, and for the second time this week has hit three home runs in consecutive times at bat. New York blows a 5 – 0 lead in the 8th as the Senators storm back. Bobby Richardson homers in the 11th to give New York a 6 – 5 lead. In the bottom of the inning, Paul Casanova is on first when a sacrifice bunt moves him to second base. He overruns the bag and decides to head to third where he knocks the ball away from Tom Tresh. He then continues home where he is thrown out by a mile.

1967:

At the launching pad in Atlanta, Billy Williams, Ron Santo and Randy Hundley homer for Chicago, and Rico Carty and Felipe Alou answer for the Braves – all in the 1st inning, a major league record. Carty adds another homer later, but Glenn Beckert’s three-run shot helps put the game out of reach. Ray Culp emerges the winner, 12 – 6.

In St. Louis the fans get boxing with their baseball in the Cards’ 7 – 3, win over the Reds. Bob Gibson pitches inside to Tony Perez in the 5th inning, and the pair exchange words after Perez flies out. Both benches empty but there is no fighting until the Reds bullpen, led by Bob Lee, show up. It takes 12 minutes before the police are needed to restore order.

1968 – Luis Tiant registers 19 K’s in ten innings, as Cleveland beats Minnesota, 1 – 0. Tiant sets two modern major league records – most strikeouts in a ten-inning game; and 32 strikeouts in consecutive games – and ties the modern major-league record of 41 strikeouts in three successive appearances. He will top the American League in ERA with 1.60.

1969 – At Los Angeles, Lee May hits a two-run homer in the 11th and the Reds beat the Dodgers, 4 – 3. For May, second in the National League to Willie McCovey (27) in dingers, it is his 23rd homer, matching his birth date and uniform number (his younger brother Carlos May will also have his birth date as his uniform number). Wayne Granger, the third Red pitcher in the 11th, stops the Dodger rally.

1970:

At Chicago’s Wrigley Field, Gene Alley and Roberto Clemente each hit two homers to help the visiting Bucs outlast their hosts, 16 – 14. This slugfest also numbers a game-tying, 2nd-inning grand slam by Chicago’s Billy Williams among its eight homers and 70 total bases. Mother Nature, however, has to get a good deal of credit for the day’s offensive production; clearly, the “Windy City” has earned its sobriquet today. “It blew fourteen miles per hour toward center,” reports the Chicago Tribune, “prompting Clemente to all but apologize for his first homer.” “I just tapped the ball,” Clemente tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “There was no way that ball should have gone out of here. The wind was blowing to left, to center, to right. Everywhere it was blowing, it was for the hitter.”

In Boston, a Carl Yastrzemski homer in the opener and an unearned run in the nitecap provide the Red Sox with 2 – 1 and 5 – 4 wins over Cleveland. In the second game, Indians reliever Dean Chance is told to remove a tiny flag pin on his cap by umpire Ed Runge in compliance with a rule prohibiting glass buttons and metal objects on uniforms because of their glare.

Mike Lum hits three homers as the Braves beat the Padres, 8 – 1, in the first game of a doubleheader. The Braves continue hitting in the second game to win, 9 – 4.

In pregame ceremonies, California’s Clyde Wright is inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame for his pitching while at Carson-Newman College. He then hurls a 98-pitch no-hitter against Oakland, winning, 4 – 0, in one hour and 51 minutes. Reggie Jackson’s 400-foot shot to dead center in the 7th is caught.

1973:

Brothers Gaylord Perry (Indians) and Jim Perry (Tigers) pitch against each other for the only time in their careers. Neither finishes the game, but Gaylord is charged with the 5 – 4 loss as two Norm Cash home runs help Detroit. The two brothers will be teammates with Cleveland next year.

Minnesota’s Tony Oliva hits three solo home runs during a 7 – 6 loss at Kansas City.

1974 – Pitching in his major league-record 13th consecutive game for the Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John’s 4 – 1 win over the Reds in the first game of a doubleheader. Marshall will get a rest in the second game, but will pitch in a record 106 games this year.

1975 – Fred Lynn’s second error of the game allows the Brewers to score in the 10th. The 3 – 2 win lifts the Brewers into a tie with Boston in the American League East. But Milwaukee will fall flat in August and slide to a fifth-place finish.

1976 – The Tigers’ rookie sensation Mark Fidrych shuts out the Orioles, 4 – 0, for his eighth straight victory.

1977:

On his 24th birthday, Angel Frank Tanana records his 14th straight complete game in beating the A’s, 6 – 4, and raising his record to 12-5. His overworked arm will plague him for the rest of the season, and he will wind up 15-9.

Ron Guidry scatters six hits and tosses his second consecutive shutout, a 2 – 0 Yankee win over Detroit. Roy White breaks the scoreless game with a double in the 8th inning.

In an 11 – 7 win over the Padres, Phillies 3B Mike Schmidt hits an inside-the-park homer, the second of his career. He’ll hit one more, in 1982.

1978 – At Fenway Park, Carl Yastrzemski strokes a run-scoring double in the 3rd, his 2,800th career hit, as the Sox pummel the Yankees, 9 – 5. Yaz adds two singles in Boston’s 12-hit attack, as Dennis Eckersley (9-2) tops Ed Figueroa. The win moves Boston ahead of second-place Milwaukee by 7 1/2 games with New York now trailing by eight games.

1980:

Ken Landreaux ties the modern major-league record with three triples in Minnesota’s 10 – 3 win over Texas. Doug Flynn will match it in a month.

The major leagues’ largest crowd in seven years (73,096) watches Wayne Garland two-hit the Yankees, 7 – 0, at Cleveland Stadium.

The Tulsa Drillers score three runs on a fly out in a 7 – 1 win over the Jackson Mets. With the bases loaded, Ron Gooch flies out to Archie Amerson. Amerson’s throw home to get Mike Jirschele is off-target and the ball bounces away from C Stan Hough as Jirschele and George Wright score. Jackson pitcher Tom Thurberg recovers the ball but his throw is wild as well and hits on-deck batsman Phil Klimas. Mel Barrow charges home with the third run of the play, having legged it from first base.

1982 – A County Stadium-record crowd of 55,716 watches the Brewers shut out the Red Sox, 7 – 0, to move into a first-place tie with Boston in the AL East.

1983 – The Rangers explode for 12 runs in the 15th inning of a 16 – 4 win over the A’s, setting a new major-league record for runs in a single extra inning. Reserve Bobby Jones has five hits in the game, including two doubles in the 15th. Dave Beard is the loser for Oakland, while Odell Jones is the victor.

1987:

During “Dick Howser Day” at Royals Stadium, the former manager’s uniform number 10 is retired and the skipper is inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame.

Hitting just .212, Astros SS Dickie Thon bolts from the team. Thon has never fully recovered from a 1984 beaning that left him with blurred vision. An angry Astros General Manager Dick Wagner will put Thon on the disqualified list and he will not play for the rest of the year. Thon will become a free agent in November.

1988 – Oakland P Gene Nelson steals a base while pinch running for Don Baylor in a 9 – 8, 16-inning win over Toronto, becoming the first American League pitcher to steal a base since John “Blue Moon” Odom in 1973. Jose Canseco’s three home runs are not quite enough, and the game is not decided until Mark McGwire connects in the 16th inning to end it. McGwire will hit another 16th-inning home run tomorrow.

1992:

Cleveland sends washout speedster Alex Cole (.206 with nine stolen bases) to the Pirates for Tony Mitchell and John Carter. For Cole, it is his fourth team in three years. He’ll vacate Pittsburgh for the Rockies after the season.

Dodgers P Pedro Astacio makes an impressive major league debut with a three-hit, 2 – 0 shutout of the Phillies in the second game of a doubleheader. Astacio fans ten Phils while walking four. The Dodgers also take the opener, 5 – 1, with Bob Ojeda topping Curt Schilling.

1993 – Detroit’s Cecil Fielder becomes the third player in history to homer onto the left field roof at Tiger Stadium, doing so in the Tigers’ 11 – 5 loss to the Rangers. Harmon Killebrew and Frank Howard are the only other players to accomplish the feat.

1994:

Athletics P Bobby Witt hurls his third consecutive shutout, defeating the Red Sox, 10 – 0, on a six-hitter.

The Mets’ Rico Brogna breaks up Andy Benes’s no-hit bid with a double in the 8th inning. The Padres win, 7 – 0, as Benes fans 13 and walks only one in his one-hitter. He also drives home three runs with a double of his own.

The Indians retire Larry Doby’s uniform number, 47 years after he broke the American League color line.

1995:

Colorado downs Houston by a score of 15 – 10 at Coors Field. The Rockies’ attack is led by 1B Andres Galarraga, who strokes three singles, a double, and two home runs, while driving home five runs and scoring four. The victory moves Colorado one game ahead of the idle Dodgers for first place in the National League West.

The Cardinals shut out the Expos, 6 – 0, behind the combined one-hit pitching of Mike Morgan and Jeff Parrett. Wil Cordero’s single is Montreal’s only hit.

1996:

In Atlanta’s 3 – 1 win over the Expos, Montreal first baseman David Segui fractures his left thumb when pitcher Ugueth Urbina fires over to first base and hits his teammate. Henry Rodriguez takes over at 1B.

The Yankees sign Venezuelan Jackson Melian, just turned 16, to a contract for $1.6 million. His bonus is a record for Latino ball players. Melian will fail to make the majors.

The Mets defeat the Phillies, 10 – 6, as rookie OF Alex Ochoa leads the way by going 5 for 5 and hitting for the cycle.

1998:

The Mets trade P John Hudek to the Reds in exchange for OF Lenny Harris.

Manny Ramirez’s two home runs are Cleveland’s only hits against Kansas City pitcher Jose Rosado, but they’re enough to give the Tribe a 2 – 1 win over the Royals.

1999:

The Rockies defeat the Padres, 12 – 10, in the first game of a doubleheader, ending San Diego’s 14-game winning streak. The win also stops Colorado’s nine-game losing streak. The Rockies also take the second game, 8 – 6.

Before the game against San Francisco, Dodgers players gather in their bullpen and burn the white caps the club adopted in spring training along with other equipment. It doesn’t work as Los Angeles loses, 9 – 1, for their sixth straight loss.

The Phillies defeat the Cubs, 21 – 8, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning and seven more with two outs in the 4th. 2B Marlon Anderson gets five hits for Philadelphia, including a home run off 3B Gary Gaetti, who is forced into mound duty for Chicago.

Milwaukee defeats Pittsburgh, 9 – 4, as 3B Jeff Cirillo strokes five hits, including a double and home run, and drives home three runs.

2000:

The Marlins defeat the Mets, 2 – 0, on Derrek Lee’s two-run homer in the 9th, off Turk Wendell. Jesús Sánchez, 0-6 versus New York, is the winner. The loss ends C Mike Piazza’s streak of 15 consecutive games with an RBI, two short of the major league mark.

The Red Sox beat the Twins, 11 – 8, hitting four home runs and scoring nine runs in the 4th inning.

The White Sox outslug the Royals, 14 – 10, scoring eight runs in the 5th inning. Chicago becomes the first team since the 1984 Detroit Tigers to win 12 straight games on the road.

2001:

Pawtucket’s Izzy Alcantara makes every sports show in the country when he reacts to an inside pitch by drop-kicking Scranton/Wilkes-Barre C Jeremy Salazar and then charging the mound. Izzy’s Bruce Lee impression will earn him a seven-game suspension and get him dropped from the International League All-Star Game. The Sox will call up the slugger on September 1st.

Rockies OF Ron Gant is traded to the A’s in exchange for OF Robin Jennings.

The Braves score eight runs in the 7th inning on their way to a 14 – 7 victory over the Phillies. Chipper Jones goes 4 for 4 in the contest and scores five runs.

2005 – During the fireworks display at Pawtucket’s McCoy Stadium, two shells misfire and land in the stands. Injuries include four or five employees of the fire company with minor burns and some fans who are injured when they stumble trying to escape from the mishap.

2009

Albert Pujols, the major league home run leader, hits his fourth grand slam of the year, a team record, as the Cardinals dispose of the Reds, 7 – 4. He now has 350 career dingers, becoming the third-youngest to reach the mark, after Alex Rodriguez and Ken Griffey Jr.

Manny Ramirez, back from his 50-game suspension, goes 0 for 3 with a walk, but the Dodgers beat San Diego, 6 – 3. Los Angeles scores five runs in the 1st, taking advantage of ManRam’s walk and of two throwing errors. Hiroki Kuroda is the winner against Chad Gaudin.

2010:

The Yankees score all 11 of their runs in the 3rd inning as they defeat the Blue Jays, 11 – 3. Brett Gardner hits his first career grand slam in the outburst.

The Diamondbacks provide new manager Kirk Gibson with a vivid display of why they are in last place in the NL West, committing a team record six errors in a 14 – 1 loss to the Dodgers, Gibson’s first as a manager. But the most egregious error is courtesy of the winners: in the 2nd inning, Dodger pitcher Clayton Kershaw is caught going the wrong way on the bases. Standing at first base after an error by Tony Abreu, he goes past second base on a long drive by Rafael Furcal. Thinking CF Chris Young made the catch, he retreats to first base, only to be passed by Furcal, who correctly saw that Young dropped the ball and is running all out. Furcal is out for passing a preceding runner, losing credit for a potential triple.

Harmon Killebrew falls off the top ten home run list as Jim Thome goes deep twice for the Twins to give Thome 574 dingers in the big leagues.

2011:

Rosters for the 2011 All-Star Game, to be played July 12th in Phoenix, AZ, are announced. Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista leads all vote-getters with 7.4 million votes, the most-ever in All-Star balloting. Left off the roster is Ichiro Suzuki, ending a streak of ten straight appearances in the mid-summer classic.

Jose Bautista hits his 27th homer as the Blue Jays snap Cliff Lee’s streak of scoreless innings at 34 in beating the Phillies, 7 – 4. Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Eric Thames all connect off Lee in the 8th inning, after he had thrown shutouts in his three previous starts.

The Red Sox complete a three-game sweep of the Astros with a 2 – 1 win, courtesy of a 9th-inning bases-loaded walk to Kevin Youkilis, scoring pinch-hitter Drew Sutton, who had himself walked to start the inning. Josh Beckett fans 11 in eight innings for the win.

2012:

Chipper Jones celebrates being named an All-Star in replacement of the injured Matt Kemp by going 5 for 5 with four RBI and two doubles in the Braves’ 10 – 3 win over the Cubs. The 40-year-old third baseman even steals his first base of the season.

The White Sox rout the Rangers, 19 – 2, behind the pitching of Chris Sale, who wins his tenth game of the year. The Sox score nine runs in the 5th inning – seven of them unearned -, capped by A.J. Pierzynski’s three-run homer.

The Brewers win a wild one, 13 – 12 over the Marlins in ten innings. The Brewers manage to blow a 9 – 2 lead in the 7th and 8th innings, and the Marlins pull ahead on Jose Reyes’s solo homer in the top of the 10th. With two outs in the bottom of the same inning, Aramis Ramirez hits a two-run walk-off home run off embattled Marlins closer Heath Bell to give Milwaukee the win.

The Pirates move in to a surprising tie for first place with Cincinnati in the NL Central thanks to an 8 – 7 win over the Astros. Drew Sutton, playing for his third organization this year, hits a walk-off home run while Andrew McCutchen goes 3 for 4 with a homer to improve to .360, the best batting average in the majors.

2013:

Max Scherzer of the Tigers gets lucky number 13, a 6 – 2 win over the Blue Jays that improves his record to 13-0 on the year. It is the best start by a pitcher since Roger Clemens began the 1986 season 14-0.

Jeff Locke of the Pirates is not quite in the same universe, but still wins his eighth straight decision as the Bucs defeat the Phillies, 6 – 5. Locke lost his first start of the year before embarking on the streak. Andrew McCutchen reaches base five times and scores twice for Pittsburgh.

2014:

With the bases loaded and one out in the top of the 2nd inning, Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Gose hits a grounder to A’s 1B Nate Freiman. The first baseman attempts to start a double play by tagging runner Munenori Kawasaki and throwing home, but 1B umpire Vic Carapazza rules that Munenori avoided the tag and is safe, allowing C Stephen Vogt to benefit from a force out on Edwin Encarnacion at the plate. Things get odd when Blue Jays manager John Gibbons decides to challenge the call at first base, arguing his own baserunner was out, in order for Encarnacion’s run to stand. Gibbons wins the challenge, but A’s manager Bob Melvin wants to protest the game, claiming the video review rule was interpreted incorrectly, since Vogt’s failure to tag Encarnacion was a direct result of the original call. In the end, the run is inconsequential, as Oakland wins, 4 – 1, but Major League Baseball will have to reflect on whether the rule needs to be tweaked to address a similar situation in the future.

Nostalgic for the 1980s, Rays manager Joe Maddon proposes a starting line-up that goes 8-6-7-5-3-0 (for the DH spot)-9 in today’s game against the Tigers, reproducing the 1981 hit single “867-5309/Jenny” by Tommy Tutone. The line-up fails to be a hit, though, as the Rays lose, 8 – 1, to Max Scherzer. Maddon claims the line-up, which features Vince Belnome making his major league debut in the “0” slot, is inadvertent, but he embraces the coincidence as the namesake song is played in his team’s dugout.

2016 – Major League Baseball celebrates military appreciation day by staging a game in Fort Bragg, NC, the nation’s largest military base. The Marlins defeat the Braves, 5 – 2 in a temporary 12,500 seat ballpark with no paid admission, as all spectators are active military members and their families. It’s the first major league game ever played in the state of North Carolina.

2017 – The Cincinnati Enquirer reveals that Cuban-born umpire Angel Hernandez has sued Major League Baseball before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination that has resulted in his being passed over for prestigious postseason assignments and for promotion to the rank of crew chief. He points specifically to the appointment of Joe Torre, with whom he had run-ins when he was a manager, as MLB Vice-President for Baseball Operations in 2011 as a source of the alleged poor treatment he has received.

2018 – The Rays win a wild game over the Marlins, 9 – 6. The score is tied at 4 through 15 innings when the Rays break through for five runs in the top of the 16th. Pitcher Vidal Nuno contributes to the rally with an RBI single, but injures his leg while running to first and has to be replaced by a pinch-runner, starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, who scores the final run. However, the Rays try to avoid using another pitcher for the bottom of the frame by calling back-up catcher Jesús Sucre to the mound. The Marlins manage to load the bases on three singles, none of them hit particularly hard, before Bryan Holaday hits a sacrifice fly. At that point Rays manager Kevin Cash has no choice but to bring in a real pitcher, Jose Alvarado, who allows another run to score on a ground out, then walks P Dan Straily, who is pinch-hitting for P Brett Graves. Cameron Maybin comes up to bat representing the tying run, but he grounds out to second to end the game, as Alvarado picks up an unusual save. At 5 hours and 31 minutes, it is the longest road game in Rays history.

2020 – With the release of its schedule for the abbreviated upcoming season, Major League Baseball announces the cancellation of the 2020 All-Star Game, which was supposed to take place in Dodger Stadium on July 14th. It will be the first season without an All-Star Game since World War II. The 2021 game remains scheduled to be played in Atlanta, GA, meaning Dodger Stadium will get its shot in 2022.

2021 – The Slovakian national team is going to the European Championship for the first time, winning one of the 2021 European Championship Qualifiers. They pound an Irish national team loaded with Irish-American players (some with pro experience), 12 – 2, as Jakub Ižold fans nine and also drives in three. In one of the other qualifiers, Greece wins a return to the Euros as Dimitri Kourtis pitches six shutout innings and scores three in an 8 – 4 win over Lithuania; like Ireland, Greece relies heavily on American players.

2022 – The Astros are running away with the AL West title as they win their sixth straight, 4 – 2 over the Angels, increasing their lead over L.A. to 13 1/2 games. The Astros tie a club record with 20 strikeouts, led by 13 in six innings by Framber Valdez, for a major league record 48 over the three-game series. However, it’s rookie SS Jeremy Peña who steals the show by going 4-for-5 with two homers, including a walk-off shot off Ryan Tepera that breaks a 2 – 2 tie with two outs in the 9th.

2023 – Ronald Acuña Jr. records his 40th steal of the year in Atlanta’s 4 – 2 win over the Guardians, the ninth straight victory by the Braves. He has already also hit 20 homers and driven 50 runs, a combination that is unprecedented by any player before the All-Star break.

Births[edit]

1842 – Henry Dobson, umpire (d. 1942)

1861 – William McLaughlin, infielder (d. 1936)

1862 – John Gillespie, outfielder (d. 1926)

1869 – George Cuppy, pitcher (d. 1922)

1876 – Ralph Frary, umpire (d. 1925)

1881 – Cliff Curtis, pitcher (d. 1943)

1881 – Fred Olmstead, pitcher (d. 1936)

1882 – Tom Tennant, pinch hitter (d. 1955)

1882 – Bill Tozer, pitcher (d. 1955)

1885 – Jack Dalton, outfielder (d. 1950)

1886 – Mike Balenti, infielder (d. 1955)

1888 – Wesley Callahan, infielder (d. 1953)

1891 – Joe Houser, pitcher (d. 1953)

1892 – Bunny Brief, infielder (d. 1963)

1893 – Dickie Kerr, pitcher (d. 1963)

1896 – Curt Walker, outfielder (d. 1955)

1897 – Heinie Sand, infielder (d. 1958)

1900 – Joe Brown, pitcher (d. 1950)

1904 – Luke Hamlin, pitcher (d. 1978)

1911 – Art Patchin, minor league pitcher (d. 1977)

1912 – Saburo Nakamura, NPB infielder (d. 1939)

1913 – Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder (d. 1945)

1914 – Buddy Rosar, catcher; All-Star (d. 1994)

1917 – Piper Davis, infielder, manager; All-Star (d. 1997)

1920 – Al Montgomery, catcher (d. 1942)

1920 – Paul O’Dea, outfielder (d. 1978)

1922 – Art Fowler, pitcher (d. 2007)

1922 – Howie Schultz, infielder (d. 2009)

1925 – Raymond Theobald, minor league outfielder (d. 2009)

1929 – Whitey Ries, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2008)

1930 – Sam Mitchell, minor league catcher (d. 2010)

1930 – Al Pilarcik, outfielder (d. 2010)

1930 – Jim Westlake, pinch hitter (d. 2003)

1931 – Ed Roebuck, pitcher (d. 2018)

1931 – Glenn Sample, college coach (d. 2008)

1935 – Mutsuo Minagawa, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2005)

1935 – Takashi Nakagawa, NPB pitcher

1939 – Isamu Teramoto, NPB outfielder and umpire

1940 – Coco Laboy, infielder

1940 – Cesar Tovar, outfielder (d. 1994)

1940 – Kiyoshi Yano, NPB outfielder (d. 2014)

1941 – Casey Cox, pitcher (d. 2023)

1943 – Shigeki Takaoka, NPB catcher

1946 – Akira Kadotani, NPB pitcher

1948 – Phil Meeler, pitcher (d. 2025)

1948 – Yoshinori Okamura, NPB pitcher

1949 – Curtis Moore, minor league outfielder (d. 2011)

1950 – Rob Ellis, outfielder

1951 – Kiyoharu Ota, NPB pitcher

1952 – Ryan Kurosaki, pitcher

1953 – Julio Cuarezma, minor league infielder

1953 – Frank Tanana, pitcher; All-Star

1953 – John Verhoeven, pitcher

1954 – Takamasa Suzuki, NPB pitcher

1955 – Matt Keough, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2020)

1955 – Jeff Rineer, pitcher

1956 – Larry Whisenton, outfielder

1957 – Danny Heep, outfielder

1959 – Kurt Kepshire, pitcher

1960 – Jack Daugherty, outfielder

1960 – Yasushi Matsumoto, Japanese national team outfielder

1963 – Don August, pitcher

1963 – Keith Seifert, minor league infielder

1964 – Warren Newson, outfielder

1964 – Manabu Okubo, NPB pitcher

1965 – Greg Vaughn, outfielder; All-Star

1965 – Tsutomu Ushiyama, NPB catcher

1966 – Moises Alou, outfielder; All-Star

1966 – Dennis Hood, minor league outfielder

1967 – Mike Campas, minor league infielder

1967 – Brian Cashman, general manager

1968 – Juan Belza, Spanish national team outfielder

1968 – Mike Farmer, pitcher

1968 – Henry Manning, college coach

1968 – Kevin Tatar, minor league pitcher

1968 – Billy White, minor league infielder and manager

1969 – Luis López, Colombian national team infielder

1969 – Hideaki Okubo, NPB catcher

1971 – Shane Dennis, NPB pitcher

1971 – Kenichi Oshio, NPB pitcher

1971 – Jose Soriano, CPBL pitcher

1972 – Scot Donovan, minor league pitcher

1973 – Chang-hee Kim, KBO outfielder

1974 – Mike Heidemann, minor league infielder

1974 – Oscar Mairena, Nicaraguan national team infielder

1975 – Bok-yeoh Lee, South Korean national team infielder

1975 – Christian Parker, pitcher

1978 – Yoann Bernard, Division Elite pitcher

1979 – Carlos Batista, minor league player

1979 – Koji Onuma, NPB pitcher

1980 – John Koronka, pitcher

1980 – Asdrubal Oropeza, minor league infielder

1981 – Dan Meyer, pitcher

1981 – Peng-Chi Wang, CPBL infielder

1982 – Kazuya Fujita, NPB infielder

1982 – Danny Gorrín‎, Serie A1 catcher

1982 – Logan Kensing, pitcher

1982 – Carlos Quirola, Ecuadorian national team pitcher

1983 – Edinson Volquez, pitcher; All-Star

1984 – Tetsuya Matsumoto, NPB outfielder

1985 – Kenji Kobayashi, NPB pitcher

1985 – Greg Reynolds, pitcher

1986 – Tommy Hunter, pitcher

1987 – Tyler Bortnick, minor league infielder

1987 – Casey Coleman, pitcher

1987 – Daniel Martinez, Division Honor outfielder

1987 – Jesse Orosco, Jr., minor league pitcher

1987 – Zach Putnam, pitcher

1987 – Yangervis Solarte, infielder

1987 – Kévin Velayoudon, New Caledonia national team infielder

1989 – Seiya Inoue, NPB infielder

1990 – Tae-yang Lee, KBO pitcher

1990 – Brandon Maurer, pitcher

1991 – Scottie Allen, minor league pitcher

1991 – Takeshi Nakamura, Japanese national team outfielder

1991 – Wei-Chen Wang, CPBL infielder

1992 – Dillon Haviland, drafted pitcher

1993 – Senquez Golson, drafted outfielder

1993 – Carlos Jiménez, minor league infielder

1994 – Eduardo Vera, minor league pitcher

1995 – Michael Beltre, scout

1995 – Trenton Brooks, infielder

1995 – Robert Dugger, pitcher

1996 – Codi Heuer, pitcher

1996 – Cole Tucker, infielder

1997 – Michel Otañez, pitcher

1998 – Alexander Cheuk-Hei Chan, Hong Kong national team pitcher

2001 – Junpei Azuma, NPB catcher

2002 – Jack Seppings, minor league pitcher

2003 – Mitch Bratt, pitcher

2003 – Carter Jensen, catcher

2003 – Byeong-joon Kim, KBO outfielder

Deaths[edit]

1924 – Ed Householder, outfielder (b. 1869)

1925 – Jacob Lookabaugh, minor league pitcher (b. 1862)

1927 – Joseph Nicholson, minor league pitcher (b. 1869)

1929 – Bill McClellan, infielder (b. 1856)

1936 – Bill Niles, infielder (b. 1867)

1940 – John Stafford, pitcher (b. 1870)

1941 – Tom McCreery, outfielder (b. 1874)

1944 – Pete McBride, pitcher (b. 1875)

1944 – Charlie Reynolds, catcher (b. 1865)

1945 – Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder (b. 1913)

1948 – Charles Witherow, pitcher (b. 1852)

1950 – Ed Donalds, pitcher (b. 1883)

1951 – Hugh Casey, pitcher (b. 1913)

1952 – Fred Tenney, infielder, manager (b. 1871)

1955 – Carlos Smith, minor league outfielder and manager (b. 1878)

1957 – Dolf Luque, pitcher (b. 1890)

1958 – Paul Smith, outfielder (b. 1888)

1959 – Red Barnes, outfielder (b. 1904)

1960 – Bill Killefer, catcher, manager (b. 1887)

1962 – Jimmy Walsh, outfielder (b. 1887)

1965 – Hank Robinson, pitcher (b. 1889)

1968 – Pat Simmons, pitcher (b. 1908)

1969 – Hunky Shaw, pinch hitter (b. 1884)

1969 – Harry Spratt, infielder (b. 1887)

1971 – Hap Dumont, National Baseball Congress founder (b. 1904)

1972 – Leroy Herrmann, pitcher (b. 1906)

1975 – Ed Johnson, outfielder (b. 1899)

1981 – George Knothe, infielder (b. 1898)

1982 – Spencer Harris, outfielder (b. 1900)

1983 – Fernando Campos, writer; Salon de la Fama (b. 1893)

1986 – Bill McCahan, pitcher (b. 1921)

1992 – George Staller, outfielder (b. 1916)

1992 – Slim Vaughan, pitcher (b. 1910)

1993 – Don Drysdale, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1936)

1997 – Rufe Gentry, pitcher (b. 1918)

2002 – Earl Francis, pitcher (b. 1935)

2003 – Vince Lloyd, broadcaster (b. 1917)

2008 – Annabelle Lee, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1922)

2008 – Bud Younger, college coach (b. 1924)

2013 – Kesanori Kurashima, NPB catcher (b. 1940)

2015 – Toichiro Sobue, NPB outfielder (b. 1922)

2016 – Dave Poole, college coach (b. 1928)

2019 – Gary Kolb, outfielder (b. 1940)

2019 – Tony Robichaux, college coach (b. ~1962)

2020 – Tyson Brummett, pitcher (b. 1984)

2021 – Nino Escalera, outfielder (b. 1929)

2021 – Jackie Wright, minor league infielder (b. 1959)

2025 – Billy Hunter, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1928)

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TV SPORTS TODAY

Friday, July 3

AUTO RACING

7:30 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

11:30 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Qualifying, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

2 p.m.

FS2 — Indy NXT Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

3 p.m.

FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

GOLF

6:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Second Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

11 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

4 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Second Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

5:30 p.m.

NBCSN — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Second Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

MLB BASEBALL

4 p.m.

MLBN — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

MLBN — Chicago White Sox at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.)

8:10 p.m.

APPLE TV — Tampa Bay at Houston

9:40 p.m.

APPLE TV — Milwaukee at Arizona

10 p.m.

MLBN — Toronto at Seattle (10:10 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: TBA

9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Arlington, Texas

6 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Miami Gardens, Fla.

9:30 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 32, Kansas City, Mo.

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

6 a.m. (Saturday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

7:30 p.m.

ION — Minnesota at New York

10 p.m.

ION — Chicago at Las Vegas

_____

Saturday, July 4

AUTO RACING

7 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

10 a.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

11 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

1 p.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio – Race 2, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

2 p.m.

NBCSN — SuperMotocross World Championship: RedBud – Round 22, Buchanan, Mich.

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

5:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Chicagoland, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.

EATING COMPETITION

Noon

ESPN2 — Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest: From Coney Island, N.Y.

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Third Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Third Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

2 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Third Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Third Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

MLB BASEBALL

11 a.m.

MLBN — Pittsburgh at Washington (11:05 a.m.)

4 p.m.

MLBN — Toronto at Seattle (4:10 p.m.)

8 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (8:08 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Chicago Cubs (8:08 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Milwaukee at Arizona (9:40 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

9 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Houston

5 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Philadelphia

SOFTBALL

4:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Bandits

7 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Spark

9 p.m.

CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Blaze at Talons

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Third Round, London

6 a.m. (Sunday)

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

TRACK AND FIELD

Noon

NBCSN — USATF: Prefontaine Classic (Diamond League), Eugene, Ore.

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Golden State at Atlanta

_____

Sunday, July 5

AUTO RACING

9 a.m.

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

10 a.m.

APPLE TV — Formula 1: Pirelli British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio – Race 2, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

12:30 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio

6 p.m.

TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: eero 400, In-Season Challenge – Round 2, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, Ill.

BIG3 BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

CBS — Week 3: LA Riot vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Miami 305 vs. Chicago Triplets, DMV Trilogy vs. Houston Rig Hands, Dallas Power vs. Detroit Amps, Miami

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: BMW International Open, Final Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Final Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: John Deere Classic, Final Round, TPC Deere Run, Silvis, Ill.

NBC — PGA Tour Champions: U.S. Senior Open Championship, Final Round, Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Noon

ESPNU — NHSI: TBD, Semifinal, Cary, N.C.

8:30 p.m.

ESPNU — NHSI: TBD, Championship, Cary, N.C.

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

2 p.m.

ESPN — PLL All-Star Game: West vs. East, Anapolis, Md.

LACROSSE (WOMEN’S)

5:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — WLL All-Star Game: West vs. East, Anapolis, Md.

MLB BASEBALL

Noon

NBC — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (12:30 p.m.)

PEACOCK — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (12:30 p.m.)

1:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.)

PEACOCK — Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.)

5 p.m.

NBCSN — Toronto at Seattle

PEACOCK — Toronto at Seattle

7 p.m.

NBC — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)

PEACOCK — San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)

9:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Boston at L.A. Angels

PEACOCK — Boston at L.A. Angels

NBA BASKETBALL

9 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: TBA

SOCCER (MEN’S)

4 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, East Rutherford, N.J.

8 p.m.

FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Round of 16, Mexico City

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ESPN — NWSL: Bay FC at Boston

SOFTBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Cascade at Spark

8 p.m.

MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Bandits

TENNIS

6 a.m.

ESPN — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

Noon

ABC — ATP/WTA: Wimbledon, Round of 16, London

TRACK AND FIELD

Noon

NBCSN — USATF: Prefontaine Classic (Diamond League), Eugene, Ore.

WNBA BASKETBALL

7 p.m.

ESPN — Indiana at Las Vegas

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