“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
BLUE JAYS 5 ASTROS 4 (10)
CHICAGO CUBS 7 LA DODGERS 6
TEXAS 6 SAN FRANCISCO 0
TAMPA BAY 4 COLORADO 0
BALTIMORE 5 LA ANGELS 2
WASHINGTON 10 PHILADELPHIA 4 (11)
CINCINNATI 3 LAS VEGAS 2
NY METS 6 CLEVELAND 5 (10)
ST. LOUIS 3 NY YANKEES 1
BOSTON 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0
ATLANTA 4 MIAMI 1
MILWAUKEE 4 PITTSBURGH 2
KANSAS CITY 2 MINNESOTA 1
ARIZONA 10 SAN DIEGO 4
SEATTLE 4 DETROIT 2
SAN DIEGO 7 HOUSTON 2
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
INDIANAPOLIS 2 IOWA 0
SOUTH BEND 13 CEDAR RAPIDS 1
WEST MICHIGAN 8 FT. WAYNE 2
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
LYNX 103 WINGS 90
MYSTICS 95 MERCURY 75
LIBERTY 111 ACES 71
VALKYRIES 84 SPARKS 78
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MLS SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/girls/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/tennis
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ADAMS CENTRAL AT FORT WAYNE LUERS 7:00 PM
ALEXANDRIA AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7:00 PM
ANDREAN AT MERRILLVILLE 8:00 PM
ANGOLA AT GOSHEN 7:00 PM
ATTICA AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
AVON AT DECATUR CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BATESVILLE AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BELLMONT AT MADISON-GRANT 7:00 PM
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM
BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 7:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT OWEN VALLEY 7:00 PM
BROWNSBURG AT LAWRENCE NORTH 7:00 PM
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
CARROLL (FLORA) AT SEEGER 7:00 PM
CASCADE AT MONROVIA 7:00 PM
CASTLE AT EVANSVILLE NORTH 7:30 PM
CASTON AT WHITKO 7:00 PM
CENTRAL NOBLE AT CULVER 7:30 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT BOWMAN ACADEMY 7:30 PM
CHURUBUSCO AT BREMEN 7:00 PM
CLINTON CENTRAL AT FRANKFORT 7:00 PM
CLINTON PRAIRIE AT FRONTIER 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS EAST AT MOORESVILLE 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS NORTH AT WHITELAND 7:00 PM
COVENANT CHRISTIAN AT PARK TUDOR 7:00 PM
COVINGTON AT TRI-COUNTY 7:00 PM
CRAWFORDSVILLE AT PARKE HERITAGE 7:00 PM
DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
DELTA AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT OAK HILL 7:00 PM
EASTERN (PEKIN) AT WEST WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
ELKHART AT CONCORD 7:00 PM
ELWOOD AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:00 PM
EVANSVILLE HARRISON AT EVANSVILLE REITZ 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT JASPER 7:30 PM
FAIRFIELD AT CALUMET 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT CARMEL 7:00 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE NORTH AT EAST NOBLE 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT WARSAW 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT LEO 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN AT SOUTHPORT 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD 7:00 PM
FRANKTON AT TIPTON 7:00 PM
FREMONT AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 7:00 PM
GARRETT AT DEKALB 7:00 PM
GARY WEST AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7:00 PM
GREENCASTLE AT CLOVERDALE 7:00 PM
GREENSBURG AT SHELBYVILLE 7:00 PM
HAGERSTOWN AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:00 PM
HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LAPEL 7:00 PM
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:30 PM
HAMMOND CENTRAL AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 7:30 PM
HAMMOND MORTON AT PORTAGE 8:00 PM
HAMMOND NOLL AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 7:30 PM
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM
HENRYVILLE AT CLARKSVILLE 7:00 PM
HERITAGE HILLS AT SOUTH SPENCER 8:00 PM
HIGHLAND AT GRIFFITH 8:00 PM
HOBART AT CHESTERTON 8:00 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT EASTBROOK 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT NOBLESVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL AT BEN DAVIS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT LAFAYETTE JEFF 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER AT DANVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT EDINBURGH 7:00 PM
JAY COUNTY AT BLACKFORD 7:00 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7:00 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT PAOLI 7:00 PM
JOHN GLENN AT BOONE GROVE 7:30 PM
KNOX AT NORTH JUDSON 8:00 PM
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MITCHELL 7:30 PM
LAPORTE AT NEW PRAIRIE 8:00 PM
LAVILLE AT TRITON 7:00 PM
LAWRENCEBURG AT EAST CENTRAL 7:30 PM
LOGANSPORT AT PERU 7:00 PM
LOWELL AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM
MARION AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH 7:00 PM
MARTINSVILLE AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM
MCCUTCHEON AT GUERIN CATHOLIC 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN CITY AT HANOVER CENTRAL 8:00 PM
MILAN AT RUSHVILLE 7:00 PM
MISHAWAKA AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT KOKOMO 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM
MUNSTER AT LAKE CENTRAL 8:00 PM
NEW CASTLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:00 PM
NEW HAVEN AT HERITAGE 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT NORTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT BREBEUF JESUIT 7:00 PM
NORTH DAVIESS AT WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT SOUTH DECATUR 7:00 PM
NORTH HARRISON AT SALEM 7:00 PM
NORTH NEWTON AT WHITING 8:00 PM
NORTH POSEY AT SOUTHRIDGE 7:30 PM
NORTH PUTNAM AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM
NORTH WHITE AT TAYLOR 7:00 PM
NORTHEASTERN AT EASTERN HANCOCK 7:00 PM
NORTHFIELD AT NORTH MIAMI 7:00 PM
NORTHRIDGE AT WEST NOBLE 7:00 PM
NORTHVIEW AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH 7:00 PM
NORTHWESTERN AT MANCHESTER 7:00 PM
NORTHWOOD AT COLUMBIA CITY 7:00 PM
NORWELL AT MISSISSINEWA 7:00 PM
OSCEOLA GRACE AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 8:00 PM
PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT LEBANON 7:00 PM
PERRY MERIDIAN AT BEECH GROVE 7:00 PM
PHALEN ACADEMY AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
PIKE CENTRAL AT EASTERN GREENE 7:00 PM
PIONEER AT LEWIS CASS 7:00 PM
PLYMOUTH AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY 7:00 PM
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT WOODLAN 7:00 PM
PRINCETON AT TECUMSEH 8:00 PM
PROVIDENCE AT NEW ALBANY 7:00 PM
RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
RICHMOND AT CONNERSVILLE 7:00 PM
RIVER FOREST AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 8:00 PM
RIVERTON PARKE VS. LINTON 7:30 PM
SCOTTSBURG AT MADISON 7:00 PM
SEYMOUR AT GREENWOOD 7:00 PM
SHENANDOAH AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK AT CHARLESTOWN 7:00 PM
SOUTH ADAMS AT EASTSIDE 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT CULVER ACADEMY 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH AT LAKELAND 7:00 PM
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) AT WHEELER 8:00 PM
SOUTH NEWTON AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM
SOUTHMONT AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT ROCHESTER 7:00 PM
SPEEDWAY AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
SPRINGS VALLEY AT EDGEWOOD 7:00 PM
SULLIVAN AT NORTH KNOX 7:00 PM
SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 7:00 PM
TELL CITY AT PERRY CENTRAL 8:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT VINCENNES LINCOLN 7:00 PM
TRI-CENTRAL AT WES-DEL 7:00 PM
TRINITY LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 7:00 PM
TWIN LAKES AT NORTH MONTGOMERY 7:00 PM
UNION CITY AT TRI 7:00 PM
UNION COUNTY AT MONROE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
VALPARAISO AT PENN 7:30 PM
WABASH AT MACONAQUAH 7:00 PM
WALNUT HILLS (OHIO) AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:00 PM
WARREN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE 7:00 PM
WAWASEE AT JIMTOWN 7:00 PM
WEST CENTRAL AT WINAMAC 7:00 PM
WEST VIGO AT SOUTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
WESTERN AT INDIAN CREEK 7:00 PM
WESTERN BOONE AT TRI-WEST 7:00 PM
WESTFIELD AT HOMESTEAD 7:00 PM
WHEATON ST. FRANCIS (ILL.) AT NEW PALESTINE 7:00 PM
WINCHESTER AT CENTERVILLE 7:00 PM
YORKTOWN AT ANDERSON 7:00 PM
ZIONSVILLE AT PIKE 7:00 PM
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/TV
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
IDAHO AT CAL POLY | 10 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
TCU VS. NORTH CAROLINA (AVIVA STADIUM IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. | ESPN
SAN JOSE STATE AT USC | 3 P.M. | NBC
ALABAMA STATE VS. SOUTHERN (LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPNU
NC STATE AT VIRGINIA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 5:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
HAWAI’I AT STANFORD | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NEW MEXICO STATE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
EAST TEXAS A&M AT MERCER | 7 P.M. | ESPN
HOWARD VS. ALABAMA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT TARLETON STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN2
MEMPHIS AT UNLV | 10 P.M. | FOX
WEEK 1
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
UMASS AT RUTGERS | 6 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT UCF | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
AKRON AT WAKE FOREST | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
MERRIMACK AT DELAWARE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
WEST GEORGIA AT KENNESAW STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UALBANY AT BUFFALO | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT MISSOURI | 8 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ESPN
EASTERN ILLINOIS AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. | PEACOCK
IDAHO AT UTAH | 9 P.M. | ESPNU
UAB AT ILLINOIS | 9 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3
SAN JOSE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE AT PURDUE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT GEORGIA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UTEP AT OKLAHOMA | 8 P.M. | SECN+
LIU AT KANSAS | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
TOLEDO AT MICHIGAN STATE | 8 P.M. | FS1
MIAMI (FLA.) AT STANFORD | 9 P.M. | ESPN
FRESNO STATE AT USC | 9 P.M. | FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
EAST CAROLINA AT ALABAMA | 12 P.M. | ABC
OREGON STATE AT HOUSTON | 12 P.M. | ESPN
COASTAL CAROLINA AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | TNT/HBO MAX
NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SYRACUSE | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NORTH TEXAS AT INDIANA | 12 P.M. | FOX
OHIO AT NEBRASKA | 12 P.M. | FS1
BRYANT AT ARMY | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
TARLETON STATE AT BOWLING GREEN | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LIBERTY AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
MIAMI (OHIO) AT PITT | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
BALL STATE AT OHIO STATE | 12:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
KENT STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT KENTUCKY | 1 P.M. | SECN+
SE MISSOURI STATE AT IOWA STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DUQUESNE AT AIR FORCE | 1 P.M. | MW+
RHODE ISLAND AT TEMPLE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE STATE AT GEORGIA | 3 P.M. | SECN+
AUBURN VS. BAYLOR (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
FURMAN AT TENNESSEE | 3:30 P.M. | SECN+
TEXAS STATE AT TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT CINCINNATI | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
TULANE AT DUKE | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT OREGON | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MARSHALL AT PENN STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
THE CITADEL AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
TOWSON AT NAVY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT UTSA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FORDHAM AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
MAINE AT APP STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | 3:45 P.M. | ESPNU
NORTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT IOWA | 4:15 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
ALCORN STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
WYOMING AT COLORADO STATE | 6 P.M. | USA NETWORK
NORFOLK STATE AT OLD DOMINION | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT TEXAS A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN
AUSTIN PEAY AT VANDERBILT | 7 P.M. | SECN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT TEXAS TECH | 7 P.M. | FS1
NICHOLLS AT KANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT UTAH STATE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
ARKANSAS STATE AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
MURRAY STATE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SE LOUISIANA AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SAM HOUSTON AT TROY | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CLEMSON AT LSU | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
UL MONROE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
VMI AT VIRGINIA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NORTHWESTERN STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
UTAH TECH AT BYU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
HAMPTON AT MARYLAND | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTHWESTERN | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
LAMAR AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE AT ARIZONA STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
MERCYHURST AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN ARIZONA AT ARIZONA | 9:30 P.M. | ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 9:30 P.M. | USA NETWORK
UNLV AT HAWAI’I | 10 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT NEW MEXICO | 10 P.M. | FS1
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 10 P.M. | ESPN+
UCLA AT CAL | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEVADA | 10:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
TEXAS SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
FLORIDA A&M VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPN
WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | 4 P.M. | NBC
OLE MISS VS. LOUISVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENN.) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NOTRE DAME VS. WISCONSIN (LAMBEAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY, WIS.) | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
SMU AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
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NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13
DETROIT AT CINCINNATI, 7:00
GREEN BAY AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:30
L.A. CHARGERS AT HOUSTON, 8:00
ARIZONA AT LAS VEGAS, 8:00
TENNESSEE AT SAN FRANCISCO, 9:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14
DENVER AT ATLANTA, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT N.Y. JETS, 7:00
MIAMI AT WASHINGTON, 7:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO, 1:00
CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO, 1:00
MINNESOTA AT N.Y. GIANTS, 1:00
L.A. RAMS AT KANSAS CITY, 4:00
JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS, 4:00
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE, 7:00
DALLAS AT SEATTLE, 8:00
WEEK 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON (ESPN), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
N.Y. JETS AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
WASHINGTON AT DETROIT, NOON
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:00
N.Y. GIANTS AT MIAMI, 4:00
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI, 7:00
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
DALLAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE (FOX), 8:00
WEEK 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 8:00
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE, 6:00
HOUSTON AT CAROLINA, 7:00
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS, 8:00
ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY, 8:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA (CBS), 8:00
MINNESOTA AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE, 6:00
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET)
WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM)
WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING
1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS
2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC
3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS
4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET
5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS
6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX
7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS
8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS
9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX
10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS
11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX
13 BYE WEEK
14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX
15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS
16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD
17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX
18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD
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TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NFL NEWS
2026 PREVIEW: DALLAS COWBOYS
Changes ::
Offense: Head coach Brian Schottenheimer and offensive coordinator Klayton Adams return for their second season running the Dallas offense.
Defense: Dallas made a change on the defensive side of the ball, hiring 34-year old Christian Parker to be their defensive coordinator. Parker was previously the defensive backs coach for the Eagles.
Personnel Changes ::
Dak Prescott returned from an injury plagued 2024 campaign to play all 17 games in 2025 and will be the Cowboys starting QB once again this season.
The Dallas backfield remains intact, with Javonte Williams returning as their starter and bell cow. Malik Davis, Jaydon Blue, and Phil Mafah are all in the mix as backups.
CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens return as one of the most electric receiving duos in the NFL. 2025 breakout Ryan Flournoy is expected to be the WR3, with Kavontae Turpin’s explosive ability being utilized in the return game and on gadget plays and occasional schemed touches. Dallas added veteran Marquez Valdes-Scantling to compete with Jonathan Mingo for the final receiver spot on the roster.
Jake Ferguson set career highs in receptions and touchdowns in 2025, but saw his yards per reception take a big hit due to Pickens and Lamb dominating the intermediate passing game. Backups Luke Schoonmaker and Brevyn Spann-Ford return for depth.
Schedule ::
Divisional Games (6) ::
Giants x2, PHI x2, WAS x2
NFC West (4) ::
vs. ARI, vs. SF, @ Rams, @ SEA
AFC South (4) ::
vs. JAX, vs. TEN, @ HOU, @ IND
vs. BAL, vs. TB, @ Rams
The Cowboys are an elite offense with a talented QB who produces when he is on the field and has dynamic playmakers. Their running game took a big step forward in 2025 to complement the passing game and having CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens on the field together is an absolute nightmare for opposing defenses. Dallas led the league in scoring in 2023, battled through injuries across the board in 2024, and then finished fifth in the league in scoring in 2025. They have a strong enough running game to keep defenses honest and keep drives alive, but their passing game is explosive and can put together chunk plays in a hurry. This combination gives them both a high floor and a high ceiling in terms of both yardage accumulation and scoring. Their defense has been abysmal the last two seasons and this is a team who is likely going to need to continue to operate at a high level offensively to be competitive. They have enough talent on the field to make it difficult for teams to take any one player away, while being condensed enough in their player usage for us to be very confident in where the volume of touches will go. It is hard to envision this not being an upper echelon NFL offense in 2026 unless they have major health setbacks. Any NFL team can be stricken down by the injury bug, so worrying about that dynamic is pointless.
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2026 NFL PREVIEW: NY GIANTS
Changes ::
Offense: Former head coach Brian Daboll, who ran the offense, is out. He was replaced by John Harbaugh, who hired Matt Nagy as his offensive coordinator. Nagy was previously in the same position for the Chiefs.
Defense: Harbaugh chose Dennard Wilson to be his defensive coordinator. Wilson was previously in the same position for the Titans.
Personnel Changes ::
Jaxson Dart returns for his sophomore season after a dynamic rookie year where he took the league by storm and drove Russell Wilson into retirement.
The Giants backfield looks the same in 2026 as it did last season, with Cam Skattebo, Tyrone Tracy Jr., and Devin Singletary all in the mix.
New York’s receiving corps is arguably the most up in the air group in the league. Superstar Malik Nabers is still coming back from an ugly knee injury and there are a lot of concerning reports around him. Darius Slayton is getting up there in age, while Isaiah Hodgins is a career journeyman who was favored by the old coaching staff but now has to prove himself again. 2025 team receiving leader Wan’Dale Robinson is gone, while the team has veterans Darnell Mooney, Odell Beckham Jr., JuJu Smith-Schuster, and Calvin Austin III on the roster and drafted Malachi Fields in the third round. Madness.
Head coach John Harbaugh brought tight end Isaiah Likely with him from Baltimore to pair with Theo Johnson. Harbaugh’s teams love to run the ball, so expect these two to be on the field together often.
Schedule ::
Divisional Games (6) ::
PHI x2, DAL x2, WAS x2
NFC West (4) ::
vs. ARI, vs. SF, @ LAR, @ SEA
AFC South (4) ::
@ HOU, @ IND, vs. JAX, vs. TEN
vs. CLE, vs. NO, @ DET
New York has a young and exciting core of offensive players and a new coaching staff that should energize the organization. We have seen all three of Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo, and Malik Nabers make plays and do things that drew the attention of the league and national media over the last two years. Now they get a more stable organization to build around them and these centerpieces have the chance to raise the team up.
The Giants have an underrated offensive line and multiple above average tight ends in Theo Johnson and Isaiah Likely. Their running game will be strong thanks to the threat that Dart brings to hold rushing lanes open and the way the coaching staff approaches things. They have one of the most talented WRs in the game in Malik Nabers to build around and if he is back to himself somewhat early in the year, then the rest of their receivers also start to look a little more concerning for opponents. The health of Nabers is paramount to the entire team. They have options at the position with the speed of Darnell Mooney and Calvin Austin III or the size of Slayton and Hodgins or the experience of OBJ or JuJu. Those are a lot of quality darts to throw at the board for finding the right combination of weapons. When you pair those skillsets with a true alpha like Nabers, you can bring out the best in everyone. A dual-threat QB, solid backbone of a running game, and potentially versatile receiving corps open up a lot of paths to the Giants offense taking their next step this season.
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2026 NFL PREVIEW: PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
Changes ::
Offense: The Eagles offense took a big hit in 2025 and looks to get back on track this season after the hiring of Sean Mannion. Mannion is a disciple of the McVay/Shanahan coaching tree and should utilize a lot of new concepts that Philly has been missing in recent seasons.
Defense: Vic Fangio enters his third season running the Eagles defense and looks to have an elite unit once again.
Personnel Changes ::
Jalen Hurts returns as the starting QB for the Eagles and looks to expand his passing abilities in a new offensive scheme.
Saquon Barkley returns for his third season with Philadelphia after seeing a dip in efficiency and explosiveness in 2025. His primary backups remain Tank Bigsby and Will Shipley, while Dameon Pierce was also added to the mix.
Philadelphia finally executed the long-rumored trade of wide receiver AJ Brown out of town, ending an era for their passing game. This leaves Devonta Smith as their top wide receiver for the first time since his rookie season.
The Eagles selected Makai Lemon in the first round of the NFL Draft and added veterans Dontayvion Wicks, Hollywood Brown, and Elijah Moore to their receivers room this offseason as they look to retool and modernize their passing game.
Dallas Goedert was re-signed on a one year deal to be the Eagles primary tight end, while the team selected Eli Stowers in the second round of the NFL Draft as part of their long-term plan.
Schedule ::
Divisional Games (6) ::
Giants x2, DAL x2, WAS x2
NFC West (4) ::
@ ARI, @ SF, vs. Rams, vs. SEA
AFC South (4) ::
vs. HOU, vs. IND, @ JAX, @ TEN
vs. CAR, vs. PIT, @ CHI
The Eagles offense will look very different in 2026 than it did in 2025. After their 2024 Super Bowl run, they lost their offensive coordinator and hired Kevin Patullo to replace him—which was an absolute train wreck. The offense lacked creativity and was very vanilla and predictable, to be kind. The passing game was not dynamic enough to open things up and the running game took a big step back in efficiency and explosiveness as a result of the lack of stress the defense had as well as some changes along the offensive line. After operating as the best offense in the league the season before, they had nowhere to go but down—but the drastic nature of that step back was surprising to most. Enter Sean Mannion.
Mannion is a young former backup QB in the NFL who comes to the Eagles from the Rams. He is a bright offensive mind who should bring new ideas and modernize the Eagles offense, as opposed to the “we’re bigger and better than you so we’ll be very basic and you can’t stop us” approach they had in past seasons. That approach worked for a bit, but 2025 showed us how fragile that approach is if you are not dominant up front and the importance of scheme and coaching to mask deficiencies. While it has become en vogue across the league to copycat the Shanahan/McVay concepts, there is a reason for that. The Eagles were predictable on offense and utilized very little pre-snap motion, limited audibles, and predictable and vanilla formations and personnel. Bringing in someone like Mannion, whose background is the exact opposite of that, should give the Eagles a much needed spark.
The team lost AJ Brown, who is undoubtedly a game changing talent, but they still have the underrated Devonta Smith in the prime of his career and added a talent infusion for the rest of the receivers room. Rookie Makai Lemon will be allowed to blossom organically due to the presence of Smith and other weapons the offense provides. Dontayvion Wicks is an immensely talented receiver who came over from Green Bay and has been plagued by drops and mental miscues throughout his career, but has flashed high-level NFL talent. Given the opportunity for a regular role instead of the frustrating WR rotations he was a part of in Green Bay could help him be much more consistent. The Eagles also have multiple quality tight ends on the roster now, another notch in their belt as they look to become more dynamic and versatile. This version of the Eagles should be much more than the “Tush Push.”
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2026 NFL PREVIEW: WASHINGTON COMMANDERS
Changes ::
Offense: Kliff Kingsbury was dismissed after Washington’s offense took a step back in 2025, although injuries played a large part in that regression. He is replaced by David Blough, who was previously the team’s QB coach.
Defense: Commanders head coach Dan Quinn returns to run a defense that struggled and finished near the bottom of the league in several categories last season.
Personnel Changes ::
Commanders QB Jayden Daniels looks to bounce back from an injury riddled sophomore season under a new offensive coordinator. He is once again backed up by mobile veteran Marcus Mariota.
The Commanders had a crowded and confusing backfield in 2025, but have since let Chris Rodriguez Jr. and Jeremy McNichols leave. They brought in versatile veteran Rachaad White along with the physical pounding style of sixth round rookie Kaytron Allen to complement and challenge last year’s leading rusher, Jacory (Bill) Croskey-Merritt.
Terry McLaurin is clearly the alpha in Washington and they let veterans Deebo Samuel Sr. and Chris Moore leave this offseason. After McLaurin, the receivers room is wide open with speedy rookie Antonio Williams and fellow youngsters Luke McCaffrey and Jaylin Lane looking to earn large roles. Veterans Dyami Brown, Treylon Burks, and Van Jefferson are also in the mix in what appears to be a wide open room.
Washington has not re-signed Zach Ertz in free agency after his contract expired following his 2025 late-season torn ACL. They signed the underrated and explosive Chig Okonkwo in free agency from the Titans to lead 2025 second round pick Ben Sinnott and veteran Jon Bates in the tight end room.
Schedule ::
Divisional Games (6) ::
Giants x2, PHI x2, DAL x2
NFC West (4) ::
@ ARI, @ SF, vs. Rams, vs. SEA
AFC South (4) ::
vs. JAX, vs. TEN, @ HOU, @ IND
vs. CIN, vs. ATL, @ MIN
After a Cinderella run to the conference championship game in Jayden Daniels’ 2024 rookie season, the Commanders fell back to earth in 2025 as their more difficult schedule, tough injury luck, and a variety of other factors all converged and left the Commanders with the largest drop in wins among all NFC teams (from 12 to five). The pendulum always swings, especially when you get to the extremes. After suffering that reality last season, this is a Washington team, and specifically offense, that should be primed for a big bounce back.
Daniels dealt with several injuries last season, but the good news is none of them should be cause for long-term alarm. He is one of the most dynamic players in the NFL and should have a more dynamic and less predictable offense to work with in his third NFL season. Daniels loves targeting the tight end position and frequently peppered dependable veteran Zach Ertz with targets. Ertz was a solid safety blanket, but was far from a dynamic player after the catch and what he could open up for the offense was limited. In his place, the Commanders now have the explosive Chig Okonkwo and the young and dynamic Ben Sinnott. The new offensive scheme is primed to feature and move around Terry McLaurin in a similar way to how other primary receivers are used, rather than in a perimeter only type of role that he held in Kliff Kingsbury’s offense. The improvements in how Washington uses their top receiving option and tight ends should really open things up and make this team much more difficult to defend when combined with the dynamic ability Daniels presents.
The cherry on top for this Commanders team is their defense was putrid in 2025 and while it can’t really get much worse, there are very few paths to this being an upper tier defensive team. They are aggressive on that side of the ball, but simply lack high end talent. This means that the Commanders are frequently going to be involved in high scoring games. The NFC East is loaded—Dallas and Philadelphia are very good offenses, while the Giants are ascending—and the Commanders schedule elsewhere sets up for a lot of high scoring affairs against the NFC West and AFC South.
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TEDDY BRIDGEWATER STEPS AWAY FROM LIONS, LEAVING QUESTION AT BACKUP QB
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has stepped away from football.
“His biggest worry was letting us down, that’s the type of guy he is,” Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday, when Bridgewater was placed on the reserve/retired list.
The 33-year-old journeyman had signed a one-year deal with the Lions in March after spending 2025 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also spent 2023 and part of 2024 with Detroit.
“So I’ve known Teddy a long time. As a human being he is unbelievable. Certainly as a player, everything that he’s about, the type of teammate he is, the way he prepares. He always played the game up here,” an emotional Campbell said, pointing to his head. “He had a huge heart. He’s going to be missed.”
Campbell, who was assistant head coach with the New Orleans Saints when Bridgewater played there in 2018 and 2019, has maintained a close relationship with the quarterback.
“I’ll never forget 2019 when Drew (Brees) got injured. We’d just gone out to the Rams, got beat out there and Drew got his thumb and we lost him for five weeks,” Campbell said. “Teddy stepped in and we won five in a row. That was Teddy. His time being with us meant a lot, and it meant a lot to our guys. He’s going to be missed.”
Bridgewater had been signed to back up Jared Goff. Undrafted rookie Luke Altmyer, the only other QB on the Lions roster, had been getting more reps in training camp earlier this week when Bridgewater was absent, and again on Sunday.
“I thought he did some really good things,” Campbell said. “He was put in some tough positions for a young player that you absolutely have to be put in, you just do, you’ve got to be thrust in, you need to fail, you need to make mistakes so you can grow and we thought he handled it really well.”
Altmyer said he has learned so much from Bridgewater.
“It was a joy to spend some time with him, but it brings about opportunity for myself, and the standard is to play good football no matter how many reps and or whatever my role is, I have a job to do and my job is to do that very, very well at a high level,” Altmyer said. “I’m thankful. I believe in my abilities and I’m going to go cut it loose whatever that looks like for me.’’
The Lions plan to sign a veteran quarterback as soon as Monday.
Campbell said Goff will not play in the preseason game Thursday in Cincinnati.
“Certainly Altmyer will take a heavy load and anybody else we get we’ll get them up to speed as fast as we can and give them some reps,” Campbell said.
Bridgewater was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014 and started 28 games his first two seasons. Before the 2016 season he tore his ACL and suffered more structural knee damage that kept him out of action into the 2017 season. Bridgewater also played for the Dolphins, Broncos, Panthers and Jets.
In 2024, before he re-signed with the Lions in December, Bridgewater coached Miami Northwestern Senior High, his alma mater, to the Florida Class 3A state championship. But he was suspended for the 2025 season after revealing that he personally paid for meals, ride-share services and treatments for some players.
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RECEIVER CARNELL TATE LEANS ON CALVIN RIDLEY AS TITANS ROOKIE LEARNS NEW OFFENSE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Look for Tennessee wide receiver Carnell Tate during practice and the rookie can be found kneeling or standing next to veteran Calvin Ridley, listening intently.
The No. 4 pick in April’s NFL draft out of Ohio State is learning the Titans’ new offense, trying to fit into the NFL and picking up as much knowledge as possible from someone who knows both well.
“Oh, I try to pick Rid’s brain every chance I get, and I used to grow up watching Rid (in his) Alabama days,” Tate said. “Rid is an elite receiver, his moves elite. So I try and soak as much as possible from Rid.”
Tate is Tennessee’s future and arguably Cam Ward’s top target already with the preseason opener Thursday night at San Francisco. Ridley? Well, the Titans brought him in with a splashy free agent contract in 2024, and Ridley had to restructure that deal in March to stick around after an injury-plagued 2025 season.
Going into his eighth season at 31, Ridley said he likes living in Nashville and working with a talented, young group of receivers in Tennessee.
“I want to have fun and win some games right here,” Ridley said. “This is where I came, and we need to get a good winning season before I check out.”
Ridley was the 26th overall pick in the 2018 draft by Atlanta, but his career has been more about promise and potential than production. The speedy receiver who loves running deep routes has had only three 1,000-yard seasons — two more than the season lost to a gambling suspension.
Since signing his deal with Tennessee to join his third team, Ridley has caught four touchdown passes. He played every game in 2024 only to have injuries limit him to seven in 2025, with a broken leg ending his season. He calls Tate “a very, very special kid” that he loves watching.
“I definitely heard a lot of young guys say my name,” Ridley said. “That’s because I used to kick (expletive) for sure, and I still can.”
Drafting Tate helped Titans try to fill obvious need
That made selecting a wide receiver with its top pick the obvious choice for Tennessee, even with the free agent signing of Wan’Dale Robinson. Tate brings size at 6-foot-2 and 192 pounds. He was productive at Ohio State with 121 catches for 1,872 yards and 14 TDs, with a catch in 37 of the 39 games played.
Even better? Tate has sticky hands.
Pro Football Focus tracking had Tate without a single drop in 66 passes thrown at him in 2025. Only four other receivers were targeted more without a drop. Tate dropped only five passes on 161 targets in three seasons at Ohio State.
“His catch radius is pretty impressive,” first-year coach Robert Saleh said.
Cam Ward biggest beneficiary of Tate’s arrival
With all the investment in wide receivers, second-year quarterback Cam Ward should be the biggest beneficiary along with new offensive coordinator Brian Daboll. Tennessee ranked 30th in the NFL averaging a measly 166.1 yards passing last season.
Ward threw for 3,169 yards with 15 TDs and only seven interceptions. He didn’t have a ton of help with rookies making 136 catches, second in the NFL to Cleveland’s 159 such receptions. It was the most catches by rookies since this franchise became the Titans in 1999.
For Tate, it’s been a non-stop process since the NFL combine to the draft, landing with Tennessee and now his first training camp. The rookie is trying to learn the whole playbook, just as he did at Ohio State.
Tate showed off his pass-catching skills in a scrimmage Friday night at Nissan Stadium, stretching for a one-handed grab of a pass from Ward. On Sunday, Tate had fans cheering going over cornerback Cor’Dale Flott to catch a pass in the corner of the end zone with Tate spiking the ball after his second TD of the session.
Ward said he expects such catches out of the rookie based on the crazy plays he’s already seen in his work with Tate.
“He has great hands, he has a great feel for space,” Ward said.
Heading out to California next
The Titans travel Monday ahead of their preseason opener with a first joint practice Tuesday. That’s the first of three joint practices against each of Tennessee’s preseason opponents — playoff teams all, including defending champion Seattle.
“We get to go work our stuff against them,” running back Tyjae Spears said. “It’s going to turn out great.”
Saleh said the 49ers, who he was defensive coordinator for last season, reported earlier than the Titans, making for compromises on planning reps for the joint practice.
“They’re getting much healthier and they’re more than confident that they’ll be ready to go come (Tuesday),” Saleh said.
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SAINTS OL DILLON RADUNZ RULED OUT FOR SEASON WITH KNEE INJURY
New Orleans Saints offensive lineman Dillon Radunz was ruled out for the season on Sunday after he tore his ACL in practice.
Radunz, who was entering his second season with the Saints and sixth in the NFL, was injured during a training camp practice Saturday.
The 28-year-old started 10 of the 15 games he played in last season and has appeared in 69 games (41 starts) for the Tennessee Titans (2021-24) and Saints. He was a second-round draft pick by the Titans out of North Dakota State in 2021.
Radunz was expected to provide depth for the Saints this season at both guard and tackle.
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JOHN HARBAUGH ON GIANTS’ DPOTY HOPEFUL ABDUL CARTER: ‘WHAT HE WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH AND HIS PLANS TO DO SO, HE’S FOLLOWING THROUGH ON’
Contemplating who to select with the 27th overall pick was top priority for John Harbaugh and his Baltimore Ravens ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft.
With Penn State’s Abdul Carter viewed as one of the top overall prospects in the eyes of many, Harbaugh didn’t need to study up on the pass rusher. Now that he’s the New York Giants head coach, clearly his priorities have changed, and he’s quite quickly grown fond of the No. 3 overall pick of the ’25 draft.
“I didn’t know him as well because, honestly, in the draft, it wasn’t a guy we were really looking at because we weren’t going to have a chance to draft him,” Harbaugh said of Carter on Saturday, via team transcript. “And so, I didn’t know him at all. Then, I started talking to him and liked him right away and the things he had said that he wanted to do.”
Among the things Carter has said he wants to do is win AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in his sophomore NFL campaign. So far, Harbaugh believes the outside linebacker is on the right path to accomplishing his lofty aspirations.
“I would say this, I’d say everything he’s spoken of in terms of what he wants to accomplish and his plans to do so, he’s following through on,” Harbaugh said.
With the Tennessee Titans taking Cam Ward No. 1 overall in 2025, the Jacksonville Jaguars shook up the draft before it began, trading up to No. 2 with the Cleveland Browns to grab two-way unicorn Travis Hunter. With one team shooting its shot for a franchise quarterback and another making a splash by diving in on a transcendent talent, New York general manager Joe Schoen and then-head coach Brian Daboll happily plucked Carter at No. 3.
Twenty-four picks later, Harbaugh and the Ravens picked safety Malaki Starks.
Carter’s rookie season proved to be a rocky one. And obviously, so too was Harbaugh’s final season with Baltimore.
Firstly for Carter, the Giants sank to a 4-13 record with Daboll getting fired along the way. Carter made headlines before he even set foot on the field when he asked Lawrence Taylor, a Giants icon and a man considered by some to be the greatest defensive player of all time, if he – as a rookie – could don LT’s retired No. 56. Taylor said no. Thereafter, Carter got off to a slow start on the field. He also wasn’t moving that fast when it came to getting to practice, as he was benched twice during the season due to tardiness or missing sessions.
Still, his phenomenal abilities and potential did show up in technicolor for Big Blue.
By season’s end, despite playing alongside Brian Burns, who had racked up a career-high 16.5 sacks, Carter led the Giants with 72 QB pressures, which was seventh in the NFL and tops among all rookies. He also had four sacks, 25 tackles, 23 QB hits, two forced fumbles and just as many fumble recoveries in 17 games (six starts).
Since his rookie year concluded, Carter has made a bit more noise off the field, once again changing his number – this time to No. 3 – and taking umbrage on social media regarding his teammate and draft classmate Jaxson Dart introducing President Donald Trump at a rally.
However, his strides and ability have taken centerstage during training camp.
If everything comes to fruition, Carter will once again be mentioned alongside Taylor.
Hall of Famer Michael Strahan was the last Giants player to win Defensive Player of the Year, earning the honor in 2001. Taylor won it three times prior. Could Carter be the third Giant to be voted DPOTY? Well, during training camp season, optimism is as high as the temperature.
For now,, Carter is showing out and his new head coach is very pleased.
“I think he’s been a real leader and mostly by example, by the way he’s playing and the energy he’s giving,” said Harbaugh, who coached Terrell Suggs on the Ravens in 2011 when Suggs garnered DPOTY. “So, it looks good, you’re right. I mean, he’s had a really, really great camp so far.”
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NBA NEWS
DON NELSON, SECOND-WINNINGEST NBA COACH WHO WON 5 TITLES AS A CELTICS PLAYER, DIES AT 86
Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history who won five championships as a player with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86.
Nelson’s family confirmed the death in a statement that did not say where he died or provide a cause.
“On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family,” the statement said. “Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories.”
Nelson is one of two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with three different franchises — Milwaukee, Dallas and Golden State — also serving as general manager for all three franchises. He was a three-time coach of the year and made the playoffs 18 times in 31 seasons. He went to the conference finals three times with the Bucks and once with the Mavericks, never winning a title.
Nelson introduced what is now known as the point forward, and his up-tempo style of offense created a buzz. He said the idea of shifting from the dominant big men of the 1970s to an offense focused on speed and the fast break came from his playing days under Celtics Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach.
“The league really hadn’t seen an offense like the one we were running, and the results were undeniable,” Nelson wrote in 2016 in The Players’ Tribune.
Nelson said that “without Red Auerbach teaching me the mechanics of running the fast break, none of it would have been possible. He deserves all the credit for Nellie Ball, and for how fast the game of basketball is played today.”
Nelson played 11 of his 14 seasons in Boston and was on five Celtics championship teams under four different coaches. He became an assistant coach in Milwaukee after retiring as a player, then took over after coach Larry Costello resigned 18 games into the 1976-77 season. Nelson coached the Bucks for 11 seasons starting in 1976 and won seven straight division titles.
In Nelson’s second season, Milwaukee overcame a 29-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Atlanta 117-115 in regulation.
“I coached the team as though I was still playing for the Celtics, while implementing a few of my own strategies,” Nelson wrote. “I knew I wanted to play unconventional basketball and use speed to my advantage.”
His fast-paced offenses were probably best on display with Golden State in the “Run TMC” era featuring future Hall of Famers Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. Nelson said he wanted them on the court at the same time.
Nelson spent 11 seasons over two stints with Golden State. The first one was punctuated by a rift with rookie star Chris Webber, who was traded away a month into his second season. Nelson, demoralized by the trade, missed nine games that season due to illness and resigned under pressure three months later in February 1995.
In between, Nelson was fired after less than one season in New York in 1995-96, then coached in Dallas for eight seasons, missing 21 games with the Mavericks starting in December 2000 to recuperate from prostate cancer surgery.
Nelson’s son, Donnie, joined his father as an assistant coach with the Mavericks in 1998, later became general manager and remained with the organization until 2021. Together they persuaded 20-year-old German star Dirk Nowitzki to pass up European basketball and join the Mavericks. Don Nelson also developed Steve Nash into one of the NBA’s top point guards before Nash went on to win back-to-back MVPs with the Phoenix Suns in 2005 and 2006.
“Don Nelson was a true innovator whose influence on the game of basketball is still felt today,” current Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “He consistently challenged conventional thinking, experimented with different lineups and styles of play and saw possibilities in the game that others often did not. So much of what is now commonplace in the modern NBA can be traced back to the way Nellie approached the game.”
At Golden State, Nelson’s “We Believe” Warriors led by Baron Davis upset Nowitzki and the top-seeded Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs in one of the biggest shockers in NBA history. In his final season as a coach, Nelson mentored rookie Stephen Curry in 2009-10.
“One of the big reasons I was drafted by the Warriors was because of Don Nelson. The story is he never liked rookies, but from Day 1 he challenged me and gave me an opportunity to be my best self on the court,” Curry said in a statement released by the Warriors. “He taught me a lot during our one season together and I’ll never forget the night he became the winningest coach in NBA history in Minnesota. We were so happy for him. He had an immeasurable impact on the sport and will go down as one of the greatest minds in the history of the game.”
Davis added: “When I think of Nellie, I’ll always think of the ‘We Believe’ team and our incredible run in 2007. He understood what made us go and made us believe we could beat anybody, ultimately helping us make history as the first No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in a seven-game series. That time in my life and career was truly special, and Nellie was a huge part of making it possible.”
Nelson retired as the NBA’s career coaching wins leader with 1,335, just ahead of Lenny Wilkens’ 1,332. Nelson kept that top spot for nearly 12 years before close friend and now-retired San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich passed him in March 2022.
Nelson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2025, he received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Miffed that the Mavericks sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster trade, Nelson wore a pair of Doncic’s signature Jordan Brand sneakers to the awards ceremony. He called the trade a “tremendous mistake.”
Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Nelson attended high school in Rock Island, Illinois, and averaged a double-double in college at Iowa. He spent his retirement years living on the Hawaiian island of Maui and owned several short-term rentals on the island.
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: PHILLIES WALK OFF BLUE JAYS IN 12 TO AVOID SWEEP
Derek Hill hit a walk-off RBI single to help the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 in 12 innings Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep.
Kyle Schwarber hit two homers for the Phillies to give him 35 on the season after he was homerless in the prior 17 games.
Philadelphia blew a 5-2 lead by allowing three runs in the eighth to prevent Jesus Luzardo from recording the win after he yielded two runs, four hits and one walk while striking out 12 in seven innings. Caleb Kilian (4-7) was the winning pitcher despite allowing the automatic runner to score in the 12th.
Brett Bateman and Alejandro Kirk each had two of the Blue Jays’ 10 hits, with Bateman recording his first major league RBI on a fifth-inning single. Toronto starter Shane Bieber gave up both of Schwarber’s homers, allowing five runs on six hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Padres 7, Astros 2
Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr., Gavin Sheets and Austin Hays homered Sunday night as San Diego won the rubber match of a series between playoff contenders over visiting Houston.
Randy Vasquez (8-6) got his second win of the week, permitting only two hits and two runs in five innings with no walks and a strikeout. He combined with three relievers to retire the last 22 hitters San Diego faced as the Padres stayed a game behind Arizona and Philadelphia, who are tied for the National League’s final two wild-card spots.
Cristian Javier (1-3) absorbed the loss, yielding four runs off eight hits and a walk over five innings while fanning two. Houston stayed a half-game ahead of Texas atop the American League West thanks to the Rangers’ loss to Baltimore.
Tigers 3, Giants 1 (10 innings)
Pinch hitter Hao-Yu Lee ignited a two-run 10th inning with an RBI single and visiting Detroit completed a highly successful West Coast swing with a victory over San Francisco.
Max Clark added a run-scoring fielder’s choice and Tyler Holton threw a scoreless bottom of the 10th for his second save, giving the Tigers a seventh win on a nine-game trip through West Sacramento, Seattle and San Francisco. Kenley Jansen (3-4) earned the win by striking out the side in the ninth.
Rafael Devers and Drew Gilbert had two hits apiece for the Giants, who lost for the seventh time in their last nine games. Giants starter Logan Webb Webb threw eight innings with one run and four hits allowed. He walked one and struck out two.
Rays 4, Mariners 1
Ian Seymour pitched six quality innings as Tampa Bay defeated host Seattle to complete a sweep of their three-game series.
Liam Hicks had a two-run double for the American League-leading Rays, who have won six consecutive games and 15 of their past 19. Seymour (9-3) allowed one run on five hits, walking two and striking out seven. Steven Matz pitched the ninth for his first save of the season.
Seattle starter Emerson Hancock (6-7) gave up two runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out three while throwing 96 pitches. The Mariners have lost four straight, scoring four runs over that stretch.
Marlins 12, Angels 3
Griffin Conine mashed a 434-foot, two-run home run in a six-run fifth inning and later added a solo shot, leading host Miami past Los Angeles.
Conine and Javier Sanoja each drove in a game-high three runs to help secure a series victory. Miami’s Kyle Stowers, an All-Star last year, was removed from the game in the fifth with left hamstring discomfort.
Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez (3-5) gave up four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in four innings. His ERA sits at 7.20. Jose Siri homered for Los Angeles.
Cubs 10, Royals 2
Matthew Boyd threw seven stellar innings, and Miguel Amaya launched a three-run home run as visiting Chicago breezed past Kansas City.
Boyd (8-1) allowed two runs on five hits while striking out three and walking three in the rubber game for the Cubs, who won their sixth game in seven tries. Alex Bregman and Ian Happ both had three hits and drove in two runs apiece for Chicago, which matched a season-high with 18 hits.
Royals starter Randy Dobnak (2-1) suffered his first loss since Sept. 3, 2021, surrendering four runs on 10 hits across five frames, striking out four and walking one. Starling Marte hit a two-run home run for the Royals, who became the third American League to reach 70 losses.
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Max Muncy drove in pinch-runner Donovan Walton with a two-out double in the top of the ninth inning to help the visiting Athletics win the rubber match of a three-game series.
Boston had runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but Nick Sogard grounded into a fielder’s choice before Ceddanne Rafaela lined out to left to end the game. Eli White collected three hits and drove in a run for the Red Sox, who were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position.
Henry Bolte had two hits for the Athletics, who ended Boston’s nine-game winning streak with a 7-3 victory Saturday. The A’s had lost nine straight games prior to Saturday’s win.
Mets 11, Pirates 1
Bo Bichette had five hits and three RBIs and Sean Manaea struck out 11 over seven innings to lead New York to a series victory over host Pittsburgh.
Manaea (4-5) allowed just one run, a solo homer from Jake Mangum, on three hits and did not issue a walk. It was his fourth consecutive quality start allowing two or fewer runs. Luis Robert Jr. drove in four runs in the win, which marked the Mets’ fifth in six games.
Pirates starter Jared Jones (2-4) lasted just three-plus innings after allowing eight runs on six hits, three walks and one hit batter.
Nationals 7, Reds 1
Abimelec Ortiz had two hits, including a home run, four pitchers combined on a four-hitter and the host Nationals completed a three-game sweep of Cincinnati.
Will Dion (1-0), one of four players acquired from the Cleveland Guardians in the Foster Griffin trade on Aug. 3, pitched three scoreless innings of relief while allowing one hit to earn the victory. Trevor Williams followed with 2 1/3 scoreless frames, and Jake Bird closed it out. Keibert Ruiz had three hits for Washington, which has won four of five after losing seven straight.
Reds starter Brady Singer (5-11) went six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits. He struck out three and walked one.
Braves 2, Yankees 1 (10 innings)
Michael Harris II began the 10th inning by delivering an RBI single as Atlanta prevented a New York three-game sweep
Harris grounded a 2-2 sinker off Paul Blackburn (3-2) into right field to easily score automatic runner Ha-Seong Kim, who pinch ran for Matt Olson. Olson homered to right-center against Cam Schlittler to give Atlanta the lead in the seventh. Schlittler allowed three hits, struck out 11 and did not walk a batter in seven innings.
Trent Grisham hit a tying homer to right-center in the eighth against Didier Fuentes. Raisel Iglesias (1-2) struck out two in the ninth and Tyler Kinley fanned Ryan McMahon to finish a perfect 10th and secure his first save of the season.
White Sox 5, Guardians 3
Colson Montgomery hit a three-run home run to lift Chicago to victory over visiting Cleveland.
Brenton Doyle was 2-for-5 with a double, and Munetaka Murakami and Randal Grichuk added an RBI double apiece in the rubber match for the White Sox, who came alive after a two-hour, 23-minute rain delay that followed the first inning.
Jose Ramirez collected two hits and drove in a run to lead the Guardians.
Brewers 4, Twins 3 (10 innings)
Jake Bauers hit a walk-off single to lift host Milwaukee to a win over Minnesota in the rubber match of the weekend series.
Brice Turang narrowly beat the throw to the plate with a headfirst slide to secure the victory for the Brewers. Bauers and Jackson Chourio hit solo home runs for Milwaukee, which saw starter Jacob Misiorowski strike out nine and allow three runs on four hits over six innings.
Kody Clemens hit a two-run homer to lead the Twins at the plate. Brooks Lee (two hits) also left the yard. Right-hander Yoendrys Gomez (2-2) took the loss out of the bullpen after starter Connor Prielipp lasted five innings and gave up three runs on five hits.
Orioles 10, Rangers 5
Pete Alonso hit a pair of two-run homers among his three hits as Baltimore beat Texas to avoid a series sweep in Arlington, Texas.
Tyler O’Neill slugged a two-run homer and Colton Cowser added a solo blast for the Orioles, who led 7-3 after four innings. Starter Cade Povich surrendered three runs on four hits over three innings before Yaramil Hiraldo (1-0) followed with two scoreless innings to earn the victory,
Brandon Nimmo had a three-run homer and Cam Hauley had two hits for the Rangers, who were 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and had their four-game winning streak snapped. Kumar Rocker (4-9) was hit hard, giving up six runs on seven hits over three-plus innings.
Cardinals 7, Rockies 4
Rookie JJ Wetherholt lined a tiebreaking two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to key a win over Colorado for host St. Louis, which won for the fifth time in seven games to pull back to .500 overall.
Wetherholt finished 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs, while Ivan Herrera had his second career four-hit game and drove in an eighth-inning insurance run for the Cardinals. Alec Burleson hit his 19th homer and Riley O’Brien recorded his 29th save.
Hunter Goodman hit his 34th home run for the Rockies, a solo shot in the eighth against George Soriano that tied the score at 4. Soriano (5-3) blew his seventh save but picked up the victory. Backup catcher Brett Sullivan hit his fifth home run for Colorado, while Tanner Gordon fell to 0-3 this season.
Diamondbacks 4, Dodgers 2
Ketel Marte homered, Eduardo Rodriguez struck out a season-high nine, and host Arizona downed Los Angeles in Phoenix to clinch the season series (7-6) for the first time since 2018.
Rodriguez (11-4) threw a season-high 115 pitches, two short of a career high, while giving up two runs in seven innings. He allowed seven hits and walked two in his eighth quality start of his last 10. Marte hit a two-out, two-run homer in the first inning off Justin Wrobleski (11-4) for the Diamondbacks, 18-9 since July 9.
Andy Pages had two hits and an RBI for the Dodgers, who have lost eight of nine after breaking a seven-game losing streak with a 2-1 win Saturday. Los Angeles scored seven runs in the three-game series.
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BRAVES LHP CHRIS SALE EJECTED BEFORE FIRST PITCH
Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale was ejected before the start of Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees, one day after he was called for a balk that led to the ejection of Braves manager Walt Weiss.
Umpires were taking the field for Sunday’s game at New York and walking in front of the Braves’ dugout when Sale was ejected by Dan Merzel while never stepping on the field. Merzel was the home-plate umpire who called the balk against Sale on Saturday.
After he was tossed, Sale had a discussion with Sunday’s home-plate umpire Dan Bellino.
Sale’s balk allowed the Yankees’ Spencer Jones to score the go-ahead run and the Yankees finished off a 5-4 victory Saturday. It was just the third balk of Sale’s 16-year career.
Sale argued Merzel’s call before turning the discussion over to Weiss, who was ejected.
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GOLF NEWS
BROOKS KOEPKA CALLS HIS PLAY IN RETURN TO PGA TOUR ‘VERY PATHETIC’
Brooks Koepka’s first season back on the PGA Tour ended without a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs, prompting a harsh self-assessment from the five-time major champion Sunday.
Koepka closed the Wyndham Championship with an even-par 70 to finish tied miles off the pace at 3 under. He entered the final regular-season event ranked 86th in the FedEx Cup standings and needed at least a solo fourth-place finish to climb inside the top 70. Instead, he’s projected to fall to No. 93 in the standings.
“Yeah, pretty disappointed,” Koepka said of missing out on the FedEx Cup Playoffs. “I think it’s pretty pathetic that I can’t get through. Zero top-10s basically in two years. To be in the prime of your career and be as good as I think I am, I think that’s very pathetic, disappointing. Just need to go home and completely re-evaluate everything.”
Koepka put himself in position to make a run after opening with rounds of 67 and 66 at Sedgefield Country Club. A third-round 74 sent him tumbling down the leaderboard, however, and Sunday’s 70 was not nearly enough to revive his playoff chances.
The 36-year-old pointed to his putting as the biggest concern. Koepka ranks 28th on tour in strokes gained overall but just 116th in strokes gained putting, a sharp contrast to the strength of the rest of his game.
“Ball-struck it great,” Koepka said of his week in Greensboro, N.C. “It’s just all on the greens. I don’t know what the deal is. Got zero confidence, can’t putt. I don’t know. There’s going to be a lot of changes here soon.”
Koepka returned to PGA Tour competition this year after spending 2022-25 with LIV Golf. He made 10 cuts in 15 starts, recorded six top-25 finishes and had only one top-10, a tie for ninth at the Cognizant Classic in March.
His major results were similarly uneven. Koepka tied for 12th at the Masters and 28th at the Open Championship, finished tied for 55th at the PGA Championship and missed the cut at the U.S. Open.
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JON RAHM LANDS 3RD STRAIGHT LIV GOLF INDIVIDUAL TITLE
What has seemed like a formality for much of the season became official on Sunday.
Three years with LIV Golf, three straight individual championships for Jon Rahm.
The Spaniard didn’t have a stellar week on the course at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, but that didn’t stop him from clinching the 2026 season-long title Sunday with one event to spare.
Rahm entered the week with a whopping 938.44 points, more than 200 clear of second-place Bryson DeChambeau. And while Rahm posted his worst finish of the season at LIV Golf New York, a T41 at 8 over par, DeChambeau failed to take advantage of the opportunity, tying for 38th at 7 over.
Now there’s no chance for DeChambeau or any other player to catch Rahm in the final regular-season event, LIV Golf Indianapolis.
“It’s weird because in golf, it’s something that it’s odd to have still one more tournament before things are done,” Rahm said. “Most season-long races, you have to wait until the last event because the last event counts so much. But it feels different this year.”
Rahm pointed out that in 2025, he claimed the season-long title without winning a single event. That was hardly the case this season; in his first six outings, Rahm won LIV Golf Hong Kong and LIV Golf Mexico City, placed second at three more events and finished fifth at the other, building an insurmountable lead.
“Last year, in my mind at least, even though it was a point system, it was a question mark with having not won, and it didn’t feel the same. So this year to play as good as I did early on and have such a big lead that I can even enjoy not playing good this week and next week, it feels really good.”
Rahm, 31, has been one of the dominant figures in LIV Golf since joining the league ahead of the 2024 season. The other top players in that time have been DeChambeau and Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, who picked up his league-record ninth individual title on Sunday in Bedminster, all coming in the past three years.
“I’ve gone head-to-head with both of them quite a few times,” Rahm said. “They’ve won some, I’ve won some. It’s been quite interesting. It’s been a lot of fun. The only thing we’ve missed is one week where all three of us were firing on all cylinders and we could have enjoyed that. That could have been quite a thing.”
Rahm said he’ll try to enjoy the title (and the pursuant $18 million prize) once he forgets about his tough week on the course.
“Probably tonight once I get back home with the family,” he said. “I’ve got a pretty long car ride to get back to where we’re staying. I’ll have time then for sure. Once I get over how bad I played this week, it’ll be all right.”
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FEDEX CUP FIELD: STREAKS END AS JACKSON KOIVUN CEMENTS FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT
Jackson Koivun just completed his fifth PGA Tour start since turning pro, and he’s already a playoff contender.
Koivun, 21, held onto the 70th and final spot in the FedEx Cup playoff field after he tied for 29th Sunday at the Wyndham Championship, the PGA Tour’s regular-season finale in Greensboro, N.C.
Koivun won the 3M Open two weeks ago, shooting a third-round 61 there and holding off Scottie Scheffler on Sunday. That propelled him to No. 70 in the season-long points chase despite most of the tour getting a head start on him.
He maintained the coveted No. 70 spot ever since, denying veterans like Keegan Bradley from pushing into the playoffs.
“Obviously I wanted to make the playoffs and I knew that was a far-fetched goal,” Koivun said. “If I told myself back in June that I would be sitting at 70 and waiting it out in Greensboro, I think I’d be pretty happy.”
By winning the Wyndham, Michael Brennan was the only player to claw into the top 70 from the outside during the final week. Brennan rocketed from 105th to 47th in the standings and qualified for his first FedEx Cup playoffs.
As a result, the only player to fall out of the top 70 in the final week was Steven Fisk. He missed the cut at the Wyndham and slipped past Koivun, from No. 69 to No. 71 overall.
Bradley, the one-time major champion and 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, saw his streak of 15 consecutive playoff berths come to an end. He entered the week No. 72 in points and made the cut, but when all was said and done he’d slipped to No. 74.
He needed a two-way tie for 38th or better at the Wyndham to advance; his 68 on Sunday left him at 6 under and tied for 49th. Had he saved two more strokes during the week, he’d have finished with enough points to crack the top 70.
“Yeah, pretty good streak. Normally I’d be going on to the playoffs in years past right now,” Bradley said, referring to the recent reduction of the playoff field to 70 players.
“So, you know, yeah, it’s only 70 make the playoffs for some reason. Like I said, any other year I’d be in the first couple, so it’s tough. I wish I just played a little better at the beginning of the year, we wouldn’t be in this position.”
Jason Day of Australia (No. 82) had a streak of 18 consecutive playoff appearances come to a close, and Tony Finau (No. 98) heads home at the end of an 11-year streak of playoff berths.
“I’m looking forward to taking some time off,” Day said after he missed the cut at the Wyndham. “My body’s been really awful actually this year, so just to try and grind through it has been tough. The last two days have been pretty hard to try and get my body ready. I wanted to play like 3M and Detroit and unfortunately, I couldn’t do anything there.”
Other notable names to miss the playoffs include Englishman Matt Wallace (No. 73), Denny McCarthy (No. 86) and Brooks Koepka (No. 94).
The 70 players to make the field for this coming week’s FedEx St. Jude Championship are as follows:
1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Matt Fitzpatrick
3. Cameron Young
4. Wyndham Clark
5. Chris Gotterup
6. Collin Morikawa
7. Si Woo Kim
8. Sam Burns
9. Tommy Fleetwood
10. Ludvig Aberg
11. Xander Schauffele
12. Rory McIlroy
13. Jacob Bridgeman
14. Akshay Bhatia
15. Russell Henley
16. Ryan Gerard
17. Min Woo Lee
18. Kristoffer Reitan
19. Alex Fitzpatrick
20. Hideki Matsuyama
21. J.J. Spaun
22. Ryan Fox
23. Viktor Hovland
24. Justin Rose
25. Alex Smalley
26. Tom Kim
27. Gary Woodland
28. Rickie Fowler
29. Adam Scott
30. J.T. Poston
31. Robert MacIntyre
32. Nicolai Hojgaard
33. Kurt Kitayama
34. Bud Cauley
35. Aaron Rai
36. Ben Griffin
37. Sepp Straka
38. Michael Thorbjornsen
39. Justin Thomas
40. Jake Knapp
41. Nico Echavarria
42. Patrick Cantlay
43. Ryo Hisatsune
44. Sahith Theegala
45. Eric Cole
46. Alex Noren
47. Michael Brennan
48. Matt McCarty
49. Keith Mitchell
50. Maverick McNealy
51. Harris English
52. Max Homa
53. Sungjae Im
54. Jordan Spieth
55. Sam Stevens
56. Pierceson Coody
57. Sudarshan Yellamaraju
58. Harry Hall
59. Corey Conners
60. Daniel Berger
61. Michael Kim
62. Shane Lowry
63. Nick Taylor
64. Jordan Smith
65. Brian Harman
66. Patrick Rodgers
67. Aldrich Potgieter
68. Ricky Castillo
69. Matti Schmid
70. Jackson Koivun
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INDYCAR NEWS
ALEX PALOU TAKES HOME PORTLAND TITLE, GROWS INDYCAR POINTS LEAD TO 110
Alex Palou seems to be on a rocket ship to his fourth consecutive IndyCar Series title, and few have any hopes of catching him.
The Spaniard won his sixth race of the season at the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland, prevailing by 4.1167 seconds at Portland International Raceway on Sunday in Oregon.
Palou expanded his lead in the season-long points race to 110 points over Kyle Kirkwood — with only five races remaining.
“Everybody at (Chip Ganassi Racing) and Honda did an incredible job,” Palou said post-race. “I had an absolute rocket ship today. It was very, very nice to drive every single lap.
“Chip puts the best guys around me, but then also everybody is just executing. That car is a rocket ship, and I’m just lucky enough to drive it.”Sports news
Palou drove his No. 10 to a race-high 60 laps led and comfortably beat Felix Rosenqvist of Sweden, who started from the pole. Will Power of Australia, Rinus VeeKay of the Netherlands and Kirkwood rounded out the top five.
Palou alternated with Rosenqvist, Josef Newgarden and Power for the lead. He overtook Power on Lap 87 and led for the remaining 23 of the 110 total laps.
Power’s team tried to call him to pit road during Lap 86, but he stayed out for another lap, and his tires paid the price.
“I never heard (the call to the pits). I think I missed a call there,” Power said. “We certainly lost a lot on that next lap.”
Palou is contending for his fifth IndyCar Series championship in six years after prevailing in 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Sunday marked his 25th career win on the circuit, which includes eight wins in 2025 alone.
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NASCAR NEWS
TY GIBBS RECORDS SECOND CAREER VICTORY AT IOWA CORN 350
Two was the magic number for Ty Gibbs at Iowa Speedway.
Gibbs’ No. 54 team decided on two tires on the final pit stop, and the 23-year-old driver had enough to hold off teammate Christopher Bell and take his second NASCAR Cup Series race, winning the Iowa Corn 350 on Sunday in Newton, Iowa.
Bell took four tires on his final stop with 60 laps left, but Gibbs’ two-tire stop handed him the lead that he maintained in the battle of Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, and he won by 0.253 seconds.
It was Gibbs’ second career win in 146 races, while Bell’s winless streak extended to 30 races with his seventh runner-up showing this season.
Gibbs also moved up to second in points, 103 behind Denny Hamlin.
“I had to keep my head down and stay in it,” said the Charlotte native, who slipped back to 28th after one pit stop. “We’re just people who want to support each other. … I couldn’t be here without my teammates as well.
“We had to lock in and hammer down (after the pit road mistake).”
Bell said his runner-up finish was a lot like how it played out in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis two weeks ago and finished the same way — second place.
“This is what you call a bad second-place finish, for sure,” said Bell, whose last win was nearly a year ago in the Bristol Night Race. “Ty did a great job. … Similar to Corey Heim (in the Brickyard 400 win). Just didn’t make any mistakes.
“P2.”
Polesitter Ryan Blaney finished third. Josh Berry and Hamlin finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Toyota won for the 14th time in 23 Cup races in a standout 2026.
Tyler Reddick started the day second in points, but his race ended in last place less than four miles in with a crash in Turn 1.
Just after three laps had been completed at the 0.875-mile oval venue, Reddick saw his downward spiral in the standings continue as he lost control of his No. 45 Toyota entering Turn 1 and hit the wall along with Erik Jones’ No. 43.
In the remainder of the 70-lap Stage 1, Blaney showed the way by pacing the 36-car field in every circuit, and the segment proved to be a banner one for Team Penske’s best Fords.
Blaney earned valuable points by being the first to the checkers, while teammate Joey Logano was runner-up. Kyle Larson, Gibbs and Austin Dillon completed the top five, but the Toyotas of Bubba Wallace and Hamlin improved significantly up the leaderboard following poor qualifying runs.
Wallace started 26th in the 350-lapper but went to the front on Lap 108, roaring past Chase Elliott’s Chevrolet that started at the field’s rear after a Saturday crash. However, Wallace was penalized for entering pit road and sent to the back after the fifth caution.
JGR’s Bell, Chase Briscoe and Hamlin stayed out during that caution, and Bell maximized his points by winning Stage 2 with a surging Logano in second. Ross Chastain, Gibbs and Briscoe followed behind.
Logano had a problem during his pits, sending him just outside the top 25 on the restart, and his teammate Blaney pulled away from Bell, Elliott and Chastain as the final run began to unfold.
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TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES
COLTS FOOTBALL
The Indianapolis Colts today signed free agent wide receiver D.J. Montgomery and waived wide receiver Liam Clifford.
Montgomery, 6-1, 201 pounds, has played in 10 career games and has registered six receptions for 92 yards (15.3 avg.) and one touchdown in his time with the Colts (2022-25), Houston Texans (2022), New York Jets (2020-22) and Cleveland Browns (2019-20). He has also tallied one special teams tackle. In 2025, Montgomery spent the entire season on Indianapolis’ Injured Reserve list.
Clifford, 6-1, 200 pounds, was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on July 30, 2026. Collegiately, he played in 52 career games (15 starts) at Penn State (2021-25) and compiled 42 receptions for 530 yards (12.6 avg.) and one touchdown. Clifford also registered three carries for 16 yards (5.3 avg.) and had one touchdown on a blocked punt.
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WESTFIELD, Ind. – Heading into the first preseason game week of the season, the Colts have yet to name a backup quarterback.
Riley Leonard and Anthony Richardson Sr. have been splitting second and third-team reps throughout training camp. Both have shown signs of promise, including in Sunday’s practice. Leonard found tight end Eli Pancol for an over-the-shoulder touchdown, while Richardson led a two-minute drill that ended in a rushing touchdown by running back Seth McGowan.
While each appreciates and can admire the highs, they also understand the needs in areas of improvement. For Leonard, it’s trusting his instincts off the snap.
“A big part of playing quarterback in this league is just letting it rip,” Leonard said. “When you’re in a competition, sometimes human nature can make you a little more conservative and hesitant at times. Luckily, my mentality has been to attack and see where it goes. I think I can do a little better job just anticipating stuff and letting it fly.”
Thus far, Richardson has been pleased with where he decides to throw the ball and feels as though he’s going to the right spots. However, he wants to better the way he commands the offense.
“Managing the offense. I feel like I could do a little bit better with that,” Richardson said of what he can improve on. “Some plays, I can help guys out a little bit more and manage the form.”
Both quarterbacks feel confident about where they’re at when it comes to the backup spot, and will both see playing time throughout the preseason.
Sunday’s practice belonged to the defensive unit. A pass tipped off the fingers of wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine ended up in the hands of rookie safety AJ Haulcy, registering the third-round pick’s first interception of camp. Later, a pass to running back Jonathan Taylor went through his hands and into safety Cam Bynum’s, who ran it back into the endzone for a pick six.
News & Notes from Sunday’s practice:
Linebacker CJ Allen (hamstring), wide receiver Josh Downs (groin), safety Hunter Wohler (hamstring), wide receiver Laquon Treadwell (hamstring) and running back DJ Giddens (hamstring) did not participate.
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COLTS COACH SHANE STEICHEN: https://www.colts.com/video/indianapolis-colts-head-coach-shane-steichen-on-backup-quarterback-duel-week-in-new-england-2026-training-camp-media-availability
QB’S ANTHONY RICHARDSON AND RILEY LEONARD: https://www.colts.com/video/indianapolis-colts-quarterbacks-anthony-richardson-sr-riley-leonard-on-how-they-each-feel-about-backup-qb-competition-2026-training-camp-media-availability
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
The Indianapolis Indians defeated the Iowa Cubs, 2-0, on Sunday afternoon to close out this week’s series at Victory Field. Indians pitchers gave up only one hit combined this afternoon with the lone hit being a single by Cubs second baseman Ben Cowles in the second inning. Sunday was the third combined one-hitter performance from the Indy pitching staff during the 2026 season.
Hunter Barco (W, 4-6) started the game on the mound for Indy (25-14, 56-58) and went 6.0 innings with three strikeouts in his second start this week vs. Iowa (15-24, 45-66). In his two starts this week against Iowa, Barco allowed only three hits over 10.1 innings pitched combined.
Relief pitchers Brandon Eisert, Isaac Mattson and Justin Meis each threw one inning out of the bullpen. Eisert struck out two batters and Meis struck out one in the ninth inning his first save with Indy this season.
The Indians scored first in the bottom of the second inning on a Joshua Palacios sacrifice fly to score Jack Brannigan. Indy extended the lead to 2-0 in the fourth inning off a double to left field from Grae Kessinger to score Brannigan, who led off the inning with a single of his own. Sunday was Brannigan’s fifth multi-hit game of the year with Indy after ending the day 2-for-3. Brannigan ended the series hitting .368 overall.
Johnathan Rodriguez ended the game 2-for-4 with a double, while Mitch Jebb went 1-for-3 at the top of the batting order. Jebb ended the series going 9-for-20 (.450) at the plate.
For the Cubs, Josh Fleming (L, 4-6) started on the mound and gave up one earned run with four hits over 3.0 innings.
The Indians head out for a six-game road series at the Nashville Sounds starting this Tuesday at 7:35 PM ET.
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INDY ELEVEN
Indianapolis – Edward Kizza scored the fastest league goal of the season for the Boys in Blue, who shared the spoils with USL Championship Eastern Conference opponent Hartford Athletic in a 1-1 draw at Carroll Stadium.
Indy Eleven’s goal came in the third minute of Kizza’s first start since the birth of his first child in mid-July. Jack Blake won a duel in the left corner, then played a cross into the box toward the near post. Kizza arrived in time to flick a header toward the right post and beat goalkeeper Antony Siaha. As the new father headed to the corner flag to celebrate, he performed the rock-the-baby celebration with his arms while sporting a huge grin.
The goal was the 22nd of Kizza’s career and the assist marked Blake’s 28th. Blake is now tied for the team lead in USL-C assists with his third of the season.
At the end of the first half, Eric Dick — whose appearance was his 100th in the USL Championship — made a huge save to maintain Indy Eleven’s 1-0 lead. A long ball in stoppage time got behind the hosts’ back line, leaving the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation. Dick got down and made himself large to block a chip attempt with his right elbow.
After the visitors equalized with a little over a quarter of an hour remaining, the Boys in Blue had their best chance to score a winner in the 89th minute. Kizza made a perfectly timed run, and Nabi Kibunguchy played a well-weighted over-the-top ball to create a one-on-one for the striker. He controlled the ball with his left foot, but Kizza’s right-footed low shot at a tight angle was saved.
Sean McAuley became the longest-tenured Indy Eleven head coach with his 100th match, surpassing Martin Rennie, who managed 99 games between 2018 and 2021. McAuley has won 40 games and drawn 22 in his three seasons.
The Boys in Blue now have an eight-game unbeaten streak (three wins, five losses) against Hartford stretching back to July 29, 2020. They have never lost to Hartford at home.
Indy Eleven travels to Sporting JAX on Sat. August 15 at 7 p.m. on WRTV-ABC and ESPN+.
The next home game for the Boys in Blue is “Noche Latina” on Saturday, August 22 at 7 p.m. vs. Louisville City FC with Indy Eleven wearing special Noche Latina warm-up jerseys. Fans can purchase discounted tickets starting at $14 and a Noche Latina scarf online.
Ticket options include the new Desnuda Tequila Deck, Family Four-Packs, and Flex Mini-Plans.
Located on the East Deck, the Desnuda Tequila Deck has an exclusive full-service bar and high-top seating providing panoramic pitch-side views for 50 people. It’s a social experience offering a wonderful place to hang out and take in the game! Desnuda Tequila Deck seats start at $59 and include one FREE cocktail and bottomless chips, salsa, and guac.
The Family Four-Pack is available for all 2026 home games and can be purchased online only. Priced at just $49, the Family Four-Pack includes four tickets, FREE parking, $20 in Concession Vouchers, and a 20% Merchandise Discount, along with access to the Fun Zone/Kids Activation Area.
Flex Mini Plans include vouchers to be redeemed for any 2026 regular season home match.
For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com.
USL Championship
- Indy Eleven 1:1 Hartford Athletic
- Sun., Aug. 9, 2026 – 5:00 p.m.
- Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
- Weather: Sunny, 91 degrees
- Attendance: 8,147
USL Championship Records
- Indy Eleven: 6-7-4 (-1), 22 pts, #8 in Eastern Conference
- Hartford Athletic: 4-5-9 (-4), 21 pts, #9 in Eastern Conference
| Score | 1 | 2 | F |
| Indy Eleven | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hartford Athletic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Scoring Summary
- IND – Edward Kizza (Jack Blake) 3’
- HFD – Jordan Scarlett (Sebastian Anderson) 74’
Discipline Summary
- HFD – Bench (caution) 3’
- IND – Anthony Herbert (caution) 24’
- HFD – Jordan Scarlett (caution) 50’
- HFD – Sadat Anaku (caution) 57’
- IND – Logan Neidlinger (caution) 72’
- IND – Nabi Kibunguchy (caution) 93’
Indy Eleven Lineup: Eric Dick, Alejandro Mitrano, Anthony Herbert, Paco Craig, Logan Neidlinger (Nabi Kibunguchy 74’), Jack Blake, Cam Lindley (captain), Josh O’Brien, Loïc Mesanvi (Makel Rasheed 83’), Edward Kizza, Bruno Rendón (Noble Okello 74’).
Indy Eleven Subs not used: Kian Williams, Dylan Sing, Mohamed Omar, Reice Charles-Cook.
Hartford Athletic Lineup: Antony Siaha, Baboucarr Njie (Emmanuel Samadia 68’), Britton Fischer, Jordan Scarlett (captain), TJ Presthus, Galen Flynn (Sebastian Anderson 59’), Barry Coffey, Christos Hadjipaschalis (Michael Adedokun 59’), Junior Moreira, Abdullah Taofeek (Augi Williams 59’), Sadat Anaku (Adewale Obalola 59’).
Hartford Athletic Subs not used: Enzo Carvalho, Andres Hernandez.
Quotes
Sean McAuley (became the new longest-tenured Indy Eleven coach with 100th appearance)
- On becoming first Indy Eleven coach to manage 100 games
- It’s fantastic. You know, I’m honored and privileged to be able to do that. I’ve enjoyed every moment of it. I could do another 100 games, no problem, because I love working at the club.
- The relationship with Indy Eleven fans
- “I love the relationship with the supporters. They understand everything that we’re going through; the situations of where the team is and what we’re trying to achieve. To have that relationship is probably the most positive thing I’ve achieved at the club. I’d say thank you to everybody that’s been a part of that last three years. I don’t think I’ll ever, in the rest of my career, have a fan relationship that strong.
- Thoughts on Kizza’s performance
- “I thought he was really good in his link-up play. He’s not played as much as usual. Hopefully he comes back in with some more minutes and gets a little bit more comfortable because his hold-up play and linker play was good. I’m pleased. I just wish he’d got that other goal because that would have really set him off and running.”
Eric Dick (100th USL Championship appearance today)
- On Bell-Ringing Ceremony for cancer survivor Cooper on Friday at Riley Children’s Hospital
- “He is an amazing guy–a brave, 13-year-old goalkeeper. He’s got the grit, strength, and resilience of a goalkeeper in him. I met him awhile ago when he was fighting cancer and since then, I’ve been in touch with him & his family. He has a great family supporting him and he’s fought the fight of cancer. It was special for us to be there to celebrate his battle and victory. The sky is the limit for him–he is a brave individual.”
- On late save to preserve draw
- “The defenders did a good job of narrowing where the ball could go. It had a little knuckle on it, so I didn’t want to take any chances.”
- How do you read the flight of the ball, players, and position?
- “You have to judge quickly. With my size, I like to be aggressive to help the defense.
Edward Kizza
- On early goal
- “It was what we talked about in practice–balls in the box, making the post run, and juggling a good ball. I saw Jack had it wide in a good position, so I needed to start an aggressive run and attack the ball. That is something we focus on in practice.
- Thoughts on picking up a point with a draw
- “Getting a result today was a step forward. A draw is never good, but we need to build on it and strive for three points at Jacksonville.”
- On the birth of his daughter
- “Our family is good, but not getting too much sleep. My wife is doing a great job–any time I get to take a nap, I do.”
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INDIANA FOOTBALL
(IU RELEASE)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A sun-splashed practice that included no “balls on the ground,” good execution and no injuries was exactly how Curt Cignett wanted his third Indiana football August camp to begin.
“The goal is to develop players, develop position groups, individually, collectively, develop the intangibles as we get closer to Game 1,” the veteran head coach says, “and the team mindset and identity so that we’re ready to play football and play the way we want to play.
“It was a decent start.”
The start included key returning players, dynamic transfers and limited work for Stephen Daley, a dominant defensive end (a Big Ten-leading 19 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks and two forced fumbles last year after transferring from Kent State) who suffered a season-ending knee injury after the conference title game win over Ohio State.
“It’s a really important camp for us because we haven’t had the opportunity to get all of our people together,” Cignetti says. “We had a lot of guys out in spring ball.
“There’s going to be a lot of competition. Anybody that can play winning football will play, but we need to get the guys out there working together. Then with some of the new guys, the ones who were hurt (in the spring) get them assimilated into how we do things.”
What the Hoosiers do best under Cignetti is win. Last year’s 16-0 record came from dominant offense and defense, and no one expects that to change. It’s all about looking forward, putting in the work and having the right mindset.
“Humble and hungry is the only way I know,” Cignetti says.
A big key comes at quarterback. Fernando Mendoza is now with the Las Vegas Raiders after winning the Heisman Trophy and leading IU to the program’s first national football championship. Now comes TCU transfer Josh Hoover.
So far, Cignetti says, so good.
“I was watching so many different guys, but it appeared that he finished practice well. I saw him make a few nice throws at the end. I saw (Michigan State transfer wide receiver Nick Marsh) make a couple plays, too.”
Cignetti says he evaluates the opening camp practice by first looking at “the flow.”
“Did we have any major organizational snafus? Was the ball on the ground a lot? A lot of times early in camp, in spring ball, working in new centers, center snaps can be an issue. You can have six, eight balls on the ground. We didn’t have that. The flow was good. The competition was good.”
Cignetti says the Hoosiers have good depth at every position. Early on, multiple players will get plenty of reps, although that will change as camp progresses.
“We always increase the reps with the ones as we go and start to decrease the reps with the threes,” he says. “Right now, it’s identifying who can do what and, by the end of camp, decide what we think the roles are going into the first game and making sure we have enough quality depth and that we’re utilizing our best 11 as effectively as we can.”
Summer preparations included lots of work with new director of athletic performance Tyson Brown and his staff.
“I think we made some very significant strides,” Cignetti says. “When you look at the numbers — GPS, body fat, vertical jump, things of that nature — the results speak for themselves. I’m very pleased.”
As for Daley, the 6-foot-1, 273-pounder had rehabbed his knee and was preparing for the NFL, although the injury cost him a chance to be drafted. A Colorado U.S. District Court judge’s recent ruling that high school players from the 2022 graduating class could play their fifth college season created an opportunity for Daley to return to the Hoosiers for his fifth season.
“We’ll have a plan for his return to play,” Cignetti says. “We’re not in a hurry, not in a rush. We’ll bring him along, evaluate it day by day.
“If it works out for him long term, I think it’s a great thing because here’s a guy — you talk about helping people and opportunities.
“Here’s a guy that played at Kent State and then came to us last fall. It really took him three to four games before he started to get the hang of it. He wasn’t playing a key role, then became the most dominant defensive lineman in the Big Ten, suffers the injury, so ends up not getting drafted and so on and so forth.
“If it all works out and he can participate and help this football team, then his life could change. I know one thing about him; he’ll give it his best shot. We’ll just see what happens.”
Daley is set to join what already was a powerful defensive line.
“We have guys that have played football that are experienced guys,” Cignetti says, “but you get better or you get worse. You never stay the same. You get out what you put in.”
Cignetti praised defensive line coaches Buddha Williams and Pat Kuntz, as well as defensive coordinator Bryant Haines for their ability to get the most out of their players.
Still, the overall focus in Camp Day One was getting IU ready for its Sept. 5 season opener against North Texas at Merchants Bank Field at Memorial Stadium.
“I thought the guys did a decent job of sustaining practice,” Cignetti says. “I didn’t think they got overly fatigued. It was a very manageable practice, and nobody got hurt.”
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
AUGUST 10
1901:
Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox strands eleven runners on the base paths to set an American League record, but Chicago prevails, 2 – 1, over Boston.
In the second game of a doubleheader, Washington P Dale Gear gives up an American League-record 41 total bases in losing, 13 – 0, to the Athletics. The 23 hits include four doubles, four triples, and two homers. Philadelphia A’s P Snake Wiltse, brother of Hooks, has two doubles and two triples, just one of three hurlers in history to collect four extra-base hits in a game. His ten total bases is a major-league record for a pitcher. Snake was acquired last month from the Pirates. In the opener, a 9 – 4 Washington win, Nats’ pitcher Win Mercer becomes the first AL hurler to steal home. Nap Lajoie has a pair of homers for the A’s in that game, his second game in a row with two homers. He hit two in yesterday’s win in the second game. He will lead the AL with 14, drive in 125 runs, and hit .422 to win the Triple Crown.
1902 – At Chicago, Boston tops the White Sox, 5 – 4, in 11 innings, as Cy Young records his 25th win of the year.
1903:
At Boston’s Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young tosses no-hit ball for seven innings, and beats the A’s, 7 – 2.
Brooklyn’s Henry Schmidt drops his second game in three days to the Giants, this time losing 3 – 1 to Christy Mathewson. Matty wins his 20th and loses his shutout in the 9th on a passed ball by John Warner. Schmidt, 29, will win 21 games in this, his only season in the majors. A westerner, he will return his 1904 contract unsigned with the note, “I do not like living in the East and will not report.”
1904 – Jack Chesbro is knocked out by the White Sox after pitching 30 complete games in a row. For the year he will win 41 games, pitching 48 complete games out of 51 starts for the Highlanders. All are post-1900 records. His 455 innings pitched will be topped only by Ed Walsh’s 464 in 1908.
1905:
In a great pitching duel, New York ace Christy Mathewson allows three Chicago hits, while the Giants manage just four off Ed Reulbach. New York tallies an unearned run in the 6th for the game’s only score.
Catchers are not expected to hit triples, but Boston Beaneater backstop Pat Moran legs out a trio of three-base hits against the Pirates.
1908 – Twenty thousand fans, the largest ever to watch a Monday game, crowd the Polo Grounds to see the matchup of Christy Mathewson and the Cubs’ Orval Overall. Matty doesn’t disappoint, winning, 3 – 2.
1911 – The Detroit club announces that a new grandstand, costing $300,000, will be built for the 1912 season.
1912:
Led by Grover Cleveland Alexander, the Phils whip the Reds, 10 – 2. Pete wins the game on the mound and also adds a home run.
In a game at Boston, Chicago star Johnny Evers pushes umpire Bill Finneran after the latter challenges Evers, Heinie Zimmerman, and Frank Chance to fight him under the stands after the game. Evers will be suspended for five days. Red Downs will fill in at 2B for Chicago.
1914 – Bill James tops the Reds, 3 – 1, to push the Braves past the Cubs (53-48) and the Cardinals (54-49).
1915:
In Washington, Detroit 3B Ossie Vitt is hit by a Walter Johnson fastball and, after being knocked out for five minutes, leaves the game with a concussion. A rattled Johnson then allows four runs in the 1st inning, two on a homer by George Burns, and another four through the 6th inning to lose (he will be 17-2 at home this year). Ty Cobb, observing Johnson’s fear of hitting a batter, will begin to crowd the plate on the Washington ace from here on. Cobb will average .435 for the rest of his career against Walter, after topping .222 only once in the previous eight years.
Babe Ruth is 2 for 4 while pitching the Red Sox to a 10 – 3 win over the Browns in the second of two. Ruth strikes out seven in winning his tenth.
1917:
Babe Ruth beats the Tigers, 5 – 4, giving up just four hits. The Babe’s drive into the CF bleachers, said to be the longest hit at Fenway Park, is the difference. The homer is Babe’s first of the year.
Four days after shutting out the Browns, Walter Johnson pitches a one-hitter against the Chicago White Sox.
1919 – More than 28,000 crowd Wrigley Field to watch Grover Cleveland Alexander shut the Giants out, 2 – 0
1920 – Failure to cover first base in the 7th costs Bill Doak a no-hitter in the Cards’ 5 – 1 win over the Phils. Doak, a good-fielding pitcher, invented a glove with an adjustable pocket. The Rawlings Sporting Goods company began producing a Bill Doak glove in the spring of this year and the model will remain popular for decades.
1922 – The Pirates continue their hot hitting, crushing the Phils, 12 – 4, on 16 hits. Today’s hitting stars are LF Carson Bigbee with five hits, and starter Hal Carlson, who lofts his first major-league homer. The remarkable team effort results in the fifth game in a row in which every Pirate in the lineup collects a hit. The Bucs have now won 11 straight and their team average is .309. The Bucs will win two more to run their streaks to 13 games, good enough for third place behind the Giants.
1924 – Ty Cobb steals second base once, third base twice, and home once in the Tigers’ 13 – 7 win over Boston that puts them on top in the American League.
1929 – Pitching for the visiting Cards, Grover Alexander beats the Phils, 7 – 1, for his 373rd and last National League victory. It is noted at the time that he ties Christy Mathewson for NL wins. Relieving after eight innings, he pitches four scoreless relief innings to win, 11 – 9, in 12 innings of the nitecap. The Phils take the opener, 7 – 1. Alexander will be sent back to St. Louis on August 20th after one too many curfew violations and finish the season at 9-8.
1930:
The last-place Phillies win, 18 – 0, as Claude Willoughby defeats the Reds in the first game of a twin bill, then take the second game, 4 – 3. Chuck Klein and Lefty O’Doul each total six hits in the two games. The Phils will tie the major league mark they set last season by playing just six shutout games, winning four and losing two.
Before 45,000 fans, the Cubs sweep two from the Boston Braves at Wrigley Field to move a game back of Brooklyn. Hack Wilson drives home seven runs on three homers, the last his 39th, to back up Charlie Root’s three-hit shutout in the opener. The Cubs win, 6 – 0, beating Bob Smith. Pat Malone completes the sweep. twirling a five-hitter to beat Bruce Cunningham, 11 – 1, in the nitecap.
In a Sunday doubleheader in St. Louis, 21,000 fans cheer as the Cards sweep two from the first-place Robins. Burleigh Grimes takes the opener, 8 – 2, despite Babe Herman starting a triple play for Brooklyn. Bill Hallahan strikes out 12 to win the nitecap, 4 – 0. The fourth-place Cards are now nine games behind Brooklyn.
At Fenway Park, Detroit’s Earl Whitehill wins his ninth straight, beating the Red Sox, 4 – 2. The Sox score their two runs in the 9th. Detroit collects nine hits, but John Stone goes hitless ending his 23-game hitting streak.
1934 – Babe Ruth announces this is definitely his final season as a regular player. He says he will seek a managerial role and will pinch-hit, but will then go back on his decision to play with the Boston Braves in 1935.
1935 – George Selkirk drives in eight runs, one short of Jimmie Foxx’s American League record, with two home runs and a single.
1936:
The Cards are back in first place, beating the Cubs in a game interrupted by a fight between former teammates Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton.
Buddy Myer, last year’s American League batting champ, is sent home by Washington to recover from a season-long stomach ailment.
1937:
Cubs 1B Ripper Collins fractures his right ankle sliding into home plate in a game with Pittsburgh.
Washington 3B Buddy Lewis makes four errors in a game with the A’s, tying the record set in 1901.
1944 – Red Barrett of the Boston Braves throws only 58 pitches and shuts out the Cincinnati Reds, 2 – 0. This is the major-league record for fewest pitches in a nine-inning game. The game takes one hour, 15 minutes, the shortest night game ever.
1945 – Richard Muckerman buys out Don Barnes’ interest in the St. Louis Browns and now controls 50 percent of the club.
1947 – With five hits, Stan Musial finally lifts his average over .300, and the Cardinals make a run at the Dodgers, sweeping the Pirates, 5 – 0 and 7 – 5. Murry Dickson allows four hits in the shutout. Musial will finish at .312, and the Cards, five games back of Brooklyn.
1950 – In the second game of a twinbill, Washington pitcher Gene Bearden bats eighth with batterymate Len Okrie in the ninth spot. Bearden picks up a hit but loses the game, 4 – 3, to Boston’s Walt Masterson. Masterson swipes a base, the first stolen base by a Red Sox pitcher this year.
1951 – Ramón Bragaña, manager of the Azules de Veracruz, intentionally walks René González (Tuneros de San Luis) with the bases loaded, the only such occurrence in Mexican League history. The order is given by Jorge Pasquel, owner of the club.
1953 – Bob Porterfield of the Senators has his second one-hitter of the season, as he masters the Red Sox, 2 – 0.
1956 – Cincinnati C Ed Bailey hits a grand slam as the Redlegs win, 8 – 1, over Milwaukee, to move into second place, a half game behind the Braves and a half game ahead of the Dodgers.
1957 – Mickey Mantle blasts a 460-foot homer to become the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore as the Yankees beat the Orioles, 6 – 3.
1958 – In the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Reds, Pirates CF Bill Virdon records two assists in the 7th, tying a major-league mark. The Reds win, 4 – 3.
1959 – Ken Boyer of the Cardinals begins a 29-game hitting streak, the longest since Stan Musial’s 30 games in 1950. The Giants score three in the 9th to win, 3 – 2.
1960 – Ted Williams hits a pair of homers and a double to pace the Red Sox to a 6 – 1 win over the Indians. Ted has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves Ted past Mel Ott into fourth place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.
1961 – Roberto Clemente utilizes the entire “toolbox,” but can’t quite keep the Cardinals from beating the Pirates, 3 – 2. Clemente’s 9th-inning leadoff laser over the right field screen pulls Pittsburgh to within one, but that’s how it ends. Earlier in the game, Clemente crushed the ball a couple of times with nothing to show for it. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press writes: “Clemente twice tried to handle things with his bat but he hit the ball too hard. He hit a vicious line drive to Bill White in the 1st inning but the Card first baseman turned it into a double play. The same thing happened in the 3rd but this time his smash went straight to Julian Javier.” While drawing blanks at the plate, Clemente keeps the game close with his arm, doubling Ken Boyer off first in the 4th and cutting down Curt Flood trying to stretch a 5th-inning single. But he’s not done there, reports United Press International: “St. Louis threatened to break the game wide open in the 6th by loading the bases. But Clemente made a running over-the-head catch of [starting pitcher] Ray Sadecki’s liner to deep right to quelch the uprising.”
1962:
At Buffalo, NY, Columbus (International League) beats Buffalo, 6 – 5, in 12 innings. Bob Veale of Columbus strikes out 22 Bison batters in nine innings.
In the first of three games with the Dodgers at Candlestick Park, Billy O’Dell coasts to an 11 – 2 win over Johnny Podres. The loss cuts the Dodger lead to four games.
1963:
Benched for poor hitting, Brooks Robinson sees his streak of 463 straight games at third stopped. Brooks pinch hits in the 8th inning, however, as the Senators edge the Orioles, 6 – 5. Boog Powell smashes three homers in a losing cause.
In the A’s 6 – 3 win, A’s pinch-hit star George Alusik suffers a broken wrist when hit by the Indians’ Pedro Ramos’s pitch.
1965:
In the second of two at Fenway Park, the Orioles’ Brooks Robinson hits a ball that appears to hit the net above the Green Monster, but is ruled in play by Lou DiMuro. Robinson reaches third with a triple, and then adds a homer in the 7th. Brooks lost another homer last year. The O’s win, 12 – 4, after losing the opener, 15 – 5.
At New York, Jim Kaat benefits from sloppy Yankee fielding and Minnesota scores six unearned runs to beat the Yankees, 7 – 3.
1966 – Chuck Dressen dies of a heart attack in Detroit, at age 67. He had managed the Tigers earlier in the season.
1968 – On Old Timers’ Day at Yankee Stadium, the Twins stop the Yankees, 3 – 2. New York’s only scores are two solo shots by Mickey Mantle off Jim Merritt. It is the Mick’s 46th two-homer game.
1969:
Mike Cuellar’s (15-9) string of 35 straight batters retired is ended by Cesar Tovar, who also spoils Cuellar’s no-hit bid in a 2 – 0 win against the Twins. Tovar has the only hit in a game for the third time, and the second time this season.
Don Sutton breaks his 13-game losing streak to the Cubs with a 4 – 2 win at Los Angeles, but needs relief help to do it. Sutton tops Ken Holtzman, who handed Sutton his last four losses to Chicago. It is one short of the most consecutive losses by any pitcher to one club in major league history, and is the National League record for straight losses to a team from the start of a career. Sutton will close out his career with a record of 18-20 versus the Cubs.
1971:
Sixteen baseball researchers at Cooperstown form the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), with founder Robert Davids as president.
The Giants’ Juan Marichal pitches the 50th shutout of his career, a 1 – 0 squeaker over Montreal. He leads all active hurlers in this category.
Harmon Killebrew becomes the tenth player to amass 500 home runs, and adds his 501st, but the Orioles beat the Twins, 4 – 3. Mike Cuellar picks up the win.
1974 – Jorge Lebron, the youngest professional player ever, makes his debut for the Phillies’ farm club Auburn. The fourteen-year-old shortstop plays three games before returning to Puerto Rico to finish junior high school.
1976 – Jim Palmer one-hits the Twins, as the O’s win, 2 – 0. Mike Cubbage’s single in the 2nd is the only hit.
1977:
For the second time in two years, a doubleheader at the Vet goes past three a.m. The Phils top the Expos in the first game, 6 – 1, in a game that starts an hour late because of rain. A 2:27 delay in the 3rd takes its toll on the 46,664 fans in attendance. The second game gets underway at 11:50 p.m. and lasts until 3:23 a.m. with the same result as the first game.
Billy Martin installs Reggie Jackson as the Yankees’ regular clean-up hitter. The Yanks beat the A’s, 6 – 3, as Ron Guidry outpitches Vida Blue. Graig Nettles belts his 26th homer of the season. New York will win 40 of its final 53 games on the way to a World Series title, with Jackson contributing 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.
1978:
In his second career start, Dodger P Bob Welch beats the Giants and Vida Blue, 12 – 2, to put the Los Angeles into a tie for first place.
A’s 2B Mike Edwards ties the major-league record with two unassisted double plays during a 16 – 5 loss to the Angels.
The Red Sox trip the Indians, 6 – 5, in 13 innings as Butch Hobson scores the tying run on a Little League home run: he lofts a pop fly behind second base and races around to second as 2B Duane Kuiper loses the ball in the sun. Kuiper picks up the ball but bumps into 1B Andre Thornton and the ball rolls towards first base and C Bo Diaz. With Hobson motoring towards third base, Diaz overthrows the base. Hobson, having slid into third, picks himself up and races home. The throw from the outfield to Diaz is in time, but he can’t get the ball out of his glove and a sliding Hobson is home free. A George Scott double and Rick Burleson single then win the game. Bob Stanley (8-1) picks up the victory.
1979 – Dan Ford hits for the cycle but his Angels lose, 8 – 6, to the Mariners.
1980 – Steve McCatty becomes the fourth A’s starter to pitch a 14-inning complete game this season, losing 2 – 1 to Seattle despite pitching a six-hitter. Teammates Matt Keough (on May 17th), Mike Norris (June 11th), and Rick Langford (July 20th) have also pitched 14-inning complete games for manager Billy Martin, who will later be widely criticized for ruining their arms through overwork.
1981:
The Dodgers re-open the season with a 4 – 0 victory over the Reds.
The Phillies’ Pete Rose passes Stan Musial as the all-time National League hit leader when he collects his 3,631st off Cardinal hurler Mark Littell.
Seattle’s Julio Cruz is caught stealing by California’s Ed Ott on a pitchout, ending his consecutive stolen base streak at 32. Cruz tied the American League record set by Willie Wilson.
1982 – Bob Lillis replaces Bill Virdon as manager of the Houston Astros. Virdon was the senior manager in the National League, having managed the Astros since 1975.
1983 – Al Oliver collects his 2,500th career hit, a 7th-inning single off Carlos Diaz, as the Expos beat the Mets, 5 – 3.
1985:
Willie McGee goes 7 for 10 in the Cardinals’ doubleheader sweep of the Phillies, 5 – 4 and 13 – 4, to raise his batting average to .351. McGee will lead the National League with a .353 mark this season.
Oakland’s Dave Kingman becomes the 21st player to hit 400 career home runs, belting a two-run shot off Matt Young in the 1st inning of the A’s 11 – 5 win at Seattle.
1986:
During Billy Martin Day at Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Bombers retire uniform number 1 to honor their scrappy second baseman and four-time manager.
Pitcher Bob Forsch hits a grand slam to lead the Cardinals to a 5 – 4 win over the Pirates, and reliever Todd Worrell records his 24th save to break the major league rookie record set by Doug Corbett in 1980.
1987:
Cardinals 1B Jack Clark sets a National League record by drawing a walk in his 16th consecutive game, a 6 – 0 win over Pittsburgh.
Phillies pitcher Kevin Gross becomes the second pitcher in eight days to be ejected for scuffing the baseball when umpires discover sandpaper in his glove during the 5th inning of a 4 – 2 win over the Cubs. Like Joe Niekro, Gross will be suspended for ten games, and won’t get his glove returned until August, 1991.
Paul Molitor singles in the 3rd inning against the Rangers to run his hitting streak to 25 games. The Brewers win in the 12th, 4 – 3.
At Seattle, Oakland’s super rookie Mark McGwire belts his 38th homer, a solo shot off Mike Moore, to tie the major league rookie record for homers in a season.
1988 – The Dodgers release Don Sutton, the 12th-winningest pitcher in major league history and the club’s all-time victory leader.
1989:
Nolan Ryan falls short in yet another no-hit bid, giving up a one-out single to Dave Bergman in the 9th inning and eventually needing relief in a 4 – 1 win over the Tigers.
Dave Dravecky pitches seven shutout innings and beats the Reds, 4 – 3, for his first win of the year. The Giants pitcher, recovering from arm surgery, has been in extensive rehab.
1991 – The game between the Astros and Braves is delayed for five minutes when a moth becomes lodged in the ear of Houston OF Mike Simms. Astros trainer Dave Labossiere removes the insect with a pair of tweezers. The Braves record a 4 – 0 victory when the game is finally completed.
1992 – The Mets’ Vince Coleman will end the season with just 27 walks, but he picks up five today against the Pirates to tie the 20th century mark. Pittsburgh breaks a 1 – 1 tie against the host Mets, scoring three runs in the 16th inning to win, 4 – 2. Reliever Dennis Cook wins as the Bucs’ Andy Van Slyke and the Mets’ Bill Pecota homer. John Franco pitches his second of four straight games, a season-high effort that puts him back on the disabled list.
1993:
Mets P Bret Saberhagen admits to having sprayed bleach at three reporters on July 27th. He agrees to donate one day’s pay – $15,384.61 – to the Eye Research Foundation.
The Phillies obtain P Bobby Thigpen from the White Sox in exchange for P Jose DeLeon.
1994 – Minnesota OF Kirby Puckett drives in seven runs as the Twins defeat the Red Sox by a score of 17 – 7.
1995:
The Tigers trade P Mike Henneman to the Astros in exchange for a player to be named.
The Cardinals are awarded a 2 – 1 victory by forfeit over the Dodgers at “Ball Day” at Dodger Stadium. In the bottom of the 9th, Raul Mondesi strikes out and is then ejected for arguing the call. Tommy Lasorda gets thumbed as well when he joins the discussion. With that, the fans bombard the field with more than 200 balls they had received as souvenirs and the umps order the Cardinals into the dugout. It is the first forfeit in the major leagues since the infamous Disco Demolition Night promotion on July 12, 1979.
Yankees’ C Mike Stanley hits three home runs and drives home seven runs, but it’s not enough to prevent New York from losing to Cleveland by a score of 10 – 9.
1996:
Eddie Murray blasts his 18th career grand slam, highlighting an eight-run 9th inning, as Baltimore beats the White Sox, 13 – 4. Murray’s slam ties him for second place with Willie McCovey.
The Rockies jump to a 7 – 0 lead over the Braves, then need back-to-back homers in the 10th to win, 9 – 7. Andres Galarraga, with his second homer, and Vinny Castilla homer off Mark Wohlers for the victory. Galarraga now leads the National League in RBIs with 107.
The Royals roll to an 18 – 3 win over California as Johnny Damon hits a grand slam and drives in seven runs. Jim Abbott loses his 11th straight decision.
1997:
Angels IF-OF Tony Phillips is arrested after allegedly buying a small quantity of freebase cocaine at a motel in Anaheim.
Pitcher Greg Maddux signs a $57.5 million, five-year contract with the Braves to become baseball’s highest-paid player.
1998:
The Athletics trade P Mike Fetters to the Angels in exchange for a player to be named and cash.
White Sox OF Albert Belle drives in his 100th run of the season in a 5 – 3 win over Oakland. He joins Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Babe Ruth as the only players to record at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs in seven consecutive seasons.
The Orioles trade OF Jeffrey Hammonds to the Reds in exchange for IF-OF Willie Greene.
1999:
Major league umpires drop the federal lawsuit which they filed on July 26th.
The Red Sox defeat the Royals, 9 – 6, as Boston P Tim Wakefield ties a major league record by striking out four batters in the 9th inning. Kansas City C Chad Kreuter gets two hits in the game, his first breaking a streak of 38 consecutive at bats without a hit. It is the longest hitless streak in the majors since Dann Howitt of Oakland and Seattle went 0 for 43 in 1992.
The Orioles defeat the Devil Rays, 17 – 1. All nine Baltimore starters score at least one run and reach base at least twice. SS Mike Bordick leads the attack with four hits, including two doubles, and five RBI.
2000 – Winning for the first time in 16 starts, David Cone ends the worst slump of his career as the Yankees beat the A’s, 12 – 6. Newly-acquired Jose Canseco hits a three-run homer into the upper deck to help Cone stop the skid.
2001:
In Kotna, Poland, Khovrio of Moscow becomes the first Russian team to qualify for the Little League World Series. The team, which is also the first to be made of all native Europeans, defeats the Tbilisi YMCA of Georgia, 12 – 2.
The Cubs claim Miguel Cairo and Gary Matthews, Jr. off waivers by St. Louis and Pittsburgh respectively.
Colorado slams Cincinnati, 16 – 7, as newly-acquired rookie 2B Jose Ortiz strokes five hits, including a double and home run, and drives in four runs.
The Royals defeat the Tigers, 7 – 3, in a game marked by a 6th-inning brawl set off when Kansas City 1B Mike Sweeney charges Detroit P Jeff Weaver after Weaver calls him a profane name. Numerous punches are thrown as both benches and bullpens clear. After a 12-minute delay, the game resumes with Sweeney, KC coach Al Nipper, and Detroit coach Doug Mansolino ejected from the contest. Sweeney will be suspended ten games for his actions, and Detroit catcher Robert Fick eight games. Five other players and four coaches will also be disciplined.
2002:
The Cubs wallop the Rockies, 15 – 1, as Sammy Sosa clouts three home runs and drives home nine runs.
The Giants beat the Pirates, 8 – 3, as Barry Bonds draws three intentional walks to give him a major league-record 46 for the season. The three intentional passes also tie a record for a nine-inning game. Bonds will receive 68 intentional walks this year, 23 more than the old record, set by the Giants’ Willie McCovey in 1969.
The Diamondbacks beat the Marlins, 9 – 2, as Randy Johnson fans 14 Florida batters to move past Tom Seaver into fifth place on the all-time list.
2003 – Rafael Furcal becomes the 12th player to turn an unassisted triple play in big league history. With Cardinals on first (Orlando Palmeiro) and second (Mike Matheny) in the 5th inning, the Braves shortstop makes a leaping catch of pitcher Woody Williams’ liner and steps on second base to double up Matheny before tagging out Palmeiro who is attempting to get back to first base.
2004:
After signing last year’s American League Rookie of the Year to a five-year, $16 million deal on May 6th, the Royals send Angel Berroa to the Wichita Wranglers, their Double A affiliate in the Texas League. The struggling shortstop is hitting only .249 with 5 homers and 30 ribbies compared to last season’s award-winning performance when the 26-year-old Dominican batted .287 with 17 homers and 73 RBIs in his first full season in the major leagues.
Taking a cab to Shea Stadium from nearby LaGuardia Airport, Mets starting pitcher Tom Glavine is injured as the taxi collides with an SUV. The 38-year-old two-time Cy Young Award winner loses his front two teeth and needs over 40 stitches to close facial lacerations.
2005:
Radio talk-show host Larry Krueger, who caused an uproar in the team’s clubhouse, is fired by KNBR, the flagship station of the Giants, for making inappropriate racial remarks. During a postgame rant the controversial on-air personality said the team had too many “brain-dead Caribbean hitters” and tells his listeners that manager Felipe Alou’s mind “has turned to Cream of Wheat”.
After being released from the hospital, an 18-year-old fan appears in court to face criminal charges of trespassing, reckless endangerment, and criminal mischief stemming from his 40-foot plunge last night from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium into the netting behind home plate. Team owner George Steinbrenner called the incident “… the only exciting thing that happened today,” after his struggling club loses to the first-place White Sox, 2 – 1.
Jackie Robinson’s former Negro League roommate, 103-year-old Ted Radcliffe, thought at the time to be the oldest professional baseball player, dies after a long battle with cancer. He was dubbed “Double Duty” by Damon Runyon after hitting a grand slam in the opener of a 1932 Yankee Stadium doubleheader and then hurling a shutout in the night cap.
2007 – Rick Guttormson of the Softbank Hawks becomes the first player in the history of Nippon Pro Baseball to be suspended for a positive banned-substance test. Guttormson tested positively for Finasteride, which is known as a masking agent for steroids. NPB instituted its steroid policy this year.
2008 – The Tampa Bay Rays set a new franchise record for wins; never having topped 70 in any of ten prior seasons, the Rays win their 71st game before mid-August to go to 71-46. They top the Mariners, 11 – 3, with three-run homers by Willy Aybar and Shawn Riggans. Edwin Jackson gets the victory. The Rays will finish the year with 97 wins and represent the American League in the World Series.
2009:
In a surprise move, the Blue Jays place starting RF Alex Rios on waivers; the two-time All-Star is claimed by the Chicago White Sox. Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi explains that the move is meant to give the team additional financial flexibility as Rios, who is hitting .264 with 14 homers and 62 RBI, is due more than $60 million until 2015. In the game that follows, Toronto ends the Yankees’ eight-game winning streak with a 5 – 4 win, thanks to 5 2/3 innings of scoreless work from its bullpen.
Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies hits for the cycle and drives in seven runs in an 11 – 5 win over the Cubs. He is the first Colorado player to accomplish the feat since Mike Lansing on June 18, 2000.
2010:
The second game of the series for the NL Central lead between the Cardinals and Reds is marred by a 1st-inning bench-clearing brawl which starts when St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina has words with Cincinnati 2B Brandon Phillips about the latter’s earlier statements to the media which Cardinal players found demeaning. After the fracas, the Cards go on to win, 8 – 4, and tie the Reds for the division lead. Jaime Garcia beats Johnny Cueto. Major League Baseball will hand a seven-game suspension to Cueto, who spiked an opposing player during the brawl, and two-game suspensions to managers Dusty Baker and Tony LaRussa for their role in the melee; four players are issued fines, in addition to the two skippers.
Meanwhile, the AL Central race is also close, but Minnesota now has a one-game lead over the White Sox following tonight’s 12 – 6 win over their rivals. They are propelled by five homers – by Jim Thome, J.J. Hardy, Joe Mauer, Michael Cuddyer and Jason Kubel; Scott Baker is the winner.
2011:
The Giants set an obscure record, but it is little consolation as they relent the NL West lead to the Diamondbacks. In the Giants’ 9 – 2 loss to the Pirates, Pablo Sandoval hits a solo homer off Jeff Karstens – the 19th consecutive solo shot by the team, tying a record set by the Philadelphia Phillies in 1914. The Giants’ last long ball with men on base was on July 6th. Meanwhile in Phoenix, the D-Backs set down the Astros, 6 – 3, as Henry Sosa is the loser in his major league debut, to go half a game up on the Giants. Josh Collmenter is the winner.
Curtis Granderson, otherwise having a tremendous season, is embarrassed when he falls for the “play that never works”, when the opposing pitcher fakes a throw to third base, then throws to first. Granderson is picked off by Jordan Walden of the Angels to end the Yankees’ 6 – 4 loss to the Halos. Yanks manager Joe Girardi is philosophical about the blunder though: “Our aggressiveness has won us a lot of ballgames; tonight it cost us”, adding that baserunners were 15 for 15 in steal attempts against the Angels’ closer this year.
2012:
Austin Jackson runs wild as the Tigers defeat Texas, 6 – 2. He triples in the 4th to score Detroit’s first run, then after the Bengals score four runs to go ahead in the 6th, he caps the scoring in the 7th with the Tigers’ first inside-the-park homer in five years when Nelson Cruz makes an ill-advised attempt to catch his drive rather than let it bounce in front of him for a double; the ball skips past Cruz all the way to the wall. Prince Fielder hits a three-run homer for Detroit as Max Scherzer is the winner over Scott Feldman.
The 2012 Italian Series opens with a bang. Defending champions T&A San Marino lead, 3 – 0, after six innings, but blow it to fall behind, 5 – 3, by the end of the 8th. In the bottom of the 9th, they promptly score five runs off former major leaguers Francisco Cruceta and Mark DiFelice, with DeFelice allowing hits to both batters he faces, a two-run tying single to Giovanni Pantaleoni and a three-run pinch-hit homer by Marco Yepez, the 2010 Italian Series MVP.
2013:
The Marlins end the Braves’ 14-game winning streak as Miami’s Adeiny Hechavarria scores the game’s only run on a wild pitch by Jordan Walden in the 9th inning after leading off the frame with a triple. Young starters Nathan Eovaldi and Alex Wood pitch seven and six scoreless innings respectively.
Juan Uribe of the Dodgers falls victim to the hidden ball trick in the 4th inning, but it’s the only highlight on the day for the Rays, who fall, 5 – 0, as Los Angeles is now 19-3 since the All-Star break. Zack Greinke pitches 6 1/3 innings for the win.
2014 – The Blue Jays defeat the Tigers, 6 – 5, in the longest game in team history in terms of both time and innings, thanks to a run-scoring single by Jose Bautista in the 19th inning, after 6 hours and 37 minutes of baseball. The winning hit comes off Rick Porcello, normally a starter but pressed into action out of the bullpen by the length of the game. Melky Cabrera is the first player since Rod Carew on May 12, 1972 to reach base eight times in a game. Chad Jenkins throws six scoreless innings for the win. The Tigers take an early 5 – 0 lead against starter Mark Buehrle who is chased in the 4th, but the Jays claw back and tie the game in the bottom of the 9th.
2016 – Rangers slugger Prince Fielder formally announces that his career is over at 32, the result of having undergone a second spinal fusion surgery a few weeks earlier, making him medically unable to perform although he has four years remaining on his contract. He is the third prominent home run hitter to announce his retirement in a week, following Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.
2017 – Dexter Fowler has a career night as he hits a grand slam and drives in five runs to lead St. Louis to an 8 – 6 win over the Royals. It is the sixth straight win for the Cards, who are now back within one game of the first-place Cubs in the NL Central after having trailed by as many as 6 1/2 games in mid-July.
2018 – The Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead against Boston to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they are mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by the 1932 Red Sox and copied by the 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.
2019:
In only his tenth major league game, rookie Aristides Aquino has a three-homer game to lead the Reds to a 10 – 1 win over the Cubs. He is only the second major leaguer to hit seven homers in his first ten games, after Trevor Story in 2016, and Bobby Estalella is the only other player in history to have hit three homers in a game that quickly, also doing so in his tenth game in 1997.
Another hot-hitting rookie, Yordan Alvarez, also has a three-homer game, scoring five runs and driving in seven as the Astros demolish the Orioles, 23 – 2. Alvarez now has 51 RBIs in 45 games, beating the previous record of 47 set by Ted Williams in his rookie year. The Astros collect 25 hits as five different players have three or more. The 23 runs and 13 extra-base hits are both Houston franchise records.
2022 – 1B Chandler Redmond of the Springfield Cardinals hits only the second “home run cycle” in professional baseball history: it consists of hitting four home runs – a solo one, a two-run shot, a three-run shot and a grand slam. Redmond also adds a single and drives in 11 runs in his team’s record-setting 21 – 4 win over Amarillo, as Springfield hits a team record eight homers and also sets a new record for runs. The only other player to hit a home run cycle was Tyrone Horne of Arkansas – also the AA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals in the Texas League – on July 27, 1998.
2025:
Carlos Cortés becomes the first ambidextrous position player in major league annals, as he enters today’s game in the 8th inning as a defensive replacement in right field for The Athletics throwing left-handed, then switches to third base in the bottom of the 9th after a number of substitutions during a rally in the top of the inning have left the team one infielder short. Cortés had originally been signed as a second baseman, and threw right-handed at the time, but has only played the outfield for the past few seasons – and never at third base, where he is asked to take over. Borrowing a glove from teammate Max Schuemann, he plays the bottom of the 9th without getting a fielding chance as the A’s nail down a 3 – 2 win over the Orioles.
The Diamondbacks bang out a team record nine straight hits after two outs in the 5th inning of their game against the Rockies. The Snakes score eight runs during the inning on their way to a 13 – 6 win. For the Rockies, it’s par for the course as they had set a record for most hits allowed in a three-game series with 63 while being swept at home by the Blue Jays earlier this week.
Births[edit]
1847 – Scott Hastings, catcher, manager (d. 1907)
1848 – Larry Ressler, outfielder (d. 1918)
1850 – Jim Clinton, outfielder, manager (d. 1921)
1859 – Larry Corcoran, pitcher (d. 1891)
1859 – Sid Farrar, infielder (d. 1935)
1863 – George Henry, outfielder (d. 1934)
1866 – Ed Beatin, pitcher (d. 1925)
1866 – Herb Goodall, pitcher (d. 1938)
1870 – August Williams, pitcher (d. 1890)
1872 – Yokio Aoi, amateur pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1937)
1872 – John Heileman, infielder (d. 1940)
1877 – Truck Eagan, infielder (d. 1949)
1888 – Charlie Hartman, pitcher (d. 1960)
1892 – Elmer Jacobs, pitcher (d. 1958)
1893 – Howard Lindimore, minor league infielder (d. 1933)
1895 – Joe Schepner, infielder (d. 1959)
1897 – Frank Welch, outfielder (d. 1957)
1897 – Charlie Wooldridge, infielder (d. 1982)
1899 – Cleo Smith, infielder (d. 1978)
1905 – Jim Oglesby, infielder (d. 1955)
1905 – Ed Wineapple, pitcher (d. 1996)
1907 – Ches Buchanan, pitcher (d. 1964)
1908 – Odell Hale, infielder (d. 1980)
1908 – Bill Trotter, pitcher (d. 1984)
1908 – Willie Wells, infielder, manager; Hall of Fame (d. 1989)
1911 – Taffy Wright, outfielder (d. 1981)
1916 – Buddy Lewis, infielder; All-Star (d. 2011)
1916 – Jim Mertz, pitcher (d. 2003)
1917 – Shoichi Aoki, NPB pitcher (d. 2004)
1917 – Cliff McClanahan, USA national team pitcher (d. 2014)
1918 – Harry Schwarts, umpire (d. 1963)
1921 – Kohei Kimura, NPB infielder (d. ????)
1922 – Clint Hartung, pitcher/outfielder (d. 2010)
1923 – Lloyd Gearhart, outfielder (d. 2001)
1923 – Pete Gebrian, pitcher (d. 2005)
1923 – Bob Porterfield, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1980)
1925 – Yoshio Kimura, NPB catcher (d. 2015)
1926 – Elizabeth Farrow, AAGPBL pitcher (d. 2010)
1927 – Bob Chakales, pitcher (d. 2010)
1930 – Tatsuma Igarashi, NPB outfielder (d. 2013)
1931 – Takao Sato, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 2005)
1933 – Rocky Colavito, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2024)
1935 – Kiyoshi Yamada, NPB pitcher
1936 – Masayuki Umemoto, NPB pitcher
1939 – Johnny Lewis, outfielder (d. 2018)
1939 – Charlie Shoemaker, infielder (d. 1990)
1949 – Tom Brown, pitcher
1949 – Jimmy McMath, outfielder (d. 2010)
1951 – Shigeru Kurihashi, NPB outfielder
1953 – Tim Brookens, minor league infielder
1953 – Tom Brookens, infielder
1955 – Hiromasa Sato, NPB pitcher
1959 – Rich DeVincenzo, minor league pitcher
1960 – Ross Jones, Australian national team pitcher
1960 – Roberto Radaelli, Italian national team pitcher
1962 – Rocetto Gordon, minor league pitcher
1962 – Mike Schooler, pitcher
1962 – Jesus Silva, minor league pitcher
1963 – Jerald Clark, outfielder
1964 – Andy Stankiewicz, infielder
1964 – Bill Wilkinson, pitcher
1965 – Al Osuna, pitcher
1966 – Kevin Russ, minor league outfielder
1966 – Gerald Williams, outfielder (d. 2022)
1967 – Chuck Carr, outfielder (d. 2022)
1969 – Mike Juhl, scout
1970 – Lonnie Goldberg, minor league infielder
1970 – Hisashi Ogura, NPB pitcher
1971 – Sal Fasano, catcher
1971 – Ryuichi Kawahara, NPB pitcher
1972 – Chih-Wei Jen, CPBL infielder
1972 – George Mianowski, minor league pitcher
1972 – John Rosengren, minor league pitcher
1973 – Rolo Avila, minor league outfielder
1973 – Mark Doubleday, drafted infielder
1973 – Fumitoshi Takano, NPB outfielder
1974 – Ramiro Balentina, Hoofdklasse player
1974 – Joe Mathis, minor league outfielder
1974 – Jang-jin No, KBO pitcher
1974 – Ray Schmittle, minor league pitcher
1975 – Wei-Chih Chen, CPBL infielder and coach
1976 – Chung-Wei Pan, CPBL infielder
1977 – Lorenzo Barcelo, pitcher
1977 – Julio Ramirez, outfielder
1978 – Jorge Campillo, pitcher
1978 – Mark Freed, minor league pitcher
1978 – Kelvin Ryan, minor league outfielder
1979 – Shinichiro Hara, NPB umpire
1979 – Hideharu Hyodo, NPB infielder
1979 – Dan Johnson, infielder
1979 – Brandon Lyon, pitcher
1980 – Paulino Reynoso, minor league pitcher
1981 – Fernando Cortez, infielder
1981 – Chih-Hua Hsu, CPBL pitcher
1981 – Nobuaki Yoshida, minor league pitcher
1982 – Josh Anderson, outfielder
1982 – Jeff Frazier, outfielder
1982 – Matt O’Brien, minor league pitcher and scout
1983 – Hector Astacio, minor league pitcher
1984 – Gabriel Alvarez, minor league pitcher
1984 – Jose De Los Santos, minor league infielder
1984 – Tony Granadillo, minor league infielder
1984 – Joe Johnson, minor league pitcher (d. 2015)
1985 – Ian Gac, minor league infielder
1984 – Jeff Marquez, pitcher
1985 – Brian Van Kirk, minor league outfielder
1987 – Arturo Barradas, minor league pitcher
1987 – Matt den Dekker, outfielder
1987 – Wilson Ramos, catcher; All-Star
1988 – Otari Aivazasvili, Georgian national team player
1988 – Sammy Solis, pitcher
1990 – Anthony Gose, outfielder
1991 – Jamie Verheyleweghen, Hoofdklasse infielder
1992 – Roderick Bernadina, minor league outfielder
1992 – Archie Bradley, pitcher
1992 – Shota Nakazaki, NPB pitcher
1993 – Anthony Banda, pitcher
1994 – Chance Adams, pitcher
1994 – Javier Robles, minor league infielder
1995 – Monte Harrison, outfielder
1995 – Allan Winans, pitcher
1996 – Carlos Gimenez, Argentinian national team pitcher
1996 – Marcelo Martínez, minor league pitcher
1997 – Peyton Battenfield, pitcher
1998 – Bryan Victrix Castillo, Philippines national team infielder
1998 – Mário Gottschall, Extraliga catcher
1999 – Randy Romero, minor league outfielder
2002 – Elchero Francisca, minor league pitcher
2003 – Charles Monterrosa, Salvadoran national team infielder
2004 – A.J. Ewing, outfielder
2005 – Josh Knoth, minor league pitcher
2006 – Nien-Hsi Yang, minor league pitcher
Deaths[edit]
1899 – Harry Buker, infielder (b. 1859)
1911 – Charles Porter, executive (b. 1843)
1912 – Ed Sales, infielder (b. 1861)
1933 – Elliot Bigelow, outfielder (b. 1897)
1933 – George Mangus, outfielder (b. 1890)
1934 – William Donovan, minor league player (b. 1866)
1934 – Lemuel Hawkins, infielder (b. 1895)
1934 – Joe Ward, infielder (b. 1884)
1950 – Leo Kavanagh, infielder (b. 1894)
1950 – Paul Trammell, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1888)
1951 – Win Kellum, pitcher (b. 1876)
1962 – Herbert Murphy, infielder (b. 1886)
1963 – Bill Kinsler, outfielder (b. 1867)
1966 – Chuck Dressen, infielder, manager (b. 1894)
1968 – Charlie Boardman, pitcher (b. 1893)
1968 – George Savino, minor league catcher, manager (b. 1909)
1989 – Tom Hughes, outfielder (b. 1907)
1990 – Cookie Lavagetto, infielder, manager; All-Star (b. 1912)
1993 – Bill Ferrazzi, pitcher (b. 1907)
2001 – Lou Boudreau, infielder, manager; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1917)
2001 – Ramon Monzant, pitcher (b. 1933)
2012 – Joe Douse, Negro League pitcher (b. 1930)
2013 – Thomas Jenk, USA national team player (b. 1930)
2013 – Teodoro Obregón, minor league infielder (b. 1935)
2014 – Jim Command, infielder (b. 1928)
2014 – Bob Wiesler, pitcher (b. 1930)
2016 – Seikichi Nishioka, NPB infielder (b. 1937)
2017 – Don Gross, pitcher (b. 1931)
2017 – Barry Myers, college coach (b. 1938)
2022 – Corky Palmer, college coach (b. 1954)
2024 – Mike Cubbage, infielder, manager (b. 1950)
2025 – Jitsuo Mizutani, NPB outfielder (b. 1947)
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Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Monday, Aug. 10
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
1 p.m.
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ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
MLB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
FS1 — Philadelphia at St. Louis (7:45 p.m.)
10 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers (joined in progress) (10:10 p.m.) OR Colorado at Arizona (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.)
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
NBCSN — Toronto at Atlanta
PEACOCK — Toronto at Atlanta
10 p.m.
USA — Chicago at Seattle
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Tuesday, Aug. 11
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
MILB BASEBALL
7:30 p.m.
MLBN — Triple-A: Iowa vs. St. Paul, Dyersville, Iowa
MLB BASEBALL
7 p.m.
TBS — Seattle at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.)
10:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers (joined in progress) (10:10 p.m.) OR Tampa Bay at Athletics (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.)
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ESPN — New York at Indiana
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Wednesday, Aug. 12
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
2 p.m.
MLBN — 2026 MLB High School All-American Game: Team Thome vs. Team Hunter, Dyersville, Iowa
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Milwaukee at San Diego (4:10 p.m.) OR Houston at San Francisco (joined in progress) (3:45 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — Seattle at N.Y. Yankees
10 p.m.
ESPN — Texas at L.A. Angels
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
USA — Toronto at Dallas
10 p.m.
CNBC — Chicago at Golden State
USA — Chicago at Golden State
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Thursday, Aug. 13
GOLF
9 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship, First Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Cleveland at Detroit (1:10 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Miami (1:10 p.m.)
7:30 p.m.
NETFLIX — Philadelphia vs. Minnesota, Dyersville, Iowa
11 p.m.
MLBN — TBA
NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Green Bay at Pittsburgh
9 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Tennessee at San Francisco
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Los Angeles at New York
10 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Washington at Las Vegas
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Friday, Aug. 14
AUTO RACING
3 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
7:30 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at Richmond, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
GOLF
9 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: FedEx St. Jude Championship, Second Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
9 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, Regional
MLB BASEBALL
2:20 p.m.
APPLE TV — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs
6:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Boston at Pittsburgh (6:40 p.m.) OR Chicago White Sox at Detroit (6:40 p.m.)
7:15 p.m.
APPLE TV — N.Y. Yankees at Toronto
9:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Kansas City at L.A. Angels (9:38 p.m.) OR Colorado at San Francisco (10:15 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — Dallas at Indiana
10 p.m.
ION — Portland at Seattle
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Saturday, Aug. 15
AUTO RACING
10 a.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
2:25 p.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
7 p.m.
USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400, Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Va.
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
2 p.m.
ESPN — PLL: Maryland at Philadelphia
5 p.m.
ESPN — WLL Playoffs: TBD, Championship, Philadelphia
MLB BASEBALL
1 p.m.
MLBN — Chicago White Sox at Detroit (1:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at N.Y. Mets (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Atlanta (7:15 p.m), Boston at Pittsburgh (7:15 p.m) OR Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers (7:15 p.m)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Cleveland at Chicago
4 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: L.A. Rams at Kansas City
8 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Dallas at Seattle
SOCCER (MEN’S)
Noon
ABC — LaLiga: TBA
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Charleston at Pittsburgh
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
CBS — Minnesota at Las Vegas
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Sunday, Aug. 16
AUTO RACING
8:30 a.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
Noon
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham, Streets of Markham, Markham, Ontario
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
1 p.m.
ABC — PLL: New York at Philadelphia
MLB BASEBALL
Noon
NBCSN — Baltimore at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Baltimore at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.)
1:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: N.Y. Yankees at Toronto (1:37 p.m.) OR Arizona at Atlanta (1:35 p.m.)
3 p.m.
ABC — St. Louis at Chicago Cubs
7 p.m.
NBCSN — Seattle at Houston (7:20 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Seattle at Houston (7:20 p.m.)
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
9 p.m.
ESPN — NWSL: Washington at Angel City
SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
MLBN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
5 p.m.
ESPN — Indiana at Atlanta
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