“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
CUBS 19, MARINERS 2
BRAVES 4, BREWERS 2
PHILLIES 6, CARDINALS 4
RAYS 3, ORIOLES 1
YANKEES 8, BLUE JAYS 3
ATHLETICS 7, ASTROS 6
MARLINS 6, NATIONALS 2
DODGERS 4, PIRATES 0
RANGERS 5, ANGELS 3
WHITE SOX 2, METS 1
RED SOX 5, GIANTS 4
ROYALS 11, TIGERS 7
GUARDIANS 7, ROCKIES 2
PADRES 8, TWINS 1
DIAMONDBACKS 5, REDS 3
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
INDIANAPOLIS 6 LOUISVILLE 0
GREAT LAKES 2 FT. WAYNE 0
SOUTH BEND 3 WEST MICHIGAN 2
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
WINGS 92 STORM 70
FEVER 113 SKY 90
MYSTICS 105 FIRE 100
ACES 88 TEMPO 78
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MLS SCOREBOARD
NEW YORK CITY 1 NEW ENGLAND 1
ATLANTA 2 KANSAS CITY 1
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INDIANA SRN FOOTBALL POLLS WEEK 2
6A
1 BROWNSBURG
2 WESTFIELD
3 CARMEL
4 WARREN CENTRAL
5 CROWN POINT
6 LAWRENCE NORTH
7 FW CARROLL
8 CENTER GROVE
9 FW CARROLL
10 BEN DAVIS
5A
1 NEW PALESTINE
2 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH
3 CATHEDRAL
4 CASTLE
5 FLOYD CENTRAL
6 CASTLE
7 PLAINFIELD
8 FW SNIDER
9 PENDLETON HEIGHTS
10 LAFAYETTE JEFF/CONCORD
4A
1 EAST CENTRAL
2 BISHOP CHATARD
3 FW DWENGER
4 MISHAWAKA
5 RONCALLI
6 YORKTOWN
7 EAST NOBLE
8 SB ST. JOSEPH
9 HOBART
10 HERITAGE HILLS
3A
1 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
2 ADAMS CENTRAL
3 ANDREAN
4 GIBSON SOUTHERN
5 TRI-WEST
6 LAWRENCEBURG
7 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI
8 INDIAN CREEK
9 TWIN LAKES
10 MISSISSINEWA
2A
1 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL
2 LAPEL
3 INDY LUTHERAN
4 CASCADE
5 SOUTH PUTNAM
6 EASTERN GREENTOWN
7 EASTSIDE
8 NORTH POSEY
9 LINTON
10 PROVIDENCE
1A
1 PIONEER
2 RIVERTON PARKE
3 NORTH JUDSON
4 MILAN
5 SOUTH ADAMS
6 NORTH DECATUR
7 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC
8 SPRINGS VALLEY
9 SHERIDAN
10 FRONTIER
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 2
ANDERSON (0-1) AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON (1-0)
ANDREAN (0-1) AT FORT WAYNE LUERS (0-1)
ATTICA (0-1) AT TRI-COUNTY (0-1)
BATESVILLE (1-0) AT MILAN (1-0)
BEN DAVIS (1-0) AT AVON (1-0)
BLOOMINGTON NORTH (0-1) AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE (1-0)
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH (1-0) AT MARTINSVILLE (0-1)
BLUFFTON (1-0) AT CHURUBUSCO (0-1)
BOONE GROVE (0-1) AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) (0-1)
BOONVILLE (1-0) AT MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) (0-1)
BOWMAN ACADEMY (0-0) AT HAMMOND NOLL (0-1)
BREBEUF JESUIT (0-1) AT MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) (1-0)
BUCHANAN (MICH.) AT PRAIRIE HEIGHTS (0-1)
CALUMET (0-1) AT RIVER FOREST (0-0)
CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN (0-1) AT UNION COUNTY (0-1)
CARMEL (1-0) AT WESTFIELD (1-0)
CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) (1-0) AT CENTER GROVE (0-1)
CASTLE (1-0) AT EVANSVILLE MATER DEI (1-0)
CHARLESTOWN (1-0) AT BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL (1-0)
CHESTERTON (0-1) AT HAMMOND MORTON (1-0)
CLARKSVILLE (1-0) AT EASTERN (PEKIN) (0-1)
CLOVERDALE (1-0) AT NORTH PUTNAM (0-1)
COLUMBIA CITY (1-0) AT NORTHRIDGE (1-0)
COLUMBUS EAST (0-1) AT COLUMBUS NORTH (1-0)
CONCORD (0-1) AT JIMTOWN (1-0)
CONNERSVILLE (1-0) AT FRANKLIN COUNTY (1-0)
CORYDON CENTRAL (0-1) AT PAOLI (0-1)
COVINGTON (1-0) AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD (0-1)
CRAWFORD COUNTY (0-1) VS. BROWN COUNTY (0-1)
DANVILLE (1-0) AT CASCADE (1-0)
DECATUR CENTRAL (0-1) AT FORT WAYNE WAYNE (0-1)
DEKALB (1-0) AT ANGOLA (1-0)
DELPHI (1-0) AT TWIN LAKES (1-0)
EAST CENTRAL (1-0) AT NEW PALESTINE (1-0)
EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL (0-0) AT GARY WEST (0-0)
EAST NOBLE (1-0) AT FORT WAYNE SNIDER (0-1)
EASTERN GREENE (1-0) AT NORTH KNOX (0-1)
EASTERN HANCOCK (1-0) AT NORTH DECATUR (1-0)
EASTSIDE (1-0) AT ADAMS CENTRAL (1-0)
EATON (OHIO) AT RICHMOND (0-1)
EDGEWOOD (1-0) AT BEECH GROVE (1-0)
EDINBURGH (1-0) AT CHRISTEL HOUSE (0-0)
ELWOOD (0-1) AT TRI-CENTRAL (0-1)
EVANSVILLE CENTRAL (0-1) AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE (0-1)
EVANSVILLE HARRISON (0-1) AT JASPER (0-1)
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL (1-0) AT EVANSVILLE NORTH (0-1)
FAITH CHRISTIAN (1-0) AT CLINTON CENTRAL (1-0)
FOREST PARK (1-0) AT PERRY CENTRAL (0-1)
FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK (0-1) AT SOUTHERN WELLS (1-0)
FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA (1-0) AT EASTBROOK (0-1)
FORT WAYNE DWENGER (1-0) AT ST. FRANCIS DE SALES (OHIO)
FORT WAYNE NORTH (0-1) AT NEW HAVEN (0-1)
FORT WAYNE NORTHROP (0-0) AT WARSAW (1-0)
FORT WAYNE SOUTH (1-0) AT SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH (1-0)
FOUNTAIN CENTRAL (0-1) AT CRAWFORDSVILLE (1-0)
FRANKFORT (0-1) AT CLINTON PRAIRIE (1-0)
FRANKLIN CENTRAL (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI (0-1)
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL (1-0) AT LAWRENCEBURG (0-1)
GREENWOOD (1-0) AT FRANKLIN (1-0)
GRIFFITH (1-0) AT MUNSTER (0-0)
GUERIN CATHOLIC (1-0) AT PENDLETON HEIGHTS (1-0)
HAGERSTOWN (1-0) AT CENTERVILLE (1-0)
HANOVER CENTRAL (1-0) AT LAKE CENTRAL (0-0)
HENRYVILLE (0-1) AT TRINITY LUTHERAN (0-1)
HERITAGE (1-0) AT DELTA (0-1)
HERITAGE HILLS (1-0) AT OWENSBORO APOLLO (KY.)
HUNTINGTON NORTH (1-0) AT GARRETT (0-1)
ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL AT LAKE STATION (0-0)
INDIAN CREEK (1-0) AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN (0-1)
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH (0-1) AT SPEEDWAY (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS (0-1) AT LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER (0-1) AT KETTERING ALTER (OHIO)
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA (0-1) AT TRITON CENTRAL (0-1)
INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE (1-0) AT COVENANT CHRISTIAN (1-0)
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY (0-1) AT PARK TUDOR (0-1)
JEFFERSONVILLE (0-1) AT SEYMOUR (0-1)
JOHN GLENN (1-0) AT FAIRFIELD (1-0)
KANKAKEE VALLEY (0-1) AT WHEELER (1-0)
KOKOMO (0-1) AT TERRE HAUTE SOUTH (0-1)
LAKELAND (0-1) AT PLYMOUTH (0-1)
LAPEL (1-0) AT FRANKTON (0-1)
LAWRENCE CENTRAL (1-0) AT ZIONSVILLE (1-0)
LAWRENCE NORTH (0-1) AT FISHERS (0-1)
LEBANON (0-1) AT WESTERN BOONE (0-1)
LEO (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD (1-0)
LEWIS CASS (0-1) AT NORTHFIELD (1-0)
LOGANSPORT (1-0) AT SOUTH BEND ADAMS (1-0)
LONDON (OHIO) AT HAMILTON HEIGHTS (0-1)
LOWELL (0-1) AT LAPORTE (1-0)
LOYOLA ACADEMY (ILL.) AT INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL (0-1)
MACONAQUAH (1-0) AT CARROLL (FLORA) (1-0)
MADISON (1-0) AT JENNINGS COUNTY (1-0)
MADISON-GRANT (1-0) AT SOUTHWOOD (0-1)
MERRILLVILLE (1-0) AT LAFAYETTE JEFF (0-1)
MICHIGAN CITY (0-1) AT DETROIT CASS TECH (MICH.)
MISHAWAKA MARIAN (0-1) AT CULVER ACADEMY (0-1)
MISSISSINEWA (0-1) AT MARION (0-1)
MITCHELL (0-1) AT SPRINGS VALLEY (0-1)
MONROE CENTRAL (1-0) AT UNION CITY (0-1)
MONROVIA (0-1) AT LINTON (0-1)
MOORESVILLE (1-0) AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH (0-1)
MUNCIE CENTRAL (1-0) AT YORKTOWN (1-0)
NEW ALBANY (1-0) AT INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN (1-0)
NEW CASTLE (0-1) AT JAY COUNTY (1-0)
NEW PRAIRIE (0-1) AT NORTHWOOD (0-1)
NOBLESVILLE (1-0) AT HOMESTEAD (0-1)
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) (1-0) AT NORTH DAVIESS (1-0)
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) (1-0) AT HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (0-1)
NORTH JUDSON (1-0) AT LAVILLE (1-0)
NORTH MONTGOMERY (0-1) AT WESTERN (0-1)
NORTH NEWTON (0-1) AT RENSSELAER CENTRAL (1-0)
NORTH WHITE (1-0) AT CASTON (1-0)
NORTHEASTERN (0-1) AT SHENANDOAH (0-1)
NORTHWESTERN (1-0) AT EASTERN (GREENTOWN) (1-0)
OAK HILL (0-1) AT NORWELL (1-0)
OSCEOLA GRACE AT FREMONT (1-0)
OWEN VALLEY (1-0) AT SOUTHMONT (1-0)
PARIS (ILL.) AT NORTH VERMILLION (0-1)
PENN (1-0) AT MISHAWAKA (1-0)
PERU (0-1) AT WHITKO (0-1)
PIKE (0-1) AT CROWN POINT (1-0)
PIKE CENTRAL (0-1) AT PRINCETON (0-1)
PIONEER (1-0) AT KNOX (0-1)
PLAINFIELD (0-1) AT HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) (1-0)
PORTAGE (0-1) AT HOBART (1-0)
PROVIDENCE (0-1) AT LOUISVILLE HOLY CROSS (KY.)
RABUN GAP (GA.) AT BROWNSBURG (1-0)
ROCHESTER (1-0) AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY (1-0)
SALEM (1-0) AT SILVER CREEK (0-1)
SCOTTSBURG (0-1) AT NORTH HARRISON (0-1)
SEEGER (0-1) AT BENTON CENTRAL (0-1)
SHELBYVILLE (1-0) AT RUSHVILLE (0-1)
SHERIDAN (0-1) AT ALEXANDRIA (0-1)
SOUTH ADAMS (0-1) AT BELLMONT (0-1)
SOUTH BEND RILEY (1-0) AT VALPARAISO (0-1)
SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON (0-1) AT GOSHEN (0-1)
SOUTH DEARBORN (0-1) AT SWITZERLAND COUNTY (1-0)
SOUTH DECATUR (0-1) AT GREENSBURG (0-1)
SOUTH PUTNAM (1-0) AT GREENCASTLE (0-1)
SOUTH SPENCER (0-1) AT EMINENCE (KY.)
SOUTH VERMILLION (1-0) AT SULLIVAN (1-0)
SOUTHPORT (0-1) AT PERRY MERIDIAN (0-1)
T.F. SOUTH (ILL.) AT HAMMOND CENTRAL (1-0)
TAYLOR (0-1) AT NORTH MIAMI (0-1)
TECUMSEH (1-0) AT NORTH POSEY (1-0)
TIPTON (1-0) AT MANCHESTER (0-1)
TRITON (0-1) AT BREMEN (1-0)
VINCENNES LINCOLN (1-0) AT NORTHVIEW (1-0)
WARREN CENTRAL (1-0) AT ELKHART (1-0)
WES-DEL (1-0) AT BLACKFORD (0-1)
WEST CENTRAL (0-1) AT CULVER (0-1)
WEST LAFAYETTE (0-1) AT MCCUTCHEON (0-1)
WEST NOBLE (0-1) AT WAWASEE (0-1)
WEST VIGO (0-1) AT PARKE HERITAGE (0-1)
WEST WASHINGTON (1-0) AT TELL CITY (1-0)
WHITELAND (0-1) AT FLOYD CENTRAL (1-0)
WHITING (1-0) AT HIGHLAND (0-1)
WINAMAC (1-0) AT FRONTIER (0-1)
WINCHESTER (0-1) AT KNIGHTSTOWN (0-1)
WOODLAN (1-0) AT CENTRAL NOBLE (1-0)
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
NO SCORES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
NO SCORES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
NO SCORES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS
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INDIANA GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
NO SCORES
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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 2
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
TITANS 19 SEAHAWKS 16
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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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TITANS RALLY FROM EARLY DEFICIT TO BEAT SEAHAWKS IN PRESEASON ACTION
D’Ernest Johnson’s fourth-quarter touchdown run capped off the Tennessee Titans’ comeback in a 19-16 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the second preseason game for each team Sunday evening in Nashville, Tenn.
Johnson, a well-traveled running back who played last season for the New England Patriots, scored the Titans’ only touchdown from 2 yards out with 5:45 left, giving Tennessee (2-0) its first lead of the game. It capped off the Titans’ 16-0 surge over the final 45 minutes after Seattle (0-2) led 16-3 at the end of the first quarter.
Veteran kicker Joey Slye made all four of his field-goal attempts for Tennessee, including a 55-yarder, to score all of the team’s points before the Johnson touchdown. The Titans elected to start second-year starting quarterback Cam Ward, who completed 8 of 12 passes for a team-high 69 yards in three series. Running back Tony Pollard had just two carries for 12 yards but added one catch for a team-high 33 receiving yards.
Seattle did not use starting quarterback Sam Darnold, instead relying on reserves Drew Lock and Jalen Milroe. Lock played the first half, leading three first-quarter scoring drives. He opened the scoring with a 36-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo (game-high 50 receiving yards) 3:48 into the game.
Seattle rookie running back Jacardia Wright extended the lead to 13-3 with 5:43 left in the first behind a 69-yard touchdown run which buoyed his eight-carry, 81-yard rushing performance.
Lock finished 12-of-14 passing for 103 yards and the touchdown. Milroe did not have the same success after halftime, completing 6 of 11 passes for 52 yards and two interceptions, which were made by Anthony Hill Jr. and Derrick Canteen, with the latter’s pick ending Seattle’s final possession of the game.
The Seahawks, who lost veteran wide receiver Jake Bobo to a season-ending knee injury at Friday’s joint practice with the Titans, were dealt more bad news in the preseason game.News content provider
Rookie safety Bud Clark broke his right ankle on Seattle’s first defensive play. He left the field on a cart with his leg in an air cast. Head coach Mike Macdonald said Clark will be out for “multiple months.”
Mason Richman, a second-year guard, was injured on the Seahawks’ opening offensive drive. He left the field under his own power, but Macdonald said after the game that the team believes it’s a “major injury, a long-term injury” but didn’t have more specifics.
Seattle selected Clark in the second round of the 2026 NFL Draft out of TCU. The Seahawks picked Richman in the seventh round in last year’s draft out of Iowa. He played as a reserve in two regular-season and one playoff game last season.
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BROWNS WAIVE DAE’QUAN WRIGHT, PAVING REPORTED RETURN TO COLLEGE AT LSU
The Cleveland Browns waived tight end Dae’Quan Wright on Sunday, paving a path for him to return to college football at LSU so long as he clears NFL waivers, his representation told ESPN.
Wright — who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent and then landed with Cleveland via waivers but hasn’t appeared in either of their first two preseason games — is believed to be the first player with an agreement in place to return to college football after signing an NFL contract as an undrafted free agent.
Wright played the last two seasons for new LSU coach Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss, catching 39 passes for 635 yards and five touchdowns for the Rebels in 2025. He amassed 113 catches, 1,603 receiving yards and nine touchdown catches over four seasons at Virginia Tech (2022-23) and Ole Miss (2024-25).
He’s one of 16 football players who was granted a temporary restraining order earlier this week by a Louisiana judge to be deemed eligible for the 2026 college season. The NCAA initially ruled that all players whose eligibility expired after the 2025 season will not be eligible for its new five-year eligibility model.
Wright officially entered the transfer portal Thursday and could join the 11th-ranked Tigers — who open the season at home Sept. 5 vs. Clemson — in the near future.
The NCAA continues to fight against these players becoming eligible, receiving a stay from the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday. However, that stay doesn’t erase the players who have already had their eligibility restored by TROs given by state-court judges across the country over the last few weeks.
The other players who have reportedly entered the transfer portal this week after the Louisiana court ruling include one of Wright’s Ole Miss teammates, defensive lineman Zxavian Harris, former SMU running back TJ Harden, former BYU offensive lineman Weylin Lapuaho, former James Madison linebacker Trent Hendrick, former Appalachian State defensive back Ethan Johnson and former New Mexico kicker Luke Drzewiecki.
ESPN also reported this week that two other players in NFL camps, Jack Pyburn of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Wydett Williams Jr. of the Arizona Cardinals, can go back to school under the TRO.
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REPORT: 49ERS TRADE RB ZAMIR WHITE TO SAINTS FOR LB DEION JONES
The New Orleans Saints are acquiring running back Zamir White from the San Francsico 49ers for linebacker Deion Jones, ESPN reported late Sunday.
Both veteran players were free agents who signed earlier this month with their teams, only to be traded. The Saints could be looking for depth with five-time Pro Bowl running back Alvin Kamara expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a sprained MCL.
New Orleans signed free agent Travis Etienne to a four-year contract worth $12 million per season but head coach Kellen Moore said he envisions using a deep committee of running backs.
Jones would be reunited with the 49ers’ new defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, his coach while both were with the Atlanta Falcons.
White is listed on the 49ers “unofficial depth chart” on its website in the fourth running back group, behind starter Christian McCaffrey and four other players.
White, who turns 27 on Sept. 18, played in six games last season for the Las Vegas Raiders and had 12 carries for 32 yards along with four receptions on six targets for 24 yards.
Las Vegas selected White in the fourth round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Georgia. For his career, he has 198 rushing attempts for 736 yards and two touchdowns and 25 receptions for 152 yards in 45 games (nine starts) for the Raiders since 2022.NFL updates
He became a free agent in March and signed with the 49ers on Aug. 12.
Jones, 31, played in all 17 regular-season games for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last season as a reserve and totaled 29 tackles. He became a free agent in March and signed with the Saints on Aug. 7.
Atlanta picked Jones in the second round of the 2016 draft out of LSU. He was third in the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year that season when he intercepted three passes, returning two for scores.
Jones made the Pro Bowl in his second year, when he made a career-high 138 tackles along with another three picks.
For his career, Jones has 761 tackles, 12 sacks, 50 tackles for loss, 24 quarterback hits, 13 interceptions (five returned for TDs), 53 passes defended, five forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in 128 games (91 starts) for the Falcons (2016-21), Cleveland Browns (2022), Carolina Panthers (2023) and Bucs (2024-25).
Morris was a Falcons assistant coach (2015-19), defensive coordinator and interim head coach in 2020 and head coach again in 2024-25.
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BROWNS COACH: DESHAUN WATSON’S COMMENTS WON’T AFFECT QB DECISION
Deshaun Watson’s criticisms of Cleveland Browns fans won’t be part of the decision on whether Watson or Shedeur Sanders will be named Monday as the team’s starting quarterback.
Browns first-year coach Todd Monken said the piercing comments are a non-factor as he determines which player is the best option to be the club’s QB1.
“He emptied his heart a little bit, and I don’t think that says who he is,” Monken told reporters Sunday, one day after a 31-7 home loss to the Buffalo Bills. “I see the competitor in him. I see the everyday work he puts in, and he wants to be back.
“He wants to get back to where he was as best he can, and that’s hard. And again, I think the moment just got him after the game, and it can get all of us.”
Watson alluded to his belief that he would be facing “17 away games” if he were named the starter.
Cleveland fans vociferously showered Watson with boos during Saturday’s contest, his first at home since tearing his right Achilles tendon during Week 7 of the 2024 season.
When Watson suffered the injury, the fans applauded, and he hasn’t forgotten that. Watson later injured the Achilles again and underwent a second surgery. He didn’t appear in a game in 2025.
“The whole world knows it has nothing to do about the performance,” Watson said Saturday. “It’s a little bit (more) personal than that. So, I think it’s a disrespectful thing. So, yeah, I mean, I’m going to keep whatever I feel with me and my family internally on how I feel about that. And, yeah, just move on.
“Last time I played on this field, I tore my Achilles. And that same fan base, they cheered when I got hurt. So, what does that have to do with anything about performance? When a person gets hurt, especially for your own city, and they cheer?”
Cleveland has been outscored 65-17 in its first two preseason games. Watson started the first one and guided the team to 10 first-half points in a loss to the Chicago Bears. Sanders started against the Bills and led the team to a first-quarter touchdown.
Watson has completed 59.3 percent of his passes for 162 yards and one interception this preseason. Sanders has connected on 68.2 percent of his passes for 153 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
Watson and Sanders have been splitting first-team repetitions in training camp practices.
“Even with (Saturday), we have to take in the full body of work,” Monken said. “That’s one opportunity that they had on the field, both of them, just like the week before, an opportunity. Just like the practices against the Bills were an opportunity to showcase their ability and others’ ability and where they’re at this point, where we’re at as an offense.
“I look at it (as): What has been the full body of work? And then, ultimately, who gives us the best chance to win Week 1?
“I’m not going to let one half of football, one frustrating moment, dictate what our decision is going to be that we think is in the best interest of the Browns moving forward and especially Week 1.”
Watson, who turns 31 next month, was traded from the Houston Texans to the Browns prior to the 2022 season. Cleveland subsequently gave him a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract.
In addition to the Achilles injury, he also had his career derailed by an 11-game suspension in 2022 for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy after the league’s investigation into sexual misconduct allegations involving more than two dozen massage therapists.
In 19 games with Cleveland, Watson has a 9-10 record and has thrown 19 touchdowns to 12 interceptions.
Earlier in his career, Watson was a Pro Bowl selection three straight seasons (2018-20) for the Texans. He passed for career highs of 4,823 yards and 33 touchdowns in 2020.
Sanders, 24, was a fifth-round draft pick last season and went 3-4 as a starter while playing eight games. He passed for 1,400 yards and seven touchdowns against 10 interceptions and was named to the Pro Bowl Games as a replacement after other quarterbacks withdrew.
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REPORT: RAIDERS RB ASHTON JEANTY BELIEVED TO HAVE SPRAINED ANKLE
Las Vegas running back Ashton Jeanty is believed to have sprained his ankle on Sunday during Raiders practice in Henderson, Nev., according to a co-report from ESPN and NFL Network late Sunday.
Jeanty dove for an attempted reception on a pass route and fell awkwardly on the indoor turf surface, per multiple reports. Jeanty stayed down before being helped from the field by trainers and medical personnel. Jeanty couldn’t put weight on his right leg as he left the scene.
Raiders players knelt and prayed as Jeanty was assisted.
The team declined comment on Jeanty’s status, though it’s not considered a long-term injury, per the report.
Jeanty, 22, is entering his second season after the Raiders made him the No. 6 overall pick in last year’s draft. He has been expected to be a major contributor for the Raiders this season.
As a rookie, Jeanty ran for 975 yards with five touchdowns. He added 55 receptions for 346 yards and five touchdowns through the air.
If Jeanty’s injury is serious, it could mean a larger role for rookie Mike Washington Jr., who has been a star of training camp and was a fourth-round choice of the Raiders this spring.
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49ERS TAKE STAR TE GEORGE KITTLE OFF PUP LIST 10 DAYS BEFORE LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star tight end George Kittle was taken off the physically unable to perform list on Sunday, providing hope that he might be able to return from a ruptured right Achilles tendon before the season opener.
The 49ers got good news on the injury front 10 days before the team was set to depart for Australia for a Week 1 game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 11 with both Kittle and All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey both back at practice.
The Niners are scheduled to leave for Australia on Sept. 2 and Kittle said last week that he needed to get practice time in pads before then to determine whether he would make the trip and try to play Week 1.
Kittle ruptured his Achilles on Jan. 11 in a playoff win at Philadelphia and has made an impressive recovery to get back on the field in less than eight months.
Kittle is a two-time All-Pro and seven-time Pro Bowler who is a key part of San Francisco’s offense as a passing threat and a blocker in the run game. He had 57 catches for 628 yards receiving and seven touchdowns last season.
McCaffrey had missed the past two weeks of practice with what the team had described as “tightness.” After being limited to four games because of injuries in 2024, McCaffrey was an ironman last season. He played 1,010 offensive snaps in the regular season and playoffs — just the ninth running back in the past 20 seasons to top the 1,000 mark — and became the second player in the past decade with at least 450 combined carries and catches.
The 30-year-old McCaffrey hasn’t responded well in the past following his heaviest-use seasons. The previous two times he topped 400 touches — in 2019 with Carolina and 2023 with the 49ers — he was severely hampered by injuries the following season, missing 13 games each in 2020 and 2024.
Star defensive end Nick Bosa remains out of practice with soreness and tendinitis in his surgically repaired right knee. Bosa tore his right ACL in Week 3 last season. He started camp on the active roster but has only participated in individual drills before being shut down nearly three weeks ago. The Niners have expressed optimism that he will be ready for Week 1.
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BROWNS PLACE DE ALEX WRIGHT ON IR, ADD DEREK BARNETT
The Cleveland Browns placed starter Alex Wright on injured reserve Sunday and signed fellow defensive end Derek Barnett.
Terms of Barnett’s deal were not announced by the Browns, but ESPN reported it was a one-year deal worth up to $5.5 million.
Wright sustained a ruptured Achilles on Thursday while competing in a one-on-one drill during a joint practice with the Buffalo Bills.
Signed to a three-year, $33 million extension in November, Wright recorded 5 1/2 sacks and 37 tackles in 14 games (nine starts) last season with Cleveland.
Wright, who turns 26 on Sept. 5, has totaled 11 1/2 sacks and 98 tackles in 51 career games (15 starts) since being selected by the Browns in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of UAB.
Barnett, 30, had five sacks and 21 tackles in 17 games off the bench last season with the Houston Texans.
A Super Bowl champion with Philadelphia, Barnett has notched 34 sacks and 216 tackles in 112 career games (50 starts) with the Texans and Eagles. He was selected by the Eagles with the 14th overall pick of the 2017 NFL Draft out of Tennessee.
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CHARGERS PUT C TYLER BIADASZ ON SEASON-ENDING IR
The Los Angeles Chargers placed center Tyler Biadasz on season-ending injured reserve Sunday, less than a week after he went down with a serious left knee injury that included ACL damage.
Biadasz, 28, was injured in a joint practice with the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday. San Francisco defensive tackle Sebastian Valdez fell on Biadasz’s left leg during an 11-on-11 drill.
After struggles on the offensive line last season, when quarterback Justin Herbert was sacked 54 times, the Chargers added Biadasz on a three-year, $30 million contract this offseason.
A veteran of six NFL seasons, Biadasz earned a 2022 Pro Bowl selection with the Dallas Cowboys and was expected to stabilize the youthful offensive line for Herbert.American Football
A fourth-round draft pick in 2020, Biadasz started 49 games for the Cowboys from 2021-23 and added 31 starts in two seasons with the Washington Commanders, who released him in February.
While playing more than 900 snaps in each season with the Commanders, Biadasz allowed just four total sacks.
Rookie Jake Slaughter stepped in this week after Biadasz’s departure and started in Thursday’s preseason game against the 49ers. Slaughter, 23, was drafted in the second round out of Florida.
The Chargers also announced Sunday that they signed wide receiver Gary Jennings Jr. Originally a fourth-round draft pick by the Seattle Seahawks in 2019, the 29-year-old played just one NFL game for the Miami Dolphins in 2019.
Jennings has spent time on the practice squads of the Las Vegas Raiders, Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens in recent years, while also playing three seasons in the UFL for the St. Louis Battlehawks (2023, 2025) and Birmingham Stallions (2024).
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NORTH DAKOTA STATE HAS WON AT A RECORD RATE AT THE LOWER LEVELS. THE BISON ARE RUMBLING INTO THE FBS
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State’s road to the highest level of college football was paved by an unprecedented run of success, with 10 national championships serving as sparkling souvenirs from a two-decade stay in the Championship Subdivision.
That exit sign for the Bowl Subdivision came into view through a rare and bitter taste of failure.
The Bison rumbled last year into the FCS playoffs with the top seed, a first-round bye and an unbeaten record. Then came Dec. 6 and the fateful game against Illinois State. The Redbirds, a conference rival, rallied three times from two-touchdown deficits for a one-point victory at the Fargodome. The 19,000-seat stadium was about half full for the thriller.
“That was the point in time for me when I said, ‘We’ve got to get this done,’” athletic director Matt Larsen recalled. “We were really close already. I remember thinking to myself, ‘If we don’t make this move, this might be the norm.’ I think our fan base is as passionate as they’ve always been, but they wanted a new challenge. This provides that new energy and new competition.”
The latest era for this powerhouse on the prairie starts on Saturday when North Dakota State hosts Jacksonville State in its first game as an FBS program. The Bison then make their Mountain West debut on Sept. 12 at Air Force, marking yet another turn on the sport’s carousel of conference realignment. Sacramento State is also moving up to the FBS this season.
“I always knew it could happen, but I never was really thinking about it,” linebacker Donovan Woolen said. “To play better games against better competition is going to be a lot more fun. To be able to test our abilities and see our fullest potential of what we can do as players and as a team, I think we’re ready for it.”
The Bison built a dominant program decades ago
After winning three national championships (1965, 1968, 1969) in what was then the NCAA’s College Division, the Bison won five more Division II titles (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1990) after the original lower tier was divided into two. The first big move came in 2004 to the FCS, where attention-grabbing wins over Big Ten and Big 12 opponents laid the groundwork for those record 10 championships over a stunning 14-year span that included four different head coaches.
The Bison went 9-5 against FBS foes, with four of those losses coming by a combined 12 points, and counted Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State and Minnesota — twice — as victims of their stampede. The program’s all-time record in playoff games is 86-20, including a jaw-dropping 51-7 in the FCS tournament.
“There’s been murmurs and all that for probably five years now, but to finally make that jump, it’s pretty cool to see and I’m excited for the guys back at Fargo,” said Seattle Seahawks left guard Grey Zabel, who was a first-round draft pick out of North Dakota State in 2025 and promptly got a Super Bowl ring out of his rookie season. “They’ve got the support staff. They’ve got the coaching staff. They’ve got the community, the fans, the players, the talent. It’s just a matter of putting in the hard work and having the right attitude, effort and mentality.”
Being ready to move up requires a lot more than national titles
Playing in the biggest city in a state without a pro team, the Bison have naturally become a regional draw boasting a proud network of supporters. Tom Blattner, a 1996 alumnus, gave in 2021 with his wife through their foundation a $15 million gift toward the $54 million indoor facility that also allows the soccer, baseball, softball and golf teams to practice in the dead of winter.
Fargo is a growing city of more than 125,000 people with a metropolitan area — including Moorhead, Minnesota — that’s about double that, but a midsize market has its financial limits. The university enrolled close to 12,000 students last fall, including about 9,700 undergraduates, more than only Wyoming and Air Force in the Mountain West.
NDSU’s $5 million reclassification fee to the NCAA and $12.5 million entry fee to the Mountain West were privately funded, so some donors will undoubtedly be tapped out for a while. The football program added 22 scholarships in the move to the FBS, and the increased travel and other competitive upgrades has roughly doubled the operating budget, Larsen said, from 2025 expenses of about $8 million.
As long as the College Football Playoff includes a spot for the Group of Six conferences that comprise the underbelly of the Power Four-driven FBS, the Bison will have a big prize to pursue even if their days of winning national championships with regularity are all but done.
“To be able to compete year in and year out for a conference championship, to me that’s a signifier that we’ve built a competitive program. If you’re doing well in the Mountain West, that means you’re doing well across the Group of Six as well,” Larsen said. “We don’t want to just go. We want to go compete right away.”
The buzz around the football facilities has been palpable this summer, perhaps no stronger than when players began to get their hands on the latest edition of the popular EA Sports video game, College Football, which for the first time includes North Dakota State. Now they can relax at home after practice and pick the Bison to control instead of Alabama or Ohio State.
“To play as yourself in a game, that’s something every little kid wants to do when they grow up,” Woolen said.
NDSU’s traditional rivals probably won’t be a prominent part of its future
North Dakota State was joined on its jump to the FCS by South Dakota State, which beat the Bison in the 2022 national championship game and won it all again in 2023. North Dakota and South Dakota eventually moved up from Division II as well.
The Bison are open to playing regional schools in the future, Larsen said, but that can’t be an annual event with a nonconference schedule that has room for only FCS game. North Dakota State fans seeking matchups with the neighbors to the north and south will probably have to settle for other sports.
Northern Illinois, another one of the three newcomers to Mountain West football this season, could become a rival as the only other Central Time Zone team in the league from a part of the country the Bison try to recruit hard. Wyoming, where current head coach Tim Polasek was recently the offensive coordinator under Craig Bohl, a former North Dakota State head coach, is another candidate to stoke the competitive fire.
For now, Bison fans have some fun road trips to look forward to, with two games in Northern California, one in Las Vegas and one in, yes, Honolulu.
“There’s a lot of excitement around the community for sure,” wide receiver and kick returner Jackson Williams said.
Winning never gets old to coaches or players, but all those blowouts of teams in the bottom half of the top-heavy Missouri Valley Football Conference weren’t doing much for the fan base. Plus, taking home that many trophies in such a short amount of time can create an anticlimactic feeling.
“I think it’s bittersweet, to sum it up, but I do think with where college football is headed there was no other decision to be made,” Polasek said. “We’re excited to be moving up, and the time was right. It’s just an opportunity we couldn’t pass up.”
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ALL-AMERICA RB AHMAD HARDY TO MISS MISSOURI’S SEASON OPENER AFTER BEING SHOT AT CONCERT IN MAY
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Ahmad Hardy, an Associated Press All-America running back, will miss Missouri’s season-opening game as he recovers from being shot in the leg three months ago.
“Hopefully, he can keep working and try to get back as soon as possible,” coach Eli Drinkwitz said Saturday. “Really don’t have a timetable on that. It’s up to his body and his response.”
The 25th-ranked Tigers will start the season at home on Sept. 3 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff without Hardy on the field.
“He’s doing everything that we can ask him to do,” Drinkwitz said. “Just not going to be able to be ready for that first game. We’re going to do the very best by him. His team and our medical team just feel like it’s in his best interest to hold off. I want to make sure that I get that out there to fans now so that there’s no false hope there.”
Drinkwitz said in July that it could take Hardy five to eight weeks to be cleared to play.
Hardy was shot in his home state while attending a concert in Laurel, Mississippi, on May 10. A few days later, police made an arrest in the shooting and charged Rashodrick Harris with aggravated assault. Harris was released on $500,000 bond.
Hardy set a single-season school record with 16 touchdowns last year as a sophomore and was second in the nation with 1,649 yards rushing. He ran for 1,351 yards and scored 13 touchdowns for Louisiana-Monroe as a freshman before transferring to play for the Tigers.
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OHIO STATE’S NEW OFFENSE: FEWER PLAYS, MORE PURPOSE UNDER NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ARTHUR SMITH
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — After 15 years coaching in the NFL, Arthur Smith was hired to fix an Ohio State offense that was efficient but not explosive last season.
The Buckeyes averaged 33.4 points per game last season, but faltered in their final two games, scoring just 10 points in a loss to Indiana in the Big 10 title game and 14 in a quarterfinal loss to Miami (Fla.) in the College Football Playoff.
That was under offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, who was named head coach at the University of South Florida just days before the Big Ten championship.
Hartline’s first season as the play caller saw the Buckeyes finish second in the nation in passing efficiency and 21st in passing yards per game (268.2) while sliding to 72nd in rushing (154.4 yards per game).
Most of Smith’s NFL offenses — which include two seasons each as offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers and three seasons as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons — have run the ball well, so he’s been welcomed by the Ohio State offensive linemen and running backs.
For sophomore Isaiah West, who is looking to share carries with returning 1,000-yard back Bo Jackson this fall, that means more than just putting a greater emphasis on the rushing attack.
It’s a matter of attacking defenses with a purpose.
“Arthur Smith has a structured plan for the offense,” West said. “We don’t have a thousand different plays. We have a few that we’re really good at. Arthur Smith is real big on being brilliant in the basics.”
As an example, West offered the way Smith is teaching them to read blocks on basic running plays.
“The way that we read wide zone, the way that we read tight zone, he’s real big on just making everything simple, making sure that we just get it down,” West said.
The tight ends are also excited to be part of what Smith is doing in Columbus.
That makes sense because Smith has deployed two- and three-tight end sets frequently at previous coaching stops, though he was careful not to tip his hand about schemes when he met with reporters earlier this month.
Bennett Christian, a fifth-year senior tight end looking to earn a role on the offense, also steered clear of scheme talk, but offered a little more insight that jibed with West’s observation.
“I just think the plays he’s running are different than last year,” Christian said. “I think there’s just plays off plays off plays. We’ll set you up one way and then come back the other way. It looks the same, but it’s a different play.”
The idea is not to outsmart defenses as much as simply prevent them from getting a read on what the Buckeyes are doing.
Christian said that effort is paying off so far in practice, at least according to middle linebacker Payton Pierce.
Pierce gets to see first-hand every day what the Buckeyes are trying to do on offense in practice.
According to Christian, “(Pierce) said, ‘It’s just confusing. It’s like, man, I don’t know how defenses are gonna stop it,’ is what he said. It’s really exciting to know that one of our middle linebackers sees it and says that, so I think it’ll be really good.”
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MLB ROUNDUP: IAN HAPP, PEDRO RAMIREZ SLAM CUBS PAST MARINERS
Ian Happ and Pedro Ramirez hit grand slams as the Chicago Cubs poured it on late in a 19-2 shellacking of the host Seattle Mariners Sunday afternoon.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Michael Conforto also homered and right-hander Aaron Civale (6-7) pitched four innings of scoreless relief as the Cubs snapped a three-game losing streak. Chicago brought home nine runs in the eighth inning and tallied 17 hits in the beatdown.
Randy Arozarena homered for the Mariners, who had won five of its previous seven games. Arozarena, who hit leadoff and walk-off homers Saturday, went deep again in the first inning Sunday to left field off Cubs starter Shota Imanaga. He became the second player to ever hit consecutive leadoff homers with a walk-off in between, duplicating Crow-Armstrong’s feat from earlier in the week.
Seattle starter Bryce Miller (4-8) allowed just two hits over 4 1/3 innings but was tagged for six runs due in large part to his seven walks. Imanaga lasted two-plus innings and gave up two runs (one earned) on five hits. It was the Mariners’ second lopsided loss of the week, following their 22-0 road loss at Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Braves 4, Brewers 2
Tyler Mahle threw five-plus solid innings to continue his impressive run and Michael Harris II homered to help Atlanta post a victory over Milwaukee in the MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa.
Mahle (5-10) allowed one run on six hits. Mahle has a 1.52 ERA in four starts since being traded from the San Francisco Giants. Raisel Iglesias earned a four-out save for Atlanta, which had dropped five of its prior six games. Michael Harris connected on his 21st homer of the season to give Atlanta an insurance run in the top of the ninth.
Milwaukee starter Shane Drohan (6-5) threw five innings and allowed two runs and eight hits for the Brewers, who had won six of their last seven.
Phillies 6, Cardinals 4
Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run walk-off home run to highlight a six-run, ninth-inning rally as Philadelphia extended its winning streak to nine with a thrilling victory over visiting St. Louis.
Philadelphia did not score until Edmundo Sosa’s three-run double with two outs in the ninth. Bryan De La Cruz tied it with a single through the left side, and then Schwarber followed by launching a mammoth homer off the batter’s eye in center field, delivering the Phillies’ first walk-off homer in more than three years.
Phillies star left-hander Cristopher Sanchez gave up four runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. Alec Burleson knocked in a pair of runs and Jose Fermin homered for St. Louis, which concluded its season-long road trip with a 5-6 record. Kyle Leahy and four Cardinals relievers combined to blank the Phillies over the first eight innings before things fell apart for Riley O’Brien (3-5).
Rays 3, Orioles 1
Tampa Bay’s Nick Martinez pitched six one-hit innings and three relievers completed the task in a victory against Baltimore to avoid a series sweep.
Chandler Simpson had two hits, including a run-scoring single to cap off the Rays’ three-run sixth inning. Martinez (13-4) struck out four batters without issuing a walk. The only hit he allowed was Colton Cowser’s one-out double in the third inning. American League-best Tampa Bay won for only the third time in their last 10 games.
Cowser had both of the Orioles’ hits, including a ninth-inning home run off Bryan Baker, who recorded his 37th save of the season. Shane Baz (4-14), who’s winless in his last 12 starts, was charged with three runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings against his former team.
Yankees 8, Blue Jays 3
Trent Grisham worked out a two-out, bases-loaded walk to break a tie in the sixth inning, Ben Rice followed with a two-run single and New York earned a victory over visiting Toronto to claim the series.
The Yankees won for the sixth time in seven games and 10th time in 15 games thanks to getting four hits in the sixth off Toronto starter Jose Soriano (10-7) and reliever Mason Fluharty. Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Grisham each added their 18th homer of the season for New York.
Yankees starter Carlos Rodon allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits in four innings in his second start since returning from left elbow inflammation. The Blue Jays, who finished a 13-game stretch against AL East opponents with an 8-5 record, scored their runs on sacrifice flies by Brett Bateman and Daz Cameron and an Alejandro Kirk RBI single.
Athletics 7, Astros 6Sports
Max Muncy slugged a tiebreaking home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning and the visiting Athletics rallied from a six-run deficit to claim the rubber match of a three-game series in Houston.
Muncy crushed a 1-2 fastball from Astros reliever Steven Okert (6-2) 409 feet to center field, snapping a 6-6 deadlock. That was the deciding blow against the Astros, who dropped into a tie atop the American League West with the Texas Rangers.
The Athletics trailed 6-0 entering the top of the fifth before fashioning the comeback with a six-run inning, first against Astros starter Cristian Javier before continuing it against reliever Enyel De Los Santos. The big blow was a three-run homer by No. 9 hitter Brian Serven.
Marlins 6, Nationals 2
Xavier Edwards stroked a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning as host Miami completed a three-game sweep with a victory over Washington.
Miami improved to 8-1 against Washington this season. Marlins reliever Michael Petersen (3-3) got one out to earn the win.
While the Marlins are National League wild-card contenders, the Nationals have lost 10 of their past 12 games. Nationals rookie starter Jackson Kent (0-2) took the loss, allowing three runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings.
Dodgers 4, Pirates 0
Blake Snell delivered his third consecutive strong outing in his return from an elbow procedure and Los Angeles finished off a three-game sweep over visiting Pittsburgh.
Alek Thomas had an RBI single in his second game with the Dodgers and Hunter Feduccia added his own RBI single as the Dodgers extended their winning streak to six games while improving to 10-3 since Aug. 10. Snell (2-1) gave up just two hits over six scoreless innings.
Brandon Lowe and Spencer Horwitz had singles for the Pirates on an otherwise ineffective day on offense. Pittsburgh right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski followed opener Lake Bachar — who went two innings — and gave up most of the damage: three runs allowed on five hits over three innings.
Rangers 5, Angels 3
Cal Quantrill tossed six scoreless innings and Ezequiel Duran and Elias Diaz each belted a solo homer, lifting Texas to a victory over Los Angeles in the rubber match at Arlington, Texas.
Quantrill (6-4) allowed six hits. He posted his second straight scoreless outing and has yielded just one run on 14 hits over his last four appearances (19 innings). Corey Seager had a pair of singles to record his sixth multi-hit performance in seven games.
Yusei Kikuchi (0-4) permitted five runs on seven hits in five innings in his return from the 60-day injured list for the Angels. He had been sidelined since April with left shoulder inflammation. Los Angeles’ Zach Neto went deep to lead off the eighth inning for his team-leading 22nd homer of the season.
White Sox 2, Mets 1
Tristan Peters hit a walk-off homer in the ninth inning for Chicago, which edged visiting New York in the rubber game of a three-game series.
Peters’ one-out blast to center off Kodai Senga (0-9) glanced off the glove of a leaping A.J. Ewing for his second quirky homer in as many days. Andrew Benintendi snapped a scoreless tie with an eighth-inning RBI double for the American League Central-leading White Sox.
Carson Benge and Francisco Lindor had two hits apiece for the last-place Mets, who fell to 12-6 since the trade deadline. New York starter Nolan McLean recorded another solid start by allowing one hit over six innings.
Red Sox 5, Giants 4
Boston flipped a one-run deficit with three runs off three straight two-out hits in the fourth inning en route to a win over visiting San Francisco.
Mickey Gasper’s pinch-hit double knocked in the go-ahead run. Ceddanne Rafaela went 3-for-4 with two RBIs, and Nick Sogard doubled and homered to lead four Red Sox with multi-hit games. Jake Bennett (8-6) bounced back from a 23-pitch first inning to complete seven frames for the third time. He allowed four runs (three earned).
Jonah Cox homered and both he and Bryce Eldridge went 2-for-4 for the Giants.
Royals 11, Tigers 7
Nick Loftin and John Rave hit home runs as Kansas City outlasted visiting Detroit to finish off a 7-0 homestand, part of an eight-game winning streak.
Loftin was 3-for-4 with four RBIs out of the leadoff spot for the Royals. The long ball by Loftin was the highlight of a five-run second for Kansas City. Rave had the big hit in the fifth, a 407-foot two-run homer, after RBI doubles by Vinnie Pasquantino and Salvador Perez. All four runs were charged to left-hander Andrew Sears, who was making his MLB debut.
John Schreiber (1-3) got the Royals’ last two outs of the sixth to earn the win. Sears (0-1) was the bulk pitcher on a bullpen day for Detroit, allowing five runs in four-plus innings.
Guardians 7, Rockies 2
Chase DeLauter tripled twice, singled, walked and drove in two runs, helping Cleveland beat Colorado in Denver to complete a three-game sweep.
Jo Adell, Steven Kwan, Austin Hedges and Angel Martinez finished with two hits apiece for the Guardians. Foster Griffin (15-4) allowed two runs on five hits in five innings to improve to 3-1 since being acquired from the Washington Nationals at the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
Brett Sullivan had an RBI double for Colorado, which went 0-6 on its homestand and has been swept in three consecutive home series. Rockies starter Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7) lasted just three innings, surrendering five runs on nine hits.
Padres 8, Twins 1
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice and knocked in four runs, while Jackson Merrill added a homer as host San Diego completed a three-game sweep of Minnesota for its 21st win in 28 games.
Walker Buehler (8-6) allowed only four hits and a run in six innings. The Twins’ Brooks Lee homered off Buehler in the fifth.
The game was tied 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth when the Padres pounced on the Minnesota bullpen. With one out, Kody Funderburk (3-2) walked Luis Campusano and pinch hitter Austin Hays. Jeff Hoffman relieved and walked Xander Bogaerts to load the bases. Luis Rengifo grounded a two-run double, followed by Tatis’ two-run single for a 5-1 lead.
Diamondbacks 5, Reds 3
Ildemaro Vargas hit a go-ahead two-run triple in a four-run seventh inning, Corbin Carroll had two extra-base hits and an RBI, and Arizona overcame a three-run deficit to beat Cincinnati in Phoenix.
Vargas and Tim Tawa had two hits apiece, and six relievers combined to throw six scoreless innings. Jonathan Loiaisiga (5-3), the third Diamondbacks reliever, pitched a scoreless seventh for the win.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott (6-9) gave up seven hits and four runs in six-plus innings. Sal Stewart and Dane Myers had two hits each for Cincinnati, which has lost four of its last six.
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NBA NEWS
DEMAR DEROZAN AGREES WITH NUGGETS ON 1-YEAR DEAL FOR VETERAN MINIMUM, AP SOURCE SAYS
DENVER (AP) — DeMar DeRozan has agreed to sign a one-year contract with the Denver Nuggets worth the veteran minimum of $3.9 million, a person with knowledge of the deal said Friday.
It will be DeRozan’s fifth team in his 18th season for a six-time All-Star looking for his first championship. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement hasn’t been announced.
The addition of DeRozan gives the Nuggets a veteran backcourt presence after sending young, versatile wing Peyton Watson to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade. The 23-year-old Watson started a career-high 40 games last season and averaged career bests in points (14.6), rebounds (4.9) and assists (2.1). He missed the first-round series with a hamstring injury as the Nuggets were eliminated by Minnesota. Aaron Gordon also was hampered by calf tightness in the series.
Bringing in a veteran like DeRozan may go a long way in showing All-NBA center Nikola Jokic the team is committed to staying competitive. Last month, Jokic reiterated his desire to remain with Denver. He held off signing his contract extension until next summer when he can sign a five-year supermax contract that would be worth around $350 million.
The Nuggets won their first NBA title in 2023, but have been eliminated early in the last three postseasons. They signed forward/center Marvin Bagley III this summer and brought back forward Spencer Jones by matching the Oklahoma City Thunder’s offer sheet.
It’s a deal that pushed Denver into the second apron. Crossing into that territory makes roster construction increasingly difficult.
DeRozan, the ninth overall pick by Toronto in 2009, spent his first nine seasons with the Raptors, only to get traded to San Antonio for Kawhi Leonard as his former team won the title in Leonard’s only season in 2018-19.
The 37-year-old DeRozan spent three seasons with the Spurs and three with Chicago before joining Sacramento the past two seasons. He was part of sign-and-trade deals in the moves to the Bulls and Kings.
DeRozan averaged 18.4 points last season, ending a 12-year run of averaging at least 20 points per game. He has had just two winning seasons since going to the playoffs his last five years with the Raptors. DeRozan made the postseason once with Chicago.
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HEAT SIGN SHARP-SHOOTING GUARD KLAY THOMPSON
The Miami Heat announced on Sunday night the signing of five-time All-Star guard Klay Thompson after the final year of his contract was bought out by the Dallas Mavericks.
While contract terms were not announced, ESPN reported on Friday that Thompson planned to sign a two-year deal worth nearly $13 million. Thompson, 36, became a free agent after clearing waivers. The Mavs bought out Thompson, who was set to make $17.5 million this season, and placed him on waivers after he told the team he wanted to play for a contender. Dallas announced his departure Friday.
A 13-year NBA veteran, Thompson won four championships with the Golden State Warriors (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022). He’s a two-time All-NBA third-team honoree (2015, 2016) as well as All-Defensive second team in 2019.
“Klay is one of the most iconic players to ever suit up in the NBA,” Heat president Pat Riley said in a news release. “A four-time battle-tested world champion who will fit perfectly into his role as an all-around player at both ends of the court. We all talk about his shooting skill, but there is so much more he brings to the game. We are blessed that Klay chose the Heat in our quest to challenge for championships.
Dallas finished 26-56 and in 12th place in the NBA’s Western Conference last season, while the Heat are loading up for a deep playoff run after acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo in a July trade with the Milwaukee Bucks. Miami was 43-39 last season and 10th in the Eastern Conference. It failed to make the playoffs after being knocked out of the play-in tournament by the Charlotte Hornets.
Thompson is fourth all-time with 2,899 made 3-pointers and owns a 40.9% career 3-point shooting percentage.
He averaged 11.7 points, 2.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 21.7 minutes while shooting 38.3% from 3-point range in 69 games (eight starts) last season with Dallas. He led the Mavericks with 202 3-pointers — his 11th season with at least 200 from long range.
For his career, Thompson has averaged 18.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 31.4 minutes while shooting 44.8% from the field and 85.8% from the free-throw line in 934 regular-season games (822 starts) for the Warriors (2011-19, 2021-24) and Mavericks (2024-26). He missed two seasons because of knee and Achilles injuries.
He set a league record with 14 3-pointers in a single game against the Chicago Bulls on Oct. 29, 2018.
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FORMER NBA PLAYER EJECTED AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH SKY’S NATASHA CLOUD
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom was ejected after a verbal altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud during the third quarter of Chicago’s loss Sunday to the visiting Indiana Fever.
Kanter Freedom, sitting courtside, stood up and took a few steps toward the court with his arms outstretched after Cloud began pointing and yelling at him at the start of an Indiana timeout.
A game official and security personnel got between them, and her teammates pulled Cloud away. The official gestured for Kanter Freedom to be ejected, and he was escorted from his seat by team and arena security.
Kanter Freedom, 34, wore a black T-shirt that read: “WOMAN noun. Adult human female.”
Cloud, 34, spoke with team and league security after the Sky’s 113-90 loss but did not address the media. She did post a statement on social media, per CBS Sports.
“To every trans kid/person, You are apart of MY community & tribe. You belong. You’re loved. You’re seen. You’re perfect as you are. & you will always be protected by me,” Cloud wrote.
Kanter Freedom, who had a conversation with police officers before exiting Wintrust Arena, later wrote on his X account, “I just got kicked out of a @WNBA game for supporting WOMEN! Let that sink in, America.”
Sky coach Tyler Marsh said at his postgame press conference that Cloud did not want to be a distraction.
“I told her she wasn’t,” Marsh said. “I told her we all embrace her as someone who protects our team and people who need to be protected. Tash is always gonna stand on that and we stand for Tash.”
Marsh also had a message for spectators, apparently with Kanter Freedom in mind.
“There’s so many good things about this league and so many good things about the play of these players, that if you come to a game, you should probably come to enjoy the basketball,” Marsh said. “That seems pretty simple to me. I think these players deserve that and have earned that. Being a former basketball player, you should probably understand and feel that, too.”
Kanter Freedom, formerly known as Enes Kanter, played center for 11 years in the NBA for five teams from 2011-12 to 2021-22 and averaged 11.2 points, 7.8 rebounds and 21.5 minutes in 748 regular-season games (259 starts).
He also has spoken out on social issues, including the debate about transgender athletes. The WNBA, which has never had a known transgender player, has been ensnared in the issue, only heightened when the Fever’s Sophie Cunningham came out strongly in favor of women’s sports being solely for women.
Cunningham emphasized in her remarks last month in an ESPN profile that “girls should never have to compete with biological men.”
Cunningham later said on July 22 that she doesn’t “dislike anyone” and that there’s “room to love everyone.” She continued, “I’m also there to love biological women, and I think that there are rights that need to be protected. And, like I said, I’m gonna stand true to that. I’ll never falter in my beliefs in that. But I have never once stated that I hated the trans community.”
There have been rallies outside WNBA arenas involving people who are both pro-Cunningham and anti-Cunningham.
Kanter Freedom and another former NBA player, Royce White, have talked about being eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft, and both claim to now identify as women, according to media reports.
The league does not have a public policy about transgender participation. The collective bargaining agreement, signed in March, states that “only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA.”
Cloud is in her 11th season in the WNBA and first in Chicago. She entered Sunday averaging 11.4 points, 5.0 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 29.1 minutes in 36 games (23 starts).
She also has played for the Washington Mystics (2015-19, 2021-23), the Phoenix Mercury (2024) and New York Liberty (2025).
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GOLF NEWS
MIYU YAMASHITA ROLLS TO 9-SHOT WIN IN CANADA, TIES LPGA SCORING RECORD
Miyu Yamashita tied an LPGA Tour scoring record as she sailed to a nine-shot victory at the CPKC Women’s Open on Sunday in Edmonton.
Yamashita was ahead by six shots after the third round and carded a 4-under-par 66 Sunday to finish at 23-under 257 for the week at Royal Mayfair Golf Club. Yuri Yoshida of Japan was a distant second at 14 under par after a 69.
Not only did the rising star from Japan collect her fourth LPGA victory in 13 months, her 257 tied the tour’s 72-hole record for the lowest gross score of all time.
She capped that with a triumphant birdie putt on the par-4 18th hole, closing a round of six birdies and two bogeys.
“I was nervous, nervous round, so my shot, my game, I trust my swing,” Yamashita, 25, said on the TV broadcast.
Yamashita broke through in August 2025 when she claimed her first major, the AIG Women’s Open, which doubled as her first win in an official LPGA Tour event. Before that, she racked up 13 titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour.
She opened the week with rounds of 62 and 64 to create plenty of space between her and the field.
Yoshida’s highlight was an eagle at the par-5 12th hole amid one birdie and two bogeys. She said she was looking forward to the schedule’s upcoming Asian Swing, which will see the LPGA play in China, South Korea, Malaysia and Japan across October and November.
“Hopefully, I can play Asian Swing, right, so I’m happy to play Asian Swing and I’m really excited to play next week, too,” she said.
Sei Young Kim of South Korea shot a 67 and placed third at 13 under.
The low Canadian was 17-year-old Anna Huang, whose final-round 65 boosted her into a tie for fourth at 12 under with Gina Ki (71) and China’s Ruoning Yin (68).
Huang, a native of Vancouver, has been a revelation on the Ladies European Tour, where she’s won four times since last September, most recently the PIF London Championship earlier this month.
“I think always like to make a cut at any LPGA event is really special,” Huang said. “And then to play so well as I did this week at the Canadian Open is just really, really awesome I guess. And, yeah, I’m really happy that I played well in front of the best in the world and, hopefully, I can continue doing that.”
Another rising star from Canada, 16-year-old amateur Aphrodite Deng, followed her Saturday 63 with a 69 and tied for seventh at 11 under with Laney Frye (68) and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn (68).
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STEVEN ALKER TOPS Y.E. YANG IN PLAYOFF TO TAKE ROGERS CHARITY CLASSIC
Standing over his ball on the first playoff hole of a sudden-death playoff, Steven Alker knew he could win with two putts.
He needed only one.
Alker sank a 7-foot birdie on No. 18 — the second straight time playing the hole — while Y.E. Yang bogeyed to win the Rogers Charity Classic on Sunday in Calgary, Alberta, picking up his second win of the season and moving into the top five of the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
“It was a long day,” Alker said. “I was in the hunt. I would have liked to have made birdie at 18 to finish it all off. But whenever you’re in the playoff, you never know what’s going to happen. So I feel very relieved … I was behind the 8 ball and it took a while to get back. But it was very pleasing.”
The bogey was the only miscue on the back nine by either golfer, as they combined to go 11-under-par from holes 10 through 18 in regulation, each finishing the third round at 16-under 194, one stroke better than Jerry Kelly and Zach Johnson.
Yang, who teed off six groups before Alker, birdied 18 to end regulation and give him a 7-under 63 on the day. Alker, who started the day one stroke back of second-round leader Ryan Armour, shot a 5-under 65 while playing in the day’s final group.
After Kelly (63) and Johnson (65), four golfers finished tied for fifth at 13 under: South African Retief Goosen (65), Michael Block (67), Australian Richard Green (67) and Armour (69).
Brandt Jobe had the day’s low round at 62.
After tying a tournament record on Saturday with a 9-under 61 at Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, the New Zealander Alker bogeyed the par-3 fifth and par-4 seventh holes to sit at 1 over on his round Sunday. He birdied the par-4 eighth to get to even for the round, then went on a run of five birdies in six holes between Nos. 11 and 16.
Yang, from South Korea, had a much more uneventful opening nine with a birdie on the par-3 fifth. He got hot a hole earlier than Alker, making birdie at the par-4 10th — his first of three straight birdies and six total on the back nine. His birdie on 18 ultimately got him into the playoff.
Alker’s other win this season also came in a playoff, over Padraig Harrington at the Cologuard Classic in March in Tucson, Ariz. He now sits fourth in the Schwab Cup standings, more than $2.4 million behind leader Stewart Cink. Alker has 12 career wins on the PGA Tour Champions.
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MICHAEL LA SASSO WINS IN INDY; LIV STARS DISCUSS UNCERTAIN FUTURE
In what may have been the final round of LIV Golf history, 22-year-old rookie Michael La Sasso earned his first professional win at LIV Golf Indianapolis while Jon Rahm’s Legion XIII won its second straight team title Sunday in Westfield, Ind.
The cancellation of the Team Championship in Michigan made this week the final event of LIV Golf’s fifth season. The Saudi Public Investment Fund announced it would stop funding LIV after 2026; LIV Golf has reached an agreement with a new lead investor, but the deal is not yet finalized.
The prospective deal depends greatly on player buy-in, as CEO Scott O’Neil noted this week, so there is no guarantee of a 2027 season.
“There’s been a lot that’s surrounded all of us for pretty much since we joined,” Rahm said Sunday. “At the end of the day, once we step on the golf course, it’s just golf. Everything else goes away, and we just compete. It hasn’t been any harder or easier than it was.”
La Sasso, a former NCAA champion, turned pro in January and joined HyFlyers GC, the team captained by Phil Mickelson. His 10-under-par 60 at The Club at Chatham Hills on Friday pushed him up the leaderboard, and after a 66 on Saturday, La Sasso held a one-shot lead.
He turned in a bogey-free, 5-under 65 Sunday to win at 18 under, one shot better than Rahm. The Spanish star charged into late contention with his best round of the week, a 7-under 63.
“I told our social media guy last night, I said, ‘I’ll be honest, this is going to be the one I win,’” La Sasso said. “I spoke it into existence well before this week. The fact that it’s actually come true, it’s unbelievable, but yeah, I’m at a loss for words.”
Rahm had already wrapped up his third consecutive individual LIV title at LIV Golf New York. Legion XIII won the team championship last year, but in a much different scenario.
This year, because of the Team Championship’s cancellation, the league said the team that finished with the best score in Indianapolis would be crowned the 2026 champion and receive a reduced bonus of $8.4 million.
Rahm’s 17-under score for the week led the way, bolstered by his three teammates: Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland (11 under), Tyrrell Hatton of England (8 under) and Caleb Surratt (8 under). That made for a combined score of 44 under par, six shots better than HyFlyers GC.
“If there’s ever a format change that would benefit this team, it’s that one. Giving us four stroke-play days where all the scores count, I think it benefits us the way we play,” Rahm said. “I think we’re very consistent tee to green, and that plays to our advantage.”
Bryson DeChambeau (64) and Spaniard Sergio Garcia (65) tied for third at 16 under, two back of La Sasso. While Rahm’s future with the league is rumored to be in doubt, DeChambeau is viewed as the player most loyal to LIV and continuing the league in some form.
“As much as we’re transitioning from LIV 1.0 to 2.0, I have great thoughts about what could happen next year. I wish I could be more up front about it,” DeChambeau said. “But ultimately, I’m proud of the fact of what we’ve done, the good and some of the bad that we’ve unfortunately had, things that have occurred. I’m going to be real with it; not everything was perfect. But for the most part we’ve done a solid job. If there’s one thing that I could say, it’s we did something different in the game of golf, and I’m proud of that.”
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TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD OF 30 SET AS RICKIE FOWLER, 2 OTHERS FALL OUT
Gary Woodland, Patrick Cantlay and Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre played their way into the top 30 of the FedEx Cup standings on Sunday and qualified at the last minute for the season-ending Tour Championship.
That means three players who began the week inside that top 30 fell on the wrong side of the bubble: Rickie Fowler, Bud Cauley and Kurt Kitayama.
Scottie Scheffler will enter the Tour Championship at No. 1 in the points standings for the fifth year in a row. He has one FedEx Cup title to show for it (2024), and as of last year, the No. 1 player does not show up to East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta with any starting benefit as the PGA Tour did away with the “starting strokes” format.
All 30 players in Atlanta will have an equal chance of winning the season-long title when they tee off Thursday. Englishman Tommy Fleetwood is the defending champion.
Woodland arrived at the BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis in 31st place, not needing much help to push his way into the top 30 with a good showing. Woodland left no doubt by opening with rounds of 64 and 65 and contending for the tournament title, eventually tying for fourth, five shots behind champion Wyndham Clark.
The result: A leap from No. 31 to No. 18.
“I’m going to say it’s impressive from where I’ve been, for sure,” said Woodland, not far removed from brain surgery to remove a lesion in 2023. “There’s definitely weeks out here where I didn’t even think I would be here this week. To get to next week, I haven’t done it in six years, with everything I battled this year, I’m super proud of myself, I can tell you that.”
Cantlay (from No. 43 to No. 19) came even closer than Woodland to winning the BMW outright, his four rounds in the 60s leaving him the runner-up to Clark. The 2021 FedEx Cup champion has not won a tournament in four years.
“It’s great. Next week’s a golf course that I think suits me really well. So I’m really happy to be going back,” Cantlay said.
MacIntyre needed a strong week after he withdrew early in the first leg of the playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship. He was 36th coming into the week and wound up 25th in points courtesy of a T7 finish in St. Louis.
“It’s good to extend the season on the PGA Tour an extra week,” said MacIntyre, who then revealed he is playing through a Baker’s cyst on the back of his right knee.
“(On Thursday) it was like someone was stabbing me in the bottom of the hamstring,” MacIntyre said. “So the boys in the (medical) truck there have done a great job this week getting me feeling like I can play. So, yeah, can’t thank them enough.”
Fowler has not qualified for East Lake since 2023 and missed out once again. He entered the week in the danger zone at No. 30, and he finished the tournament a mere 1-under par to tie for 37th and allow three players to pass him by.
The others who dropped out were Cauley, from No. 29 to 34, and Kitayama, from No. 28 to 31, the first man out. Other notable names to miss out included South Korea’s Sungjae Im (No. 37), Englishman and PGA champion Aaron Rai (No. 39) and Justin Thomas (No. 43).
The Tour Championship begins Thursday with a $10 million prize for the player crowned FedEx Cup champion. The field of 30 can be found below:
1. Scottie Scheffler
2. Matt Fitzpatrick
3. Wyndham Clark
4. Cameron Young
5. Si Woo Kim
6. Chris Gotterup
7. Collin Morikawa
8. Sam Burns
9. Tommy Fleetwood
10. Ludvig Aberg
11. Rory McIlroy
12. Xander Schauffele
13. Jacob Bridgeman
14. Russell Henley
15. Akshay Bhatia
16. Hideki Matsuyama
17. Ryan Gerard
18. Gary Woodland
19. Patrick Cantlay
20. Kristoffer Reitan
21. Min Woo Lee
22. J.J. Spaun
23. Alex Smalley
24. Alex Fitzpatrick
25. Robert MacIntyre
26. Viktor Hovland
27. Justin Rose
28. Adam Scott
29. Tom Kim
30. Ryan Fox
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INDIANA BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Fishers guard Cooper Zachary made his college choice Sunday. The 5’10” guard will play at Florida Gulf Coast. Zachary averages 14.8 points per game during his junior season.
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5 Colts Things: Seth McGowan, Spencer Shrader, CJ Allen and other notes from preseason Week 2
1. No starters played, and even some second-string guys didn’t suit up too.
The following players did not participate in Saturday’s game, either due to injury or rest after two days of physical, competitive joint practices with the Atlanta Falcons: QB Daniel Jones, RB Jonathan Taylor, RB DJ Giddens, RB Ulysses Bentley IV, WR Alec Pierce, WR Josh Downs, WR Ashton Dulin, WR Keenan Allen, WR Anthony Gould, TE Tyler Warren, TE Mo Alie-Cox, TE Drew Ogletree, TE Will Mallory, T Bernhard Raimann, T Jalen Travis, T Luke Tenuta, T Nolan Rucci, G Quenton Nelson, G Matt Goncalves, G Jalen Farmer, C Tanor Bortolini, DE Laiatu Latu, DE Arden Key, DT DeForest Buckner, DT Grover Stewart, LB Akeem Davis-Gaither, CB Sauce Gardner, CB Charvarius Ward Sr., CB Justin Walley, S AJ Haulcy, S Cam Bynum.
Some of these players – Giddens (hamstring), Pierce (PUP), Gould (groin), Warren (groin), Mallory (thumb), Tenuta and Ward (back) – had previously disclosed injuries (though Pierce, Warren and Ward wouldn’t have played had they been healthy). Tenuta and Rucci haven’t practiced recently, too, due to injuries. It’s unclear what, if anything, guys like Bentley, Farmer and Haulcy are dealing with.
But to put it another way: The Colts were without three running backs, five wide receivers, four tight ends, eight offensive linemen and 10 defensive starters on Saturday. Wide receiver Laquon Treadwell only played four snaps, too.
So consider that context when thinking about a 34-6 loss in which the Falcons gained nearly 300 more yards than the Colts did.
The more important context is the Colts’ starters handily won both days of joint practice at Grand Park.
Still, there were a few guys worth noting who did play on Saturday, which we’ll get into in the rest of these five things.
2. Seth McGowan ran with physicality.
In training camp practices, non-quarterbacks can be hit but can’t be tackled, so it’s not always easy to evaluate running backs from our perspective (as in, we aren’t a position coach/run game coordinator/offensive coordinator etc.).
But over two preseason games, one thing has jumped off the tape from seventh-round rookie running back Seth McGowan: That dude runs hard.
The 223-pound McGowan squeezes every inch out of his rushing attempts, even if he finished Saturday with only 27 yards on eight carries. For example: On his third carry of the game, McGowan jumped through a hole to his left and lowered his shoulder into Falcons linebacker JD Bertrand, who was trying to disengage with tight end Pharaoh Brown.
McGowan was first contacted at the 18-yard line and kept his feet moving, eventually churning out a five-yard gain. After the game, he talked about maximizing “dirty runs,” which he’s shown is something he’s more than capable of doing.
“I’m a guy that doesn’t ever want anything left on the field,” McGowan said. “You never know some of those runs you can come up out of it. You take last year when they played Atlanta, you saw (Jonathan Taylor), he kept his feet pumping. … That’s everything, and I think it just shows your will and how much you care for the team.”
3. The Colts’ offensive line depth was tested.
The Colts wouldn’t have played their starting five offensive linemen on Saturday, but without tackles Luke Tenuta and Nolan Rucci, as well as guard Jalen Farmer (who’s had a strong camp to date), they only were able to play six offensive linemen.
Blake Freeland (left tackle), Dalton Tucker (left guard), Jimmy Morrissey (right guard) and Josh Sills (right tackle) played all 50 snaps, while Josh Kreutz (34 snaps) and Geno VanDeMark (16 snaps) shared time at center.
Tucker is a natural guard who’s been working in at center during the preseason; Morrissey is a primary center who played guard; Sills is a primary guard who played tackle.
Getting those players reps at different positions does carry value if they’re asked to be flexible during the regular season. It’ll be interesting to see if Tucker gets any snaps at center in next week’s preseason finale, as he’s worked in there quite a bit over the last month and has shown some signs he could be an option behind Tanor Bortolini.
“I thought he’s done a nice job,” head coach Shane Steichen said. “Obviously, it’s a new spot for him and a new role and there’s a lot on the center’s plate. But I think he’s taken it really well mentally and he’s still working through that process. I like his physicality there at that spot. Obviously, rotating from guard to there, that’s a big transition, but I thought he’s handled it well.”
4. A few things on defense.
Linebacker CJ Allen had three tackles in his first taste of NFL action, albeit in the preseason, over 20 snaps on Saturday. For Allen, the feeling of getting back on the field and actually tackling someone – after a long pre-draft process and months of practice – was a good feeling. “It’s been a minute, just being able to tackle someone on the ground, especially in an opposite color jersey,” Allen said.
Linebacker Bryce Boettcher flew through a gap and brought down running back Nathan Carter for a two-yard loss in the second quarter, but his free run into the backfield was keyed by defensive tackle Adetomiwa Adebawore sealing the back side and defensive end George Gumbs Jr. setting the edge on the front side of the play. Boettcher’s speed and feel for space, then, did the rest.
Defensive end Caden Curry had consecutive hustle pressures on third- and fourth-and-goal inside the Colts’ two-yard line, helping force a turnover on downs in the third quarter. But Curry also played a team-high 11 snaps on special teams (five punt coverage, six field goal block), which the 2026 sixth-round pick has made a point of emphasis. “I feel like it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do, and I enjoy doing it,” Curry said. “I embrace it and I just love being able to be there for the team.”
Physical coverage in the slot from cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt forced an incompletion on a third-and-seven in the first quarter.
A well-timed tomahawk punch from cornerback Jaylon Jones led to a PBU on an in-breaking route late in the third quarter.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANAPOLIS – Mitch Jebb launched a pair of home runs with four RBI, Tyler Callihan logged a two-run homer and the Indianapolis Indians pitching staff shut out the Louisville Bats, 6-0, on Sunday afternoon at Victory Field. Indy split this week’s series at three games apiece with its ninth shutout on the campaign.
Callihan and Nick Cimillo each drew a walk in the second inning and then with two outs, Jebb launched his fifth homer of the season over the right field foul pole for a 3-0 Indians (31-20, 62-64) lead. Jebb struck again with a solo long ball in the seventh inning. Callihan tacked on in the eighth frame with a two-run blast, his sixth of the season.
ndians pitchers limited Louisville (18-33, 57-67) to just three hits in the game. Brandon Eisert, Wilber Dotel (W, 4-3), Cy Nielson, Derek Diamond, CD Pelham and Michael Darrell-Hicks combined to blank the Bats in a bullpen game. Kent Emanuel (L, 1-1) allowed four runs across 7.0 frames.
Indianapolis has an off day on Monday before beginning a six-game home series with the Columbus Clippers on Tuesday night at 6:35 PM ET. Starting pitchers for the contest have not yet been named.
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INDIANA FEVER
CHICAGO (Aug. 23, 2026) — The Indiana Fever (25-14) closed out their five-game road trip with a win on Sunday night, defeating the host Chicago Sky 113-90 at Wintrust Arena. The Fever were paced by 37 points from Caitlin Clark, including a career-high eight three-pointers made, and 30 points from Kelsey Mitchell, who extended her 20+ point scoring streak to 23-straight games.
The first quarter saw the two sides trading baskets, deadlocked at 28-28 with Clark and Makayla Timpson leading the way for the Fever with eight points apiece. Despite a 10-point second quarter from Clark, the Sky took a one-point lead into the halftime break, up 51-50.
But the visitors exploded for 63 points in the second half, starting with 14 points from Mitchell and 11 from Clark, in the third quarter. Indiana never looked back, going on to outscore the Sky 30-13 in the fourth quarter to secure the 23-point victory.
Indiana Fever Notes:
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell scored 30+ points for the third time, the most in WNBA history, surpassing the previous record of two games jointly held by Cappie Pondexter and Diana Taurasi, Kayla McBride and Olivia Miles, and A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young .
With 37 points and 10 assists, Caitlin Clark recorded her fifth 30+ point and 10+ assist game, the rest of the league combined has four. Additionally, this marks her fourth of said game this season alone.
Caitlin Clark earned her 12th points/assists double-double of the season, marking the second most in a single season in league history, three shy of the record of 15 held by Alyssa Thomas.
Caitlin Clark also earned her 29th career points/assists double-double, passing Sue Bird (28) for the third most in league history, doing so in just her 88th game played.
Caitlin Clark earned her 10th 30+ point game, tying Tamika Catchings for the second most in franchise history. Kelsey Mitchell extended her franchise record with the 18th 30+ point game of her career.
Caitlin Clark set a new career high with eight three pointers made, surpassing her previous record of seven set on May 15, 2026, against the Washington Mystics.
Caitlin Clark’s 37 points mark the third-most points in a single game in franchise history.
Kelsey Mitchell extended her league-record 20+ point scoring streak, doing so in her 23rd consecutive game.
Additionally, Kelsey Mitchell’s 20+ point performance marked the 141st of her career, tying Arike Ogunbowale for the ninth most in WNBA history.
Kelsey Mitchell also earned her 31st 20+ point performance of the season, putting her within three games of the WNBA record held by A’ja Wilson (34).
Kelsey Mitchell also now owns the second most 25+ games in a single season, doing so for the 22nd time this year, three shy of the record of 24 held by A’ja Wilson.
Kelsey Mitchell recorded her 54th consecutive double-digit scoring performance, tying Lisa Leslie and Breanna Stewart for the 11th longest of said streak in WNBA history, while extending her lead as the franchise record holder.
Kelsey Mitchell’s 30 points brings her season total to 967 points, good for the second most in a single season in WNBA history.
Rookie Michelle Onyiah made her WNBA and Indiana Fever debut as a substitute in the fourth quarter.
The team recorded its 18th 100+ point scoring game of the season, extending its lead for the most in a single season in league history.
The 113 points scored is tied for the third most points in a single game in franchise history. Additionally, the 63 second-half points are the third most in a single half in franchise history.
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INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men’s soccer (2-0-0, 0-0-0 B1G) took care of business on both sides of the pitch Sunday (Aug. 23) night, defeating Evansville (0-2-0, 0-0-0 MVC) 3-0 on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium to earn its first clean sheet of the young season.
IU has now outscored opponents 6-1 through two matches, its lone concession an 83rd-minute penalty in Thursday’s season opener versus Notre Dame. Forward Oliver Moller-Jensen sealed the win with his third goal in two matches in the 85th minute, coming after goals from Charlie Heuer (34′) and Easton Bogard (65′).
The Hoosiers outshot the Purple Aces 14-6, converting three of their five shots on goal. Nolan Kinsella, Josh Maher, Moller-Jensen and Grant Paskus all tallied assists in the match.
KEY MOMENTS
• 34′ – GOAL! Kinsella had a shot saved from a counterattack, but the ball fell straight to the feet of Heuer, who worked a left-footed finish into the far corner of goal. Indiana 1, Evansville 0
• 65′ – GOAL! Maher passed from the midfield circle between two Evansville players, guiding Moller-Jensen into space. Moller-Jensen dribbled into the yards of green in front of him and timed a pass with Bogard’s diagonal run into the box. Bogard spun and fired a left-footed shot through the keeper’s near post. Indiana 2, Evansville 0
• 85′ – GOAL! Paskus’ nifty footwork in the box gave him space to play a pass to Moller-Jensen, who ripped a laser again through the keeper’s near post. Indiana 3, Evansville 0
NOTABLES
• Moller-Jensen has totaled eight points in his first two matches as a Hoosier, recording three goals and two assists. Sunday’s match marked his 50th-career appearance in collegiate soccer.
• The referee presented four yellow cards in the match, four to Evansville and three to Indiana.
• Sunday’s attendance: 3,430. Indiana has welcomed 10,508 fans to Armstrong Stadium through two matches.
• Indiana improved to 34-4-4 against Evansville all-time and expanded its unbeaten streak in the series to 26 matches (23-0-3 since last defeat in 1990).
• Paskus marked his IU debut with his first assist in the cream and crimson Sunday.
• When counting exhibition matches, Bogard has scored six goals in four matches – one goal apiece in two games of regular season play.
• Seven different Hoosiers have contributed to six goals this season.
UP NEXT
Indiana closes its homestand Thursday (Aug. 27) with its third consecutive in-state opponent: Butler. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at Armstrong Stadium.
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BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Ball State soccer team could not come back from early-half goals by Western Kentucky in a 2-0 setback on Sunday afternoon at the WKU Soccer Complex.
The Cardinals (1-1-1) generated shots on goal by Jess Fernau in the first half and Annika Klauss in the second half but couldn’t find the back of the net. The host Hilltoppers (2-0-2) scored in the third minute and 48th minute to post the winning decision.
Fernau tallied two shots while Klauss took three for Ball State, who was playing in its second road match of the season. Defenders Jordyn Klaasen and Ainsley Schaufele joined goalkeeper Kate Pallante as Cardinals going the full 90 minutes.
April McDonald got the early score on a header off a corner kick from Georgia Liapis to give Western Kentucky a 1-0 edge. Maggie Bellair scored in the first few minutes of the second half for the final goal of the day.
The hosts took more shots (10-5) and had more corner kicks (6-1) on the afternoon while Ball State was whistled for more fouls (10-6).
The next match for the Cardinals is scheduled for Thursday night at Purdue.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S SOCCER
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EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER
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VALPO FOOTBALL
As the sun rose on Sunday morning, so too did the optimism and excitement surrounding the Valparaiso University football program.
With the start of a new week, fall camp is officially in the books and it is time to turn the page to game week as preparation mode reaches full force in advance of Saturday’s season opener against Lawrence Tech at Brown Field.
Quarterbacks
When Valpo takes its first offensive snap of the season on Saturday, redshirt senior Rowan Keefe (Park Ridge, Ill. / Maine South) is expected to be the one receiving that snap. This will mark the fourth straight season that Keefe has started games under center for the Beacons, as he has been QB1 for 15 contests spread over the last three campaigns.
Keefe, named the team’s Most-Improved Player for the second time in his career last season, completed 17 or more passes in each of his final four games of the season. He was tabbed the Pioneer Football League Offensive Player of the Week during the season’s penultimate week after leading the 95-yard, game-tying drive to complete a massive comeback against Stetson.
Redshirt freshman Noah Ehrlich (Crown Point, Ind. / Crown Point [Miami]) is an FBS transfer who returns home to Northwest Indiana to play for the Beacons this season. Ehrlich was the 2025 Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year.
Several players are in the mix for the QB3 role, including redshirt sophomore Marcus Brown (Richton Park, Ill. / Brother Rice) and redshirt freshman Nathan Downey (South Elgin, Ill. / Wheaton Academy).
“Rowan has taken the majority of the first-team reps,” Waddle said. “He’s improved from where he was a year ago – he improved as the season went along and he’s improved from the end of the season to where he is now. Noah didn’t get a ton of reps at Miami, so he’s knocking off some dust, but you can certainly see him getting better on a week-by-week basis and see some of the talent that he has. He’s got a beautiful throw and moves around well. Mastering an offense takes time, and he’s done a good job so far.”
Running Backs
Sophomore Michael Rumoro (Genova, Ill. / Genova Community) played in nine games and made two starts last season as a true freshman. Junior Cedric Benning III (Baltimore, Md. / Episcopal [Dickson]) joined the program as a midyear transfer and participated in spring ball. Redshirt freshman Ashton Allen (New Albany, Ohio / New Albany) is the other returner, and several young players could make an impact at the running back spot this season.
“Rumoro is a little bit stouter compared to a year ago, and he’s very good in the pass game as both a receiver and a pass pro guy,” Waddle said. “He’s solid in the run game as well. Cedric sees the run game really well and understands the pass game and pass pro. Ashton has done some good things, and we have some talented young guys behind that group.”
Wide Receivers
Redshirt seniors Chris Gundy (Smithfield, Va. / Smithfield) and Devin Yeats (Hampshire, Ill. / Hampshire) have been mainstays in the Valpo receiver room. Both were sidelined with injuries some during preseason camp, but are hoping to be active for the season opener or shortly thereafter.
Senior Isaac Tran (Bothell, Wash. / Bothell [Puget Sound]) was a 1,000-yard receiver last season and joins the Beacons as a transfer. Sophomore Daniel White (County Club, Hills. / Brother Rice [Carroll]) is another transfer receiver in the mix, while redshirt freshman Nolan Teising (Zionsville, Ind. / Zionsville) is back and will see time. Redshirt junior Marty O’Keeffe (Orland Park, Ill. / Brother Rice) has continued to improve, while redshirt sophomore Kam Fouty-Koonce (Uniontown, Ohio / Lake [Marietta]) is back after missing last season with an injury. Redshirt junior Micah Mackay (Zionsville, Ind. / Lutheran) is continuing to get more reps as he works his way back from last season’s injury.
“Marty is an outstanding blocker; he’s a tough kid,” Waddle said. “Isaac has been very solid for us and should be a key contributor. Nolan will play, he’s another tough kid who has done some good things.”
Tight Ends
Redshirt sophomore Colin Hayes (Bloomington, Ill. / Bloomington Central Catholic) has continued his development from last season, while redshirt freshman Jackson Crawford (Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln Southwest) will play this year after redshirting in a crowded tight end room last season. Redshirt sophomore Dom DiNuzzo (Wallingford, Ct. / Kingswood Oxford) has improved significantly, and redshirt junior Gus Wenning (Cross Plains, Wis. / Middleton) will be used as a fullback.
“I’ve been pleased with the development of Colin Hayes from one year ago to now,” Waddle said. “He was somewhat limited in how much he was playing early last season, continued to develop as the season went along, and that development has continued in the offseason. I expect Colin to have a good year. Jackson was a good player last year who ended up redshirting because of the top-end depth at that position; he is going to be a good player for us this year.”
Offensive Line
Three starters are back on the offensive line as redshirt junior Justin Hemmersbach (Morris, Ill. / Morris Community), senior Noah Kline (Loveland, Ohio / Loveland) and redshirt junior Brendan Mcilvenna (Carmel, Ind. / Guerin Catholic) all return. Hemmersbach played in nine games and made eight starts last year, and figures to be the team’s center in 2026. Kline enters this season having started 32 consecutive games over the last three seasons. Mcilvenna started 11 of the team’s 12 games last season, but missed spring practice due to injury.
Redshirt sophomore Mason Knoch (New Haven, Ind. / New Haven) has continued to improve and is competing with Mcilvenna at left tackle. Redshirt junior Cooper Bothwell (Decula, Ga. / Mill Creek [Marist]) is very much in the mix to start on the left side of Valpo’s offensive line, while redshirt junior Austin Lambert (Delaware, Ohio / Olentangy Berlin) is a clear frontrunner to start on the right side alongside Kline.
Defensive Line
Redshirt senior Alex Goworowski (Chicago, Ill. / Saint Patrick) returns after starting 11 of the team’s 12 games last season, while redshirt junior Antony Morris (Cincinnati, Ohio / St. Xavier) and redshirt junior Gabriel Batres (Fairfield, Calif. / Angelo Rodriguez) both started multiple games for the 2025 Beacons.
Redshirt freshman Caleb Baczek (Libertyville, Ill. / Libertyville) played some last year before ultimately redshirting, while redshirt sophomore Bertrand Berry II (Gilbert, Ariz. / Highland) is back this season after missing last season with an injury. Redshirt freshman Emmnuel Olojo (Chicago, Ill. / Niles West) is a high-ceiling player.
“Manny is quick, extremely strong and natural out there,” Waddle said. “Although we had some losses on our defensive line including very good players like Isaiah Fowler, I am hopeful that we have an opportunity to still be improved at that position this year.”
Linebackers
The position group is healthy again after an injury-plagued 2025, as Valpo is loaded with experienced linebackers heading into 2026.
Redshirt junior Max Samuel (Edina, Minn. / Edina) is back after missing most of last season with an illness. Redshirt sophomore Anthony Feltrinelli (Westfield, Ind. / Westfield) was a Freshman All-American last season and is a Preseason All-PFL pick this year. Redshirt junior Connor Cervantes (Griffith, Ind. / Griffith) started nine games last season. Sophomore Micah Markley (West Chester, Ohio / Lakota West) made nine starts before going down with an injury.
Five linebackers who return this season – Samuel, Feltrinelli, Cervantes, Markley and sophomore Easton Hill (Columbus, Ohio / Hamilton Township) – started at least one game last season.
“There is certainly a lot of experience in that position group,” Waddle said. “Feltrinelli was the guy who was available every week when we were playing musical chairs at that position because of injuries. He’s playing much faster than he did a year ago and the light has clicked for him in terms of where he fits within the defense. Max is good to get back and is very talented. Connor is fast and athletic and does a good job out there.”
Defensive Backs
At the cornerback position, Preseason All-PFL honoree redshirt junior Nic Lendino (Naperville, Ill. / Neuqua Valley) is back along with senior O.C. Nurse (Dumfries, Va. / Forest Park [Marietta]). Redshirt freshman Donovan Brown (Chicago Heights, Ill. / Brother Rice) played in the first four games last season before going down with an injury. Redshirt junior JQ Harris (Indianapolis, Ind. / Park Tudor [Chattanooga]) is a transfer who has performed well.
“All four of those guys can compete at the level that we need them to compete at,” Waddle said. “I’ve been really impressed with Nic. He’s a captain and leader, and has also been a really good bright spot on the field. He’s developed from where he was a year ago. There’s been a lot of really positive growth there.”
At safety, senior Mark Johnson (Nashville, Tenn. / Lipscomb) started all 12 games a year ago, while junior Jason Salman (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Thomas Jefferson [Marietta]), redshirt sophomore Wyatt Little (Fort Wayne, Ind. / Homestead) and redshirt freshman Kaiser Wilhelm (Mason, Ohio / William Mason) are all back from last year’s team as well.
“Mark has been very solid, and there’s been a really strong competition for who is going to play next to him,” Waddle said. “Several guys have done really good things and are all competing for playing time alongside Mark.”
Specialists
Junior Hayden Hourany (Tucson, Ariz. / Belton [Aurora]) is the team’s long snapper, while freshman Will Orlando (Avon, Ind. / Brownsburg) has the edge in the punting competition with junior Talan Samosky (Riverside, Calif. / Riverside [Orange Coast College]) and sophomore Will Struyk (Westlake Village, Oak Park [College of the Canyons]) also in the mix.
Samosky and redshirt sophomore Luke Scoma (Bellevue, Wash. / Bellevue) are back-and-forth for the kicker role. Gundy earned Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-PFL status as a return specialist after leading the PFL in kick return average at 28.6 last season.
“We’ll be better in our punt game; the operation times are a lot faster than they were a year ago,” Waddle said. “Hayden has been very consistent throughout the spring and camp, and Jackson Crawford is our backup and he is a good snapper as well. Will has a good demeanor about him and has been pretty consistent in the punting game.”
Coaching Staff
Continuity is key, and Valpo has established that on the coaching staff going into Year 2 under Waddle.
Offensive coordinator Reed Florence, defensive coordinator Zach Feltrop and special teams coordinator RJ Ghilarducci (also the assistant head coach and defensive line coach) all return along with offensive line coach Peter Nank, wide receivers coach Terry Geiger, defensive backs coach Michael Joseph and tight ends coach Connor Vierstra.
“We’re returning all three coordinators, so we’re able to keep the same system,” Waddle said. “Now that we’re in Year 2 in the system, the players are processing things at a much higher level than what we were a year ago. It doesn’t end there, but it’s a good place to start. We are processing and getting things done at a higher level.”
With the core of the staff intact, a few newcomers who will coach their first game at Valpo on Saturday are sprinkled in, including running backs coach Weston Bridges, who served in that same capacity at the University of Sioux Falls in 2025, overseeing a productive ground attack that rushed for 2,135 yards on 431 attempts. Bridges had a collegiate playing career that spanned the NCAA Division-I and Division-II levels, as he started his career at Michigan State University before stops at Ashland University and the University of Central Missouri.
“I’m Blessed to join the Valpo staff,” Bridges said. “What an opportunity to continue my impact on these young men and build toward one common goal with the coaching staff. I’m thankful for Coach Waddle, Coach Flo and Coach Campbell for trusting to help continue the culture that’s already being built.”
Justin Schiets has joined the staff as the Director of Football Operations and a defensive assistant. He arrived at Valpo this past spring following a stint in player personnel and recruiting at Western Michigan University. Prior to his time with the Broncos, Schiets taught and coached at his alma mater, Toledo Central Catholic High School. He played six collegiate seasons at Bowling Green and Northern Michigan.
“I am excited to join a staff that is young and eager to make its mark on the PFL,” Schiets said. “This summer, our players bought into our process with outstanding numbers at voluntary workouts. Since my time arriving in March, they are a tremendous team to coach and be around on a daily basis.”
Jaelon Quiero-Gordon has also joined the staff, handling quality control and working with safeties. Queiro-Gordon was a five-year football student-athlete at Marietta College, where he played for Waddle from 2020-2024. He broke into coaching by instructing the defensive backs at Ohio Dominican University following his graduation from Marietta.
“I’m extremely excited to join the Valpo football staff and grateful for the opportunity to work with these young men,” Quiero-Gordon said. “I look forward to helping these young men grow both on the field and in life. I’m ready to attack this league with purpose, energy and everything I’ve got. Positive energy is contagious!”
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ROSE HULMAN MEN’S SOCCER
CARMEL, Ind. – Rose-Hulman has been voted to win their third consecutive HCAC Championship in the HCAC Preseason Poll.
The Fightin’ Engineers were picked as the unanimously favored champions as they hauled in all nine first place votes they were eligible for. Rose-Hulman finished with 81 total points, which is the highest score a team can receive.
Manchester finished second in the poll as they accumulated 73 points with the final first place vote. Franklin rounds out the top three, as the team recorded 64 points.
Head Coach Derick Lawrence looks to lead the Fightin’ Engineers to their fourth HCAC title in his five years with the program. He returns seven All-HCAC First Team selections, including five athletes who competed in the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championships.
Seniors Chris Lynn, Eduardo del Rosal, Will Boschen and Rhys Phelps, as well as sophomore Ben Tuckis each recorded top ten finishes at the 2025 HCAC Championships.
Lynn placed fifth overall with a time of 25:25.28, while del Rosal recorded a seventh place finish with a time of 26:34.94. Boschen added an eighth place finish in 26:44.32 and Phelps took ninth place with a time of 26:46.14. Tuckis rounded out the top ten with a time of 26:58.12, where he was named the HCAC Newcomer of the Year. Phelps would also add a 189th-place finish at the national championships, achieving a time of 25:55.70.
Rose-Hulman will lead off the season at the Franklin Grizzly Invitational on Saturday, September 5 at 10 AM.
HCAC PRESEASON POLL RESULTS:
Rose-Hulman – 81 (9)
Manchester – 73 (1)
Franklin – 64
Hanover – 56
Anderson – 46
Berea – 38
Transylvania – 30
Earlham – 25
Bluffton – 23
Mt. St. Joseph – 14
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1901 – Irate Boston fans jump on umpire Joe Cantillon after a call goes against the Americans. Chick Stahl and Ted Lewis rescue the umpire.
1903 – The Cubs split with the Giants at the Polo Grounds, beating Joe McGinnity, 7 – 3, in the opener. Iron Joe is not helped by eight Giant errors, including five by SS Charlie Babb. The nitecap is called after Chicago’s at-bats in the 7th with the score 8 – 1. Christy Mathewson picks up the victory for New York over Jock Menefee.
1904:
The Highlanders’ Willie Keeler collects two home runs against the St. Louis Browns in a 9 – 1 win at New York. Both drives are inside-the-park.
In Chicago, Christy Mathewson blanks the Cubs on three hits and the Giants defeat Buttons Briggs, 3 – 0. The second game is called after ten innings with the score 2 – 2. Chicago fans show their feelings towards the Giants by tossing bottles onto the field. RF George Browne is hit on the leg and is almost hit in the head while chasing a fly ball. John McGraw tells ump Bob Emslie that he will not allow his team to continue play until all the broken glass is cleared, and by the time that occurs it is too dark to continue play.
1905:
The Giants win their 12th straight over the Reds, as Christy Mathewson wins easily, 8 – 0. Matty allows two scratch hits. The second game is called on account of darkness, 6 – 6, after nine innings.
In Philadelphia, the Cubs defeat the Phillies in 20 innings, 2 – 1, with Ed Reulbach going the distance for Chicago.
1906 – The Reds’ Jake Weimer pitches a seven-inning no-hitter against Brooklyn, winning 1 – 0, when a run scores with two outs in the 7th. Brooklyn takes the first game, 6 – 4, behind Jim Pastorius.
1907 – Christy Mathewson pitches for the third day in a row, beating the Pirates, 7 – 4. Matty allows just one hit over the last six innings.
1908 – The Giants gain the National League lead by winning two at Pittsburgh, after first refusing to play a doubleheader. John McGraw protests that only one game was scheduled and he was not given 24 hours notice about the second match. But after polling the players, he relents. Hooks Wiltse then tops Vic Willis, 4 – 1 and Christy Mathewson beats Lefty Leifield, 5 – 1. Willis tires in the 8th, giving up a two-run triple to Roger Bresnahan, followed by a Mike Donlin homer. In the nitecap, Donlin and Larry Doyle each drive home a pair. The doubleheader is watched in New York on electric diamonds known as “Compton’s Baseball Bulletin” at Madison Square Garden and the Gotham Theatre. Bulletins will display all remaining games.
1909:
The Giants split with the Pirates, taking the first game, 4 – 3, behind Hooks Wiltse, then losing the second. Bugs Raymond toils the whole nine innings for the Giants and gets clobbered, 11 – 3. John McGraw leaves the high-living pitcher in the runaway to teach him a lesson.
At Detroit, A’s catcher Paddy Livingston throws out Ty Cobb trying to steal third base during an intentional walk to Sam Crawford. Cobb intentionally spikes 3B Frank Baker on his bare hand during the play, prompting howls of protest from the Athletics. The Tigers win, 7 – 6, and A’s manager Connie Mack will complain to Ban Johnson about Cobb’s dirty play. Cobb gets a warning from the American League president.
1910 – Atop the Washington Monument, White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh throws 23 balls before C Billy Sullivan snares one, then catches two more, 555 feet below. It duplicates Gabby Street’s catch of August 21, 1908. The estimated speed of the ball is 161 feet per second. On the field Walsh will be 18-20 despite a league-leading 1.27 ERA, the only time a pitcher with a losing record loses 20 and leads either league in ERA.
1911:
The Cubs lose to Brooklyn, 6 – 5, in ten innings to lose sole possession of first place. Doc Scanlan bests Mordecai Brown.
The Giants split with Pittsburgh, but move into a tie for first place. Christy Mathewson loses the opener, 3 – 1, giving up six hits and two earned runs in eight innings. Rube Marquard salvages the nitecap with a two-hitter, striking out 11.
1912 – Fred Merkle’s three-run homer off Babe Adams in the 7th gives the Giants a 3 – 2 lead over Pittsburgh, and Christy Mathewson pitches the last three innings to preserve Hooks Wiltse’s win over the Bucs.
1913 – In Chicago, Walter Johnson wins his 14th straight, a 2 – 1 decision over the White Sox. Johnson fans the side in the 8th inning, then with two on and two out in the 9th, strikes out Eddie Collins.
1914:
In the second game of a twinbill at Washington, Detroit’s Hooks Dauss and four Nats pitchers combine to plunk a record seven batters, a major-league record that will remain unmatched until 1971. Hooks hits three while Jim Shaw, Jack Bentley, Harry Harper, and Jim Stevens hit one each. The Tigers win, 11 – 0, and take the opener as well, 3 – 1.
At Chicago, the Cubs trounce the Braves, 9 – 5, putting Boston back in second place.
1915 – The Browns bring George Sisler in to pitch five innings of relief. Sisler gives up one run and earns the win, a 10 – 7 victory over the A’s Rube Bressler.
1916 – Babe Ruth fires his seventh shutout of the year, stopping Detroit on three hits as Boston wins, 3 – 0.
1918 – Secretary of War Newton Baker grants an extended exemption to players in the World Series; three days later the National Commission gets an official approval to play from General Enoch Crowder, providing that ten percent of the revenues go to war charities.
1919 – Cleveland P Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning in his debut with the team. He recovers to get the final out of the game, and defeats Philadelphia, 2 – 1.
1921 – The Pirates, in front by 7 1/2 games, drop a doubleheader to the Giants in New York before 35,000. Art Nehf wins the opener, 10 – 2, handing Babe Adams his first loss in ten games. Phil Douglas takes the nightcap, 7 – 0.
1922 – The Browns collect 20 hits and score nine runs in the first two innings to stun the Red Sox, 13 – 2. Ken Williams extends his hitting streak to 28 games, but will be stopped here.
1930 – New York’s Fred Lindstrom has his 24-game hitting streak stopped as the Giants lose to the Cubs, 3 – 2. The game is tied 2-all in the bottom of the 9th, when the Cubs load the bases with two out. With the count 0 and 2, Danny Taylor the runner on third, races safely home as surprised Giant reliever Joe Heving watches and then completes his deliberate windup with a wide pitch.
1935 – Giants OF Hank Leiber ties the major-league record with two home runs during an eight-run, 2nd-inning assault on the Cubs.
1938 – Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter – the highest season total in organized ball this century – for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game.
1940:
In the Tigers’ 12 – 1 victory at Fenway Park, Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams pitches the last two innings against Detroit, allowing one run on three hits, in what will be the only pitching appearance of his career.
The Dodgers split a pair in Pittsburgh, losing the opener, 4 – 3, before winning, 8 – 1. In the nitecap, Joe Gallagher hits a double and homer in the same inning.
1941 – A rag tag group of five musicians, dubbed the Dodger SymPhony by announcer Red Barber, make their Ebbets Field debut. This band, none of which can read music, will from now on perform their zany antics at all evening and weekend games.
1942 – The Dodgers open a four-game series in St. Louis with Larry French (13-1) on the mound for the front-runners. Terry Moore scores four runs for the Birds as they coast to a 7 – 1 victory behind Max Lanier’s 14th victory.
1943 – The Philadelphia Athletics drop their 20th game in a row, losing to Chicago, 6 – 5. This ties the American League record. They dodge the bullet in the second game by scoring eight runs in the 2nd inning to win, 8 – 1.
1945 – Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from the Navy and attracts a home crowd of 46,477, who watch him strike out 12 and yield only four hits in a 4 – 2 win over Detroit’s Hal Newhouser. He will get nine starts during the remainder of the year, and his five wins will include a one-hitter and two four-hitters. With the war now over, fans are clamoring for entertainment and it is clear Feller is still baseball’s number one ticket seller.
1947:
In the first game of the doubleheader in Philadelphia, the Reds score nine runs in the 10th inning to win, 12 – 3. Ten batters go the plate before an out is made. Schoolboy Rowe wins the nitecap for Philly, 8 – 6, and helps the cause with a homer.
The Giants break the National League record for homers in a season, held by the Cubs, with their 172nd in a 4 – 0 shutout by Larry Jansen. Chicago’s Hank Borowy takes the loss. The Cubs take the nitecap, 8 – 3, led by Eddie Waitkus’ inside-the-park grand slam. This is the third such slam this season and that won’t be matched till 1990.
1948:
The second 1948 East-West Game is held at Yankee Stadium. The East wins, 6 – 1, behind five-hit pitching by Max Manning, Dave Barnhill and Joe Black. 13 players in this contest will later spend time in the integrated major leagues, a record for an East-West Game.
At Fenway Park, with the Red Sox trailing Cleveland, 8 – 7, Vern Stephens crashes a two-run homer to give the Sox a 9 – 8 win and move them into first place. This is Stephen’s 15th game-winning hit of the year.
1950 – Boston SS Vern Stephens’ 9th-inning grand slam against the Browns gives the Red Sox a 6 – 2. win. The Sox have now won nine straight and have whipped the Browns 18 times in 19 games this year.
1951:
In another of Bill Veeck’s legendary public relations stunts, “Fans Managers’ Night,” the Browns defeat the Athletics, 5 – 3. The Browns’ coaches hold up placards for 1115 fans, who vote “yes” or “no” on the options given them. Manager Zack Taylor sits in a box behind the dugout with two fans who monitor the voting. Adding to the festivities is Max Patkin, the clown prince of baseball, who coaches at first base for several innings. Sherm Lollar voted in to start behind the plate instead of Matt Batts, has three hits including a homer, and Hank Arft, also voted in, knocks home two. Gus Zernial’s 28th home run accounts for all the A’s runs. When the stunt was announced on August 15, A’s GM Art Ehlers bitterly denounced it as “farcical.”
At the Polo Grounds, the Giants tie the Cards in the 9th on three singles, and with the bases loaded, Bobby Thomson scores the winner on a fielder’s choice play at the plate. New York wins, 6 – 5, its 12th in a row and fourth in a row in coming from behind.
Gene Woodling cracks his third homer of the season against Cleveland’s ace, Early Wynn, as the Yanks win, 2 – 0. Woodling went deep on Wynn on June 24th, July 24th and today. Mickey Mantle makes his first appearance since his recall from the minors.
At Ebbets Field, the Dodgers’ Ralph Branca outduels Cubs pitcher Paul Minner to win, 1 – 0. Branca strikes out ten Cubs, walks none, and gives up three hits.
1954 – Robin Roberts is lifted in the 7th as the Braves finally knock out the Phillies ace, winning 5 – 1. Roberts had pitched 13 straight complete games against the Braves over three years, with a 12-1 record.
1957 – The Dodgers use eight pitchers in one game, tying the National League record, in a 13 – 7 loss to first-place Milwaukee. Johnny Podres leaves after giving up three home runs in the 4th. Hank Aaron hits the first grand slam of his career
1959 – New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses allocates $150,000 for a preliminary study on building a stadium.
1960 – Despite Roy Sievers’ two homers and a double, the Yankees beat the White Sox, 3 – 2, dropping Chicago 1 1/2 games off the pace and into a second-place tie with the Orioles. Art Ditmar is the winner over Herb Score.
1961:
The Red Sox announce that they will not pay Jackie Jensen for any games he misses due to his fear of flying.
Ageless Satchel Paige signs with Portland (Pacific Coast League). In 25 innings for the Beavers, he will have a 2.88 ERA.
1962:
Dodger coach Leo Durocher suffers a near-fatal allergic reaction to a penicillin injection while in the clubhouse at the Polo Grounds before a game. An emergency intravenous injection of adrenaline saves his life.
The Reds’ Bob Purkey wins his 20th game, defeating Houston, 4 – 2.
1963 – The Little League World Series is televised for the first time . With ABC’s Wide World of Sports providing coverage of the championship game, Granada Hills, CA beats Stratford, CT, 2 – 1.
1965:
In the 1st inning against Pittsburgh, the Giants’ Willie Mays scoops up a double from Donn Clendenon at the base of the 406-foot sign, whirls and fires with the ball reaching catcher Tom Haller on one bounce. Haller then tags out the astonished Willie Stargell. What is described as the greatest throw ever made in ancient Forbes Field is a costly one as Mays hurt himself and leaves the game in the 6th with a pulled groin muscle.
In Milwaukee, Tommy Harper cracks a two-run homer with two outs in the 9th inning as the Reds beat the Braves, 3 – 2. Billy O’Dell is the pitcher serving up Harper’s homer.
1967 – While pushing a car, Philadelphia’s Richie Allen suffers a severe injury when he pushes his hand through the headlight. It will sideline him for the remainder of the season. The Phils will go 14-21 without him.
1968 – New York’s Mel Stottlemyre tops Tigers ace Denny McLain, 2 – 1, one of only six losses on the year for the man who will be a 31-game winner.
1969:
Seattle trades P Jim Bouton to Houston for pitchers Dooley Womack and Roric Harrison.
At St. Louis, Hank Aaron belts a 14th-inning three-run homer to give the Braves a 4 – 1 win over the Cards. There are no stolen bases in the game, though Bob Didier and Tim McCarver throw out six would-be thieves between them.
1970 – Oakland tags Dave McNally for ten hits but the Orioles ace still wins his 20th, 5 – 1, the third straight year he’s reached the charmed circle.
1971:
Braves OF Rico Carty announces he has suffered permanent damage to his right eye from an altercation with three policemen in Atlanta, GA.
Padre Ed Acosta makes his major league pitching debut and shuts out the Phillies, 2 – 0. He’s the first Padre to debut with a shutout.
Ernie Banks hits the final home run of his career as the Cubs beat the Reds, 5 – 4. Mr. Cub’s 512th home run comes in the 1st inning off Jim McGlothlin.
1974:
Davey Lopes steals five bases as the Dodgers top the Cardinals, 3 – 0. He is thrown out on his sixth attempt. Don Sutton is the shutout winner.
The Red Sox, leading the American League by eight games, lose today, 4 – 1 to Oakland’s Catfish Hunter, to start their slide. They will finish in third place, seven games back of Baltimore.
1975:
In the second game of a doubleheader sweep, Giant hurler Ed Halicki no-hits the Mets, 6 – 0. The 6′ 7″ righthander strikes out ten Mets to improve his record to 8-10. Craig Swan takes the loss. Controversy arises when Rusty Staub hits a ball off Halicki’s leg, which caroms to 2B Derrel Thomas, who picks it up then drops it. Official scorer Joe Sargis rules it an E-4. New York columnist Dick Young, watching the game on TV, writes that it should be a hit and accuses Sargis of subscribing to the theory that the first hit off a starter should be a “good one.” The no-hitter stands but UPI’s Sargis loses his job as a sometime scorer.
After stealing second base in the 7th to add to his major league-record of 38 consecutive steals, Davey Lopes is nabbed in the 12th by Montreal C Gary Carter. The Expos then score three in the 14th off Mike Marshall to beat the Dodgers, 5 – 2.
Lou Brock steals the 800th base of his career as the Cardinals beat the visiting Braves 6 – 2. Carl Morton is on the mound and Biff Pocoroba behind the plate when Lou swipes second base.
1976:
At Tiger Stadium, Bill Freehan hits his 200th and final home run in a 12 – 7 loss to the White Sox. The Detroit catcher will finish his career with 100 homers hit at home with the other 100 dingers hit on the road.
“Mariners” is selected from 15,000 contest entries as the new Seattle franchise’s nickname.
1977:
Catfish Hunter notches his final win of the year, an 11 – 1 four-hit victory over the Twins. New York supports Hunter with homer outbursts by Roy White, Mickey Rivers, Chris Chambliss and Bucky Dent.
In their inaugural seasons, the Blue Jays and Mariners play a twinbill in Seattle, with the visitors having all the fun, sweeping the set 7-0 and 9-3. Toronto shortstop Hector Torres collects 3 RBI in each game, and Blue Jay catcher Doug Rader homers in each contest. One of Rader’s blasts is one of the longest that will be witnessed at the Kingdome, clearing the LF fence, the LF bleachers, and the very large scoreboard above the LF bleachers, before pounding off the the stadium wall on which that scoreboard is mounted.
1980:
Nolan Ryan holds the Cubs to two hits in nine innings to give the Astros their tenth straight victory, 2 – 1, winning over Bill Caudill. Jose Cruz homers. During the streak, the Houston bullpen has thrown 37 2/3 shutout innings.
Twins manager Gene Mauch resigns following a 3 – 2 loss to the Tigers. He will be replaced by Johnny Goryl.
1981:
The Reds top the visiting Mets, 2 – 0, behind Bruce Berenyi’s two-hitter.
In his first major league game, first baseman Kent Hrbek hits a 12th-inning homer, giving the Twins a 3 – 2 victory over the Yankees.
1982 – Royals catcher John Wathan steals his 31st base, breaking Ray Schalk’s 1916 record for stolen bases by a catcher. The backstop will wind up with 36 for the season.
1983:
Orioles southpaw Tippy Martinez picks off three runners in the 10th inning as the Blue Jays take long leads trying to take advantage of his new battery mate, Lenn Sakata, an infielder with no professional catching experience pressed into service behind the plate. The converted catcher gets revenge as his three-run homer in the bottom of the frame wins the game, 7 – 4.
1B Pete Rose does not play in the Phillies’ 5 – 3 loss to the Giants, ending his consecutive games played streak at 745. Manager Paul Owens had planned to use Rose as a pinch hitter in the 10th inning, but Joel Youngblood ends the game with a two-run home run off Steve Carlton in the bottom of the 9th.
Cubs P Chuck Rainey is one out away from a no-hitter when the Reds’ Eddie Milner singles to center on the first pitch. Rainey settles for a 3 – 0 one-hitter, his first complete game of the season. For Milner, this is the third of five instances in which he will collect his team’s only hit in a game, a major league mark he’ll share with Cesar Tovar.
1984:
Despite allowing just one hit – an RBI single to Dave Parker in the 7th inning – Pittsburgh’s Jose DeLeon loses to the Reds, 2 – 0. DeLeon walks three and strikes out eight but is beaten by Jeff Russell, who tosses a three-hitter of his own.
The Giants sweep a pair from the Mets with reliever Frank Williams winning both games. He totals three innings of work.
1985:
Three outs away from a no-hitter against the White Sox, Toronto’s Dave Stieb surrenders consecutive home runs to Rudy Law and Bryan Little and is driven from the game. His replacement, Gary Lavelle, gives up a third straight home run, to Harold Baines, before Tom Henke comes in to save the 6 – 3 win.
Yankee Don Baylor ties a major league record when he is hit by a pitch for the 189th time in his career.
1989 – After weeks of legal wrangling, Commissioner Bart Giamatti permanently bans Pete Rose from baseball for his alleged gambling on major league games. Although the five-page document signed by both parties includes no formal findings, Giamatti says that he considers Rose’s acceptance of the ban to be a no-contest plea to the charges. Coach Tommy Helms is named Rose’s interim replacement as Cincinnati manager.
1990 – In Pittsburgh, the Reds edge the Pirates 4-3, as Eric Davis scores all of Cincinnati’s runs. Davis collects a home run, double and two singles in four plate appearances to become the third player to score all of his team’s runs in a 4-run game.
1991 – Mariners hurler Rob Murphy sets what is believed to be a major league record by appearing in his 121st straight game without receiving credit for a win, in a 7 – 2 loss to Detroit. Tom Henke had pitched in 120 consecutive winless games from 1986 to 1988.
1993:
Milwaukee OF Kevin Reimer is 6 for 6 and scores four runs in the Brewers’ 7 – 6, 12-inning win over Oakland in the nitecap of two. The Brew Crew collects 21 hits. They have 13 hits in the opener, a 9 – 2 win in which Reimer is 1 for 2. Milwaukee trails 2 – 1 until the 7th.
The Padres score 13 runs in the 1st inning against the Cardinals. They win, 17 – 4.
The Phils’ Danny Jackson beats the Rockies for his tenth win of the year. The Phils have five starters in double figures for the first time since 1932.
1996:
Atlanta defeats Chicago, 6 – 5, led by 1B Fred McGriff, who strokes five hits, including a double and two homers, and drives in four runs.
Cubs minor leaguer Kerry Wood of Daytona in the Florida State League combines on his second no-hitter, a 3 – 0 win over Vero Beach. Wood goes eight innings; he pitched seven innings of no-hit ball on July 28th against Tampa.
1999:
Mariner Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes only the seventh player to hit 40 homers in four consecutive seasons.
The Cards lose to the Brewers despite Mark McGwire’s 508th career homer. He has hit 493 of these while playing 1B, equaling Lou Gehrig’s mark for the position.
The Red Sox acquire P Kent Mercker from the Cards in exchange for C David Benham and P Mike Matthews.
The Phillies defeat the Padres, 18 – 2, as CF Rob Ducey gets five of Philadelphia’s 22 hits.
2000 – In his fifth rehabilitation start in the minors, Devil Rays 26-year-old pitcher Tony Saunders’ breaks his left arm again throwing a wild pitch. The Devil Ray southpaw first broke his left humerus on May 26, 1999 throwing a pitch in a game against Texas at Tropicana Field.
2001 – The Colorado Rockies defeat the Mets, 10 – 0, in P Jason Jennings’ major league debut. Jennings hurls a five-hit shutout, while getting three safeties himself, including a home run. He becomes the first pitcher since 1900 to hurl a shutout and hit a home run in his first big league game.
2002:
The Angels defeat the Red Sox, 2 – 0. Manny Ramirez’s streak of reaching base in 14 straight plate appearances is stopped two short of the major league mark.
The Orioles drop a pair to the Blue Jays, losing 4 – 1 and 8 – 3. This is the start of a miserable 4-31 year-end slide. In the first game, a makeup of a July 23 rainout, Vernon Wells has four hits, including a homer, and scores three runs. Pete Walker pitches seven innings for the win. The bright spot for Baltimore is Mike Bordick, who fields four chances flawlessly to set a major-league record with 428 straight chances without an error. It breaks the mark that Cal Ripken set in 1990. Wells and Chris Woodward hit homers in the second game.
2004 – Bud Selig, citing how disruptive a delay in the major league schedule would be on pennant races, says it is unlikely that major league players will ever be able to take part in the Olympics. The baseball commissioner hopes a “World Cup”, which begins in 2006, will serve as a substitute for the Summer Games.
2005 – After fouling off three Jose Valverde full-count fastballs, Mike Jacobs goes deep at Bank One Ballpark to become the only player to hit four home runs during the first four games of a major league career. The Mets rookie, who hits two round-trippers in the 18 – 4 rout of the Diamondbacks, has homered four times, including his first big league at-bat, in his first 13 plate appearances.
2008:
43-year-old Masahiro Yamamoto improves to 10-3 with a 9 – 1 win over the Yomiuri Giants. He breaks Kimiyasu Kudoh’s NPB record as oldest hurler with double-digit wins. Earlier in the month, Yamamoto had reached 200 career wins. Through this game, he has won seven in a row.
The Mexico City Red Devils win the Mexican League title with a 6 – 1 win over the Monterrey Sultans. Elmer Dessens allows one run in eight innings to improve to 3-0 in the postseason, while Alfredo Simon takes the loss. DH Roberto Saucedo’s two-run homer in the 5th is the winning blow. José Luis Sandoval goes 1 for 3 with two RBI; he wins the MVP award for the finals.
2009 – In a battle of National League wild card contenders at Coors Field, Colorado defeats San Francisco, 6 – 4, in 14 innings on a grand slam by Ryan Spilborghs. The score is tied 1 – 1 until the 14th, when the Giants score three on a two-run triple by Eugenio Velez and a groundout by Juan Uribe. But the Rocks rally off Brandon Medders and Justin Miller, who walks P Adam Eaton with the bases loaded to make it 4 – 2. Merkin Valdez then comes in to face Spilborghs and is greeted by the game-ending blast. The Rockies also announce today the signing of former MVP Jason Giambi, who was recently released by the Oakland A’s.
2010 – The Astros win a marathon match with the Phillies, needing 16 innings and five hours to complete a 4 – 2 win in Philadelphia. After 1B Ryan Howard is ejected in the 14th inning, P Roy Oswalt is forced to play in left field for the Phils, who have no position players left. Howard’s tossing caps a dreadful day for him, in which he goes 0 for 7 with five strikeouts. In the top of the 16th, the Astros scrap out two runs against loser David Herndon on a single, a hit by pitch, a walk, and two ground balls to the infield; in the bottom of the inning, Oswalt grounds out with two on for the game’s final out.
2011:
The Red Sox recapture the lead in the AL East as their see-saw battle with the New York Yankees continues. Today, the Sox crush the Rangers, 13 – 2, behind the pitching of Josh Beckett and two-run homers by Jacoby Ellsbury, Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford. Crawford has five RBI in the win.
Meanwhile, Oakland beats the Yankees, 6 – 4, in ten innings. Coco Crisp has four hits and five RBI for the A’s, including a three-run homer – his second long ball of the game – off Rafael Soriano in the 10th. Crisp’s first homer, off CC Sabathia, had given Oakland a 1 – 0 lead in the 1st, and his second RBI puts the team ahead 3 – 2 in the 8th; Scott Sizemore drives in the other run as part of a 4-for-4 night. Nick Swisher has a pair of homers for the losers, his second one tying the score in the bottom of the 8th.
2012:
Matt Harrison has a no-hitter until Trevor Plouffe singles with two outs in the 7th, but it’s Adrian Beltre who ends up with a feat, hitting for the cycle for the second time of his career in the Rangers’ 8 – 0 demolition of the Twins.
Chris Davis homers three times in a 6 – 4 Orioles win over the Toronto Blue Jays. With Adrian Beltre having turned the trick on them in their last game on August 22nd, the Orioles are the first team ever to be involved in back-to-back three-homer games.
T&A San Marino defends its Italian Baseball League title, winning the 2012 Italian Series four games to two over Rimini. In the finale, Tiago Da Silva goes the distance despite allowing 12 hits and four runs. With the game even in the bottom of the 9th, Francesco Imperiali doubles off Sandy Patrone to score Laidel Chapellí with the winner. Imperiali had hit a three-run homer off Roberto Corradini in the 2nd; the two big hits get him the Series MVP title.
2014:
The team from Seoul, South Korea wins the 2014 Little League World Series finals, defeating the Jackie Robinson West team of Chicago, IL, 8 – 4, in the championship game. It is the third win by a Korean team, after back-to-back titles in 1984 and 1985, while the Chicago team’s presence in the finals reflects the fact that Major League Baseball’s efforts to promote Little League Baseball in inner cities are starting to pay dividends.
The Solingen Alligators beat the Heidenheim Heideköpfe, 2 – 1, on the road, to take the Bundesliga-1 title, three games to one. Harry Glynne is named finals MVP after allowing two runs in 16 innings pitched, while Chris Mezger outduels Tyler Lockwood today. Robin Drache’s two-run homer provides all the Solingen offense.
Draci Brno wins yet another Czech Extraliga title, as Petr Minařík allows two hits and no runs in seven innings in the decisive Game 5 against Kotlarka Praha. Michal Ondráček drives in Martin Schneider with the eventual game-winner in the 3rd; Schneider later relieves Minařík and notches the save.
2015:
The Mets set team records with eight homers and 14 extra-base hits in a 15 – 7 win over the Phillies. In his first at-bat since going on the disabled list with back problems in April, David Wright hits a long homer in the 2nd inning to get the ball rolling for New York. Wilmer Flores hits two and Yoenis Cespedes, Juan Lagares, Travis d’Arnaud, Daniel Murphy and Michael Cuddyer also go deep. New York overcomes a rare poor start by Jacob deGrom, who leaves after giving up seven runs in 2 2/3 innings, including three-run homers by Ryan Howard and Domonic Brown and a solo shot by Cameron Rupp. Reliever Sean Gilmartin is the winner, while Hector Neris is tagged with the loss.
Down 5 – 0 to the Tigers in a make-up game resulting from a rainout earlier this year, the Reds explode for ten runs in the 6th inning to win, 12 – 5. Brandon Phillips has a triple and homer and drives in four runs in the inning, while Eugenio Suarez homers and doubles against his former team. The ten runs are the most in one inning for the Reds since 2005 and they snap a nine-game losing streak.
2017 – A game between the Tigers and Yankees at Comerica Park is marred by a series of brawls and eight ejections. Things start to get ugly in the 6th when New York pitcher Tommy Kahnle throws a pitch behind Miguel Cabrera’s head. Kahnle gets ejected, as does manager Joe Girardi who comes out to protest, and C Austin Romine and Cabrera after they get into a heated argument that sees the two exchange blows and end up wrestling on the ground as both benches empty. After both teams score three runs in the 7th, Dellin Betances hits Detroit’s James McCann with a fastball in the head, and Betances and coach Rob Thomson are both tossed. In the 8th, the Tigers’ Alex Wilson plunks Todd Frazier and is ejected as well, along with manager Brad Ausmus. When the dust settles, the Tigers win the game, 10 – 6. Five participants will receive suspensions as a result: seven games for Cabrera for inciting the initial brawl, four games for Wilson, one for Ausmus, four games for Yankees player Gary Sanchez for throwing punches during the brawl, and two for Romine.
2022 – George Kirby of the Mariners starts today’s game against the Nationals by throwing 24 consecutive strikes – a record since 1988, when all pitches were tracked for the first time. In the 8th inning. Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez hits his 20th homer to become only the fourth rookie to have a season of 20 homers and 20 steals. But while Mariners players grab the headlines, Washington scores twice in the top of the 9th to win the game, 3 – 1.
2024 – Coming off being named the American League Player of the Week, Bowden Francis pitches the best game of his career for the Blue Jays, striking out a career-high 12 batters and keeping the Angels hitless until Taylor Ward leads off the top of the 9th with a homer. Chad Green then retires the next three batters in order to complete the 3 – 1 one-hit win.
2025:
The team from Taipei, representing Taiwan, wins the 2025 Little League World Series, their first title since 1996, as Chin-Tse Lin throws five scoreless innings in a 7 – 0 win over Las Vegas, NV.
Cal Raleigh hits his 48th and 49th home runs of the season in Seattle’s 11 – 4 win over The Athletics. This surpasses Salvador Perez’s record for most homers by a primary catcher in one season, set in 2021, which was 48.
Births[edit]
1859 – George Noftsker, outfielder (d. 1931)
1863 – Charlie Hall, outfielder (d. 1921)
1864 – Lou Hardie, catcher (d. 1929)
1864 – Belden Hill, infielder (d. 1934)
1870 – Jerry Connors, outfielder (d. 1910)
1876 – John Brown, pitcher (d. 1908)
1876 – Frank Quinn, outfielder (d. 1920)
1877 – Art Williams, outfielder (d. 1941)
1881 – Billy Kelsey, catcher (d. 1968)
1883 – Bill Moriarty, infielder (d. 1916)
1887 – Harry Hooper, outfielder; Hall of Famer (d. 1974)
1887 – Jimmy Walsh, outfielder (d. 1962)
1889 – Jewel Ens, infielder, manager (d. 1950)
1889 – Hank Gowdy, catcher, manager (d. 1966)
1890 – Ralph Mattis, outfielder (d. 1960)
1892 – Walter McClure, Olympic pitcher (d. 1959)
1893 – Shorty Des Jardien, pitcher (d. 1956)
1893 – Bartolo Portuondo, infielder (d. 1981)
1894 – Jimmy Cooney, infielder (d. 1991)
1894 – Bevo LeBourveau, outfielder (d. 1947)
1895 – Mose Herring, infielder (d. 1931)
1895 – Les Howe, pitcher (d. 1976)
1897 – Al Bool, catcher (d. 1981)
1897 – John Monroe, infielder (d. 1956)
1897 – Frank Pratt, pinch hitter (d. 1974)
1902 – Jack Blott, catcher (d. 1964)
1902 – Jimmy Hudgens, infielder (d. 1955)
1907 – Tomoo Hirooka, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2002)
1907 – John McFarlin, infielder (d. 1947)
1907 – Frank Sancet, college coach (d. 1985)
1907 – Beryl Richmond, pitcher (d. 1980)
1909 – Lefty Bowers, pitcher (d. 1978)
1910 – Horace Hendrickson, college coach (d. 2004)
1912 – Frank Secory, outfielder (d. 1995)
1914 – Art Bartelli, minor league infielder/outfielder (d. 1992)
1914 – George Turbeville, pitcher (d. 1983)
1916 – Chubby Dean, pitcher (d. 1970)
1916 – Emory Lindsey, minor league catcher and manager (d. 2007)
1916 – Luis Suarez, infielder (d. 1991)
1917 – Laymon Ramsey, pitcher (d. 2003)
1922 – Sam Stassi, minor league infielder (d. 1998)
1924 – Kelly Lunn, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
1928 – Hal Griggs, pitcher (d. 2005)
1929 – Hank O’Neal, minor league infielder and manager (d. 2014)
1930 – Bob Ottesen, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
1932 – Yasutaka Kanzaki, NPB catcher
1932 – Alfredo Ríos, minor league infielder; Salón de la Fama (d. 2019)
1932 – Hal Woodeshick, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2009)
1934 – Chikao Kitamura, NPB pitcher
1934 – Ron Plaza, coach (d. 2012)
1935 – Tsutomu Kitano, NPB pitcher
1937 – John Cunningham, college coach (d. 2025)
1938 – Jim Crawford, scout (d. 2021)
1939 – Rick Joseph, infielder (d. 1979)
1942 – Carlos Gálvez, Cuban league pitcher
1946 – Yuichi Yabe, NPB infielder (d. 2011)
1953 – Luis Sanchez, pitcher (d. 2005)
1954 – Chris Batton, pitcher
1956 – Tony Bernazard, infielder
1956 – Neil Fiala, pinch hitter
1957 – Butch Benton, catcher
1957 – Takayuki Suzuki, NPB pitcher
1959 – Andrew Madden, minor league pitcher
1960 – Joe Henderson Jr., minor league catcher
1960 – Cal Ripken, infielder; All-Star; Hall of Fame
1961 – John Ackley, minor league catcher
1961 – Toshio Choshi, NPB infielder
1963 – Tim Dulin, minor league infielder
1964 – Kip Gross, pitcher
1965 – Webster Garrison, infielder
1966 – John Albertson, minor league catcher
1966 – Oscar Escobar, minor league infielder and manager
1966 – Miguel Herrera, Spanish national team pitcher
1966 – Travis Law, minor league outfielder (d. 2006)
1966 – Dean Wilkins, pitcher
1967 – Darren Kirwin, Australian national team pitcher
1968 – Tony Bridges, minor league infielder
1968 – Tim Salmon, outfielder
1968 – Fred White, minor league pitcher (d. 1994)
1970 – Deok-chil Kim, CPBL pitcher
1970 – Jim Popoff, minor league pitcher
1970 – Jason Satre, minor league pitcher
1970 – B.J. Waszgis, catcher
1971 – Eric Stuckenschneider, minor league outfielder
1971 – Everett Stull, pitcher
1972 – Mike Grzanich, pitcher
1972 – Kurt Miller, pitcher
1972 – Chris Prieto, outfielder
1973 – Arquimedez Pozo, infielder
1973 – Jeff Wood, scout
1974 – Bartolome Fortunato, pitcher
1974 – Jeff Kubenka, pitcher
1975 – Rafael Martinez, minor league infielder and manager
1975 – José Velázquez, minor league infielder-outfielder
1977 – Chris Baker, minor league pitcher
1977 – Tonayne Brown, minor league outfielder
1977 – Greg Montalbano, minor league pitcher (d. 2009)
1977 – Jim Wollscheid, minor league pitcher
1978 – Mark Mangum, minor league pitcher
1978 – Kosuke Matsui, NPB pitcher
1978 – Jean-Philippe Miet, Division Elite pitcher-outfielder
1979 – Brad Baisley, minor league pitcher
1980 – Kevin Correia, pitcher; All-Star
1980 – Olmo Rosario, minor league infielder
1981 – Omar Beltré, pitcher
1981 – Tom Brice, minor league outfielder
1981 – Chris Mowday, minor league pitcher
1982 – Luis Borroto, Cuban league pitcher
1982 – Chris Cunningham, minor league outfielder
1982 – Jeff Natale, minor league infielder
1982 – Reid Santos, minor league player
1982 – Sean Smith, minor league player
1983 – Cole Armstrong, minor league catcher and manager
1983 – Ray Chang, minor league infielder
1983 – Jon Connolly, minor league pitcher
1983 – Atsushi Fukumoto, NPB infielder
1983 – Brett Gardner, outfielder; All-Star
1983 – Alan Johnson, pitcher
1983 – Chris Kemp, scout
1984 – Daivelis Montiel, Venezuelan women’s national team catcher
1985 – Ryan Eigsti, coach
1985 – Christian Garcia, pitcher
1985 – Anthony Ortega, pitcher
1985 – Bradley Roper-Hubbert, minor league outfielder
1985 – Tsung-Han Yu, Taiwan national team infielder
1986 – Nick Adenhart, pitcher (d. 2009)
1986 – Martin Beno, minor league pitcher
1986 – José Mosquera, minor league catcher and manager
1987 – Hsu-Ning Yuan, Taiwan women’s national team catcher
1988 – Hector Rabago, coach
1988 – Kevin Rivers, minor league outfielder
1988 – Jairo Rodriguez, minor league catcher
1988 – Wei Tang, China Baseball League catcher
1990 – Ryan Arrowood, minor league pitcher
1991 – Enrique Hernandez, infielder
1991 – Luke Jackson, pitcher
1992 – Justin Bianco, minor league outfielder
1992 – Tereza Švingrová, Czech women’s national team pitcher
1993 – Brandon Martin, minor league infielder
1994 – Jamie Callahan, pitcher
1994 – Henry Centeno, minor league pitcher
1994 – Jiahong Mi, minor league pitcher
1994 – Steven Wilson, pitcher
1996 – Luis Iván Rodríguez, minor league pitcher
1997 – Ricardo Céspedes, minor league outfielder
1998 – Mason Miller, pitcher; All-Star
1998 – McKinley Moore, pitcher
2000 – Takuma Hayashi, NPB infielder
2001 – Spencer Dickinson, Northern Mariana Islands national team infielder
2001 – Alex Freeland, infielder
2001 – Colby Halter, minor league infielder
2001 – Mikey Perez, minor league infielder
2002 – Melvin Deras, Salvadoran national team infielder
2003 – Ryoma Ikeda, NPB outfielder
2003 – Tatsuki Ito, NPB pitcher
2004 – Jahzeel Groetelaers, Curaçao national team catcher
2005 – Nelson Rada, minor league outfielder
Deaths[edit]
1900 – John Puhl, infielder (b. 1876)
1917 – Al McCauley, infielder (b. 1863)
1921 – Emil Gross, catcher (b. 1858)
1935 – George Keefe, pitcher (b. 1867)
1940 – Ed Hallinan, infielder (b. 1888)
1955 – John Raleigh, pitcher (b. 1887)
1956 – Art Fromme, pitcher (b. 1883)
1963 – Ren Kelly, pitcher (b. 1899)
1963 – Arnold Waites, pitcher (b. 1914)
1965 – Sylvester Breen, minor league infielder (b. 1886)
1966 – Wheezer Dell, pitcher (b. 1886)
1968 – Dolly Stark, umpire (b. 1897)
1971 – Mitch Chetkovich, pitcher (b. 1917)
1974 – Jake Miller, outfielder (b. 1895)
1977 – Leo Cristante, pitcher (b. 1926)
1980 – Herman Fink, pitcher (b. 1911)
1984 – Roy Easterwood, catcher (b. 1915)
1985 – Boots McClain, infielder (b. 1899)
1986 – George Diehl, pitcher (b. 1918)
1990 – Mickey Witek, infielder (b. 1915)
1991 – Abel Kiviat, USA national team infielder (b. 1892)
1991 – Tony Martinez, infielder (b. 1940)
1999 – Fran Matthews, infielder (b. 1916)
1999 – Lonnie Summers, outfielder (b. 1915)
2001 – Hank Sauer, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1917)
2004 – Yoshiji Yamamoto, NPB pitcher (b. 1934)
2005 – Carlos Gastelum, minor league catcher (b. 1966)
2006 – Junior Thompson, pitcher (b. 1917)
2008 – Jim Campbell, minor league infielder (b. 1931)
2010 – Soichi Arakawa, NPB outfielder (b. 1925)
2011 – Mike Flanagan, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1951)
2012 – Fred Cerbo, minor league pitcher (b. 1925)
2013 – Masayuki Dobashi, NPB pitcher and manager (b. 1935)
2013 – Kiyoshi Uchiyama, NPB pitcher (b. 1927)
2016 – Juan Bell, infielder (b. 1968)
2016 – Neil Berry, infielder (b. 1922)
2019 – Tex Clevenger, pitcher (b. 1932)
2023 – Harry Blijden, Hoofdklasse outfielder (b. 1939)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Monday, Aug. 24
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
6 p.m.
FS2 — 2026 AVCA First Serve: Pittsburgh vs. Xavier, Milwaukee
8 p.m.
FS2 — 2026 AVCA First Serve: Texas vs. Marquette, Milwaukee
CYCLING
8:30 a.m.
NBCSN — UCI: 2026 Vuelta a España, Stage 3
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
6:30 p.m.
FS1 — Tampa Bay at Detroit (6:40 p.m.)
9:30 p.m.
FS1 — Cincinnati at San Francisco (9:45 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
12:30 p.m.
CBSSN — Serie A: Lazio at Bologna
1:45 p.m.
FS2 — Saudi Pro League: Al-Hazem at Al Ittihad
3 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Chelsea at Fulham
TENNIS
11 a.m.
ESPN2 — ATP/WTA: U.S. Open Qualifying, First Round, New York
1 p.m.
TENNIS CHANNEL — U.S. Open Qualifying 1st Round; Winston-Salem-ATP & Monterrey-WTA Early Rounds
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
USA — Golden State at Minnesota
10 p.m.
NBCSN — Atlanta at Los Angeles
PEACOCK — Atlanta at Los Angeles
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