“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
YANKEES 2 CUBS 0
REDS 8 PIRATES 7
ORIOLES 6 PHILLIES 4
BLUE JAYS 3 CARDINALS 1
MARLINS 5 METS 2
DIAMONDBACKS 4 GUARDIANS 1
WHITE SOX 6 RAYS 1
BRAVES 6 NATIONALS 2
ASTROS 11 RANGERS 2
ROCKIES 3 ROYALS 1
BREWERS 6 ANGELS 2
TIGERS 12 ATHLETICS 1
PADRES 7 GIANTS 0
TWINS 5 MARINERS 3
RED SOX 9 DODGERS 4
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES
INDIANAPOLIS 3 LOUISVILLE 1
SOUTH BEND 15 LAKE COUNTY 7
FT. WAYNE 5 GREAT LAKES 2
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WNBA SCORES
FEVER 112 FIRE 98
MYSTICS 81 WINGS 75
DREAM 98 STORM 89
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INDIANA HS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
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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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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD
NEW YORK CITY 1 TORONTO 1
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS BY YEAR: THE PLAYOFF ERA
2025 — INDIANA (16-0), BEAT MIAMI 27-21
2024 — OHIO STATE (14-2), BEAT NOTRE DAME 34-23, FIRST 12-TEAM PLAYOFF
2023 — MICHIGAN (15-0), BEAT WASHINGTON
2022 — GEORGIA (15-0), BEAT TCU
2021 — GEORGIA (14-1), BEAT ALABAMA
2020 — ALABAMA (13-0), BEAT OHIO STATE
2019 — LSU (15-0), BEAT CLEMSON
2018 — CLEMSON (15-0), BEAT ALABAMA
2017 — ALABAMA (13-1), BEAT GEORGIA
2016 — CLEMSON (14-1), BEAT ALABAMA
2015 — ALABAMA (14-1), BEAT CLEMSON
2014 — OHIO STATE (14-1), BEAT OREGON, FIRST PLAYOFF CHAMPION
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE
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. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND 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
NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – AUG. 6
CAROLINA VS. ARIZONA – 8PM, NBC/PEACOCK
WEEK 1
THURSDAY – AUG. 13
DETROIT AT CINCINNATI – 7PM
GREEN BAY AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM
INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW ENGLAND – 7:30PM
LA CHARGERS AT HOUSTON – 8PM
ARIZONA AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM
TENNESSEE AT SAN FRANCISCO – 9PM
FRIDAY – AUG. 14
DENVER AT ATLANTA – 7PM
TAMPA BAY AT NY JETS – 7PM
MIAMI AT WASHINGTON – 7PM
SATURDAY – AUG. 15
CAROLINA AT BUFFALO – 1PM
CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO – 1PM
MINNESOTA AT NY GIANTS – 1PM
LA RAMS AT KANSAS CITY – 4PM
JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS – 4PM
PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE – 7PM
DALLAS AT SEATTLE – 8PM
WEEK 2
THURSDAY – AUG. 20
LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON – 8PM, ESPN
SAN FRANCISCO AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM
FRIDAY – AUG. 21
NY JETS AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM
CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM
GREEN BAY AT DENVER – 9PM
SATURDAY – AUG. 22
WASHINGTON AT DETROIT – 12PM
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND – 1PM
ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM
BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA – 1PM
NEW ORLEANS AT LA RAMS – 4PM
NY GIANTS AT MIAMI – 4PM
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI – 7PM
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND – 7PM
KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY – 7:30PM
DALLAS AT ARIZONA – 10PM
SUNDAY – AUG. 23
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE – 8PM, FOX
WEEK 3
THURSDAY – AUG. 27
PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO – 7PM
NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND – 8PM, PRIME VIDEO
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM
LA RAMS AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM
FRIDAY – AUG. 28
WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE – 6PM
HOUSTON AT CAROLINA – 7PM
ATLANTA AT MIAMI – 7PM
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM
NY GIANTS AT NY JETS – 7:30PM
NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS – 8PM
ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY – 8PM
SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY – 8PM
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA – 8PM, CBS
MINNESOTA AT DENVER – 9PM
SATURDAY – AUG. 29
DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM
CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE – 6PM
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2026 NFL TEAM SCHEDULES
https://www.nfl.com/schedules/2026/by-team
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON 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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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (AP) — AS IF TWO-WAY PLAYER TRAVIS HUNTER DOESN’T ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON HIS PLATE.
The week before the Jacksonville Jaguars opened training camp, Hunter was photographed wearing a police vest posing with Sheriff T.K. Waters and members of the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department. It had the look of a ride-along, though Hunter wasn’t saying.
“I was just out there just having fun with Sheriff T.K.,” Hunter said Friday.
Hunter, the Heisman Trophy winner out of Colorado whom the Jaguars made the No. 2 pick in last year’s draft, has enough to keep him occupied in training camp. Hunter is returning from injury, his rookie year ending two months into the season when he tore knee ligaments during noncontact drills.
In seven games, he played 324 snaps at receiver and 162 snaps at cornerback. The plan to use him on both sides of the ball has not changed, especially after the Jaguars shored up the core of their secondary by re-signing Montaric “Buster” Brown in March.
Hunter has been wearing a teal jersey for offense in three days of camp, with a white bib and his No. 12 he can slip on when he plays in the secondary.
“How do we balance his reps here, knowing that we’re trying to ease him in, but he also at some point needs to get double the amount that a normal player gets,” coach Liam Coen said. “And so what does that ramp-up look like? We have it all kind of mapped out … on every single practice schedule, his reps are highlighted in here — where he’s in, what plays he’s in, where he’s at on the field. We’ve been extremely intentional about it.”
Hunter, who had surgery Nov. 11 to repair the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee, was limited during offseason workouts. But he used that time to build up some 10 pounds of muscle in his upper body and managed to get even faster.
He was clocked running at 22.6 mph at the team’s facility last week.
“I was a small guy coming in. Everybody was like, ’Gain weight, gain weight,’” Hunter said. “I was scared at first. I’m like: ‘Dang, I’ve never played at this weight. I’m going to feel heavy, not going to be able to do what I do.’ Training and being able to put those months in — not just on the grass but in the weight room — just putting in extra work, it made me feel lighter on my feet when I finally touched the grass.”
He looked like he was flying on grass when he ran the 22.6 mph — no pads, no one around him, not in a game — but it was another indication all was well.
“I’m trying to hit 23 now,” Hunter said. “That’s the next goal.”
The Jaguars could use the production considering how much they gave up in a trade to get the second pick in 2025 — their No. 5 pick last year and No. 1 pick this year. They won nine of their last 10 games last year after Hunter was injured to win the AFC South.
For his part, Hunter feels like last year never happened in terms of his health.
“I put nine months in, so it doesn’t feel like I’m coming off an injury,” he said. “Just get the rust off right now. I’ve been gone for nine months, not able to be out here with my teammates for nine months, so finally being able to hit the grass, knock the rust off and just continue to click with the quarterbacks and click with the defense.”
Defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile said Hunter is getting back into the flow, and the added muscle in his upper body is noticeable.
“You never want to see anybody get injured, but I think he really put his best foot forward in the weight room as he was recovering from a lower-body injury,” Campanile said. “He just looks really physical in the team work and in the individual period. So he’s done a good job.”
And now it’s all football, though the Engine 36 B-Shift crew said in its Facebook post for Hunter to let them know when he was ready for a ride-along.
“We promise, it’s just as hot as training camp,” the post said.
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GIANTS RUNNING BACK CAM SKATTEBO IS READY TO PLAY FOOTBALL AND TAKE A BREAK FROM BACKFLIPS
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Cam Skattebo is all systems go at practice. His signature celebration is on hiatus.
Skattebo declared himself nearly fully healthy at New York Giants training camp, nine months removed from his gruesome right ankle and leg injury. But after getting into some hot water with the organization for doing a backflip and landing awkwardly on that surgically repaired ankle earlier this month, he’s planning to stay grounded for a while.
“Obviously, I do some dumb things here and there, but I learn from it,” Skattebo said Friday. “We’ll see when game time comes around. But right now, we’re focused on training camp, and we’ll keep the backflips off the field for now.”
Skattebo alarmed, among others, coach John Harbaugh and general manager Joe Schoen when they saw video of the backflip at Fanatics Fest in New York on July 18. He turned out to be fine, but a text message and some difficult conversations followed.
“He’s a young man that’s still getting used to the spotlight and in New York City, and you’ve got to be conscious of your actions, not only from a health standpoint but a perception standpoint,” Schoen said. “He knows I’d rather him not do that, especially this close to camp.”
It is not the first time Skattebo has been second-guessed for something off the field since reaching the NFL and getting hurt. He took part in a WWE show in November, weeks after surgery, took criticism from radio hosts but was not worse for the wear.
The botched backflip was a much riskier endeavor the Giants would rather he not repeat.
“The big picture message is you want to take care of yourself,” Harbaugh said. “You want to take care of your team: do everything you can do to be healthy, be back, be right, be good.”
The 24-year-old running back declared in May he’d be ready for the season opener Sept. 13 against Dallas. Skattebo also told the coaching staff he’d be good for the start of camp and hit that deadline.
As a result, he has no limitations and is doing just about as well as he can.
“I’ve felt 99%,” Skattebo said. “I think the 100% is when I put shoulder pads on and I’m able to hit someone. That’s when I tell you I’m 100%, but for now I’m 99.9% OK.”
Skattebo will get that chance when the pads go on beginning Monday.
A 2025 fourth-round pick out of Arizona State, Skattebo rushed for 410 yards and five touchdowns on 101 carries before having his rookie year cut short Oct. 26 at Philadelphia. This past spring, he set a goal of playing 17-plus games and rushing for over 2,000 yards on 300 carries.
Skattebo didn’t shy away from those lofty aspirations — which would give him a top-10 season in league history — but his main focus is on moving past the injury and rehab process and getting back to what he does best.
“It was a long, hard road,” Skattebo said. “It’s time to play football.”
Malik Nabers did not practice Friday
After being the talk of the start of camp for getting on the field for individual drills after his own lengthy rehab from a torn ACL, Malik Nabers did not take part in practice Friday. Harbaugh called it “part of the process.”
“We’ll work through it, and every single day will be what it is that given day,” Harbaugh said. “He’s worked real hard, made a lot of progress and that’s what we decided to do today for practice.”
Neither Nabers nor the Giants have set a timetable for his return to game action.
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JETS COACH AARON GLENN TURNS TO ANALYTICS, SCIENCE AND REST TO RESHAPE TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Glenn and the New York Jets took an unusual but well-researched approach to Day 3 of training camp practice.
They rested.
Glenn mapped out the team’s practice schedule this summer by incorporating analytics and sports science, trying to maximize the production on the field while also giving his players ample time to properly recover physically off it.
“What my job is as a coach is, I understand the acclimation from the NFL as far as you go from the offseason, then now you’re in no pads to try to get into pads, and I truly understand that,” Glenn said Thursday after the Jets’ second practice of camp. “But my job is to acclimate our players to get ready for the regular season.”
The Jets reported for camp on Tuesday, then had two practices and were off the field Friday, although the team was still doing classroom work and meetings. They’ll be back on the field Saturday, then the players will have a full day off Sunday before returning for two more practices.
It’s a far cry from the rigorous two-a-day camp practices the 54-year-old Glenn endured during a 15-year NFL playing career.
To kick off Glenn’s first training camp as a head coach last summer, the Jets practiced the first four days after reporting, had one day off, practiced two days, had another day off and then were back on the field for three straight days.
But it’s becoming more common around the league for teams to lean on analytics, artificial intelligence and sports science to try to improve, prepare and avoid injuries.
“I showed (the players) a graph to where the first week, the highest amount of reps we get is 24 reps and then we’re going to recover, then we’ll bring it down,” Glenn said. “So, we had two practices on (the field) and then we bring it down for recovery, and then it jumps back up. So, the next week, the highest amount of reps we’ll have is 32, all right, and then we’ll recover again. Then the next week, the highest amount of reps will be 40.
“So what I’m trying to do is get our guys to be ready to play 65 to 75 plays a game and that’s my job as a coach to be able to do that.”
The Jets, looking to bounce back from a 3-14 season, hired Iwao Fusillo as their chief data and analytics officer in January to help, along with director of analytics and strategy Sean Clement, unify football analytics, business intelligence and application development throughout the organization.
General manager Darren Mougey is already seeing the benefits of using analytics and artificial intelligence to help evaluate the Jets’ roster, along with those of the other teams around the league and college players.
“It’s a different lens,” Mougey said. “It’s been very helpful, it’s important. On the AI front to this point is what it’s helped with the most is the automation of things. We’re saving a lot of man hours being able to automate information and systems and spit it out quickly. So, it’s been huge and I look forward to the continued growth as an organization with the AI and analytics.”
Meanwhile, Alexander Carnall, the team’s sports science coordinator since 2024, collaborates with Erik Korem, the Jets’ director of player performance, and head strength and conditioning coach Corey Smith and their staffs and the trainers to maximize the on-field work.
The Jets are scheduled to have at least 15 full practices in training camp, including hosting two joint sessions with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before their preseason opener on Aug. 14. New York will be at Pittsburgh on Aug. 21, then host the Giants on Aug. 28. The Jets open the regular season on the road against former coach Robert Saleh and the Titans in Tennessee on Sept. 13.
“So each week, you’ll start to see those reps go up, you start to see that yardage that they have to have, and that’s the analytics part of it, yardage will go up also,” Glenn said. “And that’s what I try to create. So when you see the day off and the days on, you’ll see it go like this here (points up).
“And that’s the reason why, man, I’m trying to get max reps, then I’m trying to recover. Max reps, then recover.”
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HASLAM: I’LL TAKE THE OVER ON THE BROWNS’ 5 1/2-WIN PROJECTION
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns made the postseason the last time they had a first-year head coach on the sidelines.
If Jimmy Haslam has the same thing in mind for Todd Monken, he’s not saying it publicly.
The Browns owner said after Friday’s practice he has “improved expectations” for the upcoming season. The franchise went 5-12 last season and 3-14 in 2024 after making the playoffs in 2023.
“I would say this, and we never do this, but I think the odds are for us to win 5 1/2 games. I’ll take the over,” Haslam said.
“I think we have made giant strides in our talent level the last two years. And it takes these young guys a lot of time. I think we could have a chance to start double-digit first- and second-year players. We’re really excited about the roster we’ve assembled.”
Any sign of playoff contention or improvement would be welcome. The Haslams assumed ownership in October 2012, but didn’t change the head coach or general manager until the end of the season. Cleveland has a 73-139-1 regular-season mark since 2013, the second-worst in the NFL.
In those 14 seasons, the Browns have had only two winning seasons and finished with double-digit losses eight times, including going 0-16 in 2017.
The best year Cleveland has had under the Haslam regime was 2020, when Kevin Stefanski was hired as coach. The Browns were 11-5 and won their first playoff game since the 1993 season at Pittsburgh before losing at Kansas City.
It helped that Cleveland had an established quarterback that year in Baker Mayfield. This year, the team goes into camp with Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders vying for the starting job.
The relationship between Haslam and Watson has improved since Haslam said at the 2025 owners’ meetings that the team “took a big swing and miss” when they sent three first-round picks to Houston for Watson in 2022 and signed him to a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million deal many consider one of the worst trades and contracts in NFL history.
Watson has played in only 19 games with the Browns. Sanders remains the popular choice nationally and among fans after playing in eight games and starting seven as a rookie last year.
Monken hasn’t specified how quickly he wants a starter before the Sept. 13 opener at Jacksonville.
“We all know that the quarterback position is one that we need to figure out at some point in time,” managing partner JW Johnson said. “A lot of guys have franchise quarterbacks, but we’re excited about how hard the guys are working. We’re excited about Todd and staff working with them to put them in a position to be ready to go this season.”
Stefanski was a two-time NFL Coach of the Year, but was fired in January after six seasons. During his tenure, Stefanski started 13 different quarterbacks, including seven over the past two seasons.
Monken was hired in January for his first NFL head coaching job despite turning 60 on Feb. 5.
Haslam said he wants the Browns to be a contending playoff team in 2027, but later said that doesn’t mean they are punting on this year.
Haslam has a rebuilding job not only in Cleveland but also with the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, where he is a co-owner. Both teams traded franchise icons in June: Two-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett went to the Los Angeles Rams on June 1, and Giannis Antetokounmpo was dealt to the Miami Heat on June 22.
“My dad’s 95 1/2. He called me and said, ‘Do you know that in the last month you traded Myles Garrett and Giannis?’ I said, ‘Yes, sir, I know that.’ Listen, it’s all about what you get. Giannis, a generational player, won a championship, but we felt the need to get younger. He was the best asset we had,” Haslam said. “We had mortgaged our future going forward, and I think we got four really good players and two draft picks, No. 1 picks, a couple of swaps, and a second. So time will tell.
“We’ve got to use those picks wisely just like we have to do with the Myles trade. But cautious optimism, although you’ve got to be realistic. I think it’s actually harder to rebuild in the NBA than I do in the NFL, but we’ll see.”
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MIKE MCDANIEL’S NEW CHARGERS ROLE COMES WITH A FAMILIAR SIDELINE STAPLE: THE SWEATSHIRT
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Mike McDaniel has a new title on a new team. He’s still wearing a sweatshirt at practice.
The offensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers was on the field Friday under sunny skies in 80-degree temperatures with 66% humidity. Nothing like summer in Miami, but still unusually muggy for the Los Angeles area, which has been under a heat advisory for days.
“Everyone is really, really complaining about a level of heat that South Florida laughs at,” said McDaniel, who was fired in January after four seasons as the Dolphins’ head coach
He brought his sweatshirt with him, a way to feel the heat even though he’s not running around and to avoid overworking the players.
“I can put a sweatshirt on and feel good about calling them out on being soft because they think it’s too hot,” he said. “It’s my way of kind of connecting.”
McDaniel is implementing new words and language on the Chargers’ offense and asking players to get out of their comfort zones.
“He just thinks different,” wide receiver Quentin Johnston said. “Sometimes it seems like it doesn’t make sense at first, but then it clicks.”
McDaniel is bringing his speed-based schemes and high-flying attacks to an offense that ranked 12th in the NFL last season.
“If you hang around Mike and listen to him talk you will gain some confidence just the way that he’s confident in himself and his ability,” wide receiver Ladd McConkey said. “He instills that in us.”
McDaniel is dialed in on quarterback Justin Herbert, who took the most hits and sacks of his six-year career last season. He’s emphasizing quick throws by Herbert to minimize the amount of wear and tear on the 28-year-old Herbert’s body.
“You want to protect the ball and confirm something before you throw it,” McDaniel said. “I’m challenging him to expedite that process and not confirm and let his feet talk to him and rip the ball.”
Herbert expressed some nervousness throwing the ball so early.
“But that’s where you grow,” McDaniel said. “I thought he had probably four or five firsts in action of things that we’ve been emphasizing since we got here. You’re counting on every player to take those incremental steps. Ultimately, if you’re trying to play it safe, no one will grow.”
Through three days of training camp practice, wide receiver Brenen Thompson has impressed McConkey, who cited the rookie’s 4.26-second time for the 40-yard dash.
“He’s flying across the field. The way he moves you can tell is just natural, got strong hands,” McConkey said. ”He’s going to be able to help us a lot this year.”
Johnston added, “He came in with one thing on his mind: speed.”
One thing McConkey isn’t discussing with McDaniel is his clutch 42-yard catch-and-run from Herbert with 34 seconds left that set up the Chargers’ winning field goal in a 29-27 victory over the Dolphins last season.
“I want some passes, some plays drawn up so I won’t bring it up,” he said, smiling.
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BENGALS HAVE ONE OF THEIR DEEPEST DEFENSIVE TACKLE GROUPS DESPITE HILL’S INJURY
CINCINNATI (AP) — While BJ Hill is opening training camp on the active/physically unable to perform list with an undisclosed injury, the Cincinnati Bengals have the benefit of entering the season with the deepest group of defensive tackles that the team has had in years.
The 31-year-old Hill was banged up for much of last season. Coach Zac Taylor said on Monday that he doesn’t expect Hill to miss all of training camp and the D-lineman is doing “as well as we had hoped.”
In March, the Bengals signed a projected starting defensive tackle in Jonathan Allen, who has been one of the more consistent pass rushing defensive tackles in the NFL over the last few seasons.
Then in April, an unexpected opportunity to trade for star defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence came up for the Bengals. After making that trade with the New York Giants, every defensive tackle was bumped down one spot on the pecking order.
The Bengals view that as a positive.
“We believe you have to have different waves of guys who can come in, stay fresh and keep you out of those really long drives where guys wear down,” Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin said. “You have to have that competent second wave of guys. The teams that have played the best defense have that. Seattle had that last year. They have multiple waves of guys who came in.”
Veteran nose tackle TJ Slaton, the Bengals’ biggest acquisition on defense leading up to last season, now projects Lawrence’s backup. Slaton has a track record of being one of the better run-stuffing nose tackles in the NFL. This week, defensive coordinator Al Golden praised Slaton for “coming along really well” for the Bengals last year.
Golden also spoke optimistically about 2024 second-round pick Kris Jenkins Jr., who he says showed flashes last year before suffering a season-ending injury in December. In 15 games, including four starts, Jenkins had 36 tackles and 1 1/2 sacks.
“This is a huge year for me,” Jenkins said. “Year 3 is make or break for a lot of guys. It’s a big opportunity for a guy like me to establish myself. I’ve got to prove that. I’ve seen the improvement. This is the best I’ve felt about myself mentally, spiritually and physically. There’s competition across the board.”
Behind Lawrence, Hill, Allen, Slaton and Jenkins, the Bengals have 2024 third-round pick McKinnley Jackson and 2026 seventh-round pick Landon Robinson.
Tobin expects to see each of them get an opportunity to show what they’re capable of, and there’s room for any of them to be contributors.
“If he’s up to helping us win, they’re going to get their playing time,” Tobin said. “Hopefully, we’re three and out and we don’t have to be waving them in. We wanted to have enough guys to get through the season if there are injuries or a long drive.”
The improved depth at defensive tackle should really help the Bengals’ edge rushers, who are expected to get more one-on-one pass rush opportunities and more chances to pressure the quarterback. The spotlight is on free agent defensive end Boye Mafe, a major acquisition for the Bengals.
Last season, Mafe was a part of a Seahawks’ defensive line that won a Super Bowl.
“He did it all for Seattle,” Golden said.
With a blend of returning young faces and impact veterans who bring playoff experience to Cincinnati, Taylor sees intriguing qualities in the Bengals’ defense.
“Last year, we were bringing on a lot of younger guys who were going to play key roles for us,” Taylor said. “Now, you’re adding a lot of guys who have played in this league for a long time. They know exactly when you say something what you mean by it, even if it’s just a different word that we’re using. That experience lets them get up to speed significantly quicker.”
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CHIEFS: TALKS UNDERWAY TO HOST SUPER BOWL, FINAL FOUR IN NEW $3B DOMED REPLACEMENT FOR ARROWHEAD
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are lining up to host the Super Bowl and Final Four in their $3 billion domed replacement for aging Arrowhead Stadium, which has yet to break ground but is expected to be ready in time for the 2031 football season.
Chiefs president Mark Donovan said conversations with the NFL have been ongoing about hosting the Super Bowl in 2033, 2034 or 2035, while the organization is “aggressively pursuing” college basketball’s national championship game.
“If you know anything or follow anything about the NCAA,” Donovan said, “you know they’re going out with a bid here, and the thing about it is if you’re the NCAA, you’re trying to sort of put stability in your future planning. So they’re trying to lock in all these dates. We don’t have a building yet, but we don’t want to be knocked out of those because they’re locked in so far out.”
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, will host the Super Bowl for the coming season, while Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium will host the big game in 2028. Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas has been awarded the 2029 game while the Titans’ new stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, will host the Super Bowl in February 2030.
Ford Field in Detroit will host the semifinals and championship game after the coming season, and Allegiant Stadium will host the Final Four in 2028. Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will host the following year, AT&T Stadium in Dallas will host the 2030 edition and Mercedes-Benz Stadium will host the games in 2031.
“We were actually in discussions with the NCAA last week about: ‘Could we bid on these dates? Our stadium will be done by then, but it is not done right now.’ So they were appreciative of that,” Donovan said. “We are probably going to be early bidders on most things, acknowledging that doesn’t really enhance our chances of winning the bid.”
Last week, the Chiefs unveiled the first renderings of their fully enclosed stadium, which is being built across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas. The team chose a fully translucent permanent roof, rather than a retractable design, and seating for about 70,000 people — more than most modern stadiums being built across the NFL.
The design itself takes obvious cues from Arrowhead Stadium, the longtime home of the Chiefs.
“The conceptual design phase is always fascinating, and we looked at lots of different design concepts,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said this week. “I can’t really say that I had something in the back of my mind going into it. But we’re delighted with where we’ve ended up. We think it does a great job of recognizing the franchise’s past and Arrowhead while combining it with a stadium that is modern, innovative, bold and something that will last for decades.”
The Chiefs announced in late December that they were moving away from Arrowhead Stadium, a decision that has been somewhat divisive among fans. One of the reasons is that Kansas lawmakers voted to allow the state to issue more than $2.4 billion in bonds to cover about 60% of the cost of the stadium, a new training facility and retail and entertainment space.
The stadium will be built near Kansas Speedway and a retail district known as The Legends. The area is also home to Sporting Park, the home of MLS club Sporting Kansas City, and a minor league baseball stadium home to the Kansas City Monarchs.
The Chiefs’ practice facility also will move across the state line to the Kansas City suburb of Olathe, Kansas.
The Chiefs anticipate a modern campus that goes beyond practice fields, and could include a stadium-like setup for use by flag football and high schools teams. The Chiefs also want the flexibility to welcome thousands of fans that regularly attend training camp, should they decide to stay home rather than train an hour away at Missouri Western State University.
“We have a multiyear agreement, and we expect to be here for a long time,” Donovan said of the Division II college. “I will say this, just because it’s the obvious follow-up question: With the training facility being built in Olathe, we as an organization have to look at everything we do with options. So, that training facility is going to be designed with the ability to host training camp. We have to have that option. Who knows where we are in five years?”
I’ve been on the other side of that, and you really want stability, you want predictability, you want certainty. So, it would be a challenge because when we did this deal, we made the commitment that we’re going to be really aggressive, and we think that this facility is going to have the ability to host all kinds of events. And frankly, you think about the events that we are talking about bidding for right now, 95% of them, we wouldn’t be able to bid on now, because we don’t have an indoor stadium.”
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LIONS’ GIBBS, FALCONS’ ROBINSON REMAIN SIDELINED AT TRAINING CAMP AS CONTRACT TALKS CONTINUE
Two of the NFL’s most productive running backs haven’t gotten off to the races quite yet at training camp.
The Detroit Lions’ Jahmyr Gibbs and Atlanta Falcons’ Bijan Robinson have been just mere spectators as they play their hands in an apparent contract “hold-in ” as their teams get to work.
Lions coach Dan Campbell and Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski insist the focus remains on the active participants.
“My job is to coach who’s out there right now,” Campbell said Thursday. “I love the kid, but man, I’ve got a team to coach right now.”
As for Stefanski’s outlook: “Just coach the football team. Understand there’s a business side to what we do.”
The first-year Falcons coach said he has had conversations with Robinson, but those will remain private.
“I don’t think it’s fair to share those types of things, and I think we all trust in the process, what’s going on,” he said.
Both players have the resume for a hefty paycheck.
Robinson led the league with 2,298 yards from scrimmage last season. He rushed for 1,478 yards with seven touchdowns and set career highs with 79 receptions for 820 yards and four touchdowns, earning an AP All-Pro selection and his second Pro Bowl appearance.
Gibbs, too, ranked in the top 10 with 1,228 yards rushing and 13 touchdowns. After three years in the league, he’s one of just four in league history to surpass 4,500 yards from scrimmage and score 45-plus touchdowns, and he’s three-for-three in Pro Bowl selections.
A once underappreciated running back market has been reset as the Eagles awarded Saquon Barkley’s Super Bowl run and Offensive Player of the Year campaign with a record-breaking two-year, $41 million extension ahead of last season.
Both Gibbs and Robinson are expected to seek similar figures, meaning there could be power — and a discount — in being the first team to cross the finish line.
Campbell figured the Lions would’ve done so already.
“I thought we’d have been done by now, but also, I know how this goes, man. I’ve been in this league a long time, player and a coach,” he said. “So I’m not even sweating it.”
A hold-in has proven a successful negotiation tactic before. James Cook, who held in at the start of last season, earned a four-year, $46 million extension with the Buffalo Bills.
“Go for it,” Cook encouraged Gibbs and Robinson from Buffalo. “Get your money.”
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PACHECO PROVIDES ‘POP’ IN THE LIONS’ BACKFIELD WHILE AWAITING GIBBS’ RETURN
DETROIT (AP) — “Knuckles” already punched his ticket out of town. “Sonic” has temporarily come to a halt.
Enter “Pop.”
For now, Isiah Pacheco is providing the power and speed to the Detroit Lions’ backfield. The former Kansas City Chiefs running back, nicknamed “Pop,” signed a one-year, $1.81 million contract as a free agent in the offseason to replace David Montgomery, who went to Houston on a two-year, $16.5 million deal to become the Texans’ lead back.
During the last three seasons, Jahmyr Gibbs and Montgomery earned the nickname “Sonic and Knuckles” as one of the NFL’s premier running back duos. Gibbs, who finished second behind Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor last season in total touchdowns with 18, sat out the first week of training camp while seeking a new contract.
Pacheco rushed for 2,537 yards and 14 touchdowns over four seasons with the Chiefs, helping them win two Super Bowls. A steady stream of injuries have sidelined him for 17 games during the past three seasons, though. He missed four games last season with a sprained right knee.
Those ailments also cut into his offseason training regimen. After signing with Detroit, Pachero was able to participate in OTAs and has stood out during the start of camp.
“The first few days have been phenomenal, just getting to fly around the field with the guys again,” he said.
Pacheco, who has slimmed down to 210 pounds from 216 last season, showed a combination of burst and power while catching a screen pass from Jared Goff and racing around defenders during Friday’s session. Pacheco feels energized joining an offense that finished tied for fourth in the league in scoring last season (28.3) despite missing the playoffs.
“It makes you want to play harder and faster with your teammates to the left and right of you,” he said. “Everybody’s pushing and working hard for each other. You’ve got guys finishing down the field and that’s what it takes from every unit. When you’ve got guys doing that, it makes you lean on one another and want to fight for each other harder.”
Eventually, the Lions’ backfield could turn into “Sonic and Pop,” though Pacheco anticipates that they’ll earn a different moniker. He has already seen many suggestions.
“On social media, I see a lot,” he said. “Keep giving us those nicknames and we’re going to surprise you all when we get to play.”
Beyond Gibbs and Pacheco, there are plenty of question marks. Jacob Saylors and Sione Vaki combined for three carries last season. The other two backs on the camp roster, Kye Robichaux and Jabari Small, have never had an NFL carry.
They’re all getting extra reps until Gibbs returns to practice.
“It’s a great opportunity, and look, it’s one of the reasons we got Pacheco, man. This is extra reps for ‘Pop’ with us just in our system, so that’s awesome,” head coach Dan Campbell said. “Vaki gets these reps, Saylors, Small, Robichaux. So yeah, it’s good. There’s always a silver lining.”
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PATRIOTS WR KAYSHON BOUTTE ADDRESSES TRADE RUMORS: ‘MY FEET ARE HERE TODAY’
Seemingly from the moment the A.J. Brown news bubbled in early spring, New England Patriots receiver Kayshon Boutte has been the subject of trade rumors. Viewed as the odd man out following the additions of Brown and Romeo Doubs, Boutte hasn’t ignored the noise.
“We all hear a lot of the stuff that’s going on,” Boutte said Thursday, via Boston.com. “I think my main focus is just that I’m here today. My feet are here today. If I’m somewhere else next week, the week after, that’s kind of what it is. That’s the business. But I’m taking every day, day by day, not thinking about what’s next.”
Boutte is coming off his best season, snagging 33 catches for 551 yards and a career-high six touchdowns in 14 games. Entering a contract year, he’s viewed as a piece the Pats could move for a future draft pick given that he’s likely not sticking around long-term.
“Truth be told, I think if you were in a contract year at your reporting job, you would want that to be your best year,” Boutte said of playing for a new deal next season. “Whatever that looks like for me, we’ll look at all our options and see.”
The receiver room in Foxborough is crowded with Brown, Doubs, Boutte, Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, Demario Douglas and Efton Chism III all worthy of snaps. While retaining seven WRs is possible, especially if the Pats keep just two tight ends on their initial 53-man receiver, it’s not the norm.
Coach Mike Vrabel acknowledged that New England could be willing to trade a receiver, especially if the alternative is cutting a quality player.
“I love having depth, but I would say that we’re always going to try to look to improve, whether that’s by adding draft capital, obtaining a player or keeping the guys we have,” Vrabel said. “We want to try to provide competition throughout the roster at each position. I think that’s something that’s critical. I think that’s what good teams do every year, year in and year out, that they’re making the roster as competitive as possible.”
If a trade goes down, it could happen during final cuts, on Aug. 30, as teams evaluate the final roster spots.
Thus far, Boutte has received rave reviews as a playmaker from the beat writers early in camp. The 24-year-old skipped voluntary workouts during the spring, with his contract and roster position in question. When he’s on the field, the wideout has flashed. The trade discussions haven’t hindered his determination to make the most of his contract season.
“It’s a lot of chatter, whether it’s online or in person,” Boutte said. “I think when we step in the building, we try not to let the noise distract you. On the field, I don’t think about it. The whole time I’m at work, I don’t think about it. I’m just where my feet are.”
If Boutte continues to impress, he could become a more enticing trade piece for a WR-needy club or could force the Pats to get him on the field come September. Either way, the fourth-year pro having a standout camp is good news for New England.
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TYLER ALLGEIER ON CARDINALS DRAFTING FELLOW RB JEREMIYAH LOVE: ‘NO POINT IN BEING A JERK ABOUT IT’
Tyler Allgeier splashed onto the scene in Atlanta in 2022 as a fifth-round pick who galloped for 1,035 yards with a 4.9 yards-per-carry average on 210 totes. The following spring, the Falcons drafted Bijan Robinson No. 8 overall. Allgeier would slowly lose carries to one of the most dynamic playmakers in the NFL.
In the spring, the 26-year-old signed a free-agent deal in Arizona with an eye on being the top back alongside veteran James Conner, who was coming off a season-ending injury. A month later, the Cardinals drafted Jeremiyah Love No. 3 overall. Allgeier is back to being a complementary back to a young, explosive weapon.
For his part, Allgeier harbors no ill will about the situation, understanding why the Cards would select Love, who was the top playmaker on the board.
“It’s not like there’s any bad blood. We’re just building that relationship and we’re pretty close right now,” Allgeier said, via the team’s official website. “There’s no point in being a jerk about it. That’s not going to get you anywhere in life, in this business, in this sport.”
Allgeier, who fit into a big-back, short-yardage role in Atlanta and earned the trust of the coaching staff to close out games, said coach Mike LaFleur has been open about the plan with the entire backfield.
“There was really good communication (with LaFleur), which I can respect, because head coaches or anyone doesn’t have to do that,” Allgeier said. “I knew what I was getting into, and we’re here now deep into camp. We’re splitting (time) and it is great competition right now.”
While Love, a dual-threat game-breaker, is expected to take on the largest role, Allgeier and Conner won’t be forgotten. The experience with Robinson will help Allgeier manage the committee mentality.
“It’s probably the best thing you can do and obviously, it saves the body,” Allgeier said. “That’s a privilege. Being able to have two or even three great guys in the room and being able to compete and being able to be a running back community. Just having that rotation, because it’s pretty taxing.”
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
Believe it or not, but college football is still about recruiting good high school football talent. So which programs are still able to get the best? Despite all the hoopla surrounding the transfer portal, some programs still develop young players. Here are the best recruiting programs over the last five years:
- ALABAMA
- GEORGIA
- TEXAS
- OHIO STATE
- OREGON
- NOTRE DAME
- LSU
- MIAMI
- OKLAHOMA
- TEXAS A&M
- TENNESSEE
- MICHIGAN
- FLORIDA
- CLEMSON
- FLORIDA STATE
- AUBURN
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- OLE MISS
- PENN STATE
- USC
- MISSOURI
- NORTH CAROLINA
- MISSISSIPPI STATE
- ARKANSAS
- KENTUCKY
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POWER FOUR TOP 25 RANKINGS
- OHIO STATE
- OREGON
- MIAMI
- NOTRE DAME
- GEORGIA
- OKLAHOMA
- TEXAS
- TEXAS TECH
- INDIANA
- OLE MISS
- USC
- LSU
- TEXAS A&M
- MICHIGAN
- TENNESSEE
- ALABAMA
- BYU
- WASHINGTON
- LOUISVILLE
- PENN STATE
- SMU
- UTAH
- CLEMSON
- IOWA
- TCU
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2026 ALL-TRANSFER TEAM
QB DARIAN MENSAH DUKE TO MICHIGAN
RB JUSTICE HAYNES MICHIGAN TO GEORGIA TECH
WR CAM COLEMAN AUBURN TO TEXAS
WR ISAIAH HORTON ALABAMA TO TEXAS A&M
WR NICK MARSH MICHIGAN STATE TO INDIANA
TE BEN BRAHMER IOWA STATE TO PENN STATE
OL JORDAN SEATON COLORADO TO LSU
OL LANCE HEARD TENNESSEE TO KENTUCKY
OL COLETON PRICE BAYLOR TO KENTUCKY
OL JACARRIUS PEAK NC STATE TO SOUTH CAROLINA
OL XAVIER CHAPLIN AUBURN TO FLORIDA STATE
DL JOHN HENRY DALEY UTAH TO MICHIGAN
DL PRINCEWILL UMANMIELEN OLE MISS TO LSU
DL ANTO SAKA NORTHWESTERN TO TEXAS A&M
DL DAMON WILSON MISSOURI TO MIAMI
DL WENDELL GREGORY OK STATE TO KANSAS STATE
LB RASHEEM BILES PITT TO TEXAS
LB CADE ULUAVE CAL TO BYU
DB KOI PERICH MINNESOTA AT OREGON
DB JONTEZ WILLIAMS IOWA STATE TO USC
DB EARL LITTLE FLORIDA STATE TO OHIO STATE
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB TRADE DEADLINE: TARIK SKUBAL IS THE BIG PRIZE, BUT BUYERS HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, TOO
A trio of powerful pitching arms — including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Freddy Peralta and Mason Miller — highlight the intriguing candidates who could switch teams as Major League Baseball’s trade deadline approaches.
The deadline is Monday at 6 p.m. EDT.
Skubal — a 29-year-old left-hander who will be a free agent this offseason — is in the midst of another strong year for the Detroit Tigers after winning back-to-back Cy Youngs in 2024 and 2025. The left-hander missed about five weeks earlier in the season because of surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow, but he has bounced back quickly.
He’s been excellent over his last five starts, with a 2.03 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 31 innings.
One thing complicating Skubal’s availability is the Tigers have played better of late and they’re hanging around the American League wild-card race, just 4 1/2 games back for the final playoff spot going into Friday’s games — albeit with five teams ahead of them. But if a juicy offer is presented, it’ll be hard to say no.
Detroit’s uncertain playoff fate is a common problem for teams as the deadline approaches.
There is a handful of obvious buyers at the deadline like the Yankees, Rays, Brewers, Braves and Dodgers. There is also a small group of obvious sellers like the Rockies, Giants, Angels, Mets, Athletics and Royals.
But that leaves nearly 20 other teams who are in the middle and could be buyers, sellers or a combination of both.
Here’s a look at some of the top trade candidates as Monday’s deadline approaches.
The starting pitchers
— Peralta, Mets: The right-hander has had a disappointing season, which is a common refrain for the Mets, but his strikeout numbers are still good. He was excellent for the Brewers over the previous three seasons. If he can fix his command issues, he could help a contender.
— Joe Ryan, Twins: Another powerful arm, the right-hander has been an All-Star in each of the past two seasons. It’s unclear if the Twins are buyers or sellers in a crowded American League race — they added reliever A.J. Minter from the Mets on Friday, so continued buying seems more likely. If the Twins decide to move Ryan, though, it could bring back a solid return.
— Foster Griffin, Nationals: The veteran lefty has been outstanding in his return to MLB after spending three seasons in Japan with a 12-2 record and 2.76 ERA. The Nationals are still in the mix for a playoff spot in the National League, but they will likely still be willing to listen to offers.
— Reid Detmers, Angels: The left-hander has been a bright spot in a mostly dismal season for the Angels with 145 strikeouts in 125 innings. Los Angeles will want a sizable return for the 27-year-old, who is still under team control for the next two seasons.
— Clay Holmes, Mets: The 33-year-old made a successful transition from reliever to starter in 2025 and was having another solid season before he fractured his right fibula on a comeback liner in May. The right-hander is in the midst of a minor-league rehab assignment and nearing his return.
— Robbie Ray, Giants: The two-time All-Star and 2021 Cy Young winner doesn’t have the wipeout, strikeout stuff that he possessed early in his career, but he’s been very good for San Francisco this season with a 10-6 record and 3.08 ERA.
The relief pitchers
— Miller, Padres: The game’s most dominant closer, Miller has a jaw-dropping 85 strikeouts over 45 2/3 innings, 28 saves and an 0.79 ERA. Relievers usually don’t command huge returns during trade deadline deals, but Miller is an exception, particularly because the 6-foot-5 righty is still under team control for three more years.
— Adrián Morejón, Padres: The left-handed Cuban has been a key part of the Padres’ bullpen for the past three seasons. He’s a free agent after the season which means he could be on the move.
— Luke Weaver, Mets: The veteran righty has found his niche after making the full-time move to the bullpen in 2024. He’s not necessarily a closer, but he does have some experience in the role. He was very good for the Yankees in the playoffs during their run to the World Series in 2024.
— Jeff Hoffman, Blue Jays: The right-hander lost his job as the team’s closer earlier this season, but his strikeout numbers are still excellent with 72 punchouts over 46 innings.
Position players
— Luis Arraez, Giants, 2B: The three-time batting champion and four-time All-Star is in the midst of one of his best seasons and has flashed improved defense at second base. He is an elite contact hitter who rarely strikes out and is a free agent after the season.
— Ryan Jeffers, Twins, C: Jeffers recently returned from the injured list and has a career-high .928 OPS this season. His ability to provide pop from the right side will make him a popular trade target, though the Twins might not be willing to make a deal since they’re still in the playoff hunt.
Daulton Varsho, Blue Jays, OF: The 30-year-old slugger is one of the game’s better athletes and won a Gold Glove in 2024. He’s an upcoming free agent, but he has playoff experience and can still provide great defense with some left-handed power.
— CJ Abrams, Nationals, SS: Washington will want a big return for the All-Star shortstop, who is in the midst of his best year and is under team control for the next two seasons. But if a contender is willing to offer a big package of prospects, the ascending Nationals will likely listen.
— Zach Neto, Angels, SS: Neto has been one of the Angels’ best players over the last three seasons. He’s a solid defender and provides a good amount of right-handed power, though his strikeout numbers have been high this season.
— Luis García Jr., Nationals, 1B: The left-handed slugger has quietly put together his best season with 23 homers and 76 RBIs. He doesn’t walk much, but has one more year of team control and is still just 26 years old.
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REPORTS: GIANTS’ HARRISON BADER CRASHED SCOOTER INTO FIRE TRUCK
The San Francisco Giants are shutting down outfielder Harrison Bader for the season after he reportedly crashed his scooter into the back of a fire truck.
The Giants confirmed earlier this week that Bader was in an accident last weekend that aggravated a left foot injury that has kept him sidelined since May 29.
Bader, 32, met with a foot and ankle specialist Monday in Indianapolis to check the progress of his initial injury, left plantar fasciitis. However, the impact of the scooter-related injury “changed the nature of his evaluation,” the team said in a statement.
Bader was scheduled to undergo an MRI to “better understand the severity of the injuries sustained from the scooter accident,” per the Giants.
TMZ Sports reported Friday that the scooter crash occurred in San Francisco at about 1:50 a.m. local time Sunday morning. A witness said Bader collided with the rear of a San Francisco Fire Department truck, causing the scooter wheel to roll over his foot.
The fire department confirmed that a patient was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Bader batted .170 with five home runs and 14 RBIs in 30 games this season, his first with the Giants. He signed a two-year deal worth $20.5 million in January. He also missed time earlier this season with a hamstring injury.
Bader is a career .244 hitter with 93 home runs and 336 RBIs in 954 games over 10 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (2017-22), New York Yankees (2022-23), Cincinnati Reds (2023), New York Mets (2024), Minnesota Twins (2025), Philadelphia Phillies (2025) and Giants.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Will Warren pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones each homered and the New York Yankees edged the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday.
The Yankees rebounded from a pair of consecutive extra-inning losses against the White Sox on Chicago’s South Side and have won six of nine overall.
Warren (8-5) struck out seven, walked none and retired 12 in a row before allowing consecutive singles with two outs in the seventh and being relieved by Paul Blackburn. Warren’s sharp effort followed a loss at Philadelphia last Sunday when he gave up six runs and six hits in three innings.
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Sal Stewart hit a two-run homer, had four RBIs, and scored the winning run as the Cincinnati Reds rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Friday night.
Stewart’s two-run single off Wilber Dotel (1-4) in the eighth tied the score 7-7. Stewart scored the go-ahead run from third on Brandon Lowe’s fielding error.
Emilio Pagán (4-1) struck out one in one inning for Cincinnati.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run triple in a four-run seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles rallied again, this time to a 6-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night.
Pinch-hitter Christian Encarnacion-Strand added a two-run double in the rally off Orion Kerkering (6-1) before Henderson found the gap off Tim Mayza as the Orioles overcame a two-run deficit two days after coming from seven down in a 10-9, 12-inning victory at Detroit.
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TORONTO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Luis Urías broke an eighth-inning tie with a two-run single and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 on Friday night.
Cardinals reliever Peter Strzelecki (0-1) exited after one-out walks to George Springer and Daulton Varsho. Gordon Graceffo came on and walked Ernie Clement to load the bases for Urías, who grounded a two-run single through the left side.
Jeff Hoffman (6-7) worked one inning for the win and Louis Varland finished for his 24th save in 24 opportunities as Toronto extended its winning streak over St. Louis to seven games.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jakob Marsee snapped a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the fifth inning and Kyle Stowers homered for the second straight night Friday, powering the Miami Marlins to a 5-2 win over the New York Mets.
Marsee and Stowers, both of whom homered Thursday, have combined for five of the Marlins’ seven RBIs in the first two games of the series. Stowers has gone deep four times in Miami’s last six games.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Geraldo Perdomo and Gabriel Moreno had back-to-back RBI singles off Erik Sabrowski in a four-run eighth inning, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Friday night.
Ketel Marte also singled home a run in the eighth as the Diamondbacks won their third straight game and moved into sole possession of the second wild-card spot in the National League. Arizona, which didn’t advance a runner past second base in the first seven innings, is an NL-best 13-5 since July 9.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Miguel Vargas, Andrew Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the American League-leading Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Friday night.
Vargas, Murakami and Montgomery have all homered in the same game five times this season, becoming the first trio to accomplish that feat since Cody Bellinger, Corey Seager and Joc Pederson for the Dodgers in 2019.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Harris II and Matt Olson hit long home runs and the Atlanta Braves pulled away from the Washington Nationals in a 6-2 victory on Friday night.
Olson was 2 for 4 with a double and a run scored and Jim Jarvis was 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Mauricio Dubón had two hits and two runs scored for the first-place Braves, who are 10-5 since the All-Star break.
Nationals starter Foster Griffin (12-3) struggled in what could have been his final start for the Nationals. Trade speculation has surrounded the 30-year-old left-handed rookie, who entered with a 2.76 ERA in 21 starts. Griffin gave up six runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, including the home runs to Olson and Harris.
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HOUSTON (AP) — Yainer Diaz homered and tied a career high with four hits and Isaac Paredes and Christian Walker also went deep to lead the Houston Astros to an 11-2 rout of the Texas Rangers Friday night that put them in first place in the AL West.
Jeremy Peña had three RBIs and Yordan Alvarez added two as the Astros tied a season high with 18 hits for their ninth win in 10 games to move a half-game ahead of Texas atop the division.
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DENVER (AP) — Tomoyuki Sugano allowed a run over 6 2/3 innings to win for the seventh time in his last eight starts and the Colorado Rockies beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Friday night after a hailstorm delayed the start an hour.
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NAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -Brice Turang and Jake Bauers powered a five-run fifth inning with home runs, Shane Drohan struck out seven in six innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Friday night.
Drohan (6-4) allowed two runs on four hits and walked one while delivering his fifth straight start of six innings or more for the NL Central-leading Brewers, who have won nine of 13 games.
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Dillon Dingler hit a grand slam in Detroit’s seven-run eighth inning and the Tigers opened their longest trip of the season with a 13-1 victory over the Athletics on Friday night.
Kevin McGonigle homered and drove in two runs, and fellow 2023 draft pick Max Clark had three hits, including an RBI double in the big eighth inning to help Detroit get the win in his big-league debut.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jase Bowen hit his first major league homer, Ty France drove in three runs and three San Diego Padres pitchers combined on a two-hitter Friday night in a 7-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants.
San Diego (56-54) sits a game behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the third and final National League wild card.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Royce Lewis hit a tying home run in the seventh inning and Luke Keaschall smacked a go-ahead double as the surging Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Friday night.
Minnesota’s seventh victory in nine games gave the Twins (56-55) a winning record for the first time since April 21, when they were 12-11. They are tied with Cleveland for the final American League playoff spot, and both teams are three games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox in the AL Central.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ceddane Rafaela’s go-ahead two-run homer highlighted a five-run seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox rallied after blowing an early lead to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-4 on Friday night in the series opener.
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GOLF
CAMERON YOUNG SHARES 2ND-ROUND LEAD AT ROCKET CLASSIC AFTER COOLING OFF TO SHOOT 9-UNDER 61
DETROIT (AP) — Cameron Young birdied seven of his first eight holes in the second round of the Rocket Classic and thought he had a shot at the lowest score in PGA Tour history.
“I was thinking 55,” he said.
Young cooled off with two birdies on his back nine in a bogey-free round, closing with a Detroit Golf Club-record tying 61 to reach 10 under for the tournament to tie Patrick Cantlay (66) and Patrick Fishburn (66) atop the leaderboard Friday.
“You hate to call it a disappointing 61,” he said, lamenting missing many birdie opportunities that preventing him from breaking Jim Furyk’s record 58 that has stood for a decade.
Young, the No. 3 player in the world with three wins this season, shot a 59 in 2024 at the Travelers Championship and had a chance to join Furyk with multiple sub-60 rounds on the PGA Tour.
A lot of players took advantage of one of the easiest courses on the PGA Tour.
Matt Wallace (64) and Rickie Fowler (68) were two shots back.
Fowler surged into the lead — briefly — at 11 under before falling back to the pack. He three-putted from 24 feet to bogey No. 11 and went from thigh-high fescue to a greenside bunker at No. 13, leading to his second of three bogeys on the back nine.
“Nice to finish with birdie on 18,” said Fowler, whose sixth and last win was the 2023 Rocket Classic. “A lot of good stuff today and nice to be in a good spot for the weekend.”
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HAERAN RYU TAKES A 1-SHOT LEAD AFTER 2 ROUNDS OF THE BRITISH WOMEN’S OPEN
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Haeran Ryu birdied No. 18 to complete a 2-under 69 for a one-shot lead after two rounds of the British Women’s Open on Friday as the South Korean star pursues a third consecutive major victory.
Ryu overcame a tough start — including a double bogey on the par-3 5th — to tally five birdies and reach 7 under overall at Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
Shiho Kuwaki of Japan was one shot back after her 70, and overnight leader Jeeno Thitikul and Yealimi Noh were tied for third, both two strokes behind Ryu.
“I’m just trying to have fun on the course because this course is (very) stressful,” Ryu said, citing “a lot of bunkers” plus windy conditions.
Not since Inbee Park in 2013 has anyone claimed three straight majors. Ryu won the Women’s PGA at Hazeltine and closed with 60 to win the Evian Championship.
“(There are) a lot of great players in here, so that’s why I just want to think about my golf,” she added. “Because this is a major, nobody knows what comes up.”
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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/SPORTS RELEASES
INDIANA SRN HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL WATCH LIST
AUDREY UTTERBACK PLAINFIELD
KENDALL ROWRAY YORKTOWN
LANDREE JOHNSON YORKTOWN
NORAH BELL RONCALLI
RYLIE NEAL PROVIDENCE
GABBY GILLIARD CENTER GROVE
ANABELLE SCHEMBRA CENTER GROVE
BAILEY SINISH FW CARROLL
EMMALYN MCNABB SHOALS
CAYLEE BROWN NEW PALESTINE
ELLI STRECKER ZIONSVILLE
ELLIE HEPLER WARSAW
ELLE SCHARA CROWN POINT
BROOKLYN SIGLER HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
MILANA MAYS FISHERS
MIA BECHER HAMILTON HEIGHTS
CHASE LEMMING SEEGER
SARAH STEGALL, CARROLL (FW)
LILA BRUSZEWSKI, CARMEL
CARSON PETTY, PENN
REAGAN LYONS, HOMESTEAD
SYDNEY BLACKWELL, CONCORDIA (FW)
ANNA MCCULLOUGH, PENN
VANESSA MANCINI, CARMEL
KAYLIYAH DESHIELDS, CROWN POINT
RYLEE DRUMMOND, ELKHART
CAILIN DUNCAN, CROWN POINT
IVY HENDERSON, CROWN POINT
ISABELLA GERARD, SAINT JOSEPH
JENNA VANBRUAENE, MISHAWAKA MARIAN
ELLI OSKEY, CARROLL (FW)
ANABELLE SCHEMBRA, CENTER GROVE
KYRA JOOSTBERNS, LAWRENCE NORTH
NORA BREITWIESER, JASPER
KENDALL CORBIN JASPER
HALLE RECKER JASPER
CLAIRE DUCEY GUERIN CATHOLIC
EMILY WILLIAMS FRANKLIN CENTRAL
SAMI SCHENZEL MARQUETTE CATHOLIC
DONNAH KERBERG, SILVER CREEK
SIENNA WETZEL, NORTH HARRISON
MARLEY VANWANZEELE, PLAINFIELD
EMERY CARDINAL, GUERIN CATHOLIC
CHLOE MOSS, CATHEDRAL
HAYDEN MANDSAGER, CATHEDRAL
CAROLINE WARD, TRI-WEST SENIOR
RILEY JACKSON, FLOYD CENTRAL
RILEY ROBERTS FLOYD CENTRAL
PAIGE FURBEE, CASTLE
KAYLEN PLUNKARD, CENTER GROVE
AYLAH BELDING, BROWNSBURG
ADDISON PIERCE, INDIANA ACADEMY/BURRIS
ELLIE NEMETH, KOUTS
RACHEL ESLINGER SULLIVAN
LINDSAY LOWE SOUTH NEWTON
KYRA JOOSTBERNS LAWRENCE NORTH
TORI FADNESS ROSSVILLE
JA’MARIA JACKSON, BURRIS LABORATORY
JOSIE ODLE, EASTERN
KLOIE YODER, WESTVIEW
MACKENZIE SNYDER, MARQUETTE CATHOLIC
MADELYN REES, DALEVILLE
MADISON MINNIEAR, BENTON CENTRAL
MORGAN CATES, OAK HILL
BRIANNA DAILEY OAK HILL
MCKENNA YADON, BENTON CENTRAL
MADISON MINNIEAR BENTON CENTRAL
TORI FADNESS, ROSSVILLE
SHANIA RHAMY, SOUTHWOOD
ADI DEATON, SOUTHWOOD
HALI PERSHING, SOUTHWOOD
BETHANY RING, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
ELLA MENSCH HERTIAGE CHRISTIAN
HALLIE KNEPP, BARR-REEVE
LYNDI ANN WHITENACK, WINCHESTER
KENLEY ALLEEMA ABENI MITCHELL, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
LILYANA MARIE MAYBERRY, WINCHESTER
ALI NOBBE, OLDENBURG ACADEMY
ELLA MENSCH, HERITAGE CHRISTIAN
EMERSON WARREN, TRINITY LUTHERAN
AUDEN HUMMEL, WINCHESTER
SOPHIA LEVINE, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
REAGAN CRABTREE, INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN
BRYLEE NICHOLL FAULK, SHAKAMAK
JOCELYNN SIMS, LOOGOOTEE
PRESLEY MEYER, TRINITY LUTHERAN
MARLO THORNE VINCENNES LINCOLN
MACKENZIE APPLETON EASTERN GREENTOWN
MORGAN CATES OAK HILL
LILY ROCKHOLD FRANKFORT
LANEE SWINDELL KNIGHTSTOWN
ALEXIS KERMODE PRINCETON
LUCA BOMBACINO CHESTERTON
ABBIE POWELL SOUTHERN WELLS
ELLE BOSER MISHAWAKA MARIAN
ELYSE MEAD WEST NOBLE
JADA CRIPE SOUTH NEWTON
MACY SORG FLOYD CENTRAL
LILLIE FURMALL FLOYD CENTRAL
HADLEY HASSELBRING PROVIDENCE
AMAYA ZANDER LAWRENCE NORTH
KARLIN BURTON FRANKLIN CENTRAL
CHARLEE GRONINGER PLAINFIELD
ALEXUS SHEPHERD CASTLE
MYA WARGO BOONE GROVE
CAROLINE BROWN LEBANON
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COLTS FOOTBALL
TRAINING CAMP NOTEBOOK
(COLTS RELEASE)
WESTFIELD, Ind. – Rookie linebacker CJ Allen slid right into the first-team defense when he made his training camp debut Friday. The 2026 second-round pick began camp Wednesday on the PUP list with a calf strain he sustained late last week.
“We wanted to take the proper steps of feeling like I can move and stuff like that,” Allen said of his short stint sidelined. “It felt great to be back doing football.”
Allen, fellow rookie Bryce Boettcher and Austin Aijake rotated the first-team reps Friday. Allen had the green communications dot on his helmet and relayed defensive calls to his teammates Friday. He held the same role during his college career at Georgia.
The kicking contest between Blake Grupe and Spencer Shrader began today, with both taking six field goal attempts at the beginning of practice. Grupe made every one, with the longest being over 50 yards. Shrader missed his fifth kick, but made all of the others.
“I think it’ll be a really good competition,” special teams coordinator Brian Mason said Thursday. “We’re going to try to get those guys the exact same number of kicks as similar as we possibly can.”
Shrader kicked for the Colts in the first five weeks of the 2025 season before sustaining a torn ACL and MCL. He went 13/14 on field goal attempts and made all 14 extra points.
The Colts signed Michael Badgley afterwards, who went 10/11 on field goals and 18/21 on extra points in seven games. Badgley was waived in December, and Grupe was brought in the same day. In the remaining five games of the season, Grupe went 11/11 on field goals and 10/10 on extra points.
“He is a starting kicker in the NFL,” Shrader said of Grupe on The Colts Show in June. “One of us is going to be playing for the Colts.”
News & Notes from Friday:
Four players took rest days: tight end Mo Alie-Cox, defensive tackle Grover Stewart, running back Jonathan Taylor and cornerback Charvarius Ward.
Without Taylor, DJ Giddens took a majority of the first-team reps in the backfield.
Wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine jumped over the back of CB Justin Walley and hauled in a deep throw from quarterback Daniel Jones.
QB Anthony Richardson Sr. launched a deep touchdown to WR Sahmir Hagans, and the ball went about 50 yards through the air.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Indianapolis Indians scored 10 unanswered runs in the first three innings to defeat the Louisville Bats, 12-7, on Thursday night at Louisville Slugger Field. Ronny Simon went 3-for-3 with five RBI to match his career high. It was the second time this season Simon drove in five (also July 4 at Omaha).
The Indians (19-11, 50-55) scored one run in the first inning, four in the second and five in the third to take a commanding 10-0 lead over Louisville (10-20, 49-54) in a blink. Simon plated the first run of the game with an RBI single. To open the second frame, Duce Gourson, Dominic Fletcher and Derek Berg walked to load the bases with no outs. With one down, Termarr Johnson drew a free pass to score the game’s second run. A lineout from Mitch Jebb was the second out but Francisco Urbaez threw the ball away attempting to force an inning-ending double play, scoring Fletcher on the play. Simon then drove in two more with another base hit.
In the third inning, Johnathan Rodríguez homered in his first game with the Indians after he was acquired via trade from Baltimore on July 27. Berg later drove home a run on a hit, Jebb plated another with a sacrifice fly and Simon capped the stanza with a two-run double.
Louisville brought home their first two runs in the fourth inning and Johnson answered with his eighth home run of the season in the fifth, a solo shot to make the score 11-2. Tyler Callihan logged an RBI single in the sixth for the Indians’ final tally.
The Bats made a late push, scoring one run in the bottom of the eighth and four in the ninth. Héctor Rodríguez’s 26th homer of the campaign was a three-run blast and Will Benson hit a solo long ball to conclude the scoring.
Mike Clevinger tossed 2.0 scoreless innings to start the game for the Indians, marking his sixth consecutive shutout appearance since July 11. Major league rehabber Evan Sisk followed him out of the bullpen and set down all three batters he faced, striking out two. Landon Tomkins (W, 1-0) tossed the next 3.0 frames, allowing two runs. Justin Meis covered 2.2 innings but was relieved in the ninth after a fifth run was charged to him on Benson’s home run. Derek Diamond recorded the game’s final out.
Jose Acuna (L, 1-3) allowed eight runs (7er) across 2.0 innings for the Bats.
The six-game series between Indianapolis and Louisville continues Friday at 7:15 PM ET. RHP Antwone Kelly (5-5, 4.29) is scheduled to start for the Indians with RHP Jared Lyons (1-2, 4.76) set to throw for the Bats.
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INDIANA FEVER
PORTLAND (July 31, 2026) — The Indiana Fever (19-10) earned their fifth-consecutive win with an 112-98 result on the road, over the Portland Fire. Caitlin Clark’s fourth career triple-double, coupled with 26 points from Kelsey Mitchell, led the team to victory.
The two sides battled back-and-forth through much for the first quarter, exchanging leads, but it was the Indiana Fever out in front 27-25 thanks to nine points from Clark, including a buzzer-beater three pointer to end the first. Despite finding themselves down seven points midway through the second quarter, the Fever clawed their way back with a 24-7 run, led by eight points from Clark, to take a 56-47 lead at the halftime break.
Dominating the third quarter, the Fever outscored the Fire 34-25, with 11 points from both Monique Billings and Mitchell to take an 18-point lead. An eight-point fourth quarter from Mitchell and six from Makayla Timpson secured the 14-point road win for Indiana.
Indiana Fever Notes:
Caitlin Clark earned her fourth career triple-double with 26 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, now tied with Sabrina Ionescu for the third most triple-doubles in WNBA history, doing so her 78th game played.
Caitlin Clark’s 26 points and 10 assists helped her become the fastest player in WNBA history to eclipse 1,500+ points and 650 assists, doing so in 78 games, surpassing the previous record held by Sue Bird with 116 games. Clark now has 1,524 points and 651 assists across her career.
With five field goals made, Aliyah Boston moved into third all-time in franchise history having made 904 across her career, passing Katie Douglas (899).
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each scored 25+ points for the seventh time, the third most 25+ point games by a duo in WNBA history, the league leaders being A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young who have done so 10 times. Wilson and Young have played in 256 games together, while Clark and Mitchell have only appeared in 78 games together.
With her 3-pointer at 8:13 in the third quarter, Kelsey Mitchell moved past Tina Thompson (748) for the sixth most 3-pointers in WNBA history. Finishing the night with four 3-pointers made, Mitchell now has 751 3-pointers across her career, extending her lead as the franchise’s 3-point leader.
Scoring 26 points, Kelsey Mitchell recorded her 13th consecutive 20+ point scoring game, tying Diana Taurasi for the second-longest of such streak in WNBA history.
Kelsey Mitchell extended her double-digit scoring streak to 44 games, tied with Tina Thompson for the 16th-longest of said streak in WNBA history.
Making four 3-pointers, Kelsey Mitchell extended her league-leading streak of games with at least three 3-pointers made to 13, three more than the second longest of 10 games set by Caitlin Clark in the 2024 season.
Kelsey Mitchell closed out the month of July by setting a new franchise record for highest points per game in a single month with 27.2 points per game in 10 games played. The previous high was 25.2 set by Mitchell herself in the month of August in 2024, doing so in six games.
Makayla Timpson scored a career-high 15 points, surpassing her previous high of 14 points set on July 7, 2025, against the Connecticut Sun.
With five consecutive wins, the Indiana Fever tied the fourth-longest win streak in franchise history set from 7/24/25 to 8/3/25.
For the fifth consecutive game, the Indiana Fever scored 100+ points, extending their lead as the longest streak in WNBA history.
Additionally, Indiana Fever extended its lead for the most 100+ games in a season, earning its 13th of said games in 2026.
The team’s 112 points are good for the fourth-most points in a single game in franchise history and help mark the sixth game this season the team has scored more than 110 points.
The game saw six players score 13+ points, marking the most to do so in a single game in franchise history; The previous record of five players has occurred five times, most recently on July 13, 2025.
The Fever are now nine games over .500 for the first time since the 2012 season, a year in which they lifted the WNBA Championship.
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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL
CHICAGO – The Indiana volleyball program will take center stage on Monday (Aug. 3) at the 2026 Big Ten Volleyball Media Day in the Windy City. All 18 conference programs will send their head coach and two student-athletes to the network studios in Chicago as the new volleyball season gets underway.
Ninth-year head coach Steve Aird, fresh off a 25-win season, will be joined by junior setter Sade Ilawole and sophomore outside hitter Jaidyn Jager at the conference’s kickoff event. Both players were selected as team captains for the upcoming campaign.
Among the featured stops during the day are a studio hit live on Big Ten Network (11:22 – 11:42 a.m. ET). The Hoosiers will also take part in a press conference, interviews on SiriusXM radio and social media stops with the NCAA and Big Ten Network. All events will be held at the Big Ten Network headquarters and InterContinental hotel.
Volleyball has long been one of the Big Ten’s premier sports and that will continue during the 2026 season. Another massive slate of nationally-televised games will lead the league into its inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Tournament in Fishers, Indiana this November. The conference will crown a tournament champion on the night before Thanksgiving live on the Big Ten Network.
The Hoosiers are set to take on a challenging slate this season with hopes of making consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in over 25 years. IU will face seven of its 15 fellow NCAA regional participants from a year ago, including home contests with Cal Poly (Sept. 10), Nebraska (Oct. 8) and Purdue (Nov. 17).
Aird and his team will play Louisville in the season opener (Aug. 28), a team that has featured in two of the last four national finals.
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PURDUE VOLLEYBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue volleyball’s trio of returning All-Americans: Taylor Anderson, Grace Heaney and Kenna Wollard were selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) awards committee as 2026 AVCA Player of the Year Preseason Watch List honorees.
Purdue’s three honorees tie as the most in the Big Ten (joined by Nebraska) and rank as second-most in the nation (most: 4 by Kentucky). The trio helped lead Purdue to rank No. 1 in the nation last year in both team kills (1,834) and team assists (1,702), an effort led by Anderson’s 1,420 assists – a mark that led all Division I setters.
The Boilermakers are part of a 30-woman list that was announced over the past three days. The preseason watch list was compiled by the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Awards Committee, which will identify the midseason addition of players in October, the semifinalists in November, the finalists in December and the final selection, which will be announced Friday, December 18.
In total the Boilermaker trio combined for 1,285.5 points, 232 blocks and 1,460 assists last season.
Looking ahead to the season, Purdue’s docket will include seven matches against a team with at least one National Player of the Year Watch List honoree. In total, the Boilermakers will face eight or 10 honorees, depending on if they face the SMU Mustangs (who has two named) or the Kentucky Wildcats (who have four named) in the Paradise Invitational tournament.
Tickets are set to go on-sale next week for the Big Ten Tournament in Fishers, Indiana next Monday, August 3 at 11 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster. Additionally, Purdue’s home matches will open Tuesday, August 4 for John Purdue Club members, followed by Thursday, August 6 for the general public.
The squad will have two exhibition matches to prepare for the regular season, hosting Ball State on Friday, August 14 at 6 p.m. ET followed by Butler on Friday, August 21 at 6 p.m. ET. Both matches will be ticketed. The first official match will be played Friday, August 28 vs. Creighton in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the State Farm Volleyball Showcase.
2026 Opponents with Honorees:
Texas A&M: 2 (Natalie Ring, Kyndal Stowers)
TCU: 1 (Evan Hendrix)
Kentucky: 4 (Brooklyn DeLeye, Morgan Gaerte, Kassie O’Brien, Molly Tuozzo) or SMU: 2 (Favor Anyanwu, Suli Davis)
Wisconsin: 2 (Jaela Auguste, Charlie Fuerbringer)
Oregon: 1 (Alanah Clemente)
Nebraska: 3 (Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Bergen Reilly)
Penn State: 1 (Kennedy Martin)
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PURDUE TRACK
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Track & Field legends Devynne Charlton and Chukwuebuka Enekwechi took victories in the 100mH and shot put, respectively, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Charlton, representing the Bahamas, ran 12.33w to come out on top of a 100mH field that featured Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Megan Simmonds of Jamaica in second and word record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria in third. Charlton qualified for the finals after she ran 12.39w to win her prelims heat.
The victory is Charlton’s first win outdoors in 2026 after top three placements at the Bahamas Championships, Diamond League competitions and the Prefontaine Classic. Her last victory was on March 22 at the World Indoor Championships in the 60mH when she ran 7.65 to equal her own world record.
Charlton’s 12.33, at +2.5 m/s wind, ranks third in the world in 2026 in all conditions. Her top wind-legal time of 12.37 on May 23 is also third in the wind-legal rankings.
Enekwechi, representing Nigeria, threw 21.07m to win the competition by just 0.04m over Great Britain’s Tom Welsh. He is the first Nigerian to win the Commonwealth Games in the shot put. Enekwechi previously took fourth in 2022 and silver in 2018.
The victory is his sixth of the outdoor season and his previous wins were headlined by his fifth Nigerian title on June 21.
Enekwechi is ninth in the world this year with his 21.74m that earned him runner-up at the Drake Relays on April 24.
Strong competitions from Charlton and Enekwechi continues the pair’s journey towards the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
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PURDUE WOMEN’S GOLF
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Entering his fifth season leading Purdue Women’s Golf, head coach Zack Byrd announced the 2026-27 schedule that features a pair of home tournaments along with international trips to the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Purdue starts the season off at home with the Boilermaker Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1). The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. The Boilermakers have won the event twice over the past three years.
After the season-opening home tournament, Purdue heads to Tennessee to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship just outside of Nashville (Sept. 18-20). One weeks later, the Boilermakers travel north for the Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend, Indiana (Sept. 26-27).
Kicking off the month of October, Purdue returns to the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) as three-time tournament champions (2008, 2009, 2010). The Boilermakers conclude the fall by going to Texas for the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21), which will be broadcast live on Golf Channel.
Flipping the calendar to 2027, the Boilermakers serve as hosts of the Golf Reservation Center Dominican Republic Classic in Punta Cana (Jan. 31-Feb. 2). The tournament replaces the annual Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, as the Boilermakers welcome teams to Cocotal Country Club for the international event.
Purdue returns to two more tournaments that were on the schedule the past three seasons, both in the state of Florida. The Boilermakers tee it up at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational in Sarasota (Feb. 14-15) and the Coach Mo Classic in St. Augustine (March 29-30) as the reigning two-time defending champions. Nestled in between the two events is the Puerto Vallarta Invitational in Mexico (March 19-21).
Serving as the final tune-up before the conference championship, Purdue returns to West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Spring Classic. The spring tournament will take place on the other BBGC Pete Dye course, Ackerman-Allen (April 11-12).
After venturing more than 2,000 miles west for last year’s conference tournament, Purdue travels east for the 2026 Big Ten Championships at the prestigious Nemacolin Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania (April 23-25). Last year, the Boilermakers placed third at B1G Championships for their best conference finish since 2019.
Rounding out the schedule, the Boilermakers plan to hear their names called for postseason play in one of six NCAA Regionals (May 10-12) with sights set on a return to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California (May 21-26).
Purdue returns a veteran squad for the 2026-27 campaign. Seven Boilermakers played in at least nine tournaments a season ago, including four that competed in all 13 events. That returning cast includes All-Big Ten golfer Samantha Brown, who tied a school record with six rounds in the 60s last year, as well as a pair of Big Ten All-Championships Team honorees in Lauren Timpf and Luana Valero. Valero was also Big Ten All-Freshman after one of the best freshman seasons in program history.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE TRACK
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Nate Wilson has joined the Purdue Fort Wayne track and field program as an assistant coach after spending the previous three seasons at Indiana University East, where he coached the sprints, hurdles, relays and jumps.
“Coach Wilson brings a proven record of developing conference champions, record-setting athletes, and championship-caliber teams,” Mastodon Track & Field and Cross Country Director Aaron Combs said. “His expertise in the sprint, hurdle, relay and jump events, along with his experience as both a Division I and Division II student-athlete, will be a tremendous asset as we work to build one of the Horizon League’s top track & field programs.”
During his time at IU East, Wilson helped guide the NAIA Red Wolves to unprecedented success, including a 2026 River States Conference Women’s Outdoor Championship, the first outdoor conference title in program history. His event groups accounted for more than 130 team points, and he coached the first women’s track & field national qualifier in school history in the 400 meter hurdles.
Wilson also helped lead the IU East women to the 2026 league indoor title, the first indoor conference title in program history. His sprints and jumps athletes contributed 110 of the team’s 174 points at the conference championships.
In addition to the women’s championships, Wilson helped the men finish second in the 2026 indoor and outdoor seasons at the league meets.
Over his three seasons at IU East, student-athletes under Wilson’s guidance achieved:
15 Individual Conference Championships
9 School Records
35+ School Top-10 Performances
The program’s first women’s track & field national qualifier in school history (400-meter hurdles)
As a student-athlete, Wilson enjoyed a successful collegiate career at both the NCAA Division II and NCAA Division I levels.
At NCAA Division II Tiffin University, he was an eight-time conference point scorer during his three-year undergraduate career, earning points in the hurdles and the 4×400-meter relay while contributing to the program’s conference success. Wilson later continued his collegiate career at Oakland University, where he competed in the Horizon League while pursuing his graduate degree. He finished as the Horizon League runner-up in the 110-meter hurdles and was a member of Oakland’s 4×100-meter relay team.
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1901 – Kid Nichols, in relief, and Christy Mathewson face each other for the second time in three days, with Matty winning this outing. Nichols relieves in the 7th with the score, 5 – 5, but New York scores four runs to take a 9 – 5 lead. Boston retaliates with three runs to put Matty on the ropes, but he escapes with a 9 – 8 win.
1903:
The Giants, losers of 11 of 13 games, get a big boost today as Iron Joe McGinnity asks to pitch both ends of a doubleheader. He lives up to his name, winning both from Boston, 4 – 1 and 5 – 2, giving up just six hits in each game. Five Giants (some sources say eight) are nicked by pitches in the two games, while the two teams combine to plunk six (or 11).
Rube Waddell no-hits the Highlanders, except for Kid Elberfeld, who has four singles. These, plus a lavish six walks, down the A’s, 3 – 2. Waddell observes afterward, “If I would have walked him four times, I would have pitched a no-hitter.”
1904 – Pittsburgh Pirate hurler Charlie Case gives up 11 hits but shuts out Chicago, 4 – 0.
1905:
Cubs manager Frank Selee resigns and is replaced by Frank Chance, who is elected manager in a narrow vote among the players. Selee, suffering from tuberculosis, had not been making road trips, and Chance has been serving as road manager. Selee, who fashioned the team that will dominate the second half of the decade, retires to Colorado. The visiting Phillies overcome a 5 – 0 deficit to down Chicago, 7 – 6, in 11 innings.
The Giants win their 12th in a row, and 11th straight against Cincinnati, 10 – 5. The Pirates will end the streak at 13 on August 3rd, but the Giants will win the pennant easily, nine games ahead of Pittsburgh.
Cleveland “loans” catcher Jay Clarke to Detroit. He’ll be returned to Cleveland on August 11th. He’s the third catcher this year to be sold, then returned to his original team.
1906 – After pitching 10 2/3 innings of no-hit ball, Harry McIntire yields a single to Pirates second baseman Claude Ritchey. The Superbas and McIntire lose the game in the 13th on an unearned run, 1 – 0.
1907 – The Red Sox collect 23 hits in defeating Cleveland, 14 – 1.
1911 – The Giants sell Turkey Mike Donlin to the Rustlers. Boston will swap him in February.
1912:
Rube Marquard is fined $25 by the National Commission for pitching an inning in a semipro game in Port Chester, NY, on a day off.
Heinie Zimmerman has two hits in the Cubs’ win over Brooklyn to raise his average over .400. Bill Sweeney will briefly pass Zim in mid-August before the Cubs star regains the batting lead for good.
1913 – At Chicago, the Giants win, 5 – 2, on a controversial call in the 8th inning. Art Fletcher is called safe at second base by umpire Bill Byron on an steal attempt, prompting a shower of abuse from the crowd. Moments later, Fletcher scores the go-ahead run on a triple by Jack Meyers off Bert Humphries. The beneficiary of the offense is Christy Mathewson, who wins his 20th game, the 11th straight season he’s topped the mark.
1914 – The Miracle Braves edge the Cardinals, 4 – 3, in ten innings to reach the .500 mark (45-45) for the first time this year.
1915 – The Cubs beat the Phillies, 2 – 1. When OF Possum Whitted misses a shoestring catch on a line drive by Heinie Zimmerman, Zim circles the bases for a homer to beat Grover Cleveland Alexander.
1917 – The Reds purchase Sherry Magee from the Boston Braves.
1918 – Pittsburgh and Boston play a record 20 scoreless innings; the Pirates win, 2 – 0, in 21. Art Nehf goes all the way for Boston.
1921 – At Boston, Red Sox pitcher Joe Bush fires a one-hitter, beating the Browns, 2 – 0. George Sisler’s single is the lone Brownie hit.
1923 – Stepping in against the Indians’ Sherry Smith in the 9th inning, Babe Ruth starts off batting righthanded. After taking a strike, he switches to the left side and hits his 25th homer of the season. The Indians still win, 5 – 3. The Babe will again bat righty four days later.
1924 – Dazzy Vance strikes out seven consecutive batters to establish a major league record as the Brooklyn Robins defeat the Cubs, 4 – 0.
1925 – The Yankees buy Tony Lazzeri from the Pacific Coast League for spring delivery. Lazzeri will hit 60 home runs with 222 RBI at Salt Lake City and earn the nickname “Poosh-em-up” from his legion of Italian admirers.
1928 – Babe Ruth hits home run No. 42 and is four weeks ahead of his 1927 pace.
1929 – Grover Cleveland Alexander wins his 372nd game to tie Christy Mathewson’s National League record for wins (the record has since been amended to 373 wins). The Cards top the Robins, 5 – 2.
1932 – The Indians drop another 1 – 0 game to the A’s at Municipal Stadium, as Rube Walberg beats Wes Ferrell.
1933 – Carl Hubbell holds the Braves scoreless through five innings to break by one inning Ed Reulbach’s National League record for consecutive scoreless innings, set in 1908. The Braves score twice in the 6th, though, and the Giants lose, 3 – 1, as the streak is stopped at 45 innings.
1937:
Hank Leiber pinch-hits for the Giants, his first appearance since early May, following his hospitalization as a result of a Bob Feller beaning in spring training.
Lou Gehrig hits for the cycle against the Browns, as the Yankees win, 14 – 5. It is the second time he has performed this feat in his career.
1939 – Al Munro Elias, founder of the Elias Sports Bureau and for many years the official statistician of the National League and International League, dies in New York City at age 67.
1941 – Yankees southpaw Lefty Gomez breaks the major league mark for walks in a shutout by issuing 11 walks in a 9 – 0 victory over the Browns.
1942 – The Dodgers (71-29) top Johnny Schmitz of the Cubs, 9 – 6, to stretch their lead to nine games over St. Louis.
1943:
Player losses to the military have taken some of the competition out of Cards-Brooklyn confrontations, but the brawling doesn’t stop. A duster aimed at Stan Musial by Dodger P Les Webber clears both benches.
The West finally stops the East, 2 – 1, in the 1943 East-West Game after five straight East-West Game losses. A record 51,723 fans turn out at Comiskey Park. Satchel Paige, Gread McKinnis and Theolic Smith toss 8 2/3 shutout innings for the West before a Buck Leonard homer. Two more East batters reach before Porter Moss relieves and gets Vic Harris to end it.
1945:
At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott hits his historic 500th career home run off Braves hurler Johnny Hutchings as the Giants beat Boston, 9 – 2. Master Melvin is the third major leaguer to reach this career milestone.
Irv Hall is credited with a single as his line drive winds up inside Dutch Leonard’s pants after it hits the Senators righthander in the stomach. The Washington starter may have lost the Philadelphia A’s shortstop’s batted ball, but he gets the win as Washington beats Philadelphia in the Griffith Stadium contest, 2 – 1.
1948 – At Cleveland, the Tribe sweep a pair from the Red Sox, 12 – 2 and 6 – 1, to move into second place in the American League. Bob Lemon coasts to his 14th win in the opener, beating Ellis Kinder. Larry Doby drives in four runs. Cleveland RF Hank Edwards dislocates his shoulder crashing into the fence making a spectacular catch of Stan Spence’s home run bid. Sam Zoldak wins the nightcap. The Sox drop from first to fourth place with the double loss; Cleveland, New York and Boston are each a game back of the A’s.
1950:
The Dodgers complete a suspended game of June 24th with the Pirates, by scoring two more runs in the 8th to post a 21 – 12 win, outhitting the Pirates, 25 to 8. Preacher Roe is the winner over Bill Werle. 12 extra-base hits are made by the two teams, including five homers. Jackie Robinson hits his second career grand slam as the Dodgers score seven runs in both the 3rd and 8th innings. In the regular contest, Erv Palica gives the Brooks a 3 – 1 win.
Acting on the suggestion of team President Johnny Burroughs, the last-place St. Petersburg Saints players elect their own manager. Their choice, by a near unanimous vote to succeed Jim Pruett, who resigned, is recently acquired RF Roxie Humberson. He is the team’s fourth manager this season.
1951:
The Cubs’ Eddie Miksis lines a ball to Willie Mays in CF, which caroms off his head for a double, as the Cubs nip the Giants, 3 – 2. Cal McLish wins over Larry Jansen. The Giants come back in the second game behind the shutout pitching of Al Corwin to top the Cubs, 2 – 0. Bob Kelly is the losing pitcher, while Corwin wins his first major league game.
At Pittsburgh, the Dodgers take a 7 – 2 lead against Murry Dickson, then make two hits off four relievers and lose, 12 – 9. The Pirates score four in the 4th and four more in the 8th, including Ralph Kiner’s 27th homer, to win and snap the Dodgers’ victory streak at ten games.
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto of the Shochiku Robins has the first four-homer game in Nippon Pro Baseball history. He adds a double for 18 total bases.
Congressman Emanuel Celler denies the accusation that his committee wants a third major league. He states that some changes with regard to territorial rights will have to be made.
1953:
Warren Spahn of the Braves allows just an infield hit to Richie Ashburn in the 4th in beating Philadelphia, 5 – 0. It is Spahn’s 31st career shutout.
Ben Flowers of the Boston Red Sox sets a major-league record with eight consecutive games pitched in relief, a mark that will later be surpassed.
1954:
The Dodgers’ Clem Labine beans Joe Adcock in the 4th. Though he is wearing a batting helmet, Adcock is taken out of the game as a precautionary measure. His helmet apparently saves him from a serious injury. He will appear in the starting line-up the next day. Gene Conley reciprocates by knocking down Jackie Robinson in the 6th. Robinson ends up scrapping with Eddie Mathews. The Braves win, 10 – 5, their 10th win in a row, as Conley runs his record to 10-5.
The 55-game hitting streak of Waco (Big State League) OF Roman Mejias ends. He batted .435 during the streak (97 for 223).
1957:
Gil Hodges hits his 13th career grand slam to establish a new National League record. This is the last grand slam in the history of the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise.
Former major-league OF Glen Gorbous of Omaha breaks Don Grate’s record toss with a heave of 445 feet, 10 inches before a home game.
1959 – P Bob Purkey of the Reds hits a grand slam off John Buzhardt of the Cubs and wins, 12 – 3. Purkey allows six hits. Glen Hobbie takes the loss.
1962
Drawing a combined 32 bases on balls in a doubleheader, the Tigers (20) and A’s (12) tie an American League record. The Tigers sweep, winning the opener, 6 – 5, with three runs in the 9th, then taking the nightcap, 9 – 1, behind Howie Koplitz’s (1-0) complete game effort.
Nothing less than Bill Monbouquette’s no-hitter is necessary to defeat Early Wynn and the White Sox, 1 – 0. The Red Sox pitcher improves his record to 9-10.
1963 – Ellis Burton becomes the eighth player to hit home runs left- and righthanded in the same game, helping the Cubs bury the Braves, 10 – 2.
1966 – Houston’s Jim Wynn suffers a fractured left wrist, hand and elbow after slamming into the CF fence at Philadelphia. Done for the season, the Toy Cannon will still lead the Astros with 18 home runs. Houston also loses, 6 – 5.
1968:
Against the Red Sox, Stan Bahnsen strikes out 12 batters, the most ever by a Yankee rookie, in posting his first major league shutout, 1 – 0. His mark will last 30 years until “El Duque” Hernandez K’s 13 batters. A safe bunt by Tom Tresh, a steal and a single by Bill Robinson accounts for the only run off Dave Morehead.
Tonight’s 2 – 1 win over Philly gives the Cardinals their 24th victory in 30 decisions (49-15 since May 29th), putting them 35 games over .500 and 15 games up on second-place Atlanta. Though they’ll pretty much tread water from this point on (three games under .500 the rest of the way), no one else catches fire either; their lead will not fall below double digits until well after they clinch on September 15th. The Phillies’ only run against Steve Carlton is the result of Johnny Callison’s home run.
1969 – Dick Williams pulls Carl Yastrzemski from the Boston lineup after one at-bat and fines him $500 for “dogging it.” Jim Lonborg allows just three hits over eight innings, but the A’s rally in the 9th for three runs and beat the Sox, 4 – 3.
1970:
After trailing 4 – 2, the Reds score four in the 8th to defeat the Cubs, 6 – 4. Johnny Bench and Ty Cline each drive in two runs in the 8th.
Willie Stargell’s three doubles and two home runs power the Pirates over the Braves, 20 – 10.
1971:
After homering yesterday off Dave Giusti, rookie Dave Kingman, in his second major league game, clouts two homers for the Giants to help sweep a pair from the first-place Pirates, 11 – 7 and 8 – 3. Willie McCovey adds a three-run homer and Willie Mays a bases-loaded double. Willie Stargell has a pair of homers for the Pirates to go over the 100 RBI mark.
Having two runners on base after scoring three times in the 12th, the Cards file a protest against the Phillies for failing to get the field in playing condition after two rain delays, one 31 minutes and the other 49 minutes. The Phils say their Zamboni broke down and the score reverts to a 3 – 3, 11-inning tie.
1972:
Trailing by several runs in a game threatened by rain, Billy Martin has his Detroit Tigers employ stalling tactics while the opposing Milwaukee Brewers try to speed up the game. The game lasts six innings, with Del Crandall’s Brewers winning, 6 – 0. Umpire Frank Umont recommends a fine of $1,000 for both managers.
Nate Colbert ties one major-league record with five home runs, and sets another with 13 RBI, as the Padres take a doubleheader from the Braves, 9 – 0 and 11 – 7. At age 8, on May 2, 1954, Colbert had been at Sportsman’s Park in St. Louis to witness Stan Musial hitting five home runs in a doubleheader.
1973 – Thurman Munson and Carlton Fisk brawl at Fenway Park. With a 2 – 2 score in the top of the 9th, Munson, attempting to score from third on a missed bunt by Gene Michael, crashes into Fisk and they both come up swinging. Boston wins, 3 – 2, in the bottom of the inning.
1974:
With the Cards (54-50) toppling the Pirates, 5 – 2, in 11 innings, the Phils beat the visiting Expos to remain tied for 1st in the NL East. Del Unser’s three-run homer is the big blow in support of Wayne Twitchell’s sixth win in nine decisions. Ron Fairly has a homer, his 11th, for the Expos.
Detroit’s Woodie Fryman stops Milwaukee, 2 – 0, giving up just one hit, a 7th-inning single to Bobby Mitchell.
1977 – Giants first baseman Willie McCovey establishes a new National League record by hitting his 18th career grand slam.
1978 – The Braves trounce the Reds, 16 – 4, and stop Pete Rose’s National League-record hitting streak at 44 games. Larry McWilliams and Gene Garber are the Atlanta pitchers. Rose goes 0 for 4, striking out in the 9th inning to end the game. Rose’s streak is the second longest in major league history. He went 70 for 182 during the skein, an average of .385.
1979:
Following the Yankees’ 9 – 1 win over the White Sox, members of the New York club create a minor scandal by autographing the bare behind of a young woman who boards the team bus outside Comiskey Park.
In an eight-player deal, the Rangers send OF Oscar Gamble, minor leaguer Amos Lewis (a 1st round pick in the 1978 draft) and two players to be named to the Yankees and finally acquire OF Mickey Rivers and three players to be named. Rivers had been traded to the Rangers in June but the deal fell through. Both of the players to be named with Gamble will make the majors: Gene Nelson and Ray Fontenot, something that can’t be said for the three unnamed to Texas.
1982 – Hank Aaron, the holder of the career home run (755) and RBI record (2,297); Frank Robinson, the first player to win the MVP Award in both leagues and the first black manager in the majors; Travis Jackson, an outstanding offensive and defensive shortstop for the Giants during the 1920s; and former commissioner Happy Chandler, who provided leadership in breaking baseball’s color line, are inducted in the Hall of Fame.
1983:
Minnesota pitcher Rick Lysander gives up 11 hits to Oakland, but still shuts out the A’s, 7 – 0.
Joe Carter of the Chicago Cubs gets his first major league hit – a single off Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. The Phillies win, 2 – 1, as Carlton strikes out 12 Cubs batters.
1985:
Vince Coleman steals two bases in the 1st inning of the Cardinals’ 9 – 8 loss to the Cubs to run his season total to 74, breaking the major league rookie record of 72 set the previous season by Juan Samuel. A squeeze bunt by Larry Bowa with the bases full in the 14th scores the winning run. Bowa had earlier tripled with the sacks full. The game takes five hours and three minutes to end.
The Indians trade veteran P Bert Blyleven to the Twins for OF Jim Weaver, P Curt Wardle and SS Jay Bell.
1986 – Twins hurler Bert Blyleven becomes the tenth major leaguer to record 3,000 strikeouts as he two-hits the A’s, 10 – 1, exactly one year after Minnesota had acquired him.
1987 – Andre Dawson hits three home runs, his 29th, 30th and 31st, and drives in all five Chicago runs as the Cubs beat the Phillies, 5 – 3.
1989 – Behind the pitching of Sid Fernandez, the Mets blank the Cardinals, 11 – 0. Kevin McReynolds paces the offense by hitting for the cycle.
1993:
The Stockton Ports of the California League defeat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, 25 – 7, setting league records in the process for hits (29) and team at-bats (56).
Royals owner Ewing Kauffman dies at age 76 of bone cancer.
The Memphis Chicks of the Southern League rout the Nashville Xpress, 25 – 5, setting league records for runs and hits (32) in a game. Jeff Garber is 5 for 6 with a league-record eight RBIs.
Reggie Jackson is inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame.
During the Orioles’ 2 – 1 loss to the Red Sox, Baltimore’s Glenn Davis is knocked unconscious by a foul ball lined off the bat of Jeffrey Hammonds into the Orioles’ dugout. Davis, who is recovering from a broken jaw, does not sustain any further damage.
1994:
Hostilities between the owners and players heat up. The owners withhold $7.8 million they are obligated to pay the players’ pension and benefit plans.
Baltimore’s Cal Ripken becomes the second player in history to appear in 2,000 consecutive games, as the Orioles shut out the Twins, 1 – 0, behind Arthur Rhodes, who was recalled from Triple-A Rochester just yesterday. Ripken goes hitless in four at bats. Cal’s streak will go on hold at 2,009 when the strike commences.
1996:
In the Olympics, Japan beats the U.S. team, 11 – 2 to qualify to play Cuba for the gold medal. Japan pounds Kris Benson for eight hits and five runs in four innings. Starter Masanori Sugiura scatters six hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win. Takeo Kawamura allows no hits in finishing.
The Red Sox put Jose Canseco on the disabled list for back surgery. With Kevin Mitchell and Canseco gone from the outfield, the Sox defense will improve and so will their record. But they lose today, 9 – 4, to the Royals, as Roger Clemens (4-11) is tagged for seven runs in six innings.
The Mets make a team-record seven errors in handing a 13 – 9 win to the Pirates. The Bucs get seven unearned runs.
1998:
In a 5 – 4 loss to the Diamondbacks, Brewers RHP Bronswell Patrick hits a 5th-inning home run, off Felix Rodriguez. It’s the first homer by a Milwaukee pitcher since Skip Lockwood connected off Detroit’s Joe Niekro on August 11, 1971, back when they were an American League team in pre-DH days.
Paced by Jose Canseco’s seventh homer in 11 games, the Blue Jays edge the Twins, 10 – 9. Todd Walker is 3 for 4 to raise his average to .350. Pat Hentgen gives up four runs in six innings, but it is good enough to win his 11th in 12 decisions against Minnesota. The Twins nipped him, 2 – 1, on May 15, 1996, his only loss.
The longest hitting streak in Angels history, 28 games, ends as Garret Anderson goes hitless in four at-bats in a 11 – 3 defeat to the Red Sox.
By homering from both sides of the plate for the third time this season, Tiger switch-hitter Tony Clark sets an American League record as Detroit defeats the Devil Rays, 8 – 0.
Recalling the old Negro League teams represented in their respective cities, the Cardinal-Brave game features throwback uniforms of the 1928 St. Louis Stars and the 1940 Atlanta Black Crackers.
The Royals steal eight bases, including four swipes by infielder Jose Offerman, to tie a team record for swipes during a 9 – 5 victory over the Orioles.
1999 – The Rangers score eight runs in the 3rd inning and go on to defeat the Royals, 12 – 5. The Texas attack is led by C Ivan Rodriguez, who strokes five hits, including a home run, and drives in four runs.
2000:
The Orioles defeat the Twins, 10 – 0, as Mike Mussina hurls the third one-hitter of his career, while striking out 15 batters. Ron Coomer’s single with two outs in the 7th inning is Minnesota’s only hit.
The Mariners defeat the Red Sox, 5 – 4, in 19 innings. OF Mike Cameron’s home run leading off the 19th is the deciding score.
The Astros defeat the Marlins, 4 – 3. Houston 2B Craig Biggio suffers torn ligaments in his left knee while completing a double play, and will miss the rest of the season.
2001:
For the 33rd time in the team’s history, the Tigers turn a triple play as Mariner Mark McLemore lines out to second baseman Damion Easley, who throws to shortstop Deivi Cruz to double up Tom Lampkin. Cruz then relays the ball to first baseman Shane Halter, catching Ichiro Suzuki off first to complete Detroit’s first triple killing since July 3, 1992, when the victim was also Seattle.
The Mets defeat the Astros, 8 – 2, in ten innings. New York scores six runs in the 10th, the most ever in that frame for a Mets club, with Edgardo Alfonzo’s three-run home run the big blow.
2002:
A.J. Burnett fires his fourth shutout of the year, beating the Cardinals, 4 – 0, on four hits. The high point for St. Louis is a 6th-inning triple play (9-6-3), just the 11th in history started by a right fielder. With runners on first and second base, J.D. Drew snags Eric Owens’ line drive and throws to SS Edgar Renteria who steps on second base and relays to first baseman Tino Martinez. Jay Buhner was the last right fielder to start a triple play, accomplishing the feat for the 1992 Seattle Mariners.
The Rangers clobber the Red Sox, 19 – 7, as Texas OF Carl Everett hits a pair of home runs and drives home seven runs against his former teammates.
2003 – The Giants acquire Orioles righty Sidney Ponson (14-6, 3.77) for hurlers Kurt Ainsworth, Damian Moss and Ryan Hannaman.
2005:
Rafael Palmeiro becomes the highest-profile player to be suspended for violating Major League Baseball’s steroids policy. The Orioles first baseman, who denies knowingly taking any banned substances, stated this spring to the House Government Reform Committee that published allegations by Jose Canseco of his steroids use were “absolutely false” and had considered suing his former teammate over the accusation.
During an interview on MLB.com, Barry Bonds admits his injured right knee will most likely keep him from playing this season. The 41-year-old Giants slugger needs 12 home runs to pass Babe Ruth (714) and 54 to go ahead of Hank Aaron (755) to become the all-time home run leader. Bonds will return for a few games in September and will break Aaron’s record in 2007.
Joe Garagiola Jr., the first and only general manager in Diamondback history, announces he will be leaving Arizona to take a job with the commissioner’s office. The son of the former Cardinal catcher and national broadcaster Joe Garagiola will become the senior vice president of baseball operations of Major League Baseball, beginning on August 15th.
2007:
Brandon Phillips steals both second and third base on the same pitch thanks to an extreme shift employed by the Nationals against Adam Dunn.
Two players trying for record home runs remain stalled. Barry Bonds goes 0 for 3 with a walk in a loss to the Dodgers to remain one homer behind Hank Aaron; Bonds is now 0 for his last 19. Meanwhile, Alex Rodriguez goes 0 for 4 to extend his hitless streak to 21, tying his career worst. He remains stuck at 499 circuit clouts.
2008 – In the second Nippon Pro Baseball All-Star Game of the year, the Central League gets revenge with an 11 – 6 win. Yoshihisa Naruse allows an All-Star Game record eight runs and 11 hits in two innings. Masahiro Araki goes 3 for 4 with three RBI and is named MVP. Seiichi Uchikawa goes 4 for 5.
2009:
Rookie Andrew McCutchen homers three times and drives in six runs to lead the new-look Pirates to an 11 – 6 win over Washington. Pittsburgh has traded away six regulars over the last week and won their first two games since the deals. McCutchen is the first Pirate rookie ever to go deep three times in a contest.
Recently-acquired Matt Holliday continues his hot hitting for the Cards, banging two solo homers in a 3 – 1 win over Houston. Holliday is hitting .606 since being acquired from Oakland on July 25th.
The Oakland Athletics retire Rickey Henderson’s uniform number 24, to mark his recent induction into the Hall of Fame. Rickey says that he is “very, very humbled”.
2010:
The Italian national team wins its first European Championship since 1997, beating rival the Netherlands, 8 – 4, in the Gold Medal game. Reliever Justin Cicatello gets the win with five shutout innings while third baseman Giuseppe Mazzanti doubles, homers and drives home three to wrap up a MVP performance in the 2010 European Championship.
It’s a day of strong pitching performances in the major leagues. In St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay’s James Shields keeps the Yankees off the scoreboard for seven innings in a 3 – 0 win that brings the Rays within a game of the AL East leaders. Matt Cain of the Giants needs 124 pitches to go through 7 2/3 innings, but he registers his first career win over the Dodgers, 2 – 0, to complete a three-game sweep. Finally, Francisco Liriano gives up only two hits and strikes out 11 in seven innings in the Twins’ 4 – 0 victory over Seattle.
The Red Sox pull out a thrilling victory over the Tigers after blowing a three-run lead in the 9th inning. Jed Lowrie leads off the bottom of the 9th with an infield single and Eric Patterson walks before Marco Scutaro drops a bunt towards rookie pitcher Robbie Weinhardt; his throw to first base is off target, allowing pinch runner Darnell McDonald to score the winning run in the 4 – 3 win. Jonathan Papelbon is the winner, in spite of spoiling a great performance by starter Clay Buchholz, who held the Tigers scoreless for eight innings.
Taiwan wins its second Gold Medal ever at a World Junior Championship, beating Australia, 8 – 4, in the finale of the 2010 World Junior Championship. Australia’s Silver marks its best finish ever, while Cuba tops Canada in the Bronze Medal game. Tourney MVP Tzu-Wei Lin hits a three-run homer and drives in four.
2011:
CC Sabathia wins his major league-leading 16th game in the Yankees’ 3 – 2 defeat of the White Sox. The big lefthander is 9-1 over his last ten starts.
Asdrubal Cabrera hits a pair of two-run homers in Cleveland’s 9 – 6 win over Boston. His second long ball, in the 8th inning, is originally ruled a single until the decision is overturned by instant replay. Travis Hafner for the Indians and Jarrod Saltalamacchia and Carl Crawford for the the Red Sox also homer in a high-scoring game typical of Fenway Park.
2012 – The Rangers rally from six runs down to win at home after losing the first two games of their series with the Angels, who are breathing down their necks in the AL West. Trailing 7 – 1 in the 5th, the Rangers manage to force extra innings thanks to Ian Kinsler’s home run in the bottom of the 9th, only to see the Halos score three more in the top of the 10th, as a two-run homer by Albert Pujols, who has back-to-back two-homer games, and a solo shot by Chris Iannetta apparently put the game away. But Texas is not dead: Nelson Cruz leads off the bottom of the 10th with a homer off Ernesto Frieri, then Michael Young reaches on Andrew Romine’s error and David Murphy draws a walk. Jason Isringhausen comes in to pitch, but allows a single to Mike Napoli that loads the bases with none out; Mitch Moreland singles in a second run, and after one out, Elvis Andrus ends the game with a two-run single. The win extends the Rangers’ lead over Los Angeles to four games, with Oakland another half game behind.
2013 – Trailing 7 – 2, the Red Sox score six runs in the 9th inning to defeat Seattle, 8 – 7, for their 11th walk-off win of the season. The Sox had also won their previous game in walk-off fashion only a few hours earlier, on a 15th-inning hit that ends a game started on July 31st but whose outcome is not decided until the small hours of today.
2015 – A nine-year-old bat boy is killed when he is struck in the head by a follow-through swing while standing near the on-deck circle at the National Baseball Congress World Series in Wichita, KS. The death occurs even though the boy is wearing a helmet and is immediately administered first aid by the home plate umpire, a trained paramedic.
2016:
The trading deadline is pushed back by one day because the traditional date of July 31st falls on a Sunday this year, and teams take full advantage of the extra 24 hours as they conclude 18 trades today, involving a total of 49 players. Among the most active teams are the Rangers, who acquire C Jonathan Lucroy and P Jeremy Jeffress from Milwaukee and OF Carlos Beltran from the Yankees, giving up five prospects in return. Milwaukee also sends RP Will Smith to the Giants, who acquire P Matt Moore from Tampa Bay in a separate deal. The Dodgers land P Rich Hill and OF Josh Reddick from Oakland and P Jesse Chavez from Toronto, the latter in return for P Mike Bolsinger. Toronto also swaps P Drew Hutchison with Pittsburgh to land P Francisco Liriano, and obtains P Scott Feldman from Houston. The Mets are also active, acquiring OF Jay Bruce from Cincinnati and repatriating P Jon Niese from Pittsburgh, while the Cubs land P Joe Smith from the Angels.
OF Max Kepler hits three home runs and drives in six runs in Minnesota’s 12 – 6 win over the Indians; he also singles in the 9th. After starting the season in the minors, Kepler leads all American League rookies in homers (14) and RBIs (44). For Cleveland, P Danny Salazar has the shortest outing of his career and will need to undergo an MRI on his elbow.
Danny Duffy takes a no-hitter into the 8th inning and strikes out a Royals franchise record 16 batters in a 3 – 0 win over the Rays. Desmond Jennings breaks his bid for immortality with a lead-off double in the 8th. Kelvin Herrera pitches the 9th to complete the combined one-hit shutout.
2017:
It’s a wild and crazy game between two teams fighting for the lead in their respective divisions at Fenway Park. Cleveland jumps to an early 5 – 0 lead against Chris Sale, but Boston comes right back, chasing Carlos Carrasco in the 2nd. In the 5th, Indians CF Austin Jackson robs Hanley Ramirez of a homer by jumping over the center field fence, catching the ball, and tumbling into the bullpen while holding on to the ball all the way; the catch is so spectacular that the Fenway faithful can’t help but give him a huge ovation. In the 6th, Eduardo Nunez clears the bases with a double off Andrew Miller against the Green Monster, putting Boston ahead, 9 – 7, but Cleveland claws back. Carlos Santana greets newly-acquired reliever Addison Reed with a lead-off homer in the 8th, and in the 9th, Francisco Lindor homers off closer Craig Kimbrel to tie the game. A rattled Kimbrel then loads the bases with two outs before throwing a wild pitch that puts the Indians ahead, 10 – 9. But Cody Allen blows a lead in turn, as rookie Rafael Devers beats out a bouncer to third, Mitch Moreland reaches on a dropped third strike with two outs, and Christian Vazquez ends the game by blasting a pitch into the stands for a 12 – 10 win.
Evan Longoria hits for the cycle, becoming the second player in team history to pull off the feat, as the Rays defeat the Astros, 6 – 4. It takes a video review to confirm that he slid safely into second base in the 9th for the missing double that completes the quartet of hits.
2018 – The surprising Athletics move into a tie for the second wild card spot in the American League by defeating the Blue Jays, 8 – 3, completing a season sweep of their seven games with the Jays. The A’s are 30-10 since June 16th and have made up 11 games on the Mariners during that span. Sean Manaea records his tenth win of the year.
2019 – MLB hands out a bevy of suspensions following one of the most violent on-field brawls in recent years which occurred on July 30th in a game between the Reds and Pirates. The longest suspensions go to Pirates pitcher Keone Kela who gets ten games for starting the whole fracas by throwing at the head of Derek Dietrich, and to Reds P Amir Garrett, who distinguished himself by taking wild swings at opponents, who gets eight. Cincinnati manager David Bell will be out for six games after returning to the field following a prior ejection to take part in the fisticuffs, and OF Yasiel Puig who gets three games after joining in the fight in spite of having been traded shortly beforehand. Others being punished include Pirates manager Clint Hurdle and players José Osuna, Kyle Crick and Jared Hughes. A number of other players escape with only fines. There had already been a total of nine ejections during the game itself.
2021:
In the first elimination game of the 2020 Olympics (played one year after they had been originally scheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), two teams meet that had begun their Olympic careers 0-2. Israel routs Mexico, 12 – 5, as Danny Valencia has three runs and three RBI and Nick Rickles also drives in three.
The Dominican national team blows a 3 – 1 lead in the 9th inning for the second time in these Olympics, as South Korea scores three in the bottom of the inning, capped by Hyun-soo Kim’s single off Luis Castillo to score Jung-hoo Lee. Seung-hwan Oh improves to 3-0 in his Olympic career. Juan Francisco’s two-run homer is the big hit for the losing team.
2022 – A trading deadline period that has so far been staid suddenly gets hot with a number of big names changing teams. The Padres cause a surprise by trading for Brewers closer Josh Hader in return for their own closer, Taylor Rogers, P Dinelson Lamet and two others, and the Brewers also get reliever Matt Bush from Texas. The Yankees acquire SP Frankie Montas and reliever Lou Trivino from Oakland, giving up four prospects. The Astros make a couple of deals, obtaining OF/1B Trey Mancini from Baltimore and C Christian Vazquez from Boston, giving up OF Jose Siri in the process, who ends up with the Rays. The White Sox also make moves, getting reliever Jake Diekman from Boston for C Reese McGuire, and OF Tommy Pham from Cincinnati, while St. Louis gets P José Quintana from Pittsburgh for two prospects.
2023:
The Astros swing the biggest deal before today’s trading deadline, repatriating ace starter Justin Verlander from the Mets in return for two prospects. In the game that follows the announcement, they then defeat Cleveland, 2 – 0, behind a masterful effort by Framber Valdéz who pitches a complete game no-hitter, facing the minimum 27 batters (the only baserunner, who reaches via walk, is erased in a double play) and needing just 93 pitches to achieve the feat. Martin Maldonado is behind the dish for a no-hitter for the third time, second most ever, but his first by a single pitcher, while the last Astros pitcher to achieve the feat by himself had been Verlander, back in 2019.
In other deals, the Blue Jays, fearing that SS Bo Bichette may need to miss time due to a knee injury he incurred yesterday, acquire Paul DeJong from the Cardinals, the third deal between the two teams in a ten-day span. The Orioles obtain SP Jack Flaherty from the Cards, giving up three players in exchange, and the Phillies get Michael Lorenzen from the Tigers. A number of other deals are completed, but one that isn’t attracts a lot of attention as Detroit’s Eduardo Rodriguez exercises his no-trade clause to veto a trade that would have sent him to the Dodgers.
2024:
Japan loses a Women’s Baseball World Cup game, ending a 12-year run and a 39-game winning streak. Having begun the 2023-2024 Women’s Baseball World Cup 9-0, they already had locked up a spot with Team USA (also 9-0) in Saturday’s finale. Jillian Albayati hits a three-run homer off three-time Cup MVP Ayami Sato to put the US ahead; Japan rallies to tie it and force extra innings. The US wins, 4 – 3, with Meggie Meidlinger going 1-2-3 to close it out.
Mexico, playing in their first Women’s Baseball World Cup, is headed to the Bronze Medal Game after a 3 – 2 win over Venezuela. Marlen Lagunes’ sacrifice fly in extra innings brings in the winning run and Flor Valerio saves it for Rosa del Castillo.
2025:
The Yankees probably thought they had done enough by scoring 12 runs on the road, but the Miami stun them with a 13 – 12 walk-off win, overcoming a two-run deficit in the 9th. The Yankees had not lost a game while scoring that many runs on the road since 1940.
Not to be outdone, the Rockies are down 9 – 0 to the Pirates after the 1st inning, but manage to storm back to win a wild one, 17 – 16. Brenton Doyle ends the game with a two-run walk-off homer. Dugan Darnell earns the win with two scoreless innings in his major league debut.
Births[edit]
1841 – George Sleeman, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1926)
1865 – Ed Gastfield, catcher (d. 1899)
1865 – Frank Grant, Negro League infielder; Hall of Fame (d. 1937)
1867 – Bill Swarback, pitcher (d. 1949)
1872 – Clay Fauver, pitcher (d. 1942)
1875 – Harry Croft, outfielder (d. 1933)
1875 – Wiley Davis, pitcher (d. 1942)
1881 – Tom Walker, pitcher (d. 1944)
1882 – George Wright, Negro League infielder (d. ????)
1890 – Slim Love, pitcher (d. 1942)
1891 – Bob Emmerich, outfielder (d. 1948)
1892 – Roy Sanders, pitcher (d. 1950)
1895 – Clem Llewellyn, pitcher (d. 1969)
1897 – Bill Swansboro, minor league infielder (d. 1964)
1899 – Joe Shaute, pitcher (d. 1970)
1902 – Howard Freigau, infielder (d. 1932)
1903 – Tom D’Alesandro, owner (d. 1987)
1906 – Frank Bushey, pitcher (d. 1972)
1909 – Horace Heist, college coach (d. 1991)
1915 – Bruno Beneck, Italian executive; Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2003)
1916 – Pep Rambert, pitcher (d. 1974)
1916 – Floyd Stromme, pitcher (d. 1993)
1917 – Chet Johnson, pitcher (d. 1983)
1917 – George Sisler Jr., minor league executive (d. 2006)
1920 – Tom Ravashiere, umpire (d. 1999)
1921 – Ray Hamrick, infielder (d. 2009)
1923 – George Bamberger, pitcher, manager (d. 2004)
1925 – Bobby Balcena, outfielder (d. 1990)
1926 – Erma Keyes, AAGPBL outfielder (d. 1999)
1933 – A.J. Jackson, Negro League pitcher
1933 – Masaichi Kaneda, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2019)
1933 – Koichi Kano, NPB infielder
1933 – Hideyuki Suzuki, NPB outfielder
1934 – Noriji Shiomura, NPB infielder (d. 2013)
1935 – Itsuhito Miyazaki, NPB pitcher
1936 – Gerald Thomas, minor league pitcher (d. 2026)
1938 – Masaru Ota, NPB infielder
1938 – Yoshio Sato, NPB pitcher
1939 – Pedro Treto Cisneros, minor league Executive; Salon de la Fama (d. 2013)
1943 – Jackie Warner, outfielder
1944 – Thomas Frondorf, minor league pitcher
1945 – Masayoshi Higashida, NPB outfielder (d. 2016)
1945 – Toru Ogawa, NPB infielder
1947 – Ming-Yung Hsieh, Taiwan national team outfielder and manager; Taiwan Baseball Hall of Fame
1947 – Tony Muser, infielder, manager
1947 – Kenji Toyoda, NPB pitcher
1947 – Ryusei Toyonaga, NPB pitcher
1948 – Tommy Smith, outfielder (d. 2024)
1948 – Mike Nunn, minor league catcher
1950 – Jui-Cheng Lin, Taiwan national team infielder
1950 – Milt May, catcher
1950 – Wayne Tyrone, infielder
1951 – Pete Mackanin, infielder, manager
1952 – Greg Gross, outfielder
1952 – Serge Touchette, writer
1954 – Alan Albury, Australian national team pitcher
1954 – Roger Miller, pitcher (d. 1993)
1955 – Hideo Furuya, NPB infielder
1956 – Yukio Takemoto, NPB pitcher
1957 – Myron White, outfielder (d. 2018)
1960 – Dave Anderson, infielder
1960 – Takayuki Matsushima, Japanese national team pitcher
1960 – Tsunemi Tsuda, NPB pitcher; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1993)
1961 – Todd Demeter, minor league 1B/OF
1961 – Gary Miller-Jones, minor league infielder
1962 – Scott Anderson, pitcher
1962 – Scott Groot, scout
1962 – Hsi-Hua Hsu, CPBL infielder
1964 – Michael Bosco, minor league infielder
1967 – Jeff Braley, minor league pitcher
1967 – Gregg Jefferies, infielder; All-Star
1967 – Steve Renko III, minor league pitcher
1967 – Kuei-Chang Tseng, CPBL outfielder
1968 – Brian Bohanon, pitcher
1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa, pitcher; All-Star
1968 – Darrin Hursey, minor league pitcher
1969 – Mike Bard, minor league infielder
1969 – Kevin Jarvis, pitcher
1969 – Brent Knackert, pitcher
1971 – Travis Driskill, pitcher
1971 – Robert George, South African national team pitcher
1972 – Freddy Garcia, infielder
1973 – Won-bae Jung, South Korean national team coach
1973 – John McAninch, minor league infielder
1973 – Rolando Viera, minor league pitcher
1974 – Justin Baughman, infielder
1974 – Ted Persell, drafted outfielder (d. 2013)
1975 – Jimmy Hamilton, minor league pitcher
1976 – Kevin Joseph, pitcher
1977 – Dimitrios Chatzikyriakos, Greek national team pitcher
1977 – Kwang-ho Shim, KBO catcher
1978 – Hisao Arakane, NPB outfielder
1978 – Hideki Nagasaka, minor league pitcher
1978 – Tim Olson, infielder
1979 – Ryan Carter, minor league pitcher
1979 – Audo Vicente, minor league infielder and manager
1979 – Rutger Zwaal, Hoofdklasse pitcher
1980 – Tomislav Ćurković, Croatian national team outfielder
1980 – Shigeki Nakano, Japanese national team catcher
1980 – Shinsuke Ogura, NPB pitcher
1980 – Chin-Tien Shih, CPBL infielder
1980 – Jon-Mark Sprowl, minor league catcher
1982 – Satoshi Nishizaki, NPB pitcher
1983 – Ryan Roberson, minor league infielder
1984 – Irait Chirino, Cuban League outfielder
1984 – Iraklys Chirino, Cuban League outfielder
1984 – Jonny Cordoba, minor league pitcher
1984 – Shaun Cumberland, minor league outfielder
1984 – Brandon Kintzler, pitcher; All-Star
1984 – Travis Mortimore, minor league pitcher
1985 – Adam Jones, outfielder; All-Star
1985 – Cole Kimball, pitcher
1987 – Myles Schroder, minor league utility man
1987 – Drew Storen, pitcher
1988 – Aaron Dunsmore, minor league outfielder
1988 – Roenis Elias, pitcher
1989 – Madison Bumgarner, pitcher; All-Star
1989 – Nick Ramirez, pitcher
1990 – Aledmis Díaz, infielder; All-Star
1990 – Kennys Vargas, infielder
1991 – Cody Dent, minor league infielder/outfielder
1991 – Cade Gotta, minor league outfielder
1992 – Kevin Comer, minor league pitcher
1993 – Calten Daal, minor league infielder
1994 – Dylan Lee, pitcher
1995 – Kota Futaki, NPB pitcher
1995 – Jacob Heyward, minor league outfielder and manager
1995 – Callan Pearce, minor league pitcher
1995 – Amy Trask, British women’s national team infielder
1995 – Seiji Uebayashi, NPB outfielder
1995 – T.J. Zeuch, pitcher
1996 – Jordan Guerrero, minor league pitcher
1997 – Kyeong-min Kim, South Korean national team infielder
1998 – Ryuta Heinai, NPB pitcher
1999 – Mitchell Edwards, minor league catcher
1999 – Benjamin Sarmiento, Philippines national team infielder
1999 – Garrett Wade, drafted pitcher
2000 – Dylan DeLucia, minor league pitcher
2000 – Dominic Keegan, minor league catcher
2000 – Fabián Pertuz, Colombian national team infielder
2001 – Antoine Jean, signed pitcher
2001 – Ezequiel Tovar, infielder
2001 – Javier Wong, Ecuadorian national team pitcher
2002 – Camilo Rivera, Chilean national team pitcher
2002 – Kennedy Torres, Philippines national team pitcher
Deaths[edit]
1897 – Jake Seymour, pitcher (b. 1854)
1898 – Charlie Hackett, manager (b. 1855)
1903 – Charlie Bohn, pitcher/outfielder (b. 1856)
1914 – Gid Gardner, outfielder (b. 1859)
1914 – Con Murphy, pitcher (b. 1863)
1920 – John Beardsley, umpire (b. 1841)
1920 – Frank Norton, infielder/outfielder (b. 1845)
1932 – Haddie Gill, pitcher (b. 1899)
1936 – Joseph Herr, infielder (b. 1865)
1938 – Tug Thompson, outfielder (b. 1856)
1939 – Al Munro Elias, statistician (b. 1872)
1946 – Bert Sincock, pitcher (b. 1887)
1951 – Harry Curtis, catcher (b. 1883)
1952 – Phil Douglas, pitcher (b. 1890)
1958 – Ike Boone, outfielder (b. 1897)
1963 – Cy Lingle, minor league catcher (b. 1895)
1966 – Hank Gowdy, catcher, manager (b. 1889)
1974 – Tom Kirk, pinch hitter (b. 1927)
1980 – Bill McKinley, umpire (b. 1910)
1989 – Don Heffner, infielder, manager (b. 1911)
1991 – Chris Short, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1937)
1993 – Ewing Kauffman, owner (b. 1916)
1994 – Bernie James, infielder (b. 1905)
1996 – Barney Serrell, infielder; All-Star (b. 1920)
1997 – Cleo Petty, college coach (b. ~1914)
1997 – Gene Richardson, pitcher (b. 1928)
2002 – Yoshihiro Ito, Japanese national team coach (b. 1945)
2002 – Jack Tighe, manager (b. 1913)
2005 – John Alevizos, general manager (b. 1919)
2005 – Milt Nielsen, outfielder (b. 1925)
2007 – Pete Naktenis, pitcher (b. 1914)
2008 – John Simmons, outfielder (b. 1924)
2011 – Joe Caffie, outfielder (b. 1931)
2011 – Alex Pitko, outfielder (b. 1914)
2012 – Don Erickson, pitcher (b. 1931)
2012 – Keiji Komada, NPB pitcher (b. 1926)
2013 – Babe Martin, outfielder (b. 1920)
2015 – Hank Izquierdo, catcher (b. 1931)
2018 – Manny Guerra, scout (b. 1930)
2019 – Minoru Kamata, NPB infielder (b. 1939)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Saturday, August 1
GOLF
7 a.m.
USA — LPGA Tour: AIG Women’s Open, Third Round, Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
9 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Portugal Invitational, Second Round, The Els Club Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Noon
NBC — LPGA Tour: AIG Women’s Open, Third Round, Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Rocket Classic, Third Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: Rocket Classic, Third Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
6 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health, Third Round, Ogden Golf and Country Club, Ogden, Utah
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
FOX — Jim Dandy Challenge: From Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
12:30 p.m.
ABC — PLL: Denver vs. Maryland, Columbus, Ohio
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
FS1 — Minnesota at Seattle (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Arizona at Cleveland (7:15 p.m.) OR N.Y. Yankees at Chicago Cubs (7:15 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
8 p.m.
ESPN2 — USL Championship: Louisville at Tampa Bay
WNBA BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Las Vegas at Chicago
3 p.m.
ABC — New York at Phoenix
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Sunday, August 2
AUTO RACING
11:30 a.m.
NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix, Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis.
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 7: DMV Trilogy vs. Chicago Triplets, LA Riot vs. Houston Rig Hands, Atlanta
GOLF
7 a.m.
USA — LPGA Tour: AIG Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
9 a.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Portugal Invitational, Final Round, The Els Club Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal
Noon
NBC — LPGA Tour: AIG Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: Rocket Classic, Final Round, Detroit Golf Club, Detroit
6 p.m.
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health, Final Round, Ogden Golf and Country Club, Ogden, Utah
LACROSSE (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
ABC — PLL: New York vs. California, Columbus, Ohio
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
10 a.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Game 1, Greenville, N.C.
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Game 2, Greenville, N.C.
4 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Game 3, Greenville, N.C.
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Game 4, Greenville, N.C.
MLB BASEBALL
3 p.m.
NBCSN — Milwaukee at L.A. Angels (3:15 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Milwaukee at L.A. Angels (3:15 p.m.)
7 p.m.
NBC — Boston at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Boston at L.A. Dodgers (7:20 p.m.)
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
9 p.m.
ESPN — NWSL: Boston at Denver
WNBA BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
ABC — Indiana at Minnesota
3:30 p.m.
NBC — Los Angeles at Portland
PEACOCK — Los Angeles at Portland
7 p.m.
ESPN — Connecticut at Dallas
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