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“THE SCOREBOARD”

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WNBA SCORES

NEW YORK 88 DALLAS 77

MINNESOTA 80 WASHINGTON 76

LAS VEGAS 90 SEATTLE 86

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MLB SCORES

PITTSBURGH 3 CINCINNATI 2

BALTIMORE 3 LAS VEGAS 2

HOUSTON 5 NY YANKEES 3 (10)

DETROIT 6 LA ANGELS 5

MIAMI 5 ATLANTA 1

CLEVELAND 9 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5

PHILADELPHIA 9 TEXAS 1

MINNESOTA 9 KANSAS CITY 4

MILWAUKEE 3 NY METS 2

ST. LOUIS 5 CHICAGO CUBS 0

BOSTON 10 SAN DIEGO 2

SEATTLE 3 TAMPA BAY 2

ARIZONA 6 COLORADO 1

LA DODGERS 5 TORONTO 1

SAN FRANCISCO 5 WASHINGTON 0

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

OMAHA 2 INDIANAPOLIS 1

SOUTH BEND 8 FT. WAYNE 5

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

WEEK 0

SATURDAY, AUG. 23

WEEK 1

THURSDAY, AUG. 28

FRIDAY, AUG. 29

SATURDAY, AUG. 30

SUNDAY, AUG. 31

3 P.M. | VIRGINIA TECH AT SOUTH CAROLINA | ESPN (IN ATLANTA, GA)
7:30 P.M. | NOTRE DAME AT MIAMI (FL)| ABC

MONDAY, SEPT. 1

8 P.M. | TCU AT NORTH CAROLINA | ESPN

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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

SAT., AUG. 9: PRACTICE (4-5:10 P.M.)

SUN., AUG. 10: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)

MON., AUG. 11: PRACTICE (4-5:40 P.M.)

THUR., AUG. 14: PRACTICE (3-5 P.M.)

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2025 NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

*****WEEK 1*****

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

DETROIT 17 ATLANTA 10

NEW ENGLAND 48 WASHINGTON 18

CLEVELAND 30 CAROLINA 10

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

N.Y. GIANTS AT BUFFALO, 1:00
HOUSTON AT MINNESOTA, 4:00
PITTSBURGH AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
TENNESSEE AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
KANSAS CITY AT ARIZONA, 8:00
N.Y. JETS AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
DENVER AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

MIAMI AT CHICAGO, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 4:05

*****WEEK 2*****

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

TENNESSEE AT ATLANTA, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT SEATTLE, 10:00

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

MIAMI AT DETROIT, 1:00
CAROLINA AT HOUSTON, 1:00
GREEN BAY AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
NEW ENGLAND AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
CLEVELAND AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 4:00
BALTIMORE AT DALLAS, 7:00
L.A. CHARGERS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
N.Y. JETS AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 9:30

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
BUFFALO AT CHICAGO (FOX), 8:00

MONDAY, AUGUST 18

CINCINNATI AT WASHINGTON (ESPN), 8:00

*****WEEK 3*****

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

PITTSBURGH AT CAROLINA, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT N.Y. GIANTS (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

PHILADELPHIA AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
ATLANTA AT DALLAS, 8:00
MINNESOTA AT TENNESSEE (CBS), 8:00
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON, NOON
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 1:00
L.A. RAMS AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
HOUSTON AT DETROIT, 1:00
DENVER AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
SEATTLE AT GREEN BAY, 4:00
JACKSONVILLE AT MIAMI, 7:00
BUFFALO AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
L.A. CHARGERS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30
LAS VEGAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

NFL NEWS

NFL PRESEASON ROUNDUP: SHEDEUR SANDERS STARS IN BROWNS DEBUT

Cleveland rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders made an impressive pro football debut on Friday, throwing for two touchdowns while leading the Browns to a 30-10 win over the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.

The game was the preseason opener for both teams.

Sanders, who started and played until the middle of the third quarter, completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards. He also ran four times for 19 yards.

The Panthers led 7-0 after a 5-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Young to Jalen Coker late in the first quarter before Sanders threw his two scoring passes to give the Browns a 14-7 halftime lead. Each time Sanders connected with Kaden Davis, for 7 yards and for 12 yards.

Sanders engineered another TD drive in the third quarter before exiting with Cleveland up 21-7.

Tyler Huntley went the rest of the way at quarterback for the Browns, hitting on 6 of 8 passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.

Young played the first two series for the Panthers and went 4-for-6 for 58 yards and the one score. Andy Dalton (13-for-19, 101 yards, one interception) and Jack Plummer (6-for-10, 79 yards) handled the rest of Carolina’s QB duties.

Panthers wide receiver Xavier Legette and Browns safety Rayshawn Jenkins were ejected after throwing punches in the first quarter.

DOLPHINS WR TYREEK HILL DEALING WITH OBLIQUE INJURY

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is dealing with an oblique injury, head coach Mike McDaniel revealed on Friday.

Hill was on the practice field but not in pads as the Dolphins prepared for a joint session with the Chicago Bears in Lake Forest, Ill.

“It got worse because he was taking every rep that was on the books,” McDaniel said of Hill, 31, who was absent from Wednesday’s practice.

Given the injury, Hill is unlikely to play in Sunday’s preseason opener at Chicago. The Dolphins open up the regular season at Indianapolis on Sept. 7.

Hill only missed one game in his first three seasons with Miami, catching 319 passes for 4,468 yards and 26 scores in 50 starts from 2022-24.

The five-time All-Pro and eight-time Pro Bowl selection has 798 receptions for 11,098 yards and 82 touchdowns in 141 career games (123 starts) with the Kansas City Chiefs (2016-21) and Dolphins.

BEARS QB CALEB WILLIAMS WON’T PLAY IN PRESEASON OPENER

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams will not play in Sunday’s preseason opener against the visiting Miami Dolphins, head coach Ben Johnson confirmed Friday.

Williams and about 17 other starters will sit out Sunday but are expected to see action at some point during the exhibition slate.

“I think we have about nine on O, nine on D,” Johnson said of the starters who won’t play. “We’ll see how the day goes, maybe that number will change. So, we’ll make it through the day, and we’ll make those final decisions when we get there.”

The Bears and Dolphins are having a joint practice Friday, giving Johnson and his coaches a chance to see Williams and the others in action.

“I would suspect that we will have them play at some point (in the preseason), yeah,” Johnson said. “But that’s to be determined.”

Third-year quarterback Tyson Bagent will start against Miami and play the first half, with veteran Case Keenum and Austin Reed also taking snaps.

Williams, 23, was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. He started every game as a rookie, finishing 5-12 with 3,541 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions.

FORMER PACKERS WR BILLY HOWTON, FIRST NFLPA PREZ, DIES AT 95

Billy Howton, a star wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s and the first president of the NFL Players Association, has died. He was 95.

According to an online obituary, Howton passed away Monday in Houston. Born in 1930, he was believed to be the NFL’s oldest living player.

Howton was the league’s all-time leader in receptions (503) and receiving yards (8,459) when he retired after a 12-year career with the Packers (1952-58), Cleveland Browns (1959) and Dallas Cowboys (1960-63). He caught 61 touchdowns in 142 games.

Drafted in the second round (15th overall) in 1952, Howton led the NFL with 1,231 receiving yards as a rookie that season and added 13 touchdowns in 12 games. He earned the first of four Pro Bowl selections.

Howton topped the league in receiving yards (1,188) and touchdown catches (12) in 1956, earning the first of two consecutive All-Pro first-team honors.

On Oct. 21, 1956, he set the Packers’ still-standing franchise record with 257 receiving yards in a 42-17 win against the Los Angeles Rams at Lambeau Field.

Howton was inducted into the Packers’ Hall of Fame in 1974 and Rice University’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1971.

As Green Bay’s player representative, Howton helped to found the NFLPA in 1956 and served as the organization’s first president from 1958-61.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

LSU QB GARRETT NUSSMEIER MANAGING MINOR KNEE INJURY

LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier is dealing with patellar tendinitis and not a major knee injury, Tigers coach Brian Kelly said Friday.

Kelly shot down speculation that Nussmeier had sustained a more serious injury at Wednesday’s practice.

“Just for the record, he has tendinitis. Patella tendinitis,” Kelly said Friday. “He does not have a torn ACL. We have not amputated his leg. … He was out there today throwing, tomorrow he’ll be back out, most likely in a practice situation. Thought I’d calm everybody down.”

Kelly said his starting quarterback’s injury ranks at 1.5 out of 10 in terms of severity.

“It’s not torn, there’s no fraying, there’s none of that,” Kelly said. “This is pre-existing. … There’s nothing to really see on film with it. … He aggravated it a little bit, but he’s good to go.”

Nussmeier, a fifth-year senior, passed for 4,052 yards and 29 touchdowns in 13 games last season while leading the Southeastern Conference in attempts (525), completions (337) and interceptions (12).

He has completed 62.6 percent of his passes for 5,772 yards with 40 TDs and 19 picks in 31 games since making his LSU debut in 2021.

The Tigers open the season at Clemson on Aug. 30.

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MLB NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: DODGERS TAKE CLAYTON KERSHAW-MAX SCHERZER BATTLE

Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw took on fellow future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer of the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night and earned the victory with help from Mookie Betts.

Betts hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the fifth inning and drove in another run in the three-run seventh to help the host Dodgers to a 5-1 victory in the opener of the three-game series.

Kershaw (6-2) allowed one run and seven hits in six innings, striking out four and walking one. Shohei Ohtani had three hits and scored twice for the Dodgers, who had dropped two of three.

Scherzer (2-2) also went six innings, allowing two runs and six hits while striking out five and walking three. Daulton Varsho went 3-for-4 for the Blue Jays, who had won three in a row.

Astros 5, Yankees 3

Carlos Correa snapped a tie with a leadoff single in the 10th inning and Taylor Trammell hit a two-run homer later in the frame as Houston earned a victory at New York.

Astros closer Josh Hader (6-2) breezed through the ninth and allowed an RBI single to Anthony Volpe in the 10th. Jose Altuve staked Houston to a lead with a two-run homer in the first inning.

Ben Rice had two of New York’s five hits, including an RBI single in the sixth. Aaron Judge hit a tying single later in the sixth. Devin Williams (3-5) gave up three runs, two earned, in the 10th.

Tigers 6, Angels 5

Matt Vierling delivered a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the eighth as host Detroit rallied for a win over Los Angeles.

Vierling’s first homer of the season erased a 5-3 deficit. Spencer Torkelson hit a solo homer and Javier Baez added a two-run single for the Tigers. Troy Melton (2-1) gave up one run in 3 1/3 innings of relief. Kyle Finnegan recorded two strikeouts while getting the last three outs for his 23rd save.

Gustavo Campero and Zach Neto hit back-to-back homers off Detroit ace Tarik Skubal in the fifth. Jo Adell also homered for the Angels.

Pirates 3, Reds 2

Bryan Reynolds’ two-out triple in the bottom of the eighth drove in the tying and go-ahead runs and led host Pittsburgh to a comeback win over Cincinnati.

Reynolds, who also doubled and scored the Pirates’ first run in the fourth, roped a ball into right field off reliever Tony Santillan (1-4), which allowed Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Tommy Pham to score and erase a 2-1 deficit.

Cincinnati dropped its third in a row and suffered another damaging loss to its fading playoff hopes. The loss denied Reds starter Chase Burns his first major league win. He struck out 10 and gave up one run over a career-high six innings.

Guardians 9, White Sox 5

Carlos Santana had four RBIs, C.J. Kayfus doubled twice and drove in three runs, and visiting Cleveland topped Chicago.

Tanner Bibee (8-9) allowed four runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings for the Guardians, who led 9-1 after four innings before securing their fourth straight win.

White Sox starter Aaron Civale (3-7) yielded a career-high nine runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Brooks Baldwin hit a solo homer, but Chicago went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and lost its fifth straight game.

Red Sox 10, Padres 2

Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida belted two-run homers and Walker Buehler tossed six scoreless innings as visiting Boston stopped San Diego.

Buehler (7-6) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out four in arguably his best outing of the year. The former Los Angeles Dodger improved his career mark against San Diego to 7-1 with a 1.67 ERA in 13 starts.

Nick Pivetta (11-4) took his first home loss of the year, permitting five hits and five runs in six innings while walking three and fanning three.

Mariners 3, Rays 2

Cal Raleigh hit his major-league-leading 43rd homer of the season as Seattle rallied to defeat visiting Tampa Bay in the opener of a three-game series.

Raleigh’s three-run shot to right-center field with two outs in the eighth inning off Rays reliever Griffin Jax (1-6) gave the Mariners their fifth consecutive victory. Seattle reliever Carlos Vargas (4-5) threw one perfect inning, and Matt Brash struck out the side in order in the ninth for his second save.

Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero homered and Drew Rasmussen pitched six scoreless innings for the Rays, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.

Brewers 3, Mets 2

Brice Turang hit a two-run homer and Brandon Woodruff tossed seven effective innings as Milwaukee extended its winning streak to seven games with a comeback victory over visiting New York.

The Mets had the potential tying run cut down at the plate for the final out in the ninth. Starling Marte doubled with two outs off Milwaukee closer Trevor Megill. Jeff McNeil followed with a single to center, but Marte was thrown out at the plate by center fielder Blake Perkins. The Mets challenged, but the call was upheld on review.

By taking the opener of a three-game series, Milwaukee moved to a season-high 27 games above .500 at 71-44, the best record in the majors. The Mets have lost five straight and nine out of 10 following a seven-game winning streak.

Cardinals 5, Cubs 0

Michael McGreevy and three relievers scattered seven hits as St. Louis blanked visiting Chicago.

McGreevy (4-2) limited the Cubs to six hits in six innings. Jordan Walker went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs as the Cardinals won for the third time in four games.

Cubs starter Matthew Boyd (11-5) allowed three runs on seven hits in five innings as Chicago lost for the fourth time in six games. The Cubs went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position.

Phillies 9, Rangers 1

Kyle Schwarber, Brandon Marsh and Trea Turner clubbed home runs to back six strong innings from Cristopher Sanchez as Philadelphia romped past Texas in Arlington, Texas.

Sanchez (11-3) won for the sixth time in his past seven decisions as he allowed one run on six hits. Marsh had four of Philadelphia’s 11 hits, adding two doubles to his round-tripper, and Turner racked up five RBIs. The Phillies have won four of their past five outings.

Merrill Kelly (9-7) remained winless in two appearances for the Rangers since being acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks at the trade deadline. He went 4 1/3 innings and permitted four runs on five hits and a season-high five walks.

Twins 9, Royals 4

Ryan Jeffers went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and Minnesota pulled away for a win over Kansas City in Minneapolis.

Kody Clemens went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer for the Twins, who earned their third consecutive victory. Joe Ryan (11-5) allowed one run on four hits in five innings.

Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. each homered for the Royals, who lost for the third time in their past four games. Seth Lugo (8-6) surrendered seven runs on nine hits in four innings.

Marlins 5, Braves 1

Edward Cabrera struck out a season-high 11 and gave up just two hits while pitching Miami to a win at Atlanta.

Cabrera (6-5) matched his career high with eight innings and gave up one run. Heriberto Hernandez went 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs and two RBIs, and Xavier Edwards went 3-for-5 with an RBI.

Atlanta starter Bryce Elder (4-9) worked six innings and allowed five runs on seven hits. Jurickson Profar hit a solo homer.

Orioles 3, Athletics 2

Adley Rutschman and Ryan Mountcastle hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning and Baltimore held on to nip the visiting Athletics despite managing just three hits.

Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano (9-5) allowed one run on five hits in seven innings. Keegan Akin pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his second save.

Nick Kurtz and Tyler Soderstrom each had two hits for the Athletics. J.T Ginn (2-4) lasted five innings, allowing three runs on three hits.

Diamondbacks 6, Rockies 1

Corbin Carroll and Blaze Alexander homered, Zac Gallen pitched six strong innings, and Arizona beat Colorado in the opener of a three-game series in Phoenix.

Gallen (9-12) gave up one run and four hits in six innings. Alexander had two hits and was hit by a pitch.

Kyle Karros drove in Colorado’s run with an RBI single with one out in the second inning, his first major league plate appearance. Austin Gomber (0-6) gave up six runs and five hits in six innings.

Giants 5, Nationals 0

Rafael Devers and Casey Schmitt hit home runs, Kai-Wei Teng recorded his first major league win and San Francisco blanked visiting Washington.

Opener Matt Gage combined with Teng and relievers Joey Lucchesi, Jose Butto and Tristan Beck on a four-hitter, helping the Giants snap an eight-game home losing streak. Teng (1-1) allowed just three hits over five innings.

Jake Irvin (8-7) was charged with four runs (three earned) on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings as the Nationals lost for the eighth time in their past nine games.

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NBA NEWS
CELTICS EXTEND CONTRACT OF HEAD COACH JOE MAZZULLA

Head coach Joe Mazzulla has signed a multi-year contract extension with the Boston Celtics.

The team announced his signing on Friday but did not reveal either the length of the deal or its monetary value.

Mazzulla, 37, has compiled a 182-64 regular-season record and a 33-17 playoff mark in three seasons with Boston. The Celtics won the NBA title in 2024.

He was the youngest head coach to win the NBA Finals since the 1968-69 season, when Bill Russell, then 35, led the Celtics to the NBA championship as a player-coach.

“We are very excited that Joe has agreed to extend with the Celtics,” said Brad Stevens, the team’s president of basketball operations. “He understands the job and has a passion for the Celtics that is only rivaled by our most die-hard fans. He’s worked hard and accomplished amazing things in his first three years as a head coach — including averaging over 60 wins per season and winning the 2024 NBA Championship. Joe is a gifted leader who brings a consistent commitment to learning, improving and maximizing each day we get to compete for the Boston Celtics.”

A Rhode Island native, Mazzulla was a Celtics assistant coach for three seasons before taking the helm.

“This is truly a blessing,” he said. “I would not be here without my faith, my wife and my children. We are thankful for the partnership with our ownership groups, Brad’s mentorship and the support of our staff. Most importantly, I am grateful for the players I have been able to coach the past three seasons. I look forward to competing for the Celtics and the city of Boston.”

The Celtics will be a new-look team in the 2025-26 season.

Star Jayson Tatum is recovering from an Achilles injury suffered in the playoffs and could miss the entire campaign. The Celtics also traded away veterans Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis and aren’t expected to bring back Al Horford.

HEAT F HAYWOOD HIGHSMITH HAS KNEE SURGERY, TO MISS START OF CAMP

Miami Heat forward Haywood Highsmith underwent surgery on Friday to repair a meniscus tear in his right knee.

The team said Haywood will begin rehabilitation immediately and be back in eight-to-10 weeks, which extends into training camp. The NBA season starts on Oct. 21.

He sustained the injury while training in his native Baltimore. The 6-foot-7 forward is entering the final season of the two-year, $10.8 million contract he signed last summer.

Highsmith, 28, averaged a career-high 6.5 points and 1.5 assists to go along with 3.4 rebounds in 74 games (42 starts) with the Heat in 2024-25.

He entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Division II Wheeling in 2018-19 and played in five games with the Philadelphia 76ers.

REPORTS: ROCKETS-THUNDER, WARRIORS-LAKERS ON NBA OPENING NIGHT

The opening night of the 2025-26 NBA season will star LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and reigning Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a Western Conference doubleheader.

The Houston Rockets will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors will play at the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 21 to tip off the new season, ESPN and The Athletic reported Friday.

The Rockets are Durant’s newest team, and he’ll have to sit and watch one of his former teams, the Thunder, raise their first championship banner before the game. The Warriors and Lakers will meet after that as James enters his eighth season with Los Angeles while Luka Doncic begins his first full season with the Lake Show.

The doubleheader will serve as the first regular-season NBA games broadcast by NBC in 23 years. The upcoming season marks the start of a new media rights deal that places games on NBC and Amazon Prime Video while the league continues its relationship with Disney.

ABC and ESPN will present its customary five-game Christmas Day slate, the reports also revealed, with a heavy Western Conference influence:

–Cleveland Cavaliers at New York Knicks
–San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
–Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Lakers
–Dallas Mavericks and Golden State Warriors
–Minnesota Timberwolves at Denver Nuggets

The Rockets-Lakers game will pit Durant against James, while Klay Thompson again visits Golden State as a member of the Mavericks.

The Spurs-Thunder rivalry continues to blossom, as well, with star centers Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren slated to go face to face.

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WNBA NEWS

ACES SURVIVES STORM RUN TO EXTEND HOT STREAK

The Las Vegas Aces lost a 19-point third-quarter lead before retaking control late to claim a hard-fought 90-86 home win over the Seattle Storm on Friday.

Buoyed by Jackie Young and A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas produced a decisive 9-1 run after Seattle pulled even midway through the fourth quarter. Young tallying seven of the pivotal points via a 3-pointer and four free throws.

The Aces (17-14) had five players score in double figures, led by Wilson with 29 points and 12 rebounds. Young added 26 points, shooting 4-for-6 from 3-point range, with 19 of her points coming after halftime.

Chelsea Gray tallied 13 points and five assists, while Jewell Loyd added 10 points off the bench as Las Vegas earned its fifth win in six games. Nalyssa Smith contributed 10 points (on 5-for-6 shooting) and 12 boards.

Rookie reserve Dominique Malonga starred for the Storm (16-15), registering her second career double-double. The second pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, Malonga posted career highs with 22 points, eight field goals (on 11 attempts) and 12 rebounds. It was her fourth double-figure scoring outing in the past five games, and 18 of her points came in the second half.

Seattle’s Erica Wheeler logged 16 points. Brittney Sykes posted 14 points and six rebounds, Gabby Williams also had 14 points and Nneka Ogwumike amassed 12 points and nine rebounds as the Storm took their fourth loss in a row.

Seattle shot just 38.2 percent in the first half and trailed 47-36 at intermission before surging at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth, largely on the strength of Malonga.

Las Vegas held a 65-46 lead after Wilson drained a jumper with 3:45 left in the third. Seattle answered with a 29-10 run to tie the game at 75 on a Malonga three-point play with 5:38 to play before the Aces responded.

LYNX SCORE LATE, HOLD OFF NEW-LOOK MYSTICS

Fresh off a busy trade deadline for both sides, the Washington Mystics traveled to Minnesota and gave the team with the best record in the WNBA all it could handle before the Lynx pulled out an 80-76 win in Minneapolis.

Alanna Smith led the way with 25 points — her first time in double digits in three games — which included a team-high four baskets from beyond the arc. Courtney Williams added 14 points with five assists and the bench backcourt duo DiJonai Carrington and Natisha Hiedeman added 12 and seven points, respectively.

Friday was Carrington’s first home game in Minnesota since the Lynx (26-5) traded for her from the Dallas Wings on Sunday.

With less than a minute remaining, Washington rookie Sonia Citron tied the game at 76-76 with a 3-pointer but Williams responded with a 16-foot jumper off the inbound pass. The referees called a foul on Williams on the next defensive possession but a second consecutive successful challenge by Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve kept the lead in the home team’s favor.

The first challenge came when Citron went to the basket with 1:30 remaining in the game and earned a foul on Carrington. The call was overturned following the challenge, giving the Lynx possession as Smith grabbed the rebound on the missed Citron attempt.

On the subsequent possession, Kayla McBride charged the basket and drew a foul with the shot clock expiring. She hit both free throws to give the game its final score.

Minnesota was down 22-11 in the first quarter but charged back to take a three-point halftime lead. While the Lynx were still without MVP candidate Napheesa Collier, out with a right ankle sprain, the Mystics (13-17) were without Brittney Sykes and Aaliyah Edwards after both were traded earlier in the week.

Sykes was the Mystics’ leading scorer at the time of the trade.

Jacy Sheldon, whom the Mystics acquired for Edwards, did not make it to Minnesota with the team, which forced the visitors to play with a shorter bench.

Citron led Washington with 26 points and went 4-of-5 from beyond the arc. Fellow rookie Kiki Iriafen added 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Veteran forward Shakira Austin added 12 points with five rebounds.

SABRINA IONESCU, LIBERTY DOWN WINGS FOR THIRD WIN IN ROW

Sabrina Ionescu recorded 16 points, six rebounds and six assists to help the New York Liberty post an 88-77 victory over the Dallas Wings on Friday night at Arlington, Texas.

Jonquel Jones shot 4-for-5 from 3-point range while scoring 14 points as the Liberty (20-10) won their third straight game. Emma Meesseman had 14 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and three steals, and Leonie Fiebich also had 14 points before fouling out for New York.

Arike Ogunbowale scored 17 points and Maddy Siegrist added 15 off the bench for the Wings (8-23), who lost their fourth consecutive game. Reserve Myisha Hines-Allen added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Liberty star Breanna Stewart (right knee) missed her sixth straight game.

Dallas rookie Paige Bueckers (back) sat out after being injured on Tuesday against the Liberty on the front end of the home-and-home set. New York won that contest 85-76.

The Wings fell to 1-6 when Bueckers doesn’t play.

Natasha Cloud and Marine Johannes had 10 points apiece for New York, which shot 46.3 percent from the field, including 10 of 26 (38.5 percent) from 3-point range.

Dallas connected on 40 percent of its shots but was just 3 of 21 (14.3 percent) from behind the arc.

The Liberty saw a 19-point, second-quarter lead get whittled to three in the final minute of the third period but quickly restored order in the fourth quarter.

Fiebich drained a trey to start the final stanza as New York went on a 13-1 run. Jones later scored five straight points before Fiebich hit another 3-pointer to end the spurt and make it 77-58 with 5:59 left in the game.

Siegrist then went on a personal 9-0 run to bring Dallas within 10 with 4:02 left.

The Wings later trailed by seven but couldn’t move closer. Jones put the game away with a 3-pointer to make it 86-75 with 53.6 seconds left.

Ogunbowale tallied 12 points in the third quarter as Dallas trimmed a 16-point halftime deficit to 64-57.

After the Liberty scored the first points of the third period, the Wings scored 21 of the next 27. Ogunwobale made two free throws to cap the burst and bring Dallas within 58-55 with 52.7 seconds left.

Meesseman scored 14 first-half points as New York led 50-34 at the break.

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NHL NEWS

KYLE CLIFFORD RETIRES AFTER 13 NHL SEASONS, JOINS LEAFS’ FRONT OFFICE

Veteran forward Kyle Clifford announced his retirement after 13 seasons in the NHL on Friday.

He’s not leaving the league, however, as he will serve in a player development role with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Clifford, 34, last played in the NHL with the Maple Leafs in 2022-23 and spent the past two years with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. The enforcer had eight points in 17 games with the Marlies last season.

A two-time Stanley Cup winner with Los Angeles, Clifford totaled 144 points (66 goals, 78 assists) and 905 penalty minutes in 753 career games with the Kings, Maple Leafs and St. Louis Blues. He was selected by Los Angeles in the second round of the 2009 NHL Draft.

AVALANCHE SIGN F JOEL KIVIRANTA TO 1-YEAR CONTRACT

Free-agent forward Joel Kiviranta signed a one-year contract on Friday to rejoin the Colorado Avalanche.

Financial terms were not disclosed by the Avalanche.

Kiviranta, 29, recorded career highs in goals (16), assists (seven), points (23) and game-winning goals (two) in 79 games last season with Colorado. The Finland native played on a one-year, $775,000 deal last season.

“Joel is a hard-working, responsible player who has demonstrated he can be a key contributor at five-on-five,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said. “He has been a valuable member of our lineup, and we are excited to have him back for another season.”

Kiviranta has collected 60 points (35 goals, 25 assists) in 298 career games with the Dallas Stars and Avalanche.

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GOLF NEWS

DUSTIN JOHNSON, SERGIO GARCIA SHARE LEAD AT LIV GOLF CHICAGO

A pair of former Masters champions is atop the leaderboard at LIV Golf Chicago as Dustin Johnson and Spaniard Sergio Garcia each shot 4-under-par 67 in the first round Friday in Bolingbrook, Ill.

Garcia, whose round began at the 17th hole at Bolingbrook Golf Club, used a run of four birdies at Nos. 11-14 to jump to 6 under for his day. But he finished with back-to-back bogeys to give up the solo lead.

“Yeah, obviously you never want to finish bogey-bogey,” Garcia said. “… I think at the end of the day, 4 under is a very good score. I would have taken it at the beginning of the day with the conditions and the wind and everything, so I’m not disappointed about that.”

Johnson also started his round at No. 17 and overcame two early bogeys to climb to 4 under.

Johnson has contended that his scores this season aren’t reflecting the quality of his play.

“I feel like I’m always close, and it only takes a couple shots here or there where my game just clicks back and I start playing good again,” Johnson said. “Got off to a little bit of a shaky start today but then started hitting some quality shots and rolled in a couple putts and kind of turned it around and finished off with a nice solid day today.”

They hold a one-stroke lead over six players, which include a host of high-profile names: Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Spaniard Jon Rahm, England’s Tyrrell Hatton and South Africa’s Dean Burmester.

Mickelson’s day resembled Garcia’s: He had a strong start, with four straight birdies at Nos. 12-15, but that was partially undone by bogeys at Nos. 17 and 18.

“I’m not really pleased with the finish. I need to be able to finish these rounds a little bit better. But I played well, hit a lot of good shots, and I really enjoy the golf course,” Mickelson said.

Another seven players are two off the pace at 2-under 69: Andy Ogletree, Talor Gooch, Spaniard Josele Ballester, Chile’s Mito Pereira, Australian Lucas Herbert and South Africans Charl Schwartzel and Branden Grace.

As for the team competition, the South African outfit Stinger GC combined to go 6 under par Friday, good for a one-shot lead over Garcia’s Fireballs GC. Stinger is comprised of Burmester, Schwartzel, Grace and captain Louis Oosthuizen.

TOMMY FLEETWOOD ON TOP AT ST. JUDE; ROUND 2 TO CONCLUDE SATURDAY

MEMPHIS — England’s Tommy Fleetwood, seeking his elusive first win on the PGA Tour, followed a first-round 63 with a second-round 64 Friday to take the lead at the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the opening tournament of the season-ending FedEx Cup playoffs.

Play was suspended in the afternoon with 21 golfers on the course at TPC Southwind as heavy rains flooded the area. Second-round play will resume Saturday morning before the third round begins off two tees in threesomes.

Fleetwood’s 13-under 127 total was four strokes better than Collin Morikawa and Akshay Bhatia. Morikawa’s 5-under 65 Friday included holing out from the fairway on the par-4 ninth for an eagle. Bhatia, the first-round leader after an 8-under 62, managed a 69 that included 15 pars.

England’s Justin Rose also was tied for second at 9 under with two holes remaining when the rains hit. Kurt Kitayama posted a 7-under 63 to finish at 8-under 132.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who opened with a 67, had a roller-coaster round that included four bogeys and eight birdies, but finished at 4-under 66 and stands at 7 under. Scheffler was visibly frustrated throughout the round, from attempting to kick his club after an errant drive to talking to himself after a poor approach.

A win by the 34-year-old Fleetwood would give the tour back-to-back first-time champions. Cameron Young won last weekend’s Wyndham Championship, the final regular-season event.

“Maybe this weekend is the weekend,” Fleetwood said. “We’ll see.”

Fleetwood, in his 15th year as a pro, entered the second round one stroke behind Bhatia. Fleetwood quickly overtook him by recording birdies in bunches. They came at Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the front side and at Nos. 13, 14, 15 and 16 on the back nine, building a five-stroke cushion at the time. His only bogey came on No. 18 after his drive found a fairway bunker and his approach missed the green.

From early in the first round through the 17th hole of the second round, Fleetwood played a 30-hole stretch bogey-free with 14 birdies.

“When you shoot two good scores, it’s easy to say everything has been going well, but I think for the most part I’ve been very good off the tee, put myself in position to have a go at the course,” Fleetwood said. “My iron play has been good and solid, and I’ve rolled the ball well. The greens are really true.”

Fleetwood has won seven times on the European Tour, his last victory coming in the 2024 Dubai Invitational. He has come close multiple times on the PGA Tour. Among his three top-10 finishes in 2025 is a tie for second at the Travelers Championship in June.

“Happy to put myself in with a chance over the weekend,” Fleetwood said. “I think that’s exactly where you want to be and keep testing yourself. Yeah, it hasn’t happened for me yet out on the PGA Tour, but I would much rather be up there and not quite get it done than not there at all.”

Morikawa is trying to put his last two events — the Scottish Open and the Open Championship — behind him. He missed the cut in both, but is prospering after 36 holes in Memphis with a new caddie, Mark Urbanek, his fifth of the season.

“It wasn’t good,” Morikawa said of his game entering the week. “I went back to the drawing board, had to figure it out, had to really look at it from another perspective and say, OK, I look at my swing, looks like this, how do I just get down to the nitty-gritty and say maybe I need to be in this position, maybe I need to look at some setup stuff. You just keep trial-and-error stuff.”

The top 70 in the FedEx Cup points standings qualified for the St. Jude. Those who finish Sunday ranked in the top 50 of the FedEx Cup points standings qualify for the BMW Championship, the second round of the playoffs to be held next week in Owings Mills, Md. The top 50 also will be eligible for each of eight PGA Tour signature events in 2026.

–Phil Stukenborg, Field Level Media

JERRY KELLY, MATT GOGEL TIED FOR LEAD AT BOEING CLASSIC

Jerry Kelly rang up six birdies in a row late in his opening round on Friday, and he shares the early lead with Matt Gogel at the Boeing Classic in Snoqualmie, Wash.

Kelly’s 7-under-par 65 saw him roll in birdies at Nos. 12-17, including par-3s at Nos. 13 and 17 at The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge.

That run actually boosted him to 8 under, but he finished on a sour note at the par-5 18th when he went from bunker to bunker, reached the green in four and two-putted for his only bogey of the day.

“I didn’t even realize I was on a pretty good birdie streak until I saw it on 17, that was fun,” Kelly said. “I knew I was 8 under but didn’t know I just made six in a row.”

Kelly, 58, will try to win the Boeing Classic for the second time. It was the site of his first PGA Tour Champions victory in 2017; now he is searching for his 14th title overall.

“It’s special because of this whole area, I love it,” Kelly said. “When I can look around and forget about golf, that’s a great thing for me. It’s so beautiful up here that it can even make me forget about golf.”

He and Gogel take a one-stroke lead over Paul Goydos into the weekend.

Gogel was one of the last players to finish and capped off a busy day with birdies at Nos. 8-9 to tie Kelly for the lead. Gogel recorded nine birdies and two bogeys. He was 1 over through six holes before birdieing eight of his final 12 holes.

Goydos, meanwhile, turned in a bogey-free card, with five of his six birdies coming on the front nine.

“For nine holes I really couldn’t have done much better. Everything was exactly what I was trying to do for the most part,” Goydos said. “Back nine I played solid. I didn’t hit the putter quite as well. I hit it to two inches on 12 for my only birdie on the back.”

Six players are tied for fourth at 5-under 67: Brandt Jobe, David Duval, Sweden’s Freddie Jacobson, New Zealand’s Steven Alker, Fiji’s Vijay Singh and Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke.

Two-time defending champion Stephen Ames of Canada opened with a 2-under 70.

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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

CENTRAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL-INDIANA SRN DEFENSIVE LINEMEN WATCH LIST

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DAMI SOWUNMI, BROWNSBURG

ALEX ARAMBOLES, WESTFIELD

WILLIAMS MICHAEL PUGH, CATHEDRAL

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MUNA NEWMAN-NWODIKA, PIKE

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WILL DUNCAN, HAMILTON HEIGHTS

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BLAKE SMYTHE, FRANKLIN

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BROCK BROWNFIELD, NEW PALESTINE

CASEY HORTON, RONCALLI

THAD LAWRENCE, BISHOP CHATARD

KADIN FOUCE, MISSISSINEWA

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COLTS NEWS

REPORT: X-RAYS CLEAN FOR COLTS QB ANTHONY RICHARDSON

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson reportedly will return to practice “in the coming days” after X-rays on his dislocated pinkie came back clean.

NFL insider Jordan Schultz provided the positive update Friday for the injury-plagued passer, who sustained the injury to his right (throwing) hand in the first quarter of Thursday’s preseason opener at Baltimore.

Richardson, who got the start over offseason acquisition Daniel Jones, was under center for his second drive when he was sacked by David Ojabo for an 8-yard loss. Replays showed his little finger bent at an awkward angle.

After the game, he said he needed to have better awareness in such a situation.

“I definitely looked at it. That’s a tricky one because it’s five-man pro and hot from the backside,” Richardson said of the play on which he was injured. “I’ve just got to get my eyes to be able to react to that. It was just five-man pro playing hot. I need to be on my Ps and Qs when it comes to that.”

“It was going to be hard for me to see anyway,” Richardson added. “My eyes are looking a certain way, but I just have to be keyed on when anybody brings pressure like that. I thought it would be the nickel, but they brought it from the other side. I just have to be ready to get the ball out.”

Richardson completed 2 of 3 passes for 21 yards before exiting the Colts’ 24-16 loss to the Ravens. Jones was 10-for-21 passing for 144 yards and rookie Riley Leonard completed 12 of 24 passes for 92 yards and an interception.

Richardson, 23, is battling to keep his starting job after making 11 starts in 2024 and briefly being benched for Joe Flacco.

As a rookie in 2023, the No. 4 overall pick sustained an AC joint sprain in his fourth career start and underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Last season, Richardson missed two games with an oblique injury and two more due to back spasms, and he was absent from mandatory minicamp this summer because of a shoulder injury.

COLTS ROOKIE CB JUSTIN WALLEY (ACL) OUT FOR SEASON

Indianapolis Colts rookie cornerback Justin Walley will miss the upcoming season after sustaining a torn ACL in a joint practice with the Baltimore Ravens, head coach Shane Steichen announced.

Walley was listed as a starter on the first depth chart of the preseason by the Colts, who selected him in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Minnesota.

“Huge blow,” Steichen said on Thursday, two days after Walley suffered the injury. “I think he was having a hell of a camp. His man coverage skills were great, he was making a ton of plays in practice too before it happened.”

Walley, 22, recorded 42 tackles and two interceptions — including one returned for a touchdown — in 10 games last season with the Golden Gophers.

Fellow cornerbacks JuJu Brents and Jaylon Jones have missed practices while nursing hamstring injuries.

COLTS PLACE RB SALVON AHMED, CB JUSTIN WALLEY ON INJURED RESERVE; SIGN T MARCELLUS JOHNSON, CB B.J. MAYES, RB NATE NOEL, RB NAY’QUAN WRIGHT; RELEASE CB TRE HERNDON

The Indianapolis Colts today signed free agents tackle Marcellus Johnson, cornerback B.J. Mayes, running back Nate Noel and running back Nay’Quan Wright. The team also released cornerback Tre Herndon, placed running back Salvon Ahmed and cornerback Justin Walley on the Injured Reserve list and waived-injured linebacker Liam Anderson. If Anderson clears waivers, he will revert to the Colts Injured Reserve list.

Johnson, 6-4, 307 pounds, has spent time with the Minnesota Vikings (2024-25) and New York Giants (2024). He originally signed with the Giants as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2024. As a rookie, Johnson spent time on the Vikings and Giants practice squads. Collegiately, he played in 54 career games (20 starts) at Missouri (2023) and Eastern Michigan (2018-22). Johnson earned Academic All-MAC honors three times (2019-21). He is the younger brother of current Colts defensive tackle Eric Johnson II.

Mayes, 6-0, 187 pounds, participated in the Philadelphia Eagles’ 2025 training camp and offseason program after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2025. Collegiately, he played 43 career games at Texas A&M (2024), UAB (2023) and Incarnate Word (2021-22). Mayes compiled 124 tackles (93 solo), 5.0 tackles for loss, 35 passes defensed, seven interceptions and one fumble recovery. In 2024, he saw action in 11 games (four starts) and totaled 30 tackles (20 solo), nine passes defensed and one fumble recovery. Mayes led the Aggies and ranked fourth in the SEC in interceptions.

Noel, 5-9, 200 pounds, participated in the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 offseason program after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent on May 9, 2025. Collegiately, he appeared in 55 career games (36 starts) at Missouri (2024) and Appalachian State (2020-23). Noel totaled 704 carries for 3,892 yards (5.5 avg.) and 21 touchdowns. He also compiled 65 receptions for 316 yards (4.9 avg.). Noel was a two-time All-Sun Belt selection (2021 and 2022). He was also a 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll recipient.

Wright, participated in the Colts’ 2025 Veteran and Rookie Mini-Camps on a tryout basis. Collegiately, he played in 59 career games (17 starts) at South Florida (2023-24) and Florida (2019-22). Wright compiled 478 carries for 2,060 yards (4.3 avg.) and 21 touchdowns. He also caught 67 passes for 589 yards (8.8 avg.) and one touchdown. Wright was named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2024. He was a two-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll selection (2020-21) and earned SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll recognition (2019). His first name is pronounced NAY-kwahn.

Herndon, 5-11, 185 pounds, was signed by Indianapolis as a free agent on July 31, 2025. He has played in 84 career games (34 starts) in his time with the Colts (2025), New Orleans Saints (2024), Giants (2024) and Jacksonville Jaguars (2018-23). Herndon has recorded 233 tackles (180 solo), 9.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 32 passes defensed, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and 10 special teams stops. He has appeared in two postseason contests and has tallied five solo tackles.

Ahmed, 5-11, 197 pounds, was originally signed to the Indianapolis practice squad on October 16, 2024. He has played in 38 career games (four starts) in his time with the Colts (2024-25), Denver Broncos (2024), Dolphins (2020-24) and San Francisco 49ers (2020). Ahmed has compiled 163 carries for 593 yards (3.6 avg.) and five touchdowns. He has registered 40 receptions for 274 yards (6.9 avg.) and one touchdown. Ahmed has also appeared in one postseason contest and totaled five carries for three yards and three receptions for 45 yards (15.0 avg.).

Walley, 5-10, 190 pounds, was selected by the Colts in the third round (80th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft. He appeared in 49 career games (42 starts) at Minnesota (2021-24) and totaled 155 tackles (113 solo), 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 34 passes defensed, seven interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries (one returned for a touchdown).

Anderson, 6-3, 226 pounds, was originally signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on May 5, 2023. He spent time on the team’s active roster and practice squad the last two seasons. Anderson appeared in four career games.

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INDIANA FEVER

FEVER LOSE AARI MCDONALD, SYDNEY COLSON FOR REST OF SEASON

The Indiana Fever lost guards Aari McDonald and Sydney Colson for the season due to injuries sustained in Thursday’s 95-60 road loss against the Phoenix Mercury.

McDonald broke her right foot in the fourth quarter and Colson tore the ACL in her left knee during the first period. Indiana announced the severity of the injuries on Friday, one day before its contest against the visiting Chicago Sky.

McDonald was averaging 9.8 points, 4.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 20 games (13 starts). Colson was averaging 2.4 points and 2.0 assists in 30 games (six starts).

The injuries come at a time in which guard Caitlin Clark remains sidelined due to a right groin injury. Clark will miss her 10th straight game on Saturday.

Indiana will have just nine available players on Saturday but will be able to apply to sign a hardship player following the contest.

Chicago will be without star Angel Reese (back). It will be her eighth absence in the past 10 games.

GAME PREVIEW: FEVER TIP OFF THREE-GAME HOMESTAND AGAINST SKY

Indiana Fever vs Chicago Sky
Saturday, August 9
Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 8:00 p.m. ET
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Broadcast Information
TV: CBS
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan

Probable Starters

Indiana Fever (17-14)

Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Guard – Lexie Hull
Forward – Sophie Cunningham
Forward – Natasha Howard
Center – Aliyah Boston

Chicago Sky (8-22)

Guard – Ariel Atkins
Guard – Rachel Banham
Forward – Michaela Onyenwere
Forward – Elizabeth Williams
Center – Kamilla Cardoso

GAME PREVIEW:

After a four-game road trip, the Fever (17-14) return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse, where they will tip off a three-game homestand on Saturday night against the Chicago Sky (8-22).

After winning five straight games from July 24 – August 3, the Fever dropped the final two games of their West Coast road trip, including a 95-60 loss on Thursday night in Phoenix. It was a rough offensive night for Indiana, shooting just 34.3 percent from the field and committing 22 turnovers, but the biggest concern coming out of the game was injuries.

Veteran point guard Sydney Colson exited in the first quarter with a left knee injury and did not return and current starting point guard Aari McDonald hurt her right foot in the second half. The team announced on Friday afternoon that both players will miss the remainder of the season, as Colson was diagnosed with a torn ACL and McDonald broke a bone in her right foot. Indiana is still without All-Star point guard Caitlin Clark, who is recovering from a groin injury.

The Fever are still in fifth place in the WNBA standings and have a chance to potentially string together some wins over this homestand, which features games against Chicago, Dallas, and Washington, who are currently positioned between 10th and 12th in the 13-team league.

Indiana is 3-0 so far this season against the Sky, winning those three contests by an average margin of over 25 points per game. After Saturday, the two teams will meet for a fifth and final time in the regular season on Sept. 5 in Indianapolis.

The Sky have won just once in their last 10 games, a 78-64 win over the Mystics on Tuesday. Second-year forward Angel Reese played in that game, but sat out Thursday’s loss to Atlanta with a back injury. Reese leads the Sky in scoring at 14.2 points per game and also is the WNBA’s leading rebounder, pulling down 12.6 boards per contest.

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

INDIANS LATE COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AGAINST STORM CHASERS

INDIANAPOLIS – An eighth-inning RBI single by Nick Solak broke up the Omaha Storm Chasers shutout bid, but the late comeback attempt fell short as the Indianapolis Indians dropped Friday night’s game at Victory Field, 2-1.

With Omaha (13-24, 44-67) leading 2-0 following a two-run homer by Isan Díaz off Thomas Harrington (L, 7-9) in the top of the fifth, the Indians (24-13, 66-45) were held to three hits until the eighth inning. Ronny Simon and Jace Bowen, playing in just his second Triple-A game, recorded four of Indy’s five knocks.

Brandon Johnson (W, 2-2) was the first arm out of the bullpen for the Storm Chasers, and Joey Krehbiel (S, 3) held the Indians scoreless in the ninth.

With a loss on Saturday, the Indians would lose their first six-game series at Victory Field since April 1-6 vs. the Iowa Cubs to end a streak of nine straight series wins at home. Taking the mound for Indianapolis will be RHP Johan Oviedo (0-0, 1.80) against RHP Stephen Kolek (0-1, 4.50).

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INDY ELEVEN

DET VS. IND PREVIEW

Indy Eleven at Detroit City FC
Sat., Aug. 9, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Keyworth Stadium – Hamtramck, Mich.
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2025 USL Championships Records
Indy Eleven: 5-7-5 (-4), 20 pts; #7 in Eastern Conference
Detroit City FC: 5-7-6 (-3), 21 pts; #6 in Eastern Conference

Setting the Scene

Indy Eleven travels to Eastern Conference rival Detroit City FC on Saturday at 7:00 pm on WRTV 6 and ESPN+.

IND		DET
17	Games	18
27	Goals	20
66	SOT	60
18	Assists	12
31	Goals Conceded	23
73	Shots Faced	58
4	Clean Sheets	6

Series

Saturday is the ninth meeting in the all-time series and the second this season between the two teams.

IND Leads 3-2-3 | GF 10, GA 5

Last Three
May 3, 2025 | D, 2-2 | Home
Oct. 12, 2024 | D, 0-0 | Away
May 22, 2024^ | W, 3-0 | Home

Last Meeting

Indianapolis – Indy Eleven forward Elvis Amoh rallied his team from a 2-0 deficit with two goals to help the Boys in Blue earn a 2-2 draw against USL Eastern Conference rival Detroit City FC at Carroll Stadium on May 3.

Amoh, who made his first start of the season, has scored five goals in his last three matches, including back-to-back braces at Forward Madison FC in the USL Jägermeister Cup on April 26 and tonight. He recorded his first Indy Eleven goal vs. Charleston Battery on April 19.

With his team trailing 2-0 in the 27th minute, Amoh stole an attempted pass back towards goalkeeper Carlos Herrera, turned and fired a shot into the top left corner.

The Boys in Blue trailed 2-1 in the 60th minute when defender Hayden White was issued his second yellow card of the match, causing the team to play a man down the rest of the evening.

Six minutes later, Amoh struck again after a long ball from Ben Ofeimu was headed by captain Aodhan Quinn to Amoh, who took a quick dribble and fired a shot that hit the inside of the left post and went in to make it 2-2. It marked the first Boys in Blue goal playing a man down since July 1, 2023 vs. San Diego Loyal SC.

Indy Eleven goalkeeper Hunter Sulte made two big saves to keep the match tied. In the 83rd minute, Sulte dove to his left to stop a shot by Detroit’s Stephen Carroll that was heading towards the bottom right corner. Then in the second minute of second half stoppage time, Sulte recovered quickly to move from the right side of the goal to stop a shot by Ates Diouf headed toward the top left corner, punching it out.

Scoring Summary
DET – Connor Rutz (Haruki Yamazaki) 2’
DET – Darren Smith (Jay Chapman) 15’
IND – Elvis Amoh 27’
IND – Elvis Amoh (Aodhan Quinn) 66’
Discipline Summary
DET – Ryan Williams (caution) 4’
IND – Hayden White (caution) 32’
IND – James Musa (caution) 55’
DET – Haruki Yamazaki (caution) 58’
IND – Hayden White (caution) 60’ (ejection)
IND – Aodhan Quinn (caution) 64’
DET – Jay Chapman (caution) 65’
DET – Michael Bryant (caution) 72’
DET – Devon Amoo-Mensah (caution) 85’

Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley (Pat Hogan 80’), James Musa, Ben Ofeimu, Hayden White, Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy, Jack Blake (Elliot Collier 68’), Elvis Amoh (Romario Williams 68’), Edward Kizza (Bruno Rendon 45’), Maalique Foster (Josh O’Brien 68’).

Indy Eleven Subs not used: Cam Lindley, Reice Charles-Cook.

Detroit City FC line-up: Carlos Herrera, Devon Amoo-Mensah, Stephen Carroll (captain), Michael Bryant, Alex Villanueva (Shane Wiedt 78’), Ryan Williams, Jay Chapman, Haruki Yamazaki (Rhys Williams 63’), Connor Rutz (Ates Diouf 89’), Jeciel Cedeño (Sebastián Guenzatti 78’), Darren Smith.

Detroit City FC subs not used: Matt Sheldon, Marcello Polisi, Carlos Saldaña.

Lindley Makes 100th Appearance

Indy Eleven midfielder Cam Lindley became the fifth player in franchise history to make 100 career appearances in the Boys in Blue’s 3-1 setback to the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Carroll Stadium.

The Carmel, Indiana, native started his 150th USL Championship game and appeared in his 175th USLC contest, with 100 of them for the Boys in Blue. He joins Ayoze (126), Brad Ring (115), Karl Ouimette (108), and Don Smart (101) in that exclusive club for the franchise. Lindley is 25th on the USLC all-time list in assists (28), logging 13,099 minutes in league regular-season play.

After Tampa Bay took a 1-0 lead in the match, the Boys in Blue almost countered in the 14th minute with forward Romario Williams making a steal inside the area and quickly firing a right-footed shot that just missed the far post.

Indy Eleven produced the equalizer in the 44th minute with captain Aodhan Quinn initiating the scoring sequence with a long ball down the left sideline that earned a corner kick. Midfielder James Murphy took a quick restart with a short corner to forward Maalique Foster who touched it right back. After a quick touch, Murphy delivered a cross to the center of the box where defender Ben Ofeimu headed it home for his second goal of the season. It marked the first Boys in Blue assist for Murphy, who scored his first Indy Eleven goal two weeks ago at North Carolina FC.

The first-half goal was the 16th this season for the Boys in Blue, good for a tie for second in the USLC. Indy Eleven is tied for sixth in the league with 27 goals scored on the campaign.

After the Rowdies took a 2-1 lead in the second half, Murphy started a prime scoring opportunity to equalize in the 86th minute with a spin move in the middle of the field to create space to get it to Bruno Rendon on the right side. Rendon played a long cross to the far post to Oliver Brynéus, but his shot just missed.

Scoring Summary
TBR – Woobens Pacius (Nick Moon) 12’
IND – Ben Ofeimu (James Murphy) 44’
TBR – Luis Álvarez (Woobens Pacius) 57’
TBR – Joey Skinner (Manuel Arteaga) 90’+8
Discipline Summary
TBR – Nick Moon (caution) 38’
TBR – Woobens Pacius (caution) 72’
IND – James Musa (caution) 75’
IND – James Murphy (caution) 80’
IND – Maalique Foster (caution) 90’+10

Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, James Musa (Edward Kizza 79’), Josh O’Brien (Pat Hogan 45’), Ben Ofeimu, Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy, Cam Lindley (Oliver Brynéus 78’), Bruno Rendón, Jack Blake (Elliot Collier 60’), Romario Williams, Maalique Foster.

Indy Eleven Subs Not Used: Elvis Amoh, Reice Charles-Cook, Brem Soumaoro.

Indy Eleven Appearances (All Competitions)
1. Ayoze 126 2018-22
2. Brad Ring 115 2014-18
3. Karl Ouimette 108 2018-22
4. Don Smart 101 2014-17
5. Cam Lindley 100 2020, 2023-25

USLC 50+ Regular Season Goals Best Strike Rate

3. Romario Williams – 64 goals, 159 app., 156.6 mins/goal

Indy Eleven USL Championship Goals (All Competitions)
1. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20
2. Jack Blake 18 2023-
3. Sebastian Guenzatti 16 2023-24
4. Manuel Arteaga 15 2021-22
5. Aodhan Quinn 13 2023-
Aodhan Quinn USLC All-Time Rankings
Games Started | 265 | 1st
Minutes | 23,237 | 2nd
Assists | 56 | 3rd
Appearances | 279 | 4th
USL Championship Regular Season Goal Contributions
3. Aodhan Quinn (IND) 113 (57 goals & 56 assists)*
4. Solomon Asante 110 (52 goals, 58 assists)
USL Championship Regular Season 55 Goals & 30 Assists
1.Enzo Martinez (BHM) – 76 goals, 52 assists
2. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 57 goals, 56 assists
USL Championship Assists in Consecutive Games Streaks
2. Aodhan Quinn (PHX) 5 2021
4. Aodhan Quinn (OC) 4 2018
Aodhan Quinn (IND) 4 May 3-28, 2025
Indy Eleven Goals in a 5-Game Stretch
Elvis Amoh 7 Apr. 19-May 10, 2025
Tyler Pasher 6 Nov. 2, 2019-July 22, 2020
Augi Williams 5 May 8-22, 2024
Manuel Arteaga 5 June 4-18, 2022
Eamon Zayed 5 July 13-Aug. 3, 2016
Eamon Zayed 5 May 21-June 11, 2016
Blake Smith 5 May 28-June 17, 2014
Indy Eleven Goals in Consecutive Games Streaks
Tyler Pasher 6 Nov. 2, 2019-July 22, 2020
Elvis Amoh 5 Apr. 19-May 10, 2025
Augi Williams 4 May 8-22, 2024
Sebastian Guenzatti 3 Aug. 26-Sept. 15, 2023
Stefano Pinho 3 May 28-June 8, 2022
Tyler Pasher 3 June 1-15, 2019
Dane Kelly 3 Apr. 15-28, 2019
Dane Richards 3 Aug. 19-29, 2015
Kleberson 3 July 19-Aug. 2, 2014
Indy Eleven Saves, Game
11, Yannik Oettl at Chicago Fire FC II, 4/17/24, USOC 3rd Round
10, Sean Lewis at Birmingham Legion FC, 10/12/22
10, Reice Charles-Cook at Philadelphia, 5/7/25, USOC Rd. of 32
9, Jon Busch at Minnesota United, 7/16/16
8, Owain Fon Williams at Louisville City, 10/13/18
8, Bobby Edwards at Sporting KC II, 6/20/21
8, Kristian Nicht vs. San Antonio Scorpions, 5/30/14
8, Kristian Nicht vs. Minnesota United, 10/11/14

USL Championship Stats

Individual
Category Player Rank Total
Assists Aodhan Quinn T4 6
Jack Blake T11 4
Clearances Pat Hogan 4 107
James Musa 8 99
Interceptions James Musa T9 22
Clean Sheets Hunter Sulte T10 4
Saves Hunter Sulte T11 39
Tackles Won James Murphy T12 23
Shots Jack Blake T13 27
Goals Jack Blake T17 5
Team
Category Rank Total
First-Half Goals T2 16
Goals T6 27
Conversion Rate T7 17%
Shots T13 192
Clean Sheets T14 4

USL Career Regular Season Rankings

Individual Rankings

Goals
T14. Romario Williams (IND) – 64
T21. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 57
Assists
2. Solomon Asante – 58
3. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 56
Games Started
1. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 265
2. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 259
26. James Musa (IND) – 205
Minutes
1. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 23,294
2. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 23,237
24. James Musa (IND) – 18,059

Appearances

4. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 279

Team Leaders
Stat Player Number
Goals Jack Blake 5
Assists Aodhan Quinn 6
Shots Jack Blake 27
Shots on Target Jack Blake 13
Chances Created Jack Blake 21
Crosses Aodhan Quinn 44
Fouls Won Jack Blake 27
Duels Won Bruno Rendon 77
Aerial Duels Won Pat Hogan 39
Clearances Pat Hogan 107
Blocks Hogan, Ofeimu 8
Interceptions James Musa 22
Tackles Won James Murphy 23
Passes James Murphy 742
Minutes James Murphy 1461

USL CHAMPIONSHIP HONORS

Elvis Amoh
Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round-Bench (4/29)
USL Championship Team of the Week (Week 8/9 – 5/6)
Jack Blake
USL Championship Team of the Week (Week 2 – 3/18)
USL Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round (4/29)
USL Player of the Week (Week 17/18-7/7)
USL Team of the Week (Week 17/18-7/7)
Maalique Foster
USL Team of the Week – Bench (Week 4 – 4/1)
USL Team of the Week (Week 5 – 4/8)
USL Goal of the Week nominee (Week 17/18-7/7)
Pat Hogan
USL Championship Team of the Week (Week 2 – 3/18)
Ben Ofeimu
USL Championship Team of the Week (Week 15 – 6/17)
Aodhan Quinn
USLC Goal of the Week nominee (Week 4 – 4/1)
USLC Team of the Week – Bench (Week 17/18 – 7/7)
Bruno Rendon
USL Championship Team of the Week (Week 3 – 3/25)
Hunter Sulte
USL Championship Team of the Week (Weeks 13/14 – 6/10)
USL Jägermeister Cup Team of the Round (7/1)
USL Jägermeister Cup “Save of the Round” nominee (7/1)
Romario Williams
USL Championship Team of the Week (Weeks 13/14 – 6/10)

COACH SEAN McAULEY

Head coach Sean McAuley earned the USLC “Coach of the Month” last May and he was a nominee for USLC Midseason “Coach of the Year” after leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten streak in a two-month span from April 17 through June 15.

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

McAuley is in his second season in Indy after previously serving as interim head coach/assistant at MLS-side Minnesota United FC. McAuley helped Minnesota to playoff appearances in his first three seasons, including a trip to the Western Conference Finals in 2020.

In 2015, he hoisted the MLS Cup with the Portland Timbers. McAuley began his playing career with Manchester United and played for Portland Timbers and the Scottish U-21 National Team.

USLC: 19-17-14 | USOC: 5-1-1 | OVERALL: 27-19-16 (.565)

TEAM HIGH/LOWS

Single-Match Highs
Shots: 17 | May 28 vs HFD
SOT: 8 | Mar. 15 at MIA
Possession: 58.4% | May 28 vs HFD
Corners: 11 | Mar. 29 vs COS
Single-Match Lows
Shots: 4 | June 4 at BHM
SOT: 1 | June 4 at BHM
Possession: 30.2% | May 10 at SAC
Corners: 1 | Mar. 22 at LEX, May 10 at SAC, June 4 at BHM
Opponent Highs
Shots: 21 | June 28 vs. BHM^
SOT: 9 | July 18 at NC
Possession: 69.8% | May 10 at SAC
Corners: 9 | June 28 vs. BHM^
Opponent Lows
Shots: 4 | June 14 vs PIT
SOT: 0 | June 14 vs PIT, July 12 vs. RI
Possession: 41.6% | May 28 vs HFD
Corners: 2 | May 16 at ELP

USL Championship Regular-Season Player Milestones

60 Goals
Romario Williams – 64
50 Goals
Aodhan Quinn – 57
40 Goals
Elvis Amoh – 44
30 Goals
Jack Blake – 37
20 Goals
Maalique Foster – 21
Edward Kizza – (19)
Elliot Collier – (18)
50 Assists
Aodhan Quinn – 56
25 Assists
Cam Lindley – 28 (T25 on USLC All-Time List)
Jack Blake – 25
15 Assists
Maalique Foster – 16
James Murphy – 16
Aedan Stanley – 15
110 Goals+Assists
Aodhan Quinn – 113 (57 goals, 56 assists)
70 Goals+Assists
Romario Williams – 75 (64 goals, 11 assists)
60 Goals+Assists
Jack Blake – 62 (37 goals, 25 assists)
50 Goals+Assists
Elvis Amoh – 53 (44 goals, 9 assists)
30 Goals+Assists
Maalique Foster – 37 (21 goals, 16 assists)
Cam Lindley – 33 (5 goals, 28 assists)
20 Goals+Assists
Elliot Collier – 25 (18 goals, 7 assists)
Edward Kizza – 21 (19 goals, 2 assists)
10 Penalties Converted (attempted)
Aodhan Quinn – 25 (28)
Jack Blake – 13 (15)
Romario Williams – 8 (10)
250 Appearances
Aodhan Quinn – 279
200 Appearances
James Musa – 218
150 Appearances
Jack Blake – 186
Cam Lindley – 175
Romario Williams – 159
100 Appearances
James Murphy – 149
Elvis Amoh – 145
Ben Ofeimu – 141
Aedan Stanley – 138
Elliot Collier – 122
Pat Hogan – 104
250 Games Started
Aodhan Quinn – 265
200 Games Started
James Musa – 205
150 Games Started
Jack Blake – 157
Cam Lindley – 150
100 Games Started
Aedan Stanley – 134
James Murphy – 123
Romario Williams – 118
20,000 Minutes
Aodhan Quinn – 23,237
15,000 Minutes
James Musa – 18,059
10,000 Minutes
Jack Blake – 13,400
Cam Lindley – 13,099
Aedan Stanley – 12,025
James Murphy – 11,135
Ben Ofeimu – 10,575
Romario Williams – 10,023

ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Goalkeepers (3): Reice Charles-Cook, ^Ryan Hunsucker, Hunter Sulte

Defenders (9): Pat Hogan, ^Maverick McCoy, Finn McRobb, James Musa, Josh O’Brien, Ben Ofeimu, Bruno Rendon, Aedan Stanley, Hayden White

Midfielders (7): Jack Blake, Oliver Brynéus, Cam Lindley, James Murphy, Logan Neidlinger, Aodhan Quinn, Brem Soumaoro

Forwards (5): Elvis Amoh, Elliot Collier, Maalique Foster, Edward Kizza, Romario Williams

^USL Academy Contract

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INDIANA FOOTBALL

QUOTED: FALL CAMP EDITION – KAELON BLACK, ROLIJAH HEMBY & ROMAN HEMBY

KAELON BLACK: https://iuhoosiers.com/watch?Archive=17553&type=Archive

ROLIJAH HARDY: https://iuhoosiers.com/watch?Archive=17555&type=Archive

ROMAN HEMBY: https://iuhoosiers.com/watch?Archive=17554&type=Archive

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INDIANA VOLLEYBALL

THREE CAPTAINS NAMED FOR 2025

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Three Indiana volleyball players will serve as captains for the 2025 season following a team vote at the beginning of fall camp. Senior opposite hitter Avry Tatum, junior middle blocker Ava Vickers and sophomore setter Sade Ilawole were voted as IU’s three team leaders by their respective teammates.

Tatum and Vickers were IU’s representatives at Big Ten Media Days in July, serving as spokeswomen for the Hoosiers ahead of the upcoming campaign. Ilawole, who featured as both a setter and defensive specialist in 2024, has been considered a great vocal leader in the gym this offseason.

IU opened its fall preseason camp on Wednesday (August 6th). Incoming freshman setter Teodora Kričković will arrive on campus this weekend to complete the 17-player roster for eighth-year head coach Steve Aird. The Hoosiers open their season in Coral Gables against Miami (Fla.) on Friday, August 29th.

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INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER

HOW TO WATCH INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER DURING 2025 SEASON

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — At least five of Indiana’s 18 regular season matches will go out to a national audience, as the Big Ten announced its linear programming for men’s soccer on Thursday (Aug. 7). Remaining home and conference matches will appear on the B1G+ digital platform.

Fans can watch three Indiana road matches – at Michigan State (Sept. 23), at Washington (Oct. 3) and at Maryland (Oct. 24) – on the Big Ten Network. IU’s home matches versus UCLA (Sept. 26) and Wisconsin (Oct. 21) will also appear on the linear platform.

The television selections have adjusted kickoff times for three of Indiana’s matches. Those times are listed below.

Date	Opponent	Network	Kickoff Time
Sept. 23	at Michigan State	Big Ten Network	6 p.m. ET
Sept. 26	vs. UCLA	Big Ten Network	8 p.m. ET
Oct. 3	at Washington	Big Ten Network	10 p.m. ET
Oct. 21	vs. Wisconsin	Big Ten Network	7 p.m. ET
Oct. 24	at Maryland	Big Ten Network	8 p.m. ET

The conference announced details for its 2025-26 Olympic sports championships, including the Big Ten Men’s Soccer Tournament, on Wednesday (Aug.7). Its new format reduces the event to two rounds, hosted by the No. 1 seed from Nov. 12-16. The Big Ten Network will televise all three matches.

Indiana athletics will share watch information for its non-conference road matches at Notre Dame (Sept. 7) and Kentucky (Oct. 14) at a later date.

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PURDUE FOOTBALL

FALL CAMP REPORT – AUGUST 8

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football took the practice field on Friday (Aug. 8) ahead of its first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday.

A defensive leader at the linebacker position, Mani Powell, was named to the Butkus Award Watch List that honors the nation’s top linebacker. Powell spent the 2024 season with linebacker Charles Correa at UNLV under head coach Barry Odom and defensive coordinator/linebackers coach Mike Scherer after he spent the 2023 season at Arkansas with linebacker Alex Sanford Jr.

“They mesh really well,” said Scherer. “I have special pride in our linebacker room. Having the experience we have together over the years, there’s an added benefit to that… All of those guys working together, they have a friendship, bond and understanding that they need each other.”

In his true freshman season at UNLV in 2024, Correa appeared in all 14 games with two starts and accumulated 16 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss and one forced fumble. Heading into his sophomore season, Correa knew it was a no-brainer to follow Odom to Purdue.

“Coach Odom and Coach Scherer, I can go on and on about the good things they bring to college football, to each young man they coach and everyone around them,” said Correa. “Being from Hawaii, family is everything. Being part of a family atmosphere is truly special. Being able to find that in the craziness of college football these days is rare, and Coach Odom is who I want to play for.”

Sanders Ellis is one of eight new additions to the linebacker room and joins the Boilermakers after he was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, presented to the top freshman in the FCS, and finished fifth in voting. He totaled 86 tackles, 15.5 tackles-for-loss and three fumble recoveries at Tennessee State to earn FCS All-American status.

“I’m glad to be here and be part of what Coach Odom is doing,” said Ellis. “Coach Odom is a leader of men. He’s a great coach and he wants the best for you.”

The Boilermakers will have their first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday (Aug. 9), closed to the public and media, before returning to practice on Monday (Aug. 11).

DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR MIKE SCHERER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkaTJ2dGV98

LB CHARLES CORREA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pALTGE-24Qc

LB SANDERS ELLIS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcObGsOSOCk

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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL

CRAIG NAMED TO RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCH LIST

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior offensive lineman Ashton Craig has been selected to the Rimington Trophy Watch List. The award honors the most outstanding center in Division I college football.

Notre Dame has had two finalists for the Rimington Trophy: Jeff Faine (2002) and Braxston Cave (2012).

In 2023, Craig was named to the Associated Press All-Bowl Team for his performance starting at center in the Sun Bowl. Notre Dame’s offensive line group was a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award, honoring the nation’s top offensive line unit, in both 2023 and 2024.

Craig started the first three games of 2024 at center prior to a season-ending injury. He was part of an offensive line unit that paved the way for Notre Dame’s rushing offense to rank No. 4 among the Power 4 in yards per carry (5.66), ranking No. 7 among all FBS teams. The Irish ranked No. 6 among Power 4 teams in rushing offense (210.8).

With 45 rushing touchdowns, the Irish led all Power 4 teams and ranked third among all FBS programs in rushing touchdowns.

Notre Dame outpaced their opponents’ average yards allowed entering the game in every game of the 2024 season. The Irish rushed for an average of 84.69 yards more than each opponent’s average rushing yards allowed entering the game, while outpacing their average yards-per-carry allowed entering each game by an average of 2.27 yards per carry.

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NOTRE DAME WOMEN’S SOCCER

ENGLE AND KLENKE RECEIVE PRESEASON ALL-ACC HONORS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The ACC announced the 2025 Women’s Soccer Preseason Coaches Poll and Team as the Fighting Irish landed at number two with two first place votes and 229 points. Sophomore forward Izzy Engle and senior midfielder/defender Leah Klenke were selected to the Preseason All-ACC Team.

Klenke is a two-time All-ACC and two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region honoree, taking home All-ACC First Team honors and USC All-Region Second Team honors last year.

Last season, Engle was a Mac Hermann Trophy Semifinalist and a USC Second Team All-American. She was also recognized as a USC All-Atlantic Region selection and received ACC Freshman of the Year and Top Drawer Soccer Freshman of the Year honors.

Engle scored 19 goals last season which was the sixth most all-time by a freshman at Notre Dame and was the second most scored in the country in 2024. Engle’s 0.86 goals per match ranked second nationally as well.

2025 Preseason ACC Women’s Soccer Coaches Poll

North Carolina (10), 246

Notre Dame (2), 229

Florida State (4), 225

Duke, 208

Stanford, 201

Wake Forest, 172

Virginia (1), 169

Virginia Tech, 162

Clemson, 132

California, 124

Pitt, 111

SMU, 83

Boston College, 81

Louisville, 67

Miami, 44

NC State, 40

Syracuse, 18

2025 Preseason All-ACC Team

Teagan Wy, Sr., GK, California

Mia Minestrella, Jr., F, Duke

Mia Oliaro, Jr., M, Duke

Cameron Roller, Jr., D, Duke

Jordynn Dudley, Jr., F, Florida State

Heather Gilchrist, Sr., D, Florida State

Tessa Dellarose, Sr., M/D, North Carolina

Kate Faasse, Sr., F/M, North Carolina

Olivia Thomas, Jr., F, North Carolina

Linda Ullmark, So., M, North Carolina

Izzy Engle, So., F, Notre Dame

Leah Klenke, Sr., D/M, Notre Dame

Andrea Kitahata, R-Sr., F, Stanford

Maggie Cagle, Sr., F, Virginia

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BALL STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER

SOCCER HOSTS WRIGHT STATE IN AN EXHIBITION SUNDAY

The Ball State soccer team is set to host Wright State in an exhibition at 5 p.m. on Sunday at the Briner Sports Complex in Muncie.

It will be the first opportunity to see the Cardinals in action ahead of the 2025 season, which officially begins on August 17 with a match against Purdue. Ball State also hosts Holy Cross (Ind.) for an exhibition at 4 p.m. on August 14.

Sunday’s promotion is Community Day, where fans of all ages, especially local youth teams and organizations, are invited for an afternoon of recognition and interaction. There will be a shaved ice truck at the Briner Sports Complex as well.

Head coach Andy Stoots enters his first season leading the program after recent stints at Missouri and Louisville.

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INDIANA STATE FOOTBALL-CAMP: DEFENSIVE LINE

https://gosycamores.com/news/2025/8/8/football-2025-us-lawns-terre-haute-fall-camp-defensive-line.aspx

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

Aug. 9

1916 — The Philadelphia A’s ended their 20-game losing streak as Joe Bush beat the Detroit Tigers 7-1.

1939 — Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees started a streak of 18 consecutive games in which he scored at least one run. During those games, he scored a total of 30 runs.

1960 — Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox hit home run No. 511 to tie Mel Ott for fourth place on the all-time list.

1975 — Davey Lopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 32nd consecutive base without being caught in a 2-0 victory over the New York Mets, breaking Max Carey’s 1922 record. Lopes tacked on six more steals before being caught on Aug. 24.

1976 — John Candelaria became the first Pirate pitcher in 69 years to throw a no-hitter in Pittsburgh by blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0. Candelaria’s no-hitter came at Three Rivers Stadium. No Pirate ever threw a no-hitter at Forbes Field.

1981 — Baseball returned following the strike with the All-Star game in Cleveland before a crowd of 72,086. Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos hit two home runs to give the NL a 5-4 triumph over the AL. Vida Blue became the first pitcher to win an All-Star game in both leagues. His AL victory came in 1971 at Detroit.

1988 — The Chicago Cubs won the first official night game at Wrigley Field by beating the New York Mets 6-4.

1998 — Dennis Martinez became the winningest Latin pitcher in baseball history, breaking Juan Marichal’s record of 243 victories. Martinez pitched a perfect eighth inning and got the victory when Chipper Jones hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for the win.

2001 — Mike Hampton tied the NL record for pitchers with his seventh homer as the Rockies beat the Cubs 14-5. Hampton’s seventh homer matched the NL mark shared by Don Drysdale (1958, 1965) and Don Newcombe (1955). The major league record is nine by Cleveland’s Wes Ferrell in 1931.

2002 — Barry Bonds hit his 600th homer, becoming the fourth major leaguer to reach the mark. With a 421-foot, solo shot off Pittsburgh’s Kip Wells, the San Francisco Giants slugger joined Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth and Willie Mays in the exclusive club.

2007 — Failed pitcher Rick Ankiel hit a three-run home run to cap his debut as a major league outfielder in St. Louis’ 5-0 victory over San Diego.

2018 — Mookie Betts homered for Boston in the ninth inning to complete his first career cycle, and Toronto held on to beat the Red Sox 8-5.

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Aug. 10

1901 — Frank Isbell of the Chicago White Sox set an AL record by stranding 11 teammates on the basepaths.

1944 — Charles “Red” Barrett of the Boston Braves threw only 58 pitches to beat the Cincinnati Reds 2-0 in a nine-inning game.

1957 — Mickey Mantle became the first player to clear the center-field hedge at Baltimore’s Memorial Stadium when his 460-foot homer hit the base of the scoreboard. The Yankees beat the Orioles, 6-3.

1969 — Cesar Tovar of Minnesota broke up the second no-hit bid against the Twins by a Baltimore pitcher. Tovar singled with no out in the ninth off Mike Cuellar. Earlier in the year, Tovar singled with one out in the ninth to spoil Dave McNally’s bid.

1971 — Harmon Killebrew of the Minnesota Twins hit his 500th home run in the first inning off Baltimore’s Mike Cuellar to become the 10th player to hit 500 or more in a career. Killebrew also hit No. 501 off Cuellar but the Orioles won 4-3.

1981 — Major league baseball resumed play after a two-month strike. In the St. Louis Cards-Phillies game at Philadelphia, attended by 60,561 fans, Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL hit record when he singled for his 3,631st hit. It came off Mark Littell in the eighth inning.

1987 — Philadelphia’s Kevin Gross was ejected in the fifth inning after umpires discovered a strip of sandpaper glued to the heel of his glove to scuff balls. The Phillies had a 4-2 lead over the Chicago Cubs. Gross would be suspended for 10 games the next day.

1995 — Ball Night at Dodger Stadium turned into the first forfeit in the majors in 16 years. Los Angeles forfeited a game to the St. Louis Cardinals after fans threw souvenir baseballs onto the field three times. The game was called with one out in the bottom of the ninth.

2003 — Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal turned the 12th unassisted triple play in major league history against the St. Louis Cardinals. With runners on first and second in the fifth inning, Furcal made a leaping grab of pitcher Woody Williams’ liner. The runners were going, and Furcal stepped on second base to double up Mike Matheny before tagging out Orlando Palmeiro.

2004 — Barry Bonds became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in 13 consecutive seasons, hitting a solo shot off John Grabow in the seventh inning of San Francisco’s 8-7 loss to Pittsburgh. Bonds has now hit 30 homers in 14 seasons, one shy of Hank Aaron’s record.

2006 — Boston’s Curt Schilling tied the AL record by allowing 10 extra-base hits in a 5-4 loss to Kansas City. Schilling gave up nine doubles and a home run, matching the mark set by Washington’s Dale Gear in 1901 and equaled by Cleveland’s Luis Tiant in 1969.

2009 — Troy Tulowitzki had five hits, hit for the cycle and had a career-high seven RBIs to help Colorado beat the Chicago Cubs 11-5.

2018 — Kole Calhoun and Justin Upton hit two-run homers, Albert Pujols reached another milestone and Los Angeles rallied past Oakland for 4-3 win. With a single in the sixth inning, Pujols recorded his 1,000th career hit with the Angels. He became the ninth player all-time with at least 1,000 hits in each league after getting 2,073 with St. Louis.

2018 — The Orioles’ awful season continues as they blow an early 8 – 3 lead against Boston to lose, 19 – 12. This puts them 46 1/2 games back of the division-leading Red Sox, with 46 games remaining, meaning they are mathematically eliminated. It matches the earliest date this has happened in baseball history, set by the 1932 Red Sox and copied by the 1962 Mets, two notoriously awful teams, and the 46 games left to play at the time of elimination is a new record in the divisional era.

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Aug. 11

1907 — In the second game of a doubleheader, shortened by agreement, Ed Karger of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a seven-inning perfect game, beating the Boston Braves 4-0.

1926 — Tris Speaker of Cleveland hit his 700th career double but the Indians lost to the Chicago White Sox, 7-2. The double came in the third inning off Joe Edwards.

1929 — Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run in the second inning off Willis Hudlin at Cleveland’s League Park. The homer was Ruth’s 30th of the year, but it wasn’t enough as the Indians beat the Yankees 6-5.

1951 — Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies beat the New York Giants 4-0, dropping the Giants 13 1/2 games behind the first-place Brooklyn Dodgers.

1961 — Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves scattered six hits to beat the Chicago Cubs, 2-1, for his 300th career victory.

1970 — Philadelphia’s Jim Bunning beat the Houston Astros 6-5 to become the first pitcher to win 100 games in both leagues since Cy Young.

1980 — Reggie Jackson hits his 400th career home run, off Britt Burns, in the Yankees’ 3 – 1 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium.

1986 — Cincinnati player-manager Pete Rose, 45, singled four times and doubled to set a NL record with the 10th five-hit game of his career. Rose drove in three runs in a 13-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants, to move one ahead of Max Carey for the record.

1987 — Mark McGwire of the Athletics broke Al Rosen’s AL rookie record by hitting his 38th home run in Oakland’s 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.

2004 — Randy Wolf homered twice and threw seven solid innings to lead Philadelphia to a 15-4 victory over Colorado. Wolf went 3-for-3 and scored three runs.

2007 — Rick Ankiel homered twice and drove in three runs, the latest power display by the former pitcher, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1.

2010 — Arizona tied a major league record by hitting four consecutive home runs, with Adam LaRoche, Miguel Montero, Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew all connecting in the fourth inning of an 8-2 win over Milwaukee.

2013 — After Mariano Rivera blew a third straight save for the first time in his famed career, Brett Gardner homered with two outs in the ninth inning to give the New York Yankees a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. Rivera with a record 643 saves, had never failed three in a row in 936 relief appearances.

2018 — Oakland’s Ramon Laureano pulled off a spectacular double play and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-0. With one out and Eric Young Jr. on first, Laureano raced into the gap in left-center to haul in Justin Upton’s drive. The rookie center fielder then uncorked a 320-foot throw on a fly to first base to complete the double play. Marcus Semien homered twice and Khris Davis also connected for Oakland.

2022 — The Cubs win the second annual Field of Dreams Game, played in a temporary ballpark near Dyersville, IA, next to the site where the eponymous movie was shot, 4 – 2 over the Reds. Nick Madrigal leads the way, going 3 for 5 as both teams wear retro uniforms for the occasion. Before the game, Ken Griffey Sr. sets the tone by playing a friendly game of catch with his son, Junior, soon joined by a group of kids and then legendary players from both teams in a scene straight out of the iconic movie.

Aug. 12

1948 — In the second game of a doubleheader, the Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3 with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major league record as 14 different players hit safely.

1964 — Mickey Mantle hit a home run both left- and right-handed in a 7-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the 10th time in his career and a major league record for switch-hit homers in a game.

1966 — Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds connected for three home runs in a 14-11, 13-inning loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the homers came in the 10th and 11th innings.

1970 — Curt Flood lost his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball.

1974 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels set an American League record by striking out 19 in a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ryan, who walked two, bettered the 18 strikeouts set by Bob Feller in 1938 and tied the major league record set by Steve Carlton in 1969 and Tom Seaver in 1970.

1984 — Perhaps one of the ugliest brawl-filled games in major league history took place in Atlanta. Atlanta’s Pascual Perez hit San Diego’s Alan Wiggins in the back with the first pitch of the game. It escalated as the Padres pitchers retaliated by throwing at Perez all four times he came to the plate. The game had two bench-clearing brawls, the second of which included several fans and 19 ejections including both managers and both replacement managers. The Braves beat the Padres 5-3. San Diego manager Dick Williams would be suspended for 10 days and fined $10,000 while Atlanta manager Joe Torre and five players each received three-game suspensions.

1986 — Don Baylor of the Boston Red Sox set an AL record when he was hit by a pitch for the 25th time for the season, breaking the record he had shared with Bill Freehan (1968) and Norm Elberfield (1911). Kansas City’s Bud Black was the pitcher as the Royals completed a doubleheader sweep with a 6-5 victory.

1988 — The Boston Red Sox set an AL record with their 23rd straight victory at home, beating the Detroit Tigers 9-4. Boston surpassed the league mark of 22 set by the 1931 Philadelphia Athletics.

1994 — Major league baseball players went on strike for the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.

1998 — Alex Rodriguez becomes the fourth youngest player to 100 home runs in a 11 – 5 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.

2010 — Casey McGehee set a franchise record with his ninth straight hit, going 4 for 4 and leading the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. McGehee had a solo homer, a two-run double, an RBI single and another single.

2015 — Clayton Kershaw tied Sandy Koufax’s franchise record of six straight 200-strikeout seasons while tossing eight scoreless innings, and Los Angeles defeated Washington 3-0. Kershaw struck out the side in the second to equal the mark set by Koufax from 1961-66.

2015 — Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners throws a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Orioles. Iwakuma becomes the second Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter following Hideo Nomo.

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Aug. 13

1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each team had 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batsman and one passed ball.

1921 — George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns became the first batter in American League history to hit for the cycle twice. Sisler went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs in a 7-5, 10-inning win over the Detroit Tigers.

1921 — John “Mule” Watson of the Boston Braves pitched two complete-game victories over the Philadelphia Phillies.

1931 — Tony Cuccinello of the Cincinnati Reds had six hits in six at-bats in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston. Cuccinello had a triple, two doubles and three singles to knock in five runs as the Reds won 17-3. Cuccinello hit a three-run homer in the eighth of the nightcap to give the Reds a 4-2 win.

1939 — The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 21-0 to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Every batter in the Yankees lineup hit safely. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren had two home runs apiece, each hitting an inside-the-parker. Pitcher Red Ruffing had four hits and drove in three runs.

1948 — Satchel Paige, 42, pitched his first major league complete game against the Chicago White Sox. Paige gave up five hits en route to 5-0 Cleveland victory.

1957 — Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette hit his first two home runs to lead the Braves to a 12-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.

1969 — Jim Palmer of the Orioles, plagued by arm trouble the year before, threw an 8-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s in Baltimore.

1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock reached 3,000 hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp. St. Louis won 3-2.

2004 — Kansas City rookies Abraham Nunez and John Buck hit grand slams to lead the Royals past the Oakland Athletics 10-3.

2005 — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blew his first save since April 6 in a 7-5 win over Texas. Rivera had converted a career-best 31 consecutive saves before allowing Kevin Mench’s two-run, game-tying single in the ninth.

2013 — Paul Goldschmidt hit the first pitch of the 11th inning for a game-ending home run after leading off the ninth with a tying homer, to help Arizona beat Baltimore 4-3 with a winning blast for the second straight night.

2015 — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2. The AL East leaders also won 11 in a row in June, becoming the first team with winning streaks of at least 11 since Cleveland in 1954.

2016 — Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge became the first teammates to hit home runs in the first at-bats of their major league debuts in the same game, sparking the New York Yankees to an 8-4 win over Tampa Bay.

2018 — Ronald Acuna Jr. hit leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader for the Atlanta Braves.

2020 — Mookie Betts hits three home runs (the 6th of his career) in an 11-2 win over the Padres. the three run home run game ties Betts with Johnny Mize and Sammy Sosa for the most all-time although Betts reached the total in 813 games while Mize needed 1,884 and Sosa 2,364.

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Aug. 14

1919 — Chicago’s Happy Felsch tied the major-league record with four outfield assists in a game. The White Sox still lost to the Boston Red Sox 15-6.

1932 — Brooklyn’s John Quinn, 49, became the oldest pitcher to win a major league game. Quinn pitched the last two innings of a 2-1, 10-inning win over the New York Giants.

1933 — Jimmie Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in nine runs in an 11-5 win over the Cleveland Indians. The nine RBIs set an American League record for one game, breaking the 22-year-old mark set by Topsy Hartzell of the New York Highlanders.

1958 — Vic Power of the Cleveland Indians stole home twice, in the eighth and 10th innings, in a 10-9 win over Detroit. He had only three steals all year.

1960 — Bill White of the St. Louis Cardinals hit for the cycle in a 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game of a doubleheader.

1971 — Bob Gibson of St. Louis pitched a no-hitter, blanking the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-0.

1987 — Oakland’s Mark McGwire set a major league rookie record with his 39th homer of the season to help the A’s to a 7-6, 12-inning victory over the California Angels.

1998 — Baltimore’s Chris Hoiles became the ninth major leaguer and first catcher to hit two grand slams in one game.

2002 — Trevor Hoffman became the first reliever in major league history to have 30 or more saves in eight straight seasons in San Diego’s 6-2 win over the New York Mets.

2007 — Atlanta manager Bobby Cox was ejected after the fifth inning for arguing a called third strike in the Braves’ 5-4 victory over San Francisco. It was his 132nd ejection, breaking the mark set by Hall of Famer John McGraw.

2009 — Felix Pie became the fourth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle, and Baltimore tied club records for extra-base hits and doubles in a 16-6 rout of the Los Angeles Angels.

2011 — Albert Pujols hit the longest home run at 6-year-old Busch Stadium in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 6-2 win over Colorado. Pujols’ two-run drive in the first inning was estimated at 465 feet.

2013 — Alfonso Soriano homered twice for the second straight night and drove in a career-high seven runs, giving him 13 RBIs in two games while powering the New York Yankees to an 11-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

2015 — Matt Kemp hit a triple in the ninth for the first cycle in the history of the San Diego Padres, who beat the Colorado Rockies 9-5.

2018 — Atlanta’s Ronald Acuna Jr., 20, became the youngest major leaguer to homer in five straight games.

2021 — Arizona Diamondbacks Tyler Gilbert became the fourth pitcher and first in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his initial big league start, leading Arizona over the San Diego Padres 7-0 with the record-tying eighth no-hitter of the season.

2024 — With a long ball off Chad Kuhl in the 8th inning, Aaron Judge reaches the 300 Home Runs mark, doing so in fewer games (955) and at-bats (3,431) than anyone before him. The homer follows a rare intentional walk issued to Juan Soto and is part of an emphatic 10 – 2 win by the Yankees over the White Sox.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Aug. 9

1936 — Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four Olympic gold medals as the United States sets a world record in the 4×100 relay at the Berlin Games. The record time of 39.8 seconds lasts for 20 years.

1950 — Lusty Song, driven by Delvin Miller, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats over Star’s Pride. Lusty Song wins by a length in the first race and by a neck in the second.

1981 — Larry Nelson beats Fuzzy Zoeller by three strokes to take the PGA Championship.

1984 — Britain’s Daley Thompson wins his second Olympic decathlon with a record 8,797 points and Valerie Brisco-Hooks sets her second Olympic record with a 21.81 time in the 200-meter run.

1987 — Larry Nelson sinks a 6-foot putt in the first hole of a playoff to beat Lanny Wadkins in the PGA Championship.

1988 — Edmonton Oilers trade Wayne Gretzky to LA Kings for $15-$20 millions.

1992 — The Summer Olympics ends with the Unified Team holding a 112-108 lead in medals over the United States, the closest race since America won 90-86 in 1964 at Tokyo.

1995 — John Godina becomes the first American to win the shot put event at the World Championships with a toss of 70 feet, 5¼ inches.

2007 — Alexis Thompson becomes the youngest quarterfinalist in the 107-year history of the U.S. Women’s Amateur, beating fellow 12-year-old Pearl Jin 5 and 4 in the second round and Lizette Salas 5 and 4 in the third.

2007 — David Beckham makes his long-awaited Major League Soccer debut, entering in the 72nd minute of the Los Angeles Galaxy’s 1-0 loss to D.C. United.

2008 — Mariel Zagunis leads a U.S. sweep of the women’s saber fencing for the first American medals of the Beijing Games. Zagunis, the 2004 gold Olympic champion, beats Sada Jacobson 15-8 for the gold medal. Becca Ward takes the bronze.

2009 — Jennifer Song becomes the second woman to win two U.S. Golf Association championships in the same year, beating Jennifer Johnson 3 and 1 in the U.S. Women’s Amateur final at Old Warson. The 19-year-old Song, coming off her freshman year at Southern California, won the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links in June. Pearl Sinn is the only other woman to win two USGA titles in a year, taking the 1988 Amateur and Public Links.

2010 — No American player appears in the top 10 for the first time since the men’s tennis computer rankings began in 1973. Andy Roddick drops from No. 9 to No. 11 in the latest ATP rankings.

2012 — Usain Bolt wins the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds, making him the only man with two Olympic titles in that event. He adds it to the 100 gold he won Aug. 5, duplicating the 100-200 double he produced at the Beijing Games four years ago. This time, Bolt leads a Jamaican sweep, with his training partner and pal Yohan Blake getting the silver in 19.44, and Warren Weir taking the bronze in 19.84. The American men take the top two spots in the men’s decathlon (Ashton Eaton and Trey Hardee) and triple jump (Christian Taylor and Will Claye), raising the U.S. track and field total with three days to go to 24 medals.

2012 — The U.S. women’s soccer team wins the Olympic gold medal, avenging one of its most painful defeats with a 2-1 victory over Japan. Carli Lloyd scores in the eighth and 54th minutes for the Americans, who lost to the Japanese in penalty kicks at last year’s World Cup final.

2012 — Maggie Steffens scored five times and the U.S. women’s water polo team beat Spain 8-5 to take the Olympic tournament for the first time. U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields caps her swift rise to the top of women’s Olympic boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova. The 17-year-old Shields dances and slugs her way past her 33-year-old opponent.

2014 — Nick Rimando breaks the MLS record with his 113th shutout in Real Salt Lake’s 3-0 victory over D.C. United. Rimando broke a tie with Kevin Hartman for the record.

2016 — Michael Phelps adds to his Olympic record medal haul twice. He avenges his London 2012 loss to South African rival Chad le Clos with a 200-meter butterfly victory and his 20th career gold. Then, he anchors the 4×200 freestyle relay team for his 21st gold.

2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her second gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in 1:53.73 in the women’s 200m freestyle ahead of Sarah Sjöström of Sweden and Australian Emma McKeon.

2022 — Tennis superstar Serena Williams announces her intention to retire in an interview with “Vogue”.

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Aug. 10

1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0.

1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense.

1975 — Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA Championship for the fourth time with a two-stroke victory over Bruce Crampton and Tom Weiskopf.

1980 — Jack Nicklaus wins his fifth PGA Championship with a record score of 274, seven strokes ahead of Andy Bean.

1984 — The US beats Spain 96-65 to win the men’s basketball gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics; future ‘dream team’ members Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing and Chris Mullin feature.

1984 — The much anticipated matchup between American world champion Mary Decker and South African Zola Budd in the women’s 3000-meter race at the Los Angeles Olympics ends in controversy. Just past the midpoint of the race, Decker steps on Budd’s heel, causing Budd to stumble and Decker to trip over Budd. Budd gets back into the race and Decker goes down with an injured thigh. Romania’s Maricica Puica, who had set the fastest time in 1984, wins the race and Budd finishes seventh.

1995 — Michael Bradley, a third-year pro without a tour victory, shoots a record-tying 63 in his first PGA round to lead the PGA Championship.

1996 — Cigar’s bid for a 17th straight victory ends when longshot Dare and Go passes the super horse in the upper stretch and pulls away to win the Pacific Classic at Del Mar. Cigar, 3 1-2 lengths behind Dare and Go, fails to break a tie with Citation for the record winning streak by a North American-based horse this century.

2008 — In Beijing, Michael Phelps begins his long march toward eight gold medals by winning the 400-meter individual medley in 4:03.84 — smashing his own world record. The U.S. women’s 400-meter freestyle relay team, anchored by 41-year-old Dara Torres, takes the silver behind the Netherlands’ Olympic record effort. It’s the 10th medal of Torres’ career.

2008 — Ireland’s Padraig Harrington rallies from three shots behind to win the PGA Championship, closing with a 4-under 66 at Oakland Hills to become the fourth player to win the British Open and PGA in the same year. Harrington, the first European to win consecutive majors, closes out Sergio Garcia with a 15-foot par on the 18th for a two-shot victory.

2012 — The United States wins the women’s 4×100-meter track relay in a world-record time of 40.82 seconds to give the Americans their first Olympic victory in the event since 1996. Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter combine for a perfect trip around the track that ends a string of disappointments for the U.S. in the marquee relay.

2012 — Maurice Purify catches a record seven touchdown passes and the Arizona Rattlers win the Arena Bowl with a 72-54 win over the Philadelphia Soul.

2014 — Rory McIlroy wins his second straight major championship and fourth of his young career, rallying on the back nine in the PGA Championship. The tournament finishes in near-darkness at Valhalla Golf Club, with the final two groups essentially morphing into a foursome as they race to beat nightfall. McIlroy rallies from a three-shot deficit at the turn, to shoot a 3-under 68 to beat Phil Mickelson by one stroke. McIlroy finishes at 16-under 268.

2016 — Daryl Homer becomes the first American to win an Olympic silver medal in men’s individual sabre in 112 years.

2016 — Kristin Armstrong wins the road cycling individual time trial, finishing with a time of 44:26.42 for her third consecutive gold in the Olympic event.

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Aug. 11

1919 — Green Bay Packers football club founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau – named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.

1929 — Babe Ruth is the first MLB player to hit 500 home runs.

1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.

1948 — Demon Hanover, driven by Harrison Hoyt, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.

1974 — Lee Trevino beats Jack Nicklaus by one stroke to capture the PGA Championship.

1979 — Peter Haughton wins his second International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway by driving Doublemint to victory.

1984 — Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens′ 1936 feat, winning his 4th Olympic gold medal as part of the US 4 x 100m relay team; world record (37.83).

1984 — Britain’s Sebastian Coe sets an Olympic record in the 1,500 meter with a 3:32.53 winning time.

1985 — Hubert Green beats defending champion Lee Trevino by two strokes to take the PGA Championship.

1986 — Bob Tway’s bunker shot on the final hole gives him the PGA Championship over Greg Norman.

1991 — John Daly, the last alternate to make the field, wins the 73rd PGA Championship with a 1-under 71 to finish three strokes ahead of Bruce Lietzke.

1995 — Michael Johnson wins the 200 meters in 19.79 seconds in the World Track & Field Championships to become the first runner to capture the 200 and 400 meters in a major championship.

1996 — Mark Brooks makes a 5-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with Kenny Perry to win the PGA Championship.

2002 — Karrie Webb’s latest comeback establishes a new standard of excellence on the LPGA Tour: the Super Slam — winning the four tournaments currently regarded as majors as well as the du Maurier, which lost its major status in 2000 after 21 years. Webb shoots a 6-under 66, rallying from three strokes behind to the first three-time winner in the Women’s British Open.

2008 — The US 4 x 100m freestyle replay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones & Jason Lezak beats France by 8 seconds to win gold and smash world record at the Beijing Olympics.

2012 — Usain Bolt is a perfect 3 for 3 at the London Olympics — three events, three victories — just like Beijing four years ago. Almost even with the last U.S. runner when he gets the baton for the anchor leg of the 4×100 meters, Bolt steadily pulls away down the stretch to cap his perfect Summer Games by leading Jamaica to victory in a world-record 36.84 seconds. Allyson Felix wins her third gold medal, giving the United States a 20-meter lead after the second leg of the 4×400-meter relay. DeeDee Trotter, Felix, Francena McCorory and Sanya Richards-Ross bring home the victory for the Americans’ fifth straight Olympic title in the event.

2012 — Candace Parker scores 21 points and the heavily favored U.S. women’s basketball team wins a fifth straight Olympic gold medal with an 86-50 victory over France.

2013 — Ashton Eaton of the United States wins the decathlon world championship title to add to his Olympic gold medal. He completes his collection with a season-leading total of 8,809 points in a 10-event competition.

2013 — Jason Dufner wins his first major title with a two-stroke victory over Jim Furyk at the PGA Championship.

2016 — Michael Phelps wins his fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympics and 22nd overall with a victory in the 200-meter individual medley. It was the 13th individual gold and 26 medals overall.

2016 — Simone Biles soars to the all-around title in women’s gymnastics at the Rio Olympics. Her total of 62.198 is well clear of silver medalist and “Final Five” teammate Aly Raisman and Russian bronze medalist Aliya Mustafina.

2017 — The NFL suspends Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott six games after a yearlong NFL investigation of his domestic violence case in Ohio.

2021 — Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi confirms signing a rich 2-year contract with French Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain after leaving FC Barcelona.

Aug. 12

1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup.

1936 — Rosalind, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.

1937 — Shirley Hanover, driven by Henry Thomas, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.

1942 — The Ambassador, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.

1953 — Helicopter, driven by Harry Harvey, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.

1978 — Cold Comfort, driven by 23-year-old Peter Haughton, ties the International Trot mark of 2:31 3-5 at Roosevelt Raceway which makes Haughton the youngest driver to win the International.

1990 — Wayne Grady of Australia sheds his runner-up image with a 3-stroke victory over Fred Couples in the PGA Championship.

1994 — Major league baseball players strike in the sport’s eighth work stoppage since 1972.

1995 — Ernie Els sets a PGA record with the lowest three-day score in a major. Els, with a 197, holds a three-stroke lead in the PGA Championship.

2000 — Evander Holyfield scores a 12-round unanimous decision over John Ruiz in Las Vegas to win the vacant WBA heavyweight title.

2007 — Tiger Woods captures the PGA Championship to win at least one major for the third straight season and run his career total to 13. Woods closes with a 1-under 69 for a two-shot victory over Woody Austin.

2008 — American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins his 3rd of 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics when he takes the 200m freestyle in world record 1:42.96.

2011 — Tiger Woods misses the cut at the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club. With one final bogey for a 3-over 73, Woods finishes out of the top 100 for the first time ever in a major. He is 15 shots behind Jason Dufner and Keegan Bradley.

2012 — The U.S. men’s basketball team defend its title by fighting off another huge challenge from Spain, pulling away in the final minutes for a 107-100 victory and its second straight Olympic championship. The victory by the men’s basketball team gives the United States its 46th gold medal in London, the most ever by Americans in a “road” Olympics.

2012 — Rory McIlroy breaks the PGA Championship record for margin of victory that Jack Nicklaus set in 1980. McIlroy sinks one last birdie from 25 feet on the 18th hole to give him a 6-under 66 for an eight-shot victory. McIlroy closes out a remarkable week by playing bogey-free over the final 23 holes of a demanding Ocean Course at Kiawah Island, S.C.

2016 — Katie Ledecky caps off one of the greatest performances in Olympic history with her fourth gold medal and second world record, shattering her own mark in the 800-meter freestyle. Ledecky is the first woman since Debbie Meyer swept the three longer freestyle events at the same Olympics. Meyer took the 200, 400 and 800 at the 1968 Mexico Games.

2017 — Usain Bolt ends his stellar career in excruciating pain. The Jamaican great crumples to the track with a left-leg injury while chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4×100-meter relay team at the world championships in London. Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screams and stumbles as he comes down with the first injury he has experienced at a major competition.

2018 — Brooks Koepka wins his first PGA Championship, playing poised and mistake-free golf down the stretch amid ear-splitting roars for Tiger Woods and a late charge from revitalized Adam Scott. Koepka becomes the fifth player to win the U.S. Open and the PGA in the same year.

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Aug. 13

1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21 starts.

1933 — Gene Sarazen wins the PGA Championship by defeating Willie Goggin 5 and 4 in the final round.

1935 — The first roller derby begins in Chicago by promoter Leo Seltzer.

1979 — Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals reaches 3,000 career hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp.

1987 — Jackie Joyner-Kersee equals the world record in the women’s long jump — 24 feet, 5½ inches — in the Pan American Games at Indianapolis. She matches the mark set in 1986 by Heike Dreschler of East Germany.

1995 — Cuba’s Ana Quirot, severely burned in a 1993 kitchen accident, wins the 800 meters at the world championships at Gothenburg, Sweden.

1995 — Steve Elkington shoots a final-round 64 and birdies the first playoff hole to beat Colin Montgomerie and win the PGA Championship. The 64 is the lowest final round by a PGA Championship winner.

1997 — Wilson Kipketer topples Sebastian Coe’s 16-year-old record in the 800 meters, finishing in 1 minute, 41.24 seconds in Zurich, Switzerland. Haile Gebrselassie also shatters his own 5,000 record with a time of 12 minutes, 41.86 seconds.

2002 — Natalie Coughlin breaks the 100-meter backstroke world record, timed in 59.58 seconds at the U.S. national championships. She is the first American to hold the world record since Catherine Ferguson in 1966.

2008 — Michael Phelps swims into history as the winningest Olympic athlete with his 10th and 11th career gold medals and five world records in five events at the Beijing Games. He wins the 200-meter butterfly and swims leadoff for the U.S. 800 freestyle relay team.

2016 — The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team of Kathleen Baker, Lilly King, Dana Vollmer and Simone Manuel — winners at the Rio Games — delivers the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history. Michael Phelps closes the Rio Olympics with a gold medal in the butterfly leg of the 4×100 medley relay. Phelps finishes his career with 28 medals, having won five golds and a silver at these games.

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Aug. 14

1903 — Jim Jeffries knocks out Jim Corbett in the 10th round to retain his world heavyweight title in San Francisco.

1936 — In Berlin, the U.S. wins the first Olympic basketball gold medal with a 19-8 win over Canada. The game is played outdoors on a dirt court in a driving rain. Joe Fortenberry leads the U.S. with seven points. James Naismith, the inventor of the game, presents the medals.

1959 — The formation of the American Football League is announced in Chicago. Play will begin in 1960 with franchises in six cities with the probability of adding two more teams.

1977 — Lanny Wadkins beats Gene Littler on the third hole of sudden death to take the PGA Championship.

1977 — The Cosmos, led by Pele, play before a Meadowlands crowd of 77,961 in East Rutherford, N.J., the most to see a soccer game in the U.S. The Cosmos beat the Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 in an NASL quarterfinal playoff game.

1994 — Nick Price wins the PGA Championship, finishing at 11-under 269 for 72 holes, six strokes ahead of Corey Pavin. It is the lowest stroke total in an American major championship.

2003 — The New York blackout forces the evacuation of workers and players from Shea Stadium hours before the Mets-Giants game. It’s the only major league baseball game affected by the blackout that stretches from the Northeast to Ohio and Michigan. Elsewhere, two WNBA games are postponed, and Yonkers (N.Y.) Raceway cancels its card.

2005 — The U.S. 4×400 relay team, anchored by Jeremy Wariner, races to a record 14th gold medal for the United States at the field world championships.

2011 — Keegan Bradley wins the PGA Championship after trailing by five shots with three holes and then defeating Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff. Bradley becomes the third player in at least 100 years to win a major championship in his first try.

2014 — Rob Manfred is elected baseball’s 10th commissioner, winning a three-man race to succeed Bud Selig.

2016 — South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk breaks Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old world record in the 400-meter final in Rio de Janeiro. Usain Bolt becomes the first to capture three straight 100-meter titles at the Olympics. He finishes in 9.81 — 0.08 seconds ahead of Justin Gatlin.

2019 — French woman Stephanie Frappart is the first woman to referee a major match in a European men’s tournament. UEFA Super Cup, Chelsea vs. Liverpool in Istanbul.

2024 — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hits 300th career home run in a 10-2 win over the White Sox. Milestone reached faster than Ralph Kiner (in games), and Babe Ruth (in at bats).

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TV SPORTS

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S)

5:30 a.m.

FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Carlton

1 a.m. (Sunday)

FS2 — AFL: Western at Melbourne

AUTO RACING

Noon

FS1 — NTT: IndyCar Series: Practice, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

12:05 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

1:10 p.m.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

2:30 p.m.

FS1 — NTT: IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

3 p.m.

CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Mission 200 at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

4:30 p.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Practice, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

7:30 p.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: Qualifying, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

8:30 p.m.

FS2 — NTT: IndyCar Series: Practice, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL

8 p.m.

CW — AVP League: Week 8 – Day 2, Dallas

BIG3 BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

CBS — Week 9: Houston Rig Hands vs. Miami 305, Boston Ball Hogs vs. LA Riot, DMV Trilogy vs. Dallas Power, Chicago Triplets vs. Detroit, Los Angeles

CFL FOOTBALL

3 p.m.

CBSSN — Ottawa at Toronto

7 p.m.

CBSSN — Winnipeg at Calgary

FISHING

8 a.m.

FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2025 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Mich.

GOLF

7 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nexo Championship, Third Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

1 p.m.

FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Ill.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The FedEx St. Jude Championship, Third Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.

3 p.m.

FS2 — LIV Golf League: Second Round, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Ill.

GOLF — USGA: The 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Semifinals, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.

NBC — PGA Tour: The FedEx St. Jude Championship, Third Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.

6 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Boeing Classic, Second Round, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Wash.

6:30 a.m. (Sunday)

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

GYMNASTICS

2 p.m.

CNBC — USAG Championships: The U.S. Classic, New Orleans (Taped)

4:30 p.m.

CNBC — USAG Championships: The U.S. Classic, New Orleans (Taped)

6:30 p.m.

CNBC — USAG Championships: The U.S. Classic, New Orleans (Taped)

HORSE RACING

12:30 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

1 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

2:30 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

3 p.m.

FOX — The Sword Dancer Invitational: From Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

6 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

LACROSSE (MEN’S)

1 p.m.

ABC — PLL: Philadelphia vs. New York, Boston

LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Semifinal, Greenville, N.C.

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Semifinal, Greenville, N.C.

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

4 p.m.

ESPN — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Las Vegas

7 p.m.

ESPN — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez (Middleweights), Las Vegas

MLB BASEBALL

2 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at N.Y. Yankees (2:05 p.m.) OR Miami at Atlanta (1:15 p.m.)

5 p.m.

MLBN — Washington at San Francisco (4:05 p.m.)

7 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis OR Philadelphia at Texas

9:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Tampa Bay at Seattle (9:40 p.m.) OR Toronto at L.A. Dodgers (9:10 p.m.)

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Giants at Baltimore

4 p.m.

NFLN — Preseason: Houston at Minnesota

8 p.m.

NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Jets at Green Bay

RODEO

6:30 p.m.

CW — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Sunrise, Fla.

RUGBY (WOMEN’S)

11:40 p.m.

FS2 — NRL: Brisbane at Canberra

4:10 a.m. (Sunday)

FS2 — NRL: North Queensland at Parramatta

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:25 a.m.

CBSSN — English League Championship: Hull City at Coventry City

10:55 a.m.

CBSSN — Club Friendly: Atletico Madrid at Newcastle United

8:30 p.m.

FS1 — MLS: San Diego at Kansas City

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

Noon

ESPN — NWSL: Washington at NJ/NY

7:30 p.m.

ION — NWSL: Louisville at Orlando

10 p.m.

ION — NWSL — Angel City at San Diego

TENNIS

12:30 p.m.

TENNIS — Cincinnati-ATP/WTA Early Rounds

WNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

CBS — Chicago at Indiana

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(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

AUTO RACING

1 p.m.

FS1 — Indy NXT Series: The Grand Prix of Portland, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

2 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Go Bowling at The Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y.

3 p.m.

FOX — NTT: IndyCar Series: The Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland, Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

FISHING

8 a.m.

FS1 — Bassmaster Elite Series: The 2025 Yokohama Tire Bassmaster Elite at Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Mich.

GOLF

6:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

10 a.m.

FS2 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Ill.

Noon

FOX — LIV Golf League: Final Round, Bolingbrook Golf Club, Bolingbrook, Ill.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The FedEx St. Jude Championship, Final Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.

2 p.m.

NBC — PGA Tour: The FedEx St. Jude Championship, Final Round, TPC Southwind, Memphis, Tenn.

4 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Boeing Classic, Final Round, The Club at Snoqualmie Ridge, Snoqualmie, Wash.

7 p.m.

GOLF — USGA: The 2025 U.S. Women’s Amateur, Championship Match, Bandon Dunes Golf Resort, Bandon, Ore.

GYMNASTICS

Noon

NBC — USAG Championships: The U.S. Classic, New Orleans

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

2 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

6 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL

Noon

ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Third-Place Game, Greenville, N.C.

3 p.m.

ABC — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Championship, Greenville, N.C.

MLB BASEBALL

1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Houston at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.) OR Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (1:35 p.m.)

4:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Boston at San Diego (4:10 p.m.) OR Toronto at L.A. Dodgers (4:10 p.m.)

7 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis

ESPN2 — Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (StatCast)

NFL FOOTBALL

1 p.m.

NFLN — Preseason: Miami at Chicago

4 p.m.

NFLN — Preseason: New Orleans at L.A. Chargers

RODEO

Noon

CBS — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Sunrise, Fla. (Taped)

2 p.m.

CW — PBR: Camping World Team Series, Sunrise, Fla.

RUGBY (WOMEN’S)

4:10 a.m.

FS2 — NRL: North Queensland at Parramatta

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:25 a.m.

CBSSN — SPFL Premiership: Celtic at Aberdeen

11:25 a.m.

CBSSN — English League Championship: Sheffield Wednesday at Leicester City FC

3 p.m.

FS2 — Canadian Premier League: Atletico Ottawa at Valour FC

10 p.m.

FS1 — MLS: Seattle at L.A. Galaxy

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

2 p.m.

CBS — NWSL: Bay FC at Chicago

4 p.m.

CBS — NWSL: Seattle at Portland

TENNIS

12:30 p.m.

TENNIS — Cincinnati-ATP/WTA Early Rounds

WNBA BASKETBALL

12:30 p.m.

ABC — Minnesota at New York

4 p.m.

CBSSN — Washington at Dallas

6 p.m.

NBATV — Atlanta at Phoenix

9 p.m.

NBATV — Connecticut at Las Vegas

THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY AUGUST 9, 2025

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