THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY JULY 12, 2025

“THE SCOREBOARD”

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WNBA SCOREBOARD

INDIANA 99 ATLANTA 82

SEATTLE 79 CONNECTICUT 65

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NBA SUMMER LEAGUE AT A GLANCE

FRIDAY, JULY 11

BOSTON 92 MEMPHIS 78

ATLANTA 105 MIAMI 98

DETROIT 104 NEW YORK 86

CHARLOTTE 111 UTAH 105

TORONTO 116 CHICAGO 72

PHOENIX 103 WASHINGTON 84

LA CLIPPERS 95 HOUSTON 92

SATURDAY, JULY 12

CLEVELAND VS. MILWAUKEE, 3:30 P.M.

DALLAS VS. SAN ANTONIO, 4 P.M.

INDIANA VS. OKLAHOMA CITY, 5:30 P.M.

CHARLOTTE VS. PHILADELPHIA, 6:30 P.M.

SACRAMENTO VS. CHICAGO, 8 P.M.

L.A. LAKERS VS. NEW ORLEANS, 8:30 P.M.

MINNESOTA VS. DENVER, 10 P.M.

MEMPHIS VS. PORTLAND, 10:30 P.M.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD

ATLANTA 6 ST. LOUIS 5

SAN DIEGO 4 PHILADELPHIA 2

NY METS 8 KANSAS CITY 3

MINNESOTA 2 PITTSBURGH 1

MILWAUKEE 8 WASHINGTON 3

TEXAS 7 HOUSTON 3

COLORADO 3 CINCINNATI 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 5 CLEVELAND 2 (11)

CLEVELAND 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

NY YANKEES 11 CHICAGO CUBS 0

BALTIMORE 5 MIAMI 2

BOSTON 5 TAMPA BAY 4

SEATTLE 12 SETROIT 3

SAN FRANCISCO 8 LA DODGERS 7

TORONTO 7 LAS VEGAS 6

LA ANGELS 6 ARIZONA 5

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

GWINNETT 8 INDIANAPOLIS 4

FT. WAYNE 8 QUAD CITIES 6

SOUTH BEND 6 WISCONSIN 2

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER SCOREBOARD

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

WED., JULY 23: PRACTICE (10-11 A.M.)

THUR., JULY 24: PRACTICE (10-11 A.M.)

FRI., JULY 25: PRACTICE (10-11:15 A.M.)

SAT., JULY 26: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)

MON., JULY 28: PRACTICE (10-11:15 A.M.)

TUE., JULY 29: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)

THUR., JULY 31: PRACTICE (8-10 P.M.)

SAT., AUG. 2: PRACTICE (10-11:35 A.M.)

SUN., AUG. 3: PRACTICE (10-11:30 A.M.)

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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BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

BIG 12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

INDEPENDENTS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

NOTRE DAMEUCONN

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ARKANSAS STATE | LOUISIANASOUTH ALABAMA | SOUTHERN MISSTEXAS STATE | TROY | ULM

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NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES

TEAM	SITE	LOCATION	ROOKIES	VETERANS
ARIZONA CARDINALS	STATE FARM STADIUM	GLENDALE, ARIZ.	7/22	7/22
ATLANTA FALCONS	IBM PERFORMANCE FIELD	FLOWERY BRANCH, GA.	7/23	7/23
BALTIMORE RAVENS	UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER	OWINGS MILLS, MD.	7/15	7/22
BUFFALO BILLS	ST. JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY	ROCHESTER, N.Y.	7/15	7/22
CAROLINA PANTHERS	BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM	CHARLOTTE, N.C.	7/21	7/22
CHICAGO BEARS	HALAS HALL	LAKE FOREST, ILL.	7/19	7/22
CINCINNATI BENGALS	KETTERING HEALTH PRACTICE FIELDS	CINCINNATI	7/19	7/22
CLEVELAND BROWNS	CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS	BEREA, OHIO	7/18	7/22
DALLAS COWBOYS	STAYBRIDGE SUITES	OXNARD, CALIF.	7/21	7/21
DENVER BRONCOS	BRONCOS PARK POWERED BY COMMONSPIRIT	ENGLEWOOD, COLO.	7/16	7/22
DETROIT LIONS	DETROIT LIONS TRAINING FACILITY	ALLEN PARK, MICH.	7/16	7/19
GREEN BAY PACKERS	LAMBEAU FIELD	GREEN BAY, WIS.	7/18	7/22
HOUSTON TEXANS	HOUSTON METHODIST TRAINING CENTER	HOUSTON	7/22	7/22
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS	GRAND PARK	WESTFIELD, IND.	7/21	7/22
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS	MILLER ELECTRIC CENTER	JACKSONVILLE, FLA.	7/19	7/22
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS	MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY	ST. JOSEPH, MO.	7/21	7/21
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS	INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PERFORMANCE CENTER	HENDERSON, NEV.	7/17	7/22
LOS ANGELES CHARGERS	THE BOLT	EL SEGUNDO, CALIF.	7/12	7/16
LOS ANGELES RAMS	LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY	LOS ANGELES	7/22	7/22
MIAMI DOLPHINS	BAPTIST HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX	MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.	7/15	7/22
MINNESOTA VIKINGS	TCO PERFORMANCE CENTER	EAGAN, MINN.	7/20	7/22
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS	GILLETTE STADIUM	FOXBOROUGH, MASS.	7/19	7/22
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS	OCHSNER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER	METAIRIE, LA.	7/22	7/22
NEW YORK GIANTS	QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TRAINING FACILITY	EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.	7/15	7/22
NEW YORK JETS	ATLANTIC HEALTH JETS TRAINING CENTER	FLORHAM PARK, N.J.	7/19	7/22
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES	NOVACARE COMPLEX	PHILADELPHIA	7/22	7/22
PITTSBURGH STEELERS	SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE	LATROBE, PA.	7/23	7/23
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS	SAP PERFORMANCE FACILITY	SANTA CLARA, CALIF.	7/15	7/22
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS	VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTER	RENTON, WASH.	7/15	7/22
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS	ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER	TAMPA, FLA.	7/21	7/22
TENNESSEE TITANS	ASCENSION SAINT THOMAS SPORTS PARK	NASHVILLE, TENN.	7/22	7/22
WASHINGTON COMMANDERS	ORTHOVIRGINIA TRAINING CENTER AT COMMANDERS PARK	ASHBURN, VA.	7/18	7/22

2025 NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – JULY 31

L.A. CHARGERS VS. DETROIT (NBC), 8:00

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

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

INDIANAPOLIS AT BALTIMORE, 7:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA, 7:30
LAS VEGAS AT SEATTLE, 10:00

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

DETROIT AT ATLANTA, 7:00
CLEVELAND AT CAROLINA, 7:00
WASHINGTON AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:30

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

2025 NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, SEPT. 4, 2025
DALLAS COWBOYS AT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES	8:20P (ET)	8:20P	NBC
FRIDAY, SEPT. 5, 2025
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS VS LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (SAO PAULO)	9:00P (BRT)	8:00P	YOUTUBE
SUNDAY, SEPT. 07, 2025
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AT ATLANTA FALCONS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	FOX
CINCINNATI BENGALS AT CLEVELAND BROWNS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	FOX
MIAMI DOLPHINS AT INDIANAPOLIS COLTS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	CBS
CAROLINA PANTHERS AT JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	FOX
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	CBS
ARIZONA CARDINALS AT NEW ORLEANS SAINTS	12:00P (CT)	1:00P	CBS
PITTSBURGH STEELERS AT NEW YORK JETS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	CBS
NEW YORK GIANTS AT WASHINGTON COMMANDERS	1:00P (ET)	1:00P	FOX
TENNESSEE TITANS AT DENVER BRONCOS	2:05P (MT)	4:05P	FOX
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS AT SEATTLE SEAHAWKS	1:05P (PT)	4:05P	FOX
DETROIT LIONS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS	3:25P (CT)	4:25P	CBS
HOUSTON TEXANS AT LOS ANGELES RAMS	1:25P (PT)	4:25P	CBS
BALTIMORE RAVENS AT BUFFALO BILLS	8:20P (ET)	8:20P	NBC
MONDAY, SEPT. 8, 2025
MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT CHICAGO BEARS	7:15P (CT)	8:15P	ABC/ESPN

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NFL NEWS

(TOUCHDOWN WIRE REPORT)

ONE ROOKIE FROM EVERY NFL TEAM WHO COULD SURPRISE IN 2025

NFL training camps are just around the corner where rookies across the league will be looking to prove themselves as they transition to the pro game. Roster spots and starting jobs are on the line, so these rookies will need to make a strong impression.

While there are some big-name rookies who have been garnering attention and praise this offseason, including two-way player Travis Hunter and running back Ashton Jeanty, there are some under-the-radar rookies who could surprise during the 2025 season. And they might not be names many NFL fans are familiar with.

Our NFL Wire editors each examined one rookie from their respective teams who could turn heads in 2025 and develop into impact players for their teams down the line.

Arizona Cardinals: LB Cody Simon

The collective expectation is that defensive lineman Walter Nolen, the Cardinals’ first-round pick, and cornerback Will Johnson, their second-round pick, will contribute and have solid rookie campaigns. But the rookie who could have the most surprising role is Simon, the linebacker out of Ohio State the Cardinals picked up in the fourth round. Right now, the two starting inside linebackers are projected to be Mack Wilson and Akeem Davis-Gaither. Davis-Gaither has 11 career starts in his five NFL seasons. Wilson had a full-time role for the first time in years last season. Simon has the smarts, the athleticism and was the Buckeyes’ defensive leader in their championship run last year. If he is given an opportunity to play, he could end up making the largest individual impact of the Cardinals’ rookie class. – Jess Root, Cards Wire

Atlanta Falcons: DB Billy Bowman

The Falcons were praised for drafting Jalon Walker, James Pearce Jr. and Xavier Watts, but their fourth-round selection of Oklahoma safety Billy Bowman has flown somewhat under the radar. Bowman is a natural playmaker, recording eight interceptions for the Sooners over the last two years. Atlanta plans to play Bowman at nickel this season, and the rookie has already made a good impression on the coaching staff. While we anticipate Dee Alford to start at nickel this season, Bowman should at least give the veteran a run for his money. Whether or not he starts, the rookie is too talented to keep off the field. – Matt Urben, Falcons Wire

Baltimore Ravens: WR LaJohntay Wester

While he could struggle to earn snaps on offense, the Ravens addressed their most under-the-radar need in return specialist LaJohntay Wester. Baltimore was middle of the pack in punt return last season, ranking 16th with a 9.7-yard average and using four different players. Wester is a speedy returner who averaged 12.2 yards on punts in his final season at Colorado, including a 76-yard touchdown. At the Shrine Bowl, his acceleration was clocked at 6.2 yards per second squared, making him the second-fastest on offense since the Shrine Bowl partnered with Zebra Sports. Wester has a connection to Baltimore, having played under Ravens running backs coach Willie Taggart at Florida Atlantic. – Glenn Erby, Ravens Wire

Buffalo Bills: DE Landon Jackson

Jackson was Buffalo’s third-round selection at this year’s draft and while those taken by the Bills before him will get their reps, Jackson might have one of the best routes to the field. Joey Bosa signed in Buffalo this offseason, but can he stay healthy? Michael Hoecht joined the Bills via free agency too, but he’s suspended for the first six games… not to mention AJ Epenesa could be overtaken on the depth chart. Head coach Sean McDermott and Buffalo’s front office clearly liked Jackson during the pre-draft process as well. The path is there for Jackson. – Nick Wojton, Bills Wire

Carolina Panthers: S Lathan Ransom

The Panthers moved on from the majority of their safety room this offseason and signed former Las Vegas Raiders standout Tre’von Moehrig to a meaty three-year, $51 million deal. That’s all good and well (especially for Moehrig), but they have yet to firmly address the uncertainty at the other starting safety spot. Ransom, the second of Carolina’s two fourth-round picks, could provide an answer. The six-foot, 206-pounder was a three-year starter at Ohio State—where he exhibited great instincts, physicality and toughness. His exceptional run defense should also be a plus for the Panthers, who allowed a league-high 179.8 rushing yards per game in 2024. – Anthony Rizzuti, Panthers Wire

Chicago Bears: OT Ozzy Trapilo

There’s been a lot of buzz about Chicago’s top two rookies in tight end Colston Loveland and receiver Luther Burden III, but offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo also has the potential to make an impact as a rookie. Trapilo is currently entrenched in a battle for the starting left tackle job with incumbent Braxton Jones and second-year pro Kiran Amegadjie. But with Jones sidelined as he recovers from a broken fibula, it’s given Trapilo an opportunity to make a greater impact. Amegadjie and Trapilo rotated with the first-team offense during the offseason program, and that will continue into training camp with Jones expected to be limited to start the summer. Trapilo has already been impressive in his time with the starters, but the real test comes when the pads come on later this month. Still, it certainly looks like Trapilo has a good opportunity to win the starting left tackle job and serve one of the most important roles on this team in 2025. – Alyssa Barbieri, Bears Wire

Cincinnati Bengals: LB Demetrius Knight

We could say third-round guard Dylan Fairchild here (we certainly can’t say first-rounder Shemar Stewart, though his situation is surprising), but he’s not guaranteed to win a job. Second-round linebacker Demetrius Knight is, though. The Bengals took some heat at the time for taking Knight because he’s an older rookie. But that’s what the team wanted, hoping he’s an immediate plug-and-play prospect to replace Germaine Pratt next to Logan Wilson. So far, he’s certainly looked the spot and should exceed expectations with a big snap count and stat sheet. – Chris Roling, Bengals Wire

Cleveland Browns: TE Harold Fannin Jr.

The Cleveland Browns are returning to their roots as a team that often employs heavy 12- and 13-personnel formations. That means despite rostering a Pro Bowl tight end in David Njoku, rookie third rounder Harold Fannin Jr. will see the field a great deal as a rookie as the TE2 in those personnel groupings. Fannin Jr. is a sure-handed and explosive pass catcher who fits the mold as a similar H-back and move piece that Njoku played for the Browns before taking back the reigns as the top dawg in the room in 2022. Njoku occupied that TE2 role in 2020 and 2021 for the Browns with Austin Hooper still under contract. In 2021, Njoku managed 475 yards and four touchdowns on 36 catches. If Fannin Jr. hits that number as a rookie, the Browns will feel quite good about their third round pick. – Cory Kinnan, Browns Wire

Dallas Cowboys: CB Shavon Revel

The team was ecstatic to see Revel fall to the second round in April’s draft, but didn’t pull the trigger. Somehow he made it to the third round. With Dallas clearly looking to end their investment in Trevon Diggs, Revel will be given every possible chance to prove he’s a capable boundary corner once he’s given the green light following his ACL recovery that might delay his debut until October. Once he makes it to the field though, fans shouldn’t be surprised if he’s one of the better rookie DBs in the game. – K.D. Drummond, Cowboys Wire

Denver Broncos: WR Pat Bryant

When the Broncos used a third-round pick to select Illinois wide receiver Pat Bryant in this year’s NFL draft, some pundits viewed it as a reach. Denver coach Sean Payton clearly didn’t. Payton has already compared Bryant to Saints great Michael Thomas. Bryant (6-2, 204 pounds) has ideal size and reliable hands, and he’s a willing blocker. Those are traits that Payton loves, and the receiver could end up making a much bigger impact than national pundits projected this spring. – Jon Heath, Broncos Wire

Detroit Lions: S Dan Jackson

One of the very few available roster spots in Detroit entering the offseason was at safety depth, where the Lions needed a replacement for Ifeatu Melifonwu. Jackson is the type of heady, hard-hitting strong safety who can fill the No. 4 safety spot. But his true contribution as a rookie figures to come on special teams. Every year, the Lions draft someone specifically for special teams coordinator Dave Fipp. Jackson appears to be this year’s edition, following Sione Vaki and Antoine Green in 2023. – Jeff Risdon, Lions Wire

Green Bay Packers: DE/LB Collin Oliver

The Packers’ fifth-round pick could have a hybrid role as both a sub-package edge rusher and off-ball linebacker, and he’s perfect for playing multiple roles on special teams. Oliver is undersized for a 4-3 defensive end but has big-time athleticism, and his disruptive instincts and playmaking ability were all over the tape at Oklahoma State. Could he give the Packers some much-needed speed and explosiveness at edge rusher in certain pass-rushing situations while also playing 150 or more snaps on special teams? Don’t be surprised if he slides into that role as a rookie in 2025. – Zach Kruse, Packers Wire

Houston Texans: RB Woody Marks

There will be a role for Marks in Nick Caley’s offense. How big? That depends on the status of Nick Chubb, who when healthy should be the primary No. 2 back behind Joe Mixon. Still, the Texans didn’t give up a future third-round pick in 2026 for the former USC star to sit. Marks’ best asset are his hands, especially on third down in the receiving game. Over five college seasons with Mississippi State & USC, he caught 261 passes for 1,546 yards and five touchdowns. Caley’s offense has always featured at least one stable pass-catching runner, so if Marks can provide that spark out of the backfield for C.J. Stroud during training camp, he’ll be a gadget type that keeps the sticks moving on manageable situations through the air. – Cole Thompson, Texans Wire

Indianapolis Colts: CB Justin Walley

The Colts picked Walley in the third round, which compared to the consensus big board, was much earlier than many anticipated him going. Walley is a bit undersized, but he makes up for it with really good speed, and skill set-wise, he is a great fit for Lou Anarumo’s defense. With that speed, he can hold his own in man coverage, he had good ball production at Minnesota, and the Colts view him as a versatile defender, an important element to have in this new disguise-heavy defense. The starting cornerback spot opposite of Charvarius Ward is up for grabs, and Walley has received rave reviews so far from coaches and teammates. Whether he starts Week 1 still has to be determined, but in a defense where there will be a greater reliance on the defensive back position, it sure looks like he will have some sort of role as a rookie. – Paul Bretl, Colts Wire

Jacksonville Jaguars: RB LeQuint Allen

As a seventh-round pick and at a position that is fairly crowded in Jacksonville, finding playing time won’t be easy for Allen. However, his ability to provide a pass-catching presence out of the backfield could give him a path to earn some opportunities this season. If we look at Liam Coen’s Tampa Bay offense, the running backs were featured heavily in the passing game, with Rachaad White and Bucky Irving both ranking top 10 in targets among running backs. Allen has ample pass-catching experience from his time at Syracuse, with 78 targets in 2024 alone. He also has experience lining up in the slot, and it’s not as if all those targets were dump-offs when no one else was open, there were drawn-up plays for Allen as well in that offense. – Paul Bretl, Jaguars Wire

Kansas City Chiefs: WR Jalen Royals

The Chiefs have dealt with significant setbacks relative to injuries at the wide receiver position in recent seasons, and if that trend should continue in 2025, Royals would be the likely breakout candidate for Kansas City as a rookie. He was a scoring machine during his three-year tenure with the Utah State Aggies as a collegian, tallying 21 touchdown receptions between his 2023 and 2024 campaigns. Though Royals is likely to be buried behind Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy, and Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown on the Chiefs’ depth chart, fans should expect to see the fourth-round pick to be the ‘next man up’ if any of Kansas City’s veterans are sidelined. – John Dillon, Chiefs Wire

Las Vegas Raiders: WR Dont’e Thornton Jr

Despite not getting selected until round four, and not even the first receiver the Raiders took in this year’s draft, Thornton has been lining up with the first team throughout the offseason. And barring some shocker free agent addition before training camp, that will continue. The former Tennessee Volunteer was not asked to do a whole lot in terms of the route tree during his college days. Leading many to wonder if he was capable of being multifaceted as a receiver. The jury may still be out on that, but as it stands, he is a 6-5 and runs a 4.3 40. Even if all he does is run go routes and fades, he would fulfill the Raiders need at X receiver and thus could put up some decent numbers. And if he can prove that it was the Tennessee offense that was holding him back, rather than the other way around, watch out. – Levi Damien, Raiders Wire

Los Angeles Chargers: TE Oronde Gadsden II

The Chargers traded up for and selected Gadsden in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft. Gadsden joins a tight end room that features veterans Will Dissly and Tyler Conklin. Gadsden was taken to provide a spark in the passing game, especially down the seam and in the red zone. The former Syracuse product impressed in spring practices. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman expressed confidence in his ability, stating that he expects him to “ascend quickly.” – Gavino Borquez, Chargers Wire

Los Angeles Rams: LB Chris Paul Jr.

Paul was a fifth-round pick but he has a lot of things working in his favor. For starters, inside linebacker is the weakest position group on the Rams’ roster. He could easily outplay Troy Reeder, Nate Landman and/or Omar Speights to earn a starting job, putting him on the inside track to playing time. He’s also the most athletic linebacker on the Rams’ roster, and likely the best coverage linebacker, too. He’d pair perfectly with a run stopper like Landman or Speights, playing on the weak side where he can flow sideline to sideline and make plays on the ball. He first needs to stand out in camp and the preseason but he has the skill set to earn playing time early this season. – Cameron DaSilva, Rams Wire

Miami Dolphins: S Dante Trader Jr.

When looking at the Miami Dolphins’ 2025 rookie class, several players have opportunities to make an immediate impact, including safety Dante Trader Jr. A two-sport athlete at Maryland, where he played both football and lacrosse, Trader’s athleticism extends beyond the metrics that may have pushed him into a Day 3 selection. His versatility as a safety, able to play deep or step into the box as a nickel, fits well with defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver’s scheme. At times, Weaver could deploy three safeties on the field, and Trader’s work ethic, leadership, and football IQ make him a strong contender for instant snaps. Although Miami’s safety room recently welcomed back Minkah Fitzpatrick, the Dolphins still need to evaluate a group where multiple players could claim the second and third spots on the depth chart.

Trader also brings value as a special teams contributor, having started in multiple roles during his college career. He comes with a glowing endorsement from Maryland head coach Mike Locksley, who said in June on the Dolphins’ Drive Time podcast with Travis Wingfield, “There’s no doubt about Dante and his aptitude and football intelligence. He was a guy that, if you can teach it, then you can execute it. And he’s one of those players I see all the time grabbing the young safeties and corners, imparting the wisdom he gained, not just from his successes, but also from his failures as a young player.” – Jason Sarney, Dolphins Wire

Minnesota Vikings: LB Kobe King

The Vikings had few draft picks in April’s NFL Draft, so they had to make the most with each selection. While everyone will be talking about their top draft pick, Donovan Jackson, I will highlight another Big Ten player they selected in linebacker Kobe King. While they have Blake Cashman and Ivan Pace Jr. leading the unit, King should see some rotational work and maybe even a bigger role as the season goes on. The Vikings’ run defense needed to be improved upon from their 2024 efforts. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is hoping that King can play some sort of role in that in 2025. – Andrew Harbaugh, Vikings Wire

New England Patriots: WR Kyle Williams

Where are the offensive weapons in New England? That has been the lingering question since Tom Brady was still under center for the Patriots. The wait for wide receiver help might finally come to an end with the arrival of third-round draft pick Kyle Williams. No, he wasn’t the center of attention during the draft, but maybe he should have been considering he was the best pure separator in the 2025 class. Williams can get open consistently and blow past defenders with the ball in his hands. He has all of the makings of an elite offensive playmaker, and he’ll get his NFL start playing across from a four-time Pro Bowler in Stefon Diggs. Grab your popcorn—for real this time. – Jordy McElroy, Patriots Wire

New Orleans Saints: CB Quincy Riley

It wasn’t too long ago that the Saints drafted a starting defensive back in Round 4, and from that perspective Riley just might be following in C.J. Gardner-Johnson’s footsteps. He put a lot of quality play on tape in college and may have been drafted a couple rounds earlier if not for an injury this spring. Expect him to compete with experienced backups like Isaac Yiadom,

Rico Payton, and Rejzohn Wright for that opportunity while Kool-Aid McKinstry and Alontae Taylor continue to draw the majority of snaps. In today’s game NFL defenses need three corners (at least) and Riley has a real shot at locking down that third spot. – John Sigler, Saints Wire

New York Giants: DT Darius Alexander

While all eyes will be on quarterback Jaxson Dart and edge rusher Abdul Carter, the biggest rookie surprise may come from third-round defensive tackle Darius Alexander. Assuming he returns to full health, Alexander will likely play a significant role for the Giants, providing depth on the inside and pairing with All-Pro Dexter Lawrence. It was an area of concern for the Giants last season, and Alexander is viewed as having huge upside and a high floor. He will see an increased number of snaps as he develops and the season goes on. – Dan Benton, Giants Wire

New York Jets: WR Arian Smith

The Jets’ top two rookie draft picks in Armand Membou and Tyler Mason are already penciled in as starters. But with those two being selected by New York early, that meant the Jets did not take a wide receiver early in the draft. Garrett Wilson is the clear No. 1 wideout, but it’s a lengthy depth chart that’s battling for playing time behind Wilson. Others in that training camp battle include Allen Lazard, Josh Reynolds and Tyler Johnson. – Nick Wojton, Jets Wire

Philadelphia Eagles: DB Andrew Mukuba

Jihaad Campbell may be the first-round pick, but it’s the Swiss army knife from the University of Texas that will have an opportunity to make the most significant impact from Day 1. At 6-0, 186 pounds, Mukuba is undersized but makes up for it with excellent ball skills and instincts. He possesses good length and exhibits ball-hawking tendencies, tying the SEC lead with five interceptions in 2024. Over his final 26 games in college, Mukuba recorded 18 pass breakups and committed zero penalties. That’s impressive for a player who’s aggressive at the catch point. Mukuba allowed just 74 yards and a 12.1 passer rating on 401 coverage snaps last season, per PFF. – Glenn Erby, Eagles Wire

Pittsburgh Steelers: S Sebastian Castro

The Pittsburgh Steelers drafted several players who we expect to have a big impact, including defensive tackle Derrick Harmon and running back Kaleb Johnson. But the name to keep an eye on is an undrafted free agent. Former Iowa safety Sebastian Castro signed with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent after a stellar college career. The trade that send Minkah Fitzpatrick to the Miami Dolphins gives Pittsburgh a spot on the depth chart open and we won’t be at all shocked if Castro uses a strong training camp and preseason to make the 53-man roster and more. – Curt Popejoy, Steelers Wire

San Francisco 49ers: S Marques Sigle

Marques Sigle’s path to snaps was opened significantly with news that second-year safety Malik Mustapha is dealing with a knee injury he sustained in the 2024 season finale. It’s unclear what Mustapha’s timeline for return is, but it opens a starting safety spot alongside Ji’Ayir Brown whose job is also not safe. Sigle brings a ton of athleticism to a safety room that doesn’t have enough of it. If he winds up starting in Robert Saleh’s defense, he has the tools to become a Swiss Army knife defender who causes havoc in the secondary. – Kyle Madson, Niners Wire

Seattle Seahawks: S Nick Emmanwori

During the predraft season, mocks were split fairly evenly between Seattle selecting guard Greg Zabel or safety Nick Emmanwori in the first round, and with good reason. Ultimately, the Seahawks managed to get their cake and eat it too as Emmanwori fell to them in the second round. Given his physical traits, the natural comp is Kam Chancellor. However, a more apropos comp would be Kyle Hamilton of the Ravens, as defensive guru Mike Macdonald is likely to use him in a similar capacity given the fact Seattle already has two solid starting caliber safeties. Emmanwori represents a unique piece on Macdonal’s chessboard. – Kole Musgrove, Seahawks Wire

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: CB Jacob Parrish

While everyone will know the name Benjamin Morrison, who they drafted in the second round, it is the cornerback they selected after him who could make the more immediate impact. While Morrison continues to be brought along from a hip injury he suffered last year, Parrish has been able to practice and is now in the conversation to have the starting nickel role in 2025. He plays in a physical way, he provides run support, and is everything Todd Bowles looks for in his cornerbacks so look for him to play early and often. – Andrew Harbaugh, Bucs Wire

Tennessee Titans: WR Elic Ayomanor

Many believe that the Titans got a steal when they selected Ayomanor in the fourth round of the NFL draft. A prototypical boundary receiver, he has the size and ball skills to be a perfect complement to Calvin Ridley on the outside, and he has a path to early playing time as a rookie. Ayomanor stood out during OTAs and minicamp and should be able to build upon that momentum and seize the opportunity to make an impact early in his career. – Dan Benton/Bryan Manning Titans Wire

Washington Commanders: RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt

Croskey-Merritt isn’t a typical seventh-round pick. A bogus NCAA eligibility issue cost him all but one game after he transferred to Arizona last season. Croskey-Merritt has thrived each time he moved up a level and was slated to be a much higher pick in April’s NFL draft. He has a good combination of size and speed and runs with excellent power. One knock is his lack of impact in the passing game during his college career. The Commanders have Austin Ekeler for that. Croskey-Merritt could quickly move up the depth chart if Brian Robinson Jr. misses any time. – Bryan Manning, Commanders Wire

MAHOMES ‘NOT A BIG FAN’ OF 18-GAME REGULAR SEASON

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes isn’t in favor of the NFL potentially expanding to a 18-game regular season, suggesting that additional bye weeks would be necessary if the league’s schedule gets longer.

“I always say the more games, it’s a little bit more taxing on the guys that play the game,” Mahomes said Friday on CNBC. “If there was a way that they were to get 18 games in the schedule … I think that you’d have to find a way to have more bye weeks, more time spread out. I mean, you’ve seen the amount of injuries that have kind of piled up there at the end of seasons and you want to have the best players playing in the biggest games.

“So, if there were a way to get to 18 games, I’m not a big fan of it. But if there were a way, I think you got to add some bye weeks in there to give more time for guys’ bodies.”

Adding an 18th game to the NFL schedule has been a topic of discussion since the league moved to a 17-game slate in 2021. Commissioner Roger Goodell said earlier in 2025 that 18 games would be a “logical” next step.

After this year’s league meetings, an eventual move to 18 games feels inevitable, reports Jonathan Jones of CBS. However, formal negotiations about adding games aren’t expected to start before next year, according to Mark Maske of the Washington Post.

NFLPA executive director Lloyd Howell said in February that “no one wants to play an 18th game” in the regular season.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

RETZLAFF ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL FROM BYU

PROVO, Utah. (AP) — BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff is transferring after a tumultuous few months that included being named in a civil sexual assault suit that was later dismissed.

“After a lot of prayers, reflection and conversations with those I trust, I’ve made the difficult decision to officially withdraw from BYU and the BYU football program,” Retzlaff posted Friday on Instagram. “BYU has meant more to me that just football. It’s been a place of growth — spiritually, mentally and physically. I’m grateful for every teammate, coach, staff member and fan who’s supported me along the way.”

Retzlaff reportedly faced a suspension for violating the honor code at the university, which is run by the Mormon church, after acknowledging a consensual sexual relationship in his defense against the lawsuit.

Retzlaff threw for 2,947 yards and 20 touchdowns with 12 interceptions last season as the Cougars contended for a spot in the Big 12 championship game.

BYU coach Kalani Sitake avoided commenting on Retzlaff’s situation at Big 12 media days earlier this week, saying it was a private matter and he shouldn’t comment before Retzlaff.

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BASEBALL NEWS

YANKEES LHP CARLOS RODON ADDED TO AL ALL-STAR TEAM

New York Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon was named to the American League All-Star team on Friday, replacing teammate Max Fried.

It is the third All-Star selection for Rodon, 32, who made the AL squad with the Chicago White Sox in 2021 and the National League roster with the San Francisco Giants in 2022.

Rodon entered Friday with a 9-6 record and a 3.30 ERA through 19 starts this season. He has struck out 127 batters and walked 40 in 111 2/3 innings.

Rodon was New York’s scheduled starter for Friday night’s series opener against the visiting Chicago Cubs, which gives him three days of rest before Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Fried, 31, is the Yankees’ scheduled starter on Saturday. The three-time All-Star is 11-2 with a 2.27 ERA through 19 starts this season. He leads the majors in wins and winning percentage (.846) and has struck out 111 batters with 24 walks in 119 innings.

The AL All-Star team will be managed by Yankees skipper Aaron Boone and includes two other New York players: starting outfielder Aaron Judge and reserve infielder Jazz Chisholm Jr.

MLB ROUNDUP: YANKS BOMB CUBS ON CODY BELLINGER’S 3 HRS

Cody Bellinger hit three homers for the first time in his career and drove in six runs, Carlos Rodon allowed four hits in eight outstanding innings, and the host New York Yankees ran their winning streak to five games with an 11-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night.

Acquired by the Yankees from the Cubs in the offseason, Bellinger produced the 40th three-homer game in Yankees’ regular-season history. He also became the 29th Yankee to achieve the feat.

Bellinger connected in the third off Chicago starter Chris Flexen (5-1), then again in the fifth off reliever Caleb Thielbar before going deep in the eighth off Jordan Wicks. All came with a man aboard.

Rodon (10-6) became the first Yankee to complete eight innings since Gerrit Cole pitched a two-hit shutout against the Minnesota Twins in April 2023.

Mariners 12, Tigers 3

Cal Raleigh blasted his major league-leading 37th and 38th home runs, including a grand slam, and the visiting Mariners handed Detroit ace Tarik Skubal his first loss since April 2.

Julio Rodriguez had a two-run homer, while winning pitcher Luis Castillo (6-5) gave up three runs in five-plus innings.

Skubal (10-3), who recorded his 800th career strikeout, allowed four runs in five innings. Riley Greene supplied two hits, including an RBI triple.

Giants 8, Dodgers 7

Willy Adames drove in three runs with a triple and a home run, Dominic Smith added a solo homer, and host San Francisco continued Los Angeles’ misery in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.

Jung Hoo Lee also had three RBIs for the Giants, who have won seven of nine. Shohei Ohtani launched a home run into the San Francisco Bay, his 32nd of the season, and Michael Conforto also homered for the Dodgers, who lost their seventh straight.

Dodgers starter Dustin May (5-6) was charged with seven runs on five hits and four walks in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out four. Giants All-Star Logan Webb (9-6) allowed six runs and six hits in 5 1/3 innings, with one walk and six strikeouts.

Brewers 8, Nationals 3

Christian Yelich swatted a two-run home run in a six-run third inning as Milwaukee extended its winning streak to five with a win at home over Washington.

Milwaukee’s DL Hall tossed three solid innings as an opener for Quinn Priester (7-2), who allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out five over six innings.

Sal Frelick, William Contreras and Jackson Chourio drove in four runs with three straight hits in the third before Yelich capped off the offensive outburst with the Brewers’ sixth straight hit to open the inning, a two-run shot to right.

Blue Jays 7, Athletics 6

Alejandro Kirk and Nathan Lukes each drove in two runs during a six-run fifth inning and Max Scherzer picked up his first win of the season as Toronto held on for a victory over the Athletics at West Sacramento, Calif.

Kirk, Lukes, Bo Bichette, Will Wagner and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. each had two hits as Toronto won for the 11th time in its past 12 games to remain two games ahead of the New York Yankees in the American League East. Guerrero’s first hit was the 1,000th of his career. Scherzer (1-0) allowed three runs, five hits and one walk and struck out a season-best eight in his fifth start of the season.

Nick Kurtz, Tyler Soderstrom and Max Muncy homered for the Athletics. Luis Severino (2-11) gave up five runs – though just one earned — and seven hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out eight and walked two while dropping to 0-9 in 12 home starts.

Guardians 4, White Sox 2 (Game 1)

Carlos Santana belted a go-ahead, two-run home run in the sixth inning and Daniel Schneemann and Angel Martinez also homered as Cleveland defeated host Chicago in the opener of a doubleheader.

Guardians starter Logan Allen (6-7) limited the White Sox to two runs and one hit in six innings with two walks and five strikeouts. Relievers Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis and Emmanuel Clase retired nine of the 11 hitters they faced.

Luis Robert Jr. tied the game for the White Sox, reaching Allen for a two-run blast after Schneemann and Martinez went back-to-back off Chicago starter Shane Smith.

White Sox 5, Guardians 4 (Game 2 / 11 inn.)

Mike Tauchman delivered a game-ending infield single in the 11th inning and Lenyn Sosa homered twice to help Chicago earn a split with Cleveland.

Chicago right-hander Mike Vasil (4-3) scattered three walks and two strikeouts in three scoreless innings of relief. Vasil walked two Guardians with two outs in the 10th to load the bases but escaped trouble by retiring Brayan Rocchio on a groundout to second.

Nolan Jones had two hits for the Guardians, whose winning streak ended at four.

Angels 6, Diamondbacks 5

Pinch-hitter Travis d’Arnaud singled in Logan O’Hoppe from second with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give Los Angeles a walk-off victory over Arizona in the opener of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif.

d’Arnaud lined a 2-2 sweeper from reliever Kyle Backhus (0-1) down the left field line to drive in O’Hoppe, who had been hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a single by Luis Rengifo. It was the sixth walk-off hit of d’Arnaud’s career.

Randal Grichuk went 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double and three RBIs for Arizona, which lost for the seventh time in 10 games. It was the 13th multi-homer game of Grichuk’s career. Arizona starter Ryne Nelson was touched for four runs on five hits in the first inning.

Padres 4, Phillies 2

Manny Machado homered and San Diego bullpen tossed 4 1/3 scoreless innings to beat visiting Philadelphia.

Yuki Matsui retired Bryce Harper on a grounder to first with the bases filled to end the Phillies’ fifth inning. Four more San Diego relievers took care of business after that, with Jeremiah Estrada (3-4) getting the win and Robert Suarez pitching the ninth for his MLB-high 28th save.

Ranger Suarez (7-3) absorbed his first loss in five career starts against the Padres. He lasted 6 2/3 innings, permitting six hits and three runs (one earned) while walking three and striking out five.

Mets 8, Royals 3

Mark Vientos laced a go-ahead, three-run double in the eighth inning, Francisco Lindor added a three-run insurance homer in the ninth as visiting New York cooled off Kansas City.

Kodai Senga grinded out four scoreless innings, allowing four hits, two walks and fanning four in his return from missing roughly a month with a hamstring issue. New York batters struck out 12 times, but drew eight walks.

Bobby Witt Jr. was one of four players with two hits for the Royals, who had won four straight and six of seven. Michael Wacha allowed a run, two hits and three walks over five innings.

Braves 6, Cardinals 5

Sean Murphy hit two homers and drove in three runs as Atlanta rode its bullpen to defeat host St. Louis.

Braves starter Grant Holmes allowed five runs on nine hits in three innings. Five Atlanta relievers combined to blank the Cardinals for the last six innings. Enyel De Los Santos (3-2) earned the victory and Raisel Iglesias earned his 10th save.

Atlanta third baseman Austin Riley went 1-for-2 with an RBI and a run before departing the game in the fourth inning due to lower abdominal tightness. Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado exited after six innings due to a sprained right index finger.

Orioles 5, Marlins 2

Dean Kremer held Miami to three singles across seven shutout innings as host Baltimore triumphed to give Kremer his eighth win — tying his total from last year.

Jordan Westburg and Ramon Laureano both rapped three hits, and Ryan O’Hearn added two hits. The trio accounted for all of Baltimore’s runs batted in.

Marlins starter Edward Cabrera gave up four runs on eight hits in four innings. He struck out six without a walk. Otto Lopez hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Andrew Kittredge.

Rockies 3, Reds 2

Hunter Goodman scored the tiebreaking run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning as host Cincinnati edged Colorado.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Rockies, who are 22-72 and on pace to break the modern record for most losses in a season set last year by the Chicago White Sox.

Ryan McMahon hit a two-run homer in the fourth for Colorado, which improved to 3-7 this month and 15-39 under interim manager Warren Schaeffer.

Red Sox 5, Rays 4

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning as host Boston defeated Tampa Bay.

The Red Sox had been shut out and limited to just two hits over the four innings preceding the game-winner, but after Roman Anthony drew a pinch-hit walk, Rafaela crushed a one-out homer to deep left field off Rays reliever Pete Fairbanks (4-3).

Jonathan Aranda and Jake Mangum both had two hits and scored a run for Tampa Bay, which scored three unearned runs in the third inning and held a lead until the final pitch.

Twins 2, Pirates 1

Trevor Larnach belted a two-run home run in the fourth inning and host Minnesota held on for a 2-1 win over Pittsburgh in Minneapolis.

Larnach’s blast marked the only extra-base hit for Minnesota, but that proved to be enough as the Twins took the series opener. Byron Buxton finished 2-for-4 and scored a run. Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (9-4) allowed one run on five hits in five innings. He walked two and struck out five. Twins closer Jhoan Duran collected his 15th save.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa doubled in a run and Oneil Cruz and Spencer Horwitz went 2-for-4 to lead Pittsburgh. Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes (4-8) sustained another hard-luck loss after giving up two runs on five hits in five innings. He walked none and struck out six.

Rangers 7, Astros 3

Adolis Garcia and Wyatt Langford clubbed home runs while Jack Leiter pitched effectively into the sixth inning as visiting Texas banged out a victory over suddenly reeling Houston.

The Rangers pounced on Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. (2-4), who allowed five runs on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts over three innings. Garcia hit a 425-foot homer off McCullers in the third, while Langford socked a two-run homer off reliever Ryan Gusto in the seventh.

Leiter (5-6) allowed a run-scoring groundout to Christian Walker in the bottom of the first and a two-run homer to Victor Caratini in the fourth. Leiter allowed three runs on five hits and four walks with six strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings.

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NBA NEWS

MYLES TURNER GETS INTRODUCED BY THE BUCKS, SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP CONTENDING FOR TITLES

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Myles Turner wants to keep contending for NBA titles. That’s why he decided to challenge an old cliche, one that he doesn’t think is particularly accurate.

The Milwaukee Bucks formally introduced Turner — the most significant free agent who switched addresses this summer — on Friday. Turner had spent the entirety of his 10-year NBA career with the Indiana Pacers, who went to the NBA Finals this past season and lost Game 7 of the title series to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

“I hate when they say the grass can’t be greener on the other side,” Turner said. “I’m confident enough to say the grass is going to be greener wherever I go.”

He’ll be greener, anyway: The Bucks have green as their primary uniform color.

“My girlfriend told me I look good in green,” Turner said.

He makes Milwaukee younger and likely a bit more versatile. Brook Lopez, who is 37, was Milwaukee’s starting center this past season. Turner is only 29, and even though he’s played 10 seasons already may now just be coming into his prime.

Bucks coach Doc Rivers is already convinced that pairing Turner — someone Milwaukee was able to get because it used the waive-and-stretch provision on the final two years and $111 million on Damian Lillard’s contract with the team — will work wonders alongside a generational talent like former MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.

“If you could sit down before free agency started and draw the perfect fit next to Giannis, it was a picture of him,” Rivers said, pointing to his new center, seated a couple of feet to his right. “I don’t think people get how hard it is to win enough. Just, people don’t get it. Myles and I started talking about it … and I said, ‘Yeah, winning is hard, man. And it takes everything out of you, and everything has to go right. Health and playing together and the team meshing and the right shot. It just takes so much.’”

The Pacers know that — all too well.

Haliburton had made three quick 3-pointers in Game 7 of the finals, and the score was tied at 16 when he tried to make a move about seven minutes into the first quarter. He blew out his Achilles tendon on the play and will be sidelined for the entirety of the 2025-26 season. And that likely means the Pacers won’t be title-contending next season, which surely played some sort of role in Turner’s decision.

He didn’t get into much of the specifics of his thought process.

”There were alignment issues I think on that side as far as me and them,” Turner said. “Out of respect to their organization, out of respect for this organization. I’m not going to speak on that too much. But again, this was just the best decision for me moving forward.”

Turner averaged 14.1 points and 6.8 rebounds in his 10 seasons with the Pacers.

“We’ve got the best player in the world, we have the best coach in the world, and we have a system in place that can maximize Giannis’ talent, and now we have the best counterpart next to him that maximizes talent even more,” Bucks general manager Jon Horst said. “And that’s the whole reason why we’ve done what we’ve done, and what we’re going to continue to do each and every time we get the chance.”

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TENNIS NEWS

JANNIK SINNER BEATS NOVAK DJOKOVIC AT WIMBLEDON AND WILL FACE CARLOS ALCARAZ IN THE FINAL

LONDON (AP) — Jannik Sinner overwhelmed a not-fully-fit Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in the Wimbledon semifinals on Friday to set up a showdown for the championship against Carlos Alcaraz.

The No. 1-ranked Sinner’s victory at Centre Court put him in his first final at the All England Club.

No. 2 Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (6) earlier Friday to move within one victory of a third consecutive Wimbledon title.

Sinner, a 23-year-old Italian, and Alcaraz, a 22-year-old Spaniard, now head into a rematch of their epic final at the French Open four weeks ago. Alcaraz won that one after fending off a trio of match points.

“Hopefully it’s going to be a good match, like the last one,” Sinner said. “I don’t know if it’ll get better, because I don’t think it’s possible.”

Alcaraz is 5-0 so far in Grand Slam title matches. Sinner owns three major trophies.

They are far and away the leaders of men’s tennis — and are at the height of their games right now. This will be the seventh straight major tournament won by one or the other.

“The things we are doing right now are great for tennis,” Alcaraz said.

Alcaraz takes a career-best 24-match winning streak into Sunday. Sinner will be participating in his fourth consecutive Grand Slam final, after winning the U.S. Open last September and the Australian Open in January, before his heartbreaking defeat in Paris after wasting a two-set lead.

For the 38-year-old Djokovic, his lopsided loss brought an end to his latest bid for an eighth Wimbledon title — which would tie the men’s mark held by Roger Federer — and for an unprecedented 25th major trophy in all.

Djokovic was diminished two days after slipping and doing the splits on what he called a “nasty” and “awkward” fall in the last game of his quarterfinal victory. He canceled a practice session Thursday, had his upper left leg checked by a trainer during a medical timeout after the second set against Sinner and was simply unable to move the way the world is so used to seeing.

Right after that treatment, Djokovic grabbed a 3-0 lead in the third set and was a point from going up 4-0. But Sinner took six of the remaining seven games.

“We all saw, especially in the third set, that he was a bit injured,” Sinner said. “He’s been in a very difficult situation.”

When it ended, Djokovic picked up his equipment bags and was given a standing ovation as he headed toward the locker room. He paused to smile, wave and give a thumbs-up to the crowd.

Djokovic exited in the semifinals at all three Slams this season, including quitting after a set against Alexander Zverev because of an injured hamstring at the Australian Open, then losing to Sinner at Roland-Garros.

There was more intrigue in Friday’s first semifinal, particularly when Fritz led 6-4 in the fourth-set tiebreaker, meaning he had two chances to force things to a fifth. But Alcaraz collected the next four points by forcing mistakes by Fritz to finish off the win, then rocked back on his heels, spread his arms wide and screamed.

“I’m just really proud about the way that I stayed calm,” Alcaraz said, “and (was) thinking clearly.”

With five-time Wimbledon champion Bjorn Borg and celebrities such as Anna Wintour and Leonardo DiCaprio looking on, Alcaraz marked some of his best shots with a shout of “Vamos!” or a raised index finger.

“A lot of the things that I would have changed, I think would have only helped me for a point or two, and then I think Carlos would have just made an adjustment,” said the fifth-seeded Fritz, the runner-up to Sinner at the U.S. Open, “and I don’t think it would have been a long-term answer.”

The temperature topped 85 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius), with no clouds interrupting the blue sky overhead to offer protection from the sun. For the second consecutive day, spectators had trouble in the heat; there were two brief delays in one second-set game while fans needed to be helped.

The pop of a Champagne cork could be heard in the stands just before the start, and the Spaniard burst out of the gate, taking 10 of the initial 12 points, including a break for a 1-0 lead. That game featured glimpses of why Alcaraz is so great already. Indeed, the very first point was illustrative: He returned a 135 mph serve, then capped a 10-stroke exchange with a delicate drop shot.

To be clear, Fritz played exceedingly well, conjuring a quality with his neon-orange racket frame that would have been good enough to overcome most any foe on grass.

As everyone paying attention — including Sinner — knows by now, Alcaraz is not just any foe.

“He has so many different ways to win,” Fritz said, “and he’s very good at making adjustments.”

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GOLF NEWS

ANOTHER EAGLE HELPS CHAN KIM EXPAND ISCO CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD TO 5

Chan Kim used a late eagle to right the ship and finish the second round with a five-shot lead at the ISCO Championship on Friday in Louisville, Ky.

Kim opened the PGA Tour alternate event at its new venue, Hurstbourne Country Club, with a terrific round of 61 Thursday for a four-stroke advantage. After opening Friday with a birdie at the par-5 10th hole, he gave away his cushion with bogeys at Nos. 11, 16 and 1.

Kim trailed Beau Hossler by a shot when he reached No. 4, where his pitch from 36 yards away came in hot and banged into the hole. He added birdies at Nos. 7-8 to climb to 11-under 129.

Kim, 35, eagled the par-4 fourth hole for the second straight round.

“I don’t know what the odds are of doing that, but boy, if I could make four 2s on that hole I’d be very happy,” he quipped.

Kim — a journeyman who has won 10 titles between the Japan Golf Tour and the Korn Ferry Tour — is halfway to his first PGA Tour triumph.

“I know that, like I said, these guys are so good, somebody’s going to catch up,” Kim said. “I already know that. The best I can do is handle myself the way I did when I won all those events and that’s just to stay patient and play my game, work on sticking to our game plan and I think that should get the job done.”

The closest competitors are Kris Ventura of Norway (64 Friday), Vince Whaley (67) and Thomas Rosenmueller of Germany (69), tied for second at 6 under. Hossler settled for a 68 and a share of fifth, tied with Kevin Kisner (69), Englishman David Skinns (64) and several others.

Ventura had a winding path to his 64, tied with Skinns for the round of the day. He had a double bogey and a bogey among four birdies on the front nine, but he kept the pedal down and birdied five more coming in.

“I think the highlight would have been just turning it around after the double bogey on 4,” Ventura said. “I think the old Kris would have been really pissed off and maybe let that affect me a little too much. I just knew that it’s playing tough so if you just shoot a couple under par, you’re going to be right there.”

CHARLEY HULL ‘FEELING A LOT BETTER’ DAY AFTER COLLAPSE AT EVIAN

England’s Charley Hull said she was feeling better Friday, one day after twice collapsing to the ground during the first round of the Amundi Evian Championship in France.

After the second collapse, Hull withdrew from the major championship. She said she has been bothered by a virus.

“Not the @evianchamp I was hoping for,” Hull said Friday on Instagram. “Been struggling with a virus all week but it got the better of me yesterday … thanks to the medics who took care of me and to all those who have reached out with messages of support, it’s really appreciated. Happy to say I’m feeling a lot better today, just gutted I can’t play the weekend at such a fantastic tournament.”

Hull, 29, was 1 under through 12 holes before the collapse.

Hull, ranked No. 19 in the world, was playing with World No. 4 Ruoning Yin and No. 5 Haeran Ryu. She received medical attention after going down to the grass before her tee shot and officials permitted the trailing group to play through while tending to the Englishwoman.

Following a delay of about 15 minutes for treatment, the two-time LPGA Tour winner recovered to hit the tee shot but again went to the ground after completing her swing.

She was helped onto a motorized cart fitted with a flatbed stretcher.

Hull has never won a major tournament but she has often been a contender with nine top-10 finishes, including four top-three placements.

STEVE ALLAN OUT IN FRONT AT DICK’S OPEN AFTER WHITE-HOT START

Steve Allan of Australia rode a red-hot start to a 9-under-par 63 to set the early pace at the Dick’s Open on Friday in Endicott, N.Y.

Allan was 7 under through seven holes at En-Joie Golf Club. He holed five birdies along with an eagle from a bunker at the par-5 third on his way to a 7-under 30 on the front nine. Allan added birdies at Nos. 12 and 18 to finish strong.

“On the third I hit it in the front bunker and the bunker shot went in,” Allan said. “Then I sort of kept hitting it close for a few holes. Then after that it was just hanging in there. Had a few rough holes but managed to escape and get out of trouble.”

Allan will take a two-shot advantage over Doug Barron into the weekend as he seeks his second win of the season, following the Galleri Classic in March.

He said having a win under his belt frees him up, “but it brings its own set of challenges” as well.

“You’re sort of looking to get up there again and get into contention instead of just playing,” Allan said. “You’ve got to try and temper your expectations and just try to play. The old cliche of one shot at a time, one hole at a time kind of thing.”

Barron opened his tournament with a hole-out for eagle at the par-4 first, and he was 3 under through two. Four birdies on his back nine helped him continue his climb of the leaderboard.

“The course was a little softer than I’m used to seeing,” said Barron, who won the tournament in 2019 and also played the course in the PGA Tour’s now-defunct B.C. Open. “I never looked at the scoreboard really, but I know if I shoot 6, 7 every day, it’s tough to beat you out there.”

Tied for third at 6-under 66 are Jerry Kelly, Jason Caron, Tim O’Neal, Shane Bertsch and Germany’s Alex Cejka.

Irishman Padraig Harrington, who won each of the past three editions of this event, is not competing two weeks after he claimed the U.S. Senior Open. Instead, he is playing the Genesis Scottish Open and next week’s Open Championship.

HIGH WINDS LEAD TO ‘FRUSTRATING DAY’ AT LIV GOLF ANDALUCIA

Australia’s Cameron Smith and England’s Lee Westwood were in a five-way tie for the lead at 1-under par before the first round of LIV Golf Andalucia was suspended Friday because of windy conditions at San Roque, Spain.

Smith was through 16 holes before play was halted, with Westwood through 15. Also tied for first place were Talor Gooch (through 10 holes), Joaquin Niemann of Chile (16 holes) and Branden Grace of South Africa (two holes).

“It was windy the whole day really and got up the last probably couple of hours,” Smith said of gusts that reached 33 mph. “Yeah, just kind of had to deal with it and get on with it. It was very tricky out there.”

First-round play is set to resume at 8 a.m. local time Saturday with the second round immediately to follow.

Smith was at 4 under through 14 holes before he started to struggle with the wind, collecting a double-bogey 5 at the par-3 15th hole and a bogey at the par-4 16th.

“It was definitely getting to a stage with three or four holes to go that everyone was pretty tired out there and angry to be honest,” Smith said. “It was a very frustrating day. … You can play this golf course with no wind and it’s brutal. When you get 30-mph gusts, it’s definitely not an easy place to get around.”

Westwood also was at 4 under through his first seven holes, but his hot start was disrupted by a double bogey at No. 8, followed by a bogey at No. 11. He recorded a par on his final four holes before play was halted.

Niemann, who has won four times already this season, had a birdie at No. 4 then 12 consecutive pars before play was stopped.

Bryson DeChambeau finished his round at even par and was tied for second place with Spain’s Jon Rahm, who was through 14 holes. A group of 10 sat another shot behind at 1 over, including Phil Mickelson and United States Ryder Cup hopeful Patrick Reed.

DeChambeau had three birdies with three bogeys and was at 1-under for the round before a bogey 6 at the 17th hole.

Reed is coming off his first LIV victory June 29 at LIV Golf Dallas at Carrollton, Texas, winning in a playoff over England’s Paul Casey, Japan’s Jinichiro Kozuma and South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen.

Defending champion Sergio Garcia of Spain was in a logjam at 2 over through 14 holes.

Play was suspended at 5:07 p.m. local time and did not resume.

This is the first European stop on the 2025 LIV Golf calendar.

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NASCAR NEWS

HOMETOWN HERO KYLE LARSON LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS SONOMA TITLE

If you enjoy racing at NASCAR’s snaking road courses, you have come to the right place over the past five races.

For the third time in that quintet, drivers will mix in plenty of right-hand turns to go along with the usual left-handers when the Cup Series travels to its lone stop in California for the Toyota/Save Mart 350, the 110-lap race at Sonoma Raceway.

Kyle Larson is surely thrilled to be back in the Golden State’s wine country — and not just because he hails from Elk Grove, just 90 minutes away from the 12-turn track.

The race’s defending winner beat Martin Truex Jr. and Chris Buescher over the final 51 caution-free laps a year ago. However, the 2021 Cup champ has not had much go his way since his history-making efforts in running at Indianapolis and Charlotte on the same Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend.

The hometown hero at the 1.99-mile track has run poorly since doing the “Double,” wrecking in both the Indy 500 and Coke 600. In the seven races starting in Charlotte, his average finish is 17.6 with his best showing being fifth at Michigan.

But the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports driver is safely in the playoffs, of course. His three wins tie him with Denny Hamlin and Christopher Bell for the most, and he is a two-time winner in Napa Valley’s vineyard region.

However, it was Shane van Gisbergen who sipped sweet success Sunday for the second time in the three Cup races held on the Chicago Street Course.

In the first one there in 2023, the No. 88 Trackhouse Racing driver recorded career win No. 1. He was victorious in last year’s Xfinity race but finished last in the Cup event following a crash.

Last weekend, the New Zealander earned the pole in both races and scored two victories. He became the first driver to win from the pole on both Saturday and Sunday since Kyle Busch did it in 2016 at Indianapolis.

“This joint, it changed my life,” said SVG, whose three wins in 33 races make for a fine start in Cup racing and puts him with the most wins by any foreign-born driver.

With Chicago’s future in real question — the three-race agreement is over — SVG is one of many drivers who would relish a fourth in the Second City, though San Diego may be the next stop on the streets.

In the playoff chase, SVG’s win slots him fourth in the postseason lineup with seven races remaining, but with 12 winners locked into the playoffs, three of the final four positions have tightened up.

The first winless driver, 13th-place Tyler Reddick, holds a vast 104-point lead over Alex Bowman in 14th.

And while a victory might be expected of Reddick in his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, none of his eight wins have come at any of the next seven venues.

Bowman leads Buescher by just four points, while Bubba Wallace, who finished 28th Sunday after being spun twice, holds the final playoff spot in 16th by only two points over Ryan Preece.

It is then a 41-point drop-off to 18th-place AJ Allmendinger with 400 points.

Larson (2024, 2021), Busch (2015, 2008) and lame duck Trackhouse driver Daniel Suarez (2022) will be the only active competitors in Sunday’s field who have taken home Sonoma’s checkered flag.

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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

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INDIANA FEVER

KELSEY MITCHELL SCORES 25 AND THE FEVER USE A 59-POINT SECOND HALF TO BEAT THE DREAM 99-82

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 25 points, Aliyah Boston had 19 points, six rebounds and eight assists, and the Indiana Fever used a 59-point second half to beat the Atlanta Dream 99-82 on Friday night.

Caitlin Clark was 5 of 17 from the field, including 1 of 7 from 3-point range, for 12 points and added nine assists for Indiana (10-10). Sophie Cunningham had 16 points and 10 rebounds

Indiana trailed 63-60 with 3:38 left in the third quarter before holding Atlanta without a field goal for the rest of the frame. The Fever scored the final four points of the third and opened the fourth on a 11-2 run to take an 80-67 lead. Indiana led by double figures the rest of the way.

Jordin Canada set career highs with 30 points and six 3-pointers for Atlanta (12-8). Rhyne Howard added 14 points and four 3-pointers, and Brittney Griner had 10 points and eight rebounds. Brionna Jones fouled out with 6:17 remaining in the fourth.

Canada made six 3-pointers and tied her career high with 26 points in the first half to help Atlanta take a 45-40 halftime lead. The Dream closed the first half on a 6-0 run after Indiana turned it over on its final three possessions.

Canada entered the game 6 of 29 from 3-point range this season and made 6 of 9 in the first half against the Dream.

It was the fourth and final meeting in the regular season between the Fever and the Dream, with the series tied at 2-all.

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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

INDIANS FALL TO STRIPERS IN 10 INNINGS

INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians overcame a three-run deficit to knot the game in the ninth inning, but it wasn’t enough as a grand slam by Matthew Batten in the top of the 10th gave the Gwinnett Stripers their first win of the six-game series at Victory Field on Friday night, 8-4.

Down 4-2 in the bottom of the ninth, the Indians (11-5, 53-37) utilized an RBI triple by Tsung-Che Cheng and sacrifice fly by Ji Hwan Bae to tie the game before the game-winning 10th. A single and intentional walk loaded the bases with one out before Batten smashed a no-doubt grand slam to left field against Nick Dombkowski (L, 1-4).

Gwinnett (8-8, 37-54) began the scoring on an RBI triple by Cody Milligan in the third inning before Bae scored Simon in the fifth to tie the game at 1-1. A pair of homers by Eddys Leonard and Sandy León in the sixth inning then gave the Stripers a three-run advantage.

Indy began its comeback effort on a Liover Peguero RBI single in the eighth.

Blake Burkhalter took the first five frames for Gwinnett before five bullpen arms finished the win. John Brebbia (W, 1-0) gave up the two game-tying runs before Wander Suero shut down the Indians offense in the bottom of the 10th.

The Indians will look to clinch a victory in the series tomorrow night at 7:05 PM at Victory Field. RHP Drake Fellows (5-2, 5.33) will take the mound for the Indians against RHP Brett Sears (Triple-A debut).

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INDY ELEVEN

#INDVRI PREVIEW

Indy Eleven vs. Rhode Island FC
Sat., July 12, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis
Follow Live
Watch: WRTV 6, ESPN+
In-game updates: IndyEleven
Stats: #INDvRI MatchCenter at USLChampionship.com

2025 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 4-5-5 (-1), 17 pts; #7 in Eastern Conference
Rhode Island FC: 4-7-4 (-3), 16 pts; #9 in Eastern Conference

Setting the Scene

Indy Eleven concludes its “Summer of Soccer” home stretch vs. Rhode Island FC on Saturday at 7:00 pm on WRTV 6 & ESPN+.

IND		RI
14	Games	15
23	Goals	14
59	SOT	67
15	Assists	9
24	Goals Conceded	17
59	Shots Faced	52
3	Clean Sheets	4

Series

Saturday is the fourth all-time meeting between the two clubs.

Tied 1-1-1 | GF 6, GA 6

Meetings
Nov. 3, 2024 | L, 3-2 | Home
Aug. 7, 2024 | W, 1-0 | Home
July 5, 2024 | D, 3-3 | Away

Last Meeting in 2024 Eastern Conference Quarterfinals

Indy Eleven’s first home USL Championship Playoff game since 2019 was an exciting one, but the hosts dropped a 3-2 decision to Rhode Island FC at Carroll Stadium on November 3, 2024.

Rhode Island opened the scoring in the 19th minute when forward JJ Williams converted a penalty for a hand-ball in the area.

Boys in Blue captain Aodhan Quinn responded with his 55th career USLC goal on a one-touch volley from the top of the area in the 35th minute to tie the match.

JJ Williams added goals in the 38th and 52nd minutes to give the visitors a 3-1 lead.

Indy Eleven thought it had narrowed the deficit in the 58th minute when Romario Williams finished off a feed from Hayden White, but the play was ruled offside.

Quinn responded once again in the 76th minute with an impressive volley from outside the area to set up a forward Douglas Martinez’s header down into the far corner to narrow the gap to 3-2. It is the fourth goal this season for Martinez and the 51st career assist for Quinn, who now has 106 career points. It also was the team’s 51st goal of the campaign, tying the franchise USLC record set in 2019.

Indy Eleven had a great scoring chance in the seventh minute of stoppage time, but Romario’s shot was saved by Koke Vegas.

The Boys in Blue’s made their fourth playoff appearance in six full seasons in the USLC, recording consecutive playoff berths for the first time since 2018 and 2019.

Scoring Summary
RI – JJ Williams (penalty) 19’
IND – Aodhan Quinn 35’
RI – JJ Williams 38’
RI – JJ Williams (Jojea Kwizera) 52’
IND – Douglas Martinez (Aodhan Quinn) 76’
Discipline Summary
IND – Douglas Martinez (caution) 45’+2
IND – Maalique Foster (caution) 58’
IND – James Musa (caution) 69’
RI – Zachary Herivaux (caution) 81’
IND – Ben Ofeimu (caution) 90’+2

Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, Aedan Stanley (Adrian Diz Pe 75’), Ben Ofeimu, James Musa, Logan Neidlinger (Elliot Collier 75’), Brem Soumaoro (Hayden White 55’), Aodhan Quinn (captain), Jack Blake, Maalique Foster, Douglas Martinez, Augi Williams (Romario Williams 54’).

Indy Eleven Subs not used: Yannik Oettl, Sebastian Guenzatti, Laurence Wootton.

Rhode Island FC line-up: Koke Vegas (captain), Morris Duggan, Karifa Yao, Grant Stoneman, Jojea Kwizera (Kofi Twumasi 83’), Frank Nodarse, Zach Herivaux (Stephen Turnbull 83’), Marc Ybarra, Clay Holstad (Joe Brito 68’), Noah Fuson, JJ Williams (Albert Dikwa 62’).

Rhode Island FC subs not used: Jack Panayotou, Mark Doyle, Jackson Lee.

Stat IND RI
Shots 14 16
Shots on Target 5 7
Corner Kicks 5 8
Offsides 2 0
Fouls 17 21
Saves 4 3

Blake USL Championship “Player of the Week”

Indy Eleven midfielder Jack Blake is the USL Championship Player of the Week for weeks 17/18 after leading the Boys in Blue to a 3-0 victory over Monterey Bay FC on Saturday at Carroll Stadium.

It is the first time that Blake has earned “Player of the Week” honors and the 10th time he has gotten “Team of the Week” recognition in the last two seasons. The Nottingham, England, native had a team-best eight selections a year ago, and he was named to the honor squad on March 18 after the Boys in Blue’s first match of the 2025 campaign. The 30-year-old Blake also garnered USL Jägermeister Cup “Team of the Round” accolades on April 29.

The third-year Indy Eleven performer had a goal and an assist on Saturday. In the eighth minute, he recorded his fourth assist this season and the 25th in his USLC career on captain Aodhan Quinn’s third goal of the campaign.
In first half stoppage time, Blake converted his eighth consecutive penalty kick over the past two seasons for his fourth goal in 2025 and the 36th of his USLC regular-season career to give his team a 2-0 lead heading into halftime. In his three seasons with the Boys in Blue, Blake has scored 17 goals in regular season and playoffs, the second-most in the team’s USL Championship era (2018-) behind Tyler Pasher (24).

In the 2025 USLC stats, Blake is tied for eighth in assists (4), tied for 10th in shots (25), and tied for 17th in goals (4).

Quinn & Blake USL Championship “Team of the Week”

Indy Eleven midfielders Jack Blake and Aodhan Quinn have been selected to the USL Championship Team of the Week for weeks 17/18 after leading the Boys in Blue to a 3-0 victory over Monterey Bay FC on Saturday at Carroll Stadium.

Blake was named the “Player of the Week”, with Quinn joining him on the “Team of the Week” after scoring his 57th career goal in USLC regular season play (tied for 21st all-time). Blake earned the assist on Quinn’s goal in the eighth minute, with the captain making a spin move just outside the area and finishing for his third goal of the season.

Quinn is tied for fourth in the USLC with a team-high five assists this season, recording one in four consecutive games in May to tie the second-longest streak of his career. He and Blake are the only two Boys in Blue who have started all 14 matches this season. Quinn leads the team in crosses (35) and he is second in minutes (1,179) and tied for second in scoring chances (16).

One of the greatest players in USLC history, Quinn is third all-time in assists (55) and goal contributions (112), second in minutes (22,967), fifth in appearances (276), and he is the all-time leader with 262 games started.

The Boys in Blue have had nine different players named to the Team of the Week/Team of the Round in the first half of 2025.

Indy Eleven USL Championship Goals (All Competitions)
1. Tyler Pasher 24 2018-20
2. Jack Blake 17 2023-
3. Sebastian Guenzatti 16 2023-24
4. Manuel Arteaga 15 2021-22
5. Aodhan Quinn 13 2023-
Stéfano Pinho 13 2022-23
Ayoze 13 2018-22
Aodhan Quinn USLC All-Time Rankings
Games Started | 262 | 1st
Minutes | 22,967 | 2nd
Assists | 55 | T 3rd
Appearances | 276 | 5th
USL Championship Regular Season Goal Contributions
3. Aodhan Quinn (IND) 112 (57 goals & 55 assists)*
4. Solomon Asante 110 (52 goals, 58 assists)
USL Championship Regular Season 55 Goals & 30 Assists
1.Enzo Martinez (BHM) – 76 goals, 51 assists
2. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 57 goals, 55 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

Boys in Blue Blank Monterey Bay

In a commanding performance at home, Indy Eleven powered past Monterey Bay FC with a 3-0 victory, backed by a strong attacking display and a clean sheet from goalkeeper Hunter Sulte. Goals from Aodhan Quinn, Jack Blake, and Romario Williams sealed the win, as the Boys in Blue continue their climb up the Eastern Conference standings. The win lifts Indy Eleven to seventh in the East with 17 points through 14 matches.

The Boys in Blue wasted no time asserting themselves in the match. In the eighth minute, captain Aodhan Quinn struck first with a composed finish after receiving a well-placed pass from Jack Blake. The goal was Quinn’s 57th in USL Championship play, moving him into a tie for 21st on the league’s all-time scoring list. Blake’s assist marked the 25th of his USLC career.

Just before halftime, Blake added a goal of his own, converting a penalty kick in first-half stoppage time to double the lead. It marked Indy’s 14th first-half goal of the season, tied for second in the league. Blake is tied for the team lead with four goals this season, increasing his career USLC total to 36 goals.

Indy’s back line held firm throughout the night. Elvis Amoh and Cam Lindley continued to snuff out early Monterey Bay attacks in the opening minutes, while James Murphy contributed with steady defensive coverage and effective ball movement through the midfield.

Goalkeeper Hunter Sulte recorded five saves, earning his third clean sheet of the year and 12th with the club over the last two seasons. The performance marks another strong showing from an Indy defense that continues to gain consistency at home.

In the 83rd minute, Romario Williams sealed the match with a well-placed strike following a perfectly centered pass from Oliver Brynéus. The goal was Williams’ third of the campaign and the 63rd in USL Championship play, tying him for 15th all-time.

Indy Eleven is third in the USL Championship in goals scored within the opening 15 minutes.

Scoring Summary
IND – Aodhan Quinn (Jack Blake) 8’
IND – Jack Blake (penalty) 45’+11
IND – Romario Williams (Oliver Brynéus) 83’
Discipline Summary
MB – Jacob Muir (caution) 60’

Indy Eleven line-up: Hunter Sulte, James Musa, Josh O’Brien (Elliot Collier 86’), Hayden White, Aodhan Quinn (captain), James Murphy, Cam Lindley, Bruno Rendón (Pat Hogan 69’), Jack Blake (Romario Williams 80’), Maalique Foster (Oliver Brynéus 69’), Elvis Amoh (Edward Kizza 80’).

Indy Eleven Subs not used: Reice Charles Cook, Finn McRobb.

USLC 50+ Regular Season Goals Best Strike Rate
3. Romario Williams – 63 goals, 156 app., 155.5 mins/goal
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 96 2020, 2023-25
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
Clearances Pat Hogan 1 98
James Musa T11 80
Assists Aodhan Quinn T4 5
Jack Blake T8 4
Shots Jack Blake T10 25
Interceptions James Musa T12 18
Saves Hunter Sulte T12 32
Clean Sheets Hunter Sulte T13 3
Goals Elvis Amoh T17 4
Jack Blake T17 4
Aerial Duels Won Pat Hogan T17 35
Team
Category Rank Total
First-Half Goals T2 14
Goals 6 23
Conversion Rate T8 17%
Shots 14 159

USL Career Regular Season Rankings

Individual Rankings

Goals
T15. Romario Williams (IND) – 63
T21. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 57
Assists
2. Solomon Asante – 58
3. Danny Barrera – 55
Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 55
Games Started
1. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 262
2. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 256
Minutes
1. Sean Totsch (LOU) – 23,159
2. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 22,877
Appearances
4. Yann Akra – 277
5. Aodhan Quinn (IND) – 276
Team Leaders
Stat Player Number
Goals Amoh, Blake 4
Assists Aodhan Quinn 5
Shots Jack Blake 25
Shots on Target Jack Blake 12
Chances Created Jack Blake 18
Crosses Aodhan Quinn 35
Fouls Won Jack Blake 24
Duels Won Jack Blake 60
Aerial Duels Won Pat Hogan 35
Clearances Pat Hogan 98
Blocks Hogan, Ofeimu 7
Interceptions James Musa 18
Tackles Won James Murphy 15
Passes James Murphy 641
Minutes James Murphy 1218

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: 18-16-14 | USOC: 5-1-1 | OVERALL: 25-17-16 (.569)

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: 7 | May 28 vs HFD, June 28 vs. BHM^
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
Possession: 41.6% | May 28 vs HFD
Corners: 2 | May 16 at ELP

USL Championship Regular-Season Player Milestones

60 Goals
Romario Williams – 63
50 Goals
Aodhan Quinn – 57
40 Goals
Elvis Amoh – 44
30 Goals
Jack Blake – 36
20 Goals
Maalique Foster – 21
Edward Kizza – (19)
Elliot Collier – (18)
50 Assists
Aodhan Quinn – 55
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 – 112 (57 goals, 55 assists)
70 Goals+Assists
Romario Williams – 74 (63 goals, 11 assists)
60 Goals+Assists
Jack Blake – 61 (36 goals, 25 assists)
50 Goals+Assists
Elvis Amoh – 52 (44 goals, 8 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 – 12 (14)
Romario Williams – 8 (10)
250 Appearances
Aodhan Quinn – 276
200 Appearances
James Musa – 215
150 Appearances
Jack Blake – 183
Cam Lindley – 172
Romario Williams – 156
100 Appearances
Elvis Amoh – 143
Ben Ofeimu – 140
Aedan Stanley – 138
Elliot Collier – 119
Pat Hogan – 101
250 Games Started
Aodhan Quinn – 262
200 Games Started
James Musa – 202
150 Games Started
Jack Blake – 155
100 Games Started
Cam Lindley – 147
Aedan Stanley – 134
James Murphy – 122
Romario Williams – 115
20,000 Minutes
Aodhan Quinn – 22,967
15,000 Minutes
James Musa – 17,800
10,000 Minutes
Jack Blake – 13,163
Cam Lindley – 12,855
Aedan Stanley – 12,025
James Murphy – 10,892
Ben Ofeimu – 10,485
Romario Williams – (9,799)

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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PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

ABBEY ELLIS NAMED TO AUSTRALIA WOMEN’S ASIA CUP ROSTER

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue women’s basketball alumna Abbey Ellis will represent her native Australia this week in the 2025 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup in Shenzhen, China, after receiving a late call up to the roster last week.

The Opals will take on the Philippines in the opener on Sunday, before facing Lebanon on Monday and Japan on Tuesday. All three games will be played at 4:30 a.m. ET.

The Opals will be in Group B of the eight-team event. The top three teams will progress to the knockout stage starting on Friday, July 18. All six teams in the knockout stage will qualify for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in Berlin, Germany.

Semifinals will be played on Saturday with the champion crowned on Sunday, July 20.

Ellis has had a great year year in the professional ranks, guiding the Townsville Fire to the WNBL finals and winning the WNBL Breakout Player of the Year. Ellis made her international debut for Australia in May in the Trans-Tasmanian Throwdown.

Ellis wrapped up an impressive three-year career at Purdue becoming the only transfer in program history to score 1,000 points in West Lafayette.

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IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL

HOWLETT FINALIZES IU INDY MEN’S BASKETBALL STAFF

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis Athletics Department and head men’s basketball coach Ben Howlett announced the additions of three Indiana-natives to round out his staff ahead of the 2025-26 season. Howlett added John Peckinpaugh and Devin Heath-Granger as assistant coaches and Bruce Fields as the program’s director of operations.

“I’m really excited to bring all three of these guys on board. They all know the state of Indiana really well and are really well known and respected throughout the state,” Howlett said. “They’re committed to helping build the program and doing things the right way.

“I like how the staff has come together and I think we’re all going to really enjoy working together for a common goal.”

Peckinpaugh, a Muncie-native, spent the past four seasons as head coach at Kokomo High School. He led Kokomo to an IHSAA Class 4A Final Four appearance in 2022 and a state runner-up finish in 2023. He later coached the 2024 Indiana All-Star Team, keyed by two-time Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year Flory Bidunga. Peckinpaugh previously coached at Noblesville High School after previous head coaching stops at Indiana Tech and Wheeling Jesuit. At Indiana Tech, his time was highlighted by a 23-win season and NAIA Tournament berth in 2016. Peckinpaugh played collegiately at Purdue Fort Wayne (previously IPFW) and had two stints on the Fort Wayne staff. He played in 108 games for the Mastodons, making 61 career starts.

“I’m incredibly excited to join Coach Howlett’s staff here at IU Indy. I’ve followed his from afar ever since I left Wheeling Jesuit and have always had a deep respect for the way he runs his program. What he’s built speaks for itself, and I truly believe in his vision and the culture he creates,” Peckinpaugh said. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to be part of it and can’t wait to get to work.”

Heath-Granger, an Indianapolis-native, spent last season at the University of Indianapolis on Scott Heady’s staff, helping the Greyhounds to a 15-13 campaign. He has previous coaching stops at Fairmont State, where he elevated to Associate Head Coach for his final two seasons, and at Marian University as Director of Operations. As a player, Heath-Granger was a four-year starter at Goshen College, finishing as the program’s all-time leader in assists and ranking third all-time in steals. He totaled more than 1,000 points in his collegiate career and finished as an All-Crossroads League honoree.

“My family and I are super excited and grateful to be here at IU Indy. Coach Howlett is one of the most successful coaches in the country and I can’t wait to continue to learn from him,” Heath-Granger said. “Basketball is everything here in Indiana and I think this state is going to love the system and the way we play.”

Fields, a Mooresville-native, spent the past five seasons as head coach at Judson (Ill.) University. His time with the Eagles was highlighted by a 15-15 regular season in 2021-22, marking the program’s best record in a decade. He was previously an assistant for two seasons at Judson and had previous stops at Trinity International University and Olive Harvey College. Fields played collegiately at Gardner-Webb University, amassing over 1,000 points, 750 rebounds and 250 assists in his playing career. He then played professionally for nearly a decade in Denmark, Switzerland, France and Austria, including winning an Austrian League National Championship in 2009.

“I am extremely grateful to Coach Howlett for this opportunity and am honored to join the IU Indy staff under his leadership,” Fields said. “It is exciting to be part of a team that brings such an impressive pace to the game; I know our fans will love it!”

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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S BASKETBALL

TYLER SLICK NAMED MEN’S BASKETBALL ASSISTANT COACH

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Tyler Slick has been named an assistant coach for the Purdue Fort Wayne men’s basketball program, head coach Jon Coffman announced on Friday (July 11).

Slick spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with NCAA Division II Lincoln Memorial. He helped the Railsplitters to a 105-24 overall record and 57-1 home record during his time in Harrogate, Tennessee. Lincoln Memorial won four South Atlantic Conference Regular Season titles and qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament all four years. In 2022-23, the Railsplitters advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight after winning the Southeast Regional title. That club put together a 30-5 record. Slick’s responsibilities for Lincoln Memorial included: offensive scouting reports, recruiting coordination, travel, academic support and administration.

“Tyler is a winner,” Coffman said. “At Lincoln Memorial, Tyler was a part of four conference titles, four NCAA tournaments and helped them to 105 wins. He is a bright young coach that brings a versatile skill set who has gained a lot of experience working with some excellent mentors. I’m excited to watch his relationship building, player development experience and recruiting connections and experience impact winning within our program!”

Prior to Lincoln Memorial, Slick spent seven seasons coaching at nearly all levels of college basketball including experience at NCAA Division I, II, III and junior college institutions.

Starting at Memphis in August of 2020, Slick aided the Tigers to their second NIT title in program history and a 20-win season. With Slick’s primary duties at Memphis including opponent scouting reports, film breakdown, academic monitoring and skill development, the Tigers went 20-8 and 11-4 in American Athletic Conference play.

Prior to his time at Memphis, Slick served as an assistant coach at North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota, for two seasons. While at NDSCS the Wildcats posted a 51-12 record, which included back-to-back 25-win campaigns, and reached the 2019 NJCAA Division I Region XIII championship game.

Spending the 2017-18 basketball season as an assistant coach at NCAA Division II member Minnesota State University, Mankato, Slick helped the Mavericks to a 24-10 overall record and a 16-6 mark in Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference action. With Slick in charge of opponent scouting, recruiting, film study, academic monitoring and skill development, Minnesota State Mankato finished among the final 16 teams in the national tournament as the Mavericks reached the 2018 Division II Men’s Basketball Central Regional Championship title game.

Before his time at Minnesota State Mankato, Slick coached at Minneapolis North High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the 2016-17 academic year. With Slick on staff the Polars were 32-2 en route to the 2017 Class A state championship.

Slick spent two seasons (2014-16) as an assistant at NCAA Division III Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, Minnesota. He began his coaching career at Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton High School in Janesville, Minnesota. In the summer months, Slick has spent time working with Ganon Baker and his NBA pre-draft workouts. He has also served as director of basketball operations for Ganon Baker Basketball.

Slick received his bachelor’s degree in sport management and marketing from Minnesota State Mankato in 2016 before attaining a Master of Education (M.Ed.) from the University of Minnesota in December of 2017. He earned a second master’s degree at the University of Memphis in sport hospitality.

Slick resides in Fort Wayne with his wife Dana.

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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

July 12

1901 — Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox won his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A’s.

1921 — Babe Ruth sets a record of 137 career home runs.

1945 — Tommy Holmes of the Boston Braves went hitless to end his consecutive-game hitting streak at 37 games, an NL record that stood until Pete Rose broke it in 1978.

1949 — Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians and Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and Don Newcombe of the host Brooklyn Dodgers became the first black players to appear in an All-Star game as the AL took advantage of five NL errors to win 11-7 at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.

1951 — Allie Reynolds of the New York Yankees beat Bob Feller of the Indians 1-0 with a no-hit game at Cleveland. Gene Woodling’s home run was the difference.

1955 — St. Louis’ Stan Musial hit Frank Sullivan’s first pitch of the 12th inning for a home run to give the NL All-Star team a 6-5 victory over the AL at Milwaukee’s County Stadium. The AL had led 5-0 after six innings.

1979 — In the most ill-fated promotion in baseball history, thousands of fans overran the Comiskey Park field during “Disco Demolition Night” and caused the Chicago White Sox to forfeit the second game of a doubleheader after losing to Detroit 4-1 in the first.

1990 — Melido Perez pitched the record-tying seventh no-hitter of the season as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 8-0 in a game shortened to six innings by rain. That was one inning longer than the rain-shortened no-hitter pitched in 1988 by Melido’s brother Pascual, who watched from the Yankees’ bench.

1994 — Tony Gwynn barely slipped past Ivan Rodriguez on Moises Alou’s double in the 10th inning to give the NL an 8-7 victory and end its record six-game losing streak in the All-Star game. Fred McGriff’s two-run homer in the ninth off Lee Smith had tied it and earned him MVP honors.

1997 — Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rinco combined for a 10 inning no-hitter as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 3-0. Cordova pitched nine innings, walking two and striking out 10, before being removed with the score 0-0. Rincon pitched the 10th and got the win when Mark Smith hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning.

2005 — Miguel Tejada and Mark Teixeira led the American League to a 7-5 win over the National League in Detroit for its eighth straight win. Tejada, the game’s MVP, homered off John Smoltz to start the scoring and Teixeira added a two-run drive off Dontrelle Willis.

2008 — Greg Maddux became the oldest pitcher in big league history to steal a base at 42 years and 89 days when he stole a base in San Diego’s loss to Atlanta. Jim Kaat had the previous mark. It was Maddux’s 11th stolen base of his career.

2011 — Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer and Roy Halladay and his relief combined on a six-hitter to lead the NL over the AL 5-1, giving the senior circuit its first two-game winning streak in the All-Star game since the mid-1990s.

2016 — Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs, Royals teammate Salvador Perez also hit a two-run homer, and the American League won its fourth consecutive All-Star Game, beating the NL 4-2.

2021 — The Korea Baseball Association announced that it is suspending its season due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

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July 13

1896 — Philadelphia’s Ed Delahanty hit four home runs in a losing effort, a 9-8 loss to Chicago.

1934 — Babe Ruth hit his 700th home run in a 4-2 victory over Tommy Bridges and the Detroit Tigers. Lou Gehrig left in the first with a severe case of lumbago, the most serious threat to his streak. He returned for one at bat the next day.

1943 — The first night game in All-Star history, at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park, went to the AL, 5-3, despite a single, triple and home run by NL center fielder Vince DiMaggio of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The big blow was a three-run homer by Bobby Doerr of the Boston Red Sox, which gave the AL the lead for good.

1945 — Chicago’s Pat Seerey hit three home runs, a triple and drove in eight runs to lead the White Sox in a 16-4 win over New York at Yankee Stadium.

1954 — Pitcher Dean Stone did not retire a batter but received credit for the AL’s 11-9 All-Star victory at Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. Red Schoendienst tried to steal a run for the NL after Stone was summoned in the eighth inning, but the pitcher’s throw to the plate nailed the runner for the third out.

1963 — Early Wynn, at 43, registered his 300th and last victory, pitching the first five innings of Cleveland’s 7-4 triumph over the Kansas City A’s.

1965 — The NL took the lead over the AL for the first time since the All-Star series began, winning 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minn.

1971 — Reggie Jackson’s mammoth home run off the power generator on the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium highlighted a barrage of six homers — three by each team — as the AL beat the NL 6-4 in the All-Star game.

1982 — The NL registered its 11th consecutive All-Star victory over the AL with a 4-1 victory at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, the first All-Star game played outside the United States. Dave Concepcion’s two-run homer off Dennis Eckersley in the second inning was the deciding hit.

1993 — Minnesota’s Kirby Puckett homered and doubled to win the MVP award in the AL’s 9-3 victory in the All-Star game at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

1999 — Boston’s Pedro Martinez pitched himself into the All-Star game record book, becoming the first to strike out the first four hitters in an All-Star game, fanning Barry Larkin, Larry Walker and Sammy Sosa in the first inning, and Mark McGwire to start the second. Martinez struck out five in the first two innings — tying an American League record — to lead the AL to a 4-1 victory over the National League.

2010 — Brian McCann’s three-run double in the seventh inning provided the NL all the offense it needed to capture its first Midsummer Classic since 1996 with a 3-1 victory.

2013 — Tim Lincecum threw the second no-hitter in 11 days, a gem saved by a spectacular diving catch by right fielder Hunter Pence in the San Francisco Giants’ 9-0 win against the last-place San Diego Padres. Lincecum, a two-time Cy Young Award winner, was the loser when Cincinnati’s Homer Bailey no-hit the Giants on July 2.

2014 — Madison Bumgarner became the first pitcher in 48 years to hit two grand slams in a season, and Buster Posey also hit a slam that boosted San Francisco to an 8-4 win over Arizona.

2021 — The American League wins the 91st All-Star game with a 5-2 win over the National League for their 8th straight win.

2022 — The Blue Jays, who had entered the season with sky-high expectations, fire manager Charlie Montoyo after the team has lost eight of its last ten games and is now barely ahead of the 5th-place Orioles. Bench coach John Schneider takes over as manager on an interim basis, and Casey Candaele is promoted from AAA Buffalo to step into the breach left by Schneider on the coaching staff.

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July 14

1916 — St. Louis Browns pitcher Ernie Koob went the distance in a 17-inning 0-0 tie with the Boston Red Sox. Carl Mays went the first 15 innings for the Red Sox and Dutch Leonard finished.

1946 — Cleveland player-manager Lou Boudreau hit four doubles and a home run in the first game of a doubleheader against Boston, but Ted Williams connected for three home runs and drove in eight runs for an 11-10 Red Sox victory.

1956 — Mel Parnell of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox for a 4-0 victory at Fenway Park.

1967 — Eddie Mathews of the Astros hit his 500th home run off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beat the Giants 8-6.

1968 — Hank Aaron hit his 500th home run off Mike McCormick as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

1968 — Don Wilson of the Houston Astros struck out 18 Reds in a 6-1 victory over Cincinnati in the nightcap of a doubleheader.

1969 — Oakland’s Reggie Jackson knocked in 10 runs in a 21-7 win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Jackson had five hits in six at-bats, including two two-run homers and a double.

1970 — Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds scored on Jim Hickman’s 12th-inning single after bowling over Cleveland’s Ray Fosse at home plate to give the NL a 5-4 victory over the AL at Riverfront Stadium.

1972 — In a major league first, Bill Haller was the umpire behind the plate while his brother Tom was the catcher for the Detroit Tigers.

1995 — Ramon Martinez threw the first no-hitter of the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Florida Marlins 7-0. Martinez was perfect for 7 1-3 innings before walking Tommy Gregg.

2006 — The New York Yankees snapped Jose Contreras’ winning streak at 17 decisions with a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox. Contreras (9-1) hadn’t lost since dropping a 4-2 decision to Minnesota last Aug. 15.

2008 — Josh Hamilton of Texas, with a dazzling display of power, hit a record 28 homers in the first round of the All-Star Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium before he was beaten out by Minnesota’s Justin Morneau in the finals.

2009 — The American League continued its dominance over the National League with a 4-3 win in the All-Star game. The AL is 12-0-1 since its 1996 defeat at Philadelphia — the longest unbeaten streak in All-Star history. Carl Crawford of Tampa, robbed Brad Hawpe of a go-ahead homer in the eighth and took home MVP honors.

2014 — Yoenis Cespedes successfully defends his title as Home Run Derby champion in the annual event held before the All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. Cespedes defeats Todd Frazier in the final round, 9 long balls to 1, having hit 28 overall. Ken Griffey Jr. was the only other repeat winner in the event, winning in 1998 and 1999.

2015 — Mike Trout became the first player in 38 years to lead off the All-Star Game with a home run, and the American League beat the National League 6-3 to secure home-field advantage in the World Series for the third straight time and 10th in 13 years. Trout also became the first player to be selected the game’s MVP two years in row.

2018 — The Cardinals fire manager Mike Matheny just before the All-Star break, following a loss to the Reds that puts them just one game above .500. Hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller are also let go, while bench coach Mike Shildt is named interim manager, with a permanent replacement expected to be named when play resumes after the Mid-Summer Classic in a few days. However, Shildt will do so well that he will be made permanent within a few weeks.

2023 — Brothers Josh Naylor and Bo Naylor both hit two-run homers in the 3rd inning in the Guardians’ 12 – 4 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Park. It the first time that brothers hit multi-run homers for the same team in the sasme inning.

July 15

1901 — Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants pitched his first of two career no-hitters, beating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-0.

1921 — NY Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record of 138 career home runs (held by Roger Connor since 1895).

1960 — Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson goes 5-for-5, hitting for the cycle and driving in three runs to lead the Orioles past the Chicago White Sox 5-2.

1969 — Cincinnati’s Lee May hit four home runs in a doubleheader split with the Atlanta Braves. May had two home runs and drove in five runs in both games. The Reds lost the opener 9-8 but won the second game 10-4.

1969 — Rod Carew stole home off Chicago’s Gerry Nyman in the Minnesota Twins’ 6-2 victory. It was Carew’s seventh steal of home for the year and tied Pete Reiser’s 1946 major league mark.

1973 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels struck out 17 batters and threw his second no-hitter of the year, beating Detroit 6-0.

1980 — Johnny Bench broke Yogi Berra’s record for home runs by a catcher, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Montreal Expos 12-7. Bench hit his 314th homer as a catcher off David Palmer. Bench had 33 home runs while playing other positions.

1997 — The San Francisco Giants scored 13 runs to set a modern NL record for runs in a seventh inning en route to a 16-2 rout of the San Diego Padres. The Giants set the NL record for the most runs in a seventh inning since 1900.

1999 — After 22½ years in the dreary Kingdome, Seattle finally played a home game outdoors, moving into a $517.6 million ballpark with a retractable roof. Jose Mesa wasted a ninth-inning lead by walking four batters and the Mariners lost 3-2 to the San Diego Padres in Safeco Field’s opener.

2003 — Anaheim’s Garret Anderson went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double, powering the American League past the National League 7-6 in the All-Star Game.

2005 — Baltimore’s Rafael Palmeiro became the 26th player to reach 3,000 career hits, curling an RBI double into the left-field corner off Joel Pineiro in the fifth inning of a 6-3 win over Seattle. Palmeiro joined Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray as the only players with 3,000 hits and 500 homers.

2007 — The Philadelphia Phillies lost their 10,000 game, 10-2 to St. Louis. The franchise, born in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers and later unofficially called the Blue Jays in the mid-1940s, fell to 8,810-10,000.

2008 — Justin Morneau slid home just in time on Michael Young’s sacrifice fly in the 15th inning, giving the American League a 4-3 victory in the All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. The AL extended its unbeaten streak to 12.

2014 — With Derek Jeter going out a winner in his last All-Star appearance, Mike Trout drove in two runs with a triple and a double to lead the American League past the National League 5-3. Jeter started his 14th and final midsummer classic and went 2 for 2 before being removed in the top of the fourth inning.

2017 — Cody Bellinger became the first Dodgers rookie to hit for the cycle and Alex Wood became the first Dodgers pitcher in more than a century to win his first 11 decisions in a season, helping Los Angeles beat the Miami Marlins 7-1.

2021 — Tampa Bay catcher Travis d’Arnaud becomes first player in MLB history to hit 3 homers while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays’ 5-4 win over the NY Yankees.

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July 16

1897 — Chicago’s Cap Anson became the first major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits when he singled off Baltimore’s George Blackburn.

1902 — John McGraw was named manager of the New York Giants, a post he would hold for 30 years.

1909 — Ed Summers of the Detroit Tigers allowed only seven hits and pitched all 18 innings of a 0-0 tie with the Washington Senators, the longest scoreless game in AL history.

1920 — Babe Ruth broke his own season record of 29 homers with his 30th as the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth would finish the season with 54.

1933 — Red Lucas of the Cincinnati Reds pitched a 15-inning 1-0 win over Roy Parmelee and the New York Giants in the opener of a doubleheader.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting streak to 56 games with a 3-for-4 day as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 10-3.

1948 — After 8 1/2 years as Brooklyn manager, Leo Durocher stunned baseball by taking the helm of the archrival Giants in midseason.

1958 – In the nitecap of a doubleheader, Baltimore pitcher Jack Harshman hit two homers in a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.

1970 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Pirates 3-2 before 48,846 in the first game at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium.

1985 — Sparky Anderson became the first manager to lose an All-Star Game in both leagues. The National League won 6-1 for the 21st win in the last 23 games.

1996 — Colorado’s streak of scoring seven runs in a game ended at 11. The Rockies beat the Giants 5-3 and tied the 1911 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1938 New York Yankees and 1976 Cincinnati Reds with 11 7-run games.

1997 — Kevin Brown pitched his first career one-hitter to lead Florida to 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Brown, who no-hit San Francisco on June 10th, faced two batters over the minimum and allowed a lead-off single to left by Raul Mondesi in the fifth. He struck out eight and retired his final 15 batters.

1998 — Randy Johnson pitched a one-hitter to lead Seattle to a 3-0 win over Minnesota. Johnson struck out fans 11 and gave up a single to third baseman Brent Gates.

2006 — Chipper Jones hit a two-run homer in Atlanta’s 10-5 win at San Diego to give him an extra-base hit in 14 straight games, tying a 79-year-old major league record. Jones tied the record set in 1927 by Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner.

2006 — Mariano Rivera earned his 400th save, escaping two jams and getting six outs to preserve the New York Yankees’ 6-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Rivera joined Lee Smith, Trevor Hoffman and John Franco in the 400-save club.

2009 — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard became the fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs, breaking the record previously held by Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner. Howard reached 200 homers in his 658th game, hitting his 23rd of the season in the sixth inning of a 4-0 win over Florida. Kiner hit No. 200 in his 706th game.

2013 — Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect eighth inning in his final All-Star appearance, Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis drove in runs to back a night of pulsating pitching, and the American League beat the National League 3-0.

2015 — Brock Holt became the first Boston player to hit for the cycle since 1996 and the Red Sox slugged their way out to a 9-4 victory over Atlanta.

2021 — Jake Cronenworth hit for his first career cycle, Wil Myers had a grand slam and a two-run shot and the San Diego Padres set a franchise record for runs in a 24-8 blowout of the Washington Nationals.

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July 17

1924 — Jesse Haines of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Braves.

1925 — Tris Speaker is the 5th player to reach 3,000 hits.

1936 — Carl Hubbell’s 24-game winning streak over two years began as he beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 on five hits.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games was stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland. The Yankees still won, 4-3.

1956 — In the second game of a doubleheader against Kansas City, Ted Williams hit his 400th career home run. Williams connected in the sixth inning off Tom Gorman to give the Red Sox a 1-0 win over the A’s.

1966 — Chicago’s Billy Williams hit for the cycle to lead the Cubs to a 7-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of a Sunday doubleheader. Williams singled in the first inning, doubled in the third, had an RBI-triple in the fifth, homered to center in the seventh and popped out to third baseman in foul territory. The Cardinals took the opener 4-3 in 11 innings.

1969 — Jim Kaat, Gold Glove winner for seven straight years, was charged with three errors, leading to three unearned runs against the Chicago White Sox. Nevertheless, he won the game at Minnesota 8-5.

1974 — Bob Gibson struck out Cesar Geronimo of the Reds in the second inning to become the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts. Cincinnati beat St. Louis, 6-4.

1978 — Doc Medich of the Texas Rangers saved the life of a 61-year-old fan who had a heart attack just before a scheduled game at Baltimore. Medich, a medical student, administered heart massage until help arrived.

1987 — Don Mattingly became the first AL player to hit at least one home run in each of seven consecutive games as the New York Yankees disposed of the Texas Rangers 8-4.

1990 — Minnesota became the first team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Boston as the Red Sox beat the Twins 1-0.

2007 — Ryan Garko hit a game-tying pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning and singled home the winning run in the 11th to give Cleveland a 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox.

2011 — Dustin Pedroia singled with two outs in the top of the 16th inning, snapping a scoreless tie and giving the Red Sox a 1-0 victory over the Rays. It was the longest 1-0 game in the major leagues since the Brewers at Angels on June 8, 2004 went 17 innings.

2016 — Starling Marte hit a solo home run in the 18th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 in a marathon game that lasted almost six hours. Pinch-hitter Daniel Murphy homered with two outs in the ninth inning for Washington.

2022 — Second-generation players take the first two spots in the 2022 amateur draft as SS Jackson Holliday, son of Matt Holliday, goes first overall to the Orioles, while OF Druw Jones, son of Andruw Jones, is selected second by the Diamondbacks. P Kumar Rocker, who had been the #10 pick in 2021 but had failed to come to an agreement with the Mets following a disagreement over the health of his pitching arm, goes #3 to the Rangers, who sign him mere hours after his selection. Rocker is coming off a brilliant stint of pitching in the independentFrontier League.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

July 12

1901 — Cy Young of the Boston Red Sox wins his 300th game with a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A’s.

1930 — Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Open. Jones, who also won the British Open, the American Amateur and the British Amateur, becomes the only golfer to take all four events in the same year.

1954 — The Major League Baseball Players Association is founded.

1964 — Mickey Wright wins the U.S. Women’s Open for the fourth time by defeating Ruth Jessen by two strokes in a playoff.

1970 — Jack Nicklaus wins his second British Open, beating Doug Sanders by one stroke in an 18-hole playoff at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. It’s the first playoff at The Open since 1963 and the first at 18 holes.

1975 — Tom Watson wins an 18-hole playoff by one stroke over Jack Newton to win the British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland.

1980 — Mary Decker has her fourth record-setting performance of the year, setting an American mark in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:01.17 at an international meet at Stuttgart.

1995 — Noureddine Morceli of Algeria shatters his world record for 1,500 meters at the Nikaia Grand Prix in Nice, France, with a time of 3:27.37. It is the second world record for Morceli in 10 days.

1996 — Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract with the Chicago Bulls, for 1 year for $30.1 million.

1996 — Kirby Puckett, MLB centerfielder, retires after 12 seasons from Minnesota Twins, due to loss of vision in one eye.

1998 — France wins soccer’s World Cup, beating heavily favored Brazil 3-0 in the championship match.

1999 — The U.S. men’s basketball team wins its sixth straight World University Games gold medal and 40th straight game — both records — by routing Yugoslavia 79-65 in the final.

2012 — Every country competing at the London Games includes female athletes for the first time in Olympic history after Saudi Arabia agreed to send two women to compete in judo and track and field.

2014 — Mario Goetze volleys in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina. The win is Germany’s first as a united country. West Germany won the World Cup in 1954, 1974 and 1990.

2015 — Novak Djokovic gets the better of Roger Federer at Wimbledon, beating him in four sets to win his third Wimbledon title and ninth Grand Slam championship.

2015 — South Korea’s In Gee Chun birdies four of the last seven holes to rally for a one-stroke victory at the U.S. Women’s Open. The 20-year old Chun shoots a 4-under 66 in the final round and finished at 8 under, becoming the first player to win her U.S. Open debut since Birdie Kim in 2005.

2017 — Sam Querrey stuns top-seeded Andy Murray in five sets in the Wimbledon quarterfinals, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-1.

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July 13

1881 — William Renshaw sets the record for the shortest men’s championship match by time and games by beating John T. Hartley 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 in 37 minutes at Wimbledon.

1934 — Babe Ruth hits his 700th career home run against Detroit.

1941 — The PGA tournament is won by Vic Ghezzi with a 1-up 38-hole victory over Byron Nelson. at Cherry Hills CC Denver

1943 — The first night game in All-Star history is played at Philadelphia’s Shibe Park. Boston’s Bobby Doerr provides the big blow, a three-run homer, for the AL’s 5-3 win.

1963 — Early Wynn wins his 300th and last MLB game at 43.

1968 — Gary Player wins the British Open by two strokes over Bob Charles and Jack Nicklaus. It’s the second Open championship for Player and his fifth major title.

1971 — Reggie Jackson hits a mammoth home run off the power generator on the right-field roof at Tiger Stadium to highlight a barrage of six homers — three by each team — as the AL beats the NL 6-4 in the All-Star game.

1972 — Robert Irsay buys the stock of the Los Angeles Rams for $19 million and swaps the franchise for the Baltimore Colts. The players and coaches are not affected.

1980 — Amy Alcott shoots a record score of 280 to win the U.S. Women’s Open by nine strokes over Hollis Stacy.

1994 — Tonya Harding’s ex-husband Jeff Gillooly sentenced to 2 years in prison for attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

1996 — Cigar matches Citation’s modern North American record of 16 consecutive wins, pulling away to take the $1.05 million Arlington Citation Challenge by 3½ lengths.

1997 — Alison Nicholas holds off Nancy Lopez for a one-stroke victory in the U.S. Women’s Open. Nicholas shoots a 72-hole total of 10-under 274, the most under par in the 52-year history of the event.

2003 — Beth Daniel becomes the oldest winner in LPGA Tour history, birdying the final two holes to beat Juli Inkster by a stroke in the Canadian Women’s Open. At 46 years, 8 months and 29 days, Daniel breaks the age record set by JoAnne Carner in 1985.

2011 — Abby Wambach breaks a tense tie with a thunderous header in the 79th minute, and the United States earns its first trip to the Women’s World Cup final since winning it in 1999 with a 3-1 victory over France. Japan upsets Sweden 3-1 in the other semifinal.

2014 — Mo Martin hits the best shot of her life to become a major champion in the Women’s British Open. Martin hit a 3-wood that hit the pin on the par-5 closing hole at Royal Birkdale, settling 6 feet for an eagle. Martin closes with an even-par 72 and finishes at 1-under 287 for a one-shot win over Inbee Park and Shanshan Feng.

2014 — Mario Goetze volleys in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina.

2017 — Venus Williams reaches her ninth Wimbledon final and first since 2009, turning in her latest display of gutsy serving to beat Johanna Konta 6-4, 6-2. At 37, Williams becomes the oldest finalist at the All England Club since Martina Navratilova was the 1994 runner-up at that age. She also stops Konta’s bid to become the first woman from Britain in 40 years to win Wimbledon. In the opening semifinal, Garbine Muguruza overwhelms Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-1 in just over an hour.

2019 — Wimbledon Women’s Tennis: Simona Halep beats Serena Williams 6-2, 6-2 in just 55 minutes; first Romanian to win a Wimbledon singles title.

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July 14

1912 — Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8).

1951 — Citation is the first horse to win $1 million in a career by taking the Hollywood Gold Cup by four lengths in Inglewood, Calif. Citation retires after the race with total earnings of $1,085,760. In 45 starts, Citation ran out of the money only once.

1964 — Jacques Anquetil wins his fifth Tour de France. It’s his fourth straight title of the cycling event.

1967 — Eddie Mathews of the Astros hits his 500th home run off San Francisco’s Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park. Houston beats the Giants 8-6.

1968 — Hank Aaron hits his 500th home run off Mike McCormick as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2.

1973 — Tom Weiskopf wins the British Open by three strokes over Johnny Miller and Neil Coles. Weiskopf goes wire-to-wire and his total of 12-under-par 276 matches the Open Championship record set by Arnold Palmer on the same Troon Golf Club course in 1962.

1985 — Kathy Baker beats Judy Clark by three strokes to win the U.S. Women’s Open golf title.

1985 — The Baltimore Stars defeat the Oakland Invaders 28-24 to win the United States Football League championship.

1986 — Jane Geddes beats Sally Little in an 18-hole playoff to take the U.S. Women’s Open championship.

1991 — Meg Mallon shoots a 4-under 67 for a two-stroke victory over Pat Bradley in the 46th U.S. Women’s Open. Mallon finishes with a 1-under 283.

1995 — Ramon Martinez throws a no-hitter, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 7-0 victory over the Florida Marlins.

2001 — John Campbell scores an unprecedented sixth victory in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace as Real Desire beats favored Bettor’s Delight in the stretch. Real Desire paces the mile in 1:49.3 in matching the record set by The Panderosa two years ago in the race that gave Campbell his fifth win. Campbell, 46, is a winner of a $1 million race 19 times.

2005 — In Oklahoma City, the United States is beaten in an international softball game for the first time since 2002, losing 2-1 to Canada in the inaugural World Cup of Softball.

2009 — The American League continues its dominance over the National League with a 4-3 win in the All-Star game. The AL is 12-0-1 since its 1996 defeat at Philadelphia — the longest unbeaten streak in All-Star history.

2011 — Kaio breaks former grand champion Chiyonofuji career sumo victory record, beating Mongolian Kyokutenho for No. 1,046. The 39-year-old Kaio forces out Kyokutenho in the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.

2011 — Amateur Tom Lewis shoots a record 5-under 65 in the opening round of the British Open. The 20-year-old Lewis posts the lowest round ever by an amateur in golf’s oldest major to pull even with Thomas Bjorn at Royal St. George’s.

2013 — Jordan Spieth becomes the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in 82 years. The 19-year-old outlasts David Hearn and Zach Johnson on the fifth hole of a playoff to win the John Deere Classic. He’s the first teenager to win since Ralph Guldahl took the Santa Monica Open in 1931.

2015 — Mike Trout becomes the first player in 38 years to lead off the All-Star Game with a home run, and the American League beats the National League 6-3 to secure home-field advantage in the World Series for the third straight time and 10th in 13 years. Trout also becomes the first player to be selected the game’s MVP two years in row.

2018 — Angelique Kerber claims her first Wimbledon title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over seven-time champion Serena Williams.

2019 — Novak Dokovic wins the longest ever Wimbledon title over Roger Federer 7-6, 1-6, 7-6, 4-6, 13-12 in 4 hours 57 minutes.

2019 — English Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins a record 6th British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone; moves him 1 win clear of Jim Clark and Alain Prost (5).

July 15

1912 — Jim Thorpe wins the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics and, in the closing ceremony, Sweden’s King Gustav proclaims Thorpe the world’s greatest athlete.

1921 — NY Yankees slugger Babe Ruth ties MLB record of 138 career home runs (held by Roger Connor since 1895).

1922 — Gene Sarazen shoots a final-round 68 to beat out Bobby Jones and John Black for the U.S. Open golf championship.

1923 — Amateur Bobby Jones beats Bobby Cruikshank by two strokes in a playoff to win the U.S. Open golf title.

1927 — Bobby Jones wins the British Open shooting a championship record 7-under 285 at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. It’s the second straight Open title for the amateur, who goes wire-to-wire for a six-stroke victory over Aubrey Boomer and Fred Dobson.

1945 — Byron Nelson defeats Sam Byrd in the final round of the PGA golf tournament.

1961 — Arnold Palmer shoots a 284 at Royal Birkdale to win his first British Open title.

1967 — Argentina’s Roberto DeVicenzo wins the British Open by two strokes over defending champion Jack Nicklaus.

1972 — Lee Trevino wins his second consecutive British Open title by beating Jack Nicklaus by one stroke.

1978 — Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at St. Andrews to win his third and final British Open.

1984 — Hollis Stacy wins her third U.S. Women’s Open golf title, beating Rosie Jones by one stroke.

1990 — Betsy King overcomes an 11-shot deficit over the final 33 holes to win her second consecutive U.S. Women’s Open as Patty Sheehan blows an eight-shot lead over the final 23 holes.

1991 — Sandhi Ortiz-DelValle becomes the first woman to officiate a men’s professional basketball game, working a United States Basketball League game between the New Haven Skyhawks and the Philadelphia Spirit.

2000 — Lennox Lewis stops Francois Botha at 2:39 of the second round to retain his WBC and IBF heavyweight titles in London.

2007 — BYU star Daniel Summerhays becomes the first amateur winner in Nationwide Tour history. Summerhays scores a two-stroke victory over Chad Collins and Chris Nallen in the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational.

2007 — The Philadelphia Phillies lose their 10,000 game, 10-2 to St. Louis. The franchise, born in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers and later called the Blue Jays in the mid-1940s, fall to 8,810-10,000.

2007 — Copa América Final, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Defending champions Brazil win their 8th title with a 3-0 win over Argentina.

2008 — Justin Morneau slides home just in time on Michael Young’s sacrifice fly in the 15th inning, giving the American League a 4-3 victory in the All-Star game at Yankee stadium.

2010 — Rory McIlroy, a 21-year-old from Northern Ireland, ties the major championship record by shooting a 9-under 63 in the opening round of the British Open at the Old Course in St. Andrews, Scotland.

2010 — Caster Semenya wins her first race since being cleared to return to competition after undergoing gender tests, winning the 800 meters in a modest time against a weak field at a low-key meet in Finland.

2018 — Novak Djokovic wins his fourth Wimbledon title with a 6-2, 6-2 7-6 (3) victory over Kevin Anderson. It’s Djokovic’s 13th major trophy, the fourth-highest total in the history of men’s tennis, trailing only Roger Federer’s 20, Rafael Nadal’s 17 and Pete Sampras’ 14. At No. 21, Djokovic is the lowest-ranked Wimbledon titlist since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001.

2018 — France wins its second World Cup title with a 4-2 win over Croatia in a dramatic final in Moscow.

2019 — Tampa Bay catcher Travis d’Arnaud becomes first player in MLB history to hit 3 home runs while catching and batting leadoff in the Rays’ 5-4 win over the NY Yankees.

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July 16

1920 — Babe Ruth breaks his season record of 29 homers with his 30th, leading the New York Yankees past the St. Louis Browns, 5-2. Ruth ends the season with 54.

1920 — The United States sweeps Australia in five matches to win the Davis Cup for the first time since 1913. The U.S. team is made up of Bill Tilden and Bill Johnston.

1938 — Paul Runyan wins the PGA Championship by routing Sam Snead 8 and 7 in the final round.

1947 — Rocky Graziano scores a technical knockout with a barrage of 30 punches against Tony Zale in the sixth round to win the world middleweight boxing title. Held in Chicago Stadium, it’s the largest grossing fight in history.

1950 — Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 to win soccer’s World Cup in Rio de Janeiro.

1967 — Kathy Whitworth wins the LPGA championship by one stroke over Shirley Englehorn. Whitworth sinks a fifty-foot uphill putt for a birdie on the 18th green at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton Mass.

1989 — Betsy King birdies three of the first four holes of the final round to win her first U.S. Women’s Open championship by four strokes over Nancy Lopez.

1993 — Nick Faldo ties the best single round in 122 years of the British Open with a course-record 63 to give him a one-stroke lead after the second round.

1995 — Annika Sorenstam of Sweden wins the U.S. Women’s Open by one stroke over Meg Mallon, her first victory on the LPGA Tour.

2005 — In Las Vegas, Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins for the undisputed middleweight title. Hopkins, a winner of a record 20 consecutive defenses, starts slowly and the undefeated challenger builds up a big enough lead on two judges’ scorecards to take the crown.

2006 — J.R. Todd becomes the first black driver to win an NHRA Top Fuel event, beating Tony Schumacher in the Mopar Mile-High Nationals.

2011 — Kyle Busch wins the Nationwide race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to become the third driver to win 100 races in NASCAR’s three national series. Busch, with 22 Cup victories and 29 Trucks wins, also ties Mark Martin for first place in career Nationwide Series victories with 49. Richard Petty and David Pearson are the other drivers with at least 100 wins.

2012 — Roger Federer surpasses Pete Sampras to set the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings. After winning Wimbledon a week ago — his 75th career ATP title — Federer returns to the top for the first time since June 2010. Today marks his 287th week at No. 1, one more than Sampras.

2017 — Roger Federer defeated Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-1, 6-4, to claim a record 8th Wimbledon men’s title.

2023 — Wimbledon Men’s Tennis: In a classic final, 20-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz ends Novak Đoković’s 34-match win streak at the All England Club with a 1-6, 7-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 victory.

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July 17

1939 — Henry Picard beats Byron Nelson 1-up in 37 holes to win the PGA championship.

1941 — Joe DiMaggio’s hitting streak of 56 games is stopped by Al Smith and Jim Bagby of the Indians before 67,000 at Cleveland.

1955 — Beverly Hanson beats Louise Suggs by three strokes in a playoff to capture the first LPGA championship.

1966 — Jim Ryun becomes the first American to hold the record in the mile since 1937. With a time of 3:51.3 at Berkeley, Calif., Ryun shatters Michel Jazy’s mark of 3:53.6 by 2.3 seconds.

1974 — Bob Gibson strikes out Cesar Geronimo of the Reds in the second inning to become the second pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 strikeouts.

1979 — Sebastian Coe breaks the world record in the mile with a time of 3:48.95 in Oslo, Norway. The time is rounded up to 3:49.

1983 — Bobby Hebert passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Michigan Panthers to a 24-22 win over the Philadelphia Stars in the first USFL championship game.

1983 — Tom Watson wins his second straight and fifth career British Open title. Watson shoots a 9-under 275 at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England to finish one stroke ahead of Andy Bean and Hale Irwin.

1990 — Minnesota becomes the first team in major league history to pull off two triple plays in one game, but it isn’t enough to overcome Boston as the Red Sox beat the Twins 1-0.

1994 — Brazil wins a record fourth World Cup soccer title, taking the first shootout in championship game history over Italy.

2005 — Tiger Woods records another ruthless performance at St. Andrews, closing with a 2-under 70 to win the British Open for his 10th career major. He wins by five shots, the largest margin in any major since Woods won by eight at St. Andrews five years ago. He joins Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win the career Grand Slam twice.

2006 — Stacey Nuveman and Lovieanne Jung each homer to power the United States to the World Cup of Softball title with a 5-2 victory over Japan.

2011 — Japan stuns the United States in a riveting Women’s World Cup final, winning 3-1 on penalty kicks after coming from behind twice in a 2-2 tie. Goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori makes two brilliant saves in the shootout. Japan, making its first appearance in the final of a major tournament, hadn’t beaten the Americans in their first 25 meetings.

2011 — Darren Clarke gives Northern Ireland another major championship, winning the British Open by three strokes over Americans Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson.

2016 — Henrik Stenson shoots an 8-under 63 to beat Phil Mickelson by three strokes, becoming the first man from Sweden to win the British Open.

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TV SPORTS

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Saturday, July 12

AUTO RACING

8:55 a.m.

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Liqui Moly Grand Prix of Germany – Sprint Race, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, German

Noon

FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

1:30 p.m.

FS1 — NXT IndyCar Series: The Indy NXT by Firestone at Iowa Speedway, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

4:30 p.m.

CW — NASCAR Xfinity Series: The Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.

5 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The SYNK 275 – Race 1, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

GOLF

4 a.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Third Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France

7 a.m.

FS1 — LIV Golf League: Second Round, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain

9 a.m.

FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain

10 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Genesis Scottish Open, Third Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland

Noon

CBS — PGA Tour: The Genesis Scottish Open, Third Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland

2 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The DICK’S Open, Second Round, En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y.

2:30 p.m.

NBC — American Century Championship: Final Round, Edgewood Tahoe Resort, Stateline, Nev.

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The ISCO Championship, Third Round, Hurstbourne Country Club, Louisville, Ky.

4 a.m. (Sunday)

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Final Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France

5:30 a.m. (Sunday)

FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

3 p.m.

ESPN2 — Run 4 Roses Classic: TBD, Louisville, Ky.

5 p.m.

ESPN2 — Run 4 Roses Classic: TBD, Louisville, Ky.

MILB BASEBALL

4 p.m.

MLBN — 2025 All-Star Futures Game: American League vs. National League, Atlanta

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

6 p.m.

ESPN — UFC Fight Night Prelims: Undercard Bouts, Nashville, Tenn.

9 p.m.

ESPN — UFC Fight Night Main Card: Derrick Lewis vs. Tallison Teixeira, Nashville, Tenn.

MLB BASEBALL

1 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Yankees (1:05 p.m.) OR Seattle at Detroit (1:10 p.m.)

7:30 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Philadelphia at San Diego OR Texas at Houston

10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Toronto at Athletics (10:05 p.m.) OR Arizona at L.A. Angels (9:35 p.m.)

NBA BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: Dallas vs. San Antonio, Las Vegas

6:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Charlotte vs. Philadelphia, Las Vegas

8:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: L.A. Lakers vs. New Orleans, Las Vegas

10:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Memphis vs. Portland, Las Vegas

SOFTBALL

7 p.m.

MLBN— Athletes Unlimited: Bandits vs. Talons, Omaha, Neb.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

7:30 p.m.

FS1 — MLS: Nashville at Inter Miami

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

3 p.m.

FOX — UEFA Euro 2025 Championship Group Stage: Sweden vs. Germany, Group C, Zurich, Switzerland

FS1 — UEFA Euro 2025 Championship Group Stage: Poland vs. Denmark, Group C, Lucerne, Switzerland

4:55 p.m.

FS1 — Copa America Group Stage: Peru vs. Chile, Group A, Quito, Ecuador

TENNIS

8 a.m.

ESPN — ATP: Wimbledon, Doubles Championship, London

11 a.m.

ESPN — WTA: Wimbledon, Championship, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.

ABC — Minnesota at Chicago

4 p.m.

CBS — Golden State at Las Vegas

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Sunday, July 13

AUTO RACING

11:30 a.m.

FS1 — FIM MotoGP: The Liqui Moly Grand Prix of Germany, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, German

1 p.m.

FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: The SYNK 275 – Race 2, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

3:30 p.m.

TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: The Challenge Round 3 – Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.

TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: The Challenge Round 3 – Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif.

BIG3 BASKETBALL

3 p.m.

CBS — Week 5: Miami 305 vs. DMV Trilogy, Chicago Triplets vs. Dallas, LA Riot vs. Boston, Houston Rig Hands vs. Detroit Amps, Boston

GOLF

4 a.m.

GOLF — LPGA Tour: The Amundi Evian Championship, Final Round, Evian Resort Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France

5:30 a.m.

FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain

10 a.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Genesis Scottish Open, Final Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland

Noon

CBS — PGA Tour: The Genesis Scottish Open, Final Round, The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland

2 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The DICK’S Open, Final Round, En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y.

2:30 p.m.

NBC — American Century Championship: Final Round, Edgewood Tahoe Resort, Stateline, Nev.

5 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The ISCO Championship, Final Round, Hurstbourne Country Club, Louisville, Ky.

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races

MLB BASEBALL

1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.) OR Tampa Bay at Boston (1:35 p.m.)

6 p.m.

ESPN — 2025 MLB Draft: Rounds 1-3, Atlanta

MLBN — 2025 MLB Draft: Rounds 1-3, Atlanta

NBA BASKETBALL

4 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Detroit vs. Houston, Las Vegas

6 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Toronto vs. Orlando, Las Vegas

8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Brooklyn vs. Washington, Las Vegas

10 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Golden State vs. Utah, Las Vegas

SOFTBALL

1 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits vs. Talons, Omaha, Neb.

SOCCER (MEN’S)

3 p.m.

TBS — FIFA Club World Cup: TBD, Final, East Rutherford, N.J.

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

3 p.m.

FS1 — UEFA Euro 2025 Championship Group Stage: England vs. Wales, Group D, St. Gallen, Switzerland

4:55 p.m.

FS1 — Copa America Group Stage: TBA, Group B

TENNIS

8 a.m.

ESPN — WTA: Wimbledon, Doubles Championship, London

11 a.m.

ESPN — ATP: Wimbledon, Championship, London

WNBA BASKETBALL

1 p.m.ABC — Dallas at Indiana

THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” SATURDAY JULY 12, 2025

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