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“THE SCOREBOARD”

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WNBA SCORES

MINNESOTA 111 LAS VEGAS 58

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MLB SCORES

TAMPA BAY 4 LA DODGERS 0

BALTIMORE 4 CHICAGO CUBS 3

TORONTO 4 KANSAS CITY 2

COLORADO 8 PITTSBURGH 5

DETROIT 7 PHILADELPHIA 5

MILWAUKEE 8 WASHINGTON 2

BOSTON 7 HOUSTON 3

TEXAS 6 SEATTLE 4 (11)

MIAMI 2 NY YANKEES 0

NY METS 12 SAN FRANCISCO 6

CLEVELAND 5 MINNESOTA 4

ARIZONA 7 LAS VEGAS 2

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1 LA ANGELS 0

ST. LOUIS 8 SAN DIEGO 5

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

INDIANAPOLIS 5 IOWA 2

GREAT LAKES 18 FT. WAYNE 3

SOUTH BEND 1 QUAD CITIES 0

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

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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2025 NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

*****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

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

NFL NEWS

CHARGERS LB DENZEL PERRYMAN ARRESTED ON WEAPONS CHARGES AND REMAINS IN JAIL

Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman was arrested on weapons charges during a traffic stop for vehicle code violations and remained in jail on Saturday, law enforcement officials said.

During the traffic stop on Friday evening, Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies discovered five firearms, including two assault weapons, in Perryman’s vehicle, the agency said in a statement. Perryman, 32, was cooperative with deputies during the traffic stop, the report said.

Perryman was booked on felony charges and is being held without bond at the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station, according to the sheriff’s department.

Agent Ron Butler confirmed that his client has not been released from jail.

Perryman is scheduled to appear at Inglewood Court on Tuesday, the sheriff’s department said.

“We are aware of a matter involving Denzel and are gathering information,” the Charges said in a statement.

Perryman, an 11-year NFL veteran, has also played for the Houston Texans and the Las Vegas Raiders.

BENGALS’ CORNERBACK COMPETITION HEATS UP WITH MULTIPLE PLAYERS VYING FOR FIRST-TEAM SPOTS

CINCINNATI (AP) — At Bengals training camp, no position has had more players rotating through with the first-team unit than the cornerback spot.

“I wouldn’t read anything these first couple of weeks into who’s lining up with who, because oftentimes it’s so fluid with us at 9:52 a.m. before a 10 o’clock practice,” coach Zac Taylor said. “That’s just part of training camp. There’s plenty of time for a bunch of these battles to shake out.”

Cam Taylor-Britt, Dax Hill and DJ Turner were the starters for most of last season. With Taylor-Britt being managed a bit for precautionary reasons, Hill coming back from a torn ACL and Turner coming off of a subpar 2024 season, first-team snaps have been up for grabs.

Josh Newton is making a strong push for the starting slot cornerback spot, and DJ Ivey has impressed while getting regular reps with the first-team defense.

Taylor-Britt has been a starter for the Bengals since the middle of the 2022 season. While 2024 was the worst season of his career, he’s simplifying his approach entering 2025 and has a fresh start with new defensive coordinator Al Golden.

Taylor-Britt went back to the drawing board during the offseason. He watched all of his bad plays.

“You can see my eyes,” Taylor-Britt said. “You can see why the ball was caught. It was bad eyes. It wasn’t technique or anything. I have to slow down at the line and be myself. Stay confident. Stay the same guy no matter what’s going on.”

Hill moved from safety to cornerback entering the 2024 season, and he immediately impressed at his new position. But the former first-round pick tore his ACL in Week 5.

This year, he’s a candidate to start at outside cornerback or in the slot, and he’s the Bengals’ most versatile defensive back.

“It’s good for everyone to know different spots,” Hill said. “At corner, it’s a lot of mental. Knowing your matchup. Knowing the offense, that’s the biggest thing at corner. Week-to-week at corner, there’s a different mindset you have to go into the game with.”

Turner had been struggling in camp, running with the second-team defense and regularly allowing receptions until last Thursday. Then during that practice, he astoundingly recorded five pass breakups, including highlight plays against Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins.

Turner has always shown great athleticism and the ability to track receivers down the field. The next step for him is making more plays on the ball when quarterbacks challenge him down the field.

“It’s just football,” Turner said. “There are big names here. Joe Burrow. Ja’Marr. Trey. Big names. You have to look at it as normal people and just play football. You’re here for a reason, too. It’s just the mental aspect of going against people you watched growing up.”

Newton, the Bengals’ fifth-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, made six starts last year after Turner’s season-ending shoulder injury. His intensity, tackling ability and physicality in coverage have really been on display during a very strong training camp for him. He’s consistently running with the first-team defense.

“We have the biggest question mark (in the secondary),” Newton said. “It’s an honor to have that question mark because we have a pencil ready to answer it.”

Ivey was one of the best tight end stoppers in the NFL last season and regularly played on third downs. He has great size for the cornerback position and has been getting plenty of opportunities to develop as a true outside cornerback with the first-team defense.

“I think growth is a good word (for him),” Taylor said. “DJ continues to ascend in a lot of areas on defense and special teams, and I’m excited to watch him continue to compete in training camp. He’s a guy who is a joy to be around. I like what he’s about.”

CHIEFS’ RASHEE RICE SAYS HE HAS ‘COMPLETELY CHANGED’ AFTER CAUSING DANGEROUS CRASH ON DALLAS HIGHWAY

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice has “completely changed” after causing a chain-reaction crash last year on a Dallas highway that left multiple people injured, cost him more than $1 million in a settlement to victims, and resulted in a 30-day jail sentence that he will have to fulfill at some point in the future.

Rice spoke Saturday for the first time in training camp, and the first time since the 25-year-old playmaker tore a ligament in his right knee in Week 4 — an injury that wound up requiring season-ending surgery.

“I’ve completely changed. You have to learn from things like that,” Rice said of the March 2024 accident, when prosecutors said he was driving nearly 120 mph on the North Central Expressway and made “multiple aggressive maneuvers” before striking the other vehicles.

“I’ve learned,” Rice continued, “and taken advantage of being able to learn from something like that.”

Rice pleaded guilty in July to two third-degree felony charges of collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. As part of the plea agreement, prosecutors said, Rice was sentenced to five years of deferred probation and 30 days in jail, along with paying victims’ out-of-pocket medical expenses totaling about $115,000.

He separately agreed to settle a civil case for $1,086,000, which included prejudgment interest and attorneys’ fees.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs are bracing for Rice to serve an NFL suspension, though the length and time remains uncertain. League spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement recently that the case “remains under review.”

“My legal team is handling all that,” Rice said. “All I can focus on is what I can control right now and that’s me doing what I do.”

So far, the knee injury that robbed him of most of last season hasn’t held him back.

After a standout rookie season, Rice caught 24 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns through his first three games last season. But in Week 4, after Patrick Mahomes had thrown an interception, the quarterback accidentally dived into Rice’s leg as they were trying to make the tackle, tearing the lateral collateral ligament in the wide receiver’s knee.

Rice had surgery and was back for summer workouts, and he’s been full-go throughout training camp.

“I feel 100%. I’m excited to be back out here with the guys,” Rice said. “Just kind of basically where I left off at. The only thing is get back on the field and continue to have fun doing what I do.”

The Chiefs had hoped that Rice would be a focal point of the offense last season in a wide receiver corps that included Marquise Brown and then-rookie Xavier Worthy. But that triumvirate never materialized, because “Hollywood” Brown was hurt on the first play of the preseason — he didn’t return until the playoffs — and Rice ultimately joined him on injured reserve.

Now, the Chiefs have all three of them healthy, Worthy has a year of experience under him, and fourth-round draft pick Jalen Royals has turned some heads in training camp. Throw in veteran Juju Smith-Schuster and Tyquan Thornton, who appears to be taking advantage of a fresh start in Kansas City, and the Chiefs are confident in their depth at the position.

Especially if Rice must serve a suspension during the upcoming season.

“I’m locked in. This is what I do,” Rice said. “This is my job. This is what I love to do. So even when I’m not able to be with the team, I’m going to be working hard to get back with them as soon as possible.”

AARON GLENN GETS EMOTIONAL AS THE REALITY OF BEING THE JETS’ HEAD COACH ‘HIT ME PRETTY HARD’

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The reality of the situation finally hit Aaron Glenn.

More than seven months after being hired by the New York Jets, the first-time NFL head coach got surprisingly emotional Saturday. And it had nothing to do with the 12 penalties called on his team during practice.

“I’m sure this is going to hit at some point, but I told the players this: The first time since I became head coach, today was the first day it really hit me,” Glenn said to open his post-practice news conference. “And it hit me once I heard the fans give the ‘J-E-T-S’ chant.

“And I don’t know why, but it just hit me.”

The 53-year-old Glenn was drafted by the Jets in the first round in 1994 and played for the franchise for eight of his 15 NFL seasons. The three-time Pro Bowl cornerback was also a personnel scout for New York for two seasons and a longtime assistant coach, most recently as Detroit’s defensive coordinator for four seasons, before getting the chance to lead his former team.

“It hit me pretty hard,” Glenn said, his voice cracking slightly. “Man, I am so thankful. I’m thankful for this organization that gave me a shot. I’m thankful for this organization that gave me my second shot at becoming a coach.

“I don’t know why, fellas. But it hit me and hit me pretty hard, and, man, I just feel grateful. Grateful to be in this position.”

Glenn, along with new general manager Darren Mougey, faces the task of turning around the fortunes of a franchise that has the NFL’s longest active playoff drought at 14 seasons.

He has talked several times since being hired in January about changing the culture around the Jets and building them into a consistent winner by stressing fundamentals and competition. But with the team practicing in front of packed stands for its annual scrimmage at the facility, Glenn couldn’t shake his emotions — especially when he heard the fans.

“Yeah, I was,” Glenn said when asked if he was surprised he felt that way. “I thought it had already hit me.”

One thing Glenn has focused on during training camp is cutting down on penalties after the Jets were called for the most in the league in each of the past two seasons. He has officials at every practice to try to get players to understand how plays will be called. But it didn’t seem to help much Saturday.

The Jets had 12 penalties called on them during what Glenn called a “pseudo scrimmage,” including several holding calls.

“There are a lot of things we’ve got to clean up and the one thing I’m sure everybody saw is the penalties,” the coach said. “I’m glad we had the refs out there because that’s one thing we want to hit — we want to make sure we hit those hard. And I want them to ref it just like it was a game and I thought they did a good job of that.”

It made for a sloppy practice as Justin Fields and the rest of offense, including the backups, struggled throughout the session. Some calls even had the fans booing.

“There’s no excuses,” Glenn said. “Our players understand that. We know penalties, they’re discipline issues and we’ve got to make sure we are more disciplined in aspects on both sides of the ball. We will get those cleaned up, I promise you that. But there’s a lot of work to do.”

Injuries

Cornerback ace Kris Boyd left the field on a cart after injuring a shoulder during special teams drills. He went down on the sideline and was writhing in pain while he was looked at by trainers. Glenn had no immediate word on his condition.

Glenn said wide receiver Xavier Gipson also injured a shoulder on the final play of practice when he tried to catch a pass in the end zone.

Safety Jaylin Simpson was waived/injured after he injured a hamstring during practice Saturday. The Jets claimed defensive back Mario Goodrich off waivers from Denver to take Simpson’s roster spot.

SAINTS OL NICK SALDIVERI (KNEE) OUT FOR SEASON

New Orleans Saints guard Nick Saldiveri will miss the 2025 season with a knee injury, head coach Kellen Moore confirmed Saturday.

Moore said Saldiveri, a third-round pick in 2023, was hurt during an indoor practice session Thursday and will be placed on injured reserve.

Saldiveri, who turns 25 later this month, appeared in four games (no starts) as a rookie in 2023 and started six of his 11 games last season before a knee injury in December ended his season. It is unclear if Thursday’s injury is to the same knee as December’s injury. He also underwent shoulder surgery at the end of the 2023 season.

Moore said the Saints have re-signed guard Shane Lemieux, 28, to replace Saldiveri on the training camp roster.

Lemieux played seven games (four starts) for New Orleans last season following four years with the New York Giants, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2020.

COWBOYS BRING BACK VETERAN OT LA’EL COLLINS

The Dallas Cowboys welcomed back La’el Collins and also signed fellow offensive lineman Geron Christian.

Collins, 32, played for the Cowboys from 2015-19 and again in 2021 but last appeared in an NFL game with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2022. He worked out for the team on Friday at training camp in Oxnard, Calif.

Christian, 28, split the 2024 season with the Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns. He has appeared in 63 games (25 starts) with five teams since breaking into the league as a third-round pick by Washington in 2018.

Collins played both right and left tackle during his previous stints with the Cowboys. He has started 86 of his 89 career NFL games since going undrafted out of LSU in 2015.

Dallas needed reinforcements on the offensive line while dealing with a rash of injuries to Terence Steele (ankle), Rob Jones (neck), Tyler Guyton (knee), Tyler Smith (knee) and Hakeem Adeniji (concussion).

To make room for Collins and Christian, the Cowboys placed wide receiver Parris Campbell (knee) on season-ending injured reserve and waived/injured tackle Matt Waletzko (ankle).

BROWNS QB SHEDEUR SANDERS HELD OUT OF PRACTICE WITH ARM SORENESS

Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders did not take part in team drills on Saturday because of arm soreness, the team said.

In addition, a shoulder ailment kept cornerback Greg Newsome II out of practice, and he is considered day to day, coach Kevin Stefanski said.

Defensive end Myles Garrett also sat out Saturday for what Stefanski called precautionary reasons, and quarterback Kenny Pickett, who injured a hamstring earlier this week, took part only in individual drills.

With the absence of Sanders and Pickett from team drills, veteran quarterback Joe Flacco and rookie Dillon Gabriel shared the reps.

ESPN Cleveland reported Flacco was 11-of-18 passing and Gabriel 11-of-22, with each throwing a touchdown at practice.

On Friday, Flacco was 9-of-13 with two scores and Sanders went 7-of-10 with a touchdownl, per ESPN Cleveland.

Gabriel struggled, finishing the Friday session 3-for-14 passing with an interception.

The Browns open the preseason on Aug. 8 at the Carolina Panthers and the regular season on Sept. 7 with a home game against division rival Cincinnati.

REPORT: KEENAN ALLEN, CHARGERS HAVE MUTUAL INTEREST IN REUNION

Free-agent wide receiver Keenan Allen and the Los Angeles Chargers might be getting the band back together.

NFL Network reported that there is a mutual interest in a reunion. Allen visited the Chargers on Friday, the day after their 34-7 victory over the Detroit Lions in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game in Canton, Ohio.

Allen, 33, spent 11 seasons with the Chargers after being selected in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. The six-time Pro Bowl selection recorded 904 receptions for 10,530 yards and 59 touchdowns in 139 games (134 starts) for the team.

Allen was then traded to Chicago in March 2024 for a fourth-round pick in that year’s draft.

He collected 70 catches for 744 yards and seven touchdowns in 15 games (all starts) with the Bears before becoming a free agent in March.

The Chargers’ wide receiver room took a hit when Allen’s former teammate — Mike Williams — announced his retirement before training camp.

That left Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Jalen Reagor and rookie Tre Harris as the top targets for quarterback Justin Herbert.

COMMANDERS COACH ON TERRY MCLAURIN TRADE REQUEST: BUSINESS AS USUAL

Washington Commanders head coach Dan Quinn said Saturday that he understands the business side of the sport when it comes to wide receiver Terry McLaurin requesting a trade from the team.

McLaurin asked for a change of scenery on Thursday given his frustration with the lack of progress in negotiations toward a contract extension. Quinn said McLaurin told him of his plea for a trade before the news became public.

“We love Terry. I’m really glad he’s here,” Quinn said. “Hopefully he’s out practicing soon. We also understand there’s the business side of this things that (general manager) Adam (Peters) and his side and Terry and his reps are working it through. I just kind of stay in that space. We recognize both are happening.
“But like I said, I’m really glad he’s here. I love coaching him. But the business side, that’s kind of where it’s at. It’s not — somebody asked me if it’s a distraction — it is not. Players today, they’re more aware of contracts and things maybe than they used to be. They recognize that business part happens, as well, so for the team, we’re just rocking and going and throwing some great practices.

“For Terry and the trade request, that’s part of normal business that is happening around the NFL. It’s normal, we understand it, and we just throw our very best practices out on the field.”

McLaurin, who turns 30 in September, became a hold-in and was placed on the team’s physically unable to perform list with an apparent ankle injury suffered last season. He did not attend organized team activities and mandatory minicamp. He did, however, participate in spring workouts.

With a base salary of $15.5 million and cap hit of $25.5 million in the final season of a three-year, $68.3 million contract, the speedster is coming off a career year with 1,096 receiving yards, 13 touchdowns and 82 receptions on 117 targets. He added three scores and 227 yards on 14 receptions in three playoff games.

McLaurin and rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels helped lead Washington to a 12-5 regular-season mark and its best season since it won the Super Bowl in 1991. The Commanders knocked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC wild-card round and Detroit Lions in the divisional round before falling to the eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

Over six seasons with Washington, the two-time Pro Bowl selection (2022, 2024) has 6,379 receiving yards, 38 touchdowns and 460 catches in 97 games.

A team captain, McLaurin has hit the 1,000-yard mark for a franchise-record five straight seasons despite instability at the quarterback position before Daniels’ NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year campaign.

RICKY PEARSALL’S JOURNEY FROM GUNSHOT WOUND TO 49ERS’ KEY RECEIVER

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Ricky Pearsall’s rookie season for the San Francisco 49ers never really got off the ground.

Nagging injuries kept him out of almost all of training camp and then he was shot in the chest during a robbery attempt by a 17-year-old in San Francisco about a week before the start of the season

Pearsall survived the shooting and made it back on the field for the final 11 games, but wasn’t able to truly show why he was picked in the first round by the Niners.

“I just felt like I was behind the eight ball,” Pearsall said. “I like to say that I rolled out of bed and started running routes because I damn near did. You can’t really rehab a gunshot wound. So I basically rolled out of bed and started running routes in Week 7. … From that Week 7 and on, that was my training camp. Those practices in between, before the games, that was my training camp, for me.”

Pearsall made an immediate impact after getting back on the field and had a 46-yard TD catch in a Week 9 win at Tampa Bay. He then caught only two passes over the next five games as he struggled to become a consistent part of the offense.

Pearsall thought he was still getting open during that stretch yet just didn’t get the ball that way, but it isn’t so simple in San Francisco’s complex offense based so heavily on timing.

Sometimes he would make an extra move to get off press coverage at the line or take an extra step to open down the field, but it was too late for quarterback Brock Purdy.

“We had a couple of those moments and there were times where he took it a little deeper and then broke open.” Purdy said. “He was like, ‘dude I was open.’ I said in the timing of the play, I needed it quicker. So, we had moments like that, and that’s part of getting to the NFL. … I think toward the end of the last season, you saw Ricky come out his shell, he was playing within our system and timing.”

That was evident in the final two games when Pearsall had 14 catches for 210 yards and two TDs in a confidence-building finish to an otherwise difficult rookie season.

Pearsall’s late-season surge provided a rare bright spot at the end of a disappointing six-win season for the 49ers. His role is much more important in 2025 with Deebo Samuel having been traded to Washington in the offseason and Brandon Aiyuk expected to miss the start of the season recovering from knee surgery.

San Francisco has few proven options at receiver with free agent acquisition Demarcus Robinson facing a possible suspension for a DUI arrest. Last year’s leading wideout Jauan Jennings’ status also is unknown as he is currently sidelined by a calf injury.

Pearsall has carried over that performance to training camp where he has been San Francisco’s best receiver since he returned from a hamstring injury.

“To be honest, I’m approaching it the same exact way,” Pearsall said. “Whether those guys are in the room or not, that’s just how I look at myself. I just got to be able to step in that role. That’s just how I look at it. I look at myself as being able to be a guy that goes out there and makes plays. Whether they’re there or not, that’s how I look at myself.”

The aftermath of the shooting is something that Pearsall is still dealing with 11 months later even if physically he is healthy once again. He has expressed an interest in talking to the 17-year-old charged in his shooting, but is focused first on getting himself right.

“Unfortunately, I revisit that every single night I go to bed,” he said. “I kind of just carry that with me. Now it’s not as much as avoiding it and whether or revisiting it or not revisiting it. It’s more about how I deal with it and the light I put on it. It’s more a positive light and things I can get out of that, to try to inspire other people. As far as my own personal stuff, I’ve been doing a better job dealing with it, myself.”

ALL-PRO DEFENSIVE TACKLE ZACH ALLEN AGREES TO 4-YEAR, $102M EXTENSION WITH DENVER BRONCOS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Like teammate Courtland Sutton, Denver Broncos All-Pro defensive lineman Zach Allen didn’t skip any days of training camp while his agent argued for a new contract.

Unlike Micah Parsons in Dallas, Trey Hendrickson in Cincinnati and Terry McLaurin in Washington, things never got contentious with the front office in Denver.

“This is my happy place,” Allen said Saturday after signing a four-year, $102 million extension with the Broncos that includes nearly $70 million in guarantees and makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid interior defensive linemen in average annual salary.

Allen said the way both sides “handled this was just awesome.”

“The fact that we were able to go about this the way we have compared to probably some other things around the league is a testament to what we’re building,” he said.

“It’s a business but it never got contentious,” Allen said. “And I think that was a cool thing was just the way that everybody handled it.”

Allen said he told his agent, Tommy Condon, “I want to obviously get the best deal possible … but I care about these people, I care about this place, and I don’t want it to get ugly. The way he went about it, the way the team went about it was awesome.”

Allen’s extension came less than a week after Sutton signed a four-year, $92 million deal that features $41 million in guaranteed money. Sutton also thanked the Broncos’ ownership group and general manager George Paton for the tenor of talks as he continued to take the field during training camp content in knowing a deal was at hand.

In many ways Allen has served as the fulcrum of Denver’s dominant defense the last two seasons, applying pressure up the middle to augment the Broncos’ premier pass rush and stellar secondary.

A third-round pick by Arizona out of Boston College in 2019, Allen joined the Broncos two years ago, following defensive coordinator Vance Joseph to Denver. He had five sacks in his first season in Denver and a career-best 8 1/2 sacks last season when he earned second-team All-Pro honors and the Broncos set a franchise record with a league-best 63 sacks.

Allen, who turns 28 this month, also set career bests last year with 15 tackles for loss and 40 quarterback hits while playing nearly 90% of Denver’s defensive snaps and moving between end and tackle. He also led the league’s defensive tackles with 67 pressures, according to Next Gen Stats.

Allen is due $12.74 million this season, the final year of his three-year, $45.75 million deal he signed with Denver in 2023.

With deals in place now for Sutton and Allen, the Broncos’ biggest contractual concern is rising star edge rusher Nik Bonitto, who is entering the final year of his rookie contrac. He also was named a second-team All-Pro last season when he led the team with 13 1/2 sacks.

Before camp began, Bonitto said he realized a deal might not get done until sometime during the season but knows he’ll cash in eventually.

“Yeah, I mean, the edge market is kind of crazy right now knowing that everybody’s getting these big deals and it’s only getting bigger and bigger,” Bonitto said last month. “Luckily for me, I’m in a good position right now where the market’s kind of in my favor.”

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NBA NEWS

LUKA DONCIC AGREES TO A CONTRACT EXTENSION THROUGH 2028 WITH THE LAKERS, COMMITTING TO HIS NEW TEAM

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Luka Doncic’s first six months with the Los Angeles Lakers were more than enough to give him a vision of a glittering long-term future with his new team.

He sees championship banners, trophies and team success while living in a cosmopolitan city and playing for a world-famous team.

He envisions his name and number in the rafters alongside every other transcendent great to wear the Lakers’ gold jersey.

So Doncic took the next step toward turning his dreams into reality Saturday when he agreed to a three-year, $165 million maximum contract extension through 2028 with the Lakers, bypassing a chance at free agency next summer.

“Being a Laker is an honor, and I wanted to be here,” Doncic said during a news conference under the title banners and retired numbers festooning the gym at the Lakers’ training complex. “When you look up here, so many great names and what they’ve achieved. I want to be up there too one day.”

The deal should keep the 26-year-old Doncic with Los Angeles through 2028 under a player option for the final season, after which he’ll be eligible for a massive five-year extension that could allow him to recoup the max money he lost by getting traded by Dallas. The Slovenian superstar had a player option for the 2026-27 season under his previous contract.

A person with knowledge of the deal confirmed the terms to The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Lakers don’t publicly announce the details of contracts.

The Lakers acquired Doncic from the Mavericks last February in a seismic trade for Anthony Davis. The five-time All-NBA selection and a five-time All-Star averaged 28.2 points, 8.2 assists and 7.7 rebounds per game last season while teaming up with LeBron James for 50 victories and the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference playoffs.

Although his debut season in Los Angeles ended with a first-round playoff loss to Minnesota, the high-scoring guard says he greatly enjoyed his first months in Hollywood — enough to commit to the Lakers for the rest of his 20s, and almost certainly beyond.

“It’s an honor playing for this organization,” Doncic said. “Many, many great players played here, so obviously I want to add one more up there. That’s what we’re working for.”

In another sign of his reinvigorated passion, Doncic confirmed that he has been doing extensive summer conditioning and strength work after the Mavericks’ questions about his physical commitment to the sport reportedly played a role in his shocking departure from Dallas.

Doncic looked trim and athletic at his news conference, and he chuckled while saying he’ll “obviously be a little bit faster” next season.

“Just trying to help the team condition-wise,” Doncic said. “Playing a lot of minutes, a lot of games, so I think it’s going to be the best for me.”

Reaching the deal with no drama or delay is also a significant coup for the Lakers, whose future looks even brighter with Doncic under contract less than two months after the Buss family agreed to sell a controlling stake in the franchise to a deep-pocketed group led by Dodgers owner Mark Walter.

Doncic will return this fall alongside James, who will begin his unprecedented 23rd NBA season. While Doncic’s preeminent importance to the Lakers has been obvious from the moment they acquired him, general manager Rob Pelinka on Saturday called Doncic “the centerpiece and the foundation piece” of the Lakers going forward.

James didn’t attend Doncic’s news conference, but Pelinka said the relationship between the Lakers and the top scorer in NBA history is still strong even after James’ agent, Rich Paul, made pointed comments about James’ desire for the Lakers to be a championship contender when James agreed to return this summer.

“All the interactions we’ve had with LeBron and his camp have been positive and supportive,” Pelinka said when asked if he thought the Lakers would be James’ final team. “The dialogue with him has been open and constant. … The No. 1 thing we have to do (with James’ future) is respect him and his family’s decision. We want to respect his opportunity to come up with his timetable on that. If he had a chance to retire as a Laker, that would be great.”

Doncic’s comfort with the Lakers was already obvious in his offseason activity: He played a significant role in Los Angeles’ successful bids to sign Deandre Ayton and Marcus Smart, helping to persuade the two veterans to team up with him for the upcoming season.

Doncic said he campaigned with both players because he respected them as opponents. Ayton, Smart and several other Lakers showed up in El Segundo to congratulate Doncic on his new deal.

“Honestly, I think we have a great team,” Doncic said. “We have what we need to compete for the championship. I will bring whatever I can bring and try to win every game no matter what. We’ve got some new great guys on the team, so you know we’re going to go for it.”

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WNBA/NBA NEWS

CELTICS MINORITY OWNER REACHES DEAL TO BUY CONNECTICUT SUN FOR RECORD $325 MILLION, AP SOURCE SAYS

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A group led by Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca has reached a deal to buy the Connecticut Sun for a record $325 million and move the team to Boston, according to a person familiar with the sale.

The franchise wouldn’t play in Boston until the 2027 season. Pagliuca also would contribute $100 million for a new practice facility in Boston for the team, the person said.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the deal hasn’t been publicly announced. The sale is pending approval of the league and its Board of Governors.

“Relocation decisions are made by the WNBA Board of Governors and not by individual teams,” the league said in a statement.

The Sun have played one regular season game at TD Garden eac of the last two years, including one against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in July.

The league has announced five expansion teams that will begin play over the next five seasons with Portland (2026), Toronto (2026), Cleveland (2028), Detroit (2029) and Philadelphia (2030) joining the WNBA. Each paid a then-record $250 million expansion fee.

Nine other cities bid for expansion teams, including Houston, which the league singled out as getting a team in the future when it announced Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia in June. Boston did not.

“No groups from Boston applied for a team at that time and those other cities remain under consideration based on the extensive work they did as part of the expansion process and currently have priority over Boston. Celtics’ prospective ownership team has also reached out to the league office and asked that Boston receive strong consideration for a WNBA franchise at the appropriate time.”

The Boston Globe first reported the sale.

The Sun are owned by the Mohegan Tribe, which runs the casino where the team has played since 2003. The Tribe bought the franchise for $10 million and relocated it from Orlando that year. The Connecticut franchise was the first in the league to be run by a non-NBA owner and also became the first to turn a profit.

The team announced in May that it was searching for a potential buyer for the franchise and had hired investment bank Allen & Company to conduct the probe.

The WNBA has experienced rapid growth the last few seasons and ownership groups have been investing more into their teams, including player experiences. That has come in the way of practice facilities. The Sun are one of the few teams in the league that haven’t announced any plans for a new training facility.

Connecticut practices either at the arena in the casino or a local community center.

Despite the lack of facilities, the Sun have been one of the most successful teams in the league, making the postseason in 16 seasons, including a run of six straight semifinal appearances. But the team was hit hard this offseason with the entire starting five from last season leaving either via free agency or trade.

Connecticut is currently in last place in the WNBA at 5-21. The team sent out a letter to season ticket holders last week saying they’d still be playing at the casino next year.

The last team to be sold in the WNBA was in 2021 when real estate investor Larry Gottesdiener led a group that bought the Atlanta Dream for under $10 million. A year earlier, Mark Davis paid roughly $2 million for the Las Vegas Aces.

BASEBALL NEWS

MLB ROUNDUP: TARIK SKUBAL FANS 10 AS TIGERS TOP PHILLIES

Tarik Skubal struck out 10 in seven innings and Detroit’s offense supported him with four homers as the Tigers topped host Philadelphia 7-5 in their interleague matchup Saturday night.

Skubal (11-3) held the Phillies scoreless in the first six innings before giving up three runs in the seventh. Kyle Finnegan, making his Detroit debut after being acquired from the Nationals, got the last four outs for his 21st save this season as the Tigers won for the fifth time in six games.

Javier Baez led the offense with a two-run homer and a two-run triple. Colt Keith, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres accounted for the other three runs with solo homers.

Nick Castellanos and Bryce Harper blasted two-run homers for the Phillies. Zach Wheeler (9-5) allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits in six-plus innings with 10 strikeouts.

Rays 4, Dodgers 0

Yandy Diaz had two home runs among his three hits and drove in three runs as the Rays snapped a four-game losing streak with a win over the visiting Dodgers.

Drew Rasmussen (9-5) allowed four hits with no walks and six strikeouts over 5 1/3 scoreless innings. Pete Fairbanks struck out the side in the ninth as Rays pitchers combined for 11 strikeouts.

Blake Snell (1-1) returned from the injured list to make his first start since April 2. Snell gave up three runs on five hits and no walks over five innings, striking out eight.

Orioles 4, Cubs 3

Baltimore rallied with four runs in the bottom of the eighth, including a three-run homer from Gunnar Henderson, to put away visiting Chicago.

Jordan Westburg had two hits and an RBI for the Orioles, whose eighth-inning outburst snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak. Jeremiah Jackson also had two hits for Baltimore.

Newly acquired Willi Castro tripled, singled and scored two runs for the Cubs, and Nico Hoener contributed three hits and two RBIs.

Blue Jays 4, Royals 2

Bo Bichette had three hits and drove in a run as Toronto rode a strong performance by starting pitcher Max Scherzer to a win over visiting Kansas City.

Scherzer went six innings, giving up just one run on five hits while striking out five for the Blue Jays, while Davis Schneider drove in two runs on a single as part of a three-run third inning.

Salvador Perez homered for the second straight game and added a single for the Royals, whose three-game winning streak came to an end. Kyle Isbel contributed two doubles and an RBI.

Rockies 8, Pirates 5

Jordan Beck had two hits, including a home run, and Warming Bernabel added two doubles as host Colorado used a six-run sixth inning to rally past Pittsburgh.

Orlando Arcia also homered and Mickey Moniak contributed two hits for the Rockies, who have won two straight for the third time since the All-Star break — matching the team’s total in the previous 96 games.

Liver Peguero recorded his first career multi-homer game with three home runs for the Pirates, who have dropped two straight after winning eight of the previous nine. Bryan Reynolds and Isiah Kiner-Falefa chipped in with two hits apiece for Pittsburgh.

Brewers 8, Nationals 2

Christian Yelich homered and added two singles to lead visiting Milwaukee to a win over Washington.

Brandon Woodruff shut down the Nationals over six innings of work, giving up just one hit while striking out eight for the Brewers, who won for the fifth time in six games. Brice Turang contributed a double and two singles for Milwaukee.

Robert Hassell III belted a two-run home run for the Nationals, who finished with just two hits in their fourth straight loss.

Red Sox 7, Astros 3

Romy Gonzalez, Trevor Story and Abraham Toro each blasted home runs to lead host Boston to a second straight win over Houston.

Along with Gonzalez and Story, Ceddanne Rafaela and Rob Refsnyder finished with two hits for the Red Sox, who picked up their fourth consecutive victory.

Victor Caratini had four hits and Christian Walker smacked his second home run in as many games for the Astros, who lost for the seventh time in nine games.

Guardians 5, Twins 4

Jose Ramirez had two hits, including a two-run home run, and scored on a double by Bo Naylor in the eighth inning to give Cleveland the lead for good in a home win over Minnesota.

Daniel Schneeman added a homer and scored twice for the Guardians, who won for the 16th time in 22 games. C.J. Kayfus drove in a run in his MLB debut, and Hunter Gaddis picked up his first career save.

Royce Lewis and Trevor Larnach each had two hits and an RBI for the Twins, who led 4-2 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning. Matt Wallner chipped in with a two-run homer for Minnesota.

Marlins 2, Yankees 0

Agustin Ramirez, a former New York prospect, smacked two home runs to lead Miami to a home win over the Yankees.

Eury Perez held New York in check with six shutout innings, scattering two hits and three walks while fanning five. Behind Perez, the Marlins picked up their third shutout victory in four games. Miami had six shutouts before the All-Star break.

Ben Rice doubled for the Yankees, who had just two hits on the day. Cam Schlittler took the loss for New York despite giving up just four hits while striking out six over five innings.

Mets 12, Giants 6

Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor combined for six hits and seven RBIs at the top of the order as New York handled visiting San Francisco.

Nimmo (3-for-4) contributed two runs and three RBIs while Lindor (3-for-4) posted one run and four RBIs. Pete Alonso drove in both with a three-run homer in the first. Starter Kodai Senga allowed five hits and four runs over four innings before giving way to Reid Garrett (3-4), who retired all four Giants he faced.

Dominic Smith and Willy Adames swatted two-run homers for the Giants. Kai-Wai Teng (0-1) went 3 1/3 innings in his major league debut and surrendered five runs, four hits and three walks.

Rangers 6, Mariners 4 (11 innings)

Wyatt Langford singled home the go-ahead run in the 11th inning as Texas defeated host Seattle and pulled within a game of the Mariners for both second place in the American League West and the AL’s third and final wild-card spot.

Kyle Higashioka homered and drove in three runs for the Rangers, who won for the first time in nine games at T-Mobile Park. Langford’s soft liner to right field leading off the 11th scored Adolis Garcia from second base. Ezequiel Duran followed with a broken-bat single to right off Casey Legumina (4-6) to give Texas a two-run lead.

Rangers reliever Luis Curvelo (1-0), making his second major league appearance, pitched 1 1/3 innings for the victory. Merrill Kelly, in his Texas debut after being acquired from Arizona at the trade deadline, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings, with no walks and six strikeouts.

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NASCAR NEWS

CHASE BRISCOE WINS SIXTH NASCAR CUP POLE OF 2025 SEASON AT IOWA SPEEDWAY

NEWTON, Iowa — Big track, road course or short track — Chase Briscoe has shown blistering speed in his first season in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota on all sorts of venues.

On Saturday at Iowa Speedway, a 0.875-mile short track, Briscoe won his sixth pole of the season with a lap at 136.933 mph (23.004 seconds) to earn the top starting spot in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol (3:30 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

That effort followed a pole run last Saturday at mammoth 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In fact, in the last 11 NASCAR Cup Series qualifying sessions, Briscoe has put his car on the front row seven times with five Busch Light Pole Awards and a pair of second-place starts.

Briscoe, who has eight career poles, attributed his qualifying success to a burgeoning working relationship with crew chief James Small.

“I just feel that James and the engineers on the No.19 crew have done a really, really good job, especially these last two months, of understanding what I want and what I need out of the race car,” Briscoe said.

“I’ve even kind of noticed a switch with James over the course of the last two or three weeks even, where it went from ‘We’ve got to be doing this different’ to ‘We’ve got to get the car better for you now.’

“I think that came as they started to understand me more, and our performance has been better. James does such a great job of understanding what I need, especially on Saturdays for qualifying.”

Briscoe edged William Byron (136.435 mph) for the top starting spot by 0.084 seconds. Kyle Larson, Byron’s Hendrick Motorsport teammate, was third fastest at 136.429 mph.

Byron, Larson and teammate Chase Elliott, who qualified eighth, are locked in a tight battle for the Cup Series Regular Season Championship, with Elliott leading the series by four points over Byron and 15 over third-place Larson.

Austin Cindric (136.258 mph) qualified fourth in the fastest Ford, followed by Brad Keselowski and defending race winner Ryan Blaney.

Carson Hocevar, Elliott, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Haley secured positions seven through 10 on the grid.

Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing teammates Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece will start 27th and 33rd, respectively, as they battle for berth in the Cup Playoffs. Preece trails Buescher by 42 points in the race for what is currently the final spot.

Briscoe’s Camry was the only Toyota in the top 10. Denny Hamlin, who scraped the Turn 1 wall during practice, was 11th fastest in the No. 11 JGR Toyota.

Kyle Busch crashed in Turn 1 on his 18th practice lap and damaged his No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet beyond repair. He’ll start from the rear of the field in a backup car on Sunday.

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GOLF NEWS

CAMERON YOUNG HOLDS FIVE-SHOT LEAD AT WYNDHAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Cameron Young shot 5-under-par 65 and threatened to run away from the pack during the Wyndham Championship’s third round Saturday at Greensboro, N.C.

Young, seeking his first victory on the PGA Tour, is at 20-under 190 for a five-stroke advantage on Colombia’s Nico Echavarria. Young has been a runner-up seven times since joining the tour in 2022.

Echavarria, who shot 64, had birdies on four of the final seven holes to rise into contention.

Chris Kirk (67), Mac Meissner (70) and defending champion Aaron Rai (69) of England are tied for third at 12 under.

Young, who was at 15 under through the first two rounds with the 125 matching the tournament’s 36-hole scoring record, was tearing through Sedgefield Country Club. Through six holes of the third round, Young’s margin rose to eight strokes on a quintet that was trying to keep him in their sights.

Young had birdies on Nos. 3-6. Until the 15th hole Saturday, Young’s lone bogey in the tournament came on No. 1 (his 10th hole) of the first round Thursday. He later added two birdies.

Young, 28, played collegiately at nearby Wake Forest.

Rai lost momentum he had in the second round when he came back to complete that Saturday morning. Then in the third round, he was 2 over through 12 holes before three consecutive birdies put him back in the mix.

Amateur Jackson Koivun, a college golfer for Auburn, shot 65 and is alone in sixth place at 11 under.

South Korea’s Sungae Im, after a pair of 64s and playing in the final group in the third round, dipped with a 73 and is at 9 under.

It was a long day at the course. Some golfers had as many as eight holes to complete in the second round, which was suspended Friday afternoon because of storms. Tom Kim withdrew rather than completing the second round.

The third round used threesomes, starting on the first and 10th tees.

The Wyndham Championship marks the last tournament on the PGA Tour’s regular season, so there will be crucial developments throughout Sunday’s round as golfers aim to secure spots in the top 70 in the FedEx Cup standings in order to qualify for the postseason.

After Saturday’s third-round 70, Gary Woodland is right at No. 70 in the standings. He’s at 9 under for the tournament.

MIYU YAMASHITA TAKES SLIM LEAD INTO FINAL ROUND AT WOMEN’S OPEN

Miyu Yamashita of Japan maintained her lead through three rounds of the AIG Women’s Open despite stumbling to a 2-over par 74 on Saturday at Porthcawl, Wales.

After holding a three-shot lead through the midway point of the tournament, Yamashita was at 9-under par through three rounds as her advantage was narrowed to a single shot heading into Sunday’s final round.

A Lim Kim moved into second place at 8 under after a 5-under par 67 in the third round after a nine-hole stretch when she compiled four birdies. Andrea Lee of the United States also shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday and was alone in third place at 7 under.

A group of four tied for fourth place at 6 under included Japan’s Minami Katsu and Rio Takeda, England’s Charley Hull and American Megan Khang.

Yamashita breezed to a 7-under par 65 in the second round to move into the lead but struggled to find that form Saturday. She was 1 over on the front nine with a bogey and eight pars. She was 1 over again on an eventful back nine that included three bogeys and two birdies.

Yamashita was even par for the round through 13 holes until she recorded a pair of bogey 5s at No. 14 and 16.

Yamashita and Takeda, who was alone in second place through two rounds, were the only members of the top 10 on the leaderboard to shoot over par Saturday. Takeda, who was Yamashita’s playing partner, also was 2 over.

Katsu had the low round of the day at 7-under 65 to put herself into contention by moving up 31 spots on the leaderboard. She got off to a slow start with a pair of bogeys on the first two holes before going on a red-hot run.

Starting with a birdie 3 at No. 4, Katsu was 9 under over her final 15 holes in a stretch that included an eagle 3 at No. 6.

World No. 1 Nelly Korda stumbled to a 2-under 74 on Saturday to leave her at even par for the tournament in a tie for 36th place.

England’s Lottie Woad, who turned pro last week then won the Women’s Scottish Open, shot a 1-under 71 and is at 3 under for the weekend to sit in a seven-way tie for 11th place.

Defending champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand shot a 2-under 70 and was tied for 36th at even par.

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SWIMMING NEWS

AMERICANS SET A RELAY WORLD RECORD IN SWIM WORLDS IN SINGAPORE AND LEDECKY WINS AGAIN

SINGAPORE (AP) — The Americans set a world relay record and piled up three gold medals Saturday in what’s been an otherwise frustrating swimming world championships for them.

And at the heart of the turnaround on the next-to-last day of the worlds in Singapore was none other than 28-year-old Katie Ledecky, the most decorated female swimmer in history.

Despite the world record in the mixed freestyle 4×100 relay — 3 minutes, 18.48 seconds — the story was Ledecky remaining unbeaten in the 800 freestyle.

She first won that race in the 2012 Olympics and has never lost since in a major competition.

Perhaps for the first time in her career, Ledecky was given only a 50-50 shot by many to beat the 18-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh, the star of these worlds with Frenchman Leon Marchand.

McIntosh’s best time this season was 8:05.07 — just behind Ledecky’s world mark of 8:04.12 set earlier this year.

After 700 meters, McIntosh of Canada was ahead by 0.14 seconds, but she faded and Ledecky won in 8:05.62 with Lani Pallister of Australia taking silver (8:05.98). McIntosh (8:07.29) settled for bronze.

McIntosh has won three individual gold medals in Singapore and was trying for five. She will come up short, though she will be the favorite in Sunday’s 400 individual medley.

Ledecky said she was unaware she was trailing and, when asked about it, glanced down at a race-results sheet to confirm it.

“I didn’t know,” she said. “I just knew it was close the whole way. There were times where I thought I was just going to break away. I was just happy I was up there.

“You just never know when you dive in what everyone’s tactics are going to be — or what’s going to happen,” she added. “It was fun to just to be in that kind of a race. Just try to make small moves just here and there.”

Ledecky has won 23 gold medals at world championships and 30 overall. Add to that nine Olympic gold medals and 14 Olympics medals overall. If you’re counting, that 44 Olympic and world medals.

McIntosh, who won three gold medals in the Paris Olympics, hates losing and she showed it afterward with her comments. They were short and right to the point.

“Obviously, that’s not even close to what I wanted; time-wise, place-wise, how I executed the race. Nothing,” she said.

In other results

Gretchen Walsh of the United States won the 50 butterfly in 24.83 seconds for her second individual gold of the worlds. Earlier in the worlds she won the 100 fly. Alexandria Perkins of Australia claimed silver (25.31) with bronze for Roos Vanotterdijk of Belgium (25.43).

“It feels great to be like myself again in the water after kind of a rocky week,” said Walsh, referring to the “ acute gastroenteritis ” that the Americans have battled in Singapore following a training camp in Thailand.

“Two-time world champion. Can’t complain with that,” Walsh added.

Paris Olympic 50-free gold medalist Cameron McEvoy of Australia repeated his title in the worlds, winning in a quick 21.14. Ben Proud of Britain was the silver medalist (21.26) and American Jack Alexy took bronze (21.46).

Defending champion and world-record holder Kaylee McKeown of Australia won gold again, taking the 200-meter backstroke in 2:03.33. American Regan Smith took her fourth silver medal in Singapore (2:04.29) with bronze for American Claire Curzan (2:06.04).

Maxime Grousset of France picked up his second gold, taking the 100 butterfly in 49.62, just off the world record of 49.45 by American Caeleb Dressel. Noe Ponti of Switzerland took silver (49.83) with bronze for Canadian Ilya Kharun (50.07). Grousset also won the 50 fly.

The record

It was only the second world record set in these championships. It came on a night when the United States won three gold medals, by far its best performance in what had been a lackluster championships for the team.

The relay team members were: Alexy, Patrick Sammon, Kate Douglass and Torri Huske.

The Americans how have eight gold medals, one ahead of Australia with the championships closing on Sunday. The Americans have 26 overall and Australia has 17 overall.

The only other record set in the meet came earlier in the week with Marchand shattering the 200 IM record (1:52.69). He’ll try to break his own 400 IM record on Sunday, a mark of 4:02.50 set in the 2023 worlds in Fukuoka, Japan.

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TRACK AND FIELD

SPRINTER SHA’CARRI RICHARDSON ARRESTED AT WASHINGTON AIRPORT ON A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSE

Reigning 100-meter world champion Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Richardson was arrested Sunday on a fourth-degree domestic violence offense, according to a police report obtained by The Associated Press. On Thursday, she ran in the opening round of the women’s 100 meters at U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon. She has an automatic bye to the world championships in September in Tokyo as the defending champion.

The 25-year-old Richardson was booked into the South Correctional Entity (SCORE) in Des Moines, Washington, at 6:54 p.m. last Sunday and released Monday at 1:13 p.m.

“USATF is aware of the reports and is not commenting on this matter,” USA Track and Field said in a statement.

Richardson’s agent did not immediately reply to an email request for comment.

The police report said an officer at the airport was notified by a Transportation Security Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richardson and her boyfriend, sprinter Christian Coleman.

The officer reviewed camera footage and observed Richardson reach out with her left arm and grab Coleman’s backpack and yank it away. Richardson then appeared to get in Coleman’s way with Coleman trying to step around her. Coleman was shoved into a wall.

The report later said Richardson appeared to throw an item at Coleman, which the TSA indicated may have been headphones.

In the police report, the officer said: “I was told Coleman did not want to participate any further in the investigation and declined to be a victim.”

Richardson won the 100 at the 2023 world championships in Budapest and finished with the silver at the Paris Games last summer. She also helped the 4×100 relay to an Olympic gold.

She had a positive marijuana test at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials and didn’t compete at the Tokyo Olympics.

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TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

SOLAK SHOT LIFTS INDIANS OVER I-CUBS

DES MOINES, Iowa – Nick Solak launched a two-run shot en route to a 5-2 Indianapolis Indians victory over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday night at Principal Park.

The Indians (22-10, 64-42) plated a run in the first inning and didn’t look back, never trailing in the contest. After Ronny Simon led off the third inning with a single, he was brought home by Solak, who launched a two-run shot off Spencer Turnbull (L, 0-4) to center field.

Iowa (14-18, 53-53) brought the game to within one and responded with two runs of their own in the third, but the threat ended there.

Nick Yorke doubled in the sixth and came around to score on Rafael Flores’ second double of the night. Flores later walked in the eighth and scored again after Shawn Ross reached on a fielding error by left fielder Owen Caissie.

Indians relievers Ryder Ryan (W, 5-1), Michael Darrell-Hicks, Evan Sisk and Beau Burrows (S, 1) combined for 6.1 shutout innings, surrendering just three hits and striking out eleven batters.

The Indians and I-Cubs will face off at Principal Park for the series finale tomorrow at 2:08 PM. RHP Johan Oviedo (0-0, 1.80) gets the start for Indianapolis against I-Cubs RHP Kenta Maeda (3-4, 5.97).

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INDY ELEVEN

RECAP-IND 1:3 TBR

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Boys in Blue travel to Eastern Conference opponent Detroit City FC next Saturday at 7 pm on WRTV 6 and ESPN+.

The next Indy Eleven home game is the USL Jägermeister Cup Quarterfinals vs. Greenville Triumph SC on Wed. Aug. 20 at 7 pm at Carroll Stadium.  All tickets for that match are $15.

Single-game tickets for all matches are available via Ticketmaster. Flex Plan, Group, and Hospitality tickets are available here.  For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com.

• USL Championship
• Indy Eleven 1:3 Tampa Bay Rowdies
• Sat., August 2, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
• Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis
• Weather:  Sunny, 75 degrees
• Attendance: 9,107

2025 USL Championship Records
Indy Eleven: 5-7-5 (-4), 20 pts; #7 in Eastern Conference
Tampa Bay Rowdies: 5-10-2 (-6), 17 pts; #11 in Eastern Conference

Score­­	1	2	F
Indy Eleven	1	0	1
Tampa Bay Rowdies	1	2	3

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

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

Indy Eleven Subs not used:  Elvis Amoh, Reice Charles-Cook, Brem Soumaoro.

Tampa Bay Rowdies line-up:  Ethan Bandré, Aarón Guillén (captain), Robert Castellanos, Thomas Vancaeyezeele, Blake Bodily, Lewis Hilton (Joey Skinner 72’), Danny Crisostomo (Forrest Lasso 90’+1), Laurence Wyke, Nick Moon (Juan Carlos Azocar 64’), Woobens Pacius (Manuel Arteaga 90’+1), Luis Álvarez (Ollie Bassett 71’).

Tampa Bay Rowdies subs not used:  Nicolas Campisi.

Indy Eleven Quotes

Sean McAuley 

On team performance — 

“I think we had more than enough chances to put the ball away and get back in.” 

On strategy — 

“When you’re behind, you’ve got to try and get back into it. I felt like the game was slowing down, so I put forwards on the pitch to have as many people as we can to try and score.” 

On defense —  

“Defensively in the first half, we were a little bit passive, and in the second half, we didn’t have the legs that we needed to shut it out.”

Ben Ofeimu 

On the opposing team —  

“They’re a good team. They have some good strikers, some strong boys. So it was a battle for sure. Those battles are always fun, playing against guys like that.” 

On recovery —  

“You got to do all that kind of little stuff–sleeping well, eating well, ice bath and stretching, all those things and mentally recover as well.” 

James Murphy 

On team potential — 

“We’re too good of a team, individually and as a unit, to keep dropping points and losing games.” 

On resilience and confidence —  

“No heads are dropping over here. We know, if we create chances, they’re going to go in the back of the net eventually.”

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

Aug. 3

1901 — Cleveland pitcher Ed Scott pitched a complete game and hit a solo home run off Bill Reidy in the top of the 10th for an 8-7 win against Milwaukee. It was the last game of Scott’s major league career.

1906 — Washington pitcher Tom Hughes hit a solo home run off Fred Glade in the tenth inning for 1-0 win over the St. Louis Browns. He became the first pitcher to win a 1-0 extra-inning game with his own home run.

1914 — New York Yankee catcher Les Nunamaker threw out three Detroit Tigers trying to steal second base on one inning. It will be the only time a backstop has accomplished this feat this century.

1923 — Major League Baseball canceled all games following the death of U.S. President Warren G. Harding in San Francisco on Aug. 2.

1933 — Lefty Grove of the Philadelphia A’s became the first pitcher since Aug. 2, 1931 — a span of 308 games — to shut out the New York Yankees, winning 7-0.

1944 — Tommy Brown, 16 years and 8 months old, played shortstop for the Brooklyn Dodgers in both games of a doubleheader loss, 6-2 and 7-1, to the Chicago Cubs. He had a double and scored a run.

1948 — Cleveland’s Satchel Paige made his first major league start and went seven innings to lead the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Washington Senators.

1959 — The second game of All-Star play this year was won by the AL 5-3 at Los Angeles’ Memorial Stadium. Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox singled in the deciding run in the seventh inning.

1961 — The Pittsburgh Pirates scored a 19-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for the largest shutout score in an NL night game.

1969 — The Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 19-17 in a wild game at Connie Mack Stadium. Trailing 9-6, the Reds scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to take a seven-run lead. The Reds tacked on two more runs in the sixth inning for an 18-9 lead. The Phillies responded with seven runs on the home half of the sixth and another run in the seventh to get within one run. Cincinnati’s Tony Perez homered in the eighth to make it 19-17. The Phillies two-out rally in the ninth ended with Ron Stone lining out to right with runners on first and second.

1969 — Pinch-hitter Rich Reese hit a grand slam to power the Minnesota Twins to a 5-2 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles and end Dave McNally’s 15-game winning streak. His two victories at the end of 1968 had given him 17 straight wins.

1982 — Frank White of the Kansas City Royals hit for the cycle in a 6-5 win over the Detroit Tigers. It was the second cycle of his career.

1987 — Minnesota’s Joe Niekro was caught with a file on the mound and was ejected during the fourth inning of the Twins’ 11-3 win over the California Angels. Niekro would be suspended for 10 games by American League president Bobby Brown, who didn’t believe Niekro’s story that he had been filing his nails on the bench and stuck the file in his back pocket when the inning started.

2004 — Tony Batista hit a grand slam in the 12th inning after tying the game with a two-run homer in the ninth, leading Montreal over St. Louis 10-6.

2006 — Chase Utley singled in the first inning of Philadelphia’s 8-1 win at St. Louis to extend his hitting streak to 35 games.

2006 — Matt Murton tied a major league record with four doubles and drove in five runs to help the Chicago Cubs salvage a split of a doubleheader with Arizona 7-3.

2015 — Adrian Beltre became the first major leaguer since the 1930s to hit for his third career cycle and the Texas Rangers held on for a wild 12-9 victory over Houston. Beltre hit a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Texas Rangers, completing the cycle in his first four at-bats.

2024 — By stealing three bases in a 10 – 0 Dodgers win over the Athletics, Shohei Ohtani becomes the first member of the 30-30 club this season (he has already hit 33 homers). In reaching the two marks in 108 games, he is the third fastest to do so in history, beaten only by Eric Davis (90 games in 1987) and Alex Rodriguez (107 games in 1998).

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Aug. 4

1884 — Pud Galvin pitched the most lopsided no-hitter in major league history as the Buffalo Bisons routed the Detroit Wolverines 18-0. It is the second career no-hitter for Galvin.

1910 — Jack Coombs of the Philadelphia A’s and Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox hooked up in a 16-inning scoreless tie. Coombs struck out 18 and allowed three hits.

1945 — Bill Salkeld of Pittsburgh hit for the cycle in a 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Pirate catcher went 5 for 5 and drove in all five runs.

1945 — Boston’s Tom McBride became the third player to drive in six runs in an inning as the Red Sox pounded Washington 15-4. McBride had a bases-loaded double and triple during the Red Sox’s 12-run fourth inning.

1953 — New York’s Vic Raschi set a record for a pitcher by driving in seven runs in a 15-0 win over the Detroit Tigers.

1963 — New York’s Mickey Mantle, batting for the first time in two months after breaking his left foot, hit a pinch home run as the Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-10 for a split of a doubleheader.

1973 — John Briggs of the Milwaukee Brewers went 6-for-6 in a 9-4 win over the Cleveland Indians.

1979 — Atlanta knuckleballer Phil Niekro set modern major league records with four wild pitches in one inning (fifth) and six in one game. The Braves lost to Houston 6-2.

1982 — Joel Youngblood became the first player in major league history to play and get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drove in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he was traded to the Montreal Expos and played that night in Philadelphia. He entered the game in right field in the fourth inning and later got a single.

1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, became the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox defeated the New York Yankees 4-1 on Phil Rizzuto Day.

1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels got his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.

2006 — Chase Utley went 0-for-5 night in Philadelphia’s 5-3 victory over the New York Mets, ending a 35-game hitting streak that tied him for the 10th longest in major league history and the fourth longest in National League history.

2007 — In the 2nd inning of a 3 – 2 loss to the Padres, Barry Bonds hits his 755th career home run to tie Hank Aaron for the all-time record.

2007 — Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player in major league history to hit 500 home runs with a first-inning homer in a 16-8 victory over Kansas City.

2010 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays.

2021 — Japan moves into the gold medal game in the Tokyo Olympics.

2022 — The Angels tie a record by hitting seven homers but still losing the game, 8 – 7 to the A’s, also setting a record for most runs scored in a game, all on solo homers. Shohei Ohtani hits a pair, followed by Kurt Suzuki, Taylor Ward, Jo Adell, Jared Walsh and Mickey Moniak. However, Oakland scores six times in the 3rd and adds a two-run blast by Ramon Laureano in the 4th to negate the Angels’ long balls.

2024 — With a 13 – 7 loss to the Twins, the White Sox’s losing streak reaches historic proportion at 20 games. It is a new franchise record and tied for third all-time, trailing only the 21 losses by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles to start that season, and the 23 consecutive losses by the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies.

Aug. 5

1921 — Pittsburgh radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provided listeners with the first broadcast of a major league game. The Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5.

1927 — Philadelphia’s Cy Williams hit for the cycle, drove in six runs and scored three times to lead the Phillies to a 9-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

1931 — For the second time in his career, Jim Bottomley got six hits as the St. Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh 16-2 in the second game of a doubleheader.

1932 — Detroit pitcher Tommy Bridges lost his bid for a perfect game on a bloop single by the 27th Washington batter, pinch-hitter Dave Harris. The Tigers beat the Senators 13-0.

1933 — Sammy West of the St. Louis Browns had four extra-base hits in a 10-9, 12-inning win over the Chicago White Sox.

1942 — Don Kolloway’s two-out steal of home in the fifth inning was the only run as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 1-0.

1969 — Pittsburgh’s Willie Stargell became the only player to hit a ball out of Dodger Stadium. Stargell’s shot off of Los Angeles’ Alan Foster cleared the right-field pavilion and landed 506 feet from home plate.

1973 — Phil Niekro of the Atlanta Braves pitched a 9-0 no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. He walked three and struck out four in recording the first no-hitter by the franchise in Atlanta.

1975 — The first eight batters for Philadelphia Phillies got hits for a major league record, en route to a 13-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.

1984 — Cliff Johnson of the Blue Jays hit his 19th career pinch homer to set a major league record as Toronto beat the Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium.

1999 — Mark McGwire became the 16th member of the 500-home run club, hitting two homers — Nos. 500 and 501 — in the St. Louis Cardinals’ loss to San Diego.

2001 — The Cleveland Indians tied a major league record and became the first team in 76 years to overcome a 12-run deficit to win, defeating the Seattle Mariners 15-14 in 11 innings.

2005 — Albert Pujols became the first player in major league history to hit 30 home runs in each of his first five seasons, helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Atlanta Braves 11-3.

2006 — Trevor Hoffman set a major league record with his 11th 30-save season and the San Diego Padres defeated the Washington Nationals 6-3.

2007 — Tom Glavine earned his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The 41-year-old left-hander became the 23rd pitcher with 300 victories and only the fifth lefty to win 300.

2013 — Alex Rodriguez was suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera were banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplined 13 players in a drug case — the most sweeping punishment since the Black Sox scandal nearly a century ago. Ryan Braun’s 65-game suspension last month and previous punishments bring to 18 the total number of players disciplined for their relationship to Biogenesis of America, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida accused of distributing banned performing-enhancing drugs.

2019 — Jonathon Villar of the Orioles hits for the cycle in a 9-6 loss to the Yankees.

2021 — Team USA is headed to the Olympic Gold Medal Game for the first time in 21 years, beating South Korea, 7 – 2 at the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). Teenager Eui-lee Lee holds the US to two runs in five innings, one a mammoth homer by Jamie Westbrook, but five relievers are called on in the 6th when the US scores five times. Jack López drives in two for the US while Hye-seong Kim goes 3 for 3 in a losing cause. Ryder Ryan gets the win in relief of Joe Ryan.

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Aug. 6

1908 — John Lush threw a six-inning, rain-shortened no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals, who beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. It was Lush’s second no-hitter against the Dodgers.

1933 — Pinky Higgins of the Philadelphia Athletics hit for the cycle and drove in five runs in a 12-8 win over the Washington Senators.

1952 — Satchel Paige, 46, became the oldest pitcher in major league history to pitch a complete game or a shutout when he beat Virgil Trucks and the Detroit Tigers 1-0 in 12 innings.

1972 — Hank Aaron hit his 660th and 661st career home runs to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs with one club. The 661st came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 triumph over the Cincinnati Reds.

1981 — As a result of a seven-week strike, major league baseball players approved a split-season format. The New York Yankees, Oakland A’s, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers were declared the first-half champions and automatically qualified for the divisional series.

1985 — The Major League Baseball Players’ Association went on strike.

1986 — The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 13-11 in a record-setting battle of grand slams. Texas’ Toby Harrah hit a grand slam in the second inning before Larry Sheets and Jim Dwyer connected for grand slams in Baltimore’s nine-run fourth.

1988 — Rich Gossage registered his 300th career save, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.

1999 — Tony Gwynn went 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.

2001 — Boston’s Scott Hatteberg performed the ultimate baseball opposite. Hatteberg hit a grand slam one at-bat after lining into a triple play as the Red Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-7. Hatteberg lined into a triple play in the fourth inning and in the sixth he hit his second career grand slam to move Boston ahead for good.

2002 — At 32, Robb Nen became the youngest player to record 300 saves, as San Francisco beat the Chicago Cubs 11-10. Nen became the 16th member of the 300-save club.

2007 — St. Louis tied a major league record with 10 straight hits in a 10-run fifth inning, with pitcher Braden Looper and Aaron Miles getting two apiece in a 10-5 victory over San Diego.

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Aug. 7

1907 — Walter Johnson won the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.

1922 — Ken Williams of the St. Louis Browns hit two home runs in the sixth inning of rout over the Washington Senators.

1923 — Cleveland’s Frank Bower went 6-for-6 with a double and five singles as the Indians routed the Washington Senators 22-2.

1956 — The largest crowd in minor league history, 57,000, saw 50-year-old Satchel Paige of Miami beat Columbus in an International League game at the Orange Bowl.

1963 — Jim Hickman of the New York Mets hit for the cycle in a 7-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals at the Polo Grounds. Hickman’s cycle came in single-double-triple-homer order.

1985 — The strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association ended with the announcement of a tentative agreement. The season resumed Aug. 8.

1999 — Wade Boggs became the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland. Boggs already had a pair of RBI singles when he homered off Chris Haney in the sixth inning.

2004 — Greg Maddux became the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.

2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hit home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record with one out in the fifth inning, hitting a full-count, 84 mph fastball from Washington’s Mike Bacsik. Noticeably absent were Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron. The Nationals won 8-6.

2016 — Ichiro Suzuki tripled off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.

2016 — Manny Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over Chicago.

2018 — Bartolo Colon of Texas became the winningest pitcher from Latin America in the Rangers’ 11-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners. After six tries, the 45-year-old right-hander got his 246th career victory and finally broke the tie with Nicaragua’s Dennis Martinez. Colon gave up four runs and eight hits in seven innings and improved his record to 6-10.

2021 — Host nation Japan wins its first ever gold medal in Olympic baseball by defeating the United States 2-0.

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

Aug. 3

1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course.

1936 — American sprinter Jesse Owens wins the 100m (10.3 seconds) in front of Adolf Hitler in a famous race at the Berlin Olympics, first of 4 gold medals at the Games.

1949 — The National Basketball Association is formed by the merger of the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America.

1955 — Scott Frost, driven by Joe O’Brien, wins the Hambletonian at Good Time Park in Goshen, N.Y. He goes on to become the first trotting Triple Crown winner.

1985 — France’s Lutin D’Isigny becomes the first trotter to sweep the International Trot and Challenge Cup in consecutive years with a 3:03.1 time in the 1½-mile test.

1990 — The Professional Golfers Association Tour announces it will not hold tournaments at golf clubs that have all-white memberships or show any other signs of discrimination.

1996 — Andre Agassi, the Dream Team and the U.S. women’s 400-meter relay team win Olympic gold medals, while the American men’s 400 relay settles for silver. With Carl Lewis idled by a coach’s decision and Leroy Burrell injured, the men’s 400 team is shocked by Canada — the first time the U.S. lost the event at the Olympics.

2003 — Annika Sorenstam completes a career Grand Slam at the Women’s British Open, beating Se Ri Pak by a stroke in a thrilling head-to-head showdown.

2006 — Champ Car driver Cristiano da Matta needs surgery to remove a ruptured blood vessel in his head after his race car collides with a deer that wandered onto the track during a test session at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wis.

2012 — Michael Phelps rallies to win the 100-meter butterfly for his third gold of the London Games and No. 17 of his career. It’s Phelps’ third consecutive win in the event at the Olympics, and his 21st career medal. Missy Franklin sets a world record in the 200 backstroke for the 17-year-old’s third gold in London.

2013 — Sixteen-year-old Katie Ledecky wraps up a brilliant performance at the world swimming championships with her fourth gold medal and second world record. The youngster turns it on over the final four laps of the 800 freestyle to win in 8 minutes, 13.86 seconds and take down the mark of 8:14.10 set by Britain’s Rebecca Adlington at the 2008 Olympics.

2016 — The International Olympic Committee approves baseball/softball, karate, sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding to be included in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

2016 — Elaine Thompson Herah of Jamaica wins the 200m gold in Tokyo to become the first female to win the 100/200 double in consecutive games.

2017 — Brazilian soccer forward Neymar transfers from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for a world-record transfer fee of $222M on a 5-year deal.

2023 — Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 points as she drops 42 points in a 91-71 win over the Atlanta Dream.

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Aug. 4

1936 — American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record.

1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.

1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. In the afternoon, his hit drives in the winning run for the New York Mets in a 7-4 victory at Chicago. After the game, he’s traded to the Montreal Expos and plays that night in Philadelphia. He enters the game in right field in the fourth inning and later gets a single.

1984 — Carl Lewis wins the 100-meter dash in 9.99 seconds at the Los Angeles Summer Games. US teammate Sam Graddy wins the silver in 10.19 and Canada’s Ben Johnson gets the bronze with a time of 10.22.

1985 — Tom Seaver, 40, becomes the 17th 300-game winner in major league history with a six-hitter — all singles — as the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-1.

1985 — Rod Carew of the California Angels gets his 3,000th hit in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins, his first major league team.

1996 — Laura Davies shoots a 6-under 66 for a two-stroke victory over Nancy Lopez and Karrie Webb in the du Maurier Classic.

1996 — The Atlanta Olympic Games end with U.S. boxer David Reid’s stunning gold-medal knockout, and the women Dream Team’s romp over Brazil. Reid captures America’s only boxing gold, knocking down Cuban Alfredo Duvergel, while the U.S. women roll to a 111-87 victory behind Lisa Leslie’s 29 points. A record 11,000 athletes from 197 countries make it the biggest Olympics.

2007 — 32-year-old Alex Rodriguez becomes the youngest player in MLB history to hit 500 home runs.

2011 — Cappie Pondexter scores 15 points to lead New York past Chicago 59-49, and the Liberty hold the Sky to a WNBA-record one point in the fourth quarter.

2012 — Michael Phelps wins another gold medal as the United States wins the medley relay at the London Olympics. Phelps leaves the sport with a record 18 golds and 22 medals overall. At these games, he wins four golds and two silvers.

2012 — Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova 6-0, 6-1 to join Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam — winning the Olympics and the four majors. In a men’s semifinal match, Roger Federer outlasts Juan Martin del Potro in a 19-17 final set and clinches his first Olympic singles medal. Canadian equestrian Ian Millar rides into Olympic history by competing in his 10th games — the most of any athlete.

2013 — Missy Franklin claims her record sixth gold medal on the final day of the world championships in Barcelona, becoming the most successful female swimmer ever at a world meet. Franklin eclipses the record shared by Tracy Caulkins — who won five times in 1978 — and Libby Trickett, who did it in 2007.

2013 — Stacy Lewis wins the Women’s British Open after a marathon final day. Lewis finishes with a pair of birdies on the Old Course at St. Andrews and closes with an even-par 72. It’s her second major on the LPGA Tour, and it ends a record streak of 10 straight majors won by Asian players. Forced to play 36 holes, Lewis is the only player at par or better from the last 21 groups that tee off.

2018 — British swimmer Adam Peaty improves his own world record in the 100-meter breaststroke to 57.1 seconds at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

2021 — Sydney McLaughlin sets a world record in in the women’s 400m hurdles, 51.46s, for a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

2024 — At the Paris Olympics Noah Lyles becomes the first American sprinter to win the 100m gold medal in 20 years; his time 9.784s edges Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson by 0.005s

1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at Pittsburgh.

1936 — At the Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his third of four gold medals, winning the 200-meter race in an Olympic-record 20.7 seconds.

1954 — The first election for the Boxing Hall of Fame is held. Twenty-four fighters are elected, with the most noteworthy from the modern era Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong. Fifteen are selected from the pioneer era including John L. Sullivan, Gentleman Jim Corbett and Jack Johnson.

1967 — The Denver Broncos beat the Detroit Lions, 13-7, in a preseason game, for the first AFL victory over an NFL team.

1984 — American Joan Benoit wins the first Olympic marathon for women in 2:24:52, finishing 400 meters ahead of Norway’s Grete Waitz.

1991 — Sergei Bubka becomes the first to clear 20 feet outdoors in the pole vault, breaking his own world record by a half-inch at the Galan track meet in Malmo, Sweden.

1997 — Michael Johnson wins his third straight 400-meter title at the world championships in Athens, Greece, capturing the gold medal in 44.12 seconds.

2005 — Jason Gore shoots a 12-under 59 in the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic in Omaha, Nebraska.

2006 — Warren Moon becomes the first black quarterback to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio; joined by Troy Aikman, John Madden, Rayfield Wright, Harry Carson and Reggie White.

2007 — Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory in an 8-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

2007 — Lorena Ochoa wins the Women’s British Open — the first women’s professional tournament played at venerable St. Andrews — for her first major title.

2012 — Jamaica’s Usain Bolt claims consecutive gold medals in the marquee track and field event at the Summer Games in London. Only about fifth-fastest of the eight runners to the halfway mark, Bolt erases that deficit and overtakes a star-studded field to win the 100-meter dash final in 9.63 seconds, an Olympic record that lets him join Carl Lewis as the only men to win the event twice.

2012 — Britain’s Andy Murray cruises past Roger Federer 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the Olympic tennis singles final at Wimbledon. Serena and Venus Williams win the doubles title, as Serena becomes tennis’ first double-gold medalist at an Olympics since Venus won singles and doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games. Ben Ainslie earns another gold medal in the Finn class to become the most successful sailor in Olympic history.

2013 — Alex Rodriguez is suspended through 2014 (211 games) and All-Stars Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and Everth Cabrera are banned 50 games apiece when Major League Baseball disciplines 13 players in a drug case.

2014 — The San Antonio Spurs hire WNBA star Becky Hammon as an assistant coach, making her the first woman to join an NBA coaching staff.

2017 — Justin Gatlin spoils Usain Bolt’s farewell beating him in the 100 meters at the world track championships in London. Bolt gets off to a slow start and Gatlin holds him off at the line in 9.92 seconds. American sprinter Christian Coleman takes silver in 9.94 seconds and Bolt took bronze in 9.95.

2018 — The Springfield Lasers win their first World TeamTennis title edging the Philadelphia Freedoms 19-18. The Lasers were 0-5 in WTT championship finals and winless in three meetings with the Freedoms during the 2018 regular season.

2018 — Georgia Hall of England catches Pornanong Phatlum in a final-round duel at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the Women’s British Open for her first major title.

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Aug. 6

1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.

1966 — Muhammad Ali knocks out Brian London in the third round to retain his world heavyweight title.

1972 — South African Gary Player wins his second PGA golf championship with a two-stroke victory over Jim Jamieson and Tommy Aaron.

1978 — John Mahaffey beats Tom Watson and Jerry Pate on the second playoff hole to win the PGA Championship.

1984 — American athlete Carl Lewis wins long jump (8.54m), his second of 4 gold medals at Los Angeles Olympics.

1991 — Debbie Doom of the U.S. pitches her second consecutive perfect game in women’s softball at the Pan American Games. Doom threw a perfect game at the Netherlands Antilles in the opener and matches that performance against Nicaragua, winning 8-0.

1992 — Carl Lewis leads a U.S. sweep in the long jump in the Olympics with a mark of 28 feet, 5 1-2 inches on his first attempt. Mike Powell takes the silver and Joe Greene the bronze. Kevin Young demolishes one of track’s oldest records with a time of 46.78 seconds in the 400 hurdles. Bruce Baumgartner becomes the first American wrestler to win medals in three straight Olympics, taking the gold in the 286-pound freestyle division.

1994 — Jeff Gordon wins the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1995 — Canada’s Donovan Bailey wins the 100 meters at World Track and Field Championships in Goteborg, Sweden, marking the first time since 1976 an American fails to win a medal in the event at a major meet.

1999 — Tony Gwynn goes 4-for-5, singling in his first at-bat to become the 22nd major leaguer to reach 3,000 hits, as the San Diego Padres beat the Montreal Expos 12-10.

2001 — Two-time champion Marion Jones is disqualified and has her string of 42 consecutive 100m final victories snapped by Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

2006 — Tiger Woods (30) becomes the youngest player to compile 50 PGA Tour wins with a 3 stroke victory over Jim Furyk in the Buick Open.

2006 — Floyd Landis is fired by his team and the Tour de France no longer considers him its champion after his second doping sample tested positive for higher-than-allowable levels of testosterone.

2006 — Sherri Steinhauer wins the Women’s British Open for the third time, and the first since it became a major.

2008 — Sammy Villegas, a former University of Toledo basketball player, is charged with point shaving. Villegas is accused of shaving points during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.

2008 — Kim Terrell-Kearney wins the first professional championship match featuring two black bowlers, beating Trisha Reid 216-189 in the U.S. Bowling Congress’ U.S. Women’s Open. Terrell-Kearney collects her second U.S. Women’s Open title and third career major title.

2010 — Tyson Gay upsets the defending world and Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a race between the two fastest runners in history. Gay beats the Jamaican at the DN Galan meet in 9.84 seconds at the same stadium where Bolt last lost a race two years ago. Bolt finishes second in 9.97.

2015 — Ryan Lochte becomes the first man to win the 200-meter individual medley four consecutive times at the world swimming championships. Lochte comes home strong on the freestyle lap and touches first in 1:55.81 in Kazan, Russia.

2017 — I.K. Kim won the Women’s British Open, hanging on with a 1-under 71 for a two-shot victory over Jodi Ewart Shadoff and her first major championship.

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Aug. 7

1907 — Walter Johnson wins the first of his 417 victories, leading the Washington Senators past the Cleveland Indians 7-2.

1952 — Bion Shively, 74, drives Sharp Note to victory in the third heat of the Hambletonian Stakes.

1982 — Speed Bowl wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats with 25-year-old Tom Haughton in the sulky, the youngest to win the Hambletonian.

1983 — Norway’s Grete Waitz takes the women’s marathon in the first world track and field championships at Helsinki, Finland.

1992 — Sergei Bubka, the world record-holder and defending Olympic champion, fails to clear a height in the pole vault.

1999 — Wade Boggs becomes the first player to homer for his 3,000th hit, connecting with a two-run shot in Tampa Bay’s 15-10 loss to Cleveland.

2004 — Greg Maddux becomes the 22nd pitcher in major league history to reach 300 victories, leading the Chicago Cubs to an 8-4 victory over San Francisco.

2005 — Justin Gatlin dominates the 100 meters at the track and field championships in Helsinki. The Olympic champion wins in 9.88 seconds, finishing 0.17 seconds ahead of Michael Frater of Jamaica. The margin of victory is the largest in the 10 world championships held since the meet’s inception in 1983.

2007 — San Francisco’s Barry Bonds hits home run No. 756 to break Hank Aaron’s storied record. Noticeably absent are Commissioner Bud Selig and Aaron.

2012 — Aly Raisman becomes the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold on floor. She picks up a bronze on balance beam on the final day of gymnastics at the London Olympics and just misses a medal in the all-around.

2016 — Jim Furyk becomes the first golfer to shoot a 58 in PGA Tour history. Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he takes it even lower in the Travelers Championship with a 12-under 58 in the final round.

2016 — Ichiro Suzuki triples off the wall for his 3,000th hit in the major leagues, becoming the 30th player to reach the milestone as the Miami Marlins beat the Colorado Rockies 10-7.

2016 — Manny Machado becomes the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

2016 — American swimmer Katie Ledecky sets a new world record with a time of 3:56.46 to win the gold medal in the women’s 400m freestyle at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

2021 — Kevin Durant with 29 points leads USA to his third and the team’s 4th consecutive Olympic men’s basketball gold medal with an 87-82 win over France in Tokyo.

2021 — Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra wins his country’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in Tokyo.

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TV SPORTS

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

AUTO RACING

8:55 a.m.

ESPN — Formula 1: The Lenovo Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary

10 a.m.

CBSSN — FIM Motocross World Championship: The MX2, Lommel, Belgium

2 p.m.

CBSSN — FIM Motocross World Championship: The MXGP, Lommel, Belgium

3:30 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: The Iowa Corn 350 Powered by Ethanol, Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa

BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

4 p.m.

FOX — The Basketball Tournament: Eberlein Drive vs. Aftershocks, Championship

CYCLING

11:30 a.m.

CNBC — UCI: Tour de France Femmes, Final Stage, Praz-sur-Arly Chatel, 77 miles, France (Taped)

GOLF

7 a.m.

USA — LPGA Tour: The AIG Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales

Noon

NBC — LPGA Tour: The AIG Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, Wales

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Final Round, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: The Wyndham Championship, Final Round, Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, N.C.

7 p.m.

GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: The Utah Championship, Final Round, Ogden Golf & Country Club, Ogden, Utah

HORSE RACING

1 p.m.

FS1 — NYRA: Saratoga Live

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL

2 p.m.

ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southeast Region, Warner Robins, Ga.

4 p.m.

ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southwest Region, Waco, Texas

MLB BASEBALL

1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: San Francisco at N.Y. Mets (1:40 p.m.) OR Kansas City at Toronto (1:35 p.m.)

4:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Seattle (4:10 p.m.) OR St. Louis at San Diego (4:10 p.m.)

7 p.m.

ESPN — Detroit at Philadelphia

ESPN2 — Detroit at Philadelphia (StatCast)

SOCCER (MEN’S)

6:55 a.m.

CBSSN — Club Friendly: Tottenham Hotspur vs. Newcastle United, Seoul, South Korea

11:25 a.m.

CBSSN — Scottish Premier League: St. Mirren at Celtic

2 p.m.

NBC — Club Friendly: AFC Bournemouth vs. West Ham United, Atlanta

4 p.m.

FS2 — Canadian Premier League: York United FC at Atletico Ottawa

7:30 p.m.

FS1 — Leagues Cup Group Stage: Guadalajara at Charlotte FC, Phase One

10:30 p.m.

FS1 — Leagues Cup Group Stage: Santos Laguna at Seattle, Phase One

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

12:30 p.m.

ABC — NWSL: Portland at Washington

SOFTBALL

1 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Team Corrick vs. Team Kilfoyl, Holly Springs, N.C.

TENNIS

12:30 p.m.

TENNIS — Canada-ATP/WTA Early Rounds; Doubles Quarterfinals

TRACK AND FIELD

4 p.m.

NBC — USATF: The 2025 Toyota Outdoor & Para National Championships, Eugene, Ore.

WNBA BASKETBALL

3 p.m.ABC — Indiana at Seattle