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ARIZONA – 8PM, NBC/PEACOCK WEEK 1 THURSDAY – AUG. 13 DETROIT AT CINCINNATI – 7PM GREEN BAY AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW ENGLAND – 7:30PM LA CHARGERS AT HOUSTON – 8PM ARIZONA AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM TENNESSEE AT SAN FRANCISCO – 9PM FRIDAY – AUG. 14 DENVER AT ATLANTA – 7PM TAMPA BAY AT NY JETS – 7PM MIAMI AT WASHINGTON – 7PM SATURDAY – AUG. 15 CAROLINA AT BUFFALO – 1PM CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO – 1PM MINNESOTA AT NY GIANTS – 1PM LA RAMS AT KANSAS CITY – 4PM JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS – 4PM PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE – 7PM DALLAS AT SEATTLE – 8PM WEEK 2 THURSDAY – AUG. 20 LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON – 8PM, ESPN SAN FRANCISCO AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM FRIDAY – AUG. 21 NY JETS AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM GREEN BAY AT DENVER – 9PM SATURDAY – AUG. 22 WASHINGTON AT DETROIT – 12PM BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND – 1PM ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA – 1PM NEW ORLEANS AT LA RAMS – 4PM NY GIANTS AT MIAMI – 4PM CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI – 7PM PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND – 7PM KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY – 7:30PM DALLAS AT ARIZONA – 10PM SUNDAY – AUG. 23 SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE – 8PM, FOX WEEK 3 THURSDAY – AUG. 27 PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO – 7PM NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND – 8PM, PRIME VIDEO SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM LA RAMS AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM FRIDAY – AUG. 28 WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE – 6PM HOUSTON AT CAROLINA – 7PM ATLANTA AT MIAMI – 7PM TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM NY GIANTS AT NY JETS – 7:30PM NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS – 8PM ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY – 8PM SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY – 8PM CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA – 8PM, CBS MINNESOTA AT DENVER – 9PM SATURDAY – AUG. 29 DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE – 6PM ###################################### 2026 NFL TEAM SCHEDULES https://www.nfl.com/schedules/2026/by-team ##################################### 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. 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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD ####################################### TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/SPORTS RELEASES NFL NEWS 49ERS COACH KYLE SHANAHAN HURT IN A CAR CRASH, LIMITED AS TRAINING CAMP OPENS SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan suffered a concussion and other injuries in a car crash earlier this month that will limit his participation at the start of training camp, the team announced Saturday, when camp opened. The two-car accident happened on July 14 in Palo Alto, leading to Shanahan being taken to the hospital. The other driver was not hospitalized. Palo Alto police Lt. Nicholas Martinez said there was no evidence that either driver was impaired and that both cooperated with police. No one was cited in the collision. Niners general manager John Lynch said Shanahan sustained a concussion, along with a broken nose, broken ribs and an injured hand. “Kyle is doing good,” Lynch said Saturday. “He’s got some bumps and bruises. He did suffer a concussion in the accident, has some lingering effects from that concussion.” Lynch said Shanahan is going through the same type of protocol that players undergo after a concussion and that doctors would determine when he will be able to be back at full speed. Lynch said Shanahan might be on the practice field when drills start on Sunday but won’t run practice or team meetings until he is recovered. “He’s a tremendous head coach, but this is bigger than that,” Lynch said. “This is about his well-being. We’re going to take the time necessary. And I think we’re very equipped to do that.” The Niners will conduct their first practice on Sunday with assistant head coach/offensive line coach Chris Foerster running the team, along with coordinators Klay Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer. Foerster has been on the 49ers’ staff since 2019 and also worked under Shanahan in Washington as an offensive line coach when Shanahan was offensive coordinator. Lynch didn’t give a timeline for Shanahan’s return but did say the team anticipates he will be back well before the season opener on Sept. 11 in Australia against the Los Angeles Rams. Rams coach Sean McVay, who worked on the same staff as Shanahan in Washington from 2010-13, said he has talked to Shanahan since the crash and was thankful everyone involved was OK. “I think any time that something like that happens, it shakes you up a little bit,” McVay said. “But most importantly, I’ve talked to him, my thoughts and prayers are with his family, and I know he’s got an incredible perspective on it all. Kyle is a stud. I have as much respect for him as anybody, and he’s a friend of mine and I love him, and I’m hoping that he’s going to have a great recovery.” Shanahan is entering his 10th season as 49ers coach and is one of the most highly regarded coaches in the game for his offensive acumen. San Francisco has made two trips to the Super Bowl under his watch following the 2019 and 2023 seasons and made two additional appearances in the NFC title game in the 2021 and ’22 seasons. Shanahan has a 91-72 record in the regular season and playoffs for the 49ers, ranking third in franchise history in wins behind George Seifert (108) and Bill Walsh (102). The team overcame significant injuries last season to finish 12-5 in the regular season and win a playoff game as Shanahan finished fifth in voting for the AP NFL Coach of the Year. ##### MCVAY SAYS AARON DONALD IS STILL CONTEMPLATING A RETURN TO THE RAMS. THEY WON’T RUSH HIS DECISION LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald is still determining whether he is ready and able to return to the Los Angeles Rams, but coach Sean McVay says the team will welcome the superstar defensive lineman if he decides to end his two-season retirement. While the Rams reported to training camp at Loyola Marymount University on Saturday, McVay said he has no idea whether one of the greatest defensive linemen in recent NFL history will decide to resume his career. “If that is something that he wants to do, we’re going to try to be able to make that happen,” McVay said. “But I genuinely do not have an answer on whether he is or he isn’t. I know he’s preparing himself to be able to make that decision, and I know if he feels good, he’s going to be ready to rock. If not, he doesn’t owe us anything.” McVay said Puka Nacua is expected to practice in training camp while the Rams work on the next contract for their All-Pro receiver, who is entering the final year of his rookie deal. The coach said NFL MVP Matthew Stafford is fully healthy, but still will sit out multiple practices in training camp as part of a modified preparation schedule to keep the 38-year-old quarterback fresh for the long season ahead. The Rams also confirmed first-round pick Ty Simpson had formally signed his four-year, $25.4 million rookie contract as he begins a training camp competition with Stetson Bennett for the backup job behind Stafford. But McVay was eager to talk about a player who wasn’t reporting to the Loyola Marymount dorms — Donald, who anchored the Rams’ defense for a decade before he retired somewhat abruptly in March 2024. Donald apparently began to entertain the idea of a comeback early last month after the Rams acquired superstar pass rusher Myles Garrett in a trade with Cleveland. The prospect of lining up next to one of his few contemporary peers compelled the now-35-year-old Donald to begin an extensive workout program aimed at returning him to football shape. “He is going through his process, and he is putting himself in a position to make a decision,” McVay said. “He’s earned the right to be able to do that. … He’s very diligent. Anything that he does, he does all-in, and so he’s going through a very strict regimen and process that’s similar to what he did when he played. See how his body responds and feels, and then we’ll see when we have more information whether or not we’re going to give it a go, or whether or not he’s going to continue to enjoy what he’s been doing for the last couple of years.” ##### CHRISTIAN GONZALEZ HAS BEEN OFFERED HIGHEST CONTRACT IN TEAM HISTORY, PATRIOTS OWNER KRAFT SAYS FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are showing cornerback Christian Gonzalez how much he’s valued. Team owner Robert Kraft said Saturday the star cornerback has been offered the highest contract in Patriots history. “We love Christian Gonzalez. We love him as a player, as a person. That’s why we’ve made an offer to him that makes him the highest-paid player ever to play that position in the NFL,” Kraft said before the team’s opening training camp practice. “Coincidentally, it’s the highest contract in Patriots franchise history.” Kraft didn’t provide details on the offer. But Los Angeles Rams cornerback Trent McDuffie’s four-year contract currently tops NFL cornerbacks with an average yearly value of approximately $31 million. The Patriots picked up Gonzalez’s fifth-year option in April, meaning he will make just over $18 million in the final year of his rookie deal in 2027. But he entered the offseason seeking long-term security beyond that. ###################################### MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NEWS MLB ROUNDUP: SALVADOR PEREZ BREAKS ROYALS’ ALL-TIME HOMERS RECORD Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth, Salvador Perez set the franchise home run record and the visiting Kansas City Royals squeaked by the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Saturday. Perez’s seventh-inning blast was his 318th career homer, surpassing Hall of Famer George Brett on the franchise’s all-time list. It was also Perez’s 31st homer against the Tigers. Loftin broke a 2-2 deadlock when he pulled an 0-2 pitch from Jacob Waguespack (0-1) over the left field wall. Riley Greene led off the bottom of the ninth with a single but the Tigers failed to plate the tying run, resulting in their three-game win streak getting snapped. Hao-Yu Lee drove in both Detroit runs with a double and a solo homer. Tigers starter Casey Mize gave up one run and three hits in six innings. Royals starter Michael Wacha lasted seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits. Padres 7, Marlins 2 Ty France drove in three runs to help visiting San Diego hand Miami its franchise-record-tying 11th straight loss in the middle game of their three-game series. Jackson Merrill had two doubles, a single and scored two runs, and Jake Cronenworth had a single, two walks, an RBI and two runs scored for the Padres. San Diego opener Randy Vasquez and bulk reliever JP Sears (3-3) combined to allow one run on two hits over six innings. Esteury Ruiz had two hits and scored both of the Marlins’ runs. Eury Perez (5-8) went seven innings, allowing three runs and seven hits before Dax Fulton was tagged for four runs over the final two innings. Miami has dropped 11 in a row three other times in team history, most recently in June of 2011. Yankees 3, Phillies 1 Austin Wells and Jasson Dominguez homered and Ryan Weathers worked into the sixth as New York continued host Philadelphia’s post-All-Star break swoon. Cody Bellinger knocked in the go-ahead run for the Yankees, who have won five of their last six games. Weathers (4-7) allowed one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, walking one and striking out seven. He surrendered a run in the first after hitting Trea Turner, giving up a double to Kyle Schwarber, then yielding Bryce Harper’s sacrifice fly before stranding Schwarber on third. Philadelphia got two scoreless innings out of opener Tim Mayza before 32-year-old Brian Keller made his major league debut, allowing one run over three innings. In all, seven pitchers took the mound for the Phillies, who fell to 2-6 since the All-Star break. Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Kyle Tucker homered for a second straight game and Yoshinobu Yamamoto allowed just a run over six innings for Los Angeles, which won its fourth straight game by beating host New York. The Dodgers outfielder, who on Friday went deep for the first time since June 27, led off the third with a 392-foot shot off Nolan McLean (7-7) that hit the right field foul pole. Bo Bichette went 2-for-5, and Tyrone Taylor hit a pinch-hit, two-run double for the Mets. Yamamoto (11-6) could not match his last start, a complete-game victory last Sunday against the New York Yankees. Still, he was able to secure his eighth win in his last 10 starts. The right-hander struck out five against five hits and three walks. Nationals 5, Diamondbacks 3 CJ Abrams had three hits including a home run, Foster Griffin pitched into the seventh inning and Washington ended visiting Arizona’s four-game winning streak. Abrams tied the game with a two-run double in the third and hit his 25th home run in the fifth, giving him a major league-leading 79 RBIs. He also singled and stole his 17th base. Griffin (12-2), a free agent at the end of the season, may have been making his final start for Washington with the trade deadline approaching. Griffin, who struck out two and walked one, allowed three runs on six hits after giving up exactly one run in each of his last eight starts. Clayton Beeter pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his ninth save. Giants 9, Angels 2 Jung Hoo Lee lifted a three-run home run as part of a five-run third inning, Rafael Devers homered for the second consecutive day and host San Francisco made it two straight over Los Angeles. Robbie Ray (9-6) threw six shutout innings for the Giants, who followed up a walk-off win by scoring nine runs in the rematch’s first four innings. Lee’s homer capped a lead-creating third that began with by Luis Arraez and Heliot Ramos, followed by RBI singles from Devers and Casey Schmitt. Arraez also singled in the fourth before Devers launched a three-run shot that made it 9-0. Angels starter Ryan Johnson (2-5) was pulled one out into the fourth, eventually charged with eight runs on eight hits in 3 1/3 innings. Los Angeles avoided a shutout in the seventh when Mike Trout, who had two earlier singles, grounded into a bases-loaded double play, scoring Jose Siri. Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 0 Dylan Cease threw a one-hitter and George Springer hit a three-run home run as visiting Toronto beat Boston. The teams will play the rubber match of the series on Sunday. Boston is 11-2 in its last 13 games against the American League East and has won 16 of its last 18. Cease (7-5), who took a no-hitter into the ninth against the San Francisco Giants on July 8, only allowed four Red Sox hitters to reach base. He was perfect until walking Caleb Durbin with two outs in the fifth and didn’t allow a hit through five innings. Boston starter Sonny Gray (12-2) gave up five runs on 10 hits in five innings. The right-hander didn’t walk anyone and struck out three on 75 pitches. Orioles 3, Braves 2 Dylan Beavers singled in the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning as Baltimore beat visiting Atlanta. Gunnar Henderson added his 18th homer to help the Orioles even the series at one game apiece after failing to hold a late-game lead for the second straight day. Brandon Young allowed one run on four hits over 6 1/3 innings. Ozzie Albies homered for the Braves, who lost for only the third time in their last 10 games as Didier Fuentes (4-1) took his first loss of the season in his 35th appearance. Cubs 11, Pirates 0 Pete Crow-Armstrong filled the box score, going 4-for-5 with three runs, two doubles, a two-run home run, three RBIs and a stolen base to power Chicago to a runaway victory over host Pittsburgh. Dansby Swanson added two hits, two runs and an RBI, while Miguel Amaya scored twice and drove in two runs. Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBIs, and Seiya Suzuki also drove in two runs in the Cubs’ 16-hit attack. That was well more than needed for Shota Imanaga (7-8), who threw six shutout innings and allowed four hits. Javier Assad earned his first save with three scoreless innings, allowing one hit while walking none and striking out three. Pirates starter Paul Skenes (9-9) gave up five runs on six hits, walked two and struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings. Rays 3, Guardians 0 Nick Martinez tossed six shutout innings and Yandy Diaz recorded his 1,000th career hit with Tampa Bay as the Rays shut out Cleveland in St. Petersburg, Fla. Martinez (10-2) allowed four singles with no walks and five strikeouts. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 2.45, second-best in the American League. Bryan Baker worked around a one-out single in the ninth for his 27th save. Diaz lined a leadoff single to right field in the first inning against Tanner Bibee (4-10) to become the fourth player in franchise history to record 1,000 hits with the team. The Guardians lost their fourth straight game and have scored a total of four runs in their last three. Bibee yielded three runs on nine hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out five while throwing a season-high 107 pitches. Brewers 8, Rockies 5 Rookie Cooper Pratt homered and drove in three runs, Robert Gasser tossed six solid innings and host Milwaukee beat Colorado. Luis Lara had two hits and also drove in three runs, Jake Bauers contributed two hits and scored three times and Brice Turang added two hits for the Brewers. Gasser (3-4) allowed two runs on five hits, struck out four and didn’t walk a batter. Jake McCarthy extended his on-base streak to 19 games with a single and Kyle Karros had two hits for the Rockies. Astros 4, White Sox 1 Hunter Brown allowed two hits over seven shutout innings and Isaac Paredes drove in three runs to lead Houston to a win over host Chicago. Jeremy Pena was 3-for-4 with two runs scored for the Astros, who have won five straight. Houston broke the game open with a three-run sixth behind Paredes’ RBI single which was made worse by Braden Montgomery’s fielding error. Brown (2-1) retired the final 12 batters he faced, and Josh Hader recorded the final two outs for his 12th save. The White Sox, who managed five hits and scraped across their only run in the ninth on Colson Montgomery’s RBI single, have lost three of their last four. Sean Burke (7-5) worked five scoreless innings before surrendering three runs (two earned) in his sixth and final frame. Twins 2, Athletics 0 Alan Roden delivered a two-run single in the sixth inning, and that was all Minnesota needed for a low-scoring win over the Athletics in Minneapolis. Ryan Kreidler doubled and stole a base for Minnesota, which evened the series at one win apiece. Twins left-hander Taylor Rogers (6-3) earned the victory with two scoreless innings of relief. Rogers followed starter Kendrys Rojas, who allowed one hit in four scoreless innings. Jeff McNeil accounted for two of the Athletics’ three hits with a pair of doubles. Bulk reliever Mason Barnett (1-1) gave up the two runs on four hits over 3 1/3 innings. Rangers 7, Mariners 1 Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings as Texas defeated Seattle in Arlington, Texas, and increased its lead over the defending American League West champion to 2 1/2 games. The top three batters in the Rangers’ order — Joc Pederson, Wyatt Langford and Ezequiel Duran — went a combined 8-for-13 with three doubles, a triple, three RBIs and four runs. Eovaldi (10-8) allowed one run on three hits, walked one and struck out eight. Texas scored three runs in the first inning and two more in the second against Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo (7-7), whose road woes continued. Woo gave up five runs on nine hits over five innings, with two walks and five strikeouts. He dropped to 1-7 in away games this season with a 6.52 ERA. Cardinals 7, Reds 0 St. Louis broke open a pitcher’s duel with a six-run sixth inning to support right-hander Andre Pallante in a shutout victory against visiting Cincinnati. Alec Burleson, Ivan Herrera and Blaze Jordan all had key hits for the Cardinals, who came in having dropped seven of nine. Pallante (11-6) allowed two hits in seven innings and finished with eight strikeouts, just one shy of his career best. The Cardinals scored an unearned run against Reds right-hander Hunter Greene in the bottom of the first inning, but poured it on in the sixth, tagging him for seven runs (six earned) on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. Cincinnati loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth but came up empty thanks to two strikeouts and a groundout. ##### REPORTS: RED SOX TRADING LHP CONNELLY EARLY FOR INF CURTIS MEAD The Boston Red Sox are trading rookie left-hander Connelly Early to the Washington Nationals for infielder Curtis Mead, according to multiple reports on Saturday night. The Red Sox reportedly are seeking help at shortstop ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline and were looking at Mead’s teammate, All-Star shortstop CJ Abrams. Boston’s Trevor Story, out since May 14, has played only 41 games because of a sports hernia. Early, 24, hasn’t pitched since June 30, going on the injured list July 1 due to left elbow inflammation. The starting pitcher is expected to return in August. Boston selected Early in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft out of the University of Virginia. Early is 7-5 this season with a 3.44 ERA, 34 walks and 93 strikeouts in 91 2/3 innings over 17 starts. He appeared in four games (all starts) last season and went 1-2 with a 2.33 ERA over 19 1/3 innings. Mead, a 25-year-old native of Australia, is batting .254 with a .352 on-base percentage and .500 slugging percentage after going 0-for-3 with two walks and one run after playing third base in Washington’s 5-3 home win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. He has 17 home runs and 48 RBIs in 87 games. Mead, who has played first, second and third base as well as designated hitter this season, is a career .244 hitter with 22 homers and 79 RBIs in 239 games for the Tampa Bay Rays (2023-25), Chicago White Sox (2025) and Nationals (2026). He signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Phillies in 2018 and was traded to the Rays in November 2019 for left-hander Cristopher Sanchez, who was selected to his second All-Star Game this season. ##### RANGERS PLACE 3B JOSH JUNG ON INJURED LIST WITH CALF STRAIN, RECALL INF JOSH SMITH ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers placed third baseman Josh Jung on the 10-day injured list Saturday, retroactive to Wednesday, with a left calf strain. Infielder Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock. Jung is the team’s leading hitter and tied for third in the American League with a .294 average. He left Tuesday night’s win over the Chicago White Sox early. After the game, Jung said he wanted to play through it, but Rangers manager Skip Schumaker took him out. Jung was in Schumaker’s original lineup on Friday night for the first of four games against Seattle, but was scratched after Schumaker saw him run at only about half speed earlier in the day. That was also the case early Saturday, Schumaker said, resulting in the IL designation. Smith has hit .230 with one home run and eight RBIs in 40 games for Texas this season. This is his third stint with the Rangers this season, his active time interrupted by multiple trips to the IL. That included being out from early May to early June after being diagnosed with viral meningitis. ##### METS SLUGGER JUAN SOTO GOES ON 10-DAY INJURED LIST WITH LEFT CALF STRAIN NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mets slugger Juan Soto was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of a left calf strain. Soto walked twice against Los Angeles Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki in Friday night’s 4-2 loss at Citi Field before being replaced by pinch-hitter Jorge Polanco in the sixth inning with the score tied at 1. After the game, Mets interim manager Andy Green said Soto felt discomfort pushing off when running to second base. He had been nursing the nagging injury since returning from the All-Star break last week. Soto is hitting .283 with 21 homers, 52 RBIs and an NL-best .947 OPS in 84 games this season. He missed 15 games from April 4-21 with a right calf strain, and the Mets went 3-12 without him — losing their last 12 games during that stretch. Soto sat out Wednesday’s 4-3 loss at Milwaukee but was back in the lineup Friday after the Mets had a day off. The lone All-Star for the last-place Mets this year, Soto exited the team’s first game after the break in the eighth inning on July 16 at Philadelphia. New York was off the following day, and he returned to the lineup as the designated hitter on Saturday and Sunday against the Phillies. He played left field Monday in Milwaukee and was the DH on Tuesday. To replace Soto on the active roster, the Mets recalled corner infielder and outfielder Eric Wagaman from Triple-A Syracuse. Wagaman was hitting .162 with two homers and four RBIs in 21 major league games this season. ######################################### AUTO RACING NEWS CARSON HOCEVAR DELIGHTS FANS WITH POLE-WINNING RUN FOR BRICKYARD 400 SPEEDWAY, Ind.-Standing on pit wall as Denny Hamlin completed his qualifying lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Carson Hocevar raised his arms in exultation and turned to hug Spire Motorsports teammate Daniel Suarez. Hocevar knew at that moment that Saturday’s time trials at the historic 2.5-mile oval would not be a repeat of Michigan in June, when Hamlin, as the final qualifier, knocked Hocevar off the provisional pole at the 23-year-old’s home track. In fact, after earning his second Busch Light Pole Award of the season and the third of his career, Hocevar will lead the field to green in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 (2 p.m. ET on TNT, IMS Radio Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). “I got out of the car, and they were cheering,” Hocevar said of the crowd in the grandstands near the Yard of Bricks start/finish line. “I don’t know if they were cheering for me or because I beat Denny (who qualified fifth at 185.835 mph). “Denny stole one from me at Michigan. That’s my home track, but this is my favorite track. I love Indy.” With a pole-winning lap at 186.598 mph in the No. 77 Chevrolet, Hocevar edged Suarez (186.382 mph) for the top starting spot by 0.056 seconds. The session was a triumph for Spire Motorsports and owner Jeff Dickerson, an Indianapolis native. With Michael McDowell qualifying sixth at 185.762 mph, Spire put all three of its cars within the first three rows of the grid. “It felt really good,” Hocevar said of his blistering lap. “Michael McDowell went out early and gave me the confidence that the car was going to be able stick with him putting up a good lap. “I felt really comfortable. I love this place. … You race differently if you’re comfortable and confident here. I’ve been confident since the first lap I’ve been here.” Toyota driver Tyler Reddick posted the third fastest lap at 186.077 mph and will start next to Joe Gibbs Racing’s Ty Gibbs (185.966 mph). Naval Base Coronado winner Corey Heim claimed the seventh starting spot, followed by Alex Bowman, AJ Allmendinger and Kyle Larson. The top 10 featured six Chevrolets and four Toyotas. Ryan Blaney, competing against Todd Gilliland for the $1-million In-Season Challenge prize, drove the fastest Ford (185.197 mph) to a 13th-place starting spot. Gilliland qualified 36th at 182.460 mph. Blaney will make his 400th career Cup Series start on Sunday. Defending race winner Bubba Wallace (183.861 mph) earned the 29th grid position. Suarez was ahead of Hocevar’s pace early in his lap but lost time through the final two corners. “I felt like I left a little bit out there,” Suarez said. “A little mistake in corner 3, but I’m very proud of my team.” ##### RFK RACING CO-OWNER BRAD KESELOWSKI SAYS TEAM HAS EXERCISED ITS OPTION TO KEEP RYAN PREECE IN 2027 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — RFK Racing co-owner Brad Keselowski said Saturday his team exercised its option on Ryan Preece “a few months ago,” keeping the driver with the team through next season. Keselowski made the announcement before Carson Hocevar won the pole for Sunday’s Brickyard 400. The 35-year-old Connecticut native has started all 21 NASCAR races this season for RFK Racing and has posted four top 10 finishes, none in the top five. He ranks 18th in points as he tries to make the 16-driver playoff for the first time in his career. “We’re going to continue to keep him as a part of the family for a while,” Keselowski said, noting Preece had a multi-year contract with the team. In 2025, his first season with RFKR, Preece produced a career-best three top fives but finished 18th in points and just missed the playoff cutline. Preece has 243 career starts in nine Cup seasons and has won two poles and posted 33 top 10s. But he has no career wins during that span. ########################################## GOLF NEWS JACKSON KOIVUN (61) LEADS 3M OPEN BY 3 ENTERING FINAL ROUND PGA Tour newcomer Jackson Koivun fired a 10-under-par 61 on the way to taking the third-round lead at the 3M Open on Saturday at Blaine, Minn. Koivun, in his just third tournament as a professional, holds a three-shot lead on Ben Kohles and Argentina’s Emiliano Grillo going to Sunday’s final round at TPC Twin Cities. Koivun, who announced last month that he would forgo his senior collegiate season at Auburn to turn pro, finished on a tear with two eagles on the backside that allowed him to play the final 10 holes in 9-under. That contributed to a tournament-record 28 on the backside, rolling in a 14-foot eagle putt on the last hole. Koivun’s bogey-free round included an eagle 3 on No. 12. Grillo and Kohles also were without bogeys on the way to posting 65s. Grillo eagled No. 18 shortly after Koivun accomplished that. Kohles, the first-round leader, had three birdies on both sides. Michael Brennan (63) and Chandler Phillips (66) are tied for fourth place at 16 under. Michael Kim, fresh off Friday’s 59, was unable to maintain the momentum, shooting 70 and joining Denny McCarthy (64) and Billy Horschel (65) at 15 under. Kim had only one birdie until No. 16 on Saturday. World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler had his best round of the tournament with 64 to move to 14 under, holding a share of first place when he left the final green. Competing in the tournament for the first time, he posted an 8 under score on the backside, highlighted by an eagle with a chip from the greenside rough on the par-4 16th. Davis Thompson and Ireland’s Seamus Power were early finishers with 63s, also among those at 14 under before other golfers got rolling. Brian Harman (66) is at 14 under as well. Defending champion Kurt Kitayama shot 66 to move to 10 under. ##### JERRY KELLY TIES CAMERON PERCY ATOP SENIOR OPEN LEADERBOARD With a 2-under par third round, Jerry Kelly tied Cameron Percy atop the leaderboard of the ISPS Handa Senior Open in Perth, Scotland on Saturday. For Kelly, it was his second straight round of 2-under par 68 en route to being at 8-under 202 through three rounds. Meanwhile, Percy had his roughest afternoon of the week with a 1-over 71. The Australian started the event red hot with a 7-under 63. Peter Baker (67, 5-under 205) and South Africa’s Darren Fichardt (68, 4-under) resided in third and fourth place, respectively. Pat Perez (67), South African Ernie Els (71) and Austria’s Markus Brier are all tied for fifth at three-under par. Despite his position, Kelly, 59, remains focused on the round ahead of him. “Yeah, we scoreboard watch, but it’s still Saturday,” he said. “So, there’s no real emotions going on for that scoreboard. Just want to position yourself for tomorrow and you want to get the job done tomorrow and that’s the key.” Nevertheless, he recognized how meaningful it would be to win a Senior Open Championship. “Yeah, that would be one of the most special things at this stage of my career. Like any player, I might treasure that above all else.” Tim Petrovic was the round leader, shooting a 4-under that vaulted him 46 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for 16th place. Clark Dennis had a strong showing, as well. His 67 shot him up 21 spots to a tie for eighth place. Charles Schwab Cup leader Stewart Cink (70) is tied for 31st at 3-over 213. ##### COURSE MANAGEMENT SETS UP LUCAS HERBERT FOR WIRE-TO-WIRE EFFORT AT LIV UK Lucas Herbert maintained his lead through three rounds of LIV Golf United Kingdom on Saturday and will carry a three-shot advantage into the final round as he bids for a wire-to-wire victory at Rocester, England. Herbert shot a 3-under-par 69 in the third round and is at 20 under for the tournament to maintain an advantage over Bryson DeChambeau, who was at 4 under Saturday and is at 17 under through three rounds. “Look, I enjoy it; I enjoy being in the lead,” said Herbert, who won in May at LIV Golf Virginia. “It’s been awesome to play with Bryson the last couple days and get to play with him again tomorrow. It’s a great energy out there. Any time when you’re in the lead you get good energy. … I think maybe playing under pressure brings the best out of me.” England’s Tyrrell Hatton (67) was alone in third place at 15 under, while Australia’s Cameron Smith (66) was alone in fourth place at 14 under. A two-way tie for fifth at 13 under included Harold Varner III (68) and Mexico’s Abraham Ancer (65). After scorching the JCB Golf and Country Club course with an 11 under in the opening round, Herbert was far more conservative in the third round when he opened with seven consecutive pars. He closed the front nine with consecutive birdies at Nos. 8 and 9. After a bogey 5 at No. 11, Herbert closed with a pair of birdies over his last seven holes, including a birdie 3 at 18 when he put a 132-yard second shot to inside of 7 feet from the hole. “I am going to do my best just to stick to what I’m doing, try and make as many putts as I can,” Herbert said. “I wasn’t happy with my (putting) speed out there. I was a little tentative today. That’s not going to happen tomorrow. I am going to make sure I get the ball to the hole and get a lot more chances.” Herbert acknowledged the challenge of trying to close out the victory against a trio of proven players in DeChambeau, Hatton and Smith. DeChambeau put himself in line for his third victory of the season, and first since March at South Africa, with five birdies and a bogey in the third round. DeChambeau’s lone hiccup came at the par-5 10th hole when he sent his third shot just over the green and missed a 13-foot putt for par. He improved his round with a pair of birdies over the final three holes. “I played some good golf,” said DeChambeau, who gained a stroke on Herbert during the round. “I felt like I could have had a couple things go a couple different ways, but the birdies on 16 and 17 were huge for tomorrow.” Hatton, a fan favorite for the week while in his home country, made an early charge with three birdies over his first four holes, but the run was interrupted by a bogey 6 at No. 6. He rebounded with a pair of birdies to close his front nine then had another bogey 6 at No. 10. He was 1 over on the day at the four par-5 holes. With windy conditions expected for the final round, Hatton knows there will be additional challenges ahead. “It’s quite quirky out there, so it’s easy to get a little bit unlucky with some of the slopes,” Hatton said. “And you don’t really have to do too much wrong to drop shots. We’ll see how it goes. Either way, I think just focusing on my side, just trying to play another good round of golf, whatever the weather.” ##### JENNY SHIN INCHES CLOSER TO FIRST LPGA TOUR WIN IN 10 YEARS Jenny Shin carded a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday to maintain her five-stroke lead heading into the final round of the Women’s Scottish Open in North Ayrshire. Shin recorded two birdies and a bogey at Dundonald Links on Saturday to ascend to 12-under 204 for the tournament. The 33-year-old South Korean is bidding for her first LPGA Tour win since capturing the now-defunct Volunteers of America Texas Shootout 10 years ago. The last LPGA Tour player to go 10 or more years between official victories was Vicki Fergon, who went 12 years and three months between wins at the 1984 S&H Golf Classic and the 1996 Michelob Light Heartland Classic. “I’ve never been in this position (a five-shot lead), so I don’t know how to feel (on Sunday),” Shin said. “I’m going to go and practice for a little bit and get a good feel for tomorrow so I’m not such a mess in the morning.” Shin made a birdie on the sixth hole and answered a bogey on the 10th hole by making another birdie on No. 11. “That was a very tough round. I was quite nervous for the first five holes, so I’m really glad that I was able to finish the day in red numbers,” she said. “It was a pretty boring and nerve-wracking day at the same time.” “That was a bit of a hiccup on No. 10. I changed my setup this week because of all the wind and out of habit, I lined up the putt and went back to my old setup. I shut the face. I knew what I was doing, so I was able to get back pretty easily.” Shin holds a five-stroke lead over Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn, who had three birdies during her bogey-free round of 69. “I would say almost everything went well,” Anannarukarn said. “I was driving the ball well and hitting it good out there. The putter was very hot today, so that was the key. It was a challenging day, and also, at the same time, I had good fun battling with the wind. It was a great day out there.” Japan’s Erika Hara (71 on Saturday) and Germany’s Esther Henseleit (73) sit at 5 under for the tournament. Despite her troubles, Henseleit said she wasn’t going to press as she attempts to record her first win since joining the LPGA Tour in 2020. “It’s really hard to press on this golf course, to be honest. Just no matter like if you want to take birdie or par, you kind of have to hit the same shots because they are the only possible shots,” Henseleit said. “So I don’t think my game plan really changed, and yeah, I’m just trying to do my thing out there and hopefully tomorrow I can hit a few close and make some putts.” ######################################### TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/SPORTS RELEASES INDIANA FEVER By Wheat Hotchkiss | FeverBasketball.com The Fever were well represented at the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday night in Chicago. The trio of Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, and Kelsey Mitchell competed against each other on Saturday night thanks to this year’s unique format. The Fever’s three All-Stars were split up for this year’s midseason showcase, with Boston and Clark starting for Team Spoon (picked by WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon) and Mitchell starting for Team Coop (picked by WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper). Clark and Boston ended up with bragging rights, as Team Spoon came away with a 129-122 win. But Mitchell was excellent in the loss, scoring a game-high 28 points to go along with four rebounds and five steals, going 11-for-19 from the field and 5-for-11 from 3-point range. Clark, meanwhile, tallied 17 points, four boards, and five assists for Team Spoon, going 5-for-15 from beyond the arc. Boston played just five minutes to start the game before sitting out the rest of the night. Clark put on a show to start Saturday’s game, scoring 11 of Team Spoon’s first 13 points. After scoring the first points of the night on a layup, Clark then drilled three successive 3-pointers from 28, 34, and 38 feet. Mitchell enjoyed her own scoring outburst midway through the second quarter, scoring 11 of 18 points for Team Coop over one stretch, including a three-point play and a pair of threes. Clark and Mitchell had 14 points apiece at halftime, but Team Spoon led 81-64. Mitchell did her best to spark a comeback in the second half, scoring 14 more points over the final two quarters, but Team Spoon held on for the victory. ####################################### INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS INDIANAPOLIS – Noah Murdock, Antwone Kelly, Thomas Harrington and Justin Meis combined for the Indianapolis Indians’ seventh shutout of the season and allowed just two hits as they blanked the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 9-0, on Saturday night at Victory Field. The Indians’ leadoff batter reached base in every inning. Kelly (W, 5-5) shined on the mound, as he did not give up a hit over 5.0 innings to silence the IronPigs (12-14, 47-54) batters. After tonight’s outing, Kelly has not allowed an earned run over his last 15.0 frames with the Indians. Jhostynxon Garcia blasted the scoring open for the Indians (17-9, 48-53), launching a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning. Enmanuel Valdez followed suit in the third, hammering a solo shot out of the park for a 4-0 Indianapolis lead. Indianapolis tacked on three more runs in the fifth inning, 7-0, with Ronny Simon, Garcia and Jack Brannigan all touching home. Simon, who entered the contest leading the International League in batting average (.324), led off the fifth inning with a single to extend his hitting streak to eight games. Derek Berg capped off the inning with a two-RBI, bases-clearing double. Valdez powered the Indians ahead even further in the sixth frame, 9-0, sneaking his third hit of the night in between the first and second baseman for a two-RBI, seeing-eye single. Alan Rangel (L, 3-5) took the loss for the ‘Pigs after allowing seven earned runs over 4.2 innings. Indianapolis looks for its fourth-straight series win with a victory in the finale tomorrow. The Indians send southpaw Connor Wietgrefe (3-2, 2.93) to the mound to face Lehigh Valley’s RHP Andrew Painter (0-2, 5.60). ################################# INDY ELEVEN Indianapolis – Indy Eleven had its 10-game home league unbeaten streak (9-0-1) snapped in a 1-0 loss to Loudoun United FC at Carroll Stadium. The run without a home loss in the USL Championship lasted nearly a full calendar year, starting last August and concluding with a 2-0 win over Charleston Battery on July 4. The Boys in Blue earned a plethora of chances, finishing with 20 shots, 14 shots from inside the box, 10 shots on target, nine corners, and 36 crosses. But Loudoun goalkeeper Ethan Bandré had an extraordinary performance, making 10 saves, tying the the most in a USL Championship match this season. Charlie Sharp and Noble Okello led all players with three shots on target, while Bruno Rendon’s five shots were a game-high. Cam Lindley created four chances and made 54 accurate passes. Rendon had Indy Eleven’s first big chance in the 11th minute, pressing alongside Mohamed Omar to win the ball back in the final third. Immediately after gaining possession, he played a quick one-two with Omar, granting him a chance to put a low left-footed shot on goal from 12 yards out on the left side of the box. Unfortunately for Indy Eleven’s leading scorer, Bandré was able to get down and make the two-handed stop. Paco Craig had an opportunity shortly afterward in the 19th minute, when Lindley played an out-swinging free kick towards the edge of the 18. The ball was headed into the penalty area, where it came to the veteran defender, but his acrobatic effort went over the top. In the 26th, Logan Neidlinger drove into the box towards the endline and cut back a ground pass to Okello. The angle was too tight and Okello’s shot was saved. After conceding, Indy Eleven was on the front foot for the final half hour, repeatedly threatening. During that span, the hosts had 65% possession and four shots on target. Anthony Herbert had a great chance in the 69th minute, when the second ball from a Lindley corner kick came to his left foot directly in front of the goal. His attempt hit the outside of the post and went behind. The best chance came in the second minute of second-half stoppage time. Edward Kizza controlled an attempted clearance, and rolled the ball through to Rendon, who found himself with no defenders between him and the goal. He slid the ball across the face of goal to Josh O’Brien on the far post, but the midfielder was unable to direct it on target. Rendon’s distribution was on full display, as he set up Sharp and O’Brien inside the six with well-placed crosses. At the midpoint of their season, Indy Eleven is in playoff position in eighth with 15 league games remaining. The Boys in Blue take a 2-0 record against the USL Championship Western Conference this season to San Antonio FC on Fri. July 31 at 9 p.m. on CBS Sports Golazo Network. Indy Eleven returns home on Sunday, August 9 at 5 p.m. vs. Hartford Athletic. It is a 317 Night, so fans can purchase $11 tickets through the link and add on an Indy Eleven Medical Scrub Cap at checkout for $15 (cap must be picked up at the match). Ticket options include the new Desnuda Tequila Deck, Family Four-Packs, and Flex Mini-Plans. Located on the East Deck, the Desnuda Tequila Deck has an exclusive full-service bar and high-top seating providing panoramic pitch-side views for 50 people. It’s a social experience offering a wonderful place to hang out and take in the game! Desnuda Tequila Deck seats start at $59 and include one FREE cocktail and bottomless chips, salsa, and guac. The Family Four-Pack is available for all 2026 home games and can be purchased online only. Priced at just $49, the Family Four-Pack includes four tickets, FREE parking, $20 in Concession Vouchers, and a 20% Merchandise Discount, along with access to the Fun Zone/Kids Activation Area. Flex Mini Plans include vouchers to be redeemed for any 2026 regular season home match. For questions, call (317) 685-1100 during business hours or email tickets@indyeleven.com. USL Championship Indy Eleven 0:1 Loudoun United FC Sat., July 25, 2026 – 7:00 p.m. Carroll Stadium | Indianapolis Weather: Partly sunny, 78 degrees Attendance: 9,234 USL Championship Records Indy Eleven: 6-6-3 (+1), 21 pts, #8 in Eastern Conference Loudoun United FC: 2-5-9 (-10), 12 pts, #10 in Eastern Conference Scoring Summary LDN – Abdellatif Aboukoura (Kwame Awuah) 60’ Discipline Summary IND – Cam Lindley (caution) 28’ IND – Logan Neidlinger (caution) 47’ IND – Anthony Herbert (caution) 85’ Indy Eleven Lineup: Eric Dick, Aodhan Quinn (captain), Paco Craig, Anthony Herbert, Logan Neidlinger (Nabi Kibunguchy 61’), Josh O’Brien, Cam Lindley, Mohamed Omar (Loïc Mesanvi 61’), Charlie Sharp (Edward Kizza 61’), Noble Okello (Alejandro Mitrano 75’), Bruno Rendón. Indy Eleven Subs not used: Kian Williams, Makel Rasheed, Reice Charles-Cook. Loudoun United FC Lineup: Ethan Bandré, Kwame Awuah, Salvatore Mazzaferro, Jacob Erlandson (captain), Pacifique Niyongabire (Noah Adnan 68’), Bolu Akinyode, James Murphy, Richard Aman (Sean Young 86’), Thor Úlfarsson, Christian Torres (Pedro Santos 54’), Abdellatif Aboukoura. Loudoun United FC Subs not used: Andrés Souper, Luca Piras, Liam Barrus, Lorenzo Herrera-Rauda. ####################################### INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL LIMA, Peru — Who said youth is wasted on the young? Not for Indiana basketball. Not for its Team USA designation as it continues to roll through the FISU America Games. With freshmen Vaughn Karvala, Prince-Alexander Moody, and Trevor Manhertz continuing to play beyond their years while veterans such as Darren Harris, Aiden Sherrell, and Sam Alexis keep dominating, Team USA rolled to a 107-40 victory over Chile in Saturday’s semifinals. “All three of those guys have been good for us,” coach Darian DeVries said about the freshmen. “They play with a lot of confidence. This has been a great opportunity for them to get extra playing time and get some meaningful minutes.” After scoring 32 points against Virgin Islands on Thursday, Karvala moved into Saturday’s starting lineup along Sherrell, Jaeden Mustaf, Bryce Lindsay, and Markus Burton. He finished with 16. Moody added six points and Manhertz four. “I love the versatility they bring,” DeVries said. “They’ve continued to get better from the moment they stepped on campus. There’s a ton of room for them to grow into yet. That’s an exciting piece about those guys.” Harris added 15 points. Sherrell and Alexis each had 14. Trent Sisley totaled 13. As far as Harris, a Duke transfer, DeVries said, “I think you’ll see that from him as the season progresses and we get in regular season play. He’s one of those guys, when he gets on a heater, it’s pretty special. “I’m excited about what he’s done up to this point. Where he’s really at is defensively, he’s shown us some things. Then, his offense and rebounding. He’s done a great job of pursuing the ball. He’s had a special knack for that this summer, and especially in these games down here.” Overall, Team USA has gone 3-0 with three blowout victories. Next up is Virgin Islands in Monday’s championship game. Virgin Islands, which lost to Team USA 120-63 on Thursday, upset Argentina 63-61 in its Saturday semifinal game. Argentina had gone 3-0 in pool play. As for Saturday’s game, Team USA jumped ahead 8-2, then 11-7. Dunks by Harris and Sherrell, and then a Harris 3-pointer helped Team USA push ahead 24-7. A Sherrell 3-pointer made it 34-12 after the first quarter. A steal and layup by Burton, and then a whirling Alexis dunk followed by a three-point Alexis play made it 45-12 early in the second quarter. Moody’s 3-pointer made it 51-12. Mustaf’s three-point play gave Team USA a 64-20 halftime lead. Sherrell led with 14 points. Harris added 13 and Alexis 10. The lead swelled to 50 points in the third quarter. Team USA entered the final quarter leading 83-36 and cruised from there as DeVries utilized multiple different lineups, including walk-ons. ###################################### PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL VANCOUVER, B.C. – Gicarri Harris and Antione West Jr. scored 20 points apiece, while Purdue made 15, 3-pointers in a dominant 102-63 victory over the Vancouver Selects at Langara College. The Boilers finished the first half with a commanding 60-35 lead, after a 33-point first quarter including six triples. The largest lead of the game for the Boilers was 97-53 on a Jacob Webber pull-up jumper from the right elbow. Harris and West Jr. led Purdue, while true freshmen Luke Ertel and Webber each finished with 11 points. Daniel Jacobsen was the fifth and final Boilermaker in double figures with 10 on the night. Six Boilermakers made their Purdue debuts in the exhibition. Purdue will take on Trinity Western tomorrow, Jul. 26, starting at 7:00 p.m. ET. #################################### BUTLER TRACK AND FIELD Angelina Ellis (’23) competed in the 2026 USATF Track & Field National Championships on Saturday and finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase. Running for team Under Armour Dark Sky out of Flagstaff, Ariz., Ellis clocked a lifetime best time of 9:18.84. Earlier this month Ellis posted a 9:20.30 qualifying mark at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. The 2023 grad had a historic career at Butler, earning USTFCCCA All-America and All-BIG EAST honors. Current Butler assistant coach, Mikayla Reed, took home fifth in the 10,000m yesterday with a time of 33.49.23. William Cuthbertson (’24), also competed yesterday in the men’s 800m, posting a time of 1:49.35. ##################################### INDIANA STATE TRACK AND FIELD NEW YORK – Three Indiana State track and field alumni carded top-five finishes in events at the USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships, including a pair of podium finishes at Icahn Stadium. Six-time Paralympic medalist Noah Malone earned the gold medal in the para 100m, finishing as the top athlete in both prelims and finals. Malone carded times of 10.55 in prelims and 10.61 in finals, finishing with the top time in the field by more than two-tenths of a second in both prelims and finals. Malone’s gold medal at the USATF Para National Championships comes on the heels of a first-place finish at the Prefontaine Classic, where he clocked a time of 10.54 to win by over one-tenth of a second. In addition, Malone also claimed gold in the Para 100m at the LA Grand Prix in June. He was a six-time All-MVC honoree at Indiana State from 2020-23, making three NCAA East First Round appearances in that span. Malone still holds program top-10 marks in the indoor 60m (6.75) and 200m (21.60), along with the outdoor 100m (10.34) and ran the anchor leg on five of Indiana State’s top 10 4x100m relay teams in program history. He has six Paralympic medals to his name between Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, and is a three-time Para World Championships medalist. Three-time All-American Erin Reese claimed bronze in the hammer throw for the second time in the last three seasons, with her best mark of the competition measuring in at 72.94m (239-4). Reese had three of her six throws sail past the 71-meter mark, while remaining in the top three after all six rounds. Her third-place finish came just weeks after she made her Prefontaine Classic, placing eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 71.65m (235-1). She also tallied three appearances at USATF events during the summer, where she placed eighth in the hammer at the LA Grand Prix (73.29m/240-5) and Lone Star Grad Prix (72.58m/238-1) while finishing sixth at the USATF Throws Festival (74.18m/243-4). Reese was a three-time All-American and five-time MVC Champion at Indiana State from 2017-19, finishing as the national runner-up in the hammer throw in 2019 and fourth in the nation in the weight throw that same season. She owns Indiana State’s facility record in both the weight throw (25.26m/82-10.5) and hammer throw (76.76m/251-10), with her hammer throw mark coming this season. Reese remains Indiana State’s school record holder in the hammer throw at 71.06m (233-2), and has performed well this outdoor season by clearing the 74-meter mark at three different meets, including a pair of throws over the 75-meter mark at the Sycamore Open (76.76m/251-10, 75.09m/246-4). Reese qualified for the US Olympic Team for the first time in her career in 2024, where she finished 14th in the hammer throw in Paris. Ryann Porter, a six-time MVC Champion, claimed a top-five finish in the triple jump in her first post-collegiate outdoor championship appearance, as she recorded a wind-legal mark of 13.36m (43-10). Porter’s best mark of the weekend came on her final attempt, which vaulted the former Sycamore jumper into the top five in the field. Porter, who competed for the Sycamores from 2020-23, is no stranger to international competition after finishing 16th in the triple jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March, with her top mark at the meet coming in at 13.01m (42-8.25) in her first international meet as a professional. She qualified for the world indoor championships by placing third in the triple jump at the USATF Indoor Championships in New York, with her top mark at that meet measuring 13.50m (44-3.5). Porter previously competed at the Olympic Trials, USATF Championships and USATF U20 Championships during her time at Indiana State. She won six MVC titles in individual events (five triple jump, one long jump) and reached the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in each of her three seasons with the Sycamores (2021, 2022, 2023). Two-time All-American and MVC record holder Rachel Mehringer, the lone Sycamore on the active roster to compete during the weekend, made her USATF Outdoor Championships debut Saturday in the 100m hurdles, clocking a time of 13.90 to place 19th. Mehringer, who owns the MVC 60 hurdles and 100 hurdles records and is a five-time conference champion, recovered to finish strong after clipping a pair of early hurdles. Mehringer, who wrapped up her 2026 season with Saturday’s performance, returns for her senior season at Indiana State next year with plenty of motivation after earning First Team All-America honors in June. She completed an undefeated regular season in the hurdles, one of the most dominant campaigns the Missouri Valley Conference has ever seen in any single event, on her way to becoming the first Sycamore on the national podium since 2019. Mehringer was a six-time MVC Athlete of the Week selection during the outdoor season, bringing her career conference weekly award haul to 15. She broke a pair of facility records (Indiana State and Vanderbilt), shattered her own MVC and MVC Championships records (12.72 wind-legal, 12.64 wind-aided) and became the first athlete in conference history to break the 13-second mark in the 100m hurdles, something she accomplished nine times during the season. Mehringer owns 21 of the 23 fastest 100m hurdles times in MVC history, including each of the top five and nine of the top 10 times. The strong performances for Indiana State’s contingent in New York City accomplishments add to a decorated summer for former and current Sycamore athletes, as four Sycamore freshmen have competed in international competition over the course of the last three weeks. Aaron Massiah claimed a pair of medals in the triple jump (gold) and long jump (silver) at the Barbados National Championships, Kieran Barnewall claimed the Canada U20 title in the 110m hurdles to secure a spot at the World Athletics U20 Championships in August, and Theo Thurmond carded a top-10 finish in the discus at the USATF U20 Championships. Up Next Indiana State hurdler Kieran Barnewall competes for Team Canada at the World Athletics U20 Championships August 5-9 in Eugene, Oregon. 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It is the first time the rare feat of a pitcher driving in the lone run of a game on a long ball is performed in the majors. 1900 – Gus Weyhing is released by the Cardinals but does not get the ten days’ pay he is entitled to. He gets a deputy sheriff to seize the St. Louis share of the gate at Brooklyn, but it comes to less than the $100 he’s claiming. Weyhing will pitch briefly in 1901 before calling it quits, the last gloveless pitcher in the majors. 1911: Christy Mathewson wins his 21st straight game against the Cincinnati Reds, 5 – 3. He replaces Hooks Wiltse in the 8th and his single in the 9th scores a run to help win it. The league-leading Phils are dealt a blow when catcher-manager Red Dooin suffers a broken leg in a collision at home plate with Cards runner Rebel Oakes. 1912 – In an accommodation to the Wall Street crowd, the Giants open their home stand with a 3:45 game against the Cubs. But the Cubs score three in the 8th off Christy Mathewson to win, 4 – 2. 1914 – Boston rookie Ernie Shore stops the Naps in Cleveland, 4 – 1. 1915 – Honus Wagner drives in both runs to beat Christy Mathewson, 2 – 1. The Pirates lose the nitecap when the Giants’ Jeff Tesreau tosses a five-hitter to win, 3 – 0. 1916: Tigers favorite Harry Heilmann gets an appreciative hand from the crowd for having dived into the Detroit River last night to save a woman from drowning. The Reds, behind pitcher Pete Schneider, top the Giants at the Polo Grounds, 4 – 2, beating up on the newly re-acquired Slim Sallee. 1922: Nip Winters no-hits the Indianapolis ABCs, pitching the Bacharach Giants to a 7 – 1 victory in an NNL associate game. In several pregame fights between Yankee teammates, Bob Meusel and Wally Schang duke it out in the dugout. Then Babe Ruth and Wally Pipp take a turn. The players then turn on the Browns, beating them, 11 – 6. Ruth bangs two homers, Pipp adds another, and Schang chips in with a two-run triple. 1927 – Max Carey, who played 17 years with the Pirates before he was dismissed, returns to Pittsburgh in a Robins uniform and makes a clean steal of home in the 6th inning. It is his 33rd and last steal of home, a National League record. 1928: Detroit rookie righthander Vic Sorrell and the Yankees’ Waite Hoyt are locked in a 1 – 1 tie after 11. Twelve hits and two walks in the 12th score 11 New York runs in the biggest extra-inning storm ever. At Navin Field in Detroit, Bob Meusel again hits for the cycle. The Yankees outfielder becomes the first big leaguer to accomplish the feat for a third time during his career. The Phils buy left-handed-hitting OF Chuck Klein from the Fort Wayne Chiefs. 1930 – Phils pitchers continue their consistently dismal performance, giving up five home runs to the Cubs in a 16 – 2 pasting. Hack Wilson has three of the homers, while Gabby Hartnett and winning pitcher Pat Malone add the other two. 1931 – The Yankees split a doubleheader with the White Sox, taking the second game, 22 – 5, with nine batters scoring two or more runs each. 1933: Rogers Hornsby swaps St. Louis uniforms, leaving the Cards to manage the Browns. The 61-game hitting streak of the San Francisco Seals’ 18-year-old rookie, Joe DiMaggio, is stopped by Ed Walsh, Jr. of the Oakland Oaks. Yankee Lou Gehrig is thrown out of the second game in a doubleheader against Boston. Had it been the first game, his consecutive game streak would have ended. 1935 – An unusual double play occurs when a line drive hit by Yankee Jesse Hill bounces off Senator pitcher Ed Linke’s head in the air to catcher Jack Redmond who throws to second to double off runner Ben Chapman. Linke will be hospitalized for two days. 1936: Umpire Bill Summers is forced out the game after he is hit in the groin by a pop bottle thrown from an unruly crowd of 50,000 at Comiskey Park. The crowd is upset with an out call at first base on Rip Radcliff in the 8th inning of the nitecap. Judge Landis, on hand to watch the game, offers a $5,000 reward over the public address system for the culprit, but only draws more boos. The deluge of pop bottles finally abates when Jimmy Dykes pleads through the field amplifier. The Yanks sweep a pair from the Sox, winning, 12 – 3 and 11 – 8, in 11 innings. Lou Gehrig hits his 29th homer with two aboard to start New York’s scoring in the opener. Joe DiMaggio and Tony Lazzeri add round trippers to make it easy for Johnny Broaca. Sugar Cain is the losing pitcher. In the nitecap, Gehrig adds another homer, while Zeke Bonura homers and drives home four runs for the Sox. DiMaggio has one hit, a triple. The sweep increases New York’s lead to 9 1/2 games. The Giants score three runs in the bottom of the 9th to beat the Reds, 5 – 4. Helping the victory is a 4th-inning triple play started when LF Hank Leiber makes a brilliant catch near the left centerfield wall. The Tigers strand 14 runners and lose to Boston and Wes Ferrell, 10 – 3. The Tigers have 13 hits, including those of Goose Goslin who goes 3 for 3. Jimmie Foxx hits his 28th homer of the year in Boston’s five-run 8th, then hits another in the 9th, to pin the loss on Elden Auker. Before a paid attendance of 41,596 in Boston, the largest crowd in the National League since 1930, the Cards and Bees split. The Bees take the opener, 4 – 3, on Wally Berger’s two-run homer in the 8th inning off Jesse Haines. The nitecap is knotted at 2 – 2 in the 7th, when the Cards unload five runs. Joe Medwick leads off the frame with a homer, Johnny Mize doubles, and Virgil Davis homers to knock out Ben Cantwell. After two more reach base, Dizzy Dean drives them both home to ensure his 16th win of the year. Dean has a run-scoring triple in the 3rd as well. 1937 – Mickey Cochrane resumes command of the Detroit Tigers as a bench manager. 1940 – New York P Spud Chandler beats the White Sox with his bat, knocking in six runs with a single and two home runs, one a grand slam off Pete Appleton. The six RBI ties the American League record held by Appleton, George Uhle and Wes Ferrell. 1942 – Clyde McCullough hits three consecutive home runs, but the Chicago Cubs lose, 4 – 3, to the Philadelphia Phillies. 1943 – After singling and scoring the tying run in the 9th, ex-Pirate Arky Vaughan launches a 10th-inning, game-winning grand slam inside-the-park home run off the base of Forbes Field’s left-center light tower more than 440 feet from home plate, thus preventing the Pirates from wresting second place from his current team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. The other Dodger home run in the game is not only hit inside-the-park, courtesy of Luis Olmo, but hits the same light tower. 1946 – Monty Stratton, who lost a leg in a hunting accident in 1938, wins his 14th game for the Sherman Twins of the East Texas League. He will finish with 18 victories for the second-division team. 1948: Leo Durocher makes his first appearance at Ebbets Field since taking over the Giants, but a turnaway crowd is disappointed as the Dodgers lose, 13 – 4. Preacher Roe is the losing pitcher while Sheldon Jones takes the victory. Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance at the New York premiere of The Babe Ruth Story. The Sultan of Swat will die in three weeks’ time. 1949 – Wally Moses gets his 2,000th hit, off Joe Ostrowski of the Browns. 1950 – Brooklyn beats the Cardinals, 7 – 5, as the Dodgers’ Jim Russell switch-hits home runs, making him the first switch-hitter in history to do it more than once. Stan Musial hits in his 30th straight game, the longest hitting streak of the decade. He is en route to a .346 batting average for the season and his fourth batting title. The Cards, currently 1 1/2 games behind Brooklyn, will begin a slow and steady descent to fifth place. 1951 – At Fenway Park, Clyde Vollmer knocks in six runs on three homers to lead the Red Sox to a 13 – 10 win over the White Sox. 1954 – Brooklyn defeats Giant stalwart Sal Maglie in Ebbets Field, roughing him up for six runs on 11 hits. Since coming into the National League in 1945, the “Barber” had recorded ten straight victories in the Brooklyn ballpark. 1957 – Jim Bunning of the Tigers two-hits New York, 3 – 2, but one of the hits is Mickey Mantle’s ninth left-handed home run, the 200th homer of his career. 1960 – After 38 consecutive scoreless innings over four games, the Phils push over a run in the 6th inning against the Cubs, and go on to win, 4 – 3. Philadelphia was coming off three straight shutouts at the hands of the Dodgers. 1961: At Milwaukee, the Reds muscle three runs in the 8th inning to beat the Braves, 3 – 2. Gus Bell rings a pinch homer and Frank Robinson clubs a two-run homer for the Reds. Johnny Blanchard ties a major-league record by hitting his third and fourth home runs in four at bats over three games. He drives in four of the Yankee runs in a 5 – 2 victory over the White Sox at Yankee Stadium. New York manages just six hits but four are homers, including one by Mickey Mantle following Blanchard’s 1st-inning clout. Blanchard will end the year with 21 homers in 243 at bats, the first player in history to hit 20 or more in fewer than 250 at bats. 1962: In New York pitcher Gene Conley and infielder Pumpsie Green of the Red Sox mysteriously disappear after a 13 – 3 loss to the Yankees. They leave the team bus in traffic to use a rest room and fail to return. Conley decides he wants to fly to Israel, and goes to the airport, but is refused a ticket because he does not have a visa. Conley was the loser in the game, pitching 2 2/3 inning, and walking in two of the eight earned runs allowed. Pumpsie did not play. Jim Bouton is the winner, shutting out the Hubmen for six innings. Warren Spahn hits his 31st career homer, off Craig Anderson, setting a National League record for pitchers, in a 6 – 1 Braves win. The Mets suffer their 11th straight loss. 1964: LF Tony Conigliaro suffers a broken arm in a 6 – 1 Boston win at Cleveland. The Braves sweep the Mets in a doubleheader at Shea Stadium, but Atlanta uses 11 pitchers to do it. The Mets also use 11 pitchers, a two-team record, as the Braves win, 11 – 7 and 15 – 10. Both wins go to Chi-Chi Olivo who toils just 2 2/3 innings. In Philadelphia, the first-place Phils drop a doubleheader to St. Louis and two lefty pitchers. Rookie Gordie Richardson tops the Phils, 6 – 1, in his first major league start, then Ray Sadecki beats them, 4 – 1, in the nitecap. 1966 – Catfish Hunter, Kansas City’s top winner, undergoes an appendectomy. 1967: At Yankee Stadium, the Yankees play their second 18-inning game of the season, losing this one, 3 – 2, to Minnesota. Rod Carew walks, steals second base, continues to third on the catcher’s errant throw, and scores on Rich Rollins’ single. Al Worthington wins over Thad Tillotson in 4:20. With a National League-record-tying four run-scoring sacrifice flies in one game, New York wins an 11 – 5 decision at San Francisco. 1968 – Leaving with a strained knee after five innings of pitching, Earl Wilson of the Tigers earns a 4 – 1 win in the opener of three games with the Orioles. Rookie Daryl Patterson provides spectacular relief coming in with the bases loaded in the 6th and striking out the side. Boog Powell’s homer in the 8th is the only tally for the O’s. The win increases the Tigers’ lead over the O’s to 6 1/2 games. 1970: Boog Powell drives in six runs to lead the Orioles to an 11 – 1 win over the Twins. Boog hits a single and homer, both with the sacks full, and takes over the American League lead in ribbies with 86. Dave McNally loses his shutout on a homer by P Jim Perry. Johnny Bench of the Reds and Orlando Cepeda of the Braves each collect three consecutive homers and seven RBIs during respective games with the Cardinals and Cubs. Bench hits all three off Steve Carlton and adds a single in the Reds’ 12 – 5 win over the Cards. Bench now has 33 homers and 95 RBIs to lead the majors. Cepeda collects his seven RBIs in the Braves’ 8 – 3 win over the Cubs in the first game. His first two are solo shots, and the third follows an intentional walk to Hank Aaron to load the bases. His last RBI comes on a single in the 9th. In the nitecap of the twinbill, Cepeda has three hits but the Cubs win, 7 – 6. Glenn Beckert, 2 for 3 in the opener, raps five straight hits in the second game to lead Chicago. 1973 – In the first of two at Riverfront Stadium, the Reds beat the Braves, 5 – 3. Despite a homer and four singles by Pete Rose in the nitecap, the Reds lose, 6 – 4. 1975 – Bill Madlock goes 6 for 6 during the Cubs’ 10-inning, 9 – 8, loss to the Mets. 1976 – For the second consecutive game, Cincinnati’s Pete Rose hits a leadoff homer, this one his club-record 693rd extra-base hit. Rose jump starts the Reds to a 9 – 3 win over the visiting Giants. 1977: The Yankees open their final series with Baltimore by tying the O’s at 4 – 4 on a Cliff Johnson two-run pinch homer in the 9th. Reggie Jackson then leads off the 10th with a solo home run to win. Padres rookie Gene Richards ties the National League record with six hits in an extra-inning contest. 1978: Johnny Bench hits his 300th career home run, off Nino Espinosa, and Pete Rose hits in his 39th straight game, but the Reds bow to the Mets, 12 – 3. The Giants’ Jack Clark has his hitting streak stopped at 26 games during a 2 – 1 loss to the Cardinals. 1980 – Orioles ace Steve Stone tops Mike Caldwell and the Brewers, 4 – 1, for his 14th straight win. 1984: Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announces that free agent pitcher Vida Blue will be suspended for the remainder of the season as a result of his conviction on cocaine possession charges last November. San Diego’s Tony Gwynn goes 3 for 4 in an 8 – 2 win over Cincinnati to raise his batting average to .362, best in the majors. Gwynn will finish the season at .351 to win his first National League batting title. In a 5 – 4 win over the Pirates, Expo Pete Rose singles for the 3,052nd time tying him with Ty Cobb on the all-time career list. 1985: Tommy John, making his first appearance since being released by California on June 5th, scatters four hits over six innings as the A’s defeat the Brewers, 7 – 3. John is now 3-4. Wade Boggs goes 0 for 3 in Boston’s 6 – 2 win over Seattle to halt his hitting streak at 28 games, the longest in the major leagues since 1980. In a 10 – 0 blanking of the Cubs, Los Angeles’s Pedro Guerrero is 2 for 2 to complete an on-base streak of 14, setting a National League record. The streak, which began on July 23rd includes two singles, three doubles, two homers, six walks, and a hit by pitch. He’ll be 1 for 3 tomorrow. Jerry Reuss scatters seven hits in the shutout and is backed by three homers, including a grand slam by Mike Marshall, a three-run shot by Greg Brock and a two-run homer by Guerrero. 1987: Paul Molitor ties a major-league record by stealing second base, third base, and home in the 1st inning of Milwaukee’s 7 – 4 win over the A’s. Molitor is hitting .348. Catfish Hunter, Billy Williams, and Ray Dandridge are inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. 1991: Cincinnati 3B Chris Sabo pushes an autograph seeker into a window in Busch Stadium following a 5 – 1 loss to the Cardinals. Against the Dodgers, Montreal’s Mark Gardner pitches a no-hitter for nine innings before Lenny Harris beats out an infield single in the 10th. The Dodgers get two more hits, including an RBI single by Darryl Strawberry, to plate the only run of the contest. After a two-out walk in the 1st to Eddie Murray, Gardner retires 19 in a row. The Expos manage only two hits themselves against the combined efforts of Orel Hershiser, Kevin Gross, and Jay Howell. Gardner is the 11th pitcher to lose a no-hitter after nine innings; the last being Jim Maloney, on June 14, 1965, and the first pitcher to hurl nine no-hit innings against the Dodgers since Johnny Vander Meer, in 1938. 1992: Nolan Ryan strikes out his 100th batter, reaching that mark for a record 23rd year in a row. He subdues the Orioles, 6 – 2, and passes Phil Niekro as number 12 on the all-time win list with 319. Juan Gonzalez helps with a 450-foot homer to center field, the longest yet at Camden Yards. California’s Von Hayes collects three ribbies on a bases-loaded single. Rene Gonzales scores from first base on the two-out single as the Angels beat the Tigers, 4 – 3. Hayes’ is the second three-RBI single this year. 1993: The Padres trade pitchers Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris to the Rockies in exchange for C Brad Ausmus and pitchers Doug Bochtler and Andy Ashby. Outfielder Tom Brunansky of the Brewers ends the Red Sox’s ten-game win streak with a two-run, two-out home run in the bottom of the 9th for a 3 – 2 win. The dinger comes off Jeff Russell in relief of Roger Clemens. 1996: In a battle of aces, the Twins’ Brad Radke tops Roger Clemens, 5 – 1. The Red Sox ace is now 4-10. The Cubs defeat the Rockies, 17 – 4, as catcher Tyler Houston leads the way with a single, double, homer, and six RBIs. Sammy Sosa has his National League-leading 34th homer. In a trade of catchers, the Astros trade Rick Wilkins to the Giants in exchange for popular Kirt Manwaring and cash. Following a two-homer, five-RBI game on the 25th, Albert Belle goes 4 for 5 with a three-run homer to lead the Indians to a 14 – 9 drubbing of the Orioles. There are seven homers hit in the game. The Yankees unload a 21-hit barrage and bat around twice to whip the Royals, 15 – 1. This is the most hits New York has collected in nine innings since August 25, 1984, when they had 23 against Seattle. Jimmy Key is the easy winner, giving up three hits in seven innings. Pat Kelly, who had been out the whole season after undergoing surgery, makes his debut and promptly injures a hamstring. 1998: Don Sutton and Larry Doby are inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Lee MacPhail, George Davis and Joe Rogan. MacPhail joins his dad, Larry MacPhail, to become the first father and son duo to be enshrined at Cooperstown. Trevor Hoffman fails to set a big league record with 42 consecutive saves as Astros outfielder Moises Alou goes deep on the first pitch thrown by the Padres’ closer. The 9th-inning homer ties the game, but San Diego prevails and beats Houston in the 10th, 5 – 4. Boston defeats Toronto by a score of 6 – 3. Jose Canseco’s 8th-inning home run accounts for the Blue Jays’ first run. It is the 380th home run of Canseco’s career, making him the all-time leader among players born outside of the United States. Orlando Cepeda and Tony Perez had been the co-leaders with 379. With his 44th homer, Mark McGwire surpasses Johnny Mize as the all-time Cardinal single-season home run leader. 1999: The Diamondbacks bring up Mexican star Erubiel Durazo, 25, to replace slumping 1B Travis Lee. Durazo, whose contract was purchased from the Monterrey Sultans last December after he hit .350, tore up the minors (AA El Paso Diablos, .403, 14 home run in 64 games; AAA Tucson Sidewinders, .407, 10 home run, 30 G). He’ll do the same in the National League hitting .329, with 11 homers, in 52 games. Major League umpires file suit in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, PA for the right to withdraw their mass resignations. So far, 14 of the 56 umps who “resigned” have withdrawn their resignations. Resignations from nine of the American League umps are accepted by the league. 2000: The Blue Jays defeat the Indians, 8 – 1, as David Wells wins his major league-leading 16th game. Bartolo Colon takes the loss for Cleveland, despite striking out the first six batters to face him to tie Bob Feller’s team record. The Phillies send their number one starter, Curt Schilling, to Arizona for 1B/OF Travis Lee and Ps Omar Daal, Vicente Padilla and Nelson Figueroa. The Dodgers re-obtain oft-injured pitcher Ismael Valdes from the Cubs for minor leaguers Jamie Arnold and Jorge Piedra. The Dodgers swapped Valdes to the Cubs last year. Piedra was a top prospect in 1998, hitting .383 at Great Falls, while reaching base in 54 straight games. 2001: Rookie pitcher Chris George, 21, becomes the first lefthander to start for Kansas City in 239 games. He loses to the Mariners, 4 – 0. The winner is Joel Pineiro, who allows one hit in six innings to win his first major league decision. The White Sox send pitcher James Baldwin to the Dodgers for three minor leaguers, P Onan Masaoka and Gary Majewski, and OF Jeff Barry. 2002 – Carl Everett becomes the first Ranger to hit two home runs in one inning. The Texas designated hitter homers twice in the nine-run 7th inning during the 12 – 4 rout of visiting Oakland. 2005 – After waiting through a 2-hour 43-minutes rain delay in Atlanta to start the game, Greg Maddux becomes the 13th pitcher in history to register 3,000 strikeouts. Taking an inside fastball in the top of the 3rd inning, Omar Vizquel of the Giants becomes the historic victim of the crafty 39-year old Braves right-hander. 2007: John Lannan has a rough major league debut, being ejected in the 5th inning by Hunter Wendelstedt after hitting Chase Utley and Ryan Howard in back-to-back appearances. Utley, among the National League leaders in doubles (1st), runs (2nd), total bases (2nd) and OPS (5th), is diagnosed with a broken right hand after the game. To make up for his absence, Philadelphia will trade for Tadahito Iguchi tomorrow. Jose Mesa becomes the 11th pitcher in major league history to appear in 1,000 games. This is a rough one as he allows a three-run game-losing home run to Jesus Flores. 2008: The Pirates send .330-hitting Xavier Nady and interim closer Damaso Marte to the Yankees for Ps Ross Ohlendorf, Daniel McCutchen and Jeff Karstens and injured OF prospect José Tabata. The Pirates are in desperate need of pitching depth with injuries to Phil Dumatrait and Matt Capps, the struggles of Ian Snell, Matt Morris and Tom Gorzelanny, ineffective call-ups Yoslan Herrera and John Van Benschoten, and an empty minor league cupboard, while the Yankees need help for the pennant run, being in third place in the AL East. Nady is considered unlikely to re-sign with Pittsburgh. The Dodgers, dissatisfied with young third basemen Blake DeWitt and Andy LaRoche, pick up Casey Blake from the Indians for Carlos Santana and Jonathan Meloan. Cleveland then acquires former World Series star Anthony Reyes from the Cardinals for Luis Perdomo. Garret Anderson becomes the first player in Angels franchise history to score 1,000 runs. Los Angeles tops the Orioles, 11 – 6. The big star of the day is Torii Hunter, in his second day back from bereavement leave. Hunter homers twice, singles once, walks twice, scores four and drives in five to lead the charge. 2009: Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Joe Gordon are inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Cooperstown, NY. Gordon is the first player to be voted in by the Veterans Committee since its rules were reformulated following the controversial election of Bill Mazeroski in 2001. With a 5 – 2 win over the Reds, the Cubs move into first place in the tight NL Central race. Rich Harden, who had not won at Wrigley Field since August 24th last year, is the winner. The White team beats the Red, 6 – 5, in the CPBL All-Star Game. Chih-Sheng Lin, fresh off a home run derby title, hits a three-run homer off Ko-Chien Lin to pick up MVP honors. Wei-Lun Pan gets the win. 2010: Matt Garza pitches the first no-hitter in the history of the Tampa Bay Rays franchise, blanking the Tigers, 5 – 0. He is helped by a great over-the-shoulder catch by Ben Zobrist in the 3rd inning. The only baserunner is Brennan Boesch, who draws a 2nd-inning walk but is erased in a double play. Matt Joyce hits a 6th-inning grand slam for the Rays, the first hit allowed by Detroit’s Max Scherzer. Tampa Bay had been no-hit twice this season – by Dallas Braden and Edwin Jackson – and has now featured in three of this year’s five no-nos. Joe Mauer goes 5 for 5 and drives in seven runs as the Twins rout Zack Greinke and the Royals, 19 – 1. Danny Valencia also has a night to remember, going 4 for 4 and hitting a grand slam for his first major league homer. 2011: The Braves beat the Pirates, 4 – 3, in 19 innings in a game that ends on a very controversial play. After 6 hours and 39 minutes of play at Turner Field, Braves P Scott Proctor grounds to Pirates 3B Pedro Alvarez; Julio Lugo takes off from third base and Alvarez’s throw to C Michael McKenry easily beats him to the plate, however umpire Jerry Meals calls him safe with the winning run. Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle argues vociferously, and even though television replays show that Lugo was tagged out, the run is allowed to stand. Daniel McCutchen is the unlucky loser, in spite of giving up only that run in 5 1/3 innings as neither team scores after the 3rd inning until the deciding run. It is the longest game by time in both teams’ history. Immediately after the game, the Pirates launch a formal complaint about the disputed call to the Commissioner’s office. Tomorrow, both Meals and MLB Vice-President Joe Torre will acknowledge that the call was wrong, but that it will not be reversed. The tough loss marks the beginning of the end for the Bucs, who have been playing above .500 and battling for first place in the NL Central: on July 29th, they will start an 11-game losing streak and tumble well out of contention. The Reds trade LF Jonny Gomes to Washington for two minor leaguers, P Chris Manno and OF Bill Rhinehart. The move opens a spot in the line-up for top prospect Yonder Alonso. The Mariners lose their 17th straight game, beaten 4 – 1 by the Yankees and CC Sabathia. Sabathia fans 14 and allows only one hit. Two players extend their hitting streaks into interesting territory today. Emilio Bonifacio of the Marlins reaches 24 games with a single off Jordan Zimmermann in his team’s 11 – 2 win at Washington, and Boston’s newly clean-shaven Dustin Pedroia extends his streak to 23 games with a 4-for-5 night against the Royals as the Red Sox come out on top in a slugfest, 13 – 9. Justin Germano throws the fifth perfect game in the history of the International League. Germano pitches the gem for the Columbus Clippers against the Syracuse Chiefs. 2012: Matt Harvey strikes out 11 Diamondback hitters in his major league debut, beating the Mets franchise record of nine held by Tom Seaver and Bill Denehy; it is the most in a debut since Stephen Strasburg fanned 14 for the Nationals two years ago. Harvey allows no runs on three hits in 5 1/3 innings, before leaving because of pitch count issues; for good measure, he also goes 2 for 2 at the plate, with a double off Wade Miley for his first major league hit. He gets credit for the Mets’ 3 – 1 win at Chase Field. Not to be outdone, Pittsburgh’s Starling Marte homers on the first pitch of the game in his big league debut (only the third Pirate ever to do so), going yard against Houston’s Dallas Keuchel. Pittsburgh goes on to a 5 – 3 win as A.J. Burnett improves to 12-3. Marte adds another hit before the night is through. 2013: The Yankees repatriate OF Alfonso Soriano from the Cubs, in return for minor league P Corey Black. Soriano plays DH and bats clean-up in tonight’s game against the Rays, but goes 0-for-5 as the Yankees lose, 10 – 6. Tampa Bay’s win, combined with Boston’s loss to the Orioles, puts the Rays in first place in the AL East for the first time since April 6th. The Phillies sign Cuban pitcher Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, who defected to Mexico earlier this year, to a six-year contract worth $60 million. Tadahito Iguchi becomes the fourth new member of the meikyukai this season, taking Masahiro Tanaka deep for his 2,000th hit in MLB and NPB combined. Iguchi is only the fifth player to get 2,000 hits between the two leagues, following Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui, Kazuo Matsui and Norihiro Nakamura. 2014: The Hall of Fame announces a change in voting rules, as players will now be able to stay on the BBWAA ballot for a maximum of ten and not 15 years, as long as they meet the minimum five percent threshold. The move is designed to prevent the ballot from becoming overly crowded because of players tainted by steroids staying on the ballot for years on end with no realistic chance of election, but drawing votes away from more legitimate candidates. However, a number of inductees with an untainted record have had to wait over ten years for election in recent years, such as Jim Rice, Bert Blyleven or Andre Dawson, making it likely that the rule change will have the effect of also squeezing out some worthy candidates. The Giants acquire P Jake Peavy from the Red Sox in return for minor leaguers Heath Hembree and Edwin Escobar, in a clear indication that Boston has given up any hope of defending last year’s Championship title. 2015: Four players, all elected by the BBWAA, are inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY as the Class of 2015: pitchers Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz, all elected on their first presence on the ballot, and 2B Craig Biggio. Martinez steals the show by dancing on stage and entertaining the large contingent of visitors from the Dominican Republic who have come to witness his induction. The Gold Medal game in the women’s portion of the 2015 Pan American Games is held. It is the first Pan American Games to include women’s baseball. The women’s Gold, like the men’s, comes down to the USA and host Canada. In a reverse of the men’s field, the USA beats Canada 11 – 3. Stacy Piagno gets the win in relief, while Vanessa Riopel takes the loss. Sarah Hudek and Anna Kimbrell each drive in three, Samantha Cobb scores three runs and Jenna Marston raps three hits for the historic US win. The Royals acquire Reds pitching ace Johnny Cueto in a trade for three pitching prospects, Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed. Cueto will prove key to the Royals winning their first World Series title in three decades. 2016 – The Blue Jays acquire OF Melvin Upton from San Diego for P Hansel Rodriguez. The Jays also sent embattled reliever Drew Storen to the Mariners in return for Joaquin Benoit, who has also been struggling badly of late. 2017: The Marlins defeat the Rangers, 22 – 10, to set a franchise record for runs; the 32 combined runs are also the most in a game this season. Dee Gordon starts off the game with a homer off Yu Darvish, who gives up ten runs in less than four innings, while Christian Yelich goes 4 for 5 with a homer and three doubles. For Texas, Adrian Beltre homers and hits two doubles to move with four hits of the 3,000 mark, but he is ejected by umpire Gerry Davis in the 8th for dragging the large plastic mat marking the on-deck circle closer to home plate; his manager, Jeff Banister, is also tossed for coming to his defence. The Royals, who have been among the hottest teams in the majors since May, also put up a big score, defeating Detroit, 16 – 2, for their eighth straight win. Eric Hosmer leads the charge with five hits including a grand slam; he has six RBIs and scores four times. 2018: The Phillies tie a team record by hitting seven homers in a 9 – 4 win over the Reds. Rhys Hoskins, Maikel Franco and Nick Williams all hit two homers, and Carlos Santana adds another long ball as the Phils have won five of seven since the All-Star Game and have built a lead of 2 1/2 games over the second-place Braves in the NL East. A number of trades take place with the deadline approaching. The Rangers send P Cole Hamels to the Cubs in return for two prospects and a player to be named later. The Braves repatriate reliever Jonny Venters from the Rays in exchange for international bonus money, and the Yankees add P J.A. Happ from the Blue Jays, sending IF Brandon Drury and OF Billy McKinney in return. With three days still to play, Puerto Rico locks up Gold at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games; it is their third Gold, tying the Dominican Republic for second behind Cuba’s 12. Trailing host Colombia 1 – 0 after seven innings, Puerto Rico improves to 5-0 as Ozzie Martínez singles off Ernesto Frieri to score pinch-runner Brian Ortiz in the 8th (Ortiz had run for Wilfredo Rodríguez-Chevere). Randy Ruiz drives in Martínez with the winner. Adalberto Flores and Fernando Cruz pitch very well for Puerto Rico. No other team is better than 3-2 and Puerto Rico has already beaten both 3-2 teams (Colombia and Cuba). 2020 – It’s only the end of the opening week-end of this year’s delayed MLB season, but already there is no unbeaten – or winless – team left. For the first time since 1954, when there were only half as many teams, no team has started the year 3-0. 2022 A ribbon-cutting ceremony is held for the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in Manhattan, in the presence of Jackie Robinson’s widow, Rachel Robinson, recently turned 100, his children David and Sharon, and various celebrities. The museum, whose opening was delayed by three years, aims to teach new generations about Robinson’s pioneering role in the integration of Major League Baseball and in the fight for justice and equality. The Pacific League wins the first 2022 NPB All-Star Game with the first sayonara homer in an NPB All-Star Game in 36 years, when Kotaro Kiyomiya goes deep off Masato Morishita to break a 2 – 2 tie. 2023: With the trading deadline approaching, teams start making moves. The Angels show that they are buyers by acquiring Ps Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo Lopez from the White Sox for two prospects, while on the other side of L.A., the Dodgers deal P Noah Syndergaard to the Guardians for SS Amed Rosario. MLB owners extend the contract of Commissioner Rob Manfred through the 2028 season. 2024 – With the trading deadline only a few days away, a number of deals take place today. The Mariners acquire OF Randy Arozarena from the Rays in return for two prospects, as well as P Yimi Garcia from the Blue Jays for two minor leagers, but also send P Ryne Stanek to the Mets in return for a prospect. In other deals, the Orioles make two moves, first sending OF Austin Hays to the Phillies in return for P Seranthony Dominguez and OF Cristian Pache in a rare deal between first-place teams, and also acquire P Zach Eflin from the Rays for three prospects. Finally, the Red Sox acquire veteran P James Paxton, recently designated for assignment by the Dodgers in spite of having a good year, in return for a low-level prospect. Births[edit] 1850 – Tricky Nichols, pitcher (d. 1897) 1851 – Horatio Munn, infielder (d. 1910) 1852 – George Fields, infielder (d. 1933) 1852 – Jake Knodell, catcher (d. 1887) 1854 – Phil Powers, catcher; umpire (d. 1914) 1864 – John Cuff, catcher (d. 1916) 1864 – Bill Hassamaer, outfielder (d. 1910) 1876 – Sam Breadon, owner (d. 1949) 1878 – Joe Green, outfielder, manager and owner (d. 1962) 1879 – John Butler, catcher (d. 1950) 1880 – Jack Fox, outfielder (d. 1923) 1881 – Gerry Shea, catcher (d. 1964) 1884 – Tom Crooke, infielder (d. 1929) 1884 – Otto McIvor, outfielder (d. 1954) 1885 – Roy Castleton, pitcher (d. 1967) 1886 – Roy Witherup, pitcher (d. 1941) 1889 – Frank Cooper, minor league outfielder (d. 1942) 1892 – Sam Jones, pitcher (d. 1966) 1892 – Brick Eldred, minor league outfielder (d. 1976) 1895 – Larry Woodall, catcher (d. 1963) 1897 – Chick Bowen, outfielder (d. 1948) 1897 – Paul Gallico, writer (d. 1976) 1901 – Doc Gautreau, infielder (d. 1970) 1904 – Bill Dreesen, infielder (d. 1971) 1905 – Sam Leslie, infielder (d. 1979) 1905 – Alex Radcliff, infielder; All-Star (d. 1981) 1909 – Harry Kincannon, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1965) 1913 – Rogers Pierre, pitcher (d. 1996) 1914 – Ellis Kinder, pitcher (d. 1968) 1914 – Chummy McNeil, British national team infielder and manager (d. 1997) 1914 – Carlos Navas, Nicaraguan national team infielder and manager 1915 – Mel Deutsch, pitcher (d. 2001) 1917 – Jimmy Bloodworth, infielder (d. 2002) 1918 – Lee Anthony, minor league pitcher (d. 2010) 1920 – Eddie Bockman, infielder (d. 2011) 1920 – Sibby Sisti, infielder (d. 2006) 1921 – Tom Saffell, outfielder (d. 2012) 1922 – Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 2002) 1923 – Leo Thomas, infielder (d. 2001) 1924 – Kenichi Ito, NPB infielder (d. ????) 1924 – Milt Welch, catcher (d. 2019) 1925 – Jackie Mayo, outfielder (d. 2014) 1926 – Bobby Herrera, pitcher (d. 2007) 1926 – Guillermo Valencia, Colombian national team manager (d. 2016) 1927 – Bill Miller, pitcher (d. 2003) 1928 – Shigeru Makino, NPB infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 1984) 1930 – Glenn Mickens, pitcher (d. 2019) 1931 – Katsumi Ishibachi, NPB pitcher 1932 – Dick Brodowski, pitcher (d. 2019) 1933 – Norm Siebern, infielder; All-Star (d. 2015) 1933 – Yoshio Yoshida, NPB player and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (d. 2025) 1934 – Kiyoshi Hataya, NPB catcher 1935 – Buddy Gilbert, outfielder 1935 – Lou Jackson, outfielder (d. 1969) 1937 – Kihachiro Tanaka, NPB pitcher 1937 – Pete Ward, infielder (d. 2022) 1938 – Haruki Mihira, NPB pitcher (d. 2016) 1938 – Pedro Sierra, minor league pitcher 1941 – Carroll Sembera, pitcher (d. 2005) 1942 – Jose Martinez, infielder (d. 2014) 1943 – Steve Coley, minor league outfielder (d. 2014) 1943 – Yugo Matoba, NPB outfielder 1943 – Mitsuru Matsukubo, NPB infielder 1944 – Isao Hari, NPB pitcher 1945 – Ken Kaiser, umpire (d. 2017) 1947 – Ade Fijth, Hoofdklasse pitcher 1947 – Hiromu Matsuoka, NPB pitcher 1948 – John Knox, infielder 1949 – David W. Vincent, author (d. 2017) 1950 – Yoshinobu Miyamoto, NPB pitcher 1956 – Randy Davis, college coach (d. 2022) 1957 – Rick O’Keeffe, minor league pitcher 1958 – Marty Bystrom, pitcher 1959 – Yukihiko Yamaoki, NPB pitcher 1960 – Roberto Hernández, Panamanian national team pitcher (d. 2011) 1962 – Jody Reed, infielder 1963 – Shinichi Furukawa, NPB outfielder 1964 – Jose Bautista, pitcher 1965 – Greg Hamilton, Canadian national team coach; Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 1968 – Mike Mohler, pitcher 1969 – Greg Colbrunn, infielder 1969 – Tracy Sanders, minor league outfielder 1970 – Martín Aleman, Nicaraguan national team catcher 1971 – Jason Adams, minor league outfielder 1971 – Jesus Hernandez, minor league pitcher 1971 – Iwao Hirae, NPB outfielder 1971 – Naohiko Tsutsumi, Zimbabwean national team manager 1975 – Kevin Barker, infielder 1976 – Brian Mazone, minor league pitcher 1976 – Kevin Olsen, pitcher 1977 – Joaquin Benoit, pitcher 1977 – Yousuke Shinomiya, Japanese national team infielder 1978 – Raily Legito, minor league infielder 1980 – Jason Botts, outfielder 1980 – Gregor Klinc, Bundesliga pitcher-outfielder 1980 – Kentaro Miyazawa, Japanese national team infielder 1980 – Juan Orellana, Guatemalan national team infielder 1981 – Brian Almeida, minor league pitcher 1982 – Raina Hunter, French women’s national team outfielder 1982 – Brandon Taylor, minor league infielder 1982 – Chuang-Hsun Tu, CPBL catcher 1983 – Willie Vasquez, minor league infielder 1984 – Kevin Jepsen, pitcher 1984 – Dae-woo Kim, KBO pitcher 1984 – Zdeněk Kocman, Extraliga pitcher 1984 – Brandon Morrow, pitcher 1984 – Yunior Paumier, Cuban league infielder 1985 – Adam DiMichele, drafted pitcher 1985 – Mat Gamel, infielder 1986 – Tatsuya Sato, NPB pitcher 1986 – Chris Treibt, minor league pitcher and manager 1987 – Takahiro Araki, NPB outfielder 1987 – Alex Burnett, pitcher 1987 – Vidal Nuno, pitcher 1988 – Kai-Wen Cheng, NPB pitcher 1989 – Alexander Morales, minor league player ~ 1989 – Ross Steedley, college coach 1990 – Collin Hetzler, coach 1991 – Cristhian Adames, infielder 1991 – Brandon Brennan, pitcher 1991 – Yukari Isozaki, Japanese women’s national team pitcher 1991 – Ryne Stanek, pitcher 1991 – LeVon Washington, minor league outfielder 1992 – Paul Fry, pitcher 1993 – Wes Benjamin, pitcher 1993 – Gio Brusa, minor league outfielder 1993 – Victor Draijer, Hoofdklasse outfielder 1993 – Ryan O’Hearn, outfielder; All-Star 1993 – Jefry Rodriguez, pitcher 1994 – Aditya Aulia Rachman, Indonesian national team infielder 1995 – Paul Campbell, pitcher 1999 – Ji-hwan Bae, infielder 1999 – Gavin Williams, pitcher 2000 – Tyler Black, infielder 2000 – Braydon Fisher, pitcher 2000 – Andersen Lim, Indonesian national team catcher 2000 – Spencer Miles, minor league pitcher 2001 – Tsung-Che Cheng, infielder 2001 – Taichi Taka, NPB pitcher 2002 – Kyle Karros, infielder 2003 – Juan Artiga, Salvadoran national team pitcher 2003 – Chih-Chi Lai, CPBL pitcher 2004 – Jefferson Gutiérrez, Salvadoran national team pitcher 2005 – Oto Hayasaka, NPB pitcher Deaths[edit] 1903 – Bill Nusz, outfielder (b. 1859) 1911 – John Radcliffe, infielder (b. 1848) 1915 – Charlie Reising, outfielder; umpire (b. 1861) 1922 – George Cuppy, pitcher (b. 1869) 1930 – Tommy Madden, outfielder (b. 1883) 1931 – Ben Ellis, infielder (b. 1870) 1935 – Bill Wittrock, pitcher (b. 1870) 1938 – Carlos Royer, Negro League pitcher (b. 1874) 1943 – Tom Gettinger, outfielder (b. 1868) 1944 – Kentaro Ito, NPB outfielder-infielder (b. 1916) 1948 – Homer Davidson, catcher (b. 1884) 1949 – Clyde Nelson, infielder; All-Star (b. 1921) 1952 – Joe Safford, minor league outfielder (b. 1878) 1956 – Dad Clark, infielder (b. 1873) 1956 – Wes Griffin, scout (b. 1894) 1958 – Walter Bernhardt, pitcher (b. 1893) 1959 – Otis Miller, infielder (b. 1901) 1964 – Harry Smith, pitcher (b. 1889) 1966 – Elmer Yoter, infielder (b. 1900) 1968 – Joe Kernan, minor league infielder and manager (b. 1889) 1971 – Nobori Inoue, commissioner; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1885) 1971 – Chick Lathers, infielder (b. 1888) 1974 – George Barr, umpire (b. 1897) 1974 – Vernon Stouffer, owner (b. 1901) 1979 – Bill DeKoning, catcher (b. 1918) 1986 – Webb Schultz, pitcher (b. 1898) 1988 – Al Flair, infielder (b. 1916) 1994 – Roland Gladu, infielder (b. 1911) 1994 – Herm Holshouser, pitcher (b. 1907) 1996 – Masumi Isegawa, NPB catcher (b. 1921) 1996 – Francis Plouf, minor league infielder (b. 1913) 2004 – Ruben Gomez, pitcher (b. 1927) 2007 – Ray Kirchoff, minor league pitcher (b. 1929) 2010 – Jake Jacobs, outfielder (b. 1937) 2013 – Bob Savage, pitcher (b. 1921) 2014 – Ed Strichek, minor league pitcher (b. 1935) 2017 – John Herbold, college coach (b. 1929) 2017 – Lyle Smith, college coach (b. 1916) 2018 – Shoji Kawai, NPB outfielder (b. 1949) 2022 – Inez Voyce, AAGPBL infielder (b. 1924) 2022 – Skip Wilson, college coach (b. 1929) 2023 – Tom Harrison, pitcher (b. 1945) ############################################ TV SPORTS TODAY Sunday, July 26 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: AWS Hungarian Grand Prix 2026, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 2 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. 4 p.m. FOX — NHRA: Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. BIG3 BASKETBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Week 6: DMV Trilogy vs. Miami 305, Houston Rig Hands at Dallas Power, Houston CYCLING 9:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage 2 p.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage (taped) GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Final Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland Noon NBC — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. MLB BASEBALL Noon NBCSN — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) 1:30 p.m. MLBN — 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: From Cooperstown, Pa. 4:30 p.m. MLBN — L.A. Angels at San Francisco (joined in progress) (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Louisville at Angel City SOFTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Championship – Game 2, College Station, Texas TRACK AND FIELD 2 p.m. NBC — USATF: 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships, New York X GAMES 2 p.m. ABC — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans 6 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation BRICKYARD 400 NOTEBOOK THE INDIANA SRN “SCOREBOARD” JULY 26
