“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
CUBS 7, WHITE SOX 5
METS 2, PADRES 1
PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 5
CARDINALS 2, REDS 1 (GAME 1)
REDS 6, CARDINALS 5 (GAME 2, 10 INNINGS)
TWINS 4, BRAVES 2
RAYS 7, ORIOLES 6
RED SOX 11, DIAMONDBACKS 1
DODGERS 11, ROCKIES 5
ROYALS 9, ATHLETICS 5
TIGERS 8, PIRATES 5
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
VALKYRIES 78 WINGS 70
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MLS SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
MONDAY’S SCORES:
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=8/17/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
MONDAY’S SCORES:
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=8/17/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
MONDAY’S SCORES:
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=8/17/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/girls/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/tennis
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IFCA PRE-SEASON POLL
CLASS 6A
1. BROWNSBURG [14-0] (10)100
2. CARMEL [9-2]77
WESTFIELD [8-2]77
4. CENTER GROVE [10-2]63
WARREN CENTRAL [6-4]63
6. LAWRENCE NORTH [7-3]56
7. CROWN POINT [10-1]24
8. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) [9-4]23
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN [6-5]23
10. PENN [11-1]20
11. FRANKLIN CENTRAL [5-6]9
12. FISHERS [8-4]5
13. BEN DAVIS [3-7]4
14. ELKHART [6-4]3
15. DECATUR CENTRAL [9-3]2
16. AVON [6-5]1
CLASS 5A
1. NEW PALESTINE [14-0] (9)99
2. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL [7-4] (1)90
3. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH [11-2]72
4. LAFAYETTE JEFF [10-2]62
5. CONCORD [11-2]48
6. FORT WAYNE SNIDER [3-7]42
7. PLAINFIELD [7-3]40
8. CASTLE [6-4]23
9. FLOYD CENTRAL [10-2]20
10. WARSAW [4-6]15
11. PENDLETON HEIGHTS [10-2]12
12. MICHIGAN CITY [8-4]8
13. TERRE HAUTE SOUTH [7-3]6
14. BLOOMINGTON NORTH [7-4]5
15. EVANSVILLE NORTH [8-3]4
16. MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) [0-10]2
17. CHESTERTON [5-5]1
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL [6-5]1
CLASS 4A
1. EAST CENTRAL [9-3] (4)82
2. INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI [11-4] (1)77
3. FORT WAYNE DWENGER [13-2] (4)76
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD [9-3] (1)76
5. EAST NOBLE [11-1]50
6. MISHAWAKA [10-2]46
7. YORKTOWN [3-7]29
8. HOBART [10-3]24
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH [12-2]24
10. FORT WAYNE LUERS [9-6]19
HERITAGE HILLS [12-2]19
12. EVANSVILLE REITZ [7-4]6
13. JASPER [9-3]5
MARTINSVILLE [6-7]5
15. FORT WAYNE NORTH [6-5]3
LEO [7-3]3
17. COLUMBIA CITY [6-5]2
LEBANON [10-3]2
NORTHVIEW [8-2]2
CLASS 3A
1. ANDREAN [13-1] (3)77
2. GIBSON SOUTHERN [12-2] (2)74
3. LAWRENCEBURG [10-2] (1)71
4. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL [9-1] (4)69
5. ADAMS CENTRAL [13-1]44
6. TRI-WEST [7-4]41
7. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI [6-6]39
8. TWIN LAKES [10-3]33
9. MISSISSINEWA [10-2]22
10. MACONAQUAH [8-2]15
11. EASTBROOK [12-1]13
INDIAN CREEK [8-4]13
13. GARRETT [6-6]7
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN [7-5]7
15. MISHAWAKA MARIAN [4-8]6
16. SOUTHRIDGE [6-5]5
17. SULLIVAN [8-4]4
18. ANGOLA [7-6]2
BLUFFTON [9-2]2
GRIFFITH [9-2]2
WEST LAFAYETTE [8-3]2
WEST NOBLE [0-10]2
CLASS 2A
1. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL [14-1] (3)78
2. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN [11-2] (1)74
LAPEL [13-1]74
4. CASCADE [15-0] (3)71
5. SOUTH PUTNAM [13-2] (3)65
6. LINTON [9-4]27
7. EASTERN (GREENTOWN) [10-2]25
8. PROVIDENCE [9-3]21
9. KNOX [13-1]18
10. EASTSIDE [9-3]16
ROCHESTER [9-2]16
12. RENSSELAER CENTRAL [9-3]13
13. SOUTHMONT [11-2]12
TRITON CENTRAL [10-2]12
15. NORTH POSEY [7-4]11
16. EASTERN HANCOCK [6-5]8
17. ALEXANDRIA [7-3]5
18. LEWIS CASS [8-4]2
19. BREMEN [6-5]1
MONROVIA [4-7]1
CLASS 1A
1. RIVERTON PARKE [11-1] (3)87
2. PIONEER [13-2] (6)86
3. SOUTH ADAMS [10-4] (1)59
4. MILAN [7-5]48
5. NORTH JUDSON [8-3]45
6. SPRINGS VALLEY [10-1]38
7. FRONTIER [10-1]34
8. SHERIDAN [8-3]31
9. NORTH DECATUR [8-3]28
10. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC [2-8]22
11. CARROLL (FLORA) [7-4]20
12. NORTH DAVIESS [10-2]15
13. NORTH MIAMI [9-4]11
14. TRI [6-5]7
15. WEST WASHINGTON [8-4]5
16. CHURUBUSCO [7-3]4
WEST CENTRAL [3-7
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ADAMS CENTRAL AT FORT WAYNE LUERS 7:00 PM
ALEXANDRIA AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7:00 PM
ANDREAN AT MERRILLVILLE 8:00 PM
ANGOLA AT GOSHEN 7:00 PM
ATTICA AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
AVON AT DECATUR CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BATESVILLE AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BELLMONT AT MADISON-GRANT 7:00 PM
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM
BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 7:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT OWEN VALLEY 7:00 PM
BROWNSBURG AT LAWRENCE NORTH 7:00 PM
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
CARROLL (FLORA) AT SEEGER 7:00 PM
CASCADE AT MONROVIA 7:00 PM
CASTLE AT EVANSVILLE NORTH 7:30 PM
CASTON AT WHITKO 7:00 PM
CENTRAL NOBLE AT CULVER 7:30 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT BOWMAN ACADEMY 7:30 PM
CHURUBUSCO AT BREMEN 7:00 PM
CLINTON CENTRAL AT FRANKFORT 7:00 PM
CLINTON PRAIRIE AT FRONTIER 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS EAST AT MOORESVILLE 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS NORTH AT WHITELAND 7:00 PM
COVENANT CHRISTIAN AT PARK TUDOR 7:00 PM
COVINGTON AT TRI-COUNTY 7:00 PM
CRAWFORDSVILLE AT PARKE HERITAGE 7:00 PM
DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
DELTA AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT OAK HILL 7:00 PM
EASTERN (PEKIN) AT WEST WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
ELKHART AT CONCORD 7:00 PM
ELWOOD AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:00 PM
EVANSVILLE HARRISON AT EVANSVILLE REITZ 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT JASPER 7:30 PM
FAIRFIELD AT CALUMET 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT CARMEL 7:00 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE NORTH AT EAST NOBLE 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT WARSAW 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT LEO 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN AT SOUTHPORT 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD 7:00 PM
FRANKTON AT TIPTON 7:00 PM
FREMONT AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 7:00 PM
GARRETT AT DEKALB 7:00 PM
GARY WEST AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7:00 PM
GREENCASTLE AT CLOVERDALE 7:00 PM
GREENSBURG AT SHELBYVILLE 7:00 PM
HAGERSTOWN AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:00 PM
HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LAPEL 7:00 PM
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:30 PM
HAMMOND CENTRAL AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 7:30 PM
HAMMOND MORTON AT PORTAGE 8:00 PM
HAMMOND NOLL AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 7:30 PM
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM
HENRYVILLE AT CLARKSVILLE 7:00 PM
HERITAGE HILLS AT SOUTH SPENCER 8:00 PM
HIGHLAND AT GRIFFITH 8:00 PM
HOBART AT CHESTERTON 8:00 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT EASTBROOK 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT NOBLESVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL AT BEN DAVIS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT LAFAYETTE JEFF 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER AT DANVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT EDINBURGH 7:00 PM
JAY COUNTY AT BLACKFORD 7:00 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7:00 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT PAOLI 7:00 PM
JOHN GLENN AT BOONE GROVE 7:30 PM
KNOX AT NORTH JUDSON 8:00 PM
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MITCHELL 7:30 PM
LAPORTE AT NEW PRAIRIE 8:00 PM
LAVILLE AT TRITON 7:00 PM
LAWRENCEBURG AT EAST CENTRAL 7:30 PM
LOGANSPORT AT PERU 7:00 PM
LOWELL AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM
MARION AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH 7:00 PM
MARTINSVILLE AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM
MCCUTCHEON AT GUERIN CATHOLIC 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN CITY AT HANOVER CENTRAL 8:00 PM
MILAN AT RUSHVILLE 7:00 PM
MISHAWAKA AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT KOKOMO 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM
MUNSTER AT LAKE CENTRAL 8:00 PM
NEW CASTLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:00 PM
NEW HAVEN AT HERITAGE 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT NORTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT BREBEUF JESUIT 7:00 PM
NORTH DAVIESS AT WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT SOUTH DECATUR 7:00 PM
NORTH HARRISON AT SALEM 7:00 PM
NORTH NEWTON AT WHITING 8:00 PM
NORTH POSEY AT SOUTHRIDGE 7:30 PM
NORTH PUTNAM AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM
NORTH WHITE AT TAYLOR 7:00 PM
NORTHEASTERN AT EASTERN HANCOCK 7:00 PM
NORTHFIELD AT NORTH MIAMI 7:00 PM
NORTHRIDGE AT WEST NOBLE 7:00 PM
NORTHVIEW AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH 7:00 PM
NORTHWESTERN AT MANCHESTER 7:00 PM
NORTHWOOD AT COLUMBIA CITY 7:00 PM
NORWELL AT MISSISSINEWA 7:00 PM
OSCEOLA GRACE AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 8:00 PM
PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT LEBANON 7:00 PM
PERRY MERIDIAN AT BEECH GROVE 7:00 PM
PHALEN ACADEMY AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
PIKE CENTRAL AT EASTERN GREENE 7:00 PM
PIONEER AT LEWIS CASS 7:00 PM
PLYMOUTH AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY 7:00 PM
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT WOODLAN 7:00 PM
PRINCETON AT TECUMSEH 8:00 PM
PROVIDENCE AT NEW ALBANY 7:00 PM
RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
RICHMOND AT CONNERSVILLE 7:00 PM
RIVER FOREST AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 8:00 PM
RIVERTON PARKE VS. LINTON 7:30 PM
SCOTTSBURG AT MADISON 7:00 PM
SEYMOUR AT GREENWOOD 7:00 PM
SHENANDOAH AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK AT CHARLESTOWN 7:00 PM
SOUTH ADAMS AT EASTSIDE 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT CULVER ACADEMY 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH AT LAKELAND 7:00 PM
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) AT WHEELER 8:00 PM
SOUTH NEWTON AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM
SOUTHMONT AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT ROCHESTER 7:00 PM
SPEEDWAY AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
SPRINGS VALLEY AT EDGEWOOD 7:00 PM
SULLIVAN AT NORTH KNOX 7:00 PM
SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 7:00 PM
TELL CITY AT PERRY CENTRAL 8:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT VINCENNES LINCOLN 7:00 PM
TRI-CENTRAL AT WES-DEL 7:00 PM
TRINITY LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 7:00 PM
TWIN LAKES AT NORTH MONTGOMERY 7:00 PM
UNION CITY AT TRI 7:00 PM
UNION COUNTY AT MONROE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
VALPARAISO AT PENN 7:30 PM
WABASH AT MACONAQUAH 7:00 PM
WALNUT HILLS (OHIO) AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:00 PM
WARREN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE 7:00 PM
WAWASEE AT JIMTOWN 7:00 PM
WEST CENTRAL AT WINAMAC 7:00 PM
WEST VIGO AT SOUTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
WESTERN AT INDIAN CREEK 7:00 PM
WESTERN BOONE AT TRI-WEST 7:00 PM
WESTFIELD AT HOMESTEAD 7:00 PM
WHEATON ST. FRANCIS (ILL.) AT NEW PALESTINE 7:00 PM
WINCHESTER AT CENTERVILLE 7:00 PM
YORKTOWN AT ANDERSON 7:00 PM
ZIONSVILLE AT PIKE 7:00 PM
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AP COLLEGE PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL POLL
1. OHIO STATE (40)
2. OREGON (14)
3. GEORGIA
4. NOTRE DAME (6)
5. TEXAS
6. INDIANA (8)
7. MIAMI (1)
8. TEXAS A&M
9. OLE MISS
10. OKLAHOMA
11. LSU
12. TEXAS TECH
13. ALABAMA
14. BYU
14. USC
16. MICHIGAN
17. WASHINGTON
18. PENN STATE
19. SMU
20. TENNESSEE
21. UTAH
22. IOWA
23. HOUSTON
24. LOUISVILLE
25. MISSOURI
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/TV
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
IDAHO AT CAL POLY | 10 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
TCU VS. NORTH CAROLINA (AVIVA STADIUM IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. | ESPN
SAN JOSE STATE AT USC | 3 P.M. | NBC
ALABAMA STATE VS. SOUTHERN (LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPNU
NC STATE AT VIRGINIA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 5:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
HAWAI’I AT STANFORD | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NEW MEXICO STATE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
EAST TEXAS A&M AT MERCER | 7 P.M. | ESPN
HOWARD VS. ALABAMA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT TARLETON STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN2
MEMPHIS AT UNLV | 10 P.M. | FOX
WEEK 1
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
UMASS AT RUTGERS | 6 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT UCF | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
AKRON AT WAKE FOREST | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
MERRIMACK AT DELAWARE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
WEST GEORGIA AT KENNESAW STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UALBANY AT BUFFALO | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT MISSOURI | 8 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ESPN
EASTERN ILLINOIS AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. | PEACOCK
IDAHO AT UTAH | 9 P.M. | ESPNU
UAB AT ILLINOIS | 9 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3
SAN JOSE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE AT PURDUE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT GEORGIA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UTEP AT OKLAHOMA | 8 P.M. | SECN+
LIU AT KANSAS | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
TOLEDO AT MICHIGAN STATE | 8 P.M. | FS1
MIAMI (FLA.) AT STANFORD | 9 P.M. | ESPN
FRESNO STATE AT USC | 9 P.M. | FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
EAST CAROLINA AT ALABAMA | 12 P.M. | ABC
OREGON STATE AT HOUSTON | 12 P.M. | ESPN
COASTAL CAROLINA AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | TNT/HBO MAX
NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SYRACUSE | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NORTH TEXAS AT INDIANA | 12 P.M. | FOX
OHIO AT NEBRASKA | 12 P.M. | FS1
BRYANT AT ARMY | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
TARLETON STATE AT BOWLING GREEN | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LIBERTY AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
MIAMI (OHIO) AT PITT | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
BALL STATE AT OHIO STATE | 12:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
KENT STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT KENTUCKY | 1 P.M. | SECN+
SE MISSOURI STATE AT IOWA STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DUQUESNE AT AIR FORCE | 1 P.M. | MW+
RHODE ISLAND AT TEMPLE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE STATE AT GEORGIA | 3 P.M. | SECN+
AUBURN VS. BAYLOR (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
FURMAN AT TENNESSEE | 3:30 P.M. | SECN+
TEXAS STATE AT TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT CINCINNATI | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
TULANE AT DUKE | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT OREGON | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MARSHALL AT PENN STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
THE CITADEL AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
TOWSON AT NAVY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT UTSA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FORDHAM AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
MAINE AT APP STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | 3:45 P.M. | ESPNU
NORTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT IOWA | 4:15 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
ALCORN STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
WYOMING AT COLORADO STATE | 6 P.M. | USA NETWORK
NORFOLK STATE AT OLD DOMINION | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT TEXAS A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN
AUSTIN PEAY AT VANDERBILT | 7 P.M. | SECN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT TEXAS TECH | 7 P.M. | FS1
NICHOLLS AT KANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT UTAH STATE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
ARKANSAS STATE AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
MURRAY STATE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SE LOUISIANA AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SAM HOUSTON AT TROY | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CLEMSON AT LSU | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
UL MONROE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
VMI AT VIRGINIA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NORTHWESTERN STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
UTAH TECH AT BYU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
HAMPTON AT MARYLAND | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTHWESTERN | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
LAMAR AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE AT ARIZONA STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
MERCYHURST AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN ARIZONA AT ARIZONA | 9:30 P.M. | ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 9:30 P.M. | USA NETWORK
UNLV AT HAWAI’I | 10 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT NEW MEXICO | 10 P.M. | FS1
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 10 P.M. | ESPN+
UCLA AT CAL | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEVADA | 10:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
TEXAS SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
FLORIDA A&M VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPN
WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | 4 P.M. | NBC
OLE MISS VS. LOUISVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENN.) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NOTRE DAME VS. WISCONSIN (LAMBEAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY, WIS.) | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
SMU AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
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NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON (ESPN), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
N.Y. JETS AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
WASHINGTON AT DETROIT, NOON
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:00
N.Y. GIANTS AT MIAMI, 4:00
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI, 7:00
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
DALLAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE (FOX), 8:00
WEEK 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 8:00
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE, 6:00
HOUSTON AT CAROLINA, 7:00
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS, 8:00
ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY, 8:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA (CBS), 8:00
MINNESOTA AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE, 6:00
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET)
WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM)
WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING
1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS
2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC
3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS
4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET
5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS
6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX
7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS
8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS
9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX
10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS
11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX
13 BYE WEEK
14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX
15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS
16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD
17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX
18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD
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OHIO STATE AND OREGON ARE 1-2 IN THE AP PRESEASON TOP 25, SEC LEADS CONFERENCES WITH 9 RANKED TEAMS
Ohio State and Oregon were 1-2 in The Associated Press Top 25 released Monday, giving the Big Ten Conference the top two teams in the preseason rankings for the first time in 65 years and just the second time ever.
The Buckeyes received 40 first-place votes and Oregon received 14 in voting by 69 media members who cover college football.
Ohio State will go into a season No. 1 for the ninth time, and first since 2015. The Buckeyes are now tied with Alabama for second-most preseason No. 1 rankings behind Oklahoma’s 10.
Oregon has its highest preseason ranking in program history after having opened No. 3 four times.
Georgia, Notre Dame and Texas round out the top five. Defending national champion Indiana starts at No. 6 and is followed by Miami, Texas A&M, Mississippi and Oklahoma.
Notre Dame received six first-place votes, Indiana got eight and Miami one.
This is the first year a conference has held down the top two spots in the preseason poll since Oklahoma and Nebraska of the Big Eight were 1-2 in 1987.
The last time the Big Ten had the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the preseason was 1961, when Iowa and Ohio State topped the poll. The Hawkeyes lost four of their last five games after a 4-0 start and finished that season unranked. The Buckeyes went 8-0-1 and ended the season No. 2 behind unbeaten Alabama.
The Big Ten has won three straight College Football Playoff championships (Michigan, Ohio State, Indiana) and will be going for an unprecedented fourth straight national title. This is the fourth consecutive year the Big Ten has had two of the top three teams in the preseason rankings.
The Southeastern Conference leads all conferences with nine teams in the preseason Top 25, marking the third straight year it has had at least that many. Five of the top 10 teams are from the SEC for the first time since 2013.
Four Big 12 teams are ranked, with conference champion Texas Tech the highest at No. 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference has three ranked teams, with the Hurricanes joined by No. 19 SMU and No. 24 Louisville. There are no Group of Six schools in the Top 25.
Top-ranked Buckeyes
The offense is loaded. Heisman Trophy finalist Julian Sayin was the most accurate passer in the nation by a wide margin last season, Jeremiah Smith leads the nation in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns over the last two years and Bo Jackson is coming off a 1,000-yard rushing season as a freshman.
There is little concern about the defense even though eight starters must be replaced for a second straight year. At least six transfers are projected to start or play major roles.
Ohio State will get tested early and often. The Buckeyes visit Texas on Sept. 12 and five of their nine conference games are against preseason ranked teams, including at Indiana and against Oregon at home.
The Buckeyes have ended a season No. 1 in the AP poll six times (1942, 1954, 1968, 2002, 2014, 2024).
Bulldogs best of the SEC
The beat goes on for Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs. They’re in the preseason top five for the ninth straight year. The two-time defending SEC champion Bulldogs are favored to play in a sixth straight conference title game and appear in the CFP for the sixth time in 10 years.
Texas, the preseason No. 1 last year, opens in the top five for the third straight year. No. 8 Texas A&M is in the preseason top 10 for the first time since it was No. 6 in 2022, the year that marked the beginning of the end for coach Jimbo Fisher.
Pete Golding’s first full season as Mississippi head coach starts with the No. 9 Rebels in the preseason top 10 for the second time in three years and third time since 1970. No. 10 Oklahoma is in the preseason top 10 for the first time since 2022, when it was in the Big 12.
What about the Hoosiers?
Indiana is the seventh returning national champion in 40 years, and second in three years, to be ranked outside the top five in the preseason (Michigan went into the 2024 season ranked No. 9 after winning the national title).
The Hoosiers became the first team in the modern era to go 16-0, and they return lots of talent and signed a top-10 transfer class. The move from Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 NFL draft pick Fernando Mendoza to TCU transfer Josh Hoover at quarterback apparently put doubts in the minds of voters.
Poll nuggets
— Ohio State will try to become the 12th team to start and finish No. 1 since the AP preseason poll debuted in 1950. The last team to do it was Alabama in 2017.
— Notre Dame has its highest preseason ranking since it was No. 2 in 2006. The Fighting Irish, who have a Heisman candidate in quarterback CJ Carr, bring a 10-game winning streak into the season and are still smarting from being left out of the playoff.
— Lane Kiffin’s first LSU team is No. 11 after finishing 7-6 and unranked under Brian Kelly and Frank Wilson.
— Ten of the 12 CFP teams last season are ranked. The two that aren’t are James Madison and Tulane from the Group of Six.
— No. 23 Houston has its first preseason ranking in four years and third since 1991.
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THE CHIEFS GAVE UNDRAFTED TACKLE KHALIL BENSON A SHOT. NOW HE’S HELPING TO PROTECT PATRICK MAHOMES
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Thirty-two teams passed on offensive tackle Khalil Benson a total of 224 times in the NFL draft.
They all passed on him after the draft, too.
It wasn’t until the Kansas City Chiefs invited him to their rookie minicamp — no guarantees, no promises, no expectations beyond those the former Indiana lineman put upon himself — that Benson even found his way onto a professional practice field.
He hasn’t left since.
The right tackle charged with protecting Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza while helping the Hoosiers win the national title impressed the Chiefs enough to warrant a call-back for the rest of the offseason. Before long, Benson had worked his way through the depth chart, eventually getting reps with the starters and suddenly protecting two-time NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes.
Over the weekend, Benson was one of the bright spots for Kansas City in its preseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
“Honestly, I just kind of kept my head down,” Benson said, when asked about his long, circuitous, overcome-all-obstacles road to the NFL. “I knew my time was going to come and really just stayed humble. Stayed faithful. Kept praying to God. Just making sure that I was ready to be on call when it was that time.”
So how does a starting offensive lineman — one that stands 6-foot-6 and weighs about 320 pounds — on a national champion go almost entirely overlooked coming out of college? It’s a question a lot of folks are asking these days.
Benson was similarly overlooked coming out of Southaven High School, which sits just across the Mississippi line from Memphis, Tennessee. He wound up going to Indiana but tore his ACL during preseason practices, forcing him to redshirt that season. He did not play at all the following year, which was the season played amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Benson finally played in 2022, including five starts for the Hoosiers at right guard, and he started all 12 games the next year, when it seemed as if his star was ascending. But then coach Tom Allen was fired after a 3-9 finish and Benson transferred to Colorado, where he played nine games for coach Deion Sanders and protected his son and quarterback, Shedeur Sanders.
After dealing with yet more injuries with the Buffaloes, Benson opted to transfer back to Indiana for his final season of college.
“I mean, he’s got talent,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, when asked why no NFL teams seemed willing to give Benson a chance. “I’m not sure.”
Benson has certainly made the most of the opportunity Kansas City has given him.
The Chiefs appeared to be set along the line, returning first-round pick Josh Simmons at left tackle, Kingsley Suamataia at guard, four-time Pro Bowl center Creed Humphrey, two-time Pro Bowl pick Trey Smith at the other guard and Jaylon Moore at right tackle.
Soon, though, Benson was rotating with Moore in the starting group. And when Smith missed practice recently because of a hip injury, Benson showed some versatility by kicking inside, offering positional flexibility that has become so important in the NFL these days.
“He’s learning,” Reid said. “Very strong, powerful, good feet, good athletic ability. And he’s working at it — the consistency part, scheme-wise — so physically he’s got all the tools there. So we’ll just keep working at it and see where it goes.”
Given that Mahomes is coming off a torn knee ligament, there has never been more pressure on the offensive line in Kansas City than this season. But even Mahomes has taken note of the new guy lining up in front of him.
“If you can fix your mistakes, and get better and better each and every day, usually good things happen,” Mahomes said, “and that’s what he’s done ever since he’s been here. I mean, it started in the OTAs and the rookie minicamp, honestly. I remember watching film on that and seeing that guy and seeing him kind of do stuff the right way. And he’s kind of built and got better and better.
“Now,” Mahomes added, “it’s about how can he stack and how can he go to a preseason game and how can he get himself ready for the regular season? We still have a long way to go, but I’m happy with the progress so far.”
NOTES: First-round pick Mansoor Delane shed his yellow no-contact jersey for the first time in camp Monday. The cornerback had been working through a shoulder injury. “It looks like he’s healing up pretty good,” Reid said. “We’ll just monitor it, see how he does with extended play.” … Smith remained out of practice Monday, and Reid said it is possible he will not be back this week. … LB Jack Cochrane left with a knee injury, though it is not believed to be serious.
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VIKINGS PLACE VETERAN JAMAL ADAMS ON INJURED RESERVE, SIGN CB BRYCE PHILLIPS
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety/linebacker Jamal Adams was placed on injured reserve Monday, two days after leaving a preseason game on a cart with a right knee injury.
Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, is expected to have season-ending surgery.
The 30-year-old Adams was injured in his first game with Minnesota after signing on the eve of the start of training camp.
The Vikings signed cornerback Bryce Phillips to fill Adams’ spot on the roster. Phillips originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City following the 2026 NFL draft. His brother, Clark Phillips III, plays cornerback for Atlanta after starring collegiately at Utah.
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PACKERS’ IMPROVED DEPTH AT CORNERBACK LEAVES KEISEAN NIXON FIGHTING TO KEEP HIS STARTING SPOT
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Boosting their cornerback depth was paramount for the Green Bay Packers as they sought roster upgrades after capping a five-game skid to end their 2025 season with a wild-card playoff collapse.
The impact of their moves is evident from the fact that Keisean Nixon, the Packers’ top cornerback a year ago, finds himself in a competition to keep his starting spot. Nixon occasionally has worked with the second-team defense in training camp following the Packers’ offseason additions of rookie second-round draft pick Brandon Cisse and veteran free agent Benjamin St-Juste.
“I guess I’m being punished right now, I guess, I don’t know,” Nixon said. “I don’t really worry about what I’m running in camp, ones or twos, I just keep my process and just compete — for real.”
Nixon, a two-time All-Pro kick returner, earned his first Pro Bowl selection on defense last year as an injury replacement. He is the only cornerback in the NFL to have at least 70 tackles, six passes defensed and an interception in each of the last three seasons.
But that doesn’t mean he has anything locked up this year.
“We have a corner competition,” new Packers secondary coach Bobby Babich said Friday, a day after Green Bay’s preseason opener. “That’s what we have.”
The Packers also return Carrington Valentine, who has started 30 games over the last three seasons but missed part of training camp with a leg injury.
Green Bay’s lack of cornerback depth last year was apparent when the Packers gave up 25 fourth-quarter points and blew a 21-3 halftime lead in a 31-27 playoff loss at Chicago. Three weeks earlier, the Packers fell 22-16 in overtime at Chicago after allowing the Bears to score on each of their last four possessions.
Head coach Matt LaFleur discussed what he wants from his cornerbacks.
“Obviously, it starts with doing your right assignment, and then it comes down to your style of play,” LaFleur said. “How are you competing going after the ball, not only in the pass game but in the run game, as well? Are you sticking your nose in there? We need corners that are willing and capable tacklers.”
Cisse and St-Juste are showing promise
Cisse has made a noteworthy first impression in that regard as he begins his pro career after playing at N.C. State (2023-24) and South Carolina (2025).
“The guy’s a film junkie, wants to be really good, puts in the work that it takes to be really good,” Babich said. “It’s similar to some of the rookies that I’ve been around in my past that have success early on, specifically at that position and it’s really about the way he goes about his work.”
Cisse believes there’s still plenty of work to do.
“Obviously there’s going to be moments where you see flashes and things like that, but there’s a lot of growing pains I’m also going through,” he said. “I need to get better at those things. I’m just excited to clean it up and continue to get better every day.”
St. Juste also has stood out.
Although he played only 35% of the Los Angeles Chargers’ defensive snaps last season, St-Juste performed well enough in those opportunities that his Pro Football Focus rating ranked 12th among all NFL cornerbacks.
“I like the fact that with the limited amount of snaps that I had, I was capitalizing on it,” St-Juste said. “Every time, every chance I had to be on the field, I was either in good coverage making a play. I’m just trying to build on that, add more reps this year and make more plays and slowly start to ascend as a player.”
Nixon has overcome adversity before
Nixon’s background suggests he won’t give up his starting spot without a fight. He had to work his way to get to this point.
“I don’t view myself in no competition,” Nixon said. “I come here to compete for myself. What they do and who they choose, that’s out of my control.”
Nixon, 29, spent his first three seasons primarily as a special teams contributor with the Raiders after signing as an undrafted free agent out of South Carolina. He came to Green Bay in 2022 and emerged as an All-Pro kick returner his first two seasons with the Packers while gradually getting more playing time on defense.
He became the Packers’ top cornerback when injuries limited Jaire Alexander for much of the 2024 season and maintained that role after Alexander was released in the summer of 2025.
“Everybody knows my story,” Nixon said. “I came from the bottom, got to where I’m at. It doesn’t bother me running with the twos, threes. It don’t matter. It’s hard to keep me off the field. So when it’s time to play, I know what time it is.”
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JAGUARS PLANNING TO PLAY STARTERS IN PRESEASON GAME AGAINST PANTHERS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are planning to play starters in their next preseason game, against Carolina on Friday night.
Coach Liam Coen said Monday he expects quarterback Trevor Lawrence and others to get “a couple drives, potentially” against the Panthers. It’s a reversal for Coen, who previously had no intention of putting his first-team offense and defense at risk in any exhibitions.
“You just look at the amount of padded (practices) we actually have left until the game week, and it’s very few and far between,” Coen said. “You set a schedule, and timing and circumstances, things change and you have to pivot a little bit. … I think we need a little bit more padded work against each other, good on good.”
Jacksonville played no starters in its preseason opener at New Orleans on Saturday and rallied to win, 24-20. But a rash of injuries, most notably along the offensive line and at linebacker, prompted Coen to not hold practice in full pads Monday. Backup quarterback Nick Mullens and offensive tackle Chuma Edoga were among those who sat out practice.
The Jaguars have a joint practice (in full pads) scheduled with the Panthers on Wednesday. Coen made it clear that regardless of how things pan out this week, there’s no chance any starters will play in the team’s preseason finale against Tampa Bay on Aug. 28.
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REPORTS: GIANTS SIGN QB JAKE HAENER, WORK OUT RB NAJEE HARRIS
The New York Giants are signing veteran quarterback Jake Haener, NFL Network reported on Monday.
Free agent running back Najee Harris could be next after visiting the team on Monday, according to ESPN.
Haener, 27, worked out for the Giants late last month and adds depth behind starter Jaxson Dart. New York also has Jameis Winston and Brandon Allen on the roster.
Haener played in eight games (one start) for the New Orleans Saints in 2024, completing 18 of 39 passes for 226 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He was released by the Saints in January and signed the next month by the Kansas City Chiefs, who waived him on May 4.American Football
Harris, 28, was a first-round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021 and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie. He ran for more than 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons with the Steelers (2021-24) before making three appearances last season with the Los Angeles Chargers.
Harris has rushed for 4,373 yards and 28 touchdowns and caught 183 passes for 1,174 yards and six scores in 71 career games (68 starts).
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NFL TRANSACTIONS ROUNDUP: PANTHERS SIGN TE DARREN WALLER
–The Panthers officially added tight end Darren Waller and waived offensive lineman Joshua Gray and outside linebacker Nick Hampton on Monday.
Waller, 33, ended his retirement to play for the Dolphins last season, posting 24 receptions for 283 yards and six touchdowns in six games.
Over nine seasons with four teams, the sixth-round pick of the Ravens in 2015 has 374 receptions for 4,407 yards with 26 scores in 95 games (66 starts). His lone Pro Bowl selection came in 2020.
Gray, 26, joined the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2025 but did not appear in a game.
Hampton, 26, was a fifth-round selection of the Rams in 2023 and played three seasons with Los Angeles. In 36 games, he totaled 17 tackles and two passes defensed.Shopping For American Football Gear
–The Texans signed former Jets starting cornerback Bryce Hall.
Hall, 28, has not played in an NFL game since sustaining a fractured fibula and dislocated ankle in the 2024 season opener while playing for the Buccaneers. He was on their practice squad last season.
A fifth-round pick by New York in 2020, he has recorded two interceptions, 21 passes defensed, one fumble recovery and 122 tackles in 40 games (26 starts) with the Jets (2020-23) and Bucs.
–The Falcons released punter Matthew Hayball and offensive lineman Layden Robinson.
With the release of the 29-year-old Hayball, who has one year of NFL experience with the Saints in 2024, Jake Bailey will be Atlanta’s punter after signing a three-year, $9 million contract in the offseason.
Robinson, 25, appeared in 13 games (11 starts) for the Patriots in 2024, after the team selected him in the fourth round of the NFL draft that year. He was let go by the Patriots early last season and spent time on the practice squad of the Raiders.
–The Bills signed linebacker Otis Reese IV and released fullback Jackson Acker.
Three days after releasing him, the Bills re-signed Reese for this third stint with the team in less than a year. The 28-year-old spent two weeks on Buffalo’s practice squad last season before joining the Patriots’ practice squad.
Waived on July 31 by the Patriots, Reese re-signed with the Bills on Aug. 6.
Reese played in 20 games (five starts) with the Titans in 2023-24, collecting 38 tackles and one interception.
Acker, 23, an undrafted rookie out of Wisconsin, rushed for 415 yards and three TDs to go with 276 receiving yards and three scores in 50 games.
–The Eagles signed cornerback Isaiah Bolden and released offensive lineman Hollin Pierce.
A seventh-round pick of the Patriots in 2023, the 26-year-old Bolden played in 14 games in 2024 and also spent time with the 49ers and the UFL’s Louisville Kings.
Pierce, 25, joined the Eagles last season but the undrafted free agent out of Rutgers did not play in a regular-season game.
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MLB ROUNDUP: PETE CROW-ARMSTRONG HOMERS TO START, END CUBS’ WIN
Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a game-ending two-run homer in the 10th inning to cap a 4-for-5, two-homer night and lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 7-5 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Monday.
The center fielder, who also homered to lead off the Cubs’ half of the first inning, became the sixth player in history to produce leadoff and walk-off home runs in the same game, according to MLB.com. The game-ending shot was also his 30th long ball of the season, making him the 10th player ever to register back-to-back 30-30 seasons (30 homers, 30 stolen bases).
Nico Hoerner added four hits and two RBIs while Alex Bregman had three hits for the Cubs, who had lost three of their previous four games.
The White Sox rallied from a pair of deficits and held the lead in the bottom of the ninth before Hoerner tied the game with an RBI single off Jordan Hicks. After the White Sox failed to score with the bases loaded in the 10th, Hagen Smith (2-1) yielded Crow-Armstrong’s blast leading off the bottom of the 10th.
Mets 2, Padres 1
Nolan McLean tossed six eventful innings and earned the win after benefiting from three outfield assists as host New York edged San Diego.
Right fielder Carson Benge threw out two runners at home in the first inning and left fielder A.J. Ewing nabbed a runner at the plate to end the second for the Mets, who became the first team since at least 1920 to throw out three runners at home in the first two innings of a game.
In all, the Padres made four outs at home between the first and second innings. New York improved to a major-league-best 10-3 since the trade deadline while San Diego fell to 9-4 since the deadline.
Phillies 6, Marlins 5
Cristopher Sanchez worked six effective innings to become the majors’ first 16-game winner as Philadelphia nipped visiting Miami for its fourth straight win.
Sanchez (16-4) allowed one run while working around eight hits and three walks. He struck out six before the Phillies’ bullpen held on. Jhoan Duran gave up a run in the ninth but nonetheless picked up his 27th save.
Bryce Harper had three hits for Philadelphia, while Derek Hill knocked in a pair of runs. Miami’s Brian Navarreto hit the game’s only home run while Marlins starter Janson Junk (6-8) gave up two runs and eight hits in five innings.
Cardinals 2, Reds 1 (Game 1)
Six St. Louis pitchers combined to limit Cincinnati to three hits as the visiting Cardinals claimed a victory in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Alec Burleson provided all the offense St. Louis needed with a two-run double in the first inning. Luis Gastelum (3-2) struck out a pair in a perfect inning of relief. Riley O’Brien struck out the side in the ninth for his National League-best 31st save as the Cardinals recorded 15 strikeouts in all.
Dane Myers delivered two of the Reds’ three hits, including a home run. Kent Emanuel (0-1) permitted two runs on five hits in five innings during his major league season debut.
Reds 6, Cardinals 5 (Game 2, 10 innings)
Elly De La Cruz got his first walk-off hit with a 10th-inning RBI double to help Cincinnati come from behind and earn a doubleheader split against visiting St. Louis.
De La Cruz, who finished 2-for-4, led off the 10th and hit a hard ground ball into left field against Justin Bruihl (0-1). Dane Myers had tied the game on a pinch-hit blast off Peter Strzelecki with two outs in the ninth. Reds closer Emilio Pagan (1-0) pitched a scoreless inning.
Ivan Herrera hit a home run for the Cardinals. Jordan Walker went 3-for-5 and scored twice to finish 5-for-9 in the twin bill.
Twins 4, Braves 2
Josh Bell went 2-for-3 with a two-run double as Minnesota scored four runs in the first and made them stand up to beat Atlanta in Minneapolis.
Kody Clemens finished 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Twins, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Minnesota reliever Travis Adams (3-0) tossed two perfect innings, and Yoendrys Gomez threw a hitless ninth inning for his 18th save.
Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a two-run single for the Braves, who took their third loss in four games. Drake Baldwin went 2-for-5 with a double. Martin Perez (8-7) gave up four runs on nine hits in five innings.
Rays 7, Orioles 6
Jonathan Aranda and Jonny DeLuca had run-scoring hits in a three-run, seventh-inning rally as Tampa Bay defeated Baltimore in St. Petersburg, Fla., salvaging the finale of a four-game series.
Aranda delivered a single to left off Yennier Cano (2-3) that pulled Tampa Bay within 6-5. Two batters later, with Josh Walker on the mound, pinch hitter DeLuca chopped a two-run single to left. Yandy Diaz (home run) and Aranda (double) had two hits apiece for the Rays while Ryan Vilade and Jorge Mateo each homered.
Christian Encarnacion-Strand finished 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs for the Orioles. Coby Mayo and Pete Alonso each had a home run among their two hits.
Red Sox 11, Diamondbacks 1
Mickey Gasper and Willson Contreras each hit a solo home run as part of a 16-hit attack that propelled Boston over visiting Arizona.
Caleb Durbin and Ceddanne Rafaela collected three hits apiece for the Red Sox, who received two RBIs from both Gasper and Wilyer Abreu. Brayan Bello (5-6) held the Diamondbacks to one run on three hits in 4 2/3 innings of relief.
Arizona starter Mitch Bratt (1-2) allowed three runs on four hits in three innings. Tim Tawa had two of the Diamondbacks’ four hits.
Dodgers 11, Rockies 5
Shohei Ohtani hit two home runs and finished with four hits, Max Muncy also went deep and singled, and Los Angeles beat Colorado in Denver to win for just the second time in its past eight road games.
Andy Pages and Freddie Freeman had three hits apiece for the Dodgers. Blake Snell (1-1) gave up a run on two hits in six innings.
Adael Amador hit an RBI single and scored twice for the Rockies, who had won four of their previous five games. Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6) allowed seven runs, six earned, on seven hits in five innings.
Royals 9, Athletics 5
Bobby Witt Jr. singled, doubled, homered, drove in three runs and scored four times as Kansas City beat the visiting Athletics.
Maikel Garcia returned to the lineup for the first time since June 22 and contributed two hits, an RBI and a run as the Royals won for the third time in four games. The veteran infielder had been sidelined due to a muscle strain in his left hand.
Royals right-hander Michael Wacha (6-8) allowed four runs and six hits in five innings for his first win in nine starts. A’s right-hander Mason Barnett (1-4) was tagged for six runs and seven hits in 2 2/3 innings. He could not take advantage of home runs by Jeff McNeil, Tommy White and Brian Serven.
Tigers 8, Pirates 5
Hao-Yu Lee and Zach McKinstry each had three hits while Kevin McGonigle added two hits — including a two-run homer — to help Detroit outlast host Pittsburgh.
Lee drove in two runs and Max Clark also had two hits as the Tigers snapped a three-game skid with 14 hits. Detroit starter Framber Valdez (8-8) allowed five runs, four earned, on five hits over 5 2/3 innings, and Kenley Jansen tossed a perfect ninth for his 16th save.
Nick Yorke delivered a three-run double for the Pirates, who had won three of their previous four games. Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6) gave up four runs on eight hits in three innings.
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Last season, the Indianapolis Colts turned to longtime Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers when injuries wiped out their options at the position.
Now they are turning to one of his favorite targets for the same reason.
According to multiple reports Monday night, the Colts have agreed to terms with veteran free agent receiver Keenan Allen on a one-year contract potentially worth more than $8 million. The 34-year-old would be joining a receiver room left thin by offseason moves and injuries.
In March, the Colts traded veteran Michael Pittman Jr. to the Pittsburgh Steelers. And Indianapolis’ No. 1 receiver Alec Pierce, who led the league in yards per catch each of the past two seasons and signed a long-term extension in the offseason, has yet to take part in practice in camp as he recovers from offseason ankle surgery.
His status for Week 1 remains uncertain.
Enter Allen, a 13-year veteran drafted in the third round in 2013 out of Cal by the then-San Diego Chargers. He spent the first 11 years of his career with the franchise before being traded to the Chicago Bears in March 2024.
He returned to the Chargers last season, catching 81 balls for 777 yards and four scores while playing in all 17 games. His average of 9.6 yards per reception was a career low, but with Pierce and Josh Downs both able to stretch the field, Allen likely will play much more of a possession-type role with the Colts.
A six-time Pro Bowl selection, Allen has 12,051 receiving yards and 70 touchdowns on 1,055 receptions in his career. He is the Chargers’ all-time leader in receptions with 985, while his 11,307 yards are second to tight end Antonio Gates and his 63 receiving scores with the team are third behind Gates’ 116 and Lance Alworth’s 81.
Both Gates and Alworth are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Last December, the Colts signed a 44-year-old Rivers — who had last played in the 2020 season — to start the final three games of the regular season. Indianapolis was trying to cling to a playoff spot after losing starting quarterback Daniel Jones and his backups to injury. However, the Colts lost all three games started by Rivers and ended the season on a seven-game losing streak.
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COLTS RELEASE UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART FOR PRESEASON WEEK 2 GAME VS. ATLANTA FALCONS
Head coach Shane Steichen’s plan for the Colts’ second preseason game will be similar to what things looked like last week against the New England Patriots, with one key difference.
The vast majority of Colts starters will not play against the Atlanta Falcons, Steichen said Sunday, with joint practices Wednesday and Thursday serving as game action for top-of-the-depth-chart guys. The main difference will be at quarterback, where Riley Leonard will start and play the entire first half while Anthony Richardson Sr. will tag in for the second half.
Last week against the Patriots, Richardson started and played the entire first half with Leonard playing the entire second half.
On to this week’s unofficial depth chart:
OFFENSE
WR: Alec Pierce*, Laquon Treadwell, E.J. Horton Jr., Sahmir Hagans, Eli Pancol
LT: Bernhard Raimann, Blake Freeland, Bayron Matos
LG: Quenton Nelson, Dalton Tucker, Josh Sills
C: Tanor Bortolini, Jimmy Morrissey, Geno VanDeMark, Josh Kreutz
RG: Matt Goncalves, Jalen Farmer
RT: Jalen Travis, Luke Tenuta, Nolan Rucci
TE: Tyler Warren, Mo Alie-Cox, Drew Ogletree, Will Mallory, Carson Towt, Pharaoh Brown
WR: Josh Downs, Anthony Gould, Coleman Owen, Raylen Sharpe
WR: Ashton Dulin, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, Deion Burks, Ben Nikkel, D.J. Montgomery
QB: Daniel Jones, Riley Leonard OR Anthony Richardson Sr., Easton Stick
RB: Jonathan Taylor, DJ Giddens, Seth McGowan, Ulysses Bentley IV, Anderson Castle, Roydell Williams
DEFENSE
DE: Arden Key, Jaylahn Tuimoloau, George Gumbs Jr., Mitchell Melton
DT: DeForest Buckner, Colby Wooden, Adetomiwa Adebawore
NT: Grover Stewart, Derrick Nnadi, Jerry Tillery, Cam Ball, Tim Smith
DE: Laiatu Latu, Micheal Clemons, Caden Curry, Durrell Nchami
WLB: Akeem Davis-Gaither, Jaylon Carlies, Bryce Boettcher, Tahj Chambers
MLB: CJ Allen, Austin Ajiake, West Weeks, Devin Versuk
CB: Charvarius Ward Sr., Cam Taylor-Britt, Johnathan Edwards, Mekhi Rodgers
FS: Camryn Bynum, Jonathan Owens, Trey Washington
SS: AJ Haulcy, Hunter Wohler, Daniel Scott, Juanyeh Thomas, Austin Brown
N: Justin Walley, Jai’Onte’ McMillan
CB: Sauce Gardner, Mekhi Blackmon, Jaylon Jones, Robert Carter Jr.
SPECIALISTS
P: Rigoberto Sanchez
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INDIANA FEVER
By Wheat Hotchkiss | FeverBasketball.com
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Scotiabank Arena | 7:00 p.m. ET
BROADCAST INFO
TV: ESPN – TBA
WALV/Fever Direct – Pat Boylan (play-by-play), Debbie Antonelli (analyst), Kelsie Kasper (sideline reporter)
Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – John Nolan (play-by-play), Bria Goss (analyst)
PROBABLE STARTERS
Indiana Fever (23-12)
Guard – Caitlin Clark
Guard – Kelsey Mitchell
Forward – Lexie Hull
Forward – Makayla Timpson
Center – Aliyah Boston
Toronto Tempo (10-23)
Guard – Kiki Rice
Guard – Marina Mabrey
Forward – Laura Juskaite
Forward – Isabelle Harrison
Center – Nyara Sabally
GAME PREVIEW
The Fever will take their four-game win streak to Toronto, as they continue a five-game road trip on Tuesday night against the expansion Tempo.
Indiana is coming off a 95-91 overtime victory in Atlanta on Sunday that provided some cushion for the Fever in the WNBA playoff race. Indiana is currently in fourth place, 1.5 games ahead of both the Dream and the Liberty. The top four teams at the end of the regular season get homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
The Fever got expected contributions from their three All-Stars as well as a big lift from a role player in Sunday’s win. Caitlin Clark led the way with 26 points and nine assists, Kelsey Mitchell scored 20 points, and Aliyah Boston stuffed the stat sheet with 18 points, 14 rebounds, and five steals. But it was second-year forward Makayla Timpson who was the star of the night, scoring a career-high 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting and pulling down five of her seven rebounds on the offensive glass.
All eyes will be on Mitchell on Tuesday as she goes for a WNBA record. Mitchell has scored 20 or more points in 19 consecutive games, one shy of the league record set by A’ja Wilson over the end of the 2023 and start of the 2024 seasons.
This is the Fever’s first-ever visit to Toronto. They beat the Tempo 113-91 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 16 and will host Toronto once more on Sept. 18 after the FIBA World Cup break.
The Tempo have scuffled, dropping 10 straight and 14 of their last 15 games. They should be well-rested, however, as they last played on Wednesday in Dallas.
Toronto is led by Notre Dame alum Marina Mabrey, who was a first-time All-Star this season. Mabrey is averaging 20.8 points and 3.7 assists per game while shooting 44.6 percent from the field, 38.6 percent from 3-point range, and 88.5 percent from the free throw line.
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INDIANA FOOTBALL
COACH CIGNETTI
MONDAY PRESSER:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYsUV0e_PpM
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INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men’s soccer third-year forward Stephane Njike was one of three in his position to feature in the Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team, the publication announced on Monday (Aug. 17).
One of eight players in IU’s top-ranked transfer class, Njike comes to IU after two seasons across the Big Ten Conference at Maryland. Last season, he recorded seven goals, seven assists and 21 points to earn first-team All-North Region and first-team All-Big Ten honors. Top Drawer Soccer ranked Njike the No. 15 best player in its postseason Top 100.
Njike will make his IU debut Thursday (Aug. 20) night, as the Hoosiers start the 2026 season hosting Notre Dame on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET.
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INDIANA MEN’S TENNIS
Indiana will open the fall season with the UT Hidden Duals from Sep. 18-20 in Knoxville, Tenn. Directly from there, Indiana will have a handful of Hoosiers compete in the ITA All-American Championships from Sep. 20-28 in Tulsa, Okla.
There will be three competitions for Indiana in October. From Oct. 2-4, Indiana will play in the Louisville Invite before heading to ITA Regionals (Oct. 8-13) in Nashville, Tenn.
In the last weekend of October, Indiana will compete in the Big Ten Individual Championships from Oct. 29-Nov. 1. That tournament will take place in Ann Arbor, Mich.
In November, Indiana will compete in the ITA Sectionals (Nov. 5-8) in Gainesville, Fla. before the NCAA Individual Championships (Nov. 17-22) hosted in Athens, Ga.
The team’s spring schedule will be announced at a later date.
Indiana Men’s Tennis 2026 Fall Schedule
Sep. 18-20 | UT Hidden Duals | Knoxville, Tenn. | All Day
Sep. 20-28 | ITA All-American Championships | Tulsa, Okla. | All Day
October 2-4 | Louisville Invite | Louisville, Ky. | All Day
October 8-13 | ITA Regionals | Nashville, Tenn. | All Day
October 29-Nov. 1 | Big Ten Individual Championships | Ann Arbor, Mich. | All Day
November 5-8 | ITA Sectionals | Gainesville, Fla. | All Day
November 17-22 | NCAA Individual Championships | Athens, Ga. | All Day
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PURDUE FOOTBALL
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue Football began its third week of fall camp on Monday morning (August 17).
Every coach and student-athlete has praised the program’s depth throughout fall camp. There are battles at nearly every position, and head coach Barry Odom can tell the difference this season as he prepares for year two at the helm.
“It’s a real competition,” said Odom. “We didn’t have that at a lot of spots last year. There’s still a lot of battles going on out there… Guys know if they don’t bring their A-game, the guy behind them is going to take their spot.”
Charles Correa, Honorable Mention All-Big Ten last season, leads what is shaping up to be a talented and deep linebacker room. With the departure of Mani Powell, who is currently with the Tennessee Titans, Purdue looks to fill the role next to Correa through portal additions.
A pair of juniors, Jojo Hayden and Anthony Speca, come to West Lafayette with multiple years of experience in the Big Ten. Hayden appeared in 21 games across three seasons at Illinois, while Speca played in 17 during two seasons at Penn State. The Boilers also added Tre Moore, an All-PFL Second Team honoree in the FCS at San Diego, and brought back Hudson Miller who spent two seasons at Purdue before he played at Toledo last season.
“We have a bunch of guys that are going to play this year,” said Correa. “We have depth at every position in the linebacker room. Guys are going to get to play and get experience. I’m excited for our room, and we’re such a tight-knit group.”
One of Purdue’s deepest rooms, the wide receiver group features 16 players with many of them getting a chance at first team reps. The Boilers added five through the portal and two freshmen, and returner Chauncey Magwood is taking a lead on guiding the room throughout the season.
“It’s definitely a learning moment for me to be the oldest in the room,” said Magwood. “Being able to be competitive but also step up and do everything right so all the younger guys can see.”
Purdue returns to the field on Tuesday (August 18).
COACH ODOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng7fUPzMT2Y
LB CHARLES CORREA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_gFlNCGY4A
WR CHAUNCEY MAGWOOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcjnjhItMik
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NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Junior quarterback CJ Carr and junior cornerback Leonard Moore have earned selection to the 2026 Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade, that is presented annually to the collegiate football player of the year.
The 50-player watch list includes 41 offensive players along with nine on the defensive side. Notre Dame is one of just five teams to have both an offensive player and defensive player named to the watch list.
Four Notre Dame players have been named the Walter Camp Player of the Year in the award’s history: TE Ken MacAfee (1977), FL Tim Brown (1987), FL Raghib Ismail (1990) and LB Manti Te’o (2012). The four winners are tied for second-most all time in the award’s history.
Carr started all 12 games last year, finishing the season with 2,741 yards and 24 touchdowns. His 24 touchdowns were tied for the most passing touchdowns in a player’s first 12 career starts at Notre Dame since 1966. With Carr behind center last season, Notre Dame ranked second in the country in scoring offense (41.8).
The Saline, Michigan native threw a touchdown pass in all 12 games in 2025, the longest streak by an Irish quarterback since 2014. Carr totaled nine games with multiple touchdown throws a season ago while also rushing for three.
Among all returning Power 4 quarterbacks, Carr was first in yards per completion (14.06) and ranked second in yards per attempt (9.35) and touchdown rate (8.2%) last year. He was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List earlier this month.
An unanimous All-American last season, Moore started 10 games for the Irish and led the team with five interceptions, the seventh-most in the country. He added 31.0 total tackles, forced one fumble and broke up seven passes.
Already named to the Walter Camp Preseason First Team All-America team in June, Already named to the Walter Camp and Sporting News Preseason First Team All-America team this summer, Moore earned a 91.8 PFF grade and a 92.5 coverage grade last season, both leading the nation. When targeted by opposing quarterbacks, he allowed just a 45.9 passer rating.
Moore adds another preseason accolade to his resume this year, in addition to the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, Nagurski Trophy Watch List, Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List, the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Watch List and the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List this preseason.
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BUTLER MEN’S SOCCER
New Butler men’s soccer head coach Ian Sarachan and his staff have assembled an exciting roster and challenging schedule for their first competitive season leading the program. The 2026 regular-season schedule shows seven non-conference matches that include Indiana, Memphis, and Dayton, followed by seven clashes versus BIG EAST opponents.
Having already participated in spring workouts and contests as well as several fall exhibition contests, including one at Notre Dame, the Bulldogs will open the regular season at home versus Northern Illinois on Thursday, August 20. Additional non-conference home matches include Bradley (Aug. 23), Memphis (Aug. 31), and Lindenwood (Sept. 4). Butler will remain in the Midwest to face Indiana, Western Michigan, and Dayton on the road.
The BIG EAST season kicks off September 18, when the Dawgs travel to Akron; Butler will also face Providence, Marquette, and Creighton in away matches. The first conference contest at home will be October 2 when Seton Hall visits the Butler campus. The Bulldogs will also host Villanova (Oct. 16), DePaul (Oct. 31), and Xavier (Nov. 6).
Forwards
Returning veterans who will lead the offensive attack for the Bulldogs are redshirt-sophomores Brendan Cunningham and Kai Pope as well as sophomore Adam Watson. Freshmen Hayden Neale and Finn Moran will also spend considerable time at the top of the formation.
Midfielders
Redshirt-sophomore Luca Raso along with sophomores Nacho de Miguel and Charlie Hosier return to the Butler midfield. Transfers expected to connect the defense to the offense are juniors Haato Efune (Monroe CC) and Jaden Hancock (Xavier, El Camino), as well as sophomore Braden Benyr (Saint Louis). In addition, freshman Alec Sexton will be called upon to contribute in the center of the pitch.
Defenders
A large corps of veterans returns as defenders this season, including graduate student Manolo Ferreres, redshirt-senior Lou-Kent Bosc, redshirt-junior Nikolas Juarez, redshirt-sophomore Trent Lindsey, sophomores Oscar Dawber, Kiel Higginson, and Max Klein, and redshirt-freshman Evan Muckridge. Also expected to bolster the back line are a pair of transfers, redshirt-freshmen Anden Ellis (SMU) and Hudson Sullivan (Cal Baptist), along with freshman Chace Crismale.
Goalkeepers
Redshirt-juniors Brooks Boersma and Jameson Metz, along with redshirt-freshman Inigo Esmanech, have all previously trained in the Bulldogs’ program, but none have seen competitive minutes in any regular-season matches. The trio will compete for playing time between the pipes this season.
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PURDUE FT. WAYNE MEN’S SOCCER
INDIANAPOLIS – The Purdue Fort Wayne men’s soccer team was picked to finish fourth in 2026 per the Horizon League Preseason Poll released on Monday (Aug. 17).
Purdue Fort Wayne earned 89 overall points in the poll, edged by Cleveland State (111), Green Bay (95) and league-newcomer Northern Illinois (92).
The Mastodons took home the runner-up trophy in 2025 after falling to Cleveland State in extra time in the league title game. It was the Mastodons’ best finish in the program’s NCAA Division I era. The Mastodons lost only three matches last season, finishing the year at 8-3-6 overall and 5-2-2 in league.
The ‘Dons return a pair of 2025 all-league picks this season. Goalkeeper Sep Habibi was picked to the second team and midfielder Jonny Hernandez was named to the third team. Hernandez had an outstanding freshman campaign in 2025, also earning a spot on Top Drawer Soccer’s Top 100 freshman list.
The Mastodons open the 2026 season on Thursday (Aug. 20) at Xavier.
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EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Coming off a 2025 season that saw the Aces claim a share of the MVC regular season title and the number one seed in the MVC Tournament, the University of Evansville men’s soccer team has been picked third in the MVC Preseason Poll ahead of the 2026 campaign, the league office announced on Monday. Sophomore Devin Shepherd (Denver, Colo./Arapahoe) represented Evansville on the league’s Preseason All-Conference team.
Evansville enters the 2026 season looking to build on the success of the last two seasons, winning the MVC Tournament title in 2024 before earning a share of their first regular season conference title since 1991 in 2025. Tabbed third in the preseason poll, the selection is Evansville’s highest in the preseason poll since 2017. Western Michigan was picked as the preseason favorite, while Drake was picked second.
Shepherd earns a spot on the Preseason All-MVC team after being named to the MVC All-Freshman Team in 2025 and finishing the season ranked 51st in Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman Top 100. Shepherd started all 20 matches for the Purple Aces in his first collegiate season. Shepherd finished the season second on the team in goals (5) and points (12) and notched a brace against Xavier for the first brace by a UE freshman in three years.
Evansville opens the 2026 campaign on Thursday with a trip to Louisville to battle Bellarmine. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Central.
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INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEB SITES
UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/
MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/
INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/
EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/
WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/
FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/
ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/
ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index
TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index
BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/
DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/
HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/
MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/
HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/
OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/
ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index
IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/
IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/
IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/
PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/
INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx
GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/
ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/
GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/
HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php
TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/
VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1900 – Veteran manager Patsy Tebeau resigns from the Cards. When 3B John McGraw refuses the job, St. Louis owners Frank and Stanley Robison, pick Louie Heilbroner, the 4′ 9″ Cardinals business manager, to run the team for the remainder of 1900. Many of the players refuse to take orders from the diminutive Heilbroner, and it will be McGraw who is really in command. Heilbroner will return to the front office the following year and in 1910 he will begin publishing The Baseball Blue Book.
1902:
The first unassisted triple play ever in a professional game is executed by 1B Hal O’Hagan, of the Rochester Bronchos (Eastern League) against Jersey City.
Christy Mathewson shuts out Chicago, 5 – 0, to give New York its fourth straight win over the host Windy City squad. Jack Taylor takes the loss.
1906:
Wee Willie Keeler strikes out for only the second time this season, both times by spitballer Ed Walsh of the White Sox.
The Cubs turn back the visiting Giants, 6 – 2 behind Three Finger Brown. Christy Mathewson has an off day for New York, allowing 12 hits, three by his nemesis Joe Tinker.
1907:
Boston’s Rube Kroh wins his only game of the year, a complete game 2 – 1 victory over the Browns.
Detroit’s first Sunday game at home since 1902, and the first at Bennett Park, is a 16 – 3 win over New York.
1909 –
Giants player-coach Arlie Latham steals second base in the Giants’ 14 – 1 laugher over the Phillies. At 50, he is the oldest player to swipe a base.
For the second time in eight days, Cubs’ P Ed Reulbach wins his 16th consecutive game from an opponent, this time beating the Reds. His streak against Cincinnati started on April 15, 1906.
1910 – In a Three-I League game at Davenport, Red Faber of Dubuque pitches a 3 – 0 perfect game against Davenport. The 21-year-old Faber is still three years away from the majors.
1913 – Philadelphia’s Erskine Mayer sets a National League mark by surrendering nine consecutive hits to the Cubs in the 9th inning of their game. The Cubs score six runs to win, 10 – 4.
1914 – The Braves express slows as the Reds beat Dick Crutcher, 3 – 1.
1915:
Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, sponsors the first National High School Baseball Championship. It is an instant success and will continue every August (except during World War II) to the present. It will often be called the Koshien Tournament, after the stadium near Osaka where the games will be played starting in 1924.
Wilbur Good becomes the only Cubs player ever to steal second base, third base, and home in the same inning. He does it in the 6th frame of a 9 – 0 beating of Brooklyn.
The new Braves Field opens in Boston. An estimated 46,500 jam the park to see the Braves and Dick Rudolph beat the Cards, 3 – 1.
The Browns send pitchers Bill James and Grover Lowdermilk to the Tigers for 1B Baby Doll Jacobson.
1929:
Washington hurlers Bump Hadley and Lloyd Brown combine to whitewash the Tigers in a doubleheader, winning 2 – 0 and 1 – 0.
Forty-year-old Braves catcher Hank Gowdy, who last appeared in the majors in 1925, goes 4 for 4 to lead the Braves to a 10 – 9 win over the Reds.
1930 – Woody English scores five runs and Hack Wilson hits his 42nd home run, as the Cubs crush the Phillies, 17 – 3. Pat Malone contributes another home run and goes the distance for the win.
1931:
Paul Waner chalks up five hits to lead Pittsburgh to a 14 – 5 win over the Phils.
In New York’s 5 – 4 loss at Detroit, Lou Gehrig is hitless as he plays his 1,000th consecutive game. He is still 307 games short of Everett Scott’s record streak.
1938:
When Detroit’s Billy Rogell walks his first time up, it is his seventh consecutive base on balls, a new American League record.
Carl Hubbell is forced to leave the mound in a 5 – 3 loss to the Dodgers when he experiences sharp elbow pains in his pitching arm.
1940:
Henry McHenry, Poppa Ruiz and Ray Brown of the East team up on the second shutout in East-West Game history, blanking the West, 11 – 0, in the 1940 East-West Game. Buck Leonard reaches base five times for the winners.
Jimmy Powers, sport editor of the Sunday New York Daily News, causes a flap when he suggests the Yankees’ poor play this season can be attributed to “a mass polio epidemic” contracted from Lou Gehrig. The former Yankee first baseman and his roommate, Bill Dickey, file suit and the newspaper retracts the story on September 26th and apologizes.
1942:
After going 1-6 before the All-Star break, Carl Hubbell posts his eighth straight win, beating the Braves, 10 – 2. The 39-year-old veteran is backed by Mel Ott’s three hits, including a home run into the LF stands at the Polo Grounds.
In the second 1942 East-West Game, the East romps, 9 – 2, with the West making six errors and Gene Bremer and Verdell Mathis pitching poorly. Willie Wells smacks three doubles for the victors.
1943 – In a trade that will benefit Washington, the Senators send Ellis Clary, Ox Miller and cash to the Browns for Johnny Niggeling and Harlond Clift. Niggeling will split 48 decisions as a Senator, while Miller will win just three in St. Louis.
1945 – Scheduled demonstrations at the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field to end segregation in organized baseball are called off.
1946 – In the second 1946 East-West Game, the West wins by a 4 – 1 score behind four-hit pitching by Felix Evans, Dan Bankhead and Johnny Williams. Willie Grace raps three hits.
1948:
At Philadelphia, Rex Barney of the Dodgers fires a one-hitter, beating the Phils, 1 – 0. The lone hit is a looping single by Putsy Caballero that just eludes a diving Duke Snider.
The Pirates halt the Cubs, 7 – 4, behind rookie Bob Chesnes. Chesnes helps his own cause with two singles in the Bucs’ six-run 8th inning to pin the loss on Russ Meyer. Stan Rojek has four hits for the Pirates, while Andy Pafko drives home three runs on three hits for Chicago.
The Giants crush the first-place Braves, 8 – 2, behind Sheldon Jones. Sid Gordon hits his 24th and Johnny Mize his 29th homer, both off Vern Bickford, to pace the New Yorkers. The Braves lead Brooklyn by a game.
1950 – A’s lefty Lou Brissie gives up just one Yankee hit in the last five innings, but it’s a critical one. With the score 2 – 2 in the top of the 9th, Joe DiMaggio cracks his 22nd home run of the year to give the third-place New Yorkers a 3 – 2 win and hand the Mackmen their sixth straight loss.
1952 – The National League suspends Leo Durocher for five days and fines him $100 for a row with an umpire.
1954 – Ironically, before he ever reaches the majors, in the midst of his only minor league season, comes Roberto Clemente’s greatest baseball birthday, his 20th, complete with a signature Clemente climax. Some national exposure ensues, courtesy of The Sporting News’s Lloyd McGowan: “Roberto Clemente, rookie Puerto Rican outfielder, turned in the key defensive play that enabled the Royals to edge Toronto, 8 to 7. With two out in the 9th, Clemente uncorked a perfect throw to cut down the Leafs’ potential tying run at the plate and end the game.”
1956 – Redlegs OF Bob Thurman hits three consecutive home runs; Ted Kluszewski and Frank Robinson add two each, and Wally Post, one, in a 13 – 4 win over Milwaukee at Crosley Field. The eight homers tie a major-league record.
1959:
At Milwaukee, the Dodgers stake Don Drysdale to a 5 – 1 lead after five innings, but the Braves chip away and finally tie it with a run in the 9th. The Dodgers make it 6 – 5 in the 11th but Hank Aaron takes Drysdale deep to tie it up. Drysdale is finally relieved and Los Angeles wins it in the 13th, 7 – 6.
Long-time baseball executive Branch Rickey is named president of the newly-formed Continental League. The 77-year-old former Dodger general manager is currently serving as an advisor with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
1960:
Facing just 27 batters, Lew Burdette pitches a 1 – 0 no-hitter against the Phillies. Tony Gonzalez, the only Phil to reach base, is hit by a Burdette pitch in the 5th inning but erased on a double play. The Milwaukee pitcher also scores the only run of the game.
Bob Sprout sets a Midwest League record with 22 strikeouts, and pitches a seven-inning no-hitter as Decatur defeats Waterloo, 3 – 0. The 18-year-old lefty needs a dropped foul ball for his chance at the record. Sprout will pitch just one game in the major leagues, with the Angels in 1961.
1961 – Ron Kline, purchased from the Angels on August 10th, blanks the Red Sox on four hits to give the Tigers a 5 – 0 win. Bill Monbouquette fails for the ninth time to win his ninth, lasting just four innings and gives up homers to Billy Bruton and Rocky Colavito.
1962 – Kansas City tops the Yanks for the second day in a row, 5 – 4. Again, Mickey Mantle homers in the losing cause.
1965:
In a 3 – 2 Orioles win over the Red Sox, Brooks Robinson hits into his third triple play, tying the record of George Sisler, who banged into triple plays in 1921, 1922, and 1926.
After hitting a ball on top of the pavilion at Sportsman’s Park, the Braves’ Hank Aaron is denied a homer because umpire Chris Pelekoudas calls him out for being out of the batter’s box.
1966 – Pittsburgh 3B Jose Pagan ties the modern National League record for errors in an inning with three, but Pittsburgh coasts to a 9 – 3 win over the Mets.
1967:
A baseball tragedy occurs when Tony Conigliaro of the Red Sox is beaned by the Angels’ Jack Hamilton. Hit on the left cheekbone, just below the eye socket, Conigliaro will miss the rest of this year and all of 1968. He is hitting .267 with 20 home runs and 67 RBI in 95 games. Despite the loss of Tony C, the Red Sox will sweep the four-game series with the Angels. The sweep will still leave Minnesota in first place, with Boston, Detroit, and Chicago all within two games.
Lew Krausse of the A’s is suspended by owner Charlie Finley for rowdyism and conduct unbecoming a major league player.
1968:
In the opener of a doubleheader at Wrigley Field, umpire Chris Pelekoudas calls three illegal pitches on Cubs P Phil Regan, twice allowing a retired batter to hit again. Pete Rose singles after a called third strike. Pelekoudas can’t find any evidence on Regan and bases his calls on “the flight of the ball.” The Cubs, who lose both games, 2 – 1 and 6 – 3, protest the ump’s calls. The next day Warren Giles meets with Cubs officials and orders Pelekoudas to apologize to the church-going Regan, whom he calls a “fine Christian gentleman.” However, at the major leagues Winter Meetings, the Rules Committee will further amend the spitball rule to allow an ump to call an illegal pitch based on the flight of the ball.
Pitching for Hawaii (Pacific Coast League) Bo Belinsky twirls a no-hitter, defeating Tacoma, 1 – 0. Bo will fail the following year in a comeback attempt with the Cardinals.
1972:
The Orioles trade C Elrod Hendricks to the Cubs for OF/1B Tommy Davis.
Mickey Lolich regains first place for the Tigers as he bests the Angels and Nolan Ryan, 2 – 0. It is Lolich’s 19th win.
1975 – Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, Billy Herman, Judy Johnson and Ralph Kiner are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
1976:
In the Yankees’ 8 – 6 win over the Rangers, Roy White homers from each side of the plate.
The Angels nip the Tigers, 5 – 4 in 11 innings. Nolan Ryan works the first ten innings, fanning 17.
1977 – Dodger P Don Sutton throws his fifth one-hitter, tying the National League record, as he blanks the Giants, 7 – 0. The lone hit is Marc Hill’s two-out single in the 8th.
1979:
The Yankees sell Ray Burris (1-3) to the Mets.
After six straight wins, the third-place Brewers lose to Texas, 7 – 3. But the 49,172 fans give Milwaukee a new season record. They’ll finish in second place with a team record 1,918,343 in attendance.
1982:
In the completion of a game suspended the previous day after 17 innings, the Dodgers beat the Cubs, 2 – 1 in 21 innings despite running out of position players and having to use pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Bob Welch in the outfield. Jerry Reuss pitches the final four innings for the win, then starts the regularly-scheduled game and wins again, 7 – 4.
Passing Hank Aaron, Pete Rose becomes the all-time leader in plate appearances when he steps up to the plate for the 13,941st time.
The Reds play 14 innings and overcome a 5 – 1 Mets lead to win, 7 – 6. Cesar Cedeno singles in the winning run.
1983 – In the continuation of the “Pine Tar Game”, Hal McRae strikes out for the last Kansas City out and Dan Quisenberry retires the Yankees in order in the bottom of the 9th to preserve the Royals’ 5 – 4 victory. The conclusion takes just 12 minutes (and 16 pitches) and, as the only game scheduled at Yankee Stadium, is witnessed by a crowd of 1,245. An odd feature of the game is lefty Don Mattingly playing 2B and pitcher Ron Guidry in CF.
1984 – Detroit’s Juan Berenguer goes 8 1/3 innings and strikes out 12 to give the Tigers a 4 – 3 victory over the Mariners. Kirk Gibson drives in three runs with his 20th homer of the year, and becomes the first Tiger ever to reach 20 in both homers and steals. Gibson’s homer is his 15th game-winning RBI this year.
1989:
Dallas Green is fired as manager of the Yankees and replaced by former SS Bucky Dent. It is the 17th time the Yankees have changed managers since George Steinbrenner took over the club in 1973. The 1978 play-off hero loses his managerial debut to the Tigers in Detroit, 7 – 3.
In a 9 – 2 Toronto win, Baltimore SS Cal Ripken plays in his 1,208th consecutive game, passing Steve Garvey for the third longest streak in major league history. George Bell leads Toronto with two singles, a double and a home run.
Andre Dawson gets his 2,000th career hit in the Cubs’ 6 – 5 loss to Houston. Houston scores twice in the 9th against four Cub relievers. After the game, the Astros trade Billy Hatcher, who has a pinch single in the 9th today, to the Pirates for Glenn Wilson.
1991 – Toronto’s first two hitters – Devon White and Roberto Alomar – hit home runs off Detroit’s Bill Gullickson in the Blue Jays’ 4 – 2 win. Gullickson teed up twin leadoff homers once before, in the National League.
1993 – Boston P Danny Darwin hurls a one-hit, 5 – 0 shutout over the visiting White Sox. Dan Pasqua’s triple with one out in the 8th inning is Chicago’s only safety.
1995:
Yankees announcer, and former SS, Phil Rizzuto retires as team broadcaster after 39 years at the mike, reportedly because WPIX-TV refused to allow him to miss a game to attend teammate Mickey Mantle’s funeral. Rizzuto eventually will return for the 1996 season.
In a slugfest at new Coors Field, the Cubs defeat the Rockies by a score of 26 – 7. A 2 1/2 hour rain delay interrupts the contest which takes more than six hours to play. OF Luis Gonzalez drives home six runs for Chicago while Sammy Sosa goes 4 for 4, with four RBIs and four runs scored. Several major league records are tied by the Cubs: nine teammates each score two or more runs (Scott Servais and Sosa score four, while Mark Grace plates three); 14 Cubs hit safely, and 26 RBIs are collected, which ties the National League mark. The Cubs have now scored 20 or more runs 39 times in their history, extending their record. Kevin Foster pitches the first three innings for Chicago, allowing only a Andres Galarraga homer before departing to rest with the Cubs up 9 – 1. Anthony Young picks up an easy win with 1 1/3 innings of relief.
Cards reliever Tom Henke earns a save in a 4 – 3 win over the Braves. It is his 300th save, making him just the sixth pitcher to reach that mark.
Mariners 3B Mike Blowers hits a grand slam and a three-run homer in his first two at bats to plate seven runs, in Seattle’s 9 – 3 win over Boston. Blowers earlier drove in eight runs in a game.
1996:
Cleveland 3B Jim Thome strokes four hits, including a pair of homers, and drives home six runs to lead the Indians to an 11 – 3 victory over the Tigers.
In a wild contest in New York, the Mariners jump out to an 8 – 0 lead over the Yankees. The New Yorkers strike back with seven runs in their half of the 4th inning to edge within one. Seattle scores twice in the 6th, but the Yankees tie the score in the bottom half of the inning with three runs of their own. The score remains tied at 10 – 10 going into the 12th inning. Seattle scores three in the top half of the inning, two on 1B Paul Sorrento’s second homer of the game. New York fights back with two in the bottom of the inning, but falls one shy, losing, 13 – 12.
1997:
The Rangers defeat the Brewers, 2 – 0, behind a combined one-hitter by Rick Helling (8 innings) and John Wetteland (1 inning). Fernando Vina’s single is Milwaukee’s only hit.
The Dodgers trade P Pedro Astacio to the Rockies in exchange for 2B Eric Young.
1998:
Detroit edges Seattle, 7 – 6, despite five hits by Mariners’ SS Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez hits two doubles and a pair of homers and drives in two runs in a losing cause.
Greg Maddux wins his 200th career game as the Braves beat the Giants, 8 – 4. All of Atlanta’s nine hits in the game are doubles.
1999:
Tampa Bay defeats Detroit, 4 – 0, as Wilson Alvarez (six innings) and Albie Lopez (three innings) combine on a one-hitter. OF Gabe Kapler’s triple is the only Tiger hit.
The A’s obtain OF Rich Becker from the Brewers in exchange for a player to be named.
1B Dale Sveum hits home runs from both sides of plate to power Pittsburgh to a 12 – 6 win over Cincinnati.
2000 – The Angels defeat the Yankees, 9 – 8, in 11 innings. Anaheim scores five runs in the 9th to tie the game before Darin Erstad’s home run wins it in the 11th. It is the first time in 12 years that the New Yorkers blow a five-run lead in the 9th inning.
2001:
The Rangers pound the Blue Jays, 12 – 5, scoring eight runs in the 9th inning. C Ivan Rodriguez’s grand slam is the big blow for Texas.
The Saltillo Saraperos beat the Monterrey Sultans, 9 – 0. Mike Romano of Saltillo throws the first playoff no-hitter in the history of the Mexican League.
2002:
In a pregame ceremony, Tommy Agee is inducted posthumously in to the New York Mets Hall of Fame. The center fielder, who played with the team from 1968 to 1972, is best remembered for two his two great catches in Game 3 of the 1969 World Series.
The Rangers stop the Blue Jays, 10 – 7, as SS Alex Rodriguez ties a major-league record by becoming the fourth player to hit six home runs in a three-game span. His two round-trippers give him the American League lead with 44.
2003 – A major brawl breaks out in a California League game between the Lancaster JetHawks and Inland Empire 66ers. In the 15th inning of the game, Josh Kranawetter hits Evel Bastida with a pitch. Bastida charges the mound and smashes Kranawetter in the back with his bat. He is charged with felony assault and suspended for the rest of the year. 16 players and a coach get three-game suspensions for the ensuing fight.
2004 – The Spokane Indians (Texas Rangers) edge the Tri-City Dust Devils (Colorado Rockies) 2 – 1 in 23 innings. The Northwest League game, which lasts 6 hours, 37 minutes, is scoreless for 19 innings and was suspended in a 1 – 1 tie in the 21st inning the previous night.
2007 – In a historic first, a player hits a home run off a pitcher who won a Cy Young Award before the hitter was even born. Roger Clemens is the hurler, Cameron Maybin the young slugger.
2008:
In a game marred by conflict at the Beijing Olympics, the United States of America beats the host Chinese national team. Matt LaPorta injures China catcher Wei Wang in a play at home and Chinese manager Jim Lefebvre is ejected after venting anger over the incident. An inning later, Nate Schierholtz roughly collides with Wang’s backup, Yang Yang. Kun Chen avenges China’s honor by throwing a fastball at LaPorta’s head, sending LaPorta to the hospital and Chen to the showers as he is ejected. Overall, seven batters are hit by pitches in the USA’s 9 – 1 win.
Japan hands Team Canada its second 1 – 0 loss of the Olympics, as Yoshihisa Naruse and two relievers outduel three Canadian hurlers. Atsunori Inaba homers off Chris Begg for the game’s only score.
Despite being outhomered 2-0, Cuba routs the Dutch national team 14 – 3. Alexei Bell and Alfredo Despaigne combine for seven hits, two triples and six RBI to pace Cuba.
I-Chung Hong takes criticism before the game for starting struggling Chien-Fu Yang – and gets a lot more afterwards when Yang allows seven runs in one inning. Taiwan still rallies to tie it at 8 before South Korea scores in the 7th to win, 9 – 8. Backup backstop Min-ho Kang delivers the game-winning RBI.
Osaka Toin High School wins the finale of the 2008 summer Koshien, 17 – 0. It is the most lopsided win in the championship since 1920.
2009:
Catcher Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez is traded from the Houston Astros to the Texas Rangers for a minor leaguer and a player to be named later, coming back to the team for which he started his superlative career.
Jamie Moyer pitches six scoreless innings in relief as Philadelphia defeats Arizona, 5 – 1. After a rain delay, Moyer takes over for the man who has shunted him from the starting rotation, Pedro Martinez. It is the veteran Moyer’s first relief appearance since he was called in to pitch in an 18-inning game for Seattle in 2004.
The Florida Marlins’ Ricky Nolasco pitches his second career complete game against the Houston Astros, allowing two earned runs and three hits. Nolasco retires 23 consecutive batters after allowing a two-run home run to Carlos Lee. He does not allow another baserunner until Michael Bourn gets an infield hit with one out in the 9th inning.
2010:
The Tampa Bay Rays complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with an 8 – 6 win at Tropicana Field in what is a possible preview of the postseason. Evan Longoria drives in four runs today and goes 7 for 12 overall in the series.
The Braves acquire 1B Derrek Lee from the Chicago Cubs in return for three minor league pitchers (Robinson Lopez, Tyrelle Harris and Jeffrey Lorick) on the same day they place starting 1B Troy Glaus on the disabled list with inflammation around his left knee. In the game which follows, the first-place Braves beat the Nationals, 3 – 2, on a 9th-inning run-scoring single by Jason Heyward off Tyler Clippard.
The Red Sox just cannot stay healthy. Today, OF Mike Cameron decides to have surgery on a torn abdominal muscle which has limited him to 48 games, and he will not play again this season. Fellow OF Jacoby Ellsbury, who has played only 18 games because of broken ribs, goes back on the disabled list for the third time, the victim of another cracked rib expected to keep him out four to six weeks. Still, Boston manages to hang on to the fringes of the wild card race, beating the Angels, 7 – 5, thanks to a leaping 8th-inning catch by Daniel Nava, just called up to replace Ellsbury; Nava also drives in the winning run with a bases-loaded hit by pitch. Jonathan Papelbon picks up his 30th save, becoming the first pitcher to reach that total in each of his first five full seasons in the majors.
The Reds score eight runs in the final two innings to claim an 11 – 7 win over Arizona. The key play comes with one out in the 9th when Chris Heisey drives in Jim Edmonds with a suicide squeeze to give the Reds the lead. They are now three games ahead of St. Louis in the NL Central.
Cheng-Min Peng becomes the fastest player in Chinese Professional Baseball League history to 1,000 hits, getting there in 844 games (topping Chung-Yi Huang’s mark by 32) and 2,838 at-bats (topping Min-Ching Lo by 406 AB). He is the tenth player in league history to 1,000. Chin-Chih Huang gives up the hit.
2011:
1B Mike Jacobs, currently playing for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the Pacific Coast League, is the first North American professional athlete to test positive for human growth hormone. He receives a 50-game suspension from Major League Baseball, and is released by the parent Colorado Rockies.
Leading 1 – 0 entering the bottom of the 9th, the Rangers cough up the game when reliever Mike Adams gives up a two-run walk-off home run to Angels rookie Mark Trumbo. A loss by the Angels would have virtually eliminated them from contention in the AL West; with the win, they are six games behind Texas and still have a glimmer of hope.
2012:
The Astros suffer yet another brutal loss, giving up nine runs in the 5th inning to fall to the Diamondbacks, 12 – 4. After the game, manager Brad Mills, hitting coach Mike Barnett and first base coach Bobby Meacham are all fired. The Astros have the worst record in the majors at 39-82 and are threatening to set a new franchise record for losses for the second straight year.
Hanley Ramirez drives in four runs with two homers as the Dodgers win the annual Civil Rights Game, 6 – 2, over the Atlanta Braves. Hanley’s 2nd-inning homer is followed by those of teammates James Loney and Luis Cruz in a span of four pitches by Ben Sheets. The four homers are the Dodgers’ only hits of the game, but suffice to provide Aaron Harang with the win.
The Rays tie a record for the largest comeback in team history, overcoming an 8 – 0 deficit after four innings to beat the Angels, 10 – 8. Carlos Pena caps the comeback with his first career pinch homer, a two-run shot off Kevin Jepsen in the 8th.
The Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg win their fourth Bundesliga title in six years, topping the Paderborn Untouchables, 14 – 1, to sweep the best-of-five finals. Finals MVP Mike Bolsenbroek allows three hits and strikes out eight in seven innings to easily beat Eugen Heilmann. Matt Vance and Christopher Howard combine for seven RBI, while Vance scores four times.
2013:
Ryne Sandberg earns his first win as a manager when the Phillies stop the Dodgers’ ten-game winning streak, 3 – 2, as Michael Young drives in the winning run when SS Hanley Ramirez bobbles a potential inning-ending double play grounder with the bases loaded. Prior to the loss, the Dodgers had been just the third team since 1900 to win 42 of 50 games.
Corendon Kinheim sets a Hoofdklasse record with 20 1st-inning runs in a 26 – 0 romp over the ADO Lakers. Bryan Engelhardt drives in six runs that inning and nine on the day, going 6 for 6 with two home runs, a double and five runs. Dirk van ‘t Klooster scores three of his five runs in the 1st. Odion Gouverneur and Rick van de Post are the battered pitchers. Leon Boyd and two relievers combine on a two-hitter for Kinheim.
2014 – With the Athletics idle, the Angels move into first place in the AL West for the first time this year after a 4 – 2 win over Boston. They now have the best record in the majors at 73-50, a half-game in front of division rivals Oakland.
2015 – The changes continue in Boston as the team announces that Dave Dombrowski, recently let go as General Manager of the Tigers, has been hired as Vice-President in charge of baseball operations. GM Ben Cherington hands over his resignation in the wake of the announcement.
2016:
At their mid-year meeting in Houston, TX, Major League Baseball owners approve the sale of the Seattle Mariners to a group led by John Stanton and consisting of former minority owners of the team’s stock, with Nintendo of America only retaining a small share. On the meeting’s margin, Commissioner Rob Manfred states that he is considering some radical rule changes to speed up the game and increase offence, such as limiting pitching changes and defensive shifts, and introducing a pitch clock as has been done in the minor leagues.
The Orioles put on a power display in defeating the Astros, 13 – 5, hitting six homers, two each by J.J. Hardy and Chris Davis. Hyun Soo Kim adds four hits as the O’s jump on rookie starter Joe Musgrove. The win puts Baltimore in a second-place tie with Boston in the AL East, 1 1/2 games behind first-place Toronto in what has been a year-long see-saw race among the three teams.
2017 – Manny Machado caps a three-homer night with a walk-off grand slam off Keynan Middleton to lead the Orioles to a 9 – 7 win over the Angels. The two teams combine for ten long balls at Camden Yards, including career homer #609 by Albert Pujols of Los Angeles, who ties Sammy Sosa for most by a player born outside the United States.
2018 – With a 7 – 1 win over their rivals, the Athletics come into a tie with the Astros for the lead in the AL West division. As late as July 10th, the Astros still had a ten-game lead, and it seemed the best the A’s could hope for was to catch the second-place Mariners for the second wild card spot. In today’s game, a re-born Trevor Cahill holds the defending World Champions to one hit over seven innings and his teammates tie a club record with eight doubles.
2019:
Zack Greinke records the 200th win of his career as the Astros defeat the Athletics, 4 – 1.
In the Czech Republic, the Arrows Ostrava become the first team other than Draci Brno to repeat as Extraliga titlists since the mid-1990s. Wes Roemer fans 10 in a 5 – 2 win over the Eagles Praha to complete a sweep in the finals, three games to none. Alex Rubanowitz scores a pair.
2020 – Kenta Maeda of the Twins pitches eight no-hit innings against the Brewers and sets a team record by striking out eight consecutive batters between the 3rd and 5th innings, but still ends up with a no-decision. With a 3 – 0 lead in the 9th, he gives up a lead-off single to Eric Sogard on his 115th pitch of the game, the most of his career. He is replaced by closer Taylor Rogers, who allows three runs to score. The Twins eventually win, 4 – 3, in 12 innings.
2021:
Shohei Ohtani continues to do it all by himself on the field. Today, he becomes the first hitter in the majors to reach 40 homers this season, and also improves his record on the mound to 8-1 as he pitches eight full innings for the first time of his career. The Angels defeat the Tigers, 3 – 1.
Freddie Freeman hits for the cycle for the second time of his career as he leads the Braves to a 11 – 9 win over the Marlins.
ASD San Marino wins the 2021 Italian Series, defeating 2020 champion Fortitudo Bologna, three games to one, for their first title in eight years. Tiago Da Silva fans 12 in eight innings for his second win of the Series and is named Series MVP. He gets plenty of offensive support from Jiandido Tromp, Oscar Angulo, Simone Albanese and Erick Epifano in a 12 – 3 win. 2020 Italian Series MVP Alex Bassani takes the loss.
2022:
A game in the Dominican Summer League ends up as a double no-hitter as the DSL Cubs Red defeat the DSL Pirates Black, 2 – 0, with neither team recording a hit in the seven-inning game. Each team uses three pitchers and both runs come in the bottom of the 1st as a result of two walks, a double steal and two throwing errors.
At the other end of the scale, the Astros make a statement against the White Sox with a 21 – 5 beatdown. Alex Bregman leads the way by going 4-for-6 with four runs, two doubles, two homers, and six RBIs. Chas McCormick chips in with three hits and five more RBIs, and Kyle Tucker and Christian Vazquez both have four-hit games as Houston ties a team record with 25 hits.
2023 – Shohei Ohtani hits a grand slam and the Angels turn a triple play not seen in over 50 years, but the Rays still come out ahead, 9 – 6. With runners on the corners and none out in the 9th, the triple killing that preserves a 6 – 6 tie goes from shortstop to second to first to catcher, with Nolan Schanuel, playing in his big league debut at first base, throwing to C Logan O’Hoppe to nail Yandy Díaz at home to end the inning. The last such triple play had taken place in 1971 and the Halos had not recorded any since 1997. Alas, the Rays score three runs in the top of the 10th to win.
2024 – The Tigers defeat the Yankees, 3 – 2, in ten innings, in the annual Little League Classic played in Williamsport, PA to coincide with the 2024 Little League World Series. Featuring six players aged 25 or younger, the Tigers tie the score on an RBI single by Jace Jung in the bottom of the 9th, and walk it off on a single by Parker Meadows in the 10th.
2025:
Great Britain wins the 2025 European Women’s Championship, three years after they debuted with a last-place finish. Claury Scatliffe has three hits and is the winning hurler in the 9-7 victory over Czechia, while her fellow British Virgin Islander Darier Malone wins the MVP.
Daichi Ishii of the Hanshin Tigers throws his 40th consecutive scoreless game, breaking Kaima Taira’s NPB record.
Births[edit]
1855 – Dick Cramer, outfielder (d. 1898)
1857 – Sam Wise, infielder (d. 1910)
1861 – Pat Sullivan, infielder (d. 1901)
1868 – Josh Keener, pitcher (d. 1912)
1872 – Eddie Hickey, infielder (d. 1941)
1874 – Dick Harley, pitcher (d. 1961)
1876 – Gus Dorner, pitcher (d. 1956)
1883 – Ernie Murray, minor league pitcher (d. 1934)
1887 – Red Rowe, minor league catcher and manager (d. 1966)
1889 – Bill Brady, pitcher (d. 1956)
1890 – Buck Weaver, infielder (d. 1956)
1891 – Wally Gerber, infielder (d. 1951)
1893 – Bernie Duffy, pitcher (d. 1962)
1893 – Burleigh Grimes, pitcher, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1985)
1897 – Mandy Brooks, outfielder (d. 1976)
1898 – Bill Knowlton, pitcher (d. 1944)
1898 – Hal Goldsmith, pitcher (d. 1985)
1899 – Bernie Friberg, infielder (d. 1958)
1901 – Clyde Glass, minor league player and manager (d. 1975)
1908 – Jim Peterson, pitcher (d. 1975)
1913 – Tommy Heath, catcher (d. 1967)
1915 – T.J. Brown, infielder; All-Star (d. 1973)
1915 – Max Lanier, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2007)
1916 – Stanley Shubilla, minor league catcher (d. 1974)
1917 – Hugh Stephens, college coach (d. 1993)
1918 – Herbert Kam, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
1918 – C.J. Taylor, minor league player and college coach (d. 2011)
1920 – Bob Kennedy, outfielder, manager (d. 2005)
1920 – Victor Maiden, minor league player (d. 2005)
1920 – Sadao Morita, NPB infielder (d. ????)
1921 – James Petty, minor league outfielder-infielder (d. 2014)
1921 – Tim Triner, minor league pitcher (d. 2014)
1923 – Chuck Balogh, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
1923 – Tsuneteru Mano, NPB pitcher (d. ????)
1923 – Kazuo Matsumoto, NPB infielder
1925 – Andy Anderson, umpire (d. 1994)
1925 – Al Neil, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
1925 – Sam Stell, minor league outfielder (d. 2014)
1927 – Roger Bowman, pitcher (d. 1997)
1930 – Carl Barger, executive (d. 1992)
1930 – Dick Barnhart, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
1930 – Mac Smith, minor league catcher (d. 1954)
1932 – Bill Clark, scout
1933 – Motoi Hashimoto, NPB infielder
1934 – Roberto Clemente, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (d. 1972)
1934 – Billy Consolo, infielder (d. 2008)
1935 – Bob Humphreys, pitcher
1935 – Hitoshi Otake, NPB outfielder
1936 – Kazuo Sayama, writer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
1936 – Yukio Shimada, NPB infielder
1936 – Toshio Yanagida, NPB outfielder
1939 – Joe Azcue, catcher; All-Star
1940 – Paul Popovich, infielder
1942 – Hideo Yawata, NPB outfielder
1944 – Mike Ferraro, infielder, manager (d. 2024)
1945 – Félix Isasi, Cuban league infielder and manager (d. 2024)
1946 – Derryl Cousins, umpire (d. 2020)
1946 – Masaaki Ikenaga, NPB pitcher (d. 2022)
1946 – Jim Magnuson, pitcher (d. 1991)
1947 – Bucky Guth, infielder
1947 – Alonso Olivares, minor league pitcher
1947 – Lowell Palmer, pitcher
1949 – Charlie Hudson, pitcher
1951 – Susumu Omata, NPB pitcher
1952 – Eleno Cuen, minor league pitcher (d. 2019)
1952 – John Galloway, Australian national team catcher
1955 – Bruce Benedict, catcher; All-Star
1958 – Don Crow, catcher
1959 – Terry Blocker, outfielder
1959 – Susumu Momoi, NPB catcher and umpire
1959 – Todd Zacher, minor league infielder (d. 2013)
1960 – Mike LaValliere, catcher
1960 – Alex Ortiz, minor league infielder
1961 – Jack Howell, infielder
1961 – José Ramón Riscart, Cuban league pitcher
1962 – Scott Arnold, pitcher
1962 – Hyeong-seok Kim, KBO infielder
1962 – Toshihiro Yamaguchi, Japanese national team infielder
1964 – Matthias Hebig, Bundesliga outfielder
1965 – Marcus Lawton, outfielder
1965 – David Harwell, minor league pitcher
1965 – Tsutomu Tamura, NPB pitcher
1966 – Hideaki Watanabe, NPB infielder
1966 – Bob Zupcic, outfielder
1969 – Troy Hoerner, scout
1969 – Bobby Magallanes, coach
1969 – Julio Osejo, Nicaraguan national team catcher
1969 – Hiroshi Shibakusa, NPB pitcher
1969 – Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, NPB infielder and manager; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
1970 – Kurt Ehmann, minor league infielder
1970 – Bobby Higginson, outfielder
1971 – Domingo Carrasquel Jr., minor league infielder
1971 – Jim Foster, college coach
1971 – Albie Lopez, pitcher
1972 – Christoforos Rompinson, Greek national team pitcher
1973 – Jim Sak, minor league pitcher
1974 – Jayson Durocher, pitcher
1974 – Chris Stowers, outfielder
1975 – Tomas Häggblom, Elitserien player
1975 – Ruben Jimenez, minor league player
1976 – Brian Bowles, pitcher
1976 – Tsung-Kwei Chang, CPBL infielder
1976 – Shawn Schumacher, minor league catcher
1977 – Ryuji Miyade, NPB outfielder
1978 – Kevin Barry, pitcher
1978 – Matt Hensley, pitcher
1978 – Chih-Chiang Pan, CPBL outfielder-pitcher
1980 – Jason Perry, outfielder
1981 – Patrick Misch, pitcher
1982 – Josh Rupe, pitcher
1983 – Dennis Bigley, minor league pitcher
1983 – I-Wei Lee, CPBL catcher
1983 – Braulio Silva, Nicaraguan national team pitcher
1984 – Yovany D’Amico, minor league pitcher
1984 – Adam Garner, minor league pitcher
1984 – Chad Lundahl, minor league infielder
1985 – Jose Angel Mejias, minor league pitcher
1985 – Leonel Ortiz, Guatemalan national team infielder
1985 – Tomohiro Tsuchiya, NPB pitcher
1986 – Tony Cruz catcher
1986 – Evan Gattis, catcher
1986 – Lionel Hernández, Division Honor pitcher
1986 – Andrew Taylor, pitcher
1987 – Raul Burgos, minor league pitcher
1987 – Tommy Mendoza, minor league pitcher
1987 – Justin Wilson, pitcher
1988 – Ty Kelley, minor league pitcher
1988 – René Mazzocchi, Italian Baseball League pitcher
1988 – Richie Rowland, minor league catcher
1989 – Shoma Sato, NPB pitcher
1989 – Daichi Suzuki, NPB outfielder
1989 – Daniel Webb, pitcher (d. 2017)
1990 – Jose Campos, minor league pitcher
1990 – Yimi Garcia, pitcher
1990 – Brandol Perez, minor league pitcher
1990 – Kyle Simon, minor league pitcher
1990 – Eric Yardley, pitcher
1992 – Austin Hedges, catcher
1992 – José Rodríguez, minor league pitcher
1993 – David Gutiérrez, minor league pitcher
1993 – Shunta Tanaka, NPB infielder
1994 – Min-Hsun Chang, Taiwan national team catcher
1994 – Eduard Pirvu, Serie A1 pitcher
1994 – Seiya Suzuki, outfielder
1995 – Yu Chang, infielder
1996 – Nolan Kingham, pitcher
1997 – Nick Emanuel, minor league catcher
1997 – Andrew Saalfrank, pitcher
1998 – Zach DeLoach, outfielder
1998 – Andrew Nardi, pitcher
1998 – Michael Toglia, infielder
1998 – Jesús Vargas, minor league pitcher
1999 – Woo-young Jung, KBO pitcher
1999 – Lucas Rizzi, First Division infielder
2000 – Yuta Ishii, NPB catcher
2000 – Hsin-Ying Lee, CPBL pitcher
2000 – Nasim Nuñez, infielder
2000 – Koki Yamaguchi, NPB outfielder
2001 – Mick Abel, pitcher
2001 – Tatsuki Koja, NPB pitcher
2002 – Ricky Tiedemann, pitcher
2002 – Sudarat Wiangkhamfa, Thai women’s national team pitcher
2003 – Will Cresswell, minor league catcher
2003 – Elmer Rodríguez, pitcher
2004 – Kevin McGonigle, infielder; All-Star
2004 – Cooper Pratt, infielder
2005 – Michelle Roche, Canadian women’s national team pitcher
2007 – Cheng-Hao Wu, CPBL infielder
Deaths[edit]
1893 – Ed Dundon, pitcher (b. 1859)
1932 – Candy LaChance, infielder (b. 1870)
1934 – Doc Potts, catcher (b. 1869)
1945 – Dan McGarvey, outfielder (b. 1887)
1952 – John Hrasch, minor league shortstop (b. 1928)
1953 – William Hawker, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1888)
1958 – Archie Stimmel, pitcher (b. 1873)
1961 – John Leary, infielder (b. 1891)
1971 – Jim McCloskey, pitcher (b. 1910)
1972 – Dutch Hinrichs, pitcher (b. 1889)
1975 – Jack Enright, pitcher (b. 1895)
1975 – Takeshi Nakayama, NPB catcher (b. 1916)
1976 – Walt Irwin, pinch hitter (b. 1897)
1978 – George Harper, outfielder (b. 1892)
1989 – Yuji Koseki, composer; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1909)
1999 – Albert Frazier, infielder (b. 1915)
2002 – Dick O’Connell, General Manager (b. 1914)
2005 – Ray Taylor, minor league infielder and manager (d. 1915)
2013 – Josephine D’Angelo, AAGPBL outfielder (b. 1924)
2013 – Timothy Santos Jr., Guam national team infielder (b. 1984)
2014 – Lee Carey, minor league infielder (b. 1929)
2014 – Elmer Gray, scout (b. 1921)
2014 – Don Pardo, announcer (b. 1918)
2018 – Ozzie Van Brabant, pitcher (b. 1926)
2019 – Nate Smith, catcher (b. 1935)
2019 – Paul Smith, infielder (b. 1931)
2020 – Howie Judson, pitcher (b. 1926)
2021 – Solly Drake, outfielder (b. 1930)
2021 – Robert Smith, IBAF president (b. 1936)
2022 – Milt Ramírez, infielder (b. 1950)
2023 – Koshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder (b. 1942)
2024 – Jim Brady, pitcher (b. 1936)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Tuesday, Aug. 18
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL
6 p.m.
ESPNU — American Legion World Series: TBD, Championship, Shelby, N.C.
MLB BASEBALL
6:30 p.m.
MLBN — Regional Coverage: Toronto at Tampa Bay (6:40 p.m.) OR St. Louis at Cincinnati (6:40 p.m.)
8 p.m.
TBS — Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (8:05 p.m.)
TRUTV — Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs (8:05 p.m.)
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — Indiana at Toronto
9 p.m.
ESPN — New York at Chicago
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Wednesday, Aug. 19
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
6:35 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore
WNBA BASKETBALL
10 p.m.
USA — Minnesota at Golden State
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Thursday, Aug. 20
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m. (Friday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, First Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
10 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, First Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, First Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, First Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — TBA
8 p.m.
ACCN — TBA
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
4 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
6:35 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore
8 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at Texas (8:05 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Preseason: Las Vegas at Houston
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: San Francisco at L.A. Chargers
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at Dallas
10 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Atlanta at Los Angeles
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Friday, Aug. 21
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
10:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Qualifying, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
6 a.m. (Saturday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
11 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
9 p.m.
ESPN — TBA
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Second Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
10 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Second Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
Noon
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Second Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
2 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Second Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Second Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, First Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (taped)
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
7:15 p.m.
APPLE TV — Tampa Bay at Baltimore
8:15 p.m.
APPLE TV — L.A. Angels at Texas
NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Green Bay at Denver ((joined in progress) (9 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Coventry City at Arsenal
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — TBA
10 p.m.
ION — Portland at Toronto
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Saturday, Aug. 22
AUTO RACING
6 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
9 a.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Washington, Washington
10 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
1 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Washington, Washington
1:30 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
5 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Streets of Washington, Washington
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 10: All-Star Game and Championship – TBD, Charlotte, N.C.
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
5 p.m.
SECN — TBA
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — Louisville at Wisconsin
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Third Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
11 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Third Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Third Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Third Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
5 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, Second Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Third Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, Third Round, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich. (taped)
6:30 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
HORSE RACING
6 p.m.
FOX — The Alabama Stakes: From Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
9 p.m.
ESPN — PFL: Main Card, Tampa, Fla.
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at Miami (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers (7:15 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Boston (7:15 p.m.)
9:30 p.m.
FOX — Chicago Cubs at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Buffalo at Cleveland
4 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Giants at Miami
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Dallas at Arizona
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Manchester United at Hull City
10 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: Leeds United at Nottingham Forest
USA — English Premier League: Crystal Palace at Everton
12:30 p.m.
NBC — English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Brentford FC
2:30 p.m.
USA — German Supercup: Bayern Munich at Borussia Dortmund, Final
3:30 p.m.
ABC — La Liga: TBA
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at New York
9 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Connecticut at Los Angeles
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Sunday, Aug. 23
AUTO RACING
9 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Streets of Washington, Washington
Noon
NBC — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, VIRginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.
1 p.m.
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., Streets of Washington, Washington
3 p.m.
USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
9 a.m.
SECN — TBA
1 p.m.
ACCN — TBA
2 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
4 p.m.
ESPN — TBA
GOLF
6:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Noon
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Final Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
2 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Final Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Final Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
3:30 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
5 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, Final Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, Final Round, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich. (taped)
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
1 p.m.
ABC — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
3 p.m.
NBC — San Francisco at Boston (3:10 p.m.)
PEACOCK — San Francisco at Boston (3:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
NBCSN — Cincinnati at Arizona (4:15 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Cincinnati at Arizona (4:15 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — Atlanta vs. Milwaukee, Williamsport, Pa.
NFL FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
FOX — Preseason: Seattle at Tennessee
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: Aston Villa at Brighton & Hove Albion
USA — English Premier League: AFC Bournemouth at Manchester City
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Orlando at Washington
SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
MLBN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m.
NBATV — Seattle at Dallas
7 p.m.
NBC — Indiana at Chicago
PEACOCK — Indiana at Chicago
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