“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD NO GAMES SCHEDULED =========================== MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD NO GAMES SCHEDULED =========================== WNBA SCOREBOARD DREAM 101 SPARKS 92 LYNX 104 MERCURY 100 =========================== NBA SUMMER LEAGUE SCOREBOARD KNICKS 86 PISTONS 75 RAPTORS 94 PACERS 93 HAWKS 102 CELTICS 90 MAVS 96 GRIZZLIES 88 CAVS 90 HEAT 73 JAZZ 80 BULLS 63 SUNS 95 BUCKS 88 BLAZERS 111 TIMBERWOLVES 84 =========================== WORLD CUP SOCCER SCOREBOARD TUESDAY FRANCE VS. SPAIN 3:00 =========================== INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULES https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load =========================== NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS ARIZONA CARDINALS STATE FARM STADIUM GLENDALE, ARIZ. 7/22 7/22 ATLANTA FALCONS ATLANTA FALCONS TRAINING FACILITY FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. 7/24 7/28 BALTIMORE RAVENS UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER OWINGS MILLS, MD. 7/24 7/28 BUFFALO BILLS ST. JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ROCHESTER, N.Y. 7/21 7/28 CAROLINA PANTHERS BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM CHARLOTTE, N.C. 7/21 7/22 CHICAGO BEARS HALAS HALL LAKE FOREST, ILL. 7/25 7/28 CINCINNATI BENGALS PAYCOR STADIUM CINCINNATI 7/25 7/28 CLEVELAND BROWNS CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS BEREA, OHIO 7/23 7/28 DALLAS COWBOYS MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN OXNARD, CALIF. 7/28 7/28 DENVER BRONCOS BRONCOS PARK POWERED BY COMMONSPIRIT ENGLEWOOD, COLO. 7/22 7/28 DETROIT LIONS MEIJER PERFORMANCE CENTER ALLEN PARK, MICH. 7/25 7/28 GREEN BAY PACKERS LAMBEAU FIELD GREEN BAY, WIS. 7/27 7/28 HOUSTON TEXANS HOUSTON METHODIST TRAINING CENTER HOUSTON 7/21 7/28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GRAND PARK WESTFIELD, IND. 7/27 7/28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS MILLER ELECTRIC CENTER JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7/25 7/28 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY ST. JOSEPH, MO. 7/24 7/28 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PERFORMANCE CENTER HENDERSON, NEV. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS THE BOLT EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES RAMS LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES 7/25 7/25 MIAMI DOLPHINS BAPTIST HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. 7/21 7/28 MINNESOTA VIKINGS TCO PERFORMANCE CENTER EAGAN, MINN. 7/26 7/28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS CENTER FOXBOROUGH, MASS. 7/21 7/24 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS OCHSNER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER METAIRIE, LA. 7/28 7/28 NEW YORK GIANTS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TRAINING CENTER/THE GREENBRIER EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J./WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.V. 7/23 7/28 NEW YORK JETS ATLANTIC HEALTH JETS TRAINING CENTER FLORHAM PARK, N.J. 7/25 7/28 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES JEFFERSON HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX PHILADELPHIA 7/28 7/28 PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LATROBE, PA. 7/28 7/28 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SAP PERFORMANCE FACILITY SANTA CLARA, CALIF. 7/18 7/25 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTER RENTON, WASH. 7/17 7/24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER TAMPA, FLA. 7/27 7/28 TENNESSEE TITANS VANDERBILT HEALTH FOOTBALL CENTER NASHVILLE, TENN. 7/23 7/28 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS COMMANDERS PARK ASHBURN, VA. 7/24 7/28 ====== 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) ===== 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 ======================================= NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES WORLD CUP SOCCER NEITHER FRANCE NOR SPAIN HAS TRAILED AT THIS YEAR’S WORLD CUP, BUT ONLY ONE CAN REACH THE FINAL ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kylian Mbappé and France haven’t trailed at all at this year’s World Cup. Neither has Spain with teenage sensation Lamine Yamal and clutch goal-scoring substitute Mikel Merino. Only one of those teams can make it to the final. France and Spain are both playing at their 17th World Cup, but have met only once previously on soccer’s biggest stage. They play Tuesday at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys in the first of two powerhouse semifinal matches. After entering this tournament as FIFA’s top-ranked team, France has outscored its opponents 14-2. Mbappé, the 2022 Golden Boot winner, has eight goals to match Lionel Messi for the scoring lead this time, and is one behind the Argentina captain’s career record of 21 at the World Cup. The 27-year-old Mbappé has 20 goals in his 20 World Cup matches, including one in the 2018 win over Croatia when he joined Pele as the only teenagers to score in a World Cup final. And the star striker for Les Blues had said he is fine despite exiting in the 77th minute of their 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco after scoring a goal. Yamal, who turned 19 on Monday, has already been part of two semifinal wins with Spain over France. He was just days shy of his 17th birthday when he scored in a 2-1 win during the 2024 European Championship semifinals, and Spain won again in Nations League play last year. “I believe if France has to fear anyone, it should be us, in my opinion,” Yamal said after Spain’s quarterfinal victory over Belgium. “We were the ones that knocked them out before.” The teen has only one goal while putting 10 shots on target after coming into this World Cup still nursing a left hamstring issue that forced him to miss the final weeks of the season for Spanish club Barcelona. While Spain has outscored opponents 10-1 since a stunning scoreless draw against surprising Cape Verde to open group play, La Roja is still alive after Merino had late decisive goals after subbing into each of the last two games. All while goaltender Unai Simón set a World Cup record of 650 minutes without allowing a goal until Belgium found the net in the 41st minute of their quarterfinal game. Merino scored in the 88th minute for that 2-1 win over Belgium on Friday. That came after the Arsenal forward’s goal in the first minute of second-half stoppage time for the 1-0 win over Portugal in the round of 16 at the same stadium where Spain’s semifinal match will be played. Quartet of past champions This is the first World Cup since 1990 that each of the final four teams are former champions. Messi and defending champion Argentina, which beat France for the title four years ago, play England in the other semifinal match Wednesday in Atlanta. The championship match is Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, across the river from New York City. A third-place game will be played Saturday in Miami Gardens, Florida. Both have lifted the World Cup trophy since they last met In their only previous World Cup meeting, France beat Spain 3-1 in a round of 16 game at the 2006 tournament in Germany. Both teams have won the World Cup since then, with Spain claiming its only title in 2010. France won its second World Cup in 2018. France, which will be playing on its country’s Bastille Day national holiday, is trying to join five-time champion Brazil and four-time winner Germany as the only teams to make three consecutive World Cup finals. Brazil did it in 1994, 1998 and 2002 — winning two titles and losing to host France in the middle of that run. Germany’s championship in 1990 came after being runner-up in the previous two World Cups — all playing as West Germany at the time. Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout in 2022 after playing to a 3-3 draw. This is France’s seventh semifinal appearance, its fifth in the last eight World Cups. Spain’s only other semifinals were in 1950 and then 2010 on the way to the title. Wrapping up in Dallas AT&T Stadium in North Texas will be hosting its tournament-high ninth game in this year’s expanded 48-team tournament. There have been some soccer superstar moments in the one-month run in the building that has hosted a Super Bowl and NCAA championship games for football and men’s basketball. Messi scored three goals in Argentina’s two group games, the first on June 22 when after missing a penalty kick he broke the World Cup career scoring mark with the first of his two goals in a 2-0 win over Austria. He added another goal as a late substitute in the group finale June 27 against Jordan. Cristiano Ronaldo, the 41-year-old superstar from Portugal, finished his sixth and final World Cup in the 1-0 round of 16 loss to Spain on July 6. ===== POLICE INVESTIGATING DEATH OF SOUTH AFRICA’S JAYDEN ADAMS AFTER WORLD CUP Police in Cape Town, South Africa, have opened an investigation into the death of soccer player Jayden Adams, whose body was found shortly after returning from playing in the World Cup. A 25-year-old midfielder on South Africa’s national team, Adams was found dead at a home in the Schotsche Kloof neighborhood of Cape Town. The South African Football Players Union confirmed Adams’ death Saturday. The cause of death has not been revealed. Adams started two of the three World Cup matches he appeared in for South Africa despite the death of his grandmother, Marianna, one day before a 1-1 draw with the Czech Republic. He started in that match and in South Africa’s 2-0 loss to Mexico. He was a substitute in a 1-0 win over South Korea. He was an unused substitute when South Africa was knocked out by Canada on June 28. “The family is struggling to process it. It won’t be easy to carry on,” the player’s father Juanito Adams said Sunday, according to South Africa news service eNCA. “People say it will become easier, but it won’t. You just learn to live with it. So, we’ll see what the time ahead holds for us. “The whole world is reacting to Jayden’s death. Like I said, it’s very tough. We can see the love the world had for his soccer and for Jayden.” A moment of silence was held for Adams before the quarterfinal match between England and Norway on Saturday. “I shall carry forever the humble, appreciative response he gave me,” South Africa minister of sports, arts and culture Gayton McKenzie said in a statement, referencing Adam’s decision to play so soon after his grandmother’s death. “That he chose to wear the national jersey and give his all for his country in that moment speaks to a depth of character and professionalism well beyond his years, and it reflects the calibre of young man South Africa has lost.” ======================================= MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL JORDAN WALKER SPOILS PHILLY’S KYLE SCHWARBER PARTY, RALLIES TO WIN HOME RUN DERBY PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jordan Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore the top of his jersey splayed open as he dug in for his final Home Run Derby swing. The picture of Cardinals cool, Walker chased down Kyle Schwarber, shut up a rambunctious Philly crowd and introduced himself to a much wider baseball world. Walker used six swings to swat six homers, besting Schwarber in a dramatic final round that silenced all those boo birds and made him the first St. Louis Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby on Monday night. Schwarber hit 11 homers during his 15-swing turn in the final round. Philly fans, who jeered everyone but Schwarber and Bryce Harper throughout the night, quietly headed toward the exits when Walker’s winning shot soared over the left field wall. “I was once told you don’t boo nobodies,” Walker said. “So it feels pretty good.” The 24-year-old Walker sported the Derby champions’ chain, slipped on a leather jacket and still wore his batting gloves as he broke down what it took to take down Schwarber on his home turf. “My thought was Philly is brutal,” Walker said. “I mean, honestly. But I think it’s pretty special because they love their players and that’s what you want from your home, like, where you play. I mean, I’d never hear people cheer so loud for, like, Schwarber and Harper. And those guys did their thing, for sure. “But, you know, I can’t hate them, because that’s their guy, so I just got to play the game.” Walker played a pretty great game in the first half for the Cardinals. Walker is a first-time All-Star and having a breakout season in St. Louis. He already has a career-high 22 homers this season after struggling with a combined 11 over the previous two years. Those final six in Philly all flying high with Iron Man on his bat are now stamped on the Derby highlight reel. His cap backward just like Hall of Famer and Derby great Ken Griffey Jr., Walker celebrated with his family immediately on the field. His father rejoiced in recalling how Walker started hitting long home runs when he was 6 years old. “When things got tough, they were always there in my corner to talk to them about it,” Walker said of his family. “They kept the energy levels high. They kept the feelings high.” He fulfilled this childhood dream in striking fashion. Walker hit his seventh homer with two swings remaining and his eighth on the next swing to earn bonus swings. Needing to hit four straight homers to win, the right-handed Jordan knocked one off the top of the center field fence 401 feet away. He reached 10 homers and Philly fans booed with all their might, only for Jordan to finish the sensational surge and celebrate as fireworks shot off around him. “You can’t say enough about how he was able to kind of slow the moment down, too, and lock it in,” said Schwarber, a Derby runner-up for the second time. “All of our fans were we’re raring and trying to will me to it.” A revamped Derby format delivered great drama MLB ditched its timed clock this season and returned to a swing format, with each hitter continuing to swing if he went deep on his final one. The extra time between swings gave hitters time to track their home runs — and Philly a smidge more time to unleash those throaty boos at Contreras and Walker. Each player had 20 swings in the first round and the top four advanced. Hitters were seeded for the second round, where No. 1 faces 4 and 2 meets 3. Each player got 15 swings in the second round, with batters homering on their final swings continuing until not homering. Boston’s Willson Contreras, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero, New York’s Ben Rice and Kansas City’s Jac Caglianone, and Chicago White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami also participated. Philly came ready to celebrate its slugging stars Phillies fans were wildly optimistic that Schwarber and Harper could somehow reach the final and crown the franchise’s third Derby champion. Harper hit only eight in the first round and was the final slugger to try and advance. Schwarber could only watch as Harper failed to join him. Schwarber, then with the Chicago Cubs, made the finals in 2018 at Nationals Park before losing to Harper when he played with the Nationals. Schwarber and Harper — the first pair of teammates to participate in the Derby since 2018 — received roaring ovations when famed ring announcer Michael Buffer introduced them ahead of the competition. As for the other six sluggers in the field, all wearing their home jerseys with red, white and blue uniform numbers? Yeah, they were about booed out of the ballpark, with the loudest jeers saved for Rice. He gamely laughed as he walked out of his Liberty Bell entrance. Harper — who said earlier Monday this would be his last Derby — waved his arms and exhorted the crowd to get louder as he walked to the home plate platform placed at second base. Harper about broke the ring ropes as he shook them like a pro wrestler, and the Philly crowd went bonkers for the star known as The Showman. The ball-shagging kids in the outfield were even booed. The Derby’s public address announcer implored the fans to cheer during some quiet stretches when homers — non-Phillies edition — were hit. The fans did get a rise when Caglianone smoked one into Ryan Howard territory into the third deck in right field. Contreras socked ’em into the rarified air of the left field upper deck. One homer cleared the last row of stands in that section and bounced off the concourse in front of a bar. His 490-footer was the longest of the first round. This was the first Home Run Derby and All-Star Game held at Citizens Bank Park since it opened in 2004 and the first derby in Philadelphia since Barry Bonds outslugged Mark McGwire in 1996 to win an afternoon event in front of thousands of empty seats at Veterans Stadium. This derby was sold out and aired on Netflix for the first time, with the streamer getting into the game this season with a three-event package. Netflix already aired the opening night game, and the third attraction is the Field of Dreams game between the Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies on Aug. 13. ===== KYLE SCHWARBER OF HOST PHILLIES WILL LEAD OFF FOR NL IN ALL-STAR GAME PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber of the host Philadelphia Phillies will lead off for the National League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game as the replacement for designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, who is skipping the showcase to have a knee procedure ahead of the season’s second half. Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene and two New York Yankees, first baseman Ben Rice and outfielder Cody Bellinger, gained American League starting spots because of injuries. Rice, third in the major leagues with 29 home runs behind Schwarber (32) and the Houston Astros’ Yordan Alvarez (31), starts at first because Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is skipping the game to rest a bad back. Guerrero’s initial replacement, the Athletics’ Nick Kurtz, sprained a thumb. Bellinger replaced Yankees teammate Aaron Judge, who hasn’t played since May 31 because of a fractured rib. Greene took over from Minnesota Twins outfielder Bryon Buxton, sidelined by a hip injury. Bellinger will be in right and Greene in left. Philadelphia left-hander Cristopher Sánchez and Toronto right-hander Dylan Cease were announced as starting pitchers on Sunday. Even without Ohtani, NL manager Dave Roberts of the two-time champion Dodgers has three of his players in the starting lineup along with two Phillies and two Braves. New York Mets left fielder Juan Soto bats second, followed by Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, Washington shortstop CJ Abrams, Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy, Atlanta second baseman Ozzie Albies, Phillies right fielder Brandon Marsh, Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages and Braves catcher Drake Baldwin. AL manager John Schneider of the Toronto Blue Jays has Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout leading off, followed by Alvarez at designated hitter, Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero, Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., Bellinger, Rice, Green, Rice and Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement. Sánchez will be the 14th pitcher to start an All-Star Game in his home ballpark, the first since the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw in 2022. He will be the Phillies’ first All-Star starting pitcher since Roy Halladay in 2011. Cease will be the Blue Jays’ first All-Star starting pitcher since Halladay in 2009. ===== THE HEAT IS ON: THE AVERAGE MLB FASTBALL VELOCITY IS UP FOR THE 6TH STRAIGHT YEAR TO 94.7 MPH NEW YORK (AP) — Chad Tracy notices how much baseball has changed in the 13 years since he took his last big league at-bat. “You watch a Triple-A game, most everybody that’s coming out of the bullpen left-handed or right-handed is throwing 95-plus,” the Boston Red Sox manager said. “Back in the day, it was you’d get a lead and you’d get to the lower part of a bullpen and you’d see some guys coming out throwing 88.” Heading into the All-Star break, velocity is on track to set a record for the sixth straight season. Four-seam fastballs averaged 94.7 mph through Saturday, up from 94.5 mph last year, 93.7 mph in 2021 and 91.9 mph when Major League Baseball first started tracking in 2008. The average was 94.4 mph for the first half of 2025, and this year’s final figure could increase by a tick. “Definitely expecting anybody you’ve never heard of to throw a 95-plus,” said the New York Mets’ Marcus Semien, a three-time All-Star who made his major league debut in 2013, when four-seamers averaged 92.7 mph. “Before you’d know who the guys were who were throwing 98. Now, you just expect that this new guy is probably throwing 98. So that shows how everybody’s trained.” Expectations have changed. In David Auburn’s “Proof,” which won the 2001 Pulitzer Price for Drama, a mathematical research work is described as “streamlined: no wasted moves, like a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. It’s just … elegant.” That figure no longer is notable. Right-handed pitchers are averaging 95.2 mph in 2026, up from 95.0 mph last year. Right-handed relievers are averaging 95.6 mph. The Triple-A average of 93.6 mph is up from 92.7 mph when tracking started at that level in 2022. “People are learning the biomechanics of the body a lot better and it’s easier to figure out why people are throwing hard,” said Athletics pitcher Hogan Harris, whose four-seam average has increased from 92.6 mph as a rookie in 2023 to 95.0 mph this year. “There’s so many young kids throwing hard now and then you see a lot younger people in the big leagues, so my thought is they see a guy that’s throwing 100 when he’s 22 and, boy, he’s not going to throw 100 when it’s 30, so let’s get in there now.” Six pitchers are at 100 mph in average four-seam velocity led by a pair of relievers, the Athletics’ Mason Miller (101.3 mph) and the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Edgardo Henriquez (100.6 mph). Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski, a 24-year-old starter, is averaging 100.5 mph, up from 99.3 mph as a rookie last year. He has thrown a big-league high of 670 pitches at 100 mph or higher. The Brewers skipped his start Sunday because of arm fatigue. As velocity increases, so does pitch mix among fastball types. Four-seamers are 30.4% of pitches this season, down from 31.8% last year and 35.8% in 2019. Sinkers increased from 15.5% last year to 16.6% and cutters from 7.5% to 7.8%. Offspeed pitches rose from 13.6% to 14.3%. “It is exponentially harder to hit and I hit .200 in my career, so that should show you how well I would do in the game today. The thing that I think gets me when I watch games is it’s not just one fastball anymore,” said New York Mets interim manager Andy Green, whose last big league season with extensive playing time was in 2006. “It’s easy for us that played a couple of decades ago to malign the offensive players for not hitting from a batting average perspective what used to be hit, but there’s so much to contend with, so much information, so much awareness of what hitter handles what fastball shape. The game’s gotten harder, there’s no doubt about it.” Big league batters are hitting .244, just below last year’s .245 and above the .243 in 2024. “At the end of the day, us as hitters have to find a good pitch to hit and put a good swing on it,” Chicago Cubs star Alex Bregman said. ===== BASEBALL’S ALL-STARS DON’T LIKE MLB’S SALARY CAP PROPOSAL BUT SAY THERE’S TIME TO FIND A DEAL PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Paul Skenes, Juan Soto and Bryce Harper are among baseball’s All-Stars who say players will never agree to a salary cap but maintain there’s plenty of time to avoid a conflict that could shorten the 2027 season. “Both sides kind of have their line that they’re not going to cross,” Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates ace who is also a member of the union’s eight-man negotiating committee, said Monday. “Whether that results in missing games or missing a season, we’ll see.” Baseball’s five-year labor contract expires Dec. 1 and MLB is expected to immediately lock out players. The more consequential deadline is in late February or early March, when Major League Baseball would announce whether it was postponing opening day. Owners proposed a salary cap for the first time since the union fought off MLB’s cap plan with a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that caused the first cancellation of the World Series since 1904. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a cap is needed to lessen payroll disparity. Soto, who signed a record $765 million, 15-year-old contract with the New York Mets as a free agent after the 2024 season, would be limited to a $265 million, six-year deal under MLB’s proposal. “Yeah, that sucks,” Soto said. “It shouldn’t be there.” MLB’s proposal would cap spending in 2027 at $245.3 million, using figures for luxury tax payrolls that include $20.1 million for benefits and the pre-arbitration bonus pool. It also would establish a payroll floor of $171.2 million, forcing some teams to spend more. The Los Angeles Dodgers, baseball’s biggest spenders, had a $415.2 million payroll on opening day this year. MLB has not made a proposal on how to phase in a cap, a process that would be key for high-spending clubs such as the Dodgers. Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, at 34 in the eighth season of a $426.5 million, 12-year contract, said players are aware of the proposal’s intent. “It’s trying to minimize the years and obviously the totals. For sure, we see that,” he said. “I think baseball’s in a good spot right now and we can’t mess this up.” Harper, in the eighth season of a $330 million, 13-year contract with Philadelphia, said he couldn’t conceive of any scenario in which the players’ association would agree to a cap. “The opportunity for players to get paid is what this is all about,” Harper said, citing the union’s legacy of fighting MLB since Curt Flood helped unite players in the 1970s. “We owe it to the guys that have come before us to do the same thing.” Harper, who signed his first major league contract at age 17, also vowed to fight MLB’s proposal to ban a player from signing until he was at least 20 years old by the Sept. 1 of his signing year and two years removed from the graduating year of his high school class. MLB says college baseball provides a better development path. “If you’re in the top three rounds as a high school kid, I think you should be able to do whatever you want,” Harper said. “It would really be tough for a guy like Jackson Holliday to not be the number one pick and not get the chance to go to the big leagues at 19 or 18 if he’s able to.” Bargaining began in May and is expected to resume after the All-Star break. The union has asked for expanded free agency and salary arbitration rights along with almost doubling the major league minimum. Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft viewed the early negotiations as “back-and-forth proposals that may or may not be unrealistic.” Skenes, a 24-year-old right-hander in his second full big league season, could see a sharp decrease in potential contract offers under MLB’s system. He currently is on track to become a free agent after the 2029 season and has a $1,085,000 salary in his last season before arbitration eligibility. He also has earned nearly $5.6 million from the pre-arbitration bonus pool that started in 2022. “MLB is kind of presenting their perfect-world offers and we’re kind of presenting our perfect-world offers,” Skenes said. “So there’s a lot of time before there’s any real movement, I think.” San Diego’s Mason Miller, baseball’s top closer, also could become a free agent following the 2029 season. A 27-year-old right-hander, he is earning $4 million this season. “I still have some optimism,” he said. “The place that the game’s at right now, I think killing that momentum is kind of fruitless for everybody.” ===== REPORT: NO. 1 PICK ROCH CHOLOWSKY SIGNING RECORD BONUS WITH WHITE SOX Shortstop Roch Cholowsky, the No.1 overall pick in last weekend’s MLB Draft, has agreed to a record $10.35 million signing bonus with the Chicago White Sox, MLB.com reported on Monday. While that bonus is below the $11.35 million slot value for that pick, it’s also comfortably the largest signing bonus in MLB history, surpassing the $9.25 million that Chase Burns and Charlie Condon signed for as the No. 2 and No. 3 picks in the 2024 MLB Draft. Cholowsky, 21, was talked about as a potential future No. 1 pick throughout his collegiate career at UCLA. He hit .329 with a .448 on-base percentage over three seasons and 178 games for the Bruins, amassing 52 homers and 167 career RBIs with more walks (105) than strikeouts (100). He arrives in Chicago’s farm system as a likely fast-riser, set to join the ascendant White Sox — who are 50-45 at the All-Star break after losing 100-plus games each of the last three seasons — as soon as next season. ======================================== NFL NEWS JOSH ALLEN IS VOTED THE NFL’S TOP QUARTERBACK BY AP WRITERS Josh Allen doesn’t need to win a Super Bowl to be No. 1. The Buffalo Bills’ franchise player was voted the NFL’s top quarterback by The Associated Press in a preseason survey. The 2024 AP NFL Most Valuable Player beat out Patrick Mahomes, who earned the top spot each of the three previous seasons. Allen received five first-place votes from a panel of eight AP pro football writers, who ranked the top five quarterbacks entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points. Allen appeared on all eight ballots and also got one second-place vote, one third and one fourth. Mahomes finished second just ahead of reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford. Lamar Jackson came in fourth and Joe Burrow was fifth. 1. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills Allen followed up his MVP season with another excellent campaign in 2025, but the Bills had their streak of five straight AFC East titles ended by New England and were knocked out of the playoffs in the divisional round against Denver, costing coach Sean McDermott his job. Allen threw for 3,668 yards, 25 TDs and had 10 picks for a 102.2 passer rating. He ran for 579 yards and 14 scores, making his fourth Pro Bowl and finishing third in MVP voting. Allen and the Bills are still seeking their first Super Bowl appearance since the 1993 season despite seven straight playoff appearances. 2. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs Mahomes finished his worst season in the NFL on the sideline after suffering a torn ACL in Week 15. The Chiefs were 6-8 with Mahomes and lost all three games without him. Still, the three-time Super Bowl MVP — a unanimous choice for No. 1 in this survey in 2023 and 2024 — commands enough respect to earn two first-place votes and finished second behind Allen. He had 3,587 yards passing for 22 TDs with 11 picks before going down with his first significant injury in the NFL. Mahomes is aiming to be ready for Week 1 as Kansas City tries to rebound from its first losing season under Andy Reid. 3. Matthew Stafford, Los Angeles Rams Stafford earned first-team All-Pro honors for the first time in his 17-year career, and beat out Drake Maye for his first NFL MVP award last season. He got one first-place vote, two seconds and appeared on all eight ballots in this year’s preseason survey. The Rams went 14-6, including a pair of playoff victories and a loss to Seattle in the conference championship. Stafford led the NFL with 4,707 yards passing and 46 TDs. He threw eight picks and finished second to Maye with a 109.2 passer rating. 4. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens Jackson, a three-time All-Pro and two-time NFL MVP, had his first losing season as a starter, going 6-7, and the Baltimore Ravens missed the playoffs. Jackson threw for 2,549 yards, 21 TDs and seven picks, posting a 103.8 passer rating. Jackson had a career-low 349 yards rushing and two scores. Jackson got two third-place votes and appeared on six ballots. 5. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals Burrow played only eight games last season because of a toe injury, leading the Bengals to a 5-3 record. It was the third time he played 10 or fewer games due to injuries. Burrow bounced back the following season to win the AP Comeback Player of the Year award the previous two times. The three-time Pro Bowl QB threw for 1,809 yards, 17 TDs and five picks with a passer rating of 100.7. Burrow appeared on five ballots with one third-place vote. ===== ANDY REID IS VOTED THE NFL’S TOP HEAD COACH BY AP WRITERS FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT SEASON Big Red is No. 1 again. Andy Reid was voted the NFL’s No. 1 coach by The Associated Press in a preseason survey for the fourth straight year. Despite coming off his first losing season in Kansas City, Reid remains the standard for coaches. A panel of eight AP pro football writers ranked the top five coaches entering the 2026 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points. Reid, who has three Super Bowl rings and leads both Kansas City and Philadelphia in all-time wins, received five first-place votes and one second. He was left off two ballots. Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay got the other three first-place votes and finished second. Seattle’s Mike Macdonald, who led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl title last season, finished third. San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan placed fourth and Denver’s Sean Payton came in fifth. Nick Sirianni, John Harbaugh, Jim Harbaugh, Mike Vrabel and Ben Johnson also received votes. 1. Andy Reid, Kansas City Chiefs The Chiefs had 12 straight winning seasons, made 11 playoff appearances, won nine consecutive AFC West titles and reached five Super Bowls in six years before going 6-11 in 2025. Injuries slowed the Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes ended up suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 15 last season. Reid won more games than any coach in the history of the Eagles before going to Kansas City and doing the same with the Chiefs, along with winning three Lombardis. From 1999-2012 in Philadelphia, Reid guided the Eagles to five NFC title games and one Super Bowl. He is fourth on the NFL’s all-time career list with 307 victories. 2. Sean McVay, Los Angeles Rams The Rams fell short against the Seahawks in the NFC title game in January after going 12-5 and winning two playoff games on the road. The 40-year-old McVay has led Los Angeles to one Super Bowl title, two NFC championships, four division titles, seven double-digit win seasons and seven playoff appearances in nine years. McVay got four second-place votes along with the three firsts and was on seven of eight ballots. 3. Mike Macdonald, Seattle Seahawks Macdonald led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl victory in just his second season, beating New England 29-13 to capture the franchise’s second NFL title. At age 38, he became the third-youngest head coach to win a Lombardi behind McVay (36) and Mike Tomlin (36). The Seahawks went 10-7 in Macdonald’s first season in 2024. He previously spent two years as the defensive coordinator in Baltimore. His “Dark Side” defense allowed an NFL-low 292 points (17.2 per game) last season. Macdonald appeared on seven ballots, getting three third-place votes. 4. Kyle Shanahan, San Francisco 49ers Shanahan is the only coach on the top 5 list who hasn’t won a Super Bowl. He guided the injury-depleted 49ers to a 12-5 record last season and a Week 18 matchup against Seattle for the No. 1 seed. San Francisco beat Philadelphia on the road in the playoffs before losing to Seattle in the divisional round. In nine seasons, Shanahan has led the 49ers to five playoff appearances and two Super Bowl appearances, including an overtime loss to Kansas City. 5. Sean Payton, Denver Broncos Payton led the Broncos to a 14-3 record and the AFC’s No. 1 seed last season in his third year in Denver. They fell short against New England in the AFC championship game after quarterback Bo Nix was injured in the divisional round win against Buffalo. Payton, who won a Super Bowl with New Orleans, has taken the Broncos to the playoffs twice in three seasons. ======================================== NBA NEWS REPORTS: LAKERS SIGN ZIAIRE WILLIAMS TO 1-YEAR, $3M DEAL The Los Angeles Lakers filled out their roster on Monday, signing small forward Ziaire Williams to a one-year, $3 million deal, multiple outlets reported. Williams is reuniting with Bronny James, who he played alongside at California high school Sierra Canyon. The No. 10 overall pick in the 2021 draft by the Grizzlies, Williams is a career 8.7 ppg scorer, though he averaged a career high 10.2 points last season for the Nets, his second season in Brooklyn after three seasons in Memphis. The Williams signing leaves the Lakers at the roster maximum of 15 players, though ESPN reports Los Angeles is still pursuing Jonathan Kuminga, who could be acquired via a sign-and-trade deal with the Atlanta Hawks. Williams joins other recent signings Quentin Grimes, Walker Kessler, Kevon Looney, Sandro Mamukelashvili and Collin Sexton in Los Angeles. =========================================== WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL REPORT: NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNEY TO MOVE TO STRAIGHT SEEDING OF TOP 16 The NCAA women’s tournament is introducing a change in how the top 16 seeds will be positioned in the bracket. The chair of the NCAA women’s basketball committee said they will no longer make tweaks to the order of those top 16 teams that they used to make to avoid putting conference rivals in the same regions. “We put a lot of time into establishing those top 16 teams in the order they go in,” committee chair Amanda Braun told the Associated Press on Monday. “You’re splitting hairs to decide who has the edge and some of that is undone by those principles. To all of us, the work we did and the work those teams did justifies keeping them where they are in that group of 16.” This past March, LSU was the committee’s fifth overall team and was dropped to seventh to avoid putting the Tigers in the same region as No. 4 overall seed South Carolina. Vanderbilt got bumped from seventh to eighth for the same reason. The men’s selection committee is not adopting the same policy, however. They’ll still work to place the top seeds from the same conference into different regions.Basketball Both the men’s and women’s tournaments are expanding to 76 teams in 2027. ====================================== COLLEGE BASKETBALL ELEVEN ATHLETES FILE LAWSUIT TO CHALLENGE NEW NCAA ELIGIBILITY RULES A collection of 11 athletes from around the country and across multiple sports have filed a class action lawsuit against the NCAA, challenging its new eligibility rules. In a federal lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the State of Colorado, the group, which includes Minnesota basketball player Cade Tyson and Northern Colorado basketball player Brock Wisne, alleged the NCAA’s new rules unlawfully deny thousands of athletes additional eligibility, preventing them from Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) opportunities in the process. The NCAA had changed its eligibility rules earlier this summer, applying an across-the-board five-year window for all athletes, but did not apply the rule to athletes who had recently exhausted their eligibility in 2025-26, specifically those who could gain a year of competition under the new guidance. The lawsuit alleges that thousands of athletes have been unlawfully denied a fifth year. “These athletes aren’t asking for special treatment,” said Rob Shelquist, a partner at Cuneo Gilbert Flannery & LaDuca, LLP. “They’re asking to not be singled out and excluded from the NCAA’s eligibility framework. The NCAA updated the rules but refused to apply them only to the very group that was most immediately affected. “If the NCAA has determined that five years of eligibility is the fair rule for college athletes, then athletes who would still be eligible but for completing four years of eligibility should not be deprived of the same educational, athletic, and NIL opportunities.” In addition to Tyson and Wisne, the named plaintiffs include athletes from across four different sports (men’s and women’s basketball, baseball and track and field): Arizona State’s Anthony Johnson, Radford’s Louie Jordan, California State’s Jefferson De La Cruz Monegro, South Florida’s Isaiah Jones, Boston College’s Aidan Shaw, Penn State’s Dimond Loosli, Seattle’s Jake Morell, Robert Morris’ Aislin Malcolm and Long Island’s Abigail Jefferies. A favorable ruling for the plaintiffs could effectively nullify the NCAA’s new rule or conversely strengthen it, should the ruling swing the other direction. Additionally, it might offer additional clarity and strengthen the NCAA’s position in other lawsuits ongoing at the state level over the same rule. Last week, an Ohio judge ruled in favor of 24 athletes in one of those state cases, though in the aftermath an NCAA cabinet stated publicly that “we do not intend to change course.” ========================================== COLLEGE ATHLETICS NEWS MICHIGAN AD WARDE MANUEL: ‘NO PLANS FOR ME NOT TO CONTINUE’ While there were multiple media reports Sunday that Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel’s job status is in jeopardy after an external investigation into the culture of his athletic department, Manuel doesn’t see that happening. Manuel, who has been AD at his alma mater since January 2016, isn’t expecting to be removed from his position when the findings are released in a Michigan board of regents meeting reportedly set to be held this week. “The president and I have had several great conversations over the past couple of days,” Manuel told Yahoo Sports, referring to his relationship with Michigan president Domenico Grasso. “There are no plans for me not to continue to be the athletic director for the near future.” The board will meet Thursday in Traverse City, Mich., to review the findings of a $12 million probe into Wolverines athletics following former head football coach Sherrone Moore’s scandal, per the reports.Sports Coaching & Training A university spokesman told multiple media outlets on Sunday that there are no plans to release any materials this week from the investigation by the law firm Jenner & Block and declined further comment. Manuel, 58, is weighing his options, including retirement, CBS Sports reported. A former defensive lineman at Michigan, Manuel signed a five-year contract extension through June 30, 2030, in December 2024. That extension pays him an annual base salary of $1.9 million, per reports. If the university terminates him before the end of his contract without cause, Manuel will receive 36 months of severance pay, per multiple reports. Termination with cause would allow the university to not pay him the remainder of his owed salary. The school and Manuel also could agree to a buyout. Grasso said after the investigation was authorized by the board in December that the probe would expand into “an independent evaluation of culture, conduct and procedures throughout our athletics department.” Michigan fired Moore for cause on Dec. 10 for engaging in a longstanding relationship with his then-executive assistant, Paige Shiver. On the day he was fired, he allegedly went to her apartment. Shiver told authorities he barged in, grabbed two butter knives and backed her into a corner. Moore was arrested and spent two nights in jail. The original charges of home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering included penalties of up to five years in prison. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation with no jail time in April. Moore was also fined more than $1,000 and ordered not to have contact with Shiver, or to use drugs or alcohol during his probation. The sentencing followed a plea deal in which Moore agreed to plead no contest to new misdemeanor charges of malicious use of a telecommunications device and trespassing. In exchange, prosecutors in Washtenaw County (Mich.) dismissed the previous charges, which included third-degree felony home invasion. Moore had a 16-8 record at Michigan after taking over for Jim Harbaugh, for whom he served as offensive coordinator. Both he and Harbaugh were embroiled in a sign-stealing controversy involving then-staff member Connor Stalions from the school’s 2023 national championship season, with Moore ultimately serving a two-game suspension. In another scandal, Matt Weiss was the Wolverines’ co-offensive coordinator in 2022 and had just completed his second season on Michigan’s staff when he was fired Jan. 20, 2023. Weiss has pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to computers. His trial is scheduled for September. Manuel has never been cited for involvement in any of the scandals. On his watch, the Wolverines have won national championships in women’s gymnastics (2021), football (2023), men’s gymnastics (2025) and men’s basketball (2026).Basketball Harbaugh left Michigan for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers, while men’s basketball coach Dusty May exited after the title run to coach the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks in June. Former Utah coach Kyle Whittingham replaced Moore in December, and Wolverines assistant basketball coach Mike Boynton Jr. became interim head coach before it was announced he’s signed a two-year contract to take over as full-time coach on Friday. ======================================== NHL NEWS F PEYTON KREBS RE-SIGNS WITH SABRES ON 4-YEAR, $18M DEAL A week after filing for arbitration, forward Peyton Krebs avoided a hearing by signing a four-year, $18 million deal with the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. Krebs, 25, is coming off his best season, posting a career-high 39 points (12 goals, 27 assists) while playing all 82 games. In his first NHL postseason, he contributed six points (two goals, four assists) in 13 games. Krebs, a restricted free agent before signing a new deal, had filed for arbitration July 5. A first-round pick (No. 17) of the Vegas Golden Knights in the 2019 NHL Draft, Krebs was part of the trade that sent superstar center Jack Eichel from Buffalo to Vegas in November 2021. In 378 games with the Golden Knights and Sabres, Krebs has 133 points (42 goals, 91 assists) in 378 games over six seasons. ======================================== GOLF NEWS BRITISH OPEN STARTING TIMES AT ROYAL BIRKDALE SOUTHPORT, England (AP) — Starting times for the opening two rounds of the 154th British Open, which starts Thursday at Royal Birkdale. All times EDT (a-amateur): Thursday-Friday 1:35 a.m.-6:41 a.m. — Matthew Baldwin, England; Thomas Detry, Belgium; James Nicholas, United States. 1:46 a.m.-6:52 a.m. — Michael Kim, United States; Daniel Hillier, New Zealand; Andy Sullivan, England. 1:57 a.m.-7:03 a.m. — Ryan Fox, New Zealand; Andrew Novak, United States; Matthew Jordan, England. 2:08 a.m.-7:14 a.m. — Henrik Stenson, Sweden; Max Homa, United States; Joe Dean, England. 2:19 a.m.-7:25 a.m. — Robert MacIntyre, Scotland; Rickie Fowler, United States; Alex Fitzpatrick, England. 2:30 a.m.-7:36 a.m. — David Duval, United States; Martin Couvra, France; Matthew Southgate, England. 2:41 a.m.-7:47 a.m. — Sungjae Im, South Korea; Dan Brown, England; a-Fifa Laopakdee, Thailand. 2:52 a.m.-7:58 a.m. — Gary Woodland, United States; Jake Knapp, United States; Jordan Smith, England. 3:03 a.m.-8:09 a.m. — Francesco Molinari, Italy; Tom McKibbin, Northern Ireland; a-Lev Grinberg, France. 3:14 a.m.-8:20 a.m. — Hennie du Plessis, South Africa; Jose Luis Ballester, Spain; Dan Bradbury, England. 3:25 a.m.-8:31 a.m. — Angel Ayora, Spain; Victor Perez, France; a-Mateo Pulcini, Argentina. 3:36 a.m.-8:42 a.m. — Stewart Cink, United States; Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe; Joakim Lagergren, Sweden. 3:47 a.m.-8:53 a.m. — Michael Thorbjornsen, United States; Kota Kaneko, Japan; Travis Smyth, Australia. 4:03 a.m.-9:09 a.m. — Alex Smalley, United States; Sam Stevens, United States; Ryo Hisatsune, Japan. 4:14 a.m.-9:20 a.m. — Akshay Bhatia, United States; Harris English, United States; Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark. 4:25 a.m.-9:31 a.m. — Ben Griffin, United States; Hideki Matsuyama, Japan; Min Woo Lee, Australia. 4:36 a.m.-9:42 a.m. — Russell Henley, United States; Justin Rose, England; Viktor Hovland, Norway. 4:47 a.m.-9:53 a.m. — Justin Thomas, United States; Alex Noren, Sweden; Jason Day, Australia. 4:58 a.m.-10:04 a.m. — Scottie Scheffler, United States; Tyrrell Hatton, England; Bryson DeChambeau, United States. 5:09 a.m.-10:15 a.m. — Jordan Spieth, United States; Tommy Fleetwood, England; Jon Rahm, Spain. 5:20 a.m.-10:26 a.m. — Brian Harman, United States; Si Woo Kim, South Korea; Nick Taylor, Canada. 5:31 a.m.-10:37 a.m. — Ryan Gerard, United States; Maverick McNealy, United States; David Puig, Spain. 5:42 a.m.-10:48 a.m. — Kazuma Kobori, New Zealand; Tom Sloman, England; a-David Howard, Ireland. 5:53 a.m.-10:59 a.m. — Antoine Rozner, France; Ren Yonezawa, Japan; Caleb Surratt, United States. 6:04 a.m.-11:10 a.m. — M.J. Daffue, South Africa; Frederic Lacroix, France; Jack McDonald, Scotland. 6:15 a.m.-11:21 a.m. — Jeongwoo Ham, South Korea; Ryutaro Nagano, Japan; a-Alejandro de Castro Piera, Spain. 6:41 a.m.-1:35 a.m. — John Parry, England; Eric Cole, United States; Tiger Christensen, Germany. 6:52 a.m.-1:46 a.m. — Eugenio Chacarra, Spain; Matt Wallace, England; Max Greyserman, United States. 7:03 a.m.-1:57 a.m. — Michael Brennan, United States; Sahith Theegala, United States; Laurie Canter, England. 7:14 a.m.-2:08 a.m. — Cameron Smith, Australia; Keith Mitchell, United States; a-Stuart Grehan, Ireland. 7:25 a.m.-2:19 a.m. — Sepp Straka, Austria; Joaquin Niemann, Chile; Kurt Kitayama, United States. 7:36 a.m.-2:30 a.m. — Sami Valimaki, Finland; Shaun Norris, South Africa; Jackson Suber, United States. 7:47 a.m.-2:41 a.m. — Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland; Adrien Saddier, France; Bernd Wiesberger, Austria. 7:58 a.m.-2:52 a.m. — Keegan Bradley, United States; Corey Conners, Canada; Casey Jarvis, South Africa. 8:09 a.m.-3:03 a.m. — Matt McCarty, United States; Harry Hall, England; Haotong Li, China. 8:20 a.m.-3:14 a.m. — Padraig Harrington, Ireland; Marco Penge, England; Michael Hollick, South Africa. 8:31 a.m.-3:25 a.m. — Tom Kim, South Korea; Billy Horschel, United States; a-Mason Howell, United States. 8:42 a.m.-3:36 a.m. — Johnny Keefer, United States; Pierceson Coody, United States; Keita Nakajima, Japan. 8:53 a.m.-3:47 a.m. — Aldrich Potgieter, South Africa; Jesper Svensson, Sweden; a-Jack Buchanan, South Africa. 9:09 a.m.-4:03 a.m. — Bud Cauley, United States; Jayden Schaper, South Africa; Lucas Herbert, Australia. 9:20 a.m.-4:14 a.m. — Kristoffer Reitan, Norway; Patrick Reed, United States; J.T. Poston, United States. 9:31 a.m.-4:25 a.m. — Chris Gotterup, United States; Sam Burns, United States; Adam Scott, Australia. 9:42 a.m.-4:36 a.m. — Collin Morikawa, United States; J.J. Spaun, United States; Nicolai Hojgaard, Denmark. 9:53 a.m.-4:47 a.m. — Shane Lowry, Ireland; Aaron Rai, England; Brooks Koepka, United States. 10:04 a.m.-4:58 a.m. — Cameron Young, United States; Wyndham Clark, United States; Ludvig Aberg, Sweden. 10:15 a.m.-5:09 a.m. — Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland; Xander Schauffele, United States; Matt Fitzpatrick, England. 10:26 a.m.-5:20 a.m. — Jacob Bridgeman, United States; Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Denmark; a-Tim Wiedemeyer, Germany. 10:37 a.m.-5:31 a.m. — Patrick Cantlay, United States; Daniel Berger, United States; Nico Echavarria, Colombia. 10:48 a.m.-5:42 a.m. — Peter Uihlein, United States; Alistair Docherty, United States; Francesco Laporta, Italy. 10:59 a.m.-5:53 a.m. — Cameron John, Australia; Austen Truslow, United States; Sam Bairstow, England. 11:10 a.m.-6:04 a.m. — Naoyuki Kataoka, Japan; Marcus Plunkett, United States; Baard Bjoernevik Skogen, Norway. 11:21 a.m.-6:15 a.m. — Kazuki Higa, Japan; Jiho Yang, South Korea; a-Nevill Ruiter, Netherlands. ===== FORMER CHAMP LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN WITHDRAWS FROM OPEN Former Claret Jug winner Louis Oosthuizen withdrew from The Open Championship on Monday due to a back injury. The 43-year-old South African, who currently competes in LIV Golf, won The Open at St Andrews, Scotland, in 2010. Oosthuizen also said he will miss the LIV Golf United Kingdom event in Rocester, England, which begins on July 23. “It’s incredibly disappointing to miss two events I always look forward to, but my priority now is to focus on my recovery and make sure I’m fully fit before returning to competition,” he posted on social media. “Thank you to everyone for the support and kind messages. I’ll be backing (LIV Golf team) the Southern Guards from afar and look forward to being back out there as soon as I can.” Aldrich Potgieter, also from South Africa, will replace Oosthuizen as the first alternate for the 154th Open starting Thursday at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Oosthuizen’s Open win is his only Grand Slam title. He also has six runner-up finishes in majors: Masters (2012), PGA Championship (2017, 2021), U.S. Open (2015, 2021) and The Open (2015). ===== JORDAN SPIETH EYEING MORE OPEN MAGIC AT ROYAL BIRKDALE Jordan Spieth returns to Royal Birkdale this week with memories of one of golf’s most dramatic closing stretches — and confidence that his next run of victories is closer than recent results suggest. Nine years after winning the 2017 Open Championship at the Southport, England, links, Spieth retraced the closing holes that carried him to the Claret Jug. The most meaningful moment came when he walked toward the 18th green, where he completed the third major victory of his career. “Winning The Open Championship was a significant highlight of my life,” Spieth said Monday at his pre-tournament press conference. “It’s arguably the best tournament in the world and the greatest trophy in the world to attain.” The course will not present the same test as it did in 2017, which Spieth believes he’s ready for. “It’s going to play quite different than the last time we were here,” he said. “We’ve had an opposite wind, too, the last couple days. So we’ll see what happens with the wind direction because that’s everything out here, right? “Holes that are close to being drivable become mid to long irons, and just with the wind switch, the difference into and down are so dramatic over here that picking a strategy is going to be key, and it’s going to be quite different than the last time I was here.” Even some of his most memorable shots can no longer be re-created. The old 15th hole, where Spieth hit a perfect approach to set up an eagle during his decisive closing run, has been replaced. He joked that losing the chance to try the shot again might preserve its place in tournament history. “In some regard, it’s kind of nice because I’ll never hit a shot that — this last time, it was like a walk-off,” Spieth said. “I go back and try to do it again and I don’t hit as good of a shot, then it’s not as cool.” The defining sequence of his 2017 victory began two holes earlier. After driving far right at No. 13, Spieth took an unplayable lie, played from the practice area and escaped with bogey. He then went birdie-eagle-birdie over the next three holes to regain control against Matt Kuchar. Spieth said No. 13 is the hole he hears about most, though modifications to the nearby terrain have removed the aggressive route he used nine years ago. “There is no strategy to hit it over there this year. It’s completely different,” he said. “I will not be hitting driver down that right side like my plan was every day nine years ago.” Spieth, 32, arrives without the outcomes he believes his play should have produced, with his 13th and most recent PGA Tour victory coming in 2022. He said his ball-striking was strong enough to contend in each of the first three majors this season, but poor putting weeks kept him from converting those opportunities. “I’m quite frustrated with the results considering I know where my game is at,” Spieth said. “It’s better than it was four or five years ago when I got back to top 10 in the world. It’s without a doubt better than it was then; it’s just not quite showing up in results.”Games Royal Birkdale Golf Club offers a familiar place to test that belief, even if the course Spieth faces this week looks and plays much differently than the one he conquered in 2017. ===== MATT FITZPATRICK CARRIES MAJOR MOMENTUM INTO THE OPEN As he prepared for The Open Championship this week in his native England, Matt Fitzpatrick shared his thoughts on how gambling influences fan behavior at golf tournaments. “It’s a great question because you just look at all the messages people get — footballers, tennis players, you name it, everyone’s getting messages of, ‘Oh, you missed that penalty; you cost me this. Oh, you didn’t make a birdie; cost me this,’ ” Fitzpatrick told reporters Monday at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport. “I’ve had my fair share. I would say every golfer that’s played a professional tournament has had a message of abuse from someone that is related to gambling. I mean, you could see it this week. You go and type in a player’s name who maybe isn’t playing well, maybe someone who’s favored to play well, you type the name into Twitter and you’ll just see their name followed by abuse after abuse after abuse.” Fitzpatrick, 31, enters the 154th Open as one of the hottest golfers on the planet, a three-time winner this season on the PGA Tour and ranked No. 3 in the world.Golf “Hopefully I’ve not peaked yet obviously, but I just think I’m doing a lot of good stuff this year. Short game’s been really, really good, and so has my irons,” he said. “That’s a first for me. My irons have never really been a strength. I’ve had good seasons but never really taken advantage of that, I don’t feel like; whereas now I feel like I’ve got that.” The 2022 U.S. Open champion tied for third on Sunday at the Genesis Scottish Open and is looking to improve on his best finish in The Open after tying for fourth place last year at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Fitzpatrick said he doesn’t “condone gambling in the slightest … it’s not really for me,” other than participating in friendly World Cup wagers with his mates. “I’ve had 20 quid on England to win the World Cup, but at the same time, if it doesn’t come in, I’m not going to send a message to Harry Kane and be like, why did you play rubbish? There’s obviously individuals that have that problem,” he said. “… For me, it’s definitely becoming a problem and the issue is, particularly in golf, it would be very easy to influence a bet, whether it’s you’re shouting on someone’s backswing, shouting on a putting stroke. It’s really easy. Obviously that is really hard to monitor, but it is definitely an issue.” Fitzpatrick mentioned he usually stays off social media but is fully aware of the negativity present. “You just search my name, Tommy’s (Fleetwood) name, anyone’s name, and you will find just tweet after tweet just straight abuse,” he said. “It’s not right. I’m not going into someone’s office or in their e-mails abusing them. I would say a lot of it comes down to the gambling. You see that a lot on the social media of, oh, this guy’s favored this week. Make sure you lump on him. … “But when you’re getting personally attacked, it’s just ridiculous.” ===== TOMMY FLEETWOOD CHASING HOMETOWN HEROICS AT THE OPEN Tommy Fleetwood hopes home-field advantage will lead the two-time Grand Slam runner-up to his first major title this week at The Open Championship. The 35-year-old Englishman grew up down the road from Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, site of the final major on this season’s PGA Tour calendar. “It’s obviously very, very special. I think for anybody that was lucky enough to grow up in the town of Southport. It’s such a golfing town, and The Open at Birkdale holds such a special place in the area,” Fleetwood said at Monday’s pre-tournament press conference. “Yeah, it’s a dream just to be competing in an Open here, so I feel very, very lucky. Still have lots of memories from the 2017 Open here. Yeah, just excited for the opportunity to play in front of everybody. It’s very rare to have an opportunity to play a tournament, let alone The Open, in the town where you grew up in front of fans that were all there to support you. Very excited.” Fleetwood enters the 154th Open ranked No. 9 in the world. He has finished in the top five in all four Grand Slams in his career, including second place at the 2018 U.S. Open and the 2019 Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, where Irishman Shane Lowry ran away to win by six strokes. This year, Fleetwood finished T11 at the U.S. Open, T33 at the Masters and missed the cut at the PGA Championship. He also has two other top-10 efforts in The Open Championship: T4 in 2022 and T10 in 2023. Fleetwood is not only trying to become the first Englishman to win The Open since Nick Faldo in 1992, but he also aims to improve on his T27 finish from the last time it was held at Royal Birkdale in 2017. Fleetwood was asked about the pressure of expectations on his shoulders this week. “I think what you do have to deal with is how much you want it and your own expectations, but I think at the same time, I’m no different to any other person in terms of every single person that is playing in The Open dreams of winning in The Open and wants to win it,” he said. “There’s really nothing different to anybody else in that sense. I just think I am the lucky one that gets to have home support and use that as like really, really positive fuel. “I think the first time I played here in 2017, I obviously had a bad first round (76). I think my round on Friday (69) was one of the best rounds I ever played to make the cut, and Saturday (66) was a great experience.” Fleetwood admitted sneaking onto the course “once or twice” as a kid. “Birkdale was always kind of hallowed turf for people that lived in Southport, and I definitely didn’t get to play here as much as I would like to,” he said. If it’s considered hallowed ground now, imagine what it will be like if a hometown hero hoists the Claret Jug on Sunday. “Dreams do come true, we watch it all the time, but you’ll never find out if yours will unless you chase it,” Fleetwood said. “Mine might come true; it might not. I think I’ve done a lot in my career so far, but yeah, there’s still plenty more to go.” ========================================= TENNIS NEWS REPORT: POTENTIAL ATP-WTA MERGER PUT ON HOLD A tennis tour merger between the men’s Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has been put on hold indefinitely according to a Monday report from The Guardian. The two tours had been discussing a pooling of commercial and media rights and were near a deal in 2025 under previous WTA chair Steve Simon. His successor, Valerie Camillo, found the terms of the revenue share to be unacceptable, leading to the WTA pulling back from any agreement. ATP chief executive Eno Polo had expressed public confidence in January, saying the two tours were “quite close” to a deal. The WTA had a reported revenue of $142 million in 2024, less than half of the ATP’s reported $294 million. The WTA would have most certainly locked in more revenue by pooling rights, but would have likewise locked in a lower percentage of revenue than the ATP in the process – a blow for women’s leagues and tours battling for more financial equality. Financial difficulties have forced the ATP to cut its doubles programming in recent days. While the WTA has so far resisted a similar move, the WTA has reportedly begun to initiate other cost-cutting measures, including fewer staff members attending major events such as Wimbledon. ========================================== INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES INDIANA PACERS The Pacers dropped to 1-2 in Las Vegas Summer League on Monday despite their rally from down 18 points early in the contest, 94-93. Alex Reese and Taevion Kinsey joined Braden Smith, Taelon Peter, and Jalen Slawson as Indiana’s first five on Monday. Taelon Peter opened the scoring with a strong drive and dunk at the rim, but Toronto responded with an 11-0 run to take a nine-point lead less than three minutes into the contest. Indiana crawled back into it before the buzzer, but still trailed by 10 after the first quarter. Rienk Mast came off the Pacers’ bench to lead the Blue and Gold in scoring through the first frame – he notched seven points and two rebounds in his initial seven minutes. He knocked down his second 3-pointer of the afternoon midway through the second quarter as he brought the Pacers back within five points of Toronto’s lead, 39-34. Mast drilled his third triple of the contest to give the Pacers their first lead since they led 2-0 in the first quarter. After trailing by as many as 18 points, Indiana was tied with Toronto at halftime, 45-45. The Pacers outscored the Raptors 29-19 in the second quarter to knot the game before the halftime break. Mast led the Blue and Gold with 13 points and six rebounds. Indiana fought through a tightly contested third quarter, but entered the fourth trailing, 70-69. The Pacers recaptured the lead just 90 seconds into the fourth as Gabe McGlothan converted a tough layup to put Indiana ahead of Toronto, 73-72. McGlothan took a fastbreak pass from Braden Smith on the following possession, and knocked down a triple that forced a Raptors timeout. Allen Graves minimized Indiana’s four-point lead with just under four minutes to play as he connected from 3-point range for Toronto. The Pacers led, 87-86, heading into crunch time. Slawson drove from the wing and detonated on the rim as he threw down a dunk to put Indiana up five points with two minutes to play, 93-88. Seth Lundy responded from range for the Raptors, however, and Toronto was back in it, 93-91. Untimely Pacers fouls allowed the Raptors to go up a point at the free throw line, but Indiana had 12.5 seconds on the clock and possession of the basketball. Smith drove to the block, faked a shot, and dumped a pass off to Mast. Mast went up for the game-winner, but found Lundy, who blocked his shot into the backcourt. Indiana fell to Toronto, 94-93. Mast recorded his second double-double of Summer League with a game-high 23 points and 10 rebounds, while Smith notched a game-high nine assists. Slawson also eclipsed the 20-point mark as he scored 21 points to go along with his eight rebounds. Lundy led the Raptors in scoring with 22 points and two steals. The Pacers return to Summer League action on Wednesday, July 15, as they take on the Minnesota Timberwolves at 3:30 PM ET. Key Stats Indiana shot 39 percent from the field, including 26 percent from 3-point range. The Pacers forced 21 Toronto turnovers. Rienk Mast led all scorers with 23 points. He also recorded 10 rebounds, a blocked shot, and three made 3-pointers. Braden Smith recorded a game-high nine assists. ============================================ INDIANA ATHLETICS BLOOMINGTON HALL OF FAME RADIO ANNOUNCER JOE SMITH DIES A most common name. A most uncommon voice. And Joe Smith’s voice was everything to him and his listeners. Through it he told the stories of local high school and Indiana University athletics for over 50 years. Through it, listeners heard the passion he had and how much he enjoyed being there to describe some of the biggest moments of those young athletes’ lives. From the black and white halcyon days of Bloomington High School sports in the late 1960s and early 70s to the cream and crimson glory days at IU and the color splashed days of 2026, Smith was there. The airwaves on 98.7 The Zone, formerly WGCL, will no longer be the same with Smith’s passing announced by the station on Monday evening. According to a story written by former H-T staffer Dustin Dopirak, Smith began his media career working for the Chicago Sun-Times in the back issues department, and then worked his way up to take charge of giving tours of the Sun-Times’ building. While he was there, he made friends with disc jockeys at Chicago’s WLS and WCFL and he got to spend time with them at the station. In 1969, he got his first radio job at WAIK Radio in Galesburg, Ill. as a news broadcaster. Soon after, he was hired at WTTS in Bloomington. According to his bio when he was inducted to the Monroe County Sports Hall of Fame in 2021, he was a broadcaster for over 50 years in Bloomington (WTTS, WGCL, WBWB, Channel 4), covering five Bloomington state champions (South football, 1993, 1998; South basketball, 2009, 2011; North basketball, 1997). For 16 years (1973-89) co-hosted RFD 4 on WTTV…..covered five IU basketball Final Fours (1973, 1976, 1981, 1987, 2002) and 11 IU bowl games. He hosted popular community sports shows Sports Sunnyside Up, Mid-Day Sports, Balls and Strikes and Sportstalk and was a 2003 inductee into the Indiana Sportswriters, Sportscasters Hall of Fame. He was a charter member of the Monroe County Sports Hall Fame board and emcee for the annual awards banquet. He was named Indiana Sportscaster of the Year in 1998. “‘Legendary’ doesn’t begin to describe Joe or his body of his work,” a statement from Brad Holtz, president of Sarkes Tarzian Radio said. “With nearly 50 years of service to Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. and 40 to Indiana University, Joe established himself as one of Indiana’s most respected and trustworthy broadcasters. “He championed student athletes at the high school and collegiate level and approached his craft with a dedication to excellence that was simply second to none. Most importantly, Joe was a dedicated father to his children Jeff and Jamie, and to his six grandchildren, Jayden, Kaleb, Logan, Ethan, Emerson, and Carolina . He was a friend to many. And as a colleague, you couldn’t ask for a more professional, dedicated broadcaster. He inspired us to be our very best. There will never be another Joe Smith.” In May of 2017, Smith was forced to take a year off from the job he loved after he tumbled backwards down 12 steps at his apartment complex, fracturing his C6 and C7 vertebrae. Smith spent 23 days in the hospital, undergoing two major spinal cord surgeries. Smith came back as good as ever, just as promised. “The accident changed me as a person, but it also made me feel how important each and every day is to be able to get up and go out and do a job,” Smith told then H-T reporter Mike Miller in a 2018 article. “I was blessed with a voice, and even though I’m 70 now, I think I can still communicate. I feel good about it and I’m raring to go.” But in 2022, Smith announced it would be his last with IU broadcasts, his 40th. Funeral arrangements are pending. ======================================== INDIANA WRESTLING BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– Indiana Wrestling’s Hunter Sturgill competed and became a silver medalist in the U20 Pan-American Championships on Saturday (June 11). Sturgill competed in the Greco-Roman division at 72 kg for the USA. After winning his opening couple matches, Sturgill defeated Jostyn Salvatierra of Ecuador in the semifinals to advance to the championship bout. He faced Jorge Gomez Garcia in the finals, but lost the match. Despite the loss, Sturgill went home on the podium and with a silver medal. =========================================== PURDUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Klaipeda, LITHUANIA – Taking her nation to the cusp of its first U20 Women’s EuroBasket Championship, Purdue freshman Maya Zilbershlag capped an incredible week representing her native Israel over seven games in Eastern Europe. After a previous best finish of sixth last year, Israel reached the championship game for the first time ever before falling to France 79-66 on Sunday. Zilbershlag was an all-around performer for Israel throughout the tournament, averaging 13.7 points and a team-high 6.6 rebounds per game, while shooting 38.1% from behind the arc on 16 3-pointers. After a slow start against defending champion Spain, Zilbershlag posted six straight games in double figures, including a 28-point performance on 10-of-18 shooting with five 3-pointers and 10 rebounds in the Round of 16 against Hungary. Zilbershlag will join the Boilermakers in August after she represents Israel at the U18 Women’s EuroBasket in Romania at the end of the month. In six career international tournaments for Israel, Zilbershlag has averaged 14.6 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists. ====================================== IU INDY WOMEN’S SOCCER INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis women’s soccer team added another transfer for the upcoming season as Isabel Oferosky (Woodbury, Minn. / East Ridge) has signed to join the program after one season at the University of North Dakota. Oferosky, a 5-foot-5 goalkeeper, did not see game action for the Fighting Hawks this past season but boasts impressive prep and club credentials. She starred at East Ridge (Minn.) High School, helping them to a third-place finish in the state championships her final season, earning Second Team All-State and All-Suburban East Conference accolades. She also starred with Minnesota-based Salvo Soccer Club, helping them to the 2022-23 NPL Championship. She had a .914 save percentage and yielded just six goals in 23 games with Salvo and was named the club’s 2023-24 Goalkeeper of the Year. Oferosky comes to the Jaguars with four years of eligibility remaining and will compete for the starting job as the entirety of the team’s minutes in goal from last season graduated. ========================================== VALPO VOLLEYBALL 11 home matches at the ARC, including the Popcorn Classic featuring a pair of Power Four teams in Michigan and Cincinnati, highlight the 2026 schedule for the Valpo volleyball team. After a pair of exhibition matches, the season kicks off for Valpo at the Chattanooga Classic Aug. 28-29, where it takes on UAB and Tennessee State in addition to the hosts. The Beacons then return home to the ARC Sept. 4-6, welcoming Michigan, which won 22 matches and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2025, Cincinnati, which closed the 2025 season with an RPI of 53, and Oakland for the Popcorn Classic. Cincinnati will also take on both Michigan and Oakland as part of the tournament. Preconference play continues Sept. 10-12 at the Cleveland State/Akron Invite, where in addition to facing the two hosts, the Beacons will play a Coppin State program which won 23 matches and MEAC regular season and tournament titles last year. Valpo’s final preconference tournament is cohosted by Niagara and Canisius Sept. 18-19, with a matchup against Le Moyne as well. The 16-match MVC slate opens at the ARC Sept. 25 against Belmont for the Beacons’ lone matchup against the Bruins. Valpo will also play Southern Illinois, Murray State and Bradley just once apiece, while playing home and away against Illinois State, UIC, Evansville, UNI, Drake and Indiana State. The regular season wraps up at the ARC versus UNI Nov. 14, with the MVC Tournament contested on campus sites Nov. 18-24. Valpo is coming off a 2025 campaign which saw it earn its best regular season finish since joining the Missouri Valley Conference, tying for second place as the Beacons enjoyed a 21-win season. Season tickets are on sale now for the 2026 season, including admission to all five matches of the Popcorn Classic and the Beacons’ eight MVC home matches. General admission season tickets are just $75, while season tickets for children 10 and under are just $30. 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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 ============================================= TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1900 – Chick Fraser fires a one-hitter for the Philadelphia Phillies in a 1 – 0 win over Boston. It is the only shutout of the year for the righty, who will become part of the first big lawsuit challenging the reserve clause in the 20th century. 1905 – With runners on first base and third base and no outs in the 9th, Boston’s Ed Abbaticchio lines into a game-ending triple play against the Cincinnati Reds’ Bob Ewing. 1906 – At Robison Field, the New York Giants clip the St. Louis Cardinals, 5 – 1 and 4 – 0, with the help of two additions to the lineup. Cy Seymour, last year’s near Triple Crown winner, is a new addition from the Cincinnati Reds for $12,000. Seymour was with the Giants from 1896 to 1900 as a pitcher and outfielder, and in 1905 led the National League in batting, RBIs, slugging percentage, and was second in homers (8). Cy has four hits for the Giants today. The other addition is Spike Shannon, who moves over from the Cardinal dugout in exchange for Sam Mertes and Doc Marshall. Spike has three hits and two runs in the opener. Christy Mathewson wins the nitecap, shutting out the Birds on six hits. 1911 – The Philadelphia Phillies move back into first place as Pete Alexander tops the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 – 1. 1914: Boston Red Sox rookie Ernie Shore makes an impressive debut, pitching a two-hitter to beat the Cleveland Naps, 2 – 1, at Fenway Park. The Chicago Cubs pound New York Giants reliever Christy Mathewson for six runs in six innings, but New York does worse damage to Larry Cheney and Jimmy Lavender, and wins, 12 – 8. Bob Bescher has a home run, the 1,000th Giant home run. New York leads the National League by 4 1/2 games. 1915 – Chicago White Sox P Red Faber steals three bases in the 4th inning against the Philadelphia A’s. With the White Sox leading 4 – 2 in the 4th and rain threatening, the A’s try to delay the game. Joe Bush purposely hits Faber with a pitch, and Faber, trying to speed up the game, tries to get thrown out by stealing. Little effort is made to retire him, and he scores Chicago’s fifth run. His “steal” of home turns out to be the winning run, as rain never materializes, and Chicago wins, 6 – 4. 1916 – St. Louis Browns hurler Ernie Koob pitches a complete game going all 17 innings in 0 – 0 tie. Boston Red Sox Carl Mays pitches the first 15 innings with Dutch Leonard finishing the game. 1934 – At Navin Field in Detroit, MI, in an effort to keep the consecutive game streak intact, the Yankees have lumbago-stricken Lou Gehrig bat lead-off and list him as the shortstop in the lineup. After singling in the 1st inning, the “Iron Horse” leaves the game without fielding as the Detroit Tigers pound out 11 doubles to edge the Yankees, 12 – 11. 1936 – Pitcher Roger Wolff, in his debut with the Oklahoma City Indians of the Texas League, holds the Galveston Buccaneers hitless and runless for nine innings but loses on two hits in the 10th. 1937 – Boston Red Sox Fabian Gaffke ties the American League record by scoring five runs against the St. Louis Browns. 1938 – In Toledo, OH the American Association All-Star squad becomes the first team to experiment with uniforms designed to be worn during night games. The red, white and blue shiny satin uniforms are believed to reflect the light during the evening contests. 1939 – The New York Yankees tie the American League record with only one assist, as Red Ruffing wins 8 – 3 over the Detroit Tigers. 1940: Freddie Fitzsimmons of the Brooklyn Dodgers wins his 200th career game, a four-hitter over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fat Freddy will win six games each from the Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies on the way to a 16-2 won-loss mark. In the aftermath of the beanball wars, Spalding advertises a batting helmet with ear flaps in The Sporting News. Players express no interest, but next year the Brooklyn Dodgers will introduce a cap liner, which some batters start to use. 1946 – Player-manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians hits four doubles and one home run, but Ted Williams wallops three homers and drives in eight runs, as the Boston Red Sox top the Tribe, 11 – 10. In the Sox’s second-game win, the famous Boudreau Shift is born. Boudreau shifts all his players, except the 3B and LF, to the right side of the diamond in an effort to stop Williams. Ted grounds out and walks twice while ignoring the shift. 1950: The Boston Red Sox produce a second 11-run inning this year, as they score 11 in the 2nd inning against the Chicago White Sox to win at home, 13 – 1. Vern Stephens hits his 19th homer and now leads the American League in RBI with 84, one ahead of teammates Walt Dropo and Ted Williams. The Waterbury Timers of the Colonial League have a franchise but no players when the 12-man squad is fired after refusing to board the team bus for two scheduled games at Kingston, NY. Strike issues are several: the players claim that the team bus is unsafe; the bus is scheduled to bring them home after the first game and return for the second rather than lay over; six players claim that the club reneged on the promise of a pay raise if they were still on the roster on June 2nd. The league will disband on July 16th. 1951 – The St. Louis Browns sign Satchel Paige, 45. He has been out of Major League Baseball since last pitching for the Cleveland Indians in 1949. 1951 – Clyde Vollmer singles in two runs in the 9th inning and the Boston Red Sox tip the Chicago White Sox, 3 – 2. 1952 – Detroit Tigers slugger Walt Dropo goes 5 for 5 against the New York Yankees in an 8 – 2 win. All five hits are singles. 1953 – The National League wins its fourth All-Star Game in a row, 5 – 1 in Cincinnati’s Crosley Field behind the stellar pitching of Robin Roberts and Warren Spahn. St. Louis Cardinals OF Enos Slaughter gets two hits, scores twice, and robs Harvey Kuenn of an extra-base blow. 1955 – The Cleveland Indians sign two-time batting champ Ferris Fain as a free agent. 1956 – Boston Red Sox lefty Mel Parnell pitches a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park, winning 4 – 0. It is only Parnell’s third win against two losses and is the sixth straight loss for second-place Chicago. The no-hitter is the first for the Red Sox since 1923. Parnell will go 4-4 before a torn muscle in his pitching arm ends his career as the Red Sox’s winningest southpaw. 1957: Bill Skowron of the New York Yankees hits a major league-record second pinch grand slam of the season, off Jim Wilson of the Chicago White Sox, in the second game of a doubleheader. Skowron’s hit comes in the 9th as the Yanks score six runs to win, 6 – 4. The White Sox take the first game, 3 – 1. Pitcher Billy Hoeft of the Detroit Tigers hits two home runs and a single against the Baltimore Orioles’ Skinny Brown, as Detroit wins, 10 – 2. 1958 – Superior Court Judge Arnold Praeger voids the Chavez Ravine pact, stating the city of Los Angeles cannot sell its land to private concerns. The city will appeal the judge’s ruling. 1961: Roberto Clemente erases a 4 – 1 deficit with his two-out, 8th-inning, game-winning grand slam as Clemente’s drive clears the centerfield fence like a shot. The Pirates then tack on one more to beat the Giants by a final score of 6 – 4. At Los Angeles, the Philadelphia Phillies top the Dodgers, 7 – 5, in ten innings. Phils reliever Jack Baldschun pitches in his eighth straight game to pick up the win. Willie Kirkland whacks his fifth home run in three games to help the Cleveland Indians down the Los Angeles Angels, 7 – 5 at Cleveland. His first four were in consecutive at bats before and after the All-Star break and tied the major league record. He now has 16 en route to 27 for the year. 1964: The Baltimore Orioles’ Bob Johnson gets his sixth straight hit as a pinch hitter to set an American League mark, but the New York Yankees win, 4 – 3. Jack Sanford of the San Francisco Giants undergoes arm surgery. 1966 – Interim Detroit Tigers skipper Bob Swift is hospitalized, and 3B coach Frank Skaff takes over. 1967 – Against Juan Marichal at Candlestick Park, Eddie Mathews hits home run #500 while playing for the Houston Astros. The former Milwaukee Braves third baseman, who hit 493 homers playing for the franchise in Boston, Milwaukee and Atlanta, becomes the seventh major leaguer to reach this plateau. 1968: Hank Aaron hits home run #500 off Mike McCormick, becoming the eighth major leaguer to reach this milestone. “Hammerin’ Hank”‘s three-run homer over the left center field fence proves to be the difference as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, 4 – 2. In front of 57,011 on bat day at Shea Stadium, the Philadelphia Phillies take two to stretch their win streak to six. Rick Wise wins, 5 – 3, and Grant Jackson fans 13 to win, 9 – 2, in his first complete game ever. Richie Allen knocks in three runs in each game with a pair of homers. John Briggs belts a pair in the nitecap. Houston Astros Don Wilson fans 18 batters in a 6 – 1 win at Cincinnati, tying the major-league record set by Bob Feller. Wilson (6-11) fans Johnny Bench to end the game. He also ties the major-league record with eight strikeouts in a row, striking out the side in the first three innings; a one-out walk to Alex Johnson in the 1st is the only interruption. Wilson also fans the side in the 5th. The Astros win the opener, 5 – 4. 1969: At Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs top the New York Mets, 1 – 0, to give Bill Hands (11-7) the win over Tom Seaver (14-4). Billy Williams singles home the winner, boosting the Cubs’ lead to 5 1/2 games. After the last out, Ron Santo jumps up and clicks his heels, igniting a roar from the crowd. The Mets think it’s bush. Joe Coleman posts his second straight shutout and drives in two runs to defeat the Detroit Tigers, 3 – 0, in Washington. A crowd of 23,831 pushes the Washington Senators’ attendance to 553,506, exceeding the club’s 1968 attendance of 542,042. 1970 – In the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game, Pete Rose bowls over Ray Fosse at the plate to score the deciding run on Jim Hickman’s single in an exciting 5 – 4 National League victory at Riverfront Stadium. Fosse, who never had the ball, hurts his right shoulder and is taken to the hospital; the Cleveland Indians catcher entertained “Charlie Hustle” as a dinner guest the previous night. The game is scoreless until the 6th, with the National League limited to three hits in the first eight innings. In the 9th, the NL tees off on Catfish Hunter, driving in three runs to tie. Dick Dietz hits a leadoff home run in the inning. Claude Osteen pitches the 10th for the win. 1972: In a major league first, the plate umpire and the catcher in a game are brothers. Bill Haller is the ump and Tom Haller is the Detroit Tigers catcher during a game with the Kansas City Royals. Kansas City wins, 1 – 0. The Minnesota Twins cap a three-run rally in the 9th, scoring the winning run when Harmon Killebrew draws a bases-loaded walk from Boston Red Sox reliever Don Newhauser. Boston wins, 7 – 6. Minnesota is helped by Juan Beniquez’s second straight three-error game, a record for American League shortstops. John Kennedy will take over the SS job, while Beniquez will play the rest of his major league career mostly in the outfield and at 1B. In his first major league game, Dave Schneck hits a two-run homer off the Padres’ Steve Arlin that turns out to be the game winner in the Mets’ 3 – 2 win at San Diego Stadium. 1974: The Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates split a doubleheader marked by a free-for-all which is later credited with inspiring Pittsburgh and turning its season around. The fight starts after a 4th inning beanball when Jack Billingham plunks pitcher Bruce Kison, bringing both teams onto the field. When Sparky Anderson accidentally steps on Ed Kirkpatrick’s foot, the Buc catcher shoves the Reds manager, earning him a punch from the Reds’ Andy Kosco. Pedro Borbon pins Daryl Patterson, pulling his hair out and a piece of flesh. In a split with the Milwaukee Brewers, the Texas Rangers’ Billy Martin is the first American League manager to be removed by umpires from two games in one day. Milwaukee wins 9 – 2 in the first game, with the Rangers winning the nitecap, 5 – 4. 1977: In Cincinnati, George Foster cracks three home runs to drive in five runs in the Cincinnati Reds’ 7 – 1 whipping of the Atlanta Braves. Tom Seaver pitches a two-hitter for the win, and doesn’t give up a hit until the 7th inning when Willie Montanez doubles. The Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 7 – 4. Carl Yastrzemski’s 5th-inning single gives him a career total of 2,655 hits, moving him ahead of Ted Williams as Boston’s all-time hit leader. 1978: The Houston Astros’ Ken Forsch defeats the Montreal Expos twice in extra innings. He pitches two innings in the first game, winning 4 – 3 in the 13th, and comes back for two in the second, winning 5 – 4 in the 10th. Umpire Doug Harvey ejects a shocked Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton in the 7th after discovering three scuffed balls. Sutton takes the loss, 4 – 1, against the St. Louis Cardinals with Pete Vuckovich getting the win. Texas Rangers pitcher Fergie Jenkins allows three solo homers – one to Fred Lynn and two to Dwight Evans – in beating Boston, 4 – 3. Bert Campaneris homers off Mike Torrez (11-5). 1979 – The Chicago White Sox’s Claudell Washington has three home runs and five RBI in a 12 – 4 defeat of the Detroit Tigers. 1980 – After fanning the side in the 2nd inning, J.R. Richard leaves after retiring the first batter in the 4th. The Houston Astros pitcher complains of nausea, and the next day, Houston will place him on the 21-day disabled list. The Astros lose today, 2 – 0, to the Atlanta Braves’ Phil Niekro. 1985 – Walt Terrell and Willie Hernandez combine on a one-hitter as the Detroit Tigers blank the Minnesota Twins, 8 – 0. Tom Brunansky’s double in the 7th is the only hit. Larry Herndon and Darrell Evans hit back-to-back homers in the 4th. 1987: The BBWAA votes to rename the Rookie of the Year Award in honor of Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier on the way to winning the first Rookie of the Year Award in 1947. Tim Raines caps a 3-for-3 performance in the 1987 All-Star Game with a two-run triple in the top of the 13th inning, giving the National League a 2 – 0 victory. 1988: Mike Schmidt hits his 537th career home run in the Philadelphia Phillies’ 7 – 5 loss to the Houston Astros, moving past Mickey Mantle into seventh place all-time. The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the San Francisco Giants, 9 – 2. Pirate infielder Rafael Belliard has gone 8 for 16 since July 8th, and all eight hits are infield singles. Ken Griffey singles for his 2,000th career hit in the Atlanta Braves’ 9 – 8 loss to the New York Mets. 1989 – The New York Mets’ Sid Fernandez strikes out 16 Atlanta Braves, but the portly Polynesian portsider still loses, 3 – 2, on Lonnie Smith’s leadoff home run in the bottom of the 9th. 1990 – Dante Bichette, Dave Winfield and Brian Downing each homer twice in the California Angels’ 8 – 7 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. This is the eighth time three teammates have done this in the major leagues. 1991 – Pitcher Kip Gross loses two games, in two different leagues, 1,100 miles apart. The Cincinnati Reds hurler takes the loss in the Reds’ 10 – 6 defeat by the Pittsburgh Pirates, and also becomes the loser of a game played by the Triple-A Nashville Sounds. It is the completion of a game in Denver which had been suspended by rain back on May 15th. 1992 – Seattle Mariners outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. homers off Chicago Cubs hurler Greg Maddux, making it the first time in history a father and a son have hit All-Star home runs. His dad hit one off the New York Yankees’ Tommy John in the 1980 All-Star Game. The American League pounds out a record 19 hits in defeating the National League by a score of 13 – 6 in the 1992 All-Star Game. It’s the AL’s fifth straight win. Griffey Jr., who strokes a single, double, and home run, is named the game’s MVP, 12 years after his dad won the same honor. 1993 – The American League defeats the National League, 9 – 3, in the 1993 All-Star Game. Kirby Puckett, Roberto Alomar, and Gary Sheffield hit home runs, while the win goes to Jack McDowell. Craig Biggio is at 2B for the NL: last year, he was on the team as a catcher, the first player ever to make it at those two positions. A highlight of the game is Randy Johnson firing a 95-MPH fastball over John Kruk’s head. Kruk bails out on the next two pitches, saying afterwards: “he’s going to kill somebody.” 1994: Chicago White Sox pitcher Alex Fernandez strikes out 12 to win his eighth straight game, defeating the Cleveland Indians, 6 – 3. The White Sox move ahead of the Tribe by a half game in the American League Central. Whoops! Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Joe Carter appears with his uniform spelling “Torotno”. The uniform maker Wilson is to blame. The Minnesota Twins lose to the Milwaukee Brewers, 6 – 4, in the Metrodome. During the course of the game, two balls are hit off the ceiling of the stadium, a Kent Hrbek fly ball which drops for a double, and a Pedro Munoz pop-up, caught by Milwaukee 1B Kevin Seitzer. St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Ozzie Smith records four assists in the Cardinals’ 8 – 1 loss to the Colorado Rockies, moving him past Luis Aparicio and into first place on the all-time list. 1995: San Diego Padres players complain when the team attempts to recall former replacement player Ira Smith from the minors. Management decides instead to recall Archi Cianfrocco instead. Ramon Martinez no-hits the Florida Marlins, 7 – 0. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ hurler was perfect before walking Tommy Gregg after getting the first out in the 7th inning. 1996: In Cincinnati, Reggie Sanders hits two homers and P Dave Burba launches his first major league home run as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 – 6. The Reds get the deciding runs in the 7th with Sanders’ second home run and Eduardo Perez, son of Reds star Tony Perez, hits his first major league homer, off Steve Parris. In Seattle, Ken Griffey Jr. returns to the Seattle Mariners’ lineup after missing 20 games and drives in three runs with a homer and double. Bob Wells (8-2) pitches a four-hitter to beat the California Angels, 8 – 0. In Atlanta, Ryan Klesko belts two homers and drives in six runs to lead the Atlanta Braves to a 15 – 10 drubbing of the Florida Marlins. Jeff Conine has a pair of home runs for the Fish. 1997: Atlanta hits two grand slams in a game for the first time since May 2, 1987, using homers by Tim Spehr and Ryan Klesko to rally from a 6 – 0 deficit for its eighth straight victory over the Philadelphia Phillies this season. The Braves win, 10 – 6. In the longest night game at Wrigley Field, 5 hours, 19 minutes, Ricky Gutierrez singles home the go-ahead run in the 15th to give the Houston Astros a 9 – 7 win over the Chicago Cubs. In the San Diego Padres’ 5 – 3 win over the San Francisco Giants, Tony Gwynn raises his average to .402 with a single, double and triple, driving in three runs, and extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Rickey Henderson, baseball’s career steals leader, swipes his 1,200th base in the 6th. At Fenway Park, Wil Cordero, homers as the Boston Red Sox collect a season-high 21 hits to rout the Detroit Tigers, 18 – 4. Cordero is cheered after hitting a two-run homer in the 7th. Cordero, accused of assaulting his wife on June 11th, has been booed on each of his previous 14 at-bats since he ended 11 games on the sidelines with a pinch-hit appearance last Thursday. Eric Karros’s two-run homer off Steve Reed in the 10th gives the Los Angeles Dodgers a 14 – 12 slugfest win over the Colorado Rockies. Los Angeles has a season-high 22 hits, in winning its tenth of 11, while the Rockies lose for the tenth time in 11 games. Cuba withdraws at the last minute from a series of baseball games against the United States, citing fears for the safety of players. One reason stated for the cancellation was the weekend bombing of two Havana hotels. The eight-game series was to start tomorrow. 1999: In Milwaukee, three people die when a 480-foot crane, nicknamed Big Blue, collapses while lifting a section of Miller Park’s retractable roof. The roof of the Brewers’ new home was expected to be completed in November. Milwaukee will cancel tomorrow’s game against the Kansas City Royals. In an ill-conceived move, umpires union chief Richie Phillips announces that 57 umpires will resign on September 2nd. Among other things, the umps reportedly are upset at the three-day suspension Tom Hallion received for bumping Rockies C Jeff Reed on July 2nd. 2000: John Olerud has a game-tying double disallowed because first base umpire Jim Wolf calls time, but then the Mariners first baseman hits a three-run homer, helping Seattle to beat the Padres, 7 – 5. A report presented to owners, “The Commissioner’s Initiative: Women and Baseball”, finds women make up 46% of the average crowd at a big league game and urges major league franchises to make more of an effort to market to women patrons. According to the same report, 43% of women could not name a player on their home team’s roster. Atlanta 2B Quilvio Veras tears the ACL in his right knee. He will miss the remainder of the season. Major League Baseball owners decide to return to playing an unbalanced schedule (teams play more games against teams in their own division) rather than the presently-used balanced schedule in which they play approximately the same number of games against all teams within the league. The American League has used a balanced schedule since 1977 and the National League started in 1993. 2001: At Enron Field, Padres SS Damian Jackson shatters a bat on a Wade Miller pitch, but still reaches the LF seats for a grand slam. The Pads win, 8 – 6. Mets manager Bobby Valentine wins his 1,000th career game as pitchers Glendon Rusch and Armando Benitez combine to defeat Boston on a one-hitter. When Rusch is unable to cover first base, Trot Nixon’s 1st-inning bunt single is Boston’s only hit in the 2 – 0 game. 2002: Nelson Barrera, the Mexican League’s career home run and RBI leader, is electrocuted trying to free metal roofing from high-tension wires. The 44-year old “Admiral”, who hit 455 home runs during his 26-year Mexican Baseball League tenure, had hoped to continue playing so that he could hold the career Triple Crown by also reaching the career hit record. The Royals defeat the Angels, 12 – 3, as Raul Ibanez hits a grand slam in the 1st inning and a three-run home run in the 2nd inning to tie a club record with seven RBIs. The Twins beat the Rangers, 5 – 4, despite a pair of home runs by Alex Rodriguez. The round-trippers give Rodriguez his sixth 30-home run season, breaking Ernie Banks’ record for shortstops. 2004 – Houston fires Jimy Williams and names Phil Garner, a former Astro, as the interim manager through the rest of the season. The 60-year-old former skipper, who had a .515 (215-197) winning percentage in his two years at the helm, including this season’s 44-44 record, was roundly booed by hometown Minute Maid Park fans at yesterday’s All-Star Game. 2005: Defeating their historical arch rivals, the Giants become the first team to win 10,000 games as a franchise by edging the Dodgers in Los Angeles, 4 – 3. The Giants, who started as the New York Gothams in 1883, have posted a 10,000-8,511 record during the club’s 123 seasons in the National League. The first-known baseball card, which is part of a children’s educational game, illustrates several boys playing together in a field as one pitches a ball to another holding a bat, makes its public debut at the Smithsonian Institution. The historic card, which was discovered in an attic in Maine, dates to the early 19th century and predates other known cards by several decades. 2008: Josh Hamilton hits 28 home runs in the first round of the Home Run Derby, a record for a single round. Hamilton fades after that and Justin Morneau goes on to win the event. A rarity in any professional game occurs when both teams have to use position players on the mound. In the second game of a doubleheader, the Tulsa Drillers bring in catcher Brian Esposito (who has pitched briefly in the minors) in the 10th inning, their sixth hurler of the game. The Springfield Cardinals counter with Matt Pagnozzi, another backstop, an inning later. After three scoreless innings, Pagnozzi allows four runs in the 13th, while Esposito goes 2 1/3 scoreless innings for the 7 – 3 win. 2009 – The American League runs its unbeaten streak to 13 games (12 wins and a tie) by defeating the National League, 4 – 3, in the 80th All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The win enables the AL to finish the 2000s without losing any All-Star Game (9-0-1) in the decade, the first time either league has ever accomplished this feat. Carl Crawford of the Rays earns MVP honors by climbing over the left field fence to deprive Brad Hawpe of a home run in the 7th inning. 2010: The Blue Jays and Braves trade shortstops, with Alex Gonzalez going from Toronto to Atlanta along with minor leaguers Tim Collins and Tyler Pastornicky, in return for Yunel Escobar and pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes. Escobar is hitting .238 with little power for the first-place Braves, while Gonzalez has shown unexpected pop with the Jays, hitting .259 with 17 homers and 50 RBI. The AAA All-Star Game is held in Allentown, PA, home of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs. The International League All-Stars defeat their rivals from the Pacific Coast League, 2 – 1, in front of 10,000 fans. The IL scores all of its runs off loser Josh Banks in the 6th, on doubles by Chris Valaika and Chase Lambin and a single by Elliot Johnson. Anthony Slama is the winner and Jonathan Albaladejo picks up the save. In the Eastern League All-Star game, played in Harrisburg, PA, late replacement Chase d’Arnaud hits a grand slam in the 7th inning for a 10 – 3 win by the Western Division over the East. 2011: U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton declares a mistrial in the trial of Roger Clemens on perjury charges, explaining that the prosecution has repeatedly ignored his directives regarding how evidence can be introduced to the jury. The Marlins explode for six runs in the 9th inning in Wrigley Field to beat the Cubs, 6 – 3, for their sixth straight win. Pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs hits a bases-clearing double off closer Carlos Marmol to put his team on the scoreboard after they enter the 9th trailing, 2 – 0. The Marlins send 11 batters to the plate in their last turn at bat, negating a solid outing by Cubs starter Matt Garza, who throws seven scoreless innings. After blowing another 9th-inning lead tomorrow, Marmol will be relieved of the closer’s job. The Blue Jays open the second half with a bang, scoring eight runs in the 1st inning of their game against the Yankees, chasing Bartolo Colon after two-thirds of an inning. 3B Eduardo Nunez, filling in for Alex Rodriguez who underwent a knee operation during the All-Star break, commits a costly error that leads to five of the runs. The Yankees then close to within 9 – 7, but the Jays victimize the back end of their bullpen in the late innings to end up with an emphatic 16 – 7 win. The 16 runs and 20 hits are season bests for the Jays. Andruw Jones hits two homers in a losing cause, and SS Derek Jeter and DH Jorge Posada appear together in a game for the 1,660th time, the all-time record for the Bronx Bombers, beating out Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri. The Jays get a scare when All-Star Jose Bautista has to leave the game in the 4th inning with a twisted ankle, but the injury will turn out to be minor. 2012: Ryan Dempster ties the Cubs’ franchise record by extending his scoreless streak to 33 innings in defeating the Diamondbacks, 4 – 1. Dempster tosses six scoreless frames before leaving, matching the record set by Ken Holtzman in 1969. Taylor Teagarden is the hero in his first game for the Orioles this season, after spending the first half on the disabled list. Entering the game as a substitute in the 10th, he hits a walk-off two-run homer off Joaquin Benoit in the 13th inning for an 8 – 6 win over the Tigers; J.J. Hardy had earlier tied the score with a solo shot off Benoit, negating Quintin Berry’s two-out RBI single in the top of the inning. The Orioles had already come back from a 5 – 4 deficit in the 11th, rallying against closer Jose Valverde. Nick Markakis hits three doubles for the O’s. There’s another wild finish in Los Angeles, as the Padres are one out away from losing, 6 – 5, but have Everth Cabrera on third base and Will Venable on second. Cabrera takes advantage of P Kenley Jansen having his back turned to steal home, and when Jansen notices, he throws over catcher A.J. Ellis’s head, allowing Venable to score as well. Huston Street then sets down the Dodgers in the bottom of the inning for the save. It’s not all bad for L.A., though, as OFs Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, both just off the disabled list, have three hits each. 2013: The United States team defeats the World team, 4 – 2, in the 2013 Futures Game. Matt Davidson hits a two-run homer in the 4th to win the Larry Doby Award as the game’s MVP. Arismendy Alcantara hits a solo homer for the World, while Jesse Biddle is the winner by pitching 1 1/3 innings, the most of any of the 18 pitchers in the game. Justin Verlander of the Tigers takes a no-hitter into the 7th inning until Mitch Moreland hits a two-out double for the Rangers. Verlander’s teammates back him with three homers – by Torii Hunter, Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta – as Detroit cruises to a 5 – 0 win. 2014: Yoenis Cespedes successfully defends his title as Home Run Derby champion in the annual event held before the All-Star Game at Target Field in Minneapolis, MN. Cespedes defeats Todd Frazier in the final round, nine long balls to one, having hit 28 overall. Ken Griffey Jr. was the only other repeat winner in the event, winning in 1998 and 1999. In a AA game featuring the Corpus Christi Hooks and Midland RockHounds, a fan tries to exact revenge on Hounds pitcher Blake Hassebrock after he plunks Hooks batter Telvin Nash with a pitch. The fan rushes the mound and rears back to punch at Hasselbrock when 3B Dusty Coleman rushes in to tackle the intruder to the ground. The fan is arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and threatening assault. 2015 – Mike Trout leads the American League to a 6 – 3 win in the 2015 All-Star Game by starting off the game with a homer against Zack Greinke, then scores the go-ahead run in the 5th to earn MVP honors for the second straight year. David Price is the winner over Clayton Kershaw, and Andrew McCutchen and Brian Dozier also homer. 2016 – Going all in to reach the postseason, the Red Sox make their fourth trade in a week, acquiring SP Drew Pomeranz, just off an appearance in the All-Star Game, from the Padres in return for prospect Anderson Espinoza. 2017: The Red Sox put an end to a disastrous episode when they designate 3B Pablo Sandoval for assignment. Signed to a $95 million five-year contract before the 2015 season, he played only 161 games over two and a half seasons, with little production. Boston’s decision leaves them on the hook for over $48 million, the second largest buy-out in major league history. The Pacific League wins the first 2017 NPB All-Star Game, 6 – 2. Shogo Akiyama opens the day with a homer off Raúl Valdés and a three-run bomb by Haruki Nishikawa off Marcos Mateo in the 8th gives the PL the lead for good. Seiichi Uchikawa goes 2 for 2 with two runs and a RBI to win MVP honors. 2018: The Cardinals fire manager Mike Matheny just before the All-Star break, following a loss to the Reds that puts them just one game above .500. Hitting coach John Mabry and assistant hitting coach Bill Mueller are also let go, while bench coach Mike Shildt is named interim manager, with a permanent replacement expected to be named when play resumes after the Mid-Summer Classic in a few days. However, Shildt will do so well that he will be made permanent within a few weeks. For the second straight year, the Pacific League sweeps the 2018 NPB All-Star Games. They take today’s game, 5 – 1. Sosuke Genda breaks a scoreless tie in the 5th when he doubles off Yuta Iwasada to score Nobuhiro Matsuda; Takuya Kai then singles in Game MVP Genda. Andrew Albers gets the win, retiring six of the seven batters he faces. 2019 – The Rays make a bid to throw the first combined perfect game in major league history as pitchers Ryne Stanek (2 innings) and Ryan Yarbrough (6 innings) retire the first 24 Orioles batters in order before Hanser Alberto leads off the bottom of the 9th with a single aided by a defensive shift. The Orioles eventually manage to push across a run but still lose the game, 4 – 1. 2020 – The Associated Press announces that the Braves have signed free agent OF Yasiel Puig, the biggest name still available on the market, to a one-year contract. The Braves have an unexpected opening in right field, as Nick Markakis announced last week that he was sitting out the season, which opens in ten days, due to health concerns in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. However, the deal will fall through three days later when Puig tests positive for COVID-19. 2023 – Brothers Josh Naylor and Bo Naylor both hit two-run homers in the 3rd inning in the Guardians’ 12 – 4 loss to the Rangers at Globe Life Park. It the first time that brothers hit multi-run homers for the same team in the same inning. 2024: 2B Travis Bazzana of Oregon State University is the First overall pick in the 2024 amateur draft, by the Cleveland Guardians, making him the highest-drafted Australian ever. The Reds follow by taking P Chase Burns from Wake Forest University while the Rockies take OF Charlie Condon of the University of Georgia, the winner of the Golden Spikes Award, with the third pick. The top eight players selected, and 13 of the top 15, are collegians, with hitters dominating the top ranks. The A’s end the first half of the season with a bang as they match a team mark by hitting eight home runs against the team with the best record in the majors, the Phillies. Three players have multi-homer games for a franchise first: Brent Rooker, Seth Brown and Lawrence Butler, the latter with three. Zack Gelof ends the fireworks show with a grand slam in the 9th, the final score being 18 – 3. Surprisingly, it’s the third time Oakland score 18 runs in a game this season – and no other team has done it. 2025 – Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors in homers by a wide margin, also wins the annual Home Run Derby, staged at Truist Park in Atlanta, GA, defeating Junior Caminero in the final round. But before it gets to that, he ends the first round tied with Brent Rooker with 17 long balls. As only the top four hitters advance further, the tiebreaker is longest home run distance, and he wins that by a mere inch over Rooker. The Big Dumper, as he is affectionately known, is the first catcher to win the competition. Births[edit] 1850 – Cheever Goodwin, umpire (d. 1912) 1850 – Jim Holdsworth, infielder/outfielder (d. 1918) 1851 – Steve Brady, outfielder (d. 1917) 1854 – Jack Gleason, infielder (d. 1944) 1862 – Law Daniels, catcher (d. 1929) 1866 – Alex Ferson, pitcher (d. 1957) 1871 – Art Nichols, catcher (d. 1945) 1871 – Jiggs Parrott, infielder (d. 1898) 1874 – Jesse Tannehill, pitcher (d. 1956) 1879 – Fred Burchell, pitcher (d. 1951) 1880 – Red Booles, pitcher (d. 1955) 1880 – Ed Hug, catcher (d. 1953) 1881 – Rabbit Nill, infielder (d. 1962) 1883 – Happy Smith, outfielder (d. 1961) 1885 – Warren Miller, outfielder (d. 1956) 1888 – Ken Nash, infielder (d. 1977) 1889 – Joe Conzelman, pitcher (d. 1979) 1892 – Jack Farmer, infielder (d. 1970) 1893 – John Peters, catcher (d. 1932) 1896 – Henry Gillespie, pitcher (d. 1963) 1898 – Happy Chandler Hall of Famer (d. 1991) 1900 – Dave Harris, outfielder (d. 1973) 1900 – Anderson Pryor, outfielder (d. ????) 1902 – Columbus Ewing, outfielder (d. 1947) 1904 – Max West, outfielder (d. 1971) 1908 – Johnny Murphy, pitcher; All-Star (d. 1970) 1910 – Guy Ousley, infielder (d. 1964) 1911 – Julio Bonetti, pitcher (d. 1952) 1912 – Ed Lagger, pitcher (d. 1981) 1913 – Don Hendrickson, pitcher (d. 1977) 1913 – Gene Schott, pitcher (d. 1992) 1914 – José Pérez, Venezuelan national team player (d. 1944) 1917 – Minoru Tanaka, NPB pitcher (d. ????) 1919 – Cleveland Clark, outfielder (d. ????) 1919 – Crash Davis, infielder (d. 2001) 1920 – Bryan Stephens, pitcher (d. 1991) 1922 – Robert Creamer, writer (d. 2012) 1924 – Ralph Rowe, coach (d. 1996) 1925 – Lou Ott, minor league infielder (d. 2013) 1925 – Cromer Smotherman, minor league player (d. 2013) 1928 – Luis Boyer, Venezuelan national team catcher 1929 – Bob Purkey, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2008) 1929 – Patricia Scott, AAGPBL pitcher 1932 – Mutsuo Manda, NPB catcher 1935 – Earl Francis, pitcher (d. 2002) 1936 – Michio Ukari, NPB pitcher 1939 – Dan Hagan, minor league outfielder (d. 2014) 1944 – Billy McCool, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2014) 1945 – Marcel de Bruijn, Hoofdklasse pitcher (d. 2022) 1947 – Steve Stone, pitcher; All-Star 1947 – Danny Walton, outfielder (d. 2017) 1948 – Pepe Frias, infielder 1948 – Earl Williams, catcher 1949 – Che-Hsiang Chen, Taiwan national team infielder 1951 – Rick Wolff, minor league infielder, author (d. 2023) 1952 – Yasuji Matsuzaki, NPB infielder 1953 – Billy Smith, infielder 1954 – Chuck Rainey, pitcher 1955 – Yasuaki Imanari, scout (d. 2022) 1958 – Kirk Aadland, minor league infielder 1958 – John Booher, scout 1961 – Vic Rodriguez, infielder 1963 – Stan Boroski, coach 1963 – John Dopson, pitcher 1963 – Yoshiaki Nishikawa, NPB pitcher 1963 – Rob Thomson, minor league catcher 1964 – Darren Hall, pitcher 1964 – Bill Mosiello, minor league manager and coach 1964 – Hiroshi Shintani, NPB pitcher 1964 – Jose Vargas, minor league pitcher 1966 – Brian Cofer, minor league pitcher 1967 – Masahito Watanabe, NPB outfielder 1967 – Robin Ventura, infielder, manager; All-Star 1968 – Derrick May, outfielder 1969 – Jose Hernandez, infielder; All-Star 1969 – Jeff Pearce, minor league outfielder/pitcher 1970 – Mark Brandenburg, pitcher 1970 – Tim Davis, pitcher 1970 – Óscar Gómez, Colombian national team outfielder 1972 – Harry Muir, minor league pitcher 1972 – Brian Wilson, scout 1973 – Marcello Malagoli, Serie A1 catcher 1973 – Willy Viloria, Colombian national team pitcher 1974 – Ben Cherington, General Manager 1975 – Tim Hudson, pitcher; All-Star 1976 – Makoto Fukumoto, NPB infielder 1977 – Yong-hoon Lee, KBO pitcher 1978 – Mike Burns, pitcher 1979 – Bernie Castro, infielder 1979 – Toshiya Tsuji, NPB catcher 1979 – Tommy Whiteman, minor league infielder 1980 – Yoshio Koyama, NPB catcher 1981 – Takuya Furuya, NPB pitcher 1982 – Enrique Gonzalez, pitcher 1982 – Martijn Meeuwis, Hoofdklasse catcher 1983 – Simon Gühring, minor league catcher 1983 – Juan Gutierrez, pitcher 1983 – Eddy Martinez-Esteve, minor league outfielder 1985 – Javier Dominguez, minor league catcher 1987 – Cristian González, Puerto Rican national team pitcher 1987 – Jesse Olivar, minor league infielder 1987 – Ashley Scott, South African national team infielder 1987 – Koshiro Yamamuro, NPB pitcher 1988 – Kai Correa, manager 1988 – Pao-Huang Wang, CPBL infielder 1989 – Rob Brantly, catcher 1989 – Cole Nelson, minor league pitcher 1989 – Jordan Swagerty, minor league pitcher 1989 – RJ Vukovich, minor league infielder 1990 – Jack Leathersich, pitcher 1992 – Arunas Dankovskis, Elitserien infielder 1992 – Tim Locastro, infielder 1992 – Xia Luo, China Baseball League pitcher 1994 – Tyler Alexander, pitcher 1994 – Armando Alvarez, infielder 1994 – Zachary Bird, minor league pitcher 1994 – Jake Cousins, pitcher 1994 – Lucas Giolito, pitcher; All-Star 1994 – Carson Kelly, catcher 1994 – Andrew Velazquez, infielder 1995 – Isaac Mattson, pitcher 1995 – Kestas Vilimas, Hoofdklasse catcher 1995 – Robertas Vilimas, Bundesliga pitcher 1997 – Will Stewart, minor league pitcher 1998 – Joey Ortiz, infielder 1999 – Natsuki Kubo, Japanese women’s national team pitcher 1999 – Cole Wilcox, pitcher 2000 – Justin Wrobleski, pitcher; All-Star 2006 – Hyun-chang Jung, KBO infielder Deaths[edit] 1891 – Bill Crowley, outfielder (b. 1857) 1910 – Jack Horner, pitcher (b. 1863) 1910 – Albert Kirmes, minor league infielder (b. 1864) 1931 – Babe Danzig, infielder (b. 1887) 1943 – George Pechiney, pitcher (b. 1861) 1943 – Fred Weiler, minor league infielder (b. 1882) 1947 – Orval Overall, pitcher (b. 1881) 1951 – Dee Cousineau, catcher (b. 1898) 1951 – Vance Page, pitcher (b. 1905) 1960 – Al Kellett, pitcher (b. 1901) 1960 – Walter Thornton, outfielder (b. 1875) 1962 – Howard Craghead, pitcher (b. 1908) 1963 – Bill Lindsay, infielder (b. 1881) 1964 – Nolan Swancy, pitcher (b. 1896) 1965 – Ike Eichrodt, outfielder (b. 1903) 1967 – Bill Dalrymple, infielder (b. 1891) 1967 – Ray Winder, minor league executive (b. 1885) 1970 – Joseph Meyer, college coach (b. 1893) 1971 – Dee Walsh, outfielder (b. 1890) 1982 – Jackie Jensen, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1927) 1984 – Al Schacht, pitcher (b. 1892) 1985 – Larry Drake, outfielder (b. 1921) 1986 – Wally Holborow, pitcher (b. 1913) 1988 – Whitey Witt, outfielder (b. 1895) 1992 – Willie Wynn, catcher (b. 1917) 1994 – Martin Crue, pitcher (b. 1919) 1994 – Cesar Tovar, outfielder (b. 1940) 1996 – Hank Camelli, catcher (b. 1914) 2000 – Georges Maranda, pitcher (b. 1932) 2002 – Nelson Barrera, minor league infielder (b. 1957) 2002 – Alphonso Gerard, outfielder (b. 1917) 2008 – Red Foley, writer (b. 1928) 2012 – Skeet O’Connell, college coach (b. 1916) 2013 – Matt Batts, catcher (b. 1921) 2014 – Takeo Furuya, NPB infielder (b. 1921) 2014 – Cliff McClanahan, USA national team pitcher (b. 1917) 2014 – James Stillwell, owner (b. 1935) 2014 – Alex Zych, minor league pitcher (b. 1926) 2015 – Roy Blake, Panamanian national team pitcher (b. 1946) 2015 – Kazumi Takahashi, NPB pitcher (b. 1946) 2016 – J.L. Smith, college pitcher (b. 1933) 2016 – Mike Strahler, pitcher (b. 1947) 2019 – Shavently Profar, Hoofdklasse outfielder (b. 1995) 2024 – Jerry Walker, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1939) 2025 – Sue Parsons, AAGPBL pitcher, infielder, and outfielder (b. 1934) ============================================= TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, July 14 MLB BASEBALL 8 p.m. FOX — 2026 MLB All-Star Game: American League vs. National League, Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Philadelphia vs. Houston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Sacramento vs. Brooklyn, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Memphis vs. Golden State, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Washington vs. Chicago, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Denver vs. Oklahoma City, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Semifinal, Arlington, Texas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Volts _____ Wednesday, July 15 AWARDS SHOW 8 p.m. ABC — The 2026 ESPY Awards: From New York GOLF 4 a.m. (Thursday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England NBA BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Indiana vs. Minnesota, Las Vegas 4 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Orlando vs. Philadelphia, Las Vegas 5:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: New Orleans vs. Cleveland, Las Vegas 6 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Phoenix vs. Detroit, Las Vegas 7:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Milwaukee vs. Charlotte, Las Vegas 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Boston vs. Sacramento, Las Vegas 9:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Utah vs. San Antonio, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. ESPN — Summer League: Washington vs. L.A. Clippers, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage: TBD, Semifinal, Atlanta SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Washington at NJ/NY Gotham FC SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Volts 10 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. USA — Golden State at Indiana _____ Thursday, July 16 GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, First Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, First Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Friday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia NBA BASKETBALL 4 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Dallas vs. Oklahoma City, Las Vegas 4:30 p.m. ESPNU — Summer League: Brooklyn vs. Houston, Las Vegas 6 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: L.A. Lakers vs. Chicago, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Golden State vs. New York, Las Vegas 8 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Memphis vs. Atlanta, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Summer League: Toronto vs. Miami, Las Vegas 10 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League: Portland vs. Denver, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 7 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Bandits at Blaze 10 p.m. MLBN — Talons at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBATV — Portland at Chicago 9 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — New York at Dallas _____ Friday, July 17 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Second Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Second Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 5 a.m. (Saturday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLBN — Tampa Bay at Boston (1:35 p.m.) 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:05 p.m.) OR Pittsburgh at Cleveland (7:10 p.m.) 7:07 p.m. APPLE TV — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 10 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) OR Washington at Athletics (joined in progress) (9:40 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 11 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOFTBALL 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m. ION — TBA 10 p.m. ION — Connecticut at Phoenix _____ Saturday, July 18 AUTO RACING 6 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 11:30 a.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 12:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Faith Fest 250, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. 3 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 4:30 p.m. FS2 — INDY NXT Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 6 p.m. FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Final Practice, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn GOLF 5 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Third Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England Noon GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Third Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 4 a.m. (Sunday) USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England LACROSSE (MEN’S) 2 p.m. ABC — PLL: Carolina vs. Denver, Fairfield, Conn. MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 8 p.m. ESPN2 — PFL: Main Card, Austin, Texas MLB BASEBALL 2 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Minnesota at Chicago Cubs (2:20 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (4:10 p.m.) 5:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Texas at Atlanta (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) OR Miami at Milwaukee (joined in progress) (4:10 p.m.) 8 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (8:08 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Seattle (8:08 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 5 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 6:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 7 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 8:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. PRIME VIDEO — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Round Robin, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) Noon CBS — USL Championship: TBA 5 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Third-Place Match, Miami Gardens, Fla. SOCCER (WOMEN’S) Noon ABC — NWSL: Seattle at NJ/NY Gotham FC 2 p.m. CBS — NWSL: Portland at Denver 4 p.m. NWSL: North Carolina at Bay FC SOFTBALL 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits 6 p.m. ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 10 p.m. CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited: Volts at Cascade WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. CBS — New York at Indiana _____ Sunday, July 19 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Moët & Chandon Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium 1 p.m. FS1 — INDY NXT Series: Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 5:30 p.m. FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, Tenn 7 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Window World 450, In-Season Challenge – Round 4, North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, N.C. BEACH VOLLEYBALL 1 p.m. CBS — AVP: League Week 6, New York BIG3 BASKETBALL 2 p.m. CBS — Week 5: Detroit Amps vs. Houston Rig Hands, Chicago Triplets vs. LA Riot, DMV Trilogy vs. Boston Ball Hogs, Dallas Power vs. Miami 305, Chicago GOLF 4 a.m. USA — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 7 a.m. NBC — DP World/PGA Tour: The Open Championship, Final Round, Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Southport, England 4 p.m. GOLF — DP World/PGA Tour: Corales Puntacana Championship, Final Round, Puntacana Resort & Club (Corales Golf Course), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic LACROSSE (MEN’S) 3 p.m. ABC — PLL: New York vs. Boston, Fairfield, Conn. MLB BASEBALL 12:15 p.m. PEACOCK — Chicago White Sox at Toronto 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at Arizona (4:10 p.m.) OR Detroit at L.A. Angels (4:07 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees (7:20 p.m.) NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — Summer League Playoffs: TBD, Championship, Las Vegas SOCCER (MEN’S) 3 p.m. FOX — FIFA World Cup: TBD, Final, East Rutherford, N.J. SOFTBALL Noon ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Spark at Blaze 8 p.m. MLBN — Athletes Unlimited: Talons at Bandits WNBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Los Angeles at Dallas 4 p.m. CBS — Chicago at Atlanta 7 p.m. ESPN — Connecticut at Phoenix About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JULY 13, 2026
