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“THE SCOREBOARD”

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

INDIANA SRN PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL POWER POLLS

1 NORTH JUDSON

2 PROVIDENCE

3 SOUTH PUTNAM

4 NORTH DECATUR

5 SOUTH ADAMS

6 CARROLL (FLORA)

7 KNIGHTSTOWN

8 NORTH MIAMI

9 SPRINGS VALLEY

10 MILAN

1 ADAMS CENTRAL

2 BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL

3 LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC

4 LINTON STOCKTON

5 INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN

6 HERITAGE CHRISTIAN

7 LAPEL

8 ANDREAN

9 EASTERN GREENTOWN

10 TRITON CENTRAL

1 FT. WAYNE LUERS

2 CASCADE

3 MISSISSINEWA

4 TRI-WEST

5 MACONAQUAH

6 EVANSVILLE MATER DEI

7 GIBSON SOUTHERN

8 EVANSVILE MEMORIAL

9 KNOX/WEST LAFAYETTE

10 LAWRENCEBURG

1 BISHOP CHATARD

2 MISHAWAKA

3 EVANSVILLE REITZ

4 HERITAGE HILLS

5 NEW PRAIRIE

6 EAST NOBLE

7 DANVILLE

8 GREENWOOD

9 GREENFIELD CENTRAL

10 FW DWENGER

1 NEW PALESTINE

2 CATHEDRAL

3 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH

4 EAST CENTRAL

4 MERRILLVILLE

5 LAFAYETTE JEFF

6 CONCORD

7 CASTLE

8 PLAINFIELD

9 VALPARAISO

10 WHITELAND

1 BROWNSBURG

2 WESTFIELD

3 CENTER GROVE

4 LAWRENCE NORTH

5 DECATUR CENTRAL

6 FISHERS

7 COLUMBUS NORTH

8 HAMILTON SE

9 CROWN POINT

10 WARREN CENTRAL

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WNBA SCORES

MINNESOTA 91 CHICAGO 78

PHOENIX 78 GOLDEN STATE 77

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NBA SUMMER LEAGUE

ATLANTA 111 HOUSTON 108

CHICAGO 114 INDIANA 105

CHARLOTTE 87 DALLAS 69

MIAMI 100 BOSTON 96

SAN ANTONIO 93 UTAH 91

SACRAMENTO 94 PHOENIX 76

LA CLIPPERS 67 LA LAKERS 58

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MLB SCORES

ALL-STAR BREAK

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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

NO GAMES SCHEDULED

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COLTS TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SAT., AUG. 9: PRACTICE (4-5:10 P.M.)

SUN., AUG. 10: PRACTICE (4-5:30 P.M.)

MON., AUG. 11: PRACTICE (4-5:40 P.M.)

THUR., AUG. 14: PRACTICE (3-5 P.M.)

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2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

ACC FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

BIG TEN FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

BIG 12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

INDEPENDENTS FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

NOTRE DAMEUCONN

MAC FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

MOUNTAIN WEST FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

PAC-12 FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

OREGON STATEWASHINGTON STATE

SEC FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

SUN BELT FOOTBALL SCHEDULES

EAST APP STATE | COASTAL CAROLINAGEORGIA SOUTHERN | GEORGIA STATEJAMES MADISON | MARSHALL | ODU

WEST

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

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NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES

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

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2025 NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE

NFL/HALL OF FAME GAME – JULY 31

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

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

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

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

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

N.Y. GIANTS AT BUFFALO, 1:00
HOUSTON AT MINNESOTA, 4:00
PITTSBURGH AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:00
DALLAS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
TENNESSEE AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
KANSAS CITY AT ARIZONA, 8:00
N.Y. JETS AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
DENVER AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

MIAMI AT CHICAGO, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 4:05

*****WEEK 2*****

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

TENNESSEE AT ATLANTA, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT SEATTLE, 10:00

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

MIAMI AT DETROIT, 1:00
CAROLINA AT HOUSTON, 1:00
GREEN BAY AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
NEW ENGLAND AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
CLEVELAND AT PHILADELPHIA, 1:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 4:00
BALTIMORE AT DALLAS, 7:00
L.A. CHARGERS AT L.A. RAMS, 7:00
N.Y. JETS AT N.Y. GIANTS, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
ARIZONA AT DENVER, 9:30

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17

JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
BUFFALO AT CHICAGO (FOX), 8:00

MONDAY, AUGUST 18

CINCINNATI AT WASHINGTON (ESPN), 8:00

*****WEEK 3*****

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21

PITTSBURGH AT CAROLINA, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT N.Y. GIANTS (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

PHILADELPHIA AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
ATLANTA AT DALLAS, 8:00
MINNESOTA AT TENNESSEE (CBS), 8:00
CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY, 8:20

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

BALTIMORE AT WASHINGTON, NOON
INDIANAPOLIS AT CINCINNATI, 1:00
L.A. RAMS AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
HOUSTON AT DETROIT, 1:00
DENVER AT NEW ORLEANS, 1:00
SEATTLE AT GREEN BAY, 4:00
JACKSONVILLE AT MIAMI, 7:00
BUFFALO AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
L.A. CHARGERS AT SAN FRANCISCO, 8:30
LAS VEGAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00

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2025 NFL WEEK ONE SCHEDULE

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

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TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/PRESS RELEASES

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

RALEIGH HOLDS OFF CAMINERO FOR HR DERBY TITLE

The “Big Dumper” can now add Home Run Derby champion to his unreal 2025 season.

Seattle Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh held off Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round to win the 2025 Home Run Derby at Truist Park. Caminero needed five homers in the bonus round to force a swing-off but came up short.

Raleigh is the first primary catcher to ever win the event. Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez had the previous best finish for a catcher, when he was the runner-up in 2005.

“It means the world,” Raleigh said. “I could hit zero home runs and had just as much fun. I can’t believe we won. That was unbelievable.”

Raleigh joins three-time champion Ken Griffey Jr. as the only Mariners players to win the event. Seattle’s four Home Run Derby championships are now tied with the New York Yankees for the most among teams.

The switch-hitting Raleigh also joins Rubén Sierra in 1989 as the only switch-hitters to win a derby crown. Sierra shared his title with Eric Davis, making Raleigh the lone switch-hitter to win one outright. Raleigh showed off his unique skills, hitting homers from both sides during the first round before shifting to the left side for the semis and final.

With his father Todd pitching and brother Todd Jr. catching, Raleigh was in the zone all night, crushing 54 total homers en route to the title. His longest was a 471-foot blast in the first round.

The 28-year-old entered the break with an MLB-best 38 home runs, a mark that’s also a pre-break record for primary catchers. Raleigh was voted as the AL’s starting catcher for Tuesday’s Midsummer Classic.

PAUL SKENES, NL TRY TO END AL’S RUN OF DOMINANCE IN ALL-STAR GAME

ATLANTA — Just to participate in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game would be a career — and maybe even lifetime — achievement for many professional baseball players.

For the National League’s starting pitcher Paul Skenes, it’s becoming a habit.

When Skenes toes the rubber at Truist Park in Atlanta Tuesday night, it will mark the second year he starts the Midsummer Classic in as many big-league seasons.

The 23-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates phenom is joining Joe DiMaggio, Ichiro Suzuki, Rod Carew and Frank Robinson as the only players in MLB history to start the All-Star Game in each of their first two seasons.

Even the mild-mannered flamethrower was taken aback by the list of Hall of Famers.

“It’s not a bad list to be on, for sure,” Skenes said. “It’s a huge honor. Thank you, Doc (Dodgers manager Dave Roberts), for giving that to me. The All-Star Game is something that I was lucky enough to do last year and I can’t imagine a scenario of turning down a chance to start. It’s just such a huge honor to be on this stage and play with all of these unbelievable players, some of them that I’ve watched for years. So to be able to share a field with them is an awesome experience.”

Skenes’ 2.01 ERA leads the majors, although he owns just a 4-8 record with the lowly Pirates.

Roberts was given the occasionally difficult task of choosing an All-Star starting pitcher, but this time around, the Los Angeles manager didn’t think twice.

“I think for me it was easy,” Roberts said at his press conference on Monday. “What Paul has done with his performance should override and supersede anything. … To have Paul represent the National League — the first and only Pirates pitcher to do that in back-to-back years — it wouldn’t surprise me if he does it again next year, as well.”

Along with Skenes, the National League starters consist of three Dodgers: designated hitter Shohei Ohtani, first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith. Chicago Cubs outfielders Kyle Tucker and Pete Crow-Armstrong, Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr., Arizona’s Ketel Marte, San Diego’s Manny Machado and the New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor round out the starting nine.

Acuna gets the start in his home ballpark, while Freeman — a former World Series champion with the Braves and nine-time All-Star– returns to the city he called home for 12 years.

“Nine times later, it’s kind of crazy,” Freeman said. “I don’t take any of this for granted. This is special now that I get to bring my kids. I can’t believe it’s been nine already; I’m getting old.”

Opposite of Skenes and Roberts in the American League dugout is New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone — the only active manager to both play and manage in the game.

“Getting selected for an All-Star Game as a player was so meaningful,” Boone said on Monday. “It meant the world to me and now I get to do it as a manager. I’m so humbled by that and I can’t wait to do it with a bunch of guys that I have a lot of respect for.”

Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal gets the ball first for the AL, which has beaten the National League in 10 of the last 11 years.

Skubal, the Detroit Tigers’ lefty ace, will be the first to admit that he wasn’t on pace to be one of the game’s best after his first season in the majors, having posted a 5.63 ERA in his rookie season in 2020. Fast forward five years, and he’s arguably baseball’s toughest arm.

“I don’t want to take anything in this game for granted,” Skubal said. “This game is so beautiful in the grand scheme of things. Your career is going to be short in terms of how long you live, so I want to be able to enjoy as many years as I get to play the game.”

The first inning on Tuesday will belong to the Tigers, who own the majors’ best record at 59-38. Second baseman Gleyber Torres and left fielder Riley Greene will follow Skubal as the American League’s first two hitters.

A pair of MVP candidates will then follow in the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, before Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Baltimore’s Ryan O’Hearn and Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero.

Perhaps the biggest All-Star surprise this season, Detroit’s Javier Baez will return to the exhibition for the first time since 2019, before rookie Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson rounds out the American League’s starting nine.

–Jack Batten, Field Level Media

2025 ALL-STAR ROSTERS

At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia

American League

Starters

r-replacement; u-unavailable

Catcher: Cal Raleigh, Mariners

First base: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays

Second base: Gleyber Torres, Tigers

Third base: INF r-Junior Caminero, Rays

Shortstop: Jacob Wilson, Athletics

Designated hitter: Ryan O’Hearn, Orioles

Outfield: Riley Greene, Tigers, Javier Báez, Tigers, Aaron Judge, Yankees

Pitcher: Tarik Skubal, Tigers

Pitchers — u-Garrett Crochet, Red Sox, u-Yusei Kikuchi, Angels, u-Max Fried, Yankees, u-Jacob deGrom, Rangers, Shane Smith, White Sox, u-Hunter Brown, Astros, Kris Bubic, Royals, Bryan Woo, Mariners, r-Drew Rasmussen, Rays, r-Casey Mize, Tigers, r-Carlos Rodón, Yankees, r-Joe Ryan, Twins, Aroldis Chapman, Red Sox, r-Carlos Estevez, Royals, Josh Hader, Astros, Andres Muñoz, Mariners

Reserves — C Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays, INF Jonathan Aranda, Rays, INF Brandon Lowe, Rays, INF Alex Bregman, Red Sox, INF Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees, INF Jeremy Peña, Astros, INF Bobby Witt Jr., Royals, INF José Ramírez, Guardians, INF Isaac Paredes, Astros, INF Zach McKinstry, Tigers, INF Maikel Garcia, Royals, DH Brent Rooker, Athletics, OF Byron Buxton, Twins, OF Steven Kwan, Guardians, OF Julio Rodríguez, Mariners, OF Randy Arozarena, Mariners

National League

Starters

Catcher: Will Smith, Dodgers

First base: Freddie Freeman, Dodgers

Second base: Ketel Marte, Diamondbacks

Third base: Manny Machado, Padres

Shortstop: Francisco Lindor, Mets

Designated hitter: Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers

Outfield: Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs, Kyle Tucker, Cubs

Pitcher: Paul Skenes, Pirates

Pitchers — Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers (Legend Pick), Chris Sale, Braves, u-Zack Wheeler, Phillies, Logan Webb, Giants, u-Robbie Ray, Giants, u-Freddy Peralta, Brewers, MacKenzie Gore, Nationals, u-Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers, u-Matthew Boyd, Cubs, r-Andrew Abbott, Reds, r-David Peterson, Mets, r-Jacob Misiorowski, Brewers, Edwin Diaz, Mets, Jason Adam, Padres, Randy Rodriguez, Giants, r-Robert Suarez, Padres, r-Trevor Megill, Brewers, r-Adrian Morejon, Padres

Reserves — C Hunter Goodman, Rockies, INF Pete Alonso, Mets, INF Elly De La Cruz, Reds, INF Brendan Donovan, Cardinals, INF Matt Olson, Braves, INF Eugenio Suárez, Diamondbacks, DH Kyle Schwarber, Phillies, OF Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks, OF Kyle Stowers, Marlins, OF Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres, OF James Wood, Nationals

ROBOT UMPIRES TO MAKE ALL-STAR GAME DEBUT, ANOTHER STEP TOWARD POSSIBLE REGULAR-SEASON USE IN 2026

ATLANTA (AP) — Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires.

“I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award winner said ahead of his start for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game.

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an All-Star Game for the first time this summer. Each team gets two challenges and retains the challenge if it is successful.

“Pitchers think everything is a strike. Then you go back and look at it, and it’s two, three balls off,” Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes, starting his second straight All-Star Game for the National League, said Monday. “We should not be the ones that are challenging it.”

MLB sets the top of the automated strike zone at 53.5% of a batter’s height and the bottom at 27%, basing the decision on the midpoint of the plate, 8 1/2 inches from the front and 8 1/2 inches from the back. That contrasts with the rule book zone called by umpires, which says the zone is a cube.

“I did a few rehabs starts with it. I’m OK with it. I think it works,” said three-time Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers. “Aaron Judge and Jose Altuve should have different sized boxes. They’ve obviously thought about that. As long as that gets figured out, I think it’ll be fine.”

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred anticipates the system will be considered by the sport’s 11-man competition committee, which includes six management representatives.

Many pitchers have gravitated to letting their catchers and managers trigger ball/strike appeals. Teams won 52.2% of their challenges during the spring training test. Batters won exactly 50% of their 596 challenges and the defense 54%, with catchers successful 56% of the time and pitchers 41%.

Hall of Famer Joe Torre, an honorary AL coach, favors the system. After his managing career, he worked for MLB and helped supervised expanded video review in 2014.

“You couldn’t ignore it with all the technology out there,” he said. “You couldn’t sit and make an excuse for, ‘Look at what really happened’ the next day.”

Now 84, Torre recalled how his Yankees teams benefitted at least twice from blown calls in the postseason, including one involving the strike zone.

With the 1998 World Series opener tied and the bases loaded with two outs in the seventh inning, Tino Martinez took a 2-2 pitch from San Diego’s Mark Langston that appeared to be a strike but was called a ball by Richie Garcia. Martinez hit a grand slam on the next pitch for a 9-5 lead, and the Yankees went on to a four-game sweep.

Asked whether he was happy there was no robot umpire then, Torre grinned and said: “Possibly.”

Then he added without a prompt: “Well, not to mention the home run that Jeter hit.”

His reference was to Derek Jeter’s home run in the 1996 AL Championship Series opener, when 12-year-old fan Jeffrey Maier reached over the wall to snatch the ball above the glove over Baltimore right fielder Tony Tarasco.

CURVEBALLS ARE DISAPPEARING IN MLB AS VELOCITY OBSESSION RESHAPES PITCHING LANDSCAPE

ATLANTA (AP) — Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern game valuing velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually.

The Athletics have thrown curves on just 2.5% of pitches this season. The overall big league figure dropped from 10.7% in 2019 to 8.1% last year, the lowest since MLB starting tracking in 2008, before rising slightly to 8.5% this season.

There were 22,962 fewer curveballs in 2024 than five years earlier.

“You don’t really see a lot of people throwing 12-6 curveballs anymore,” Tampa Bay pitcher Shane Baz said. “They’d rather have a hard cutter/slider. It’s a lot easier for guys to throw a sweeper than it is a 12-6 curveball.”

Baz’s 28.1% is seventh in curveball use among those who have thrown at least 1,000 pitches this season.

Baltimore’s Charlie Morton, first at 39%, learned to throw a hook from his dad.

“He was reading some article or maybe he was reading some pitching book,” Baltimore’s 41-year-old right-hander said. “You basically throw it like you’re re-throwing a knife.”

Curveballs have been around for a century and a half

Hall of Famer Candy Cummings, a 145-game winner, is credited with inventing the curveball in 1863 when he was 14, discovering the movement when he threw sea shells into the Atlantic Ocean. Some attribute the curve to amateur pitcher Fred Goldsmith in 1870.

With an average velocity of 80.2 mph, curves are the slowest and loopiest of breaking pitches, often disrupting the timing of batters set for smoke. The phrase “thrown a curveball” has become part of the English language, much like “screwball,” more a phrase than a pitch these days.

Sandy Koufax, Nolan Ryan and Clayton Kershaw were among the consummate curveballers, bamboozling batters as balls they gave up on dropped like hang gliders into the strike zone.

“It’s become an industry of throwing over pitching,” New York Yankees senior adviser Omar Minaya said. “When you pitch, you use different pitches. What we’re seeing in the industry as a whole, especially with showcases, is people are looking more at velocity than pitchability — as a scout, I said that unfortunately.”

Former pitcher Dallas Braden, now a broadcaster, longs for those days of deception.

“You almost sympathize with the hitter in the moment because you’re like: Damn, I couldn’t have hit that. He couldn’t hit that. Nobody could have hit that,” Braden said. “The eephus is now almost like as close as we get, when a position player is on the mound, to an aesthetically pleasing pitch like that, just the visual presentation of the pitch starting in the clouds and ending up at the ankles.”

Nike’s “Chicks Dig the Long Ball” commercial defined baseball in the Steroids Era. These days the slogan might as well be: “Velo Rules!” There were just 214 pitches of 100 mph or more in 2008. There were a record 3,880 two years ago and this year is on track for 3,252.

In tandem, starting pitcher use has dropped. Starters have averaged just under 5 1/3 innings this season, down from 6 1/3 innings in the 1980s. Their pitch count averages 85.7, down from 97 in 2010

Throw as hard as you can for as long as you can is the mantra

Average four-seam fastball velocity is a record 94.4 mph this season, up from 91.9 mph when MLB started tracking in 2008. But fastballs — four-seam, two-seam and cutters, have dropped from 62.1% to 55%.

Those missing hooks and heaters have been replaced by sliders, sweepers and slurves. They are 22.6% of pitches this year, up from 13.9% in 2008, and their average velocity has risen to 84.8 mph from 83.4 mph.

Colorado throws curves the most often at 15.6%, not that it has brought any success to a team that entered the break at 22-74, on track for a 37-125 finish and the post-1900 record for losses.

The Athletics haven’t thrown 10% curveballs since 2017.

“If you look around the game, swing and miss has taken more of a priority, so guys are trying to throw more sweepers with more horizontal movement, or they’re trying to throw the slider really hard at the bottom of the zone,” Athletics pitching coach Scott Emerson said. “They’re worried about contact with the curveball.”

Generational change in the 2020s

Veteran pitchers note the curve’s decline as youngsters integrate into staffs.

“As you’re an amateur going to the big leagues guys are looking at velo. Guys are just looking at stuff,” Yankees ace Gerrit Cole said. “Velo is important and it pays.”

Maybe because the pitchers who throw curves are committed, batters have a .225 average this season on curves, down from .263 on fastballs and up slightly from .222 on sliders, sweepers and slurves.

“That’s just how the game is trending: to throw it as hard as you can, spin it the best you can and hope the hitter doesn’t hit it,” Emerson said. “The hitters are up there trying to swing as hard they can. If they hit it with hard contact, make 27 swings that are really hard, you got a chance to hit a homer here and there. And it’s taken away from the contact-type pitchers.”

A MIX OF YOUTH AND CHEMISTRY HAS RED SOX ROLLING INTO ALL-STAR BREAK ON 10-GAME WINNING STREAK

BOSTON (AP) — Many of the Boston Red Sox players started wearing T-shirts during batting practice and in the clubhouse the past week with a quote from teammate Romy Gonzalez written across the front.

It says: “Tremendously locked in.”

They certainly look that way heading into the All-Star break.

On Sunday, Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer and the Red Sox (53-45) posted their 10th straight victory with a 4-1, series-sweeping win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.

“There’s two things: We’re young and we’re athletic and that doesn’t slump to be honest with you,” said manager Alex Cora, who reminded some of his younger players to lead with energy in late May.

“I talked to some of the kids in Atlanta and their job is to, of course, play as hard as you can,” he said. “I told them: ’There’s no excuse for you guys not bringing the energy every single day. It starts in the clubhouse with the music.”’

The 24-year-old Rafaela has joined three rookies: infielder Marcelo Mayer, outfielder Roman Anthony and catcher Carlos Narváez to give the Red Sox a jolt of successful youth leading them into the break.

Following a series-opening loss in New York on June 6, the Red Sox dropped to 10 1/2 games behind the AL East-leading Yankees. Now, just over a month later, they’re a game behind them for second place, trailing the division-leading Toronto Blue Jays.

“It’s been fun the last 10 days,” said Rafaela, who is hitting .421 with five homers and 15 RBIs during a career-best 10-game hitting streak.

“Yes, we’ve been winning and it’s always good to win,” he said. “I think it’s the most fun I’ve (ever) had.”

Veteran Trevor Story, who had struggled during three-injury plagued seasons with the Red Sox after signing a six-year, $140-million contract as a free agent in March 2022, has picked it up by playing solid defense at short with timely hitting.

“We’re playing well,” Cora said. “Trevor and Rafaela have been amazing.”

The streak comes less than a month after Boston shipped Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants.

Story sees the club believing it has finally found its stride.

“I think we have more of an identity now,” he said. “We’re starting to believe that I think we can win in different ways. Like we’ve shown in this 10-gamer, we can slug, or we can win one-run games, we can steal bases. I think playing good defense is a good part of that. I think it all starts with the pitching, which has been lights out.”

The pitching has been led by All-Star Garrett Crochet, who posted his first complete game, shutting out the Rays on Saturday.

“Yeah, energy, chemistry,” Cora said. “Winning’s better that losing. We’re excited about going to the ballpark.”

ROYALS PLACE RHP MICHAEL LORENZEN (OBLIQUE) ON IL

The Kansas City Royals placed right-hander Michael Lorenzen on the 15-day injured list Monday with a left oblique strain.

The move is retroactive to Friday, with Lorenzen last pitching July 6 when he dominated with seven scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, while allowing two hits.

Lorenzen, 33, is 5-8 with a 4.61 ERA in 18 starts this season. In 11 career seasons with the Cincinnati Reds (2015-21), Los Angeles Angels (2022), Detroit Tigers (2023), Philadelphia Phillies (2023), Texas Rangers (2024) and Royals, he is 52-52 with a 4.06 ERA in 386 appearances (111 starts).

A corresponding move is expected later this week. The Royals resume play after the All-Star break on Friday on the road against the Miami Marlins.

SHOHEI OHTANI TO HIT LEADOFF FOR NL IN ALL-STAR GAME, FOLLOWED BY RONALD ACUÑA JR. OF HOST BRAVES

ATLANTA (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the designated hitter for the National League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Truist Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers star will be followed in the batting order by left fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. of the host Atlanta Braves.

Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte will hit third in the batting order announced Monday by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, followed by Los Angeles first baseman Freddie Freeman, San Diego third baseman Manny Machado, Dodgers catcher Will Smith, Chicago Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker, New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor and Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes will start his second straight All-Star Game, Major League Baseball announced last week. Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal will make his first All-Star start for the American League.

“I think when you’re talking about the game, where it’s at, these two guys … are guys that you can root for, are super talented, are going to be faces of this game for years to come,” Roberts said.

Detroit second baseman Gleyber Torres will lead off for the AL, followed by Tigers left fielder Riley Greene, New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh, Toronto first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr,. Baltimore designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn, Tampa Bay third baseman Junior Caminero, Tigers center fielder Javy Báez and Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson.

Ohtani led off for the AL in the 2021 All-Star Game, when the two-way sensation also was the AL’s starting pitcher. He hit leadoff in 2022, then was the No. 2 hitter hitter for the AL in 2023 and for the NL last year after leaving the Los Angeles Angels for the Dodgers.

Skenes and Skubal are 1-2 in average four-seam fastball velocity among those with 1,500 or more pitches this season, Skenes at 98.2 mph and Skubal at 97.6 mph, according to MLB Statcast.

A 23-year-old right-hander, Skenes is 4-8 despite a major league-best 2.01 ERA for the Pirates, who are last in the NL Central. The 2024 NL Rookie of the Year has 131 strikeouts and 30 walks in 131 innings.

Skubal, a 28-year-old left-hander, is the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner. He is 10-3 with a 2.23 ERA, striking out 153 and walking 16 in 121 innings.

2025 MLB DRAFT

FIRST ROUND

x-LAD, NYM and NYY penalized 10 draft slots for exceeding the second surcharge threshold of the Competitive Balance Tax

1. Washington Nationals, Eli Willits, SS, Fort Cobb-Broxton H.S., Okla.

2. Los Angeles Angels, Tyler Bremner, RHP, UC-Santa Barba.

3. Seattle Mariners, Kade Anderson, LHP, LSU.

4. Colorado Rockies, Ethan Holliday, SS, Stillwater H.S., Okla.

5. St. Louis Cardinals, Liam Doyle, LHP, Tennessee.

6. Pittsburgh Pirates, Seth Hernandez, RHP, Corona H.S., Calif.

7. Miami Marlins, Aiva Arquette, SS, Oregon State.

8. Toronto Blue Jays, JoJo Parker, SS, Purvis H.S., Miss.

9. Cincinnati Reds, Steele Hall, SS, Hewitt Trussville H.S., Ala.

10. Chicago White Sox, Billy Carlson, SS, Corona H.S., Calif.

11. The Athletics, Jamie Arnold, LHP, Florida State.

12. Texas Rangers, Gavin Fien, SS, Great Oaks H.S., Calif.

13. San Francisco Giants, Gavin Kilen, SS, Tennessee.

14. Tampa Bay Rays, Daniel Pierce, SS, Mill Creek H.S., Ga.

15. Boston Red Sox, Kyson Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma.

16. Minnesota Twins, Marek Houston, SS, Wake Forest.

17. Chicago Cubs, Ethan Conrad, OF, Wake Forest.

18. Arizona Diamondbacks, Kayson Cunningham, SS, Lady Bird Johnson H.S., Texas.

19. Baltimore Orioles, Ike Irish, C, Auburn.

20. Milwaukee Brewers, Andrew Fischer, 3B, Tennessee.

21. Houston Astros, Xavier Neyens, SS, Mt. Vernon H.S., Wash.

22. Atlanta Braves, Tate Southisene, SS, Basic H.S., Nev.

23. Kansas City Royals, Sean Gamble, OF, IMG Academy, Fla.

24. Detroit Tigers, Jordan Yost, SS, Sickle H.S., Fla.

25. San Diego Padres, Kruz Schoolcraft, LHP, Sunset H.S., Ore.

26. Philadelphia Phillies, Gage Wood, RHP, Arkansas.

27. Cleveland Indians, Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M.

Prospect Promotion Incentive Pick

28. Kansas City Royals, Josh Hammond, SS, Wesleyan Christian Academy, N.C.

Compensation Picks

29. Arizona Diamondbacks, Patrick Forbes, RHP, Louisville.

30. Baltimore Orioles, Caden Bodine, C, Coastal Carolina.

31. Baltimore Orioles, Wehiwa Aloy, SS, Arkansas.

32. Milwaukee Brewers, Brady Ebel, SS, Corona H.S., Calif.

Competitive Balance Round A

33. Boston Red Sox (from Milwaukee), Marcus Phillips, RHP, Tennessee.

34. Detroit Tigers, Michael Oliveto, C, Hauppauge H.S., N.Y.

35. Seattle Mariners, Luke Stevenson, C, North Carolina.

36. Minnesota Twins, Riley Quick, RHP, Alabama.

37. Baltimore Orioles, Slater de Brun, OF, Summit H.S., Ore.

x-FIRST ROUND

38. New York Mets, Mitch Voit, TWP, Michigan.

39. New York Yankees, Dax Kilby, SS, Newnan H.S., Ga.

40. Los Angeles Dodgers, Zachary Root, LHP, Arkansas.

Competitive Balance Round A

41. Los Angeles Dodgers (from Boston), Charles Davalan, OF, Arkansas.

42. Tampa Bay (from Athletics), Brendan Summerhill, OF, Arizona.

43. Miami Marlins, Cam Cannarella, OF, Clemson.

SECOND ROUND

44. Chicago White Sox, Jaden Fauske, OF, Nazareth Academy, Ill.

45. Colorado Rockies, JB Middleton, RHP, Southern Mississippi.

46. Miami Marlins, Brandon Compton, OF, Arizona State.

47. Los Angeles Angels, Chase Shores, RHP, LSU.

48. THE ATHLETICS, DEVIN TAYLOR, OF, INDIANA.

49. Washington Nationals, Ethan Petry, OF, South Carolina.

50. Pittsburgh Pirates, Angel Cervantes, RHP, Warren H.S., Calif.

51. Cincinnati Reds, Aaron Watson, RHP, Trinity Christian Academy, Fla.

52. Texas Rangers, AJ Russell, RHP, Tennessee.

53. Tampa Bay Rays, Cooper Flemming, SS, Ganesha H.S., Calif.

54. Minnesota Twins, Quentin Young, SS, Oaks Christian H.S., Calif.

55. St. Louis Cardinals, Ryan Mitchell, SS, Houston H.S., Tenn.

56. Chicago Cubs, Kane Kepley, OF, North Carolina.

57. Seattle Mariners, Nick Becker, SS, Don Bosco Prep H.S., N.J.

58. Baltimore Orioles, Joseph Dzierwa, LHP, Michigan State.

59. Milwaukee Brewers, J.D. Thompson, LHP, Vanderbilt.

60. Atlanta Braves, Alex Lodise, SS, Florida State.

61. Kansas City Royals, Michael Lombardi, RHP, Tulane.

62. Detroit Tigers, Malachi Witherspoon, RHP, Oklahoma.

63. Philadelphia Phillies, Cade Obermueller, LHP, Iowa.

64. Cleveland Guardians, Dean Curley, SS, Tennessee.

65. Los Angeles Dodgers, Cam Leiter, RHP, Florida State.

Competitive Balance Round B

66. Cleveland Guardians, Aaron Walton, OF, Arizona.

67. Tampa Bay Rays, Dean Moss, OF, IMG Academy, Fla.

68. Milwaukee Brewers, Frank Cairone, Delsea Regional H.S., N.J.

69. Baltimore Orioles, JT Quinn, RHP, Georgia.

70. Cleveland Guardians (from Arizona), Will Hynes, RHP, Lorne Park S.S., Ontario.

71. Kansas City Royals, Justin Lamkin, LHP, Texas A&M.

72. St. Louis Cardinals, Tanner Franklin, RHP, Tennessee.

73. Pittsburgh Pirates, Murf Gray, 3B, Fresno State.

74. Colorado Rockies, Max Belyeu, OF, Texas.

Compensation Pick

75. Boston Red Sox, Henry Godbout, SS, Virginia.

THIRD ROUND

76. Chicago White Sox, Kyle Lodise, SS, Georgia Tech.

77. Colorado Rockies, Ethan Hedges, 3B, Southern Cal.

78. Miami Marlins, Max Williams, OF, Florida State.

79. Los Angeles Angels, Johnny Slawinski, LHP, Johnson H.S., Texas.

80. Washington Nationals, Landon Harmon, RHP, East Union H.S., Miss.

81. Toronto Blue Jays, Jake Cook, LHP, Southern Mississippi.

82. Pittsburgh Pirates, Easton Carmichael, C, Oklahoma.

83. Cincinnati Reds, Mason Morris, RHP, Mississippi.

84. Texas Rangers, Josh Owens, TWP, Providence Academy, Tenn.

85. San Francisco Giants, Trevor Cohen, OF, Rutgers.

86. Tampa Bay Rays, Taitn Gray, C, Dallas Center-Grimes H.S., Iowa.

87. Boston Red Sox, Anthony Eyanson, RHP, LSU.

88. Minnesota Twins, James Ellwanger, RHP, Dallas Baptist.

89. St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Guerevitch, 1B, San Diego.

90. Chicago Cubs, Dominick Reid, RHP, Abilene Christian.

91. Seattle Mariners, Griffin Hugus, RHP, Miami.

92. Arizona Diamondbacks, Brian Curley, RHP, Georgia.

93. Baltimore Orioles, RJ Austin, OF, Vanderbilt.

94. Milwaukee Brewers, Jacob Morrison, RHP, Coastal Carolina.

95. Houston Astros, Ethan Frey, OF, LSU.

96. Atlanta Braves, Cody Miller, SS, East Tennessee State.

97. Kansas City Royals, Cameron Millar, Alhambra H.S., Calif.

98. Detroit Tigers, Ben Jacobs, LHP, Arizona State.

99. San Diego Padres, Ryan Wideman, OF, Western Kentucky.

100. Philadelphia Phillies, Cody Bowker, RPH, Vanderbilt.

101. Cleveland Guardians, Nolan Schubart, OF, Oklahoma State.

102. New York Mets, Antonio Jimenez, SS, Central Florida.

103. New York Yankees, Kaeden Kent, SS, Texas A&M.

104. Los Angeles Dodgers, Landyn Vidourek, OF, Cincinnati.

Compensation Pick

105. Los Angeles Angels, Nate Snead, RHP, Tennessee.

FOURTH ROUND

106. Chicago White Sox, Landon Hodge, C, Crespi Carmelite H.S., Calif.

107. Colorado Rockies, Riley Kelly, RHP, UC Irvine.

108. Miami Marlins, Drew Faurot, SS, Florida St.

109. Los Angeles Angels, Jake Munroe, 3B, Louisville.

110. Athletics, Gavin Turley, OF Oregon St.

111. Washington Nationals, Miguel Sime Jr., RHP, Poly Prep County Day School, N.Y.

112. Toronto Blue Jays, Micah Bucknam, RHP, Dallas Baptist.

113. Pittsburgh Pirates, Gustavo Melendez, SS, Colegio Nuestra Senora de la Merced, Puerto Rico.

114. Cincinnati Reds, Mason Neville, OF Oregon.

115. Texas Rangers, Mason McConnaughey, RHP, Nebraska.

116. San Francisco Giants, Lorenzo Meola, SS, Stetson.

117. Tampa Bay Rays, Dominic Fritton, LHP, NC State.

118. Boston Red Sox, Mason White, SS, Arizona.

119. Minnesota Twins, Jason Reitz, RHP, Oregon.

120. St. Louis Cardinals, Cade Crossland, LHP, Oklahoma.

121. Chicago Cubs, Kaleb Wing, RHP, Scotts Valley H.S., Calif.

122. Seattle Mariners, Mason Peters, LHP, Dallas Baptist.

123. Arizona Diamondbacks, Dean Livingston, RHP, Hebron Christian Academy, Ga.

124. Baltimore Orioles, Colin Yeaman, SS, UC Irvine.

125. MILWAUKEE BREWERS, JOSHUA FLORES, RHP, LAKE CENTRAL H.S., IND.

126. Houston Astros, Nick Monistere, INF, Southern Miss.

127. Atlanta Braves, Briggs McKenzie, LHP, Corinth Holders H.S., N.C.

128. Kansas City Royals, Nolan Sailors, OF, Creighton.

129. Detroit Tigers, Caleb Leys, LHP, Maine.

130. San Diego Padres, Michael Salina, RHP, St. Bonaventure.

131. Philadelphia Phillies, Sean Youngerman, RHP, Oklahoma St.

132. Cleveland Guardians, Luke Hill, 3B, Mississippi.

133. New York Mets, Peter Kussow, RHP, Arrowhead Union H.S., Wis.

134. New York Yankees, Pico Kohn, LHP, Mississippi St.

135. Los Angeles Dodgers, Aidan West, SS, Long Reach H.S., Md.

Compensation Pick

136. Atlanta Braves, Dixon Williams, 2B, East Carolina.

FIFTH ROUND

137. Chicago White Sox, Gabe Davis, RHP, Oklahoma St.

138. Colorado Rockies, Cameron Nelson, OF, Wake Forest.

139. Miami Marlins, Chris Arroyo, 1B, Virginia.

140. Los Angeles Angels, CJ Gray, RHP, A.L. Brown H.S., N.C.

141. Athletics, Zane Taylor, RHP, UNC-Wilmington.

142. Washington Nationals, Coy James, SS, Davie H.S.

143. Toronto Blue Jays, Tim Piasentin, RHP, Foothills Composite H.S., Alberta.

144. Pittsburgh Pirates, Adonys Guzman, C, Arizona.

145. Cincinnati Reds, Eli Pitts, OF, North Atlanta H.S., Ga.

146. Texas Rangers, Ben Abeldt, LHP, TCU.

147. Tampa Bay Rays, James Quinn-Irons, OF, George Mason.

148. Boston Red Sox, Christian Foutch, RHP, Arkansas.

149. Minnesota Twins, Matt Barr, RHP, RUNY Niaga C.C.

150. St. Louis Cardinals, Ethan Young, RHP, East Carolina.

151. Chicago Cubs, Kade Snell, OF, Alabama.

152. SEATTLE MARINERS, KOBRYN DICKERSON, OF, INDIANA.

153. Arizona Diamondbacks, Nathan Hall, OF, South Carolina.

154. Baltimore Orioles, Jaiden Lo Re, SS, Coronoa Del Sol H.S., Arizona.

155. Milwaukee Brewers, Sean Episcope, RHP, Princeton.

156. Houston Astros, Nick Potter, RHP, Wichita St.

157. Atlanta Braves, Conor Essenburg, OF, Lincoln-Way West H.S., Ill.

158. Kansas City Royals, Aiden Jimenez, RHP, Arkansas.

159. Detroit Tigers, Ryan Hall, RHP, North Gwinnett H.S., Ga.

160. San Diego Padres, Ty Harvey, C, Inspiration Academy, Fla.

161. Philadelphia Phillies, Gabe Craig, RHP, Baylor.

162. Cleveland Guardians, Riley Nelson, 1B, Vanderbilt.

163. New York Mets, Peyton Prescott, RHP, Florida St.

164. New York Yankees, Core Jackson, SS, Utah.

165. Los Angeles Dodgers, Davion Hickson, RHP, Rice.

SIXTH ROUND

166. Chicago White Sox, Colby Shelton, SS, Florida.

167. Colorado Rockies, Matt Klein, C, Louisville.

168. Miami Marlins, Joey Volini, LHP, Florida St.

169. Los Angeles Angels, Luke Lacourse, RHP, Bay City Western H.S., Mich.

170. Athletics, Grant Richardson, LHP, Grand Canyon.

171. Washington Nationals, Boston Smith, C, Wright St.

172. Toronto Blue Jays, Eric Snow, SS, Auburn.

173. Pittsburgh Pirates, Jack Anker, RHP, Fresno St.

174. Cincinnati Reds, Braden Osbolt, RHP, Kennesaw St.

175. Texas Rangers, Jack Wheeler, 3B, Morris H.S., Ill.

176. San Francisco Giants, Jordan Gottesman, LHP, Northeastern.

177. Tampa Bay Rays, Aidan Haugh, RHP, North Carolina.

178. Boston Red Sox, Leighton Finley, RHP, Georgia.

179. Minnesota Twins, Bruin Agbayani, SS, Saint Louis School, Hawaii.

180. St. Louis Cardinals, Matthew Miura, OF, Hawaii.

181. Chicago Cubs, Josiah Hartshorn, OF, Orange Lutheran H.S., Calif.

182. Seattle Mariners, Lucas Kelly, RHP, Arizona St.

183. Arizona Diamondbacks, Sawyer Hawks, RHP, Vanderbilt.

184. Baltimore Orioles, Caden Hunter, LHP, Southern Cal.

185. Milwaukee Brewers, Daniel Dickinson, SS, LSU.

186. Houston Astros, Gabel Pentecost, RHP, Taylor.

187. Atlanta Braves, Landon Beidelschies, LHP, Arkansas.

188. Kansas City Royals, Tyriq Kemp, SS, Baylor.

189. Detroit Tigers, Grayson Grinsell, LHP, Oregon.

190. San Diego Padres, Jaxon Dalena, RHP, Shippensburg.

191. Philadelphia Phillies, James Tallon, LHP, Duke.

192. Cleveland Guardians, Nelson Keljo, LHP, Oregon St.

193. New York Mets, Nathan Hall, RHP, Cent. Missouri.

194. NEW YORK YANKEES, RORY FOX, RHP, NOTRE DAME.

195. Los Angeles Dodgers, Mason Ligenza, OF, Tamaqua Area H.S., Pa.

SEVENTH ROUND

196. Chicago White Sox, Anthony DePino, 3B, Rhode Island.

197. Colorado Rockies, Antoine Jean, LHP, Houston.

198. Miami Marlins, Jake Clemente, RHP, Florida.

199. Los Angeles Angels, Lucas Mahlstedt, RHP, Clemson.

200. Athletics, Logan Sauve, C, West Virginia.

201. Washington Nationals, Julian Tonghini, RHP, Arizona.

202. Toronto Blue Jays, Dylan Watts, RHP, Auburn.

203. Pittsburgh Pirates, Brent Iredale, 3B, Arkansas.

204. Cincinnati Reds, Justin Henschel, RHP, Florida Gulf Coast.

205. Texas Rangers, Paxton King, OF, Penn St.

206. San Francisco Giants, Cameron Maldonado, OF, Northeastern.

207. Tampa Bay Rays, Jacob Kuhn, RHP Midland.

208. Boston Red Sox, Myles Patton, LHP, Texas A&M.

209. Minnesota Twins, Jacon McCombs, OF, UC Irvine.

210. St. Louis Cardinals, Payton Graham, RHP, Gonzaga.

211. Chicago Cubs, Pierce Coppola, LHP, Florida.

212. Seattle Mariners, Colton Shaw, RHP, Yale.

213. Arizona Diamondbacks, Joe Ariola, LHP, Wake Forest.

214. Baltimore Orioles, Hunter Allen, RHP, Ashland.

215. Milwaukee Brewers, Josiah Ragsdale, OF, Boston College.

216. Houston Astros, Jase Mitchell, C, Cape Henlopen H.S., Del.

217. Atlanta Braves, Zach Royse, RHP, UTSA.

218. Kansas City Royals, Bryson Dudley, RHP, Texas St.

219. Detroit Tigers, Cale Wetwiska, RHP, Northern Oklahoma.

220. San Diego Padres, Kerrington Cross, 3B, Cincinnati.

221. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, MATHHEW FISHER, RHP, MEMORIAL H.S., IND.

222. Cleveland Guardians, Will McCausland, RHP, Mississippi.

223. New York Mets, Cam Tilly, RHP, Auburn.

224. New York Yankees, Richie Bonomolo Jr., OF, Alabama.

225. Los Angeles Dodgers, Mason Estrada, RHP, MIT.

Round 8

226. Chicago White Sox: Blaine Wynk, P, Ohio State
227. Colorado Rockies: Tanner Thach, 1B, UNC Wilmington
228. Miami Marlins: Emilio Barreras, SS, Grand Canyon
229. Los Angeles Angels: Isaiah Jackson, OF, Arizona State
230. Athletics: Corey Braun, P, South Florida
231. Washington Nationals: Riley Maddox, P, Ole Miss
232. Toronto Blue Jays: Danny Thompson Jr., P, UNC Greensboro
233. Pittsburgh Pirates: Josh Tate, OF, Georgia Southern
234. Cincinnati Reds: Kyle McCoy, P, Maryland
235. Texas Rangers: Evan Siary, P, Mississippi State
236. San Francisco Giants: Ben Bybee, P, Arkansas
237. Tampa Bay Rays: Aidan Cremarosa, P, Fresno State
238. Boston Red Sox: Dylan Brown, P, Old Dominion
239. Minnesota Twins: Ryan Sprock, 3B, Elon
240. St. Louis Cardinals: Ryan Weingartner, SS, Penn State
241. Chicago Cubs: Jake Knapp, P, North Carolina
242. Seattle Mariners: Danny Macchiarola, P, Holy Cross
243. Arizona Diamondbacks: Jack Martinez, P, Arizona State
244. Baltimore Orioles: Kailen Hamson, P, University of the Cumberlands
245. Milwaukee Brewers: Jayden Vucinovich, P, Bloomington Jefferson HS, Minn.
246. Houston Astros: Kyle Walker, 2B, Arizona State
247. Atlanta Braves: Carter Lovasz, P, William & Mary
248. Kansas City Royals: Brooks Bryan, C, Troy
249. Detroit Tigers: Nick Dumesnil, OF, Cal Baptist
250. San Diego Padres: Jamie Hitt, P, Oklahoma
251. Philadelphia Phillies: Brian Walter, P, Miami (FL)
252. Cleveland Guardians: Anthony Martinez, 1B, Cal Irvine
253. New York Mets: Camden Lohman, P, Fr. Zumwalt North HS, Mo.
254. New York Yankees: Mac Heuer, P, Texas Tech
255. Los Angeles Dodgers: Jack O’Connor, P, Virginia

Round 9

256. Chicago White Sox: Riley Eikhoff, P, Coastal Carolina
257. Colorado Rockies: Zach Rogacki, C, SUNY Binghamton
258. Miami Marlins: Kaiden Wilson, P, Texas A&M
259. Los Angeles Angels: Slate Alford, 3B, Georgia
260. Athletics: Daniel Bucciero, 3B, Fordham
261. Washington Nationals: Wyatt Henseler, 3B Texas A&M
262. Toronto Blue Jays: Karson Ligon, P, Mississippi State
263. Pittsburgh Pirates: Jared Jones, 1B, LSU
264. Cincinnati Reds: Kien Vu, OF, Arizona State
265. Texas Rangers: Owen Proksch, P, Duke
266. San Francisco Giants: Reid Worley, P, Cherokee HS, Ga.
267. Tampa Bay Rays: Mason Nichols, P, Ole Miss
268. Boston Red Sox: Jacob Mayers, P, LSU
269. Minnesota Twins: Justin Mitrovich, P, Elon
270. St. Louis Cardinals: Michael Dattalo, 3B, Dallas Baptist
271. Chicago Cubs: Colton Book, P, Saint Joseph’s
272. Seattle Mariners: Jackson Steensma, P, Appalachian State
273. Arizona Diamondbacks: Wallace Clark, SS, Duke
274. Baltimore Orioles: Cam Lee, OF, Mineral Area College
275. Milwaukee Brewers: Andrew Healy, P, Duke
276. Houston Astros: Kellan Oakes, P, Oregon State
277. Atlanta Braves: Logan Braunschweig, OF, UAB
278. Kansas City Royals: Shane Van Dam, P, NC State
279. Detroit Tigers: Trevor Heishman, P, St. John Bosco HS, Calif.
280. San Diego Padres: Will Koger, P, Arizona State
281. Philadelphia Phillies: Matthew Ferrara, SS, Toms River HS East, N.J.
282. Cleveland Guardians: Ryan Prager, P, Texas A&M
283. New York Mets: Anthony Frobose, SS, Lakeland HS, N.Y.
284. New York Yankees: Blake Gillespie, P, UNC Charlotte
285. Los Angeles Dodgers: Conner O’Neal, C, Southeastern Louisiana

Round 10

286. Chicago White Sox: Daniel Wright, P, Iowa
287. Colorado Rockies: Austin Newton, P, South Florida
288. Miami Marlins: Jake McCutcheon, 2B, Missouri State
289. Los Angeles Angels: Nick Rodriguez, 2B, Missouri State
290. Athletics: Samuel Dutton, P, Auburn
291. Washington Nationals: Hunter Hines, 1B, Mississippi State
292. Toronto Blue Jays: Austin Smith, OF, San Diego
293. Pittsburgh Pirates: Matt King, SS, Arizona State
294. Cincinnati Reds: Ty Doucette, 1B, Rutgers
295. Texas Rangers: J.D. McReynolds, P, Central Missouri
296. San Francisco Giants: Isaiah Barkett, 2B, Stetson
297. Tampa Bay Rays: Trendan Parish, P, Texas Tech
298. Boston Red Sox: Maximus Martin, SS, Kansas State
299. Minnesota Twins: Shai Robinson, SS, Illinois State
300. St. Louis Cardinals: Ty Van Dyke, P, Stetson
301. Chicago Cubs: Justin Stransky, C, Fresno State
302. Seattle Mariners: Isaac Lyon, P, Grand Canyon
303. Arizona Diamondbacks: Brady Counsell, SS, Kansas
304. Baltimore Orioles: Dalton Neuschwander, P, University of West Florida
305. Milwaukee Brewers: Braylon Owens, P, UTSA
306. Houston Astros: Zach Daudet, SS, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
307. Atlanta Braves: Kade Woods, P, LSU
308. Kansas City Royals: Max Martin, P, Cal Irvine
309. Detroit Tigers: Edian Espinal, C, Central Florida
310. San Diego Padres: Justin DeCriscio, SS, NC State
311. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES: COLE GILLEY, P, INDIANA
312. Cleveland Guardians: Harrison Bodendorf, P, Oklahoma State
313. New York Mets: Tyler McLoughlin, P, Georgia
314. New York Yankees: Connor McGinnis, 2B, Houston
315. Los Angeles Dodgers: Jacob Frost, P, Kansas State

Round 11

316. Chicago White Sox: Matthew Boughton, SS, Covenant HS, Texas
317. Colorado Rockies: Zach Harris, P, Georgia
318. Miami Marlins: Jadon Williamson, P, Lewis-Clark State College
319. Los Angeles Angels: Alton Davis II, P, Georgia
320. Athletics: Bobby Boser, SS, Florida
321. WASHINGTON NATIONALS: JACK MOROKNEK, OF, BUTLER
322. Toronto Blue Jays: Jared Spencer, P, Texas
323. Pittsburgh Pirates: Dylan Palmer, 2B, Hofstra
324. Cincinnati Reds: Jake Brink, P, College of Charleston
325. Texas Rangers: Jacob Johnson, P, Pearl River College
326. San Francisco Giants: Rod Barajas Jr., C, Saddleback College
327. Tampa Bay Rays: Luke Jackson, P, Texas A&M
328. Boston Red Sox: Barrett Morgan, P, Cowley County College
329. Minnesota Twins: Ryan Daniels, 2B, UConn
330. St. Louis Cardinals: Jalin Flores, SS, Texas
331. Chicago Cubs: Eli Jerzembeck, P, South Carolina
332. Seattle Mariners: Dusty Revis, P, Western Carolina
333. Arizona Diamondbacks: Luke Dotson, P, Mississippi State
334. Baltimore Orioles: Holden deJong, P, NJIT
335. Milwaukee Brewers: CJ Hughes, SS, Junipero Serra HS, Calif.
336. Houston Astros: Justin Thomas, OF, Arkansas
337. Atlanta Braves: Colin Daniel, P, UAB
338. Kansas City Royals: Hunter Alberini, P, Arizona
339. Detroit Tigers: River Hamilton, P, Sam Barlow HS, Ore.
340. San Diego Padres: Truitt Madonna, C, Ballard HS, Wash.
341. Philadelphia Phillies: Will Vierling, C, Murray State
342. Cleveland Guardians: Tyler Howard, C, Portland
343. New York Mets: Wyatt Vincent, OF, Nixa HS, Mo.
344. NEW YORK YANKEES: BEN GRABLE, P, INDIANA
345. Los Angeles Dodgers: Dylan Tate, P, Oklahoma

Round 12

346. Chicago White Sox: Ely Brown, OF, Mercer
347. Colorado Rockies: Brady Parker, P, Houston-Victoria
348. Miami Marlins: Wilson Weber, C, Oregon State
349. Los Angeles Angels: Talon Haley, P, Lewisburg HS, Miss.
350. ATHLETICS: ALEX BARR, P, KANAKAKEE VALLEY HS, IND.
351. Washington Nationals: Ben Moore, P, Old Dominion
352. Toronto Blue Jays: Blaine Bullard, OF, Klein Cain HS, Texas
353. Pittsburgh Pirates: Cameron Keshock, P, Samford
354. Cincinnati Reds: Carson Latimer, P, Sacramento State
355. Texas Rangers: Jake Barbee, P, Jay M Robinson HS. N.C.
356. San Francisco Giants: Cody Delvecchio, P, UCLA
357. Tampa Bay Rays: Brady Jones, P, Georgia Tech
358. Boston Red Sox: Ethan Walker, P, Kentucky
359. Minnesota Twins: Kolten Smith, P, Georgia
360. St. Louis Cardinals: Kaden Echeman, P, Northern Kentucky
361. Chicago Cubs: Connor Spencer, P, Ole Miss
362. Seattle Mariners: Grant Jay, C, Dallas Baptist
363. Arizona Diamondbacks: Tayler Montiel, P, Tulane
364. Baltimore Orioles: Daniel Lopez, P, Odessa College
365. Milwaukee Brewers: Cooper Underwood, P, Allatoona HS, Ga.
366. Houston Astros: Elijah Farley, OF, Navarro HS, Texas
367. Atlanta Braves: Jay Woolfolk, P, Virginia
368. Kansas City Royals: Matthew Hoskins, P, Georgia
369. Detroit Tigers: Cash Kuiper, P, Murray State
370. San Diego Padres: George Bilecki, OF, Lewis University
371. Philadelphia Phillies: Tyler Bowen, P, Lander University
372. Cleveland Guardians: Ryan DeSanto, P, Penn State
373. New York Mets: Truman Pauley, P, Harvard
374. New York Yankees: Camden Troyer, OF, Liberty
375. Los Angeles Dodgers: Logan Lunceford, P, Wake Forest

Round 13

376. Chicago White Sox: Ryan Galvan, C, Texas
377. Colorado Rockies: Izeah Muniz, P, Mr. San Antonio College
378. Miami Marlins: Chase Renner, P, Penn State
379. Los Angeles Angels: Xavier Mitchell, P, Prestonwood Christian Academy, Texas
380. Athletics: Bryan Arendt, C, UNC Wilmington
381. Washington Nationals: Tucker Biven, P, Louisville
382. Toronto Blue Jays: Trace Baker, P, UNC Wilmington
383. Pittsburgh Pirates: Dylan Mathiesen, P, Liberty
384. Cincinnati Reds: Brady Afthim, P, UConn
385. Texas Rangers: Aiden Robertson, P, Walters State College
386. San Francisco Giants: Broedy Poppell, C, Florida A&M
387. Tampa Bay Rays: Ethan Storm, P, Rock Valley College
388. Boston Red Sox: Jack Winnay, 3B, Wake Forest
389. Minnesota Twins: Callan Fang, P, Harvard
390. St. Louis Cardinals: Jake Shelagowski, P, Saginaw Valley State
391. Chicago Cubs: Nate Williams, P, Mississippi State
392. Seattle Mariners: Aiden Taurek, OF, Saint Mary’s
393. Arizona Diamondbacks: Alex Gavlan, P, Central Florida
394. Baltimore Orioles: Brayden Smith, 2B, Oklahoma State
395. Milwaukee Brewers: Gavin Lauridsen, P, Foothill HS, Calif.
396. Houston Astros: Aubrey Smith, P, UNC Wilmington
397. Atlanta Braves: Logan Forsythe, P, Louisiana Tech
398. Kansas City Royals: Tyson Moran, SS, Canada
399. Detroit Tigers: Jack Goodman, SS, Northeastern
400. SAN DIEGO PADRES: DYLAN GREGO, SS, BALL STATE
401. Philadelphia Phillies: Jack Barker, OF, College of Southern Idaho
402. Cleveland Guardians: Aaron Savary, P, Iowa
403. New York Mets: Frank Camarillo, P, UC Santa Barbara
404. New York Yankees: Kyle West, 1B, West Virginia
405. Los Angeles Dodgers: Robby Porco, P, West Virginia

Round 14

406. Chicago White Sox: Max Banks, P, Washington
407. Colorado Rockies: Luke Broderick, P, Nebraska
408. Miami Marlins: Carson Laws, P, Texas State
409. Los Angeles Angels: TJ Ford, OF, Trinity Christian, Ga.
410. Athletics: Griffin Kirn, P, West Virginia
411. Washington Nationals: Nick Hollifield, C, UAB
412. Toronto Blue Jays: Noah Palmese, P, Webber International University
413. Pittsburgh Pirates: Connor Hamilton, P, Montgomery Bell Academy, Tenn.
414. Cincinnati Reds: Bryce Archie, P, South Florida
415. Texas Rangers: Landon Manzi, P, Killingly HS, Conn.
416. San Francisco Giants: Trey Seeley, P, Hope International University
417. TAMPA BAY RAYS: JACOB HARTLAUB, P, BALL STATE
418. Boston Red Sox: Carter Rasmussen, P, Wofford
419. Minnesota Twins: Merit Jones, P, Utah
420. St. Louis Cardinals: Anthony Watts, P, Iowa
421. Chicago Cubs: Kaemyn Franklin, P, Victory Christian, Okla.
422. Seattle Mariners: Luke Heyman, C, Florida
423. Arizona Diamondbacks: Blake Fields, OF, The First Academy, Fla.
424. Baltimore Orioles: Brayan Orrantia, P, New Mexico JC
425. Milwaukee Brewers: Brendan Brock, C, Southwestern Illinois College
426. Houston Astros: Josh Wakefield, OF, Grand Canyon
427. Atlanta Braves: Mathieu Curtis, P, Virginia Tech
428. Kansas City Royals: JC Vanek, 1B, Chipola College
429. Detroit Tigers: Beau Ankeney, 1B, Loyola Marymount
430. San Diego Padres: Clay Edmonson, P, UNC Asheville
431. Philadelphia Phillies: Jonathan Gonzalez, P, Stetson
432. Cleveland Guardians: Anthony Silva, SS, TCU
433. New York Mets: James Smith IV, P, Memphis
434. New York Yankees: Brennan Stuprich, P, Southeastern Louisiana University
435. Los Angeles Dodgers: Davis Chastain, P, Georgia

Round 15

436. Chicago White Sox: Caedmon Parker, P, TCU
437. Colorado Rockies: Dylan Crooks, P, Oklahoma
438. Miami Marlins: Josh Hogue, 3B, NC State
439. Los Angeles Angels: Mikey Cascino, P, A3 Academy, Fla.
440. Athletics: Diego Rosa, C, International Baseball Academy, Puerto Rico
441. Washington Nationals: Jacob Walsh, 1B, Oregon
442. Toronto Blue Jays: Jake Casey, OF, Kent State
443. Pittsburgh Pirates: McLane Moody, P, Northside Senior HS, Ark.
444. Cincinnati Reds: Andrew Shaffner, P, NC State
445. Texas Rangers: Luke Hanson, SS, Virginia
446. San Francisco Giants: Damian Bravo, OF, Texas Tech
447. Tampa Bay Rays: Alex Wallace, P, McLennan CC
448. Boston Red Sox: Skylar King, OF, West Virginia
449. Minnesota Twins: Reed Moring, P, UC Santa Barbara
450. St. Louis Cardinals: Trevor Haskins, SS, Stanford
451. Chicago Cubs: Noah Edders, P, Troy
452. Seattle Mariners: Brayden Corn, OF, Western Carolina
453. Arizona Diamondbacks: Hayden Murphy, P, Auburn
454. Baltimore Orioles: KK Clark, P, Pearl River CC
455. Milwaukee Brewers: Dominic Cadiz, 3B, Notre Dame HS, Calif.
456. Houston Astros: DJ Newman, TWP, Bowling Green
457. Atlanta Braves: Dallas Macias, OF, Oregon State
458. Kansas City Royals: Connor Rasmussen, SS, Tulane
459. Detroit Tigers: Charlie Christensen, P, Central Arkansas
460. San Diego Padres: Ryan Reed, P, Pittsburgh
461. Philadelphia Phillies: Jacob Pruitt, P, Mississippi State
462. Cleveland Guardians: Evan Chrest, P, Florida State
463. New York Mets: Conner Ware, P, LSU
464. New York Yankees: Jack Cebert, P, Texas Tech
465. Los Angeles Dodgers: Matt Lanzendorfer, P, Virginia

Round 16

466. Chicago White Sox: Kaleb Freeman, OF, Georgia State
467. Colorado Rockies: Seth Clausen, P, Minnesota
468. Miami Marlins: RJ Shunck, P, Toledo
469. Los Angeles Angels: Gage Harrelson, OF, Florida State
470. Athletics: Jackson Phipps, P, Jacksonville State
471. Washington Nationals: Levi Huseman, P, Vanderbilt
472. Toronto Blue Jays: Jaxon West, C, Florida State
473. Pittsburgh Pirates: Eddie King Jr., OF, Louisville
474. Cincinnati Reds: Maison Martinez, P, Florida State
475. Texas Rangers: Jaxon Grossman, P, Salt Lake CC
476. San Francisco Giants: Garrett Langrell, P, Creighton
477. Tampa Bay Rays: Riley Stanford, OF, Georgia Tech
478. Boston Red Sox: Jason Gilman, P, Kean
479. Minnesota Twins: Jonathan Stevens, P, Alabama
480. St. Louis Cardinals: Alex Breckheimer, P, Kansas
481. Chicago Cubs: Riely Hunsaker, P, Lamar
482. Seattle Mariners: Casey Hintz, P, Arizona
483. Arizona Diamondbacks: Collin Rothermel, P, Jacksonville
484. Baltimore Orioles: Denton Biller, P, Johnson County CC
485. Milwaukee Brewers: Parker Coil, P, Arkansas
486. Houston Astros: Chase Call, OF, UC Irvine
487. Atlanta Braves: Nico Wagner, P, West Valley College
488. Kansas City Royals: Randy Ramnarace, P, New Haven
489. Detroit Tigers: Joe Ruzicka, P, Belmont
490. San Diego Padres: Cardell Thibodeaux, OF, Southern
491. Philadelphia Phillies: Logan Dawson, Eastern HS, N.J.
492. Cleveland Guardians: Luke Fernandez, P, Wallace State CC
493. New York Mets: Zack Mack, P, Loyola Marymount
494. New York Yankees: Jackson Lovich, SS, Missouri
495. Los Angeles Dodgers: AJ Soldra, OF, Seton Hall

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS

THE SEC AND BIG TEN ARE CURRENTLY AT A STANDSTILL OVER THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FORMAT

ATLANTA (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that despite frequent conversations with Big Ten counterpart Tony Petitti, the two leagues have yet to agree on the College Football Playoff format after this upcoming season and could leave it at 12 teams.

The disagreement doesn’t stem from a lack of communication. Sankey said he spoke with Petitti four times last week.

“We had a different view coming out of Destin around the notion of allocations,” Sankey said. “The Big Ten has a different view. That’s fine. We have a 12-team playoff, five conference champions. That could stay if we can’t agree.”

The Big Ten, which has won the last two national championships, favors a 4-4-2-2-1 format, giving four automatic bids to the SEC and Big Ten and awarding the ACC and Big 12 two bids apiece. The SEC, originally thought to be on the same page, switched gears at its spring meetings in Destin. The SEC favors five conference champions and 11 at-large bids, which would presumably favor the top conferences most seasons.

The CFP announced in May that teams in the upcoming playoff will be seeded strictly on where they are ranked instead of moving pieces around to reward conference champions. Last season’s jumbled bracket, the first with 12 teams, gave byes to Big 12 champion Arizona State and Mountain West champion Boise State, even though they were ranked 12th and ninth, respectively, by the playoff selection committee.

That system made the rankings and the seedings in the tournament two different things. The five highest-ranked conference champions will still be guaranteed spots in the playoff.

While the CFP contract from 2026 through the 2031 season requires the SEC and Big Ten to consult other leagues about prospective changes to the playoff system, it also provides them with the ability to impose changes they both want.

Now it’s a matter of getting on the same page.

“I think there’s this notion that there has to be this magic moment and something has to happen with expansion and it has to be forced — no,” Sankey said. “When you’re given authority, you want to be responsible in using that authority. I think both of us are prepared to do so. The upfront responsibility in this, maybe where some of the confusion lies, is we have the ability to present a format or format ideas, gather information, see if we can all agree within that room. We don’t need unanimity.”

BRIAN KELLY: TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY KEY FOR COLLEGE SPORTS’ FUTURE

When asked about the leadership governing college sports, LSU head coach Brian Kelly highlighted “transparency and consistency” as paramount.

“Those two words are probably the most important thing as we continue to move forward,” Kelly said at Southeastern Conference media days on Monday.

The 63-year-old also placed responsibility on coaches and emphasized the moral aspect of NIL and the evolving landscape of college athletics.

“It’s got to start with us. I mean, we have to be the stewards of this. There has to be a moral high ground,” Kelly said. “I was at a speaking engagement a few weeks back, and every question about the NIL was trying to find a way around it, trying to find a way to bring in revenue in some other way.

“Sooner or later, we have to take a stand that transparency, consistency, ethics and morality are at the core of this.”

Kelly, who is entering his fourth year at LSU and 22nd coaching at the FBS level, has been candid about the effects of NIL on recruiting in the past. He’s said that prospects now prioritize money over on-field and off-field development when choosing a school.

LSU faced this reality firsthand when Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2025, flipped his commitment from the Tigers to Michigan in December. The quarterback will reportedly receive an NIL deal worth between $10.5 million and $12 million over four years.

Conversely, Kelly and his wife, Paqui, donated $1 million to LSU’s NIL collective Monday as part of their “Kelly Family Million Dollar Match Fund.” The Kellys launched this initiative shortly after Underwood’s flip and pledged to match fan donations to the school’s NIL collective up to $1 million.

While the Tigers lost out on their potential quarterback of the future, Kelly is focused on the man under center this season.

Garrett Nussmeier is entering his fifth season and second year as LSU’s starting quarterback. He produced 4,052 passing yards and 29 touchdowns last season, but led the SEC with 12 interceptions thrown.

Kelly is confident Nussmeier will take a leap, but recognized that comparing him to the Heisman-winning LSU quarterbacks of the past sets lofty expectations.

“When you’re comparing (Nussmeier) to Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow, that’s a high bar for anybody, right?” Kelly said. “Garrett is at LSU because he loves LSU. He wants to lead our football team to a championship. If the Heisman follows with that, I think he’s good with that.”

One of Kelly’s primary goals is to set the tone for the season in the first week. During his team at LSU, Kelly is 0-3 in season openers. The Tigers kick off the 2025 season at Clemson.

“We needed to do some things differently this year. That is embrace the opener. Embracing it in the manner that this is a big game,” Kelly said. “It’s a tangible goal for our football team to want to be 1-0. That’s not, ‘Let’s warm up into the season.’ We want to be ready for this football game.”

SEC MEDIA DAYS: LSU, SOUTH CAROLINA, OLE MISS QUARTERBACKS IN SPOTLIGHT

ATLANTA (AP) — The opening day of SEC football media days Monday featured LSU, South Carolina, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The Commodores have Diego Pavia at quarterback going into his second season and the other three also have signal-callers entering pivotal seasons:

Will Garrett Nussmeier take the Year 2 LSU leap?

LSU quarterbacks have a history of taking an impressive jump from year one to two. Before spearheading two of the NFL’s most dominant offenses, Jayden Daniels and Joe Burrow came into their own during their second seasons in Baton Rouge. Is it Nussmeier’s turnn?

Nussmeier finished the 2024 season with a 64.2 completion percentage and 4,052 passing yards for 29 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Limiting turnovers is a big point of emphasis for Nussmeier approaching his final season at LSU.

“There’s no hiding from turnovers,” Nussmeier said. “As an anticipation player, there’s going to be some interceptions. The ones I need to eliminate are the ones that don’t need to happen, the ones where I’m trying to do too much, the ones where I’m trying to make a play when I don’t need to.”

Nussmeier understands the stakes are high, especially given the history of year two success for Burrow and Daniels. More than ever, he’s motivated to create his own legacy.

“Obviously with the track record that LSU quarterbacks have in the past, it’s not a thing of disrespect. I have a lot of respect for Jayden, a lot of respect for Joe and what they were able to accomplish in their second years, and also respectively in their first years. But as I said before, I’m me,” Nussmeier said. “I’m worried about improving myself, being the best I can be to lead us where we want to go.”

The season opener is Aug. 30 at Clemson.

High hopes for LaNorris Sellers and South Carolina

South Carolina went 9-4 in 2024, the program’s first nine-win season under coach Shane Beamer and just its second since 2013. The Gamecocks will have to replace most of their starting defense, but unlike plenty of SEC teams, they won’t have to worry about turnover at quarterback.

Redshirt sophomore Sellers returns after a breakout season, accounting for 3,208 yards and 25 total touchdowns, saving his best play for the end of the season with 16 total touchdowns and only three interceptions in November.

“I think we’re going to be better around LaNorris as well on the offense,” Beamer said. “(We have) more depth and competition at pretty much every position, I feel like that’s going to help him. He doesn’t have to be Superman for us.”

South Carolina closed the regular season with five consecutive wins, and lost two games by a total of five points against LSU and Alabama. The success down the stretch last season combined with Sellers’ return is the backbone of the optimism surrounding the Gamecocks and their chances of reaching the College Football Playoff after narrowly missing out last fall.

“We were four to five plays off,” Sellers said. “That showed us a little bit of success, and showed us that we can make the playoff and make a run for the trophy.”

Ole Miss prepares for a massive change under center

Ole Miss has the challenge of replacing one the most successful signal-callers in program history. Lane Kiffin’s Rebels went 21-5 over the last two seasons with Jaxson Dart under center. Now the offense belongs in the hands of redshirt sophomore Austin Simmons.

Simmons appeared in nine games last season mostly late in blowouts, but he did lead one touchdown drive against Georgia when Dart briefly went out injured.

“I’m really just focusing on building my own legacy rather than just focusing on the past,” Simmons said.

Simmons is a total 180 from Dart. He was not a full-time football player until this year, also playing with Ole Miss baseball in the spring before transitioning to football full-time. He was a Kiffin recruit as opposed to Dart, who arrived in the transfer portal.

Kiffin isn’t looking for another Dart.

“Austin has to make sure he doesn’t try to be Jaxson,” Kiffin said. “He’ll be fine. He’s got elite talent, does a great job, he’s maturing and did a great job when he came in in the Georgia game.”

Ole Miss went 10-3 last season, following an 11-2 mark in 2023. It was the first time Ole Miss has won double-digit games in consecutive seasons since 1959-60, and 2025 will be an opportunity to do so in three consecutive seasons for the first time.

LANORRIS SELLERS: SOUTH CAROLINA HAD ‘EVERYTHING I NEEDED’ AS RIVALS PURSUED

To LaNorris Sellers, the idea of entering the transfer portal wasn’t one worth overthinking.

The fast-rising quarterback is now considered one of the top prospects for next year’s NFL Draft, and with that national profile came attention from rival teams. Sellers’ father told The Athletic last month that the family heard offers as high as a two-year, $8 million deal to transfer to another school.

But Sellers, a native of Florence, S.C., didn’t budge.

“Everything I needed was in South Carolina,” Sellers said at Southeastern Conference media days Monday. “Like I grew up there. My family’s there. Anything I needed was an hour and five up the road for me. School pretty much takes care of rent and all that. So it’s not like you really need too much. You know what I’m saying? … There’s no point in me starting over.”

Head coach Shane Beamer added that Sellers is doing a summer internship in Columbia for his sport and entertainment management major. Sellers received high praise from Beamer, who said the quarterback “has not changed” since his ascent on the field.

“His life, his world has changed from last year at this time to right now because of what he did last season,” Beamer said. “But he’s got a great family around him. He came back in January knowing the things he needed to work on to get better at. He’s done a great job of working hard and improving, all while staying grounded and staying the same person.

“I think we’re going to be better around LaNorris as well on the offense, more depth and competition at pretty much every position I feel like. That’s going to help him. He doesn’t have to be Superman for us. Just continue to be the person he is, the leader that he is, and the player that he is, and watch him continue to take the next step.”

In his sophomore season — his first as a starter — Sellers completed 65.6 percent of his passes for 2,534 yards, 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He added 674 yards and seven scores on the ground.

Most notably, Sellers helped the Gamecocks upset intrastate rival Clemson 17-14 on Nov. 30. He threw for 164 yards and rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winning score on a third-and-16 play with 1:08 to go. The Gamecocks went 9-3 in the regular season before a Citrus Bowl loss to Illinois.

Beamer promoted Mike Shula to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, noting Monday that Shula has “literally been in the shoes that LaNorris is in as he was a starting quarterback in this conference … He’s already made us better as an offense on and off the field.”

Sellers will have some family even closer than Florence this year, as his younger brother, wide receiver Jayden Sellers, is a freshman on the 2025 team.

“Super excited to play with him,” LaNorris Sellers said. “Last time we played together with him was my senior (year of high school), which was year three years ago.

“I was always quarterback. He played pretty much everywhere. And in rec league he played running back, receiver, DB. He played that up until last year, senior year. I think he’s fully receiver now. But that’s all we used to do, throw a deep field run and he’d catch it.”

ARGUMENT OVER ‘VALID BUSINESS PURPOSE’ FOR NIL COLLECTIVES THREATENS COLLEGE SPORTS SETTLEMENT

Less than two weeks after terms of a multibillion-dollar college sports settlement went into effect, friction erupted over the definition of a “valid business purpose” that collectives making name, image likeness payments to players are supposed to have.

The new College Sports Commission sent a letter to athletic directors last week saying it was rejecting deals in which players were receiving money from collectives that were created solely to pay them and don’t provide goods or services to the general public for profit.

A lead attorney for the players responded by saying those instructions went against settlement terms and asking the CSC to rescind the guidance.

“This process is undermined when the CSC goes off the reservation and issues directions to the schools that are not consistent with the Settlement Agreement terms,” attorney Jeffrey Kessler wrote to NCAA outside counsel Rakesh Kilaru in a letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Yahoo Sports first reported details of the letter, in which Kessler threatens to take the issue to a judge assigned with resolving disputes involved in the settlement.

Kessler told AP his firm was not commenting on the contents of the letter, and Kilaru did not immediately respond to AP’s request for a comment.

Yahoo quoted a CSC spokesman as saying the parties are working to resolve differences and that “the guidance issued by the College Sports Commission … is entirely consistent with the House settlement and the rules that have been agreed upon with class counsel.”

When NIL payments became allowed in 2021, boosters formed so-called “collectives” that were closely tied to universities to work out contracts with the players, who still weren’t allowed to be paid directly by the schools.

Terms of the House settlement allow schools to make the payments now, but keep the idea of outside payments from collectives, which have to be approved by the CSC if they are worth $600 or more.

The CSC, in its letter last week, explained that if a collective reaches a deal, for instance, for an athlete to appear on behalf of the collective, which charges an admission fee, that collective does not have a “valid business purpose” because the purpose of the event is to raise money to pay athletes, not to provide goods or services available to the general public for profit.

Another example of a disallowed deal was one an athlete makes to sell merchandise to raise money to pay that player because, the CSC guidance said, the purpose of “selling merchandise is to raise money to pay that student-athlete and potentially other student-athletes at a particular school or schools, which is not a valid business purpose.”

Kessler’s letter notes that the “valid business purpose” rule was designed to ensure athletes were not simply being paid to play, and did not prohibit NIL collectives from paying athletes for the type of deals described above.

To prevent those payments “would be to create a new prohibition on payments by a NIL collective that is not provided for or contemplated by the Settlement Agreement, causing injury to the class members who should be free to receive those payments,” Kessler wrote.

REPORT: LOUISIANA TECH LEAVING CUSA FOR SUN BELT

Louisiana Tech is leaving Conference USA to become the 14th member of the Sun Belt Conference, ESPN reported.

Sun Belt officials reportedly approved the move on Monday to replace Texas State, which recently jumped to the Pac-12.

Louisiana Tech has been with Conference USA since 2013. The Bulldogs’ basketball programs and other sports besides football previously were part of the Sun Belt from 1991-2001 before joining the Western Athletic Conference from 2001-13.

The earliest date Louisiana Tech can join the Sun Belt is 2026. It reportedly will cost the school at least $5 million to negotiate an exit from Conference USA.

The Bulldogs’ football program has not finished above .500 since going 10-3 under former coach Skip Holtz in 2019. They were 5-8 last season under Sonny Cumbie.

The Louisiana Tech men’s basketball team has topped 20 wins in 11 of the past 13 seasons but has not been to the NCAA Tournament since 1991.

The women’s basketball team finished 18-16 last season and has not been to the NCAA Tournament since 2011.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

TEDDY BRIDGEWATER SUSPENDED FROM HS COACHING JOB

Former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has been suspended from his position as a high school football coach in Miami while under investigation for allegedly providing impermissible benefits.

Bridgewater, 32, confirmed his suspension by Miami Northwestern in a Facebook post on Sunday but said he remains committed to his alma mater.

“The suspension came from MNW and it’s impossible to suspend someone who doesn’t work for you. So if im suspended from MNW im free to go to another school of my choice but IM NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

“And if it comes down to it, I will volunteer from the bleachers like I used to in 2018 and 2019 when no one had a problem.”

Bridgewater led Miami Northwestern to a Class 3A state championship in his first season as the coach in 2024.

He returned to the NFL in December to serve as Jared Goff’s backup with the Detroit Lions but did not appear in a regular season game. In the playoffs, he completed his only pass attempt for 3 yards in a 45-31 loss against the Washington Commanders in the divisional round.

According to multiple reports, Bridgewater posted earlier this month on Facebook that he paid for Uber rides, meals and recovery services for his players last season. He asked fans to donate to help cover such expenses this year.

The Florida High School Athletic Association confirmed to Rivals on Monday that it is gathering more information.

Bridgewater played for six NFL teams from 2014-24, compiling a 33-32 record with 15,120 passing yards and 75 touchdowns. He made the Pro Bowl after an 11-5 season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2015.

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NFL NEWS

SAQUON BARKLEY IS SELECTED AS TOP RUNNING BACK BY THE AP AFTER A RECORD-SETTING SEASON

Saquon Barkley’s first season in Philadelphia featured record performances on the field, a Super Bowl title and a new contract that is the richest ever for a running back.

Barkley’s performance with the Eagles also helped him score the honor of being voted the top running back in the league by The Associated Press.

A panel of eight AP Pro Football Writers ranked the top five players at running back, basing selections on current status entering the 2025 season. First-place votes were worth 10 points. Second- through fifth-place votes were worth 5, 3, 2 and 1 points.

Barkley got seven first-place votes and one second to win the voting easily. Baltimore’s Derrick Henry was the only other player selected on all eight ballots and came in second with one first-place vote, five seconds, one third and one fifth.

Detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs got the remaining two second-place votes and finished third. Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson and San Francisco’s Christian McCaffrey rounded out the top five.

Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor, Green Bay’s Josh Jacobs and Tampa Bay’s Bucky Irving also received votes.

1. SAQUON BARKLEY, Philadelphia Eagles

Barkley rushed for 2,005 yards in the regular season, falling 101 short of breaking Eric Dickerson’s regular-season record because he was rested rather than playing in a meaningless Week 18 game. His 2,504 yards rushing including the playoffs broke Terrell Davis’ record of 2,476 and featured a record seven TD runs of at least 60 yards.

Barkley parlayed that into a two-year contract extension worth $41.2 million with $36 million guaranteed, which is the richest ever for a running back.

2. DERRICK HENRY, Baltimore Ravens

Anyone expecting Henry to drop off in his 30s was disappointed last season when a move to Baltimore helped spark a resurgence to his career. Henry, who turned 31 in January, rushed for 1,921 yards last season for the most ever for a player after turning 30, topping the 1,860 yards Tiki Barber had at age 30 in 2005.

Henry has the 11th-most yards ever in a season and the most for a player who didn’t win a rushing title as he remains one of the best pure rushers in the game.

3. JAHMYR GIBBS, Detroit Lions

Skeptics questioned the decision by Detroit to draft Gibbs 12th overall in 2023, but he has more than delivered in his first two seasons as a dangerous runner and receiver. After a strong rookie season, Gibbs took a big step last season when he rushed for 1,412 yards and 16 TDs to go with 517 yards receiving and four more scores.

Gibbs’ 36 overall touchdowns in the regular season and playoffs are the second most ever for a player in his first two seasons, trailing only the 37 for Hall of Famer Curtis Martin.

4. BIJAN ROBINSON, Atlanta Falcons

Picked eighth overall in 2023, Robinson has quickly earned his place among the top running backs in the league thanks to his skill as a runner and receiver.

Robinson ranked fourth among running backs last season in yards from scrimmage (1,887), tied for sixth in touchdowns (15) and second in first downs (102).

5. CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY, San Francisco 49ers

Injuries to his Achilles tendon and knee hampered McCaffrey last season as he played only four games after winning AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2023. But when he’s healthy, there are few players more productive than McCaffrey, as evidenced by his 2,023 yards from scrimmage and 21 TDs in 16 games in 2023.

REPORT: 49ERS WR JAUAN JENNINGS SEEKS NEW DEAL OR TRADE

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings is seeking a new contract or a trade, ESPN reported Monday.

Jennings, 28, is due to earn $7.5 million in the final season of his contract in 2025, according to Spotrac.

He set career highs across the board last season with 77 receptions for 975 yards and six touchdowns in 15 games.

There has been little progress with Jennings’ request but he is not expected to be a training camp holdout, per ESPN.

He has 155 catches for 1,938 yards and 13 TDs in 60 games since being drafted in the seventh round by the 49ers in 2020 out of Tennessee.

JETS AND RECEIVER GARRETT WILSON AGREE ON A 4-YEAR, $130M CONTRACT EXTENSION, AP SOURCE SAYS

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets and wide receiver Garrett Wilson have agreed on a four-year, $130 million contract extension, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not been announced.

Wilson, drafted 10th overall in 2022, was the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year that season and has more than 1,000 yards receiving in each of his first three years — the first player in franchise history to do so.

In all, Wilson has caught 279 passes for 3,249 yards and 14 touchdowns.

The extension represents a significant commitment from general manager Darren Mougey and new coach Aaron Glenn, who have focused on making the roster younger in their first offseason together in New York.

They picked up the fifth-year options on Wilson, Sauce Gardner and Jermaine Johnson during this past offseason, setting the stage for Wilson’s new extension, which runs through the 2030 season.

“I’m hopeful I’m a Jet for life,” Wilson said in May. “And that we get this thing rolling and that all of our best days are ahead of us.”

Wilson had two years and $20.3 million remaining on his rookie deal. With the extension, he’s now under contract for six seasons at $150.3 million.

Next up for extensions could be Gardner and Johnson. Gardner has said earlier that negotiations between his representatives, which include agent AJ Vaynerchuk, and the Jets already have begun.

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NBA NEWS

76ERS’ PAUL GEORGE HAS ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY ON LEFT KNEE

Philadelphia 76ers forward Paul George underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his left knee Monday after sustaining an injury in a recent workout, the team announced.

The Sixers said George is beginning a rehab program and will be re-evaluated prior to the start of training camp.

George’s first year in Philadelphia did not go according to plan. His season ended in March after receiving injections in his left adductor muscle and left knee. George had hyperextended that knee during a preseason game and wound up playing only 41 games overall.

In the first season of a four-year, $212 million contract, George averaged 16.2 points per game, his lowest average since returning late in the 2014-15 season from a compound leg fracture.

The 76ers finished the season 24-58, 13 games out of a play-in spot in the Eastern Conference. George, a nine-time All-Star, turned 35 in May.

REPORT: SPURS C VICTOR WEMBANYAMA CLEARED TO RETURN

San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama has recovered from the blood clot issue that prematurely ended his 2024-25 season, the French newspaper L’Equipe reported Monday.

“I’m officially cleared to return,” Wembanyama told the publication. “It just happened — I got the green light from the Spurs’ medical staff. … I’ll finally be able to play a bit of basketball again.”

Wembanyama underwent surgery in March after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder.

ESPN reported in May that Wembanyama was expected to be back on the court by the start of training camp and a full-go in time for the regular season.

The 21-year-old Frenchman averaged 24.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and an NBA-leading 3.8 blocked shots in 46 starts in 2024-25.

Named the unanimous NBA Rookie of the Year in 2023-24, the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama competed in his first All-Star Game in 2024-25.

The Spurs selected Wembanyama first overall in the 2023 NBA Draft. In parts of two seasons, he is averaging 22.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.7 blocked shots in 117 games (all starts). He also has made 270 3-pointers.

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WNBA NEWS

ALYSSA THOMAS’ LAST SECOND FREE THROW PUSHES MERCURY PAST VALKYRIES

Alyssa Thomas capped a frantic finish by making the second of two free throws with one second remaining, breaking a tie and giving the visiting Phoenix Mercury a 78-77 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Monday night.

Thomas’ free throw came after the Valkyries, attempting to avenge an earlier loss at Phoenix, rallied from a four-point deficit with 15.1 seconds left behind a trey and 17-foot field goal by Janelle Salaun in a four-second flurry that sandwiched a DeWanna Bonner free throw.

Salaun’s tying hoop came with 6.1 seconds remaining, allowing the Mercury, after advancing the ball with a timeout, to get the ball to Thomas rolling to the hoop. She drew a foul on a point-blank attempt, then missed her first free throw before making her second.

Bonner (game-high 22 points, game-high 11 rebounds) and Thomas (17 points, game-high 11 assists) both finished with double-doubles for the Mercury, who won a third straight despite suiting up only eight players due to three injuries.

Veronica Burton had a team-highs of 17 points and six assists for the Valkyries, who lost for the fourth time in their last five games.

The Valkyries led 69-66 with 4:32 to play before Thomas came alive late, hitting two hoops and then assisting Bonner, a recent roster addition, for a layup that gave Phoenix a 75-72 lead with 51.1 seconds left.

Kathryn Westbeld added 14 points for the Mercury, 12 of which coming on 4-for-8 accuracy from long distance. Teammates Bonner (3-for-4), Monique Akoa Makani (3-for-6) and Sami Whitcomb (2-for-5) also drilled multiple 3-pointers for the visitors, who shot 12-for-29 (41.4 percent) from beyond the arc.

Golden State was even better from deep, making 14 of 33 (42.4 percent). Burton had 12 of her 17 points on 4-for-8 3-point attempts, while Tiffany Hayes also made four — in just five attempts — as part of a 15-point night.

Salaun totaled 12 points and Monique Billings added 10 to go with a team-high nine rebounds for Golden State.

NAPHEESA COLLIER LEADS LYNX PAST ANGEL REESE’S SKY

Napheesa Collier made four 3-pointers and finished with 29 points as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 91-78 on Monday night.

Former Sky Courtney Williams had 18 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, while Kayla McBride made three 3s and scored 17 for the WNBA-leading Lynx (19-4), who made 12 3s to avenge Saturday’s 87-81 loss at Chicago.

Collier, who entered averaging a league-leading 23.6 points, went 7-of-14 from the field and made all 11 free-throw attempts for Minnesota, which also beat the Sky 80-75 on July 6.

Angel Reese recorded her ninth straight double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds for the Sky (7-14), who shot 48.3 percent but committed 19 turnovers that led to 24 Lynx points. Ex-Lynx Rachel Banham made three 3s and scored 15 for Chicago, which totaled just 32 second-half points.

Chicago also lost Ariel Atkins, who entered averaging a team-high 14.5 points, to a leg injury suffered just before halftime.

Minnesota trailed by as many as 10 in the second quarter, but closed the period with six consecutive points to trail 46-42. The Lynx then opened the third on a 5-0 run and scored 12 of the first 16 points to lead 56-50.

However, the Sky clawed their way back and trailed 65-63 before Collier drained a 3 just before the third-quarter buzzer.

The Lynx scored eight of the first 10 points to open the final period, with Jessica Shepard notching her first four of the night and Collier hitting two free throws to lead 76-65.

Collier and Williams each had 10 points in the first quarter, where the Lynx went 6-of-11 from 3-point range and led 28-24 entering the second quarter. However, the Sky scored 13 of the first 15 points of the second quarter.

Reese’s basket capped a 7-0 surge that put Chicago ahead 37-30, but the Lynx scored the next six points, including four from Collier, to get within one. The Sky answered with nine consecutive points, highlighted by five from Banham, to lead 46-36.

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NHL NEWS

NHL SEASON BEGINS WITH TRIPLEHEADER ON OCT. 7

Longtime Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan will make his debut behind the New York Rangers’ bench against his former team, part of the NHL’s season-opening tripleheader on Oct. 7.

The action begins with the Chicago Blackhawks visiting the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers at 5 p.m. ET, followed by the Penguins and Rangers at Madison Square Garden at 8 p.m. ET and capped by the Los Angeles Kings hosting the Colorado Avalanche at 10:30 p.m. ET.

All three games will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN in the U.S., and on Sportsnet and TVA Sports in Canada.

The complete 2025-26 regular-season schedule will be announced on Wednesday afternoon.

The Panthers will raise their second championship banner prior to the game at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida beat the Edmonton Oilers in six games to claim the Stanley Cup last month.

Sullivan, 57, coached the Penguins from 2015-25 and won two Stanley Cups. He and the team agreed to part ways on April 28 after the Penguins missed the playoffs for a third straight season.

On May 2, Sullivan was hired to replace Peter Laviolette as the coach of the Rangers, who missed the 2025 playoffs after reaching the Eastern Conference finals the previous season.

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GOLF NEWS

REPORT: PGA TOUR EYEING RETURN TO TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL IN ‘26

The PGA Tour plans to bring a tournament back to Trump National Doral near Miami in 2026, Sports Business Journal reported Monday.

Per Sports Business Journal, a new tournament at Doral is expected to be scheduled for the week of April 27-May 3, in between the Zurich Classic of New Orleans (a team event) and the Truist Championship (a signature event). The title sponsor and tournament organizer are still unknown.

The resort, purchased by the Trump Organization in 2012, hosted a PGA Tour event from 1962-2016 on its famed “Blue Monster” course. During Donald Trump’s first run for president, the tour moved the WGC-Cadillac Championship from Doral to Mexico City, at a time when other golf governing bodies also attempted to distance themselves from the then-candidate.

LIV Golf has played at Trump Doral for four straight years since its inception in 2022, but the course is not on the 2026 LIV schedule, leaving open the possibility that the PGA Tour could return.

Trump has met with representatives from the PGA Tour and LIV, including Tiger Woods and PGA commissioner Jay Monahan, regarding the rival sides’ attempt to merge. The PGA Tour returning to a Trump-owned property could be seen as an olive branch to the president, who has supported the Saudi-backed LIV circuit since its inception.

Doral hosted the Doral Open from 1962-2006 before it became a permanent venue for the WGC-Cadillac Championship from 2007-16.

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INDIANA PACERS

GAME REWIND: PACERS 105, BULLS 114 (SUMMER LEAGUE)

In a Summer League matchup between Central Division foes, the Chicago Bulls dropped the Indiana Pacers 114-105 on Monday in Las Vegas.

After leading by four points after three quarters, the Bulls (1-2) scored 29 points in the final frame to hold off any chance of a Pacers (1-2) comeback at Cox Pavilion.

All five Pacers starters scored in double figures in the loss. Pacers guard RayJ Dennis finished with 20 points and five assists, forward Enrique Freeman posted 17 points and 10 rebounds, rookie Kam Jones logged a personal-best 18 points and six assists, Phillip Wheeler chipped in 16 points, and Johnny Furphy recorded 15 points and six rebounds.

Chicago forward Matas Buzelis, an All-Rookie Second Team member last season, scored 28 points, while 6-foot-10 French rookie Noa Essengue added 21 points, Javon Freeman-Liberty scored 18 points, and Yuki Kawamura recorded 15 points and 10 assists off the bench.

Both teams shot 50 percent overall, with Indiana making 11 3-pointers to Chicago’s 10, but the Bulls finished 30-for-34 at the free-throw line while the Pacers made 22-of-25 at the stripe.

“We play hard, we play together, we play unselfish … we just (haven’t put together) 40 minutes yet,” Pacers Summer League Coach Isaac Yacob said. “We shot 50/40/90 and scored enough points to win, we just can’t give up 110 every night.”

There were eight lead changes and six ties in the game, but the largest Pacers’ largest lead was just two points.

Chicago attacked the rim early and often to build a 57-53 halftime lead.

Indiana outshot Chicago 53.1 to 45.9 percent in the first half, but the Bulls shot 19-for-21 from the free throw line while the Pacers went 12-for-13.

Rookies took over the game early, as Jones and Essengue scored 13 points each in the first half.

Essengue struck first, scoring 11 points on 4-for-6 shooting in the first quarter to help the Bulls to a 32-18 lead.

The Bulls built an early 16-8 lead on a 9-0 scoring spree before Furphy hit a 3-pointer and threw down a one-handed dunk to spark a 8-2 Pacers run and make it a one-possession game.

Following a Chicago timeout, with 2:57 on the clock, the Bulls bolted to a 14-0 run thanks to seven points by Essengue before Indiana rookie Taelon Peter ended the streak with a layup.

Jones then scored 11 points of his own in the second quarter to help the Pacers narrow the halftime margin to four points.

A trio of 3-pointers by the Pacers, including back-to-back triples from Jones, made it 38-31 before an 11-0 Pacers run – where Jones hit his third three of the quarter and Furphy slammed home a poster dunk over Essengue – tied the score at 44 with 3:21 left in the half.

“Kam is getting better every day, every game,” Yacob said. “Trending in the right direction. Just keeps chipping away.”

A Jahmir Young 3-pointer out of a timeout got the Bulls back on track, however, and Chicago didn’t relinquish the lead the rest of the half.

The score stayed within two possessions in the third quarter until a 11-2 Chicago run from 3:30 to 1:49, featuring five points by Buzelis, pushed the Bulls ahead 83-73.

Four straight points by Peter concluded the frame, but the Pacers trailed 85-81 heading into the final 10 minutes.

Emanuel Miller opened the fourth quarter with an and-one before Freeman-Liberty added five straight points to give the Bulls a 93-83 lead, and the Pacers never got closer than five points the rest of the game.

The Pacers will continue Summer League action on Thursday, July 17 when they take on the New York Knicks at 4:30 PM ET.

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INDIANA ATHLETICS

IU REINSTATES THE BISON AS THE OFFICIAL IU-BLOOMINGTON MASCOT; ‘HOOSIER THE BISON’ TO MAKE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE ON AUG. 30 AT IU FOOTBALL SEASON OPENER

Bloomington, Ind. – The Bison is back in Bloomington.

Indiana University’s official mascot – Hoosier The Bison – has returned to the IU-Bloomington campus after a nearly 60-year hiatus. The mascot’s homecoming is a result of the ‘Bring Back the Bison Act’ passed by the Indiana University Student Body Congress on Dec. 16, 2024. In response to the student government vote to re-adopt the Bison as the official IU-Bloomington mascot, IU Athletics moved forward with embracing it as a symbol of both the department and campus’ spirit, passion, tradition, unity, and success.

The culmination of those efforts will be on display beginning this fall. Hoosier The Bison will make its public debut at IU Football’s 2025 Aug. 30 season opener against Old Dominion at Memorial Stadium.

Why a bison? The state of Indiana and the bison have been linked for more than two centuries. In fact, the bison has been used as an Indiana symbol longer than Indiana has been a U.S. state. The bison first appeared on official court documents signed by then Indiana Territory Governor and future U.S. President William Henry Harrison in 1801, a full 15 years before Indiana became the country’s 19th state in 1816. The Indiana Territory seal depicted a woodsman chopping trees while a bison runs in the foreground, symbolizing the country’s expansion on the Indiana frontier (at the time, the western boundary of the United States). The bison has been a part of the Indiana state seal ever since.

In addition to the bison’s tradition in the state of Indiana, it also has been a part of Indiana University and the city of Bloomington’s history since the 1960s.

The Original Bison Mascot – 1965

At the recommendation of the IU Student Athletic Board and confirmed by the Indiana University Student Senate, the bison mascot was officially adopted and brought to life on October 14, 1965. The original intent, though, wasn’t to have a costumed character parading around IU. Instead, student leaders advocated for the university to purchase a live bison, to be housed in nearby Brown County State Park, when the animal wasn’t on campus for gamedays and special events. State and university officials frowned on the idea and warned students about the perils of keeping a live bison. Undeterred, students moved forward with a suggestion from then IU Foundation Executive Director Bill Armstrong to have a student in a bison costume. The first bison mascot debuted just in time for the final home football game that year – the Old Oaken Bucket game on November 20, 1965.

The Authentic Bison Mascot – 1966-1967

By the time the 1966 Indiana Football season kicked off, the bison had a new look. With a full offseason to explore new possibilities, the IU Student Athletic Board, with the assistance of a Los Angeles based company, created a new mascot costume. Unlike the first rendition, the new version had some staying power and not only patrolled the sidelines in 1966, but also witnessed IU Football’s exhilarating 1967 Big Ten Championship Rose Bowl season. The head-to-toe mascot costume included a very large realistic, authentic-looking bison head. Unfortunately, the mascot performer’s line-of-sight and mobility was limited due to the costume’s design and led to additional changes.

The Rose Bowl Bison Mascot – 1967-69

As Indiana Football prepared for its first ever trip to the Rose Bowl, the university parted ways with the more authentic-looking bison mascot costume, worn during the regular season (and displaying the large realistic head). Instead, a new bison costume was created with similar features but more mobility for the performer inside. The new bison mascot costume debuted just in time for the January 1, 1968, Rose Bowl matchup with USC. The updated bison costume returned for the 1968 and 1969 seasons but student and fan support for the bison mascot began to wane and ultimately led to a long hiatus from the campus.

The Bison Lives On

While Indiana University stopped utilizing the Bison mascot in an official capacity, starting in the 1970s and subsequent decades that followed, its presence, history at IU, and support from the larger university and Bloomington community were intertwined and never entirely ignored. One of Bloomington’s most popular off-campus restaurants and gameday traditions, Nick’s English Hut, embraced the Bison and still does so to this day. Founded as a sandwich shop in 1927, the nearly 100-year-old establishment began using a version of the IU Bison in its logo in the 1960s (after IU originally adopted the Bison as its official mascot). Also, the university’s heraldic coat of arms, adopted in 1962, displays a crimson bison, sun symbol, open book, and the university’s motto Lux Et Veritas. IU’s Army ROTC Bison Battalion, one of the oldest college ROTC units in the country (dating back to 1917), has displayed the Bison as its moniker-of-choice for decades including today’s campus Bison Battalion ROTC unit. Moreover, during the 1980s and 90s, under Head Coach Bill Mallory, Indiana Football teams wore helmet stickers displaying a black silhouette bison with an IU trident logo. In more recent years, a bison character mascot has also been a part of Little 500 races and College of Arts and Sciences events. This fall , the Marching Hundred will unveil new uniforms, including silver buttons engraved with the Indiana state seal depicting a bison.

The Bison Returns

In the fall of 2024, the bison mascot returned to IU in much the same way it debuted nearly 60-years earlier. On December 16, 2024, the Indiana University Student Government reaffirmed the bison as Indiana University’s official mascot. In doing so, Student Government leaders requested that IU Athletics take the lead in creating, unveiling, and ultimately reintroducing the bison mascot on behalf of the campus. Hoosier the Bison will officially be unveiled at the first home football game this year on August 30.

While Hoosier The Bison has returned as IU-Bloomington’s official mascot, IU-Bloomington’s official nickname remains ‘The Hoosiers.’ IU Athletics will have additional updates later this summer regarding Hoosier The Bison, including official IU Athletics Bison apparel and appearance opportunities. In the meantime, you can follow Hoosier The Bison on its official social media channels on X and Instagram.

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INDIANA BASEBALL

FOUR HOOSIERS, TWO SIGNEES SELECTED IN 2025 MLB DRAFT

ATLANTA, Ga. – Veteran pitchers Cole Gilley and Ben Grable were selected in the 10th and 11th rounds respectively on Monday (July 14) afternoon to wrap up the 2025 MLB Draft. In total, four Hoosiers and two Indiana signees were selected among the 615 overall picks in this year’s proceedings.

Gilley, one of the best pitchers in the Big Ten, was selected in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Phillies. Including teammates Devin Taylor and Korbyn Dickerson, Gilley gives IU 17 top-10 round selections under head coach Jeff Mercer in the last seven seasons.

In his one season in Bloomington, Gilley was a revelation for pitching coach Dustin Glant and the Hoosiers. The Second Team All-Big Ten selection was one of two Big Ten pitchers to win 10 games this season and maintained a 3.54 earned run average on the year.

The Indiana native racked up 75 strikeouts to just 20 walks. He allowed just 27 earned runs in a team-best 68.2 innings on the mound. He led the team with 12 starts and produced three-straight quality starts to end his senior season in 2025.

His veteran counterpart, Grable, was selected 344th overall in the 11th round by the New York Yankees. He’s the fourth player in program history picked by the Yankees and the first since Grant Richardson (17-513) in 2021.

After recovering from season-ending surgery in 2024, Grable became a big part of the IU staff in his final season of college baseball. He worked a 4.31 earned run average across 17 appearances and 56.1 innings of action. He thrived in pounding the zone with 65 strikeouts to just 17 walks.

Over the last two seasons, IU has had 10 players selected in the MLB Draft. It’s the first time the program has had at least four draft picks in consecutive seasons since 2018 and 2019. In the history of the draft, the Hoosiers have now had 117 unique players selected. 30 of those have come in the Jeff Mercer era (since 2019).

Among the selected players in this year’s draft included IU high school signees Matthew Fisher and Alex Barr. Fisher was a consensus top-100 national prep prospect and was picked in the seventh round by the Philadelphia Phillies. Barr was taken in the 12th round by the Athletics.

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BUTLER BASEBALL

NATIONALS SELECT MOROKNEK IN 11TH ROUND OF MLB DRAFT

The Washington Nationals selected Butler outfielder Jack Moroknek in the 11th round of the 2025 MLB Draft on Monday afternoon. Moroknek is the first Bulldog to be drafted since 2019!

“Jack put together one of the best seasons we’ve seen at Butler in a long time”, Head Coach Blake Beemer stated. “His persistence and growth were extremely fun to watch. The Nationals took a great player and an even better person. I can’t wait to watch him at the next level.”

Moroknek capped off his BU career by leading the team in hits (81), batting average (.372), total bases (153), RBIs (57), home runs (18), runs scored (57), slugging percentage (.702) and OPS (1.145). He was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection that ranked second in the conference in total bases and home runs.

Moroknek ranked 42nd in the NCAA in total bases, 49th in slugging percentage, 58th in home runs, 60th in batting average, and 82nd in total hits.

Moroknek set a BU record in 2025 by recording 153 total bases. He also tied a single-game school record twice during his career. The Carmel product hit three home runs in a road game at Eastern Michigan in 2024 and accomplished that feat again in 2025 with three homers in one game at Lindenwood.

Moroknek was a two-year starter at Butler that scored 95 runs in 109 total games. He hit .350 over that two-year period, recording 150 hits (30 doubles and 31 home runs) to help generate 101 RBIs.

Moroknek is the first Bulldog to be drafted since 2019 when Ryan Pepiot went in the 3rd round to the Los Angeles Dodgers. A day later, Harrison Freed went to the San Francisco Giants in the 13th round.

Freed and Pepiot became the first BU teammates to get drafted in the same year since 1998. That year Ryan Harber went in the 7th Round to Miami, David Gates was selected by Boston in the 27th Round, and Justin Beasley rounded out the trio after being picked up by Arizona.

Today, Moroknek becomes just the fifth Bulldog to be drafted since Butler joined the BIG EAST Conference in 2013. Connor Mitchell went in the 27th round to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018 and Eric Stout was picked by the Kansas City Royals in the 13th round of the 2014 draft.

Two-time MLB All-Star Pat Neshek was selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 6th round of the 2002 Draft when Butler competed in the Horizon League. Including Neshek, 10 Bulldogs were selected in the MLB Draft from 1980-2002.

Bulldog fans can continue to watch draft coverage on MLB.com.

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IU INDY SWIMMING

IU INDY SWIM AND DIVE ANNOUNCES 2025-26 SCHEDULE

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indy athletics department have announced the 2025-26 schedules for the men’s and women’s swim and dive programs. The Jags and the IU Natatorium will play host for the House of Champions and Horizon League Championships again this season.

Head coach Damion Dennis and the Jaguars will open their season the weekend of September 12-13 when they host Horizon League foes, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Cleveland State for back-to-back days. Both the men’s and women’s teams will host five other meets during the fall semester with the Butler Invite (Oct. 4), Evansville, Southern Indiana and Valparaiso on October 18, Washington and Northern Kentucky (Nov. 8) and House of Champions (Nov. 20-22).

During the first half of the season, the Jags will travel to Chicago to face UIC on October 25 and the U.S. Open (Dec. 4-6).

The IU Indy swim and dive programs return to the pool after the winter break on January 9 when they travel to Youngstown State for a two-day meet. They then will return to Indy to host Butler and Wabash on January 31.

IU Indy will open the post season slate by hosting the Horizon League Championships from February 18-22. The Jags hope to qualify for the CSCAA National Invitational Championships on March 12-14 and the NCAA Championships. The women’s NCAA Championships will take place in Atlanta, Georgia on the campus of Georgia Tech on March 18-21 with the men’s championships the next week in Atlanta on March 25-28.

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BALL STATE BASEBALL

GREGO (PADRES) AND HARTLAUB (RAYS) SELECTED IN MLB DRAFT

Ball State baseball’s Dylan Grego and Jacob Hartlaub were selected by the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays, respectively, on Monday afternoon in the 2025 MLB Draft.

The two were taken just 17 picks apart as Grego was drafted in the 13th round by San Diego and Hartlaub in the 14th round by Tampa Bay.

“Congrats to Dylan and Jacob on realizing their dreams of being selected in the professional baseball draft,” Ball State head coach Rich Maloney said. “This adds to Ball State’s great tradition of having players go to the next level.”

Grego, a First Team All-MAC selection and First Team All-Region and Third Team All-America honoree by the American Baseball Coaches Association, slashed .376/.429/.624 in 2025 and finished with the third-most hits in a single season in program history (91). The junior out of Kansas City, Mo., produced 14 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs, 55 RBI, 58 runs and 15 stolen bases on his way to being named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award honoring the nation’s top collegiate shortstop.

Grego is Ball State’s first draft pick by the Padres since T.J. Weir was selected in the 17th round in 2014.

“Happy for Dylan Grego on accomplishing his dream of being drafted,” Maloney said. “Dylan continues our great tradition of having players get drafted in pro baseball. This caps off a great year for Dylan including being a Third Team All-American, Third Team Academic All-American and now a 13th-round draft pick of the San Diego Padres – what a year!”

Hartlaub, who was named Second Team All-MAC after the Cardinals won all 10 of his starts in conference play, finished the campaign with a 6-2 record and 69 strikeouts in a team-high 81.1 innings pitched.

The senior out of Milwaukee is Ball State’s second-ever draft selection for the Rays following Travis Minix being taken in the 23rd round in 1999 by Tampa Bay.

“Jacob Hartlaub has worked so hard to realize his dream of playing professional baseball,” Maloney said. “The strides he made this year were impressive and his best days are yet to come. He continues the Ball State tradition of having pitchers drafted. He will join Ty Johnson in the Tampa Bay Rays farm system.”

Grego and Hartlaub were the 77th and 78th draft picks out of Ball State in program history. This was the 22nd time Ball State has had multiple draft picks in the same year (19th time since 1996).

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EVANSVILLE MEN’S SOCCER

ACES MEN’S SOCCER ANNOUNCES 2025 SCHEDULE FEATURING NCAA TOURNAMENT FOES AND POWER CONFERENCE OPPONENTS

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The University of Evansville men’s soccer team has unveiled its 2025 season schedule, promising a challenging lineup that includes matchups against NCAA tournament teams and programs from the ACC, Big Ten, Big East, and OVC conferences.

Building on a successful 2024 season, the Purple Aces aim to continue their upward trajectory.The Purple Aces concluded the 2024 season with an 11-7-3 overall record and a 4-3-1 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play. Their performance peaked during the MVC Tournament, where they defeated Western Michigan and Missouri State before clinching the championship with a thrilling 3–2 overtime victory in the final against BGSU. This triumph secured Evansville’s first NCAA tournament berth since 1996, marking a return to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 28 years.

The Aces will commence their campaign with preseason fixtures against OVC opponents, Eastern Illinois on August 13 and SIU-Edwardsville on August 16, both on the road. SIUE is back-to-back OVC Champs and coming off two straight NCAA appearances.

Non-Conference Highlights

Bellarmine (Aug 21, Home): Evansville opens its regular season at home against Bellarmine. This marks the 5thstraight opening contest between the Knights and the Aces. The D1 series record sits knotted at 1-1-2.

Mercer (Aug 24, Away): The Aces will travel to Mercer in the second match of the opening season. Mercer finished 5th in the SOCON in 2024.

North Carolina (Aug 28, Away): A significant early challenge awaits as the Aces travel to Chapel Hill to face UNC, a team that posted a 9-4-5 record in 2024 and reached the NCAA tournament. This will be the Aces first trip to Chapel Hill since 2009. UNC holds a 2-0 edge all-time over Evansville.

Memphis (Aug 31, Home): Evansville will host a doubleheader with the women for Alumni Weekend and a celebration of former All-American Ace and first Evansville women’s soccer coach, Mick Lyon. UE will welcome 2024 AAC Regular Season Champion, Memphis, who the Aces defeated on the road during the 2024 season.

Lindenwood (Sep 4, Home): The Aces will host OVC opponent, Lindenwood, who finished the 2024 campaign with an 11-6-3 overall record and defeated the Aces 3-2 at home, scoring three unanswered goals.

Xavier (Sep 10, Home): The Aces will welcome Big East opponent Xavier providing a solid mid-season test. Xavier won the 2024 matchup 2-0.

USI (Sep 13, Away): A renewal of the River City Rivalry, the Aces will travel down the Lloyd to face USI. The Aces won 3-1 in 2024.

Dayton (Sep 17, Away): A road match against Dayton sees Evansville take on the A-10 Champions who made the 2024 Sweet 16. The 2022 matchup between the two teams was rained out.

Butler (Sep 23, Home): The Aces will welcome another Big East matchup, Butler, in another inner state matchup. Butler defeated the Aces 4-1 in 2024.

Northwestern (Oct 7, Away): UE will travel to face Big Ten’s Northwestern, who achieved a 9-7-1 record in 2024. This is the first match up between the programs since 2004.

Louisville (Oct 27, Away): A late-season away game against Louisville is the second ACC opponent on the schedule. The Aces drew the Cards 2-2 in 2024 conceding a late equalizer.

Missouri Valley Conference Battles

BGSU (Sep 26, Away): A rematch of the MVC Championship match kicks off the MVC slate for the Aces as Evansville travels to Bowling Green.

Western Michigan (Oct 4, Home): The Aces will welcome the Broncos in the second match of the MVC schedule. WMU is coming off its third straight NCAA appearance.

Drake (Oct 11, Away): Evansville will make the trip to Des Moines to face the Bulldogs who finished 2nd place during the MVC regular season, edging the Aces 2-1 in 2024.

UIC (Oct 18, Away): The Aces will continue the MVC slate on the road facing UIC, who Evansville bested for the first time in 2024.

Bradley (Oct 24, Home): During Senior Night against Bradley, the Aces will honor the team’s 10 seniors. Evansville has won 2 straight against the Braves.

NIU (Oct 31, Home): UE welcomes NIU in the last home match on Halloween night. The Aces have defeated the Huskies in two-straight matches.

Belmont (Nov 5, Away): For the third straight year, the regular-season finale will pit Evansville against Belmont. The Aces and the Bruins have drawn four straight regular season matchups.

The Missouri Valley Conference Tournament is scheduled for November 9, 12, and 15. The Aces aim to capitalize on their regular-season efforts to make another deep postseason run and defend their MVC Title.

Season passes are on sale now for just $70 for adults and $30 for youth (ages 3-17) for all eight home contests during the 2025 season. Single-game tickets are also on sale with individual match passes for $12 for adults and $10 for youth and seniors (ages 65+). Children age two and younger are admitted free to all UE home regular season athletic events. For more information, call the UE Ticket Office at 812-488-2623.

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VALPO VOLLEYBALL

VALPO ANNOUNCES 2025 VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE

A program with a boatload of returning talent, the 2025 Valpo volleyball team will face a 29-match slate this fall, as the 2025 schedule was unveiled Monday.

The Beacons will have a stern test right out of the gate in the preseason, making the short trip to West Lafayette, Ind. to take on Purdue in an exhibition match Aug. 15. The Boilermakers went 27-7 last season, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament and were ranked #9 in the final AVCA poll.

Two weeks later, the regular season opens up at the USI Invitational in Evansville, Ind. Valpo opens the season against host Southern Indiana — the first meeting in program history against the Screaming Eagles — before taking on Northern Kentucky and Saint Louis. The next weekend brings a tournament at Eastern Michigan, where the Beacons face Purdue Fort Wayne and Niagara in addition to the hosts.

A brief step away from tournament play comes on Tuesday, Sept. 9 with a visit to Northwestern for the first time in program history. Valpo returns to tournament action later that week with a trek to the Lehigh Steel Classic, facing off there against Lehigh, NJIT and Sacred Heart.

The preconference slate closes the weekend of Sept. 19-20 at Western Illinois’ Leatherneck Classic. The Beacons’ first match at WIU pits them against Missouri, which finished last season ranked #19 nationally and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Valpo then caps the tournament with a matchup against Chicago State, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament last season after sweeping the Northeast Conference regular season and tournament titles.

The Missouri Valley Conference schedule opens up at the ARC Sept. 26 against Drake, kicking off the 16-match conference slate. Valpo will play Drake and UNI once apiece at home, Indiana State and Evansville once apiece on the road and the other six conference opponents twice in home-and-home matchups. The regular season concludes at the ARC Nov. 15 against Bradley.

The top six teams in the MVC regular season standings advance to the MVC Tournament, which opens Nov. 19 with seeds three and four hosting seeds six and five, respectively, in first-round matchups. The top two seeds will host their respective semifinal match on Nov. 22, with the top remaining seed hosting the title match on Nov. 25. The tournament champion will receive the MVC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

In an anomaly in this era of college athletics, the Valpo volleyball program brings back all 16 players who had remaining eligibility after last season and welcomes a pair of freshmen to the program as well. In all, 78.1% of the kills, 84.4% of the service aces, 78.0% of the digs and 93.9% of the blocks return in 2025 from the 2024 squad.

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“SPORTS EXTRA”

TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY

July 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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July 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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July 17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY

July 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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July 16

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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July 17

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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TV SPORTS TUESDAY

(All times Eastern)

Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts

Tuesday, July 15

CYCLING

6:30 a.m. (Wednesday)

PEACOCK — UCI: The Tour de France, Stage 11, Toulouse, France

MLB BASEBALL

8 p.m.

FOX — 2025 MLB All-Star Game: American League vs. National League, Atlanta

NBA BASKETBALL

4:30 p.m.

NBATV — Summer League: Minnesota vs. Detroit, Las Vegas

6 p.m.

ESPN2 — Summer League: Brooklyn vs. New York, Las Vegas

6:30 p.m.

NBATV — Summer League: Oklahoma City vs. Orlando, Las Vegas

8:30 p.m.

NBATV — Summer League: Philadelphia vs. Washington, Las Vegas

10 p.m.

ESPN — Summer League: Portland vs. New Orleans, Las Vegas

10:30 p.m.

NBATV — Summer League: Golden State vs. Memphis, Las Vegas

SOCCER (MEN’S)

5:25 a.m.

CBSSN — Club Friendly: Wrexham AFC at Sydney FC

SOCCER (WOMEN’S)

4:55 p.m.

FS1 — Conmebol Copa America Group Stage: Uruguay vs. Argentina, Group A, Quito, Ecuador

7:55 p.m.

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

TENNIS

3:30 a.m.

TENNIS — Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Hamburg-WTA, Iasi-WTA Early Rounds

6 a.m.

TENNIS — Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Hamburg-WTA, Iasi-WTA Early Rounds

8 p.m.

TENNIS — Los Cabos-ATP Early Rounds

3:30 a.m. (Wednesday)

TENNIS — Hopman Cup: Italy v. Croatia; Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Hamburg-WTA, Iasi-WTA Early Rounds

6 a.m. (Wednesday)

TENNIS — Hopman Cup: Italy v. Croatia; Gstaad-ATP, Bastad-ATP, Hamburg-WTA, Iasi-WTA Early Rounds

WNBA BASKETBALL

8 p.m.

ESPN — Indiana at Connecticut

THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY JULY 15, 2025

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