“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD RED SOX 6 BALTIMORE 5 YANKEES 8, PIRATES 5 GUARDIANS 13, TWINS 4 RAYS 7, BLUE JAYS 1 PHILLIES 10, DODGERS 7 BRAVES 3, PADRES 2 TIGERS 8. CUBS 6 (10 INNINGS) ROYALS 4, GIANTS 3 BREWERS 8, METS 3 ASTROS 8, MARLINS 5 WHITE SOX 10, RANGERS 3 NATIONALS 7, ROCKIES 3 MARINERS 8, REDS 0 ANGELS 3, CARDINALS 2 ATHLETICS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 2 ################################ MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD NO GAMES SCHEDULED ################################ WNBA SCOREBOARD ACES 109 TEMPO 83 LIBERTY 99 WINGS 98 OT MYSTICS 90 VALKYRIES 82 LYNX 105 STORM 102 ################################ INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE SCHEDULES https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load ############################### NFL TRAINING CAMP DATES TEAM SITE LOCATION ROOKIES VETERANS ARIZONA CARDINALS STATE FARM STADIUM GLENDALE, ARIZ. 7/22 7/22 ATLANTA FALCONS ATLANTA FALCONS TRAINING FACILITY FLOWERY BRANCH, GA. 7/24 7/28 BALTIMORE RAVENS UNDER ARMOUR PERFORMANCE CENTER OWINGS MILLS, MD. 7/24 7/28 BUFFALO BILLS ST. JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ROCHESTER, N.Y. 7/21 7/28 CAROLINA PANTHERS BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM CHARLOTTE, N.C. 7/21 7/22 CHICAGO BEARS HALAS HALL LAKE FOREST, ILL. 7/25 7/28 CINCINNATI BENGALS PAYCOR STADIUM CINCINNATI 7/25 7/28 CLEVELAND BROWNS CROSSCOUNTRY MORTGAGE CAMPUS BEREA, OHIO 7/23 7/28 DALLAS COWBOYS MARRIOTT RESIDENCE INN OXNARD, CALIF. 7/28 7/28 DENVER BRONCOS BRONCOS PARK POWERED BY COMMONSPIRIT ENGLEWOOD, COLO. 7/22 7/28 DETROIT LIONS MEIJER PERFORMANCE CENTER ALLEN PARK, MICH. 7/25 7/28 GREEN BAY PACKERS LAMBEAU FIELD GREEN BAY, WIS. 7/27 7/28 HOUSTON TEXANS HOUSTON METHODIST TRAINING CENTER HOUSTON 7/21 7/28 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS GRAND PARK WESTFIELD, IND. 7/27 7/28 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS MILLER ELECTRIC CENTER JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 7/25 7/28 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY ST. JOSEPH, MO. 7/24 7/28 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTH PERFORMANCE CENTER HENDERSON, NEV. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS THE BOLT EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. 7/23 7/28 LOS ANGELES RAMS LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES 7/25 7/25 MIAMI DOLPHINS BAPTIST HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. 7/21 7/28 MINNESOTA VIKINGS TCO PERFORMANCE CENTER EAGAN, MINN. 7/26 7/28 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NEW BALANCE ATHLETICS CENTER FOXBOROUGH, MASS. 7/21 7/24 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS OCHSNER SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER METAIRIE, LA. 7/28 7/28 NEW YORK GIANTS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS TRAINING CENTER/THE GREENBRIER EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J./WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.V. 7/23 7/28 NEW YORK JETS ATLANTIC HEALTH JETS TRAINING CENTER FLORHAM PARK, N.J. 7/25 7/28 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES JEFFERSON HEALTH TRAINING COMPLEX PHILADELPHIA 7/28 7/28 PITTSBURGH STEELERS SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE LATROBE, PA. 7/28 7/28 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS SAP PERFORMANCE FACILITY SANTA CLARA, CALIF. 7/18 7/25 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS VIRGINIA MASON ATHLETIC CENTER RENTON, WASH. 7/17 7/24 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS ADVENTHEALTH TRAINING CENTER TAMPA, FLA. 7/27 7/28 TENNESSEE TITANS VANDERBILT HEALTH FOOTBALL CENTER NASHVILLE, TENN. 7/23 7/28 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS COMMANDERS PARK ASHBURN, VA. 7/24 7/28 ##### 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) ##### 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING 1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS 2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC 3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS 4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET 5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS 6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX 7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS 8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS 9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX 10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS 11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO 12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX 13 BYE WEEK 14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX 15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS 16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD 17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX 18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD ##################################### NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES/RELEASES COLLEGE FOOTBALL COULD THE SEC REALLY BREAK AWAY? COMMISH SAYS CONVERSATIONS ARE REAL BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY WANT TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Monday that leaders of the powerhouse league — some of them frustrated over the changes upending their industry — are having “real” conversations about breaking away from the rest of college sports, though that is not the preferred solution. “They’re real,” Greg Sankey said Monday of talks with school presidents involving the SEC separating itself from the rest of the NCAA. “They’ve opined about the frustrations that bring them to the point of saying we should look at something significantly different.” Sankey’s 45-minute meeting with reporters to kick off SEC football media days detailed the several issues that college sports is trying to find solutions for: Congressional legislation, litigation stemming from the new five-year eligibility rule, the future of the College Football Playoff and an overall lack of transparency regarding name, image and likeness payments to players. Sankey acknowledged the conference’s unhappiness with the handling of all those issues, but also touted the league’s 13 national championships won last season across a variety of sports as a key reason it’s in no rush to move away from the current framework. “There is meaning and value and I do think a national expectation that we participate in a national organization,” he said. “But that national organization must function in a healthy manner; otherwise, that simmering will continue”. The SEC and Big Ten produced a 10-point paper about changes they would like to see to the Protect College Sports Act, a bipartisan piece of legislation in the Senate. The SEC and Big Ten are negotiating with lawmakers over potential tweaks. Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman, the chair of the SEC presidents, released a statement saying conference leaders “have provided feedback from the perspective of university leaders who are trying to navigate the current state of college athletics.” The SEC argues the bill does not go far enough in limiting the possibility of lawsuits against conferences and schools, and also needs better language to preempt state laws in favor of a national one regarding the tens of millions in NIL payments now so common at the top of college sports. Sankey called the rollout of the recent NCAA rule that rewrote eligibility standards and has induced lawsuits — players mainly get five years to play five seasons — “magnifies frustration” among some in the SEC. Plowman said the SEC “applauded” how transfers and eligibility were addressed in the Senate bill. “That means student-athletes would not be able to transfer every year, putting their educations and team dynamics at risk — or toggle back and forth between professional teams and university teams with no intention of getting a degree,” she said. The SEC remains the Power Four’s only holdout over expanding the 12-team playoff to 24. Sankey said more research is needed, especially regarding “media interest” — likely shorthand for media rights interest — in adding more games. There is also the underlying issue of what an expanded playoff would do to conference title games. Symbolic of the wide range of opinions on that topic, Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said in his own media session that he favored conference play-in games to determine CFP spots and he doesn’t think title games should be put on the chopping block. “Throwing those away so you can get a bad matchup between 24 and 18 doesn’t make sense to me,” Drinkwitz said. Sankey said he also wants more transparency about who pays players and for what. Among the SEC’s proposed changes to the Senate bill would be clearer guidelines for paying players, including “NIL, pay-for-play (which is not allowed), revenue sharing and other forms of compensation.” The commissioner conceded that the SEC is not bent on getting its way regarding every issue that college sports is trying to solve. But as one of the biggest, richest and most influential leagues in a quickly changing business, it does want to lead the way. “I think we do a better job now than has ever been done in college athletics,” Sankey said. “But we haven’t achieved that level of stability as we go through change that’s needed at this point.” ##### MICHIGAN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WARDE MANUEL AGREES TO BUYOUT AFTER PROBE, WILL STEP DOWN AT END OF 2026 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan and athletic director Warde Manuel have agreed to a buyout of the remaining three years on his contract and he will step down at the end of 2026, culminating a decade-long run with four national championships and a string of scandals. The announcement on Monday followed investigations into former football coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with his executive assistant and a probe into the athletic department. “The broader culture review has identified serious concerns that require immediate action,” interim school president Domenico Grasso said. Michigan won this year’s men’s basketball title and the 2023 national championship in football under Manuel, but that wasn’t enough for him to keep his job. Grasso said he asked Manuel to remain in his role through the end of the year. “I am happy President Grasso asked me to stay on to work with him to implement the recommendations for continuous improvement,” Manuel said in a statement released by the athletic department. “I promise everyone I will have more to say about my decision at the appropriate time.” The storied athletic department has been in turmoil for years, with scandal-tinged headlines jarringly alongside general excellence across most of the school’s 27 teams in Division I and the Wolverines annually among the best in the powerhouse Big Ten. It got worse last December, when Manuel fired Moore following a law firm’s investigation into a relationship he had with a subordinate. The school later chose to widen the look into the department. A law firm was paid about $12 million to do the work and it interviewed nearly 300 people, including coaches, staff members, athletes and other stakeholders. The school said more than 90 people shared information via a hotline and 20,000-plus documents were reviewed during the investigations. The athletic department review found problems with leadership accountability, organizational structure and a culture that didn’t make employees and athletes feel comfortable raising concerns. “The culture assessment is sobering,” Grasso said. “As a great university, we simply must do better.” The school said the investigation did not find widespread misconduct. It also said the investigations did not identify any current employee with direct evidence of Moore’s relationship with his executive assistant. The 58-year-old Manuel, who played football for the Wolverines under the late Bo Schembechler and was on the track team, was hired to lead the department in 2016. He signed a contract extension at Michigan in 2024 that was set to run through June 2030, paying him a base salary of $1.9 million a year with opportunities to make more with bonuses and merit. He led a department with an annual budget of about $250 million, 29 teams, 950-plus athletes and about 400 staff members. The Wolverines won the national championship in football under former coach Jim Harbaugh, who later left to lead the Los Angeles Chargers, as a sign-stealing scandal loomed over the program and Moore’s tenure. The program is on NCAA probation and has seen many former staffers have run-ins with the law, including Matt Weiss, who is charged with hacking into the computer accounts of thousands of college athletes to find intimate images. Michigan won it all in men’s basketball earlier this year with coach Dusty May, who left to lead the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Michigan also won men’s and women’s gymnastics national titles with Manuel as AD. The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame gave Manuel the John L. Toner Award in 2024, honoring him for demonstrating superior administrative abilities and dedication to college athletics, especially football. He represented Michigan and the Big Ten as member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee and was chair during the 2004 season when the 12-team playoff format kicked off. Manuel, who is from New Orleans, previously served as athletic director at UConn and Buffalo after working in Michigan’s athletic department in various roles from 1996 to 2005. Grasso said the school will conduct a national search for a new athletic director. Potential candidates include three former Michigan athletes: Iowa Deputy Athletic Director Joe Parker, Big Ten Deputy Commissioner Diane Dietz and Katie Fraumann, a senior vice president at DePaul. Parker and Fraumann previously worked for Michigan’s athletic department. ##### OKLAHOMA QB JOHN MATEER INTENT ON BOUNCING BACK FROM 2025 SETBACK Oklahoma star quarterback John Mateer had his 2025 season sabotaged by a broken thumb on his throwing hand but says he is at full strength entering the upcoming campaign. Mateer had his throwing motion tweaked in the offseason and said he is stronger physically and mentally during his Monday session with reporters at Southeastern Conference Media Days at Tampa, Fla. “It was not strong,” Mateer said of the thumb. “And the range of motion, I had to change how I held the ball. “In the offseason you put in the work to be prepared, and I had a belief because of the work, and the work it didn’t matter. I don’t want to say it got taken away from me, but physically it wasn’t the same.” He received early-season Heisman Trophy hype last season before an injury derailed his season and all but ended Oklahoma’s national title aspirations. The Sooners (10-3) did make the College Football Playoff before losing 34-24 at home to Alabama in the first round. Mateer broke the thumb in a Sept. 20 game against Auburn and finished the contest. He underwent surgery and was recovering while the Sooners had a bye and a following game against Kent State. Mateer was intent on playing against Texas – returning ahead of doctor’s forecasts just 17 days after surgery – and it didn’t go well. He was intercepted three times in a 23-6 setback and his struggles continued into late November. “I’m glad I did it because it showed me that you could fight through a lot, even though I was obviously not 100%,” Mateer said. “It was a very difficult thing to do. I’m glad I did it — even though I failed.” Mateer was a highly billed transfer after a huge 2024 season at Washington State in which he passed for 3,139 yards and 29 touchdowns against seven interceptions. He also rushed for 826 yards and 15 scores. But with the Sooners, he tossed just 14 scoring passes against 11 interceptions while throwing for 2,885 yards. He added 431 yards and eight touchdowns on the ground. Mateer said he also was living up the life as Big Man on Campus at a national powerhouse school. He said he is scaling back that persona. “There’s a lot of personal opportunities here at Oklahoma playing quarterback, and I don’t know if I was thinking too much about those, and then I got to the peak, and God was like, ‘No, that’s not why we’re doing this,’” Mateer said. “So I’ve been trying to scale back on the personal stuff. If it happens, it happens, but the team is what matters. You taste the playoff. That’s what I want. You get it, and they can’t take it away from you. It means so much to so many people.” Oklahoma coach Brent Venables expects to see a much-improved version of Mateer this season. “I just think we’re going to be a lot better around him,” Venables said. “And to his point, it’s hard to throw a football consistently or down the field, push it or throw it with the velocity when he can barely squeeze it.” The Sooners open the regular season against visiting UTEP on Sept. 4. ##### 2026 PRE-SEASON ALL-CONFERENCE PAC 12 TEAMS FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE QB BRAD JACKSON, TEXAS STATE RB LUCKY SUTTON, SAN DIEGO STATE RB DYLAN RILEY, BOISE STATE RB/ALL-PURPOSE SIRE GAINES, BOISE STATE WR JORDAN NAPIER, SAN DIEGO STATE WR CHRIS DAWN JR., TEXAS STATE WR BEAU SPARKS, TEXAS STATE TE JUICE VEREEN, COLORADO STATE C JIMMY LISTON, UTAH STATE OL ROGER CARREON, BOISE STATE OL JOSEPH BORJON, SAN DIEGO STATE OL ASHTON TRIPP, WASHINGTON STATE OL BRAYDEN WALTON, FRESNO STATE ##### FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE DL JAYDEN VIRGIN-MORGAN, BOISE STATE DL MAX STEGE, BOISE STATE DL DEIJON LAFFITTE, FRESNO STATE DL TYREE MORRIS, UTAH STATE LB TANO LETULI, SAN DIEGO STATE LB BRONSON OLEVAO JR., UTAH STATE LB AIDEN SULLIVAN, OREGON STATE LB BOEN PHELPS, BOISE STATE CB SIMEON HARRIS, FRESNO STATE CB JADEN MICKEY, BOISE STATE S DALESEAN STALEY, SAN DIEGO STATE S BREVIN HAMBLIN, UTAH STATE ##### FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS K COLTON BOOMER, BOISE STATE P OSCAR DOYLE, BOISE STATE KR JAYLEN JENKINS, TEXAS STATE PR TONY FREEMAN, WASHINGTON STATE ##### SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE QB MADDUX MADSEN, BOISE STATE RB RAYSHON LUKE, FRESNO STATE RB MEL BROWN, COLORADO STATE RB/ALL-PURPOSE JAVEN JACOBS, UTAH STATE WR JOSIAH FREEMAN, FRESNO STATE WR JAVON ROBINSON, UTAH STATE WR TONY FREEMAN, WASHINGTON STATE WR BEN FORD, BOISE STATE TE MATT WAGNER, BOISE STATE C JASON STEELE, BOISE STATE OL GEORGE MAILE, UTAH STATE OL SULLY BURNS, TEXAS STATE OL EDWARD FONUA, FRESNO STATE OL ROLAN FULLWOOD, FRESNO STATE OL DAYLON METOYER, BOISE STATE ##### SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE DL TAKARI HICKLE, OREGON STATE DL JAHZON JACKS, FRESNO STATE DL CARSON TUJAGUE, UTAH STATE DL MALACHI FINAU, SAN DIEGO STATE DL DONTERRY RUSSELL, TEXAS STATE LB OUMAR DIOMANDE, COLORADO STATE LB K’VION THUNDERBIRD, FRESNO STATE LB HARRISON TAGGART, UTAH STATE LB TERRENCE COOKS II, TEXAS STATE CB SHERROD SMITH, BOISE STATE CB TREY GLASPER, OREGON STATE CB KHAMARI TERRELL, WASHINGTON STATE S RYAN NOLAN, TEXAS STATE S ELIJAH MC-CANTOS, COLORADO STATE S JAYLEN THOMAS, WASHINGTON STATE ##### SECOND-TEAM SPECIALISTS K KIAN AFROOKHTEH, UTAH STATE P NICK VERDUGO, FRESNO STATE KR RAYSHON LUKE, FRESNO STATE PR JAVION KINNARD, SAN DIEGO STATE ##### THIRD-TEAM OFFENSE QB CADEN PINNICK, WASHINGTON STATE RB CORNELL HATCHER JR., OREGON STATE RB BRYSON DONELSON, FRESNO STATE ALL-PURPOSE ANTHONY GARCIA, UTAH STATE WR XAYVION NOLAND, OREGON STATE WR DONOVAN BROWN, SAN DIEGO STATE WR JORDAN MOSLEY, COLORADO STATE TE ERIC OLSEN, OREGON STATE C JUSTIN DELEON, TEXAS STATE OL KALAN ELLIS, SAN DIEGO STATE OL NATHAN ELU, OREGON STATE OL TAVO MOTU’APUAKA, UTAH STATE OL TYLER VOLTIN, OREGON STATE ##### THIRD-TEAM DEFENSE DL MUKENDI WA-KALONJI, COLORADO STATE DL LINUS ZUNK, WASHINGTON STATE DL JO’LAISON LANDRY, TEXAS STATE DL BRADY NASSAR, SAN DIEGO STATE DL MATYUS MCLAIN, WASHINGTON STATE LB JAKE RIPP, BOISE STATE LB SIONE HALA, SAN DIEGO STATE LB KEITH BROWN, WASHINGTON STATE LB TYTUS KHAJAVI, FRESNO STATE CB TREZ MOORE, TEXAS STATE CB SAILASA VADRAWALE III, OREGON STATE S DEREK GANTER JR., BOISE STATE S JEREMIAH BERNARD, WASHINGTON STATE ##### THIRD-TEAM SPECIALISTS K JACK STEVENS, WASHINGTON STATE P AJ WINSOR, OREGON STATE KR MEL BROWN, COLORADO STATE PR JAVEN JACOBS, UTAH STATE ##### FOURTH-TEAM OFFENSE QB JAYDEN DENEGAL, SAN DIEGO STATE RB TORRANCE BURGESS JR., TEXAS STATE RB KIRBY VORHEES, WASHINGTON STATE RB/ALL-PURPOSE CHRISTIAN WASHINGTON, SAN DIEGO STATE WR RASEAN JONES, BOISE STATE WR TOMMY MAHER, COLORADO STATE WR DARRIUS CLEMONS, WASHINGTON STATE WR CAMERON BATES, BOISE STATE TE TREY LECKNER, WASHINGTON STATE C KYLE MARTIN, WASHINGTON STATE OL CARTER GUILLAUME, OREGON STATE OL RASHEED JACKSON, TEXAS STATE OL JONNY LESTER, WASHINGTON STATE OL QUINTON HARRIS, COLORADO STATE ##### FOURTH-TEAM DEFENSE DL CHANCELLOR OWENS, TEXAS STATE DL MARTIN OWUSU, FRESNO STATE DL DAVID LATU, BOISE STATE DL JIRAH LEAUPEPETELE, WASHINGTON STATE LB RAESJON DAVIS, OREGON STATE LB JAVANTE MACKEY, TEXAS STATE LB DYLAN LAYNE, OREGON STATE LB DJ WARNER, WASHINGTON STATE CB CALEB PRESLEY, COLORADO STATE CB ANTONIO BLUIETT, UTAH STATE S CHAPMAN LEWIS, UTAH STATE S JOSIAH COX, SAN DIEGO STATE FOURTH-TEAM SPECIALISTS K MANAKI WATANABE, FRESNO STATE P LANDON REHKOW, UTAH STATE KR CHRISTIAN WASHINGTON, SAN DIEGO STATE PR JORDAN MALAU’ULU, FRESNO STATE ##### 2026 PRE-SEASON AMERICAN CONFERENCE PRE-SEASON TEAMS FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE QB OWEN MCCOWN, UTSA RB JAHIEM WHITE, NORTH TEXAS RB JAMAURI MCCLURE, TULANE RB/ALL-PURPOSE WILL HENDERSON III, UTSA WR EASTON MESSER, FLORIDA ATLANTIC WR JOJO BERMUDEZ, TEMPLE WR DAVID AMADOR, UTSA WR BROCK SPALDING, EAST CAROLINA TE PETER CLARKE, TEMPLE C BRADY SMALL, ARMY OL ADAM LEPKOWSKI, UAB OL CAM NICHOLS, NAVY OL ERIC KING, TEMPLE OL VINCENT FIACABLE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC ##### FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE DL J’MOND TAPP, MEMPHIS DL CJ DOGGETTE JR., FLORIDA ATLANTIC DL JACK BOUSUM, ARMY DL JASIYAH ROBINSON, EAST CAROLINA LB MARCANTHONY PARKER, NAVY LB LEON HART, FLORIDA ATLANTIC LB CURLY ORDONEZ, TEMPLE LB MIKE MONTGOMERY, MEMPHIS DB ELIJAH GREEN, TULSA DB ZACH WILLIAMS, TULSA DB JACK TCHIENCHOU, TULANE DB IAN FOSTER, MEMPHIS ##### FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS K NICO GRAMATICA, SOUTH FLORIDA P CAILE HOGAN, UTSA KR JAYLIN LUCAS, TULANE PR EASTON MESSER, FLORIDA ATLANTIC ##### SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE QB CALE HELLUMS, ARMY RB QUINTON JACKSON, RICE RB ASHTON GRAY, EAST CAROLINA RB/ALL-PURPOSE TREQUAN JONES, TULSA WR JADEN BARNES, CHARLOTTE WR ANTHONY BROWN-STEPHENS, TULANE WR AJ WILSON, UTSA WR CORRI MILLINER, NORTH TEXAS TE HUNTER TIPTON, MEMPHIS C BRANDON BEST, EAST CAROLINA OL PAOLO GENNARELLI, ARMY OL CALEB COOK, SOUTH FLORIDA OL GIAKOBY HILLS, TEMPLE OL MALCOLM JOHNSON, NAVY ##### SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE DL KYRAN DUHON, TULSA DL GRIFFEN WILLIS, NAVY DL CJ HICKS, SOUTH FLORIDA DL KODY HARRIS-MILLER, ARMY DL KENDRICK DUJOUR, EAST CAROLINA LB CHRIS RODGERS, TULANE LB COLEMAN CAULEY, NAVY LB DICKSON AGU, TULANE LB GRAYSON HOWARD, SOUTH FLORIDA DB DEVIN ROBINSON, TULSA DB TAVIN WARD, SOUTH FLORIDA DB AHMERE FOSTER, MEMPHIS DB JAYDAN MAYES, ARMY DB DAVEON HOOK, RICE DB CADEN JENKINS, NORTH TEXAS ##### SECOND-TEAM SPECIALISTS K DOMINIC DE FREITAS, NORTH TEXAS P DANTE ATTON, TEMPLE KR HENRY RUTLEDGE, CHARLOTTE PR JOJO BERMUDEZ, TEMPLE ##### THIRD-TEAM OFFENSE QB CADEN VELTKAMP, FLORIDA ATLANTIC RB SAM BROWN V, TEMPLE RB GODSPOWER NWAWUIHE, ARMY RB ROD ROBINSON II, UAB WR BRYSON RODGERS, SOUTH FLORIDA WR LANDON SIDES, EAST CAROLINA WR DOMINIQUE HENRY, FLORIDA ATLANTIC WR TYCHAUN CHAPMAN, MEMPHIS TE WYATT SULLIVAN, SOUTH FLORIDA C GRAYSON MAINS, TEMPLE OL CAM EAST, TULSA OL REESE BAKER, TULANE OL DARRELL JONES, UTSA OL MAARTEN WOUDSMA, MEMPHIS OL LUKE MILLER, RICE OL NETO UMEOZULU, NORTH TEXAS ##### THIRD-TEAM DEFENSE DL TAI LEONARD, UTSA DL TAI NEWHOUSE, TULSA DL ED SMITH IV, TULANE DL JADEN MCKINNEY, MEMPHIS DL JAY CRABLE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC LB KADIN SCHMITZ, CHARLOTTE LB OWEN PEWEE, UTSA LB JESUS MACHADO JR., RICE LB DJ JOHNSON JR., EAST CAROLINA LB AARON ALEXANDER, NORTH TEXAS DB E’ZAIAH SHINE, TULANE DB PHILLIP HAMILTON, NAVY DB CHAUNCEY LOGAN JR., MEMPHIS DB GIUSEPPE SESSI, NAVY DB AYDEN JACKSON, SOUTH FLORIDA THIRD-TEAM SPECIALISTS K JONAH DELANGE, UAB P JAMES WAGENSELLER, ARMY KR IAN FOSTER, MEMPHIS PR JADEN BARNES, CHARLOTTE ##### FOURTH-TEAM OFFENSE QB BRAXTON WOODSON, NAVY RB D.J. CROWTHER, SOUTH FLORIDA RB VIC LISTORTI, NAVY RB KADEN SHIELDS-DUTTON, FLORIDA ATLANTIC WR LUKE HUTCHISON, NAVY WR KALEB BROWN, UAB WR DAVID WELLS JR., TULSA WR BRADY ANDERSON, ARMY WR TERRELL TIMMONS JR., MEMPHIS TE GUS MCGEE, CHARLOTTE C BEN RIOS, UTSA OL THOMAS SHRADER, SOUTH FLORIDA OL CALIB PEREZ, UAB OL HAYES CREEL, EAST CAROLINA OL CHANDLER STRONG, NORTH TEXAS OL JACKSON PRUITT, TEMPLE OL JAYLEN GARTH, UTSA ##### FOURTH-TEAM DEFENSE DL DILLAN BOTTS, RICE DL MARLIN DEAN, UAB DL JAYLON JOSEPH, TEMPLE DL RION ROSEBOROUGH, EAST CAROLINA DL DERRICK SHEPARD JR., TULANE LB IKE ESONWUNE, UAB LB JOSEPH SIPP JR., FLORIDA ATLANTIC LB BRANDON TUCKER, UTSA LB ZAKYE BARKER, NORTH TEXAS LB ERIC STUART, TEMPLE DB DYLAN SMITH, MEMPHIS DB ASHTON LEVELLS-MITCHELL, EAST CAROLINA DB DAMARIUS MCGHEE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC DB KEVON MERRELL, EAST CAROLINA DB COLLIN GILL, CHARLOTTE DB IRABONOISE ONIHA, NAVY FOURTH-TEAM SPECIALISTS K MICHAEL PETRO, UTSA P JACOB CARLSON, NAVY KR ISAIAH BRYANT, NAVY PR ALVON ISAAC, SOUTH FLORIDA ################################## NFL PACKERS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN DEVONTE WYATT AGREES TO 3-YEAR, $57 MILLION EXTENSION, AP SOURCE SAYS Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt has agreed to terms on a three-year, $57 million contract extension with a $20 million signing bonus, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t announced the deal. The Schultz Report first reported Wyatt’s extension. Wyatt had six tackles for loss and four sacks in 10 games last season. His season ended after he broke his fibula and tore ankle ligaments during a Thanksgiving Day victory at Detroit, causing him to get carted off the field. Even though he missed much of the season, Wyatt still ranked third on the team in sacks and tied for fourth in tackles for loss. “I know I’ve got a lot more in the tank,” Wyatt said at the end of last season. “I feel like I got a lot more in the tank than what I put out there this year or the past three years I had. I know I have a lot more and I feel like this injury right here really is going to help me get above this hump, just showing you all what I have.” Wyatt has spent his entire NFL career with the Packers, who selected him out of Georgia with the 28th pick in the 2022 draft. He has 16 sacks over his first four seasons. Wyatt has had at least four sacks each of the past three seasons. ##### REPORT: OWNERS FINALIZING EXTENSION FOR ROGER GOODELL NFL owners expect to finalize a contract extension with commissioner Roger Goodell “in the coming months,” Front Office Sports reported Monday. Goodell’s current contract expires in March 2027. The extension would keep him place to oversee negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement with the players and new broadcasting deals, per the report. Goodell, 67, will mark his 20th anniversary as the NFL boss this September. The report said there is no known opposition to an extension, which could be announced as soon as the special Aug. 26 owners’ meeting in Atlanta where the proposed sale of the Seattle Seahawks is expected to be ratified. The owners also have a quarterly meeting scheduled for October in New York. The NFL declined to comment on the report from Front Office Sports. The league’s current CBA with the NFL Players Association runs through the 2030 season. The major sticking point to be ironed out in the near future is a potential 18-game regular season. The current broadcasting rights deals signed in 2021 were valued at $110 billion over 11 years, but the NFL can opt out early. ##### EX-STEELERS RB LE’VEON BELL ARRESTED IN CANTON, OHIO Former Pittsburgh Steelers star running back Le’Veon Bell was arrested over the weekend in Canton, Ohio. He still was being held Monday in the Stark County jail on a warrant out of Michigan over child support payments, according to multiple reports. Bell’s attorney, Thomas Shaffer of Uniontown, Pa., told the Canton Repository that his client is “inaccurately” being charged based on the salary he received as an NFL player. “Six months ago he cashed in an NFL pension to pay $50,000 in child support for that child. His guidelines are still inaccurately being deemed based on his NFL salary and his professional boxing career,” Shaffer said. “This is a revolving door because he pays a number that doesn’t reflect his true income. The issue will never end. The court needs to reflect his true income.” Bell, 34, was arrested Saturday after an autograph-signing appearance at a mall in Jackson Township, Ohio. A second-round draft pick by the Steelers out of Michigan State in 2013, Bell played five seasons with the Steelers before sitting out the 2018 season in a contract dispute. He continued his career with the New York Jets (2019-20), Kansas City Chiefs (2020), Baltimore Ravens (2021) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2021). Bell made three Pro Bowls, earned two All-Pro first-team selections and produced three 1,000-yard seasons with the Steelers. He retired with 9,843 yards from scrimmage (6,554 rushing and 3,289 receiving) and 51 touchdowns in 96 career games (81 starts). After football, Bell went 2-1 as a professional boxer from 2022-24. ##### REPORT: NFL ANALYST RYAN CLARK LAID OFF BY ESPN In the first of another round of layoffs at ESPN, the network parted ways with NFL analyst and former NFL standout Ryan Clark on Monday. The move occurred as Clark, who has been with ESPN for 11 years, was on the air during “NFL Live.” Sources told The Athletic that Clark was told of the decision during the broadcast and the outspoken 13-year former NFL safety did not finish the program. Clark’s departure had been rumored since February and those rumors ramped up last week, according to The Athletic. The Emmy-Award winning Clark was earning about $2 million per year. American Football ESPN sources told Sports Business Journal the move was planned for Tuesday, but the network was receiving media inquiries and feared the news would leak out before they could inform Clark. Disney, the parent company of ESPN and the NFL Network, is expected to cut ties with additional on-air ESPN personnel, and a larger number of NFL Network employees, as soon as Tuesday. ESPN acquired NFL Network in February, giving the NFL a 10% stake in ESPN. The deal was valued at approximately $3 billion. ####################################### BASEBALL NEWS MLB ROUNDUP: RED SOX EDGE ORIOLES FOR 14TH STRAIGHT WIN Caleb Durbin hit a tiebreaking solo home run to break in the eighth inning as the Boston Red Sox extended their winning streak to 14 games by beating the visiting Baltimore Orioles, 6-5, Monday night. The streak is the second longest in club history and one short of the franchise record set in 1946. Durbin’s homer came against reliever Tyler Wells (2-2) and broke a 5-5 tie. It was his 10th home run of the season. Baltimore had runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth, but Tyler O’Neill lined out to shortstop to end the game. Garrett Whitlock (5-1) pitched a scoreless eighth to earn the win. Aroldis Chapman worked the ninth for his 22nd save. Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered and Gunnar Henderson had three doubles for the Orioles, who committed four errors. The loss ended Baltimore’s seven-game winning streak.Baseball Yankees 8, Pirates 5 Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice as New York played one of its best games at home of late to beat Pittsburgh. The Yankees won for the third time in their past 12 home games and scored its most runs in a home game since a 10-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on June 17 thanks to Chisholm, who homered in the first and third off Pittsburgh’s Braxton Ashcraft (9-4) and produced his 10th career multi-homer game. Chisholm’s second homer occurred after rookie Esmerlyn Valdez hit a 431-foot two-run home run that gave the Pirates a 5-4 lead in the top of the third. Valdez’s drive to right gave him an RBI in eight straight games and 13 homers in the first 32 games of his career. Guardians 13, Twins 4 Rookie Petey Halpin hit his first two home runs and Rhys Hoskins had his 14th career multi-homer game as Cleveland went deep a season-high seven times to throttle visiting Minnesota. Travis Bazzana and Brayan Rocchio also cleared the fence against Twins starter Joe Ryan (6-6), who allowed a franchise- and ballpark-record six homers in four innings — the most in the majors this season — in his first appearance since the All-Star Game. Patrick Bailey belted Cleveland’s seventh homer off Woo-Suk Go in the seventh, tying the club’s mark for most ever at home. Tanner Bibee (4-9) won his second consecutive start, working six innings and giving up two runs on six hits. Rays 7, Blue Jays 1 Victor Mesa Jr., Cedric Mullins and Nick Fortes socked solo home runs as Tampa Bay won in Toronto to snap a five-game losing streak. Junior Caminero was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and two RBIs in the opener of a four-game series to support Nick Martinez, who pitched six effective innings. Martinez (9-2) allowed one run, six hits and one walk with no strikeouts to help Tampa Bay go to 6-1 against Toronto this season. Toronto is now 1-3 on a six-game homestand and fell 11 1/2 games behind the first-place Rays in the American League East. Phillies 10, Dodgers 7 Trea Turner had two home runs, a double and five RBIs to fuel Philadelphia over visiting Los Angeles. Brandon Marsh, Bryce Harper and Derek Hill also homered for the Phillies, who provided Cristopher Sanchez (12-4) with plenty of offensive support. After struggling in his first All-Star start last week, the left-hander allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings Monday, striking out seven without a walk. Mookie Betts homered twice as part of a 4-for-5 night for the Dodgers, while Andy Pages chipped in with two hits and an RBI. Los Angeles starter Emmet Sheehan (4-7) absorbed the loss after allowing six runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. Braves 3, Padres 2 Michael Harris II and Ozzie Albies hit solo home runs and Bryce Elder pitched six strong innings to help Atlanta beat visiting San Diego in the opener of their four-game series. It was Atlanta’s first win in four tries against San Diego. Harris went deep in the fifth to tie the game and Albies homered in the sixth, although their streak of nine consecutive home games with at least five runs came to an end. Elder (6-6) allowed two runs on five hits and one walk, striking out four. Victor Mederos pitched the final 2 1/3 innings and earned his first career save. San Diego’s Ty France extended his hitting streak to a season-high eight games with a single in the fourth and homered to start the seventh. Tigers 8. Cubs 6 (10 innings) Dillon Dingler hit two home runs and added the go-ahead RBI single in the 10th inning to help Detroit survive a comeback by host Chicago. Detroit scored four times in the first inning and maintained the lead until Ian Happ’s two-run homer off Kyle Finnegan in the eighth knotted the score at 5-5. With runners on the corners and no one out in the 10th, Dingler hit a chopper deep into the hole at shortstop and beat the throw to first from Dansby Swanson. Spencer Torkelson added on with a two-run single. Dingler was 4-for-5 with three RBIs while Riley Greene got things started with a three-run homer in the first for Detroit. Royals 4, Giants 3 Salvador Perez clubbed a two-run shot to move within one of tying George Brett’s all-time club home run record, but Kansas City needed Nick Loftin’s walk-off squeeze bunt in the ninth inning to beat visiting San Francisco. The Giants trailed 3-1 and were down to their final out in the top of the ninth when Kansas City’s Alex Lange (1-5) allowed a single to Jung Hoo Lee. Willy Adames then sent a low-and-away pitch the opposite way and just over the right field fence to tie the game. However, with runners on first and third and one out against Caleb Kilian (2-6) in the bottom of the frame, Loftin, who replaced All-Star Bobby Witt Jr. after the latter exited with lingering low back tightness earlier in the contest, bounced a bunt toward charging first baseman Bryce Eldridge, who could not make a clean play to get Josh Rojas at the plate. Brewers 8, Mets 3 Joey Ortiz had a three-run homer, and Andrew Vaughn and Cooper Pratt added solo shots to pace Milwaukee over visiting New York and former teammate Freddy Peralta. Brewers starter Jacob Misiorowski, who skipped his last start before the All-Star break due to arm fatigue, allowed one unearned run before exiting after four innings and 65 pitches. Two of the four hits allowed by the hard-throwing right-hander were infield singles. He struck out six and walked one. Craig Yoho (2-0) followed Misiorowski with one scoreless inning. Peralta (5-9), facing his former team for the first time, was tagged for seven runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking two in a 107-pitch outing. Astros 8, Marlins 5 Yordan Alvarez produced his fifth multi-homer game of the season to help Houston snap a four-game skid with a win over visiting Miami. Alvarez finished 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs, his 27th career multi-homer game. Jeremy Pena added his second career grand slam as the highlight of a six-run second inning for the Astros. Ronel Blanco allowed two homers and four runs, striking out eight in his first start since May 17, 2025 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Joe Mack and Liam Hicks hit two-run homers for the Marlins. Miami starter Janson Junk (4-6) was tagged for six runs on five hits over four innings. The Marlins lost their seventh straight game, falling out of the final National League wild-card spot with the loss. White Sox 10, Rangers 3 Andrew Benintendi delivered a bases-clearing double in the fifth inning and Miguel Vargas had three hits and two RBIs to boost visiting Chicago over Texas in Arlington. Chicago scored five runs in the ninth inning and is half a game ahead of the Cleveland Guardians atop the American League Central. White Sox starter Erick Fedde spaced two runs and four hits in four innings with six strikeouts while Texas right-hander Jacob deGrom fell to 7-6 after an uneven outing. deGrom allowed five runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out six. Nationals 7, Rockies 3 CJ Abrams homered for the second straight game, one of three home runs for Washington in its win over Colorado in Denver. Jacob Young also went deep and finished with three hits, Curtis Mead contributed three hits and Andres Chaparro hit his fourth home run for Washington. Riley Cornelio (1-1) tossed 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief, and Tom Cosgrove got the final six outs for his first save. Jake McCarthy led the Rockies with a pair of hits. Kyle Freeland (2-9) allowed three runs in the first inning, but settled in to allow just four runs on seven hits over six innings. Colorado, which has dropped three of their first four out of the All-Star break, has the worst record in the National League. Mariners 8, Reds 0 Cal Raleigh hit a grand slam and George Kirby pitched six scoreless innings as Seattle defeated visiting Cincinnati in the opener of a three-game interleague series. Victor Robles went 4-for-4 and scored twice and Raleigh provided five RBIs for the Mariners. Kirby (8-8) allowed three hits, walked one batter and struck out six. Julio Rodriguez exited after the fifth inning, when he was hit by an Elly De La Cruz throw while legging out a run-scoring infield single. Andrew Abbott (5-6) took the loss despite allowing just one unearned run on four hits over six innings. The top six hitters in the Reds’ lineup were a combined 0-for-20, with Cincinnati’s three hits coming from each of the bottom three hitters in the order. Angels 3, Cardinals 2 Jo Adell was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Los Angeles a walk-off victory over St. Louis in the opener of a three-game series in Anaheim, Calif. The Angels, who were 0-48 when trailing after eight innings this season and had lost their last 106 such games, entered the bottom of the ninth behind 2-1. Cardinals’ All-Star closer Riley O’Brien (3-4) struck out Mike Trout to begin the frame, but was touched for a single and a double, hit a batter and intentionally walked another before plunking Adell with a 3-0 sinker to drive in the game-winning run. Adell also hit a home run among two hits. Athletics 5, Diamondbacks 2Sports Jeff McNeil delivered a tiebreaking pinch-hit, two-run single during a three-run seventh inning and the Athletics’ bullpen made it stand up in a victory over Arizona in Phoenix. Tommy White went 4-for-5 with a run scored in his third major league game. Jacob Wilson and Joshua Kuroda-Grauer both had a homer among their two hits. A’s starter Jeffrey Springs gave up two runs on six hits over five innings but still saw his winless streak extended to 16. Ketel Marte smacked a two-run homer for the Diamondbacks. Nolan Arenado became the sixth active player with 2,000 hits with his fifth-inning double. Arizona starter Mitch Bratt gave up two runs and eight hits over 4 2/3 innings in his third major league start. Kevin Ginkel (3-3) surrendered all three Athletics runs in the seventh. ##### DODGERS ACQUIRE RELIEVER SETH HALVORSEN FROM THE ROCKIES FOR TWO MINOR LEAGUE PLAYERS DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies general manager Josh Byrnes orchestrated a trade with his former team Monday, sending right-hander Seth Halvorsen to the Los Angeles Dodgers for two minor league players. Halvorsen is eligible to come off the 15-day injured list after being placed on it earlier this month with inflammation in his right shoulder. He is 0-1 with a 4.74 ERA across 21 appearances this season. As part of the deal, Colorado picked up right-handed pitcher Nick Frasso and outfielder Landyn Vidourek from the Dodgers. Byrnes knows the Los Angeles farm system after spending more than a decade in the front office with the team. He left in December to join forces with Paul DePodesta, the Rockies’ president of baseball operations, in an effort to turn around a franchise that’s trying to break a string of three straight 100-loss seasons. The 27-year-old Frasso was 1-0 with a 4.74 ERA with Triple-A Oklahoma City this season. He was picked up by the Dodgers as part of a deal with Toronto on Aug. 2, 2022. Frasso was ranked the 80th overall prospect in baseball before the 2024 season by MLB.com. He will report to Triple-A Albuquerque. Vidourek, a third-round pick out of the University of Cincinnati in 2025, is hitting .176 with eight home runs and 28 RBIs in the minors this season. He will report to Single-A Fresno. Colorado drafted Halvorsen in the seventh round out of Tennessee in 2023. The 26-year-old is 3-4 in 75 career games with the Rockies and has 13 saves. The Rockies entered the day 23 1/2 games behind Los Angeles in the NL West. ######################################## NBA REPORT: MATISSE THYBULLE AGREES TO 1-YEAR DEAL WITH LAKERS The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to a one-year, $3.3 million contract with free agent forward Matisse Thybulle, ESPN reported on Monday. Thybulle, 29, has appeared in just 45 games over the last two seasons due to a rash of knee, ankle, hip and thumb injuries. However, the former first-round pick was named to the second-team All-NBA defensive team in 2020-21 and 2021-22 with the Philadelphia 76ers. Over 377 regular-season games across seven seasons with the 76ers (2019-23) and Portland Trail Blazers (2023-26), Thybulle has career averages of 5.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.6 steals per game. He’s a career 34.9% 3-point shooter, but he improved dramatically from his time with Philadelphia (32.5%) to Portland (37.4%) and made 41.1% of his perimeter shots the last two seasons. This signing would put the Lakers at 16 guaranteed contracts for the 2026-27 season, one above the roster limit. The Lakers have also reportedly explored a sign-and-trade agreement with the Atlanta Hawks for Jonathan Kuminga, but ESPN reported Monday that those talks have not progressed any closer. ################################### WNBA WNBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND CLOUDED BY INJURIES TO PAIGE BUECKERS AND ANGEL REESE NEW YORK (AP) — It was a rough week for WNBA All-Stars heading into the game this weekend. Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese both were injured Sunday. Bueckers had a rough collision with Nneka Ogwumike in the fourth quarter of Dallas’ game against Los Angeles. The second-year star guard won’t play Monday night against New York, but cleared concussion protocol the team said. Reese’s knee buckled as she jump-stopped at the basket in a win over Chicago. She fell to the ground. Reese got up quickly, but went down again after a few seconds. She went back to the bench but didn’t return. The Dream are off now through the All-Star break and Reese was voted a reserve for the team by the league’s coaches. Reese is leading the league with 11.8 rebounds per game and 14 double-doubles. She’s averaging 14.9 points. If either can’t play in the exhibition game in Chicago on Saturday, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will name a replacement. Kelsey Plum is another player that would potentially need an injury replacement as she’s been out with a lower leg injury that’s sidelined her for nearly a month. Power poll rankings The Golden State Valkyries remained the No. 1 team in the power poll, increasing their winning streak to nine straight. Minnesota was second with Dallas, Las Vegas and Indiana next. Atlanta moved up to sixth, switching places with New York. Washington, Chicago and Portland followed the Liberty. Toronto was 11th and Los Angeles 12th. Connecticut climbed two places to 13th with Phoenix and Seattle rounding out the poll. Player of the week Caitlin Clark of Indiana was the AP player of the week. She averaged 25 points, 7.7 assists and 1.7 steals to help the Fever go 2-1 last week. Clark became the first person in league history to have a 40-plus point game to go along with 10 assists in a win over Seattle. Other players receiving votes included her teammate Kelsey Mitchell of Indiana, Olivia Miles of Minnesota, Allisha Gray of Atlanta and Gabby Williams of Golden State. Moving on Reese accepted Toronto coach Sandy Brondello’s apology for an inappropriate comment that got the Tempo coach suspended for a game. The WNBA suspended Brondello one game for being overheard calling Reese a “protected species” during the Dream’s 111-92 win over the Tempo on Friday. “First, I appreciate Sandy’s apology, but I also appreciate the love and support that I’ve had for the last 48 hours,” Reese said before the Dream played the Chicago Sky on Sunday. “It has been very overwhelming with a lot of love and also other things. But I am grateful that the league did take action.” Brondello’s comment about Reese was picked up by the broadcast after Toronto player Nyara Sabally went down with an injury and was called for a foul following contact with Reese. Game of the week Las Vegas at Washington, Wednesday. The Aces finish off the first part of the season and a two-game road trip with a visit to Washington to face the Mystics. ################################### NHL FRESH OFF EXTENSION, CONNOR BEDARD EYES BLACKHAWKS’ PLAYOFF RETURN Connor Bedard doesn’t know exactly what he’ll be able to do physically when the Chicago Blackhawks open training camp in the fall. The young star forward is sure of one thing, though. Chicago is interested in nothing other than getting back to the playoffs for the first time since the turn of the decade. “We want to take a big step this year. We want to be a playoff team and that’s our only goal,” Bedard said Monday in his first meeting with reporters since signing a five-year, $75 million contract extension Saturday. Bedard, who turned just 21 on Friday, was the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2023 and the Calder Memorial Trophy winner the ensuing season as the NHL’s rookie of the year. Hailed as the top prospect to enter the league since Connor McDavid, Bedard has played three solid seasons for the Blackhawks, collecting career highs in goals (30), assists (45) and points (75) in just 69 games in 2025-26. One thing the Blackhawks have yet to produce in the Bedard era is a winning season. But they have climbed from 52 points in Bedard’s rookie season to 61 in 2024-25 to 72 last year. The playoff drought reached six years, dating back to the end of Patrick Kane’s tenure in town. Bedard, though, likes what his franchise did to improve this offseason, starting with the acquisition of Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram. “We’ve had a great, great summer,” Bedard said. “Obviously getting Bo, he’s someone who’s going to be one of the best D-men in the league. He’s always shown that, but when you play behind Cale (Makar) and (Rasmus) Dahlin (with the Sabres), it’s not easy to take their spots, so just for him to have that opportunity to be that one and prove himself in that way and he’s going to do it. He’s one of the most skilled players in the league.” He also pointed to the additions of veteran forward Jordan Greenway and defenseman Ian Cole, among others. But one more potential signing would be the biggest splash of all in Chicago: a reunion with Kane. After the Blackhawks traded Kane to the New York Rangers late in the 2022-23 campaign, the highest-scoring U.S.-born player in NHL history went on to play three seasons with the rival Detroit Red Wings. Kane, still producing goals at 37, is one of the top free agents still available. “I don’t know what I can say to persuade his decision, but we’d all be so excited to have a player like that but also a guy like that. “I can’t imagine his first game back at (Chicago), just the reaction he’d get and how much juice that would bring not only to our team but our fans as well. That would be incredible to get to play with him and learn from him.” Kane underwent surgery for a left shoulder injury on July 8 and was given a four-month timetable for his return. That would place him back on the ice in early November; the regular season begins in late September rather than the usual October start due to the expansion to an 84-game schedule. Kane didn’t rule out beating the four-month timeline. “We’ll see,” he said. “… I’m just going to do everything I can day-to-day to try to get back as quick as possible.” ##### INDYCAR ALEX PALOU TAKES CHECKERS AT RAIN-DELAYED MUSIC CITY GRAND PRIX Alex Palou got a day off to celebrate his native Spain’s triumph in the World Cup final before hitting the racetrack and adding to his own trophy collection. Palou won the rain-delayed Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix on Monday afternoon in Lebanon, Tenn., for his fifth title in 12 races this season. SEE: Race Results The race was originally scheduled for Sunday after Fox concluded its coverage of the World Cup final, in which Spain bested Argentina 1-0 for the country’s second title. But as the racers waited — and Palou celebrated — storms rolled across Nashville Superspeedway. By the time the track was dried later Sunday night, another spate of storms made it impossible to fit in the race. “That’s a pretty cool weekend for Spain, right? It was impressive what they did (Sunday) over at the World Cup. Happy to top it off today on Monday. My first-ever win on Monday, never raced on Monday, so it’s very cool.” Palou, 29, inched closer to his fourth straight series championship and fifth in six years. He gained an additional 27 points on the field and leads David Malukas by 83 with six races left to go. Driving his No. 10 DHL Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, Palou finished 0.8731 seconds ahead of defending Nashville champion Josef Newgarden. Malukas, Newgarden’s Team Penske teammate, placed third. Palou led a race-high 97 laps. Malukas, 24, hit his right knee against the steering wheel in a crash at practice Saturday and spent some time in the hospital this weekend for tests. The Indianapolis 500 runner-up was told he didn’t break or tear anything in the knee. He went from last at the start of the race to third, leading 59 laps along the way. “It’s so cool to see, when you have all these people work on a collective project, you can see it come to fruition and it’s gonna happen,” Malukas said. “And what a result. We needed that for the championship (race). We’re still there. It’s a good result, good recovery. Big thank-you to everybody. That was the hardest race of my life.” Kyle Kirkwood, starting from pole position, settled for 10th. ##### GOLF NEWS REPORT: LIV GOLF SUED FOR $1.13M BY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Mobii Systems Group Ltd., which provided the “Any Shot, Any Time” live features during LIV Golf’s broadcasts, sued golf league for $1.13 million last week, referencing unpaid invoices and lost revenue, ESPN reported. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Miami on Friday, claims that LIV did not pay the Canada-based technology company its $820,600 licensing fee and a $104,500 usage fee for the 2026 season. Mobii is also seeking $209,531 in lost revenue after LIV informed the company it would no longer be using the product for its final six events of the 2026 season, the lawsuit claims. LIV did pay all fees for the 2025 season, the first year of its two-year deal with Mobii, which was set to expire on Dec. 31, 2026. After Mobii’s legal team sent a demand for payment notice on May 8, giving LIV until May 15, LIV senior vice president of technology Nick Connor notified Mobii on May 25 that the LIV would no longer continue using the ASAT technology for the final six events of its 2026 season, starting later that month at the South Korea event. “We recognize that delays in payment have caused strain in our relationship, and we understand this is a frustrating time,” Connor wrote. “While we understand your frustration, our view is that litigating outstanding invoices will not be a productive use of either of our time and resources. “Please know that this decision is not reflective of the quality of work or services provided, and we are truly grateful for your partnership over the last several years.” Mobii terminated its agreement with LIV the day it received the notice. The lawsuit is another hurdle in an uncertain future for LIV, with the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund announcing in April that it would no longer fund the tour after investing more than $5 billion since its launch in 2022. LIV and the PIF also were sued earlier this month for damages between $210 million and $630 million by the World Golf Group and Premier Golf League, who allege that they created the idea for a world golf league. LIV CEO Scott O’Neil is attempting to raise $300 million in capital to keep LIV going in 2027. ####################################### INDIANA SPORTS NEWS/RELEASES INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Members of the men’s basketball program will represent the USA in the fourth edition of the FISU (International University Sports Federation) America Games in Lima, Peru. The event will feature 15 sports and span 13 days of competition from July 20 through August 1. UniUSA will open group play against Peru, the host nation, at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, July 21, at the VES Sports Centre. The final group-stage contest will be played against the Virgin Islands at 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 23, at the VES Sports Centre. Elimination rounds will begin on Saturday, July 25. A stream of the games is scheduled to be provided on YouTube. About FISU America Games Since its founding in 1949, the International University Sports Federation is the key driver to expand the role and reach of university sport around the world. FISU believes that sports values and sports practice work in perfect synchronicity within one’s university studies. FISU offers opportunity and inspiration to students around the world to play sport. The health, wellbeing, and experiences that students gain from sport help them become active members in our global society. UniUSA is the official representative and governing body for the United States in the FISU America Games. All logistics managed by BTI Events LLC. ############################################# PURDUE SWIMMING INDIANAPOLIS – Purdue swimmers Dylan Burau, Keira Kask and Annabelle Swiney all won events to headline a host of top-five finishes for Boilermaker Aquatics at the annual Indiana Senior Long Course Championships, hosted by Indiana Swimming the weekend of July 16-19 at the IU Natatorium. Burau swept the men’s backstroke events with victories in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter events. He posted lifetime bests in the 100 and 200. Indianapolis-area natives Kask and Swiney each won an event and finished top three in a pair of others. Kask impressed in the butterfly events with a victory (and lifetime best) in the 200m, a runner-up showing in the 50m and a third-place finish in the 100m. She also had the top time in the prelims of the 200m IM, but opted to scratch the from the A final. Swiney improved on her prelim time by four seconds to win the 200m IM with a lifetime best mark of 2:21.11 in the final. The rising sophomore was also the runner-up in the 200m freestyle and third in the 400m free. Lucas Byrd (50m breast), Alex Hotta (100m free) and Matt Rose (400m free) all took silver in an event for Boilermaker Aquatics. Walker Mattice (100m & 200m free, 50m back) joined Burau, Kask and Swiney as Boilermakers to finish top five in three different events. Many of the Boilermakers that competed in long course meets this summer have qualified for USA Swimming’s summer showcases, including the Toyota National Championships (July 28-Aug. 1 in Irvine, Calif.) and TYR Futures Championships (July 29-Aug. 1 at five sites around the country). Meanwhile, Kask was among the eight Boilermakers selected to race for the UniUSA Team at the FISU America Games this weekend (July 24-26) in Lima, Peru. Kate Mouser, Lara Phipps, Adele Sands, Maxwell Blume, Biko Hooper-Haviland, Evan Mackesy and Blake Rowe were also selected to represent the U.S. delegation in Peru. Campbell Scofield replaced Kask on the roster for this week. PURDUE AT INDIANA SWIMMING’S 2026 SENIOR LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (SENIOR STATE) July 16-19 – All Events are Long Course Meters * = Lifetime Best EVENT WINNERS • Dylan Burau – 50 Back, 26.33; 100 Back, 55.89*; 200 Back, 2:00.44* • Keira Kask – 200 Fly, 2:15.32* (also 1st in prelims of 200 IM, 2:20.81) • Annabelle Swiney – 200 IM, 2:21.11* MORE TOP 3 MEDALISTS • Keira Kask – 2nd in 50 Fly, 28.14; 3rd in 100 Fly, 1:01.88 • Annabelle Swiney – 2nd in 200 Free, 2:03.22*; 3rd in 400 Free, 4:28.05 • Lucas Byrd – 2nd in 50 Breast, 28.34* • Alex Hotta – 2nd in 100 Free, 51.04 • Matt Rose – 2nd in 400 Free, 4:04.99 • Walker Mattice – 3rd in 100 Free, 51.52* • Gio Mango – 3rd in 100 100 Breast, 1:04.05 MORE TOP 5 FINISHES • Walker Mattice – 4th in 200 Free, 1:53.57*; 5th in 50 Back, 27.35 • Janis Dzirkalis – 4th in 100 Free, 51.56 • Sam White – 4th in 100 Fly, 56.25* MORE INDIVIDUAL A FINALISTS • Susie Lee – 6th in 50 Back, 30.79 • Lucas Byrd – 6th in 100 Breast, 1:04.41* (Prelim Time); 7th in 50 Free, 23.99 • Annabelle Swiney – 7th in 50 Free, 27.01 • Jonny Hines – 7th in 400 IM, 4:47.18 (2nd in Prelims at 4:35.32) • Amie Perna – Scratched from Final after T-4th in Prelims, 1:05.77 3+ TOP 5 INDIVIDUAL FINISHES • Dylan Burau – 1st in 50 Back, 1st in 100 Back, 1st in 200 Back • Keira Kask – 1st in 200 Fly, 2nd in 50 Fly, 3rd in 100 Fly • Annabelle Swiney – 1st in 200 IM, 2nd in 200 Free, 3rd in 400 Free • Walker Mattice – 3rd in 100 Free, 4th in 200 Free, 5th in 50 Back ####################################### NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SOUTH BEND, Ind. –Junior cornerback Leonard Moore has been selected as a nominee for the 2026 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, which recognizes those who are making an impact through community service, academic achievement and leadership through causes ranging from maternal health and youth mentorship to supporting children with disabilities and veterans. Moore, a Texas native, is one of 162 nominees for the honor. The final roster of the 2026 Good Works Team will be announced in September and consist of 22 football student-athletes and one honorary head coach. In 2025, Irish offensive lineman Aamil Wagner was selected to the Good Works Team. In 2024, Irish linebacker Jack Kiser was selected to the team and Notre Dame Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman was named the team’s honorary head coach for their efforts in the community. Moore leads initiatives to combat chronic absenteeism and inspire student success through mentorship and accountability with Tackle Attendance South Bend, a community-driven initiative founded by Moore. Focused on creating a culture of accountability and encouragement, the program unites schools, families, and local partners to provide mentorship, resources, and innovative engagement tools. Tackle Attendance is dedicated to helping students stay engaged, build positive habits, and reach their full potential. Moore also volunteers for the Black Student Athlete Summit, something he has participated in annually since 2015. He also partners with NDAQ Academie, where he completely funded a new, regulation size basketball court in Dakar, Senegal this past June to expand access opportunities and build a resource that can serve the community for years to come. In 2025, Moore was named a Unanimous All-American after leading the team with five interceptions, tied for the seventh-most in the country. He tallied 31.0 total tackles, forced one fumble and had seven pass breakups. ################################## BALL STATE FOOTBALL MUNCIE, Ind. — Ball State long-snapper Caden Britton, a redshirt senior from New Albany, Ohio, has been named as 162 nominees for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, as announced today by Allstate and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Britton returns to the Cardinals for his fifth college season in 2026, after making every snap on field goal tries, PATs and punts throughout the entire Ball State season in 2025. His nomination as Ball State’s representative for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team and the Wuerffel Trophy, comes as part of a “three-teammate partnership” in which Britton has teamed with fellow specialists Carson Holmer and Cole Stumbaugh while both raising money for cancer research and providing community service through Muncie and its surrounding areas. The three of them — Britton the long-snapper, Holmer the placekicker and Stumbaugh a holder and punter — form a tight-knit speciality unit that shared a Ball State Chirpies Award last spring as the “Heart of the Cardinal.” Britton spearheaded Ball State’s “Cards Kick Cancer” initiative in 2025 to raise money to fight pediatric cancer. The Cardinals raised nearly $3,000 by accepting pledges for every extra point or field goal they scored as a kicking unit. The initiative was inspired by Britton, whose younger brother, Behren, is a survivor of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Aside from the “Cards Kick Cancer” initiative, Britton, Holmer and Stumbaugh participate with Ball State’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) on various community initiatives, and on their own they combined to provide community services throughout Muncie. Beginning with show-shoveling services offered during winter months, the trio made themselves available for other odd jobs, including moving and setup for a new bakery in nearby Yorktown. They have grown a small business doing odd jobs and, for their efforts, they earned the Heart of the Cardinal Award at Ball State SportsLink’s 2026 Chirpies Awards Show, by effectively and enthusiastically representing the heart of a Cardinal. Their nomination to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team comes no the heels of that award last spring, recognizing their philanthropic work and spirit. ######################################## BALL STATE ATHLETICS MUNCIE, Ind. – Ball State Athletics is pleased to announce its 2026 Athletics Hall of Fame induction class. This year’s prestigious group features seven legendary Cardinals who have achieved extraordinary success during their collegiate careers in Muncie and as professionals, too. The 2026 induction class includes Alex Call (baseball), Duane Clemens (men’s basketball), Jahwan Edwards (football), Nathalie Fontaine (women’s basketball), Dawn Ford (swimming & diving), Alyssa Rio (women’s volleyball) and the historic 1972 men’s golf team. Alex Call (baseball, 2014-16): A 2025 World Series champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Call was originally a third-round draft pick by the Chicago White Sox in 2016. At Ball State, he was the 2016 MAC Player of the Year, a first team All-American and a first team Academic All-American. He ranks ninth in program history with a .351 career batting average and eighth in career hits (238). His professional journey includes stints with the Cleveland Guardians and Washington Nationals before winning a title with the Dodgers. (Due to the Major League Baseball season Alex Call will be recognized at a later date) Duane Clemens (men’s basketball, 1997-00): Clemens led the Cardinals to the 2000 MAC Tournament championship, earning Tournament MVP honors and a trip to the NCAA Tournament, where he tied an NCAA Tournament record with eight steals against UCLA. A 2000 USBL draft selection, he finished his career sixth on Ball State’s all-time scoring chart (1,585 points) and second in career steals (249). He led the team in scoring during both his junior (16.3 ppg) and senior (18.7 ppg) seasons. Jahwan Edwards (Football, 2011-14): Edwards leaves an unmatched legacy as Ball State’s career rushing leader with 4,558 yards and an all-time school record 51 rushing touchdowns. He is the only player to lead the Cardinals in rushing for four consecutive seasons and was a three-time All-MAC honoree. Following his historic college career, the powerhouse running back spent time with five NFL organizations including the Chargers, Falcons, Jaguars, Dolphins, and Browns. Nathalie Fontaine (women’s basketball, 2013-16): Fontaine surpassed hall of famer Tamara Bowie to become the program’s all-time leading scorer with 2,166 points. The 2016 MAC Player of the Year and AP honorable mention All-American holds school records for single-game points (43), career games started (130) and free throws made (541), while guiding the Cardinals to four WNIT appearances. Internationally, she is a mainstay for the Swedish National Team and has starred in elite European leagues across Germany, Greece and Italy. Dawn Ford (women’s swimming & diving, 1990-93): One of the most dominant divers in conference history, Ford was named a two-time MAC Diver of the Year (1992 and 1993). She was a three-time first team All-MAC selection and captured three individual MAC championships, winning the 1-meter diving title in 1991 and 1993, and the 3-meter diving crown in 1993. She held both the 1-meter and 3-meter school records at the conclusion of her career. Alyssa Rio (women’s volleyball, 2007-10): The 2010 CVU.com Libero of the Year and MAC Defensive Player of the Year, Rio ranks second in program history with 2,089 career digs and a 5.03 digs-per-set average. She holds the school record for most matches with 20-or-more digs (49) and delivered a career-high 44 digs against Western Michigan in 2010, marking the fourth-highest single-match total in Ball State history. 1972 Men’s Golf Team: Finishing the season ranked 14th in the nation, this legendary squad posted an 11-2 record in dual matches and a 36-4 match play record over a three-year span. They captured tournament titles at the Notre Dame Invitational and Purdue Invitational, and advanced to the NCAA Championships. The historic team featured four first team all-conference selections (Dick Falls, Rocky Schooley, Bob Koschman and Max Minnick) and produced four future PGA Members. ######################################### PURDUE FT. WAYNE WOMEN’S GOLF FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf head coach Jim Earle announced the fall 2026 schedule for his program. The Mastodons will have a unique start to the year with the inaugural Midwest Match Play on August 31-September 1. They will play each of UIC, Southern Indiana and Detroit Mercy in a round-robin head-to-head format. The ‘Dons have not played in a match play style event since the 2023-24 season, and have never done so in the fall season. After their match play event, the ‘Dons will play in two 54-hole tournaments in September: the Velvet Classic (Sept. 14-15) and Hill YEAH! (Sept. 28-29). The 2026 edition of Murray State’s Velvet Classic will be the fourth running of the event. Stonehill’s Hill YEAH! is a new tournament. Purdue Fort Wayne will wrap up the fall season with two 36-hole tournaments: Mercyhurst’s Evann Parker Memorial (Oct. 12-13) and Evansville’s Braun Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-20). The Mastodons have played in the Braun Intercollegiate twice before (2023, 2024). The ‘Dons will return for the spring season after the calendar turns to 2027. That schedule will be announced at a later date. ######################################## INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/ ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ============================================= TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY 1892 – In a match up of 300-game winners at Philadelphia Baseball Grounds, Phillies submariner Tim Keefe sinks Jim “Pud” Galvin and the Browns, 2 – 0. The next time two National League pitchers with 300 or more victories will face each other will occur in 2005 when Greg Maddux of the Cubs beats Astros ace Roger Clemens at Minute Maid Park, 3 – 2. 1900 – In the last of the 9th at Brooklyn, with two outs and the score tied at 5 – 5 with the Reds, an intentional walk to Deacon McGuire goes awry. McGuire reaches out and taps a Noodles Hahn pitch, but the catcher picks it up, then drops it, and the winning run scores. 1902 – At Brooklyn, the Superbas maul the Phillies, 10 – 1, nicking Doc White for 14 hits. Doc gets his due in the four-run 5th inning when he strikes four batters out, the first pitcher to strike out four in an inning since 1888 and the first to do it at 60′ 6″ (the record books list Hooks Wiltse in 1906 as the first this century). Bill Dahlen and Charlie Irwin strike out while two runs score. Ed Wheeler’s swinging third strike gets past Red Dooin with Hughie Hearne scoring. Frank Kitson singles and Jimmy Sheckard strikes out for the fourth K. White fans five in the game. 1908: According to a Chicago newspaper contest, the Giants’ Mike Donlin, the National League’s leading hitter, is baseball’s most popular player. Turkey Mike tops Honus Wagner by a wide margin and will be awarded a trophy cup. Donlin was involved in a car accident on the 18th when the car he was riding in on Michigan Avenue collided with another vehicle driven by Chicago Mayor Fred A. Busse. In St. Louis, the Cards split with the Giants, with Harry Sallee losing the opener, 4 – 2. Christy Mathewson wins his 21st straight over St. Louis, though he gives up 11 hits in the victory. The Cards beat Luther Taylor in the nitecap, 3 – 1, in 12 innings. 1911 – The Rustlers acquire SS Al Bridwell and C Hank Gowdy from the Giants for Buck Herzog. For Bridwell and Herzog, it is their second tour of duty with their teams, while the young Gowdy will be the Boston catcher for the next ten years. 1914 – Dick Rudolph throws a three-hitter to give the Braves their second straight whitewash of the Pirates, winning, 6 – 0. Rudolph will end the year with 27 victories, tied with Grover Cleveland Alexander; one of his credited wins is a game in which he started and left after three innings. The Braves move ahead of the Reds and Phils into 4th place. 1915 – Babe Ruth pitches and bats the Red Sox to a 4 – 2 win over the host St. Louis Browns. Ruth is 4 for 4 with a tremendous homer and two doubles, and knocks in three runs. He scatters five hits with the two St. Louis runs coming on Heinie Wagner errors. 1916 – Christy Mathewson, in his first game as the Reds manager, puts Edd Roush in CF, and the future star responds with a two-run triple and goes 3 for 5. But the Phils top Cincy, 6 – 4. 1917 – The Red and White Sox battle to a 15-inning 5 – 5 tie called on account of darkness. Babe Ruth tosses the last five innings for Boston, giving up no runs in his first relief appearance of the year. Chicago will win the next two games to keep a firm hold on first place. 1921: The Indians bang out nine doubles, and the Yankees seven for an American League record 16 in Cleveland’s 17 – 8 win. The Indians cling to a two-game lead. Red Faber wins his 20th game, but it is not easy. He goes 14 innings before edging the A’s, 2 – 1. There will be five 20-game winners in the American League, and four in the National League this season. 1922 – The Cubs edge Brooklyn, 1 – 0, as Grover Cleveland Alexander wins the duel with Dutch Ruether. Ray Grimes, who drove in three runs yesterday, doubles in the only Cub tally. Grimes now has RBIs in 15 straight games. 1926 – Tris Speaker hits his 700th career double in the Indians’ 6 – 0 win over the Athletics. Speaker will finish his career with a record 792 doubles. 1928 – Jimmie Foxx hits the longest drive ever seen out of Shibe Park as the A’s take two from St. Louis, increasing their lead over the third-place Browns to ten games. 1930 – Four pinch-hit home runs are hit in a doubleheader between Brooklyn and St. Louis. Hal Lee and Harvey Hendrick connect for Brooklyn, and George Puccinelli and Jim Bottomley, for the Cards. The homers are the first major-league hits for both Lee and Puccinelli. 1936: Mickey Cochrane has a relapse, and Del Baker again takes charge of the Tigers. Detroit takes a pair from the visiting A’s, winning, 8 – 0, behind Tommy Bridges, and 9 – 8, as Schoolboy Rowe wins in relief. The Tigers score a pair in the 8th inning when, with the bases loaded, Mickey Owen hits into a double play. Goose Goslin scores the tying run and Gee Walker, who reaches third base on the play, scores when 1B Chubby Dean is caught napping. Cardinals slugger Joe Medwick has ten hits in succession to equal the National League record. He had seven hits in his last seven times at bat in a doubleheader on the 19th, and he hits safely in his first three today. He is finally stopped by the Giants’ Carl Hubbell. The Giants break a 1 – 1 tie on Dick Bartell’s homer in the 10th off Dizzy Dean to win, 2 – 1. 1937 – Rogers Hornsby is fired as manager of the St. Louis Browns for playing the horses; Jim Bottomley takes over. 1945 – The Detroit Tigers and the Philadelphia Athletics battle to a 1 – 1 tie in 24 innings. Les Mueller hurls 19 2/3 innings for the Tigers. No hurler has matched this endurance feat since then. 1946 – Lew Flick of Little Rock (Southern Association) gets nine straight hits in a 19-inning game. Flick gets three more hits in the second game of the doubleheader. 1953 – The Milwaukee Braves suffer the worst shutout loss in the history of the franchise, losing to the Phils, 10 – 0. 1956: In a 13 – 6 defeat to the Cardinals, Dodgers shortstop Pee Wee Reese becomes one of five active players to collect 2,000 hits and teammate Junior Gilliam sets a major league record by handling 12 assists at second base. Roberto Clemente saddles 13-and-0 Brooks Lawrence with his first defeat of the season as he powers Pittsburgh to a come-from-behind win over Cincinnati. Coming to bat in the 9th with two on, one out and the Bucs down by two, Clemente turns around the second pitch from Lawrence and deposits it into Crosley Field’s right-centerfield bleachers. The newly acquired 4 – 3 margin is now entrusted to Elroy Face, working his second inning of relief. Face makes it look easy, fanning Frank Robinson and Ed Bailey, then coaxing a game-ending grounder from pinch-hitter Smoky Burgess to pick up the win. 1957 – Cubs relief pitcher Jim Brosnan falls on the mound while warming up, injuring his Achilles tendon. He leaves the game without throwing a single pitch to a batter. 1959 – Under intense public pressure and the Massachusetts Committee Against Discrimination investigation, the Red Sox become the last club to integrate. Fourteen years after the club passed on Jackie Robinson, despite a successful tryout in 1945, Elijah “Pumpsie” Green pinch runs and plays shortstop to become the first African-American to play for the Red Sox. Tomorrow, Green will go 0 for 3 against Early Wynn in a 5 – 4 Sox win that propels them into first place. 1960 – Robin Roberts pitches his third career one-hitter, and the third one-hitter of the season in new Candlestick Park. Felipe Alou spoils Roberts’ no-hit bid in the 5th inning of a 3 – 0 Philadelphia win. 3B Joe Morgan fields the hit, but falls down and cannot make a throw. 1961: Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris slam back-to-back home runs in the 1st inning for New York, but it takes a two-out, 9th-inning pinch-hit grand slam by Johnny Blanchard to finally subdue the Red Sox, 11 – 8, at Fenway Park. The pinch slam is the sixth in the American League this season, a new record. With each team stranding 15 baserunners, the Angels and Senators tie the major-league record for runners left on base by two clubs in a nine-inning game. Los Angeles wins, 16 – 5. 1962: Houston P Dick Farrell admits to having thrown a spitball to Stan Musial in the previous day’s game against the Cardinals. The Reds purchase pitcher Joe Nuxhall from San Diego of the Pacific Coast League. For Nuxhall, it is his third tour of duty with the Reds. Ex-Giant backup 1B/OF Jim Marshall comes off the bench to deliver a particularly gratifying game-ending blow giving the Pirates an extra-inning, walk-off win over San Francisco. 2 for 14 in his previous pinch-hitting assignments for the Bucs, Marshall is sent up to face reliever Bobby Bolin in the bottom of the 11th with the bases filled, one out and the score tied, 6 – 6. Les Biederman of the Pittsburgh Press reports: “Marshall fouled the first pitch, swung and missed the second, but sent the third toss to deep left. Matty Alou, playing close to make a throw home in case of a short fly, took a few steps backward and then glumly watched the ball fall safely as the fans whooped it up.” Willie Mays’s tape-measure triple in the top of that frame is considerably longer than Marshall’s game-ending blow. Les Biederman again: “The wind changed suddenly in the 11th inning but at the right time for the Pirates. Mays hit a tremendous shot against the right-center wall for a 440-foot triple in the top of the 11th with two out but was stranded. At the time, the wind was blowing to left field. When Mays went to centerfield, he looked up and the wind had shifted to right field. If that happened when he was at bat, Mays’ drive would have cleared the wall.” Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente, collects a double and single and scores two, bringing his hitting streak to 18. Not content with that, he inaugurates another streak, gunning down Willie McCovey at home plate for the second consecutive game. 1963: Jerry Lynch’s major league record-tying 14th pinch-hit home run, a three-run shot off the Cubs’ Lindy McDaniel in the 9th inning, ties the game, and the Pirates win, 6 – 5, in 14 innings. The Cubs take the opener, 5 – 1. The usually mild-mannered Dodger manager Walter Alston is thrown out of both games of a doubleheader as the Braves sweep a twin bill from the Dodgers for the first and only time in Milwaukee, 7 – 2 and 13 – 7. To make matters worse, the Los Angeles skipper has beer thrown in his face by a hometown fan as he leaves the second game. 1966 – Minnesota P Jim Merritt beats the Senators, 1 – 0, and ties an American League record with seven straight strikeouts. 1969 – A gala All-Star Game banquet in Washington is one of baseball’s great events. An all-time team and all-time living team are announced. Babe Ruth is selected Greatest All-Time Player, and Joe DiMaggio, Greatest Living Player. 1970 – Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for eight innings, but with two outs in the 8th and trailing 1 – 0, Padres manager Preston Gomez lifts him for a pinch hitter, Cito Gaston. Gaston fails to get a hit off Mets starter Jim McAndrew, and reliever Jack Baldschun gives up two runs in the 9th. The Padres lose, 3 – 0. Gomez will repeat the controversial move on September 4, 1974. 1971 – Is this Roberto Clemente’s long lost 241st home run? Some spotty official scoring and Dave Giusti’s pyromaniacal 9th-inning relief outing conspire to obscure Clemente’s contributions to the Pirates’ performance. Giusti’s silver platter features an RBI single, a walk to load the bases, a game-tying bases-loaded walk to Willie Mays, and a game-winning grand slam served to the Giants’ Willie McCovey, turning Pittsburgh’s come-from-behind 4 – 2 victory into an ignominious 8 – 4 defeat. This debacle, plus an almost equally dispiriting ten-inning, 8 – 7 defeat tomorrow, will turn out to be a preview of the National League Championship Series, which will have a very different result. Before Giusti’s meltdown, Clemente’s rope to home plate prevents Dick Dietz from even trying to score from second base on a single. Back in the 7th, with the Giants up by one, Clemente leads off with a vicious line drive back through the box that gets to centerfield in an instant and past Mays before he can get a glove on it, affording Roberto a quick tour of the bases before crossing home plate standing. Scored an error, it’s the subject of some choice post-game Mays commentary, as relayed by Giants beat writer Bob Stevens: “It should have been a home run. The error makes no difference to me and I don’t really care if the ruling’s changed. But I was playing Roberto in right centerfield and I had no chance to catch up to it, it was hit so hard. I guess they gave me an error because they thought I touched it. But it was at least a foot away from my glove when it bounced past me.” 1972: Billy Williams drives in six runs to lead the Cubs to an 11 – 3 win over the Astros. Williams has four hits, including a double and homer, to give Bill Bonham his only win of the year. Ken Forsch takes the loss. The Yankees sweep the Angels, winning 6 – 0 and 3 – 0. Fritz Peterson and Mel Stottlemyre apply the whitewashes. The Dodgers release P Hoyt Wilhelm, ending his Hall of Fame career two days before his 49th birthday. Wilhelm appeared in 1,070 games, the most of any major league pitcher to that point. He is also the last World War II veteran to play in the majors. He survived the Battle of the Bulge, suffering a permanent neck wound in the action. 1973 – Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits a Ken Brett fastball into the left-centerfield stands for a two-run home run during an 8 – 4 loss to the Phillies. It is career home run number 700 for Aaron, only the second player to reach that milestone, after Babe Ruth. 1975: Ted Simmons has a 4th-inning home run erased because his grooved bat is illegal. The Cardinals play the game under protest but beat the Padres anyway as rookie Eric Rasmussen wins his major league debut, 4 – 0. The Mets’ Felix Millan has four straight singles but is wiped out each time when Joe Torre grounds into four straight double plays, tying a major league record. New York loses, 6 – 2, to the Astros. 1976: Montreal trades OFs Jim Dwyer and Pepe Mangual to the New York Mets for OF Del Unser and INF Wayne Garrett. The Mets lose to the Reds, 4 – 0, on Fred Norman’s four-hitter. 1977 – Catfish Hunter tosses a 7 – 0 shutout against the Brewers to snap the Yankees’ three-game loss streak. Milwaukee comes back in the nitecap to win, 5 – 4, in ten innings. 1978 – The Indians’ Mike Paxton strikes out four batters in the 5th inning of an 11 – 0 win over the Mariners. 1982 – Mired in last place in the NL West, 24 games below .500, the Reds fire manager John McNamara and replace him with 3B coach Russ Nixon. 1986 – Jose Canseco cranks a Walt Terrell pitch into the upper deck of the centerfield bleachers at Tiger Stadium. The A’s slugger has now hit a home run in every American League park. 1988: In a pair of trades, Seattle sends DH Ken Phelps to the Yankees for OF Jay Buhner and 1B-DH Steve Balboni, and deals OF Glenn Wilson to the Pirates for IF-OF Darnell Coles. Red Sox veteran Jim Rice is suspended for three games by the club for shoving manager Joe Morgan. Rice was angered when Morgan replaced him with pinch hitter Spike Owen in the 8th inning of Boston’s eventual 9 – 7 win over Minnesota. 1990 – In his first major league start, Baltimore’s Big Ben McDonald shuts out Chicago, 2 – 0. McDonald was the first overall pick in the 1989 June draft. It is the first shutout in a American League debut in 15 years. 1991: The Expos trade P Oil Can Boyd to the Rangers for pitchers Jonathan Hurst and Joey Eischen, and a player to be named later. Boyd last pitched on the 19th, shutting out the Giants, 6 – 0, on five hits. Losing 14 – 1 to the Twins, the Red Sox put OF Steve Lyons on the mound. Lyons, who pitched once last year for Chicago, toils one inning, giving up two hits and recording a strikeout. Kevin Tapani is the winner as the first-place Twins complete a four-game sweep. 1992: Royals rookie P Hipolito Pichardo hurls a one-hitter against the Red Sox, defeating Boston by a score of 8 – 0. Luis Rivera’s double in the 6th inning is the only safety. Randy Johnson strikes out 13 batters in 6 innings, but gives up six runs – three earned – in losing to Detroit, 6 – 2. Frank Tanana is the winner. It is Johnson’s eighth loss in a row, the longest losing streak for an American League starter this year. Former National League Cy Young Award winner Mark Davis is traded by the Royals to the Braves in exchange for P Juan Berenguer. 1993: In Minnesota’s 7 – 2 win over Detroit, Tony Phillips goes 0 for 4 with two strikeouts against two Twins pitchers – Kevin Tapani and Carl Willis. It is his only game without a hit, walk or hit by pitch in a string of 101 games. Astros shortstop Jose Uribe walks on a 3-2 count thanks to home plate umpire Harry Wendelstedt losing track of the pitches. Mariner OF Jay Buhner collects five hits in Seattle’s 10 – 3 win over the Yankees, who had traded him to Seattle exactly five years prior. Erik Hanson goes all the way, allowing no earned runs to beat Jimmy Key. 1994 – The Phillies trade P Shawn Boskie to the Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later. 1995: The Reds trade OF Deion Sanders, pitching prospects John Roper, Ricky Pickett and Scott Service, and IF David McCarty to the Giants for pitchers Mark Portugal and Dave Burba, and OF Darren Lewis. Archi Cianfrocco becomes the first player since at least 1914 with six RBI in a game of nine innings or fewer in which the player entered the game in the 7th inning or later. He actually enters in the 8th inning, hitting a grand slam off Steve Bedrosian as a pinch-hitter to give the Padres a 4 – 2 lead. He adds a two-run single in the 9th off Mike Stanton to beat the Braves, 9 – 6. 1996: The Orioles trade P Kent Mercker to the Indians in exchange for DH Eddie Murray. Murray returns to the Flock needing just eight homers to reach 500. Oakland defeats Texas, 11 – 8, despite five hits – including a double and homer – by Rangers OF Rusty Greer. Terry Steinbach homers twice to extend his hitting streak to 21 games. 1997: Four days after the birth of his second child, Yankees OF Mark Whiten is arrested in Milwaukee and charged with second-degree sexual assault on a 31-year-old woman. Phillies ace Curt Schilling fans 15 in eight innings, the most in the National League this season, but loses, 3 – 2, to the visiting Pirates. Home runs by Al Martin and Kevin Polcovich are the difference. Polcovich homers in the 7th after missing a suicide squeeze bunt, resulting in a Buc runner being tagged out. Before the game, the Phillies trade veteran Darren Daulton to Florida for outfielder Billy McMillon. Wilson Alvarez strikes out four Detroit batters in the 7th inning, with Phil Nevin fanning on a wild pitch, in leading the White Sox to a 3 – 0 win over Detroit. Alvarez is the first White Sox pitcher and 28th player to strike out four batters in an inning. Henry Rodriguez, in a 7 for 76 slump, bangs a two-out, 9th-inning grand slam as the Montreal Expos beat the visiting Rockies, 8 – 4. For Colorado, it is the 16th loss in its last 18 games. At Miami, Wally Joyner is 3 for 4 with two walks, to lead the Padres to a 10 – 2 gaffing of the Florida Marlins. Joyner singles, doubles, triples, scores twice, and swipes two bases, including home on the back end of a double steal. The Marlins finally turn to John Cangelosi, who becomes the first position player to pitch for the team. The outfielder walks one in a scoreless 9th inning and retires Joyner on a fly ball. Cangelosi also pitched two scoreless innings for Pittsburgh against Los Angeles in 1988 and one scoreless inning for Houston against Chicago in 1995. Tony Gwynn is 1 for 5 and finishes the four-game series 2-for-17, dropping his average to .385. Angels pitcher Rich DeLucia has surgery to remove an aneurysm in his right shoulder and is out for the season. 1998: In Houston, Rockies pitcher Mark Brownson (6-8 at Colorado Springs) makes a spectacular major league debut, firing a four-hit 5 – 0 shutout. Houston’s first hit is in the 6th inning. The win snaps the Rocks’ nine-game road losing streak. Kerry Wood out-duels Greg Maddux as the Cubs defeat the Braves before a sellout crowd. Woods strikes out 11 in 7 2/3 innings, the sixth time in 18 starts he has reached double figures. For Maddux, it is his first loss to his former team after seven wins. 1999 – The Reds defeat the Cardinals, 1 – 0, behind the one-hit pitching of Ron Villone (eight innings) and Scott Williamson (one inning). OF J.D. Drew’s double is the only hit for St. Louis. 2000: Thanks to Harold Baines’ four hits, the Orioles halt their 20-game Canadian losing streak defeating the Blue Jays, 9 – 5. It is Baltimore’s first victory north of the border since June 13, 1998, including games against both the Blue Jays and Montreal Expos. Wasting no time in his new capacity as Cubs GM, Andy MacPhail sends popular OF Glenallen Hill to the Yankees for minor league pitchers Ben Ford and Oswaldo Mairena. 2001: The Dodgers set a Los Angeles team record as they trounce the Rockies, 22 – 7, the most runs scored by a Dodgers team since July 10, 1943, when they beat the Pirates. Los Angeles breaks open the game with nine runs in the 8th inning. The Dodgers last scored 20 runs at home in 1957, beating the Braves, 20 – 4. For the Rockies, it is the fifth time they have had a team run up 20 runs on them; they’ve yet to do it themselves. The Angels defeat the Orioles, 6 – 5, in ten innings. 3B Troy Glaus hits a pair of home runs, making him the fastest Angel ever to 100 career home runs. 2002: The Royals score a run in the bottom half of the 10th inning to pull out a 13 – 12 win over the Indians. Milton Bradley gets five hits for Cleveland, including three doubles and a home run. Orioles P Scott Erickson is arrested after getting into a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. He is charged with second-degree assault. 2004: A third piece of concrete, which apparently fell from the park’s upper deck, is discovered at Wrigley Field by a club employee. Two other chunks have also fallen recently in different sections of the 90-year-old stadium, prompting Mayor Richard Daley to say he would not hesitate to close sections – or all – of the facility to protect fans from potential harm. Mark Buehrle faces the minimum 27 batters as the White Sox rout the Indians, 14 – 0. Throwing just 90 pitches, the 25-year-old southpaw allows only two hits with both runners being erased as result of a double play. 2007: The Pittsburgh Pirates retire Paul Waner’s number 11. It is the tenth retired number in the history of the franchise and the first in ten years. The last player to wear the number was Humberto Cota, earlier in the season. Shinnosuke Abe is named MVP after his three-run homer off Masahiro Tanaka helps the Central League top the Pacific League, 11 – 5, in the second NPB All-Star Game of the year. It is the sixth straight win by the CL. Outfielder Willie Harris goes 6 for 6 with two triples, a steal and six RBI to help the Braves top the Cardinals, 14 – 6. Harris is the second Atlanta player to get six hits in a game; Felix Millan had done it 27 years earlier. Jamie Moyer and David Wells face off. The two combine for 88 years and 307 days of age, making it the second-oldest matchup of starting pitchers in major league history. The only older duel was between Don Sutton and Phil Niekro in June of 1987. 2008 – The Tigers beat the Royals, 19 – 4. It is their third time scoring 19 or more runs this season, the first time a major league team has done that since the 1950 Red Sox. Miguel Cabrera drives in six and Matt Joyce five in the rout. 2009 – Sergio Mitre earns his first win since 2007 as the Yankees beat Baltimore, 6 – 4. Mitre underwent Tommy John surgery in 2008, then was suspended for 50 games after testing positive for a banned substance; he allows four runs in 5 2/3 innings in his first start after being called up from AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to replace the injured Chien-Ming Wang. A two-run homer by Robinson Cano off Rich Hill and a two-run single by Alex Rodriguez are the big blows for the Bronx Bombers. Combined with Boston’s 4 – 2 loss at Texas, the win gives the Yankees sole possession of first place in the AL East for the first time this season. 2012: The Cardinals tie the biggest inning in team history when they score 12 runs in the 7th inning, matching a feat from September 15, 1926. Those are the only runs of the game as they beat the Cubs, 12 – 0 behind the pitching of Jake Westbrook. Pinch-hitter Allen Craig collects a pair of doubles during the frame, part of a major league record-tying seven two-baggers hit during the inning; the Cards’ nine doubles in the game match another team record, dating back to 1931. Jason Kubel hits three homers in leading the Diamondbacks to a 12 – 3 win over the Astros, as Wade Miley sets a franchise rookie record by earning his 11th win of the year. Before the game, the Astros trade veteran P Brett Myers to the White Sox for minor leaguers Matt Heidenreich and Blair Walters. 2013: The Dodgers, who were 12 games below .500 earlier this season and 9 1/2 games behind on June 22nd, are now tied for first in the NL West following a 9 – 2 win over the Nationals. Matt Kemp hits a home run and a double in his return from the disabled list, but hurts his ankle sliding home in the 9th. Mike Napoli hits a pair of homers, the second of the walk-off variety in the 11th, as Boston defeats New York, 8 – 7. The nationally televised Sunday night game ends at 12:53 AM. 2014 – DH David Ortiz blasts two home runs to lead the Red Sox to a 14 – 1 drubbing of the Blue Jays. The homers allow Ortiz to move past another Boston great, Carl Yastrzemski, on the all-time home run list, as Ortiz now has 453 long balls in his career. 2015: Shin-Soo Choo hits for the cycle to lead the Rangers to a 9 – 0 win over the Rockies as Matt Harrison records his first win in 14 months. Delino DeShields pitches in with four hits and Prince Fielder homers in the rout. In an interleague game in Philadelphia, Rays pitcher Nathan Karns homers off Aaron Nola, who his making his major league debut. The homer comes in the 3rd inning for Karns’s first major league hit. It turns out to be the only run of the game, the first time a homer by an American League pitcher has accounted for the sole run in a 1 – 0 game since Milt Pappas did so for the Orioles on April 18, 1962. 2016 – The Dodgers do what no other team has been able to do this year: hand Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg a loss. Justin Turner homers twice and drives in five runs to lead Los Angeles to a 6 – 3 win. Strasburg is now 13-1 on the year, and had won 16 straight decisions dating back to last year. 2017: In a trade of prospects, the Cardinals send P Marco Gonzales to Seattle for OF Tyler O’Neill. The Diamondbacks start off their game with three consecutive homers off Nationals’ ace Max Scherzer, as David Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Jake Lamb all hit long balls. However, the game is not decided until the 9th, when Brandon Drury hits a bases-loaded single to give Arizona a 6 – 5 win. 2018 – The Mets trade closer Jeurys Familia to the Athletics for two prospects and $1 million in international bonus money. 2019 – The 2019 Hall of Fame Class is inducted in Cooperstown, NY, with six former players being honored: Harold Baines, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Mariano Rivera and Lee Smith. All are present, save for Halladay, who passed away in a plane crash in 2017 and, who is represented by his wife, Brandy. Rivera, the first player to be elected unanimously to the Hall, gets the honor of speaking last, befitting his status as the greatest closer in history. 2021 – Eddy Alvarez is named one of two flag-bearers for Team USA at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics that will take place in two days – after a full year’s delay. A member of the U.S. baseball team, Alvarez previously won an Olympic medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in short-track speed skating and is vying to become one of the few athletes ever to win medals in both a summer and a winter Olympics. Sue Bird, a member of the women’s basketball team, will join him as a flag-bearer. 2022 – In the first day of games after the All-Star break, two of the best teams in the majors meet for a doubleheader, with the Astros sweeping the Yankees, 3 – 2 and 7 – 5, at Minute Maid Park. In the opener, rookie J.J. Matijevic scores Alex Bregman from third base with an infield single in the bottom of the 9th, and in the second game, Aaron Judge hits a three-run homer in the 9th, but it’s not enough as Houston has built a 7 – 2 lead on homers by Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman and Chas McCormick. The Astros have won five of seven games against New York this season. 2023 – Kyle Tucker has the first three-homer game of his career and drives in four runs as Houston defeats the lowly Oaklnad A’s, 6 – 4. Ryan Pressly earns the 100th save of his career in the win. 2024: The Hall of Fame inducts its four newest members, constituting the Class of 2024, at its annual ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY. Honored today are 1B Todd Helton, C/1B Joe Mauer, 3B Adrian Beltre and manager Jim Leyland. Yordan Alvarez hits for the cycle, completing the feat with a double in the 8th, but the Astros still lose to the Mariners, 6 – 4, in a battle of two teams vying for the AL West lead. The two teams are now tied for first after Houston won two of three games in the week-end series. 2025: A game between Boston and Philadelphia ends in very unusual fashion at Citizens Bank Park as Red Sox catcher Carlos Narvaez commits catcher’s interference with Edmundo Sosa at bat and the bases loaded in the 10th inning. The 3 – 2 Phillies win represents the first game to end on a catcher’s interference call since 1971. Yoshihiro Akahane of the Yakult Swallows, facing the Hiroshima Carp’s Taylor Hearn, hits a ball off the foul pole that bounces back into the stadium. He legs out a triple but Yakult appeals the umpire’s fair-ball call and it is deemed a home run. It is the first sayonara homer in NPB history that came about due to a replay. Births[edit] 1861 – John Irwin, infielder (d. 1934) 1861 – Perry Werden, infielder (d. 1934) 1861 – Fred Wood, catcher (d. 1935) 1877 – Irv Young, pitcher (d. 1935) 1879 – Hugh Hill, outfielder (d. 1958) 1881 – Wally Clement, outfielder (d. 1952) 1881 – Johnny Evers, infielder, manager; Hall of Famer (d. 1947) 1881 – Pete Lister, infielder (d. 1947) 1885 – Larry Pape, pitcher (d. 1918) 1884 – Dick Carroll, pitcher (d. 1945) 1887 – Al Handiboe, outfielder (d. 1953) 1888 – Walt Leverenz, pitcher (d. 1973) 1889 – Henry Chellette, minor league pitcher (d. 1934) 1890 – James Field, pitcher (d. ????) 1890 – Howie Shanks, infielder (d. 1941) 1891 – Ray Keating, pitcher (d. 1963) 1893 – Nat Rogers, outfielder (d. 1981) 1909 – George Savino, minor league player (d.1968) 1912 – Billy Holm, catcher (d. 1977) 1915 – Claude Corbitt, infielder (d. 1978) 1915 – Connie Creeden, pinch hitter (d. 1969) 1917 – Mitch Chetkovich, pitcher (d. 1971) 1918 – Chet Hajduk, pinch hitter (d. 2006) 1919 – Samuel Burris, pitcher (d. 1982) 1919 – Len Kasparovitch, NPB pitcher (d. 1994) 1920 – Masayasu Kaneda, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 1992) 1922 – Mickey Taborn, catcher (d. 1996) 1923 – Paul Burris, catcher (d. 1999) 1925 – Earl Mossor, pitcher (d. 1988) 1925 – Kiyoshi Osawa, NPB infielder (d. ????) 1926 – Dick Smith, infielder (d. 2021) 1929 – Jerry Snyder, infielder (d. 2022) 1930 – Danny Morejon, outfielder (d. 2009) 1932 – Takashi Harada, NPB infielder 1932 – George Reid, minor league outfielder (d. 2020) 1934 – Teruo Esaki, NPB pitcher (d. 2016) 1935 – Moe Drabowsky, pitcher (d. 2006) 1936 – Tony Balsamo, pitcher (d. 2026) 1936 – Masaaki Kudo, NPB infielder (d. 2011) 1940 – John Bateman, catcher (d. 1996) 1940 – Denis Menke, infielder; All-Star (d. 2020) 1941 – Kenzo Masuoka, NPB pitcher 1941 – Nelson Mathews, outfielder 1941 – Gary Waslewski, pitcher 1942 – Mike Hegan, infielder; All-Star (d. 2013) 1943 – Jim Manning, pitcher (d. 2020) 1946 – Takahiro Watanabe, NPB pitcher 1948 – John Hart, , manager 1949 – René Acevedo, Puerto Rican national team player 1949 – Al Hrabosky, pitcher 1950 – Mike Cubbage, infielder, manager (d. 2024) 1950 – Dennis Myers, minor league pitcher 1952 – Norietsu Saegusa, NPB pitcher 1953 – Steve Smith, coach 1954 – Hiromi Nakajima, NPB pitcher 1955 – Mark Lemongello, pitcher 1958 – Dave Henderson, outfielder; All-Star (d. 2015) 1959 – Rich Barnes, pitcher 1959 – Yasuji Ibe, NPB pitcher 1959 – Mark Williamson, pitcher 1960 – Francois Dubois, South African national team infielder 1960 – Shigeo Mizutani, NPB pitcher 1962 – Tony Metoyer, minor league pitcher (d. 2022) 1963 – Karl Allaire, minor league infielder 1964 – Yuji Ota, NPB outfielder 1965 – Mike Bordick, infielder; All-Star 1966 – Mark Zappelli, minor league pitcher 1967 – Lance Painter, pitcher 1967 – Shoji Toyama, NPB pitcher 1968 – Christophe da Silva, French national team infielder 1968 – Yoshinari Nagano, NPB pitcher 1969 – Gino DiMare, college coach 1969 – Denny Harriger, pitcher 1971 – Jairo Ramos Gizzi, minor league outfielder 1972 – Shogo Arai, NPB infielder 1972 – Kimera Bartee, outfielder (d. 2021) 1972 – Kazuharu Yamazaki, NPB pitcher 1973 – Brian Buchanan, outfielder 1973 – Shawn Livsey, minor league infielder 1973 – Cesar Morillo, minor league infielder 1973 – Shinya Ohashi, Japanese national team catcher 1974 – Francisco Acosta, minor league pitcher 1974 – Brett Hinchliffe, pitcher 1974 – Geoff Jenkins, outfielder; All-Star 1974 – Jesus Matos, minor league pitcher 1975 – Ernie Delgado, minor league pitcher 1976 – Tommy Darrell, minor league pitcher (d. 2017) 1976 – Luis Saturria, outfielder 1977 – Ryan Mills, minor league pitcher 1978 – Willie Eyre, pitcher 1979 – Josh Neitz, minor league pitcher 1980 – John Beaven, minor league pitcher 1980 – Kyuji Fujikawa, pitcher 1980 – Yukitoshi Kosaka, Japanese national team infielder 1980 – C.C. Sabathia, pitcher; All-Star 1981 – Jung-kwon Park, KBO infielder 1981 – Valeri Platonov, Russian national team infielder 1982 – David Haehnel, minor league pitcher 1983 – Scott Sumner, minor league pitcher 1984 – Marco Cano, Ecuadorian national team outfielder 1985 – Wei-Yin Chen, pitcher 1985 – Rob Wooten, pitcher 1986 – Brian Smith, minor league pitcher and manager 1987 – Andika Arlistianto, Indonesian national team pitcher 1987 – Nicolás Arrube, Argentinian national team outfielder 1987 – Jericho Jones, minor league outfielder 1987 – Diego Moreno, pitcher 1987 – Thomas Palica, minor league pitcher 1987 – Todd Weldon, college coach 1988 – Youdai Enoshita, NPB pitcher 1989 – Toshinori Asanuma, NPB pitcher 1989 – Tyler Massey, minor league outfielder 1989 – Takeaki Tokuyama, NPB pitcher 1990 – Jake Lowery, minor league catcher and manager 1990 – Ren Nakata, NPB pitcher 1991 – Taylor Williams, pitcher 1991 – Yuta Yoshida, NPB catcher 1992 – Henry Owens, pitcher 1992 – Nic Wilson, coach 1993 – Masayuki Kuwahara, NPB outfielder 1993 – Kevin McAvoy, minor league pitcher 1994 – Chih-Yang Lin, CPBL catcher 1994 – Matt O’Neil, minor league coach 1997 – Jaylen Ferguson, minor league outfielder and coach 1997 – Max Kranick, pitcher 1997 – Louis Okoye, NPB outfielder 1998 – Noah Skirrow, minor league pitcher 1998 – Will Wilson, infielder 2001 – Natsuki Takeuchi, NPB pitcher 2003 – Chun-Lin Huang, CPBL outfielder 2003 – Yorinosuke Sakurai, NPB pitcher 2006 – Po-Chun Lin, minor league pitcher 2007 – Ben Couvreur, French Division I pitcher Deaths[edit] 1918 – Larry Pape, pitcher (b. 1885) 1921 – Tom McLaughlin, infielder (b. 1860) 1925 – John Gallagher, minor league pitcher (b. ~1865) 1929 – Frank Gilmore, pitcher (b. 1864) 1932 – Bill Gleason, infielder (b. 1858) 1938 – Skeeter Ebnet, minor league infielder (b. 1915) 1938 – Carl Spongberg, pitcher (b. 1884) 1953 – Al Kellogg, pitcher (b. 1886) 1959 – Bill Hoffer, pitcher (b. 1870) 1965 – Hugh Bedient, pitcher (b. 1889) 1965 – Ira Townsend, pitcher (b. 1894) 1967 – Jimmie Foxx, infielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1907) 1968 – Ham Wade, outfielder (b. 1879) 1972 – Harry McCurdy, catcher (b. 1899) 1976 – Earle Combs, outfielder; Hall of Famer (b. 1899) 1981 – Jim McGarr, infielder (b. 1888) 1987 – Mike Mistovich, minor league pitcher and manager (b. 1915) 1987 – Hughie Wise, catcher (b. 1906) 1989 – Masato Morita, NPB pitcher (b. 1922) 1994 – Thomas Maine, minor league pitcher (b. 1940) 1996 – Walt Moryn, outfielder; All-Star (b. 1926) 1997 – Roger Bowman, pitcher (b. 1927) 1998 – Harry Ornest, minor league infielder (b. 1923) 1999 – Hal Zimmer, minor league player (b. 1932) 2002 – Millie Deegan, AAGPBL pitcher and infielder (b. 1919) 2009 – Carl Willey, pitcher (b. 1931) 2010 – Ralph Houk, catcher, manager (b. 1919) 2010 – Mickey McCarty, drafted pitcher (b. 1946) 2011 – Masao Haido, NPB pitcher (b. 1932) 2012 – Wally Jakowczyk, minor league player (b. 1923) 2012 – Marie Kruckel, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1924) 2013 – Sam Perry, minor league infielder (b. 1988) 2013 – Marvin Price, Negro League infielder (b. 1932) 2014 – Matt Pliszka, minor league catcher (b. 1928) 2019 – Hans Bouwen, Hoofdklasse pitcher (b. 1942) 2020 – Butch Hughes, college coach (b. 1941) 2021 – Mike House, minor league outfielder (b. 1965) 2023 – Mike Ivie, infielder (b. 1952) 2025 – Pedro Medina, Cuban league catcher and manager (b. 1952) ============================================= TV SPORTS TODAY (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, July 21 CYCLING 6:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 16 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 3:45 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 5:30 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional MLB BASEBALL 6:30 p.m. TBS — L.A. Dodgers at Philadelphia (6:40 p.m.) 9:30 p.m. MLBN — Cincinnati at Seattle (9:40 p.m.) _____ Wednesday, July 22 CYCLING 6:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 17 GOLF 4:30 a.m. (Thursday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, First Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL 10 a.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional Noon ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 1:45 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 5:15 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 8:45 p.m. ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional MLB BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Kansas City (2:10 p.m.) 4:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at L.A. Angels (joined in progress) (4:07 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Kansas City (joined in progress) (2:10 p.m.) 8 p.m. ESPN — Detroit at Chicago Cubs WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. USA — Connecticut at Indiana 10 p.m. CNBC — Dallas at Portland USA — Dallas at Portland _____ Thursday, July 23 CYCLING 6 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 18 GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, First Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS2 — LIV Golf League: First Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, First Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 4 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, First Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 4:30 a.m. (Friday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Second Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL Noon ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 1:45 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 5:15 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional MLB BASEBALL Noon MLBN — San Diego at Atlanta (12:15 p.m.) 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Kansas City at Detroit (6:40 p.m.) SOFTBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Play-In, College Station, Texas _____ Friday, July 24 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 8 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at IRP, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary CYCLING 7 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 19 GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Second Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS2 — LIV Golf League: Second Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Second Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 4 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Second Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Third Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Colorado at Milwaukee (4:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Washington (6:45 p.m.) 6:40 p.m. APPLE TV — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Cleveland at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Washington (joined in progress) (6:45 p.m.) 7:10 p.m. APPLE TV — Toronto at Boston WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — WNBA 3-Point Contest & Skills Challenge: From Chicago X GAMES 9 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 1, New Orleans _____ Saturday, July 25 AUTO RACING 6:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 7:30 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. CYCLING 6 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 20 8 a.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 20 GOLF 5:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Third Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Third Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland Noon NBC — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Third Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Third Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Third Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 4:30 a.m. (Sunday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Final Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LACROSSE (MEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN2 — PLL: Philadelphia at Denver MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 10 p.m. ESPN — PFL: Main Card, Washington MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. FS1 — San Diego at Miami (4:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets (7:15 p.m.) OR Seattle at Texas (7:15 p.m.) SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPN2 — USL Championship: Las Vegas at Detroit SOFTBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Championship – Game 1, College Station, Texas TRACK AND FIELD 2 p.m. NBC — USATF: 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships, New York WNBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. ABC — 2026 WNBA All-Star Game: Team Cooper vs. Team Weatherspoon, Chicago X GAMES 3 p.m. ABC — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 2, New Orleans 7 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 2, New Orleans _____ Sunday, July 26 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: AWS Hungarian Grand Prix 2026, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 2 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. 4 p.m. FOX — NHRA: Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. BIG3 BASKETBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Week 6: DMV Trilogy vs. Miami 305, Houston Rig Hands at Dallas Power, Houston CYCLING 9:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage 2 p.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage (taped) GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Final Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland Noon NBC — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. MLB BASEBALL Noon NBCSN — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) 1:30 p.m. MLBN — 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: From Cooperstown, Pa. 4:30 p.m. MLBN — L.A. Angels at San Francisco (joined in progress) (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Louisville at Angel City SOFTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Championship – Game 2, College Station, Texas TRACK AND FIELD 2 p.m. NBC — USATF: 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships, New York X GAMES 2 p.m. ABC — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans 6 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” MONDAY JULY 20, 2026
