“THE SCOREBOARD”
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
BREWERS 22, MARINERS 0
CUBS 4, WHITE SOX 3
DODGERS 7, ROCKIES 6
YANKEES 3, ORIOLES 1
BLUE JAYS 10, RAYS 5
PADRES 5, METS 2
GUARDIANS 8, GIANTS 1
PHILLIES 6, MARLINS 4
PIRATES 4, TIGERS 1
RED SOX 9, DIAMONDBACKS 4
TWINS 4, BRAVES 1
RANGERS 5, NATIONALS 0
ANGELS 3, ASTROS 1
CARDINALS 3, REDS 0
ROYALS 4, ATHLETICS 3
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MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCOREBOARD
LOUISVILLE 6 INDIANAPOLIS 3
FT. WAYNE 6 GREAT LAKES 5
FT. WAYNE 7 GREAT LAKES 4
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WNBA SCOREBOARD
FEVER 101 TEMPO 95
SUN 85 SPARKS 77
SKY 93 LIBERTY 86
DREAM 97 ACES 82
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MLS SCOREBOARD
NO GAMES SCHEDULED
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
https://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/teams.htm#load
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
TUESDAY’S SCORES: https://www.maxpreps.com/in/volleyball/scores/?date=8/18/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER
TUESDAY’S SCORES:
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/scores/?date=8/18/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER
TUESDAY’S SCORES:
https://www.maxpreps.com/in/soccer/girls/scores/?date=8/18/2026
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/girls/cross-country
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS TENNIS
https://www.ihsaa.org/sports/boys/tennis
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USA INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL POLLS
CLASS 6A
1. BROWNSBURG [14-0] (16)160
2. WESTFIELD [8-2]123
3. CARMEL [9-2]118
4. LAWRENCE NORTH [7-3]98
5. WARREN CENTRAL [6-4]95
6. CENTER GROVE [10-2]94
7. CROWN POINT [10-1]52
8. CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) [9-4]49
9. PENN [11-1]38
10. HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN [6-5]32
11. FISHERS [8-4]8
12. MERRILLVILLE [11-3]4
13. BEN DAVIS [3-7]3
14. AVON [6-5]2
DECATUR CENTRAL [9-3]2
16. WHITELAND [2-8]1
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CLASS 5A
1. NEW PALESTINE [14-0] (16)160
2. INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL [7-4]141
3. BLOOMINGTON SOUTH [11-2]111
4. LAFAYETTE JEFF [10-2]108
5. PLAINFIELD [7-3]88
6. CONCORD [11-2]74
7. FORT WAYNE SNIDER [3-7]47
8. CASTLE [6-4]33
9. PENDLETON HEIGHTS [10-2]31
10. FLOYD CENTRAL [10-2]30
11. WARSAW [4-6]26
12. EVANSVILLE NORTH [8-3]8
13. FRANKLIN [4-6]7
14. BLOOMINGTON NORTH [7-4]5
15. TERRE HAUTE SOUTH [7-3]3
16. MICHIGAN CITY [8-4]2
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CLASS 4A
1. INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI [11-4] (5)143
2. EAST CENTRAL [9-3] (5)138
3. INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD [9-3] (3)123
4. FORT WAYNE DWENGER [13-2] (3)120
5. MISHAWAKA [10-2]72
6. YORKTOWN [3-7]67
7. EAST NOBLE [11-1]64
8. SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH [12-2]58
9. HOBART [10-3]21
10. FORT WAYNE LUERS [9-6]18
11. JASPER [9-3]17
HERITAGE HILLS [12-2]17
13. EVANSVILLE REITZ [7-4]9
14. BREBEUF JESUIT [3-8]8
GUERIN CATHOLIC [7-5]8
16. MARTINSVILLE [6-7]6
17. LEBANON [10-3]5
18. MUNCIE CENTRAL [6-5]4
19. FORT WAYNE NORTH [6-5]2
20. DEKALB [7-3]1
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CLASS 3A
1. ANDREAN [13-1] (10)149
2. GIBSON SOUTHERN [12-2] (5)134
3. EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL [9-1]116
4. LAWRENCEBURG [10-2]99
5. ADAMS CENTRAL [13-1]94
6. TRI-WEST [7-4] (1)74
7. EVANSVILLE MATER DEI [6-6]40
8. MISSISSINEWA [10-2]39
9. TWIN LAKES [10-3]36
10. EASTBROOK [12-1]33
11. INDIAN CREEK [8-4]26
12. MACONAQUAH [8-2]16
13. WEST LAFAYETTE [8-3]6
14. GRIFFITH [9-2]4
15. HAMILTON HEIGHTS [4-6]3
16. FAIRFIELD [3-7]1
HERITAGE CHRISTIAN [7-5]1
SOUTHRIDGE [6-5]1
TIPPECANOE VALLEY [7-3]1
BLUFFTON [9-2]1
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CLASS 2A
1. BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL [14-1] (7)144
2. LAPEL [13-1] (3)135
3. INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN [11-2] (3)129
4. CASCADE [15-0] (3)121
5. SOUTH PUTNAM [13-2]106
6. LINTON [9-4]49
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) [10-2]49
8. PROVIDENCE [9-3]47
9. EASTSIDE [9-3]35
10. KNOX [13-1]23
11. TRITON CENTRAL [10-2]14
12. NORTH POSEY [7-4]10
13. EASTERN HANCOCK [6-5]5
14. ROCHESTER [9-2]4
15. GREENCASTLE [5-6]3
SOUTHMONT [11-2]3
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CLASS 1A
1. PIONEER [13-2] (12)140
2. RIVERTON PARKE [11-1] (3)131
3. SOUTH ADAMS [10-4]123
4. NORTH JUDSON [8-3]88
MILAN [7-5] (1)88
6. SPRINGS VALLEY [10-1]83
7. FRONTIER [10-1]56
8. SHERIDAN [8-3]47
9. NORTH DECATUR [8-3]28
10. LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC [2-8]21
11. NORTH DAVIESS [10-2]10
12. TRI [6-5]6
13. TECUMSEH [6-5]3
14. CARROLL (FLORA) [7-4]2
WEST WASHINGTON [8-4]2
16. NORTH MIAMI [9-4]1
CHURUBUSCO [7-3]1
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THE TOP GAMES TO WATCH FRIDAY BY CLASS/CROSSOVER
6A
#1 BROWNSBURG AT #6 LAWRENCE NORTH
#2 WESTFIELD AT #6 HOMESTEAD
#3 CARMEL VS. #11 FISHERS
#5 WARREN CENTRAL AT #6 CENTER GROVE
#8 FW CARROLL VS. #10 HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN
#12 MERRILLVILLE VS. 3A #1 ANDREAN
#13 BEN DAVIS VS. 5A #2 CATHEDRAL
#14 AVON AT #14 DECATUR CENTRAL
5A
#3 BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT #14 BLOOMINGTON NORTH
#4 LAFAYETTE JEFF VS. 4A #3 BISHOP CHATARD
#7 FW SNIDER AT #11 WARSAW
#8 CASTLE AT #12 EVANSVILLE NORTH
#9 PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT 4A #17 LEBANON
#10 FLOYD CENTRAL AT 3A #2 GIBSON SOUTHERN
4A
#1 RONCALLI AT #4 FW DWENGER
#2 EAST CENTRAL VS. 3A #4 LAWRENCEBURG
#7 EAST NOBLE VS. #19 FW NORTH
#10 FW LUERS VS. 3A #5 ADAM CENTRAL
#11 JASPER VS 3A #3 EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL
3A
#12 MACONAQUAH AT 1A #8 SHERIDAN
#15 HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT 2A #2 LAPEL
#16 SOUTHRIDGE VS. 2A #12 NORTH POSEY
2A
#6 LINTON VS. 1A #2 RIVERTON PARKE
#9 EASTSIDE VS. 1A #3 SOUTH ADAMS
#10 KNOX AT 1A #4 NORTH JUDSON
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INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 1
ALL TIMES EASTERN
ADAMS CENTRAL AT FORT WAYNE LUERS 7:00 PM
ALEXANDRIA AT GREENFIELD-CENTRAL 7:00 PM
ANDREAN AT MERRILLVILLE 8:00 PM
ANGOLA AT GOSHEN 7:00 PM
ATTICA AT FAITH CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
AVON AT DECATUR CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BATESVILLE AT TRITON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
BELLMONT AT MADISON-GRANT 7:00 PM
BLOOMINGTON SOUTH AT BLOOMINGTON NORTH 7:00 PM
BOONVILLE AT EVANSVILLE BOSSE 7:30 PM
BROWN COUNTY AT OWEN VALLEY 7:00 PM
BROWNSBURG AT LAWRENCE NORTH 7:00 PM
BROWNSTOWN CENTRAL AT CORYDON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
CARROLL (FLORA) AT SEEGER 7:00 PM
CASCADE AT MONROVIA 7:00 PM
CASTLE AT EVANSVILLE NORTH 7:30 PM
CASTON AT WHITKO 7:00 PM
CENTRAL NOBLE AT CULVER 7:30 PM
CHRISTEL HOUSE AT BOWMAN ACADEMY 7:30 PM
CHURUBUSCO AT BREMEN 7:00 PM
CLINTON CENTRAL AT FRANKFORT 7:00 PM
CLINTON PRAIRIE AT FRONTIER 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS EAST AT MOORESVILLE 7:00 PM
COLUMBUS NORTH AT WHITELAND 7:00 PM
COVENANT CHRISTIAN AT PARK TUDOR 7:00 PM
COVINGTON AT TRI-COUNTY 7:00 PM
CRAWFORDSVILLE AT PARKE HERITAGE 7:00 PM
DELPHI AT BENTON CENTRAL 7:00 PM
DELTA AT MUNCIE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EASTERN (GREENTOWN) AT OAK HILL 7:00 PM
EASTERN (PEKIN) AT WEST WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
ELKHART AT CONCORD 7:00 PM
ELWOOD AT SOUTHERN WELLS 7:00 PM
EVANSVILLE HARRISON AT EVANSVILLE REITZ 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MATER DEI AT EVANSVILLE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
EVANSVILLE MEMORIAL AT JASPER 7:30 PM
FAIRFIELD AT CALUMET 7:30 PM
FISHERS AT CARMEL 7:00 PM
FLOYD CENTRAL AT GIBSON SOUTHERN 7:30 PM
FORT WAYNE NORTH AT EAST NOBLE 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE SNIDER AT WARSAW 7:00 PM
FORT WAYNE WAYNE AT LEO 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN AT SOUTHPORT 7:00 PM
FRANKLIN CENTRAL AT PLAINFIELD 7:00 PM
FRANKTON AT TIPTON 7:00 PM
FREMONT AT FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK 7:00 PM
GARRETT AT DEKALB 7:00 PM
GARY WEST AT FORT WAYNE NORTHROP 7:00 PM
GREENCASTLE AT CLOVERDALE 7:00 PM
GREENSBURG AT SHELBYVILLE 7:00 PM
HAGERSTOWN AT KNIGHTSTOWN 7:00 PM
HAMILTON HEIGHTS AT LAPEL 7:00 PM
HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN AT CARROLL (FORT WAYNE) 7:30 PM
HAMMOND CENTRAL AT SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON 7:30 PM
HAMMOND MORTON AT PORTAGE 8:00 PM
HAMMOND NOLL AT SOUTH BEND RILEY 7:30 PM
HARRISON (WEST LAFAYETTE) AT WEST LAFAYETTE 7:30 PM
HENRYVILLE AT CLARKSVILLE 7:00 PM
HERITAGE HILLS AT SOUTH SPENCER 8:00 PM
HIGHLAND AT GRIFFITH 8:00 PM
HOBART AT CHESTERTON 8:00 PM
HUNTINGTON NORTH AT EASTBROOK 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS ARSENAL TECH AT NOBLESVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CATHEDRAL AT BEN DAVIS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS CHATARD AT LAFAYETTE JEFF 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS HOMESCHOOL AT CAMBRIDGE CITY LINCOLN 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS ATTUCKS 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RITTER AT DANVILLE 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS RONCALLI AT FORT WAYNE DWENGER 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS SCECINA AT FORT WAYNE CONCORDIA 7:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS TINDLEY AT EDINBURGH 7:00 PM
JAY COUNTY AT BLACKFORD 7:00 PM
JEFFERSONVILLE AT LAWRENCE CENTRAL 7:00 PM
JENNINGS COUNTY AT PAOLI 7:00 PM
JOHN GLENN AT BOONE GROVE 7:30 PM
KNOX AT NORTH JUDSON 8:00 PM
LAFAYETTE CENTRAL CATHOLIC AT MITCHELL 7:30 PM
LAPORTE AT NEW PRAIRIE 8:00 PM
LAVILLE AT TRITON 7:00 PM
LAWRENCEBURG AT EAST CENTRAL 7:30 PM
LOGANSPORT AT PERU 7:00 PM
LOWELL AT CROWN POINT 8:00 PM
MARION AT FORT WAYNE SOUTH 7:00 PM
MARTINSVILLE AT BEDFORD NORTH LAWRENCE 7:00 PM
MCCUTCHEON AT GUERIN CATHOLIC 7:00 PM
MICHIGAN CITY AT HANOVER CENTRAL 8:00 PM
MILAN AT RUSHVILLE 7:00 PM
MISHAWAKA AT MISHAWAKA MARIAN 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (FORTVILLE) AT KOKOMO 7:00 PM
MOUNT VERNON (POSEY) AT FOREST PARK 7:30 PM
MUNSTER AT LAKE CENTRAL 8:00 PM
NEW CASTLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY 7:00 PM
NEW HAVEN AT HERITAGE 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (FARMERSBURG) AT NORTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
NORTH CENTRAL (INDIANAPOLIS) AT BREBEUF JESUIT 7:00 PM
NORTH DAVIESS AT WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
NORTH DECATUR AT SOUTH DECATUR 7:00 PM
NORTH HARRISON AT SALEM 7:00 PM
NORTH NEWTON AT WHITING 8:00 PM
NORTH POSEY AT SOUTHRIDGE 7:30 PM
NORTH PUTNAM AT SOUTH PUTNAM 7:00 PM
NORTH WHITE AT TAYLOR 7:00 PM
NORTHEASTERN AT EASTERN HANCOCK 7:00 PM
NORTHFIELD AT NORTH MIAMI 7:00 PM
NORTHRIDGE AT WEST NOBLE 7:00 PM
NORTHVIEW AT TERRE HAUTE NORTH 7:00 PM
NORTHWESTERN AT MANCHESTER 7:00 PM
NORTHWOOD AT COLUMBIA CITY 7:00 PM
NORWELL AT MISSISSINEWA 7:00 PM
OSCEOLA GRACE AT PURDUE ENGLEWOOD 8:00 PM
PENDLETON HEIGHTS AT LEBANON 7:00 PM
PERRY MERIDIAN AT BEECH GROVE 7:00 PM
PHALEN ACADEMY AT INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON 7:00 PM
PIKE CENTRAL AT EASTERN GREENE 7:00 PM
PIONEER AT LEWIS CASS 7:00 PM
PLYMOUTH AT TIPPECANOE VALLEY 7:00 PM
PRAIRIE HEIGHTS AT WOODLAN 7:00 PM
PRINCETON AT TECUMSEH 8:00 PM
PROVIDENCE AT NEW ALBANY 7:00 PM
RENSSELAER CENTRAL AT KANKAKEE VALLEY 8:00 PM
RICHMOND AT CONNERSVILLE 7:00 PM
RIVER FOREST AT EAST CHICAGO CENTRAL 8:00 PM
RIVERTON PARKE VS. LINTON 7:30 PM
SCOTTSBURG AT MADISON 7:00 PM
SEYMOUR AT GREENWOOD 7:00 PM
SHENANDOAH AT BLUFFTON 7:30 PM
SILVER CREEK AT CHARLESTOWN 7:00 PM
SOUTH ADAMS AT EASTSIDE 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ADAMS AT CULVER ACADEMY 7:00 PM
SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH AT LAKELAND 7:00 PM
SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS) AT WHEELER 8:00 PM
SOUTH NEWTON AT LAKE STATION 8:00 PM
SOUTHMONT AT FOUNTAIN CENTRAL 7:00 PM
SOUTHWOOD AT ROCHESTER 7:00 PM
SPEEDWAY AT HERITAGE CHRISTIAN 7:00 PM
SPRINGS VALLEY AT EDGEWOOD 7:00 PM
SULLIVAN AT NORTH KNOX 7:00 PM
SWITZERLAND COUNTY AT CRAWFORD COUNTY 7:00 PM
TELL CITY AT PERRY CENTRAL 8:00 PM
TERRE HAUTE SOUTH AT VINCENNES LINCOLN 7:00 PM
TRI-CENTRAL AT WES-DEL 7:00 PM
TRINITY LUTHERAN AT INDIANAPOLIS SHORTRIDGE 7:00 PM
TWIN LAKES AT NORTH MONTGOMERY 7:00 PM
UNION CITY AT TRI 7:00 PM
UNION COUNTY AT MONROE CENTRAL 7:30 PM
VALPARAISO AT PENN 7:30 PM
WABASH AT MACONAQUAH 7:00 PM
WALNUT HILLS (OHIO) AT SOUTH DEARBORN 7:00 PM
WARREN CENTRAL AT CENTER GROVE 7:00 PM
WAWASEE AT JIMTOWN 7:00 PM
WEST CENTRAL AT WINAMAC 7:00 PM
WEST VIGO AT SOUTH VERMILLION 7:00 PM
WESTERN AT INDIAN CREEK 7:00 PM
WESTERN BOONE AT TRI-WEST 7:00 PM
WESTFIELD AT HOMESTEAD 7:00 PM
WHEATON ST. FRANCIS (ILL.) AT NEW PALESTINE 7:00 PM
WINCHESTER AT CENTERVILLE 7:00 PM
YORKTOWN AT ANDERSON 7:00 PM
ZIONSVILLE AT PIKE 7:00 PM
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AP COLLEGE FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
FIRST TEAM OFFENSE
QUARTERBACK — DANTE MOORE, FOURTH YEAR, OREGON.
RUNNING BACKS — KEWAN LACY, THIRD YEAR, MISSISSIPPI; AHMAD HARDY, THIRD YEAR, MISSOURI.
TACKLES — CARTER SMITH, FIFTH YEAR, INDIANA; TREVOR GOOSBY, FOURTH YEAR, TEXAS.
GUARDS — EVAN TENGESDAHL, FOURTH YEAR, CINCINNATI; SHADRE HURST, FIFTH YEAR, HOUSTON.
CENTER — KADE PIEPER, FOURTH YEAR, IOWA.
TIGHT END — TREY’DEZ GREEN, THIRD YEAR, LSU.
WIDE RECEIVERS — JEREMIAH SMITH, THIRD YEAR, OHIO STATE; MALACHI TONEY, SECOND YEAR, MIAMI; CAM COLEMAN, THIRD YEAR, TEXAS.
ALL-PURPOSE PLAYER — WAYNE KNIGHT, FIFTH YEAR, UCLA.
KICKER — TATE SANDELL, FIFTH YEAR, OKLAHOMA.
FIRST TEAM DEFENSE
EDGE — COLIN SIMMONS, THIRD YEAR, TEXAS; DYLAN STEWART, THIRD YEAR, SOUTH CAROLINA.
TACKLES — A’MAURI WASHINGTON, FOURTH YEAR, OREGON; DAVID STONE, THIRD YEAR, OKLAHOMA.
LINEBACKERS — RASHEEM BILES, FOURTH YEAR, TEXAS; XAVIER ATKINS, THIRD YEAR, AUBURN; ROLIJAH HARDY, THIRD YEAR, INDIANA.
CORNERBACKS — LEONARD MOORE, THIRD YEAR, NOTRE DAME; ELLIS ROBINSON IV, THIRD YEAR, GEORGIA.
SAFETIES — KJ BOLDEN, THIRD YEAR, GEORGIA; KOI PERICH, THIRD YEAR, OREGON.
DEFENSIVE BACK — BRAY HUBBARD, FOURTH YEAR, ALABAMA.
PUNTER — EVAN CRENSHAW, FIFTH YEAR, TROY.
SECOND TEAM OFFENSE
QUARTERBACK — TRINIDAD CHAMBLISS, FIFTH YEAR, MISSISSIPPI.
RUNNING BACKS — MARK FLETCHER JR., FOURTH YEAR, MIAMI; LJ MARTIN, FOURTH YEAR, BYU.
TACKLES — CAYDEN GREEN, FOURTH YEAR, MISSOURI; JORDAN SEATON, THIRD YEAR, LSU.
GUARDS — GREG JOHNSON, FOURTH YEAR, MINNESOTA; LUKE MONTGOMERY, FOURTH YEAR, OHIO STATE.
CENTER — DREW BOBO, FIFTH SEASON, GEORGIA.
TIGHT END — TERRANCE CARTER JR., FIFTH YEAR, TEXAS TECH.
WIDE RECEIVERS — DUCE ROBINSON, FOURTH YEAR, FLORIDA STATE; CHARLIE BECKER, THIRD YEAR, INDIANA; KJ DUFF, THIRD YEAR, RUTGERS.
ALL-PURPOSE PLAYER — CAM COOK, FOURTH YEAR, WEST VIRGINIA.
KICKER — LUCAS CARNEIRO, FIFTH YEAR, MISSISSIPPI.
SECOND TEAM DEFENSE
EDGE — ANTHONY SMITH, FIFTH SEASON, MINNESOTA; JOHN HENRY DALEY, FOURTH YEAR, MICHIGAN.
TACKLES — TYRIQUE TUCKER, FIFTH YEAR, INDIANA; WILL ECHOLES, THIRD YEAR, MISSISSIPPI.
LINEBACKERS — SAMMY BROWN, THIRD YEAR CLEMSON; RAYLEN WILSON, FOURTH YEAR, GEORGIA; KYNGSTONN VILIAMU-ASA, THIRD YEAR, NOTRE DAME.
CORNERBACKS — BRANDON FINNEY JR., SECOND YEAR, OREGON; ZABIEN BROWN, THIRD YEAR, ALABAMA.
SAFETIES — BRAUNTAE JOHNSON, THIRD YEAR, NOTRE DAME; TY BENEFIELD, FOURTH YEAR, LSU.
DEFENSIVE BACK — KELLEY JONES, FOURTH YEAR, MISSISSIPPI STATE.
PUNTER — PALMER WILLIAMS, FOURTH YEAR, BAYLOR.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE/TV
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
IDAHO AT CAL POLY | 10 P.M. | ESPN
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
TCU VS. NORTH CAROLINA (AVIVA STADIUM IN DUBLIN, IRELAND) | 12 P.M. | ESPN
SAN JOSE STATE AT USC | 3 P.M. | NBC
ALABAMA STATE VS. SOUTHERN (LEGION FIELD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPNU
NC STATE AT VIRGINIA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
JACKSONVILLE STATE AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 5:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SACRAMENTO STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
HAWAI’I AT STANFORD | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NEW MEXICO STATE AT FLORIDA STATE | 7 P.M. | THE CW NETWORK
EAST TEXAS A&M AT MERCER | 7 P.M. | ESPN
HOWARD VS. ALABAMA A&M (CENTER PARC STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
PRAIRIE VIEW A&M AT TARLETON STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN2
MEMPHIS AT UNLV | 10 P.M. | FOX
WEEK 1
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
UMASS AT RUTGERS | 6 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
BETHUNE-COOKMAN AT UCF | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
AKRON AT WAKE FOREST | 7 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
MERRIMACK AT DELAWARE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
WEST GEORGIA AT KENNESAW STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UALBANY AT BUFFALO | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF AT MISSOURI | 8 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
COLORADO AT GEORGIA TECH | 8 P.M. | ESPN
EASTERN ILLINOIS AT MINNESOTA | 8 P.M. | PEACOCK
IDAHO AT UTAH | 9 P.M. | ESPNU
UAB AT ILLINOIS | 9 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
FRIDAY, SEPT. 3
SAN JOSE STATE AT EASTERN MICHIGAN | 6:30 P.M. | ESPN+
INDIANA STATE AT PURDUE | 7 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
NORTH CAROLINA A&T AT GEORGIA STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
UTEP AT OKLAHOMA | 8 P.M. | SECN+
LIU AT KANSAS | 8 P.M. | ESPNU
TOLEDO AT MICHIGAN STATE | 8 P.M. | FS1
MIAMI (FLA.) AT STANFORD | 9 P.M. | ESPN
FRESNO STATE AT USC | 9 P.M. | FOX
SATURDAY, SEPT. 4
EAST CAROLINA AT ALABAMA | 12 P.M. | ABC
OREGON STATE AT HOUSTON | 12 P.M. | ESPN
COASTAL CAROLINA AT WEST VIRGINIA | 12 P.M. | TNT/HBO MAX
NEW HAMPSHIRE AT SYRACUSE | 12 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
NORTH TEXAS AT INDIANA | 12 P.M. | FOX
OHIO AT NEBRASKA | 12 P.M. | FS1
BRYANT AT ARMY | 12 P.M. | CBSSN
TARLETON STATE AT BOWLING GREEN | 12 P.M. | ESPN+
LIBERTY AT JAMES MADISON | 12 P.M. | ESPNU
MIAMI (OHIO) AT PITT | 12:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
BALL STATE AT OHIO STATE | 12:30 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
KENT STATE AT SOUTH CAROLINA | 12:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
YOUNGSTOWN STATE AT KENTUCKY | 1 P.M. | SECN+
SE MISSOURI STATE AT IOWA STATE | 1 P.M. | ESPN+
DUQUESNE AT AIR FORCE | 1 P.M. | MW+
RHODE ISLAND AT TEMPLE | 2 P.M. | ESPN+
TENNESSEE STATE AT GEORGIA | 3 P.M. | SECN+
AUBURN VS. BAYLOR (MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA) | 3:30 P.M. | ABC
FURMAN AT TENNESSEE | 3:30 P.M. | SECN+
TEXAS STATE AT TEXAS | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN
BOSTON COLLEGE AT CINCINNATI | 3:30 P.M. | FOX
TULANE AT DUKE | 3:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
BOISE STATE AT OREGON | 3:30 P.M. | CBS
MARSHALL AT PENN STATE | 3:30 P.M. | FS1
THE CITADEL AT CHARLOTTE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
TOWSON AT NAVY | 3:30 P.M. | CBSSN
UT RIO GRANDE VALLEY AT UTSA | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FORDHAM AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
MAINE AT APP STATE | 3:30 P.M. | ESPN+
OKLAHOMA STATE AT TULSA | 3:45 P.M. | ESPNU
NORTH ALABAMA AT ARKANSAS | 4:15 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
NORTHERN ILLINOIS AT IOWA | 4:15 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
ALCORN STATE AT SOUTHERN MISS | 5 P.M. | ESPN+
WYOMING AT COLORADO STATE | 6 P.M. | USA NETWORK
NORFOLK STATE AT OLD DOMINION | 6 P.M. | ESPN+
MISSOURI STATE AT TEXAS A&M | 7 P.M. | ESPN
AUSTIN PEAY AT VANDERBILT | 7 P.M. | SECN+
ABILENE CHRISTIAN AT TEXAS TECH | 7 P.M. | FS1
NICHOLLS AT KANSAS STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
IDAHO STATE AT UTAH STATE | 7 P.M. | CBSSN
ARKANSAS STATE AT MEMPHIS | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AT RICE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT SOUTH FLORIDA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
MURRAY STATE AT MIDDLE TENNESSEE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
EASTERN KENTUCKY AT JACKSONVILLE STATE | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CHARLESTON SOUTHERN AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SE LOUISIANA AT SOUTH ALABAMA | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
SAM HOUSTON AT TROY | 7 P.M. | ESPN+
CLEMSON AT LSU | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
UL MONROE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPNU
VMI AT VIRGINIA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ACC NETWORK
WESTERN MICHIGAN AT MICHIGAN | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
NORTHWESTERN STATE AT LOUISIANA TECH | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN+
FLORIDA ATLANTIC AT FLORIDA | 7:45 P.M. | SEC NETWORK
UTAH TECH AT BYU | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
HAMPTON AT MARYLAND | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE AT NORTHWESTERN | 8 P.M. | BIG TEN NETWORK
LAMAR AT LOUISIANA | 8 P.M. | ESPN+
MORGAN STATE AT ARIZONA STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
MERCYHURST AT NEW MEXICO STATE | 9 P.M. | ESPN+
NORTHERN ARIZONA AT ARIZONA | 9:30 P.M. | ESPN+
PORTLAND STATE AT SAN DIEGO STATE | 9:30 P.M. | USA NETWORK
UNLV AT HAWAI’I | 10 P.M. | ESPN UNLIMITED AND THE CW NETWORK
CENTRAL MICHIGAN AT NEW MEXICO | 10 P.M. | FS1
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE AT SACRAMENTO STATE | 10 P.M. | ESPN+
UCLA AT CAL | 10:30 P.M. | ESPN
WESTERN KENTUCKY AT NEVADA | 10:30 P.M. | CBSSN
SUNDAY, SEPT. 6
TEXAS SOUTHERN AT PRAIRIE VIEW A&M | 12 P.M. | ESPN2
FLORIDA A&M VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE (HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.) | 3 P.M. | ESPN
WASHINGTON STATE AT WASHINGTON | 4 P.M. | NBC
OLE MISS VS. LOUISVILLE (NISSAN STADIUM IN NASHVILLE, TENN.) | 7:30 P.M. | ABC
NOTRE DAME VS. WISCONSIN (LAMBEAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY, WIS.) | 7:30 P.M. | NBC
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
SMU AT FLORIDA STATE | 7:30 P.M. | ESPN
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NFL PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK 2
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20
LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON (ESPN), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21
N.Y. JETS AT PITTSBURGH, 7:00
CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
GREEN BAY AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22
WASHINGTON AT DETROIT, NOON
BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND, 1:00
ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA, 1:00
NEW ORLEANS AT L.A. RAMS, 4:00
N.Y. GIANTS AT MIAMI, 4:00
CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI, 7:00
PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND, 7:00
KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY, 7:30
DALLAS AT ARIZONA, 10:00
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE (FOX), 8:00
WEEK 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO, 7:00
NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND (PRIME VIDEO), 8:00
SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS, 8:00
L.A. RAMS AT L.A. CHARGERS, 10:00
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE, 6:00
HOUSTON AT CAROLINA, 7:00
ATLANTA AT MIAMI, 7:00
TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE, 7:30
N.Y. GIANTS AT N.Y. JETS, 7:30
NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS, 8:00
ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY, 8:00
SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY, 8:00
CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA (CBS), 8:00
MINNESOTA AT DENVER, 9:00
SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS, 1:00
CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE, 6:00
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET)
WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM)
WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM)
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2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING
1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS
2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC
3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS
4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET
5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS
6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX
7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS
8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS
9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX
10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS
11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO
12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX
13 BYE WEEK
14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX
15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS
16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD
17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX
18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD
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TOP NATIONAL SPORTS HEADLINES
NFL NEWS
COWBOYS GLAD TO WELCOME VON MILLER’S PRODUCTION AND LEADERSHIP TO INEXPERIENCE GROUP OF EDGE RUSHERS
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Von Miller can help the Dallas Cowboys on the field and their inexperienced group of edge rushers in the locker room.
“He’s been in the game for a while. All-Pro, Pro Bowl guy, Super Bowl MVP, Super Bowl champion. He brings a lot of knowledge and experience,” outside linebacker Donovan Ezeiruaku said Monday, one day after Miller agreed to terms with his hometown team.
The NFL’s active sack leader with 138 1/2 in 203 games over 14 seasons, Miller should bring the attributes on and off the field to further elevate what seems to be a much improved defense under new coordinator Christian Parker.
Miller had nine sacks in 420 snaps for the Washington Commanders last season, which would have led a Cowboys unit that was one of the worst in football by nearly any measure. Coach Brian Schottenheimer indicated the 37-year-old Miller would be used in a similar fashion, primarily allowing him to rush the quarterback.
“Still got first-step quickness. He still understand angles. He’s still got a great assortment of counter moves,” Schottenheimer said. “And, again, our plan to use him we think will help him be very, very functional. He’s not going to play 60 plays a game. That’s not what we’re looking for.”
Miller’s experience might be just as valuable, having played on two championship teams with the Denver Broncos in the 2015 season and Los Angeles Rams in the 2021 season.
Ezeiruaku first met Miller last year when the Cowboys drafted him out of Boston College in the second round, and they immediately developed a rapport. Now, Ezeiruaku will get the chance to work with him every day.
Miller benefited from the tutelage of Hall of Fame pass rusher DeMarcus Ware early in his professional career, and he indicated to Ezeiruaku he intends to offer the same kind of mentorship.
“He said he wanted to be the D-Ware for him to me, if that makes sense,” Ezeiruaku said. “And coming from a guy that’s a Hall of Fame guy — you know he’ll be a first ballot, in my opinion — that means a lot. That means he sees the potential.”
Ezeiruaku, who had two sacks and nine tackles for loss as a rookie, shouldn’t be the only beneficiary. The Cowboys drafted Malachi Lawrence out of UCF at No. 23 overall, and they have other youngsters still learning how to create pressure.
Before bringing in Miller, the Cowboys had two outside linebackers with more than 10 career sacks. Rashan Gary had 46 1/2 sacks from his 106 games with the Green Bay Packers before he was traded to Dallas in March, and James Houston has 14 1/2 in four seasons with the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns and Cowboys.
“Adding him is only going to make anything better,” Gary said of Miller. “So, like I said, having a guy that won Super Bowls, that won Defensive Player of the Year, that played at a high level for a very long time is going to be great for me and the whole entire room.”
The links between Miller and the Cowboys were apparent long before the deal was finalized. Miller grew up in the suburbs of Dallas and had been working out at the team’s complex throughout the offseason, frequently posting photos and videos from those sessions on social media. Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones had expressed interest multiple times throughout training camp in adding more impact players by trade or free agency to bolster the defense.
Ezeiruaku wasn’t surprised when he found out about his new teammate on Sunday.
“Did I think it was gonna happen? Yeah, I thought it was gonna happen. Like I said, I’ve been talking to him, and it was in the air, and we were talking about the possibilities,” Ezeiruaku said.
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SEAHAWKS CORNERBACK DEVON WITHERSPOON SAYS HIS LUCRATIVE NEW CONTRACT WON’T CHANGE HIM
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Devon Witherspoon signed a contract on Monday that will make him the highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, and the 25-year-old has no intention of wasting any of that cash.
On Saturday, the Seattle Seahawks and Witherspoon agreed to a four-year extension worth $132 million, with $101 million guaranteed.
Speaking after Monday’s practice, Witherspoon said the deal won’t change his reputation for frugality.
“I’m cheap with it now, don’t ever get that confused,” Witherspoon said. “I’ll always be cheap with it, but I’m going to take care of the guys for sure.”
For Witherspoon, getting a new contract with the team that drafted him was never solely about the finances. He wanted a commitment from the Seahawks after they exercised their fifth-year option on him back in March.
Around the same time Seattle picked up Witherspoon’s option, the Seahawks agreed to a four-year, $168.8 million contract with $120 million guaranteed with wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. Both players were selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL draft.
Witherspoon reflected on how much the duo has accomplished for the Super Bowl champions.
“As the years passed, we continued to grow and build,” Witherspoon said. “Things change at a point in time because stuff happens and we have to adjust and adapt. We always talked about building on that and how can we be better every day.”
Witherspoon has been among the game’s best cornerbacks since Seattle selected him No. 5 overall out of Illinois. He has been selected for the Pro Bowl in each of his three seasons.
Witherspoon was a second-team All-Pro last season, and appeared in all three of Seattle’s playoff games during its Super Bowl run. He made 17 tackles and defended four passes.
In 43 regular-season games, Witherspoon has 249 tackles, 32 passes defended, 16 tackles for loss, 4 1/2 sacks and two interceptions.
Following Saturday’s 17-7 preseason loss to the Dallas Cowboys, coach Mike Macdonald commended Witherspoon on his professionalism throughout the negotiations. Witherspoon attended voluntary workouts while other veterans sat out.
“He’s just infectious, and he loves the game,” Macdonald said. “We were talking (Saturday), people would talk to him and ask him why he’s doing what he’s doing. He’s, like, ‘Hey, I love the game of football, and there’s a season to get ready for.’”
Witherspoon, whose first phone call after signing his contract went to his mother, credited his teammates for keeping him focused during negotiations.
As for the contract, Witherspoon doesn’t think it has added or relieved any pressure.
“I don’t think it does nothing to me,” Witherspoon said. “I’m going to be me every day. There isn’t nothing going to change about me.”
Witherspoon hopes the money doesn’t change him, either.
“I have a team here and I’m trying to win,” Witherspoon said.
While Witherspoon’s deal took longer to finalize than Smith-Njigba’s, the Seahawks made clear they wanted both players to stay in Seattle.
“These are foundational people to our team,” Macdonald said, “and I’m extremely excited to get that foundation laid where we know Spoon is going to be here for the long haul. We’re also excited for the opportunity to reward him. This is a contract that we feel like he’s earned, and we should celebrate it as well.”
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REPORTS: RB NAJEE HARRIS TO SIGN 1-YEAR DEAL WITH GIANTS
Running back Najee Harris reportedly will be coached by a Harbaugh for a second straight year.
Harris is signing a one-year contract with the New York Giants, multiple media outlets reported on Tuesday.
Financial terms were not disclosed for Harris, who spent last season playing for head coach Jim Harbaugh with the Los Angeles Chargers. Now, he will suit up for head coach John Harbaugh with the Giants.
Harris, 28, worked out for the Giants on Monday, approximately 11 months removed from sustaining an Achilles injury.
He was a first-round draft pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021 and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie. He rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons with the Steelers (2021-24) before making three appearances last season with the Chargers.
Harris has rushed for 4,373 yards and 28 touchdowns and caught 183 passes for 1,174 yards and six scores in 71 career games (68 starts).
“I felt like the hair on the back of my neck stood up when I saw him over there, you know? He’s a big dude,” John Harbaugh said. “He’s not back 100%. He’s not in football shape yet. So, if we are able to do something, it’ll be a process.
“But that would be a guy that has got a lot of experience. He’s a decorated vet. And with those guys, generally, you just have to kind of see where they’re at when you get them. And sometimes it works out great. Sometimes it’s just OK, and other times it doesn’t work out. But based on the workout, I would say we feel like he’s got a shot. We’ll just have to see how it goes.”
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BILLS WR KEON COLEMAN SPORTING WALKING BOOT
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Keon Coleman was spotted wearing a walking boot while sitting out practice on Tuesday, per multiple media outlets.
The severity of the injury was not immediately known for Coleman, who had three receptions for 17 yards and a touchdown during the Bills’ 29-14 preseason victory over the Carolina Panthers on Saturday.
Coleman, 23, has struggled to provide a consistent impact since being selected by the Bills in the second round (33rd overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Former head coach Sean McDermott did not play Coleman in four games last season and he also was fined for tardiness. In 13 regular-season games (six starts), he caught 38 passes for 404 yards and four touchdowns.NFL updates
Coleman has collected 67 catches for 960 yards and eight TDs in 26 games (18 starts).
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JETS COACH: RB BREECE HALL (GROIN) TO BE READY FOR WEEK 1
New York Jets running back Breece Hall is expected to be recovered from his groin injury in time for the season opener, head coach Aaron Glenn said Tuesday.
Glenn told reporters Hall will be out two-to-three weeks and the Jets open the regular season on the road against the Tennessee Titans on Sept. 13.
Hall went down untouched after making a catch on Monday.
Hall, 25, is heading into his fifth season after signing a three-year, $45.75 million contract extension in May.
He has rushed for 3,398 yards and 18 touchdowns in his first four seasons since the Jets selected him in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of Iowa State.NFL updates
Hall ran for a career-high 1,065 yards in 2025, becoming the first Jets player since Chris Ivory in 2015 to surpass the 1,000-yard mark. He also has 188 receptions for 1,642 yards and nine scores in 56 NFL games (50 starts).
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REPORTS: SAINTS RB ALVIN KAMARA SIDELINED BUT AVOIDS SERIOUS KNEE INJURY
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara left Tuesday’s joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys with a knee injury, according to multiple media reports.
He avoided serious injury but is still expected to be sidelined for a few weeks, NewOrleans.football additionally reported.Football news
Kamara, 31, has spent his entire career with the Saints since they drafted him in the third round in 2017, agreeing to a restructured contract to remain with New Orleans this offseason.
He’s the Saints’ all-time leader in rushing yards (7,250) and rushing touchdowns (61).
Kamara made the Pro Bowl in each of his first five seasons but hasn’t made one since 2021. He played a career-low 11 games and ran for a career-low 471 yards and one touchdown last season due to knee and ankle injuries.
With former Jaguars running back Travis Etienne Jr. signing a four-year, $52 million contract with New Orleans in free agency, Kamara is expected to step into a backup role this season.
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CHARGERS C TYLER BIADASZ CARTED OFF FIELD WITH LEG INJURY
Los Angeles Chargers center Tyler Biadasz was carted off the practice field on Tuesday after sustaining a left leg injury during an 11-on-11 drill against the San Francisco 49ers.
Biadasz went to the ground after becoming entangled with 49ers defensive tackle Sebastian Valdez, who fell on his lower body. Team trainers attended to Biadasz for nearly five minutes before helping him to his feet. After he was unable to put weight on the injured leg, Biadasz was taken off the field on a medical cart.
The extent of his injury is unknown.
The 28-year-old signed a three-year, $30 million contract with Los Angeles in March to be the Chargers’ starting center. A veteran of six NFL seasons, Biadasz earned a 2022 Pro Bowl selection with the Dallas Cowboys and was expected to stabilize the youthful offensive line for quarterback Justin Herbert.NFL updates
After being drafted in 2020, Biadasz started all 49 games he played for the Cowboys from 2021-23 and added another 31 starts across two seasons with the Commanders, who released him in February. In more than 900 snaps in each season with Washington, he allowed just four total sacks.
Rookie Jake Slaughter stepped in after Biadasz’s departure on Tuesday. Slaughter, 23, would likely slot in at center should Biadasz be out an extended period.
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COMMISSIONER ROGER GOODELL SAYS ‘NO DOUBT’ THERE EVENTUALLY WILL BE NFL TEAM OUTSIDE U.S.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell recently said in an interview with a German publication that he has “no doubt” that eventually there will be a team in the league that is based outside of the U.S.
“At some point, there will be NFL teams outside the USA,” Goodell said, per ESPN.com. “I have no doubt that this will happen one day.”
Goodell’s comments came during an appearance with German outlet RTL/ntv ahead of a record nine international games this season, including a Week 10 game in Munich between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions.
NFL owners in May passed a resolution to allow an increase to 10 international games beyond the 2026 season, and Goodell has stated in the past that the league’s goal is to play 16 international games.
The NFL’s 2026 international slate begins in Week 1 with the league’s first-ever game in Australia when the San Francisco 49ers face the Los Angeles Rams in Melbourne.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS
REPORT: TEXAS LT TREVOR GOOSBY NURSING BONE BRUISE ON KNEE
Texas star left tackle Trevor Goosby has been diagnosed with a bone bruise on his left knee, ESPN reported on Tuesday.
Per the network, Goosby underwent an MRI after sustaining the injury during Monday’s practice — with the timeline for recovery to be decided in the near future.
The news is crucial given that the 6-foot-7, 325-pound Goosby — who is rated by ESPN as the top offensive tackle prospect — protects the blindside of quarterback Arch Manning.
Goosby was a first-team All-SEC selection in 2025 and started all 13 games for the Longhorns last season.
No. 5 Texas opens this season against Texas State on Sept. 5 in Austin before hosting top-ranked Ohio State the following week.
Wake Forest transfer Melvin Siani could shuffle from right tackle to left to replace Goosby. Siani started all 13 games last season for the Demon Deacons.
“I think we have a really good understanding of who Melvin Siani is right now. … This guy’s a tough ass,” Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. “I’ll be quite frank with everybody. I thought I was getting (mostly) a pass protector when we recruited him. I’m getting a tough-ass run blocker who is a good pass protector, and that’s encouraging for us because clearly we know how important the run game is going to be for us.”
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MAC FOOTBALL
THREE RUNNING BACKS NAMED TO DOAK WALKER PRESEASON WATCHLIST
DALLAS — The Mid-American Conference was represented by three selections on the 2026 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watchlist, as announced by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum on Tuesday. Eastern Michigan’s Braydon Bennett, Central Michigan’s Vaughn Blue and Toledo’s CJ Miller were all recognized as student-athletes to watch for the honor, which is given annually to the nation’s most outstanding running back.
Bennett has totaled 1,962 rushing yards and 25 touchdowns on 325 career carries, averaging 6.04 yards per rush. He has also recorded 77 receptions for 771 yards and four touchdowns.
Bennett enters his first season with the Eagles after joining the program as a transfer from Virginia Tech. He enrolled at EMU for the Winter 2026 semester and appeared in four games for the Hokies in 2025, scoring on a three-yard touchdown run against Wofford.
Prior to spring drills, Blue transferred to Central Michigan from Liberty, where he played three seasons. In his 28-game career at Liberty, Blue rushed for 557 yards on 101 carries with three touchdowns, a long run of 45 yards, and finished with 19 receptions for 188 yards and two touchdowns. He averaged 5.5 yards per carry and scored five total touchdowns in three years.
The PwC SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will name ten semifinalists in November, and three finalists, as voted on by the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee, will also be announced in November. The committee will cast a second vote in December to determine the recipient. The National Selection Committee consists of past recipients, former NFL All-Pro and college All-America running backs, media members and selected special representatives. The recipient of the 2026 Doak Walker Award will be announced live on The Home Depot College Football Awards on December 10, 2026.
#MACtion on 2026 Preseason Watchlists
Maxwell Award
Jordan Gant, Akron
Broc Lowry, Western Michigan
Jalen Buckley, Western Michigan
Outland Trophy
Evan Malcore, Miami
Chad Schuster, Western Michigan
Bronko Nagurski
Bryce Llewellyn, Eastern Michigan
Josh Franklin, Western Michigan
John Mackey Award
Terik Mulder, Kent State
Joshua Long, Eastern Michigan
Rimington Trophy
Nicholas Gallegos, Eastern Michigan
Paul Hornung Award
Keith Reynolds, Miami
Wuerffel Trophy
Caden Britton, Ball State
Stevie Bracey, Buffalo
Angel Flores, Central Michigan
Dennis Strey Jr., Eastern Michigan
Wayne Harris, Kent State
Riley Bloch, UMass
DJ Walker, Ohio
Derek Houston, Sacramento State
Matt Hofer, Toledo
Dakari Frazier, Western Michigan
Lombardi Award
Chad Schuster, Western Michigan
Jim Thorpe Award
DJ Walker, Ohio
Butkus Award
Blayne Myrick, Miami
Ray Guy Award
Pierse Stainton, Miami
Walter Camp Award
Broc Lowry, Western Michigan
Doak Walker Award
Braydon Bennett, Eastern Michigan
Vaughn Blue, Central Michigan
CJ Miller, Toledo
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BASEBALL NEWS
MLB ROUNDUP: BREWERS MATCH CLUB RECORD WITH 22 RUNS, BLANK MARINERS
Christian Yelich, David Hamilton, Jake Bauers and Luis Lara hit home runs for the host Milwaukee Brewers, who tied a franchise record for runs in a game in a 22-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
The Brewers also tied a modern-day record in MLB for the largest margin of victory in a shutout. Yelich’s three-run homer with two outs in the fifth capped off the first big inning for Milwaukee. Hamilton, who went 3-for-5 with a career-high four RBIs, matched Yelich’s feat an inning later. Bauers followed up with a two-run shot later in the frame.
It was the biggest explosion since the Brewers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 22-2 on Aug. 28, 1992. Kyle Harrison (10-3) shined on the mound for the Brewers, punching out eight in five shutout innings. He gave up two hits and walked two.
For Seattle, the 22-run margin surpassed its previous worst defeat, a 21-1 loss to Houston on Sept. 8, 2019. Bryce Miller (4-7) had a stretch of nine straight retired in the middle of his outing but struggled on either side of that, giving up seven hits and six runs (five earned) in 4 2/3 innings. Brendan Donovan and Dominic Canzone each had a double for the Mariners, who only mustered five hits.
Cubs 4, White Sox 3
Alex Bregman went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, including a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning, to boost the host Cubs to a victory against the White Sox.
The Cubs, who got homers from Pete Crow-Arsmtrong and Michael Busch in the first inning, clinched a series win against the American League Central-leading White Sox by winning in their last at-bat for the second straight night. Bregman singled against Trevor Richards (0-1) with two outs in the ninth.
Munetaka Murakami drilled his 29th home run, an opposite-field solo shot, while Colson Montgomery went 3-for-4 and Tristan Peters had two hits and an RBI for the White Sox.
Dodgers 7, Rockies 6
Shohei Ohtani homered, Teoscar Hernandez tripled and doubled and Los Angeles held off a late surge to beat Colorado in Denver.
It was Ohtani’s third home run in the first two games of the series. Tommy Edman doubled twice and Freddie Freeman also had two hits. Tanner Scott, elevated to closer with Edwin Diaz on the injured list, picked up his 17th save. Catcher Hunter Feduccia left the game in the seventh due to a reported illness.
Willi Castro homered and scored three runs and TJ Rumfield and Jake McCarthy had two hits for each Colorado, which has dropped its first two games following a 5-4 road trip.
Yankees 3, Orioles 1
Trent Grisham homered and later hit a tiebreaking two-run single to carry New York past host Baltimore in the opener of a three-game series.
George Lombard Jr. joined Grisham with two hits for a lineup that managed only five and struck out 14 times. Yerry De los Santos (1-0) picked up the victory with two shutout innings in relief. Yankees starter Carlos Rodon, coming off the injury list for his first big league appearance since June 28, lasted four innings and gave up one run on two hits.
Coby Mayo homered for the Orioles, who stranded eight runners, going 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Shane Baz (4-13) was tagged with the loss despite striking out a season-best 10 batters in 6 1/3 innings. He allowed four hits and was charged with all three runs. Baltimore has lost the last six games in which Baz has pitched.
Blue Jays 10, Rays 5
Alejandro Kirk produced three hits, a home run and three RBIs and Jose Soriano threw 5 2/3 solid innings to help Toronto earn a victory over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Kazuma Okamoto and Josh Smith also homered, while George Springer and Ernie Clement both finished with three hits for the Blue Jays, whose 17 hits were their second-most in a game this season. Soriano (10-6) earned his first win since being shipped from the Los Angeles Angels at the trade deadline. He yielded three runs on nine hits while striking two for Toronto, which won its sixth game in eight tries.
Nick Martinez (12-4) started for the Rays and allowed six runs on nine hits across 3 2/3 innings. He also struck out five and walked two. Taylor Walls drove in two runs for Tampa Bay, which has dropped four of its last five.
Padres 5, Mets 2
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered twice and Robbie Ray tossed six solid innings for visiting San Diego, which beat New York in the middle game of a three-game series.
Tatis also saved a grand slam, robbing Francisco Lindor with a leaping catch at the right field wall. Manny Machado homered and Ty France had an RBI single. Ray (11-7) surrendered one run on three hits. Mason Miller (31st save) tossed a 1-2-3 ninth.
Luis Torrens and Luis Robert Jr. homered for the Mets, whose four-game winning streak was snapped. Torrens and Bo Bichette finished with two hits each. Mets rookie Zac Thornton (3-4) took the loss after allowing three runs on six hits over five innings.
Guardians 8, Giants 1
Trade deadline acquisition Jo Adell belted a mammoth three-run homer and had a career-high six RBIs in the first four innings, leading Cleveland past visiting San Francisco.
Adell launched a 455-foot home run in the first against Carson Whisenhunt (3-4), giving Cleveland a 3-0 lead. The 27-year-old outfielder tacked on a two-run single in the second, plating Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez for the second time apiece, then singled home Brayan Rocchio in the fourth to extend the advantage to 6-1.
National League All-Star Foster Griffin (14-4) worked six strong innings for Cleveland, allowing a solo homer to Bryce Eldridge and five total hits. The left-hander struck out six and walked two, winning his second straight start.
Phillies 6, Marlins 4
Alec Bohm and Bryson Stott each drove in two runs to guide Philadelphia to a victory over visiting Miami.
Philadelphia won its fifth straight despite a subpar outing from Zack Wheeler, who walked four in five innings while allowing two runs and two hits with seven strikeouts. Luis Arraez (three hits) and Justin Crawford (two hits, RBI) also made key contributions.
Griffin Conine had two hits, including a homer, and scored twice for Miami. The Marlins, who used six pitchers in a planned bullpen game, have dropped four of their last six.
Pirates 4, Tigers 1
Braxton Ashcraft gave up one run over eight innings and Oneil Cruz homered in his return to the lineup to help host Pittsburgh secure a victory over Detroit.
Ashcraft (13-5) struck out four, did not issue a walk and gave up five hits on an efficient 80 pitches to help the Pirates lock up a needed win. Ashcraft’s gem followed his one-run, complete-game masterpiece last Thursday against the Marlins.
The only blemish on Ashcraft’s start came in the fifth when rookie Brett Callahan hit his first major league home run — a 393-foot blast to right field — to break a scoreless stalemate. Callahan had two of the Tigers’ five hits.
Red Sox 9, Diamondbacks 4
Adley Rutschman and Mickey Gasper each hit a solo home run to help Boston defeat the visiting Arizona. Rutschman went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Gasper collected two hits and two walks and drove in two runs.
The Red Sox had 13 hits in the game and have scored 20 runs while winning the first two games in the three-game series. Rutschman’s home run in the third inning was his ninth of the season, but his first since the Baltimore Orioles traded him to the Red Sox on Aug. 3.
Gabriel Moreno hit a grand slam off Ranger Suarez in the third inning for the Diamondbacks, who have lost their last three games. Arizona’s Ketel Marte missed his second straight game. He traveled to Phoenix to get an MRI exam on his balky left knee one day after failing to report to Fenway Park.
Twins 4, Braves 1
Josh Bell went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs, and Minnesota pulled away for the win over Atlanta in Minneapolis.
Ryan Jeffers finished 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs for Minnesota, which won the second straight game in the series. Twins closer Yoendrys Gomez pitched a scoreless ninth for his 19th save of the season and his second save in as many nights.
Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a solo home run to lead Atlanta at the plate. Michael Harris II was 3-for-4 with two doubles, which marked the Braves’ only other extra-base hits.
Rangers 5, Nationals 0
Cal Quantrill pitched seven strong innings, Justin Foscue homered and Texas opened a six-game homestand with a win over Washington in Arlington.
Corey Seager had a double and a single, and Wyatt Langford had two hits, a walk and two runs scored for the Rangers, who were coming off a disappointing 2-5 road trip. Quantrill (5-4) gave up four hits and struck out five without a walk.
CJ Abrams had a double and a single for the Nationals, who were shut out for just the fourth time this season. Jackson Kent (0-1) made his second major league start for Washington and gave up five runs on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. Washington has lost four straight and six of seven.
Angels 3, Astros 1
George Klassen twirled a career-best seven shutout innings in his fifth career start, and visiting Los Angeles recorded two-out RBIs in three successive innings to defeat Houston.
Klassen (2-1) surrendered four baserunners — one hit and three walks — and recorded a career-best seven strikeouts. Josh Lowe belted a solo shot, Zach Neto hit an RBI double Nolan Schanuel added an RBI single.
Cam Smith ended the Angels’ shutout bid with a homer, his 17th, leading off the eighth against reliever Jose Fermin. Astros starter Cristian Javier (1-4) gave up two runs on five hits in four innings.
Cardinals 3, Reds 0
Masyn Winn homered, doubled twice and scored twice, Kyle Leahy tossed five shutout innings as visiting St. Louis blanked Cincinnati.
Leahy (10-4) only allowed three singles to win his third straight start. Riley O’Brien picked up his 32nd save in 37 chances as the bullpen only allowed one baserunner in four innings. Jose Fermin and Joshua Baez drove in the other Cardinal runs.
Reds starter Andrew Abbott (6-8) managed to work into the seventh inning, allowing two runs on four hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Royals 4, Athletics 3
Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the game-winning single in the ninth inning as Kansas City rallied for three in the frame against the visiting Athletics.
The Royals had the bases loaded in the eighth when Tyler Tolbert appeared to go too far on a check swing, but it was ruled a ball by first-base umpire Alex Tosi. Tolbert then delivered a pinch-hit single that drove in Rave and Massey to tie it 3-3. Later in the inning, Elvis Alvarado gave up a two-out bloop single to Witt that allowed Jensen to come home for the winning run.
Jeff McNeil had two hits and an RBI for the A’s, who have lost six of their last eight games. Manager Mark Kotsay was ejected for arguing the call on Tolbert.
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GOLF NEWS
REPORTS: LIV CUTS FINALE PRIZE MONEY; PLAYERS STILL OWED PAYMENTS
LIV Golf slashed the prize pool for this week’s season-ending event in Indianapolis as some players are still awaiting payments from the previous tournament, according to multiple reports Tuesday.
Players reportedly will be competing for a lot less money than originally planned starting Thursday at The Club at Chatham Hills in Westfield, Ind.Football news
Instead of a $20 million purse for the individual competition, Bunkered reported that only $10.1 million will now be up for grabs with $2.02 million going to the winner instead of the standard $4 million.
This week’s tournament will also serve as the season-ending team championship, with LIV Golf confirming Monday that it had canceled the originally scheduled Aug. 27-30 team championship in Michigan.
According to Golf.com, teams will compete for a $30 million prize pool, down from $50 million in 2025. The winning team’s bonus was reduced from $11.2 million to $8.4 million, per the report.
Some players still haven’t been paid from the last tournament, LIV Golf New York, which ended on Aug. 9, the Sports Business Journal reported. Golfers typically receive their winnings on the Tuesday or Wednesday after completion of an event.
One source told the Sports Business Journal that some players may choose not to compete in Indianapolis because of the lack of payment to date.
LIV Golf declined to comment on Tuesday’s various reports. CEO Scott O’Neil is scheduled to provide a league update in a press conference on Wednesday.
No pre-tournament player press conferences have been announced so far. LIV Golf typically makes players from at least two teams available ahead of each event.
LIV Golf has been seeking alternative financial resources since Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund announced in April that it would no longer fund the tour after this season.
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NASCAR
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI TO REMAIN NASCAR’S SEASON-ENDER IN 2027
Homestead-Miami Speedway will host the NASCAR Cup Series and two other season-finale races for the second consecutive year in November 2027, NASCAR announced on Tuesday.
The 1.5-mile oval in Homestead, Fla. — the site of championship weekend for this coming Nov. 6-8 — will also be the site for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series decider on Nov. 12, 2027, the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series finale on Nov. 13 and the Cup Series race on Nov. 14.
The track, which first hosted a Cup Series race in 1999, was the site of the three series finales from 2002-19. Phoenix Raceway was the site from 2020-25 but will now be the penultimate race on the schedule, one week earlier.
Homestead-Miami hosted races in either the spring or during the playoffs when Phoenix served as the season finale. Kyle Larson most recently won there in March 2025.
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BIG 10 COLLEGE SOCCER
WASHINGTON TABBED AS BIG TEN MEN’S SOCCER PRESEASON FAVORITE
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Washington Huskies have been selected as the favorite to win the 2026 Big Ten Conference crown, according to a vote of the league’s head coaches released on Tuesday.
The reigning NCAA champions and the No. 1 ranked team in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll, Washington claimed seven first place votes and two second place nods to take the top spot.
Maryland finished second, just ahead of Indiana, while 2025 Big Ten Tournament champion, UCLA, and tournament runner-up, Michigan, placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
The conference also unveiled the 2026 Big Ten Players to Watch List on Tuesday, as selected by the league’s coaches. Included in the list are nine student-athletes who earned All-Big Ten recognition in 2025. Among them are six First Team honorees, including Goalkeeper of the Year Laurin Mack from Maryland, and Freshman of the Year Peter Soudan from Michigan State.
The 2026 Big Ten Men’s Soccer season kicks off on Thursday, with all 11 teams in action.
The complete 2026 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll and Players to Watch List can be found below.
2026 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll
Washington
Maryland
Indiana
UCLA
Michigan
Ohio State
Rutgers
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Michigan State
Penn State
2026 Big Ten Men’s Soccer Players to Watch
Josh Maher, Jr., D, Indiana
Stephane Njike, Jr., F, Indiana
Collins Oduro, Sr., F, Indiana
Leon Koehl, Sr., M, Maryland
Laurin Mack, Jr., GK, Maryland
Albi Ndrenika, Grad., M, Maryland
Will Baker, Sr., D, Michigan
Grayson Elmquist, Sr., F, Michigan
Nico Pendleton, Grad., M, Michigan
Miles Merritt, Sr., M, Michigan State
Brandon Munson, Jr., D, Michigan State
Peter Soudan, Soph., M, Michigan State
Andrew Millar, Grad., M, Northwestern
Aaron O’Reilly, So., F, Northwestern
Fritz Volmar, Sr., D, Northwestern
Isaiah Chisolm, Sr., F, Ohio State
Andre Roberts, Sr., M, Ohio State
Martin Wurschmidt, Jr., D, Ohio State
Joe Buckley, So., D, Penn State
Noah Förster, Jr., D, Penn State
Daniel Peluffo-Wiese, Fr., GK, Penn State
Nick Collins, Sr., D, Rutgers
Amer Lukovic, Grad., M, Rutgers
Rafa Ponce de Leon, Grad., GK, Rutgers
Philip Naef, Sr., M, UCLA
Oliver Roche, Sr., F, UCLA
Tre Wright, Sr., D, UCLA
Harrison Bertos, Sr., D, Washington
Alex Hall, Jr., M, Washington
Zach Ramsey, Jr., M, Washington
Ellis Jones, Sr., D, Wisconsin
Luke van Heukelum, Sr., F, Wisconsin
Matthew Zachemski, Jr., M, Wisconsin
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TOP INDIANA SPORTS HEADLINES
COLTS FOOTBALL
WESTFIELD, Ind. – The Indianapolis Colts today signed free agents tackle Roy Mbaeteka, tight end Tyler Moore and tackle Trey Wedig. The team also placed tight end Carson Towt on the Injured Reserve list and waived wide receiver E.J. Horton Jr. and tackle Bayron Matos. Mbaeteka has been designated as Exempt/International Player.
Mbaeteka, 6-8, 330 pounds, has spent time with the Miami Dolphins (2025), Arizona Cardinals (2025), Cleveland Browns (2024-25), Chicago Bears (2023) and Giants (2022). In 2025, he spent time on the practice squads of Miami and Arizona. Mbaeteka is a native of Benin City, Nigeria. His last name is pronounced Mm-BET-ik-UH.
Moore, 6-5, 255 pounds, most recently participated in training camp with the New York Giants in 2026. He was originally signed by the Giants as an undrafted free agent on July 28, 2026. Collegiately, Moore played in 45 career games (12 starts) at Iowa State (2021-25) and compiled 21 receptions for 245 yards (11.7 avg.) and two touchdowns.
Wedig, 6-6, 310 pounds, spent time on the Arizona Cardinals’ practice squad last season. He participated in the Los Angeles Rams’ 2025 offseason program and training camp. Wedig was originally signed by the Rams as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2025. Collegiately, he spent one season (2024) at Indiana where he started all 13 games. Prior to Indiana, Wedig saw action in 35 games (eight starts) in four seasons (2020-23) at Wisconsin. Over his career, he registered starts at right tackle (18), right guard (two) and left guard (one). His last name is pronounced WEH-dig.
Towt, 6-7, 250 pounds, was signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent on March 17, 2026. Collegiately, he was a forward on the basketball teams at Notre Dame (2025-26) and Northern Arizona (2019-25). Towt started 151-of-154 career games and averaged 9.0 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game. He finished his career with 1,383 points, 1,357 rebounds, 420 assists, 105 steals and 56 blocks. At Northern Arizona in 2025, Towt garnered Second Team All-Big Sky honors and was a unanimous Big Sky All-Defensive Team choice.
Horton Jr., 6-0, 183 pounds, was signed by Indianapolis as an undrafted free agent on May 7, 2026. Collegiately, he appeared in 41 career games (15 starts) at Purdue (2025), FAU (2024), West Virginia (2023) and Marshall (2020-22) and totaled 53 receptions for 735 yards (13.9 avg.) and four touchdowns. Horton Jr. also registered six carries for 45 yards (7.5 avg.).
Matos, 6-7, 334 pounds, was originally signed to the Colts’ practice squad on October 14, 2025. He participated in the Dolphins’ 2025 offseason program and training camp. A native of the Dominican Republic, Matos spent the entire 2024 season on the Miami practice squad as part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway Program. He originally signed with the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent on May 10, 2024.
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INDIANA FEVER
TORONTO (Aug. 18, 2026) — The Indiana Fever (24-12), in their first-ever visit to the Toronto Tempo, earned a 101-95 road result, marking the team’s fifth-consecutive victory. Kelsey Mitchell and Caitlin Clark made league history, setting a new record for most 20+ point games by a duo in a single season, while Mitchell matched a league record for most consecutive 20+ point games, with her streak now at 20 games. Mitchell becomes the first player in league history to hit the mark in a single-season.
Powered by 16 points from Mitchell, the Fever took a double-digit lead in the first quarter. Nine points from Clark and eight from Boston helped the Fever stay in front, up 57-49 at the halftime break.
The Fever extended their lead to a 12-point advantage, helped by nine consecutive points, including two three pointers from Mitchell to close out the third quarter. The Tempo closed within four points in the fourth quarter, but the Fever held on and were able to withstand Toronto’s attempt at a comeback, resulting in the six-point win.
Indiana Fever Notes:
Kelsey Mitchell scored 20+ points for the 20th consecutive game, tying the league record for the longest overall 20+ point scoring streak in the history of the WNBA, matching A’ja Wilson. Mitchell already owns the longest 20+ point scoring streak in a single season, extending her lead to 20 games.
With 29 points, Kelsey Mitchell earned her 28th 20+ point scoring performance of the season, tying Arike Ogunbowale for the third most in a single season in league history.
Additionally, Kelsey Mitchell’s 20+ performance marks the 138th of her career, tying Tamika Catchings for the most in franchise history and the 11th most in WNBA history.
Kelsey Mitchell recorded her 51st consecutive double-digit scoring performance, extending her lead for the longest streak in franchise history, while tying Liz Cambage for the 12th longest in WNBA history.
Caitlin Clark recorded her sixth consecutive game with 20+ points and 5+ assists, tying her own record for the longest of said streak in WNBA history.
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each scored 20+ points for the 16th time this season, surpassing Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter for the most in a single season in WNBA history.
The win marked the team’s 24th of the season, tying a franchise record for most wins in a single season in franchise history. The original record was set in 2025, a record which took the team 43 games to reach, this year’s team did so in 36 games.
The team scored 100+ points for the 16th game this season, extending their lead for the most in a single season in league history. In the franchise’s previous 26 seasons, the Indiana Fever had only recorded 18 100+ point games, now just two games shy of doubling that number in a single season.
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INDIANAPOLIS (Aug. 18, 2026) — Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Week 12 of the 2026 WNBA season, it was announced today.
Clark scored a cumulative 77 points this past week across three games, the most points scored by any player in the WNBA over the span. Averaging 25.7 points per game, Clark had the second highest points per game average within the league. Meanwhile, Clark’s 29 total assists and 9.7 assists per game both led the league throughout the week.
On Aug. 11, Clark scored 22 points and recorded 10 assists to help lead Indiana to a 106-92 win over the New York Liberty. Clark then followed up her performance with another double-double, this time with 29 points and 10 assists in the team’s win over the Dallas Wings. Finally, against the Atlanta Dream, Clark helped the Fever earn a critical win with 29 points and nine assists.
This is the seventh time in her career Clark has won Player of the Week, and her fourth win of the season. With her selection, Clark becomes the second Indiana Fever player to earn four Player of the Week honors in a single season, joining Tamika Catchings who did so in 2012 en route to the team’s WNBA Championship.
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INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Indians struck out a season-high-tying 16 batters and out-hit the Louisville Bats, 8-6, but the Bats posted a three-run ninth inning to secure the first game of the series, 6-3, on Tuesday night at Victory Field.
Duce Gourson gave the Indians (28-18, 59-62) a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, dropping a ball in front of the left fielder for an RBI double. Louisville (16-30, 55-64) responded immediately, as former Indians outfielder Michael Chavis led off the second inning with a solo shot to tie the contest, 1-1.
The two clubs were quiet until the fourth, when P.J. Higgins hit a two-RBI single off Brandon Neeck (L, 2-2) to extend Louisville’s lead, 3-1. Indy handed the ball to Cy Nielson for the last out of the frame, and he blanked the Bats with 2.1 scoreless relief innings, striking out five and allowing just one hit.
Back-to-back doubles by Jack Brannigan and Joshua Palacios brought Indianapolis within one run in the bottom of the sixth, 3-2.
In the top of the ninth, right-hander Evan Sisk got Will Benson to pop out, but allowed the next three batters to reach base. With the bases loaded, Leo Balcazar unleashed his first Triple-A triple to bring all three runners home and make it a 6-2 ballgame.
Nick Cimillo cut the deficit in half, 6-3, with a one-out RBI double in the bottom of the ninth. Bats’ Hunter Parks struck out the final two batters to cut Indianapolis’ rally short. Johnathan Harmon (W, 1-1) pitched three innings in relief and took the win.
The Indians and the Bats continue their six-game series on Wednesday night at 6:35 PM. RHP Jared Lyons (1-4, 5.06) is projected to start for Louisville against Indianapolis’ RHP Thomas Harrington (1-6, 6.00).
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INDIANA MEN’S SOCCER
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Four members of the Indiana men’s soccer team received preseason praise Tuesday (Aug. 18), as the Big Ten announced its Players to Watch list, and Top Drawer Soccer unveiled its preseason Top 100 player rankings.
Transfer forward Stephane Njike and returners Josh Maher and Collins Oduro featured in the Big Ten watch list. The conference also announced its preseason coaches poll, with Indiana landing at No. 3 behind reigning NCAA Champion Washington and defending Big Ten Champion Maryland.
Njike ranked No. 6 on the Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 list a day after seeing his name in the Top Drawer Soccer first-team Best XI. Oduro came in at No. 57, an improvement from his 2025 postseason ranking by 27 places (No. 84). Transfer forward Oliver Moller-Jensen ranked No. 85.
Njike and Moller-Jensen highlight Indiana’s eight-player transfer class, which Top Drawer Soccer ranked No. 1 nationally in June. The two players combined for 13 goals and 13 assists last season at their previous stops. This summer, they joined forces in USL League Two, helping the Flint City Bucks reach the cup final.
Maher and Oduro represent IU’s foundation of returning players. Maher will serve as a co-captain in his third year, following the example set by brothers Jack (2019) and Joey (2023). Oduro is Indiana’s most productive returner to date, recording 12 goals and 13 assists over the previous three seasons.
Indiana kicks off its 2026 season Thursday (Aug. 20) at 8 p.m. ET, hosting Notre Dame on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana men’s soccer opens its 54th season Thursday (Aug. 18) with a familiar opponent, hosting Notre Dame on Jerry Yeagley Field at Bill Armstrong Stadium.
Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET, and tickets are on sale here. IU staff, faculty and students get in free with a valid Crimson Card ID. Fans unable to attend can watch the match via the B1G+ digital platform.
KICKING OFF
• Indiana hopes to attract a crowd similar to its 2025 opener, as 6,395 attended the top-15 matchup with Clemson, marking the third-largest crowd in program history.
• IU reloaded in the offseason, welcoming the nation’s top-ranked transfer class according to Top Drawer Soccer. Indiana brought in eight transfers between the December and May windows, picking up a class with proven production and NCAA Tournament experience.
• Stephane Njike was perhaps the most well-known name of IU’s transfer pick-ups after a first-team All-Big Ten season for Maryland last season. The third-year player was one of three forwards featured in the Top Drawer Soccer first-team Preseason Best XI this week.
• Returner and third-year forward Easton Bogard enters the season in fine form. After recording eight goals this summer in USL League Two, Bogard scored four goals in Indiana’s two preseason matches.
ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
• Notre Dame made its 25th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2025, closing its season in the second round with a 1-0 defeat to No. 14 national seed Akron. The Fighting Irish finished with a 9-7-4 record, 3-3-2 in ACC play.
• Head coach Chad Riley leads Notre Dame in his eighth season with the program. Riley boasts an 80-51-26 record in South Bend and a 131-77-40 career head coaching record.
• Senior Nolan Spicer earned a place in the ACC Preseason Watch List. The ACC coaches ranked Notre Dame No. 8 in the conference preseason poll.
• Spicer also ranked No. 54 in the Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 player ranking. Goalkeeper Blake Kelly followed at No. 97.
SERIES HISTORY
• Indiana’s first-ever varsity match was a 5-1 victory in South Bend. The Hoosiers then won 11 straight matchups to kick off a series set to renew for the 51st time Thursday night.
• More recently, the two teams have met in 24 of the last 25 seasons, only missing the unique 2020-21 campaign due to IU’s conference-only schedule. In that span, the programs have met 28 times.
• The Hoosiers boast a dominant 34-10-6 record in the all-time series and have not suffered a straight defeat in their last 10 matches (6-0-4) against the Fighting Irish, each decided by one goal or a draw. It took a penalty shootout for the Fighting Irish to push past IU in the 2023 NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal matchup after the two teams drew 1-1 through 110 minutes.
• IU advanced to the 2018 College Cup with a 1-0 quarterfinal victory against Notre Dame. A crowd of 5,613 – Indiana’s sixth-best crowd all-time – watched as Austin Panchot scored a 64th-minute winner to send the Hoosiers through to the final four.
• Indiana and Notre Dame have met six times in season openers, but Thursday’s marks just the second in Bloomington and first since 1974. The Hoosiers hold a 4-0-2 mark in such matchups. In 2021, Ben Yeagley delivered a 92nd-minute golden goal to lead IU to the 3-2 victory.
• Collins Oduro represented the difference in last season’s 1-0 victory at South Bend. The senior has scored twice in his career against the Irish, having recorded his first-career goal in the 2023 season opener at Notre Dame.
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PURDUE FOOTBALL
DALLAS – One of the newest Purdue Boilermakers, sophomore Fame Ijeboi, was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List on Tuesday (Aug. 18). Heading into his first season in West Lafayette, Ijeboi landed on the watch list for the trophy awarded to the nation’s most outstanding running back.
It has become an annual tradition for a Boilermaker to be included in the Doak Walker Award Watch List. Legendary running back Devin Mockobee was on the watch list for the past three seasons before ending his career as on the greatest backs in program history. With Mockobee’s graduation, Ijeboi joins a running back room where the starting spot is up for grabs.
Ijeboi began his college career at Minnesota, spending two seasons with the Golden Gophers before making the move to Purdue. As a redshirt freshman last year, he played in 11 games and rushed for 441 yards to go along with three touchdowns (two rushing, one receiving). The Folcroft, Pennsylvania, native recorded a season-high 17 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown versus Michigan State.
Ijeboi and the Boilermakers begin the 2026 campaign on a Friday night under the lights. Purdue hosts Indiana State at Ross-Ade Stadium with kickoff set for 7 p.m. ET (Sept. 4).
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PURDUE MEN’S GOLF
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A standout summer for Sam Easterbrook ended Tuesday when the R & A announced that he was selected for the 52nd edition of the Walker Cup, amateur golf’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup.
Easterbrook, a native of Tomworth, England, is one of 10 players selected to the Great Britian and Ireland side to square off against the United States in match-play format. The event will be contested at the Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland on Sept. 5 and 6.
“I am completely honored and humbled for inclusion in this year’s Walker Cup. Growing up in England, this is something you dream of. It’s the pinnacle of amateur golf,” Easterbrook said. “I would like to thank captain Dean Robertson for the selection and my coaches and teammates here at Purdue for their support. I look forward to representing the Great Britain and Ireland squad with pride, and am excited to work with my teammates to bring back the Walker Cup trophy to our side.”
“Obviously, we are so excited for Sam and are very proud of the work he has put in to get selected. When you get the chance to represent your country on the international stage, it always means something significant,” Purdue head coach Andrew Sapp. “The Walker Cup has been a goal of his for a long time and this will be an amazing opportunity and experience for him. He has had a fantastic spring and summer of competition and this selection is extremely well-deserved.”
Easterbrook becomes the first Purdue golfer to represent Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup, and only the third Boilermaker to compete in the event, joining Bill Hoffer (1983) and Joe Campbell (1957).
Easterbrook is the only one to be a current Boilermaker at the time of inclusion.
He will be joined on the team by Stuart Grehan (Eastern Michigan alum; No. 24), Connor Graham (Texas Tech; No. 25), Eliot Baker (No school; No. 16), Luke Poulter (Florida; No. 6), Niall Sheils Donegan (North Carolina; No. 18), Tyler Weaver (Florida State; No. 2), Ben Bolton (No school; No. 92), Josh Hill (Tennessee; No. 96) and Jack Whaley (Florida State; No. 90).
The United States squad consists of Preston Stout (Oklahoma State; No. 1), Tyler Watts (Tennessee; No. 3), Ethan Fang (Oklahoma State; No. 4), Miles Russell (Florida State commit; No. 4), Kihei Akina (BYU; No. 11), Ryder Cowan (Oklahoma; No. 8), Josiah Gilbert (Auburn; No. 7), Stewart Hagestad (USC alum; No. 28), William Jennings (Alabama; No. 6) and Jay Leng Jr. (Stanford, No. 23)
Easterbrook has had an outstanding summer, mostly in Europe. Easterbrook narrowly missed qualifying for The Open Championship twice, losing in a playoff in final qualifying, then finishing fourth out of 12 players in the “last-chance” qualifier at Birkdale. He also reached the quarterfinals of The Amateur Championship and the South of Ireland Men’s Amateur Open Championship. He was a participant in the European Amateur Team Championship for team England.
He qualified for the U.S. Amateur via being a top-100 point leader in the WAGR (World Amateur Golf Rankings) as of June 24, but missed out on qualifying for the match-play portion by one shot.
Outside of his finish in the U.S. Amateur, Easterbrook’s lowest finish in his last nine events is a 20th-place showing at the European Amateur Championship, via official WAGR events.
One of Purdue’s best golfers in school history, Easterbrook’s name is littered throughout the record books.
Single-Season Record Book
— Stroke Average: 2nd – 70.72 (2025-26); 9th – 71.77 (2024-25)
— Stroke Average by a freshman: 7th – 73.36 (2023-24)
— Total Related to Par: 2nd – 26-under par (2025-26)
— Top-5 Finishes: 5th – 4 (2025-26)
— Top-10 Finishes: 2nd – 7 (2025-26); 7th – 6 (2024-25)
— Top-20 Finishes: 3rd – 9 (2025-26)
— Rounds in the 60s: 3rd – 11 (2025-26); 3rd – 11 (2024-25)
— Rounds of even-par or better: 1st – 26 (2025-26); 5th – 19 (2024-25)
— Rounds of 75 or better: 1st – 36 (2025-26); 6th – 33 (2024-25)
— Birdies: 1st – 147 (2025-26); 2nd – 140 (2024-25)
Career Record Book
— Stroke Average: 2nd – 71.87 (2024-pres.)
— Total Related to Par: 2nd – 62-over par (2024-pres.)
— Top-5 Finishes: 6th – 8 (2024-pres.)
— Top-10 Finishes: 5th – 16 (2024-pres.)
— Top-20 Finishes: 8th – 20 (2024-pres.)
— Rounds in the 60s: 2nd – 27 (2024-pres.)
— Rounds of even-par or better: 2nd – 59 (2024-pres.)
— Rounds of 75 or better: 9th – 94 (2024-pres.)
Tournament Record Book
— Lowest 54-hole score: 3rd – 201 (Puerto Rico Classic; Feb. 2025)
— Lowest 54-hole score: 13th – 204 (Island Resort Intercollegiate; Sept. 2025)
— Lowest 54-hole score (rel. to par): 2nd – 15-under par (Puerto Rico Classic; Feb. 2025)
— Lowest 54-hole score (rel. to par): 10th – 12-under par (Island Resort Intercollegiate; Sept. 2025)
Last spring, he narrowly missed a spot on the All-NCAA Championships Team after placing 16th at the NCAA Championships at 5-under par 283 (72-73-68-70). He became the second player in Purdue history to finish in the top nine at both the Big Ten Championships and NCAA Regionals in the same season. Since the end of the spring season, Easterbrook has jumped 50 spots in the official WAGR.
During Easterbrook’s last 16 rounds of competition at Purdue, he recorded 12 rounds of even-par or better.
Easterbrook has seen his scoring average dwindle every year since his arrival at Purdue, from 73.36 as a freshman in 2023-24, to 71.77 as a sophomore, to 70.72 as a junior last year.
The Walker Cup features 26 matches between the two sides. Saturday morning has four foursomes (alternate-shot) with eight singles matches during the afternoon. On Sunday, the competition highlights four more alternate-shot foursomes with the afternoon session featuring singles matches for all 10 competitors on each side. Great Britain and Ireland need 13.5 points to win the Walker Cup, while the United States needs 13 points to retain it.
Great Britain and Ireland have not won the Walker Cup since 2015.
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NOTRE DAME MEN’S SOCCER
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – As the 2026 season opens up this week, McFarland Family Men’s Head Soccer Coach Chad Riley announced that senior midfielder Nolan Spicer, junior goalkeeper Blake Kelly, and senior midfielder Leo Brummell will serve as captains of the 2026 Notre Dame men’s soccer program this year.
“We are excited to have Nolan, Blake and Leo serve as captains for our team this season,” said Riley. “Each of them has earned the respect of their teammates through the way they compete, prepare and carry themselves every day. They care deeply about Notre Dame, about our program and, most importantly, about their teammates. We have great confidence in their ability to lead this group and help us continue to grow throughout the season.”
Spicer was a 2025 All-ACC Third Team honoree as the midfielder led the Irish in assists with seven (career high) and was tied for seventh in the ACC in total assists last season. He was also second on the team in points (11) off two goals and seven assists.
Kelly started in all 20 matches for the Irish last season where he totaled 71 saves, allowing 25 goals for a .740 save percentage on the season. He finished the season with six clean sheets and recorded five or more saves in seven matches.
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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State University’s fall semester started Tuesday, with Sycamore women’s basketball inching closer to returning to the court for preseason workouts. 13 new faces joining Marc Mitchell’s squad for the upcoming 2026-27 season, which will begin November 2 at Northern Illinois.
The 13-athlete class, which was announced on the Sycamores social media channels throughout the signing period, consists of one freshman, seven junior college transfers and five four-year college transfers. 10 different states – Alabama, Arizona, California, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Texas and Wisconsin – are represented in the signing class, which includes seven guards and three forwards.
Information on each of Indiana State’s newcomers can be found below, while full year-by-year bios are also linked and can be found online at GoSycamores.com.
SAROIYA AJOMALE
Forward // 6-0 // Las Vegas, Nev. / Centennial / College of Southern Nevada
Ajomale was a two-time First Team All-ACCAA selection at the College of Southern Nevada, earning Player of the Year honors in 2024-25. She was a WBCA and NJCAA All-American in the 2024-25 campaign and comes to Terre Haute after averaging 20.3 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.2 blocks per game over her two seasons at CSN. Ajomale led the conference in scoring in 2025-26 with a program single-season record 20.7 points per game, ranking sixth in the NJCAA in scoring, while ranking in the top three on the team in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. She also led the league in scoring during her 2024-25 All-America campaign with 19.8 points per contest, while adding team-high marks in steals and blocks. Her 615 points in the 2024-25 season are the most in a single season in College of Southern Nevada history. Ajomale tallied six double-doubles in her CSN career while scoring 20-plus points on 30 occasions with nine 30-point games. For her career, she scored in double-figures 55 times, pulled down five or more rebounds in 43 games, dished out three or more assists in 21 games, tallied multiple steals in 31 games and had multiple blocks in 20 games.
EANAE DAGONS
Guard // 5-4 // Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Vista / Eastern Arizona College
Dagons was a 2024-25 Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American at Eastern Arizona College, and was the starting point guard on Eastern Arizona’s 2026 NJCAA National Championship-winning team. An all-region selection in each of her two seasons at Eastern Arizona, she was named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team for her role in Eastern Arizona’s championship run. Despite her size, Dagons pulled down a team-leading 5.0 rebounds per game last season and was also second on the team in both scoring and assists at 10.2 points and 3.0 assists per game. Dagons shot better than 43 percent from the field in each of her two seasons at Eastern Arizona, and she was active on the defensive side with multiple steals in 37 games. As a freshman, she added 8.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, all marks which ranked second on the team. Dagons scored in double-figures 36 times, pulled down five or more rebounds in 40 games, dished out three or more assists in 42 games and tallied multiple steals in 37 games while at Eastern Arizona. She ranked in the top 10 in the ACCAC in assists and steals in each of the last two seasons. Dagons also showed an ability to shoot from distance, with multiple treys in 14 games.
ZOË DISPENNETTE
Guard // 5-11 // Milwaukee, Wis. / St. Thomas More
Dispennette is the first freshman signee of the Marc Mitchell era and will be the first freshman to suit up for the Sycamores since the 2023-24 season. An Honorable Mention Wisconsin Division 3 All-State selection in 2025-26, Dispennette scored more than 1,200 points in her career and knocked down more than 170 threes while shooting nearly 32 percent from distance. Dispennette also averaged more than four rebounds per game to go along with 1.8 assists and 1.7 steals per game. She averaged double-digit scoring each of the last three seasons, including 14.2 points per game in 2025-26 on her way to first team all-conference honors.
KARSEN MARSHALL
Guard // 5-10 // Ontario, Calif. / Ontario Christian / Mt. San Jacinto College
Marshall was the 2025-26 Inland Empire Athletic Conference Player of the Year after leading all California junior college athletes in scoring at 22.8 points per game. She also added 7.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 3.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Marshall led the state in field goals with 252 and was sixth among California junior college players with 87 treys last season, converting from behind the arc at a 33.6 percent clip. Marshall scored in double-figures 27 times last season, including 18 games with 20-plus points and five with 30-plus points. She pulled down five or more rebounds in 21 games, dished out three or more assists in 15 games, recorded multiple steals in 23 games and tallied multiple blocks in seven games. Marshall started her career at Cal State Northridge, appearing in 20 games for the Matadors during the 2024-25 season with a pair of starts. She averaged 4.4 points and 1.6 rebounds per game at CSUN, scoring in double-figures twice and pulling down five or more rebounds twice. Marshall also ranked second on the team in 3-point percentage at Cal State Northridge, connecting on 32.8 percent of her attempts from distance.
ALLISON McGILL
Guard // 6-1 // Ontario, Calif. / San Dimas / La Verne
McGill transferred to Indiana State from Arizona Christian midway through the 2025-26 season after spending the first two seasons of her career at La Verne. She appeared in 30 games for La Verne across the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, averaging 2.7 points and 1.4 rebounds per game for her career. McGill averaged 4.1 points per game in 2024-25, with a pair of double-digit scoring games that season. She also pulled down five or more rebounds in three games, tallied two games with multiple assists and had a pair of games with multiple steals.
KRISTEN McMILLAN
Forward // 6-1 // Hoover, Ala. / Hoover / UNC Asheville
McMillan spent the 2025-26 season at UNC Asheville, where she averaged just over five points per game across 27 contests for the Bulldogs. She scored in double-figures six times and pulled down five or more rebounds in five games. McMillan also proved to be a more than capable 3-point shooter, knocking down 52.4 percent of her attempts from distance. She started her collegiate career at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, where she averaged 5.7 points and 4.3 rebounds across two seasons. McMillan scored in double-figures 10 times in 44 games at the junior college level, while also pulling down five or more rebounds on 20 occasions. She also showcased strong passing abilities, dishing out multiple assists in eight games.
ARIANA PEAGLER
Guard // 5-6 // Hoover, Ala. / Hoover / Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Peagler appeared in 25 games last season at Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, averaging 6.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game while making 16 starts. She scored in double-figures seven times, pulled down five or more rebounds in eight games and dished out three or more assists in five games. Peagler also got things done on the defensive end, recording multiple steals in four games with a pair of four-steal efforts. She has familiarity with the Missouri Valley Conference after starting her career at Southern Illinois, where she appeared in 22 games off the bench for the Salukis during the 2024-25 season. Peagler tallied 12 points, seven assists and two rebounds in limited action at SIU.
CRYSTAL SCHULTZ
Guard // 5-8 // Houston Texas / Fort Bend Austin / Prairie View A&M
Schultz was a Second Team All-SWAC and BOXTOROW Second Team HBCU All-American in the 2025-26 season after leading Prairie View A&M in scoring at 14.3 points per game, a mark which ranked fourth in the conference. She was also the 2024-25 SWAC Freshman of the Year after leading all conference freshmen in scoring during her debut season at PVAMU, while leading the team in scoring in the process. Schultz ranked fourth in the league in 3-pointers per game and seventh in 3-point percentage in 2025-26, while ranking third in free throw percentage. She also led all SWAC freshmen with 51 treys in 2024-25, ranking fourth in the conference in threes and seventh in 3-point percentage in her debut season. Schultz scored in double-figures 36 times at Prairie View A&M, including 11 20-point outings. She also pulled down five or more rebounds three times, dished out three or more assists three times and tallied multiple steals in 12 games.
HEAVEN SHOCKLEY
Forward // 6-0 // Springfield, Mo. / Lebanon / Evangel
Shockley was a WBCA and NAIA All-American in 2025-26 after being unanimously selected First Team All-KCAC. The 2025-26 KCAC Newcomer of the Year, she also earned All-Defensive Team honors for an Evangel Team which won 28 games, its most in over 20 years. Shockley led the Valor in scoring and rebounding at 14.7 points and 6.8 boards per game, while also adding 1.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 2.1 blocks per game. She ranked in the top five in the conference in steals and blocks, while earning top-10 conference ranks in points and rebounds. Shockley was also a First Team All-AMC, AMC All-Defensive Team and AMC All-Tournament Team selection in 2024-25 at Mission, where she led the Patriots to a 25-win season. She ranked second in the NAIA with 91 blocks at Mission while averaging 15.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game in 2024-25 to go alongside her 2.8 blocks per contest. Shockley led the league in blocks, was fifth in rebounds and ranked inside the top 15 in the AMC in points and steals. She started her career at Lincoln (Mo.), appearing in 11 games off the bench and finishing the 2023-24 season with 16 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks in limited minutes. Shockley has scored in double-figures 50 times in her career, including 15 games with 20-plus points and a pair of 30-point outings. She also has 47 games with five or more rebounds, 15 games with three or more assists, 34 games with multiple steals and 46 games with multiple blocks in her career.
ASHLEY SINGHATEH
Guard // 5-8 // Maize, Kan. / Maize South / Butler CC
Singhateh was a two-time First Team All-KCCCA selection at Butler CC and was named the league’s Freshman of the Year in the 2024-25 campaign. She was named to the KJCCC All-Tournament Team in 2025-26 after leading Butler to a regular season and tournament championship. Singhateh averaged 12.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game across her two seasons at Butler, including a team-high 13.1 points per game in 2024-25 which ranked ninth in the conference. She was fifth in the conference in assists in 2025-26 and also owned a top-15 ranking in steals that season, while earning top-15 rankings in both stats in 2024-25. Singhateh was also one of the best at getting to the charity stripe, ranking in the top three in the KJCCC in free throws attempted in both of her seasons at Butler. She scored in double-figures 46 times across her two seasons at Butler CC, including eight 20-point games. In addition, she also had 45 games with five or more rebounds, 42 games with three or more assists and 35 games with multiple steals.
NATALIA WILLIAMS
Guard // 5-9 // Queens, N.Y. / South Shore / Chicago State
Williams joins the Sycamores after appearing in 51 games over the last two seasons at Chicago State, where she started 14 times and averaged 5.3 points and 2.0 rebounds per game. She averaged 7.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest across 19 games in 2025-26, ranking third on the team in scoring while helping Chicago State record its most wins in over 15 years. Williams also appeared in 32 games in the 2024-25 season at Chicago State, averaging 3.8 points and 1.6 rebounds per game for a Cougar team which tallied a six-win improvement from the previous season. Across her two seasons at Chicago State, Williams scored in double-figures seven times. She pulled down five or more rebounds in four games, while dishing out multiple assists in eight games and tallying multiple steals on seven occasions.
JAZELLE YOUNG
Forward // 6-2 // Chicago, Ill. / Kenwood Academy / Rock Valley College
Young spent the 2025-26 season at Rock Valley College, where she nearly averaged a double-double with 10.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, marks which both ranked among the top three on the team. Prior to that, she played at Eastern Florida State College in the 2024-25 campaign, averaging 7.0 points and a team-leading 6.8 rebounds per game. Originally a Loyola Chicago signee before going the junior college route, Young played in 43 games with 18 starts across her two seasons of junior college. She scored in double-figures 17 times, while pulling down five or more rebounds in 34 games. Young also had a trio of games with three or more assists, 12 games with multiple steals and 13 games with multiple blocks in her career.
AALIYAH YOUNGBLOOD
Guard // 5-8 // Elk Grove, Calif. / Monterey Trail / San Joaquin Delta College
Youngblood was a WBCA All-American in the 2025-26 season while also earning First Team All-State and State Tournament MVP honors after leading San Joaquin Delta to the 3C2A Championship. She was also a two-time First Team All-Big 8 Conference selection after averaging 14.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 3.1 steals per game in her two seasons. Youngblood ranked third in the conference in scoring last season with a team-high 16.9 points per game, while ranking third among all California junior college players with 117 steals in the 2025-26 campaign. She ranked fourth in the conference in steals in 2024-25, while averaging more than two assists and 2.5 rebounds per game in each of her two seasons at San Joaquin Delta. Youngblood scored in double-figures 46 times during her tenure at San Joaquin Delta, including 15 games with 20-plus points and three with 30 or more points. She also pulled down five or more rebounds in six games dished out three or more assists in 25 games. Youngblood was a force on the defensive end, registering multiple steals in 46 games and tallying five or more steals on 16 occasions.
The incoming class of Sycamores joins a pair of returners in Jayci Allen and Amerie Flowers. Flowers averaged 7.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game last season, ranking in the top 15 in the MVC in rebounds despite playing just 15 minutes per game. Allen was among the top 3-point shooters in the conference in 2025-26, averaging 9.4 points and 4.1 rebounds per game while leading the Sycamores with 50 3-pointers.
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INDIANA STATE WOMEN’S SOCCER
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Indiana State returns to Memorial Stadium on Thursday night for a 7 p.m. matchup against Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, looking to build on the strong stretches of play shown in Sunday’s home opener against Western Kentucky. The Sycamores controlled tempo for long portions of the match, generated multiple attacking chances, and displayed the type of defensive organization that continues to define their identity early in the season. Despite the narrow 1–0 result, ISU’s performance carried plenty of positives that set the tone heading into Thursday’s contest.
Against WKU, Indiana State’s back line and midfield were composed and disciplined, limiting the Lady Toppers to selective opportunities and forcing them into low-percentage looks. Goalkeeper Sofie Zoëga Hansen delivered another steady outing, making key saves in both halves to keep the Sycamores within reach. ISU’s attack produced promising moments as well, with chances from Alex Lehnert, Quinn Urquhart, Tori Angelo, Peyton Wetzel, and Addyson Warner highlighting the group’s ability to create pressure and find rhythm in the attacking third. The Sycamores pushed late, earning throw-ins and free kicks in dangerous areas, showing resilience and urgency that they aim to carry into Thursday night.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods enters Thursday’s match looking to test itself against Division I competition and brings a disciplined, energetic group to Terre Haute. Their visit adds a local rivalry feel to the matchup, giving both programs a valuable early-season test. For Indiana State, the meeting offers an opportunity to establish tempo early, apply pressure in the attacking third, and convert the momentum built against WKU into a strong performance at home.
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EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S SOCCER
ST. LOUIS – University of Evansville junior Brielle LaBerge (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central) has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Aces to a road result at Purdue in last Thursday’s season opener, the league office announced on Tuesday.
LaBerge was an essential member of an Evansville defense that limited Purdue’s potent offense to one goal in a 1-1 draw. LaBerge played all 90 minutes in the contest. The result was Evansville’s second against Purdue in the last two seasons and their first-ever in West Lafayette. It was Evansville’s third result against a Power Conference opponent since 2009.
LaBerge enjoyed a breakout campaign as a sophomore in 2025 to land on the All-MVC Third Team, starting all 16 matches while playing 1,422 of a possible 1,440 minutes. While serving as an anchor of the Evansville defense, LaBerge was also one of the top offensive threats in the conference, finishing the regular season second in the MVC with five assists and first in assists per game at 0.31. LaBerge also added a goal to finish the year with eight points, while placing eight shots on target.
The Aces return to action on Thursday for their home opener, hosting SEMO at Arad McCutchan Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
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SOUTHERN INDIANA MEN’S BASKETBALL
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana Men’s Basketball announced its schedule for the upcoming 2026-27 season.
This year’s slate features 15 home games, including bouts against Western Michigan University (November 15), Ball State University (November 28) and longtime rival Bellarmine University (December 16).
The Screaming Eagles’ non-conference home slate also includes games against St. Mary-of-the-Woods College (November 4), Lindsey Wilson University (November 18), Wright State University Lake Campus (December 21) and Brescia University (December 28).
USI welcomes defending Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee State University to Liberty Arena, Home of the Screaming Eagles, to begin conference play on New Year’s Eve.
The OVC home slate also consists of games against Lindenwood University (January 7), SIU Edwardsville (January 21), Western Illinois University (January 23), Morehead State University (January 30), Southeast Missouri State University (February 6), the University of Tennessee Martin (February 18) and Eastern Illinois University (February 20).
OVC play sees the Screaming Eagles making road trips to each of their nine conference opponents, beginning with Southeast Missouri State January 2.
USI will not play more than two straight games away from Liberty Arena the entire year and will only have one conference weekend in which they are on the road for both games.
The Screaming Eagles non-conference road schedule is loaded with quality opposition. USI begins the season November 2 when they visit Belmont University, one of three Missouri Valley Conference foes on the slate.
USI takes on crosstown rival University of Evansville in the inaugural River City Classic November 7 at the Ford Center and visits Indiana State University December 6.
Indiana State is one of four opponents from Indiana that USI faces this season. The Screaming Eagles also visit IU Indy November 11.
Two of the biggest draws on the Screaming Eagles schedule are bouts against SEC opponents, beginning with a trip to Austin, Texas, to take on the University of Texas Longhorns November 22.
The Screaming Eagles visit Vanderbilt University December 18 in one of three trips USI will make to the Music City.
USI’s road slate also includes a trip to face Virginia Military Institute November 24 and the University of West Georgia December 1.
The Screaming Eagles will push for a spot in this year’s OVC Tournament, which returns to the Ford Center March 3-6.
Season tickets for the general public will go on sale in September.
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VALPO WOMEN’S SOCCER
Valparaiso (0-1-1, 0-0-0 MVC)
Thursday, Aug. 20 – Western Illinois (0-2-0) – 7 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 23 – Detroit Mercy (1-1-0) – 1 p.m.
Next Up in Valpo Soccer: After a pair of road matches to start the 2026 campaign, the Valpo soccer team takes to the home turf of Brown Field for the first time in the regular season this week, welcoming Western Illinois on Thursday evening and Detroit Mercy on Sunday afternoon.
Previously: The Beacons went 0-1-1 in the opening week of action, falling 2-0 at Eastern Illinois on Thursday afternoon before drawing 2-2 at SIUE on Sunday.
Looking Ahead: It’s a one-match week next week for Valpo, as the Beacons will have seven days between matches before returning to action Sunday, Aug. 30 at Western Michigan.
Following the Beacons: Both matches this week will be carried on ESPN+. All home matches will be broadcast live on ESPN+ as part of The Valley on ESPN, while select road fixtures will also have live video available.
Head Coach John Marovich: In his 19th season at the helm of the Valpo program, John Marovich holds a 141-140-54 (.501) record both overall and at Valpo as a head coach. The 2014 Horizon League Coach of the Year and the head of the 2022 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year, Marovich is Valpo’s all-time leader in victories.
Series Notes: Western Illinois – Valpo owns a 10-3-1 advantage in the all-time series over WIU, which includes a eight-season stint from 1999 through 2006 where the two programs were both members of what was then the Mid-Continent Conference. Last season, the two sides renewed acquaintances for just the second time since 2014, with the Beacons prevailing 5-1 in Macomb. That match featured the quickest four goals to open a match in program history, as Valpo struck four times in the first 19:51. Kiara Desiderio had a brace and added an assist, while Molly O’Rear had three goal involvements as well (1g, 2a) and Martha Goddard and Tatum Coleman each had a goal.
Detroit Mercy – The Titans own an 11-5-0 advantage in the all-time series over Valpo, which includes a 10-season stretch where both programs were Horizon League members (2007-2016). Last season, the two sides met for the first time since Valpo departed the Horizon League for the MVC, with UDM earning a 2-1 win in the season opener in Detroit despite a goal from Alyssa Thomas in what was her Beacon debut. Notably, the series features a pair of 1-0 wins by Valpo over the Titans in 2014, the first of which clinched the Horizon League regular season title and the second of which came in the championship match of the Horizon League Tournament.
Scouting the Opposition: Western Illinois – Coming off a 1-17-1 season in 2025, the Leathernecks were picked to finish in eighth place in the OVC preseason poll. WIU opened the 2026 campaign with a pair of MVC opponents last week, falling 3-0 at home to Indiana State and 5-0 on the road at Southern Illinois.
Detroit Mercy – Coming off a 2-13-3 season in 2025, the Titans were picked to finish in 11th place in the Horizon League preseason poll. UDM opened the 2026 campaign by splitting a pair of matches, falling 6-0 at Kentucky before returning home to earn a 1-0 victory over Eastern Michigan.
Brown Field Opener(s): The Beacons are looking to extend their run of success in home openers Thursday night against Western Illinois, as they have won each of their last four home debuts: 1-0 over Youngstown State in 2022, 2-1 over Eastern Illinois in 2023, 2-1 over Milwaukee in 2024 and 3-0 last season over Purdue Fort Wayne. On the flip side, with a win on Thursday, Valpo would be looking for just its second 2-0 start at home in nine years on Sunday – only the 2023 squad won each of its first two home matches in that stretch, eventually going unbeaten in its first six home matches (3-0-3).
Another OVC Opponent: Thursday’s matchup against Western Illinois is the third straight for Valpo against an Ohio Valley Conference opponent to open the campaign – the Beacons will eventually play four of the eight OVC programs in nonconference action. This is the second straight year Valpo has opened with three straight matches against teams from the same conference, doing so last year against Horizon League foes. Ironically, the Beacons will play three straight matches against Horizon League teams again next month.
On the Scoresheet: Scoring chances don’t come often for senior defender Daisy Boardman, as she had tallied just 17 total shots and just five on goal in the first 49 matches of her collegiate career. But match number 50 proved to be the charm, with Boardman giving Valpo its initial lead late in the first half Sunday at SIUE with a volley off a corner kick. It is the latest in terms of number of games played a Valpo player has scored their first goal since Chase Ray, who found the back of the net for the first time at Evansville Sept. 21, 2023 in her 57th career match.
Picking Up Where She Left Off: On the flip side from Boardman, it’s no surprise to see sophomore Kiara Desiderio celebrating goals, and she did so on opening weekend, giving the Beacons the lead in the 81st minute at SIUE in the eventual draw. Desiderio now has eight goals in 19 collegiate matches, including six in 10 matches in nonconference action.
Putting In Defensive Work: Given that team saves are not assigned to individual players in box scores historically, the rarity of what happened Sunday would be near impossible to research, but it feels safe to say you don’t see this happen very often. Not only did Boardman and Desiderio each score a goal, both players had goal line clearances which registered as team saves – Desiderio headed a ball off the line off a shot from a corner in the 25th minute, while Boardman did her best goalkeeping impression in an open net to keep a shot out in the 67th minute.
An Early Assist: Freshman Sofia Raco wasted little time picking up her first collegiate point, delivering the corner kick which Boardman scored off of in Sunday’s draw with SIUE. She is just one of two Valpo freshmen in the last 12 seasons to tally an assist within the season’s first two matches, as only Landyn Wessels (2024, at Chicago State) has done so in that stretch as well.
Two or More: Sunday’s 2-2 draw at SIUE marks the first time since Oct. 13, 2024 that the Beacons have not won a match in which they scored at least two goals, drawing 3-3 that day against Evansville. Valpo is 30-0-3 in its last 33 matches when it has scored at least two goals, last dropping such a match in a 3-2 defeat at Indiana State Oct. 5, 2019.
Lightning Delays: As of the time of these notes being written, the forecast for kickoff Thursday night versus Western Illinois is for partly cloudy skies and 72 degrees (knock on wood!), a welcome sight for a Valpo side which has been affected by weather in each of its first two matches. In the opener at Eastern Illinois, lightning in the area during warmups forced the match’s start time to be moved back a half hour. Then on Sunday at SIUE, forecasted afternoon heat and humidity led to kickoff being moved up to 10 a.m. from 1 p.m., which then resulted in play being halted in the 38th minute for lightning in the area, causing a delay of around 45 minutes.
Making Debuts: Ivy Barba and Adria Schultz both earned starts in their first collegiate matches as freshmen Thursday at EIU, with Schultz becoming the first Valpo freshman goalkeeper to start in her first career match since Nikki Coryell debuted in goal to open the spring 2021 campaign. Raco, Sophia Bonacci and Kinly Rodell all made their collegiate debuts off the bench as well at EIU.
Preseason Honoree: Coming off a rookie campaign in which she was named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year, sophomore Kiara Desiderio was named to the Preseason All-MVC Team. Desiderio, who became Valpo’s first Freshman of the Year since joining the Valley and was also a Second Team All-MVC choice, kicked off her Beacon career with a team-high seven goals in 2025 — tied for third-most by a freshman in program history. She ranked third in the MVC in goals and fifth in points (15), while also being tied for seventh nationally in goals by a freshman.
Who’s Back: The Beacons return 16 players who saw action on the pitch last season, including eight regular starters. That group accounted for 73.4% of the team’s minutes played by field players in 2025, including six players who played over 1,000 minutes – led by junior Ashley Trippeer, who played 1,397 minutes.
Who’s Gone: Valpo graduated four seniors from last year’s squad and had five other offseason departures. Notably, Second Team All-MVC honoree Molly O’Rear and starting goalkeeper Kate Sheridan were among the group of seniors.
Who’s New: The Beacons welcome nine new players to the program this season: seven true freshmen, one Division I transfer and one Division III transfer.
New Faces in Goal: For the second time in three years, Valpo entered the season with a goalkeeping corps which has not played a minute at the Division I level. Two-time conference Goalkeeper of the Year Salange Bell joins the Beacons from Montclair State, while freshman Adria Schultz saw the first action of her collegiate career on opening weekend.
Good as Goddard: Sophomore forward Martha Goddard returns for her second season in the Brown and Gold after a strong rookie campaign. An MVC All-Freshman Team selection, Goddard tallied three goals and recorded five assists, the latter mark matching the program record for assists by a freshman. She was tied for second in the MVC in assists and tied for fourth on Valpo’s overall single-season chart. Goddard became the first Valpo player to register an assist in three consecutive contests since 2017.
Looking Back at Last Year: Valpo posted a 5-8-4 overall record in 2025 and went 2-4-3 in MVC play, earning eight more points in the Valley than the previous season despite playing one fewer conference game and raising its winning percentage 162 points year-over-year. The Beacons scored 21 goals while surrendering 28 goals, improving their goal differential by 21 goals over 2024. This all came with the vast majority of field player minutes coming from underclassmen, as the 2025 Beacons had 41.2% of their field player minutes played by freshman and 42.3% by sophomores. Kiara Desiderio was named the MVC Freshman of the Year and was joined by Molly O’Rear on the Second Team All-MVC, while Martha Goddard joined Desiderio on the MVC All-Freshman Team.
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UINDY FOOTBALL
WACO, Texas – For the third time this month and second time today, the UIndy football team earned a top 10 spot in a major preseason poll. After garnering the No. 8 ranking in the Lindy’s Sports Division II preseason poll and No. 7 in the D2Football.com media poll, the Greyhounds were tabbed ninth in the American Football Coaches Association DII Preseason Poll.
In addition to a number of incoming transfers and a talented recruiting class, the Greyhounds welcome back 11 starters and eight all-conference performers from last year’s GLVC championship team. The previous fall was an historic one for the Hounds, who matched the school record with 11 wis while notching program firsts with a fourth-consecutive playoff appearance and first-ever second-round home game.
The Greyhounds received votes in the DII coaches poll throughout the 2025 regular season, peaking at No. 8 in mid-November before settling at No. 10 in the final edition. UIndy swept through the GLVC schedule before dominating conference-rival Truman in the opening round of the playoffs, 57-14, before falling to nationally-ranked Minnesota State in the second round, 35-27.
AFCA DII PRESEASON POLL
RK SCHOOL (1st-place votes) ’25 REC PTS ’25 RANK
1. Ferris St. (31) 16-0 775 1
2. Harding 15-1 738 2
3. Kutztown 14-1 684 3
4. Pittsburg St. 10-3 647 6
5. Minnesota St. 10-4 587 8
6. Colorado St.-Pueblo 10-2 581 11
7. Central Washington 10-2 478 13
8. Northwest Missouri St. 9-3 470 17
T9. Grand Valley St. 7-3 451 NR
T9. UIndy 11-2 451 10
11. Western Colorado 10-3 379 12
12. Minnesota-Duluth 10-2 372 16
13. Ashland 10-3 328 15
14. Virginia Union 9-3 318 21
15. Newberry 12-2 276 4
16. Findlay 10-2 250 19
17. Frostburg St. 11-3 228 14
18. UT Permian Basin 11-3 197 5
19. Wingate 9-3 183 NR
20. Augustana (S.D.) 9-2 181 25
21. Albany St. 12-2 172 7
22. Western Oregon 8-3 165 NR
23. Johnson C. Smith 10-2 159 18
24. Ouachita Baptist 7-4 146 NR
25. Indiana (Pa.) 7-4 97 NR
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TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY
1900 – In American League action, Rube Waddell throws two complete games as Milwaukee sweeps a doubleheader from the Chicago White Stockings, 2 – 1 and 1 – 0. After throwing 17 innings in the first game, the colorful southpaw is coaxed by skipper Connie Mack, who promises him a few days off to go fishing to pitch the nightcap, he hurls a five-inning one-hitter. The AL is till considered a minor league this season, but will upgrade its status in the off-season.
1901:
Kid Nichols and Christy Mathewson square off for the third time in seven days, with Nichols winning easily, 11 – 6. New York makes four errors, but a tired Matty is pasted for 13 hits while striking out just one.
At St. Louis, the Pirates knock out the National League’s leading pitcher Jack Harper (21-8) in the 3rd en route to a 9 – 5 win. Harper will end up at 23-13.
1902 – Baltimore outfielder Kip Selbach sets the post-1900 mark in the American League by making four errors, a mark tied by Braves flychaser Fred Nicholson in 1922.
1908 – The Highlanders’ Jack Chesbro allows 11 hits, but shuts out Detroit, 7 – 0.
1910 – At Cincinnati, the Giants win, 9 – 3, beating Jack Rowan. Christy Mathewson allows nine hits in coasting to his 20th win of the year and his 17th straight victory over the Reds.
1911 – Thirty-five thousand gather at the not-yet-completed Polo Grounds to watch the Reds finally get to Christy Mathewson after 22 straight losses, beating him for the first time since May 1908. Matty, after saving the 5 – 4 opener for Hooks Wiltse with two scoreless frames, starts the nightcap, goes five innings, and loses, 7 – 4. Mike Mitchell leads the Reds in the nitecap by hitting for the cycle off Matty, and adding a double.
1913 – Grover Alexander is reached for nine straight hits and six runs as the Cubs defeat Phillies, 10 – 4.
1914 – Lefty Tyler stops the Reds for a 3 – 2 Braves win.
1915 – Red Faber pitches the White Sox to a 2 – 1 win over the Red Sox, beating Rube Foster. With the Tigers’ win over the A’s, Boston and Detroit are virtually tied for 1st.
1917 – Coaching at third base in a 1 – 1 game against Washington, Ty Cobb gives baserunner George Burns a shove when Burns stops at third on a long hit; Burns keeps going and scores the winning run. Clark Griffith protests, and Ban Johnson upholds him, as the rules now ban coaches from touching a runner. The game is replayed, and Washington wins, 2 – 0.
1918 – Walter Johnson beats St. Louis, 4 – 3, in 14 innings. It is the ninth time this season that the Big Train has worked at least ten innings in a game, including two of 18 innings, one of 15 innings, and another of 14 innings.
1920 – The Indians beat New York, 3 – 2. They leave town with a half-game lead over Chicago and 1 1/2 over the Yankees, in what will be the tightest race since 1908.
1921 – At the age of 34, Ty Cobb becomes the youngest player to collect 3000 hits when he singles off Red Sox hurler Elmer Myers.
1922 – In Philadelphia, the Browns and A’s split a pair, with St. Louis taking the opener, 9 – 5. Urban Shocker is backed by Ken Williams’ 31st home run. He hits his 32nd in the nitecap, but the A’s win, 6 – 5, when Bing Miller bangs a two-run homer in the 8th off Rasty Wright. The split allows the Yankees, winner over Chicago, to move back into first place.
1925 – The Phils finally solve Reds righthander Pete Donohue, 5 – 4, after losing to him 20 straight times.
1930:
In the first of two, Chicago’s Hack Wilson connects off Phils P Les Sweetland for his 43rd home run, tying Chuck Klein’s National League record set last year. In RF, Klein waves to Wilson as he circles the bases. The Phils hold on for a 9 – 8 win with Claude Willoughby the winner over rookie Bud Teachout. The second game ends in a 6 – 6 tie after 16 innings.
Goose Goslin hits three consecutive home runs for St. Louis to back George Blaeholder’s 7 – 0 shutout of the Philadelphia A’s.
1931:
At Chicago, Lefty Grove (25-2) wins his 16th consecutive game, 4 – 2, tying the American League record set by Walter Johnson and Joe Wood in 1912. Grove holds the Sox scoreless till the 9th, while the A’s score in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th off Red Faber. Grove has completed all but one of the wins.
The Giants score single runs in each of the last three innings to beat the Reds, 6 – 5. Giants Shanty Hogan is the first catcher to start three double plays. The three DPs ties a major-league record for catchers and only one other catcher will match him: Damian Miller, in 1999.
1934 – The Harvard University varsity team tours Japan, winning only five of 11 games against collegiate and club teams.
1940 – Hot-hitting Jimmie Foxx belts his 33rd home run, against Cleveland.
1941 – Pittsburgh Pirates manager Frankie Frisch is ejected by umpire Jocko Conlan from the second game of a doubleheader when he appears on the field with an umbrella to protest the playing conditions at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field. The rainy argument is later portrayed in a famous oil painting by artist Norman Rockwell.
1945:
The Yankees win the first of two with the White Sox, 4 – 2, to break their nine-game losing streak. Chicago takes the nitecap, 2 – 0, as Lefty Grove gives up just five hits.
In the second game of a doubleheader against the Reds, 37-year-old slugger Jimmie Foxx makes his first major league start, pitching the first seven innings for the Philadelphia Phillies. He leaves with a 4 – 1 lead, and Andy Karl saves Foxx’s only decision, a 6 – 2 final. Double X’s ERA in ten appearances is 1.52. The lidlifter goes to the Phils as well, 5 – 0, though they are mathematically eliminated from a first-place finish.
1947 – Led by Eddie Miller’s grand slam and six RBIs, the Reds trounce the Giants, 6 – 1. Johnny Vander Meer is the winner over Dave Koslo.
1948 – In the Eastern Shore League, Ed Santulli of Rehoboth Beach pitches a 10 – 0 no-hitter over Federalsburg, the third no-hitter in the league in four days. On August 16th, Ed Black of Salisbury no-hit Milford, 4 – 0, while Gene Kern of Cambridge did the same, beating Federalsburg, 12 – 0.
1950:
The Gillette Safety Razor Co. pays $800,000 for TV rights to the World Series. Radio rights will add another $175,000 more.
The Pirates outslug the Cubs, 13 – 9, for their sixth win in seven games. Ralph Kiner slugs two homers to put him seven days and nine games ahead of last year’s pace, when he hit 54. He has rapped eight dingers this month and four in the last five games. Clyde McCullough adds a bases-loaded triple, sac fly, and two-run double, while Johnny Hopp homers. The Cubs answer with homers by Hank Sauer, Mickey Owen, and Roy Smalley, but it’s not enough. Reliever Bob Rush loses to Murry Dickson.
1951:
In Philadelphia, the Giants overcome a four-run deficit to win, 5 – 4, and cut Brooklyn’s lead to eight games. Al Corwin wins in relief, after Bobby Thomson’s two-run homer gets the Giants on the board. The Giants have won nine in a row.
Wearing uniform number 1/8, forty-three-inch-tall Eddie Gaedel walks on four pitches from Bob Cain in his only major league appearance. Bill Veeck’s idea of playing the midget was legal at the time but is later outlawed.
In Boston, the Braves score five in the 6th and roll over the Dodgers, 13 – 4. Warren Spahn picks up his 15th win and his 21st complete game. A 2nd-inning homer by Willard Marshall, off Ralph Branca, starts the scoring.
1955:
Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente, tit for tat. Having had his birthday thunder stolen by Clemente earlier this year, Mays returns the favor, or tries to. The game actually comes one day after Clemente’s birthday. the Giants’ Mays hits a solo homer in the 3rd to put Pittsburgh in a 2 – 0 hole, but Clemente then contributes a big blow to a decisive three-run rally that puts Pittsburgh ahead to stay. This time, while not a 430-foot triple over Mays’s head, it’s a similarly-sized blast – “a tremendous wallop,” to quote the Pittsburgh Press, “over the left-center wall.”
Robin Roberts of the Phils defeats Don Newcombe of the Dodgers, 3 – 2, to become the first 20-game winner of the year.
1957 – The New York Giants Board of Directors votes 9 – 1 in favor of moving the team to San Francisco.
1958:
Dick Stuart’s two-run, tie-breaking 450-foot unmanned expedition to Waveland Avenue puts Pittsburgh in the winner’s circle, 4 – 2, over the Chicago Cubs. Stuart’s clout, in conjunction with an earlier two-run blast by Bill Mazeroski, helps boost the surging Bucs to their 20th win in 28 tries, moving them from last place on July 22nd to third place today, making up eight games on the floundering Giants in the process. Roberto Clemente’s stellar defense keeps the Cubs’ bats at bay. Cubs’ beat writer Richard Dozer writes: “The Cubs couldn’t get an offensive menace started, due largely to the Pirates’ right fielder, Roberto Clemente. He made two sensational catches: one acrobatic catch of Bobby Thomson’s liner in the 4th inning and one in the 8th inning to rob Walt Moryn of a single that would have sent Ernie Banks to third with no one out. Clemente also threw out Dale Long, who was attempting to move from first to third on Sam Taylor’s single in the 2nd inning and it was speedy Roberto’s single in the 6th that preceded Stuart’s 450-foot home run.”
In an oddity, each starting player of the Douglas Copper Kings team hits a home run in a 22 – 8 rout of the Chihuahua Dorados (Arizona-Mexico League).
1959 – Honolulu seeks a franchise in the Continental League.
1961:
The Reds surge to a three-game lead in the National League by topping the Cards, 3 – 1, behind Joey Jay. The Reds get on the board in the 6th on Wally Post’s homer, his 16th. He has now homered this year in every NL park.
The Red Sox top the Tigers, 5 – 3, as the two teams combine to hit into eight double plays, tying the major-league record for nine innings.
The Phils rally in the 9th, but strand 11 and lose, 4 – 3 to Milwaukee. For the hapless Quakers, it is their 22nd loss in a row. For the Braves, it is their ninth win in a row. The Phils have 13 hits off Tony Cloninger, the winner, while Frank Sullivan allows just seven. The Braves score all their runs in the 3rd, the big blow being Frank Thomas’s two-run homer.
1962:
Gino Cimoli, Wayne Causey, and Billy Bryan of the Athletics hit consecutive home runs in the 7th inning, but Elston Howard has two home runs and eight RBIs; Bill Skowron, a home run and four RBIs; Mickey Mantle, a grand slam and seven RBIs, and Skowron four RBIs as the Yankees rout the A’s, 21 – 7. Mantle adds two stolen bases before Jack Reed takes over in CF and has two at bats.
Cleveland Indians President Mike Wilson dies at age 74.
1965:
At San Francisco, Don Drysdale faces Warren Spahn in the start of a critical four-game series. Drysdale lasts longer than Spahn, allowing five runs through eleven innings and leaves with the game tied. The Dodgers win it in 15 innings, 6 – 5.
At Wrigley Field, Reds hurler Jim Maloney no-hits the Cubs, 1 – 0, with the only run scoring on a Leo Cardenas homer in the 10th inning. Earlier in the season, Maloney had also no-hit the Mets for ten innings, but lost the game in the 11th when Johnny Lewis homered off him.
1967 – The Red Sox continue winning, beating California, 12 – 11.
1968 – Bob Gibson pitches the Cardinals to a 2 – 0 win over the Phillies. Gibson strikes out Dick Allen four times, the seventh time this season the Phils’ slugger has K’ed four times. He will strike out a career-high 161 times this season.
1969:
John Hollison dies in Chicago at age 99. He was the last surviving major league pitcher to throw from a mound 50 feet from home plate. He pitched in one game in 1892
At Wrigley Field, Ken Holtzman no-hits the Braves, 3 – 0, with Ron Santo’s 1st-inning homer providing all of the Cubs’ runs.
1970 – Fergie Jenkins homers and his teammates add another six as Chicago coasts over San Diego, 12 – 2. Jim Hickman (2), Glenn Beckert, Johnny Callison, Joe Pepitone, and Billy Williams also hit round trippers for Chicago. Six of the Cub homers are solo shots and San Diego adds a solo homer: the seven solo homers by two teams sets a National League record and ties the major league mark set on April 29, 1962.
1970 – The White Sox erupt for 11 runs on ten hits in the 9th inning to defeat the Red Sox, 13 – 5.
1973 – Behind P Jim Rooker, the Pirates top San Francisco, 5 – 0, to move two games out of first in the National League East. Rooker also leads the way hitting 3 for 3 .
1974 – Reds 2B Joe Morgan drives in seven runs as Cincinnati rolls over Philadelphia, 15 – 2. Morgan has a grand slam and a three-run homer, then leaves after three innings when the Reds build a 14 – 0 lead.
1975:
The Astros hire Bill Virdon, recently dismissed by the Yankees, to replace Preston Gomez as manager.
The Cardinals’ Lynn McGlothen strikes out three Reds on nine pitches in the 2nd inning of a 2 – 1 victory. The loss snaps the Reds’ nine-game win streak.
1977 – Backed by homers from Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent, Mike Torrez hurls his sixth complete game in a row and New York beats Texas, 8 – 1. The Yanks are now 2 1/2 games back of Boston.
1980:
Jon Matlack holds George Brett hitless, snapping his hitting streak at 30 consecutive games, but Kansas City rallies for three runs in the 9th to beat Texas, 4 – 3. Brett batted .467 during the streak and knocked in 42 runs.
Baltimore’s Steve Stone becomes the first 20-game winner in the major leagues this season, holding the Angels hitless for 7 1/3 innings on the way to a 5 – 2 victory.
1982 – Scheduled to pitch against the Expos in a home game, Braves rookie Pascual Perez misses the start of the game when he can’t find his way to the ballpark. Perez circles on the interstate several times but gets lost. He will be given a Braves jacket with the new number I-85 on it. Phil Niekro takes the mound and wins, 5 – 4, to run his record to 11-3.
1983 – The Dodgers trade pitchers Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for star pitcher Rick Honeycutt, who is 14-8 with an American League-best 2.42 ERA for the Rangers. Honeycutt will go 2-3 down the stretch for the Dodgers, but still wins the AL ERA title because his 174 2/3 innings pitched were already enough to qualify.
1985:
The Mets move into first place in the National League East with a 1 – 0 win over the Expos. Ron Darling, with relief help from Roger McDowell, is the winner.
At Milwaukee, Roy Smalley’s homer in the 5th is the Twins’ only hit off Danny Darwin. The Brewers win, 2 – 1.
1987 – Paul Molitor collects four hits to extend his hitting streak to 34 games and tie Dom DiMaggio for 11th on the all-time list. The Brewers beat Cleveland, 13 – 2. Rob Deer has a grand slam for the Brewers, and tomorrow will hit another to become just the 11th player in history to hit grand slams in consecutive games.
1990:
Bobby Thigpen records his 40th save as the Chicago White Sox beat the Rangers, 4 – 2. He becomes only the eighth reliever to reach this milestone in major league history.
Dodger SS Jose Offerman leads off the bottom of the 1st with a home run off Dennis Martinez in his first major league at bat, but that is all the L.A. scoring as Montreal wins, 2 – 1. Offerman had not homered all season in the minors.
1992:
Tom Glavine (19-3) wins his 13th in a row, stopping the Expos, 4 – 2. Mike Stanton gets the last two outs. Jeff Blauser’s two-run homer off starter Chris Nabholz is the big blow.
Mariners 2B Bret Boone makes his major league debut against the Orioles. By doing so, he becomes the first third-generation player in the major leagues, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Ray, and his father Bob. Boone goes 1 for 4 and drives in a run in Seattle’s 10 – 8 victory.
1995 – The Devil Rays name Braves assistant general manager Chuck LaMar as the franchise’s first general manager.
1996:
The Phils release Mitch Williams, who was 1-2 with Scranton-Wilkes-Barre.
Rondell White hits a 2nd-inning grand slam off a Tom Candiotti curve ball, to give the Expos a 7 – 3 win over the Dodgers. The Expos have a one-game lead over the Cardinals for the wild card spot.
1998:
Toronto downs Seattle by a score of 16 – 2. The Blue Jays hit seven homers in the contest, including two each by Shawn Green and Carlos Delgado.
The Expos beat Arizona, 8 – 2, giving Felipe Alou his 521st career win as manager of the Montreal Expos, most in franchise history. Buck Rodgers had 520. Alou’s good luck charm is P Dustin Hermanson, who allows three hits in seven innings. Hermanson was also the starting and winning pitcher in Alou’s 400th, 450th, and 500th win.
1999 – Cincinnati defeats Pittsburgh, 1 – 0, as P Pete Harnisch hurls a one-hitter. Harnisch fans 12 in his eight innings of work, allowing only a 7th-inning single to SS Mike Benjamin, and Scott Williamson pitches the hitless 9th.
2000:
The Astros defeat the Brewers, 10 – 8, as Jeff Bagwell hits two home runs and drives home five runs. Bagwell becomes the first Houston player to reach 300 homers in his career.
The Diamondbacks defeat the Cubs, 11 – 3, scoring eight runs in the 3rd inning to tie a franchise mark.
The Yankees beat the Angels, 9 – 1, hitting a major league record-tying three sacrifice flies in the 3rd inning.
2001:
Greg Colbrunn hits a pinch-hit home run in the Diamondbacks’ 13 – 6 win over the Cubs. Colbrunn’s blast is the 13th round-tripper by a pinch-hitter for Arizona this year, breaking the National League mark set by the 1957 Redlegs.
The Mariners rout the Yankees, 10 – 2, as OF Mike Cameron gets four hits (including two home runs) and drives home eight runs. OF Ichiro Suzuki stretches his hitting streak to 16 games, giving him three streaks of 15 or more games this year. He’s the first major leaguer with three 15-game streaks in the same season since Milwaukee’s Cecil Cooper in 1980.
The Orioles bounce back from a 6 – 1 deficit to defeat the Red Sox, 13 – 7. Jeff Conine has five hits for Baltimore. The Birds steal five bases on slow Hideo Nomo.
Danny Almonte, pitching for the Bronx Little League entry, the Rolando Paulino All-Stars, hurls the first perfect game since 1957 in the Little League World Series, beating the eventual winner, Apopka, FL, 2 – 0. The Bronx team will win the following week, but all the victories will be stripped from them when an investigation proves a number of rules infractions, not the least of which is that Almonte is overage. His brother, who pitched the previous year, will also be shown to be too old.
2005:
As skipper of the Fort Worth Cats of the Central Baseball League, Bobby Bragan becomes the oldest person to ever to manage a professional baseball game. The 87-year-old, whose one day of employment is shortened by being ejected in the 3rd inning for arguing balls and strikes, is eight days older than Connie Mack, who managed his last game for the 1950 Athletics.
A new internship, announced by the independent minor league team, the Brockton Rox will be dedicated in the memory of an Emerson journalism student accidentally killed by the Boston police during a near riot around Fenway Park after the Red Sox beat the Yankees to win the pennant. “The Victoria Snelgrove Media Internship”, which will be awarded to an aspiring journalist will host pre- and post-game radio shows, and hopefully will focus attention on the senseless violence that sometimes follows sporting contests.
2007:
John Smoltz sets the career Atlanta Braves franchise record for strikeouts. He whiffs Mark Reynolds in the 3rd inning of a 6 – 2 win, one of 13 K’s on the day as he passes Phil Niekro’s old mark of 2,912.
Johan Santana also sets a team strikeout record, this one for a single game, when he fans 17, two more than the old Minnesota Twins record. Santana throws two-hit ball and walks none in an eight-inning gem to beat Kevin Millwood, 1 – 0, in a pitcher’s duel. Michael Cuddyer provides the game’s lone run with his 12th homer of the season. Michael Young, the All-Star shortstop, leads the K crowd by striking out all four times against Santana.
Greg Maddux moves up the historical charts, as he ties Tim Keefe for ninth all-time with 349 wins. He allows one run, two hits and no walks in six innings in a 5 – 3 win over the Astros. Maddux aids his cause with two hits in two at-bats.
2008:
In a match-up of the two 5-0 teams in the 2008 Olympics, South Korea beats Cuba, 7 – 4. A two-run single by Young-min Ko and two-run throwing error by reliever Norberto González are the big blows.
Hideaki Wakui faces the minimum 21 batters in a pitching gem over the Chinese national team in a 10 – 0, seven-inning mercy rule win by Japan. Tsuyoshi Nishioka goes 3 for 3 with three RBI.
Team USA beats Taiwan, 4 – 2, as Dexter Fowler drives in two, scores one, doubles and triples. Taiwan is eliminated from medal contention.
Canada gets its second win with a 4 – 0 shutout of the Netherlands. Brooks McNiven and three relievers team up on a two-hit gem while Shairon Martis falls to 0-2 in the Olympics.
2009:
Bologna takes the Italian Series in five games over T&A San Marino, with a 16 – 2 romp in the finale. Claudio Liverziani goes 8 for 14 with eight walks and six RBI for a 1.537 OPS, winning MVP honors. Just over a week later, the Italian Baseball Federation will suspend Liverziani for a positive amphetamine test during the playoffs.
Cliff Lee continues to dominate since the Phillies acquired him from Cleveland at the trading deadline. He pitches a two-hitter in an 8 – 1 win over Arizona, after taking a no-hitter into the 6th inning. It is his fourth win and second complete game in four starts since the trade.
2010:
In the 2010 Hoofdklasse playdowns to determine which team can be relegated, Joey Eijpe throws a no-hitter for HCAW against Almere while Willie Vasquez provides all the offense with a three-run homer.
The specter of the 2000s steroid scandal is still around. Today, former pitching great Roger Clemens is indicted on six counts of perjury for allegedly lying during Congressional hearings on PED use in February 2008 when he testified that he had never used banned substances. A number of former teammates and associates have since come forward to provide testimony that contradicts his statements made under oath.
The Yankees use a nine-run 6th inning to blow away the Tigers, 11 – 5. Robinson Cano hits a double and homer and collects three RBI in the frame. The Yankees are now a game in front of Tampa Bay, who lose, 4 – 3, to Oakland, but place newly-acquired 1B Lance Berkman on the disabled list with a sprained ankle.
The Padres complete a four-game sweep of the Cubs at Wrigley Field with a 5 – 3 victory. Will Venable is the hero, hitting a two-run single in the 7th, then scoring from third base after Chase Headley is retired in a rundown between third base and home and Cubs catcher Koyie Hill leaves home plate uncovered, thinking time has been called. The Padres have won ten of their last 11 games to increase their lead in the NL West to 6 1/2 games ahead of San Francisco, but lose OF Tony Gwynn for a month when he is placed on the disabled list after breaking a bone in his hand swinging the bat a day earlier.
The Cards acquire 3B Pedro Feliz from Houston for minor league P David Carpenter. Feliz is hitting a disappointing .221 with 4 homers and 31 RBI after coming to the Astros as a free agent in the off-season.
2011:
Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts fires general manager Jim Hendry, the man who brought the perennial losers within five outs of the World Series in 2003 and built back-to-back division winners in 2008 and 2009, after nine years on the job. Hendry’s success was achieved at the cost of a massive payroll, however, and the team is now on the hook for a number of expensive contracts to underachieving former stars, while headed for a second consecutive fifth-place finish. His players send Hendry out a winner as pinch-hitter Tyler Colvin hits a walk-off single in the 10th inning to give the Cubs a 5 – 4 win over the Cardinals on his last day. Assistant GM Randy Bush is named to take over in the interim but is not in line to succeed Hendry.
DH Mitch Moreland slugs two home runs and drives in five runs as the Rangers defeat the White Sox, 7 – 4.
2012:
The Pirates win a 19-inning marathon at St. Louis, 6 – 3. In the 17th, P James McDonald hits a pinch single and comes to score on Garrett Jones’ single which defects just off the glove of P Marc Rzepczynski. However, Juan Cruz is unable to close the game, allowing a game-tying sacrifice fly to Tony Cruz that scores pinch-runner Ryan Jackson in the bottom of the inning. Two innings later, Pedro Alvarez hits a solo homer off Barret Browning and Andrew McCutchen adds a two-run single before Wandy Rodriguez, tomorrow’s scheduled starter, pitches a second scoreless inning to wrap up the game.
Chad Billingsley wins his sixth straight start, pitching seven innings in a 5 – 0 win over the Braves, and Los Angeles is back in first place in the back-and-forth NL West. Veteran minor league journeyman Luis Cruz hits his second homer in as many days and Mark Ellis drives in the other four runs.
In the 2012 Women’s Baseball World Cup, Japan tops the USA, 3 – 0, in the Gold Medal game for their third straight title. It is the best US finish since 2006. Yukari Isozaki scatters 7 hits in a complete game shutout to improve to 3-0, 0.33 in the Cup and take MVP honors. In the Bronze Medal game, it’s a different story, as host Canada edges Australia in a 17 – 13 slugfest with four RBI apiece from Ashley Stephenson and Stéphanie Savoie and four hits and four runs from Jenna Flannigan. Canada had not gotten a Medal in 2010, the only time they failed to do so in the five Women’s World Cups to this point.
The Rouen Huskies win their eighth straight French Division I title, topping the Templiers de Sénart, 12 – 8, to take the finals, 3 games to 1. Ethan Paquette goes 3 for 4 with four RBI, Joris Bert scores three runs and Owen Ozanich gets the win in the finale.
The Sinon Bulls drop a 10 – 2 game to the Lamigo Monkeys, but Bulls star Yi-Chuan Lin sets a new CPBL record with his 42nd double of the year, breaking Francisco Laureano’s 18-year-old mark. Matt DeSalvo gives up the record-setting double.
2013 – The Rangers score 11 times in the 3rd inning to hand the Astros a 16 – 5 loss. The 11 runs are the highest single-inning total in the majors this year. Houston utility player Jake Elmore replaces C Carlos Corporan in the 4th, then moves to the mound to pitch a scoreless 8th inning; it is only the 14th time in history that a player has appeared at both positions in the same game; Elmore had not played either position in the majors previously.
2015:
The Dodgers acquire 2B Chase Utley from the Phillies for minor league OF Darnell Sweeney and P John Richy. Utley will re-join his long-time double play partner with the Phils, SS Jimmy Rollins, while stepping in for an injured Howie Kendrick.
Ryan Braun becomes the Brewers’ all-time franchise leader in home runs by hitting #252 off former teammate Chris Narveson in an 8 – 7 win over the Marlins. Robin Yount was the previous record holder.
2016 – The Astros and Orioles engage in a slugfest in Baltimore, with Houston coming out on top, 15 – 8. After George Springer leads off the game with a homer off Wade Miley, the Orioles set a modern record by hitting four home runs before making an out in their first turn at-bat. Facing Collin McHugh, Adam Jones homers on the first pitch, then Hyun Soo Kim singles, and Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo all homer in succession for a quick 5 – 1 lead. However, the Astros score five runs in the 2nd, and keep going from there to win the game. Springer goes 4 for 5 and José Altuve homers and has five RBIs for Houston as eight long balls are hit overall.
2018 – The Mets defeat the Phillies, 8 – 2, in the second edition of the annual MLB Little League Classic staged to coincide with the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA. Amed Rosario has three hits and three RBIs, with Jeff McNeil adding a two-run single to back the pitching of Jason Vargas.
2020 – Manny Machado hits a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to lead the Padres to a 6 – 3 win over the Rangers. It is the third straight game in which the Padres have hit a grand slam, something not seen in the National League since the 1895 Cleveland Spiders (there had been three instances in the American League, most recently by the 2006 Chicago White Sox). The Padres will hit another slam tomorrow to claim sole possession of the record, as they complete a four-game sweep of the Rangers.
2021 – The Angels match the biggest comeback in team history when they defeat the Tigers, 13 – 10, at Comerica Park, after trailing 10 – 2 in the 6th. Rookie CF Brandon Marsh is at the center of things with two triples; his first one, in the 2nd, should have been his first career big league homer, as it hits the top of the fence in right field before bouncing back to the field. Television replays clearly show that the ball hit beyond the yellow line demarcating homers, but the Angels fail to ask for a video review and the triple stands.
2022:
The Sugar Land Space Cowboys of the Pacific Coast League score 17 runs in the 6th inning of the second game of a doubleheader against Oklahoma City on their way to a 21 – 4 win. The inning features ten hits, nine walks and a hit batsman as four pitchers get battered, while two Sugar Land batters reach base three times. However, this falls one run short of the minor league record of 18, set by the Waco Cubs on August 6, 1930.
The Marlins Puerto Cruz win their 13th Division de Honor title this century, sweeping the Astros Valencia in three games in the finals. The finale is a one-sided affair as Ronald Medrano and two relievers throw a no-hitter while the offense pounds out 12 runs, with five RBI from Wander Encarnacion, who falls a triple shy of the cycle. Cuban veteran Yosvany Torres takes the loss.
2023 – In a 10 – 3 win by the Mariners over the Astros, Julio Rodríguez goes 4 for 6 to match Milt Stock’s record, set in 1925, of four consecutive games with four or more hits. Rodríguez went 17 for 22 in those games, the most hits by any player over a four-game span, bettering Stock who had 16 hits during his four games.
2025:
For the second time this season, the Yankees hit nine homers in a game, doing so in a 13 – 3 win over the Rays in a game played at Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees’ spring training home but now Tampa’s temporary home ballpark. José Caballero, who does so for the first time of his career, Giancarlo Stanton and Cody Bellinger all hit two home runs, while Aaron Judge hits his 40th, reaching the mark for the fourth time. The nine long balls tie the club record set on March 29th, and they become the first team to hit that many twice in the same season.
When the Nationals host the Mets at Nationals Park, it marks a first as for the first time in major league history, both teams’ managers hail from Venezuela. Carlos Mendoza is in his second season as the Mets’ skipper, while Miguel Cairo was named the Nats’ manager following the firing of Dave Martinez on July 7th. The two are respectively the third and fourth big league managers from the country, following Ozzie Guillen and Al Pedrique.
Births[edit]
1852 – Charles Boles, umpire (d. 1917)
1861 – Joe Cantillon, manager (d. 1930)
1863 – Clarence Stephens, pitcher (d. 1947)
1870 – Tom Williams, pitcher (d. 1940)
1877 – Billy Milligan, pitcher (d. 1928)
1883 – George Ferguson, pitcher (d. 1943)
1884 – Speed Kelly, infielder (d. 1949)
1888 – Mike Murphy, catcher (d. 1952)
1891 – Al DeVormer, catcher (d. 1966)
1891 – Herbert Hill, pitcher (d. 1970)
1891 – Ike McAuley, infielder (d. 1928)
1892 – Rags Faircloth, pitcher (d. 1953)
1903 – Estel Crabtree, outfielder (d. 1967)
1906 – Tex Carleton, pitcher (d. 1977)
1910 – Atley Donald, pitcher (d. 1992)
1912 – Les Rock, infielder (d. 1991)
1915 – Harry Barnes, catcher (d. 1993)
1915 – Bill Nagel, infielder (d. 1981)
1916 – Mike Briscese, umpire (d. 1997)
1919 – Lou Louden, catcher; All-Star (d. 1989)
1919 – Dick McGowen, college coach (d. 2003)
1922 – Pud Miller, minor league outfielder (d. 1978)
1925 – Don Dwyer, minor league infielder (d. 2004)
1928 – Jim Finigan, infielder; All-Star (d. 1981)
1929 – William Sowell, minor league outfielder (d. 2012)
1933 – Walt Owens, college coach
1933 – Harold Stout, college coach (d. 2017)
1935 – Jim Campbell, college coach (d. 2012)
1935 – Masao Inagaki, NPB infielder (d. 2015)
1935 – Bobby Richardson, infielder; All-Star
1937 – Jim Lehew, pitcher (d. 2016)
1941 – Fred Lasher, pitcher (d. 2022)
1942 – Frankie Sweeting, Bahamas national team pitcher
1947 – Joe Borowy, minor league pitcher (d. 2018)
1948 – John Boles, manager
1949 – Paul Mitchell, pitcher
1950 – Stephen McCartney, minor league outfielder-infielder
1950 – Mike Phillips, infielder
1950 – Tom Pratt, minor league pitcher (d. 2012)
1951 – Luis Gomez, infielder
1952 – Tim Blackwell, catcher
1952 – Masahiko Hidaka, NPB infielder and pitcher
1953 – Minggao Chen, international umpire
1954 – Reggie Baldwin, catcher
1954 – Tom Hamilton, broadcaster
1955 – Terry Harper, outfielder
1955 – Silvio Martinez, pitcher
1955 – Ned Yost, catcher, manager
1956 – Ron Roenicke, outfielder
1957 – Scott Meyer, catcher
1958 – Luis DeLeon, pitcher
1958 – Gary Gaetti, infielder; All-Star
1959 – Kazumi Nishimoto, NPB infielder
1960 – Ron Darling, pitcher; All-Star
1960 – Glenn Godwin, minor league pitcher
1960 – Sap Randall, infielder
1961 – Mark Ciardi, pitcher
1961 – Kyeong-sik Shin, KBO infielder
1962 – Kazuyuki Ono, NPB pitcher
1964 – Fernando Figueroa, minor league pitcher
1965 – Shinji Fujieda, NPB catcher
1966 – Woody Williams, pitcher; All-Star
1967 – Scott Fredrickson, pitcher
1969 – Matt Franco, infielder
1969 – Miguel Jimenez, pitcher
1970 – Rob Augustine, minor league player
1970 – Tae-won Choi, KBO infielder
1970 – Masahito Higasa, NPB pitcher
1970 – Jeff Tam, pitcher
1972 – Alex Amor, Spanish national team pitcher
1972 – Alex Andreopoulos, minor league catcher
1972 – Jed Hansen, infielder
1972 – Jorge Moreno, minor league outfielder
1973 – Leonardo Mazzanti, Italian Baseball League outfielder
1973 – Britt Reames, pitcher
1974 – Brian Cooper, pitcher
1974 – Chia-Ming Lu, CPBL catcher
1975 – Ayano Matsumoto, Japanese women’s national team coach
1975 – Juan Sosa, outfielder
1976 – Brett Gray, minor league pitcher
1976 – Todd Ozias, minor league pitcher
1976 – Goefrey Tomlinson, minor league infielder
1977 – Matt White, pitcher
1978 – Eude Brito, pitcher
1978 – Chris Capuano, pitcher; All-Star
1979 – Rocky Cherry, pitcher
1979 – Daniel Freire, Spanish national team infielder
1979 – Daniel Parker, minor league pitcher and manager
1980 – Audrius Beliauskas, Lithuanian national team infielder
1980 – Lance Cormier, pitcher
1980 – Hiro Iida, minor league pitcher
1981 – Takahiro Fukuzawa, NPB pitcher
1981 – Ryan Murphy, minor league pitcher
1981 – Zachary Parker, minor league pitcher
1981 – Scott Roehl, minor league player
1982 – J.J. Hardy, infielder; All-Star
1982 – Tom Woodring, umpire
1983 – Rick Aguilar, minor league pitcher
1983 – Juan Cedeno, minor league pitcher
1983 – Trey Hearne, minor league pitcher
1984 – Keita Asama, NPB pitcher
1984 – Marcos Carvajal, pitcher (d. 2018)
1984 – John Mariotti, minor league pitcher
1985 – Josh Fields, pitcher
1985 – Kaimi Mead, minor league pitcher
1986 – Austin Adams, pitcher
1986 – Marco Duarte, minor league pitcher
1987 – Winston Márquez, minor league pitcher
1987 – Daniel Mráz, Extraliga outfielder-pitcher
1988 – Danny Black, minor league infielder
1988 – Chris Smith, pitcher
1989 – Jake Sanchez, minor league pitcher
1989 – Cody Yount, minor league infielder
1990 – Peter Mooney, minor league infielder
1991 – Shane Broyles, minor league pitcher
1991 – Ivan Julio, minor league pitcher
1991 – Julio Perez, minor league infielder
1992 – Bryce Cherry, Hoofdklasse player
1992 – Manuel Hernández, minor league outfielder
1993 – Mona Kusumakar, Indian women’s national team infielder
1993 – Demetrius Moorer, minor league outfielder
1993 – Moisses Pargas, Elitserien pitcher
1994 – Alex De Goti, infielder
1994 – Marcus Greene, minor league catcher
1994 – Yudai Mori, NPB pitcher
1994 – Yau-Pang Ng, Hong Kong national team pitcher
1994 – Eduardo Palacios, Salvadoran national team pitcher
1994 – Koki Sakamoto, NPB pitcher
1995 – Gerson Garabito, pitcher
1995 – Artur Strzalka, minor league pitcher
1996 – Sora Suzuki, NPB pitcher
1997 – Kris Bubic, pitcher; All-Star
1997 – Josh Simpson, pitcher
1997 – Travis Swaggerty, outfielder
1998 – Jake Palisch, pitcher
1998 – Brandon Young, pitcher
1999 – Chun-Yin Alex Cheung, Hong Kong national team pitcher
1999 – Andre Shaw Jin Chia, Singaporean national team catcher
2000 – Yilber Díaz, pitcher
2002 – Keiner Manrique, Colombian national team infielder
2003 – Zaid Flynn, New Zealand national team pitcher
2003 – Hagen Smith, pitcher
2005 – Ryusei Terachi, NPB catcher
2007 – Jeremiah Jones, minor league pitcher
Deaths[edit]
1897 – Jim McKeever, catcher (b. 1861)
1908 – Doc Bushong, catcher (b. 1856)
1910 – Bill Lennon, catcher, manager (b. 1845)
1926 – George Cobb, pitcher (b. 1865)
1933 – Robert Drury, owner (b. 1878)
1942 – Jesse Duryea, pitcher (b. 1859)
1944 – Masaharu Tanaka, NPB outfielder (d. 1922)
1946 – Bob McKinney, infielder (b. 1875)
1949 – Judson Hyames, college coach (b. 1888)
1951 – Ollie Hanson, pitcher (b. 1896)
1952 – Bill Carpenter, umpire (b. 1873)
1952 – George McAvoy, pinch hitter (b. 1884)
1958 – Jim Nasium, writer/cartoonist (b. 1874)
1962 – Mike Wilson (b. 1887)
1963 – Carl Zamloch, pitcher (b. 1889)
1965 – Larry Jacobus, pitcher (b. 1893)
1967 – George Walker, pitcher (b. 1915)
1969 – Alex Carrasquel, pitcher (b. 1912)
1969 – John Hollison, pitcher (b. 1870)
1974 – Augie Bergamo, outfielder (b. 1917)
1976 – Johnny Walker, infielder (b. 1896)
1977 – Bob Klinger, pitcher (b. 1908)
1977 – Chuck Wortman, infielder (b. 1892)
1999 – Dee Fondy, infielder (b. 1924)
1999 – Eiji Shibata, NPB pitcher (b. 1930)
2008 – Terry Watkins, minor league pitcher (b. 1956)
2009 – Nobuo Yasuda, NPB catcher (b. 1919)
2010 – Dom Moselle, college coach (b. 1925)
2014 – Jackie Mayo, outfielder (b. 1925)
2018 – Joe Landrum, pitcher (b. 1928)
2018 – Phil Pote, scout (b. 1933)
2019 – Al Jackson, pitcher (b. 1935)
2020 – Peter van ‘t Klooster, Hoofdklasse infielder (b. 1944)
2021 – Bill Freehan, catcher; All-Star (b. 1941)
2022 – John Wockenfuss, catcher (b. 1949)
2025 – Lee Elder, scout (b. 1949)
2025 – Phil Meeler, pitcher (b. 1948)
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TV SPORTS TODAY
(All times Eastern)
Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts
Wednesday, Aug. 19
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
6:35 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore
WNBA BASKETBALL
10 p.m.
USA — Minnesota at Golden State
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Thursday, Aug. 20
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m. (Friday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, First Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
10 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, First Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, First Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, First Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
7:30 p.m.
ESPNU — TBA
8 p.m.
ACCN — TBA
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
4 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
6:35 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore
8 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at Texas (8:05 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN — Preseason: Las Vegas at Houston
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: San Francisco at L.A. Chargers
WNBA BASKETBALL
8 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at Dallas
10 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Atlanta at Los Angeles
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Friday, Aug. 21
AUTO RACING
6:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
10:30 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Qualifying, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
6 a.m. (Saturday)
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
11 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
6 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
9 p.m.
ESPN — TBA
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Second Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
10 a.m.
ESPN — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Second Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
Noon
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Second Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
2 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Second Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
3 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Second Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Second Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, First Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (taped)
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
7:15 p.m.
APPLE TV — Tampa Bay at Baltimore
8:15 p.m.
APPLE TV — L.A. Angels at Texas
NFL FOOTBALL
7 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Green Bay at Denver ((joined in progress) (9 p.m.)
SOCCER (MEN’S)
3 p.m.
USA — English Premier League: Coventry City at Arsenal
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
CBSSN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
7:30 p.m.
ION — TBA
10 p.m.
ION — Portland at Toronto
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Saturday, Aug. 22
AUTO RACING
6 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Sprint Race, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
9 a.m.
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Washington, Washington
10 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Qualifying, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
1 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Streets of Washington, Washington
1:30 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
5 p.m.
FS2 — NTT IndyCar Series: Qualifying, Streets of Washington, Washington
BIG3 BASKETBALL
1 p.m.
CBS — Week 10: All-Star Game and Championship – TBD, Charlotte, N.C.
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
5 p.m.
SECN — TBA
7 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
FOX — Louisville at Wisconsin
GOLF
7:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Third Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
11 a.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
1 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Third Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
3 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Third Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Third Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
5 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, Second Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Third Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, Third Round, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich. (taped)
6:30 a.m. (Sunday)
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
5 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
HORSE RACING
6 p.m.
FOX — The Alabama Stakes: From Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
3 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
5 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
7 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
9 p.m.
ESPN — PFL: Main Card, Tampa, Fla.
MLB BASEBALL
4 p.m.
FS1 — Washington at Miami (4:10 p.m.)
7 p.m.
FOX — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers (7:15 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Boston (7:15 p.m.)
9:30 p.m.
FOX — Chicago Cubs at Seattle (9:40 p.m.)
NFL FOOTBALL
1 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Buffalo at Cleveland
4 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: N.Y. Giants at Miami
10 p.m.
NFLN — Preseason: Dallas at Arizona
SOCCER (MEN’S)
7:30 a.m.
USA — English Premier League: Manchester United at Hull City
10 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: Leeds United at Nottingham Forest
USA — English Premier League: Crystal Palace at Everton
12:30 p.m.
NBC — English Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur at Brentford FC
2:30 p.m.
USA — German Supercup: Bayern Munich at Borussia Dortmund, Final
3:30 p.m.
ABC — La Liga: TBA
SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Indiana at New York
9 p.m.
PRIME VIDEO — Connecticut at Los Angeles
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Sunday, Aug. 23
AUTO RACING
9 a.m.
APPLE TV — Formula 1: Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Warmup, Streets of Washington, Washington
Noon
NBC — IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship: Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, VIRginia International Raceway, Alton, Va.
1 p.m.
FOX — NTT IndyCar Series: Freedom 250 Grand Prix of Washington, D.C., Streets of Washington, Washington
3 p.m.
USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Dollar Tree 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
COLLEGE SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
9 a.m.
SECN — TBA
1 p.m.
ACCN — TBA
2 p.m.
SECN — TBA
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)
1 p.m.
ESPN2 — TBA
4 p.m.
ESPN — TBA
GOLF
6:30 a.m.
GOLF — DP World Tour: Nexo Championship, Final Round, Trump International Golf Links, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Noon
GOLF — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Final Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
2 p.m.
CBS — PGA Tour: BMW Championship, Final Round, Bellerive Country Club, St. Louis
GOLF — Korn Ferry Tour: AdventHealth Championship, Final Round, Blue Hills Country Club, Kansas City, Mo.
3:30 p.m.
FOX — LIV Golf League: Final Round, The Club at Chatham Hills, Westfield, Ind.
5 p.m.
GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: Rogers Charity Classic, Final Round, Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
7 p.m.
GOLF — LPGA Tour: CPKS Women’s Open, Final Round, Royal Mayfair Golf Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
10 p.m.
GOLF — USGA: U.S. Senior Women’s Open Championship, Final Round, Barton Hills Country Club, Ann Arbor, Mich. (taped)
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
11 a.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
1 p.m.
ABC — Little League World Series: TBD, United States Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
2 p.m.
ESPN — Little League World Series: TBD, International Bracket, South Williamsport, Pa.
MLB BASEBALL
3 p.m.
NBC — San Francisco at Boston (3:10 p.m.)
PEACOCK — San Francisco at Boston (3:10 p.m.)
4 p.m.
NBCSN — Cincinnati at Arizona (4:15 p.m.)
PEACOCK — Cincinnati at Arizona (4:15 p.m.)
7 p.m.
ESPN — Atlanta vs. Milwaukee, Williamsport, Pa.
NFL FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
FOX — Preseason: Seattle at Tennessee
SOCCER (MEN’S)
9 a.m.
NBCSN — English Premier League: Aston Villa at Brighton & Hove Albion
USA — English Premier League: AFC Bournemouth at Manchester City
SOCCER (WOMEN’S)
4 p.m.
ESPN2 — NWSL: Orlando at Washington
SOFTBALL
8 p.m.
MLBN — Athletes Unlimited All-Star Cup: TBD, Rosemont, Ill.
WNBA BASKETBALL
4 p.m.
NBATV — Seattle at Dallas
7 p.m.
NBC — Indiana at Chicago
PEACOCK — Indiana at Chicago
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