“THE SCOREBOARD” MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES CUBS 11, DETROIT 3 DODGERS 2, PHILLIES 1 RAYS 12, BLUE JAYS 2 DIAMONDBACKS 6, ATHLETICS 5 (10 INNINGS) PADRES 8, BRAVES 3 RANGERS 10, WHITE SOX 0 GUARDIANS 5, TWINS 2 METS 4, BREWERS 0 ROYALS 3, GIANTS 2 ASTROS 5, MARLINS 3 ROCKIES 8, NATIONALS 7 ANGELS 5, CARDINALS 1 REDS 4, MARINERS 2 ###################### BASEBALL NEWS https://www.mlb.com ###################### NFL NEWS https://www.nfl.com ###################### NBA NEWS https://www.nba.com ###################### NHL NEWS https://www.nhl.com ###################### MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SCORES INDIANAPOLIS 2 LEHIGH VALLEY 1 FT. 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ARIZONA – 8PM, NBC/PEACOCK WEEK 1 THURSDAY – AUG. 13 DETROIT AT CINCINNATI – 7PM GREEN BAY AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM INDIANAPOLIS AT NEW ENGLAND – 7:30PM LA CHARGERS AT HOUSTON – 8PM ARIZONA AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM TENNESSEE AT SAN FRANCISCO – 9PM FRIDAY – AUG. 14 DENVER AT ATLANTA – 7PM TAMPA BAY AT NY JETS – 7PM MIAMI AT WASHINGTON – 7PM SATURDAY – AUG. 15 CAROLINA AT BUFFALO – 1PM CLEVELAND AT CHICAGO – 1PM MINNESOTA AT NY GIANTS – 1PM LA RAMS AT KANSAS CITY – 4PM JACKSONVILLE AT NEW ORLEANS – 4PM PHILADELPHIA AT BALTIMORE – 7PM DALLAS AT SEATTLE – 8PM WEEK 2 THURSDAY – AUG. 20 LAS VEGAS AT HOUSTON – 8PM, ESPN SAN FRANCISCO AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM FRIDAY – AUG. 21 NY JETS AT PITTSBURGH – 7PM CAROLINA AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM GREEN BAY AT DENVER – 9PM SATURDAY – AUG. 22 WASHINGTON AT DETROIT – 12PM BUFFALO AT CLEVELAND – 1PM ATLANTA AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM BALTIMORE AT MINNESOTA – 1PM NEW ORLEANS AT LA RAMS – 4PM NY GIANTS AT MIAMI – 4PM CHICAGO AT CINCINNATI – 7PM PHILADELPHIA AT NEW ENGLAND – 7PM KANSAS CITY AT TAMPA BAY – 7:30PM DALLAS AT ARIZONA – 10PM SUNDAY – AUG. 23 SEATTLE AT TENNESSEE – 8PM, FOX WEEK 3 THURSDAY – AUG. 27 PITTSBURGH AT BUFFALO – 7PM NEW ENGLAND AT CLEVELAND – 8PM, PRIME VIDEO SAN FRANCISCO AT LAS VEGAS – 8PM LA RAMS AT LA CHARGERS – 10PM FRIDAY – AUG. 28 WASHINGTON AT BALTIMORE – 6PM HOUSTON AT CAROLINA – 7PM ATLANTA AT MIAMI – 7PM TAMPA BAY AT JACKSONVILLE – 7:30PM NY GIANTS AT NY JETS – 7:30PM NEW ORLEANS AT DALLAS – 8PM ARIZONA AT GREEN BAY – 8PM SEATTLE AT KANSAS CITY – 8PM CINCINNATI AT PHILADELPHIA – 8PM, CBS MINNESOTA AT DENVER – 9PM SATURDAY – AUG. 29 DETROIT AT INDIANAPOLIS – 1PM CHICAGO AT TENNESSEE – 6PM ###################################### 2026 NFL TEAM SCHEDULES https://www.nfl.com/schedules/2026/by-team ##################################### 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TV / TIME (ET) WEEK 1 THU, AUG 13 @ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS LOCAL (7:30 PM) WEEK 2 SAT, AUG 22 VS. ATLANTA FALCONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) WEEK 3 SAT, AUG 29 VS. DETROIT LIONS LOCAL (1:00 PM) ##### 2026 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE WEEK DATE OPPONENT TIME (ET) TV / STREAMING 1 SUN, SEPT 13 VS. BALTIMORE RAVENS 1:00 PM CBS 2 SUN, SEPT 20 @ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS 8:20 PM NBC 3 SUN, SEPT 27 VS. HOUSTON TEXANS 1:00 PM CBS 4 SUN, OCT 4 @ WASHINGTON COMMANDERS 9:30 AM NFL NET 5 SUN, OCT 11 @ PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1:00 PM CBS 6 SUN, OCT 18 VS. TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM FOX 7 SUN, OCT 25 @ MINNESOTA VIKINGS 1:00 PM CBS 8 SUN, NOV 1 @ JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS 1:00 PM CBS 9 SUN, NOV 8 VS. DALLAS COWBOYS 1:00 PM FOX 10 SUN, NOV 15 VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS 1:00 PM CBS 11 THU, NOV 19 @ HOUSTON TEXANS 8:15 PM PRIME VIDEO 12 SUN, NOV 29 VS. NEW YORK GIANTS 1:00 PM FOX 13 BYE WEEK 14 SUN, DEC 13 @ PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1:00 PM FOX 15 SUN, DEC 20 @ TENNESSEE TITANS 1:00 PM CBS 16 TBD – FLEX VS. CINCINNATI BENGALS TBD TBD 17 SUN, JAN 3 @ CLEVELAND BROWNS 1:00 PM FOX 18 TBD – FLEX GAME VS. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS TBD TBD ####################################### TOP NATIONAL HEADLINES/SPORTS RELEASES MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MLB ROUNDUP: CUBS ERUPT IN 6-RUN FIRST, CRUSH FRAMBER VALDEZ, TIGERS The host Chicago Cubs sent 12 batters to the plate in a six-run first inning as they rolled to a comfortable 11-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Pete Crow-Armstrong was a perfect 2-for-2 with three walks and two RBIs for Chicago, which evened the series after the Tigers’ 8-6 extra-innings win on Monday. Michael Conforto added a two-run homer. Cubs starting pitcher David Peterson (5-7) was the beneficiary of the run support and took full advantage, tossing 6 2/3 scoreless innings. Detroit managed just three hits against Peterson, who struck out four and walked only one. Dillon Dingler doubled in the second before hitting a two-run shot in the ninth to put the Tigers on the board. Dingler is now 6-for-8 with three long balls in the series. Valdez (5-7) recorded just two outs in 42 pitches, giving up five hits and two walks. He was charged with all six runs in the inning after Madden issued another bases-loaded free pass to Seiya Suzuki. The first seven Cubs reached base against Detroit starter Framber Valdez (5-7). The scoring started with cleanup hitter Carson Kelly knocking a two-run single to right, followed by a bloop RBI hit for Michael Busch and a run-scoring infield single for Ian Happ. Crow-Armstrong — who started the big inning with a leadoff triple — drew a bases-loaded walk in his second at-bat and ended Valdez’s night, as he was pulled in favor of Ty Madden. Valdez (5-7) recorded just two outs in 42 pitches, giving up all siix runs on five hits and two walks. Dodgers 2, Phillies 1 Max Muncy hit a two-run home run in support of Justin Wrobleski as visiting Los Angeles held on for a victory over Philadelphia. Muncy’s fourth-inning blast off Zack Wheeler provided enough offense for Wrobleski (11-2), who allowed one run and five hits in 6 1/3 innings. The All-Star left-hander walked one and struck out seven in lowering his ERA to 2.62. Wheeler (10-2) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, striking out nine without a walk. Alec Bohm had three hits and an RBI. The Phillies had runners on second and third with one out in the ninth against Tanner Scott. Brandon Marsh hit a grounder to third that resulted in Justin Crawford getting tagged out in a rundown between third and home, and then J.T. Realmuto — who was already on third — retreated towards second and was thrown out to end the game. Rays 12, Blue Jays 2 Nick Fortes and Yandy Diaz hit three-run home runs and visiting Tampa Bay posted a season-best 21 hits to clobber Toronto. Fortes finished with three hits and four RBIs, Chandler Simpson and Ben Williamson each added four hits and Junior Caminero had two hits and three walks for the Rays, who took a 2-0 lead in the four-game series. Tampa Bay is 7-1 against Toronto this season to clinch the season series. Ernie Clement and George Springer had two hits apiece for the Blue Jays, who have lost six of seven. Diamondbacks 6, Athletics 5 (10 innings) Ildemaro Vargas slapped a bases-loaded single to left with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as Arizona recorded a victory over the Athletics at Phoenix. Nolan Arenado delivered the tying single earlier in the inning as Arizona won for the seventh time in the past nine games. Max Kepler added a three-run homer for the Diamondbacks. Jacob Wilson drilled a tying two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning and Jonah Heim hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the 10th inning for the Athletics. Shea Langeliers also homered for the Athletics, who lost for the 16th time in their past 19 games. Padres 8, Braves 3 Manny Machado hit a pair of home runs and starter Walker Buehler recovered from early troubles to pitch 5 2/3 strong innings and help visiting San Diego beat Atlanta. Machado, who went 2-for-5, hit a 412-foot solo homer to left field in the fifth inning and added a 418-foot solo shot to center one inning later. The Padres also got home runs from Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr., and the Tatis homer traveled 474 feet, the longest in the major leagues this season. Tatis went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Rookie Jim Jarvis hit a two-run triple for the Braves. Rangers 10, White Sox 0 Brandon Nimmo and Wyatt Langford homered and Kumar Rocker and Marco Gonzales combined on a three-hit shutout as Texas routed visiting Chicago. Nimmo powered the Rangers to a lead they wouldn’t relinquish, reaching White Sox starter Noah Schultz for a two-run blast with two out in the first inning. The Texas right fielder finished 4-for-4. Alejandro Osuna added three hits and three RBIs, Langford had two hits and two RBIs and Ezequiel Duran and Nicky Lopez both contributed two hits and an RBI. Schultz (3-7), a rookie left-hander, endured one of his roughest outings. He allowed five runs on a career-high 11 hits over 3 2/3 innings. Rocker (3-8) countered with a sparkling effort to earn his first victory since May 19 at Colorado. The right-hander stymied Chicago over six shutout innings. Guardians 5, Twins 2 Austin Hedges and rookie Petey Halpin had back-to-back sacrifice flies in a pivotal sixth inning, propelling Cleveland over visiting Minnesota. Hedges brought home Kahlil Watson with the go-ahead run after the Guardians loaded the bases with no outs against Mike Paredes (0-3). After a double steal, Halpin’s sacrifice fly off Taylor Rogers drove in Travis Bazzana after a replay review overturned an out call at the plate to make it 4-2. Bazzana added a two-out RBI single in the seventh to make it 5-2. Ryan Jeffers hit a solo homer in the first inning for the Twins, extending his on-base streak to 15 games. Mets 4, Brewers 0 Zac Thornton tossed six scoreless innings and earned his first big-league win as visiting New York beat Milwaukee in the middle game of a three-game series. Jared Young and Luis Robert Jr. homered while Carson Benge had an unusual two-run double for the last-place Mets, who have won three of five since the All-Star break against the Brewers and Philadelphia Phillies, each of whom currently occupy a playoff spot. The Brewers, blanked for just the fourth time this season, had their four-game winning streak snapped. Thornton (1-1) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out two while extending his scoreless streak to 18 innings dating back to June 26. He has a 1.93 ERA in his first four major league starts. Brandon Sproat (3-5), who was dealt to the Brewers by the Mets in the Freddy Peralta trade in January, gave up two runs on four hits and four walks over 4 2/3 innings. Royals 3, Giants 2 Luinder Avila allowed two runs while setting career highs with seven strikeouts and 6 1/3 innings, while Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Loftin each had two hits and an RBI as Kansas City won over visiting San Francisco. Pressed into the Royals’ injury-ravaged rotation since early June, Avila (5-3) yielded five hits while helping secure a series win. Pasquantino and Loftin delivered RBI singles in the sixth to help Kansas City erase a 2-1 deficit. Tyler Mahle (2-9) was charged with all three runs and allowed five hits while completing five-plus innings for the Giants, who have lost four straight. San Francisco managed only five hits and went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Astros 5, Marlins 3 Tatsuya Imai allowed one run over six innings, Isaac Paredes clubbed a three-run homer and Houston sent reeling Miami to its eighth straight loss. Imai (6-4) produced his fifth quality start of the season. He retired the side in order only once — in the second — but stranded four baserunners in scoring position across six innings. Astros closer Josh Hader notched his 11th save with a scoreless ninth, working around a leadoff double. Joe Mack shaved the Marlins’ deficit to 5-3 with a two-run homer off AJ Blubaugh in the seventh, his ninth home run of the season and second of the series. Rockies 8, Nationals 7 Hunter Goodman hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting Colorado over Washington in Denver. Goodman leads all catchers in homers with a career-high-tying 31. Jordan Romano pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his seventh save, making a winner of Juan Mejia (3-6), who tossed a clean eighth. Goodman finished with two hits, Mickey Moniak also went deep and singled, Cole Carrigg had three hits and Jake McCarthy added two hits for the Rockies. CJ Abrams homered twice, James Wood had two doubles and two RBIs and Luis Garcia Jr. and Nasim Nunez also had two hits each for Washington. Angels 5, Cardinals 1 Jo Adell hit a two-run home run to highlight a five-run first inning and rookie Walbert Urena allowed one run on six hits over six innings to lead Los Angeles to a victory over slumping St. Louis in Anaheim, Calif. Jorge Soler had a two-run double, Jose Siri doubled and had two hits and Zach Neto and Adell also had two hits for Los Angeles, which won its third straight game. Urena (6-7) threw 28 pitches during a scoreless first inning, 16 of which registered 100 mph or better. Mitch Farris, Chase Silseth and Ryan Zeferjahn combined to allow one hit over three shutout innings. Alec Burleson had three hits for St. Louis, which lost its fourth straight and fifth in six games. Cardinals starter Matthew Liberatore (5-7) allowed five runs on nine hits in 5 1/3 innings. Reds 4, Mariners 2 Chase Burns pitched five scoreless innings to win his 11th straight decision as Cincinnati defeated host Seattle. Elly De La Cruz, Eugenio Suarez and Nathaniel Lowe homered for the Reds, who snapped Seattle’s three-game winning streak and knocked the Mariners out of first place in the American League West. Weston Wilson and Julio Rodriguez went deep for the hosts. Burns (12-1), in his first full season, allowed three hits — singles by Josh Naylor and Victor Robles in the second and another single by Naylor in the fourth. The Mariners were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10. Luis Castillo (3-9) made a quality start, giving up three runs on four hits over seven innings. ##### MLB PLAYERS PROPOSE EXPANDED DRAFT ELIGIBILITY IN ANOTHER SIGN OF LOOMING LABOR CONFRONTATION NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players proposed expanding eligibility for the amateur draft rather than decreasing it, maintaining 20 rounds of selections and moving it back to June in a signal the sport is heading to a labor confrontation this offseason. During a two-hour bargaining session Tuesday at Major League Baseball’s headquarters, the union proposed allowing college sophomores to be eligible for the draft along with those finishing their junior years, a group eligible under the current rules along with high school seniors. Players proposed moving the draft back to June, when it was held through 2020. They asked that draft slot values continue to be increased at the same percentage as industry revenue through 2027 and may not be decreased for the remainder of the agreement. Baseball’s five-year labor contract expires Dec. 1 and a management lockout is expected that would halt offseason trades and signings, and threaten the start of spring training workouts on Feb. 9 and opening day on March 24. MLB in May proposed a salary cap for the first time since players fought off a proposal during a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that led to the first cancellation of the World Series in 90 years. Players vow never to accept a cap. MLB said last month it wanted to eliminate eligibility for high school seniors and junior college players, arguing college programs offer better preparation for professional careers. MLB also proposed cutting the draft to 12 rounds in 2027. The union also wants maintain the ability for players to negotiate deals rather than have fixed slots, reduce penalties for exceeding signing bonus pools, allow more draft selections to be traded and keep competitive balance round selections. It would allow a $2 million signing bonus pool increase for a revenue-sharing recipient team that is not in a large market in one draft from 2027-31 and also allow those teams to sign two players drafted before the third round to major league contracts rather than minor league deals. Revenue-sharing recipients that reach the postseason would receive an extra $1 million in their signing bonus pool in the following draft. Teams exceeding their signing bonus pools by up to 15% would not lose a pick in the next draft, up from 5%. For players not drafted in the first 10 rounds, the signing bonus pool exemption would increase from $150,000 to $1,000 over the figure for the last 10th-round selection, which was $191,900 this year. For draft and follow players — those who play an additional junior college season after the draft — the signing bonus maximum would rise from $225,000 to $75,000 above the last 10th-round pick’s slot value. Players would agree to MLB’s proposal that draft picks could be traded during a period of about a month starting in early November and for the month prior to the draft. Selections acquired could be traded on to another team but cash couldn’t be included except to offset salary of a player involved in the trade. Each team would be required to retain at least one first-round pick in a two-year period and no team could obtain more than three additional selections within the first three rounds. A newly drafted player could not be traded for the first 90 days after he signs or the day after the World Series ends, whichever is later. Players proposed only picks in the first 10 rounds be tradable. MLB claims the union’s draft proposal in tandem with its revenue-sharing stance would not address payroll. The union proposed that tax proceeds from penalties for exceeding amateur draft pools be split, with half going to joint funds and half to revenue-sharing recipients who made the playoffs in the prior season. ################################################ NFL NEWS NFL TRAINING CAMPS SET TO OPEN WITH 10 NEW HEAD COACHES, SEVERAL QB CHANGES AND PLENTY OF HOPE ASSOCIATED PRESS The countdown is over. NFL training camp has arrived. Every team is 0-0 so there’s hope in each city that this season ends with a championship parade. Bryce Young and the defending NFC South champion Carolina Panthers report Wednesday. So do the Arizona Cardinals, led by rookie head coach Mike LaFleur. The teams will meet in the Hall of Fame Game that kicks off the preseason on Aug. 6. The reigning Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots open camp on Friday. They’ll face off in a Super Bowl rematch that opens the regular season on Sept. 9. Many teams have plenty of questions to answer before Week 1. It’s a long road to Los Angeles, which hosts Super Bowl 61 on Feb. 14. Valentine’s Day will be the latest date the game will have been played. That just means more football. Ten teams have new coaches. Some have new quarterbacks. A few superstars have changed teams. Training camp starts The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers report to camp on Saturday, making it six teams in before the end of this week. The NFC West rivals will play the first regular-season game in Australia on Sept. 10. The remaining 26 teams are due in next Tuesday. The head coaches in new places John Harbaugh joined the New York Giants after he was fired by Baltimore following 18 seasons. He has Jaxson Dart and some talented players to build around. Two-time AP NFL Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski took over in Atlanta after six seasons in Cleveland. He inherits a team that has plenty of playmakers on offense, including All-Pro running back Bijan Robinson, wide receiver Drake London and tight end Kyle Pitts. They have to figure whether Tua Tagovailoa or Michael Penix Jr. will be the quarterback. Robert Saleh is the new man in charge in Tennessee. The Titans are coming off consecutive 3-14 seasons but Saleh already has a franchise QB in Cam Ward and he brought in Brian Daboll to develop him and run the offense. Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers are reunited in Pittsburgh. They won a Super Bowl together in Green Bay and aim to get the Steelers at least their first playoff win since January 2017. The other six new head coaches are first-timers. LaFleur has a tough task in Arizona. Klint Kubiak helped Sam Darnold win a Super Bowl in Seattle and hopes to rebuild the Las Vegas Raiders. Jeff Hafley went from running Green Bay’s defense to leading the Miami Dolphins. Joe Brady replaced Sean McDermott in Buffalo after the Bills kept falling short in the playoffs. Todd Monken replaced Stefanski in Cleveland and Jesse Minter is Baltimore’s new coach. The quarterback carousel turns again Tagovailoa has a chance to revive his career with Stefanski in Atlanta after a disappointing end in Miami. Kyler Murray left Arizona for Minnesota, where the Vikings hope he can stay healthy and regain his Pro Bowl form. Kirk Cousins is the stopgap for the Raiders, who drafted Fernando Mendoza with the No. 1 overall pick. Malik Willis parlayed three solid starts in two seasons with the Packers into a $67.5 million contract with the Dolphins that includes $45 million fully guaranteed. Geno Smith returned to the Jets. Justin Fields is the new backup for Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City. Kenny Pickett is Carolina’s new No. 2, veteran Andy Dalton joined Philadelphia to play behind Jalen Hurts and Gardner Minshew went to the Cardinals. Quarterback competitions in several cities Tagovailoa and Penix will compete in Atlanta. Cousins is expected to start in Las Vegas but Mendoza could end up starting sooner than later. Murray has to beat out J.J. McCarthy, who was the Vikings’ first-round pick in 2024. The most interesting battle will be for the Browns’ starting job. Deshaun Watson is back after missing 2025 to compete with Shedeur Sanders. The other top storylines Will Baker Mayfield get a contract extension from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Mayfield is in the final season of a three-year, $100 million deal. He’s expected to get around $55 million per season and another three-year deal makes sense. Will Aaron Donald come out of retirement to join two-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett in Los Angeles? The Rams acquired the five-time All-Pro from the Browns and bolstered their secondary by adding cornerbacks Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson. Donald, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, is 35 and hasn’t played since retiring after the 2023 season. Joint practices More teams choose to use practices against other opponents to prepare their quarterbacks and key starters for the regular season instead of preseason games. Only the Lions, Chiefs, Broncos and Steelers are not participating in any joint sessions. When are the roster cuts? Teams can carry a maximum of 90 players throughout training camp and for all of their preseason games. Rosters must be trimmed to 53 by 6 p.m. EDT on Aug. 30. ##### LINEBACKER JORDYN BROOKS AGREES TO 3-YEAR EXTENSION WITH DOLPHINS, AP SOURCE SAYS MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jordyn Brooks has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the Miami Dolphins, ensuring the veteran linebacker remains a core piece of the team’s rebuild, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t made an announcement. ESPN first reported the deal, which said it is worth $51.3 million with $35 million guaranteed. Brooks was an All-Pro selection for the first time in his career last season after leading the NFL with 183 tackles, including 99 solo tackles. He was a bright spot in an otherwise disappointing season that saw general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike McDaniel fired. New GM Jon-Eric Sullivan has said the Dolphins wanted to keep Brooks long term. Brooks, a 2020 first-round pick by Seattle, signed with Miami in free agency ahead of the 2024 season and has become a leader in the locker room. He has 326 tackles and 6 1/2 sacks over the past two seasons. Including Brooks, the Dolphins have signed three core players as they begin their rebuild. ##### ESPN STARTS LAYOFFS TIED TO NFL NETWORK ACQUISITION, MEMO SAYS ESPN is undergoing a significant round of layoffs for the first time in three years after taking over NFL Network in April. Chairman Jimmy Pitaro said in a memo to employees Tuesday morning, obtained by The Associated Press, that most moves are the result of ESPN’s acquisition of NFL Network and other league digital assets last year. The deal was announced last August and also included NFL Fantasy and the rights to distribute the RedZone channel to cable and satellite operators. In return, the NFL got a 10% equity stake in ESPN. It was approved by government regulators in January. NFL Network employees became part of ESPN on April 1. “Over the past several months, we’ve made significant progress integrating the NFL assets that we acquired into ESPN,” Pitaro wrote in the memo. “Throughout this process, we have taken the time to carefully evaluate our collective teams, resources and organizational structure to best position us for the future. As a result, we had to make some difficult decisions about job impacts that we will be communicating today. “While most of the job impacts are tied to the acquisition, we will also notify colleagues in other parts of the company today that their positions have been impacted. We are committed to treating employees with compassion and respect and to providing support as they navigate this transition.” While most of the layoffs affect production and behind-the-scenes personnel, some on-air talent were affected. Ryan Clark, who joined ESPN in 2015 as an NFL analyst, learned of his layoff while on “NFL Live” on Monday. A person familiar with the situation said Clark was originally going to be told Tuesday morning before reports leaked about the decision. Clark was told by company executives rather than hear about it elsewhere. He did not finish his appearance on the show. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not at liberty to discuss personnel decisions. Clark took to social media on Tuesday to address the layoffs. He also shared a video of himself working out. “Sending prayers and love to all those laid off today by ESPN. So many of you have poured your life into that company, & I know how you’re feeling right now,” Clark wrote on X. “My hope is as this door closes another opens for you all. God bless!” Other notable names include Karl Ravech, who had been with ESPN since 1993 and had been an integral part of its baseball coverage. Ravech was the voice of “Sunday Night Baseball” from 2022-25 before the package moved to NBC this season. He did call Monday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. Tom Pelissero, who had been with NFL Network since 2017, is also part of the cuts. ESPN had recently signed NFL insiders Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter to extensions. The ESPN cutbacks are also part of other reductions that are taking place throughout the Walt Disney Company this week. ############################################## COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEC’S MOVE TO 9-GAME CONFERENCE SCHEDULES PAUSES SOME RIVALRIES AND AWAKENS OTHERS TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — It used to be the biggest rivalry game of the week, the month — maybe the entire season. In 2026, Florida and Tennessee will be complete strangers. Their once-a-year matchup that, back in the day, featured Steve Spurrier, Peyton Manning, Phil Fulmer and snark that sometimes even outweighed the stakes — “You can’t spell Citrus without ‘U-T’” — is absent from the schedule for the first time in 37 seasons. Alabama-LSU — that’s gone too, for the first time since 1963. The Gators and LSU — they’ll miss each other for the first time since 1970. Such is the price of progress in the Southeastern Conference, which has grown from 10 teams in the old days to 16 now. The league is introducing a nine-game league slate this season in an attempt to boost strength of schedule for what is now a playoff system that has a committee awarding seven at-large spots in the 12-team field. “When you look at our schedule, no one has created the kind of weekly competition that exists in the Southeastern Conference,” commissioner Greg Sankey said. The divisions that once made Florida-Tennessee such a big deal — winner had an inside track for the East, a spot in the conference title game and maybe the national championship — are gone, another product of expansion. Under the new system, in place through 2029, each school will play three “annual” foes. Some of the SEC’s most ancient rivalries, like Alabama-Auburn, Florida-Georgia and Auburn-Georgia, were preserved. Others are now less-permanent affairs. Another oldie but goodie that’s missing this year, Georgia vs. Tennessee, first played in 1899 and became an annual event in 1992. The Volunteers got the best of the Bulldogs early, but Georgia has won nine in a row and 14 of the last 16 — a run that prompted a question to Georgia coach Kirby Smart on Tuesday about feeling like he has “one less win” on the schedule. “You said that; not me,” Smart responded. “I got a lot of respect for Josh (Heupel) and their staff. I mean, they’re a tough prep. I’m glad other teams get an opportunity to do that, and then we get some new teams to play.” Some new teams, yes. Some old rivalries will return, too. For instance, Arkansas-Texas, a must-see game on the old Southwestern Conference schedule that produced the Game of the Century, attended by President Nixon in 1969, is an annual affair again. Two years ago, Missouri renewed acquaintance with Oklahoma, reupping a rivalry that meant a lot in the Big Eight for a time in the 1970s. And Texas-Texas A&M, the “Lone Star Shootout” and a game held every year between 1915 and 2011, will now be played annually. Asked about rivalries being renewed and others that, in another effect of realignment, are changing dates — Missouri’s season-ending tradition against Arkansas has been moved to Week 8 — Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said: “I don’t worry about that. I know each and every game in the SEC is extremely difficult.” The SEC also mandated its teams play a 10th game against a Power Four opponent, which led Kansas and Missouri to renew their so-called “Border War” and created other early season matchups like Oklahoma-Michigan, Clemson-LSU, Ohio State-Texas, Auburn-Baylor, Arkansas-Utah and Arizona State-Texas. SEC coaches believed moving to a nine-game league schedule would coincide with College Football Playoff expansion, which didn’t happen. Now, they have tougher schedules, no increased access to the 12-team playoff and a few less rivalries. “That’s what our conference looks like,” Oklahoma coach Brett Venables said. “Each and every week, you’re not going to sneak up on anybody.” A brief look at the Tennessee-Florida series The Tennessee-Florida rivalry decided the SEC East a dozen times between 1993 and 2009. Spurrier got under Fulmer’s skin with his “Citrus Bowl” comments. Manning, despite all his accolades, went 0-4 against the Gators. The importance of the rivalry diminished beginning in 2011, with both schools falling behind Georgia in the East. A brief look at the Florida-LSU series The Florida-LSU matchup has been filled with chaos, controversy and close games. Among the most memorable one: LSU upset No. 1 Florida in 1997, stormed the field and tore down goal posts; the top-ranked Tigers won another close one a decade later by converting five fourth-down plays; in 2020, unranked LSU stunned the sixth-ranked Gators in Gainesville on Cade York’s 57-yard field goal through heavy fog after cornerback Marco Wilson inexplicably threw an opponent’s shoe and kept alive the game-winning drive. A brief look at the LSU-Alabama series Alabama and LSU played 12 times between 2008 and 2021 with one of them ranked first or second. It often had Western Division and national title implications. Few matchups outweigh the 2011 showdown in which top-ranked LSU knocked off No. 2 Alabama 9-6 in overtime. The Crimson Tide won the rematch in New Orleans two months later for the national championship. Could current rivalries be affected beyond 2029? The SEC has been adamant that each team’s annual opponents will be revisited and potentially realigned to maintain competitive balance before the 2030 season. Of course, by then, there’s no telling what the SEC or college football will look like. ##### SEC NOTEBOOK: KIRBY SMART WANTS GEORGIA ‘BIGGER’ IN BIGGEST MOMENTS Georgia’s recent results would satisfy almost any program. Kirby Smart, however, is not interested in measuring the Bulldogs solely by their consecutive SEC championships. Georgia has followed both titles with losses in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals, leaving Smart focused on producing better performances once the stakes rise beyond the conference championship game. “We’ve got to find a way to, whether we win the SEC or not, to get into that playoff and play better and play bigger in bigger moments,” Smart told ESPN Tuesday at SEC Media Days in Tampa, Fla. Smart also said Georgia has not played its best football when it was needed most. The Bulldogs lost 23-10 to Notre Dame in the playoffs two seasons ago before falling 39-34 against Ole Miss last year. To reinforce his message, Smart analyzed the 2025 NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the selflessness that enabled individual players to succeed within defined roles. He aims for Georgia to find similar success while continuing to adapt rather than relying on the approach that led to previous championships. “We study successful programs all the time. If you’re not studying how other people are doing it and you’re just fixated on your own team and your own roster, I think you’re missing out,” Smart said. “We’re always trying to grow in our program. We don’t want to stay the same.” –Golesh gets started with Auburn rebuild Alex Golesh understands that rebuilding Auburn will eventually be measured in victories, championships and appearances on college football’s national stage. For now, the Tigers’ first-year coach is focused on shaping what the program should be like before counting wins in his first season. “I don’t really have any goals, other than laying a foundation for what Auburn football is going to be for years to come,” Golesh said. “If we can leave year one and we have a foundation that’s built on our identity I would tell you it’s a successful year one.” That foundation will be built on the identity Golesh established during three seasons at South Florida: physical and mentally tough, detail-oriented and increasingly driven by the players rather than the coaching staff. “That’s what Auburn football was built on, physical and mental toughness,” Golesh said. “The ability to be the most violent football team on the field every Saturday. Violent. I think that’s something you can watch and see.” Golesh is Auburn’s fourth head coach since 2019 and inherits a program that has endured six consecutive seasons without winning more than six games. The Tigers’ last double-digit-win season came in 2017, when they reached the SEC championship game. Quarterback Byrum Brown is among 13 South Florida transfers who followed Golesh to Auburn. Brown passed for 3,158 yards and 28 touchdowns last season while adding 1,008 yards and 14 scores on the ground, giving the Tigers an experienced operator for Golesh’s fast-paced offense. Golesh acknowledged the urgency surrounding the job but believes the current roster is talented enough to compete immediately. Auburn opens the season Sept. 5 against Baylor in Atlanta. –Vanderbilt refuses to call 10 wins an arrival Vanderbilt is dealing with an unfamiliar offseason problem: ensuring unprecedented success does not breed complacency. The Commodores recorded the first 10-win season in program history last fall, finishing 10-3 after winning six SEC games. They must now replace quarterback Diego Pavia, the Heisman Trophy runner-up and central figure in their rise. Head coach Clark Lea still believes the program has evolved in ways that go beyond just one quarterback or a single breakthrough season. “Progress is not the destination. Last season was not an arrival,” Lea said. “It was simply another step in the climb.” Lea added that the current roster inherited an expectation to win that his earlier Vanderbilt teams did not have. “With that inheritance comes standard over excuses, responsibility over entitlement, commitment over convenience,” Lea said. “That inheritance gives us a foundation, but our story still must be earned because this team has yet to win a game. That’s the gift of every season. A new beginning, a blank canvas The Commodores will continue emphasizing a physical running game, though the carries previously handled by Pavia will be distributed more heavily among their running backs. Lea said Vanderbilt cannot duplicate Pavia’s unique impact, but expects new leaders to emerge from players who previously worked outside the spotlight. ##### REPORT: GEORGIA RB DANTE DOWDELL INJURED IN ACCIDENT Georgia running back Dante Dowdell was admitted to an Atlanta hospital with serious injuries following an all-terrain vehicle accident, ESPN reported Tuesday. Bulldogs head football coach Kirby Smart confirmed to ESPN that Dowdell was injured in the accident near his home in Mississippi. Dowdell was set to join his fourth program in four seasons after he played as a freshman at Oregon before transfers to Nebraska for the 2024 season and Kentucky last season. In 30 college games over three seasons, Dowdell has rushed for 1,264 yards on 272 carries with 16 touchdowns. His best season came with Nebraska when he ran for 614 yards on 143 carries with 12 TDs. Smart said there is no timetable for a potential return, and no certainty that Dowdell will be able to recover in time to play this season. ##### 2026 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL TEAMS FIRST-TEAM OFFENSE QB MICAH ALEJADO, HAWAII RB JAI’DEN THOMAS, UNLV RB OWEN ALLEN, AIR FORCE RB SCOTTRE HUMPHREY, NEW MEXICO WR POFELE ASHLOCK, HAWAII WR TROY OMEIRE, NEW MEXICO WR AUDRIC HARRIS, HAWAII TE CADE KEITH, NEW MEXICO C KADEN ROBNETT, NEW MEXICO OL JACK FOSTER, NEVADA OL AUSTIN BOYD, UNLV OL GRIFFIN EMPEY, NORTH DAKOTA STATE OL ZACH COCHNAUER, NEVADA ##### FIRST-TEAM DEFENSE DL DYLAN LABARBERA, NEVADA DL KEENAN WILSON, NORTH DAKOTA STATE DL LUCAS CONTI, UNLV DL DARREN AGU, NEW MEXICO LB ETHAN STUHLSATZ, WYOMING LB JAXTON ECK, NEW MEXICO LB BLAKE FLETCHER, AIR FORCE LB ISAAC HUBERT, AIR FORCE LB DONOVAN WOOLEN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE CB ELIJAH PALMER, HAWAII DB DESMAN HEARNS, WYOMING S ROGER JONES JR., AIR FORCE S AUSTIN BRAWLEY, NEW MEXICO S XAVIER SMITH, UTEP ##### FIRST-TEAM SPECIALISTS K JOE MCFADDEN, NEVADA P BART EDMISTON, WYOMING KR JACKSON WILLIAMS, NORTH DAKOTA STATE PR JACKSON WILLIAMS, NORTH DAKOTA STATE SECOND-TEAM OFFENSE QB JACKSON ARNOLD, UNLV RB TELLY JOHNSON, NORTHERN ILLINOIS RB DJ SCOTT, NORTH DAKOTA STATE RB/ALL-PURPOSE SAMUEL HARRIS, WYOMING WR TAESHAUN LYONS, UNLV WR KAM THOMAS, UTEP WR JACKSON WILLIAMS, NORTH DAKOTA STATE TE KEYAN BURNETT, UNLV C LANDON HRON, NORTHERN ILLINOIS OL REX JOHNSEN, WYOMING OL MALIK ALIANE, NEW MEXICO OL ETHAN SPENCER, HAWAII OL JAYMAR TASI, NEW MEXICO OL NATHAN ELWOOD, AIR FORCE ##### SECOND-TEAM DEFENSE DL LESTERLAISENE LAGAFUAINA, HAWAII DL KELTON MCCASLIN, NORTH DAKOTA STATE DL BRIAN BOOKER, NEW MEXICO DL JAYDEN WILLIAMS, WYOMING LB JAYDEN WILSON, UTEP LB JAMIH OTIS, HAWAII LB EJ SMITH, NEVADA LB ETHAN POWELL, SAN JOSE STATE LB MERCURY SWAIM, NEW MEXICO CB AIDEN WALKER, NEVADA CB CALEB BROWN, HAWAII CB JUSTIN CONTENT, UTEP S JONES THOMAS, WYOMING S DARIUS GIVANCE, NORTH DAKOTA STATE S JAKE POPE, UNLV ##### SECOND-TEAM SPECIALISTS K RAMON VILLELA, UNLV P TRENT CARRIZOSA, SAN JOSE STATE KR DEV’ION REYNOLDS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS PR DEION DEBLANC, WYOMING THIRD-TEAM OFFENSE QB LIAM SZARKA, AIR FORCE RB HERSCHEL TURNER, NEVADA RB CAM BARFIELD, HAWAII RB/ALL-PURPOSE JABARI BATES, SAN JOSE STATE WR JERRY MCCLURE, SAN JOSE STATE WR DEAREE ROGERS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS WR GARY GIVENS III, NEVADA WR KAYDEN MCGEE, UNLV TE REIS KESSEL, NORTH DAKOTA STATE C JOSEPH HARBERT, SAN JOSE STATE OL DEAN BRISKI, HAWAII OL TYLER CHEN, SAN JOSE STATE OL TYLER LAWRENCE, NEW MEXICO OL ALEC FALK, AIR FORCE OL WILL THOMAS, UNLV ##### THIRD-TEAM DEFENSE DL LUTHER MCCOY, HAWAII DL ASHTON COKER, UTEP DL LANDEN THOMAS, UNLV DL LOGOLOGO VA’A, NEVADA LB BLESYNG ALUALU-TUIOLEMOTU, UNLV LB DALLAS DALEY, AIR FORCE LB NASERI DANIELSON, SAN JOSE STATE CB ORMANIE ARNOLD, NEW MEXICO CB DENVER HARRIS, UNLV S TAVIAN COMBS, NEW MEXICO S MATAGI THOMPSON, HAWAII ##### THIRD-TEAM SPECIALISTS K CADE HECHTER, UTEP P AARON BICKERTON, NORTH DAKOTA STATE KR CAM BARFIELD, HAWAII PR KAM THOMAS, UTEP ##### FOURTH-TEAM OFFENSE QB JACK LAYNE, NEW MEXICO RB TAVORUS JONES, UTEP RB MARKELL HOLMAN, WYOMING RB JAYLON GLOVER, UNLV WR TAMA UILIATA, HAWAII WR ERIC RICHARDSON, WYOMING WR JONAH DAWSON, AIR FORCE WR MALACHI RILEY, SAN JOSE STATE WR JADEN SMITH, UTEP TE JAKE WILSON, WYOMING OL NATE TASTAD, NORTH DAKOTA STATE OL ETHAN NEWMAN, NEVADA OL ROSS LIEGEL, NORTHERN ILLINOIS OL BRIAN WILLIAMS, UTEP OL BRAYLON JENKINS, WYOMING OL JACKSON BROWN, UNLV ##### FOURTH-TEAM DEFENSE DL JACK DUNKLEY, WYOMING DL XAVIER SLAYTON, NEW MEXICO DL JUSTIN STEARNS, SAN JOSE STATE DL JAY’SHON THOMAS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS DL COHEN FULLER, UNLV LB JEREMY NABORNE-OWENS, NEVADA LB CAM SANTEE, UNLV LB WYNDEN HO’OHULI, HAWAII CB AVERY HELM, UNLV CB JOSHUA SCOTT, NEVADA CB QUANDARIUS KEYES, UNLV S LARRY TURNER-GOODEN, NEVADA S BRIAN DUKES JR., SAN JOSE STATE ##### FOURTH-TEAM SPECIALISTS K ERIK SANDVIK, WYOMING P JAKE FERENCE, NORTHERN ILLINOIS KR ABRAHAM WILLIAMS, NEW MEXICO PR TAMA UILIATA, HAWAII ##### 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRE-SEASON CONFERENCE PREDICTIONS BIG 10 OHIO STATE INDIANA OREGON MICHIGAN USC WASHINGTON PENN STATE IOWA ILLINOIS NEBRASKA MINNESOTA UCLA WISCONSIN NORTHWESTERN MARYLAND RUTGERS MICHIGAN STATE PURDUE ##### SEC GEORGIA TEXAS OKLAHOMA TEXAS A&M LSU OLE MISS ALABAMA TENNESSEE FLORIDA SOUTH CAROLINA MISSOURI AUBURN MISSISSIPPI STATE VANDERBILT KENTUCKY ARKANSAS ##### BIG 12 TEXAS TECH BYU HOUSTON UTAH KANSAS STATE ARIZONA ARIZONA STATE OKLAHOMA STATE TCU WEST VIRGINIA KANSAS BAYLOR CINCINNATI COLORADO CENTRAL FLORIDA IOWA STATE ##### ACC MIAMI SMU LOUISVILLE CLEMSON VIRGINIA TECH VIRGINIA PITT GEORGIA TECH NC STATE CAL FLORIDA STATE WAKE FOREST DUKE NORTH CAROLINA SYRACUSE BOSTON COLLEGE STANFORD ##### PAC-12 BOISE STATE SAN DIEGO STATE FRESNO STATE WASHINGTON STATE UTAH STATE TEXAS STATE COLORADO STATE OREGON STATE ##### AMERICAN NAVY MEMPHIS TEXAS SAN ANTONIO ARMY EAST CAROLINA SOUTH FLORIDA TULANE TEMPLE FLORIDA ATLANTIC TULSA NORTH TEXAS RICE ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM CHARLOTTE ##### MOUNTAIN WEST UNLV NEW MEXICO HAWAII NORTH DAKOTA STATE AIR FORCE WYOMING NEVADA SAN JOSE STATE UTEP NORTHERN ILLINOIS ##### SUN BELT-EAST TROY ARKANSAS STATE LOUISIANA TECH LOUISIANA SOUTH ALABAMA SOUTHERN MISS LOUISIANA MONROE SUN BELT-WEST JAMES MADISON OLD DOMINION MARSHALL GEORGIA SOUTHERN APPALACHAIN STATE COASTAL CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE ##### CONFERENCE USA WESTERN KENTUCKY LIBERTY KENNESAW STATE JACKSONVILLE STATE DELEWARE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL MISSOURI STATE NEW MEXICO STATE MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE SAM HOUSTON ##### MAC MIAMI WESTERN MICHIGAN CENTRAL MICHIGAN TOLEDO OHIO BUFFALO BOWLING GREEN EASTERN MICHIGAN AKRON KENT STATE BALL STATE SACRAMENTO STATE UMASS ##### 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF PREDICTIONS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF FIRST ROUND GAMES TO BE PLAYED ON DEC. 18 AND DEC. 19. CONTESTS WILL BE PLAYED AT HOME SITE OF HIGHER-RANKED TEAM. NO. 5 INDIANA VS. NO. 12 BOISE STATE NO. 6 OREGON VS. NO. 11 TEXAS TECH NO. 7 MIAMI VS. NO. 10 LSU NO. 8 OKLAHOMA VS. NO. 9 TEXAS A&M COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF QUARTERFINALS FIESTA BOWL (DEC. 30) LOCATION: STATE FARM STADIUM IN GLENDALE, ARIZ. PROJECTION: NO. 4 NOTRE DAME VS. NO. 5 INDIANA PEACH BOWL (JAN. 1) LOCATION: MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM IN ATLANTA, GA. PROJECTION: NO. 2 GEORGIA VS. NO. 7 MIAMI COTTON BOWL (JAN. 1) LOCATION: AT&T STADIUM IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS PROJECTION: NO. 3 TEXAS VS NO. 6 OREGON ROSE BOWL (JAN. 1) LOCATION: ROSE BOWL STADIUM IN PASADENA, CALIF. PROJECTION: NO. 1 OHIO STATE VS. NO. 8 OKLAHOMA SEMIFINALS ORANGE BOWL (JAN. 14) LOCATION: HARD ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. PROJECTION: NO. 1 OHIO STATE VS. NO. 4 NOTRE DAME SUGAR BOWL (JAN. 15) LOCATION: CAESARS SUPERDOME IN NEW ORLEANS, LA. PROJECTION: NO. 2 GEORGIA VS. NO. 3 TEXAS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DATE: JAN. 25, 2026 LOCATION: ALLEGIANT STADIUM IN LAS VEGAS, NEV. PROJECTION: OHIO STATE OVER GEORGIA ##### 2026 COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S CONTENDERS The college football season is rapidly approaching, signifying the opportune moment to assess the teams with the greatest prospects of securing a national championship title. Indiana clinched the championship in 2025 and is anticipated to remain a strong contender this season. The pertinent question now is which teams have the potential to challenge the reigning champions in 2026. Below is a list of the foremost contenders for 2026: OHIO STATE BUCKEYES *****2025 Record: 12-2, 9-0 Big Ten***** After an undefeated regular season last year, the Buckeyes faced challenges in the postseason, suffering defeats against Indiana and Miami. Veteran starters Austin Siereveld, Luke Montgomery, and Carson Hinzman played crucial roles during Ohio State’s 2024 national championship run, where the Buckeyes dominated the line of scrimmage with convincing victories over Tennessee, Oregon, Texas, and Notre Dame. Siereveld, Montgomery, and Hinzman anchor a line that needs to improve significantly, especially since Ohio State is up against one of the toughest schedules in the country. ##### OREGON DUCKS *****2025 Record:** 13-2, 8-1 Big Ten***** The Ducks are the envy of nearly all of college football, so any concerns they have are more like “champagne problems.” They possess a roster that can—and should—compete for a national title. If the Ducks win the championship, it wouldn’t come as a surprise. The key question now is: Can they put it all together when it truly matters? Last season, they secured a victory against Ohio State in the regular season, but then were decisively defeated by the Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl during the playoffs. They also had a competitive match against Indiana in the regular season, only to falter again in the playoff rematch. This team has yet to figure out how to perform at their peak during the playoffs, and addressing this challenge is their crucial next step. ##### GEORGIA BULLDOGS *****2025 Record: 12-2, 8-1 SEC***** It is important to acknowledge that the talent in Georgia’s receiving corps has not reached elite levels since the departures of Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey following the 2023 season. Although Zachariah Branch established himself as an effective weapon last year, much of his productivity was realized through yards after the catch, which consequently constrained Georgia’s capacity for deep passing plays. In light of last season’s unsatisfactory outcomes, the current season presents further uncertainties, particularly with the exits of Colbie Young, Dillon Bell, Noah Thomas, and tight end Oscar Delp. The Bulldogs have acquired a notable transfer in Isiah Canion from Georgia Tech; however, it appears that the primary solutions will stem from untested players, including Talyn Taylor and CJ Wiley, in addition to a group of true freshmen from a robust signing class. ##### NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH *****2025 Record 10-2***** In the 2025 season, the team recorded a performance of 10 wins and 2 losses. Observing Carr’s development during the previous season elicited considerable anticipation for the forthcoming year. He displayed attributes characteristic of a superstar, culminating in a final season statistics that included 24 touchdown passes, six interceptions, and over 2,700 passing yards. As a result, he will commence this season as one of the frontrunners for the Heisman Trophy. However, it is prudent to temper the enthusiasm surrounding Carr with a note of caution. He will be missing two exceptional players from his backfield, as both Jeremiah Love and Jadarian Price were selected in the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Consequently, Carr must now assume a greater responsibility for propelling the offense. While the team’s schedule does not present significant challenges, as they are not scheduled to face any opponents that achieved more than five victories until October 17, it is important to consider the following: Carr’s performance against opponents ranked within the top 40 by Football Power Index (FPI) last year was less impressive. In four games, he achieved a QBR of 48.9, completed 63% of his passes, averaged 6.3 yards per dropback, recorded six touchdown passes, and committed five interceptions. ##### TEXAS LONGHORNS *****2025 record: 10-3, 6-2 SEC***** In 2025, the Texas Longhorns concluded the season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses, including 6 wins and 2 losses in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In 2025 the team’s rushing offense averaged the lowest yardage per game (137.8) during Steve Sarkisian’s tenure as head coach. This situation placed considerable pressure on quarterback Arch Manning. However, after shifting Connor Robertson to the center position and making several adjustments to the offensive line, both the line’s performance and Manning’s execution improved significantly. The Longhorns are fortunate to welcome back Trevor Goosby, regarded as one of the premier tackles in the nation, alongside Robertson. Furthermore, Texas has acquired Melvin Siani, a right tackle from Wake Forest, who did not concede a single sack last season. This acquisition allowed for the repositioning of veteran Brandon Baker to the right guard position. Additionally, the team has recruited Laurence Seymore, an All-American from Western Kentucky, to fill the left guard position; Seymore has obtained a waiver and is set to join the team during fall camp. This collection of highly skilled position players is anticipated to be instrumental in the effectiveness of Texas’ offensive strategy. ##### INDIANA HOOSIERS *****2025 record: 16-0, 9-0 Big Ten***** Quarterback Josh Hoover faces the considerable challenge of succeeding Fernando Mendoza, who not only won the Heisman Trophy but also led the Hoosiers to a national championship and was selected as the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. Hoover is not expected to replicate Mendoza’s accomplishments; however, it is essential for him to minimize negative plays. His 24 interceptions over the past two seasons represent the highest total among Power 4 quarterbacks. Nonetheless, with 31 career starts, Hoover possesses significant experience. Furthermore, head coach Curt Cignetti has demonstrated success in Bloomington with experienced transfer quarterbacks, as seen in the cases of Kurtis Rourke and Mendoza. ##### MIAMI HURRICANES *****2025 record: 13-3, 6-2 ACC***** The University of Miami expresses confidence in the talent present across its roster; however, several critical questions need to be addressed as the fall camp approaches. Primarily, there is a need to ascertain whether the highly regarded true freshman Jackson Cantwell has effectively secured the starting left tackle position. Although he is projected to assume this role, this determination was not finalized following the spring practice sessions. In addition, Miami aims to establish a reliable rotation among its defensive linemen, particularly in light of the departures of Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor. Furthermore, a significant issue remains regarding the selection of a starting linebacker to partner with Mo Toure. Chase Smith exhibited promising performance during the spring as he returned from injury, thereby intensifying the competition for this position. ##### OLE MISS REBELS *****2025 record: 13-2, 7-1 SEC***** Pete Golding successfully maintained unity within the Ole Miss football program following the Lane Kiffin situation, culminating in a strong performance that led the team to the College Football Playoff semifinal. A critical question moving forward is whether Golding can advance the program further. Although Kiffin did not secure an SEC championship, he established elevated standards by achieving 10 or more wins in four out of the past five seasons. Ole Miss is set to return key players such as Trinidad Chambliss and Kewan Lacy, and the program has made significant investments in the transfer portal. Given the progress made in recent years, it is imperative that the program does not regress. ##### TEXAS A&M AGGIES *****2025 record: 11-2, 7-1 SEC***** Holmon Wiggins has acquired valuable experience under some of the premier offensive minds in the nation during his tenure at the University of Alabama. He recently joined Mike Elko’s staff in College Station, where he served as the receivers coach under Collin Klein. Following Klein’s departure to assume the role of head coach at Kansas State, Elko determined that it was time to elevate Wiggins to the position of offensive coordinator. Wiggins now takes charge of a playoff-caliber team that encountered significant offensive challenges in the latter part of the season. During the last five games against Power 5 opponents, quarterback Reed threw eight interceptions, and the Aggies scored only 17 points in a defeat against Texas and merely 3 points in their playoff loss to Miami. Under Elko’s leadership, the team has made considerable enhancements to its skill position talent, particularly at the wide receiver position, although they have lost four starters from the offensive line. Consequently, Wiggins will need to commence his tenure as play-caller with urgency and focus. ##### TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS *****2025 record: 12-2, 8-1 Big 12****** Following their appearance in the College Football Playoff, Texas Tech University has elevated aspirations for the upcoming season after experiencing a shutout loss to the University of Oregon in the Orange Bowl last year. The focus is particularly on quarterback Hammond. Head Coach Joey McGuire indicated that he would not have sought the transfer of Brendan Sorsby had Hammond, who stepped in for the injured starter Behren Morton, not sustained a torn ACL last October. Sorsby’s brief tenure at Texas Tech concluded before he had the opportunity to participate in a game, as he was ruled ineligible due to significant violations regarding impermissible betting. Hammond, a dual-threat quarterback standing 6 feet 2 inches and weighing 205 pounds, is entering his third season with the Red Raiders. In the previous year, he recorded 680 passing yards, seven touchdowns, and three interceptions, while also contributing with five rushing touchdowns. Coach McGuire stated that Hammond has demonstrated considerable progress and will be designated as the starting quarterback for the Red Raiders in their opening game against Abilene Christian, contingent upon gaining medical clearance by August 21. ##### Keep an eye on: LSU BYU OKLAHOMA ALABAMA ####################################### NHL NEWS MAMMOTH D JOHN MARINO SIGNS 8-YEAR, $54M EXTENSION The Utah Mammoth signed defenseman John Marino to an eight-year, $54 million contract extension on Tuesday. The deal carries an average annual value of $6.75 million and begins with the 2027-28 season. Marino, 29, had a career-high 36 points (four goals, 32 assists) and finished tied for fifth in the NHL in plus/minus (plus-42) in 80 games with Utah last season. “We value John’s long-term commitment to Utah and what he brings to our group every day,” president of hockey operations Chris Armstrong said. “His professionalism and competitiveness as well as the stability and puck-moving ability that he provides on our blue line, makes him an invaluable cornerstone for our franchise.” Marino has 157 points (23 goals, 134 assists) in 443 career games with the Pittsburgh Penguins (2019-22), New Jersey Devils (2022-24) and Mammoth. “We view John as a foundational piece of our future,” general manager Bill Armstrong said. “His ability to control the game from the back end, his play in transition and our trust in him to make the right decisions in critical situations allows him to be a difference maker on most nights. Beyond his skill, John brings a level of calmness under pressure that our group feeds off of and that’s exactly what you need from your veteran players.” The Edmonton Oilers drafted Marino in the sixth round in 2015 and he played at Harvard from 2016-19. ######################################## GOLF NEWS PGA Tour 3M OPEN Site: Blaine, Minnesota. Course: TPC Twin Cities. Yardage: 7,431. Par: 71. Prize money: $8.8 million. Winner’s share: $1.584 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (CBS). Defending champion: Kurt Kitayama. FedEx Cup leader: Scottie Scheffler. Last week: Ryan Fox won the British Open and Stefano Mazzoli won the Corales Puntacana Championship. Notes: Scottie Scheffler is playing the 3M Open for the first time and gives the field the only player from the top 10 in the world. Scheffler did not want three weeks off before the postseason, among other things. … British Open champion Ryan Fox was scheduled to play until withdrawing to take in his first major title. Eric Cole also withdrew, leaving 29 players in the field who were at Royal Birkdale last week. … Casey Jarvis of South Africa got in through his top-10 finish at the British Open. … Three tournaments remain for the top 70 to qualify for the FedEx Cup postseason. … Jordan Spieth was contemplating playing in the 3M Open. He missed the cut by nine shots in the British Open and is not in the field. … The 3M Open has its usual share of youth, led by Jackson Koivun and NCAA champion Preston Stout, the latter playing on a sponsor’s exemption. … Minnesota is getting its second tournament in two months, with Hazeltine holding the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in June. Next week: Rocket Classic. ##### LIV Golf League LIV GOLF UK Site: Rocester, England. Course: JCB Golf & CC. Yardage: 7,332. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $4 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS2); Saturday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FOX); Sunday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FS1). Defending champion: Joaquin Niemann. Points leader: Jon Rahm. Last tournament: Tyrrell Hatton won LIV Golf Andalucia. Notes: This is LIV Golf’s first event in nearly two months because the New Orleans event was postponed. … Eight players from LIV Golf made the cut last week in the British Open. … Anthony Kim is No. 7 in the points standings. The American has not played anywhere in the world outside of LIV Golf in 2026. … Among the players currently facing relegation heading to the final stretch are Adrian Meronk, Martin Kaymer and Michael LaSasso. … Cameron Smith has missed the cut in seven of his last eight majors. He is 21st in the standings. … Ian Poulter is coming off a fourth-place finish in the U.S. Senior Open. … Peter Uihlein made it through 36-hole qualifiers for the U.S. Open and the British Open, and made the cut on the number in both. … LIV Golf has been in the U.K. every year since the league launched in 2022. This is the third straight year for JBC Golf and Country Club to host the event. It’s about 90 miles (145 kilometers) from Royal Birkdale. Next tournament: LIV Golf New York on Aug. 6-9. ##### PGA Tour Champions SENIOR BRITISH OPEN Site: Gleneagles, Scotland. Course: Gleneagles GC (Kings). Yardage: 6,859. Par: 70. Prize money: $2.85 million. Winner’s share: $447,800. Television: Thursday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 to noon (Golf Channel), noon to 2 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Padraig Harrington. Charles Schwab Cup leader: Stewart Cink. Last tournament: Zach Johnson won the Kaulig Companies Championships. Notes: This is the last of the five majors on the PGA Tour Champions. … The winner earns a spot in St. Andrews next year for the 155th British Open. … Darren Clarke won the Senior British Open when it last was held on the Kings course at Gleneagles in 2022. … Gleneagles also has the Centenary course, which hosted the 2014 Ryder Cup and the 2019 Solheim Cup. … Stewart Cink won the first two majors on the PGA Tour Champions. Padraig Harrington won the U.S. Senior Open, and Zach Johnson won at Firestone in what used to be the Senior Players. … Johnson, who won the British Open at St. Andrews in 2015, chose not to play at Royal Birkdale last week and is not in the field for the Senior British Open. … The Senior British Open was first held in 1987 at Turnberry. It was held on a links course every year until moving to Sunningdale in 2009. … This will be the sixth time the Senior British Open is not held on a links course. Next week: Portugal Invitational. ##### Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour ISPS HANDA WOMEN’S SCOTTISH OPEN Site: Irvine, Scotland. Course: Dundonald Links. Yardage: 6,538. Par: 72. Prize money: $2 million. Winner’s share: $300,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 4:30-8:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 8 a.m. to noon (CNBC); Sunday, 7-11 a.m. (CNBC). Defending champion: Lottie Woad. Race to CME Globe leader: Nelly Korda. Last tournament: Hae Ran Ryu won the Evian Championship. Notes: The Women’s Scottish Open is part of a three-tournament swing through Europe that is between the final two majors, with the Women’s British Open next week at Royal Lytham & St. Annes. … Nelly Korda, who won the first two LPGA majors of the year, is in the field. Haeran Ryu, who won the last two majors, is not playing. … Among the sponsor exemptions is Kiara Romero, the No. 1 amateur in women’s golf. Romero tied for sixth in the U.S. Women’s Open but missed the cut in the other two LPGA majors open to amateurs. … The field features seven of the top 10 in the women’s world ranking, missing Ryu, Jeeno Thitikul and Ruoning Yin. … The tournament is co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and has been since 2017. … This is the fifth straight year for the tournament to be held at Dundonald Links. The only time it has been held on true links turf was in 2018 at Gullane. Next week: AIG Women’s British Open. ##### Korn Ferry Tour EVANS SCHOLARS INVITATIONAL Site: Glenview, Illinois. Course: The Glen Club. Yardage: 7,262. Par: 71. Prize money: $1 million. Winner’s share: $180,000. Television: None. Previous winner: Johnny Keefer. Points leader: Doc Redman. Last tournament: Ross Steelman won The Blue Championship. Next week: Utah Championship. ##### European tour Last week: Ryan Fox won the British Open. Next tournament: Danish Golf Championship on Aug. 13-16. Race to Dubai leader: Patrick Reed. ##### Other tours Epson Tour: Hartford HealthCare Women’s Championship, Golf Club of Avon, Avon, Connecticut. Previous winner: Gina Kim. Challenge Tour: Raiffeisenbank Golf Challenge, Kaskada Golf Resort, Brno, Czech Republic. Previous winner: Palmer Jackson. USGA: U.S. Junior Amateur, Saucon Valley CC (Old), Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Television: Friday, 4-6 p.m. (Golf Channel app), 8-10 p.m. (Golf Channel-TD); Saturday, 3-5 p.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Hamilton Coleman. Online: PGA Tour Americas: Osprey Valley Open, TPC Toronto at Osprey Valley (Heathlands), Caledon, Ontario. Previous winner: Carson Bacha. Japan LPGA: Daito Kentaku Eheyanet Ladies, The Queen’s Hills GC, Fukuoka, Japan. Defending champion: Ayaka Watanabe. ###################################### TOP INDIANA HEADLINES/SPORTS RELEASES INDIANA FEVER (FEVER RELEASE) INDIANAPOLIS (July 21, 2026) — Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for Week 5 of the 2026 WNBA season, it was announced today. Clark scored a cumulative 75 points this past week, the second-most scored by any player in the Eastern Conference, and the fourth-most points scored in the WNBA over the span. Averaging 25.0 points per game, Clark had the fourth highest pointers per game average within the league. Additionally, Clark’s 7.6 assists per game were the third highest in the WNBA. On July 17 against the Seattle Storm, Clark made history, setting a new franchise record with 45 points scored, helping the team earn a 110-107 win. In that game, Clark also became the first player in WNBA history to score 40+ points and provide 10+ assists. The game also marked Clark’s 20th points/assist double-double, tied for the fourth-most in WNBA history. This past week Clark also became the fastest player to reach 200 three pointers made, doing so in just 74 games, surpassing the league’s previous record of 81 games held by Katie Smith. Finally, Clark moved into fifth all-time in Fever history for three pointers made with 206 across her career, passing Tully Bevilaqua (203). This is the fifth time in her career Clark has won Player of the Week, and her second win of the season. With her selection, Clark joins Tamika Catchings (11) and Kelsey Mitchell (5) as the only Fever players to win five or more Player of the Week awards. ##### By Madie Chandler-Donahue | FeverBasketball.com Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Gainbridge Fieldhouse | 8:00 p.m. ET BROADCAST INFO TV: USA – TBA WTHR/Fever Direct – Pat Boylan (play-by-play) Radio: 93.5/107.5 The Fan – John Nolan (play-by-play), Bria Goss (analyst) PROBABLE STARTERS Indiana Fever (16-10) Guard – Caitlin Clark Guard – Kelsey Mitchell Forward – Lexie Hull Forward – Monique Billings Center – Aliyah Boston Connecticut Sun (7-19) Guard – Charlisse Leger-Walker Guard – Leila Lacan Forward – Diamond Miller Forward – Olivia Nelson-Ododa Center – Brittney Griner GAME PREVIEW The Fever close out their four-game homestand on Wednesday as they host the Connecticut Sun. Indiana will attempt to finish the homestand 3-1 and build on the momentum gained in back-to-back wins against the Storm and the Liberty over the weekend. Both Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell are scoring at a high level, and logged strong performances during the homestand. Clark’s 45 points and 10 assists on Friday pushed the Fever past the Storm, and Mitchell’s back-to-back 30-point performances helped the Fever finish the job on Saturday against the Liberty. The two are top-5 scorers in the league – Mitchell is second behind only A’ja Wilson, and Clark is fifth. Although Indiana’s offense has been on a tear, its defense remains its focus. The Fever are 10th in the league in defensive rating, and have conceded 100 points or more in nine games this season. Their record in those games is 2-7. “Part of defense is a mentality,” coach Stephanie White said on Friday. “Part of it’s a mentality…It’s just something that you’ve just got to continue to grow into, right? Having it all the time.” Indiana gets another test on Wednesday as the Sun visit Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Brittney Griner leads Connecticut in scoring with just over 14 points per game, and is a force in the paint. Griner recorded 19 points in Connecticut’s loss to the Mercury on Sunday. The Sun are battling through injuries to multiple key players – Aaliyah Edwards, Saniya Rivers, and Aneesah Morrow were all sidelined for Sunday’s game. Griner and Leila Lacan are Sun’s most productive contributors remaining in the lineup for Connecticut. The Fever will play the Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse once more this season – Friday, Aug. 28. Indiana embarks on a three-game road trip following their matchup with the Sun. The Fever will visit Seattle, Portland, and Minnesota before returning to Gainbridge Fieldhouse to host the Las Vegas Aces on August 6. ####################################### FISHERS FREIGHT FISHERS- The Fishers Freight will close out the regular season at home, hosting the Orlando Pirates in their most important game of the year. With a win, they will clinch their first playoff berth in team history. With a loss, they will end their season. LAST TIME OUT The last time these two teams met was on May 9 when the Freight visited Orlando and took on the Pirates. They fell to Orlando 60-57. After scoring 23 points in the fourth quarter, Fishers just didn’t have enough time to complete a comeback but they were on their way. MUST WIN Fishers is bringing the dramatics to the Fishers Event Center on Sunday as the only way they can extend their season and clinch the playoffs is with a win. Orlando is coming off of a narrow 55-54 victory over the San Antonio Gunslingers, however still sit at 9-6 on the season. They will meet the Freight, who are 8-7. ###################################### INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS INDIANAPOLIS – Connor Wietgrefe tossed 5.2 innings with one unearned run as the Indianapolis Indians defeated the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, 2-1, on Tuesday night at Victory Field. Jesus Castillo threw out the tying run to end the eighth inning and Beau Burrows escaped a bases-loaded jam in the ninth to secure victory. A two-run fifth inning was all the Indians (15-7, 46-51) needed, with an RBI single by Ronny Simon knotting the game and Enmanuel Valdez hitting a go-ahead sacrifice fly. Shawn Ross doubled to open the inning and Dominic Fletcher followed with a single. With one out, Simon and Valdez manufactured the lead. Wietgrefe (W, 3-2) shined again as the southpaw has allowed just one earned run in his last three starts (18.2ip). IronPigs (10-12, 45-52) catcher Paul McIntosh singled home their lone run in the fourth frame after an error by third baseman Duce Gourson. Justin Meis followed him with 1.1 scoreless innings and Mike Clevinger tossed a scoreless eighth frame, with Castillo nabbing former Indianapolis player Liover Peguero from left field to end the inning. Burrows (S, 7) navigated danger in the ninth inning. With runners at the corners and no outs, he induced a lineout double play. Burrows then loaded the bases and got a 1-2 groundout with the force at home to end the game. Lehigh Valley right-hander Andrew Painter (L, 0-2) had a strong outing on the opposing side, striking out eight Indians batters and walking just one. Indianapolis and Lehigh Valley continue their six-game series on Wednesday at 1:35 PM. RHP Noah Davis (1-8, 4.50) will take the mound for the Indians with LHP Kolby Allard (2-2, 5.86) on the hill for the IronPigs. ############################################# PURDUE MEN’S BASKETBALL WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Four players with Purdue ties ended NBA Summer League play over the weekend. Braden Smith, Oscar Cluff, Fletcher Loyer and Trey Kaufman-Renn all played five games during their time in Las Vegas from July 9-19, showcasing their skills for teams in hopes of obtaining training camp invitations in September. The Los Angeles Clippers, aided by Fletcher Loyer, and the Houston Rockets and Oscar Cluff, posted 3-2 records in their five-game stints. Cluff’s Rockets’ squad was a semifinalist for the NBA Summer League Championship. The Pacers and Braden Smith and the Timberwolves and Trey Kaufman-Renn posted 2-3 records. Braden Smith saw the most action on the floor, helping the Pacers to a pair of victories. He averaged 6.8 points, 7.0 assists and 4.4 rebounds in 26:45 minutes per game. He scored 16 points with five assists in a win over Philadelphia and averaged 8.7 assists per game over his last three outings, posting a 26-to-9 (2.89) assist-to-turnover ratio over the last three games. Oscar Cluff had a strong summer for the Rockets, averaging 18:01 minutes per game and contributing 4.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 0.6 blocks per game. He led all Boilermakers in plus-minus with a +26 during his time on the floor. Fletcher Loyer also had a strong summer averaging over 13 minutes per game, averaging 7.0 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists. He was 10-of-23 (.435) from the field and 4-of-13 (.308) from 3-point range. He scored 12 points on 4-of-9 shooting against Washington. Lastly, Trey Kaufman-Renn overcame a freak mouth injury in the second game to average 6.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game, shooting 10-of-19 (.526) from the field. After scoring just two points in his first two games, Kaufman-Renn averaged 10.3 points and 4.3 rebounds over the final three games. Despite the Timberwolves’ 2-3 record, Kaufman-Renn posted a positive plus-minus ratio in every game. #################################### BUTLER TRACK AND FIELD Angelina Ellis (’23) and William Cuthbertson (’24) will compete in the 2026 USATF Track & Field National Championships from July 23-26 in New York, N.Y. Ellis will run for the Under Armour Dark Sky team out of Flagstaff, Ariz., and will compete in the 3k steeplechase. On July 4, Ellis posted a 9:20.30 qualifying mark at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. The 2023 grad had a historic career at Butler, earning USTFCCCA All-America and All-BIG EAST honors. Ellis’ collegiate personal best in the steeplechase was a 9:44.57 in 2023 at the Bryan Clay Invitational. Cuthbertson will compete for team Empire Elite out of New York, N.Y., in the 800m. On July 18, Cuthbertson posted a qualifying mark of 1:45.66 at the Stumptown Twilight meet in Portland, Ore. He finished 24th at the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 800m. The 2024 grad ran a collegiate best of 1:46.51 in the 800m at the NCAA East first round in 2024. Current Butler assistant coach Mikayla Reed will also compete in the USATF Track & Field National Championships. Reed will compete in the 10k after running a 32:30.04 qualifying time at the Raleigh Relays on March 27. Reed recently finished in sixth at the USATF 6k Championships in Canton, Ohio on July 11. ################################## IU INDY MEN’S SOCCER INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis men’s soccer program has announced the addition of Matthew Roop as assistant coach ahead of the upcoming fall season. Roop comes to IU Indy from nearby University of Indianapolis where he served as assistant coach last season. Roop helped the Greyhounds to an 11-6-3 record last season and an NCAA DII Tournament berth, which included an opening round win over McKendree. “We are excited to welcome Matthew Roop to the IU Indy Men’s Soccer program,” head coach Keegan Boom said. “He brings valuable experience from his time at the University of Indianapolis, Manchester University and The Ohio State University. He has gained a well-rounded and winning experience at every level which will be a tremendous asset to our players. “Beyond his experience, Matthew is a great fit for the culture we continue to build. His energy, attention to detail, and work ethic will make an immediate impact on our program, and I’m looking forward to having him on our staff.” Roop joined UIndy from Manchester University where he was the assistant men’s soccer coach from 2023-25. While at Manchester, he served as the team’s head assistant coach, the reserve team’s head coach, led the recruiting efforts of the team and also directed and organized the fundraising camps and clinics for the program. Prior to Manchester, Roop spent one season at The Ohio State University where he served as the men’s soccer team’s volunteer assistant coach. In his lone season with the Buckeyes, the team earned its fewest losses in program history as well as earning its first undefeated non-conference season in program history. While in Columbus, Roop also worked for Barca Academy as the 2013 Pre-ECNL and 2009 ECNL boys head coach, as well as serving an Assistant Technical Director for the club. Roop previously spent two years at the University of Illinois earning a master’s degree in recreation, sport and tourism while also serving as the Premium Seating Graduate Assistant and as an Illinois soccer manager. As a student-athlete, Roop was a four-year starter and three-time captain on the Manchester soccer team, earning Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) all-league honors twice. During his career, he was part of the winningest team in school history. Roop and the Jaguars will begin the upcoming season with preseason tilts at Dayton (Aug. 7), at Ohio State (Aug. 11) and a home match with Xavier (Aug. 14). ###################################### EVANSVILLE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville and the University of Southern Indiana have announced a four-year scheduling agreement between the Purple Aces and Screaming Eagles women’s basketball programs, beginning in the 2027-28 season. The agreement involves a four-year deal starting in 2027-28 and running through 2030-31 with host sites alternating. The first matchup in 2027-28 will be inside Liberty Arena at USI. UE will host at the Ford Center in 2028-29 before the series shifts back to Liberty Arena in 2029-30. UE will host the last game of the four-game set back at the Ford Center in 2030-31. “We’re excited to announce this four-year series with USI,” said UE Director of Athletics Dr. Ziggy Siegfried. “Opportunities to compete against a quality program just across town are great for our student-athletes, our fans, and the Evansville community. We value our relationship with USI and look forward to four outstanding games while continuing to support the success of both programs.” “We’re excited to begin this series with USI,” said UE Head Coach Ben Wierzba. “I think it’s something that’s important for the city of Evansville and for both programs. This series will bring out the best in everyone, and I know our fans will embrace it. We expect all four games to have tremendous energy, great crowds, and a competitive environment that showcases women’s basketball in Evansville.” The matchup in 2027-28 will mark the 23rd meeting all-time, the first with both programs at the Division I level, and will renew the regular-season series for the first time since 1988. The two sides first went head-to-head in 1971. Evansville holds a 15-7 advantage all-time. The two teams face off for the first time since a 2014 exhibition at Ford Center, with USI winning 76-72. More information about specific game dates, times, and tickets will be made available ahead of each season. ######################################## EVANSVILLE ATHLETICS EVANSVILLE, Ind. — University of Evansville (UE) President Christopher M. Pietruszkiewicz today announced the promotion of Dr. Kenneth “Ziggy” Siegfried to Vice President for Athletics, recognizing his leadership as one of the University’s senior administrators and his significant contributions to institutional strategy and the University’s mission. In his role, Siegfried will continue leading the University’s NCAA Division I athletics program while remaining a key member of the President’s Cabinet, where he will continue helping shape University-wide priorities and advance the institution’s long-term strategic vision. “Ziggy’s promotion reflects far more than the success of our athletics program,” said President Pietruszkiewicz. “Over the past several years, he has emerged as one of the University’s most trusted institutional leaders. Athletics is fully integrated into the life and mission of the University because of his leadership, and his voice helps shape decisions that impact every part of our institution. Ziggy brings a collaborative spirit, and a commitment to our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community. I am grateful for his leadership and excited to see the impact he will continue to make for all of us at UE and in our Evansville community.” Since joining the University in 2022, Siegfried has become an integral member of the University’s senior leadership team, serving as a full member of the President’s Cabinet and partnering closely with leaders across enrollment, finance, academic affairs, student affairs, communications, marketing, advancement, and administration. His collaborative approach has helped position athletics as a strategic asset that supports the University’s broader mission and strengthens the student experience. Under Siegfried’s leadership, Purple Aces Athletics has experienced significant momentum through the implementation of the Athletics Pathway to Excellence strategic plan. The department has increased fundraising and ticket revenue,record ticket sales and fundraising and the largest apparel partnership in department history through Nike. In addition, UE Athletics has enhanced resources for more than 300 student-athletes, and completed or launched more than $8 million in athletics facility improvements, including the completion of the Begle Family Sports Performance Center, the transformation of the new Tri-State Orthopaedics Softball turf field, new soccer practice turf field, among other projects. Among the most significant milestones was what is believed to be the largest gift in UE Athletics history. In May 2024, UE alumni Kyle and Ashley Freeland announced a transformational announced a $3 million gift to secure the future of the Freeland Clubhouse, slated to open in November. The department’s strategic investments have also translated into success on the field including two Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Soccer Championship among other success across multiple programs. Notably, in 2024, the Purple Aces baseball team captured the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship and earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2006, coming within one game of reaching the College World Series. Student-athletes have also achieved the highest cumulative grade point average in department history, excelling in the classroom and making a difference in our community. “I am deeply honored by the confidence President Pietruszkiewicz has placed in me,” said Siegfried. “The University of Evansville is an extraordinary community, and I have been fortunate to work alongside exceptional colleagues across campus who are deeply committed to our students and our mission. Athletics has an important role to play in advancing the University as a whole, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate across campus to strengthen enrollment, enhance the student experience, support fundraising and community engagement, and help move the University forward.” As Vice President for Athletics, Siegfried will continue overseeing all aspects of Purple Aces Athletics while serving as a member of the University’s senior leadership team and collaborating with colleagues across the University to advance strategic initiatives that strengthen the University of Evansville. ##################################### SOUTHERN INDIANA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball will compete against the University of Evansville in a four-game, multi-year deal starting in the 2027-28 season. The head-to-head series will begin in 2027-28 and run through the 2030-31 season, with host sites alternating. The first matchup in 2027-28 will be inside Liberty Arena, home of the Screaming Eagles. UE will host at Ford Center in 2028-29 before the series shifts back to Liberty Arena in 2029-30. UE will host the last game of the four-game set back at Ford Center in 2030-31. “We are excited to kick off a four-year series against the University of Evansville, starting here at Liberty Arena in 2027-28!” USI Women’s Basketball Head Coach Rick Stein said. “In my time here at USI, we have had a few exhibitions and some closed-door scrimmages with our two programs, but getting a regular-season matchup started should be a fun and competitive experience for the city of Evansville and fans of both USI and UE.” The 2027-28 matchup will mark the 23rd meeting all-time, the first with both programs at the Division I level, and will renew the regular-season series for the first time since 1988. The two sides first went head-to-head in 1971. Evansville leads the all-time series 15-7. Overall, the two teams face off for the first time since a 2014 exhibition at Ford Center that USI won 76-72. “We would like to play the University of Evansville in every sport, every year, so we are happy that everyone is making this happen in women’s basketball,” USI Vice President and Director of Athletics Jon Mark Hall said. “Starting the series here in Liberty Arena next year will be a great way to showcase the two programs. We are excited to have the community on campus celebrating women’s basketball.” More information about specific game dates, times, and tickets will be made available ahead of each season. The announcement comes after it was recently announced that the USI and UE Men’s Basketball programs will square off in the upcoming 2026-27 season on November 7 at Ford Center in the River City Classic, presented by the Evansville Regional Sports Commission and Old National Bank. Additionally, the Screaming Eagles and Purple Aces have met in several sports since USI transitioned to Division I prior to the 2022-23 season. The two schools have met head-to-head as NCAA Division I foes in baseball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, and volleyball. USI has also competed against UE in cross-country and track & field. ############################################ INDIANA SMALL COLLEGE WEB SITES UINDY ATHLETICS: https://athletics.uindy.edu/ MARIAN ATHLETICS: https://muknights.com/ INDIANA WESLEYAN ATHLETICS: https://iwuwildcats.com/ EARLHAM ATHLETICS: https://goearlham.com/ WABASH ATHLETICS: https://sports.wabash.edu/ FRANKLIN ATHLETICS: https://franklingrizzlies.com/ ROSE-HULMAN ATHLETICS: https://athletics.rose-hulman.edu/ ANDERSON ATHLETICS: https://athletics.anderson.edu/landing/index TRINE ATHLETICS: https://trinethunder.com/landing/index BETHEL ATHLETICS: https://bupilots.com/ DEPAUW ATHLETICS: https://depauwtigers.com/ HANOVER ATHLETICS: https://athletics.hanover.edu/ MANCHESTER ATHLETICS: https://muspartans.com/ HUNTINGTON ATHLETICS: https://www.huathletics.com/ OAKLAND CITY ATHLETICS: https://gomightyoaks.com/ ST. FRANCIS ATHLETICS: https://www.saintfranciscougars.com/landing/index IU KOKOMO ATHLETICS: https://iukcougars.com/ IU EAST ATHLETICS: https://www.iueredwolves.com/ IU SOUTH BEND ATHLETICS: https://iusbtitans.com/ PURDUE NORTHWEST ATHLETICS: https://pnwathletics.com/ INDIANA TECH ATHLETICS: https://indianatechwarriors.com/index.aspx GRACE COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://gclancers.com/ ST. MARY OF THE WOODS ATHLETICS: https://smwcathletics.com/ GOSHEN COLLEGE ATHLETICS: https://goleafs.net/ HOLY CROSS ATHLETICS: https://www.hcsaints.com/index.php TAYLOR ATHLETICS: https://www.taylortrojans.com/ VINCENNES ATHLETICS: https://govutrailblazers.com/landing/index ############################################# TODAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY JULY 22 1905 – Weldon Henley of the Athletics, who will win four games all year, fires a no-hitter against the seventh-place St. Louis Browns, 6 – 0. Harry Davis and Lave Cross each have three hits off Barney Pelty. During his four-year big league career, the Georgia native Henley will compile a 32-43 won-loss record. St. Louis cops a split by defeating Rube Waddell, 3 – 2, in the nitecap. 1906 – Without a single assist registered by his Reds teammates, Bob Ewing beats the Phillies, 10 – 3. 1908 – In Pittsburgh, Brooklyn first sacker Tim Jordan hits an over-the-fence home run, the first in nine years, but it’s all the scoring his team can muster. The Pirates prevail, 2 – 1. 1909: For the first of four times in his career, Ty Cobb steals second base, third, and home in an inning, doing it in the 7th against Red Sox pitcher Harry Wolter. It is also Ty’s first swipe of home in his career. The Tigers beat Boston, 6 – 0. Brooklyn ace Nap Rucker strikes out 16 Cardinals in a 1 – 0 win. Rucker will fan 201 batters this year, just four behind Orval Overall, the National League leader. Pitching for Portland (Pacific Coast League), Alex Carson hurls a ten-inning no-hitter against Los Angeles, winning, 1 – 0. 1910 – Bugs Raymond, talented but hard-drinking spitball pitcher, walks the winning run home in New York’s fourth straight loss to the Pirates. John McGraw suspends him for the rest of the season. 1911: Brooklyn hurler Nap Rucker loses a no-hitter with two outs in the 9th inning when Cincinnati’s Bob Bescher comes through with a hit. Rucker wins the game, 1 – 0, outpitching Frank Smith, who gives up two hits and an unearned run. The Reds set a major-league record for nine innings by going to bat just 24 times (it will be topped in the American League and tied twice in the National League this century) and the two teams combine for just 48 at bats, to tie a major-league record set April 22, 1910. The Pirates pay St. Paul of the American Association $22,500 for right-hander Marty O’Toole, the most expensive purchase of a player to date. Barney Dreyfuss spends another $5,000 for his batterymate Billy Kelly. In 1912, O’Toole will be 15-17 and lead the National League with 159 walks. He will last only two more years. 1913 – Cardinals P Slim Sallee beats Brooklyn, 3 – 1, and scores one of the runs himself on a steal of home; he is the only pitcher in Cardinal history to do so. 1922 – The Cardinals go into first place by half a game by beating Boston while the Reds are downing the Giants. It is the first time both St. Louis teams are ever on top together. St. Louis overcomes an 8 – 3 deficit in the 8th, to win, 9 – 8. The game is halted to clear hundreds of straw hats off the field. For the Cards, it is their 23rd win in 29 games, but from here on out they will slide. 1925 – The Yankees buy SS Leo Durocher from Hartford (Eastern League). 1926 – With the help of four triples, the Reds score 11 runs in the 2nd inning en route to a 13 – 1 victory over the Braves. Curt Walker ties a National League record for most triples in an inning by hitting two in the frame. 1927 – Red Lucas of the Reds pitches a 3 – 0 one-hitter against Dazzy Vance and the Robins. The “hit” is a 6th-inning grounder by Hank DeBerry which goes between the legs of Cincinnati 2B Hughie Critz. 1928 – P Red Faber of the White Sox comes up to bat in the 8th with two runners on base and the game with the Yankees tied, 4 – 4. He swings twice right-handed against righty Wilcy Moore and misses. He then switches to the left side and knocks in the winning runs with a single to center. 1930 – Phillies P Phil Collins hits home runs in the 4th and 5th innings of an 11 – 5 win over the Pirates. He will hit just two more homers in his eight-year career. 1932 – Billy Jurges, shot on July 6th, returns to the Cubs lineup. 1934 – Dazzy Vance’s last hurrah ? He wins the last complete game he will ever pitch and notches his 2,000th strikeout to beat the Braves, 4 – 2, for the Cardinals. 1935 – The Red Sox end a game for the second consecutive day with pitcher Wes Ferrell hitting a walk-off home run. As a pinch-hitter yesterday, his round-tripper beat the Tigers, 7 – 6, and as today’s starter, his game-ending homer earns him a 2 – 1 victory against the Browns. 1936 – In a 16 – 4 cakewalk over the Pirates, Phillies OF Johnny Moore hits three straight home runs. 1939 – A Boston Bees fan, outraged when Al Lopez drops a pop foul, his second and the team’s seventh error of the game, jumps from the stands to punch the Boston catcher. 1941 – Dick Wakefield becomes baseball’s first “bonus baby” when he signs with the Tigers for $52,000 and a new car. The University of Michigan standout will hit .143 in seven at-bat this season but will eventually turn into a solid outfielder. 1948: The Yankees take the rubber game of the series with the Indians as Vic Raschi earns the decision over Bob Feller, 6 – 5. Joe DiMaggio’s grand slam is the big blow for the Bombers: he has hit four homers and a triple in Feller’s four starts against New York. His eight RBIs in the three games with Cleveland gives him a league-leading 82. Denny Galehouse returns to the Red Sox lineup and stops Chicago, 3 – 0. Vern Stephens clouts a two-run homer. In the second game, a 5 – 3 win, Stephens adds a homer to take over the American League RBI lead with 83. The winner is Ellis Kinder, the first of 18 straight wins over Chicago for him (through June 1, 1952). 1950: In a battle of diminutive southpaws, Chicago’s Billy Pierce out-duels the A’s Bobby Shantz to win, 6 – 1. Consecutive homers by Dave Philley and Phil Masi in the 6th do in Shantz, pitching on three days’ rest. The Phils split a pair with the Reds to retain a tie for the National League lead with the Cardinals. Robin Roberts wins his 11th in the opener, stopping the Reds, 2 – 0, on four hits. Willard Ramsdell takes the loss. In the second game, Howie Fox shuts out the Phils till the 9th to win, 6 – 1. Red Sox manager “Old Marse” Joe McCarthy leaves the team, citing ill health as the reason. Steve O’Neill replaces him. The Red Sox whip the Browns, 11 – 2, for their 12th win in 13 meetings with St. Louis. Mickey McDermott pitches the complete game win, pulling the Bosox to within 6 1/2 games of first-place Detroit. 1951 – With the Cubs ten games under .500 at 35-45, Phil Cavarretta replaces Frankie Frisch as manager. They will go 27-47 the rest of the way to finish in last place. 1952 – Detroit’s Virgil Trucks gives up one hit in beating Washington, 1 – 0. 1954 – Casey Stengel switches players in an effort to get more power in the Yankee lineup. Phil Rizzuto plays 2B and Mickey Mantle plays SS, the position he manned four years ago in the minor leagues. Mantle wins the game, 3 – 2, against Chicago, with a 10th-inning home run. 1955 – In the first game of a doubleheader, the Phillies beat the Cardinals, 5 – 3. The win completes an 11-game winning streak, setting a team record. All the wins were at home. They drop the nitecap, 8 – 1. 1956 – The Hall of Fame announces special rules governing elections. Writers should vote every two years, alternating with the Veterans Committee; because of criticism, this will revert back in 1962. To be eligible, players must have been retired for five years. 1958 – The Phillies replace manager Mayo Smith with Eddie Sawyer, who managed the club from 1948 to 1952, including an appearance in the 1950 World Series. 1959 – Veteran Bobby Avila, in his first game with Milwaukee, hits a two-run 9th-inning home run off the Reds’ Jim O’Toole, to help give the Braves a 5 – 4 win. 1960: At Fenway Park, the Red Sox down the Indians, 6 – 4. Vic Wertz has a three-run homer and four RBIs. Ted Williams also homers and, in the 7th inning, steals second base. Williams sets a major-league record as the only player to steal bases in four consecutive decades: he’ll be matched by Rickey Henderson in 2000 and Tim Raines the following year. Jimmy Piersall homers twice, both off winner Ike Delock. The Yankees purchase 33-year-old P Luis Arroyo from Jersey City (International League). He will be a key to New York’s pennant this year and be a star in 1961. 1961 – Johnny Blanchard does it again with a solo pinch-hit home run to start a three-run 9th-inning Yankee rally to tumble the Red Sox, 11 – 9. 1962 – Floyd Robinson of the White Sox goes 6 for 6, all singles, as Chicago defeats Boston, 7 – 3, at Fenway Park. Robinson raises his average 12 points, to .319 and ties for first in the American League in RBIs with 71. 1963 – Diomedes Olivo, who will split his time between the Cardinals and Atlanta (International League), pitches a 1 – 0 no-hitter for Atlanta over Toronto. At “45 something” Olivo is likely the oldest pitcher in organized baseball history to toss a no-hitter. 1964 – Led by Willie Stargell, who hits for the cycle, the Pirates roll over the Cardinals, 13 – 2. 1965 – Ed Bailey hits a grand slam and drives in eight runs, as the Cubs beat the Phillies, 10 – 6, at Wrigley Field. 1966 – Clay Dalrymple breaks up a no-hitter bid by Giants hurler Gaylord Perry with an 8th-inning single. It is the second time the Phillies catcher has spoiled a no-hit bid in the 8th inning at Candlestick Park, as he collected the only hit in Juan Marichal’s debut in 1960. Perry sets a San Francisco record with 15 strikeouts in the 4 – 1 win. The Giants are two percentage points behind the first-place Pirates. 1967: Using five pitchers in the same inning, the Braves establish a major league mark for the number of hurlers called upon in one frame. Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw all face the Cardinals in the 9th inning in the 5 – 4 Red Bird victory. The White Sox acquire infielders Sandy Alomar and Ken Boyer from the Mets in exchange for infielder Bill Southworth and catcher J.C. Martin. 1969 – For the first time, the All-Star Game is postponed due to rain. 1971 – The NL West-best Giants take the rubber game a three-game National League Championship Series preview against their NL East counterpart, Pittsburgh. The Pirates stage a dramatic four-run, 9th-inning comeback, but it merely ties the game; moments later, San Francisco breaks through in the top of the 10th and holds on for an 8 – 7 win. Roberto Clemente, who does not start the game, comes off the bench long enough to deliver the Bucs’ biggest 9th-inning knock – a pinch-hit laser into the left field corner, good for two bases and two runs to tie the game at 7-all. 1973 – Reds All-Star SS Dave Concepcion suffers a season-ending broken ankle in a 6 – 0 win over the Expos. 1975 – Jerry Koosman steals second base and pitches a complete game in a 3 – 1 New York Mets victory over the Cincinnati Reds. 1977 – Rick Reuschel allows just four hits as the Cubs beat the Braves, 1 – 0. 1978 – Adrian Garrett hits three home runs and drives in six as the Central League edges the Pacific League, 7 – 5, in the first of the 1978 NPB All-Star Games. He is the first player in NPB All-Star Game history to hit three dingers (the games dating to 1951), though teammate Masayuki Kakefu will match him in the third All-Star Game this year. Hiroaki Fukushi tosses three perfect innings for the win. 1979: In the first of two at Wrigley Field, the Reds roll over the Cubs, 12 – 1, behind Bill Bonham. Johnny Bench ties the National League record by collecting five walks and Dave Concepcion hits an 8th-inning grand slam off Willie Hernandez to put the score in double digits. The Cubs come back in the second game to win, 8 – 4. The Royals’ George Brett has three home runs and five RBI in a 7 – 6 win over the Rangers. 1980 – Atlanta’s Bob Horner belts two home runs in a 7 – 5 win over the Expos, giving him 15 homers in his last 23 games and 13 in the month of July, just two short of the major-league record shared by Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio and Joe Adcock. Horner will hit one more home run in July, and finish the season with a career-high 35. 1983 – Angels OF Brian Downing misplays Chet Lemon’s line drive in the 6th inning of a 13 – 11 loss to Detroit, ending his American League-record consecutive errorless game streak at 244. 1986: The Mets win a crazy five-hour marathon with the Reds in 14 innings, 6 – 3. Setting the tone, Darryl Strawberry is ejected after arguing a called third strike in the 5th. In the 9th, Howard Johnson inadvertently kicks the ball after Reds C Bo Diaz drops a third strike. Johnson runs out of the baseline and is hit in the back with the throw from pitcher Ron Robinson. Reds coach Billy DeMars is ejected for arguing the safe call. The Mets, down 3 – 1 with two out, tie the game when Dave Parker drops a routine fly ball. In the 10th, Davey Johnson sends in pitcher Rick Aguilera to hit for pitcher Doug Sisk. Aguilera walks, but is stranded. In the Reds’ 10th, pinch-runner Eric Davis steals second and third base, bumping into Ray Knight. Knight decks Davis and both benches empty. Knight, Davis, Kevin Mitchell and Mario Soto are ejected. Gary Carter moves to 3B, Roger McDowell comes in to pitch, and Jesse Orosco moves from the mound to RF. With two out and a runner on second base in the 11th, Orosco returns to pitch, McDowell moves to LF, and Mookie Wilson shifts to right. Reds player-manager Pete Rose protests when Orosco is permitted eight warm-up pitches. Orosco whiffs Max Venable to end the inning. In the 12th, the Mets are forced to lead off the inning with Orosco and McDowell, and go down in order. McDowell returns to pitch in the 13th and gets Tony Perez to fly to Orosco in right. Howard Johnson belts a three-run homer in the 14th and McDowell retires the side in order to end the game. The Cubs fire their ball girl, Marla Collins, when it is revealed that she posed nude for Playboy magazine. The photos will appear in the October issue and accompany shots of Marla in her Cubs uniform and one of Harry Caray pointing to a tattoo on her right thigh. The Cubs win today, 6 – 4, behind Ed Lynch, who ties a National League record in the 1st inning by making three putouts. The record was set in 1975 by another Cub, Rick Reuschel. Ken Griffey hits three solo home runs but Atlanta falls to Philadelphia, 5 – 4, in 11 innings. Griffey is the second Brave this month to hit three or more home runs in a losing cause, after Bob Horner went deep four times in a loss to the Expos. 1989: The Yankees trade popular 3B Mike Pagliarulo and P Don Schulze to San Diego for P Walt Terrell and Fred Toliver. Toliver won’t report to New York till September 27th and Terrell will sign with the Pirates on November 29th. Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski, Red Schoendienst and umpire Al Barlick are inducted into the Hall of Fame at ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York. 1993: Kirby Puckett belts a ball to the left of the baggie hanging on the RF fence at the Metrodome. The ball is ruled in play and Kirby gets a double, though the replay shows it to be a homer. Minnesota goes on to defeat the Orioles, 8 – 4. During Colorado’s 7 – 6 win over St. Louis, Cardinal P Bob Tewksbury surrenders a walk to Eric Young in the 7th inning, ending his streak of 55 1/3 innings without issuing a free pass. The National League record is 68. Kansas City’s Greg Gagne hits a home run off Detroit’s Mark Leiter in the Royals’ 12 – 6 victory. The home run is the 10,000th hit in the long history of Tiger Stadium, making it the first ballpark to reach that figure. During the game, Detroit 3B Travis Fryman draws a walk off K.C. P Enrique Burgos, then proceeds to circle the bases on three wild pitches by Burgos. 1994: Mets P Dwight Gooden is admitted to the Betty Ford Center in California for treatment of a substance abuse problem. Cleveland defeats Chicago, 9 – 8, as Indians 3B Jim Thome clouts three solo home runs. The victory moves the Tribe to within two games of the division-leading ChiSox. 1995 – White Sox SS Ozzie Guillen shoves the Brewers’ Jeff Cirillo at third base, touching off a bench-clearing brawl. The “highlight” is the two managers, Phil Garner and Terry Bevington, swinging at each other. Chicago goes on to a 4 – 2 victory. 1996: The Indians spoil Eddie Murray’s return to Baltimore by beating the Orioles, 9 – 5. Murray gets a standing ovation from the crowd and on his third at-bat belts a home run, the 493rd of his career. Toronto’s Erik Hanson walks Cleveland’s Jim Thome without throwing a fourth ball. With the count 2-2 the pitch is wide and Thome jogs to first base. Umpire Mike Everitt, a fill-in from the Pacific Coast League, incorrectly called the count 3-2 before the pitch, and Thome, who knows better, doesn’t correct him. The next batter, Albert Belle, hits a three-run double for a 4 – 2 win. 1997: In Montreal, Vinny Castilla has five hits, including two home runs, as the Rockies out-slug the Expos, 11 – 9. Castilla’s two-run shot off Dave Veres with two outs in the 12th gives Colorado just its third win in 19 games. Major League Baseball names Toronto executive Paul Beeston as its first president and CEO. The 52-year-old Canadian has been president of the Toronto club since 1991. Greg Maddux parcels out just 78 pitches as the Atlanta Braves defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4 – 1, in the opener of a doubleheader. It is the lowest pitch total for a nine-inning complete game since Bob Tewksbury threw 76 for the Cardinals against the Reds on August 29, 1990. Chicago takes the second game, 5 – 4. The Cincinnati Reds release veteran IF and former MVP Terry Pendleton, who was signed as a free agent during the off-season. 1998 – The Yankees deflate the Tigers, 13 – 2, to run their record to 71-25, a major-league record winning percentage after 96 games. 1999: The Padres defeat the Giants, 8 – 7. OF Barry Bonds fans four times for the Giants, while San Francisco P Jerry Spradlin strikes out four Padres in the 7th inning. Spradlin becomes the first pitcher in S.F. history to perform the feat, which has been turned 32 previous times. Toronto defeats Cleveland, 4 – 3. Indians manager Mike Hargrove accidentally hands in an incorrect lineup card, forcing Cleveland to forfeit the designated hitter and bat starting pitcher Charles Nagy in the seventh spot in the batting order. Nagy fails to get a hit in his two at bats. Alex Ramirez was penciled in as the right fielder and hitting seventh, but he was injured and not available for the game. Manny Ramirez, who was slated to be the DH, moved to right field before the first pitch of the game. The Rockies sweep a doubleheader from the Dodgers, winning the first game, 4 – 1, and the second, 12 – 11. In the nightcap, Dodger SS Mark Grudzielanek collects five hits and scores four runs. 2000: The Indians lose to the Twins, 10 – 6, as Cleveland SS Omar Vizquel makes an error, snapping his American League record 95-game errorless streak. The Expos defeat the Marlins, 17 – 7, as rookie Andy Tracy hits a grand slam and drives in seven runs. The Mariners defeat the Rangers, 13 – 5, at Safeco Field. The game is halted by a rain delay of 54 minutes when the retractable roof fails to close after three innings of play. 2001: The Phillies pull out a 3 – 2 win over the Mets on Bobby Abreu’s 8th-inning home run off John Franco. It is the first home run hit by a lefty off Franco since September 22, 1993. At Cleveland, Bartolo Colon pitches the Tribe to a 6 – 3 win over the Tigers and pulls Cleveland within a game of Minnesota in the AL Central. Jim Thome adds his AL-high 31st homer. Before the game, the Indians honor their Century 100, with 38 of their all-time greats on hand. Receiving the biggest applause is Rocky Colavito. Bob Feller, as well as 91-year-old great Mel Harder, also receives a huge hand. Greg Maddux wins his ninth straight, 8 – 2, over the Expos. Maddux strikes out seven in eight innings, and has now pitched 51 innings without a walk. John Smoltz, in his first-ever relief appearance, pitches the 9th. Shane Reynolds, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner become the first Astros pitchers to throw a shutout at Enron Field as they combine to blank the Cubs, 3 – 0. It took 132 games before the home team calcimined an opponent at Enron, which opened on April 7, 2000. That shutout drought at a new facility tops the old record of 103 games set by the Colorado Rockies after moving into Coors Field in 1995. Last season, Astros hurlers threw only two shutouts, both on the road. 2002: The Twins top the White Sox, 11 – 6, as OF Jacque Jones gets five hits, including a home run. Over 20,000 fans gather at Fenway Park for a tribute entitled, “Ted Williams: A Celebration of an American Hero”. The two-hour salute of the man many consider to be the greatest hitter in history, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War and a generous supporter of the Jimmy Fund, includes comments from present and former Red Sox players and broadcasters, historian Ken Burns, and former U.S. Senator John Glenn, who was Ted’s wing man during the Korean War, in addition to moving music and video. Although the Los Angeles Times has reported major league players have tentatively set a strike date of September 16th, union leader Donald Fehr, through a memo sent to players, indicates no such decision has been made. It would be baseball’s ninth work stoppage since 1972. 2005: Washington Nationals outfielder Jose Guillen armed with a measuring tape and the help of a few teammates, checks the distance from home plate to the fences at Washington’s RFK Stadium and finds inaccuracies. The club had brought in a surveyor earlier in the day and as a result of the findings moved the green pads with the 380 markings closer to the respective foul lines to be more accurate. The Toronto Blue Jays trade utility infielder John McDonald to the Detroit Tigers for cash considerations. This gives the Blue Jays an opening on the roster so that Aaron Hill can stay with the team when Corey Koskie returns from an injury. The Jays will purchase McDonald back from Detroit after the season. 2007 – Tulsa Drillers first base coach Mike Coolbaugh is killed when hit in the head by a line drive from Tino Sanchez. The long-time minor league star and former major league player had only been hired earlier that month after Orlando Merced resigned. The tragedy will lead to baseball mandating that all base coaches wear batting helmets while performing their duties. 2008: The Mets blow a 5 – 2 lead entering the 9th as four relievers fail to protect Johan Santana’s fine starting effort. The Phillies rally for a 8 – 6 win and overtake the Mets for first in the NL East Division. So Taguchi and Jimmy Rollins hit two-run doubles. The Mets are without closer Billy Wagner, undergoing testing for shoulder pain. The Diamondbacks pick up closer Jon Rauch from the Nationals for prospect Emilio Bonifacio. In other trade news, the Astros get Randy Wolf from San Diego for Chad Reineke. 2009: Boston is in a dealing mode today. They first acquire 1B Adam LaRoche from Pittsburgh for two minor leaguers, then send SS Julio Lugo, who was designated for assignment on July 17th, to St. Louis for OF Chris Duncan, who heads to AAA Pawtucket. The Sox are in the midst of a five-game losing streak and fall two games back of the Yankees with a 3 – 1 loss to Texas. Dustin Nippert, making an emergency start for the flu-ridden Vicente Padilla, and Doug Mathis, who earns his first career save, combine their efforts for the Rangers’ win. Out of the starting lineup with a bruised hand suffered when he was hit by a pitch yesterday, Manny Ramirez comes in as a pinch hitter in the 6th and blasts the first pinch grand slam of his career in a 6 – 2 Dodgers win over the Reds. 2010: For the second straight game, the Virgin Islands fall a run shy of winning their first game since the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games. After falling 1 – 0 to Panama in their first game of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, they lead Guatemala, 5 – 2, going into the bottom of the 9th only to lose, 7 – 6, in 11 innings. Tai-Shan Chang becomes the first player in the CPBL’s history to drive in 1,000 runs, getting the milestone RBI against Chris Mason. 2011: The Yankees score nine runs in the 3rd inning, on their way to an emphatic 17 – 7 win over the Athletics. Nick Swisher hits a three-run homer and Mark Teixeira a grand slam during the big inning. Nelson Cruz goes 4 for 4 with a homer and collects a career-high eight RBI in Texas’s 12 – 2 pasting of the Blue Jays. Not all is rosy for the Rangers though, as 3B Adrian Beltre leaves the game with a pulled hamstring in the 5th inning. 2012: SS Barry Larkin and 3B Ron Santo are inducted into the Hall of Fame at the annual ceremony held in Cooperstown, NY. The Tigers complete a three-game sweep of the White Sox with a 6 – 4 win at Comerica Park. They score all of their runs on four homers off Philip Humber in the first three innings; two of the homers are by Miguel Cabrera, including the 300th of his career on a huge blast to center field in the 3rd inning. Jacob Turner is the winner, earning his first major league victory. The Tigers have won 16 of their last 21 to move 1 1/2 games ahead of the Sox in the AL Central. The Athletics complete a four-game sweep of the Yankees at The Coliseum, a first since the team moved to Oakland, CA in 1968. The win comes in the 12th inning as Coco Crisp singles in Derek Norris with two outs. It comes after the A’s spot the Yanks a 4 – 0 lead after four innings, then come back for the 5 – 4 win. Cuba wins the 2012 Haarlem Baseball Week. Norberto González allows one hit and fans seven in 5 1/3 innings of shutout relief to stop previously unbeaten Puerto Rico in a 4 – 2 win. Frederich Cepeda homers, while tournament MVP Yulieski Gourriel scores the winning run. In the third-place game, the US beats the Netherlands, 4 – 3, behind a fine effort by Marco Gonzales. 2013: Brewers OF Ryan Braun is suspended for the rest of the season for violating MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension is the first to result from the well-publicized inquiry into the practices of Miami’s Biogenesis Laboratories, but some 20 other players are being investigated and face similar punishment. Braun, who had escaped a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a PED last year because of a lapse in the protocol for handling his urine sample, decides not to fight the results of the inquiry this time and accepts his immediate suspension. The Cubs trade P Matt Garza to Texas in return for Mike Olt, C.J. Edwards, Justin Grimm and a player to be named. 2014: The Yankees acquire 3B Chase Headley from the Padres in return for IF Yangervis Solarte and P Rafael De Paula. Headley joins his new team in time to enter today’s game in the 9th inning, and to be the hero when he drives in Brian Roberts with the winning run in the 14th inning as New York beats Texas, 2 – 1. Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff announces that the team has agreed on a ten-year lease to stay at the O.co Coliseum, which has recently been plagued by sewage and other maintenance problems. 2019 – In a meeting of division leaders, the Twins pull a number on the Yankees as they turn a triple play and hit five homers in an 8 – 6 win. Edwin Encarnacion hits into the triple killing in the 1st, while Mitch Garver homers twice for Minnesota. The Yankees also hit three homers in a losing cause as Lewis Thorpe, in relief of starter Martin Perez, gets credit for his first major league win. 2020: The Blue Jays settle on PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA as their alternate home for the upcoming abbreviated season, as they will not be able to use the Rogers Centre due to restrictions on border crossings into Canada caused by the coronavirus pandemic. However, that plan falls apart within 24 hours as the state of Pennsylvania refuses to grant its approval because it would entail too much additional travel into the region by outsiders. The Dodgers and Mookie Betts come to an agreement on a twelve-year contract extension, through 2032. The deal is estimated to be worth $325 million. The Dodgers had acquired Betts in a blockbuster trade in February, and the two sides were close to an agreement in March when talks were put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2021: The Twins trade 41-year-old All-Star DH Nelson Cruz to the Rays in a four-player deal. One of the players headed the other way is P Joe Ryan, who is currently in Tokyo to take part in the delayed 2020 Olympics as a member of the United States team. The Red Sox win a wild one – literally – against their traditional rivals the Yankees at Fenway Park. The Yankees lead 3 – 1 in the 9th when Kiké Hernandez ties things up with a two-out, two-run double off Chad Green. After New York cashes in its designated runner to re-take the lead in the top of the 10th, rookie Brooks Kriske, in the game for lack of a better alternative, uncorks two wild pitches to allow Rafael Devers to score the tying run, then after a walk to Xander Bogaerts, throws two more to put him on third base. Hunter Renfroe then ends the game with a sacrifice fly. The four wild pitches tie the record for most in any inning, and set a new one for most in extra innings. 2022 – In their first game after the All-Star break, the Blue Jays set a team record for runs in a 28 – 5 beatdown of the Red Sox. Every one of the team’s starters has at least two hits and two runs scored, with Lourdes Gurriel leading the way with six hits and five RBIs and Danny Jansen with four runs and six RBIs. In a play that epitomizes the whole game, Red Sox CF Jarren Duran loses a fly ball by Raimel Tapia in the lights, and it falls for an inside-the-park grand slam as part of a seven-run 3rd inning; the Jays then score 11 times in the 5th. 2023 – The Reds use three straight homers by TJ Friedl, Matt McLain and Jake Fraley in the 6th inning to defeat the Diamondbacks, 4 – 2, at Great American Ballpark. 2025 – At the age of 45, Rich Hill starts for the Royals against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the place where he made his major league debut for the Cubs almost exactly 20 years earlier. The Royals are his fourteenth team, tying him with Edwin Jackson for the all-time mark, and he is the oldest pitcher to start a game since Jamie Moyer spent a few weeks of the 2012 season starting for the Colorado Rockies. Hill gives up three runs – but just one of them earned – in five innings, being charged with a 6 – 0 loss. Births[edit] 1857 – Jack Glasscock, infielder, manager (d. 1947) 1862 – Red Bittmann, infielder; umpire (d. 1929) 1873 – Youngy Johnson, pitcher (d. 1936) 1880 – George Gibson, catcher, manager (d. 1967) 1882 – Dick Wallace, infielder, manager (d. 1925) 1884 – Bill Grahame, pitcher (d. 1936) 1885 – Elmer Knetzer, pitcher (d. 1975) 1885 – Larry LeJeune, outfielder (d. 1952) 1885 – Babe Peebles, minor league player and manager (d. 1965) 1886 – Art Kores, infielder (d. 1974) 1891 – George Baumgardner, pitcher (d. 1970) 1891 – Herb Herring, pitcher (d. 1964) 1891 – Ruby Tyrees, pitcher (d. 1965) 1893 – Zack Foreman, pitcher (d. 1921) 1893 – Jesse Haines, pitcher; Hall of Famer (d. 1978) 1897 – Ed Gerner, pitcher (d. 1970) 1898 – Joe Bratcher, outfielder (d. 1977) 1899 – Bobby Reece, minor league infielder (d. 1979) 1905 – Doc Cramer, outfielder; All-Star (d. 1990) 1908 – Terris McDuffie, pitcher/outfielder; All-Star (d. 1968) 1910 – George Caithamer, catcher (d. 1954) 1911 – Lindsay Brown, infielder (d. 1967) 1915 – Butch Sutcliffe, catcher (d. 1994) 1917 – Phil McCullough, pitcher (d. 2003) 1918 – Piggy Sands, Negro League catcher (d. 1978) 1921 – Al LaMacchia, pitcher (d. 2010) 1921 – Jim Rivera, outfielder (d. 2017) 1926 – Bob Danielson, minor league pitcher (d. 2018) 1927 – Akira Kusaka, NPB outfielder (d. 2004) 1928 – Ken Cluley, minor league outfielder (d. 2012) 1928 – Stu Locklin, outfielder (d. 2016) 1932 – Carl Duser, pitcher (d. 2023) 1932 – Jack McMahan, pitcher (d. 2020) 1934 – R.C. Stevens, infielder (d. 2010) 1935 – Gary Park, broadcaster (d. 2009) 1935 – Tony Russo, minor league pitcher (d. 1990) 1936 – Drayton McLane, owner 1936 – Toshiyuki Nakamura, NPB infielder (d. 1979) 1938 – Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, NPB outfielder and manager (d. 2016) 1941 – Bart Zeller, catcher 1942 – Frank Johnson, infielder (d. 2025) 1944 – Mark Lanier, minor league player (d. 2011) 1944 – Sparky Lyle, pitcher; All-Star 1946 – Mike Fitzpatrick, umpire 1946 – Minoru Murakoshi, NPB catcher 1946 – Bill Zepp, pitcher 1947 – Takenori Emoto, NPB pitcher 1947 – Cliff Johnson, designated hitter 1947 – George Lauzerique, pitcher 1948 – Jesse Hudson, pitcher 1949 – Tim Johnson, infielder, manager 1953 – Tom Capezzuto, writer (d. 2011) 1953 – Hiroaki Mizutani, NPB pitcher 1953 – Kevin Pasley, catcher 1956 – Chuck LaMar, General Manager 1956 – Scott Sanderson, pitcher; All-Star (d. 2019) 1957 – Dave Stieb, pitcher; All-Star 1958 – Robin Fuson, minor league pitcher 1958 – Tatsunori Hara, NPB infielder and manager 1959 – Bob Porter, outfielder 1959 – De Wayne Vaughn, pitcher 1961 – Marty Reed, coach 1962 – Leonel Moa, Cuban league infielder 1963 – Gary Eave, pitcher 1963 – Denny Gonzalez, infielder 1963 – Ronald Tiliakos, First Division infielder 1964 – Shuji Fujimoto, NPB pitcher 1965 – Gary Buckels, pitcher 1965 – Lance Shebelut, minor league infielder 1970 – Chad Devereux, minor league pitcher 1970 – Lino Diaz, minor league infielder and manager 1972 – Aldo Ramelet, Division Elite outfielder 1972 – Ryan Rutz, minor league infielder 1973 – Martyn Dutton, British national team pitcher-outfielder 1973 – Peng Luo, Chinese national team outfielder 1973 – Hajime Saito, CPBL pitcher 1973 – Hideki Samejima, NPB catcher 1973 – Mike Sweeney, infielder; All-Star 1973 – Mike Thurman, pitcher 1974 – Chris Conroy, umpire 1975 – Isaac Martínez, Cuban league outfielder 1975 – Scot Shields, pitcher 1977 – Gorka Andueza, Division Honor catcher 1977 – Matt Padgett, minor league infielder 1977 – Ryan Vogelsong, pitcher; All-Star 1978 – Chie Gunner, minor league outfielder 1979 – Chul-min Kang, KBO pitcher 1979 – Matt Logan, minor league infielder 1979 – Yadel Martí, Cuban league pitcher 1981 – Angel Chavez, infielder 1982 – Tristan Crawford, minor league pitcher 1982 – Rob Johnson, catcher 1985 – Denis Phipps, outfielder 1986 – Craig Italiano, minor league pitcher 1987 – Raúl González, Cuban league infielder 1987 – Ben Hornbeck, minor league pitcher 1987 – Yoshitaka Muto, NPB pitcher 1987 – Dennis Ribbens, Hoofdklasse infielder 1988 – Hawanis Aqmar Ayob, Malaysian women’s national team infielder 1988 – Kwang-hyun Kim, pitcher 1989 – Márcio Kikuchi, Brazilian national team catcher 1989 – Hiroshi Urano, NPB pitcher 1990 – Philip Pohl, minor league catcher and manager 1991 – Jake Barrett, pitcher 1991 – Christian Fernandez, Guatemalan national team pitcher 1991 – Kun-Hin Yeung, Hong Kong national team pitcher 1992 – Conor Lillis-White, minor league pitcher 1992 – Takuya Mitsuma, NPB pitcher 1992 – Sanyalak Pipatpinyo, Thai national team outfielder 1993 – David Anderson, minor league pitcher 1993 – Jae-young Kim, KBO pitcher 1994 – Argenis Raga, minor league catcher 1994 – Tanner Scott, pitcher; All-Star 1995 – José Siri, outfielder 1997 – Isaac Collins, outfielder 1998 – Freddy González, Colombian national team pitcher 1998 – Héctor Martínez, Salvadoran national team pitcher 1999 – George Callil, minor league infielder 1999 – Grant Kerry, Great Britain national team outfielder 2000 – Darwin Gregg, Curaçao national team catcher-outfielder 2002 – Sean Sullivan, pitcher 2004 – Jake Lambdin, Great Britain national team infielder 2004 – Chia-Hsiang Sung, CPBL catcher Deaths[edit] 1875 – Eb Smith, umpire (b. 1846) 1884 – John McDonough, minor league catcher 1889 – John Greason, pitcher (b. 1851) 1900 – Harry Jacoby, infielder (b. 1858) 1907 – Pat Dillard, outfielder (b. 1873) 1908 – Andy Sommers, catcher (b. 1865) 1921 – Jack Robinson, catcher (b. 1880) 1935 – Arthur O’Connor, umpire (b. 1881) 1937 – Sam Woodruff, infielder (b. 1876) 1940 – Charlie Swindells, catcher (b. 1878) 1944 – Irv Waldron, outfielder (b. 1872) 1946 – Elmer Foster, outfielder (b. 1861) 1955 – Lafayette Henion, pitcher (b. 1899) 1958 – Grover Land, catcher (b. 1884) 1959 – Ralph Savidge, pitcher (b. 1879) 1964 – Bill Narleski, infielder (b. 1900) 1966 – Frank Delahanty, outfielder (b. 1882) 1969 – Whitey Hensling, minor league pitcher/infielder (b. 1889) 1975 – Emlen Tunnell, minor league outfielder (b. 1925) 1978 – Pud Miller, minor league outfielder (b. 1922) 1979 – Amos Strunk, outfielder (b. 1889) 1982 – Lloyd Waner, outfielder; All-Star, Hall of Famer (b. 1906) 1984 – Johnny Washington, infielder; All-Star (b. 1916) 1985 – Jesús Valenzuela, minor league pitcher; Salon de la Fama (b. 1914) 1987 – Don McMahon, pitcher; All-Star (b. 1930) 1987 – Kal Segrist, minor league infielder (b. 1896) 1989 – Frank Fleming, pitcher (b. 1919) 1989 – Clyde Sowell, pitcher (b. 1931) 1991 – Jack Albright, infielder (b. 1921) 2002 – George Freeberger, minor league catcher (b. 1974) 2007 – Mike Coolbaugh, infielder (b. 1972) 2007 – Rollie Stiles, pitcher (b. 1906) 2008 – Bill Sorrell, infielder (b. 1940) 2010 – Larry Fritz, pinch hitter (b. 1949) 2011 – Tex Nelson, outfielder (b. 1936) 2012 – Miguel Gaspar, minor league catcher and manager; Salon de la Fama (b. 1929) 2012 – Ed Stevens, infielder (b. 1925) 2014 – Elma Weiss, AAGPBL outfielder (b. 1923) 2015 – Marilyn Jones, AAGPBL pitcher (b. 1927) 2020 – Bob Sebra, pitcher (b. 1961) 2021 – Tim Talton, catcher (b. 1939) 2022 – Dwight Smith, outfielder (b. 1963) ############################################ TV SPORTS TODAY Wednesday, July 22 CYCLING 6:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 17 GOLF 4:30 a.m. (Thursday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, First Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL 10 a.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional Noon ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 1:45 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 5:15 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 8:45 p.m. ESPN2 — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional MLB BASEBALL 1:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Pittsburgh at N.Y. Yankees (1:35 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Kansas City (2:10 p.m.) 4:30 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: St. Louis at L.A. Angels (joined in progress) (4:07 p.m.) OR San Francisco at Kansas City (joined in progress) (2:10 p.m.) 8 p.m. ESPN — Detroit at Chicago Cubs WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. USA — Connecticut at Indiana 10 p.m. CNBC — Dallas at Portland USA — Dallas at Portland _____ Thursday, July 23 CYCLING 6 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 18 GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, First Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS2 — LIV Golf League: First Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, First Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 4 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, First Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 4:30 a.m. (Friday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Second Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL Noon ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 1:45 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional 5:15 p.m. ESPN — Little League Softball World Series: TBD, Regional MLB BASEBALL Noon MLBN — San Diego at Atlanta (12:15 p.m.) 6:30 p.m. MLBN — Kansas City at Detroit (6:40 p.m.) SOFTBALL 9 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Play-In, College Station, Texas _____ Friday, July 24 AUTO RACING 7:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 11 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 8 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at IRP, Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis 6:30 a.m. (Saturday) APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary CYCLING 7 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 19 GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Second Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS2 — LIV Golf League: Second Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Second Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 4 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Second Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 5:30 a.m. (Saturday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Third Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Colorado at Milwaukee (4:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Washington (6:45 p.m.) 6:40 p.m. APPLE TV — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia 7 p.m. MLBN — Regional Coverage: Cleveland at Tampa Bay (7:10 p.m.) OR Arizona at Washington (joined in progress) (6:45 p.m.) 7:10 p.m. APPLE TV — Toronto at Boston WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m. ESPN — WNBA 3-Point Contest & Skills Challenge: From Chicago X GAMES 9 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 1, New Orleans _____ Saturday, July 25 AUTO RACING 6:30 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 10 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 7:30 p.m. CW — NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series: NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Indianapolis, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. CYCLING 6 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 20 8 a.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France, Stage 20 GOLF 5:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Third Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FOX — LIV Golf League: Third Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Third Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland Noon NBC — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Third Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Third Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Third Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 4:30 a.m. (Sunday) GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Final Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland LACROSSE (MEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN2 — PLL: Philadelphia at Denver MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 10 p.m. ESPN — PFL: Main Card, Washington MLB BASEBALL 4 p.m. FS1 — San Diego at Miami (4:10 p.m.) 7 p.m. FOX — Regional Coverage: L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets (7:15 p.m.) OR Seattle at Texas (7:15 p.m.) SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m. ESPN2 — USL Championship: Las Vegas at Detroit SOFTBALL 1 p.m. ABC — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Championship – Game 1, College Station, Texas TRACK AND FIELD 2 p.m. NBC — USATF: 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships, New York WNBA BASKETBALL 8:30 p.m. ABC — 2026 WNBA All-Star Game: Team Cooper vs. Team Weatherspoon, Chicago X GAMES 3 p.m. ABC — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 2, New Orleans 7 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 2, New Orleans _____ Sunday, July 26 AUTO RACING 9 a.m. APPLE TV — Formula 1: AWS Hungarian Grand Prix 2026, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 2 p.m. TNT — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Brickyard 400, In-Season Challenge – Challenge, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Ind. 4 p.m. FOX — NHRA: Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals, Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, Calif. BIG3 BASKETBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Week 6: DMV Trilogy vs. Miami 305, Houston Rig Hands at Dallas Power, Houston CYCLING 9:30 a.m. NBCSN — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage 2 p.m. NBC — UCI: Tour de France, Final Stage (taped) GOLF 4:30 a.m. GOLF — LPGA Tour: ISPS HANDA Women’s Scottish Open, Final Round, Dundonald Links, Gailes, North Ayrshire, Scotland 8 a.m. FS1 — LIV Golf League: Final Round, JCB Golf & Country Club, Rocester, England 8:30 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland Noon NBC — PGA Tour Champions: ISPS HANDA Senior Open, Final Round, Gleneagles Hotel (Kings Course), Auchterarder, Scotland 1 p.m. GOLF — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour: 3M Open, Final Round, TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, Minn. MLB BASEBALL Noon NBCSN — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) PEACOCK — Cleveland at Tampa Bay (12:15 p.m.) 1:30 p.m. MLBN — 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony: From Cooperstown, Pa. 4:30 p.m. MLBN — L.A. Angels at San Francisco (joined in progress) (4:05 p.m.) 7 p.m. NBC — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) PEACOCK — N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia (7:20 p.m.) SOCCER (WOMEN’S) 9 p.m. ESPN — NWSL: Louisville at Angel City SOFTBALL 2 p.m. ESPN — Athletes Unlimited Postseason: TBD, Championship – Game 2, College Station, Texas TRACK AND FIELD 2 p.m. NBC — USATF: 2026 Toyota USATF Outdoor & Para National Championships, New York X GAMES 2 p.m. ABC — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans 6 p.m. ESPN — MoonPay X Games New Orleans 2026: Day 3, New Orleans About The Author troyderengowski61@gmail.com See author's posts Post navigation THE INDIANA SRN “SPORTSPAGE” TUESDAY JULY 21, 2026
